User:Stepheng3/Archive7

Metro Walk

Hi, you have edited Metro Walk and this article is currently under a contentious debate on a possible merger or deletion, your opinion on the matter and content might be useful in resolving the issues and reaching consensus, perhaps you would then like to do so at your convenience. Thank you.LuciferWildCat (talk) 00:05, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

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[1] Is this what you're looking for or do you want anything different?

If this is OK, I'll submit this for approval.

~Feedintm^Parley 00:27, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Also, I forgot to ask, but is there any master category for the communes? I'm currently using Category:WikiProject French communes articles and I think that might be sufficient. ~Feedintm^Parley 00:30, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

The test edit looks great, thanks. The only imaginable improvement would be to the edit summary, which might mention a reason such "excess precision." For example, here's one of my manual edits: [2].

Category:WikiProject French communes articles looks reasonable, but may not be 100% complete. Could your bot work from [3] or some equivalent thereof? —Stepheng3 (talk) 00:35, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I edited it so that it would get the transclusions, instead of getting them from Category:WikiProject French communes articles. ~Feedintm^Parley 00:51, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

One last question. What would you want the frequency of the edit periods to be (one time, weekly, monthly)? ~Feedintm^Parley 00:56, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

One pass should be sufficient. —Stepheng3 (talk) 01:05, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Wanted to tell you that the bot has finished. ~Feedintm^Parley 00:52, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! —Stepheng3 (talk) 04:25, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Scrooge McDuck/Dagobert Duck: question for german Wikipedia

Hello Stepheng3, I have got a short question to you as native American English speaker: In german Wikipedia we have a quotation of Scrooge McDuck in English, of which I made a german translation. Now my question: Has got the sentence “Anything in trade, I’m it.” the same meaning like “Briefly, you can buy everything at my.”? Only because another user wrote a translation with this meaning. Thanks for helping! --Luthermütze (talk) 17:58, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

I am unfamiliar with "Anything in trade, I’m it," so it is probably not a common American idiom. Perhaps it is British English? —Stepheng3 (talk) 06:43, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Pardon for stepping in (talk page stalker here). It seems to be, given the context, that Scrooge McDuck is saying he's involved in all aspects of trade. But I could be wrong. Killiondude (talk) 06:47, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for this time; I am going to ask a Britisch English speaker now. --Luthermütze (talk) 11:32, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Proposal to shut down WP Geographic Coordinates & ban coordinates on wikipedia articles

This means you. --Tagishsimon (talk) 12:10, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

No thanks. I don't need any more drama in my life. —Stepheng3 (talk) 06:17, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Uranium City, Saskatchewan

I've been trying to figure out for a while how to get the region, type and scale to appear correctly in the Geohack page. Thanks for showing me how. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 07:34, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. I know it isn't easy to figure out. —Stepheng3 (talk) 01:58, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Rodeo Cove

An article that you have been involved in editing, Rodeo Cove, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Rupert Clayton (talk) 00:46, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Capitalization

Template:Capitalization has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Stfg (talk) 20:29, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello. You have a new message at Hike395's talk page.

Qımıl

The slash meant there were two conflicting population numbers in the article before I got there. I didn't know which was correct, and couldn't easily find a source. I thought this was better than removing either of them (and still do). Why not just add the CN tag and leave the existing data, as seems to be standard practice for the tons of non-cited info on WP? —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 18:20, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for getting in touch with me. While {{Cn}} is often used for this purpose, it's also quite common to delete unsourced information, especially if it might be misleading. In the context of an infobox, I prefer deletion because the template may use the data in other ways besides simply displaying it. In the particular case of {{Infobox settlement}}, the population fields are used to calculate densities and to set the map scale for geohack; the template assumes numeric values and can misbehave if this assumption is violated. Cheers, —Stepheng3 (talk) 15:26, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Ahhh. I like the last reason. :) —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 15:47, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

The Brothers (islands), California

Please feel free to rename it, as long as it is clear which "Brother Islands" it is. (I don't think they are famous enough to be THE Brother islands. There are the two in NY, and two in the Andaman, which seem more important from a global perspective.) All the best, --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 04:16, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

