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boxes on talk page
FYI, userboxes and profiles are typically put on the user page, while this page is typically reserved for discussions. --PhantomS 09:24, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Strategy games
Hello.

WikiProject Strategy games has finished it's first collaboration: Risk (game). We are now asking for nominations and input for a new one. Please voice your ideas at the talk page.

Clyde (talk) and WikiProject Strategy games.

USRD Newsletter - Issue 4

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Hi - I see you have recently created a new stub type. As it states at Stub, at the top of most stub categories, and in many other places on Wikipedia, it is recommended that new stub types are proposed prior to creation at WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals, in order to check whether the new stub type is already covered by existing stub types, whether it is named according to stub naming guidelines, whether it reaches the standard threshold for creation of a new stub type, and whether it crosses existing stub type hierarchies. Your new stub type is currently listed at WP:WSS/D - please feel free to make any comments there as to any rationale for this stub type. And please, in future, consider proposing new stub types first! Grutness...wha?  01:38, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Shield request
-- T M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 02:11, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Strategy games
Hello.

WikiProject Strategy games finished it's first collaboration on Risk (game). We have voted for possible candidates for the next collaboration, and three finalists have been selected:


 * 1) . Stronghold (2001 game)
 * 2) . Age of Empires
 * 3) . Age of Empires II

If possible, please vote here on which of these articles to collaborate on. Thank you.

WikiProject Strategy games

USRD Newsletter - Issue 5

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Image tagging for Image:03-East.gif
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USRD Newsletter - Issue 6

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Colorado Sports Template
Just wanted to say GREAT JOB on creating and making the Colorado Sports template look great!!! Jmlk17 07:15, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Possible adoption
I saw that you are open to adoptions. I am interested in being adopted. To tell you a little, I am not computer savy in the least. I recently started creating a page for one of my profs at school and I am completely stumped at the proper format (template) and adding a picture. I would love it if you could help lead me in the right direction. Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Louwanda (talk • contribs) 19:06, 22 April 2007 (UTC).

Thanks so much for agreeing to help. I really appreciate it. I am having both some minor and major problems. I am attempting to set up a page for one of my collegues and I have put in the information and the formatting is all wrong (in other words, it does not look like other pages). also, I tried putting a picture and it takes up the entire page. How can these things be remedied? Should I just start over?Louwanda 04:20, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, I really did not use a template, so I think that is the problem. Is there a template page that is available so that I can just enter information in the designated spots?Louwanda 19:25, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Again, thanks for your help. I did the best I could with the template that you gave me along with the information that I have on Feagin. I have just a couple more questions about the page. I notice that most pages have a 'content' are that has headings and subheadings, do I need that and how do I do it? If you can look over some of the changes I have made and give me some feedback.. I have absolutely no idea what I am doing?Louwanda 05:21, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Once I am ready for my page to show up permanently, how do I make this a permanent link?

Accept- Thank you very much. S234 05:38, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Hey can you adopt me as well? I'm a chronologically older user (joined 2 years ago?), but I don't have a lot of actual experience on Wikipedia nor with computer blogging and hypertext in general (as evidenced by my lack/misuse of vocabulary!). I noticed that you like astronomy-I do too! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Louanna007 (talk • contribs) 20:35, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

WP:RFA
First, I must say that I'm flattered that you consider me a candidate for adminship. Although I'm not sure how successful it will be, I accept the nomination. -- T M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 20:12, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

How do I obtain copyright information for my photo or get it so that it is not deleted? I obtained the photo from Dr. Feagin for use with this site.Louwanda 03:24, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Dr. Feagin actually gave me the picture for the page.

USRD Newsletter - Issue 7

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USRD Newsletter - Issue 8

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Birthday Committee
Politics rule 00:27, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Shield
. In the future, if you need a shield quickly, post at WP:USRD/S/R instead.

Also...

Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; ) at the end of your comment. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. -- T M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 15:50, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

'Judge' message
Hi! Just replying to the 'Judge' message you left on my talkpage - thanks for the offer, but unfortunately I don't really have the time to be a judge for that at the moment. Thanks anyway, though!--Joseph Q Publique 01:45, 27 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I also got your judge message, and I would love to participate. I'm busy Sunday and Monday (holiday), but I'll be free on Tuesday and thereafter.  Just let me know what I'd need to do!  ~ Amalas   rawr  =^ ^= 12:41, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Userpage contest
Since LGB did not judge this week, we'll carry on the contest as if she wast not a judge, and let us hope that she will be present next week. GreaterWikiholic 16:12, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

By the way, CONGRATULATIONS! GreaterWikiholic 16:20, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Where should I put the barnstar on your userpage. I'll just put it here for you to cut and paste to your userpage.

Winner
Hi! Unfortunately, nobody except for you participated in the userbox contest this week. However, you are the winner. I will think up a prize to give you, but I will not let your become a judge because you did not earn the victory. However, your userboxes were pretty good. You may participate with these same userboxes in another week's contest. Thanks for playing, AlexHillan 04:12, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, please (re adoption)
I have found User:Akendall to help out with the Classical stuff, which is my primary area of interest right now, but I would like help with getting my formatting right. Also, comments on issues of style etc would be helpful

wikibiohistory 05:33, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Contest
Thanks for registering. Please encourage others to participate. AlexHillan 18:00, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Help
I saw you are an expert on navigational templates. Could you tell me how to make a menu such as the ones on User:littleghostboo and User:Why1991. By the way, I really appreciate you joining the contest. You are the only one besides GreaterWikiholic who has done it so far. You may become a judge if you wish. Just leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks, AlexHillan 18:05, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Userboxes
It seems the contest was deleted. Thanks for liking my userboxes anyways, you can use them if you'd like. · AndonicO Talk 12:23, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

WP:Biography
Hey, I've notice that you've been doing a lot of assessments for the WP:BIO drive. You might be intersted in the this tool, developed by Outriggr for the first drive. It allows for much simpler assessment of articles, and generally speeds up the whole process. Instructions for using the tool are located on the page I linked. Carom 15:27, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

