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Minnesota Thunder
Just wante to say hello, and well done on your outstanding work expanding the Minnesota Thunder article. Cheers! --JonBroxton (talk) 20:28, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I've decided to make it my pet project for a while. Don't be surprised if I come to your talk page with questions. Eóin (talk) 23:55, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

InsideNorthside - A North Minneapolis Encyclopedia
Hi, I noticed you've edited some articles related to North Minneapolis and I wanted to tell you about a project I'm involved in called InsideNorthside. It's basically a wikipedia for North Minneapolis, built on wikispaces (which is a bit more user-friendly then mediawiki, though not nearly as robust). Anyways, wanted you to know. I'm trying to find some wiki experts to help build an initial user base for the site. Check it out and let me know what you think. http://insidenorthside.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ariahfine (talk • contribs) 01:14, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Minnesota Meetup
 2009 Details under discussion. Please share this with anyone who may be interested.  Jonathunder (talk) 15:55, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Update: the meetup will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, October 11, in St. Paul. Click here for more details and to R.S.V.P. Jonathunder (talk)

Speedy deletion nomination of Islamic Relief USA
A tag has been placed on Islamic Relief USA, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Leuko Talk/Contribs 14:55, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

request
Hey there. I see you are mostly busy elsewhere of late, but if you come around, will you consider putting this article on Freddie Gibbs into article space? Yr pal, 86.44.34.186 (talk) 22:10, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * There you go. Eóin (talk) 04:00, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * You're the man. 86.40.59.30 (talk) 16:31, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Suggestions for next Minnesota meetup?
Hi, Eóin, do you have any suggestions for a next date or place for a Minnesota meetup? I was disappointed to miss last Sunday's meetup once a work meeting coincided with the time announced for the meetup. I would be happy to arrange a meetup soon. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 14:49, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

American Scholastics Competition Network
This article has been proposed for deletion. As one of the more recent editors to work on this article, you are being notified of this as a courtesy. If you object to this article's deletion, please follow the instructions on the boilerplate at the article. LonelyBeacon (talk) 01:47, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia Loves Libraries event
In the area? You are invited to Wikipedia Loves Libraries in Minneapolis.

Hennepin County Library's Special Collections is hosting a Minneapolis history editathon on November 3. Help increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by using materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections librarians.

There will also be an intro for people new to Wikipedia, and tours of Special Collections.

Where: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Special Collections (4th floor)

When: 10am-4:30pm, Saturday, November 3, 2012

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page. &mdash;innotata 01:46, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Unknown Prophets
I deleted the Unknown Prophets pages under db-album. Something for future reference. Happy editing. Tassedethe (talk) 05:33, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I figured since one of them had a review I'd give all of them the benefit of the doubt and give them some time. Feel free to delete their album covers that I just tagged. Eóin (talk) 01:36, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Great American Wiknic
In the area? You're invited to the Great American Wiknic.

Place: north of Minnehaha Falls in Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis

Date: Saturday, June 22, 2012

Time: 12–4 pm


 * Accessible from the Minnehaha Park METRO station, bus, walk, bike, or car
 * If driving, free parking available on 46th Ave. S, and pay parking in the park
 * Food and drink options nearby, or bring your own... maybe even to share!

For more, and to sign up (encouraged, not required) go to the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. &mdash;innotata 03:12, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Minnesota Wikipedia Meetup on August 3
In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota monthly meetup on August 3.

Place: Lavvu Coffee House

813 4th St SE, Minneapolis 55414

Date: Saturday, August 3

Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm+

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list.

&mdash;innotata 23:40, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Invite to an edit-a-thon at the Loft Literary Center

 * We have also recently formed a user group for Minnesota editors. If you would like to join, please add your name to our page on meta. Thank you, gobonobo  + c 23:01, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

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Tagging articles as paid
Hi! I see you've proposed deletion of Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics and Health Care Compliance Association. Thank you for doing so!

A) There's no requirement to enable Twinkle on your account. But, if you do, it can handle PRODs, and notifying article creators, semi-automatically for you.

B) Twinkle can also semi-automatically tag articles with notability and undisclosed paid. When I nominate an article for PROD or CSD, I often add both tags. In case my deletion nomination fails, at least readers and editors might now know that the article may be a paid puff piece.

