User talk:CJ/Archive 19

Portal talk:Vancouver
There is a new comment on the above talk page...Portal British Columbia has been updated with rotational articles, images, biographies, DYK, introduction, what have you, and a robotic server delivering the news. Did you want the same done for this portal? It could be set up preserving the voting - suggestion status that this portal started with, or eliminating the voting altogether with just rotating feature and GA class articles. With the rotation,...if the input becomes inactive for a short time, the portal still shows new fresh content on the main page, until more items are added and there are no red links then.SriMesh | talk  21:11, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Replied at talk page.--cj | talk 18:16, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

South Australiana database
Hi. I've been working on some Adelaide articles, and it seems some of the best pictures are in the South Australiana database - only there seems to be a potential issue with copyright vs. ownership. I noticed that you've added some photos from the database, and I was wondering if you can advise me on this - is it generally acceptable to use photos from the database, or were you able to negotiate something? I'm hoping that the fact that they are no-longer under copyright provides enough freedom so that I can add some photos to the articles.

Sorry to bother you with this, but finding good photos for the history sections can be a challenge. Bilby (talk) 13:56, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Adelaide Wikimeetup 3
Hi CJ - after some planning we've decided to hold the third Adelaide Wikimeetup on Sunday, 17th February, 2008. The meeting will be held at Billy Baxter's in Rundle Mall at 11:30AM. Further details and directions are available on the meetup page. Please RSVP here by 20:00UTC on 15th February 2008 (that's 6AM Saturday for our time zone) so that we can inform the restaurant about numbers. Hope to see you there!

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Thanks for your support!
I truly appreciate it. For me, 1 April typically is one of the most difficult days of the year. Invariably, people line up to complain that I'm a "spoilsport" or "killjoy" who lacks a sense of humor and should go away for the day. It always is comforting to be reminded that not everyone feels this way. —David Levy 13:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Bris Vegas
I have nominated Bris Vegas, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Bris Vegas. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Waggers (talk) 14:02, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi CJ. Sorry if I am doing this wrong. I am not really a user. I am an actor and I have been reading the pages related to theatre. I saw your post on the Adelaide Repertory Theatre page and I think the discussion there is now being controlled by Paul Foord (who removes notability and deletion tags willy nilly) and a member of the theatre board, who obviously created the page to self-promote. I do not believe that the discussion is fair and balanced, or that everyone's views are being considered. As you are a member, I thought perhaps you could clarrify what Paul Foord is (and isn't) allowed to do. The page itself is highly questionable, and clearly biased, which a number of other visitors have tried to point out. (58.160.172.57 (talk) 01:42, 7 April 2009 (UTC))

Barnstars
Is there a Resilience Barnstar?. My mums nickname is your name. 'Chubb 'enna itor  16:05, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Apologies
My editing on the Loose Women article identified vandalism in a previous version, I accidentally rollbacked to the vandalised version. This was not intended, sorry, I intended to rollback to the non vandalised section and only made a mistake. Douglasnicol (talk) 14:21, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * No worries. :)--cj | talk 15:09, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Missed
Well, the title says it all really. I saw you reverting Jimbo's page a couple of weeks ago and thought "hey, CJ's back!", but then poof and you're gone again. I hope everything is going well in real life but don't completely forget us. :) Sarah 06:41, 14 June 2008 (UTC) P.S. You had the pleasure of missing Punk boi's attempt at being unbanned. I felt really bad for him but it had to be opposed. He emailed me and told me he wanted to do it because ArbCom had rejected his appeal to them and I tried to talk him out of it but he went ahead anyway. Last time I looked at Simple he was talking about appealing directly to Jimmy! Sarah 06:46, 14 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the message Sarah; it's appreciated! I'm still drifting in and out, though I'll probably be more in for the time being. Still not fully back, but that's only because, yes, thing's are well otherwise! And I can't say I'm sad to have missed Nathan, but it's good to know you're still about to fight the good fight. Best wishes,--cj | talk 08:38, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Indeed you are missed - I'll put that down for the record as well SatuSuro 06:57, 14 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks also :)--cj | talk 08:38, 27 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Anytime - I have been intruding on south australian territory quite extensively recently - even trying to grapple with possible references to the northern most part of the eyre highway in the past - 'ivy tanks' which i remember well from my youth - and recently discovered a close friend originally came from kimba - so the 'west' of sa is very much in my mind these days - having passed through last december and january this year SatuSuro 08:51, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Corina brouder
Hello CJ. Was it an advertising? --Efe (talk) 05:35, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
 * In my view (presumably shared by the previous deletor), yes, a piece of blatant (self-)promotion. --cj | talk 05:43, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Why a self-promotion? How it become such? --Efe (talk) 05:55, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
 * In this instance, the creator appears to have been the subject, and the article appeared to exist solely to promote their self. If you'll excuse me, do you disagree with the deletion or are you seeking further information on speedy deletion criteria? If the latter, it would be better to avail yourself of WP:CSD. Thanks,--cj | talk 06:09, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I am aware of WP:CSD. I think the subject has notability and therefore should not be deleted. In part of the editor, he/she must be forbidden to touch the article again per policy. --Efe (talk) 06:48, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

FAR
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Sorry to hear...
Sorry to hear that you've left WP - hopefully it's only temporary... Grutness...wha?  22:44, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Adelaide city centre rename
Hi CJ can you please delete Adelaide_city_centre so Adelaide (suburb) can be moved back there. The rename was without much consultation and doesn't make much sense. See talk page. Thanks! Donama (talk) 03:43, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Australia newsletter,December 2008
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Happy New Year!
Hope all is well? Long time no talk. Another exciting year in Adelaide no doubt?  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 04:51, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

SPSC talk guidelines
Hi CJ, haven't seen you editing much lately. I was wondering if you could weigh in on this discussion here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:St_Peter%27s_College,_Adelaide#revisited. I suspect that the completely unverified allegations should be removed per WP:TALK, but I'm not sure how to interpret it. Would you mind making the call? Cheers, --Yeti Hunter (talk) 04:01, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Football (soccer)
The debate to rename the term football (soccer) to just simply "football" or "association football" has opened again. Please feel free to give your opinion here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football_(soccer)_in_Australia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.224.0.121 (talk) 02:30, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Vote for Football as the Australian collaboration
Hi -- I recently nominated WikiProject Football (soccer) in Australia/To-do for the Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight.