United States men's national soccer team
Hi, I saw that you have given United States men's national soccer team a GA rating recently. However, I cannot find the GA review that allows the article to receive a GA rating. Can you explain to me why you give that article a GA rating? OhanaUnited  09:14, 3 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I revert this because it's for good faith. It seems like you haven't fully understand the assessment system. Anything over B-Class (that is GA, A, and FA) requires nomination and review before they can be promoted to that class. It cannot be promoted in an instant. I'll leave a note as reminder on the biography drive's page to remind others about this. Keep up your good work in assessing articles.  OhanaUnited   16:57, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Biography ratings
Hi, I've been checking the logs of the Biography project, and I've come across several of your ratings. Apparently, you've missed the part that articles have to undergo a formal review before they can be assessed as GA, A, or FA class. These reviews can be found at WP:GAN, WP:BIOAR and WP:FAC. Please do not rate articles above B-class unless that status is approved in a formal review (for which you can find the procedure in the links I provided). Thank you. Er rab ee 16:20, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Why not join Gnome Week!
• The Giant Puffin • 21:25, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Not an FA-class
Um, Joseph Haydn is not FA-class, so edits like this are not good. Please check before doing that. Thanks. Carcharoth 16:47, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

USRD Newsletter - Issue 9

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GA review
Could you update the status (talk page template, category) of Illinois' 3rd congressional district following your GA review? I'd do it myself, but think it would be more appropriate for the reviewer to do it. Thanks. MisfitToys 23:11, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the updates you did, but I was actually talking about the template and category which still list it as a GA nominee. MisfitToys 20:26, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks again. MisfitToys 22:00, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

"Embarrassing how embarassing" Star Wars episode 2
Theres a typo on your user page its not navagational navigational :P Peacekeeper II  09:25, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia New York Meet-Up
Howdy! Please come to the First Annual New York Wikipedian Central Park Picnic. R.S.V.P. @ Meetup/NYC --David Shankbone 21:27, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Your "Longest Autograph Book"
Your "Longest Autograph Book" has been listed for deletion. The whole point of autograph books is to collect signatures from friendly Wikipedians, not to try to make it the longest. Anyway, would you sign my autograph page, please? Thanks! ;-) ANNAfoxlover 00:59, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I now suggest just moving it so that the main purpose of it is not to be the longest. ANNAfoxlover 01:30, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Excuse me, but your "changing of the description" is not appropriate, and I know it is a lie. You obviously want yours to be the longest, which is not the point of an autograph page, and there is a very little chance  that your autograph page will become the longest. I strongly suggest changing the purpose of the autograph book so that it is not meant to be the longest. ANNAfoxlover 19:01, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Frasier shot of second episode.jpg)
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FIFA
Thanks for passing the FIFA article  CHAZA93    Talk    Contribs   14:07, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Still Looking To Adopt?
Hi! I've been using Wikipedia for a while, but just doing minor edits and occaisonally writing articles. I'd like to get more involved, and be able to contribute by formatting, etc. but I am having great multitudes of coding questions. I'd like to be adopted, and you seem like a good adopter for what I'm having problems with. I'm usually on for at least a little while every night, though far less predictably from mid-August until early June. You can just write on my Talk Page; I read it daily. Thanks! Scigirl543 05:50, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Adoption!
Yay! Thank you! First question....How do I put the userbox on that says I have been adopted by you? Scigirl543 00:39, 2 July 2007 (UTC) Okay, I found that code on the adopt-a-user homepage. Thanks! Scigirl543 00:47, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Confirming Identity
I saw that you had Userboxes that comfirm your identity under this username on other Wikimedia projects...Is there a way to confirm your identity under your username on another language's wikipedia? Or a minor Wiki (I frequently contribute to ForensicsWiki)? Scigirl543 00:54, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

How do you Nominate a page for deletion?
I'm sorry to ask so many questions so quickly, but I was working on the ForensicsWiki, and many of the pages are created by spammers and have no relation to the topic of the Wiki. I read somewhere that only admins can delete a page, but I don't know who the admins are, or how to find them. Is there another way to ask for the deletion of a page? Scigirl543 01:22, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

No Admins?
Is it possible that a wiki would not have any admins, or would have been abandoned by any admins that it had? While I was looking for a list of them, I found that the main page (which I never go to because it's a long address to type, so I just have a favorites list marking to my user page) has been edited only by vandals and spammers (who deleted the actual contents on their first edit) since December 2005. It's currently just a list of ads (I'm going to try to revert it). If there were any admins, wouldn't they have caught this somehow by now? I'm really confused...The wiki is for people involved in Speech and Debate to share/find information on their events, the people going to nationals, etc. so it's frequently vandalized (and I seem to be one of very few actual editors, but that's all the more reason to stay because lots of people use it for reference), but the Main Page being changed to a list of ads is a fairly major problem. Also, how do you report vandalism? I saw a code somewhere that you should put on the page, along with their IP address, but now I can't find it again. Hmm...Scigirl543 02:29, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

USRD Newsletter - Issue 10

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July 2007 GAC backlog elimination drive
A new elimination drive of the backlog at Good article candidates  will take place from the month of July through August 12, 2007. There are currently about 130 articles that need to be reviewed right now. If you are interested in helping with the drive, then please visit Good article candidates backlog elimination drive and record the articles that you have reviewed. Awards will be given based on the number of reviews completed. Since the potential amount of reviewers may significantly increase, please make sure to add :GAReview underneath the article you are reviewing to ensure that only one person is reviewing each article. Additionally, the GA criteria may have been modified since your last review, so look over the criteria again to help you to determine if a candidate is GA-worthy. If you have any questions about this drive or the review process, leave a message on the drive's talk page. Please help to eradicate the backlog to cut down on the waiting time for articles to be reviewed.

