User talk:Eliz81/Archive 16

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copyvio from a year ago
i dont understand the problem.... Please be more specific and let me know what is the actual problem with the article pathibhara.

I have added the article and the photo also belongs to me. How come the copyright gets infringe??? 

Prabin Gautam Admin: pathibhara.com.np —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prabinraz (talk • contribs) 08:31, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Prabin. Your webpage is copyrighted material. Even if it is your original work, it creates problems for us on the licensing end. Please read our non-free content policy page for more information. ~ Eliz 81 (C)  18:49, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

BOT changes
I made a small edit to the Sierra Leone article in June of 2007. It was then deleted and the entire thrust of the article changed by a MartinBot? You then reverted that edit, whereupon the Bot changed it back again. I think the unedited article was best too, but (I'm not that "wikiphisticated") I don't know whether I should persist in trying to correct the article. Was his edit an "automatic function"? If you know what I mean. Thanks for any info you can provide. Ersutton1 (talk) 23:45, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Ersutton, in checking the edits you, MartinBot, and I made, we were reverting the edits by this IP to your version. The IP was vandalizing and we have Bot accounts that run semi-automated to detect obvious vandalism (such as this edit right after yours) and revert it. So fear not, your edit stayed! :) ~ Eliz 81 (C)  01:55, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Why Zohra Sarwari page was deleted?
I have written the article on her myself and her "indication of importance" is that she is a motivational speaker, life coach and author and she teaches adults and youth especially teens through her book that how they can become entrepreneurs. I attended her speeches and found her a very impressive speaker. She has also been interviewed on Noor TV, Ariana International and Payame Afghan. And I have seen her videos on youtube. Please allow it I have tried my best to follow wikipedia's rules.--Silver00 (talk) 16:52, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Joel Clark
Hi,

You deleted an entry I composed last night of Joel Clark. I would like to know why you have deleted it. What can I do in the future to ensure it is not deleted? He is a unique spiritual artist of Ancient Egyptian paintings and deserves an entry due to his completed works.

You stated 'Does not contain significance of a person'. What more information does one require to legitimize a significant person?

Do you have a backup of the delete article for me?

Looking forward to your response.

Cameron CCashmore (talk) 13:56, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Hank Green
You locked the Hank Green page back in May, after the page was deleted for the umpteenth time. Since then, Mr. Green has gained quite some notability. Would you be willing to unlock the page to give us the opportunity to write a better article? (I've got a draft in my personal sandbox, if you're interested) Otherwise I'll go via the deletion review, but I believe it's standard policy to invite the administrator in question to consider it before going there. On a related matter, in your opinion, do you think the Brotherhood 2.0 project (and the subsequent "Nerdfighter" community) would be notable enough for a separate article? Thanks in advance. JoinTheMadVender (talk) 00:52, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * My concerns about single purpose accounts with a conflict of interest who wish to promote someone still stand. But feel free to take to deletion review. ~ Eliz 81 (C)  00:04, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Do you think it would be wise for me to discuss the issues about the "Hank Green" page in the deletion review of the "Hank green" page? Because I am convinced that the "Hank green" page should be deleted, but I am also convinced that a new "Hank Green" article should be created. I'm sure I'll lose the battle on that particular deletion review. And it will be justified :) JoinTheMadVender (talk) 14:23, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy Holidays, my dear Eliz!
  A special message, just for you! → → → →  Happy holidays, Eliz! May your holidays be filled with family, friends, and fun, and may the new year bring you much joy. Miss you! Ariel ♥ Gold 21:07, 25 December 2008 (UTC) As with many designs on Wikipedia, this one was of course, inspired by the wonderfully talented Phaedriel , the "design Obi Wan".


 * Awww!! Thanks Ariel :) ~ Eliz 81 (C)  03:35, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Email
Still haven't received it. Would you consider resending? Durova Charge! 20:46, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello
Miss you. Hope everything is well. :)  hmwith τ   18:37, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Elizabeth
Thanks for your good wishes. How come you stopped responding, I really thought you and Alison were mad at me because amidst the reams of correspondence we shared I typed three sentences in caps when I learned that Chergles was ... well, whatever he was and online, of course, that's considered yelling. I hated coming off as needy. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 03:26, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Hey: It's me, Robert. Feels a tad funny to be able to edit as a free man, albeit with restrictions, I know.

