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UTRS Account Request
I confirm that I have requested an account on the UTRS tool. -- Avi (talk)
 * Responding for archival. -- Avi (talk) 00:58, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for working to make Wikipedia a better encyclopedia. :) Banaticus (talk) 04:18, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. -- Avi (talk) 17:30, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

GCG talkback

 * Answered. -- Avi (talk) 14:53, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Very important Help
Hi. I am editing the template "cite web" in another wiki but when I show the results, something like this appears:

http://www.google.com

I do not understand why the web link appears again in the end (http://www.google.com). Can you help me with my trouble?

I wish to thank you very much with any help you can give to me

Thanks a lot, Ricardo Ferreira de Oliveira (talk) 15:29, 14 March 2012 (UTC)


 * On which wiki are you having the problem? Can you post an interwiki link here, please? -- Avi (talk) 16:51, 14 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much for the help! Yor friend gave me the solution! Best regards!, Ricardo Ferreira de Oliveira (talk) 21:07, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

DRN thread
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is "Circumcision". Thank you. —  Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 00:11, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Responded there. -- Avi (talk) 00:57, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Userify/Undelete Request
Dear Avraham,

I was pointed to you through a series of links from a Speedy Deletion notification that took place on an article that I had created. The Article that I had created was called Maula Ali Dargah.

Could you help me here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aman Zaidi (talk • contribs) 18:35, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I have placed the article in your userspace at User:Aman Zaidi/Maula Ali Dargah. Please work on it there until you feel it is ready, and then follow the templates instruction about submitting it for review. Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 20:24, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Request for input
You have been a significant and I believe extremely welcome editor for some time regarding the Christ myth theory, and have displayed very good judgment and willingness to adhere to policies and guidelines. I have asked for input at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Alternative Views on the topic of the Ebionites and related material, and believe your prior history in dealing with early Christian conspiracy theories might be extremely useful in that subject as well. John Carter (talk) 00:14, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for the kind words, but I will have very little wiki-editing time until at least early May, so my apologies for being unable to participate. -- Avi (talk) 17:47, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Dispute resolution survey
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Happy Bureaucratship Anniversary
'''Wishing User: a very happy bureaucratship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk about my edits? 00:25, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 17:45, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

RTV
Have fun with WP:BN given RTV :).  MBisanz  talk 03:51, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Responded, thanks. -- Avi (talk) 17:44, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

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Please could you forward this ?
Hi there, I wanted to make a request to the author (ChrisO) of an image, but the username does not seem to exist. As I found your name on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ChrisO userpage, I am hoping you might be able to point my request in the right direction.

It concerns the image at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dardanelles_map2.png

I would like to make a request to the author to include a scale on the map.

If you could forward my request in a useful direction, I would be very grateful.

Many thanks, Frank. Darkman101 (talk) 06:47, 17 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I believe the user exercised courtesy vanishing; I have no idea how to contact the user. Sorry. -- Avi (talk) 16:19, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Abuse Filter on the Article Feedback Tool
Hey there :). You're being contacted because you're an edit filter manager, At the moment, we're developing Version 5 of the Article Feedback Tool, which you may or may not have heard about. If you haven't; for the first time, this will involve a free-text box where readers can submit comments :). Obviously, there's going to be junk, and we want to minimise that junk. To do so, we're working the Abuse Filter into the tool.

For this to work, we need people to write and maintain filters. I'd be very grateful if you could take a look at the discussion here and the attached docs, and comment and contribute! Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 18:08, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Precious award

 * Thank you very much! It is gratifying and humbling to be appreciated. -- Avi (talk) 14:45, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Deleting account
Hello Avraham. Could you please fulfill my request about deleting - vanishing my wikipedia and wikimedia(never used it) account? I've read at the article Courtesy vanishing that I should tag "db-user" at my page but I really don't understand what's happening. Can you please give me some advice? Can I delete my account in all languages? English, greek etc. Sorry for any inconvinience and thank you in advance!! (talk) Celticmadhatter 24 April 2012
 * Responded on user talk page. -- Avi (talk) 15:33, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