You have received this message either due to your membership with WikiProject: Good Articles and/or your inclusion on the Good article candidates/List of reviewers. --Nehrams2020 03:35, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I see that you included your recent reviews for the drive. However, some of your reviews occurred in June. To receive the awards, the reviews have to take place between July and August 12. I hope you continue to keep reviewing, and good job so far. --Nehrams2020 04:39, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Good articles/GA nominees task force/GAC backlog elimination drive
I've removed your name from there as it's a list of reviews conducted during July. You simply listed articles you had reviewed last month. That isn't the purpose of the drive ;) Giggy  UCP 04:42, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Atlantic City, New Jersey
I'm slightly concerned in your review on Talk:Atlantic City, New Jersey. I have found a non-free use image with no fair use rationale Image:Acdiablos.jpg, which will fail GA promotion. Another concern is that I found no references in "Popular culture references" section. You can help bring it back to GA status by adding fair use rationale to the image and find references for that heading. Otherwise I will fail the article within 5 days. OhanaUnited   Talk page   06:27, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[[Image:Meteorlogical histor-125256.ogg]]
Hello, Bernstein2291. As you're probably aware, an anon editor un-linked your spoken version of Meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina from it's source article with the edit comment "deleted audio file (numerous mistakes)". I've just completed a review of your recording (which I haven't yet posted), and while the recording does contain some mistakes and technical problems, it is fundamentally a good recording, which just needs two things: the re-recording of a few sentences to fix some mistakes, and a bit of editing to resolve some technical issues. I'd be happy to do the editing, if you'd be willing to make a short recording of only the bits that need to be re-done (I can let you know what they are). If you're interested in doing this, please let me know. Once we've done a little work on it, we should be able to re-link your recording to it's article. -- Macropode 08:39, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry
I am really tied up at the moment and would you possibly be able to review Wisden Trophy for GA, thanks in advance Chaza   93  review  17:06, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Unusual Adoption Request
Hi! Im an English teacher in Toluca Mexico (west of Mexico City). My Advanced B classes will be contributing to Wikipedia as the focus of their English course for Fall 2007. I am looking for people who would like to mentor my students (who will be working in groups) as they do the following assignments: Edit and article (adding a citation), writing a stub with a citation, translating an English language article for Spanish Wikipedia and for the final project, writing a full article for English Wiki (they can expand on the stub mentioned previously). What I would like to do is put a list of "mentors/adopters" on my talk page as a kind of short cut for my students, who have limited time to get things done. The semester begings Aug 6, but the real Wikipedia work wont begin until the beginning of Sept. If you would like to add your name to my list, please go to my talk page and add it there, perhaps with a short introduction, if you like.

Thank you!

Thelmadatter 18:57, 26 July 2007 (UTC)Thelmadatter

Thank you for playing
Hello Bernstein, and thank you for playing the WP:BUPC. In the Tournament of Champions you pulled off -3 points despite your informative pages and being extemely helpful to others. Thank you and congraturations.  Marlith  T / C  03:53, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

An important letter
Dear roads editor,

You may have noticed some changes at WP:USRD lately. Some of them, like the cleanup templates and the stub templates, have been astounding and great. Unfortunately, others have been disturbing.

This has become evidenced by the departure of a few prominent editors at USRD, a few RFC's, and much fighting among USRD editors.

After the second RFC, many of us found the opportunity to take a step away from Wikipedia for a while--as a self-imposed wikibreak, or possibly on vacation.

The result of such introspection was that many of us were placing ourselves in a "walled garden" and on a self-imposed pedestal of authority over the roads department. Also, we were being hostile to a few users who were not agreeing with us.

In fact, IRC has been the main incarnation of this "walled garden." Decisions have been made there to conduct grudges and prejudices against a few valued USRD users with poor justification.

For this, we have come to apologize. We have come to ask your forgiveness.

In addition to this, we hope to work as one USRD team from now on and to encourage cooperation instead of the promotion of interests.

All users are welcome to collaborate on IRC, the newsletter, or anywhere else at USRD.

In the future, please feel free to approach us about any issues you may have.

Regards,

Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 17:20, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Rschen7754 (talk - contribs)
 *  T M F Let's Go Mets - Stats
 *  master son T - C
 * SonTalk
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USRD Newsletter - Issue 11

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WikiProject New York City Transportation article on Andrew Saul
Just a heads up that Andrew Saul (vice-Chairman of the MTA) has been nominated for featured article status here. Any input, comment and suggestions would be greatly appreciated, there is not that much info on him as it relates to the MTA, and being an !expert, I'm not quite sure how well I can flesh it out. Please feel free to comment and/or improve the article. Thanks! MrPrada 21:24, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

USRD Newsletter - Issue 12

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End of WP:Bio assessment drive
I have reraised the issue (see towards the bottom) as to whether assessors should receive all the awards they qualify for or only the highest one. Your input is appreciated. Broken Sphere Msg me 15:19, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

You found my secret page!
--Pupster21 Talk To Me 11:58, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

USRD Newsletter - Issue 13

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:TomasBat/Universal Autographs.
Hello,. I noticed you have User:TomasBat/Universal Autographs in your signature page, and I thought I should notify you of the MfD discussion currently taking place for it. · AndonicO Talk 01:41, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

The Simpsons WikiProject membership update
The Simpsons WikiProject is performing a membership update to check for currently active and idle members.

Because your username appears on the members list, we kindly ask you visit this page and put your name under the appropriate section, using the code , in order to renew or cancel your membership.

If you do not comply with any of the choices, at the end of 1 month after this message was posted, your membership will be canceled and your name removed from the list. If you wish to regain your membership, just sign in again!

