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Orphaned non-free media (Image:163com.gif)
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Gohar Mumtaz
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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:MissJulie.jpg
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Happy 2008
Hope the year is good to you and we see around the Wiki some more this year.  Brookie :) - he's in the building somewhere!  (Whisper...) 13:09, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:SwedishBookReview.jpg
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Typo redirect 'Happy Nation (US Version) (Pal Video) (1994)
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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Thevillainposter.jpg
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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Computershare logo.gif
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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Hairsprayfilm.jpg
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Image:Xjklfdsjkl.jpg
Could you undelete Image:Xjklfdsjkl.jpg? In going through the uploads of User:ChristyHuey and I believe that the images were just poorly tagged. I'd like the chance to fix them. Take a look at Image:Sophia Bush at TRL.jpg and Image:Normal 014.jpg. --evrik (talk) 18:29, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Joyocom.gif)
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RfD nomination of Image for deletion
I have nominated for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you.  MBisanz  talk 03:20, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Rosie Munter
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Speedy deletion of Fat Face
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No need to bypass redirects
There's no need to "fix" redirects, as you did on Larry Craig. See WP:R2D. TJRC (talk) 16:25, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Also, if you wish to eliminate a redirect where the page name is as suitable as the text in the article, please use that directly. For example, instead of changing mugshot to mugshot, use mug shot instead. TJRC (talk) 16:33, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

The 16' Club
Hello there, thanks for your message. I'm new to Wikipedia so don't know for certain if I'm supposed to reply here or just below your comment on my talk page. This seems most likely to reach you though, so this I choose. The apostrophe in The 16' Club is in fact correct, and the Club has always held this unusual form. It is not an informal or incorrect formulation, as it was recently used in official correspondence with Clarence House. XVI Chancer (talk) 20:33, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Greetings!
Haven't been on much myself lately - gald you're safe,well & back!  Brookie :) - he's in the building somewhere!  (Whisper...) 10:57, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Pavilion <-> Pavillion
Yes, but no. It's very often spelled "Pavillion" in historical documents and earlier histories; perhaps the wording should have been "historically often spelled?".Skookum1 (talk) 16:07, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

I need your help~!
endulge my trespassing on your time. I'm a university student at Seoul National University, and I'm currently working on a research project on Wikipedia. My focus is on dispute resolution and the Wikipedian culture- subjects that needs real understanding rather than statistics or observation of explicit things. Therefore, I'm eagerly searching for live voices, for accounts of active users.

I see you are an administrator who has been active in Wikipedia for many years, so I thought your experience and opinions would add a lot to my research. Would you by any chance care for an email interview? If you have the time, please send a reply and I'll mail you the questions. Again, your help would mean more than a lot to me.

Thanks for reading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.126.178.124 (talk) 15:54, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Maverick (chocolate)
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 * Non-notable product marketed for only 3 years (1997 - 2000) before being discontinued

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AfD nomination of Attentatet i Pålsjö skog
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Unreferenced BLPs
Hello CLW! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 4 of the articles that you created  are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the unreferencedBLP tag. Here is the list:

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 05:29, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
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 * 2) Malin Baryard-Johnsson -
 * 3) Björn J:son Lindh -
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Greetings!
Hello old bean - haven't spoken for ages - hope all's well with you and yours!  Brookie :) - he's in the building somewhere!  (Whisper...) 12:47, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Crazy-making
Why did you remove the term "crazy-making" from the article on Double-bind? True, there isn't an article on it, but the term is in use, including by Paul Gibney in his article The Double-Bind Theory; Still Crazy-making After All These Years. (May 2006) in Psychotherapy in Australia; it's listed under References.Margaret9mary (talk) 23:06, 11 February 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Margaret9mary (talk • contribs) 22:59, 11 February 2011 (UTC)


 * So where does it go if not in the See also list?
 * Read Paul Gibney's article and you'll see that he has a number of excellent examples of double-binding crazy-making.
 * Double bind is the scientific term. Crazy-making is the lay translation. It's a useful term (and every scientist is a layperson outside his/her field of specialty).
 * A clinical psychologist, Dr. George R. Bach wrote "Stop, You're Driving me Crazy! (1979)--a self-help book describing crazy-making behavior--the term is being used on the web now, sometimes responsibly, sometimes not. Lack of feedback is an important factor in double-binds. Margaret9mary (talk) 23:57, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Climate paragraph on Somerset articles
Hi, I noticed you had removed the climate paragraph on lots of Somerset articles. This was added because WP:UKCITIES recomends that a climate section should be included and it is very similar in areas which are geographically very close to each other. We should not expect readers (who may be from very different parts of the world to click on Somerset then South West England then Climate of south-west England to find out this information. Several of the articles have passed GA & FA assessments with this information included without any objection. I am thinking of reverting your changes and wondered if you had any rationale for their removal?&mdash; Rod talk 07:27, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I disagree with your actions and will revert them. At the very least I would ask you to discuss at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Somerset. --Simple Boba.k.a. The Spaminator (Talk) 08:02, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:ChathamDockyardUnionFlag.jpg
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MSU Interview
Dear CLW,

