User talk:GLGerman~enwiki

'''Unsigned IP will always deleted on my discussion pages. That`s a rule i always follow on german pages '''. GLGerman 14:36, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

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Gruß Dich!
Apparently, we seem to have a lot of common interests and both edit in the German and English wikipedias. Is there a less public way of contacting you (for example via e-mail or de:GayRomeo profile)?--Bhuck 08:54, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Katharine Jefferts Schori
Category:Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America is a subcategory of Category:Anglican bishops, since all ECUSA bishops are necessarily Anglican bishops. Katharine Jefferts Schori is in Category:Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America; she should not also be in Category:Anglican bishops. The Wednesday Island 00:09, 16 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Why not ? otherwise we can delete the category:Anglican bishops, because each anglican bishop is part of a specific anglican church in a subcategory GLGerman


 * See categorisation guideline 3. If we allowed articles to exist in both their category and all its supercategories, then the supercategories would get insanely crowded. Subcategorisation is a way of organising articles; this would defeat that organisation by turning Category:Anglican bishops into an enormous grab-bag of names. And where would you stop? Would you also add her to Category:Clergy and Category:People and so on up the ontological ladder? \


 * This doesn't imply that supercategories should be deleted, even if they contain only other categories: they are still useful as a help to find your way around the organisation.


 * (You can sign your name by writing ~ at the end of paragraphs, by the way.) The Wednesday Island 00:25, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

ok, thanks i understand now.GLGerman 00:27, 16 August 2006 (UTC)GLGerman

Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau
Hi,

I noticed you just contributed the article about the Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau. I just wanted to inform you that you can post any Germany-related articles at Portal:Germany/New articles and Portal:Germany/New article announcements.--CarabinieriTTaallkk 22:15, 18 September 2006 (UTC)


 * PS, I have gone ahead and posted the article on both pages and added stub tags to it.--CarabinieriTTaallkk 22:19, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Please cite sources
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Gay rights in Lithuania, but we regretfully cannot accept original research. Please find and add a reliable citation to your recent edit so we can verify your work. Uncited information may be removed at any time. Thanks for your efforts, and happy editing! Can&#39;t sleep, clown will eat me 16:10, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Assume good faith
Please assume good faith when dealing with other editors. See Assume good faith for the guidelines on this. Irmgard 08:37, 25 September 2006 (UTC) Dear Irmgard, i hope we have both good time on the Wikipedia. GLGerman 18:51, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Mittlerweile habe ich "ja" meine Erfahrungen mit Dir gesammelt, nicht wahr Irmgard.GLGerman 03:02, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

3RR reversion
Please go over your edits about the Evangelical Church of Bremen on the article's talk page first. Opinions which may not be shared by everybody should be first opened up for community discussion - it's easier for everyone involved! Cheers, –-  kungming·  2 | (Talk ·Contact) 00:51, 10 November 2006 (UTC) the word "liberal" was part of the article since the beginning and an IP_Adress vandalised it and now you are doing the same. So i live in Bremen and know about what i write.GLGerman 00:53, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * There is still no proof and no source for this statement than your personal opinion and POV. See No original research. If you think, that the church is a liberal church, you should be able do find a valid source for this statement. --89.12.146.39 01:27, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Evangelical Church of Bremen
You are in danger of violating the three-revert rule. Please cease further reverts or you may be blocked from editing. --89.12.146.39 01:36, 10 November 2006 (UTC) Fine to see User:Hansele that you are following me on the english wikipedia; but your statement is totally wrong and you know that. That´s your IP which edit in the articel of Evangelical Church in Bremen and you deleted the word "liberal". Since many weeks you still follow me like a little dog on the german wikipedia and now we see us also sometimes here on the english pages. Schön User:Hansele, dass du dich auf der englischen Wikipedia auch zu Wort meldest; aber mit einer solchen Aktion "kommste nicht durch". Wir wissen doch beide, dass du mir gerade in diesen Minuten folgst. Lächerlich deine Aktion... sei wenigsten so mutig und melde dich unter deinem Benuterkonto anstatt hier unter IP zu schreiben. GLGerman 01:50, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

California Domestic Partnerships
It would not be proper to refer to these as "civil unions"; California law specifically calls them "domestic partnerships." However, California DP's offer many of the same rights and benefits as the civil unions offered in other states.

