User talk:97198/Archive 1

Deleting Helter
Thanks for your effort in identifying useless articles that had better be deleted. It is appreciated. You might, however, want to read Criteria for speedy deletion, Proposed deletion, and Articles for deletion, which explain the standard ways of attracting administrator attention for such cases. Deletion policy will also be a good read. Henning Makholm 12:58, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Hollyoaks
Hello. Just thought I'd contact you as you seem to be one of the main editors of the Hollyoaks article. I recently wrote on the Hollyoaks Talk Page regarding the development of the article, I was wondering if you have any thoughts on it? Ben 01:17, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


 * As for your proposal for the Hollyoaks page, I really like what you've done on the Coronation Street page, and that'd be good to trandform Hollyoaks as well. I'm thinking that if we were to go ahead with this, every character would get their own page, so it wasn't just a long list of characters, and, like on Coronation Street, there is instead a history of the page. I think the only problems we'd encounter would be encouraging new editors to edit on individual character pages instead of the main page, and also getting facts straight for the history of Hollyoaks. But I'd be happy to support a re-vamping of the page, because I totally agree with what you're saying. Redl@nds597198 01:46, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Great! We do not necessarily need to move to individual pages, Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale all have a comprehensive character list in its own article, most of the Hollyoaks character information could easily be moved to a similar article and remain 'as-is'. If you read WP:FICTION it states:  'Wikipedia articles on works of fiction should contain real-world context and sourced analysis, offering detail on a work's achievements, impact or historical significance, not solely a summary of that work's plot.'  That is what we really need for Hollyoaks; context, analysis and impact. The biggest problem we may encounter is sourcing information from the early days of the programme, since even the Channel 4 Hollyoaks website seems to forget ths show's history. Any ideas? Ben 11:11, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, I can see what you're saying, I can see it happening... But, yes, I also agree with you in that it would be difficult to source information regarding the history of the show. And no, I'm sorry, I don't have any bright ideas - I just did a quick Google search, and even that reveals nothing. I just don't think it's possible to source that old info, it just doesn't seem to be anywhere. So either the info goes unsourced, or we come up with some brilliant scheme - which at the moment isn't looking too likely - if we're going to go ahead with this. Redl@nds597198 12:08, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I'll do some rooting around and get back to you! Ben 12:11, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Right then, I'll get back to you as well, we'll have to see what we can dig up! Redl@nds597198 12:14, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, I've been off trying to dig up any relevant information on the net, and I've reached the conclusion that there's close to absolutely nothing out there to source from. I did however, find an old news article on the Hollyoaks website (dated April 2002) that talks about an 'Official Companion' book that recounts seven years of Hollyoaks - 1995 up to 2002. I think that's the closest we're going to get, but I don't know where this book is going to come from... Did you have any luck? Redl@nds597198 15:24, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I've had no luck. I looked at the 'Hollyoaks Companion' book yesterday on Amazon (I think) I guess it could be a useful investment, but it seemed more like a 'fun' book than useful content. It's a shame that there are minimal resources. Hmph! Ben 17:40, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I honestly have no idea what's left to do... But it does seem a pity to abandon the whole idea. Redl@nds597198 05:28, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

October 3
I'm pretty sure that the Pi record you added to the October 3 article fails to rank high overall among the global events featured in days of the year articles. Thoughts? Rklawton 04:26, 4 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Maybe... Possibly... Probably.
 * You can go ahead and remove it. Thanks, mate. Redl@nds597198 04:29, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No worries. Thanks for understanding.  Rklawton 04:34, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Summaries
Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thanks, and happy editing. --Mel Etitis ( Talk ) 18:30, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Members of the Riksdag
Is the list at WikiProject Sweden/Members of the Riksdag for present members only or for both past and present? Thanks, 97198  03:45, 8 April 2007 (UTC)


