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Deletion of Le Pietre (yacht)
I was really very much upset when I saw your decision about deletion of the page Le Pietre (yacht). I think it is really unfair. The yacht maybe is not that notable at the moment but on Wikipedia you have other examples of same wooden gulets and even the whole companies advertising their businesses in building them as Cobra Yacht or Aegean Yacht. Believe me , it is really very exciting to have 35m wooden yachts being built in our days, and for those who understand it is pleasure to know about it. Can you please show me the way how the article can be further improved and upoladed again, otherwise it is a conflict of ineterest, as one of the companies mentioned above even advertises the not-launched-yet projects, without proof links. Natalia Spatar (talk) 11:17, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
- Sorry for the delayed response. I think the general sentiment at the AfD was that the article was in acceptable condition, but the ship itself didn't quite cut it in terms of notability. I understand completely that she's a special case, so I'll try to remember to keep an eye out for any additional independent articles that might be published on the yacht. Juliancolton (talk) 20:07, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I have reviewed 1893 New York hurricane and placed it on hold for up to seven days with some small concerns. You can see my review here: Talk:1893 New York hurricane/GA1. Canadian Paul 17:43, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
Featured portal
Hey, just wanted to let you know I nominated P:HUDSON for featured portal. Do you want to co-nom, since you created it in the first place? I was hoping you could give some pointers/tips during the review.
--Gyrobo (talk) 03:07, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
- Awesome, glad to see it in such good condition, and thanks for the invitation to co-nom it. I've dreamed of someone taking the initiative to get the ball rolling again for the past few years. Unfortunately I'm quite short on time this week, but come Saturday I should be able to let you know if I have any thoughts or suggestions. Keep up the good work! Juliancolton (talk) 20:06, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Commons
Hello, I've made a mess of uploading an image on Wikimedia commons. Could you rename this file[1] for me. Thank you Grim23★ 20:07, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
- Nevermind, its been renamed. Grim23★ 22:42, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
Archiving
Can you tell me or show me where it shows you how to on how I archive some things on my user talk page? - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 00:07, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) See Help:Archiving a talk page. There are multiple ways you can archive a talk page; either by moving your talk page (to, say, User talk:Knowledgekid87/Archive 1), cutting and pasting old discussions into archive subpages (which MiszaBot III (talk · contribs) and ClueBot III (talk · contribs) do automatically; I personally use the former, see User:MiszaBot/config for how to use it), or saving a permanent link of a revision of your talk page and then posting the URL. For ease of navigation through your archives, you may wish to consider adding {{archives}} to your talk page and {{archive-nav}} to the top of each archive. --Dylan620 (t • c) 02:47, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
- Okay thanks for your help =) - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 16:13, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
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Admin Coaching
Hi Julian,
I attempted to contact you while you were on your sabbatical in regards to Admin Coaching, will you be accepting new coachees? Regards, —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 9:57am • 22:57, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
- Hi Ancapp. For the time being, I'd rather focus my work on content, as I intended when I returned to editing. I haven't really been all that involved in RfA-related matters for the past year, so chances are I'm a bit out of the proverbial loop. I'd be happy to work with you and answer any specific questions you may have, but I'm not prepared at the moment for formal coaching. Apologies, Juliancolton (talk) 10:53, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
- Oh ok, that's fine. Sorry for the belated response. —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 9:12am • 22:12, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
pic for storm
Hi Julian, which is the best map for display at F and A? Tony (talk) 07:40, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
- Tony,
I think the lead image (File:December 26, 1969 nor'easter.jpg) is the most informative, if you know what you're looking at, but this one is more recognizable to the masses. I'd tend to go with the first map, simply because I feel it better represents the storm itself rather than its aftermath. It's difficult because there are no satellite images of the storm as there would be for modern cyclones, so the only option is to sort of improvise for illustrations... Juliancolton (talk) 10:51, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
- Julian, I've only just seen this. Had to make a fairly quick decision, and almost did put the lead one up. Oh well, I went for colour ... Tony (talk) 02:37, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
- Just as well. It was a tossup in any case, so no harm done. Thanks for all your work for the Signpost, it's always a pleasure to read. Juliancolton (talk) 18:51, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I have reviewed 1914 Atlantic hurricane season and placed it on hold for up to seven days with one small concern. You can see my review here: Talk:1914 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1. Canadian Paul 05:19, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
1911 Atlantic hurricane season
Yes, glad to oblige. Done. Nice job on your part. Left four suggestions. Articles this size don't take so long. Finetooth (talk) 23:42, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
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SST talk page
If you want to know why I'm getting upset with Boris, check out this and this, let alone some of his current talk page content. The climate comments in the first talk page discussion really pissed me off. How are we going to improve the met project if we have someone warning people off from editing? Thegreatdr (talk) 23:34, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion request
I fucked up a move. Please delete Index of ancient Egypt-related articles, which is currenty blocking the page I meant to move there (I moved the talk page there by mistake. Doh!). The Transhumanist 21:23, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
- Confused myself on that one. Deleted and undeleted... I guess it's fixed? Juliancolton (talk) 00:13, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
Someone else already fixed it. I moved the desired page to it, and then that disappeared (I should have dropped you another note - sorry). What happened to the page I was working on? Index of ancient Egypt-related articles. The Transhumanist 00:20, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
After I made the initial request, someone fixed it. Then I moved Index of ancient Egypt articles to Index of ancient Egypt-related articles. Then you speedied it. My bad. Please fix. The Transhumanist 00:24, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
It started out as Wikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Egypt/Ancient Egypt Watchlist, and now it doesn't exist! :)
The Transhumanist 00:29, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
- Alright, now I'm totally lost. :( I was never good with histmerges/moves. Anyway, I deleted the Index page, which you had CSD'd, so I think that's right? Juliancolton (talk) 00:31, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
- Err, nvm, check again. Juliancolton (talk) 00:34, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
- It's good now. Thank you. The Transhumanist 00:38, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
- Err, nvm, check again. Juliancolton (talk) 00:34, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
Autoconfirmed RfC
A formal Request for Comment has now been started on this topic. Feel free to contribute; best, Ironholds (talk) 20:30, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations
Congrats on the FA for 1911 Atlantic hurricane season. Finetooth (talk) 23:35, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you, and thank you for your reviews and support of the article. Juliancolton (talk) 01:05, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
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You might want to check into User talk:Me ne frego's block
It's becoming a non-wikipedia like free for all, with people making value judgements about the user without addressing his points. Granted, I also don't agree with his views, but no one is seriously addressing his points either. Why would an encyclopedia, let alone this one, bar free speech during editing (sometimes with reference support apparently), especially considering this encyclopedia's content? Thegreatdr (talk) 01:16, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- I haven't really looked into the merits of the block, but the post-block comments are out-of-line. I saw you said something about a discussion on an admin board, but I can't immediately find that... which board specifically is it on? Juliancolton (talk) 19:08, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- My problems were primarily about the post-block response. So far, the comments say they are fine, which is shocking to me. It seems we can cast the wikipedia tennets aside with people that are clearly doing something very wrong. Look here. Thegreatdr (talk) 01:39, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your participation in the March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive
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During the backlog drive, in the month of March 2011,
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We started the GA backlog elimination drive with 378 GA nominations remaining, with 291 that were not reviewed at all. By 2:00, April 1, 2011, the backlog was at 171 GA nominations, with 100 that were left unreviewed.