At the moment, we have same-sex marriage in Massacusetts; civil unions in Vermont and Connecticut; domestic partnerships in California, Maine, and New Jersey as well as the District of Columbia; and reciprocal beneficiaries in Hawaii. But New Jersey will also have civil unions beginning in February, 2007. Hope this helps. Textorus 09:30, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * interesting, thanks.GLGerman 09:34, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Domestic partnerships in New Jersey
GL, you should not have renamed this article as "Civil Unions in New Jersey" because the state will continue to offer domestic partnerships. Existing same-sex DP's are not required to sign up for civil unions; they can remain as domestic partners. Also, no new same-sex DP's will be allowed, but DP's will still be available only for opposite-sex couples over age 62. So the article needs to remain as a separate category of legal relationship.

Go read the discussion of this issue on the talk page for "Same-sex marriage in New Jersey" to get a better understanding of what has just taken place in that state's laws. Textorus 09:39, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

But on the other side, Textorus, there is the new law for civil unions after Corzine signed it now and that´s so the future in New Jersey and not domestic partnerships; so it´s better to have an article over "civil unions in New Jersey".GLGerman 09:45, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

GL, you are not understanding the situation. From February 2007, New Jersey will have BOTH civil unions AND domestic partnerships. Separate articles are needed. Textorus 09:49, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * i know that but therefore should not be two articles; that can be written in one article. And for gay partners in the future civil unions are more better and so the article name should be "civil unions in New Jersey" and not "domestic partnerships in New Jersey".GLGerman 09:54, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject LGBT studies!
Thanks for Welcoming, very nice. GLGerman 15:44, 4 January 2007 (UTC)


 * You're welcome :)
 * Please consider joining the Translation Department at WP:LGBT - there are at least a couple Good Articles that we'd love to "import"! – SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  17:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

WP:CIVIL - KPA gilt auch hier
Please remove your defamations about me and my work on the German Wikipedia as well as those on other users from your user page. All negative comments violate against WP:CIVIL, some may even reach the level defined at WP:ATTACK. If yout attacks aren't removed within the next seven days, I'll request a comment on your conduct.

Bitte entferne die Diffamierungen meiner Person und Tätigkeit wie auch die der anderen Benutzer von deine Benutzerseite. Die negativen Kommentare sind klare Verstöße gegen WP:CIVIL, einige erreichen schon das in WP:ATTACK Beschriebene. Wenn die entsprechenden Anmerkungen nicht innerhalb von sieben Tagen entfernt werden, werde ich zu deinem Verhalten Kommentare einholen. Bitte beachte, dass alle Regeln zum persönlichen Verhalten und zu Angriffen auf andere Benutzer hier deutlich strenger sind als in der deutschen Wikipedia und Verstöße strenger sanktioniert werden. Ein RFC ist häufig der erste Schritt zu einem Benutzersperrverfahren, das aufbauend auf dem RFC von den dort kommentierenden Benutzern eingeleitet wird. --jergen 20:31, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


 * After 13 day without answer I removed the questionable and insulting content from your user page. If you reinsert it the WP:RFC will start. --jergen 20:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * So you should inform me on german wikipedia, because we know us very good. GLGerman 05:57, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * on german wikipedia i discussed often with you and most you are on the "wrong" side in my opinion. You are an evangelical, conservative user and so you and i have often on german wikipedia discussion in different themes. GLGerman 06:02, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * So give me first a hint on german wikipedia before you revert my useraccount again. You have no right to work there ! GLGerman 06:06, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * GLGerman 06:06, 22 February 2007 (UTC)


 * This is en.wikipedia; I'm not willing to discuss policies of en: in de:. If you are not able to see that en: has stricter and differing policies and guideslines than de:, you should stop editing here.
 * Removed negative comments on other users again. --jergen 09:15, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * So if you think that you are correct you can try that, but your opinion is wrong. I asked already some people here. You can try if you want and we will see what here on english wikipedia happens. I read that english wikipedia is more free than the german wikipedia. So we will have also a nice time here. And you should not try to work on my user page. GLGerman 06:31, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

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Jergen
IMO, I don't think there's anything wrong in simply listing people you have had unpleasant experiences with - however, the unilateral removal of content from a user's page without said user's permission is still a contentious issue that has been brought up on AN/I several times now without consensus. I don't think he was right to do so, and I certainly don't think your lists are contravening WP:ATTACK. If he does it again, bring it up at WP:AN/I and they'll probably deal with it. You certainly have my support, Btw, don't ask people to vote either way in an RfA, it's called canvassing and is frowned upon here. I would oppose him anyway on account of his dreadful punctuation, but all the same, best not to do it.