Say, I was just wondering -- that's a lie, I have had this on my mind for a while -- if you've finished "moving house" would you consider restoring the edits you deleted between late April 2008 and early July 2008. You indicated last year at the first unbanning that you wouldn't do so until the unban went through. None of the articles during that period refer to The Troubles, that hot topic. If you want or you're too busy I can compile the list and email it to you. Thanks, Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 22:04, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Done! ~ Eliz 81 (C)  00:09, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 03:02, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Just came across a username to be blocked (User:TVbuff) when you get the chance. Thanks. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 23:24, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 23:26, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

<-no worries, and thanks for finding that. Also, what about the other account I emailed you about? Is that a false positive or should I give it the ol' blockerooney. ~ Eliz 81 (C)  00:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

NO EMAIL RECEIVED
I never got that email you just referred to. I checked my Hotmail account, so I don't know which account you mean. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 03:24, 6 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi, could you help me out. I messed up trying to recreate a disambiguation page for Duncan Ferguson. I left a note asking for help at WP:ANI since you were off-wiki, but no one there has responded. See the diff here.


 * Thanks, Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 04:44, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Happy 's Day!
For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 00:09, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi!!
Just wanted to say hello since it's been awhile, and that I hope is everything is going well for you and yours. Take care. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 15:17, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Deleting Material Connexion page
Hello, the business page for Material Connexion was deleted many months ago and aside from it being tagged as a blatant advertisment I would like to know what it is exactly that should be included. In addition, an unpublished subpage was deleted which resulted in a loss of text which I would like back. Sources were included and wiki guidelines were followed. PLease let me know what else is necessary.

(Chairbloom (talk) 19:09, 10 June 2009 (UTC))
 * Following Wikipedia formatting guidelines does not ensure against blatant advertising and using opinions instead of facts. I've restored your article in your userspace here (by the way, make sure you don't precede User: with Wikipedia: when creating a userpage), but without a significant rewrite for tone and peacock words (such as 'leading', 'innovative', 'cutting-edge'), it cannot be moved into article space. I suggest looking at some articles for large businesses for inspiration, since many small business articles suffer from similar stylistic problems. ~ Eliz 81 <sup style="color:#1E90FF;">(C)  05:33, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Drive-by hugs!
~*Big Giant Ariel Hugs*~   <font color="8B00FF">Ariel <font color="F64A8A">♥ <font color="007FFF">Gold  10:54, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Victoria Lindsay
I saw you deleted that particular page but do you know whether we have an article on that incident? I'm thinking maybe the named redir was deleted but there's an article around here somewhere. .froth. (talk) 02:27, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Re Linda Skitka
I removed the "transclusion" you added to the August 3 AfD log page, since you didn't add an AfD tag to the article and didn't create an AfD discussion page to be transcluded. (Twinkle error? I would have completed the nomination for you if I had any idea what your nomination rationale might have been.) If you still want to nominate the article for deletion, please try again, making sure that all three steps of the nomination process are followed. Deor (talk) 14:10, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah yes, that would've been a twinkle error. I'll try it again. ~ Eliz 81 <sup style="color:#1E90FF;">(C)  20:37, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Master Shake
A tag has been placed on Master Shake, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion debate, such as at articles for deletion. Under the specified criteria, where an article has substantially identical content to that of an article deleted after debate, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

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. Jack Merridew 11:23, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Lily Holbrook?
I was hoping you could shed some light on the deletion of the Lily Holbrook page, as she currently appears on the request page (requested by another user) at the following URL -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles/music/Performers_and_bands

Oddly, she appears to be the only performer/band whose name appears in black (as opposed to hyperlinked red) and it appears as if there has been information added to the request along with three accompanying links.

Further research unearthed an allmusic.com entry: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kzfpxqe0ldte~T00

as well as two other Wikipedia references:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Points_West_Music_%26_Arts_Festival#Saturday.2C_August_9th

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artists_signed_to_Blue_Note_Label_Group#H

I would imagine all the aforementioned would meet the requirements for notability, etc.

Any information in this regard would be helpful.

~dcosta —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.254.57.87 (talk) 05:56, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Lily Holbrook?
I was hoping you could shed some light on the deletion of the Lily Holbrook page, as she currently appears on the request page (requested by another user) at the following URL -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles/music/Performers_and_bands

Oddly, she appears to be the only performer/band whose name appears in black (as opposed to hyperlinked red) and it appears as if there has been information added to the request along with three accompanying links.

Further research unearthed an allmusic.com entry: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kzfpxqe0ldte~T00

as well as two other Wikipedia references:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Points_West_Music_%26_Arts_Festival#Saturday.2C_August_9th

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artists_signed_to_Blue_Note_Label_Group#H

I would imagine all the aforementioned would meet the requirements for notability, etc.