At the start of the drive, the oldest unreviewed GA nomination was 101 days (Andrei Kirilenko (politician), at 20 November 2010, reviewed and passed 1 March 2011); at the end of the drive the oldest unreviewed GA nomination was 39 days (Gery Chico, at 24 February 2011, still yet to be reviewed as of this posting).
While we did not achieve the objective of getting the backlog of outstanding GA nominations down to below 50, we reduced the GA backlog by over half. The GA reviews also seemed to be of a higher quality and have consistently led, to say the least, to marginal improvements to those articles (although there were significant improvements to many, even on the some of the nominations that were failed).
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Thank you
Thank you for your helpful advice and your support for List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem), which was promoted to Featured List yesterday. Finetooth (talk) 16:21, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
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US 131
You posted a comment about the bridge in the article. According to Hyde, "This is the oldest example of a concrete girder bridge designed by the Michigan State Highway Department." According to MDOT, it is the "oldest known surviving example". As for the service flags, that was a national phenomenon, not just a Michigan thing, during WWI that gets revived during every major war. Thanks for you efforts and keep up the good work. Imzadi 1979 → 20:49, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
- Just a ping to see where things stand. Your efforts and time are appreciated. Imzadi 1979 → 16:54, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
WikiCup 2011 April newsletter
Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. 
Casliber (submissions), who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.
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DELETION OF NICK ALLAN
Hi Julian,
On 18 May 2009 you deleted the entry for a British diplomat called "Nick Allan". http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nick_Allan&action=edit&redlink=1
I was wondering what I could do to have it restored.
Nick was a senior member of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office for over 20 years. The cited reason for the deletion was: "As a press secretary, Nick will sometimes be cited in the press. However, I have found no articles or indepth reliable independent sources about him, only quoting him".
I have a few courses which I am hoping might help to clear this up:
Interview with MSNBC whilst Press Secretary at the British Embassy in Washington [1]
Newsnight Interview [2]
BBC News article [3]
Media Week article [4]
FCO Press Release referring to Nick as a Press Officer [5]
FCO Press Release referring to Nick as a Press Officer [6]
Nick listed as Private Secretary to Baroness Symons [7]
Indie article mentioning Nick as Press Secretary at the British Embassy in Paris [8]
I look forward to hearing from you.
Mark Bond 18:40, 6 May 2011 (UTC)Bladerunner1965 (talk) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bladerunner1965 (talk • contribs)
Article for reinstatement
Article for Norwich Film Festival should be reinstated. Festival of Note.
References: http://film.britishcouncil.org/norwich-film-festival, http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/norfolk/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8259000/8259888.stm
You may contact info@norwichfilmfestival.co.uk for further information
Regards,
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Erm...
You could just have said so you know... ╟─TreasuryTag►Acting Returning Officer─╢ 19:47, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
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storms
Thought you might enjoy this. — Ched : ? 02:20, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
FAC of Hurricane Michael (2000)
Hello Julian Colton, I am strongly considering re-nominating Hurricane Michael (2000) for FAC. I am notifying you about this because you are one of the "major contributors" of the article. Regards,--12george1 (talk) 03:11, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
- Works for me. I would suggest completely cutting out the last paragraph of the lead, which seems like a random collection of trivial facts, and the firs sentence of the lead seems a little odd. Other than that, I think it's a very decent article for all the polishing you've done to it. Juliancolton (talk) 10:41, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Messages
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RFC for user TreasuryTag
Hello! I was upset by the way that TreasuryTag had behaved on a recent AFD (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terry (Fawlty Towers)). TreasuryTag really made the AFD environment hostile, and for that reason I'm going to try to raise an RFC. The RfC process is geared towards a single dispute, and requires that two people attest to having tried to bring the dispute to the user's attention on their talk page, and that this intervention failed. I am putting myself forward as one of these editors, and I have described you as the other (for commenting on TreasuryTag’s placement of a ‘Welcome to wikipedia’ note on. If you agree with my RFC request then could you please sign it at the 'Attempts by certifier C2' section? It is temporarily here (here) while I get some feedback on it from here ( here).
My interest in this is that I'm a fairly new user, and have never been involved in a dispute with TreasuryTag, however was put off voting on the AFD process in question. All best, Chris (aka) TehGrauniad (talk) 15:59, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
GOOD MOH-NING — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.167.204.144 (talk) 17:43, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2011 May newsletter
We're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber (submissions), of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by 
Racepacket (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and 
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On 30 May 2009, you deleted the article on Odaxelagnia. Currently, its reincarnation is not substantiated by reliable research databases, and I'm worried that it's not a valid paraphilia, as recognised by the academic community. Knowing the rationale behind the original deletion might help. Thanks Julian. Best, Mephtalk 08:37, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
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Can you revist page to remove unreferencedBLP tag please?
Hi there, back in September 2009 you placed an unreferenced tag on the entry for Dennis_Elwell_(astrologer). I've added references and citations for all the comments on the page now, so would you mind revisiting the page again, and hopefully approving the removal of the tag? Thanks very much Clooneymark (talk) 13:16, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
Mount Mazama
Hi. I see you're on the list of GA mentors. Well, I'd like to get some feedback at Talk:Mount Mazama about some things that need to be done before it's safe to nominate the article at WP:GAN. Would you bother providing some input over there? Thanks. Jsayre64 (talk) 22:52, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of File:Varsity Scout emblem.svg
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June 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
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On the coins front ...
If you have an interest, Indian Head eagle, the latest creation, could use a GA review. Many thanks,--Wehwalt (talk) 15:14, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
- Nice, I'd love to. I'm just taking a break from yardwork at the moment, so I should have a review up this afternoon or evening. Juliancolton (talk) 15:34, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
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AN discussion
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Portal:Hudson Valley is now a featured portal
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Gamma Sigma Fraternity
Julian, I would like to discuss with you the deletion of the Gamma Sigma Fraternity page. I am a novice when it come to Wiki, but am concerned with our 150th Bash coming up that some alums will be at a lost. Can you tell me why it was deleted. I was on a page of one of our most famous alum's (AC Gilbert) and when I clicked on a link, I realized you had deleted the page. As a former president 1990-1991, I can give you access to whatever information you will need to verify us as a Fraternal organization. Neil E. Conlon
- Neil,
Unfortunately, I'm unable to locate the page in question. I deleted several thousand articles when I was active as an administrator a few years back, so I don't remember most of the specific cases I dealt with. However, very seldom did I make the unilateral decision to delete an article, so in all probability, I was simply acting on an existing consensus formed by other project editors. That said, if you can supply a link to the article you're affiliated with, I'd be more than happy to reevaluate it and see what I can do to help. Regards, Juliancolton (talk) 14:35, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Mentorship
Hello I want you to become my mentor if you still interested and its relevant for you.Details should be probably discussed by mail Thank you in advance.--Shrike (talk) 11:30, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
- Hi Shrike. I tentatively agreed to mentor you on the basis that none of the more active admins you also contacted expressed an interest, as they would probably be able to serve as a more hands-on adviser. Has anybody else responded at this time? Juliancolton (talk) 14:30, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
- No if you have someone else on mind that can be a good mentor I would be happy to ask him --Shrike (talk) 14:35, 24 June 2011 (UTC).