On a somewhat unrelated subject, can you tell me why WikiProjekt Homosexualität is so dead? It seems like it had been thriving until October and now it's totally inactive. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 11:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * You have to look at de:Portal:Homosexualität...there you can find more of the new changes and new articles (http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Homosexualit%C3%A4t/Neue_Artikel&action=edit), wich german users write. But you are still right, we have on german wikipedia not so many users who write for homosexual themes than i see here on english wikipedia.
 * Some of the new writers of gay themes on german wikipedia are "kicked out" by "evangelical-conservative" people. These new writers/users get angry about reverts from evangelical/right-religious people and then these new gay supporters make mistakes and so admins can delete there accounts on german wikipedia.
 * We have on german wikipedia not only the users of Germany (Germany is real more liberal in gay themes than Austria). There are also real right-conservative catholics users from Bavaria and Austria (and Austria and Bavaria are nearly like Texas (the difference between Texas and Bavaria/Austria is that Bavaria/Austria have mountains"). You know pope Benedikt is from Bavaria and i think you know how hard the vatican and the pope fight against gay couples. So we have a strong fight with some supporters of Ex-Gay, roman-catholic pope Benedikt fans, ... ). So i hope you can understand what i want to write. But my english isn't so good to find the right words to express it in real good words.


 * So thanks for your information. And okay i will do what you wrote me. It would be very nice, if you can have a lokk on my userpage, because i work more on geman wikipedia and i am not so often here on english wikipedia. My English isn't so good as it should be, so that i write more on german wikipedia. I am good in translating from english into german texts, but not so good in writing in english language. GLGerman 02:32, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm. If that's a major problem, it sounds like we need to build a nucleus of bilingual German users here and then hit the Projekt simultaneously (I say we, my German is somewhat limited to saying I have a wardrobe in my room and I enjoy playing football. :) ) - might take a while. Oh well, what's life without challenges, eh? We'll see. In the mean time, if you're into translation, you could translate our FAs into German if you like. The Wikiprojekt will keep. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 23:31, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Sur we can but on german wikipedia we have a lot of trouble with the evangelical admins user:jergen and user:irmgard who kick out homosexual themes and do their best to angry promoter of homosexual themes. GLGerman 21:55, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Being an admin is irrelevant. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 22:01, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Sure you are right, but i just got an kick out in the article "Bible and Homosexuality" on german wikipedia after an editwar with admin: Irmgard. GLGerman 22:05, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * If a user is abusing their admin powers, then they should be reported to either AN/I or at Meta so appropriate action can be taken. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 19:20, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * the problem is more that we have with user:jergen, user:irmgard and some other users a good communication between a group of german, evangelical, conservative admins on the german wikipedia....GLGerman 09:56, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Just for the record: de:Benutzer:Irmgard used no admin function but requested a page protection due to ongoing edit war. Page was protected by a neutral admin. Later GLGerman and a third user were blocked by another admin for 6 hours due to a perceived edit war on the talk page of the protected article. There might be some doubts about this edit war, but these two users do have a history of mutual edit wars and both have been blocked repeatedly for this - so several admins do have their hand on the trigger when they read these names). de:Benutzer:Jergen did not abuse his admin powers either: he reported today an obvious personal attack by GLGerman on me in the correct place, and GLGerman was blocked for 12 hours by the same neutral admin as on 2nd March, which was seen as rather too short a period by two more admins (which are not Evangelical either). Irmgard 15:02, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh interesting that you also post here Irmgard...very interesting to see that. My last edit here on english wikipedia is a report of what happens on german wikipedia over the last months and you are the most active evangelical promoter of consevative topics, which are often against homosexual themes and if persons look on which articles you translate from english to german wikipedia each wikipedian really knows what you are promoting on german wikipedia. So i really want to know for which organisation you work. GLGerman 15:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Are you still telling lies and flaming about other users? Please stop this nonsense immediately or further action will be taken against you. --89.14.34.78 09:11, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Countries with peresecution or at least limitation of Christians
Hi GLGerman,

there are contries with a bad situation of Christians. The source is: 

Kind regards, Sarcelles 16:33, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes that´s really a bad thing and should more in the headlines of newspapers.
 * For example the situation in Indonesia on the islands of the Maluku Islands, where many christian people left Ambon City. GLGerman 16:47, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Whst kind of information could be entered regarding this topic ?

