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Happy New Year
Dear ClockworkSoul,

Our vision for Wikipedia is one of beauty, natural symmetry and light.

I wish you a Happy New Year, everything good for your family, your loved ones and yourself, peace and joy for all the people of the world. I also wish a joyful and peaceful expansion for Wikipedia, may it bring helpful, generous, and peaceful information to everyone in the world. All the very best from Invertzoo (talk) 19:14, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

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WikiProject Darts
If WikiProject Darts (which you deleted) and any associated material wasn't deleted via a consensus decision at WP:MFD (no MFD was cited in the deletion rationale, which cited no CSD reasons, either), I would suggest it should probably be restored. There has actually been increased dart-related editing activity, e.g. Glossary of darts, etc. It seems likely to me that a sport/game of this level of notability (i.e. almost a common as pool in the US and Canada and probably twice as common in the UK) will easily support a functional WikiProject with rather minimal "advertising". A project does not have to be overwhelmingly active to be consistently useful, year after year (cf. WP:CUE). I'm liable to join it myself, mostly for cleanup work (I'm one of the more active consistency-bent editors at WP:SPORTS and WP:GAMES). —  SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 13:23, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * PS: No bitching intended; I'd just like the project materials back (page, any relevant templates, etc.). I can whip a moribund project and its categories and stuff into shape pretty quickly, as I recently did with WP:PINBALL. —  SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 13:25, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Um... the project you're discussing was never actually started, and was less than a stub of a project. It had three edits in a year (including one revert), no talk page, and the entire project consisted of less than 50 words (and no templates). If ever there was a WP:SNOWBALL case, that was it. In the two and a half years ago since I've deleted it, nobody's recreated it, so perhaps it's time. However, there's nothing in the original project to salvage. – ClockworkSoul 16:15, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * That bad, huh? Yeesh.  Alrighty, I guess I'll take it to the Council proposals page. Thanks for the note. —  SMcCandlish    Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 02:41, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

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Nice photo from the WP Conference
Hi ClockworkSoul, a WP friend noticed that you and I are in the background in this nice Jimbo picture, over his shoulder on the left. So we did kind-of get our picture taken with him after all! Best wishes for your thesis work. Invertzoo (talk) 16:39, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Beta clamp

 * Tri-spammed to Boghog2, ClockworkSoul and TimVickers

Could someone else check out Beta clamp? I suggested redirecting it to DNA clamp at MCB talk but I don't want to be judge, jury and executioner to an article written in good faith by a new contributor. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 01:48, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 January newsletter
We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. We've had some shakeups regarding late entries, flag changes and early dropouts, but the competition is now established- there will be no more flag changes or new competitors. Congratulations to, our current leader, who, at the time of writing, has more listed points than and   (second and third place respectively) combined. A special well done also goes to - his artcle Jewel Box (St. Louis, Missouri) was the first content to score points in the competition.

Around half of competitors are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. 64 of the 149 current competitors will advance to round 2- if you currently have no points, do not worry, as over half of the current top 64 have under 50 points. Everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places in round 2! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. Good luck! J Milburn, Garden, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:12, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

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Just us and Jimbo
Hi again CS, For vanity reasons, I made a cropped version of that image, so in this version it's just you, me, and JW. Put it in your scrapbook! Best, Invertzoo (talk) 23:52, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

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Thank God
Finally someone sees that the thread was going nowhere. Thanks ClockWork for the close proposal, that was getting out of control.

I've actually promised Bishonen already that I was going to stay right off that article, more because she asked me to than anything. - Tbsdy (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 06:32, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2010 February newsletter
Round one is over, and round two has begun! Congratulations to the 64 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our first round. A special well done goes to, our round one winner (1010 points), and to and , who were second and third respectively (640 points/605 points). Sasata was awarded the most points for both good articles (300 points) and featured articles (600 points), and TonyTheTiger was awarded the most for featured topics (225 points), while Hunter Kahn claimed the most for good topics (70). claimed the most featured lists (240 points) and featured pictures (35 points), claimed the most for Did you know? entries (490 points),  claimed the most for featured sounds (70 points) and  claimed the most for In the news entries (40 points). No one claimed a featured portal or valued picture.

