User talk:KC109/Archive 3

School of St. Mary (Lake Forest, Illinois)
You should be aware that the article was deleted before as non-notable. AnteaterZot (talk) 23:29, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks, but the school is recognized as one of the top primary schools in the nation.KC109 22:25, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * What I meant was; be sure to have reliable, third party sources in your article that show that the school is notable. The fact that it was deleted before means that people will take a dim view of a new article without citations. AnteaterZot (talk) 22:29, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I will put those in once done; I am the leading member of the school special team working to revamp the whole thing.KC109 22:34, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Cool. AnteaterZot (talk) 22:35, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Did you put that information in there?

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How to get vandals blocked

 * 1) Go to WP:AIV
 * 2) Scroll to the bottom of the page
 * 3) Click [edit] where it says User-reported
 * 4) Follow the instructions in the edit source and save the edit
 * 5) An admin should deal with the complaint shortly

Thanks. Ref (chew) (do) 01:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)


 * No problem. I happened to notice that you posted and self-reverted on the subject at one of my watched admins talk pages (watched to protect from vandals, which is appropriate). Rather than perhaps stay in the dark about the process, I thought you would like to become an active vandal-fighter, like I am. I have always found that, if you are absolutely spot-on with the number of warnings you have given to a vandal (generally 4, but less in the case of repeat-after-a-block perpetrators or serial page-blankers), admins deal very quickly with the serious cases. Thanks and good luck. Ref (chew) (do) 23:42, 17 January 2008 (UTC)


 * ;) slυмgυм [ ←→ &#93; 00:23, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Catholicism!


Hello,, and welcome to Wikiproject Catholicism! Thank you for your generous offer to help contribute. I'm sure your input will be much appreciated. I hope you enjoy contributing here and being a Catholic Project Wikipedian! If you have any questions, feel free to discuss anything on the project talk page, or to leave a message on my own talk page. Please remember to sign all your comments, and be bold with your edits. Again, welcome, and happy editing! --Thw1309 (talk) 12:59, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

WP:AIV
I have removed the report you made to WP:AIV concerning vandalism on Gravesend Grammar School. The user you are referring to, while making edits that tend to be counter to WP:MOS are not vandalism per se. Well meaning but incorrect edits should be dealt with through discussion rather than vandalism reports. Trusilver 02:59, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

RE:Adoption
Yes I am, and of course! There is no requirements for adoption, anyone can request to be adopted, and I am willing. Tiptoety talk 19:58, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Great, where are you wanting to start? You can start off quick and move right into creating articles, we can take it a bit slower by going over policies, or you can work on doing some newpage and recent change patrolling (ridding wikipedia of vandals). I am not sure what you are interested in doing here. Tiptoety  talk 20:05, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, i notice that you have already been doing a little of that on your own, do you currently use any tools (automated systems) to do your vandal fighting? Tiptoety  talk 20:08, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, some tools only work with certain web browsers, do you use internet explorer, or firefox? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tiptoety (talk • contribs) 20:12, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure can. Tiptoety  talk 20:17, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, I am available for a short period of time. As i was saying, there are not too many good vandal fighting programs that can be used with internet explorer, so you will just have to revert them manually by using the Undo button. Tiptoety  talk 02:49, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Why don't you read up on the blocking policy and the banning policy, then tell me what the difference between the two is, then we can actively get to some vandal fighting! Tiptoety  talk 03:00, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

User:F9T/WikiCup
Hi, just to inform you, you're going to have to change your country as it has already been taken. Thanks.  Sunder land 06   20:57, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Your recent edits
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Rollback
Thanks for rolling back vandalism here. --Uncle Ed (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 17:02, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Autograph book
Thank you for singing my Autograph book. Really appreciate it. Cheers, L  A  X  20:58, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

East Lake
Hi KC, the article was proposed for deletion, and no one opposed the "prod" for the allotted time, so it was deleted according to the policy I just linked you to. I'd be happy to undelete it if you'd like to work on it, but only on a couple conditions: first, you need to provide references to reliable sources, per the very fundamental verifiability policy. It shouldn't be hard to do. Just link to them on my talk page or something, then I can give you the article and you can work on it in your userspace (that is, any page beginning with User:/... such as User:/Sandbox). The other condition is that you read WP:SCHOOL and try to figure out if this school meets the proposed guideline. See, Wikipedia has requirements about how notable a subject has to be before it can be included, and the general feeling is that elementary schools aren't notable unless there's something special about them. Admittedly, it's just a proposed guideline, not a real one, but it should give you an idea of what you're looking for in terms of notability. The real guidelines would be WP:N or maybe WP:ORG. But really what it comes down to is the sources. If you can provide those, the article will most likely be kept. But you should understand that every single fact in the article needs to be attributable to a reliable source; no original ideas (those that haven't been published before) are allowed in articles. Don't hesitate to leave me a message on my talk page if you have any questions or need anything, I'm always glad to help. Peace, delldot   talk  05:27, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

