User talk:Bearian/ArchivesJune2008

Re: Timeline of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season
Hey, thanks! It's good to see somebody actually looks at the articles I write. :) Happy editing, Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  19:36, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Thomas H. Ford
Just our existing article on Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, and the book at. --Golbez (talk) 19:54, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

user warning templates
Thanks for taking the time to warn vandals, like you did here, but next time consider uw-test1 instead if test1 since it's a better template for warning users and it has a nice icon that allows to distinghish better the templates ("uw" stands for "user warning" and is part of some template standarization effort). You will find a list of warning templates at Template_messages/User_talk_namespace --Enric Naval (talk) 21:00, 2 June 2008 (UTC)


 * lol, I just noticed that you are an admin. I assume that you already knew about the "uw-test1" template :) --Enric Naval (talk) 21:01, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Garrett Nickelsen
Hello! Please let me know (and provide some refs) which items he meets in this list. Thank you! NCurse work 08:51, 3 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I still don't think he is important enough to be represented in Wikipedia. Please contact another admin on this or list the article on Deletion Review. Thank you! NCurse work 18:15, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

NYSR Newsletter V2, Edition 1
Mitch 32contribs 22:14, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
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Hello, members and friends of WP:LGBT! I'm not one to be writing newsletters, but I miss our cruise director, Miss Julie, and our project is drifting along with a few leaking plugs in the bottom of the boat. Hey, it happens. Every group we join goes through changes. If Wikipedia weren't so interesting it wouldn't also be so frustrating sometimes. And vice versa. More than one Wikiproject has tumbleweeds blowing through it, but this is one that can't afford to let that happen. Even if you pop in to the talk page of the project, you can let us know you're still around.

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WP:LGBT's Role in HIV / AIDS articles
It wouldn't be a proper gay community without a li'l bit o' drama! That's right. If we aren't arguing about something, then we should be asking if we're still queer. Maybe that's for the best, since we know we're still kicking. Our most recent topic is how far the role of our project should go in dipping our toes into HIV/AIDS articles. The main AIDS article was delisted as a Featured Article last month, sadly. (Sending a swift kick to WP:Medicine.) A spirited discussion is available for your entertainment on the WP:LGBT talk page about just how much of HIV and AIDS should we take on. As ever, we'll take your opinions under advisement. We're going to have to, because it doesn't seem to have been settled.

Is Pride POV?
We have a pretty cool sidebar that identifies core LGBT articles. Its symbol is the iconic gay pride flag, much like other Wikiprojects have iconic symbols denoting the topic is a core subject in a series of articles. However, a question recently arose asking if the symbol itself is not neutral. Should a pride flag show up at the top of the article on Conversion therapy? How else would anyone know the article is about queer issues? Is there another symbol that is as widely recognized and that includes all our many splintered facets? At what point do we stop asking ourselves all these questions and just go have a mint julep on the verandah and stop caring?

Harvey Milk and Jim Jones
For the love of all that is holy, no Kool Aid jokes. However, an editor involved in pioneering San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk's article has included a section about the late supervisor's support of Jim Jones and the People's Temple. While it may be accurate, there is a Request for Comment regarding how much emphasis the section places on Milk's support in light of his overall political influence on the city, and indeed the rest of the United States. Milk's article is a sad one in more ways than one. It lacks the detail and heart that honors its subject. Anyone want to do a barter with me? I'll bring Harvey Milk to featured status (give me a month or two so I can read stuff), if you do something of equal value to WP:LGBT?? Make me an offer...

Queer Studies is offensive!
The established branch of study known as Queer studies was brought up as an category for deletion because an editor was offended by the use of "queer" in the title. It was overwhelmingly rejected mostly by the usernames I see here on our Wikiproject page. (A clue that I know you are out there, hiding...biding your time...) So, I wish I could congratulate you, but now I'm all confused by my sympathy for the editor who was offended. So, if you're reading this, Moni has a short memory and can't remember your username. Don't be put off by our demonstrative pushiness. Join us. We can always use involved editors.

