User talk:Alex.muller/Archive 3

User:Fan of talent/DR
Wow, I've been reading those you helped... You're fast. Hello. We recently posted information that was deleted. Can you please help me retrieve the document. The name is under "Dion Rambo". Deleted last night, November 11. Thank you, oh sooo much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fan of talent (talk • contribs) 18:21, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Done, to the above link :) Alex Muller  00:36, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Confusing page... Is it still confusing?
Hi. If I am reading the change logs right, you left a confusing tag in the article Alpha beta filter back on July 3. I have posted a revision... oh heck, it turned into almost a complete rewrite. This may have addressed your concerns, but I can't be sure... maybe it only made things worse. If you have time, you might want to take a look.

ParaTechNoid (talk) 06:10, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Annoying captioned picture of cat


As requested. -- Gurch (talk) 18:20, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Awwwwwwww :D Alex Muller  13:35, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Could you recover a deleted article for me?
You're on the list of editors willing to recover deleted articles. The article List of notable people who wore the bowler hat has been deleted prematurely before there was consensus. It's being argued over now. See: Could you please recover it in the meantime, as we have no copy surviving? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Undelete/List_of_notable_people_who_wore_the_bowler_hat Thanks! S B Harris 02:13, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks to me like it's already been done... :) Alex Muller  13:35, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Request for deleted article
May I please have a copy of my article titled "Long Beach Motor Inn". I am currently contesting the deletion of my article due to alleged violations of sections A3 and A7. Thank you. --Tomblights00 (talk) 21:18, 29 November 2008 (UTC)Tombstone00--Tomblights00 (talk) 21:18, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, it's at User:Tomblights00/Long Beach Motor Inn... :) Alex Muller  14:08, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Trouble with Photos
To the Talk Room, I'm sorry...my last post just merged with the prior one. I apologize to Alex and the correspondents as well.

Alex,

These four ARE the links to the four photos themselves:

Denis Photo#1.jpg

Denis Photo#2.jpg

Denis Photo #3.jpg

Denis Photo #4.jpg

I uploaded #1 into Commons but nothing happened, when I tried to insert it into the article.

I didn't try anything with the other three yet. Once I succeed with #1, I will simply replicate the steps.

I USED the nomenclature you suggested, but this is all that happened:

I just got a red box saying "Image: Denis photo"

What do you suggest?

Thanks!

MBernal615 (talk) 10:18, 9 December 2008 (UTC))


 * Talking about it on your talk page :) Alex Muller  10:27, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the advice!
Alex,

What's your username on Commons? Also, try the right hand side of Commons:Help:Contents as it might explain some stuff. If you're still having trouble, ask at Commons:Commons:Help desk as they'll be better suited to helping you - I'm by no means an expert on Commons. Cheers, Alex Muller 13:53, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

THANKS!

That's exactly the kind of help I needed. I'll get on it.

Really appreciate it,

MBernal615 (talk) 21:00, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Signature
Hey Alex. I changed my signature using parts of yours. Just wanted to ask whether that's okay with you? :) Best wishes, —  Aitias  // discussion 21:58, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's fine... I'm typically fairly relaxed about things like that (which means it takes a lot to bother me :p). Have a good day, Alex Muller  01:32, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. :) —  Aitias  // discussion 11:08, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Signature
Hey my name's Alex too! Okay, Aitias referred me to you to fix my signature with a lightly drawn box around it. can you show me how to do it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alex Bieser (talk • contribs) 21:34, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi there! Well, the code I have in Special:Preferences (with the "Raw signature" box checked) is:
 * Alex Muller 
 * To talk through it: the small and b are just for style (self-explanatory), the span is the section surrounding the signature (in which border adjusts the size and colour - using hex), the middle part is the link to my talk page, followed by the font color to style the way the text appears. Basically, I'd advise you to just mess around, enter ~ on any page and use the "Show preview" button.
 * For example, you could create <span style="border:2px solid #ff0000;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#ff0000">Main Page  or <span style="border:3px solid magenta;padding:1px 8px;font-family:Trebuchet MS,Verdana,sans-serif;"> Help! , using edit this page to see the code needed. Let me know if you have any technical, specific questions and I'll do my best to help. Hope this wasn't too long...
 * All the best, <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#20406F">Alex Muller  22:42, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Requesting 5 articles which were deleted
Hello Alex, as you know, you are listed as an administrator who can provide deleted articles to a user.

