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Welcome back
welcome back, hope u had a good break Jaranda wat's sup 03:16, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Nice to see you back. – Chacor 05:06, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Welcome back! Hope you're still here to see this. You don't seem to have made any edits since the 14th - Mike | Talk 20:14, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Me too - good to see the familiar name popup in the block log. --pgk 22:03, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Just saw you reverting something on my watch list--great to see you again! Mackensen (talk) 00:04, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Thank you for the barnstar, still warming back up. :-)  Hall Monitor 20:51, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Montclair High School temporary ban lift
Hello, I am Balzac Te'baghar, the computer teacher at MoHigh. I want to teach my students how to effectively spread their citing knowledge by giving an assignment of pre-selected wiki pages where they must enhance it by adding at least 3 details and 2 sources. I will NOT tolerate ANY vandalism. I ask that you lift the edit ban of from Thursday, September 6 until Friday, September 14. Thank you - Balzac Te'baghar.

User:38.116.200.10
You were the last to block, not for the first time, obviously. I recall setting the block parameters to only block out IP edits indefinitely, which shouldn't have caused an autoblock of (which caused the removal of my original indefinite block and leads us to your "September 2007" block). Without giving too much away, I know about that specific IP address, and I feel that it should be permanently blocked for an indefinite amount of time. I can almost guarantee that not one week after your block expires, it will be blocked again. I applaud the efforts to get the whole school vandalism issue fixed, but nothing will ever be achieved. If anything, we're doing them a favour keeping their IP blocked for good. In the mean time, September 2007 is more than sufficient. -- Jay  (Reply)  02:37, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Now that I look into it even more, (who is unfortunately on break at this time) made an error in unblocking the IP, given that is a vandal. This is starting to look fishy. -- Jay  (Reply)  02:40, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

A request for assistance
Would you support the concept of moving the Earhart "myths" to a separate page or article? The reason for my suggesting this is that the main article should be an accurate and scholarly work while the speculation and conspiracy theories surrounding the disappearance of Amelia Earhart are interesting, they belong in a unique section. Most researchers, as you know, discount the many theories and speculation that has arisen in the years following her last flight. Go onto the Earhart discussion page and register your vote/comments...and a Happy New Year to you as well. Bzuk 05:02 3 January 2007 (UTC).

Ip: 216.20.9.22 that you blocked
the IP adress 216.20.9.22 that you blocked is part of the Weston Public School system. this ip is shared by a wide variety of users. if you could please unblock it, id really appreciate it. Gamersedge 16:10, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Please advise, Ronald Ryan
Hi, I was hoping to get your advice.

I added to the Ronald Ryan article. Ryan was the last man hanged in Australia (in 1967). What I added was evidence of his guilt. They were confessions he is described as having made in public. One was recorded by his priest (who was not his confessor). I gave my sources for the additions. The primary sources are trial transcripts and interviews with witnesses. They are listed in a secondary source. I gave both.

That whole section has been removed by a user who either has no account or did not log in (124.191.180.110) who simply removed it all on this basis: “deleted "alleged" confessions made by one author of many books, which cannot be proven. Ryan and Ryan's defense attorneys absolutely dispute this "35-year-later" allegation of guilt”

See here

I could
 * Revert (and possibly start an edit war)
 * Discuss it on the talk page. However, I don't relish the thought of attempting to discuss something with a user who won't open an account and who has made half a dozen edits, all on the same general topic.
 * something else.

What do you advise? Avalon 01:40, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

(I forgot to sign the first time, sorry)

IP Number Block Request
Hi, Hall Monitor, and congratulations on your contributions to Wikipedia. I was wondering if you could do something to stop 207.63.215.24 from making edits on Wikipedia. This unregistered user has not only offended people with his immoral edits, but he has also defaced Wikipedia's reputation as a trustworthy online information portal. I came to you because I know how much you care about making Wikipedia as informative as possible. I am prepared to work in as many ways as possible to keep these creeps off of this "information powerhouse." If you click on the highlighted IP address located earlier in the article, a page will load that lists all of the edits this user has made, most of which are demeaning and derogatory. Thank you in advance, and don't hesitate to leave me a message on my "discussion" page. --HG707 23:25, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Unblock 198.86.93.254
Back in 2005 you blocked 198.86.93.254 at the request of the school the IP belongs to. I got a request from that school to unblock it that appears legit. I can't tell if you are still active, so I am leaving this note, but I will unblock tomorrow if I don't hear from you otherwise. --agr (talk) 21:38, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Martin Lee Anderson mugshot.jpg
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 * That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.

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AfD nomination of Michael Storey (cinematographer)
I have nominated Michael Storey (cinematographer), an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Michael Storey (cinematographer). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Skomorokh 16:09, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

An article you created maybe deleted soon: Tools which can help you
The article you created, Michael_Storey_(cinematographer) maybe deleted from Wikipedia.

There is an ongoing debate about whether your article should be deleted here:
 * Articles for deletion/Michael_Storey_(cinematographer).

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 * 4) You can merge the article into a larger or better established article on the same topic.

If your page is deleted, you still have many options available. Good luck! travb (talk) 21:43, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Invitation to Meetup/Seattle6, a focus group
Hello. I'm part of a research group at the University of Washington (Seattle campus), and my group is reaching out to Wikipedians in the Puget Sound area. We're hosting a focus group designed to gather information on what Wikipedians would like to know about each other when interacting on Wikipedia. Our end goal is to create an embedded application that helps people quickly know more about others' history and activity on Wikipedia, and we feel our design will be much more useful if it's based on insights of users like you.

I'm hoping that the chance to help out local researchers, to engage in lively face-to-face discussion with other Seattle Wikipedians, and to contribute to Wikipedia in a new way will entice you to join us. The session lasts 2 hours and snacks are provided. Sessions will be held on UW Seattle campus - directions will be sent after registration. Your contribution will be greatly appreciated!

Willing and able to help us out? RSVP here. Want to know more? Visit our user talk page. Please help us contact other local Wikipedians, too! Commprac01 (talk) 03:04, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Julia DeMato
An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Julia DeMato. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Articles for deletion/Julia DeMato (2nd nomination). Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate.

Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 01:45, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

NEW CATEGORY PAGE
Hello Washington-user!! What do you think of this category? Either on a scale of 1-10 or with commentary. Let me know through the "Special:EmailUser/" section. #TTiT# 12:03, 14 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by The-Traveller-in-Tacoma (talk • contribs)

Unreferenced BLPs
Hello Hall Monitor! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 4 of the articles that you created  are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to insure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the unreferencedBLP tag. Here is the list:

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 22:08, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Scott Erickson -
 * 2) Elizabeth Fishel -
 * 3) Loren Toews -
 * 4) Ben Petrick -

AfD nomination of Renato M. E. Sabbatini
Please see Articles for deletion/Renato M. E. Sabbatini (2nd nomination). You participated in the first AfD. - Eastmain (talk) 17:51, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Julia DeMato
An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Julia DeMato. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Notability and "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Articles for deletion/Julia DeMato (3rd nomination). Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate.

Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 01:10, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Daniel Joseph Sheehan


The article Daniel Joseph Sheehan has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * subject lacks "significant independent coverage" in reliable sources and is therefore not notable under the general notability guideline

While all 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. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Anotherclown (talk) 09:16, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

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 over 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 and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). 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) 07:19, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Notification of imminent 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 over 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 several days. 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 and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). 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) 03:40, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

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 over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated, 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. WilliamH (talk) 21:08, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Kelvin Darnell Martin mugshot.jpg
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 15:14, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

File source problem with File:Kelvin Darnell Martin mugshot.jpg
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