User talk:Ericstoller

Message posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2007
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Butseriouslyfolks 04:38, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I have modified the original article to include the hangon tag and have added official AACRAO permission information on the talk page. This was my first time posting new content to Wikipedia. Thanks for giving me information on correcting my mistakes. eric stoller 23:20, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia!
It's nice to have you aboard. We're glad you wish to help develop this encyclopedia. We hope you enjoy participating in the Wikipedia community as much as we do. As a new contributor, you may feel a little overwhelmed by the sheer size and apparent complexity of this project. But don't worry, it will become easier and clearer as you go. If you feel you need assistance, experienced Wikipedians are available to help you learn the basics and get up to speed. We've included some resources below to help you get started. Good luck and have fun. Meldshal42 00:19, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Adoption
Hi. I saw your page on the adopt-a-user page; and I would be thrilled to adopt you. Check out my user page here. Thanks, Meldshal42 01:20, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Tell me about yourself
Can you tell me about yourself so I can add userboxes; info and such? Please; nothing personal. Meldshal42 22:12, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Reply Here:


 * I live in Oregon. I have a masters degree in education. I am a Mac user. What sort of information do you want to know? :-) I have a good sense of humor. I laughed when I saw that you edited my userpage. It would appear that you must have checked out my blog. Eric Stoller 01:41, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Userbox
I added the "User Oregon template. Thanks,

Meldshal42 01:18, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Although, it would appear that one of your other adoptees does not appreciate your editing of their userpage.Eric Stoller 01:27, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't understand why that Timpul does that. After all, an Adopter is supposed to edit their adoptee's userpage. Meldshal42 11:54, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Contribs Userbox
Do you want to add the contributions" userbox like I taught Zelink to do? Reply and if you say yes; I'll tell you here.  Meldshal42 13:41, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, please. Eric Stoller 19:49, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Okay. You have to type in -You currently have 45 edits! Thanks,Meldshal42 14:56, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Does the contrib number have to be manually added? or does it appear when you enter in the code for the userbox, if so, can you just type in the code without the brackets? Thanks. Eric Stoller 17:44, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

You have to type in the number of edits. Thanks, Meldshal42 23:27, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * How do you determine how many edits you have made? Thanks. Eric Stoller 00:57, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, there is a toll called wannabekate and the above userbox will show you how mnay edits you currently have. Thanks, Meldshal 42  19:46, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Do you mean tool vs. "toll"? I am very confused. How do I determine the number of edits that I have made to Wikipedia? Eric Stoller 17:24, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes I meant tool. I"m sorry. If you click on the above userbox then it will show you how many edits you have.  So click on the "45 edits and you will see how many you currently have. You don't have 45 anymore though. Thanks,  Meldshal 42  19:40, 20 June 2007 (UTC) P.S. Did you see your award? If not; the page is here.

More questions
What is your favorite color? Favorite food? Animal? Um, favorite sport? Sports you do? dislikes?  Meldshal 42  17:26, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't really have a favorite color. I like earth tones... I enjoy eating Indian, Japanese, and Thai foods. My favorite animal...hmmm not sure I have one. I grew up on a farm so I am comfortable with cats, dogs, chickens, horses, cows, hogs, etc. My favorite sport would have to be ping pong! I dislike dishonest people. Eric Stoller 17:27, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Userboxes
Thank you for replying to my test. I added some userboxes considering your interests (I had to make some)! Thanks,  Meldshal 42  19:37, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Ping Pong
Why did you remove the ping pong userbox? That took me an hour to make!  Meldshal 42  12:32, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I like playing ping pong but that does not mean I want a ping pong userbox :) Eric Stoller 17:23, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh. Okay. Sorry. :(  Meldshal 42  21:44, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Link
Try to find the secret link on my userpage. Good Luck,  Meldshal 42  21:45, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Nice penguins Eric Stoller 23:33, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Um, That's not it. Thanks,  Meldshal 42  20:44, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Student Affairs
Hi! I noticed you have contributed greatly to some education-related articles and I was wondering if you'd like to join a WikiProject for Student Affairs that I'm trying to start. I tried this a few months ago but there was no interest, so now I'm trying to contact people directly that may have an interest. Let me know if you'd want to join such a WP so I can submit a request. Thanks! -- Noetic  Sage  23:04, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm interested...not sure I have a lot of time though.--Eric Stoller (talk) 23:39, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey!
Hi Eric. Are you still active? -- Meldshal  (talk to me)  13:50, 16 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Maybe... -- Meldshal  (§peak to me)  21:43, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay. Let me know if you need anything.--Eric Stoller (talk) 23:40, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Statement of purpose Wikipedia Page
Hi Eric,

This is a request to consider keeping the site www.statementofpurpose.com as an external link on that statement of purpose wikipedia page. Please do not confuse this site with statement**S**ofpurpose.com (plural) which is a site that provides essay editing services.