Sarcelles 15:13, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * As you seem to know several languages, I suggest you to translate articles on Christians in these countries, such as Christianity in Myanmar.

Sarcelles 17:18, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Alfred Biolek
needs translation... GLGerman 21:17, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Zwischenraum
Hi, there! I noticed that you had created the Zwischenraum article a while ago. I wanted to ask you if you could clarify what a CSD is. In the article, CSD links to a disambiguation page but none of the links on the page seem to have anything to do with Christianity or the ex-gay movement. Can you help? Thanks! Joie de Vivre 16:53, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject newsletter
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LGBT WikiProject newsletter
This month's project newsletter (hand delivered as SatyrTN and Dev920 are away). Best wishes, WjBscribe 03:15, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered on 16:00, 6 June 2007 (UTC). SatyrBot 16:10, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation
Greetings. I found your info on the LGBT translator's list. Please look at Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation if you have time. The article is up for deletion but I believe their website, written in German, has press releases or material that helps demonstrate notability. Benjiboi 19:07, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered on 16:00, 6 July 2007 (UTC).

Anja Hajduk
Hi, GLGerman! I notice you've added Anja Hajduk back to the Category:Lesbian politicians. That absolutely needs a reference for it to stay in - can you provide one? Thanks! – SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  13:25, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi, GLGerman! Ditto with Michael Kauch... Thanks! –  SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  05:21, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

http://www.queer.de/news_detail.php?article_id=3455 GLGerman 01:03, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Anja Hajduk
Ankündigung Deutsche Welle TV-Programm 26. August bis 1. September 2005 - 28. August 2005: 11:19 Wahlsondersendung - Vor der Wahl, Vorstellung der Diskussionsteilnehmer "Hajduk lebt in offen-lesbischer Partnerschaft mit der ehemaligen Hamburger Schulsenatorin Ute Pape (SPD) zusammen." GLGerman 17:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Michael Kauch
http://news.gay-web.de/njus/id583 GLGerman 17:01, 16 July 2007 (UTC) GLGerman 01:09, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * http://www.queer.de/news_detail.php?article_id=3455 Acht Homos im neuen Bundestag

German pages
Thanks so much for looking for references for Anja and Michael! If you don't have the time to (or just don't want to) add them to their pages, let me know and I'll do it.

On another note, Bearcat found that Mirjam Müntefering is listed in an LGBT cat on de.wikipedia. When you get a chance, would you mind finding a reference that states that she really is LGBT? Thanks a whole ton! – SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  18:46, 16 July 2007 (UTC) http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2005/11/12/502693.html GLGerman 23:43, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered on 16:00, 6 July 2007 (UTC).

Dirk Bach
A couple questions for you on Dirk Bach: Looks good! Now on to the next one :) – SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  21:08, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * In the article it says that Bach worked on Sesamstraße, but that's not listed in the Television section. Also, that listing could be pared down to the few most important rather than the whole list.
 * Do you have a reference for when/how he came out? We can't really just leave the statement in there, there has to be a citation.
 * okay done in aticle with references GLGerman 00:50, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Sabine Jünger
For Sabine Jünger: Thanks! – SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  21:15, 15 September 2007 (UTC) GLGerman 01:13, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Where did she go to school? Was she studying theology and then legal science at the same school?  Or did she change?
 * Again, we'll need a reference for he being openly lesbian.
 * http://www.bundestag.de/bp/2000/bp0008/0008076.html

Benedict Friedländer
On Benedict Friedländer Thanks! – SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  21:23, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Do we have a reference for his being gay? It actually doesn't say he was in the article, though it's strongly implied.

Ernst Burchard
Looks very good! Did some copy-editing for grammar (German and English differ widely in that respect). This article also doesn't specify that he's gay or provide a reference, though it's strongly implied. It would be better to state it outright, with a ref, though. – SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  01:06, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Felix Rexhausen
Took a look at Felix Rexhausen, too. Looks pretty good, though the list of works could be shortened. And it would be better to have a ref (maybe even from one of his works) that he was gay.