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer recreated
Hi.
You deleted a previous version of this, does the 'new' version mirror the old, or does it add anything? (it certainly doesn't add any sources). pablo 10:54, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
- it's gone now. pablo 08:06, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
Resolved
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Another outline nominated for deletion
The Outline of relationships was nominated for deletion.
It was then overhauled and the nomination was withdrawn.
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Thank you. The Transhumanist 08:01, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
a soul mate for you and hurricanehink?
- Awwww. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:34, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- I know. Isn't it cute? – Ling.Nut 11:30, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
Debra peer review
Can you comment in this peer review? Thanks! Hurricanefan25 tropical cyclone 18:29, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
WikiCup 2011 June newsletter
We are half way through 2011, and entering the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; the semi-finals are upon us! Points scored in the interim (29/30 June) may be counted towards next round, but please do not update your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. 16 contestants remain, and all have shown dedication to the project to reach this far. Our round leader was Casliber (submissions) who, among other things, successfully passed three articles through featured article candidates and claimed an impressive 29 articles at Did You Know, scoring 555 points. Casliber led pool D. Pool A was led by 
Wizardman (submissions), claiming points for a featured article, a featured list and seven good article reviews, while pool C was led by 
Eisfbnore (submissions), who claimed for two good articles, ten articles at Did You Know and four good article reviews. They scored 154 and 118 respectively. Pool B was by far our most competitive pool; six of the eight competitors made it through to round 4, with all of them scoring over 100 points. The pool was led by Hurricanehink (submissions), who claimed for, among other things, three featured articles and five good articles. In addition to the four pool leaders, 12 others (the four second places, and the 8 next highest overall) make up our final 16. The lowest scorer who reached round 4 scored 76 points; a significant increase on the 41 needed to reach round 3. Eight of our semi-finalists scored at least twice as much as this.
No points were awarded this round for featured pictures, good topics or In the News, and no points have been awarded in the whole competition for featured topics, featured portals or featured sounds. Instead, the highest percentage of points has come from good articles. Featured articles, despite their high point cost, are low in number, and so, overall, share a comparable number of points with Did You Know, which are high in number but low in cost. A comparatively small but still considerable number of points come from featured lists and good article reviews, rounding out this round's overall scores.
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A pie for you!
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You rock, pie rocks. That must mean that you are pie! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:53, 6 July 2011 (UTC) |
- Funny you should mention that... 3.14159265358979323 (talk) 01:05, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
- Wikipie? Do they have wikicake too? The Transhumanist 19:57, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
Undergoing expansion/restructuring. Please take a look to see if you can spot anything it needs. Thank you. The Transhumanist 19:57, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
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Recovery of old landphoon article content
Even though the article was initially deleted 2-3 years ago, is there any way that content can be recovered? Or is this one of those rare cases on wikipedia that once it is gone, it is gone? I'd rather not recreate that content from scratch. Curious. Thegreatdr (talk) 20:29, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
- Here's the content that was deleted in '07. Everything else is in the extant edit history. Feel free to do what you want with it; I just put it in my userspace for now as a dumping ground. Juliancolton (talk) 20:51, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks. There was less there than I remembered. It's been merged in. =) Thegreatdr (talk) 21:41, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
- Sounds good, and glad to help. Juliancolton (talk) 22:40, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks. There was less there than I remembered. It's been merged in. =) Thegreatdr (talk) 21:41, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011
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Hurricane Danny intro
Thanks for patching up the main page blurb for Hurricane Danny. I was just fixing up the introduction of the article itself to go along with the main page somewhat and I was wondering if you could double check it for me. I managed to get rid of all the "deaths" repeat, but occurred seems to be the recurring problem now. If I were to remove them completely, it may sound somewhat informal/unencyclopedic. Thanks again, hopefully my bad grammar from years ago can be purged. Hello32020 (talk) 19:04, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
- Glad to help. The lead of the article doesn't have to correspond to the main page paragraph, and indeed I'm starting to think they should be written with different audiences in mind (the TFA blurb made more general and the article intro made more specific and detailed). I think you might want to check the lead for overlinking though... for example, "warm waters" and "wind" are all but obvious, so you don't need to link those. Congrats on the TFA in any event! Juliancolton (talk) 19:10, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Reminder
Sorry if this seems rude, but I want to remind you to review Tropical Storm Debra (1978) (you said you would this evening). Thanks! Hurricanefan25 tropical cyclone 18:37, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
- Yup, haven't forgotten. Juliancolton (talk) 18:56, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
- Well, there you are, I did end up forgetting... my apologies. Reviewing straight away. Juliancolton (talk) 14:52, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
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Re: bureaucracy
I strongly agree with what you said about bureaucracy over on ANI. In the past, I even joked with tbsdu in saying that we should send the noticeboards he created to MfD. The thing of it is, if you take a step back, and take the big picture view, the problem becomes clear. We can't just blame the target demographic for the evolving/emerging bureaucracy; the problem can be directly traced to an inability to address and solve persistent problems (vandalism, plagiarism, COI, tribal conflicts, culture wars, one user one account, etc.) with an emphasis on command and control rather than problem solving and prevention. All of our efforts as Wikipedians should be spent on research, interfacing with experts on an interdisciplinary level and bridging the false divide between disciplines, and improving our coverage of topics and refining the composition and interaction between editor and reader, such that there is more input from readers feeding into the editorial process. We are getting there, but where we are now and the potential of what we could be in the future is limited by the lack of vision. Seriously, think about how much precious time is wasted talking about utter nonsense, fighting vandals, and trying to figure out if Mr. T is really Mrs. D in disguise. The administration of this site takes up too much overhead, and needs to be streamlined for efficiency and results, with more energy spent on writing projects, attracting and retaining experts, and appealing to the needs of our readers. Viriditas (talk) 07:38, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
- Viriditas,
Your comments are a perfect extrapolation of my brief train of thought associated with my comments at ANI. Since returning to editing after about a year of absence from the project, I've really come to believe that we're doing ourselves little good by exerting so much of our shrinking editor resources on making sure everybody's obeying the list of ALLCAPSANCRONYMS. In many ways, I believe the enwiki community has come to resemble the storyline of Lord of the Flies... we've abandoned productivity in favor of dividing ourselves into tribes and trying to prevent each other from going forward. I admit to not being entirely familiar with the situation related to the ANI thread in question, but even so I believe our efforts are misguided in those sorts of cases. Juliancolton (talk) 16:43, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
- I would like to hear more about your fresh perspective on the situation. There are continuing behavioral problems due to different maturity levels and other factors, but the problem I see occurring again and again is the MMORPG factor. Many users think of this site as just another game to be played, and AN/ANI only encourages that attitude. One way to "go forward" as you say, is to take that game-playing impetus and focus it solely on research and development. For example, just the other day, I was reading an article I was working on and I began to think to myself, "this page would be far more effective if users could choose to hear the material and watch it in a presentation mode, such that video and images would be presented in a full screen, ideal for classrooms and education. We need to take this to the next level. Text is good, and will always be the backbone of the site, but we need to start visualizing topics and begin to allow users to interact with the data. Viriditas (talk) 11:07, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- I know it's unenforceable, impractical, and not ever likely to happen, but I truly think it would be a huge benefit to the project to at the very least strongly encourage the use of real names when editing—or at least relating your username to your real-life identity in some way. It's widely accepted that internet users will be more courteous and respectful to each other when they have some grasp of their colleagues' real-life name, persona, identity, what have you. Even I've found that after seeing so much as a picture of a user I'm in disagreement with, it's more likely to occur to me that the other party is indeed a living person, and I often find myself revising my attitude toward them. In its early stages, Wikipedia was largely a social experiment to see what a bunch of non-experts with a computer could cook up given enough time. Now that the project is maturing, and it's far too late to turn back now, I maintain that we need to focus on figuring out how to best educate our readers, as you mentioned.