The The Simpsons WikiProject team – June 29, 2024

Wikiproject Frasier
Most (all?) of the articles for Frasier should be / will be tagged with. Please see Television_episodes for guidelines on notability, and whether a particular tv episode warrants an article. - super &beta;&epsilon;&epsilon; cat 21:54, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

USRD Newsletter - Issue 14

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Fair use rationale for Image:200px-Visionarium.jpg
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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. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI 21:53, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:200px-Visionarium.jpg)
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USRD Newsletter - Issue 15

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Fair use rationale for Image:Frasier_shot_of_when_niles_met_daphne.jpg
Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Frasier_shot_of_when_niles_met_daphne.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

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. Rettetast 10:08, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Image:200px-Visionarium.jpg and Image:Mount_Prometheus_Concept_Art.jpg are tagged in the same way. Rettetast 10:15, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Possibly unfree Image:Oyster_Bay-Rye_bridge.gif
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Unspecified source for Image:NYTimeswebpage.jpg
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USRD Newsletter - Issue 16

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Poker Player Notability
The WP:POKER is discussing what we believe constitutes notability for poker players. We have a proposal on our talk page, if you'd like to chime in, please do so here.Balloonman (talk) 10:10, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for your welcome! I am an admin on wikiHow http://www.wikihow.com/User:Mocha

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USRD Newsletter - Volume 1, Issue 17

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WikiProject Good Articles January Newsletter
Happy New Year! Here is the latest edition of the WikiProject GA Newsletter! Dr. Cash (talk) 03:53, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Vote for a post-meetup restaurant
I'm charged with making the reservations for us, so let's make it official. We'll do this via voting and everyone including anonymous voters, sockpuppets, and canvassed supporters is enfranchised. Voting irregularities and election fraud are encouraged as that would be really amusing in this instance. Please vote for whichever restaurant you would like to eat at given the information provided above and your own personal prejudices at Meetup/NYC. The prevailing restaurant will be called first for the reservation. If a reservation cannot be obtained at the winning restaurant, the runner-up restaurant will be called thus making this entire process pointless. Voting ends 24 hours after this timestamp (because I said so). ScienceApologist (talk) 17:19, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

U.S. Roads Newsletter, Issue 1

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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter
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Speedy deletion of Template:Miami Dolphins Fan
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USRD Newsletter - Issue 2

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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter
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You are invited!
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You are invited!
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Well also make preparations for our exciting Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event, a free content photography contest for Columbia University students planned for Friday March 28 (about 2 weeks after our meeting).

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Museums WikiProject
Hi! You expressed an interest in a Museums Wiki Project and after working in a number of articles and wanting to add a template that didn't exist, I went ahead and launched the project:

I'd appreciate any feedback you have (this is my first project} and any help in project related 'stuff'. Thanks TRAVELLINGCARI My storyTell me yours 16:54, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The wrong invtiation template was used I've replaced it.&mdash; Rod talk 13:35, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

USRD Newsletter - Issue 3

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Law & Order project proposal
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Status on WP:NYCPT
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April GA Newsletter
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WikiProject Good Articles May Newsletter
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USRD Newsletter, Issue 4

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NYC Meetup: June 1, 2008
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Award Center Newsletter
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Just a heads up
I thought you might like to know that the Awards Center page has been deleted, along with its newsletter. :(

So, where do we go from here?

To new and even more interesting projects, of course!

As announced in the newsletter, I've been preparing to co-coordinate a large collaboration/competition called Around the World. It was going to be run at the Awards Center, but since that no longer exists, the collaboration will be hosted somewhere else.

Around the World will begin July 15th as planned - it's location will be announced soon.

It'll be a blast. In the competition, participants will be helping to develop over 200 pages (drafts, which will be moved to article space once they are ready), using advanced tools to edit every single one of them!

This is going to be interesting.

And the event shall have awards which are being created specifically for it as we speak!

If you would like me to keep you informed of this and other interesting collaborations I'll be working on and/or organizing in the future, please drop me a note on my talk page, and I'll be happy to keep you in the know.

I look forward to your reply.

Sincerely,

The Transhumanist 21:40, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

I need your feedback...
Which of the following medals looks better. This one:



Or this one:



Which one do you like better?

Please let me know on my talk page.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist 21:13, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

What is Around the World?
It's a collaboration!

A collaboration using advanced wiki-tools!

The event is being co-sponsored by Wikiproject Lists of basic topics and WikiProject Geography, and participants will be "traveling" all around "the World" visiting each country online (here on Wikipedia) as they apply advanced wiki-tools to improve pieces of the profiles of each and every country on Earth!. Each pass through these pages is a "trip around the World..."

The set of pages we are working is currently located at WikiProject Lists of basic topics.

Each page presents essential information on each country in a topic outline format, for ease of overviewing and navigating. Most of the topics presented are linkified, which turns these pages into a hypertextual map to material about each country on Wikipedia. When completed, they shall all become part of Wikipedia's contents system.

The pages share a standard format, with the information on each country presented in the same general order. So rather than tediously working on a single country to complete it, each participant works on all 200+ political entities, completing a single data item or detail across all of the pages!

For this they use advanced tools like WP:AWB, Linky, etc. It goes fast, and since others are doing this at the same time, it makes "the World" feel like a beehive, and the participants are its bees. :) The energy is contagious.

And since you are moving from country to country, the tasks make it feel like you are traveling around the world, and you get to learn a little about every country as you do so. This approach also allows for greater efficiency, because by the time you've done 30 or so of a particular item, you've figured out how to finish it faster and more effectively (such as where to find the data or how to make adjustments), and this specialization speeds up development - but more importantly it reduces errors.

The tasks are varied, which adds even more variety to the project. Some tasks are look-ups-and-fill-ins, some are copy and paste, some are image hunts, some are maintenance adjustments, some are link fixing, some are blue-linking (creating an underlying redirect so a link turns blue), some are fact checking, etc.

Standing by to help are co-coordinators, who can lend a helping hand to participants, provide instruction and tips on how to use the tools, and help them find what they are looking for. Co-coordinators also use advanced tools to inspect the work of participants, and touch it up as needed, or if a task was done wrong throughout, point this out to the participant so he or she can make the necessary corrections.

Co-coordinators are working on the set of pages right now, to familiarize themselves with "the World" so they can help more effectively by the time the main event starts. But there's still lots of preparation left to be done, and we are looking for editors experienced in advanced wikitools who would like to become co-coordinators.

The Transhumanist 01:28, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

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USRD Newsletter, Issue 5
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Wikipedia:Song
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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter
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Adoption request
Dear Bernstein2291, I'm named in the Wikipedia entry on Shared Space as a proponent but unlike the other four people listed I don't have my own entry. Another Wiki adopter, Amire80, thinks an entry is deserved but he has fallen silent over the last few days so I'm on the lookout for someone else who might help. The proposed entry is on my talk page. I hope you have a chance to look and give me some early feedback. Regards Seeplain (talk) 09:58, 8 September 2008 (UTC) Martin Cassini

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USRD Newsletter, Issue 6 (FINAL ISSUE)

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Wikis Take Manhattan
WHAT Wikis Take Manhattan is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest aimed at illustrating Wikipedia and StreetsWiki articles covering sites and street features in Manhattan and across the five boroughs of New York City. The event is based on last year's Wikipedia Takes Manhattan, and has evolved to include StreetsWiki this year as well.