RFA
, Thank you for your support in my RFA which passed 43/0/1. I would like to especially thank Bibliomaniac15 for being my nominator and admin coach. I would also like to thank Rudget for being my co-nominator. I'm sure that I can live up to the community's expectations as an administrator, and not totally mess everything up. Thanks again for your support! Malinaccier (talk) 17:11, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

peer review
I was wondering if you could take some time out of your schedule to head over to the Heroes (TV series) talkpage and give us an honest peer review. The page has gone through some major changes in the last few months, and it would be fantastic if a prominent editor/contributor like yourself, could head over and give us at the Heroes Wikiproject some sound opinion and ideas on improvements for the page. We have all worked very hard at improving the page, and we need great outside, reliable and trustworthy users to come over and help us improve. I you are interested in joining the peer review discussion with other prominent users/contributors, much like yourself, please follow the link. Thank you very much for your help and your continued effort to improve Wikipedia and its quality! Peer review/Heroes (TV series)/archive2--Chrisisinchrist (talk) 05:49, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou!
Thanks very much for the barnstar :) --Farosdaughter (talk) 23:23, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

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Removal of comment
Any reason? . Thanks. Atabek (talk) 00:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_arbitration/Ehud_Lesar/Workshop. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 00:58, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Userpage vandalism
Thanks, I appreciate that. Best, Keilana | Parlez ici 03:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Me too thanks!-- Antonio Lopez (talk) 03:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Me three! Thanks for the help! --Calton | Talk 14:33, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Cassie Bernall
Responding to your post on my talk page.

Hi there! The information you are discussing is cited and, as such, I would advise against removing it. Although I am not very well-versed in the subject, I do know that removal of this information is not advisable. Might I suggest a look at Controversial articles. This should provide you with some suggestions for describing both views of the incident and maintaining wikipedia's Neutral point of view. Happy editing! -- omtay 38  00:47, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi KC109, I don't recall ever interacting with you and I was quite surprised to see you add an accusatory comment to my talk page. From your edit I take it that you hold a point of view that is sympathetic to the martyrdom of Bernall. My interest in the article is purely academic, I am more interested in the investigation of the incident and the proliferation of Bernall's mother's account in Christian communities and secular media than the moral implication of her alleged statement. It was difficult to accurately represent views described by conflicting sources. Quite a few editors worked on verifying the facts and claims presented in Bernall's article and it currently reflects information supported by personal testimonies, investigative journalism, and official reports of a criminal investigation. It was both a pleasure and a challenge to collaborate with other editors in crafting an accurate and neutral article.

You may not agree with the analyses presented by some of these sources, as a reader you are welcome to dismiss portions of the article or interpret it in any way you see fit. As a Wikipedia editor, you have an obligation to abide by Wikipedia policies - specifically WP:V, WP:RS and WP:NPOV. It was inappropriate for you to blank sourced sections of this article with no prior discussion and it should come as no surprise to you that your edit was reverted. If you take issue with any part of the article, you should bring it up at Talk:Cassie Bernall. Cheers, ˉˉanetode╦╩ 15:51, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi, I just saw your comment on Tiptoety's page about this section. I think, you should first ask the person who placed the warning, and ask them to give reasoning for their comment, ask them to remove it. But, I've been told that you are allowed to remove warnings from your talk page. I was told that here. And, I see you are on the Counter vandalism unit. Would you agree vandalism is rather high at the moment? Steve Crossin (talk) 02:29, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Adoption
Hello KC109, just making sure that you are still interested in going through with the adoption process? If so, please read WP:BAN and WP:BLOCK and clearly explain the difference to me, then we can get to work with some vandal fighting methods/techniques. Cheers, Tiptoety  talk 18:13, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

V-day
Thanks for that, it is much appreciated! Hope you have a good one too! Cheers, Tiptoety  talk 05:56, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