I would appreciate if you could courtesy blank my talk page. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Celticmadhatter (talk • contribs) 08:37, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Someone beat me to it. -- Avi (talk) 16:53, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Shaliach (Chabad)
Hi, I wonder if you could help me here. The latest additions seem to me POV and libel, but I don't want to get into a revert war with an IP and a new user (who are probably one and the same). Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 19:24, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I just noticed you have a Wikibreak notice on your page. I'll ask another administrator. Best, Yoninah (talk) 14:32, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Notice
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Thanks!
For fixing my change to a quotation at Messianic Judaism. While fixing the spelling I thought I had carefully skipped each instance of the word in a reference or quotation. Obviously I hadn't, so thanks to you for cleaning up my mistake! : ) Evanh2008 (talk) (contribs) 22:44, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
 * My pleasure :) -- Avi (talk) 02:06, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Help with a webcomic?
Hiya! I stumbled across some entries that a webcomic artist added about himself and his webcomic. There's a few issues going on with the pages, however. First off, he'd originally created two pages, one for the webcomic and one for the compilation book he self-published. Both are carbon copies of the other, so I redirected the title of the compilation book to the main article. I also warned him about posting articles about his own work since it's a huge conflict of interest and to be honest, it never really looks good for one to be adding their own stuff. It always makes people assume it's for promotional purposes even when it's clear that that is not the case. Anywho, my biggest thing is that he really needs someone to take him under his wing and walk him through webcomic notability to ensure that he go through other people as much as possible to avoid any COI as well as to instruct him on basics like notability, reliable sources, and the like. I had to remove a lot of non-usable sources from his article, such as links that didn't mention the comic or him, primary sources, and an amazon purchase link. Can you help him out? I'm sort of familiar with this stuff but it'd be better if someone from the webcomic WP helped out. Webcomics are pretty hard to keep on the mainspace so I don't want his stuff to get deleted so quickly without it at least being given more of a fighting chance.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 13:03, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah! It'd be good if I mentioned the webcomic, huh? It's-Geek-2-MeTokyogirl79 (talk) 13:04, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not a webcomic expert. Do you think it passes notability? Otherwise it should be nominated for AfD. -- Avi (talk) 17:09, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Actuarial credentialing and exams
The article Actuarial credentialing and exams you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Actuarial credentialing and exams for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Tea with toast (話)  19:33, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for your time and comments. -- Avi (talk) 22:14, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

File:Sudais.jpg listed for deletion
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Sudais.jpg, has been listed at Files for deletion. Please see the to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 15:02, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notice. -- Avi (talk) 17:00, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

racism
Hi Avraham,

Some time ago you blocked a user page User:Nipponese Dog Calxxx (google Nipponese dog). I do not think it is enough: the user name is a racist slur against an editor and should be removed entirely. Can something be done? V8rik (talk) 21:10, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Per Wikipedia "User account "Nipponese Dog Calxxx" is not registered." -- Avi (talk) 23:50, 24 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Avraham, for obvious reasons I am not going to repeat the racist slur, that explains the xxx sequence at the end. Please consult this page V8rik (talk) 21:09, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I am not understanding. The term "Nipponese Dog" does not seem to be used as a slur, as per or one of the cafepress shirt sites (block by blacklist). I don't see any slurs in the first couple of pages of Google results for that matter. -- Avi (talk) 06:30, 27 June 2012 (UTC)


 * one more try, the offending page and the offending username . Thanks. V8rik (talk) 19:55, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, even if the name were changed, the other pages (such as the LTA you link to) would not change, as they have nothing to do with the actual name in the files. I'll bring it up at WP:BN and poll some other 'crats. -- Avi (talk) 01:56, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Avraham, thanks for the effort V8rik (talk) 19:53, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

unblock in zh
You unblocked 124.244.208.109 in zh. But this is an obvious trolling IP of zh:User:Crazy daisuke. So could you please explain it? --Zhxy 519 (talk) 18:03, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
 * If you check the logs you will see that I extended the block, not reduced it. What in specific would you like explained? -- Avi (talk) 19:20, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

email
Hello Avi, I've sent you an email.  nableezy  - 03:09, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, nableezy. Answered. -- Avi (talk) 06:24, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Credo Reference Update & Survey (your opinion requested)
Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:


 * Link to Survey (should take between 5-10 minutes): http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N8FQ6MM

It also asks some basic questions about what you like about the Credo program and what you might want to improve.