• PS. By the way, I picked that name because there were precedents for both disambiguation devices Seven Brothers (islands) Three Brothers (islands) (to distinguish from mountains etc.), and The Brothers, New Zealand, The Brothers, Hong Kong (to distinguish islands of the same name).
  • I think consistency should not be one of Wikipedia goals; it is impossible to achieve, and has very little value for users. Indeed I think that one of the things that are killing it are the robot-assisted editors who hog people's watchlists with hundreds of banal edits, all in the name of consistency of format. I try to be consistent in my edits, by force of habit, but do not wish to impose it on others.
    In particular, I have no opinion on whether the name should be with comma or parentheses. But what about "San Fracisco Bay" instead of "Contra Costa County, Caifornia"? besides being shorter, I think it will be more widely recognized. (But it is only a suggestion.)
    By the way, if I had the time I would create two more articles, one for each island. They are quite different, and one of them has a lot of info (such as the lighthouse) that does not apply to the other. All the best, --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 20:53, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:PurpleCatRambo.jpg

Thank you for uploading File:PurpleCatRambo.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright and licensing status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can verify that it has an acceptable license status and a verifiable source. Please add this information by editing the image description page. You may refer to the image use policy to learn what files you can or cannot upload on Wikipedia. The page on copyright tags may help you to find the correct tag to use for your file. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem.

Please also check any other files you may have uploaded to make sure they are correctly tagged. Here is a list of your uploads.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:14, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Mistag (see below) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 18:02, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

The photo's creator put it in the public domain, and I uploaded it on his behalf back in 2008, forwarding the permission e-mail to OTRS. For reasons I don't understand, the OTRS operator tagged it for a GFDL license instead of a PD one. Another helpful soul later removed the license tag in order to "standardize" it. However, if you'd bothered to read the file description comments, you would've seen my original assertion that the image had been released. You've wasted time and effort, and not just your own. Please take a vacation from Wikipedia. —Stepheng3 (talk) 17:47, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm in the process of reverting what according to some people are over-zelaous cleanup efforts.

The reason for this is due to the comments in the various threads.

What I would appreciate is someone else reviewing the 'reinstated' links/coordinates and where possible updating or converting them.

I'd rather not do this entirely myself. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 18:26, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I might be able to help. How would I find the articles in need of review/update/conversion? —Stepheng3 (talk) 18:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Look through [4] especially stuff that says "reverted to <blah><blah> by <blah><blah>" or "Restored link for coord conversion/review". I'll give

your fair warning there are a LOT of them. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:11, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I looked at the first three (Lake Street (Chicago), Washington and Old Dominion Railroad, and Askeia) and didn't find anything to clean up. Perhaps I'm not the right person for this task. —Stepheng3 (talk) 19:23, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Try doing a search for Coord or WikiMapia in the article text, If there's nothing to clean-up move on to the next article :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:39, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

What sort of cleanup should I be on the lookout for? Is there anything wrong with mentioning Coord or WikiMapia in an article? —Stepheng3 (talk) 19:49, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Nothing wrong, at all. But links to 'specifc' mapping providers like WikiMapia (or Google) should probably be converted

over to 'sourced' coords Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:40, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I have other, more productive things to do, such as adding coordinates to articles that need them. —Stepheng3 (talk) 00:03, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Since the topic of geographic coordinates has been debated, I'll give you my thoughts. I try to use coordinates from sites that have provided coordinates, such as Fishing Works or Florida Lakewatch. Of course, I examine the coordinates, instead of taking them blindly. If I do not have coordinates provided, I search for the particular lake, structure, etc., on Wikipedia, Google Hybrid or various other systems using street, typographical maps or satellite images. Sometimes I have to zoom onto a location and decide where the center of the area is. I then use the coordinates provided, rounding to four digits after the decimal point. I see Sfan00 thinks people are lazy with coordinates, but I maintain sometimes it takes much more effort to determine coordinates than use what is provided. Bill Pollard (talk) 11:37, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Reverting San Francisco Bay Area Combined Statistical Area