Any information in this regard would be helpful.

dcosta —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.48.51.220 (talk) 06:10, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Your indefinite semi-protection of Oxygen
Hello,

Following a recent specific case at Vanadium, I have reviewed the semi-protection status of all chemical element articles, and found that many of them were either not warranted or have excessive protection lengths.

Keeping in mind that it was concluded that Vanadium's protection length of 6 months was too long given the circumstances, and that it has been shortened to 24 hours, I invite you to reconsider the indefinite semi-protection you granted to Oxygen.

I appreciate that Oxygen is not quite Beryllium, but please bear in mind Wikipedia's semi-protection policy, specifically its suggestion that indefinite protections should be considered only as a last resort after other measures have failed.

Thank you. 124.87.98.194 (talk) 05:04, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:The Wendys-Gobbledygook album.jpg
 Thanks for uploading File:The Wendys-Gobbledygook album.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Aspects (talk) 23:27, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Modern Culinary History of the World Help!
Hi - I am interested in creating a portal that my students and the public can collectively build. I am new to wikipedia. I would love some help setting it up. This is the beginning of the page so far http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Modern_Culinary_History#Cuisine_Histories

How do I build a portal. I really like the style of this one - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Animals

Thanks Jen (Jennifer Houst 08:49, 9 January 2010 (UTC)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Modern Culinary History (talk • contribs) 08:42, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Db-A7 Lily Holbrook?
I'm writing to inquire about the previous 2008 deletion of Lily Holbrook. The current listing of Lily Holbrook under the list of requested pages points to two independent publications which clearly state the notability of Lily, one of the most successful busking-street musicians playing in America. Evidence of her rise from street performing to signing on to a Virgin/EMI subsidiary and opening for Brian Wilson and playing All Points West music festival in 2009 is easy to verify and, in conjunction with the two publications (The Boston Globe and Washington Post) it's my understanding that Lily clearly meets notability guidelines specified by Wikipedia.

The articles and accolades referenced above cover a span of years (not temporary) and, more importantly, were outlined by several independent print sources as the subject of articles (not just a mention). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.254.56.37 (talk) 04:31, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Eliz81-

After contacting you twice to see about making changes to the previous deleted Lily Holbrook page, which I believe meets notability guidelines, I will attempt to re-create the page myself. As per Wikipedia's suggestion on new editors, I'm contacting you beforehand.

~Costanoble

Eliz81-

I have created a short page in my user-space as I'm a new editor and would like to ensure accuracy in formatting, etc. before moving to live. Please feel free to review and contribute!

~Costanoble

MfD nomination of User:Baerjamin/Pano Logic
User:Baerjamin/Pano Logic, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Baerjamin/Pano Logic and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:Baerjamin/Pano Logic during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Pcap ping  16:35, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Grey divorce
Hello! Your submission of Grey divorce at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Mikenorton (talk) 12:05, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Grey divorce
<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 12:03, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Roar, Lion, Roar for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Roar, Lion, Roar is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Roar, Lion, Roar until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.  P G  Pirate  23:25, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Speedy kept in less than an hour ;) <font face="Celtic"> 2 lines of K 303  10:55, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview
Dear Eliz81,

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) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chlopeck (talk • contribs) 23:17, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

WP:FOOD Needs You!
Hi there Eliz81! I've noticed you have yourself listed as a member of the Food and Drink Wikiproject. Unfortunately it looks like the project has been slowly sliding into inactivity except for a couple of people. That makes me a sad potato, and nobody likes a sad potato amirite?

If you'd like to turn my frown upside down, can you do two small things?

First off, go here and add Tick (✅) next to your name if you're still part of the project.

Second, go to the project talkpage and participate in a discussion about how to make the project more active, and how to go about making articles in our area of interest a lot better.

