User talk:Angela/Archive22

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Wikipedia:Site support
You created Site support back on 2004 as a permanently protected cross-wiki redirect to Fundraising. However, cross-wiki redirects do not work anymore (probably because of it, that particular page doesn't seem to be used anymore; the sidebar links directly to the foundation wiki).

Some time ago, I created softredirect and changed all the cross-wiki redirects I could find to it; however, that's not an option here, since that template is not protected and that redirect should not be changeable (even if it's not used on this wiki anymore, it could have offsite links to it). I'm thinking of changing it to something similar to what is used on Designated agent (another page with a similar requirement for protection); are you OK with it? --cesarb 16:55, 24 March 2007 (UTC)


 * That's a good idea. I edited it a bit, but I'm sure it could still be improved. Perhaps the same should be done for Fundraising or that could just redirect there. Angela. 21:34, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
Hi Angela - did you create the article on the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch? If not, how do I find out who created an article? Johnalexwood 16:51, 25 March 2007 (UTC)


 * No, I didn't. Click the "history" tab and then click "earliest" if not all revisions are shown to see who made the first version. In this case, the article was created by Karl Palmen. Angela. 17:15, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

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Rename me
Hello Angela, please, can you rename my name  into  ? Thanks, --Killaruna | talk 2 me!  11:25, 28 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I can't since that username already exists. Also, this isn't Changing username. Angela. 15:50, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: Over-excessive range blocking?
As with any problem involving a huge number of sockpuppets, dynamic IPs, and sleeper accounts to circumvent protection, it's difficult to offer any concise explanation. =\ Someone on Tiscali has been harassing several users (mainly User:EricR, I think, but also anyone who offers support in dealing with the problem). The problem's been ongoing for weeks, perhaps over a month. I've tried protection and shorter blocks (an hour, say) when abuse got really bad, but at the time of the block, things had been nasty for several days and showed no signs of improving. Was hoping a longer block would have more impact, encouraging them to move on. I've also been (I think) as helpful as I can in answering requests by affected users, apologizing for their trouble and either helping them to log in or registering usernames on their behalf. But, given the amount of innocent bystanders affected by the block, I've lifted it and will seek other solutions. I will avoid making such long blocks without prior discussion, in the future. – Luna Santin  (talk) 05:13, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Fifth Melbourne meetup
The fifth meetup of Melbourne Wikipedians is being planned as a breakfast meeting in the city with Jimbo Wales (at a venue to be arranged) on Friday, 27 April 2007.

Jimbo has proposed breakfast as the one real window of opportunity during his tightly scheduled stay in Melbourne. Tbe precise time has to be sorted out with Jimbo, but the arrangements for the equivalent Adelaide meetup a few days before may give a good idea.

Feel free to edit the relevant page in any way that might be helpful. I feel like a bit of an interloper, not having attended previous meetups. If there's anything you can do to help, I'll be grateful. Please think about whether you'll be able to make it, assuming the arrangements are similar to those Adelaide is adopting (i.e. a block of time with people being fairly free to arrive when it suits them). Some indication on the page of your possible participation would be really helpful.

(Angela, I realise you won't be in town - I'm giving you the message that I'm distributing to possible participants, to keep you in the loop.) Metamagician3000 06:22, 29 March 2007 (UTC)


 * There's a very slim chance I might be back by then, but I appreciate the message anyway. Angela. 15:03, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism study
I hope you don't mind, but I added the vandalism study on your user page to our list of previous vandalism studies on the WikiProject Vandalism site. It was very interesting. Feel free to propose any ideas you might have for future vandalism studies on the projects talk page. Remember 13:45, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

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Systemic bias in Wikipedia
Pls check images there on Muhammad page and the images were not there last year on the same page, aren't we annoying/turning away Muslim Wikipedians and also aren't creating physological barrier for them to come on board. If this can annoy a Hindu Wikipedian like me then think of how it will play on minds of Muslim Wikipedian. Also check titles of some pages like Alexander the Great and quoting this another page is titled as Ashoka the Great. Isn't this a blatant systemic bias and this could hamper growth of Wikipedia in third world countries and I along with many other secular/neutral Wikipedian will be saddened. This issue is identified by some Wikipedians hence there is a project for the same, check WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias.

One way to counter systemic bias is by empowering active Wikipedians say by introducing point system and anybody above a certain threshold can have some say in say dispute resolution/locking/unlocking/admin selection/admin removal etc.

Your views pls. Vjdchauhan 18:35, 1 April 2007 (UTC). (Don't go by the 1'st April date, its a serious issue and am concerned)


 * Any user can already have some say in dispute resolution, so I don't understand what a points system would solve. Similarly, all users are allowed to comment on admin nominations at WP:RFA. Countering systemic bias isn't above removing certain viewpoints. Angela. 03:19, 3 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Point system can also support taking away Adminship from biased Admins, Wikipedians with points above a threshold level can be shown how many watches are there on a page so that they can optimally manage their Wiki time. Edits from Wikipedians with low points can be specially scrutanized for vandalism again saving 'Very Active' Wikipedian's time.
 * Finally if you think the pages I have pointed out are affected by systemic bias then how do you propose to handle that or in general how do you propose to handle systemic bias which is there despite NPOV policy. Vjdchauhan 14:29, 3 April 2007 (UTC).