Before you accuse people of vandalism and blindly revert their edits without researching them (or discussing them to come to a consensus), you should check the facts. All I did was include the correct (current) U.S. Census data for the SFBAYAREA CSA, which is 7.563 million -Please see: Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas. As with all encyclopedias, the most current estimates should be used (2011 data, in this case) and it should match up with other Wiki pages which reference that data. I should have included the reference, but the Census Bureau has changed their website and made it much more difficult to access the data. I am no vandal. I live in the South Bay, -Bay Area born and raised. I am a 43 year old Network Administrator working for Cisco Systems. I have worked in the Silicon Valley IT industry for 20 years. I have been a Wikipedia member since 2007 and have made 1000s of useful, correct and accurate edits to Wikipedia, including entire articles and article sections/subsections. I have personally donated at least $240 to the Wikimedia foundation during their fundraising drives. There seems to be a lot of Wikipedians taking liberties to make Wiki a police state, where people revert edits merely because they are power tripping or something. The reference: http://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2011/tables/CBSA-EST2011-02.csv 2011 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Sincere Regards, -John Jcheckler (talk) 04:16, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

John, I'm sorry I offended you. I understand that the word "vandalism" implies ill intent, and of course I had no way of knowing the intentions behind your edits. I used the standard template out of laziness, not out of a desire to upset you or turn Wikipedia into a "police state". I apologize for my laziness. Who you are or what you've given to Wikipedia is not the issue here. In your future edits, please preserve the verifiability of facts which are verifiable. This means updating the reference every time you change a fact to contradict the cited source. Sincerely, —Stepheng3 (talk) 13:51, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

-Thanks Stephen. I appreciate the sentiments. Almost every one of the people who commented on my talk page or has "corrected" or reverted my edits, (seriously) had that juvenile power tripping mentality. These kind of people don't belong on WP. They need to get out of the house more, and get a life. Someone who without doing their own research to verify or enhance someone else's work (and without discussion [or gathered consensus] as needed), and who blindly reverts edits, discounting and nullifying all the time and effort someone has put into editing an article, makes the original editor want to give up doing anything with WP again; effectively driving away people who may have a lot to contribute to WP. Many of these people make no (or very few) useful, informative edits themselves. They simply try to "correct" or police other people's edits. They actually detract from WP. I have no time to argue with people. I will not get into a reverting war. Time is precious. Time is money, and WP editors are giving freely of their time and efforts.

Just about everything on WP, -templates, guidlines etc., are not written in stone. They are "guidelines" to follow as much as possible, as closely as possible, and whenever possible. WP is a living, breathing, contantly evolving, online encyclopedia. It is not a static book. The spirit of WP is: if I made an edit that fails to cite a reference, rather than calling me a "vandal" and reverting it, you should verify my edit, and add the reference yourself if you can find it. That is constructive and adds value to WP. I have done it numerous times. If I read a statement which to me sounds questionable and fails to cite a reference, I will try to verify it and find a reliable source. Then I will add the reference to the article.

All of the edits I have ever made, generally followed Wikipedia guidelines and the various WP templates. Occasionally I have failed to cite my references on a few edits, for a variety of reasons:

1) A link to a "reliable" reference cannot be found on the internet. The idea behind WP is to make available free, reliable, trustworthy, information to the masses; and to cite as many verifiable references as possible. Not every statement, or sentence (of purported fact) requires a reference after it; nor is it possible. Thousands (possibly millions) of references cited on WP may not be reliable. There is much knowledge and information complied over the milennia, and much of it is not on the internet (which is barely 20 years old). It may not be readily available in published book form either. That is no reason not to add potentially useful, factual information to WP. Not adding the information would retract from the utility of WP and from the common knowledge of mankind. It would be better in many cases, to simply put the WP notation .

2) The verifiable information is available to the user either on the same article page, or on another WP page which is very obviously linked, so if the user wants to verify it, they can simply click on the Combined Statistical Areas Wikilink in the very first sentence. That isn't an excuse for not updating the reference, and I intended to do it the next day. I needed to get to bed. Sometimes work has to be done peacemeal. I didn't even have that chance however in this case, because someone (you) "corrected" me, barely an hour after I had made the edit. That is what I mean about policing. There are many more useful things to do than "watch" a WP article and make it your baby by "protecting" it from so called vandalism. I am not specifically referring to you, but rather a whole group of people who have nothing better to do, possibly because they have nothing of real value to contribute. There are very few people in the entire world who desire to actually vandalize a WP article.

