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Corporate Defence

Technically corporate defence differs from risk management in that it addresses the broader issue of operational line management ownership of risk and how this relates to all defence related activities. Consider corporate defence as being similar to national defence whereby all defence related activities including the army, navy, airforce and marine corps etc all ultimately report to the secretary of defense. In this instance risk management as a defence related activity would certainly be embedded in everyday operational activities.

System of a Down

Sorry about the hidden comment that you thought was inappropriate on System of a Down. Not the (not sure if it's even against the rules to say those words on here, so I'm not going to) you know which one...but the one before that that you thought was inappropriate unless I read it wrong. I added a new one with "Do not add new genres without citing references or by a vote on the talk page, please. Thank you." because people (although I think it's one person, just can't prove the sock puppetry...but all of the accounts make VERY similar edits, but I don't know if it's against the rules to be a sockpuppet if you're not doing it to get around a ban) keep adding "emo" and "oriental metal" without even talking about it or citing proper references. If it was something that everybody could agree on, it'd be fine. But, they (assuming it's actually more than one person) seem to be the only ones that think so. I've never heard or read anyone write them down as those genres, outside of those edits. Not on any webpages, magazines, or anything. It's very frustrating and it just happened to sort of get to me that time. I apologize. Also, sorry for kind of rambling and making this long. Haha. Bsroiaadn 00:22, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for leaving me a message. It is OK to have hidden comments in articles giving instructions to people, but it is very important to use a positive tone, and to accurately describe Wikipedia policy. While it is detrimental to add bad genres to a band's article, it is not considered vandalism and admins wouldn't block a user for doing this (unless they did it in a disruptive way, such as repeatedly reverting without discussion). I will go in and tweak your comment but I understand your argument and I won't remove it again.

Sockpuppets are normally OK to use.. however if someone used a sockpuppet to evade the Wikipedia:Three revert rule or to otherwise disrupt an article, then admins should know about it. I hope this answers your questions. Rhobite 00:29, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Alright, thank you. Although, they did keep adding it. I first noticed it 2 days ago, I think. I'm not sure how many times it's happened, but I saw a couple edit summaries asking them to stop adding "Oriental metal". As soon as someone got rid of it, he/she/them added it again without talking about it. And thanks for informing me that they're ok unless trying to get around rules or disrupt articles. I wasn't sure if they were ok, even if not acting up. Bsroiaadn 00:37, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Naoko77

I'm a little nervous about blocking this user because they have made a bunch of productive edits beforehand, so it doesn't appear to be a sleeper account. It could be a well-meaning but confused user who thought I was vandalizing, or it could be the same IP. I would like to wait and see if they repeat their action before blocking, and if I do block them it will only be for 24 hours (the length of the IP block. Natalie 23:10, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Harmony Heights School

Since you helped with Great Neck Village School, can you help with Harmony Heights School? You seem to know what you are doing...please? (69.117.20.128 - Talk)

Miriam Rivera

Our IP editor is back again and still unclear on the concept. I plan to ignore, but could you remind this user about civility? Thanks! Jokestress 03:36, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

It appears someone is unswayed by gentle reminders... Jokestress 09:57, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Opinion

What's Your opinion on 9/11 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.211.51.150 (talk) 10:53, 21 March 2007 (UTC).

External link spam on Put-in-Bay, Ohio

Hey Rhobite. In the past you've dealt with external link spam on Put-in-Bay, Ohio and South Bass Island, and unfortunately someone seems to be at it again. I was wondering if you might take a look. I understand you don't have time, but I thought I'd give you first crack at it since you're familiar with the situation. Thanks. --NormanEinstein 05:37, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the note. I left a response for the user on Talk:Put-in-Bay, Ohio explaining why the link isn't allowed. I am glad he/she is engaging in dialogue. Rhobite 15:26, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Gomantong Caves