At this time only the initial 400 editors have accounts, but even if you do not have an account, you still might want to weigh in on which resources would be most valuable for the community (for example, through WikiProject Resource Exchange).

Also, if you have an account but no longer want to use it, please leave me a note so another editor can take your spot.

If you have any other questions or comments, drop by my talk page or email me at wikiocaasi@yahoo.com. Cheers! Ocaasit &#124; c 17:08, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Rabbi Elyashiv
Hi, I wonder if you could help here. In 2010 someone moved the page to Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, saying that's how it's written in the Hebrew Wikipedia. But that's not how it's written in the English-language press, nor in the entire article. Could you move to Yosef Shalom Elyashiv over a redirect? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 16:51, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Hebrew transliteration arguments get very heated. Have a discussion on the talk page about a requested move and see if it has consensus. -- Avi (talk) 20:57, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

AN/I Notice
Hello. There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. You've been kinda-sorta mentioned. FYI. Arkon (talk) 03:28, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 14:59, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

ANI notice
Just a courtesy notice to let you know that I mentioned your name in relation to a matter you were involved in a while ago. The section is here. Regards.  J N  466  00:33, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 14:59, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to comment at Monty Hall problem RfC
You are invited to comment on the following probability-related RfC:

Talk:Monty Hall problem

--Guy Macon (talk) 17:13, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you -- Avi (talk) 17:09, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Merging smaller Hasidic dynasties into larger ones
Hi Avraham, where does one draw the line and on what basis should articles or stubs about smaller Hasidic dynasties be merged into larger ones? See the discussion starting at User talk:IZAK. Thank you, IZAK (talk) 06:18, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * There is probably no good answer. Consensus should determine what is acceptably too small to subdivide, what is acceptably large enough to subdivide, and the border cases should be handled on a case-by-case basis. -- Avi (talk) 17:11, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/JoetheMoe25
As usual, you've made no comments on IPs. Still, if I have committed an injustice by blocking 75.72.35.253 and JoetheMoe25 before the CU was run, I hope that you will take steps to correct it.&mdash;Kww(talk) 03:05, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Responded via e-mail. -- Avi (talk) 04:26, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

GAR note
Henri Brocard, an article that  may be interested in, has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the good article reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 21:25, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 07:18, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Maximum spacing estimation
Hi Avi. I have been doing some screening of old GAs with various cleanup tags and came across the above article. It has an expand template, which points to issues with the broadness criteria. The article is well out of my comfort zone when it come to editing so I was hoping you might be able to address the issue. Regards AIR corn (talk) 01:25, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
 * In my, and the previous grader's, opinion. The article does cover the main points. Where it could use expansion is the form of the asymptotic efficiency, as mentioned on the talk page, and, frankly, I haven't been studying MSE for the past couple of years and so cannot expand that point now off the cuff. -- Avi (talk) 05:53, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * If you can give me a link that I might be able to understand then I will try to add some sources for you. AIR corn (talk) 04:57, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The asymptotic efficiency is discussed in Cheng and Amin, I believe. If you have JSTOR access, I believe you can find it there, otherwise, for research purposes, I can e-mail you a copy. Engstrom may have written something in the years since I worked on the article as well. Contact me by e-mail if you want a copy of the paper. Thank you!! -- Avi (talk) 13:53, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Arbcom election
Skip being a commissioner, go for arbcom itself : ) - jc37 19:45, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) I do not think I can commit to the time needed to properly fulfill the role so it would not be fair to the project
 * 2) I value my sanity [[file:face-devil-grin.svg|28px]]
 * But thank you very much for the vote of confidence! --Avi (talk) 19:53, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Sanity? I thought you edit Wikipedia? They collect sanity at the door : )
 * Kidding aside, you're welcome. I've been impressed with you since seeing that RFB nonsense in ages past. - jc37 20:22, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Electoral Commission appointment
Hi Avraham. Please be aware that Jimbo has appointed you as a member of the Electoral Commission for this election. Good luck, and thank you for volunteering. AGK [•] 10:12, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
 * No, thank you for your work! -- Avi (talk) 18:34, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Election coordination
Please see Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2012/Coordination and also my set up on the project page.--Tznkai (talk) 17:45, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Noted; thanks. -- Avi (talk) 18:35, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