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 community HERE, were 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 name HERE 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) 02:38, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Swedish translation
Hello. I was on Wikipedia:Translators available and notice that you were on the list for Swedish to English translators and wondered if you could translate Christopher, Duke of Lolland? Thank you.--The Emperor&#39;s New Spy (talk) 04:35, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Ahoy there

 * Ha ha - was just thinking the same thing!! All's well here - hope with you too!  Brookie :) { - he's in the building somewhere!}  (Whisper...) 15:17, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (b. 1958)


The article Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (b. 1958) has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Notability challenged about 3 weeks ago and no reply, only a minor figure in former Yugoslav royal family which was deposed before he was born.

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Swedish translation
Hello. I was on Wikipedia:Translators available and notice that you were on the list for Swedish to English translators and wondered if you could translate sv:Gustav av Sachsen-Engern-Westfalen as Gustavus of Saxe-Lauenburg or Gustav of Saxe-Lauenburg? Thank you.--The Emperor&#39;s New Spy (talk) 18:49, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

An RfC that you may be interested in...
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Request for comment
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Akademiks


The article Akademiks has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Appears to fail WP:GNG

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  16:13, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Request for a 3rd opinion
Hi! Since you are (or have been) one of the main contributors/maintainers of the Abba article, I'd like to request your opinion on a dispute about the proper handling of sales figures in the article's lead.

The dispute is at Talk:ABBA and your input would be very much appreciated. --Kmhkmh (talk) 15:53, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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Reference errors on 28 June
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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
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A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

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.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins) .MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

Guideline and policy news
 * A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
 * Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
 * Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news
 * When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
 * Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
 * The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries
 * JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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13:37, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of File:FatFace88.JPG


The file File:FatFace88.JPG has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "orphaned file, no foreseeable encyclopedic use"

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the file's talk page.

Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and files for discussion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Jon Kolbert (talk) 05:56, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Survey Invite
I'm working on a study of political motivations and how they affect editing. I'd like to ask you to take a survey. The survey should take no more than 1-2 minutes. Your survey responses will be kept private. Our project is documented at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_%2B_Politics.

Survey Link: http://uchicago.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9S3JByWf57fXEkR?Q_DL=56np5HpEZWkMlr7_9S3JByWf57fXEkR_MLRP_4HGvalCNR2Kl3oh&Q_CHL=gl

I am asking you to participate in this study because you are a frequent editor of pages on Wikipedia that are of political interest. We would like to learn about your experiences in dealing with editors of different political orientations.

Sincere thanks for your help! Porteclefs (talk) 13:28, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

ArbCom 2019 special circular
   

This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:28, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
 Happy Adminship Anniversary! Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:52, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society
Dear ,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. ​

Best regards, Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 13:36, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
 Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 21:08, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
 Happy Adminship Anniversary! Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 13:43, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
 Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 23:37, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled
A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:05, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
 '''Wishing CLW a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Best wishes! CAPTAIN RAJU''' (T) 10:19, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

How we will see unregistered users
Hi!

You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.

When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed.

Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.

If you have not seen it before, you can read more on Meta. If you want to make sure you don’t miss technical changes on the Wikimedia wikis, you can subscribe to the weekly technical newsletter.

We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.

Thank you. /Johan (WMF)

18:13, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

New administrator activity requirement
22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Capitalisation of artist in disambiguation should match their main article
Hi CLW. Regarding your move of Llámame (Wrs song), Wrs' main article is at Wrs (singer), therefore the disambiguation of the song should match his main article. I can see no reason why we should be stylising(?) his name in all-caps as it's not an acronym, and I followed the German Wikipedia's sensible decapitalisation of his name per WP:TMRULES, and I moved the main article a while back. In fact, I'm just now seeing that his main article says his name is stylised in all lowercase as "wrs" rather than "WRS". I imagine his stage name came from his surname Ursu. If you disagree, it's probably best all editors concerned get some closure by starting a move request at Talk:Wrs (singer) and have that moved first. Obviously then the song article's disambiguation should follow whatever the main article is. Otherwise all lowercase or uppercase are stylisations that I disagree with. Thanks.  Ss  112   07:42, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message
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Happy Seventeenth Adminship Anniversary!
 Wishing CLW a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman ( talk ) 20:43, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

"See no evil, hear no evil" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=See_no_evil,_hear_no_evil&redirect=no See no evil, hear no evil] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 07:56, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

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Orphaned non-free image File:Hot &#39;n Now (logo).jpg
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