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This user hails from the great state of Iowa.

Due to time constraints, it may be a while before I get back to you.
Please bear with me.

If you are aware of any former Iowa legislators who are in the news,
let me know and I'll try to get their Wiki-article going.
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Feedback dashboard script and template

Hiya. I did a thing you might be less than pleased about. I had the script and template deleted. I totally forgot you had adopted the idea. Even I wasn't using it. I can recreate the script if you need it, and the template was kinda saved by User:This, that and the other, by his quick thinking to substitute the template you were transcluding here.

Since the functionality of the embedded version was missing, and nobody else showed any interest, I figured it was a dead idea. Let me know if you want me to recreate the script. I haven't got a copy, but I'm pretty sure it was simple enough. fredgandt 03:31, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. I haven't really used it lately (internet access issues/RL business), but may play around with it some in the future. Would you object to my grabbing the script from your deleted edits so I can put it in my vector.js? --Philosopher Let us reason together. 03:41, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Can you do that? Awesome!! Saves me rewriting it. Sure thing. Sorry about the fubar. Good luck with rl (or pain in the ass as I call it). fredgandt 03:53, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Got it, thanks. Could you take a quick look and make sure I did this edit right? Actually, it's working - it must be right. Thanks! --Philosopher Let us reason together. 04:08, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Cool. There are a couple ofthings you might like to change though. See: User_talk:Philosopher/vector.js, and let me know if you need any help with anything. fredgandt 07:06, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Replied there. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 03:45, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Me too. fredgandt 04:11, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Blackout

I would very much like to join you in blacking out my userpage and talk page. How would I go about doing that? Pascal (talk) 12:09, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You can do so by adding the following to the top of the area to be blacked out:

<div style="background:#000000; border:4px solid #000000; width:95%; margin:0px auto 0px auto; padding:6px; font-size:.9em; {{round corners}}" id="mainframe"> {|style="background:none; border:0; width:100%;" cellpadding="2px" |- |<div style="background: #FFFFFF; border:4px solid #000000; padding:20px; margin:0px 0px 4px 0px; text-align:center; {{round corners}}"><center>{{User:Philosopher/Header}}</center></div>

and

|} </div>

to the bottom of the area to be blacked out. Be aware, however, that I will be restoring the old content of my User:Philosopher/Header shortly after the "official" blackout ends, so you may wish to subst: it. --Philosopher Let us reason together. via alternate account 12:49, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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This barnstar is awarded to everyone who - whatever their opinion - contributed to the discussion about Wikipedia and SOPA. Thank you for being a part of the discussion. Presented by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Thanks! --Philosopher Let us reason together. 06:42, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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GL Illustration reply

{{GL Illustration reply}} Ma®©usBritish[chat] 00:03, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! --Philosopher Let us reason together. 00:19, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Message

You have new message/s Hello. You have a new message at Anna Frodesiak's talk page. 02:39, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Problems With Twinkle

Hi Philosopher, I have a minor problem, twinkle isn't working. I get the whole dropdown menu but on the diff view I don't get the rollback options. Thanks William George Dover [Willdude123] 17:29, 31 January 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Willdude123 (talk • contribs)

Sorry, I don't really know how to fix Twinkle bugs. Perhaps someone at Wikipedia talk:Twinkle can help you. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 11:31, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate count on the primary article

Philosopher, maybe you should exchange the word pledge with bound (or put in bound) in the editor note. Maybe you can use the word pledge instead of committed. And since no unbound delegates are going to be selected for more than a month, you might as well specify that those committed delegates are RNC (or automatic) delegates. It might help clear up things. Just a suggestion. Jack Bornholm (talk) 09:57, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Replied at that page. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 11:29, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed merge involving Republican Primary articles.

An article that you have been involved in editing, Republican Party presidential candidates, 2012, has been proposed for a merge with Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Jack Bornholm (talk) 16:48, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know - I've left my thoughts there. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 20:26, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

MSU Interview

Dear Philosopher,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.


So a few things about the interviews:

  • Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
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Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.


Sincerely,


Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Young June Sah --Yjune.sah (talk) 03:10, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:School and university projects/NNU Class Project/Winter 2012

Hi folks. The students are going to become active soon. We could use some input in these areas:

(Input)
(Your ticks)
(Improvements)

Many thanks. (For those up to speed, pls consider this post just a CC) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 16:13, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Message

You have new message/s Hello. You have a new message at Wikipedia talk:School and university projects/NNU Class Project/Winter 2012#Topic list - duplicate checking's talk page. 13:49, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:School and university projects/NNU Class Project/Winter 2012/Article management

If you are going to add some ticks, now's the time, so the others will know what needs doing. Many thanks, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:22, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look at it on Mar. 1 or 2. Unfortunately, RL has temporarily taken over my life for February. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 06:28, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

March 2012 Move-to-Commons drive

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Dispute resolution survey

Dispute Resolution – Survey Invite

Hello Philosopher. I am currently conducting a study on the dispute resolution processes on the English Wikipedia, in the hope that the results will help improve these processes in the future. Whether you have used dispute resolution a little or a lot, now we need to know about your experience. The survey takes around five minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist in analyzing the results of the survey. No personally identifiable information will be released.

Please click HERE to participate.
Many thanks in advance for your comments and thoughts.

You are receiving this invitation because you have had some activity in dispute resolution over the past year. For more information, please see the associated research page. Steven Zhang DR goes to Wikimania! 01:06, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - I've responded. --Philosopher Let us reason together. via alternate account 05:27, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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