Again, the idea is to include the most up-to-date information as possible, just as published encyclopedias release a new version every year. The current SFBAY CSA article lacks that information. Are we going to wait until the next decennial census, until we update population statistics? That would be even behind published volumes.

So I know I have given a rediculously long explaination/dissertation on your talk page. If you actually read it in it's entirety, I thank you and commend you for taking my opinion into consideration. Feel free to delete it. I won't be offended, -but I will include it on my own talk page for people to read and comment on. I would like to gather consensus to see if most people agree with me. Almost every article has something wrong with it or could be improved, but that is no reason not to leave the article (and the information therein) generally, live and available so people can improve or modify it as they choose and as time permits.

I have nothing against anyone on WP, rather I simply want people to work together instead of taking a contentious attitude (that many times seems the pervasive attitude) towards other WP editors.

Kind Regards,

-John

Jcheckler (talk) 08:05, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

P.S. - More than 70,000 edits? -Very impressive 8^)

John, I agree that collaboration is desirable; it's what makes Wikipedia worthwhile. Unfortunately, your comments on my talk page, though clearly written in good faith, tend to discourage me from collaborating with you. I wish you good luck finding collaborators elsewhere. Your desire to build a consensus is also laudable. However, successful consensus-building springs from listening and curiosity, not lecturing and complaining. Again, I wish you success. Sincerely, —Stepheng3 (talk) 22:41, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to workshops on editing Wikipedia

Dear Stepheng3,

We are a team of researchers at the University of Oxford and AU Sharjah, researching the experiences of editors of content about the Arab world on Wikipedia. We are interested in your experiences of editing Wikipedia and are organising two events that we think you would be an excellent contributor to.

First, we are hosting an online wiki focus group about contributing to Wikipedia in Arabic and to articles about the Middle East and North Africa. We are interested in what barriers you perceive to exist in Wikipedia, how articles can be made better and generally what can be done to expand and improve Arabic Wikipedia and Wikipedia articles about the Arab world. This discussion will take place on a MediaWiki hosted at our institution and be available in English and Arabic. We will allow users to create their own discussion pages in addition to our discussions.

Second, we are hosting face-to-face workshops in Cairo from 21st-22nd October 2012. If you are interested in this we should be able to pay travel and accommodation costs for up to twenty participants. This workshop will cover similar themes to the online discussion but will allow participants to meet one another and benefit from being together.

We will take care of the organization and planning and all you have to do is show up and be ready to discuss. But if you would like to help shape some of the discussion themes in advance, please let us know. We have booked time in the workshops for Wikipedian-led discussions.

More details can be found by expanding our “Frequently Asked Questions” below.

We would be delighted to welcome you to either (or both) event. Please let us know (wikiproject@oii.ox.ac.uk) if you would like the opportunity to participate and we can send you more details.

Sincerely,

Mark, Bernie, Ilhem, Ali, Ahmed, and Heather

Dr. Mark Graham, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford; Dr. Bernie Hogan, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford; Dr. Ilhem Allagui, Department of Mass Communication, American University of Sharjah; Dr. Ali Frihida, National Engineering School of Tunis; Heather Ford, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford; Ahmed Medhat, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford;

