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Hello Phil, welcome to Wikipedia. I answered your question at Wikipedia talk:How to log in. Here are some useful links in case you haven't already found them;

You can also ask questions at the village pump or ask me on my talk page. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian!

Angela 17:04, Oct 2, 2003 (UTC)

I hope this is the right place to put this

Hi Phil. You left a comment on my blog back in May regarding that debate about academics/experts versus wikipedia. Your comment, unfortunately, got nabbed by my spam filter, so I only recently got it. The page I was complaining about was the Victorian Era page. I don't check wikipedia regularly (or much at all, anymore), so if you want to contact me, catch me through my blog or via email. Cheers

TfD nomination of Template:Bigunicode

Template:Bigunicode has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — Caerwine Caer’s whines 00:01, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that you have participated in Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates in the past. There are now two candidates and the project appears to be abandoned. If you could look at the candidates and vote it would be appreciated. Zginder (talk) (Contrib) 00:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rebooting WikiProject Fictional series

Hello...WikiProject Fictional series is in the process of getting a new start by attracting task forces. I am currently getting things set up for this and other project building areas. Please stop by and take a look. Your suggestions will be appreciated. - LA @ 01:12, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Council roll call

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Melon‑Bot (STOP!) 22:25, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Horse gait

Years ago you contributed to Horse gait; I have been working on several related pages and would welcome your help. See Talk:Horse gait#Group gaits. Thanks. --Una Smith (talk) 02:37, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Faryl Smith

I have nominated Faryl Smith, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Faryl Smith. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Buc (talk) 11:43, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Wikipedia: The movie

Wikipedia:Wikipedia: The movie, a page you created, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Wikipedia: The movie and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Wikipedia: The movie during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Bebestbe (talk) 22:30, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence

Hello. I'm contacting you and other members of WikiProject Books in order to find if you are interested in collaborating to expand and improve The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence article to make it worthy of becoming a featured article candidate, in light of the fact that it is the first book the U.S. government ever went to court to censor before its publication. --Loremaster (talk) 22:02, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of {{array}}

Why did you delete {{array}} on August 10, 2006? If you are wondering, I've recreated it, and it is no longer orphaned. Graham (talk, contrib, SIGN HERE!!!) 02:23, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Media franchises

Dear Phil Boswell...If you are still interested in participating in WikiProject Media franchises, please remove your name from the inactive participants list and add it to the active participants list. If you don't have time, but would still like to show some support, you can always add yourself to the sympathizers list. It would be wonderful to see you in the project. Have a nice day! - LA (T) 19:53, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Message from WikiProject Media franchises unofficial coordinator

Dear Phil Boswell...I am so happy that you are willing to help WikiProject Media franchises. I am still reaching out to other WikiProjects to see if we can get some more interest, so I would like to depend on you and the others to do things like get articles assessed and find other articles which might need our attention by placing {{WikiProject Media franchises}} on their talk pages. Another thing is to start using {{Infobox Media franchises}} on franchise articles. I trust you to use your best judgment and hope that you have some time to spare.

If you haven't already done so, you can add {{User WikiProject Media franchises}} to your user page or dedicated user box page. When enough people have that, or WikiProject Media franchises participants on the user pages, I will start that category.

I may not be the best coordinator around, but I am doing my best. I hope that you approve. LA (If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page.) @ 19:56, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please return to WikProject Media franchises

Dear Phil Boswell...You are invited to come back to discuss WikiProject Media franchises. Since you participated in one or more discussions of the project, possibly when it was known as WikiProject Fictional series, I hope to see you return to it. The project needs your participation. Currently there is no activity on the project's talk page about the reorganization which is discouraging. I had great expectations for this project as it touches so many topics but am becoming discouraged. I hope to see you return. LA (If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page.) @ 19:38, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alas.

