User talk:GNRY09

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Roleplayer Good luck, and have fun. --role^player 01:47, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Adoption[edit]

Sure thing, mate! I'd love to. So; tell me a bit about yourself! It doesn't have to be a whole lot, or anything at all if you wish; I just like to get to know people a bit better than them just being a name on a screen. Oh, and of course, what you'd like to learn on Wikipedia. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 04:50, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds awesome! Ok, well, first off, this may make me seem lazy but I'll give you the name of a "WikiProject" on trains. Basically, WikiProjects are pages where editors who are interested in the same subject (say, trains) may meet and coordinate editing efforts. There isn't really membership as there is just volunteering your time when you feel like it. The trains project would be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains; since the project is pretty big, they even have their own Portal page ( a sort of 'main page' for the specific subject) at WP:TRAIN. Same goes for WP:PHOTO, which has a portal.

Now, how Wikipedia operates is a pretty big blanket term; was there any area in particular you were interested in? For example, doing image work, vandalism fighting, etc. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 05:16, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, WP:HUGGLE has requires users to have rollbacker rights, which you don't have. Now, I can upgrade your account to have them, but first I'd like to see you edit a bit more; it sounds mean and I feel like we're just making you do it manually, but there's a lot of damage that can be done with rollback, so it can only be used by trusted users. I'd suggest doing as you're doing; maybe even reporting a few vandals to the administrator intervention against vandalism board? Any IP that has made a malicious edit or two after a final warning (see WP:WARN for warning templates]]) is pretty much qualified to report for blocking. How does that sound? Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 05:32, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! If you need anything don't hesitate to leave me a message or email me. Have fun, and cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 05:39, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing! By the way, I noticed that you wanted to upload pictures; have you thought about uploading onto the Wikimedia Commons? Basically, that's a Wiki purely for media files; you can upload them here, too, but the Commons images can be used on any Wiki. Oh, and also, you should probably have a read over this guideline (if you haven't already), which helps you understand more about images on here, their copyrights, and more. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 05:42, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Patrolled edits are a way of signaling that a certain new page has been reviewed by any autoconfirmed user. Basically, if you visit the new page log you'll see a bunch of yellow. Those are unpatrolled pages. Meanwhile, white pages (which are normally lesser in number) have been checked over by other users; if the users have decided to speedy delete the page, they mark it as patrolled so that nobody else has to review it and waste time. If the page is safe, you also mark it patrolled for the same reason; it's all just an effort to streamline the new page approval process. Hope that's not confusing! Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 16:15, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to Meetup/Seattle6, a focus group[edit]

Hello. I'm part of a research group at the University of Washington (Seattle campus), and my group is reaching out to Wikipedians in the Puget Sound area. We're hosting a focus group designed to gather information on what Wikipedians would like to know about each other when interacting on Wikipedia. Our end goal is to create an embedded application that helps people quickly know more about others' history and activity on Wikipedia, and we feel our design will be much more useful if it's based on insights of users like you.

I'm hoping that the chance to help out local researchers, to engage in lively face-to-face discussion with other Seattle Wikipedians, and to contribute to Wikipedia in a new way will entice you to join us. The session lasts 2 hours and snacks are provided. Sessions will be held on UW Seattle campus - directions will be sent after registration. Your contribution will be greatly appreciated!

Willing and able to help us out? RSVP here. Want to know more? Visit our user talk page . Please help us contact other local Wikipedians, too! Commprac01 (talk) 03:00, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Montana rail link logo.jpg[edit]

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:45, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]