The open-editing, assume-good-faith model has both its perks and drawbacks, but I'm of the opinion that we need to start emphasizing the importance of expert peer reviewing and editing and giving verified and credentialed users more leverage in content-related debates pertinent to their fields of work. Wikipedia is decreasing in editorship according to many studies, but our base of readers remains vast, and I'd say a good chunk of internet users rely on WP for every-day curiosities. And it would be irresponsible for us as editors and members of the project community to continue to allow inaccurate, misleading, uncited and unreviewed content to lay around by the hundreds of thousands of pages.
Another tool we need in my opinion is a governing body for content. Nothing like ArbCom, of course, but a body of credentialed and experienced users, both in real-life and on wiki, to step in when content disputes arise, and to make sure we're following our basic policies. This would also in many ways eliminate the need for users to "play the game" and try to out-diff or out-ALLCAPS other users in long, drawn-out ANI threads. Obviously we can never make everybody get along, but setting more specific parameters for contributing content would be a huge step in the right direction as far as I'm concerned. Just my thoughts... Juliancolton (talk) 18:03, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
- Have you had a chance to look at the The Conversation? As only one example, this is a group of vetted experts who we could draw upon for non-binding content peer review. Take a look at the site and let me know what you think. Viriditas (talk) 08:43, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
- I know it's unenforceable, impractical, and not ever likely to happen, but I truly think it would be a huge benefit to the project to at the very least strongly encourage the use of real names when editing—or at least relating your username to your real-life identity in some way. It's widely accepted that internet users will be more courteous and respectful to each other when they have some grasp of their colleagues' real-life name, persona, identity, what have you. Even I've found that after seeing so much as a picture of a user I'm in disagreement with, it's more likely to occur to me that the other party is indeed a living person, and I often find myself revising my attitude toward them. In its early stages, Wikipedia was largely a social experiment to see what a bunch of non-experts with a computer could cook up given enough time. Now that the project is maturing, and it's far too late to turn back now, I maintain that we need to focus on figuring out how to best educate our readers, as you mentioned.
- I would like to hear more about your fresh perspective on the situation. There are continuing behavioral problems due to different maturity levels and other factors, but the problem I see occurring again and again is the MMORPG factor. Many users think of this site as just another game to be played, and AN/ANI only encourages that attitude. One way to "go forward" as you say, is to take that game-playing impetus and focus it solely on research and development. For example, just the other day, I was reading an article I was working on and I began to think to myself, "this page would be far more effective if users could choose to hear the material and watch it in a presentation mode, such that video and images would be presented in a full screen, ideal for classrooms and education. We need to take this to the next level. Text is good, and will always be the backbone of the site, but we need to start visualizing topics and begin to allow users to interact with the data. Viriditas (talk) 11:07, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
Carrie
I reviewed Carrie's GAN. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:48, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
- Well, see, your orange bar interrupted me in the middle of writing the 1860 AHS! ;) Thanks for the review, I'll take a look when I'm done with this section. Juliancolton (talk) 18:08, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
FUI
This is just a reminder. If a motto has been used multiple times it should be under or added to Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/Frequently used ideas. Simply south...... improving for 5 years So much for ER 08:09, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
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- Thank you! Juliancolton (talk) 16:18, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2011 July newsletter
We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are 
Adabow (submissions) (Pool A, 189 points) and 
PresN (submissions) (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from Casliber (submissions)) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from 
Another Believer (submissions)). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!
There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 11:35, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 01 August 2011
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- Featured content: Featured pictures is back in town
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DYK for 1861 Atlantic hurricane season
 | On 2 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1861 Atlantic hurricane season, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during a hurricane in November 1861, a man charged two cents per ride to transport passengers by boat to and from a popular New York City bar surrounded by floodwaters? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template talk:Did you know/1861 Atlantic hurricane season.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Query about Simple and Michigan Highways
Once we get the template situation sorted out, I'm looking at starting to rewrite the content of the Michigan FAs on Simple. The question I have is what is the best way to transfer the content. Should I transwiki the article, or just c/p with a note in the edit summary or a template on the talk page? Should I c/p each section one at a time over and immediately rewrite it that section? I figure that I'll start with the FAs because the content there is fairly stable and high-quality to start, but I want to get the initial content moved over properly while I work on rewriting it. Imzadi 1979 → 05:31, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 08 August 2011
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Userp request
Could you point me in the right direction to have a Commons acct (Exit2dos2000) merged into this one? Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 08:38, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
I have a conundrum
User:Ali Historian and I have attempted to communicate on the Samanid talk page and each other's talk pages. I am unsure whether or not he/she understands what I have posted, since his/her posts on my talk page are clearly of someone that is not sufficiently fluent in English to clearly understand someone else. Essentially, what are my options? I have two university sources that state the Samanids were Tajik, however there are some sources that call them Persian/Iranian(which I have said can be included as long as Tajik and associated sources are not removed). However, I am not sure Ali understands this. How can I reach a consensus/compromise with someone that can not understand English that well? --Kansas Bear (talk) 00:02, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
POTD notification
Hi Julian,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Effects of Hurricane Charley from FEMA Photo Library 7.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on August 13, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-08-13. howcheng {chat} 21:08, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Karl
Hey, could you comment on Karl 80's talk page with regards to your reverting what I removed? ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 14:49, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Good Article Review
I will be attending the Campus Ambassador Training this upcoming weekend, and as part of our 'homework,' I am expected to complete a GA review, and be able to explain it in front of the other trainees. The only problem is that I have never done a GA review before. I saw your name listed at WP:GAN/M and was hoping you could help me out.
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During the 1911 Atlantic hurricane season, a below-average number of six known tropical cyclones formed in the Atlantic during the summer and fall months. Additionally, three non-developing tropical depressions are thought to have existed, including one that began the season in February and one that ended the season when it dissipated in December. Half of the officially recognized storms intensified into hurricanes, of which two attained Category 2 status on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale. Most of the cyclones directly impacted land. A westward-moving hurricane made landfall south of Savannah, Georgia, on August 28, killing 17 people and leaving severe damage in and around Charleston, South Carolina. A couple of weeks earlier, the Pensacola, Florida, area suffered from a storm in the Gulf of Mexico that produced winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) over land. The fourth storm of the season struck the coast of Nicaragua; it killed 10 and inflicted extensive damage. Given the relative lack of real-time observations at the time, storm data is largely based on an ongoing reanalysis of the Atlantic hurricane database. (more...)
GOCE drive newsletter
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Thanks
On behalf of WP:CHICAGO, thanks for your editorial contribution
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A barnstar for you!
