User talk:Go Phightins!/Archive 18

Education Program Incorporation
Hey! I know you're out-of-contact, and I hope you're having a good break. When you return, I'm wondering if you'd be interested in helping me to format/update my new adoption course or possibly becoming an instructor in it. I think IRC would be a good forum for this, or chat of some sort. --Jackson Peebles (talk) 00:01, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

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Some stroopwafels for you!

 * Thanks, Ghorpaapi! You have inspired me to go make some Eggo Waffles (but yours look much better ).  Go  Phightins  !  11:55, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Are you adopted?
I see (User talk:Worm That Turned/Adopt) that you asked last year. I'm curious how it went. ```Buster Seven   Talk  13:19, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I asked, he referred me to User:Ryan Vesey who was unavailable, so I was adopted by Rcsprinter123. It went pretty well. I now have my own adoption course that I use for relative newbies, primarily. Mixed results; some grasp and run, others, not so much.  Go  Phightins  !  13:26, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Interesting. I'm really concerned that I have basic inadequacies and I need to work on them before I can seriously consider any RfA. Maybe I could take a seat in the back of one of your classes. I promise to stay awake. ```Buster Seven   Talk  13:31, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
 * What inadequacies cause you concern?  Go  Phightins  !  13:40, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, when you ask that way, my basic concern is my memory...being able to remember where I read something. Ive worked on all the aspects of EotW for 1/2 a year and yet I still have to THINK about doing the simplest of actions. My concern is knowing where stuff is so I can give good advice and be a good diplomat. That's my concern...getting past the test (RfA) so I can bring whatever Diplomacy I have to the stage. Probably just Final Exam jitters. ```Buster Seven   Talk  13:58, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Same here on EotW :-) ... it is not a particularly user-friendly system. Anyway, remember that RfA (and everything on WP) is an "open-book" exam, and you can search using the search tool by namespace, which might be helpful if you can't find something. I think your diplomatic skills have manifested themselves through the disputes we've had in EotW. I wouldn't worry about it.  Go  Phightins  !  14:06, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

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IRC office hours for wiki-mentors and Snuggle users
Hi. We're organizing an office hours session with the Teahouse to bring in mentors from across the wiki to and discuss it's potential to support mentorship broadly. The Snuggle team would appreciate it if you would come and participate in the discussion. We'll be having it in on '''Wed. July 17th @ 1600 UTC'''. See the agenda for more info. -- EpochFail (talk • work), Technical 13 (talk), TheOriginalSoni (talk) 17:32, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

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Help writing an article
Hey Go Phightins!, I realize that you're busy at the moment, but I'm in no hurry since I'm rarely on. I'm hoping to write an article on the "controversial" cheerios ad that has everybody with their knickers in a knot. Would you be interested in helping out? Ryan Vesey 20:45, 14 July 2013
 * Are there any other similar articles? How does this one meet the notability requirements? And how are you going to write in a neutral way? I'm not a fan of this article, but give it a shot. Wikipedia has articles on just about everything. JHU  bal  27  23:38, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
 * This easily meets the notability requirements with all of the coverage I've gotten. I've got no doubt that I can write it in a neutral way.  I wrote "So God Made a Farmer" so this will be somewhat similar. Ryan Vesey 00:02, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm going to work on this a little in my sandbox. Tazerdadog (talk) 04:31, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I'd prefer if you worked in the userspace draft I created for it, otherwise we need to deal with history merges and the like. Ryan Vesey 05:05, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'll stick what I have over there. Tazerdadog (talk) 05:28, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Done, It should be ready for mainspace as a stub once the other URL's are removed. I didn't try to go beyond a stub, however, as there just asn't enough info.  Tazerdadog (talk) 05:32, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and moved it to mainspace; it was ready as a stub, and can be expanded there. Tazerdadog (talk) 14:35, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

DRN needs your help!
Hi there. I've noticed it's been a while since you've been active at DRN, and we could really use your help! DRN is going to undergo some changes soon, so it'd really be great if our backlog is cleared before the start of August and we have as many people on board to help with the changes (they include a move to subpages and the creation of a rotating "co-ordinator" role to help manage things day-to-day. Hope to see you soon! Steven   Zhang  Help resolve disputes! 11:32, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

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