Bot
I may want to run a bot please. I can't make software and the bot may need software. Can you help me please? Jet123 01:52, 3 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Perhaps you should contact someone who already runs a bot and ask how you could get involved. Angela. 03:19, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Recommended userpage changes in zh:
Hi, I recommended the link in your user-page in Chinese Wikipedia to be changed from Wikipedia索引 to Wikipedia索引, since the former one was proposed to be deleted for obsoleteness. Thanks and have a nice day. :-) -XIAYICI 19:59, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Line.
I want to apologize to you over this message to your talk page nearly a month ago. After reading it again, I feel I was out of line with it. I am sorry. Acalamari 18:59, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Proposal in relation to administrators
Hello. I am writing only because I am wondering about your view of the proposal I put here. My decision to make this proposal arose from observations leading to two conclusions: (1) that the most serious violations occurring on Wikipedia are those in relation to biographies of living persons; and (2) that where these violations are ongoing, administrators are more than likely a significant cause of the problem, rather than solution. These conclusions were largely based on observations drawn from my experience on one particular entry (you can see my user page and user talk page for more details, but its a long and complex case, in which the contribution of user Jimbo Wales was a crucial turning point). My proposal was not original, and appears unlikely to go anywhere, but the nature of the resistance to the proposal was in my view itself revealing. I of course understand if you do not have the time or inclination to read through the material, but if somehow you do, I would be interested in any comments you may have. Thanks. FNMF 01:08, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/James Masterton
Hi there dear Angela! :) Regarding James Masterton, and after reading the article itself and the concerns expressed at the talk page, I believe this entry doesn't fall under any applicable Criteria for Speedy deletion. However, I have created an entry at AfD for further discussion. Since you disagreed with the tagging this article for Speedy deletion, you are welcome to express your concerns there. Happy editing! :)  P h a e d r i e l  - 00:06, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Robert M. Hensel
Hi Angela... The article above wasn't a copyvio as it appeared. (see OTRS Ticket#2007041810014011) I'm not going to restore it as it's really not an appropriate article anyway... but I thought I'd let you know. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 18:53, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Just to say hello
Hi, are you doing a pay job for wikimedia foundation. i mean are earning from it. Sushant gupta 12:09, 21 April 2007 (UTC)


 * No, I've never been paid for anything related to Wikipedia or Wikimedia. I work for a separate company, Wikia. Angela. 14:00, 21 April 2007 (UTC)


 * so you are getting pay from wikia. so who earns from wikipedia. i mean wikia is a commercial website wikipedia is not. is there any job available here on wikipedia or anyother associated wikimedia rather than wikia. if possible, kindly reply on my user talk page. Sushant gupta 09:47, 22 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I can't create my account there on wikimedia foundation. can you help me out. Sushant gupta 11:17, 22 April 2007 (UTC)


 * can you follow the link and tell me what does job means here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics?action=raw


 * That shows the text of Special:Statistics. Angela. 12:52, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

One more thing wikipedia earns so much from donations. who is getting that money. isn't jimmy wales earning anyting from wikipedia. and yes, i am just 15 years old kid and i wish i could make it my career since i am seriously intersted in it. the only thing i want is the way i can earn money from it whether it is wikia or whatever you say but powered by mediawiki. can you tell me howcome you reach so far. thanks Sushant gupta 11:28, 23 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Jimmy doesn't earn anything from Wikimedia either. The donations go primarily on hardware and the Current staff. Please read the wikimediafoundation.org site if you want more information on what the money is used for. Angela. 12:52, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * thanks a lot, Sushant gupta 12:15, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

My username
Hello Angela! You are a bureaucrat, right? Please change my username to User:Quvodaxy. Thanks. Frltzl 11:08, 26 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Please read the instructions on WP:CHU. Angela. 10:26, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Interwiki Link in Recent changes
Please add the interwiki link  th:Special:Recentchanges  in MediaWiki:Recentchangestext, Thank you. -- Portal 04:01, 3 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok. Angela.

Wiki for trivia ?
Hi Angela, I was wondering - is there a Wiki for just storing information? I've deleted a number of articles recently that have failed AfDs on the basis of WP:NOT and WP:NOT, for example numerous and endless lists of zip codes in various states and countries. I was wondering if there was a Wiki this sort of information could be directed towards? I found WikiTrivia - but it appears that its not a Wikimedia project (and is looking at raising funds through ads - arghh). I looked through the various directories but couldn't find anything and thought you'd be the person most likely to know. The information is verifiable, it just isn't encyclopedic. Any suggestions? WjBscribe 03:23, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clarifying. WjBscribe 18:09, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

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Request for image file deletion
Could you please delete the oldest version of Image:Wcdonalds.JPG? I don't see the point of keeping it since I replaced it with a PD version of my own making. -Litefantastic 13:18, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you! -Litefantastic 03:15, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikijunior.org Site
Hello,

On 30th September, 2005 you posted on the Staff Lounge at Wikibooks that the Wikimedia board had discussed and agreed to create wikijunior.org as a place for "finished work" from Wikijunior. I have been working on Wikijunior with the goal of growing and revitalizing the project, and would like to understand why this didn't happen two years ago and what the hurdles are for moving forward with it now. It seems there was disagreement about how to proceed. I would also like to invite your input on the "What is Wikijunior" referendum.

You can reply here or my Wikibooks talk page or email me, as you prefer. Creating a static kid-oriented site for Wikijunior content is an initiative I would like to get off the ground this summer if possible, and any help you can give me on understanding what I'm up against would be helpful. --Xixtas 03:33, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia vs Wikibooks problems
Hello Angela,

first I want to excuse my bad English. But I hope, it is understandable. I do not know you. But as far as I can evaluate, you are one of the persons, who care about the the relations between the Wikimedia projects. If not, I would be thankful, if you could tell me, where to ask about the following problem.