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| Thank you for all the work you do on Hurricane-related articles, bringing many up to GA status. Your work is appreciated. All the best, – Quadell (talk) 12:40, 22 August 2011 (UTC) |
- P.S. Congratulations on Tropical Storm Carrie (1972) making featured status! – Quadell (talk) 18:00, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks Quadell, and good luck on your steward election! Juliancolton (talk) 04:04, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
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Availability
With Hurricane Irene coming ashore, I won't be online a lot over the next few days... not that I've been editing a lot anyway, but just so everyone knows. Juliancolton (talk) 04:04, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2011 July newsletter
The finals are upon us; we're down to the last few. One of the eight remaining contestants will be this year's WikiCup champion! 150 was the score needed to progress to the final; just under double the 76 required to reach round 4, and more than triple the 41 required to reach round 3. Our eight finalists are:
Casliber (submissions), Pool A's winner. Casliber has the highest total score in the competition, with 1528, the bulk of which is made up of 8 featured articles. He has the highest number of total featured articles (8, 1 of which was eligible for double points) and total did you knows (72) of any finalist. Casliber writes mostly on biology, including ornithology, botany and mycology.
PresN (submissions), Pool B's winner and the highest scorer this round. PresN is the only finalist who has scored featured topic points, and he has gathered an impressive 330, but most of his points come from his 4 featured articles, one of which scored double. PresN writes mostly on video games and the Hugo Awards.
Hurricanehink (submissions), Pool A's runner-up. Hurricanehink's points are mostly from his 30 good articles, more than any other finalist, and he is also the only finalist to score good topic points. Hurricanehink, as his name suggests, writes mostly on meteorology.
Wizardman (submissions), Pool B's runner-up. Wizardman has completed 86 good article reviews, more than any other finalist, but most of his points come from his 2 featured articles. Wizardman writes mostly on American sport, especially baseball.
Miyagawa (submissions), the "fastest loser" (Pool A). Miyagawa has written 3 featured lists, one of which was awarded double points, more than any other finalist, but he was awarded points mostly for his 68 did you knows. Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, including dogs, military history and sport.
Resolute (submissions), the second "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Resolute's points come from his 9 good articles. He writes mostly on Canadian topics, including ice hockey.
Yellow Evan (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool A). Most of Evan's points come from his 10 good articles, and he writes mostly on meteorology.
Sp33dyphil (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Phil's points come from his 9 good articles, 4 of which (more than any other finalist) were eligible for double points. He writes mostly on aeronautics.
We say goodbye to our seven other semi-finalists, Another Believer (submissions), Piotrus (submissions), Grandiose (submissions), Stone (submissions), Eisfbnore (submissions), Canada Hky (submissions) and 
MuZemike (submissions). Everyone still in the competition at this stage has done fantastically well, and contributed greatly to Wikipedia. We're on the home straight now, and we will know our winner in two months.
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A reminder of the rules: any points scored after August 29 may be claimed for the final round, and please remember to update submission pages promptly. If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:05, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Lee
I am extremely sorry for the action. Since i have seen people discuss on the talkpage, i redirected it to the 2011 Lee without reading the disambiguation. I shall see that this never happens again. --Anirudh Emani (talk) 08:04, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
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User:Ks0stm's RfA
I had a question for you about this user. While I have gone through his contributions and I see things that were troubling enough for me to oppose, I'm sure that you have done a lot more research into this editor's background than I have. I'm curious what your thoughts are about the concerns I listed in my oppose argument. The only thing that has given me pause is that you nominated him, and I doubt for a second that you would nominate someone you were in any way unsure of. I'm overall extremely impressed with their abilities, and want to believe they would be a good administrator, as you seem to believe. Trusilver 23:08, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
- As I understand it, your main concern is that Ks0stm still shows signs of residual maturity and judgement issues, and another six months would do him good. If I'm perfectly honest, I do think there is merit to that, and overall the objections are, to an extent, more persuasive than some of my other experiences with nominating users. I'm not going to try to deny that the whole "Q3" thing represents a not insignificant lapse in judgement, but to me it becomes an issue of whether it's actually representative of a lack of judgement rather than a lapse in judgement. I don't think it is. I have to admit that I was not aware of this particular incident prior to nominating him; I nominated him largely, if not mainly on the basis of my previous experiences with him. Through talking to him and viewing his work, I felt comfortable that he had a thorough understanding of the project's principles and fundamentals. I think there are additional benefits of promoting college students to the position of sysop, and while of course I'm not saying we should blindly nominate them, this was an added factor in my considerations. However, even after reviewing the mounting concerns, I'm still convinced that the candidate would make an excellent administrator. I believe it's entirely possible to perform exceptionally well 99.7% of the time, with the occasional quarrel or a tendency to get a little frustrated. In that case, if the admin has a comprehensive basic understanding of how the project works, and has the knowledge and resources to make a difference, the benefits outweigh the small issues that may crop up. Also, I think it's increasingly likely after this RfA concludes (successful or otherwise) that Ks0stm will be more transparent about his mistakes and willing to admit to them. I know it's not especially reassuring, but I do believe that users can change fundamentally over the course of a week (or even a day). In any case, I really appreciate you taking the initiative to delve deeper and consider all sides of the spectrum. Juliancolton (talk) 23:55, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
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RfA
Hello, I am hoping to eventually request adminship again and was wondering if you have any advice for candidates. I don't want to rush it, as I know that's what caused my first attempt's closure. I would use the tools mainly for work in CSD and AIV. I appreciate any criticism you may have. Thank you, Tarheel95 (talk) 01:23, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Honestly, I think you should probably work on your userpage; it comes off as a little childish. I don't know if you're actually a kid, but there is an apprehensiveness at RfA to promote someone who looks (as far as that goes on WP) like a high school student. That's not to say we don't promote high school students... you just have to not look like one. The school notice should probably be replaced with a simple, professional banner that says your time is limited. You should probably remove the over 9,000 thing. That said, if you're willing to make your userpage a little less flamboyant, I'd be happy to give you a more in-depth review, but for now I think that's the biggest issue. Good luck! Juliancolton (talk) 01:46, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Hope Julian doesn't mind me chiming in here a little, but I agree with him on the userpage. If you have been around RfA for a reasonable amount of time, you will come to notice that there are people who will oppose you for EVERY reason under the sun. I have seen opposes for userboxes proclaiming Christianity, for userboxes announcing a political affiliation, for userboxes proclaiming edit count... for userboxes period. Basically, the more professional your userpage looks, the less there is to take offense with. Trusilver 03:33, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- I have implemented all suggestions and appreciate the feedback. If you have any additional suggestions, please do not hesitate to share them. Thank you both, Tarheel95 (talk) 19:24, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- If I may chime in with one: Use edit summaries. Admins are expected to be good communicators and people who don't even take a second to explain their edits are likely to be opposed on that ground. I for example almost never support any candidate who does not use edit summaries and a couple of people feel the same or at least see it as a reason to doubt the candidate's communication skills. Also, I don't think bright green is a good choice for a user page but then again, I might have strange tastes ;-) Regards SoWhy 20:14, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- I have tried to use an edit summary on most of my edits, I sometimes forget to do so. I appreciate your suggestion. I am also considering the color change. Tarheel95 (talk) 20:45, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