I seem to be back but you seem to not be here. :( Jude (talk) 11:54, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

TfD nomination of Template:Illustrated Wikipedia

Template:Illustrated Wikipedia has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Cenarium Talk 22:59, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sword and Sorceress series

Do you think the to-do item you added to Talk:Sword and Sorceress series has been completed? --Marc Kupper|talk 21:57, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Troll Bridge (film)

I have nominated Troll Bridge (film), an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Troll Bridge (film). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.  Sandstein  21:18, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly unfree File:Lego Phil Boswell.JPG

An image that you uploaded or altered, File:Lego Phil Boswell.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. — neuro(talk) 21:42, 11 March 2009 (UTC) --— neuro(talk) 21:42, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That is different - in PS or GIMP you are creating images from scratch or deriving images from sources which you must attribute and license to accordingly. On the site you specify, you are creating a derivative of the parts available to you, which is not the same. — neuro(talk) 22:05, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I thought I should add, the issue here is not that it is a derivative, but that it is a derivative of data which is not GFDL licensed. — neuro(talk) 22:08, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Templates for deletion nomination of Template:"

Template:" has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Hairy Dude (talk) 16:40, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

George Woodbridge (disambiguation)

Hello. Just to let you know this has been nominated for speedy deletion, with {db-disambig}. Thanks, Boleyn3 (talk) 14:02, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mary Bly

Please note that I have replied on my talk page. Karanacs (talk) 16:34, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Gallery of sovereign-state flags. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Wikipedia:Notability and "What Wikipedia is not").

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Neglected Mario Characters

As a contributor to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Neglected Mario Characters, you may be interested to know I have renominated this article for deletion. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Neglected Mario Characters (2nd nomination). Robofish (talk) 15:26, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday from the Birthday Committee

Wishing Phil Boswell a very happy birthday on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!

Don't forget to save us all a piece of cake!

Armbrust Talk Contribs 00:32, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template request

Hello Phil, I think you saw this posting already, but can I ask you again - or could you do a better job than me at finding somebody who can do a short, simple template?

Have you seen how this template works for the US Supreme Court cases? 60 U.S. 393 (1857) So an equivalent could be [2008] UKHL 48. Neutral citations go back to 1998 in full, I think, and there are many leading judgments available before then. Do you know how to - or do you know someone who does know how to - do a similar template for English courts? Wikidea 09:13, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see you putting some of the bailii templates in - the problem is they're long and cumbersome in code, and they underline the year, which doesn't look so great - compared to what the US one does. Cheers, Wikidea 19:41, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, {{cite BAILII}} is supposed to produce links like that, because that is how neutral citations work here in the UK, and it's intended to provide the full citation, not just the abbreviated version to which you refer. For one thing, for any equivalent to work in the example you give, "UKHL" would have to link to Judicial functions of the House of Lords: the citation is "neutral" because it refers to the actual Court rather than whichever reporter you happen to pick. I don't know whether you've looked at the code for {{ussc}} but it's fairly complex to say the least. For myself I have to say it does look bizarre having part of the citation unlinked: is that really the proper way to do it? —Phil | Talk 20:11, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have just established that {{cite BAILII}} works fine if you omit extraneous parameters: for example, [2008] UKHL 48 gives you a perfectly acceptable link. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 11:49, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Phil, thanks for your answer (and forgive me not replying - I didn't check back) and help - it's really useful. I wonder if it could be even shorter? I'm pretty clueless when it comes to all things coding, sadly. I just work on the principle that if I (and many others) are typing out court=... year=... rather than just Template:EWCACiv or Template:UKHL for instance (this is what'd be the best!) we'd save tonnes of time. Also perhaps I'm just too choosy pedant, but it'd be preferable to have templates that didn't underline the year too (and not just because I think it looks a bit neater when the underline isn't touching the bracket). When we have reports with round brackets - eg (1837) 3 Bing NC 467 - we would probably not want to underline, because with those reports the number already reflects the bound volume. So you can actually exclude the year - and just write Vaughan v Menlove 3 Bing NC 467 (if that makes sense!). :) Wikidea 12:19, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes Phil, I did on three pages the other day. That's why I wanted a better template. It's really useful to have the embedded link, just as the US template does (most people reading any more than a few of the case pages will know what a case citation is already). Wikidea 23:20, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Carmine (color) for deletion

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Wilhelm comic.jpg

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Truthiness comic.jpg

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Category:Honorverse characters

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MSU Interview

Dear Phil Boswell,

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 communityHERE, 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.
  • Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
  • All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
  • All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
  • The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.


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 nameHERE 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) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.206.39 (talk) 03:49, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Category TOC lower case

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Category:Old Haileyburians

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MSU Research Questions

Hello, I am involved with a research project for Michigan State University and am wondering if you would be able to answer a few questions regarding tool sets on Wikipedia. What were the tools you mainly used prior to becoming an admin, and after becoming an admin? Here is a link to the project if you are interested Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Wiki-Project Management (Jonathan Obar) , and if you have any questions please let me know. Thanks! Ltezl (talk) 22:26, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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