I am requesting 5 articles, listed here with the admins closing reason [never mind about Rollac]:


 * Newton Howard Delete all except Center for Advanced Defense Studies, for which there seems to be no consensus.. Lankiveil (speak to me) 08:54, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Rollac delete as hoax, block creator as hoaxer. DS (talk) 15:54, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The Illegal Waste delete Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 12:09, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * SCORES Broadcast delete J.delanoygabsadds 04:30, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
 * FilePile.com delete J.delanoygabsadds 04:33, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Nonpseudoscience delete J.delanoygabsadds 04:36, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

From: Articles for deletion/Log/2008 November 15

If I could please also get the creator's name and date it was created?

You can add all 5 pages to a userspace, lets say User:Inclusionist/Newton Howard.

I really appreciate it. You are probably wondering why I ask. Well, I have spent my weekend on a graph found here: User:Inclusionist/AfD on average day. I am interested in what type of user gets their page deleted, etc....November 15 is just a day pulled out of a hat by another user today.

I notice that you have saved 3 articles on your user page that you saved. You maybe interested in the WP:Article Rescue Squadron. Everyday these valiant editors save articles. We would really be happy to have you.

I also noticed you have less than 10,000 edits and you are already an admin. Impressive. Thank you. travb (talk) 08:51, 11 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey – sorry it took me so long to get back to you, it's been a busy week. I've restored five of those to the userspace (with the same names). Please let me know if you no longer want them and I'll get rid of them for you. All the best, <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#20406F">Alex Muller  13:03, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry so long in response, since I don't keep a watchlist, I just recently noticed you added this info. Thank you Ikip (talk) 16:01, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Award from: Article Rescue Squadron's Hall of Fame
Congratulations, you have been inducted into the Article Rescue Squadron's Hall of Fame

See the new little Life Preserver at the top of your page?

Coding:

Feel free to add more articles saved awards to your page, and to award other people this award too, for saving articles from deletion on Wikipedia. Ikip (talk) 16:28, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Martin Stephen
To Alex,

at what school event did you take Dr.Stephens picture?? --86.160.201.29 (talk) 16:12, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It was at the Apposition ceremony last year - hope this helps, and feel free to let me know if you have any more questions... <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#20406F">Alex Muller  22:21, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Saving delted articles
The last 20 or so, maybe not quite that many, articles I created were all deleated. I am trying to find someone who will help me resore these articles. For right now I am just hoping to be able to get copies of the text of these articles that I can deal with in revision. It is just too daunting of a thought to recreate these last few articles totally from thin air. I was hoping you could send me userfied versions of these articles or whatever the procedure is. The articles include articles on Richard I. Kimball, Dennis A. Wright, Brent L. Nielsen, J. LeRoy Kimball, Goerge W. Givens, Marie Cornwall (who I really think should never have been deleted) and several others.

What is really frustrating me is that there is no way to even see which articles I created have been deleted since when an article is delted for some reason all your contributions to it are no longer listed. This I find quite frustrating.Johnpacklambert (talk) 23:29, 23 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi John. If you send me an email using the "E-mail this user" link in the left hand navigation bar, I'll be happy to send you the contents of the articles (provided they weren't deleted for any untoward reasons) - I just don't want to recreate 20 deleted articles in user space. Being able to see deleted articles is an administrator privilege in case the contents of the articles were sensitive in any way (e.g. containing insults, vandalism or other damaging statements). In any case, I hope this will help. Many thanks for getting in touch, <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#20406F">Alex Muller  11:09, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject United States presidential elections
Hi how do join wikiproject for the presidential elections? ben1111au (talk) 21:36, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there! Feel free to add your name to the list of members using, and then jump in editing articles that need a bit of love. Welcome to Wikipedia! <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#20406F">Alex Muller   08:41, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
For your help re my talk page i keep forgetting its got various protect issues from wayback ill ask one of my friends to de-bug it - thanks anywaysSatuSuro —Preceding undated comment added 10:38, 11 August 2008.

Userfication of deleted content for page "Averaging Lemma"
Hi

Yesterday, I created a page under URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averaging_lemma This page discussed an important lemma in both complexity theory and cryptography.

I was to add more content, links, references, etc. today, just to find that it's been deleted under speedily.