RfA Coaching
Greetings, I just noticed that you had a request for Admin Coaching on the Admin Coaching Page. I have removed the request because you are not ready to become an admin. Please see the general guidelines for what most people are looking for in an admin here or my guidelines. If you don't know what your edit history looks like, please check out Kate's Tool. I encourage you to come back to the coaching page when you get closer to being qualified for adminship.Balloonman (talk) 05:43, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * If we continue our adoption process, then later you will be ready to request admin coaching. Tiptoety  talk 05:56, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm a freak who needs a life
Thank you, the same to you. B 110  communicate (that means talk)  01:01, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Do you want me to count it as vandalism, or put it under the "Just say hello bar?" (I'm redecorating the page, and I'm making two sections) B 110  communicate (that means talk)  03:22, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Please stop
Please stop adding the featured template to articles that aren't featured. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 02:35, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * They aren't any more; look at the article history on the talk pages. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 02:38, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Please stop now; if you don't know how to read and understand articlehistories on talk pages, I can guide you through it. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 02:40, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Adoption
Hey KC109, I completely understand if you are unable to continue with the adoption process at this time, and for that reason I am going to be letting you go. If you still have an interest in adoption, drop me a note and I would be happy to pick up from where we left off, if not, come back later and drop me note when you are, Cheers. Tiptoety talk 05:01, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

A sincere question
Why do you say I was vandalizing ClueBot's page? What I really was doing is just only leaving him a serious message which I expected a soon response as I do with this message I am leaving you. As you can see, I am a pretty unconventional vandal as I will never use profanities in my messages; I will never sink my level to that of a common Wikipedian you know. Finally, I have to say your act was considered very agressive by me as you have eaten meat recently, pretty funny you are a Catholic and it is Friday!

201.143.242.228 (talk) 02:10, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:Point taken
I'm really glad that there is someone who is comprehensive here. You know, there was a person out there not brave enough and used his/her (I really don't want to know this) bot. Cowardice is just pityful this days. Oh, I almost forgot about the meat! I am like a detective.



Sincerely, 201.143.242.228 (talk) 02:25, 23 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Hahaha! You know? You are a pretty kind person and I congratulate you because you made me since right now a good wikipedian. I will never vandalize any page anymore. But I will continue to denounce all the Islamic crimes as soon as I can.


 * I now have a conclusion about this: You did not eat meat. It was just my imagination.


 * Freedom Holmes (talk) 02:45, 23 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I have never agreed the NPOV stuff because of its repressive nature. But as a good wikipedian I am now, I'll follow it. Just remeber the images of horror. And I will not favor any religion, just will crush Islam or any religion within a goverment. Religion must be separated from government. Or else...


 * NOTE: This is not my website, is just a blog article that shows the horror of the crescent and star religion. This as a result of my investigations.


 * PS:Is just horrible Muslims are starting to infest our freedom-principled countries. Islam is not and never will be compatible with civil rights and liberties.


 * Freedom Holmes (talk) 02:56, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:February 2008
Hi, I'd just like to point out that I didn't vandalize the article, I reverted it. User:71.217.183.227, who I warned is the culprit. Samuell Lift me up or put me down 23:41, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Adoption!
Glad to see that you are back and ready to get started. I have sense created a more structured lesson system, which you can find here. Feel free to get started with the classes and do not hesitate to ask me questions. Cheers, Tiptoety  talk 20:18, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Good work! I have shown you which you got correct on my user talkpage. Tiptoety  talk 03:22, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar!
Hey, thanks for the barnstar and I'm glad you enjoyed the section. (you know, sometimes I wonder if anyone other than me ever reads that or not...) So again, thanks a lot!! Happy editing! Thingg &#8853; &#8855; 00:47, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

SBS FAC...
Hi there. Please see the discussion at Featured article candidates/Sunday Bloody Sunday (song) - what do you want to do? thanks--Merbabu (talk) 01:16, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Roman Catholic Church
Thanks for your kind vote of support for this FAC. I enjoyed going over your user page, I think you would make a great admin. I hope it all works out for you. Thanks again! NancyHeise (talk) 14:54, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

4im warnings
Hey there, thanks for your vandal-fighting work! The only thing that's wrong is you using, when you should start out with  , and work your way up to a level 4 warning. Please keep this in mind, and if you need anything, then don't hesitate to contact me. Malinaccier (talk) 22:36, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about it (you're in no type of trouble whatsoever!). Just start a little lower in the future.  Thanks, Malinaccier Public (talk) 15:10, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