 * It is for the present members, those listed here: List of members of the Riksdag, 2006-2010. I am currently working to bring List of members of the Riksdag, 2002-2006 (the preceding term) up to featured list status, so I'm not working with WikiProject Sweden/Members of the Riksdag right now. I'm soon done with 2002-06, though, so I'll get back to the current MPs then. I've noticed your contributions btw, I'm glad to get some help! Thank you. Jobjörn  (Talk ° contribs) 15:45, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Jimbo is coming to Sydney
Sorry to spam you if you aren't interested. See Meetup/Sydney for more info if you are interested. - Ta bu shi da yu 08:41, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for the welcome. I hope others who wants to thank you will use this section as well.--Ibn zareena 08:42, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Help desk
hello - I responded to your question there Tvoz | talk 07:30, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that page is a great help. • 97198  talk  07:31, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, WP:TM gives an overview of other template pages - very useful. Have fun! Tvoz | talk 07:38, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks again, I'll see what I can find! • 97198  talk  07:42, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Any time Tvoz | talk 07:43, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup-tense
Be aware I've reverted you -- articles may use "color" more often... but that isn't good enough reason to change all instances of colour to color. The template was started using British English, so you'll need to provide some compelling reason why it should use AmE. Matthew 01:00, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't get me wrong, I prefer to use Australian and British English instead of American, but national varieties of spelling belong on articles of a topic of that nationilty (as stated at WP:MOS). An excerpt from the guidelines about variations of English: "Consistency within articles : Each article consistently uses the same variety of English throughout; for example, center and centre are not used in the same article." Considering this, suppose two tags end up on one article: one saying "encyclopedia", the other saying "encyclopaedia", which would appear inconsistent and contradictory. • 97198  talk  01:12, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Non-uniformity is just something we have to put up with on Wikipedia, but I feel quite strongly on this as I don't believe the spelling should be changed. Matthew 01:15, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, I'm not really that bothered, I was just trying to help out. :) • 97198  talk  01:17, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I understand, I guess I jumped the gun a bit and was a bit to stern with my comment. Sorry about that. Matthew 01:18, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:James-wikipedia2.jpg
Why'd you change the image?

The profile-image of JP is more similiar to the other Hollyoaks characters articles.--DrBat 23:31, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I changed the image because the previous one (well current, I see it's been changed back) is a promotional image on the website, whereas the one I changed it to is a screenshot of the show, which is preferred over a promo image. And no, last time I checked, none of the other characters, except Craig Dean, have promo images, they have screenshots, so I'm not sure what you mean. • 97198  talk  00:11, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The other image is not a screenshot. It's a promotional photo taken from the official website.--DrBat 00:19, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It's not promotional - yes, it is taken from the website - it is simply a screenshot published on, or released by, the official website. That doesn't make it any less of a screenshot. • 97198  talk  00:22, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, sorry. --DrBat 00:25, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It's cool. Do you want to change it back? • 97198  talk  00:27, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Harlan Coben
Thank you. Tigermighty 23:06, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Peer review/Through the Looking Glass (Lost)/archive1
Hi, thanks for commenting on the article, but I strongly advise you to not read any of the article if you have not seen the episode. There is a huge reveal and if you did not see it as you were looking over the page, then you're lucky. --thedemonhog talk • edits 03:36, 9 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Hey - thanks for the heads up, but if you're talking about what I think you are, then I already knew. :-) • 97198  talk  04:15, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Sig change
Please don't use AWB to make mass sig changes to old discussions. That's what redirects are for. -- Ned Scott 06:17, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Nice
Haha, thanks! It looks good, almost enough for a cookie! A bbo tt 7 5 ☺ 08:01, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Go for your life, do whatever you want! A bbo tt 7 5  ☺ 08:32, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Prison Break
Hey there. Noticed that you've worked on part of Prison Break. (You've done a good job with it!) I donno if you watch the show, but it's one of my favorites. =) There's a question that I want to ask you, but I should know whether or not you watch it, specifically the season 2 finale. Cliff smith 16:39, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I've watched every episode :) - what did you want to know? • 97198  talk  03:14, 28 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Do you think that Kellerman is dead? Cliff smith 18:29, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, a good question... My theory is that he possibly hired those men to kill him, after his failed suicide attempt in the previous episode - or otherwise he hired them to break him out, but they were paid by someone else to kill him instead (??? - just a theory!). But knowing Prison Break, whatever the plan was he probably wouldn't have died, and there'll be some bizarre twist no one was expecting? What are your thoughts? • 97198  talk  07:50, 29 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, I'd like to see Kellerman return for season three, but unless you're right about his "killing" being staged I don't see how he could possibly return. Oh wait! What if the guard in the van was the one who got killed and someone else is just getting Kellerman away from the police? Maybe that's it. Cliff smith 18:20, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's also a major possibility, I suppose I completely skipped that thought since most Prison Break storylines tend not to be so simple! - but I guess we'll have to wait till season 3, as I'm sure there are millions of theories we could come up with! • 97198  talk  07:31, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Featured article candidates/Through the Looking Glass (Lost)
Check it out. --thedemonhog talk • edits 03:16, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