Thanks, by the way, for all your work on these! Nice job! – SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  01:34, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

New one for you
Care to find more information and references for Wieland Speck? – SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  02:04, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * See also new article Manfred Salzgeber. GLGerman 19:00, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * and see also Volkmar Sigusch, Martin Dannecker and Gunter Schmidt GLGerman 19:46, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Ernst Burchard
Hi, GLGerman!

Could you find and provide a reference for Ernst Burchard that says he's gay? I don't have any of the books you listed in the "Further reading", and I'm unable to find much of anything on the web about him. Thanks! – SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  04:00, 10 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Ditto Felix Rexhausen. Thanks! –  SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  04:10, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
 * they were sure both gay. You can read it in the book of german historian Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller, "Man to Man", an enzyclopedia over gay german men. GLGerman 18:59, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered on 17:31, 11 October 2007 (UTC).

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
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Hey, Peeps, it's that time of the month again (no not that time – get your mind out of the gutter): time for another monthly edition of the LGBT Project's Love Boat newsletter from your cruise director Miss Julie. So much has been happening this month and I just can't wait to tell you all about it!!!

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Alice and her harasser
Let's start with some good news: Alice and the project lost the bothersome sock puppet who had been disrupting many articles we monitor, and now most of us can edit in relative peace. Congratulations, Alice, for being able to come out of semi-retirement. Benjiboi, on the other hand, has gained an anonymous IP stalker who seems to be more Catholic than the Pope and who has a hard-on for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. We seem to have a sort of Yin and Yang thing going on here, which helps both to keep us in balance and on our toes.

Harry Potter and his homosexual teacher
Albus Dumbledore got outed this month, and was immediately adopted by our project. The international brouhaha surrounding this disclosure reached all the way to Wikiland, and his article was briefly locked due to homophobic vandalism (as well as well meaning editors who just couldn't believe that that nice man could possibly be gay). This is a wonderful article to add to your watchlist, and will surely give you hours of reverting fun on cold winter days.

"My Fellow Americans"
On a more serious note, Fireplace has suggested a new article series about LGBT rights in the United States, state by state. This ambitious topic will surely require many editors and a lot of research, but has the potential to add further prestige to our already prestigious project.

Same name, same sexuality: a riddle for the ages
Francis Bacon (not the new gay one, but the old gay one ... though they're actually both dead, now that I think about it) has also aroused passions here on Wikipedia, with editors opposing his sexuality being disclosed in his biography. The always helpful Haiduc has thoughtfully provided any number of sources, but it is slow going getting his point across. Anyone want to lend a hand?

Beat writer arouses Irish guy
And speaking of passions, Jack Kerouac has inflamed the senses once again with editors, including administrator Irishguy, mounting a spirited defense to keep him as heterosexual as possible for Wikipedia purposes. Why? I don't know. Perhaps some of you can drop by the talk page and ask your questions there. I feel certain a stimulating debate will ensue that will be enjoyed by all.

Love those Texas Longhorns
Did you know that one of our Featured articles, Lawrence v. Texas, lost its shiny gold star? That was a shocker. It has been suggested that we turn our attention to it in an effort to restore it to its former glory. I took a peek, and it does need our help badly. For our American editors, it would seem almost a civic duty to edit it (not that I'm hinting....).

Point and Counterpoint
Though it was far too intellectual a debate for a mere cruise director like myself to take part in, Intersexuality was certainly a hot topic a week or two ago. The thrust of the debate was over inclusion in our project. Lots of good editors had lots of good opinions. For those too lazy to check out the discussion, we decided to leave it out for now.

Drudgery on offer
Peer review is, as always, short staffed and seemingly unloved. Wouldn't you feel better about yourself and the world in general if you took a few minutes to read one of the listed articles and offer some helpful advice? I know I'd feel better if you did.
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"My Fellow Americans" redux
The article LGBT movements in the United States certainly raised eyebrows last week, especially when it was discovered that copyrighted content had been added to our article. Tragedy was averted at the last minute, though, when the original hosts of the article where the material had been pilfered agreed to make it free to everyone. Our thanks to them, whoever they are. Busy Bee that I am, I haven't had time to read it, but I'm sure it's sensational.