On 30 March 2007 you removed an external reference in the Gomantong Caves article to "Gomantong Caves, Sabah, Borneo. Bat Caves and Swiftlets" from DownBelow. Now I am against spam and reference to non-useful links in the External links portion of articles as the next Wikipedia editor, but this link did not have advertising, and did have quite nice pictures of the caves that are not directly available. I ask, therefore, what was the basis of your objection to this as an external link? Is it a copyvio? --Bejnar 19:17, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the note. I removed the links because I rolled back all of the contributions of User:Jotimmsy (contribs), who added dozens of links to the site in various articles. Although the site does not appear to have advertising, it is a commercial site and all the photographs are for sale. The user is clearly attempting to use Wikipedia as a vehicle for free advertising. If they were truly interested in contributing to the effort here, they would upload images to Wikipedia under a free license. I would strongly discourage you from re-adding the links as you would be lending support to an external link spammer. Rhobite 15:25, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Like I said, I don't approve of spamming the Wikipedia, but there is no mention on this page of any advertising, and no mention that these photos are for sale (although I did find in fine print an offer of sale on a subsequent page when I clicked through to "Photo Collections"). Wikipedia does not prohibit external links because they are to commercial (.com) web pages. I think that we need to perform a balancing act when the external link is as blameless as this one, and the pictures are not otherwise available, and are high quality and illustrative. Cf. GoogleMaps. --Bejnar 19:21, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Block me!

Block me indef! I'm an impersonator! Rhob!te 21:39, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

The above user has been blocked as he requested. --BigDT 21:47, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Dude chill

It was April 1st!! and you could have put Church of Modern Day Firefox Users, into BJAODN before you deleted it.

Personal Request

Hello Rhobite,

I would like to ask you for a personal favor. I did recently ask people for an Editor review. I did that, because I want to know what other editors think about my contributions to Wikipedia over the last 1+ year and about me and my development as an editor within the Wikipedia community. A friend of mine who is also a Wikipedia admin asked me if I plan to apply for Admin-ship at Wikipedia. No, it is not, I simply would like to know what others think and to get some tips on how to improve on it. My friend did not review me of course, because of obvious reasons and nobody else felt like doing such a review yet.

I would like you to ask to review me and tell me your honest opinion, including the nice and the bad things.

The reason for asking you is simple. Our paths crossed multiple times at Wikipedia already. We had discussions at different stages of my development as Wikipedia editor, starting in February 2006 at the Blog article followed by discussions (also see subsequent paragraphs/discussions) at the Affiliate marketing article, when I was a newbie who didn't know anything about Wikipedia yet. It continued later when I was a bit more experienced.

Although we had our disagreements, did I always respect you and your ability to fair and neutral judgement (as neutral as a human could possibly be). I also learned a lot about Wikipedia from you and thought that it wouldn't be such a bad idea to continue with this "tradition". :)

Please let me know, if you are willing to do this for me or not. Thanks a lot. I appreciate your time and that you are considering it.

--roy<sac> ^Talk! .oOo. 09:47, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

is vs. are

Okay, ignore my previous comment. It does follow the rule I like. That is, If you affix the (lower case) "the" on the front, as most of us usually do, use "are." I just get a bit touchy about this issue, and prefer if people just leave well enough alone. Sorry. -Freekee 04:32, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough. I'm sure I can dig up newspaper and magazine examples tomorrow, if you like. Rhobite 04:39, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Dick_Morris.jpg

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Barnstar Award

		The Special Barnstar
		I, Carsten Cumbrowski aka Roy/SAC herby award you with this banstar for being an exceptional fair wikipedian who influenced me and my activities at Wikipedia more than you probably realize. To find out what you did, check this reference :) [1]. Cheers! roy<sac> Talk! .oOo. 16:25, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Roy, thank you very much for the Barnstar! I've had barely any time to edit recently but I will try to take a little time to do the editor review. I'm glad that I was able to help. Rhobite 22:39, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

My pleasue. You deserve it and thank you for considering the review. It means a lot to me. Cheers! --roy<sac> ^Talk! .oOo. 22:30, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Dick Morris.jpg)

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Ron Paul

I've been trying to do what you're trying to do - maybe you'll have more luck than I had. Tvoz |talk 05:15, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