Credits awarded after the end of round one but before round two may be claimed in round two, but remember the rule that content must have been worked on in some significant way during 2010 by you for you to claim points. The groups for round two will be placed up shortly, and the submissions' pages will be blanked. This round will continue until 28 April, when the top two users from each group, as well as 16 wildcards, will progress to round three. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup; thank you to all doing this last round, and particularly to those helping at WikiCup/Reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:44, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

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Userpage
Wanted to say thanks. I copied your user page code as I liked it. Mine has just different colors and changed =edit edit the panel to =view (wanted =raw, but some browsers muck it up). Btw, kudos for the fact that you can manage to edit wikipedia less as you are writing your thesis: if I have anything to write up (as I have now) I just edit wikipedia all day. --Squidonius (talk) 00:59, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2010 March newsletter
We're half way through round two, and everything is running smoothly. leads overall with 650 points this round, and heads pool B. currently leads pool C, dubbed the "Group of Death", which has a only a single contestant yet to score this round (the fewest of any group), as well five contestants over 100 points (the most). With a month still to go, as well as 16 wildcard places, everything is still to play for. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Although unrelated to the WikiCup, April sees a Good Article Nominations backlog elimination drive, formulated as a friendly competition with small awards, as the Cup is. Several WikiCup contestants and judges have already signed up, but regular reviewers and those who hope to do more reviewing are more than welcome to join at the drive page. If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) 22:11, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Help request
Hello. I want to standardize my user talk headers along these lines but I can't find a customizable template. I know there is no such word, so there may be no such tool :^\ Can you show me where to start? This is a low priority request, so any time you can spare would be appreciated. Thanks  Tide  rolls  16:12, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Er, false alarm. I think I've found the template. In the very section I linked above. Wow. Sorry to disturb you.  Tide  rolls  16:38, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

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I figured you might be interested in Media copyright questions. Presumably if you released the star into the public domain, the concern would be moot. =) – xeno <sup style="color:black;">talk 01:13, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2010 April newsletter
Round two is over, and we are down to our final 32. For anyone interested in the final standings (though not arranged by group) this page has been compiled. Congratulations to, our clear overall round winner, and to and , who were solidly second and third respectively. There were a good number of high scorers this round- competition was certainly tough! Round three begins tomorrow, but anything promoted after the end of round two is eligible for points. 16 contestants (eight pool leaders and eight wildcards) will progress to round four in two months- things are really starting to get competitive. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

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"Borrowed" your template.
Hi ClockworkSoul, Ipfreely555 here. A few Many years back (in year 7 to be precise) I viewed your user page and thought it was amazing; to such an extent that I... well... copy pasted most of your coding (I was a dumbass in year 7). It's been a long while and I've noticed your user page looks EXACTLY THE SAME, far from the flooded edits on my page. You've always promoted you wiki-ing skills (I've only just mastered WikiCoding myself, in my opinion) and you may like to view my user page. Most of the coding looks the same, I still use the same orange-like colour you use for example, yet all of my pages have the same-theme-and-logo design yous lacks. Most of the content on my autobiography is just plain nonsense (again, I was a dumbass in year 7) and haven't gotten around to changing it. The design is what I'm offering; come check it out. --  Michael Suman  Ipfreely555 13:58, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

PS: Click the links on the side of my page.

PPS: Here's a cookie some Awesome for inspiring me to create my page.

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Name change?
Is there possibly a way that I could change my username here on Wikipedia? I want to retain my edits yet not the humiliation that comes with having a name picked from a cereal box. I've edited my signature to mask this, currently it's michaelIPF5suman, but the name remains a bit odd. Is there any way I could do this myself, discuss changes on a talk page or something along these lines? I cannot think of a replacement name as this moment, let me wait a while before I make any big decisions. --<font face="Courier New" size="2px">''' MICHAEL IPF5  SUMAN Talk 12:04, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, you can change your username at WP:CHU by following the instructions there. (CHU is just an abbreviation for "change username").   —  Soap  —  18:24, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, what he said. :) – ClockworkSoul 06:32, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

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Please see the message I have posted here and review the links in it. We really need to take care of this issue once and for all. Centpacrr (talk) 19:41, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm glad to see it's been thoroughly addressed. Well done all! – ClockworkSoul 21:40, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

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Happy Birthday
<div class="boilerplate metadata" id="SCOTW" style="background-color:#E6E6FA;border: 1px solid #7D00B3; margin: 0.5em; padding: 0.5em;width:90%;float:center"><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:125%;float:left">Happy Birthday! Have a very happy birthday on your special day! Best wishes, Armbrust  <sup style="color:#E3A857;">Talk  <sub style="color:#008000;">Contribs  (02:47, 7 August 2010 (UTC))