LAST YEAR'S EVENT


 * Wikipedia Takes Manhattan/Spring 2008 (a description of the results, and the uploading party)
 * Commons:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan/Gallery (our cool gallery)

WINNINGS? Prizes include a dinner for three with Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales at Pure Food & Wine, gift certificates to Bicycle Habitiat and the LimeWire Store, and more!

WHEN The hunt will take place Saturday, September 27th from 1:00pm to 6:30pm, followed by prizes and celebration.

WHO All Wikipedians and non-Wikipedians are invited to participate in team of up to three (no special knowledge is required at all, just a digital camera and a love of the city). Bring a friend (or two)!

REGISTER The proper place to register your team is here. It's also perfectly possible to register on the day of when you get there, but it will be slightly easier for us if you register beforehand.

WHERE Participants can begin the hunt from either of two locations: one at Columbia University (at the sundial on college walk) and one at The Open Planning Project's West Village office. Everyone will end at The Open Planning Project:


 * Wikis Take Manhattan page at The Open Planning Project


 * 349 W. 12th St. #3
 * Between Greenwich & Washington Streets
 * By the 14th St./8th Ave. ACE/L stop

FOR UPDATES

Check out:


 * Wikis Take Manhattan main website

This will have a posting if the event is delayed due to weather or other exigency.

Thanks,
 * Pharos

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Wikis Take Manhattan
WHAT Wikis Take Manhattan is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest aimed at illustrating Wikipedia and StreetsWiki articles covering sites and street features in Manhattan and across the five boroughs of New York City. The event is based on last year's Wikipedia Takes Manhattan, and has evolved to include StreetsWiki this year as well.

LAST YEAR'S EVENT


 * Wikipedia Takes Manhattan/Spring 2008 (a description of the results, and the uploading party)
 * Commons:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan/Gallery (our cool gallery)

WINNINGS? Prizes include a dinner for three with Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales at Pure Food & Wine, gift certificates to Bicycle Habitiat and the LimeWire Store, and more!

WHEN The hunt will take place Saturday, September 27th from 1:00pm to 6:30pm, followed by prizes and celebration.

WHO All Wikipedians and non-Wikipedians are invited to participate in team of up to three (no special knowledge is required at all, just a digital camera and a love of the city). Bring a friend (or two)!

REGISTER The proper place to register your team is here. It's also perfectly possible to register on the day of when you get there, but it will be slightly easier for us if you register beforehand.

WHERE Participants can begin the hunt from either of two locations: one at Columbia University (at the sundial on college walk) and one at The Open Planning Project's West Village office. Everyone will end at The Open Planning Project:


 * Wikis Take Manhattan page at The Open Planning Project


 * 349 W. 12th St. #3
 * Between Greenwich & Washington Streets
 * By the 14th St./8th Ave. ACE/L stop

FOR UPDATES

Check out:


 * Wikis Take Manhattan main website

This will have a posting if the event is delayed due to weather or other exigency.

Thanks,
 * Pharos

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Adoption request
hi Bernstein! i'm new here and i'm interested in lerning how templates work. if i want to create a page about a person how can i add the bio box with all the parametres (age,height, occupation, etc...)? is there an exissting code i can upload or i have to to create one of my own. thank you for your effort and interest and sorry for my poor english (i'm greek).--Biris (talk) 10:10, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much. The other day I tried to import some templates from a Mediawiki site. I used the export pages- namespace-template function, i formated the results into a Word procesor in order to organize them one at each line, i tried to upload them into my wiki, they were uploaded but it seems that they don't work properly. why is this happening? maybe i have to configure something?--Biris (talk) 08:48, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

October Baseball WikiProject Newsletter
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AAU reminder notice

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NYC Meetup: You are invited!
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You're invited!
In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, look at our approval by the Chapters Committee, develop ideas for chapter projects at museums and libraries throughout our region, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the November meeting's minutes and the December mini-meetup's minutes).

We'll make preparations for our exciting museum photography Wikipedia Loves Art! February bonanza (on Flickr, on Facebook) with Shelley from the Brooklyn Museum and Alex from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

We'll also be collecting folks to join our little Wikipedia Takes the Subway adventure which will be held the day after the meeting.

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and generally enjoy ourselves and kick back.

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Welcoming users
Regarding this welcome I think it is best not to welcome users who have not yet made an edit. Welcoming_committee seems to agree with that. But welcoming users can be very important so thanks for doing that task!--Commander Keane (talk) 08:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for guidance
Thanks for your guidance on the deletion of the first couple of posts. i understand the point about copywrite, but wanted to understand some more about why they were deleted. i thought a good place to start would be some of the top business people operating in China and these were not considered worthy. perhaps there was not enough supporting evidence as to why they are worthy. can you outline what is suitable for corroborating information, links to youtube clips of them talking on tv, newspaper articles, books they have written, conferences they have spoken at - i created my postings using existing postings as templates and was therefore surprised to see that they were deleted. thanks --Ericfrances (talk) 13:19, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Welcome!
 Hi, and welcome to the Military history WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to military history.