I found your name in "Category:Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles". Could you please recover the content (or provide me with a copy), so that I make it appropriate for the Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sadeq (talk • contribs) 12:41, 17 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Sure, feel free to work on it at User:Sadeq/Averaging lemma <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#20406F">Alex Muller  18:03, 17 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sadeq (talk • contribs) 05:17, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

My page deletion.
Hi, I wrote a page yesterday called Jayphace and it was nominated for speedy deletion because it did not meet the requirements for this site evidently. I went to look at the deletion information and it was deleted by Alexf, (the name is spelled exactly as it's read) who is an administrator on here. I don't know if that's you, but I would at least like an e-mail of my work sent to alwayz_inspired@yahoo.com if possible. Is there a way to get the information that I put on here before it was erased? In addition to that I would like to state that I've read various Wikipedia articles that contained references to many things from complex scientific theories to celebrities plans for their next pointless project that may state to be announced (TBA) and may not have direct references attached to them. I have come across articles that were full, but there was a note at the top of the page that stated that the page did not have any references. Some things in the article had little to no significance when it came to a particular subject matter and none of those in particular are up for speedy deletion. I wasn't even given a full day to go back and site references for my article, and I know I wasn't given a fair advantage based on that. I do admit I am a novice user on Wikipedia, but I am very computer literate and I spent a great deal of time doing research before I even wrote the article. I know that Wikipedia is for people gaining control over information that they receive because other ways to get certain information to the masses with a traditional level encyclopedia requires more effort and requires more action than logging on to a website and editing on here. I also want to note that I am not someone who plans to come on here and maliciously edit articles or provide misinformation to people who seek genuine knowledge about anything they may choose. I am not someone who deserved my article taken off without notice because people with administrative power on this site want to use the power they have for malice against another user just because they can. I believe that this site is supposed to be used for a positive purpose and the people who created it and continue to create should have more warning before a page becomes deleted, especially because it didn't even get a chance to receive any kind of fame whatsoever. If I am mistaken on this level, please let me know why because this is not encouraging for anyone who may wants to make this site better in every way. This has not been taken lightly.

Inspired2004

new article
yesterday, i created an article on Bradley Steven Perry and it got deleted please help me get it back it is true and about a actor who is becoming a famous actor. Please help!!

Sincerly, Rzhm (talk) 19:30, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Need copies of deleted articles?
Can you provide me the copies of Travancore-Mysore War, First Travancore-Mysore War and Second Travancore-Mysore War ? Thanks. Axxn (talk) 14:59, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Page move
Hi! Can you please move the article New Flamenco to 'Nuevo Flamenco', as per the talk page. A page with that name already exists and I cannot move it myself. Thanks Kenshin (talk) 12:41, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Focus search box on load
Hi, I've read your message here and I've proposed a fix. You can try it already: if you have a problem whit it, please report it in that page. Bye. --Virgolette (talk) 16:08, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

MidSTAR II article
Your name was referenced on a response to an edit to the subject article on 3 July 2008. I made that edit, which essentially replaced the entire article with the statement "The MidSTAR-II program has been canceled due to lack of funds." This statement is accurate; there is not and will never be a MidSTAR II satellite. The vague and uninformative statements in the article were originally posted by students working under me on development of the mission. There is no chance that the article will ever evolve into a useful posting that meets Wikipedia's standards. I recommend that the article be deleted altogether.

Billy R. Smith, Jr., PhD Former Director of the US Naval Academy Small Satellite Program Usnassp (talk) 21:29, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I've done that for you. The article should be gone within seven days. Cheers, <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#20406F">Alex Muller  12:00, 21 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I removed the deletion proposal on MidSTAR II (USNA) and made the article a redirect to USNA MidSTAR Program. The article MidSTAR II (USNA) is four years old, has articles that link to it, and is about a still notable, if historic, part of the program. -Colfer2 (talk) 05:26, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks Colfer, sounds good to me! <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#20406F">Alex Muller  06:32, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

St Paul's
Is that what St Paul's really looks like? As one of the best school's in the country i didn't expect it to be so concrete :S —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.210.89.151 (talk) 16:47, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It is indeed! They're planning on rebuilding fairly soon though, apparently that concrete doesn't last long before it starts to fall down… <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#20406F">Alex Muller  18:20, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

GlaxoSmithKline
Ref.

Please stop adding the same link to the GlaxoSmithKline article. If there's a reason to add it, put it in the relevant part of the article, between tags Alex Muller 18:00, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

As requested, and thankyou for the good advice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.152.52.164 (talk) 00:22, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Musicians Institute article
I welcome you help.

Here are just a few facts and sources. If Wikipedia is indeed a fact-based research source, and not a public forum for biased-based advertising for promotional use; I trust that my edits will be restored. Corrected formatting/context help would be appreciated, but removal of fact-based contend shows bias for “puffery.” My expertise is in research in music education. I assist students is choosing music schools. Schools like Musicians Institute, in my opinion, porously mislead potential and current students, epically in the credibility of any degree earned at this school. Please help the young music student that is researching a music school get more complete fact-based information, not as I stated before, biased puffery.”