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Edit Summary
Sorry about that edit summary on my last message...I accidentally hit enter. Ugh, that's me for ya =P  A r k y  ¡Hablar! 23:20, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Sysop?
Are you a sysop? --  PNiddy  Go!  02:18, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * No, I'm not a sysop/admin - only been here since last November! Why? • 97198  talk  07:26, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Because, your userpage is so awesome! Like other sysops! --  PNiddy  Go!  14:07, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Yours is cool too :) • 97198  talk  06:14, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

BBAU07
Just to let you know I've requested a peer review for Big Brother Australia 2007 with the intention to help get it up to GA. :) Sea serpent 85Talk 14:43, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Your comments on the Yahoo Answers talk page
Hi Redl, my name is Micah Alpern and I work on the Yahoo! Answers team. We haven't heard of the problem you reported. If you contact me I can look into the issue. My email address is alpern at yahoo-inc dot com. Thanks, Malpern 06:48, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar
Hey Redl@ands!

Thank you very much for the barnstar! It's greatly appreciated. ;) Best wishes and happy editing, Firsfron of Ronchester  17:17, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Salem Falls
Thank you for helping me out with the fair use rationale for the Salem Falls book cover. I'm still relatively new at adding images! Chrissypan 13:11, 13 September 2007 (UTC)Chrissypan
 * Sure thing. A useful link that'll make it a lot easier when uploading images that need is fair use rationale is Use rationale examples. • 97198  talk  06:36, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks


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Campile
I am not aware of what is incorrect with the campile page could you please undo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.1.88.48‎ (talk • contribs)

RE: Minor edits
Even though the top of my talk page says that I will respond there, I wanted to drop by your talk page anyway and alert you to my response on this matter. Thanks for pointing out what you felt was a problem in my minor-edits editing. See you around. Flyer22 07:20, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Desperate Housewives
First of all - you have made some really great edits to the Desperate Housewives articles! Especially the characters articles of which several have been REALLY bad for quite some time!

However - regarding the surnames of the characters, e.g. Bree in the Xiao-Mei article. Given that Bree was still named Van De Kamp during season 2, I'm not sure that it's such a good thing to calling her Bree Hodge, either Bree Van De Kamp och just Bree ought to be the proper naming.

Maybe, as long as it doesn't affect the understanding of the article, we ought to leave the surnames out within the character articles...

What do you think? Pjär80 12:28, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Well... either Gabrielle Solis, or - even better, wherever it's possible and doesn't effect the understanding of the articles - Gabrielle, would be the best way to go IMO.