Wikimedia saves the knowledge of the world. That is the motto of Wikimedia. But there is a problem in the (German) Wikimedia to do so. Wikipedia has many articles concerning commodities like a bicycle or a computer programm. If you want to save the knowledge about this things, they cry for giving useful hints and guides. Many of the articles contain useful gold-worth hints, but they are called not encyclopedically and thus not allowed at Wikipedia and to be deleted. German Wikipedia has a special rule, which interdicts hints in a Wikipedia article. The question is, where to save the gold-worth stuff. There is for instance an Hightech article in the german wikipedia, which is written by one of the best expert (possibly the best), you can ever reach in Germany about the stuff. This article is very good. But because of his hints of the expert, it is of course POV and not encyclopedically. But without the hints the article would be crap. Further the hints seperated without the encyclopedical stuff are also crap. A good article about complicated hightech stuff is simply not possible, if you have to separate the encyclopedical stuff and the hints. The question now is, where to save the not encyclopedical stuff, which is crap, if it is separated. A solution could be to make links in Wikipedia to the hints. But which wikimedia project is the right on, where to link to? (German) Wikibooks does not want to have it, because the hints are crap without the encyclopedical stuff. Thus you have to copy the stuff from Wikipedia to Wikibooks and include the hints there. Thus the encyclopedical stuff has to be updated twice: in Wikipedia and in Wikibooks. But nobody will do so. Now is the question, how to find a solution and where to save the hints. I discussed this problem in German Wikipedia, Wikibooks and Wikipedia IRC chat as well. But it seems to me as if the administrators of the both projects only care about, what they do not want to have in their projects. Nobody cares about problems which concern the relation and co-ordination of this both projects. They told me to ask here on Wikimedia for advice. What can be done to solve the problem, which concerns in particular hightech articles?

Here are the links, where this problem is discussed:   -- 84.132.59.68 12:57, 19 May 2007 (UTC)


 * If neither Wikipedia nor Wikibooks feel the content is useful, please email me to discuss whether this could be added to Wikia instead. However, I suggest you first think about whether the content can be rewritten to be more suitable for either an encyclopedia or a textbook and then see if either of those communities want it. Angela.

Admin Question
On the WikiNarnia site, I noticed a new option at the top right where it says my username, "my talk", "my preferences", etc. At this location it says "try new skin". Does this only work for WikiNarnia? And is it only because I am an admin of WikiNarnia? It also seems to be a "wikia" thing in general. Let me know! Thanks! Wolfdog 23:49, 29 May 2007 (UTC)


 * It will eventually work for all users on all Wikia sites, but it's being rolled out to the smaller ones first. Please see Wikiasite:Inside:New skin for more information. Angela. 00:11, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Name changing on Wikia
Hi, Angela, is it possible to change your username on wikia? Because I'm called "Ham Solo" and I think that's idiotic. I only made it for Wookieepedia, but now I use that annoying name on every wikia. To make things EVEN worse, I can't check the userlist because the site is being edited so I can't go on the site. But I'm just asking if it's possible to changed usernames on Wikia. -- Danny  Phantom   [ Phantom... ] 03:09, 3 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I've replied on Wikia. Angela. 08:53, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

"Wikipedia is not a dictionary" rule interpretation
Could you please tell me, according to this rule, should be treated as vandalism or correct actions, such edits, like removing the pronunciation information from articles like water, trolleybus, communism, Jimmy Wales etc.? In the other words: are such information (pronunciation of the words) welcomed in Wikipedia or it is more suitable for Wiktionary? With Respect. Asker-Asker 08:26, 4 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I'd call it misguided, rather than vandalism. Pronunciation is commonly included Wikipedia in line with the manual of style. That doesn't violate the "not a dictionary" rule. Angela. 15:09, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Incubator
Hello! I was interested in the Ancient Greek wikipedia, so I worked on Incubator for that new wikipedia. When I saw Category Deleteme (600 pages!) and when I saw that the sysops aren't active, I made a request at Incubator:Administrators for helping. There is a text: "Nominations usually remain for seven days, for votes and comments. Admin status will be granted by a majority of at least 75% and a minimum of 4 support votes.", but there isn't any reaction. Someone said me I would ask an incubator bureaucrat for adminship, when nobody has voted, so here I am. What do you think? SPQRobin 16:17, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, thank you for voting on me, but how can I get 4 votes? There isn't a community or something. SPQRobin 15:29, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * See Incubator:I:AN. Angela. 15:41, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, that seems much better. SPQRobin 15:47, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

London Wiki Wednesday
Hi Angela. I'll see you and Tim at London Wiki Wednesday again tomorrow night. Looking forward to it! What are you going to be speaking about by the way? -- Harry Wood 13:11, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't know yet. Probably Wikia . :) Angela. 13:45, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Melbourne meetup 6
Hi. This is a reminder to people on the Melbourne meetup participation list that the next meetup has been arranged for 19 June. Could you indicate on the meetup page your likely attendence, or otherwise. Regards. - Cuddy Wifter 23:16, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Thx for changing username
Apple0142E 10:28, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Northern Sami Wikipedia bureaucrats
After you suggested se.wikipedia should vote on which users should be bureaucrats there so was done. Skuolfi, Yupik and Trondtr agreed to be bureaucrats. All votes was for the three candidates. This is a good long time since now, but no one has done anything more about it. Could you make se:user:Skuolfi, se:user:Yupik and se:user:Trondtr bureaucrats? --Jorunn 23:30, 15 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I've done this. Angela. 00:03, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

AfD
I thought you'd like to know that once again the article about you has been nommed at AfD. Articles for deletion/Angela Beesley (4th nomination) - even though I know this has been nommed more than four times. (I didn't nominate it, I just tried to cleanup the header tags, which were absent when I came across it.) Laughing Vulcan  05:09, 16 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I'd seen, but thanks for pointing it out anyway. I don't see any advantage in me commenting on it. Angela.

Mail
Hi, just in case it gets eaten by spam filters, I sent you an email concerning Wikipedia logo errors last night. Thanks :) --Quiddity 19:30, 16 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree with the responses you already got to this issue on the mailing lists. Angela.

Happy Sysopping Day

 * Woohoo. Four years. :) Angela. 04:46, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Happy Birthday Angela!

 * It's not actually my birthday - just my sysopping day, but thanks! Angela. 04:46, 17 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I know, but I thought birthday sounded better. My bad. Cheers! ;-)  -- Rob  NS  19:23, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi!
Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 21:23, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Spelling
You spelled "organisations" wrong. It's organizations.


 * It's not wrong. See British English. Angela.