A few features that you might find helpful:


 * Our navigation box points to most of the useful pages within the project.
 * The announcement and open task box is updated very frequently. You can [ watchlist it] if you're interested; or, you can add it directly to your user page by including WPMILHIST Announcements there.
 * Most important discussions take place on the project's main discussion page; it is highly recommended that you [ watchlist it].
 * The project has several departments, which handle article quality assessment, detailed article and content review, writing contests, article logistics, and other tasks.
 * We have a number of task forces that focus on specific topics, nations, periods, and conflicts.
 * We've developed a style guide that covers article structure and content, template use, categorization, and many other issues of interest.
 * If you're looking for something to work on, there are many articles that need attention, as well as a number of review alerts and copy-editing alerts.
 * The project has a stress hotline available for your use.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the project coordinators, or any experienced member of the project, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! Kirill 10:16, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the barnstar, I really appreciate that.-Kieran4 (talk) 21:23, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Battle of Long Island
While I'm waiting for the other articles I redid to get a GA Review, I am going to move on to the Battle of Long Island. It was a very large battle, the largest one of the war, I believe, and I was wondering if you could help me. Even if you just copy-edit I would appreciate that. It is a large task for one. What do you think?-Kieran4 (talk) 15:49, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I found that book a little bit earlier and put it under references although I haven't used it yet. So far I'm using 1776 by David McCullough and General George Washington by Edward G. Lengel. Would you like to add info from the book you showed my and this one or would you rather me do that?-Kieran4 (talk) 17:47, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok sounds good. Right now I am mainly using McCullough but it will take me a while before I can get around to the other books because his info on the battle and what happens before and after it goes over 80 pages.-Kieran4 (talk) 18:00, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Let me know when you're done editing so we don't have an edit conflict.-Kieran4 (talk) 18:17, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks-Kieran4 (talk) 19:13, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah I'd just delete it. If it belongs anywhere it would be wikisource but if there is no source, then I wouldn't even bother with it. Lets move this to the talk page.-Kieran4 (talk) 19:29, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think so. It needs to be sourced everywhere and I'm probably only 1/4 of the way through the article now. When its finished and it goes for GA, while we wait, we can change it to B.-Kieran4 (talk) 20:34, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

I need help
Hi i was wondering how to make a home page .sincerely --ShyShy89 (talk) 21:28, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

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Favor
I recently suffered a death in my family and due to my obligations to that matter I will not be active Monday to Wednesday. I might do something early Monday morning but beyond that I will be at the wake and funeral. I was wondering if while I am gone if you could go through Battle of Long Island and maybe copy-edit, or just fix any typos I may have missed. I will get back to expanding it when I return.-Kieran4 (talk) 03:43, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Yeah, the photo is very good. It is in 1776 by David McCullough and it had the name of the ships and the date and all that so I added that under the caption. It actually takes place before the battle but it is better than the one that was there before. You can't really see much detail in the old one. So, yeah, its very good.-Kieran4 (talk) 04:04, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Hudson Valley
Hey, I saw you are part of the Hudson Valley Project so I would assume you are from the area. I'm actually in Orange County. Where are you?-Kieran4 (talk) 22:34, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Battle of Harlem Heights
I reviewed your article, Battle of Harlem Heights, for GA and passed it, making only a few copy edits. It is well written, and clearly organized. Very nice. Congratulations! Regards, &mdash; Mattisse (Talk) 21:41, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

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Howdy,

I would just like to thank you for all that you have done for the Wikiproject Military History. Thanks and Have a Great Day! Lord R. Oliver I His Lordship's Court 18:36, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

GAN for Siege of Vicksburg
I've reviewed the article and left notes on the talk page. I've put the nomination on hold for seven days to allow the issues to be addressed. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, here, or on the article talk page with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:18, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Is anyone working on the issues brought up in the GAN review? It's been a week, and nothing has been done. Unless something happens in the next day or two, I will fail the article. Ealdgyth - Talk 18:50, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

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Request to review new article
Hello Bernstein2291, Could you please either review my new article on Cotoneaster salicifolius, or refer me to someone who would be appropriate? It is a plant species article that hasn't been created yet, but is on the species list in the Cotoneaster article. Also, when I went to the "move" page I had a problem: It mentioned to leave the "sever all links"-box (I'm paraphrasing since I cannot remember the precise wording) unchecked, but I found no such box. Any suggestions? I am asking you since you sent me the "welcome to wikipedia" note on my talk page in January. Thanks! Hamamelis (talk) 05:06, 6 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Thank you, will follow your suggestion. Hamamelis (talk) 06:38, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

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Re:Pages to work on
Hi, sorry I've been a bit busy lately in my real life and I haven't have too much time to work on other things. I am working on James K. Polk which isn't military history but you could help me out if you want. Thanks for asking.-Kieran4 (talk) 11:23, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I think I will be done with Polk in a couple of weeks. I just finished reading a second book on him, which is why I have not edited it the last week or so. Unfortunetly I forgot my other book somewhere else so I won't be able to use that for a couple of days. I actually own the same exact book you are reading(By Walter Borneman, who ironically also wrote a book on Polk, the one I own but forgot), and that is the only book I have that focuses mainly on the war itself. I could help you on some pages but I don't have any books that give lots of detail on the different campaigns so the articles wouldn't be as detailed as I would like. Do you have any other books on the French and Indian War?-Kieran4 (talk) 20:42, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

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Hello. I just read your hangon tag and I would agree, "He is most known for his work in the iPhone/iPod Touch Jailbreaking community." would establish enough importance for the article to avoid a speedy deletion. However you need a third party source to verify the claim. Beach drifter (talk) 08:34, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

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Hi, I noticed your notice at the top of your page concerning your user page design.

I created the WP:UPDC to help.

If you don't find what you need on there (there's also a hall of fame on there with lots of interesting user pages presented), let me know, as I'm always interested in improving it.