- Tip: If you forget, you can check "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" in Special:Preferences => "Editing". :-) Regards SoWhy 21:39, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011
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Archive protection
As you have previously protected my previous talk page archives with no question, could you please protect User talk:Osarius/Archive_4 for me? Thank you in advance. Osarius : T : C : Been CSD'd? 16:23, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- Looks like somebody else semi-protected it. Is that what you needed? Juliancolton (talk) 18:49, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
- No, I asked for full. Sorry about bothering you about it. Osarius : T : C : Been CSD'd? 19:32, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Julian do you not think it was a silly thing to do to protect these archives fully, meaning he can't even edit them himself? Even more so considering another admin rejected his request for protection as needless [2]--Jac16888 Talk 00:23, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- He asked for it, and it's in his userspace. I always full-protect my archives, and have followed a policy of fulfilling any other users' requests to do so with their own. I didn't know about the RFPP request, but it's not against policy. Juliancolton (talk) 00:40, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you Julian. As for Jac16888, as it is an archive it has no need to be edited, hence the archive template on the page which states "Do not edit the contents of this page." Protecting the page prevents editing, re-enforcing the message. I would prefer my archives to be fully protected, and as it is a request within my own userspace there really isn't a reason why it should be declined, whether or not it had been vandalised. You wouldn't decline an author page-blank within their own userspace, so why decline a page protection? Osarius : T : C : Been CSD'd? 12:31, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- I would have declined it too, userpage protection is up to the admins discretion. I see no point in protecting subpages and archives needlessly, and you've given no reason why its at all necessary, as far as I can see its nothing but hat collecting--Jac16888 Talk 12:50, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Julian, I hope you are well. My name is Matthew and I work on the fundraising team at the Wikimedia Foundation in San Francisco. We're busy preparing for this year's fundraiser, which starts in November, and we're looking to increase the number and diversity of the voices who participate. In the past, Jimmy's banner has been the driving force for raising money, and with great success. He alone, however, doesn't represent the diverse community that makes the WP projects so important, so we'd like to interview more Wikipedians like you. I wonder if you'd like to participate? Please let me know by emailing mroth@wikimedia.org. Thanks and have an excellent day! Matthew (WMF) 20:52, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
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RfA reform: ...and what you can do now.
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The 1941 Florida hurricane was a strong tropical cyclone that affected the Bahamas, Florida, and the southeastern United States in October 1941. The fifth known storm of the 1941 Atlantic hurricane season, it was first observed to the north of the Virgin Islands on October 3. The storm tracked generally westward through the Bahamas, reaching peak winds of 120 miles per hour (190 km/h). After moving across southern Florida the hurricane emerged into the Gulf of Mexico and made another landfall along the Florida Panhandle. Turning northeast, it crossed Georgia and South Carolina, and entered the Atlantic Ocean on October 8. In the Bahamas, where winds reached 104 miles per hour (167 km/h), the storm killed three people. The city of Nassau was struck particularly hard. In Florida, damage was relatively severe, and included the deaths of several people. High winds brought down trees and powerlines, though the storm was characterized by highly unusual rainfall patterns. Storm surge in the Everglades region flooded local streets. As the storm progressed northward, the city of Tallahassee suffered widespread power outages and damage to numerous vehicles. Throughout the state, the hurricane inflicted $675,000 (1941 USD) in damages. The cyclone later killed one person in Georgia. (more...)
WikiCup 2011 September newsletter
We are on this year's home straight, with less than a month to go until the winner of the 2011 WikiCup will be decided. The fight for first place is currently being contested by 
Miyagawa (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and 
Sp33dyphil (submissions), all of whom have over 200 points. This round has already seen multiple featured articles (1991 Atlantic hurricane season from Hurricanehink and Northrop YF-23 from Sp33dyphil) and a double-scoring featured list (Miyagawa's 1948 Summer Olympics medal table). The scores will likely increase far further before the end of the round on October 31 as everyone ups their pace. There is not much more to say- thoughts about next year's competition are welcome on the WikiCup talk page or the scoring talk page, and signups will open once a few things have been sorted out.
If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 12:41, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
Hey there, Julian! I"ve fleshed out this Portal, and am ready for you to mvoe it to mainspace. Could you please do that for me? Buggie111 (talk) 18:19, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
Done by a talk-page stalker. I removed one non-free image as they're not allowed in portal space. Don't forget to update Wikipedia:Portal/Directory, Portal:Contents/Portals and {{Number of portals}}. Nice work! Next stop, WP:Portal peer review then WP:FPOC. BencherliteTalk 19:04, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Featured article review/Tropical Storm Erick (2007)/archive2 - here's an FARC on Tropical Storm Erick (2007). Please look at it with an open mind. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:50, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2011 October newsletter
The 2011 WikiCup is now over, and our new champion is Hurricanehink (submissions), who joins the exclusive club of the previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009) and Sturmvogel_66 (2010). The final standings were as follows:
- Hurricanehink (submissions)
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- The Featured Article Award: Casliber (submissions), for his performance in round 2. Hurricanehink (submissions) matched the score, but Casliber won the tiebreaker.
- The Good Article Award: Yellow Evan (submissions), for his performance in round 4.
- The Featured List Award: Miyagawa (submissions), for his performance in round 4. PresN (submissions) matched the score, but Miyagawa won the tiebreaker.
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Deleting article
I made an article: California Dream Week and on Oct 27 was deleted.
Please let me know: What I need to do to challenge the deletion?
Thanks. Ludmila cdw (talk) 07:33, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
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Deletion of California Dream Week
Hello, you have deleted a page California Dream Week. Please give me advise for keeping this page alive. Thanks.
Ludmila cdw (talk) 17:32, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
- Hi Julian and Ludmila. Ludmila has asked me for advice on my talk page regarding the above deleted article, as I had responded to a helpme request of hers. Having looked at your deletion, you used G4 but I only see prior speedy deletions, and if there was no prior deletion discussions at XfD, G4 did not apply. However, this page reads to me as blatant advertising, eligible for speedy deletion under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, and so I see little purpose in undeletion, except to just turn around and delete it immediately again on a more applicable basis. So my advice, Ludmila, is to go to WP:REFUND and ask for userfication (not undeletion). Then work hard on writing the article neutrally, taking out the promotional material such as the peacock language. Then, when you are ready to go live, you can move it to the main part of the encyclopedia.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 19:21, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
"Fractures" in short-wave troughs
Hink recommended I ask you this question, as I have no clue what it means ;)
In the Monthly Weather Review's article for the hurricane season of 1959, see page 444, "Hurricane Cindy". There, it says "With the fracture in the short-wave trough" — the first problem is, a shortwave isn't mentioned earlier in the part about Cindy. The second problem is that I dunno what a "fracture" in a short-wave trough is. If you could answer my questions, that would be great. Thanks, HurricaneFan25 16:37, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
- The shortwave can probably be interpreted as a product of the dominant cold front that moved SE with the northern low pressure area (and a shortwave is simply an upper-level frontal boundary on a smaller scale tan surface fronts). It's evident in this 500 mb chart from July 3, 1959. A trough fracture is a really obscure term for when one region of vorticity splits into two. My guess is that when the shortwave split, the southern segment transferred to the surface and spun up a hurricane. But this all seems too technical for the average reader, so I wouldn't worry too much about putting this in the article. Juliancolton (talk) 18:52, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
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Considering an RfA, Mind taking a look?