WP:OSFAQ
Thanks for the contributions. --Dweller (talk) 16:22, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * A pleasure. I hope to add more, time and work permitting. -- Avi (talk) 16:24, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Admin Incident notification
Don't know if you were notified, but we have an incident report filed against us at WP:AN/I (it's the one right at the bottom). --Skamecrazy123 (talk) 03:28, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you! -- Avi (talk) 03:34, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you!! -- Avi (talk) 22:48, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Religious terrorism for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Religious terrorism 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/Religious terrorism 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 template from the top of the article. BigJim707 (talk) 07:33, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the note. -- Avi (talk) 22:50, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Crat statement draft
Hi Avi

Following the drama at BN, I'm trying to come up with a statement all Crats could agree to. Please take a look, below.

I am quite content to do this onwiki -we have always worked transparently, except where secrecy is essential (ie RTV). I think we should be able to wordsmith a statement acceptable to all, and I think it's an important thing to do.


 * 1) In my opinion, this issue has come about through an unfortunate proliferation of documentation: policy, guideline, how-to etc
 * 2) I am not convinced that there is community consensus on all of the points encapsulated in those various pages
 * 3) I am unhappy at what may be described as some or all of: inconsistencies, inaccuracies or lack of clarity in that documentation
 * 4) I do not believe that any of the issues we have faced have been caused by Crats trying to widen their powers
 * 5) I would like to see the issues clarified, based on consensus, and for the documentation to be updated accordingly
 * 6) I'd like to thank Griot-de for generously withdrawing the rename request

Signed

[crat sig]

Lmk what you think. Many thanks, --Dweller (talk) 18:54, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Signed -- Avi (talk) 00:15, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

RfA close question
Hi, just a quick question (I'm not intimately familiar with the procedure to close a RfA), I saw you closed then self-reverted to give it more time. Does that mean the "extra time" is some sort of predefined, fixed period (a day, another seven days, etc.)? I'm just wondering because I strive to be as available as humanly possible while this is ongoing and want to make sure I won't suddenly have to go MIA during the last few moments. :)  Salvidrim!    &#9993;  06:24, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It depends on what the other crats suggest. We may close it right away, we may extend until Monday, or anything in between. Sorry I cannot be more specific, I just do not know. -- Avi (talk) 06:27, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem. I'm available at least until Monday morning anyhow, and even then, if it is still running, I can work something out. Thanks for the very quick reply. :)  Salvidrim!    &#9993;  06:28, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Harry Frankfurt.gif
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 * Thanks for the note. -- Avi (talk) 14:10, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Usurpation Request
Can you please review my usurp request here. Thanks! &#8213;Rosscoolguy 13:59, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Seems to have been taken care of. -- Avi (talk) 18:58, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Off wiki communication request
I have something I would like to discuss with you if I may. Do you have an email I can use? Viridae DON'T PANIC  07:33, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I have an e-mail address linked to this account. You can use this link:Special:EmailUser/Avraham. -- Avi (talk) 18:57, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Blah. I have been rather inactive for a while, and knew there was some way to private message but couldnt for the life of my work out how. Viridae DON'T PANIC  00:10, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Glad to have been able to remind you [[file:face-smile.svg|28px]] -- Avi (talk) 16:09, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