 * And - just in case you have missed it - Given the minor edit war going on regarding the surnames of the characters, my bet is that Gabrielle Marquez Lang soon will be chaged to either Gabrielle Marquez, Gabrielle Lang of Gabrielle Solis again... Personally I've given up that discussion... :/ Pjär80 12:43, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

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FL Main page proposal
You either nominated a WP:FLC or closed such a nomination recently. As such, you are the type of editor whose opinion I am soliciting. We now have over 400 featured lists and seem to be promoting in excess of 30 per month of late (41 in August and 42 in September). When Today's featured article (TFA) started (2004-02-22), they only had about 200 featured articles and were barely promoting 20 new ones per month. I think the quality of featured lists is at least as good as the quality of featured articles was when they started appearing on the main page. Thus, I am ready to open debate on a proposal to institute a List of the Day on the main page with nominations starting November 1 2007, voting starting December 1 2007 and main page appearances starting January 1 2008. For brevity, the proposal page does not discuss the details of eventual main page content, but since the work has already been done, you should consider this proposal assuming the eventual content will resemble the current content at the featured content page. Such output would probably start at the bottom of the main page. The proposal page does not debate whether starting with weekly list main page entries would be better than daily entries. However, I suspect persons in favor of weekly lists are really voicing opinions against lists on the main page since neither TFA nor Picture of the day started as weekly endeavors, to the best of my knowledge. Right now debate seems to be among support for the current selective democratic/consensus based proposal, a selective dictatorial approach like that used at WP:TFA or a non-selective first in line/calendar approach like that used at WP:POTD. See the List of the Day proposal and comment at WP:LOTDP and its talk page.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 18:57, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the barnstar, now, when are you gonna start voting? ;) — May the Edit be with you, always. ( T | C ) 21:15, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

help?
Could u please help with page creations on ABC Daytime & CBS Daytime? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.230.108.244 (talk) 03:37, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Create: Robert Bella
Robert Bella is an American playwright and has a B.F.A. from NYU's Undergraduate Drama Department, where he is currently an adjunct faculty member. Writing credits include three original screenplays, numerous one-act plays and the stage adaptation of the film Stand and Deliver. Bella is a founding member of The Atlantic Theater Company, for which he has worked on more than 50 plays for stage and radio as an actor, director, writer and producer.

Acting credits off-Broadway: Boy's Life, Measure for Measure (Lincoln Center Theater), Rarities (Lucille Lortel), Summer Evening (Circle Rep Lab), Acts of Desire (Watermark), Shaker Heights, Nothing Sacred, The Virgin Molly, Five Very Live, Three Sisters (Atlantic Theater Company). Regional: Oleanna (National Tour), The Water Engine (Goodman Theater).

Acting Credits In Film: Money for Nothing, Homicide, Things Change, The Roommates and Hitsville.

Directing credits include Class Enemy Knuckle, True West, Julius Caesar, Mad Forest, Spike Heels and The Crucible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.230.106.240 (talk) 07:20, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for all your help!
I've noticed your edits to the List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people subpages and just wanted to say Thanks!! for your work! If you're at all interested, you might take a look at WP:LGBT and maybe even sign up? Also, those lists are a part of a massive project WP:LGBT has taken on - take a look at List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/To be sorted and see if you want to lend a hand. Even if you don't, many thanks for the work you've been doing! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 15:54, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Note on LGBT people
Don't forget to make sure the articles themselves a) have a WP:RS and b) are categorized correctly. I try to make sure there's at least one LGBT cat relating to occupation and one related to location, though something like Category:LGBT writers from Canada fits both criteria. Thanks again! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 13:39, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Remove RED LINKS
Read WP:RED. - Yours truly,  Superior (talk)  00:23, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Haavisto
Do you read Finnish?!? -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 06:27, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

?
Add them back then, if your willing to make a page for it. - Yours truly,  Superior (talk)  22:08, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Writers/Producers