TTC

Sorry, I didn't see that you attributed to the AAAS, which normally would be fine. Unfortunately in this situation we have a federal court, nearly every other scientific organization and ID proponents themselves all saying TTC is a ruse, as the sources provided there show. So attributing to just the AAAS does not accurately reflect this situation. We'll have to settle on some compromise that reflects those facts. FeloniousMonk 05:09, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

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Alex Rodriguez

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TfD nomination of Template:SourceWatch

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RE:Cultural Stereotypes

My "cultural stereotype" comments were sourced and can be proven as commonly known facts. Puerto Ricans are moving in large masses to the Orlando area (where I currently live and have lived for the past 9 years) from New York. New England has many WASP families (just look up "WASP" right here in Wikipedia and you will see). All my information was sourced by perfectly reliable web-sites yet you deleted them and said my comments were "unsourced". If you are going to delete my information simply because you most likely find it some how personally offensive, please don't be untruthful about why you did it at least. Thank you and no hard feelings. --Lucky Mitch 04:10, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

The burden is yours to provide sources for statements you add to articles. This is especially important when you are adding contentious material dealing with race and culture. Wikipedia is not a source - we can't cite our own encyclopedia. I did not remove any statements which cited a source. If I removed anything which was sourced, please point it out specifically, and name the source. Rhobite 05:01, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

My Sources [2] and [3]<--This one seems to no longer exist so I found a new one ([4])--Lucky Mitch 05:23, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

The sociology paper supports the statement that Puerto Ricans have migrated from New York to Florida. It does not make the opinion-based claim that they have "diluted" any kind of culture there. The "WASP nation" site overwhelmingly fails the requirements of Wikipedia:Reliable sources. Its author is not reputable (not even named) and it is rambling and somewhat unintelligible. Rhobite 05:28, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Completed Information

I have updated the pictures with the necessary information you have requested. Now would you please leave me alone. You have seemed to target me. Thank you in advance. Lindell005 05:21, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, none of those pictures are acceptable on Wikipedia. You are not using them as part of a discussion of the DVD or TV program which they came from. Since you are using them merely to illustrate what the person looks like, they are still replaceable. This violates WP:NFCC. Please do not upload any more invalid fair use images. Rhobite 11:51, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Colors in Real World cast articles

I'm curious about why you added rainbow colors to the Real World cast lists in each of the Real World articles. The colors don't seem to have any significance, and they make the chart somewhat difficult to read and confusing. Would you mind explaining this? Thanks.

On each season, the pages are just blank and boring. Adding this color made it more fun and not so dull. For the ones that are "difficult to read and confusing" please change the color to one of your interest. Thanks. Jaxtelles 25:16, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

For the same reason we don't put superfluous fonts, graphics, or boldface in articles, there is no reason to have meaningless colors in a wiki table. The colors are distracting to readers, so I am going to remove them. It's true that Wikipedia isn't the most visually interesting site, but adding visual elements with no purpose detracts from an article. Rhobite 04:57, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I Love Toys

Someone put back the list but I took it off because it came from the VH1.com website. Make sure you watch that page ok.--Stco23 18:58, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Spam in Summer camp

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AfD nomination of Freshly Squeezed Films

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thank you

thank you for making that important edit to Jamie Leigh Jones. Cheers, Kingturtle (talk) 18:50, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks!

Looks like I over-reverted Super Tuesday. Thanks for catching and fixing [5] my mistake! --Kralizec! (talk) 19:29, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

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Photo request

Please photograph The Old Spite House in Marblehead, Massachusetts for spite house. I believe that it is on Orne St, perhaps at Orne St & Gas House Ln, Marblehead, MA 01945. Also, if you would photograph Hull Skinny House at 44 Hull St, Boston, MA 02113 for that same article, I would be most thankful. Thanks. GregManninLB (talk) 23:37, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi Greg, I'd love to but I'm no longer in the Massachusetts area so it would be quite a trip. I forgot to update my listing at Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Photographers I guess. Hope you find someone to take these photos! Rhobite (talk) 14:12, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Connecticut county photo requests

FYI, the photo requests at Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Connecticut have been sorted into Counties to make it easier to locate the place of the requested photo. GregManninLB (talk) 06:44, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Survey request

Hi, Rhobite I need your help. I am working on a research project at Boston College, studying creation of medical information on Wikipedia. You are being contacted because you have been identified as an important contributor to one or more articles.