The Transhumanist 19:11, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

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Help for template
Hello, I've seen your name on the project template and I permis myself to ask you help: I've just created a new portal Portal:Lyon and I would like to create the templates for the subways, trams, bus. They already exist on the french wikipedia of Lyon metro for example. would you accept to help me ? Thank you Lulu97417 (talk) 16:37, 21 May 2009 (UTC) ]] 19:11, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * hello, thanks for help. Yes sorry I thought the templates were there. you can visit Transports en commun lyonnais, then you go to the french page and you will see on the middle of the page the templates of trams, metro and buses. :) For the reproductio of the portal Portal:Lyon i would like to recreate the tabs (Le portail, Le projet, L'arborescence, Le bouchon... ). Lulu97417 (talk) 18:53, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * That's very nice thank you, but don't break your brain =) The last thing I forgot to tell you, when you write {.{portal|France}.} (I put . to don't create the icon), the page have automaticly the logo and a nice icone of France blue white red large and long. When I put {.{Portal|Lyon}.} It create a ridiculous small icone on the right of the pages. I would like to create something more flashy if you know what I mean =)). On the french pages for example when you write {.{Portail:Grand Lyon}.} you have a long band with the logo of . I want a lot I know. If it seems boring for you just don"t do it :). Lulu97417 (talk) 19:12, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi Bernstein. Lulu also asked me for help, and I am willing to help, but I don't want to interfere. I you want to collaborate together, that is fine. I am going to be a little busier than usual through next Tuesday, but I'm sure I can still squeeze some time in to help if you would like it. Looking at all the templates you've designed, I doubt you need help, but if you do or would just like to pick my brain, please leave me a note. :-) &mdash; Will scrlt ( “Talk” ) 02:45, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Battle of Fort Cumberland
I noticed that you GAN'd Battle of Fort Cumberland. As the article stands, it will probably quickfail due the outstanding fact tags, which I placed because those facts need to be checked, probably by going to the Clarke book (which I've never seen beyond the Google Books preview). There are also a number of other uncited (and untagged) sections which I intended to cite when I actually got a hold of that book.

I also would not rely on myrevolutionarywar.com as a source -- parts of it are or were mirroring Wikipedia content, and they don't cite sources. (I personally doubt the 500 number for Eddy's force; this is also something likely to be in the Clarke book.)

The Clarke book is in a research library near me, but it's not in my short-term timeframe to get there.  Magic ♪piano 14:08, 24 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I would remove the nomination, yes.  I actually intend to go visit that library (it has several books on subjects I'm working on that don't circulate) in about 2-3 weeks, with the intent of getting as many answers as possible to the unanswered/uncited things.  Magic ♪piano 18:29, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

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Ship movements map
I am currently working on the American Capture of Guam article, and I need more multimedia for it. I've seen your work on Civil war tactical maps and I was wondering if you could make one for me like one of those, except, this one would show the ship movements across the pacific. If you did this I would really appreciate it. The ships movement are written in the article. Bernstein2291 (talk) 00:13, 10 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I will not have the time to do a map for you. I'm about 25 maps backlogged on my Civil War work and I've just started a new job in real life. Good luck with your article. Hal Jespersen (talk) 14:43, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Welcome Back
Well, I won't be able to contribute significantly, I wil be rather busy this summer, but if I were to work on something it would be something involving the Revolutionary War. Any suggestions?-Kieran4 (talk) 18:12, 16 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, to be perfectly honest, along with being very busy I don't feel the motavation to do any major work on any article now.-Kieran4 (talk) 11:45, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
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GA Sweeps July update
Thanks to everyone's dedicated efforts to the GA Sweeps process, a total of 290 articles were swept in June! Last month was our second most successful month in reviewing articles (after May). We are currently over 70% done with Sweeps, with just under 800 articles left to review. With nearly 50 members, that averages out to about 15 articles per person. If each member reviews an article every other day this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. This may sound difficult, but if everyone completes their reviews, Sweeps would be completed in less than two years when we first started (with only four members!). With the conclusion of Sweeps, each editor could spend more time writing GAs, reviewing at the backlogged GAN, or focusing on other GARs. Again, I want to thank you for using your time to ensure the quality of the older GAs. Feel free to recruit other editors who have reviewed GANs in the past and might be interested in the process. The more editors, the less the workload, and hopefully the faster this will be completed. If you have any questions about reviews or the process let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 17:38, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks to everyone's dedicated efforts to the GA Sweeps process, a total of 215 articles were swept in July! We are currently nearly 80% done with Sweeps, with under 600 articles left to review. With 50 members, that averages out to about 12 articles per person. Once the remaining articles drop to 100, I'll help in reviewing the last articles (I'm currently taking a break). If each member reviews an article every other day this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. Again, I want to thank you for using your time to ensure the quality of the older GAs. Feel free to recruit other editors who have reviewed GANs in the past and might be interested in the process. The more editors, the less the workload, and hopefully the faster this will be completed. If you have any questions about reviews or the process let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 19:22, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

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An exciting opportunity to improve yourself!
As a member of the Aviation WikiProject or one of its subprojects, you may be interested in testing your skills in the Aviation Contest! I created this contest, not to pit editor against editor, but to promote article improvement and project participation and camraderie. Hopefully you will agree with its usefulness. Sign up here, read up on the rules here, and discuss the contest here. The first round of the contest may not start until September 1st-unless a large number of editors signup and are ready to compete immediately! Since this contest is just beginning, please give feedback here, or let me know what you think on my talkpage. -  Trevor  MacInnis   contribs  23:35, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

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Adoptee
Hey Bernstein2291. I have an adoptee who I unfortunately had to turn down adoption to so I can give all the attention I can to my other adoptees and real life. Their name is Joshlind and they seem very new. I hope you can help out, but if you cannot that is not a problem (please reply for either answer). Thank you! Marx01 Tell me about it 02:41, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually I have another user who offered them adoption. Sorry about that! Marx01  Tell me about it 03:05, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

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Re: Hey
Hi. Well, I don't expect to be too active but after looking around a little bit there are a few articles I'd like to expand on, but I don't have a lot of time to devote to it so I will need a lot of help, including help with sources. Some articles i was looking at the need to be expanded on are the following


 * James K. Polk-I was working on this until I found myself too busy, but I think one of us needs to get their hands on the defenitive biography of Polk, the two volume series by Eugene Irving McCormac. The books are James K. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War 1795-1845 and the second volume is James K. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career 1845-1849.


 * Andrew Jackson-Quite a bad article for one of the most important men in American history. I really think this must be expanded upon.

The Mexican American War battles are very ppor for the most part, here are some of the most important engagements I would consider working on.


 * Battle of Monterrey


 * Battle of Buena Vista


 * Siege of Veracruz


 * Battle of Cerro Gordo-Especially poor


 * Battle of Contreras


 * Battle of Churubusco


 * Battle of Molino del Rey


 * Battle of Chapultepec-Not too bad but not enough sources.