You don't want to make me cry, do you? Potatoes have a lot of eyes you know. So come on, join in! :)

— <span style="font:small-caps 1.2em Hoeflr Text,sans-serif;color:#000;letter-spacing:0.15em;">The Potato Hose 18:34, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

On this page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricia_Helfer) I was wanting to replace Tricia Helfers image with the image on this page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/99160162@N08/with/9319893680/

Can you please help me out? Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by SubzeroFreeze (talk • contribs) 06:00, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Wikiproject Food and Drink Newsletter - September 2013

 * Posted by Northamerica1000(talk) 02:17, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

WP:Food
It would be appreciated if you joined in the conversation occurring at WT:Food regarding the layout and presentation of the project's main page. Northamerica1000(talk) 03:34, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

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Quixotic plea
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 * New donations - Taylor & Francis, Science, and three new French-language resources
 * Expansion into new languages, including French, Finnish, Turkish, and Farsi
 * Spotlight: New partners for the Visiting Scholar program
 * American Library Association Annual meeting in San Francisco

Books and Bytes - Issue 13
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Issue 13, August-September 2015 by, , ,

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 * New donations - EBSCO, IMF, more newspaper archives, and Arabic resources
 * Expansion into new languages, including Viet and Catalan
 * Spotlight: Elsevier partnership garners controversy, dialogue
 * Conferences: PKP, IFLA, upcoming events

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Books and Bytes - Issue 14
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Issue 14, October-November 2015 by, , ,

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 * New donations - Gale, Brill, plus Finnish and Farsi resources
 * Open Access Week recap, and DOIs, Wikipedia, and scholarly citations
 * Spotlight: 1Lib1Ref - a citation drive for librarians

Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in more than one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next month. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three-year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three-year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 00:30, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Whoa, has it really been that long? Where has the time gone?! My heart still beats Wiki :) ~ Eliz 81 <sup style="color:#1E90FF;">(C)  21:54, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 15
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Issue 15, December-January 2016 by, , , ,

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 * New donations - Ships, medical resources, plus Arabic and Farsi resources
 * # 1lib1ref campaign summary and highlights
 * New branches and coordinators

Books & Bytes - Issue 16
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Issue 16, February-March 2016 by ,

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 * New donations - science, humanities, and video resources
 * Using hashtags in edit summaries - a great way to track a project
 * A new cite archive template, a new coordinator, plus conference and Visiting Scholar updates
 * Metrics for the Wikipedia Library's last three months

Books & Bytes - Issue 17
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Issue 17, April-May 2016 by The Interior, Ocaasi, UY Scuti, Sadads, and Nikkimaria

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 * New donations this month - a German-language legal resource
 * Wikipedia referals to academic citations - news from CrossRef and WikiCite2016
 * New library stats, WikiCon news, a bot to reveal Open Access versions of citations, and more!

Proposed deletion of Stephen Eckelberry


The article Stephen Eckelberry has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * No evidence of notability as a filmmaker, literally one RS - if this were kept it would be cut down to a one-sentence stub (and then probably merged somewhere).

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles 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 article's talk page.

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. David Gerard (talk) 09:35, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 18
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Issue 18, June–July 2016 by, Ocaasi, Samwalton9, UY Scuti, and Sadads

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 * New donations - Edinburgh University Press, American Psychological Association, Nomos (a German-language database), and more!
 * Spotlight: GLAM and Wikidata
 * TWL attends and presents at International Federation of Library Associations conference, meets with Association of Research Libraries
 * OCLC wins grant to train librarians on Wikimedia contribution

Books and Bytes - Issue 19
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 * New and expanded donations - Foreign Affairs, Open Edition, and many more
 * New Library Card Platform and Conference news
 * Spotlight: Fixing one million broken links

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:32, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

New deal for page patrollers
Hi ,

In order to better control the quality  of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.

Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.

Find out more about this exiting new user right now at New Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:28, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

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) 13:46, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

RC Patrol-related Proposals in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey
Greetings Recent Changes Patrollers!

This is a one-time-only message to inform you about technical proposals related to Recent Changes Patrol in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey that I think you may be interested in reviewing and perhaps even voting for:


 * 1) Adjust number of entries and days at Last unpatrolled
 * 2) Editor-focused central editing dashboard
 * 3) "Hide trusted users" checkbox option on watchlists and related/recent changes (RC) pages
 * 4) Real-Time Recent Changes App for Android
 * 5) Shortcut for patrollers to last changes list

Further, there are more than 20 proposals related to Watchlists in general that you may be interested in reviewing. (and over 260 proposals in all, across many aspects of wikis)

Thank you for your consideration. Please note that voting for proposals continues through December 12, 2016.

Note: You received this message because you have transcluded User wikipedia/RC Patrol (user box) on your user page. Since this message is "one-time-only" there is no opt out for future mailings.

Best regards, — Delivered: 01:11, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 20
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Issue 20, November-December 2016 by, , ,

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 * Partner resource expansions
 * New search tool for finding TWL resources
 * # 1lib1ref 2017
 * Wikidata Visiting Scholar

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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Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi Eliz81! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages

-- 21:23, Tuesday, February 24, 2015 (UTC)