Wikimedia's 990
I wrote a bit about this link I added on the Wikimedia discussion page, it's toward the bottom. Myself and I think at least one other person were unable to upload the .pdf file. While I am new, I have been able to upload and place image files. But the technical problems I encountered here were beyond me, but it seems simple enough to accomplish the goal here. That being, a link to Wikimedia's most recently released IRS form 990 on the Wikimedia page. This form 990 is material as we accountants say. This is perhaps an unconventional way to fix the problem, but please can we fix it? I pulled my copy from GuideStar without having to pay for it. And thank you for looking at this. Nanabozho 08:33, 22 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Perhaps you should contact the foundation about why they don't have an official copy on their site. Unless they do, it doesn't make sense to link to copies of it. A blog called "I hate Wikipedia" isn't a reliable source for this and PDFs can not be uploaded to Wikipedia. Angela. 09:38, 21 June 2007 (UTC)


 * It is my hope that one day it will be a reliable source. I emailed Wikimedia as you suggested, and will see where that path leads? Well, off to the next edit, and Thank You, Angela Nanabozho 08:33, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Usurpation Request
Hi Angela! I placed an usurpation request on June 11. It has been over 7 days since I filed the request and was curious when the other username would be usurped. Thanks! --myselfalso 02:04, 21 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't think usurpations should be made until single login happens. It's only likely to cause conflict with users on other wikis using that name. I suggest you ask another bureaucrat if you're really keen to get this name immediately. Angela. 09:38, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

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WikiLove


has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Jet123 (Talk) 05:20, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Some tension appeared - mediation is needed
Some attack against category Red Army crimes appeared. Discussion is too nervous - article not discussed but deleting procedure started immediately. Some people threaten me starting deleting attack against all my articles. Thanks.

Ttturbo 09:07, 29 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Have you tried asking on WP:RFM? Angela.

Lizzie Borden edits
I have to complain about your edits to the Lizzie Borden page. Your photos are incorrect, and not Emma or Lizzie. I have changed the page back to its correct factual and photographic settings. I am a Lizzie Borden scholar, editor of The Hatchet: Journal of LIzzie Borden Studies, moderator of The Lizzie Borden Society Forum, webmaster of LizzieAndrewBorden.com, and blogger of MondoLizzie.com. I know of which I speak. Please do not continue to post false facts and images on this page. Dr. Stefani Koorey


 * I've never edited that page nor uploaded any images related to that person. Please click the 'history' tab on the article to find out who the contributors are. Angela. 20:36, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Then how . . ..
I clicked on history, then clicked on talk, then clicked on MY TALK PAGE and it went to you. That is why I posted to your talk page. I don't understand how you are linked to Tualha.


 * I left Tualha a welcome message in 2003, so my name is linked from the top of Tualha's talk page. I expect you clicked that link instead of the edit link. You can sign your comments using ~ . Angela. 20:46, 16 July 2007 (UTC)


 * thank you for the info. It was extremely confusing. I apologize for the intrusion. You were great to respond so quickly. :-), Stefani

Logo
Hi, I'm an admin on the Norwegian Wikibooks, and I have a question;

How do I set the logo in the upper left corner to be Wiki.png, like Wikipedia has?

Thanks &mdash; H92 (t · c · no) 07:38, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, and how do I change the name of the namespace "Wikibooks" into "Wikibøker", and "Wikibooks-diskusjon" into "Wikibøker-diskusjon"? &mdash; H92 (t · c · no) 14:24, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Rename
Hi! User:Nyo no longer exists. Can you rename my account? =) --Nyo it 09:15, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Answered on user's talk page. --Deskana (banana) 12:37, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia Weekly Notification
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Happy Birthday
 ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 19:31, 03 August 2007 (UTC)
 * FROM YOUR FRIEND:


 * Thanks! Angela. 10:58, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

help me
I make mistake that edit with my ip address in the user talk who I`ll not want to know my ip address. for this, please delete the history of this edits: and thanks and best wishes for you.--217.219.161.71 05:21, 6 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I suggest you ask someone with oversight access to do that. Angela. 10:58, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Search suggest
You posted a search suggest script on the user scripts talk page - I noticed it had some issues etc such as with spaces. I have updated some parts of it to add support for spaces, among other little things. If you want to see what i've done, I have it public at User:TheFearow/suggest.js. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 04:24, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Help needed
Hi Angela.

Hope this message finds you in good health. I need some help getting an article past, please see the fring article at my user page about fring.com I would like to post it under the keyword "fring" but dont want it to be deleted as advertising, could you help me to get it posted so it can benefit the users.

Thanx

Simon Goplett 21:52, 22 August 2007 (UTC)


 * The page is listed at deletion review, so people there will decide whether it can be undeleted. Angela. 15:59, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Moving badly written and unsourced Anthony Chidiac Article back into MainSpace, completely revised and now with sources and great writing!
Dear Angela,

My travels led to your userspace, and I'd appreciate your opinion on such.

Would you please be able to review my currently adopted piece on Anthony Chidiac for consideration of moving into mainspace?

It was annoying that this article was removed by a college kid and guys that live on the other side of the planet, but I understood why. The debate was heated and involved too many hothead fellas, and I read the initial article and thought it was a load of trash too, but I have spent some time on it and I think I've got it ready for moving into mainspace, and want your impartial opinion on such.

I believe that: 1) with the work I have done to provide factual pieces of information to support this biography, and 2) with the rumour of Chidiac being shortly announced as playing a pivotal part of the Billion Dollar University Hill Development in Bundoora, creating worldwide attention.

The article can be moved our of my userspace with confidence!

In the past, I also successfully picked John Brumby as being the new Premier of Victoria, Australia and noted such in other admins pages, and do have the inside track on news pertaining to major technology developments here in australia with encyclopedic notability, so based on such and the promise that I will progress this article as well as some other key players in this major announcement, I hope you find my work of a quality that meets your exacting standards. Thanking you in advance for your positivity and assistance in getting my first article in wikipedia published. My faith of such is low and I want to edit 50,000 more, but I cant seem to get one there yet :) --T3Smile 17:40, 23 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Rumours aren't enough to make him notable. After reading the last deletion discussion, I don't see what has changed, but if you think something has, you could list it for Deletion review. Angela. 18:47, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * You may also wish to read User talk:KillerChihuahua. KillerChihuahua?!? 23:02, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Arduin Advertisements?
Hi. I noticed that you had responded to an issue on the Arduin page. I was browsing said page, and there are three or four instances of the following language: "NOTE: Reprints of the Arduin Treasure Pack are available through Emperor's Choice Games and Miniatures."