bot request

 * Hi Avraham
 * could you look here.thanks--George Animal (talk) 16:55, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi. Unfortunately, I am not a member of the WP:BAG and thus I believe cannot help you directly. If the bot is approved, we can flip the bit. Thanks. -- Avi (talk) 20:38, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Banaticus's closed RfA
You were probably just using a canned form response, but I responded anyway here. Banaticus (talk) 06:53, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually, I have never used a canned response for any RfX I have closed, successful or not. -- Avi (talk) 07:04, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks. I responded again.  Good night, see you in a month or more. :) Banaticus (talk) 07:42, 28 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Avi. It would make things easier in reviewing if you would link the RfA removed when removing, unlike here.  Please?  If it is too much trouble?  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:23, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * You are correct; I will endeavor to remember to do so in the future. -- Avi (talk) 17:14, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello
Are you from Israel? –BuickCenturyDriver 10:18, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I currently live in the United States. Why do you ask? -- Avi (talk) 17:26, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Vandalism warning!
Saw what you did there! :) - A l is o n  ❤ 02:15, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
 * You caught me in flagrante delicto. I admit it. Oh woe is me!!! -- Avi (talk) 02:18, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Is it complete?
Thank you for my CHU name change. Is it fully complete? I see a redirect from ZigZagStudios, does that mean I do not have to re-create that account to prevent someone else from assuming or usurping it? Can I also create "LoveRobin" (no space) for the same reasons? Thank you again. — Love Robin (talk) 23:57, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
 * No, if you want to sit on it, you have to recreate it. I can understand registering "LoveRobin" as a Doppelganger account, but why ZigZagStudios? -- Avi (talk) 01:15, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, I've done a lot of editing under ZZS and the changename page advises re-making old account to make redirects. Plus, the creator of the Furry character "Zig Zag" gave me personal permission to utilize the Online Persona for her, so I would like to protect it. Thank you again. — Love Robin (talk) 06:59, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Hmm. I remade ZigZagStudios, and (good news) the redirect is still there; Fine and dandy. However I go to make the dopple account of "LoveRobin" and the system bounces it as "too close to 'Love Robin' and 'Loverobin' Choosde another name". How can this be by-passed? Also, in looking at "Loverobin" I do believe that is mine from '07, as I stated in my CHU Reason I had thought I made one before but cannot access it. How can I regain that one as well too? It has no usage on it. If I need to talk to someone else, a link would be appreciated.

Thank you for the help. — Love Robin (talk) 07:20, 8 March 2013 (UTC)


 * You will need a bureacrat to make you the account "LoveRobin". If you e-mail me with an e-mail address, I can create it for you. -- Avi (talk) 21:33, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * — Love Robin (talk) 05:13, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Help me Avi-wan… :P … haya! I put in for a Usurpation under the name User:Temporary to usurp Loverobin to secure a point of potential impersonation as discussed above. I did so on March 12 with the understanding it would be addressed by or before March 20, it has yet to be addressed. I asked User talk:28bytes about it, he said because of my *also* requesting a usurpation of User:ZigZag by User:Temporary to usurp ZigZag(March 17) that he was unclear about simultaneous usurpation requests and was leaving it for a bureaucrat and that I might reach out to you once again.

As you know, User:ZigZagStudios was my original editing name, remade to secure against impersonation. Upon finding that User:ZigZag lays fallow, I would like to secure that for the sake of syncing to my online fursona (the reason why I used it when I could not create any version of "Love Robin"(auto-bounced as too close to 'loverobin') years ago). I may use ZigZag for recreational researching, leaving Love Robin my primary editing account.