This WikiProject has been inactive for a long time and with the World Cup coming up, it would be good for football (soccer) articles to be in depth and comprehensive in Australia.

If you would like to support it, click here for the project page to cast your vote

Thanks! Australian Matt (talk) 02:40, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

user:Georgezhao
i am not sure if i register account name ‘georgezhao’ before, i want to Manage my global account, but find this user name 'georgezhao' used different password, i cannot remember which one to use. i faided to merge my english account and chinese account. could you please help me to figure out why?

it seems no people is using this account‘georgezhao’, please help me to change my user-name 'gzhao' to georgezhao？ thank you very much. Gzhao (talk) 20:46, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

sister cities, cities, and metropolitan areas
Regarding this edit, you make an interesting point.

Notwithstanding the accuracy of your statement, the Adelaide article opens:
 * Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million.

There seems to me to be a certain amount of ambiguity about the use of the words "city" and "Adelaide" in the same sentence - clearly, the City of Adelaide does not have a population of more than a million.

What is your view on the opening paragraph of Adelaide? Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:13, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Adelaide Steamship Company
You are coordially invited to the launch of the Adelaide Steamship Company page. Pdfpdf (talk) 12:23, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Dynamic navigation box with image
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Politics Wikiproject
If I see this right, then you once added the politics parameter to the Australian Wikiproject template. I'd like to implement the same system for WP:NZ. Are you able to help? I haven't found anybody in NZ who has both the skills and the energy to do this. I'm hoping that it's reasonably simple, e.g. drop the code into the template and that's it. Can you please respond at template talk WPNZ? Thanks a lot!

And I hope you are enjoying (what is otherwise) your.  Schwede 66  22:53, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia's tagline
Hi. I noticed that you participated in a 2005/2006 discussion and straw poll on whether or not the tagline at the top of all Wikipedia articles should be changed from "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" to "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit". I don't know if you're still interested in this issue or not, but this exact change has been proposed once again, this time at the Village pump, and there is currently an RFC (Request for Comment) on the subject where it is being discussed. All Hallow&#39;s Wraith (talk) 18:09, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Re rollbacker
I do remember you though it looks like you've shortened your username :) And yes, please. Donama (talk) 01:18, 26 May 2010 (UTC) Thank you! I've already found it useful (didn't know it existed for non-admins prior to your mention). Donama (talk) 01:34, 1 June 2010 (UTC)


 * CJ, I am not on Wikipedia as much as I was, but yes I would like the ability to rollback. Thanks. -- Paul foord (talk) 07:49, 11 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I understand; it's difficult to maintain a commitment here as well as to many other more pressing ones in 'real life'. That's why I've been on the look out for local users to give the rollbacker tool. It's a minor tool, but it does allow for a slightly more efficient use of time, which I hope means that the articles of importance to me stand a better shot of being maintained. At any rate, I've enabled it on your account, so feel free to make use of it — or not. All the best, cj | talk 08:28, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

MBTs
Hi CJ, I've got a question/request for you on a create-protected non-article called Masai Barefoot Technology. I have created a stubby article for the generic item to which that brandname refers at round bottom shoe. Do you think it's possible/appropriate to put a redirect from 'Masai Barefoot Technology' to 'round bottom shoe'. As a non-admin I don't have the permissions to do it. Thanks, Donama (talk) 07:22, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, it seems your article was requested for speedy deletion as a duplicate of the one you wanted redirected. I don't agree with that assessment, especially knowing you to be a good faith contributor. So I've declined the request and referred the matter to Afd, where you can argue its merits. cj | talk 09:51, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I've closed the deletion debate and performed all the necessary moves/redirects, so I think this is pretty much sorted. Let me know if there's anything else I can do. Thanks, — cj | talk 04:29, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

University Oval, Adelaide and Park 12
Hi! Discussion has moved to Talk:University Oval (Park 12), Adelaide If you are interested, your opinion is solicited. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 09:13, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Espionage
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Future of WikiProject Association Football in Australia
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WP Australian Politics in the Signpost
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MSU Interview
Dear CJ,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
 * All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
 * All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk)23:22, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Just to let you know -- Missing Wikipedians
You have been mentioned at Missing Wikipedians. XOttawahitech (talk) 02:09, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Not missing really, just dormant. --cj | talk 03:20, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

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FYI - Adelaide meetup on Wednesday next week
More info here. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:40, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to Adelaide Wikipedia Users Group meetings
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This coming Sunday, 6 July, we will be holding our first Edit-a-thon. This will be an opportunity for new editors to come and learn either basic or more advanced editing from very experienced wikipedians, so if you know anyone who would like to get some practice, please let them know - and beginners will be very welcome. Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 04:38, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedia featured portals in other languages (French)
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Global account
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AUKMIN listed at Redirects for discussion
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MfD nomination of Featured portals in other languages
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Speedy deletion nomination of Portal:Perth


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Aesthete listed at Redirects for discussion
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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 * Still around, just slower moving. Apparently bots are more useful than users these days. cj | talk 07:37, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

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Persian Quran listed at Redirects for discussion
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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
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A new user right for New Page Patrollers
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It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

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Arbitration
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