User talk:Squeamish Ossifrage

Squeamish Ossifrage, communication, and you: Whenever possible, I will ensure that talk page communications are threaded. This means that I will continue conversations on the talk page they begin, whether that be here or somewhere else. I watchlist talk pages where I am involved in conversation. If you are involved in conversation on my talk page, please consider either temporarily adding it to your watchlist, or at least checking in regularly while the conversation is ongoing. Communication, after all, is what makes this project possible!

September 2014 status update Real life travel, relocation, and technical issues made my last return short-lived. Let's see if I can keep a more active pace this time around. Or, shorter: I'm back, again.

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Spectator

Thank you so much for finding it! WhisperToMe (talk) 21:19, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Glad I could help! I actually didn't know Spectator had back issues online before today, when I had to chase down an article there for one of my own editing projects. Good luck with the rest of your sourcing. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 21:25, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

You too! With that article I started Trail of the Octopus (book) (moved content from Lester Coleman and added a sentence from the Spectator source) WhisperToMe (talk) 22:47, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Self-notification

Please carefully read this information:

The Arbitration Committee has authorised discretionary sanctions to be used for pages regarding pseudoscience and fringe science, a topic which you have edited. The Committee's decision is here.

Discretionary sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimize disruption to controversial topics. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to the topic that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behavior, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. This message is to notify you sanctions are authorised for the topic you are editing. Before continuing to edit this topic, please familiarise yourself with the discretionary sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.

This message is informational only and does not imply misconduct regarding your contributions to date.

I stand behind my work at fringe theory (and any other articles I might edit on this topic in future), and am committed to contributing to this project with the highest degree of conduct and scholarship. Should there be an administrative determination that I have strayed from that commitment, now or in the future, I do not wish to hide behind the alert/notification bureaucracy. I am responsible for my edits. And so I have taken the step of alerting myself to the discretionary sanctions in this topic category, as means of acknowledgement and acceptance of the conditions those sanctions create. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 21:38, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for taking the time to give Fringe theory a much needed overhaul during its AfD. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 19:42, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Hear, hear! - - MrBill3 (talk) 00:24, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Well done on Fringe theory editing, I am most impressed! Mrjulesd (talk) 19:50, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 September newsletter

In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Godot13 (submissions) has taken a strong lead with a featured list (historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion Cwmhiraeth (submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. Casliber (submissions), who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.

Signups for the 2015 WikiCup are open. All Wikipedians, new and experienced, are warmly invited to sign up for the competition. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may also like to sign up for the GA Cup, a new WikiCup-inspired competition which revolves around completing good article reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:11, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Thank you CrazyAces489 (talk) 21:28, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

My GA nomination of Ebbor Gorge

Thanks for your comments on Talk:Ebbor Gorge/GA1 - I should be able to get to these this evening or tomorrow. I did notice that it hadn't been transcluded to the talk page of the article which normally happens when someone starts a GA review but I don't know how to do this.— Rod ^talk 07:09, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Fairly certain one of the automated processes is supposed to handle the transclusion, but I did it manually. It's there now. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 12:19, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Just wondered if you'd had a chance to take a look at the changes on Ebbor Gorge following your comments?— Rod ^talk 17:44, 10 October 2014 (UTC)