 * Deborah Joy Levine (American writer and producer on Any Day Now, Dawson's Creek, Early Edition, Class Actions, The Division, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Beautiful People, Courthouse, Strong Medicine)
 * Randall Caldwell
 * Anna Fricke: American TV writer and producer on Dawson's Creek, Everwood, Men In Trees, The Trap, Touching Evil
 * David Cherrill (ex-Head Writer of Search For Tomorrow)
 * Jean Arley: American TV producer of Where The Heart Is & One Life To Live ;
 * Betty Rothenberg: American TV director of Y&R from 1984-2002. Nominated for 17 Daytime Emmys and won 7 times. Winner of a DGA Award. ;
 * Maxine Levinson (American TV producer & TV executive) (ex EP of OLTL, ex-VP of ABC Daytime), ,
 * Dave vonKleist More than 21,000 hits on Yahoo
 * David Hiltbrand
 * Burton Armus (Emmy nominated writer-NYPD Blue)
 * David Schulner: American TV writer/producer on Desperate Housewives, Miss Match, Tell Me You Love Me, Everwood, The Oaks, Once And Again, What About Brian, MDs

Bob Levy
Hi. Nobody's created an article on Bob Levy, Gossip Girl producer. If you would like, you can create the article. I'd like to inform you to check for a person before placing them in an article because some links are showing up red. Thanks, --DFW 13:54, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Anthony Priddis
?!?! Anthony Priddis :) -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 15:38, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

LOTD proposal
You either voted on the original list of the day proposal or the revised version. A more modest experimental proposal is now at issue at WP:LOTDP. Feel free to voice your opinion.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 17:48, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I noticed you voted on the List of the Day proposal. A new one has been made and your comments are welcome. The Placebo Effect 02:00, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Virgil Fox
Really should have a source. Or any mention whatsoever in the article about his sexuality... :) -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 01:37, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
{| class="navbox collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: left; border: 0px; margin-top: 0.2em;" ! style="background-color: #CC9966; text-align: center;" |The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter  {| The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter! Issue XI - November 1, 2007 Hey, Peeps, it's that time of the month again (no not that time &mdash; get your mind out of the gutter): time for another monthly edition of the LGBT Project's Love Boat newsletter from your cruise director Miss Julie. So much has been happening this month and I just can't wait to tell you all about it!!!
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Alice and her harasser
Let's start with some good news: Alice and the project lost the bothersome sock puppet who had been disrupting many articles we monitor, and now most of us can edit in relative peace. Congratulations, Alice, for being able to come out of semi-retirement. Benjiboi, on the other hand, has gained an anonymous IP stalker who seems to be more Catholic than the Pope and who has a hard-on for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. We seem to have a sort of Yin and Yang thing going on here, which helps both to keep us in balance and on our toes.

Harry Potter and his homosexual teacher
Albus Dumbledore got outed this month, and was immediately adopted by our project. The international brouhaha surrounding this disclosure reached all the way to Wikiland, and his article was briefly locked due to homophobic vandalism (as well as well meaning editors who just couldn't believe that that nice man could possibly be gay). This is a wonderful article to add to your watchlist, and will surely give you hours of reverting fun on cold winter days.

"My Fellow Americans"
On a more serious note, Fireplace has suggested a new article series about LGBT rights in the United States, state by state. This ambitious topic will surely require many editors and a lot of research, but has the potential to add further prestige to our already prestigious project.

Same name, same sexuality: a riddle for the ages
Francis Bacon (not the new gay one, but the old gay one ... though they're actually both dead, now that I think about it) has also aroused passions here on Wikipedia, with editors opposing his sexuality being disclosed in his biography. The always helpful Haiduc has thoughtfully provided any number of sources, but it is slow going getting his point across. Anyone want to lend a hand?

Beat writer arouses Irish guy
And speaking of passions, Jack Kerouac has inflamed the senses once again with editors, including administrator Irishguy, mounting a spirited defense to keep him as heterosexual as possible for Wikipedia purposes. Why? I don't know. Perhaps some of you can drop by the talk page and ask your questions there. I feel certain a stimulating debate will ensue that will be enjoyed by all.

