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Maxistan

		The Anti-Spam Barnstar
		Good catch and a good AfD nomination. Its unfortunate that it was drawn out to such an extent, it was almost surreal. Its also unfortunate that it ended badly with an indefinite block for the creator, but still, that was quite a good catch on your part. It was the epitome of a spam/vanity article. Pstanton (talk) 20:49, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For your contributions on Wikipedia. Altruism^{T a l k - Contribs.} 07:10, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In appreciation

		"Speedy" Award
		In grateful acknowledgment of your consistently excellent work with speedy deletions. - Dank (push to talk) 23:27, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Helping Hand Barnstar
		I formerly award this barnstar to Wperdue, for thinking about the concerns of new editors and fostering the development of new editors in the future, giving them the benefit of the doubt (even if those editors may not deserve it) Thank you for your efforts in building the project, one new editor at a time :) . Ikip (talk) 08:07, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Christopher Michael Beer

An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Christopher Michael Beer. 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").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Michael Beer. Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate.

Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 01:15, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Osama bin Laden

My edit(s) to the OBL article are to more clearly state facts and avoid loaded phrases or words.

For example, I could say "group X used a huge bomb that murdered 100,000 innocent civilians in a terrorist attack just to spread massive fear" or I could say "group X used a bomb that caused 100,000 civilian casualties".

I'm sure you can see that both state the same facts but in the first case the writer is trying persuade the reader towards his POV instead of just allowing the reader to make up his own mind.

As far as bringing in a bunch of sources to show that others think group X is terrorist, we could do that with every single military or militant group on the planet. No matter who they are, there are many actions they have done to terrorize other people.

Why not let the reader come to her own conclusions based on the reliable facts she is presented with? -- That Guy, From That Show! 16:38, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can you forsee any circumstance where a person or organization can have the "terrorist" moniker attached to them/it or is it should it not be used on Wikipedia? If not, please head over to such POV magnets as Charities accused of ties to terrorism and remove all mention of the word. Either way, thanks for the reply. Wperdue (talk) 20:34, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

I had no idea that was going on in my talk page until I happened to stumble upon the WP:RPP page! Odd... I had my page semi-protected earlier that night. In any event, thank you very much for being so vigilant. If you ever need anything, let me know! -Tom A8 UDI 16:20, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I was happy to help. Apparently, this IP and about six others were doing the same thing to other pages. Then he/she started going after me too. Wperdue (talk) 16:45, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Great Wikipedia Dramaout

Hi! As you have expressed an interest in the initial The Great Wikipedia Dramaout, you're being notified because we are currently planning another one in January! We hope to have an even greater level of participation this time around, and we need your help. If you're still interested please sign up now at Wikipedia:The Great Wikipedia Dramaout/2nd. Thanks, and Happy Holidays! JCbot (talk) 04:46, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cordoba Academy

I noticed that Cordoba Academy is almost entirely cut and pasted from the academy website which would seem to be a possible copyright violation, what do you think? Supertouch (talk) 06:36, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I did a little digging, and it does look like it's mostly cut and paste. Good catch. Wperdue (talk) 06:40, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Carlisle Managed Solutions

Hello,

Was wondering whether it would be ok to remove the COI tag on the Carlisle Managed Solutions page. Think I've kept it neutral and factual and no one has complained about the page.

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wasabigit (talk • contribs) 10:53, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Patrol survey

New page patrol – Survey Invitation

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You are receiving this invitation because you have patrolled new pages. For more information, please see NPP Survey. Global message delivery 13:56, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Original research

I put to AfD a stub that you had speedied before. Regards. --Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 15:08, 7 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:55, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

New deal for page patrollers

Hi Wperdue,

In order to better control the quality of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.

Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.

Find out more about this exiting new user right now at New Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]