Would you will be willing to answer a few questions about your experience? We've done considerable background research, but we would also like to gather the insight of the actual editors. Details about the project can be found at the user page of the project leader, geraldckane. Survey questions can be found at geraldckane/medsurvey. Your privacy and confidentiality will be strictly protected!

The questions should only take a few minutes. I hope you will be willing to complete the survey, as we do value your insight. Please do not hesitate to contact me or Professor Kane if you have any questions. Thank You, BCproject (talk) 23:41, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Traumatic Masturbatory Syndrome

I'd appreciate your thoughts at Talk:Masturbation#Healthy_Strokes, since you were involved in editing the old Traumatic Masturbatory Syndrome article. The question is whether to remove the external link to http://www.healthystrokes.com, and/or the material on TMS at Masturbation#Problems for males. I personally have no strong feelings either way. Dpbsmith (talk) 01:24, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Ron Paul

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Disagreement about Lenka's style of music

While I did not change the pages at all, I made a new argument as to why Lenka is anti-folk in Talk:Lenka. Tell me what you think and let me know what we should do about it. I personally think we should at least remove any reference that could label her as rock music. Mackerni888 (talk) 05:32, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

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Invitation to join WikiProject United States

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--Kumioko (talk) 02:53, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

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New England Wikipedia Day @ MIT: Saturday Jan 18

NE Meetup #4: January 18 at MIT Building 5

Dear Fellow Wikimedian, You have been invited to the New England Wikimedians 2014 kick-off party and Wikipedia Day Celebration at Building Five on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus on Saturday, January 18th, from 3-5 PM. Afterwards, we will be holding an informal dinner at a local restaurant. If you are curious to join us, please do so, as we are always looking for people to come and give their opinion! Finally, be sure to RSVP here if you're interested. I hope to see you there! Kevin Rutherford (talk)

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You're invited: Women's History Edit-a-thons in Massachusetts this March

Women's History Edit-a-thons in Massachusetts this March - You are invited!

New England Wikimedians is excited to announce a series of Wikipedia edit-a-thons that will be taking place at colleges and universities throughout Massachusetts as part of Wikiwomen's History Month from March 1 - March 31. We encourage you to join in an edit-a-thon near you, or to participate remotely if you are unable to attend in person (for the full list of articles, click here). Events are currently planned for the cities/towns of Boston, Northampton, South Hadley, and Cambridge. Further information on dates and locations can be found on our user group page. Questions? Contact Girona7 (talk)

You're invited!

NE Meetup #5: April 19th at Clover Food Lab in Kendall Square

Dear Fellow Wikimedian, New England Wikimedians would like to invite you to the April 2014 meeting, which will be a small-scale meetup of all interested Wikimedians from the New England area. We will socialize, review regional events from the beginning of the year, look ahead to regional events of 2014, and discuss other things of interest to the group. Be sure to RSVP here if you're interested. Also, if you haven't done so already, please consider signing up for our mailing list and connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. We hope to see you there! Kevin Rutherford (talk) and Maia Weinstock (talk)

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Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial edit-a-thons

Adrianne Wadewitz edit-a-thons in Southern New England

As you may have already heard, the Wikipedia community lost an invaluable member of the community last month. Adrianne Wadewitz was a feminist scholar of 18th-Century British literature, and a prolific editor of the site. As part of a worldwide series of tributes, New England Wikimedians, in conjunction with local institutions of higher learning, have created three edit-a-thons that will be occurring in May and June. The events are as follows: May 21st at Northeastern University's Snell Library, in the Digital Scholarship Commons on the second floor May 22nd at Brown University's Rockefeller Library, in the Digital Scholarship Lab June 25th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (exact location TBA), where we will also be hosting a "how to conduct an edit-a-thon" session beforehand We hope that you will be able to join us, whether you are an experienced editor or are using Wikipedia for the first time. If you have any questions, please leave a message at Kevin Rutherford's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list.