Love those Texas Longhorns
Did you know that one of our Featured articles, Lawrence v. Texas, lost its shiny gold star? That was a shocker. It has been suggested that we turn our attention to it in an effort to restore it to its former glory. I took a peek, and it does need our help badly. For our American editors, it would seem almost a civic duty to edit it (not that I'm hinting....).

Point and Counterpoint
Though it was far too intellectual a debate for a mere cruise director like myself to take part in, Intersexuality was certainly a hot topic a week or two ago. The thrust of the debate was over inclusion in our project. Lots of good editors had lots of good opinions. For those too lazy to check out the discussion, we decided to leave it out for now.

Drudgery on offer
Peer review is, as always, short staffed and seemingly unloved. Wouldn't you feel better about yourself and the world in general if you took a few minutes to read one of the listed articles and offer some helpful advice? I know I'd feel better if you did.
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"My Fellow Americans" redux
The article LGBT movements in the United States certainly raised eyebrows last week, especially when it was discovered that copyrighted content had been added to our article. Tragedy was averted at the last minute, though, when the original hosts of the article where the material had been pilfered agreed to make it free to everyone. Our thanks to them, whoever they are. Busy Bee that I am, I haven't had time to read it, but I'm sure it's sensational.

This month's Wiki stars
Lesbian pulp fiction (a genre close to my heart, I must confess) writer Ann Bannon has decided to spice up the featured articles candidates list this month. Why not drop by and make your opinion heard? Joining her in this lofty aspiration are the articles But I'm a Cheerleader and Conversion therapy. I'm sure their main editors would welcome any comments (well, helpful ones, anyway) on the talk pages or the FAC discussions. And lest we forget, the List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: Sd-Si became a Featured list!! Rah rah, siskumbah! Go, team, GO!!!!

And the Oscar goes to...
Not content to run for Best Actress, plucky Bannon won a Best supporting actress Oscar... whoops, I meant to say Ann is also getting more than her share of womanly attention on the Good Article list. Joining her on this exalted plane are Freddy Mercury, Waylon Smithers and Lance Bass. Good articles indeed, and the last one mentioned just goes to show that one needn't admire the subject of an article to appreciate the effort put into making him worthwhile reading. What on earth Britney ever saw in him I'll never know. Truly a riddle cloaked in an enigma and wrapped around a puzzle.

Fresh faces to brighten our pages
Though I may not be the first, let me extend a warm, LGBT Love Boat welcome to the 12 new members who joined us in October: Jliberty, JockCub360, ChristopherEdwards, Desiderius82, Zlrussell, Kelsied, BeardedWoof, Mujerado, Tyrfing, Fabgurrl, Redl@nds597198, and decafdyke! Whatever you choose to do here, I feel sure that your contributions will enhance our project to no end. And if they don't...well, let's just say that I'm not shy.

Leather and lace
On a personal note, your already overworked cruise director is being cyberly whipped almost daily by Nemissimo, who desperately wants to get the German BDSM translation copy edited and used as a replacement for the current one. It's such a ... err, stimulating topic that I am sure many of you will want to join the copy editing fun. Jump right in, folks! It's so lonely copy editing it all by my lonesome!

Late breaking news
A little birdie just whispered in my ear that our noble collaboration project was delisted from the Community Portal due to inactivity. When asked how this scandalous turn of events could have occurred, the answer I received was "we suck at stuff like that". Well. In the first place, I disagree that sucking should be considered a negative, but to each his or her own. In the second place, I have full confidence that we can and will collaborate with other projects in the future. So let's not view this as a setback (even though it is), but rather a challenge to improve (and good Lord, I sound almost Wikipedian!).