Hey Julian. Mind taking a look at my contributions and giving me your thoughts on a possible RfA? I'm just feeling it out right now, and I'd like to get some input before I actually try for it. You'll notice that I don't have nearly the volume of edits as many others (only around 1600 globally), however I have been a part of the community for a long while now (my first edit being on February 23, 2006). Now there have been time periods in this where I've edited more and edited less as time allows, however I am getting back into the swing of things now! Thanks, and no hard feelings if you don't think I'm quite ready for it. Any input is greatly appreciated! nf utvol (talk) 19:34, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker). I'm sorry to say but you'd not stand a chance at RFA - and that's not your fault I might add. However this level of activity is just not up to the current "standards" at RFA. I'd recommend a flick through Wikipedia:Unsuccessful adminship candidacies (Chronological)/2011 to see how tough it's got. As a rough guide, 5,000 edits and 8-12 months active (300+) edits a month is now almost mandated as a minimum. I for one wish it was otherwise, but it is what it is..... :( Pedro : Chat 22:16, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
- 'twas afraid of that. C'est la vie. Was just wondering if the sheer length of my tenure here would offset that.nf utvol (talk) 22:55, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
- It should. But it won't. At least in my opinon - others may disagree but I'm confident I'm correct. Sorry :( Pedro : Chat 22:12, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
- 'twas afraid of that. C'est la vie. Was just wondering if the sheer length of my tenure here would offset that.nf utvol (talk) 22:55, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
You may be interested in this. Peter jackson (talk) 11:15, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
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Tropical Storm Barry was a strong tropical storm that made landfall on the Florida Panhandle during August 2001. The third tropical cyclone and second named storm of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season, Barry developed from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa on July 24 and tracked westward. The wave entered the Caribbean on July 29 and spawned a low pressure area that organized into Tropical Storm Barry on August 3. After fluctuating in intensity and track, the system attained peak winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) over the Gulf of Mexico, and headed northward before moving ashore on the Gulf Coast. Unlike the devastating Tropical Storm Allison earlier in the season, Barry's effects were moderate. Nine deaths occurred, six in Cuba and three in Florida. As a tropical cyclone, rainfall peaked at 8.9 in (230 mm) at Tallahassee, and winds gusts topped out at 79 mph (127 km/h). The wave that would become Barry dropped large amounts of rain across southern Florida, leading to significant flooding and structural damage. Moderate flooding occurred throughout the Panhandle, where damage as a result of high wind gusts was also reported. Barry is estimated to have caused $30 million (2001 USD, $36.5 million 2008 USD) in damage. (more...)
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The Signpost: 05 December 2011
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Another RfA
Hello, Juliancolton,
I am the beginner in Wikipedia, but would like to become an admin sometime, so your kind assistance would be very useful to me. I hope to count on your nomination as I reach the level of edits required by Wiki rules (soon, hopefully) - have only 1500+ edits so far in English Wiki. I will really appreciate your support when I reach the edit number necessary for adminship --Orekhova (talk) 14:07, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
December 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
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The Signpost: 12 December 2011
- Opinion essay: Wikipedia in Academe – and vice versa
- News and notes: Research project banner ads run afoul of community
- In the news: Bell Pottinger investigation, Gardner on gender gap, and another plagiarist caught red-handed
- WikiProject report: Spanning Nine Time Zones with WikiProject Russia
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A cupcake for you!
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You know why! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 13:58, 21 December 2011 (UTC) |
- same — Ched : ? 15:13, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! I hope you have a festive holiday! Hurricane Angel Saki (talk) 22:44, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
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Typhoon Tip was the largest and most intense tropical cyclone on record. The nineteenth tropical storm and twelfth typhoon of the 1979 Pacific typhoon season, Tip developed out of a disturbance in the monsoon trough on October 4 near Pohnpei. Initially, a tropical storm to its northwest hindered the development and motion of Tip, though after it tracked further north Tip was able to intensify. After passing Guam, it rapidly intensified and reached peak winds of 305 km/h (190 mph) and a worldwide record low sea-level pressure of 870 mbar (hPa, 25.69 inHg) on October 12. At its peak strength, it was also the largest tropical cyclone on record with a diameter of 2,220 km (1,380 mi). It slowly weakened as it continued west-northwestward, and later turned to the northeast under the influence of an approaching trough. Tip made landfall on southern Japan on October 19, and became an extratropical cyclone shortly thereafter. U.S. Air Force Reconnaissance flew into the typhoon for 60 missions, making Tip one of the most closely observed tropical cyclones. Rainfall from the typhoon breached a flood-retaining wall at a United States Marine Corps training camp in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan, leading to a fire which killed 13 Marines and injured 68. Elsewhere in the country, the typhoon led to widespread flooding and 42 deaths, and offshore shipwrecks left 44 killed or missing. (more...)
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The Signpost: 26 December 2011
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GOCE 2011 Year-End Report
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The Signpost: 02 January 2012
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RFA
I would like to request a nomination for Adminship. Mr.BlackHole (talk) 21:02, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
- I'm not a bureaucrat, so I can't make you a backdoor deal unfortunately. You're going to have to follow the standard procedure @ RFA. Juliancolton (talk) 00:07, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
- Hmm, first fourteen edits to his userpage, making it look like this, with no prior experience? Then knows all about WikiProjects? I want to say this guy is WP:DUCKing up the place, but then he goes and requests an RfA on day two... I'm confused. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:09, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 09 January 2012
- Technological roadmap: 2011's technological achievements in review, and what 2012 may hold
- News and notes: Fundraiser 2011 ends with a bang
- WikiProject report: From Traditional to Experimental: WikiProject Jazz
- Featured content: Contentious FAC debate: a week in review
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why was Tunday Akintan page delected
am doing research on Tunday Akintan music — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.191.178.27 (talk) 10:28, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Is this section accurate? Is it complete? Please take a quick look. Thank you. The Transhumanist 00:11, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
- Nice. I like the first bullet the best; it seems to describe the concept well for such a short blurb. I'm kinda confused by the "suppressing depression" thing on the next bullet though... anyway, hope you've been well, haven't chatted in a while!! Juliancolton (talk) 17:28, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
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January 2012 Newsletter for WikiProject United States and supported projects
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The Signpost: 16 January 2012
- Special report: English Wikipedia to go dark on January 18
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- News and notes: WMF on the looming SOPA blackout, Wikipedia turns 11, and Commons passes 12 million files
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The Signpost: 23 January 2012
- News and notes: SOPA blackout, Orange partnership
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WikiCup 2012 January newsletter
WikiCup 2012 is off to a flying start. At the time of writing, we have 112 contestants; comparable to last year, but slightly fewer than 2010. Signups will remain open for another week, after which time they will be closed for this year. Our currrent far-away leader is 
Grapple X (submissions), due mostly to his work on a slew of good articles about The X-Files; there remain many such articles waiting to be reviewed at good article candidates. Second place is currently held by 
Ruby2010 (submissions), whose points come mostly from good articles about television episodes, although good article reviews, did you knows and an article about a baroness round out the score. In third place is 
Jivesh boodhun (submissions), who has scored 200 points for his work on a single featured article, as well as points for work on others, mostly in the area of pop music. In all, nine users have 100 or more points. However, at the other end of the scale, there are still dozens of participants who are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly!