New England Wikimedians summer events!

Upcoming events hosted by New England Wikimedians!

After many months of doubt, nature has finally warmed up and summer is almost here! The New England Wikimedians user group have planned some upcoming events. This includes some unique and interesting events to those who are interested: Cape Cod Wiknic and Photography Blitz on June 14th in Barnstable County, with complete travel reimbursements available for those who participate Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial Edit-a-thon on June 25th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (exact location TBA), where we will also be hosting a "how to conduct an edit-a-thon" session beforehand 3rd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting, which will feature at least one guest speaker, and possibly many more Although we also aren't hosting this year's Wikimania, we would like to let you know that Wikimania this year will be occurring in London in August: Wikimania 2014 in London If you have any questions, please leave a message at Kevin Rutherford's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list.

New England Wikimedians summer events!

Upcoming events hosted by New England Wikimedians!

After many months of doubt, nature has finally warmed up and summer is almost here! The New England Wikimedians user group have planned some upcoming events. This includes some unique and interesting events to those who are interested: Cape Cod Wiknic and Photography Blitz on June 14th in Barnstable County, with complete travel reimbursements available for those who participate Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial Edit-a-thon on June 25th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (exact location TBA), where we will also be hosting a "how to conduct an edit-a-thon" session beforehand 3rd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting, which will feature at least one guest speaker, and possibly many more Although we also aren't hosting this year's Wikimania, we would like to let you know that Wikimania this year will be occurring in London in August: Wikimania 2014 in London If you have any questions, please leave a message at Kevin Rutherford's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list.

Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next month. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 00:30, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Notification of imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next several days. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 00:30, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. Acalamari 09:28, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Template:SourceWatch text

A tag has been placed on Template:SourceWatch text requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion because it is an unused duplicate of another template, or a hard-coded instance of another template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is not actually the same as the other template noted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page explaining how this one is different so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{substituted}}</noinclude>).

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page's talk page, where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. – S. Rich (talk) 06:01, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

This Friday: Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA

You are invited to join the Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA on October 16! (drop-in any time, 6-9pm)--Pharos (talk) 18:29, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

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) 22:17, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:Rhobite/sandbox

User:Rhobite/sandbox, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Rhobite/sandbox and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Rhobite/sandbox during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ricky81682 (talk) 00:13, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:DickMorris RewritingHistory Cover.jpg

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:38, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Lorca Cohen for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Lorca Cohen is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lorca Cohen until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. User:HopsonRoad 13:41, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

Sunday July 16: New England Wiknic @ Cambridge, MA

Sunday July 16, 1-5pm: New England Wiknic

You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" at John F. Kennedy Park, near Harvard Square, Cambridge, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck. Sunday July 16 New England Wiknic (also on Facebook) 1–5pm - come by any time! Look for us by the Wikipedia / Wikimedia banner! We hope to see you there! --Phoebe (talk) 16:33, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

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Nomination of Skittish / Rockity Roll for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Skittish / Rockity Roll is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skittish / Rockity Roll until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 18:46, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

David Ray Griffin

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:David Ray Griffin § Description and interests. Thank you. Roy McCoy (talk) 01:14, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

"Valuejet" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Valuejet has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 September 19 § Valuejet until a consensus is reached. Renerpho (talk) 02:16, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of 1134nyc

The article 1134nyc has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

None notable, I tried to find more sources to improve the article but can not.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. -- NotCharizard ^🗨 18:55, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in a research

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The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of Wikipedians to better understand what draws administrators to contribute to Wikipedia, and what affects administrator retention. We will use this research to improve experiences for Wikipedians, and address common problems and needs. We have identified you as a good candidate for this research, and would greatly appreciate your participation in this anonymous survey.

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