This month's Wiki stars
Lesbian pulp fiction (a genre close to my heart, I must confess) writer Ann Bannon has decided to spice up the featured articles candidates list this month. Why not drop by and make your opinion heard? Joining her in this lofty aspiration are the articles But I'm a Cheerleader and Conversion therapy. I'm sure their main editors would welcome any comments (well, helpful ones, anyway) on the talk pages or the FAC discussions. And lest we forget, the List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: Sd-Si became a Featured list!! Rah rah, siskumbah! Go, team, GO!!!!

And the Oscar goes to...
Not content to run for Best Actress, plucky Bannon won a Best supporting actress Oscar... whoops, I meant to say Ann is also getting more than her share of womanly attention on the Good Article list. Joining her on this exalted plane are Freddy Mercury, Waylon Smithers and Lance Bass. Good articles indeed, and the last one mentioned just goes to show that one needn't admire the subject of an article to appreciate the effort put into making him worthwhile reading. What on earth Britney ever saw in him I'll never know. Truly a riddle cloaked in an enigma and wrapped around a puzzle.

Fresh faces to brighten our pages
Though I may not be the first, let me extend a warm, LGBT Love Boat welcome to the 12 new members who joined us in October: Jliberty, JockCub360, ChristopherEdwards, Desiderius82, Zlrussell, Kelsied, BeardedWoof, Mujerado, Tyrfing, Fabgurrl, Redl@nds597198, and decafdyke! Whatever you choose to do here, I feel sure that your contributions will enhance our project to no end. And if they don't...well, let's just say that I'm not shy.

Leather and lace
On a personal note, your already overworked cruise director is being cyberly whipped almost daily by Nemissimo, who desperately wants to get the German BDSM translation copy edited and used as a replacement for the current one. It's such a ... err, stimulating topic that I am sure many of you will want to join the copy editing fun. Jump right in, folks! It's so lonely copy editing it all by my lonesome!

Late breaking news
A little birdie just whispered in my ear that our noble collaboration project was delisted from the Community Portal due to inactivity. When asked how this scandalous turn of events could have occurred, the answer I received was "we suck at stuff like that". Well. In the first place, I disagree that sucking should be considered a negative, but to each his or her own. In the second place, I have full confidence that we can and will collaborate with other projects in the future. So let's not view this as a setback (even though it is), but rather a challenge to improve (and good Lord, I sound almost Wikipedian!).

Champagne dreams and caviar kisses
Lastly, the holidays are rapidly approaching. Our American cousins are currently getting ready to slaughter masses of poultry in an effort to show their gratitude and generally peaceful demeanor, and those of the Canadian persuasion, trendsetters that they are, celebrated a bit early this year. I'm sure all us foreigners will join together in wishing them all a very happy Thanksgiving on their respective holidays, both already celebrated and forthcoming... though I would hope somebody would enlighten me as to why they don't celebrate it on the same day. I was awake all last night trying to figure that one out. - In the spirit of this peculiarly North American holiday, let me take a moment to thank all of our editors for their contributions to this project. It's people like you who make people like me...well, a "people person"! May all your Wiki days be bright, and may your Love Boat never turn into a Poseidon.
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Kisses,

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LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered on 20:05, 3 December 2007 (UTC). SatyrBot 21:06, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Stop on this discussionpage
For the next weeks no discussion here: who want's to talk to me, please on german wikipedia with Benutzer:GLGermann or now again sometimes on User:GLGermann 212.95.108.44 (talk) 15:26, 11 December 2007 (UTC) -

Discussion please on User talk:GLGermann
Lost my password, so please discuss on User talk:GLGermann ! —Preceding comment was added at 10:22, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Ireland naming question
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Unreferenced BLPs
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Speedy deletion nomination of Zwischenraum


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If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding  at the top of the article, immediately below the speedy deletion  tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate), and providing your reasons for contesting on the article's talk page, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. You may freely add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

You may want to read the guidelines for specific types of articles: biographies, websites, bands, or companies. Lionel (talk) 05:26, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Günter Baum


A tag has been placed on Günter Baum requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject of the article is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding  at the top of the article, immediately below the speedy deletion  tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate), and providing your reasons for contesting on the article's talk page, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. You may freely add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

You may want to read the guidelines for specific types of articles: biographies, websites, bands, or companies. Lionel (talk) 05:30, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called GLGerman. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name GLGerman~enwiki that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name. If you think you might own all of the accounts with this name and this message is in error, please visit Special:MergeAccount to check and attach all of your accounts to prevent them from being renamed.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 00:05, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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