Lambda Literary Awards
What can you do to help the project out? Be a wiki-fairy, on many levels. There are all kinds of articles that need help. Why, just this morning I removed those ugly wikify and cleanup tags from four articles at random. If you can put  around stuff, you can clean up articles. There's a list of articles that need attention at the top of the WP:LGBT talk page. Or you can start with the Lambda Literary Awards, where the goddess of my altar received a pioneering award, and was "reduced to rubble" by Katherine V. Forrest's wonderful speech. The 20th ceremony of the Lambda Literary Awards, which celebrates LGBT literature, took place in West Hollywood on May 29th. The page needs to be updated with the new winners, to be found on the official website.


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Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Arthur C. Clarke and Bernard Montgomery
Why on earth would someone want to delete material about homosexuality? 'Tis truly a mystery. But these embattled articles have some random evil gnomes removing information that places these folks under our queer umbrella. Help us keep an eye out for the deletions. Take a peek at the articles, familiarize yourselves with the info, and be handy with the undo function in the article history. If tempers flare, take it to the Hall monitors and let them sort it out. Best solution is to make sure your sources are immaculate.

This month's Wiki stars
This is what I get for opening my big fat mouth and suggesting the newsletter should be revived. Here I am writing it. So, to pat self on back (*cough*) Mulholland Dr. became a featured article in May. This is A Good Thing since it is my personal declaration that there is no such thing as lesbian porn. I don't care what Benjiboi says about the video collection at goodvibes. Instead, we have hot women who connect on a deep, personal, soul-touching level, so this film should qualify as some of the skankiest porn available for lesbians. Plus, it's completely confusing and surreal! D'you think Laura Harring would care that the article is featured? I don't think so either... (Call me, Laura!)

Compulsive hoarding of templates
Once I saw a harrowing episode of Animal Planet's Animal Cops where this guy had, like, 250 cats in his house and it freaked me right out. I'm drawing a parallel between 250 cats and, well...three, really, templates in articles involving LGBT issues. Can we stick to one, maybe? In the aforementioned Harvey Milk's article there's a core LGBT template, a link to the LGBT portal, and a sidebar for LGBT rights. Jiminy! You'd think we weren't the folk to set industrial grey carpeting and track lighting in vogue. An LGBT footer was designed to link to articles of interest that aren't the aforementioned core articles. What do you think, can we have either an LGBT template for core articles, a footer for LGBT articles that are high profile but not core, or an LGBT rights template? As ever, anything's up for discussion on the WP:LGBT talk page.

The Violet Quill and magazines
Zigzig20s suggests we create an article on The Violet Quill, as it seems such a milestone in the advancement of gay/queer literature. Members of the Quill all have pages of their own (Edmund White, Christopher Cox, Robert Ferro, Michael Grumley, Andrew Holleran, Felice Picano, and George Whitmore). We need to find more info on the Quill per se to reference the page that we create. Perhaps Google Books - and libraries? - can help.

A number of magazines also need articles, perhaps most notably QW, LGNY, and Lesbian Feminist Liberation.

Mom's nagging for Pride Month
It's June, Pride month. Wear sunscreen, stay hydrated, get a designated driver, then go half-dressed in the streets find a girlfriend or boyfriend, or some homo who's standing there looking lonely and kiss 'em up real good. Remember, it all started 39 years ago when a bunch of drag queens just got fed the f*ck up by the cops raiding the bar and dragging them all out to the pokey again. Rock on, queens! Enjoy your celebrations. My town's is in October, and 200 people attend. I miss Denver.

