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I answered you on my home wiki talk page. Nahum (talk) 14:01, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

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September 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
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The Signpost: 05 September 2011
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How Much
How much if it's enough, I might block him just to collect... there is no requirement that the block be upheld... and hell, if it's enough I'd be willing to have my adminship revoked... but you have to make it worth my time ;-)--- Balloonman  Poppa Balloon 16:02, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Since I am a poor uni student, I have very little to offer you --Guerillero &#124; My Talk  17:29, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Damn... I was hoping to fund my son's college education... oh well...--- Balloonman  Poppa Balloon 21:20, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
You're so fabulous, I thought you deserved a kitten. <3

Theawesomestpersonyouwillevermeet (talk) 14:35, 7 September 2011 (UTC) 
 * Thank you. Best of luck on your project. I will try to watch your class's work --Guerillero &#124; My Talk  16:38, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Hey, mate!
I think you remember of me! And I think you offered to be my "beginner helper" in 2010, but since I am very, very slow (I got it almost 1 year later), I did not understand that at the time. Times later, I'm still bad at doing useful things here, and I think I will never write in English properly without 15 minutes reviewing everything that I say (I won't believe those people that say there's no possibility to learning a language just using internets!11!!1 I'm just an unintelligent person!11!), or, when I do proper spelling and grammar, I have problems at making sourced, clear, useful, impersonal editions (I don't believe I still feel myself a newbie all the time, I registered myself in Wikipedia like September 2008), so I think I'll be very grateful if you show me your help (the proposal of knowing Simple English Wikipedia is still standing?). By the way, I just want to say that you're very kind and I remember it even nowadays. :) Lguipontes (talk) 16:51, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I will see what I can do. I am at uni and I am rather drained: time wise and drive wise. --Guerillero &#124; My Talk  04:51, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
I gave you a kitten becausem why the heck not? Everyone loves kittens. Unless they don't. I hope you are not one of those people, nor are you taking this as an insult, or bizare tiny claw/hairball related threat. That would be unfortunate.

Jasper420 03:15, 8 September 2011 (UTC) 

Thanks for Welcoming Me!
Hey there! Thanks for welcoming me. I hope to make many more great contributions here! Abby20 (talk) 20:44, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

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Latrobe High School
You're welcome! It's my alma mater too, class of 72. Canadian2006 (talk) 19:49, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 19 September 2011
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News and progress from RfA reform 2011
(You are receiving this message because you are either a task force member, or you have contributed to recent discussions on any of these pages.)

The number of nominations continues to nosedive seriously, according to  these monthly figures. We know why this is, and if the trend continues our reserve of active admins will soon be underwater. Wikipedia now needs suitable editors to come forward. This can only be achieved either through changes to the current system, a radical alternative, or by fiat from elsewhere.

A lot of work is constantly being done behind the scenes by the coordinators and task force members, such as monitoring the talk pages, discussing new ideas, organising  the project  pages, researching  statistics and keeping  them  up  to  date. You'll also see for example that  we have recently  made tables to  compare how other Wikipedias choose  their sysops, and some tools have been developed to more closely examine !voters' habits.

The purpose of WP:RFA2011 is to focus attention on  specific issues of our  admin  selection  process and to develop  RfC proposals for solutions to improve them. For this, we have organised the project into dedicated sections each with their own discussion pages. It is important to understand that  all Wikipedia policy changes take a long  time to implement whether or not the discussions appear to  be active - getting the proposals right before offering them for discussion by the broader community is crucial to the success of any RfC. Consider keeping the pages and their talk pages on your watchlist; do check out older threads before starting a new one on topics that have been discussed already, and if you start a new thread, please revisit it regularly to follow up on new comments.

The object of WP:RFA2011 is not  to make it  either  easier or harder to  become an admin -  those criteria are set by  those who  !vote at  each  RfA. By providing  a unique venue for developing ideas for  change independent  of  the general discussion  at  WT:RFA, the project has two  clearly  defined goals: The fastest way is through improvement to the current system. Workspace is however also available within the project  pages to  suggest  and discuss ideas that are not  strictly  within  the remit  of this project. Users are invited to make use of these pages where they  will  offer maximum exposure to  the broader community, rather than individual  projects in  user space.
 * 1) Improving the environment  that  surrounds RfA in  order to  encourage mature, experienced editors of the right  calibre to  come forward, pass the interview, and dedicate some of their  time to  admin  tasks.
 * 2) Discouraging, in the nicest  way  possible of course, those whose RfA will be obvious NOTNOW or SNOW, and to  guide them towards the advice pages.

We already know what's wrong with RfA - let's not clutter the project with perennial chat. RFA2011 is now ready to propose some of the elements of reform, and all the task force needs to do now is to pre-draft those proposals in the project's workspace, agree on the wording, and then offer them for central discussion where the entire Wikipedia community will be more than welcome to express their opinions in  order to  build consensus.

New tool Check your RfA !voting history! Since the editors' RfA !vote counter at X!-Tools has been down for a long while, we now have a new RfA Vote Counter to replace it. A significant improvement on the former tool, it provides a a complete breakdown of an editor's RfA votes, together with an analysis of the participant's voting pattern.

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Update on courses and ambassador needs
Hello, Ambassadors!

I wanted to give you one last update on where we are this term, before my role as Online Facilitator wraps up at the end of this week. Already, there are over 800 students in U.S. classes who have signed up on course pages this term. About 40 classes are active, and we're expecting that many more again once all the classes are up and running.

On a personal note, it's been a huge honor to work with so many great Wikipedians over the last 15 months. Thanks so much to everyone who jumped in and decided to give the ambassador concept a try, and double thanks those of you who were involved early on. Your ideas and insights and enthusiasm have been the foundation of the program, and they will be the keys the future of the program.

Courses looking for Online Ambassadors
Still waiting to get involved with a class this term, or ready to take on more? We have seven classes that are already active and need OA support, and eleven more that have course pages started but don't have active students yet. Please consider joining one or more of these pods!

Active courses that really need Online Ambassadors:
 * Sociology of Poverty
 * Architectural Design
 * Introduction to Educational Psychology
 * Intro to Mass Communication
 * Psychology Seminar
 * Theories of the State
 * Advanced Media Studies

Courses that may be active soon that need Online Ambassadors:


 * Housing and Social Policy
 * Anthropology, Wikipedia, and the Media
 * History & Systems
 * Horror Cinema
 * Digital Media... just bits in a box
 * Composition I
 * Telecommunications Management
 * Training Systems
 * Stigma: Culture, Deviance, Identity
 * Art and Terrorism
 * Political Violence and Insurgency

--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 23:12, 27 September 2011 (UTC)