Is this ok? Does Wikipedia have a policy on advertising (which is what it appears to me to be).

If you could reply on my talk page, I would appreciate it.

Thanks for your help. Oglahai 01:52, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

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Photos and photo permissions
Hello, Angela. Can you possibly tell me how long it takes to hear back from the Communications Committee regarding image permissions? I sent four sets of letters to you all. Thank you for some beautiful photos of Minneapolis by the way. Saint Anthony Falls and some of the mills are among my favorites. -Susanlesch 07:16, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hello, Angela. Thank you for writing back. Can you tell me how long replies usually take? Good idea, at your suggestion, I checked my inbox, trash, and junk folders for sender from wikimedia.org and found nothing there except admin mail from when I joined. No, these are not Wired photos. That must be someone else. -Susanlesch 00:19, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * OK. I guess they were lost in transit. I sent them to "Once you have received a written/email confirmation that permission has been given, you should forward that written/email confirmation to the Wikimedia Communications committee at the e-mail address "permissions-en AT wikimedia DOT org" (an OTRS address), where it will be securely archived." per Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. Really sorry to bother you with this, Angela. I appreciate your effort to help. I will figure out a next step on my own. Best wishes. -Susanlesch 03:55, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Just to follow up. Still no reply from the Communications Committee regarding these four photos. I am sorry but your suggestion regarding how I manage my talk page will probably not result in any change there--people are all different. At least you replied for which I thank you. -Susanlesch 13:36, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Copying this from User talk:UninvitedCompany and User talk:Michael Snow:
 * Hello. I sent a garden variety "Once you have received a written/email confirmation that permission has been given, you should forward that written/email confirmation to the Wikimedia Communications committee at the e-mail address "permissions-en AT wikimedia DOT org" (an OTRS address), where it will be securely archived." per Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. I received this so I sent the permissions for it and three other photos. They are in non-standard format but I don't want to bug the subjects with any more permssions mail unless absolutely necessary. My question is how long does it take to receive a reply? Thanks. -Susanlesch 14:00, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * As I said before, replies are not usually sent since this is an archive of permissions. I can't check whether this email was even received without knowing your email address and nothing shows up in a search for your username or for the "Proof for a photo" subject line you said you used. Perhaps you should assume it has not been received. Angela. 21:29, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you again. Someone else said they have a backlog and that I will receive a reply. It is pretty hard to know one way or the other. -Susanlesch 01:43, 17 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Original Message
 * Subject: Proof for a photo [confidential email to the Wikimedia Communications Committee]
 * Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:35:07 -0700
 * From: name deleted
 * To: permissions-en@wikimedia.org
 * Original Message
 * Subject: Proof for two photos [confidential email to the Wikimedia Communications Committee]
 * Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:48:12 -0700
 * From: name deleted
 * To: permissions-en@wikimedia.org
 * Original Message
 * Subject: Proof for a photo [confidential email to the Wikimedia Communications Committee]
 * Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:53:36 -0700
 * From: name deleted
 * To: permissions-en@wikimedia.org
 * Original Message
 * Subject: Proof for a photo [confidential email to the Wikimedia Communications Committee]
 * Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:26:18 -0700
 * From: name deleted
 * To: permissions-en@wikimedia.org
 * Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:26:18 -0700
 * From: name deleted
 * To: permissions-en@wikimedia.org


 * Really sorry but I am not going to post my email address here. -Susanlesch 01:48, 17 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Dear Angela. On reflection, I am going to tag all five images db-author and remember that Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Communications Committee cannot handle their own guidelines. What a rook. -Susanlesch 02:17, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Leaving wiki
I am leaving wiki. Delete my talk. Timo3 23:44, 19 September 2007 (UTC) Me, too.

I am leaving wiki! Timo3 13:12, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Delete my talkpage, as I am leaving. Gladysco ball 23:46, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Delete my talkpage. Bye! Timo3 23:54, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

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 Minnesota Meetup Sunday, 2007-10-07, 1:00 p.m. (13:00) Pracna on Main 117 Main SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota Map Please pass this on! RSVP here.  Spam delivered by -Susanlesch 15:13, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

request for comment on Hugh Hefner
Please take the time to go to Hugh Hefner's talkpage and respond to the request for comment on what jerrygraf is trying to add that does not belong on Hugh Hefner's page, but belongs on PEI's, as well as the part I deleted is ment as a "controversial comment on the biography of a living person"Rogue Gremlin 04:24, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Do you remember the time...
When you created several accounts for me (all named "Zyxoas") on the st and en Wikitionaries as well as the st Wikipedia?? Well, it should be in your talk page archives somewhere.

I have one last favour to ask of you: is it possible for you to please edit the details of my st Wikitionary account to change my email address? I have forgotten the temporary password you created and I have also forgotten the password of my old email account (which has probably already been closed due to lack of activity anyway). I could email you the specific details if you wish?

Zyxoas 09:55, 8 October 2007 (UTC)


 * The password was set by the wiki and sent to you automatically by email. I never saw it, so I'm not able to make any changes to your account. Angela. 12:18, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I understand that you can do nothing about the passwords (btw, iirc, I think that you actually sent me emails with my provisional passwords after creating the accounts, but I can't remember if the emails were from you personally or just generated by you with the "email new password" system), what I need to know is whether there is some way that you or somebody else could change the email address for me (after I tell them the old email address and your talk page archives hopefully confirm my story) so I can access the account again??