Beer
Heya Silk! It's been too long! How have you been? I'm just rolling through to give you a quick heads up that I replied to your post on Talk:Beer. I just wanted to be sure you didn't miss it! Cheers! – ClockworkSoul 17:15, 9 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Hiccup atcha Clock! It seems there's a bit more to think about than I first realised. Thanks for the heads up. I've adjusted the lead again - but I think it's going to take a bit more work. The whole article really needs a good polish, as there are some other statements in there that may not be secure. I've been working on the Brewing article for a little while now, as I feel that has needed some attention - though really, the beer and brewing articles go hand in hand somewhat and should be developed together.
 * I'm fine. Can't remember last time we talked. Probably when there was an edit war on a beer article - probably Beer style as that was the one that used to provoke the worse fights between the pro- and anti- BJCP people. Those fights appear to have stopped - but not before they did considerable damage. The BeerProject is now pretty much inactive. People walked away because of all that damn stupid in-fighting - and I don't blame them. I stopped contributing to beer articles for a long while because it was so unpleasant. I remember you making a heroic stand one day and trying to get everyone to see sense. I felt bad because I wanted to support you, but it just went on and on, and I didn't have the stamina to keep up with it after a while. Did someone get blocked in the end?  SilkTork  *YES! 22:16, 9 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that was pretty ugly. Those conflicts festered for years, bringing progress on beer article more or less to a complete standstill. I had to walk away too... there was that one editor in particular who just wouldn't budge, as I'm sure you remember. We would make progress and reach a consensus (or nearly so), and he would kick us all back to square one. A few people did end up getting blocked for blatant sock-puppeteering, but that was it. It's been a while, though. Do you think it's safe to go back into the water... er... beer? – ClockworkSoul 22:24, 9 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I've just looked and it's been almost a year.  SilkTork  *YES! 22:35, 9 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Maybe it's time to try to resurrect the project? The trend on WP has been moving away from tolerance of disruptive and uncooperative editing, so even if the old warring comes back, we're in a better position to deal with it administratively if need be. – ClockworkSoul 22:51, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I think that would be a great idea. There is a clean up page - WikiProject Beer/Cleanup listing - which I dive into now and again. Be good to get some of that dealt with.  SilkTork  *YES! 23:04, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

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Hello. The Igor tool looks very useful, however, I've found that it's broken. I downloaded the .jar file, but I can't login. Is there a version that works? <span style="border:2px solid grey;background:black;padding:1px;color:gold;text-shadow:white 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em"><font face="Papyrus"> ℳ ono   15:12, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigations/JD Caselaw
Hi ClockworkSoul,

This is Andrew Gradman, editing from an IP because I've been using WikiBreak Enforcer to try to squeeze out a little scholastic productivity. Sadly, I'm back because I learned that I am currently the subject of a sockpuppetry investigation, over at Sockpuppet investigations/JD Caselaw.

There's no question that I own both accounts, nor are people questioning that I use JD_Caselaw account for the legitimate purpose of making edits that are not associated with my real-life name. However, the investigators rightly point out an occasion when I really did use the JD_Caselaw account to engage in sockpuppetry. It was in May 2009, during my first month on Wikipedia. My response is that it was a long time ago and it was a mistake. And that's where the question stands: Given that I behaved really scurrilously, once a long time ago, can I be trusted now?

Since we've worked together in the past, I'm letting you know all this because I figure you might have some relevant insight into that question. Actually, you gave me a barnstar, which I now keep on my userpage. Perhaps that will refresh your memory! :)

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Wikipedia NYC Meetup Sat Oct 16
In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, review the recent Wiki-Conference NYC 2010, plan for the next stages of projects like Wikipedia Ambassador Program and Wikipedia Academy, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the May meeting's minutes).

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

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

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Your userpage is awesome--may I borrow some code?
Just dropping by to say that your userpage is awesome. I'm in the process of cleaning up mine--it's a bit cluttered--and I was wondering if you would be fine with me borrowing some of the code from yours? Just let me know if it's a problem! --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 21:59, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! If you want to look at it, my work-in progress is at User:Cymru.lass/Redesign. Thanks again --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 07:12, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

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NYC Meetup: Saturday, December 4
Our next Wikipedia NYC Meetup is this weekend on Saturday Dec 4 at Brooklyn Museum during their awesome First Saturdays program, starting at 5 PM.

A particular highlight for the wiki crowd will be 'Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968', and the accompanying "WikiPop" project, with specially-created Wikipedia articles on the artists displayed on iPads in the gallery.

This will be a museum touring and partying meetup, so no excuses about being a shy newbie this time. Bring a friend too!

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WikiProject Viruses is back
Hello, We at WikiProject Viruses noticed that you used to be a participant of the project before the project went inactive. We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to become a participant of WikiProject Viruses again. We believe that viruses are an extremely important part of an encyclopedia, and that is why we need you! Our new project coordinator is. We hope you seriously consider our invitation. See you there. If you are interested in joining our crew again, please place a notice on Our Talkpage, or you will be removed from our participants list.

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