User talk:Astrowob

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Novels Collaboration of the Month
You supported The Plague, which has been selected as the Novels WikiProject's new Collaboration of the Month. Please help improve this article towards featured article standard. --EncycloPetey 01:20, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

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Core topics collaboration is now personal finance
I notice you live in Montreal - I live just over the border in Potsdam, New York. Hopefully I can make it to a Montreal meetup and meet you some time! Thanks, Walkerma (talk) 04:23, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Comment on your AFD
Hi, I noticed you created an articles for deletion page for Joe Mcknight, but also nominated it for speedy deletion. In addition, you did not give a rationale of why the article should be deleted on this page. For future reference, most pages that fall under the criteria for speedy deletion do not need to have an articles for deletion page unless it is removed by another user. SmileToday☺(talk to me, My edits) 23:45, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

It wasn't me
Um... that wasn't me that did the last revision on Paula White. It was an unregistered user.Mcelite (talk) 03:12, 7 December 2007 (UTC)mcelite

Comedy is now the Core Topics Collaboration
Thanks, and Happy New Year! Walkerma (talk) 05:18, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

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Meetup/Montreal
I see you are a user located in Montréal, you may be interested in:Meetup/Montreal. Add your name to the "Interested" or to the "Not interested" list. Time and place haven't been decided yet. Pro bug catcher (talk • contribs). 13:37, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

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Template:Wikimania Host City
Hi, I saw you added this to several articles. While we'd all like to promote Wikimedia events, are you sure it's an appropriate self-reference? I'm going to remove them pending your reply. Look forward to your response!--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 15:52, 27 October 2008 (UTC)


 * (moved from User talk:Aervanath) Hi, I actually thought the same thing, but the box was already present on the Alexandria article so I just did a template with it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Astrowob (talk • contribs)


 * I see. In that case, I think the best solution is for you to put a db-author tag on the template.  That way it won't be that easy to put back in. I'll also see if I can find the editor who originally added the Wikimania box, and see if we can get a consensus on it.--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 01:01, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * On second thought, I see that it's used on the Wikimania article, where it does belong. Maybe "subst:" it into there first?--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 01:43, 28 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry I don't really understand all what you said there, but I think that we either keep it like that or remove it all, but clearly not keep the old HTML table style one... --Astrowob (talk) 03:54, 28 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Then I'd go with removing them all. The only one I might keep is the one at Wikimania, and those links are right up in the intro paragraph, so it's not really necessary to have a navbox for it at the bottom.  I agree with you that the HTML-style table didn't look good.  Your navbox definitely looks better, I just don't think it's an appropriate self-ref in general.  Could you place db-author on Template:Wikimania Host City?  That way an admin will delete it without us having to go through TFD. Thanks!--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 04:16, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

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Deletion of Time's All-Time 100 novels
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You're invited!
Hello, Astrowob,

You are invited meet with your fellow Wikipedians by attending the Montréal meetup scheduled on Sunday, June 27, 2010; between 1500 - 1700 to be held at the Comité Social Centre Sud (CSCS), located at 1710 Beaudry, in Montréal. You can sign up at the meetup page.

The meetup is happening in concurrence with RoCoCo 2010, a free, bilingual, weekend unconference including many people involved with Wikis both within the Wikipedia/Wikimedia Community and abroad. You do not need to attend the conference to sign up for the Wikimeetup, but you are certainly welcome! Bastique ☎ call me!

(PS: Please share this with those you know who might not be on the delivery list, i.e. Users in Montreal/Quebec) Delivered by SoxBot (talk) 00:42, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Québec Micro


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ArbCom elections are now open!
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