I know at one time you expressed interest in doing some articles on the French and Indian War. Being a big history buff I go through stages when I am more interested in certain areas of history than others; this summer I was very interested in the French and Indian War, but I have gotten more into the Jacksonian Era Mexican War time period now. However, some articles that at some point and time need to be worked on regarding the F&I War are the following;


 * Battle of Fort Oswego-Very, very, very poor.


 * Battle of Fort William Henry-Also poor, Would probably change the name to the Siege of Fort William Henry instead of the battle.


 * Siege of Louisbourg (1758)


 * Battle of Fort Niagara-Also would change to siege.


 * Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Unfortunately, this would be almost impossible to do otherwise I would have likely started it. I can't find a single biography in English on Montcalm. I don't even know if there is one in French. For being such an important guy, and a very successful general, this is upsets me.

So, these are the articles I deem need to be worked on. You may notice I have listed practically ever major battle of the French and Indian War and the Mexican War, but this is merely because we cannot even begin to work on the small battles, if the major ones are inadaquete. Due to me being busy with work, and school now that it is that time of year again, I believe it would be best to find a 3rd person to work with us on some articles, if that is possible. Kieran4 (talk) 20:32, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Featured article candidates/Battle of the Alamo/archive1
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Oops?
I just made this move: 21:42, 16 November 2009 Martijn Hoekstra (talk | contribs | block) moved Bernstein2291/fun to User:Bernstein2291/fun [without redirect] ‎ (That's probably where it should be) (revert). Was that what you had in mind?

Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
Just wondering why the spelling change from artefact to artifact? Dougweller (talk) 06:20, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

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GA Sweeps update
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February GA Sweeps update
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WIkiProject iPhone OS
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GA Sweeps Completed!
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
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WikiProject iPhone OS
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Feature Portal Review of Portal:iPhone OS
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My Secret Page
It seems that you got it wrong. :) Hi878 (talk) 17:39, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

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Looking to be adopted
Hi Bernstein2291,

I see that you are taking on new adoptees. Would you be willing to adopt me?

I am new to Wikipedia and would appreciate your insight and guidance.

I represent a brand and there are some factual errors in the description that I would like to properly cite and contribute but I want to make sure I do it in full accordance with the White Hat guidelines.

I would sincerely appreciate your help.

Rusty

Rustytex (talk) 16:22, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi Bernstein2291,

Thank you so much for your response and offer to adopt me. I really appreciate it.

I posted a full response on my talk page and would welcome your counsel.

All the best, Rusty

Rustytex (talk) 14:33, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi Bernstein2291,

I made the revisions on the Chicken Soup for the Soul page with references as you suggested.

Would you mind reviewing it and seeing if you believe I made any errors?

Thank you for your help.

Rusty Rustytex (talk) 13:11, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

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Can you help?
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Adopt ME PLEASE!!
Hi my name is natalia and i am in a school proyect. it would be awesome if you adopt me.Natquintana (talk) 02:50, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Please Adopt me:)
Hi my name is Fabiola and i am in a school proyect. it would be awesome if you adopt me.FabGalvez (talk) 03:13, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Natquintana
Hi... User:Natquintana is one of my students in an advanced English class. She is having problems with this account. She tried to open a new one, but ran into sockpuppetry issues. Ill work this out with her this afternoon after class.Thelmadatter (talk) 16:28, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

The Milhist election has started!
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Adopt-a-user reminder
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orders of battle not eligible for GA
FYI orders of battle are lists, and thus not eligible for GA. The correct place to nominate is WP:FLC, but I think Order of battle of the Battle of Long Island is not quite ready for that. If you want to work on it, here's what I think it needs:
 * all brigade-level units need a note describing where it was in the battle (there are some in both the British and American tables that are missing this; the Hessian section is good enough)
 * the American table needs to have the casualty column removed, and (cited) text explaining why per-unit casualties aren't available (basic reason is Washington didn't tally them, but Howe did at a gross level only, and there appears to be no historian research to make such a tally)
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Most of this stuff can be gotten out of the listed sources; it's a pain to do, which is why I've only worked on it in fits and starts.  Magic ♪piano 20:39, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

 * It was on the main page. :D I'm not going to add anything re Mikasa until I can find a RS that confirms it -- the only sources I have or can find are (a) Bennighoff (b) Wikipedia copies or (c) don't mention it. See this for more. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:28, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

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Amusement Park WikiProject
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Spaceflight portals
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WikiProject Spaceflight reboot
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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away
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Bengali language
Hi, I have nominated your review for community reassessment at Good article reassessment/Bengali language/1. please comment there. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:12, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hi Bernstein. Many thanks for the swift review of El Chal. All the best, Simon Burchell (talk) 17:19, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Kootenay Lake
Thank you for reviewing the article Kootenay Lake. I won't be able to enlarge it this week, but with your recommendations, I will work on it and hopefully bring it up to GA status in a short while. Thanks again. Nihola (talk) 20:59, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

William Arnold (settler)
Thanks for reviewing and elevating the subject article. This was my first article, and now my first GA. I see you are very well credentialed, so I am quite elated.Sarnold17 (talk) 11:19, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

William Arnold (settler)
Thanks for reviewing and elevating the subject article. This was my first article, and now my first GA. I see you are very well credentialed, so I am quite elated.Sarnold17 (talk) 11:19, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

GAR of Battle of Cartagena
Just to say that I've finished the review of the Battle of Cartagena; comments etc are all on the review page awaiting your response. Cheers! Hchc2009 (talk) 10:13, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

GAR of Battle of Cartagena
Just to say that I've finished the review of the Battle of Cartagena; comments etc are all on the review page awaiting your response. Cheers! Hchc2009 (talk) 10:13, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Just a reminder - any thoughts welcomed! Hchc2009 (talk) 18:26, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

GAR of Battle of Cartagena
Just to say that I've finished the review of the Battle of Cartagena; comments etc are all on the review page awaiting your response. Cheers! Hchc2009 (talk) 10:13, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Just a reminder - any thoughts welcomed! Hchc2009 (talk) 18:26, 10 March 2011 (UTC)