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Wallace Hartley
I would love to edit it, but I lack interest in it. All I did was just re-arranging and recovering bits and pieces. I'm not a historian expert on Titanic and its history. Maybe you can write a summary about this person into Musicians of the RMS Titanic. What do you say? --George Ho (talk) 03:00, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Removal and reinsert Ballarat University "artificial" leading statement
You deleted a statement associated with Ballarat University. Would you please revise as I've re-positioned it below the leading paragraph. Thanks. Vatican Vulture (talk) 22:32, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Tim Wallace (rugby)


The article Tim Wallace (rugby) has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this newly created biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. Pam D  16:44, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
 * What's with this sudden flurry of totally unsourced Wallace stubs - Penelope, Tim, and William Stewart? Please give us some refs. Thanks. Pam  D  16:48, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Doing Wikidata stuff, and it just pairing up the articles where they exist on other wikis. Come off it PamD, notable people, and we do allow stubs. BLP is not meant to stop the starting of articles of notable people, you are being too finicky. Since when it three a flurry? Sheesh. — billinghurst  sDrewth  05:18, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Even a stub should have a source, especially if it's about a living person. Pam  D  07:07, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Discussion of proposed move of Fouta Djallon to Futa Jalon/Jallon
An article that you have been involved in editing, Fouta Djallon, has been proposed to be moved to either Futa Jalon or Futa Jallon. If you are interested in this discussion, please participate by going to the disussion page and adding your comments. Thank you.--A12n (talk) 04:02, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

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Atyrau Province
Blocked. Dougweller (talk) 07:18, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Advantage of being a steward was that I had already locked the prick. Now to watch their vandalism at my meta page and elsewhere.  Case of déja vu.

SOPA discussion question
Hello! I'm writing an undergraduate thesis on the SOPA blackout, and I have a quick question about your role as closing admin. How did you become designated as the closing admin of the discussion? Were you chosen, or did you volunteer? Are there any discussions or talk page archives that mention this decision? Edge3 (talk) 08:22, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I was asked whether I wished to assist. Why me? Mainly due to not having been heavily involved in the debate (so I was seen to have a level of NPOV, a WP tenet); after that (and now this is my guess) probably parts of geographic diversity (a non-US voice); partly for my knowledge of this community (being an admin here, and assessing community discussions); and partly for my experience outside of this community (admin elsewhere), and expressing an opinion (my involvement in the broader WMF), and trusted by the community (advanced administrative rights). I was last one in of three, which is why I express why I was selected in the latter parts.I was approached by someone who had a long WP exposure, is well-versed, well-respected within and trusted by the community. I am guessing that this question is being asked of the three of us closing admins, so I will let each of them speak for themselves. Archives of the approach, I am presuming you mean the selection, not our discussions about the consensus? Hmm, I don't remember the exact approach.  Quite possible it was in IRC, though it may have been in email.  It wasn't done on wiki as it was thought best to avoid lobbying. Best of luck with the thesis, enjoy your citations. — billinghurst  sDrewth  08:50, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for the response! Edge3 (talk) 12:31, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

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