Could you look into this for me? At least bump it over to someone so tasked? Frankly, if intentions are for preventing impersonation, it seems to me that simultaneous requests should not be a surprise situation. Also, by using usernames with the format of "Temporary to usurp xyz" is openly transparent so I'm not trying to pull any fast ones, plus a name others are unlikely to want for any reason in the future. — Love Robin (talk) 18:22, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Thoughts about user name conventions
An earlier comment to me reminded me I haven't done much at Changing usernames, but that, coupled with a wasted two hours today, prompted me to write up something I've been thinking about for some time.

Because it has impact on user name issues, I'd like to run it by some 'crats first. I'll start with you. See rough draft at User:Sphilbrick/User_naming_convention_proposal.-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  22:03, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * While anecdotal, I took a glance at the 15 requests at Changing username/Simple. If my proposal had been implemented years ago, I suggest that almost all, perhaps all of these requests would not be needed. More importantly, some of the problematic ones that either will be rejected or require some USURP actions which would not exist under my proposal. Details upon request.-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  22:25, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

E-mail

 * handled -- Avi (talk) 20:39, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

RE: Mail
Hello. There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Patriot1010 (talk) 15:57, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the notice. -- Avi (talk) 00:25, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

A few instances of antisemitic POV
Would you care to weigh in on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksei_Losev#Controversies and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Gumilev#Accusations_of_anti-Semitism ? See relevant discussions...--Galassi (talk) 11:53, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the notice. -- Avi (talk) 00:25, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Home wiki
Hi Avraham, a long while ago I focused my Wikipedia edits on en.wiki. I just found out that my home wiki remains nl.wiki. From the merge explanation I was under the impression that this would change automatically as my edits on en.wiki exceeded these on nl.wiki (long ago). My question is if the home wiki can be changed otherwise to en.wiki. Best, gidonb (talk) 18:16, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually, if you were given that information based on the table in managing your SUL, the caption for "home wiki" reads: home wiki: This is the wiki at which the account was initially merged. Note that it may differ from the real home wiki of that user. Your home wiki is almost certainly EnWiki now, but I cannot think of why it would matter. -- Avi (talk) 22:02, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Knowing what to look for, I found the comment by clicking on the question mark next to the home wiki symbol. Where would my "real home wiki" be listed? gidonb (talk) 00:15, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't even know if something like that exists anywhere. Maybe another steward or a developer knows; sorry. For us stewards, not working on our "home wikis" is a matter of our decision, as it were. I consider EnWiki, Commons, and Meta to be home wikis (the fact that I have advanced privs on those projects tends to make it clear). You would probably consider both NL and EN as home in that regard. -- Avi (talk) 00:24, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Actually I stopped contributing to NlWiki over 6 years ago because it stopped appealing me. I remain very active on EnWiki and occasionally at HeWiki. gidonb (talk) 08:16, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Renaming information request
You have been identified as someone who does a large number of renames. If you could visit meta:Rename practices and explain your renaming practices and policy, we would appreciate the effort. We are making this request to help us better understand local renaming practices as we work towards SUL finalization. Thank you for your time and feel free to contact me if you have any questions.  MBisanz  talk 22:52, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Avi (talk) 00:25, 2 May 2013 (UTC)


 * I'll drop you or Matt an email the first chance I get regarding my "name" — Ched : ?  17:26, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem. -- Avi (talk) 00:25, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Ahhh ... No need for an email now, as I finally understand the how, what, and why: Wikipedia talk:Unified login/Finalisation — Ched : ?  22:01, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Forced user renames coming soon for SUL
Hi, sorry for writing in English. I'm writing to ask you, as a bureaucrat of this wiki, to [//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-Single+User+Login+finalisation+announcement%2FPersonal+announcement&filter=&action=page translate and review the notification] that will be sent to all users, also on this wiki, who will be forced to change their user name on May 27 and will probably need your help with renames. You may also want to help with the pages Rename practices and Global rename policy. Thank you, Nemo 13:04, 3 May 2013 (UTC)


 * It's already in English; thanks :) -- Avi (talk) 15:27, 5 May 2013 (UTC)