Fresh faces to brighten our pages
Hey, I've seen you around! Sorry there seem to be so many—it's been a while. But we welcome you all: Cheezisyum21, Taineyah, Dustihowe, Avesta69, RachelSummers77, Vivekgopinathan, AMK1211, Staffwaterboy, Ted Ted, Joe5150, Leahtwosaints, Robapalooza, Arthomure, Confusionball, Affinity likely, PrinceOfCanada, Yobmod, Npd2983, Neagley, Bvlax2005, Bvlax2005, Rhullsf, Textorus, Kieran.casey, Tyciol, Meojive, Sappho'd, Bookkeeperoftheoccult,  Gaywarrior, Aujourd'hui, maman est morte, and Balin42632003.

It looks like we've picked up a lot of talent lately. We have no doubt you'll be making your indelible mark on LGBT knowledge as we know it, here at Wikipedia.

- In the immortal words of Miss Julie, "May all your Wiki days be bright, and may your Love Boat never turn into a Poseidon."
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We miss you, Miss Julie, as well as all the others who have graced our project and are on wiki-breaks or just got fed up with all the nuttiness and went to live their lives. Get your stupid houses built and hurry up and come back. --Moni3 (talk) 16:52, 9 June 2008 (UTC) To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please let us know here. If you have any news or any announcements to be broadcast, do let Moni3 know.
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Wikibreaks
I have taken a week off for health reasons, and may take the weekend off, too. Please be patient with replies. Bearian (talk) 19:01, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Feel better! -- jonny - m t  01:55, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. For those who are interested, I have diverticulitis. Bearian (talk) 15:21, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I was just fulfilling my capacity. :) I hope you get better soon. Rudget   (Help?) 15:51, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles requested for more than a year
Hi Bearian. With the year almost up, we're making an effort to reduce the number of listings at Articles requested for more than a year. You've been a big help in the past with that project page and I am hoping that you can knock out a few to contribute to the effort. Thanks. Bebestbe (talk) 20:27, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Extension to qualified majority voting under the Treaty of Lisbon
Regarding your edit to this page, I clearly stated in the edit summary that this was a work in progress. There was no need to add the clean up and stub tags. Give us a break! AndrewRT(Talk) 00:07, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

GR 59
Hi Bearian -- are you really about to start work on GR 59? if so I'll do something else for a while so we don't get across each other. seglea (talk) 21:05, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

how are you
Thank you for your reply. This would be great. Was there any particular reason you nominated it for deletion, so I know what I should look to change? Thank you again. gutsalo (talk) 13:30, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

made changes
How are you Bearian. I've made changes, and included two sources from two major publications. Is there anything else I can do? Thank you! gutsalo (talk) 12:03, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Clandestine abuse
The article is off to a great start. Keep up the good work. Bebestbe (talk) 22:38, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

tyrrell middle school stub links
Hi. The links for the article, Tyrrell Middle School, are in the external links, and not the references. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiboy12 (talk • contribs) 23:25, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a final count of 42 supporting, 2 opposing and 2 neutral. I would like to thank Keeper76 especially for the great nomination. I look forward to assist the project and its community as an administrator. Thanks again, Cena rium  Talk  01:07, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Requesting your help with new article
Hi Bearian, I just began an article on implied consent, but it's still a bit stubby. Can you think of anything to add to it? Thanks in advance for your editing help. --Eastlaw (talk) 21:06, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Re:Adminship
Thank you for taking the time for seeing if I was interested in becoming a sysop. Unfortunately, I am not interested because I am actually trying to spend less time on Wikipedia and I do not feel I have the patience needed to deal with some of the more extreme editors. Thank you anyways, Aspects (talk) 05:23, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Anti-copyright and UNGC
Hi there, I wondered if you were interested in helping to improve the anti-copyright article, really needs some solid research. And while I am at it, the UN Global Compact article needs help as well, in case your interested.--SasiSasi (talk) 22:30, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

re:
Should I make factually false comments just so that someone who badly wants me banned not construe something bad out of it?Xasha (talk) 18:08, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
 * So it's fine to criticize something for being supported by soviets, but not for being supported by nazis?Xasha (talk) 18:17, 28 June 2008 (UTC)