Tebello TheWHAT!!?? 13:49, 8 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Please contact me by email. Angela. 14:04, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

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Why Prolog become programming language
Dear Angela,

It is not easy to be autor of some unrecognized theorem even if the “unrecognized theorem” is relevant end important and hardly used within the field.

My story is simple: work + work + work.

The reserved result is published years ago.

Ognyan Zahariev

P.S.

http://bg.wikibooks.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8:%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BA_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5

re: Wikipedia is not a dictionary
Given your experience with the relevant policy pages, would you please consider joining the conversation at WP:NOT? Thanks. Rossami (talk) 00:45, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

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Closure of Volapük Wikipedia
Dear Angela,

I address you to ask for your intervention in a delicate subject. As you may know, there is a proposal to close the Volapük Wikipedia. This wiki recently surpassed 100K articles and therefore its presence was noticeable.

It happens that this voting is based not upon the wiki itself, its lack of active users (they do exist), its lack of contents (it does have contents) but on a war of opinions. As I could perceive, all this started because users at German Wikipedia didn't like interwikis to Volapük Wikipedia. They discriminate Volapük as an obscure language and therefore shouldn't be visible to German users. So, as they can't choose what interwikis to put on articles (a bot will eventually put them back), they decided that closing vowiki was the only chance they had to remove the interwikis from their articles. In my opinion, destroying other people's work just because you don't want some interwiki on your pages looks to me at least childish. And I thought interwikis were exactly to make other projects' existence known to users. Why ban an interwiki?

Another matter under discussion is that 'article creation with bots is evil'. All users against article creation with bots are voting in favor of closing the vowiki. It's true that vowiki unfortunately has most of its articles created by a bot (mainly cities in USA, France, etc.). But this has become the main issue of the voting: people are voting whether it's acceptable to use bots to create stubs or not, not closing vowik. In this matter, I don't even think closing a project for this reason is acceptable. One could just eventually delete the articles in this situation and let the project in a healthier state. Why close a project that has the means to advance but just because some other wikis' users are against some of the policies used in vowiki? There are bots creating articles in this fashion in many other wikis: Portuguese (my own native language) is doing it right now, Lombard has done it already, booming their article count. Why is Volapük any different? I'm afraid that, if Volapük Wikipedia is closed for this reason, a precedent will be opened and the supporters of this closure will advance to close other smaller wikis (as it seems to be their will).

I would like to reassure you by saying that at this moment, no articles are being created by a bot. Moreover, many of the 1000 top articles are being made by human users. Volapük was the first artificial language to have impact in human society. It had a thriving time in the 19th century but know it's hardly known to most people. Although there are just a few speakers worldwide nowadays (enwiki mentions around 30 but without citing a source; the yahoo mailing list volapuk although has nearly 200 members), the language still lives and the project has contributors.

As this voting can only end up in keeping the vowiki or closing it, without any other choice, I would like to ask you to intervene. Closing the project is not necessary. It would be the last of the remedies. If one thinks something should be done about it, why not just solve the interwiki problem by allowing projects to reject interwikis to other projects (if this is acceptable), and why not eventually delete bot created stubs to world cities, reducing the article count drasticaly?

I have my conscience clean: I adhered recently to the Volapük Wikipedia project. The bot created articles were already there and many were being added by another user and still I continued working on it. Whether it may be questionable if that user acted correctly with the creation of these stubs by a bot, it's no reason to close a project for good.

My best regards, Malafaya 10:41, 29 October 2007 (UTC) vo:User:Malafaya

Melbourne Meetup
Hello Angela! The Melburnians are having another meet-up! Please consult this page if you are interested to participate in the discussion! Thanks! Phgao 03:18, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Typo on board writeups
I think that Cunningham is a "Principal Engineer" instead of "Principle Engineer"

Thank you
Just a little message to say thanks for changing my username <font color="#aaaaaa"> PhilB ~ <font color="#cccccc">T/<font color="#cccccc">C 10:53, 13 November 2007 (UTC) hi my name is katrice and this sis my frist time using the odline distance learning program and i wanted to know if u can tell me litle bit about how this course wroks.

CHU
Hi Angela. I see you've been active recently changing and not changing appropriate username at the changing username page. Could you archive, this thread, the archiving bot seems to have missed it out. (But I'm not sure whether that's because there's no, yes or no comment on the thread or just a bot malfunction). Thanks. Best, <font size="+1">R udget zŋ 19:21, 13 November 2007 (UTC) hey Angela my name is Agon i come from smoall contry called Kosovo mabye u have heart so can i tolk to u about this web because i just jave registrt to day ok se you

Facebook about to be deleted
Hi, as one of the people with a picture on Facebook, figured you might be interested in knowing that it is up for deletion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Images of Wikipedians (2nd nomination). - Ta bu shi da yu 02:44, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Consensus vs. voting on local Wikipedia
Hello Angela,

We're trying to settle a bit of a dispute on some basic Wikipedia principles on the Romanian Wikipedia, and we're looking for some representative outside input. Please direct me to the right person I should talk to. The issue is exposed on Meta.

Thank you, Gutza T T+ 21:24, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Classification of admins
Hi Angela. Please consider adding your admin username to the growing list at Classification of admins. Best! -- Jreferee    t / c  23:01, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi Angela and Jreferee. Why would a User page be the spot to classify oneself? Thanks in advance for any information and apologies for the question from another user. -Susanlesch (talk) 07:43, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It's not. It was just spam sent to all admins. Angela. 13:21, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

ArbCom voting
Hi Angela, thanks for voting on my candidacy. I was wondering, is this in the wrong section? Thanks. --Deskana (talk) 10:59, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I see you fixed it, never mind. Thanks again. --Deskana (talk) 11:00, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