Champagne dreams and caviar kisses
Lastly, the holidays are rapidly approaching. Our American cousins are currently getting ready to slaughter masses of poultry in an effort to show their gratitude and generally peaceful demeanor, and those of the Canadian persuasion, trendsetters that they are, celebrated a bit early this year. I'm sure all us foreigners will join together in wishing them all a very happy Thanksgiving on their respective holidays, both already celebrated and forthcoming... though I would hope somebody would enlighten me as to why they don't celebrate it on the same day. I was awake all last night trying to figure that one out. - In the spirit of this peculiarly North American holiday, let me take a moment to thank all of our editors for their contributions to this project. It's people like you who make people like me...well, a "people person"! May all your Wiki days be bright, and may your Love Boat never turn into a Poseidon.
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Kisses,

Miss Julie To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please let us know here. If you have any news or any announcements to be broadcast, do let Dev920 know. Delivered on 12:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC).
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Alexandra Patsavas
That was some quick work you did on Alexandra Patsavas. Have considered nominating the article at Did You Know? Speciate 10:04, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Reliable Source?
Hi, Redlands! I'm not convinced the Electronic Musicological Review article is all that reliable, especially in cases like Charles Wuorinen where he's only mentioned once in passing. Thoughts? -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 16:03, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Reliable Source?
Hi, Redlands! I'm not convinced the Electronic Musicological Review article is all that reliable, especially in cases like Charles Wuorinen where he's only mentioned once in passing. Thoughts? -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 16:03, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * See, Wourinen is one that I spent some time (a while back) looking for a ref and was unable to find anything to support the EMR statement. Maybe we could cite the book itself ? Though I guess we should actually hold it in our hands to do that - and see if there's any further info... :) -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  16:21, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I've posted a note on LGBT to see if the book has any further info on Wourinen. Most of the others I'm pretty sure we can find more info on, though I'm still struggling with Sun Ra. In any case, no worries - we'll see what we can see :) -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  23:54, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Impressive User Page
Impressive user page. That is all I can say. Chris 15:07, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Featured List of the Day Experiment
There have been a series of proposals to initiate a Featured List of the Day on the main page. Numerous proposals have been put forth. After the third one failed, I audited all WP:FL's in order to begin an experiment in my own user space that will hopefully get it going. Today, it commences at WP:LOTD. Afterwards I created my experimental page, a new proposal was set forth to do a featured list that is strikingly similar to my own which is to do a user page experimental featured list, but no format has been confirmed and mechanism set in place. I continue to be willing to do the experiment myself and with this posting it commences. Please submit any list that you would like to have considered for list of the day in the month of January 2008 by the end of this month to WP:LOTD and its subpages. You may submit multiple lists for consideration.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:LOTD) 21:57, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Another request
Hi, Red!

Got a request. When you add someone to the LGB lists, would you also check that person's article and make sure a) there's info about their sexuality in the article, b) the sexuality info is sourced, c) they're in one of the LGBT people cats, and d) the LGBTProject banner is on their talk page? For instance, you added Oeyvind Rauset to the list, but Rauset's article has none of the above. Many thanks for all your hard work on the lists!!!!! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 16:20, 18 November 2007 (UTC)


 * The bot is *supposed* to be building the "requested" in the template from Requested articles/Social sciences. But it hasn't updated that section in forever. I'd put it in WikiProject LGBT studies/Requested articles manually - that will make it show up in the "to do list". -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  06:14, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
for the revert on my userpage! --Oxymoron83 12:30, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
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Moving Pages
Hi. When you move pages, such as you did here, please be a little more careful. Now, you'll notice that the archives for that articles' talk page (in the archive box here) are all screwed up. I don't have the time to fix them right now, but you are welcome to do it yourself. - Rjd0060 (talk) 05:26, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Check the diffs to see how I did it. Jeffpw (talk) 10:54, 13 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Sorry I couldn't get back to you last night, but I'm glad Jeffpw has taken care of it.  - Rjd0060 (talk) 15:32, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

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