RE:
No, when a user removes a warning from their talk page that is not considered vandalism as stated here. When they remove the warning it stands as a sign that they have read the warning. As for misunderstandings, do not continue to revert the users edits who you are in a misunderstanding with (unless it is a clear cut case of vandalism). Instead talk with the user who you are having an issue with, and when all else fails ask for a third party to step in, or report the issue at WP:ANI. I am not finding the warning template that you said was placed on your talk page, did i miss something? Tiptoety talk 02:21, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Done, for issues like that it is best to discuss it on the articles talk page before you remove that much content. Tiptoety  talk 02:25, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * You may be interested in this page: User:Tiptoety/Adoption/KC109. Cheers, Tiptoety  talk 02:27, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Great! I have made the addition. Tiptoety  talk 02:29, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Polish Conspiracy
Oh, so are you doing the Deletion assignment as well? Geez, it's my last assignment. No stealing!. Lol. No, I spotted the page on Huggle, and, its quite obviously nonsense, so, I tagged it. Also, are you on the Counter Vandalism Unit? Steve Crossin (talk) 02:42, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Sleep? That's something I haven't done a lot recently. It's Sunday, 1.45pm here. I slept 5 hours last night 5am-10am). before then, no sleep since thursday. I hate vandals. The sooner CVU is working again, the better. Steve Crossin (talk) 02:48, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Some people clearly have no life. Well, I'd rather deal with real people causing vandalism, rather than a vandalbot :O. I've asked for a StatusBot to be made for CVU's use, so the task force can get working properly again. Steve Crossin (talk) 02:58, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Huggle

 * Hi, I was just wondering, do you use Huggle? If you don't, you should :) Steve Crossin (talk) 23:11, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Glad you liked it
And thanks for the barnstar. Much appreciated! Happy editing, Keeper   |  76   |   Disclaimer  17:33, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the compliment on my username
tyvm 03:32, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Roman Catholic Church
There is a revote on the FA leave comments page of this article. You are invited to reexamine the article and either confirm or deny your previous support vote by voting again. Thanks. NancyHeise (talk) 08:13, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Secret page
Kindly move your secret page out of mainspace. Such games are by tradition accepted in your userspace, but nowhere else. alternatively, I will administratively delete it as housekeeping. DGG (talk) 14:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)--thanks DGG (talk) 05:25, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

The Constant or The Economist?
Will (talk) 16:20, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism Template

 * Hi there, I've downgraded the level to 2. Level one should never be used, ideally, and is generally used only if there is a vandalbot on the loose. Just thought I should let you know. Steve Crossin (talk) 03:08, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiCup
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RE:
Yeah, I decided to come back. I like it! Tiptoety  talk 03:22, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

RE: Sig
New sig or userpage? I can do both for you. T he  C hronic  23:48, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I recommend going for something like my old userpage, it was really quite nice and The Chronic is good at making it. Tiptoety  talk 00:01, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for supporting
Thanks for supporting me in the AIV when you said "this is definently a hoax" or something like that. Also, I'm about your age too.--<font face="Edwardian Script ITC" size="3"> RyRy5 <font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Talk to RyRy   03:56, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

MLK
I commented at WP:GAR that this article has a long way to go. I would encouage more work before nomintating.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 07:28, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Signature
Feel free to steal it. Be warned, however, that it's cursed. -- Sharkface T/C 01:34, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Indeed. But feel free to steal it if it makes you happy. -- Sharkface T/C 01:37, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I will see you around. Wikipedia's a small place. And as for the Award Center, I was only it's keeper. The page belongs to Wikipedia and the greater community. I neither founded it nor currently run it (as it was recently moved over to it's own project page). I was merely it's janitor for a short period of time. But I am glad that you find the page to be useful. -- Sharkface T/C 01:43, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No problemo. -- Sharkface T/C 14:08, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the barnstar mate. <span style="font-family:Papyrus, sans-serif; color:#775ca8;">Rgoodermote  01:43, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Help With Your Page
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Ok! I will get that done. Your page should be done by the end of Saturday. Does that sound good?--Listen to your Princess, dear Wikipedians. (talk) 02:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

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Just a heads up
I thought you might like to know that the Awards Center page has been deleted, along with its newsletter. :(

So, where do we go from here?

To new and even more interesting projects, of course!