Statementofpurpose.com or SOP as we like to call it is a site my best friend and I started back in 1998 with helpful advice for students to write better sops on their own. We do not provide services nor do we encourage visitors to use essay editing services. In fact most of the university sites that you have listed as external links -- all link to statementofpurpose.com for that very reason.

We are a trusted resource with quality content and thousands of daily visitors. In my opinion SOP is one of the better sites with statement of purpose tips on the internet. What makes us experts?? We have personally helped scores of people with their SOPs and they have gotten into some of the best universities in the world, and using our site thousands of users have gotten into good schools and sent us thank you notes. I will be very happy to share that with you if choose, or feel free to check out the guestbook on our site.

I added SOP the first time in Decmeber of 2007 and it was deleted and then again earlier this summer to the same effect. I understand you want to keep quality external links on Wikipedia and I'm stating that I think we belong in that category.

I would appreciate it if you would consider adding SOP back to the list of external sites yourself because I think it deserves to be there.

Thanks for your consideration.

Prashant Kaw

Packrow (talk) 20:01, 5 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I did not see any links to your site from the University sites that are listed in the external links. Eric Stoller (talk) 20:33, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, here's a bunch of official university sites linking to us (not student pages).

http://usfca.edu/acadserv/admission/graduate/resources.html

http://communication.utsa.edu/gradsite/purpose.html

http://career.berkeley.edu/Grad/GradResources.stm

http://pdx.edu/usp/admissions.html

http://usd.edu/cdc/gs.cfm

http://career.uh.edu/links/GradProfessional.cfm

http://business.kent.edu/msfe/admission.aspx (statement of goals and objectives link)

http://web.mit.edu/dusp/scc/committees/recruitment.html

http://www.career.arizona.edu/webresources/?apply_graduate

http://uncw.edu/stuaff/career/gradschoolresources.htm

Packrow (talk) 18:21, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi Eric, Have you given any thought to including www.statementofpurpose.com as a resource under the statement of purpose page? I think I have made a good case to have it included in there. Please let me know. Thanks. Prashant

Packrow (talk) 15:09, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

I will, wait
I'll create your article. I'm kind of busy right now, give me a week to create it please. &mdash; Sunday  Note  12:00, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Congrats!

 * Hey, thanks for the award. This should definitely be added to my awards page :-) --Eric Stoller (talk) 18:06, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ &mdash; §unday   His Grandiloquence  14:40, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey, would you be interested in a userpage design? I'd be willing to do it for ya'. &mdash; Ceranthor (Sing)  01:38, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Maybe? I never really thought about it...I really don't have an issue with the default look/feel as it's easy to navigate.--Eric Stoller (talk) 04:39, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Request to participate in University of Washington survey on tool to quickly understand Wikipedians’ reputations
Hello. I'm part of a research group at the University of Washington. In April, we met with some local Wikipedians to learn what they would like to know about other editors’ history and activities (within Wikipedia) when interacting with them on talk pages. The goal of those sessions was to gather feedback to help design an embedded application that could quickly communicate useful information about other Wikipedians. We have now created a few images that we feel represent some of what our participants thought was important. We would appreciate it if you took a few minutes of your time to complete an online survey that investigates whether or not these images would be useful to you. Your quick contribution would be very valuable to our research group and ultimately to Wikipedia. (When finished, the code for this application will be given over to the Wikipedia community to use and/or adjust as they see fit.)

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Homonormativity
I am a student in an English course that is about the discursive practices of Wikipedia. One of our tasks is to take an article and do whatever we can to improve its quality. I was wondering if you can tell me anything more about why the article on Homonormativity was removed.

Thank you

Aaron Spiegel

209.98.144.82 (talk) 19:57, 7 July 2009 (UTC)aslyone


 * For some reason, it appears that someone is trying to redirect homonormativity into heteronormativity. They are not the same so it really doesn't make any sense. Eric Stoller (talk) 22:10, 7 July 2009 (UTC)