User talk:Thehelpfulone/Archive/February 2012


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A barnstar for you!

The Teamwork Barnstar

Thanks for all your help with UTRS over the past several weeks! I know you didn't program anything, but your help with alpha testing was truly invaluable, and despite the fact I may have expressed some annoyance over the large number of bugs and feature requests you filed, they've all been very useful towards shoring up the tool to prepare it for beta testing. Thanks very much! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 06:09, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Online Ambassador, Spring 2012

Hi, Thehelpfulone! As you probably know, the Wikipedia Education Program has instilled a new set of standards that courses must meet to officially join the program for the semester. As you can see, one of the requirements is that at least one ambassador or professor is a Wikipedian, as this should give students more access to helpful information about contributing to Wikipedia and creating good content. You are listed on the Online Ambassador page; are you still interested in remaining active this semester? Some of these classes will have to remove themselves from the program should they fail to meet these standards, but we would like to ensure that new students are receiving proper support during the editing process. Please let me know if you are still interested in mentoring these students this semester and/or visit the Online Ambassador talk page to select a course that still needs an Online Ambassador. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by JMathewson (WMF) (talk • contribs) 01:02, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Me, too!

ROFL ... I noticed this on John's talk, and with my tired eyes it reads "Thank you again for volunteering to beta-test The Helpful One."

Ooooh, can I beta-test you as well, please? ;P Pesky (talk …stalk!) 18:12, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

VARIABLE LENGTH FLEXIBLE STYLUS

I do not understand the abbreviated jargon... please

Mitchsdiamond (talk) 21:31, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 06 February 2012

News and notes: The Foundation visits Tunisia, analyzes donors

In the news: Leading scholar hails Wikipedia, historians urged to contribute while PR pros remain shunned

Discussion report: Discussion swarms around Templates for deletion and returning editors of colourful pasts

WikiProject report: The Eye of the Storm: WikiProject Tropical Cyclones

Featured content: Talking architecture with MrPanyGoff

Arbitration report: Four open cases, final decision in Muhammad images, Betacommand 3 near closure

Technology report: October's coding challenge: results now in; progress on 1.19 steady; and why for a while interwiki links were no more

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The Signpost: 13 February 2012

Special report: Fundraising proposals spark a furore among the chapters

News and notes: Foundation launches Legal and Community Advocacy department

In the news: Scholars and spindoctors contend with the emergent wikiorder

In focus: Skirmishes in the 'great sectarian war of the Internet'

WikiProject report: WikiProject Stub Sorting

Featured content: The best of the week

Arbitration report: Betacommand 3 closed, proposed decision in Civility enforcement, AUSC candidates announced

Technology report: January sees prototype new geodata API; but February looks to be a testing time for top developers

MSU Interview

Dear Thehelpfulone,

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.
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 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) 21:46, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

IP block exemption of Thehelpfulbot

Hi,
Thehelpfulbot is currently number nine on the list of accounts who hold WP:IPBE|IP block exemption]] for the longest. Are you still operating the TOR node, or can the account be removed again from the IPBE group? We usually try to keep the group as small as possible.
Cheers, Amalthea 18:01, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

User:97.97.4.199

The user has made so much vandalism on multiple pages. Many of them I've undone and others has been reverted by other users. The user has received many warnings but kept going with ongoing vandalism. Can you please do something about it? King Shadeed 03:22, February 17, 2012 (UTC)