As announced in the newsletter, I've been preparing to co-coordinate a large collaboration/competition called Around the World. It was going to be run at the Awards Center, but since that no longer exists, the collaboration will be hosted somewhere else.

Around the World will begin July 15th as planned - it's location will be announced soon.

It'll be a blast. In the competition, participants will be helping to develop over 200 pages (drafts, which will be moved to article space once they are ready), using advanced tools to edit every single one of them!

This is going to be interesting.

And the event shall have awards which are being created specifically for it as we speak!

If you would like me to keep you informed of this and other interesting collaborations I'll be working on and/or organizing in the future, please drop me a note on my talk page, and I'll be happy to keep you in the know.

I look forward to your reply.

Sincerely,

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   21:45, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

I need your feedback...
Which of the following medals looks better. This one:



Or this one:



Which one do you like better?

Please let me know on my talk page.

Thank you.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   21:25, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

What is Around the World?
It's a collaboration!

A collaboration using advanced wiki-tools!

If everything goes according to plan, it will begin on July 15th.

The event is being co-sponsored by Wikiproject Lists of basic topics and WikiProject Geography, and participants will be "traveling" all around "the World" visiting each country online (here on Wikipedia and perhaps beyond) as they apply advanced wiki-tools to improve pieces of the profiles of each and every country on Earth!. Each pass through these pages is a "trip around the World..."

The set of pages we are working on is currently located at WikiProject Lists of basic topics.

Each page presents essential information on each country in a topic outline format, for ease of overviewing and navigating. Most of the topics presented are linkified, which turns these pages into a hypertextual map to material about each country on Wikipedia. When completed, they shall all become part of Wikipedia's contents system.

The pages share a standard format, with the information on each country presented in the same general order. So rather than getting stuck on a single country trying to complete it, each participant works on all 200+ political entities, completing a single data item or detail across all of the pages!

For this they use advanced tools like WP:AWB, Linky, etc. It goes fast, and since others are doing this at the same time, it makes "the World" feel like a beehive, and the participants are its bees. :) The energy is contagious.

And since you are moving from country to country, the tasks make it feel like you are traveling around the world, and you get to learn a little about every country as you do so. This approach also allows for greater efficiency, because by the time you've done 30 or so of a particular item, you've figured out how to finish it faster and more effectively (such as where to find the data or how to make adjustments), and this specialization speeds up development - but more importantly it reduces errors.

The tasks are varied, which adds even more variety to the project. Some tasks are look-ups-and-fill-ins, some are copy and paste, some are image hunts, some are maintenance adjustments, some are link fixing, some are blue-linking (creating an underlying redirect so a link turns blue), some are fact checking, etc.

For an example of what a nearly complete page looks like, see these:


 * List of basic Albania topics • List of basic Argentina topics • List of basic Australia topics • List of basic Canada topics • List of basic Ecuador topics • List of basic Egypt topics • List of basic France topics •  List of basic Germany topics •  List of basic Iceland topics •  List of basic India topics • List of basic Indonesia topics • List of basic Iraq topics • List of basic Republic of Ireland topics •  List of basic Italy topics • List of basic Isle of Man topics • List of basic Israel topics • List of basic Japan topics • List of basic Macau topics • List of basic Mexico topics • List of basic Russia topics • List of basic Taiwan topics •  List of basic United Kingdom topics •  List of basic United States topics

There are only about 200 more pages to go!

During the collaboration, co-coordinators will be standing by, to lend a helping hand to participants, provide instruction and tips on how to use the tools, and help them find what they are looking for. Co-coordinators will also be using advanced tools to inspect the work of participants, and touch it up as needed, or if a task was done wrong throughout, point this out to the participant so he or she can make the necessary corrections.

Co-coordinators are working on the set of pages right now, to familiarize themselves with "the World" so they can help more effectively by the time the main event starts. But there's still lots of preparation left to be done, and we are looking for editors experienced in advanced wikitools who would like to become co-coordinators.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   04:46, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:KC109/Userboxes/Abortion Kills
User:KC109/Userboxes/Abortion Kills, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:KC109/Userboxes/Abortion Kills and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:KC109/Userboxes/Abortion Kills during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Josh Atkins (talk - contribs) 15:28, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Mfd withdrawn. I messed up. I'm really sorry. --Josh Atkins (talk - contribs) 18:06, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Upcoming World Development contest
Penubag has been hard at work developing awards for this project. He has completed a very professional looking medal, and is almost done with a trophy that is truly awesome - both of these awards are visually stunning.