Frequently Asked Questions

* What is the purpose of this project? This project is about who represents the Arab World on Wikipedia, and how the Middle East and the Arab world is represented on Wikipedia. We are studying Wikipedia through statistics, edit history data and personal experiences. Our ultimate goal is to help Wikipedia grow in size and fairness and do academic research on this topic. You can read more about the project here. From this page, you can also find a biography of the researchers. You may also want to see our interactive visualizations about Wikipedia. Who is funding this project? This project is funded by the International Development Research Centre (http://www.idrc.ca). This organization is funded by the Canadian government to improve infrastructure across the world, including online content. We have been working with the IDRC since June 2010. Why did you contact me? Because you’re awesome. In all seriousness, we have been looking through Wikipedia for active editors based on user activity in either Arabic Wikipedia or articles about the Arab world. We have not contacted everyone we could, but we contact people that we think will help to balance the discussion and help us (and each other) learn more about the state of Wikipedia. Do I need to participate in both events? Not at all. You are welcome to participate in both or just one. We recognise that it will be more convenient for some people to have online conversations and for others to speak in person. For some people it will not be practical to fly to the Middle East, but we still consider their contributions important and want to give them a voice in this work. Can I use my Wikipedia handle in the online discussion? You do not need to use any particular name on the online forum. All we need is a valid email address so you can register. You can post using your real name, your Wikipedia name or a completely different nickname, whatever allows you to speak your mind most effectively. What sort of travel funding will you supply for the face-to-face workshop? We have funding for travel and accommodation costs for approximately twenty participants depending on where they are coming from. If you would like to join us in one of the face-to-face meetings then we will do our best to get you there. The exact amount of support we can offer will depend on how many expressions of interest we get and their distance from the chosen venue. Can I get involved and help to organize sessions? Yes, but this is completely optional. Our first priority is organizing a space for people to attend, talk about Wikipedia, and discuss how to expand and improve it. However, if you want to help organize discussions, advise on venues or facilitate specific conversations, please let us know. The discussion we have already organised/planned will focus generally on barriers that people perceive to exist when editing Wikipedia either in Arabic or about topics related to the Arab world. But if there is any particular angle of conversation that you’d like to focus on and start a discussion about then please let us know and we can either incorporate it in the programme or let you lead that part of the conversation. Will the face-to-face meeting be public? The meeting won’t be open to the broader public in order to facilitate focused discussions about the topics of greatest concern. We will compile a summary research report of the discussions. People can choose how/if they want to be identified, and a draft version of this document will be circulated to everyone who participates. What if I don’t live in the Middle East or North Africa? We would still very much encourage you to participate in the online discussion. However, we think it is unlikely that we will be able to fly you in for the in person workshops. If you can pay your own way, we may still be able to provide you with hotel expenses. In short, talk to us and we will see what we can do. Will these events be in English or Arabic? Both events will be designed to accommodate English and Arabic speakers. The online discussion will have tracks for both languages and the workshops will have simultaneous English and Arabic sessions that you can choose between (as well as coming-together sessions to share experiences). Three of the researchers speak English as a first language and three speak Arabic as a first language.

OIIOxford (talk) 11:36, 21 August 2012 (UTC), tidied 11:20, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Category:Shopping centers in the San Francisco Bay Area

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Workshop in Cairo

Hi, Just want to know if you are going to attend the workshop ? being organized by the group of researchers of Oxford University to be held in Cairo. As i have been invited to attend the workshop.

Nabil rais2008 (talk) 17:59, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

As you might note from my user page, I am located in California. Egypt is not in my plans. —Stepheng3 (talk) 02:57, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

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Malibou Lake

Hi Stepheng3:

Sorry I didn't leave an explanation when I deleted that text. I was looking for a place to clarify the deletion, but none was readily visible. I love Wikipedia and give $25 a year (wish I could do more), and I was surprised that I couldn't find a place to leave notes. Users should not have to go hunting for such an important feature.

I deleted that text because it is full of errors. Here is that text with my notes: "The lake is situated in the midst of the Malibu Mountains. Many large ranches had been set up here by Ronald Reagan (Ronald Reagan set up only one ranch, his personal ranch, next to Malibou Lake). The lake periphery measures 3 km and its shores are studded with many film settings and villas (I live at Malibou Lake and this is simply not true). The depth of water in the lake is 25 ft which provided the ideal location for the heroes of the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to jump from the top of a cliff. A similar stunt act of jumping into the lake was performed by James Coburn, for the film “Our Man Flint”. (On the depth of the water and the movies, the writer is referring to Century Lake that is down creek from Malibou Lake. Century Lake used to be owned by 20th Century Fox Studios (thus the lake's name) and Fox shot many films there.)

I am the author of the only local history book on the area being discussed. My book "Three Magical Miles" is listed in the citations. The writer of the incorrect text that I deleted wasn't reading the facts carefully and posting bad info on Wikipedia. I would be happy to send you the pages from my book that the careless writer was quoting from for your review.

