User talk:MacMed/Archives/2011/March

Check Your History
Since you have your account back, see if anything in my edit is of interest. I took the courtesy of deleting it only because of the retired template. And welcome back, glad to see a retired Wikipedian return! =) CycloneGU (talk) 01:55, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Happy First Day of Spring!
Happy First Day of Spring! Just wishing you a wonderful First Day of Spring 2011!

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere and are entering the season of Autumn not Spring then I wish you a happy First Day of Autumn 2011! To spread this message to others, add to there talk page with a friendly message.

The Signpost: 21 March 2011
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Golden Hill ALC, Rochester MN
Hi, I have removed your A7 speedy deletion from this new article as the guidelines make it clear that it should not be used on schools. Please take some time to have another look at WP:CSD. Thanks Fæ (talk) 03:40, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

RFA
I'd like to suggest you un-transclude your self-nom (your call, of course). I don't think it will work since you've been gone so long. People sometimes start holding it against a candidate if their first 2 RFAs fail; maybe if you pull this before anyone votes, people won't count it as a real RFA. - Dank (push to talk) 01:38, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * If a second RFA fails, then maybe I'm not meant to be an admin :D heh. In all honesty, I feel like if people actually look at my contribs rather than edit count, they may see things differently. I had a number of supports last time with 3 months and ~1000 edits. I know what I'm doing, I can use the bit to improve the project, and it's not like I'm gonna go squirrelly and delete the main page. I appreciate your concern, but I'm going to leave it up. I just hope people actually look at what I've done instead of opposing straight off X's tool :) Thanks, MacMedtalk stalk 01:42, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry to tell you that I closed your RfA early. With a tally of 2(including one moral support)/6/0, I'm afraid the chances of it being successful were very slim and the drama of a pile-on oppose is not in the best interests of you or the community. You might find it interesting to read my longer-than-normal rationale for closure and I hope you won't take it too personally. I've seen plenty of third and fourth attempts succeed in my time at RfA. I've even seen a seventh pass. My suggestion would be to spend the next 3-6 months keeping a stable level of activity and making yourself useful around the place. You don't need to average 1,000 edits a month or edit every day without fail, but you need to show that giving you a mop would be a wise investment in that it would be used, and used well. The latter doesn't seem to be in doubt—some of your opposers, including Dank, seemed to say that you were unlikely to use it poorly—but the former is. Do feel free to ping me if you need anything, otherwise, I'll look forward to your next RfA in the summer or early autumn. Best, HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   03:46, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I appreciate your early close. I was planning on withdrawing but you got there first ;) heh. I plan to just carry on as I have been and hopefully take another shot later on. Regards, MacMedtalk stalk 11:30, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd like to echo what HJ Mitchell said above. I saw your RfA soon after it was transcluded, and I had a look over some of your contributions before I checked your edit count - and I saw good stuff. I was going to dig further this morning, but I was too late as it had already been closed (and I think the Opposes were pretty constructive really). I think you are admin material, but as suggested, the problem is really just that there isn't enough recent work for people to be able to inspect. With another 6 months of regular contributions behind you, I'm already pretty convinced I'll be able to support your next RfA. (Oh, and congrats on getting your first-choice university!) -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:17, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Admin coaching
Hey MacMed,

I'm sorry that your 2nd RfA turned out the way it did. The main reason for opposition was exactly as I had anticipated: a Wikibreak that was too recent, too long. But don't sweat it. I've already prepared some new admin coaching exercises at User:MacMed/Admin coaching/AfD. Do them at your own pace whenever you feel inclined to, and I'll provide feedback for each one.

Regards, King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 07:28, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations!
You are now a member of the Abuse response team. Welcome back! —  Ancient Apparition •  Champagne?  • 2:24pm • 03:24, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for welcoming me back into the group :) Regards, MacMedtalk stalk 03:52, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Glad to have you back :) also, an interface is in the works. DQ and EdoDodo are building it, dunno the ETR but probably within hte next year or so. —  Ancient Apparition •  Champagne?  • 7:10pm • 08:10, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

User_talk:Dank/RFA
I'd like to ask some questions about the endorsements idea without distracting from the "Eureka" thread on this temporary talk page. Thanks. - Dank (push to talk) 00:18, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Welcome back
HI there MacMed. I don't think you remember me, but before you went on retirement, you reviewed one of my articles to GA. I just noticed you are back. Have you ever think about joining back with WP:VG? GamerPro64 (talk) 14:44, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I haven't really thought about it and I don't really have any plans quite yet. I wouldn't be opposed to coming back but I'm not sure. How come, is there something you wanted me to do? Regards, MacMedtalk <sub style="color:black;">stalk 20:46, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Not really. I just saw you active again and thought it would be interesting to have you part of the project again. GamerPro64 (talk) 20:57, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to the Wikipedia Ambassador Program
Hi MacMed!

Congratulations! Your application to join the Wikipedia Ambassador Program as an Online Ambassador has been accepted.

First off, I apologize for the following info-dump. If you're wondering how to get started or are wondering what's going on, please contact me.

If you haven't already done so, take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines: Online_Ambassadors/Guidelines

The "mentorship process" section lays out approximately what will be expected of you as a mentor. If you'd like, you can also volunteer to be the coordinating online ambassador for a class or two.

Please add yourself to the top of the list of available mentors, and note the number of students you think you'd like to mentor next term (it doesn't have to be a final answer, this is just to help with matching students and mentors once the students start getting active) and if you'd like to take on the coordination role for any classes note that as well: Online_Ambassadors/Mentors (Don't add yourself to the lower "Additional online ambassadors section; that's for ambassadors-in-training and ambassadors who are already mentoring all the the students they want to take on.)

To coordinate between Online Ambassadors and Campus Ambassadors, we've been using a Google Group as a mailing list. It's not required, but almost all the ambassadors are on it. Would you like me to subscribe you? Email me with your email address if so.

You can catch with what's been going on so far with the first major message this term, with details about what the group should and shouldn't be used for: Wikipedia_talk:Ambassadors

You can also check out the first two ambassador newsletters, which have more detail about what's going on right now. You'll get future editions delivered to your talk page.

If you use IRC, please consider adding #wikipedia-en-ambassadors and #wikipedia-en-classroom to your channel lineup.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 12:44, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 March 2011
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Ready to get started as a mentor?
Hi MacMed. Ready to get started as a mentor? I'm trying to find mentors for each of the groups in the Energy Economics and Policy course. Would you be willing to mentor this student working on "Oil and gas drilling regulations in the U.S." and this group of two working on "US lighting energy policy"? If so, please sign up on the course page and introduce yourself to the students in the group. You should also look over the mentorship process details to see some of the housekeeping details of marking userpages and articles with the relevant templates. If you don't want to mentor these students, let me know so I can find someone else. Thanks!--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 14:13, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * This sounds great. Regards, <b style="color:green;">MacMed</b><sup style="color:red;">talk <sub style="color:black;">stalk 22:02, 29 March 2011 (UTC)