—Preceding unsigned comment added by ZingaZingaZinga (talk • contribs) 12:59, 7 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid I can't help with this right now. There'll be an uninvolved administrator along shortly to help with the dispute going on at Musicians Institute, though. Apologies, <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#20406F">Alex Muller  13:17, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Is anyone going to help resolve this?
Still waiting for some help Re; Musicians Institute —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.233.89.105 (talk) 15:55, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Have you tried discussing the issue on the talk page yet? Doesn't look like it, <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#20406F">Alex Muller  22:34, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

HP TouchPad
Discuss in the Talk page before reverting or removing content. Thanks -- ashwinikalantri talk 21:04, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Wow, are you for real? I left a comment on your talk page explaining what the problem was, as well as clearly explaining in the edit summary. I'm so bored of Wikipedia <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#20406F">Alex Muller  21:07, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Not my talk page you nitwit! The article talk page. A place where others can chip in. Not just me and you. -- ashwinikalantri talk 21:18, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Change to Casey Anthony page
I am trying to make an alteration to a page, but it is locked. I was told I needed to find an adminstrator to make the change so I found you.

I think the page for Casey Anthony should not link to the wikipedia page for the crime which she is currently on trial for. An ongoing trial should not be reported in wikipedia and searches for suspects should not lead directly to their crime. This is in my opinion a REALLY important issue for due process of law and wikipedia does not intend to interfere with this.

I recommend that if there needs to be a page in wikipedia for Casey Anthony at all, it should link to a page in wikinews.

I have discussed this in more detail on the page [Death_of_Caylee_Anthony].

Can you please change the redirect for me. If people think that it should be changed back, then that can be done afterwards. With a woman literally about to go on death row, this needs to be altered.

If you cannot or do not want to do this, please tell me where I can learn about wikipedia's policy on discussion of open legal investigations. Surely this should be linked to a news site, not an encyclopedia.

I haven't tried to make ammendments to the Casey Anthony site yet, although I think it should be changed. I don't know whether this will be possible for me.

Thanks in anticipation of your help, Charlie Chogg (talk) 23:49, 4 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Charlie - I see you've already engaged in discussion around this on the article's talk page, and there have been a load of really good replies. I'd have to agree: all Wikipedia does is act as a place to publish things that are already currently notable (in this case, in the news). I'm afraid it's not my place to stomp in and help. Cheers, <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#20406F">Alex Muller  17:50, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

James Hughes-Hallett
I am sorry, I am still not clear on why the page about James Hughes-Hallett, the current Chairman of Swire Group, has been deleted...?? It doesn't seem to be easy to find info about him through other sources. What is so special/secretive about him? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.77.178.161 (talk) 15:39, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi there - I've just checked, and the article was deleted because it was pure nonsense. There was no encyclopaedic information there at all. If you want to create an article on him, go ahead! <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#20406F">Alex Muller  07:23, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
I've merged some of the details in your User:Alex.muller/London Hackspace draft page into the current London Hackspace page, thanks for find the references.

JasperWallace (talk) 18:06, 25 August 2011 (UTC) <br style="clear: both"/>


 * Cool, great to see somebody take this on and get the article going! Totally agree with what you wrote here by the way, it really annoys me that somebody deleted the page within three minutes of you creating it (this is also utter rubbish, he really shouldn't be an administrator). Sorry about that, and thanks for persisting. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help with the page. Cheers, <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#20406F">Alex Muller  19:56, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

The deleted Article
So, hi again. I would like to create an article "Baku White City", which was deleted in April 2011. The 'Edit' page says to contact you about whether I can or cannot write an article with the same name. I also did not understand why "http://en.trend.az/capital/realest/1710125.html" was referred to as "G12. Unambiguous copyright infringement" since it's a famous regional news website. The article I am planning to create is based upon printed material, such as books, booklets and international magazines.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeyla AS (talk • contribs) 19:59, 23 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Jayla - there's nothing necessarily to stop you creating an article with that name. What you can't do is simply copy and paste text or images from another website. At the bottom of your link it says "© TREND News Agency All rights reserved". If Wikipedia was to publish that article just copied and pasted, it would be guilty of copyright infringement. What you need to do is rewrite the important points of that article in your own words, and reference the article as a source.
 * If you want to create that article, you should first make sure it's notable enough - it should be mentioned in several different news articles or magazines, for example. Hope this helps. Cheers, <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><font color="#20406F">Alex Muller  08:30, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

MSU Interview
Dear Alex.muller,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
 * All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
 * All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 04:14, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

ipad 2s
You said that anyone calling the new ipad "iPad 2S" was "bull" did you even look at the sources?  DreamField Arts''  (talk) 15:22, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I see one source on a site that's not exactly widely known that's speculating what the new iPad might be called the day before the event. Conclusive indeed - <font color="#20406F">Alex Muller 16:04, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Death of Nelson Mandela
Hi Alex,

I thought I would ask you since you are familiar with the situation. Would you please assist me with the speedy deletion of Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela so that I can move Death of Nelson Mandela to that title. I have updated Death of Nelson Mandela to include information pertaining to the funeral and I am currently following Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan, a good article, as a guideline. Also, thanks for closing the AFD.