AFD
I'm not sure if you're already aware, but your page on the mainspace is up for deletion. Regards, &mdash; Rudget contributions 19:35, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Your lack of participation in the deletion Articles for deletion/Angela Beesley (7th nom) is giving the appearance of your tacit approval of the deletion. The person proposing the deletion is claiming that he is acting at your behest by way of private communications. It would be best if you responded with a posting, to clear it up. Cheers. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 21:42, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Right... but my participation gets me accused of COI and then people start voting "keep" because they object to the fact I'm voting on it. Since I can't win either way, I'd rather just stay out of it. Angela. 00:00, 7 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, true, I am realizing this myself, that no matter what you say or do you are trapped. I was wondering if the whole thing was devised as a trap to maximize embarrassment to all parties involved. The irony is that you and Daniel Brandt are now linked as being on the same side of the issue, and your article is heading to the top of the list in the number of deletion attempts, with his at the top. The person who is spearheading the Brandt, and your deletion, can keep referring to your ex parte communication as your approval, and or instigation of the deletion process. A good number of the delete votes are because you are requesting the deletion, whether it is correct or not. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 00:13, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It was deleted by Mercury, see AFD. But has since been recreated as a redirect to Wikia, upon discussion at the admin noticeboard. &mdash; Rudget speak.work 19:08, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Do you, in fact, want it deleted? Someone at the AFD said you'd made a statement, but I can't find it, and suggests you were never in contact with Durova. (which makes the existing AFD a bad-faith nomination regardless). Do you want the article deleted or not? —Random832 21:50, 9 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Random, look. Regards, M er cury    23:30, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to pry
Hi Ms Beesley, I remember seeing on your article page that you were romanically involved with Jimbo Wales. I swear to remembering that being on the page for quite some time, obviously not that it makes it true, ect. Was this just vandalism to your article? If so, I will make that clear and strike my comments from your AFD. Thanks,--Tom 22:43, 9 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Of course it's not true. I don't remember there being any such thing in my article, and if there was it ought to have been very obvious it was blatant vandalism. Angela. 03:49, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I will strike/remove my comment then and apologize. I should have removed it looking back, but I wasn't that "aggressive" against unsourced material as I am now. Cheers, --Tom 14:47, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Creeps
Hello, Angela. I don't know if you remember me but I wonder if you ever tried to close a MySpace account. I asked for complete deletion on the day I signed up because some guy had to be blocked within less than a couple minutes, and he would not accept messages "try back tomorrow". I used the MySpace FAQ, followed their directions, and received an ack email explaining why my account "may have been closed." But it is still there. You wouldn't happen to have their phone number in Los Angeles would you? Sorry to bother you. Photo by Sister72, somewhere near Asbury Park, New Jersey where I guess some guy named Bruce Springsteen used to sing on the beach. Best wishes for the holidays and the new year. -Susanlesch (talk) 07:40, 14 December 2007 (UTC)


 * No, I've never contacted myspace. I expect you have to email them, not phone them. Angela. 11:45, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. -Susanlesch (talk) 13:45, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Franz Josef Strauß
Might I ask you to take a look at the new discussion going on at Franz Josef Strauß? Yes, it is an ancient topic (the use of ß on en-wiki), but this is one of the most prominent articles in which this issue is of significance. Given your experience, your input would be very much appreciated. Unschool (talk) 01:39, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

External links to wikis

 * Hi. =) The conversation on the Heroes discussion page has continued somewhat, however I'm not sure if the points at hand are being understood by those disagreeing with the concept of external linking.  If you have any additional helpful comments that may assist please feel free.  =)  --Centish (talk) 05:09, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

fring - Thank you
Hi Angela.

Thank you for rescuing the fring article. I am not sure what the next step would be to get the article back in wikipdia but i am sure you would be able to guide me, I would not like to do something that will get the article deleted so i hope you could help me to get this article restored. I was just reading Davids article, he wrote a great article o Israel. Thank you once again for getting this article one step closer to being restored.

regards

Simon Goplett (talk) 21:31, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Removing the taint of copyright violation
Hi Angela,

In Talk:Information_overload, you made a comment on dealing with an article that included copyright violations.

A couple of months ago, I spotted a similar problem with the article on CAIR, except that it involved cut and paste jobs from several sources with both pro and anti-CAIR viewpoints. (See Talk:Council_on_American-Islamic_Relations for evidence).

I tried to discuss the issue, and raise it in copyright problems, but I failed to get a definitive answer on whether reversion is needed or not. I couldn't find any firm guidelines on how to deal with this kind of situation (ie whether reversion is needed or whether editing out of the offending text is sufficient).

Are you aware of any such guidelines?

Thanks, Andjam (talk) 03:31, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Complaint
Angela as usual sorry to bother you. Mr. Wales got a barnstar--twice now--from me. But I find his lack of response to be outrageous. If you happen to know a way to wake him up, please ask him to reply on his talk page. -Susanlesch (talk) 05:06, 25 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I expect he didn't realise you wanted a response. He's get an awful lot of messages on his talk page, so it makes sense for him only to reply where a response is needed rather than just where an acknowledging something you adding there. Angela. 10:06, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Scimitar logo.jpg
Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Scimitar logo.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. — <font color="007FFF">Save_Us _ 229 21:46, 29 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I think it's better to delete it and add a real logo (if one can be found) rather than one I clipped out from a photo. I've deleted it since the article already has 3 free images and has no need for a fair use one, especially such a poor quality one. Angela. 10:15, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Your doppelgangers
Some time back, User:Conrad Devonshire created User:AngeIa Beesley (note: that's A-n-g-e-Capital Eye-a...) and some other similar ones as doppelgangers to your account to prevent impersonation. Later, that user was blocked and eventually his user page was deleted. So there are now some orphan doppelgangers. Perhaps you would like to adopt them yourself; otherwise, would MFD be appropriate? Matchups (talk) 04:54, 31 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't think it matters who owns them. I don't really care either way about them existing and MfD seems a bit pointless. Couldn't they just be speedied? Angela. 10:16, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll take you up on your offer to help!
You left a note on my talk page some time ago offering help to me as a new user. Hope you don't mind...I really have tried to find the answer online... My question is what is the accepted practice for removing wikipedia tags (like advert and notability) placed by others, from an article? Should I wait for the person that put them there to remove them, or can I or anyone else remove them if the issues are addressed? Thanks. John Howell (talk) 19:42, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Kay Körner → Ablockedusernnw