Everything else on that page looks fine except that one block of text. May I re-delete the erroneous information? Thanks. -Brian Rooney elroon@earthlink.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elroon (talk • contribs) 05:45, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

The place to briefly describe your changes is in the edit summary. That's the text box in the grey area where the "Save page" button is located. The paragraphs in question cited reliable sources such as the Los Angeles Times. If you wish to correct particular claims, you should correct them and cite your sources, not delete whole paragraphs. If you need further assistance, let me know.—Stepheng3 (talk) 17:57, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

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Sonoma County Wikipedia people

I see you're in Sonoma County, too. Maybe we can meet for lunch to talk about Wikipedia. You can reach me at mikevdpca[at]aim[dot]com MikeVdP (talk) 06:44, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Vacquero Reservoir

You may want to change the redirect as it's a redirect to itself.

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Proposed rename

Please see ny proposal to rename Category:Television series canceled after one episode to Category:Television series cancelled after one episode; to follow the spelling of all the other subcategories of the parent category. Hugo999 (talk) 03:08, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

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sorkeys

Check the DEFAULTSORT on the same page. The sortkeys are a substring of it so they are not needed. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:22, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

I missed that. Hmm. A substring is not quite the same thing, but I guess in this case it's alright. —Stepheng3 (talk) 18:29, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, and back at you

		The California Star
		for your work on Bay Area articles and categories Mercurywoodrose (talk) 18:51, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. These bits of shiny mean even more when they come from editors I respect. —Stepheng3 (talk) 06:24, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Texas/San Antonio

Hello Stepheng3,

Your addition of the GeoGroup template to photo requests at WikiProject Texas/San Antonio brought out something I don't know how to correct. When clicking in either the Bing or Google option to see the coords on the map, both show one of those coordinates in China. I don't see any coordinate in that table that is so different from the rest that it would locate it in China. Is there anything you can do to correct that? — Maile (talk) 18:34, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

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Adminship

After answering your protected edit request just now, I had a little look through your contributions, and what I have seen is very impressive. Would you be interested in running for adminship? We need more admins who are skilled with templates and categories. If you want to run, I'll have a more detailed look through your contributions, and if I think everything looks good I will nominate you. Let me know what you think. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 09:16, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm flattered. I was encouraged to run back in 2009, but I declined. I'll give it some more thought. —Stepheng3 (talk) 09:25, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Having had the pleasure of working with you previously, allow me to second the idea! I'm sure you will be a great admin! Jusdafax 09:28, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the votes of confidence. I assume I'd make a decent admin, and I'd cheerfully accept (and use) a mop, were it handed to me.

However, after reading the current RfA (for KTC) and various advice pages, I've concluded that RfA process and I still aren't ready for one another. By the standards of RfA, my WP experience is deep but not broad. I don't deal well with public criticism, drama, and attacks. I don't have any GAs, FAs, or DYKs to speak of. And it doesn't help that I get irritated by Wikipedia's abuse of the word "consenus." For these reasons, I think I'd best remain in my comfort zone and rely on tougher souls to wield the mop. If nominated, I plan to decline.

Of course, if the tone of RfA were to change substantially, or if someone came up with a way for me to edit full-protected templates without enduring a week of WikiTorture, I might change my mind.

Cheers, —Stepheng3 (talk) 02:53, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

I understand completely. Thanks for considering it, and thanks to Mr. Stradivarius for the initial question. My best to you this holiday season, and always! Jusdafax 03:59, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

That's too bad, but I understand. RfA can certainly be a stressful place. From what I have seen of your interaction style, I think you would do just fine at dealing with the questions, and there have been plenty of administrators recently who have got through without having any GAs or FAs (like me, for example). I think you would have a very good chance, but it is up to you when and if you want to run, of course. The offer is always open, so if you change your mind in the future, just get in touch. And feel free to ask me any RfA-related questions, for example if you would like a neutral review of your contribs. I'll be happy to help you out. All the best — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 10:00, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Lunch?

(You don't have email enabled, in your preferences, or I'd have sent you a note that way.)

I've lived in Sonoma County for five months now, and thought it would be nice to get together with the other two editors who self-identify as living here (that would be you and DoriSmith). Among other things we might talk about could be this. Interested? -- John Broughton (♫♫) 22:16, 30 December 2012 (UTC)