I and a few others have been working steadily on the country outlines that will be the focus of the contest - an outline for every country of the world! They're shaping up nicely. So far, 28 of them have been moved to article space - these aren't complete, but they are complete enough to be made available for readers to benefit from them. The rest of the set still includes temporary data that was generated by template (because it matched most but not all of the countries), and before those lists can be moved to article space, all the temporary data needs to be checked for accuracy, and if incorrect it needs to be replaced with correct information.

The effort on the lists has been on 3 fronts:
 * 1) Working on the lists in article space to complete them so they will be good examples for editors working on the rest of the set (during the contest).
 * 2) Adding or correcting other data (fixing redlinks, filling in blanks, etc.).  The main type of work participants in the contest will be doing.  The reason we're doing this is to get a feel for it, to develop the fastest methods for each type of task, etc.
 * 3) Improving the overall design and implenting changes on all 247 pages, whether in article space or not.

There has been some opposition to us running the contest based on edit counts or iterations. The concern is that we should reward quality work and not quantity, for fear of crappy edits done quickly without thought just to earn an award. I pointed out that the collection of pages are drafts in the Wikipedia namespace (therefore posing no danger to article space) and that most of the work needs to be done with power tools like AWB and Linky (which are specifically designed for repetitive volumnous work), but the reply was that we shouldn't set the precedent of rewarding barnstars for numerically-based tasks, and implied the threat of continuously MfD'ing the contest if we attempted to do so (like they did with the Awards Center - I was very surprised and disappointed that participants didn't step up to defend it). So we need to be careful in determining what exactly the awards will represent, and how they will be awarded.

Since rewarding iterations (passes with AWB on all of the pages in the set) are out, we really don't need the globe-in-stand (award we were working on) anymore. Two awards should suffice.

Once we get started with the contest, I'd like to kick the whole thing off with a round of medals for those dedicated few who have worked hard on the project so far.

What do you think of all of this?

Your comments and suggestions are most welcome.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   00:31, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Country outlines project update - 2009/03/08
Remember "Around the World"?

Well, we've been around the World, and around again (virtually speaking, on Wikipedia), on this project.

Things have been slowing down again, so it's time for a big push...

We've gone live
This project needed a shot in the arm. Also, its draft pages have been littering Wikipedia's categories for months. The time seemed right to move all the country outline drafts to article space.

WHAT???

Well, the drafts had been sitting in Wikipedia space for a year.

WHAT???

Development has been moving at a snail's pace and we could use the help of the Wikipedia community at large (who are more likely to find these if they are in article space).

WHAT???

Yes, we've gone live. :)

This puts pressure on us to get the blatantly incomplete elements of these outlines done. The only glaring problem is the government branches sections. These need to be corrected ASAP.

I've mentioned THE GOVERNMENT BRANCHES SECTIONS many times to many people over the past year, but the problem just doesn't seem to have been taken seriously. So let me put it another way:

HELP!!! I need your help on this now. Almost all the countries have a government with an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch. The links for these branches need to be completed for each country outline:


 * Here's a convenient list you can use WP:LINKY on to access and edit these quickly. Please copy the list's link to the top of your talk page so that you can access it easily.

If you spot any standardization in links, and ways we can automate parts of this process, or for groups of countries that have links in common, please let me know!

Administrative support for outlines
There has been growing pressure on me to write up the administrative pages for outlines - their instructions, guidelines, etc. Therefore, I'm now in the process of composing these. Fortunately, it is mostly a matter of gathering material from messages I've written to you guys over the past year. Still, this is taking up most of my time, and I will be buried in these for the foreseeable future.

Traffic control
The next big task after the government branches sections are cleaned up is link support for the outlines.

There's quite a list of links and notices that need to be put in place around Wikipedia, providing access to them to readers, and alerting editors to the need to develop and maintain these pages. This will keep our bot people very busy (and happy).

But the most important thing right now is to get the government branches sections completed. So please, put your bots aside, roll up your shirt sleeves, and start typing.

Thank you.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   03:23, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

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Contest proposal
A proposal has been posted for a contest between all 200 country WikiProjects. We need to know how this contest should be run, and what problems to look out for. And we're looking for judges, coordinators, ideas, and feedback.

(And we have some really cool awards for the contest).

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   18:23, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:KC109/Userboxes/Abortion Kills
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Thanks for the help Jack! Bmanpa (talk) 03:28, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

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