 * Current name:
 * Requested name: ( [ rename user ])
 * Reason: Google Kay Körner 19:23, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of User:Isarig's page
Hi there. I went to this page to check out some things for an Arbcomm case that is ongoing on Israeli-Palestinian related articles. I'm wondering why it was deleted and if it can be restored, since some of the information there might be relevant to the case. Can you help? Thanks. <font color="#B93B8F">T <font color="#800000">i <font color="#B93B8F">a <font color="#800000">m <font color="#B93B8F">u <font color="#800000">t  19:35, 14 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your reply. I guess I'll ask someone from Arbcomm to undelete it. <font color="#B93B8F">T <font color="#800000">i <font color="#B93B8F">a <font color="#800000">m <font color="#B93B8F">u <font color="#800000">t  01:49, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

RFC: Style guideline for PD sourced content
User:Doncram is acting on a conviction that PD-source tags are tantamount to a representation of plagiarism. He has been engaged in discussion on several article talk pages, a template talk page, and a style guideline discussion page, listed at RFC. He has stopped blanking PD-sourced content, but continues to exhort editors, incorrectly in my view, that PD sourced content needs to be enclosed in quotes with intext cites to conform to Wikipedia style guidelines. Any light you can shed is appreciated. -- Paleorthid (talk) 19:26, 17 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't see any need for PD content to be placed in quotes rather than just used in the body of the article. Perhaps you should use the Wider attention template to get some additional views there. Angela. 06:16, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

User:Dewarw to Btline
Yes, I know it already exists, I have already created the account, before I was told to come to the user name change page to do it properly (I thought I could abandon one, and move to another). Btline 17:25, 25 January 2008 (UTC)


 * In that case, you ned to apply to usurp the name. Standard renames can only happen where the account does not exist. Angela. 11:15, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikia not wikipedia template
I took "Wikia, Inc.’s projects, including Search Wikia, Inc., OpenServing, and the Open Source magazine, are in no way related to Wikipedia.org or The Wikimedia Foundation." from the page on Internal. Thanks for updating / correcting it. --AlisonW (talk) 13:52, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

peer review
I was wondering if you could take some time out of your schedule to head over to the Heroes (TV series) talkpage and give us an honest peer review. The page has gone through some major changes in the last few months, and it would be fantastic if a prominent editor/contributor like yourself, could head over and give us at the Heroes Wikiproject some sound opinion and ideas on improvements for the page. We have all worked very hard at improving the page, and we need great outside, reliable and trustworthy users to come over and help us improve. I you are interested in joining the peer review discussion with other prominent users/contributors, much like yourself, please follow the link. Thank you very much for your help and your continued effort to improve Wikipedia and its quality! Peer review/Heroes (TV series)/archive2--Chrisisinchrist (talk) 05:02, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

wikipedia Weekly interview
Angela,

Thankyou for taking the time to do the interview the other day - the episode is now live!

As a small token of thanks here is a userbox for the occasion, given to every interviewee of the show.

It comes out looking like this:

If you would like, please add it to your talk-page. And, perhaps you would like to post a mention of the show on your blog...? It would be much needed publicity for the show. I put a lot of time into organising and producing the podcast so it's nice when people tell others about it.

Thanks once again.

Witty Lama 11:12, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

You Deleted My Page...
Hi, I'm sorry you deleted my page referring to 'Jade Bishop'. I just thought I would give some credit to this wonderful musician, who does a great job at what he does. I'm a newcomer here at Wikipedia as you might know. It's quite sad that you have deleted this page, if you hadn't noticed, my first post was titled UNDER CONSTRUCTION and it's sad that you have deleted this but would there be a way to maybe get by this? Something I could possibly write that will improve the entry?


 * Please see WP:BAND for guidelines on this. It's likely that Jade Bishop isn't yet notable enough for an article here. Angela. 10:33, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

name change?
If I have my username changed, can i still log-in with my old username? --JayTur1 (Contribs) 17:52, 8 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Not really since the old name would disappear, but you could recreate it. Angela. 10:33, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day
-- Nadir D Steinmetz 10:33, 21 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Yay! I'm 5 years old in wiki years. Angela. 18:16, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Ten days from now it will have been four years since you welcomed me to wikipedia. Seems like time I should finally tip my hat to you for it. Cheers Angela Velophile (talk) 04:22, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia Measurement Bug
Hullo, I've been looking around in the firearms sections, and as an immigrant from a metric-world country I know for sure that a meter is longer than a yard. To be sure, I bought a meter-yard stick, a meter is 40 inches, and a yard is 36 inches. The Wikipedia measurement converter does it the opposite way. Just a bug I thought needed to be fixed. Thecutnut (talk) 09:34, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Bureaucrat discussion - Requests for bureaucratship/Riana

 * Requests for bureaucratship/Riana/Bureaucrat discussion

Having briefly discussed this request with Deskana and as we did not think this is a case where a lone bureaucrat should determine the outcome of the discussion, I have created a subpage to allow for bureaucrats to discuss the matter. I realise you have many commitments elsewhere but if you have time, I would be grateful if you could review the RfB and express an opinion as to what outcome you believe is appropriate. WjBscribe 02:26, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello Angela, as member of the Ombudsman commission I am following a complaint from an en.wikipedia-user. I would like to review deleted revisions in order to gain some information that I cannot access at the moment. Anthere recommended to seek the flag directly on the project. I therefore would like to ask you to add the administratior flag to my account temporarily. I will not use the flag for other reasons than investigation, i. e. access to deleted revisions.

If you should have any questions or if I should request the flag at some other place, please let me know. Thank you very much. --Hei ber (talk) 10:59, 16 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I think you ought to request this from a steward on requests for permissions and it should probably not be done by someone from the English Wikipedia. Wouldn't it make more sense for one of the Ombudspeople who already have adminship on this wiki to do that task though? Angela.