Joliette

tell me about it?

Hi, My name is Andreea and I am a student in a graduate degree in sociology in Boston, MA. I am studying how people use Wikipedia, and the ways in which they participate on it.

Would you be willing to talk about that? I am flexible about the time of the interview and media we use (phone, IM, email), just let me know what works for you. I am looking forward to hearing back from you. Please leave me a message on my user page or email me using the link in my profile. Thanks, take care! Buburuza (talk) 23:55, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Spam in Elfster

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Re:

well, it still has some neutrality issues, but the main problem is there is pretty much no reliable information availible so that other readers can verify that what is being said is accurate. I'm sorry, but I'm afraid your article fails the notability guidelines found here. Thingg^⊕⊗ 05:00, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

The logo

The logo was uploaded marked as "licensed for use only on Wikipedia" or some such. You can't do that; anything here must have a general GFDL license, so that anybody and everybody can reproduce it, as long as they give due credit. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:16, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

The exemption you mention on my talk page only applies to existing articles. At the time I deleted the image, there was no Elfster article (the old version was deleted as promotional). Since there is now an article to which this can apply, I'll restore it. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:23, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

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License tagging for File:Elfster Logo 2010.jpg

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