Cheers, —Unforgettableid (talk) 23:34, 20 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the suggestion, . I don't venture into the deletion policy area very much and it's been many years since I suggested a PROD so I'm unfamiliar with the best tools to use. I would appreciate your insight on what to do with this pair of articles.
 * Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics was proposed for CSD, had the PROD removed, and has been reverted to a previous version that has references, but all of the references are press releases or from the organization's website.
 * Prior to the PROD, Health Care Compliance Association underwent a similar revision as Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics by the same editor (Special:Contributions/173.11.55.148) to a advertising version. The previous version with references also only has press releases and primary references.
 * I would assume it's best to bring Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics to AFD now. Is it best to revert Health Care Compliance Association to a previously poorly referenced version, then re-propose PROD or directly submit to AFD? I'm pinging too because they removed the PROD and reverted the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics article to a previous version. - Eóin (talk) 14:23, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
 * No worries! I think it'd be best to leave Health Care Compliance Association as-is for now. I hope your PROD will succeed. —Unforgettableid (talk) 15:56, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I did think of reverting Health Care Compliance Association to a previous version, but considered it too promotional prior to the IP changes, so left the PROD in place. I have no strong feelings in favour or against the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics article: the PROD went as a by-product of the reversion to a prior "safe" state, as did part of its rationale, but an AfD may be appropriate. AllyD (talk) 18:28, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Andersen Corporation
Hi again!

It's thoughtful of you to have put in all that effort on cleaning up Andersen Corporation. But the real root cause of the problem is not just any puffery which exists now. Perhaps the real root cause of the problem is that there are too few watchers. Even if you remove puffery now, more puffery will probably appear and remain in the future.

I've been around for more than a decade, and my watchlist is a bit of a disaster; I usually tend not to watch it.

Permanent semi-protection might help; but the semi-protection policy is a bit strict. I suspect the paid editing is too infrequent to make permanent semi-protection an option.

I'm curious why you want the Andersen article kept. I think Wikipedia would still be a reasonable encyclopedia even without it. In my opinion, we have more important things to do than keep a close eye on the Andersen article.

Cheers, —Unforgettableid (talk) 00:37, 21 July 2020 (UTC)


 * It's unfortunate that it possible for puffery to reappear and stick around for too long. Ultimately, I don't think too few watchers is a valid reason to delete an article. I think that's just the nature of some articles with specialized/local interest. For example, I used to frequently edit high school articles and they are especially prone to vandalism and have few regular watchers. While I'm able to easily look through my watchlist I've built over the last 10 years, I've regularly gone for long stretches without editing so close supervision of articles like this is not guaranteed. I agree that semi-protection is unlikely. When I look at the article history, I see two large incidents of promotional editing, one of which was relatively quickly cleaned up (certainly not to ideal standards) in September 2014 and the most recent which has stuck around for the last two years. I don't think two egregious incidents in 12 years justifies deleting an article I believe to be notable.
 * My interest in keeping the Andersen article is because it's a very large company in the Twin Cities area and I frequently see new stories on TV and in the paper. I've never used their products and I likely never will, but the frequent number of times I see them discussed in regional media show me it's notable enough for a Wikipedia article. It's unfortunate the company or employees seem to have been encouraging paid, promotional editing, but I don't think that justifies removing the article. -Eóin (talk) 14:59, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Metro A Line (Minnesota)
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DYK for Metro A Line
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DYK for Marq2 transit corridor
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Question about a photo
Greetings, Eóin. I wonder if you would give me your opinion about the use of a picture of North Commons Park in Minneapolis Neighborhoods. I always liked it but received an objection I can't explain. It's been around for more than a decade. Thanks either way. -SusanLesch (talk) 21:07, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Another approach that might work. Can you come up with a different photo that says "neighborhoods of Minneapolis" that I could swap in place of North Commons Park? No rush, we have until January 2023 when featured article review will begin. Overnight I was reminded of some excellent advice I got earlier this year, to just let this editor have his way with images. Then we'll sort this out in January or February. Best wishes. -SusanLesch (talk) 14:55, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
 * From Flickr, would any one of these be better?
 * File:Native dancing minneapolis-crop.jpg
 * File:Sidewalk_Talk_Minneapolis.jpg
 * File:Open Streets Minneapolis.jpg
 * They'd probably all have to have the same caption (...one of the 83 neighborhoods of Minneapolis). -SusanLesch (talk) 22:21, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

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Mistaken identity
Eóin, I'm so sorry for mixing you up! Now I think User:Eco84 was the editor who had worked on Minneapolis neighborhoods. Please forgive my foggy brain. -SusanLesch (talk) 12:29, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Maybe you'd weigh in anyway on the discussion at Talk:Minneapolis. -SusanLesch (talk) 16:49, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 * This was resolved on the Minneapolis talk page. Thank you anyway. -SusanLesch (talk) 00:06, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

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