Regards, Reallynca (talk) 21:10, 8 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Hey Reallynca, sorry I missed this a couple of days ago. It looks like you've got it sorted by let me know if there's anything I can do – <font color="#20406F">Alex Muller 20:49, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

request help with an article
i know i dont deserve to make such a request but i am only trying to do the right thing

a few years back i made an article about sugaspott, a zimbabwean rap artist who is now based in london, but because of the A7:Bio rules on importance it was deleted and i also came to realise that one should not make an article about themselves. Fast forward a few years and i think its now relevant but again im trying to do the right thing and i realise again i should maybe reach out for help. please look at my reference material and help me get this article made.

SOURCE & REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR ARTICLE STUB - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Sugaspott - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sugaspott_on_stage.jpg - http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=649&sid=30153092a499208575929a25c620ec21 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/f7fcc586-7bd3-4872-9927-620da58b6421 - http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sugaspott-mn0003007409 - http://www.herald.co.zw/kaserera-raises-zim-flag-high/ - http://freshonthenet.co.uk/2013/08/mixtape20130826/#sugaspott - http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/features/Introducing+Sugaspott-13968.html - http://law.kingston.ac.uk/news-events/news/201203/mind-gap-prime-minister-kingston-law-student-meets-david-cameron-london-unde - http://badvitamins.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/my-letter-to-president-primeminister.html - http://www.actlivemusic.com/blog/shining-star-major-baldini-ft-sugaspott-christina-al-wakil/ - http://sugaspott.co.uk/biography/ - http://blog.sugaspott.co.uk/blog/holding-back/

PLUS SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS ALL OVER THE INTERNET

i do appreciate that mostly it will be a stub as my relevance and importance grows within the hiphop circle but it would be great if you could help me out

Wikispott (talk) 11:02, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Request for comment
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

FilePile.com
You're deleting internet history, I'm a bit sad :( — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.113.248.143 (talk) 21:02, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

Elizabeth Mary listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Elizabeth Mary. Since you had some involvement with the Elizabeth Mary redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. DrKiernan (talk) 11:55, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Madeleine Fairley for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Madeleine Fairley 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 Articles for deletion/Madeleine Fairley 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. – Davey 2010 Talk 17:20, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:Alex.muller/Regency Cafe
User:Alex.muller/Regency Cafe, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Alex.muller/Regency Cafe and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:Alex.muller/Regency Cafe 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) 12:32, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:29, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Anonymous Vandal w/ Designation no.
Number 142.204.16.10 has vandalized a few pages, as I have seen via his history. Please spank him as is appropriate and do not display any information of mine that you might garner from this message, as I assume is standard protocol for mods. I <3 ball gags and butt plugs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.56.7.106 (talk) 22:42, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:URY Logo 2010.png
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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) 04:33, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins) .MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:46, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

Guideline and policy news
 * A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
 * Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
 * Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news
 * When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
 * Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
 * The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries
 * JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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ArbCom 2019 special circular
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This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:44, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:St Paul&#39;s School, London logo.png
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:40, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Bimonthly for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Bimonthly 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 Articles for deletion/Bimonthly& until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, 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. -KAP03 (Talk • Contributions • Email) 21:09, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:41, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Crumpler Logo.gif
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:07, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled
A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:05, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

How we will see unregistered users
Hi!

You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.

When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed.

Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.

If you have not seen it before, you can read more on Meta. If you want to make sure you don’t miss technical changes on the Wikimedia wikis, you can subscribe to the weekly technical newsletter.

We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.

Thank you. /Johan (WMF)

18:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

New administrator activity requirement
22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:42, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Established policy provides for the removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. Your administrative permissions will be removed&#32;if you do not return to the required activity level before the beginning of January 2023.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to engage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for re-engaging with the project are available at WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to re-engage with the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. —&thinsp;JJMC89 bot 08:56, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed&#32;if you do not return to activity within the next month.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to rejoin the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. —&thinsp;JJMC89 bot 03:00, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed&#32;if you do not return to activity within the next several days.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to rejoin the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. —&thinsp;JJMC89 bot 09:42, 24 November 2022 (UTC)