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A few participants and their work warrant a mention for achieving "firsts" in this competition.
12george1 (submissions) was the first to score, with his good article review of Illinois v. McArthur.- 12george1 (submissions) was also the first to score points for an article, thanks to his work on Hurricane Debby (1982)- now a good article. Tropical storms have featured heavily in the Cup, and good articles currently have a relatively fast turnaround time for reviews.
- Sp33dyphil (submissions) was the first to score points for a did you know, with Russian submarine K-114 Tula. Military history is another subject which has seen a lot of Cup activity.
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Speciate (submissions) was the first to score points for an In the News entry, with Paedophryne amauensis. The lead image from the article was also used on the main page for a time, and it's certainly eye-catching!
Jivesh boodhun (submissions) was the first to score points for a featured article, and is, at the moment, the only competitor to claim for one. The article, "Halo" (Beyoncé Knowles song), was also worth double points because of its wide coverage. While this is an article that Jivesh and others have worked on for some time, it is undeniable that he has put considerable work into it this year, pushing it over the edge.
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USRD WikiProject Newsletter, Winter 2012
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Future of MOTD
I've decided to start a project discussion on this. Please see WT:MOTD. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 17:33, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 06 February 2012
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Hi Julian,
I work for Essence Digital UK based digital media company. We run all The Scripts digital presences. I need help amending articles to include correct info about Danny o'donoghue and The Scripts page. I'm not versed with the system and understand un refernced changes will be removed by admins and bots. If I send you info would you be able to correctly include it and remove information i.e My Town that the band no longer want available?
Look forward to you reply.
George — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheScriptOfficial (talk • contribs) 14:15, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
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New York State Route 28 is a state highway extending for 281.69 miles (453.34 km) in the shape of a "C" between the Hudson Valley city of Kingston and southern Warren County in the U.S. state of New York. Along the way, it intersects several major routes, including Interstate 88 (I-88), U.S. Route 20 (US 20), and the New York State Thruway twice. The southern terminus of NY 28 is at NY 32 in Kingston and the northern terminus is US 9 in Warrensburg. NY 28 was originally assigned in 1924 to an alignment extending from Colliersville in the south to Utica in the north via Ilion. From Colliersville to Cooperstown, the highway followed its current routing (excluding minor realignments); north of Cooperstown, NY 28 was routed along several state highways that now have other designations. The route was extended south to Kingston and north to Warrensburg as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. At the same time, Route 28 was realigned between Cooperstown and Mohawk to follow its modern routing. (more...)
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The Signpost: 13 February 2012
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The Signpost: 20 February 2012
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WikiCup 2012 February newsletter
Round 1 is already over! The 64 highest scorers have progressed to round 2. Our highest scorer was Grapple X (submissions), again thanks mostly to a swathe of good articles on The X-Files. In second place was Tigerboy1966 (submissions), thanks an impressive list of did you knows about racehorses. Both scored over 400 points. Following behind with over 300 points were Ruby2010 (submissions), 
Cwmhiraeth (submissions), Miyagawa (submissions) and Casliber (submissions). February also saw the competition's first featured list: List of colleges and universities in North Dakota, from Ruby2010 (submissions). At the other end of the scale, 11 points was enough to secure a place in this round, and some contestants with 10 points made it into the round on a tiebreaker. This is higher than the 8 points that were needed last year, but lower than the 20 points required the year before. The number of points required to progress to round 3 will be significantly higher.
The remaining contestants have been split into 8 pools of 8, named A through H. Round two will finish in two months time on 28 April, when the two highest scorers in each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers, will progress to round 3. The pools were entirely random, so while some pools may end up being more competitive than others, this is by chance rather than design.
The judges would like to point out two quick rules reminders. First, any content promoted during the interim period (that is, on or after 27 February) is eligible for points in round 2. Second, any content worked on significantly this year is eligible for points if promoted in this round. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which would otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:00, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 05 March 2012
- News and notes: Chapter-selected Board seats, an invite to the Teahouse, patrol becomes triage, and this week in history
- In the news: Heights reached in search rankings, privacy and mental health info; clouds remain over content policing
- Discussion report: COI and NOTCENSORED: policies under discussion
- WikiProject report: We don't bite: WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles
- Featured content: Best of the week
- Arbitration report: AUSC appointments announced, one case remains open
Hi Julian, I hope all is okay. You may have noticed over the past few days (5–7 March) that the MOTD that you link to on your user page has simply displayed a red link. This is due to the fact that not enough people are reviewing pending MOTDs here. Any help would be appreciated! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:05, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
Link correction
Hi, I tried to help you out with your seed germination questions the other day, but I didn't link properly. In case you are no longer looking at the ref desk for answers, here's the pdf on germination in Cucurbita: [3], also, let us know if you get it to grow! SemanticMantis (talk) 16:03, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks, but I found it on google pretty easily; it provided a lot of interesting info on the topic, so it wasn't a huge setback. :) Thanks again for the response and help, and I certainly will! Juliancolton (talk) 00:48, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Administator
Could you nominate me on Wikipedia:Requests for Adminship, please. I have made some edits, have been on here a while and I want to help vandalism myself. ~ ⇒TomTomN00 @ 19:35, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
- While Julian is free to nominate you, I would strongly counsel you to withdraw this request of him. Even if he were to nominate you, an RFA would fail as you are too inexperienced and your recent edits show a high degree of immaturity and desire to obtain offices. You are free to ignore this advice, but you must slow down, contribute content, learn the policies of the project and how it operates, and stop requesting new userrights and offices so quickly, in order to mature as an editor. MBisanz talk 19:43, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
Page move
Hey Juliancolton, I need you to move User:12george1/Tropical Storm Fran (1984) to Tropical Storm Fran (1984). After that, can you delete Tropical Storm Fran (1983) because the storm did not happen in 1983 (it was a copy and paste move by JG). Thank you!--12george1 (talk) 01:03, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
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The article was in rough shape, so I made some simple changes which should bring the article up to Start class, finally. I figured since you were the creator of the article that I should let you know. Thegreatdr (talk) 04:45, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 12 March 2012
- Interview: Liaising with the Education Program
- Women and Wikipedia: Women's history, what we're missing, and why it matters
- Arbitration analysis: A look at new arbitrators
- Discussion report: Nothing changes as long discussions continue
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Women's History
- Featured content: Extinct humans, birds, and Birdman
- Arbitration report: Proposed decision in 'Article titles', only one open case
- Education report: Diverse approaches to Wikipedia in Education
The Signpost: 19 March 2012
- News and notes: Chapters Council proposals take form as research applications invited for Wikipedia Academy and HighBeam accounts
- Discussion report: Article Rescue Squadron in need of rescue yet again
- WikiProject report: Lessons from another Wikipedia: Czech WikiProject Protected Areas
- Featured content: Featured content on the upswing!
- Arbitration report: Race and intelligence 'review' opened, Article titles at voting
April Fool Motto
April Fools Day is just around the corner. As such please could you nominate a new motto or comment on existing suggestions at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/Specials? Simply south...... facing oncoming traffic for over 5 years 16:24, 20 March 2012 (UTC)