User talk:Mailer diablo/Archive 52

Re: Editor review
Thanks for reviewing my edits. I have replied to your review at Editor review/Surajt88‎. Cheers. Suraj T  17:34, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Shifted Info from History of the Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)
Hi,

You mentioned in the edit history of History of the Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) that you have shifted the MRT disruption incident. However you did not indicate it's new location and I would like to find out where is it? ♠♠ BanëJ  ♠ ♠ 15:49, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

quadrant as contributors to Aboriginal history
It would be un fortunate for wikipedia to lose credibility on Aboriginal issues by allowing Quadrant to write about subjects they are openly bias about, Quadrant have been engaged in whats called "the history wars" for a long time, the methods used by Quadrant writers is very narrow focused on records alone and ignoring/devaluing any evidence as required to achieve the outcome they want to advocate, Im not in a position to challenge professional writers and thinks publishing the truth goes beyond who's the better writer or who can argue better, this is the second time I have sent an email concerned about the information a genuine person may get from reading bias materials, or the impact on A young confused Aboriginal trying to get information, I am going to continue to follow up the issue of Quadrant dominating the Aboriginal issues within Wikipedia while activly advocating a bias view of Aboriginal Australian history, A copy of all emails will be sent to the head office in America highlighting the effect this has on Wikipedias reputation as a non-bias source of information within Australia, although most of whats published on Wikipedia on Aboriginal Australians issues is mostly accurate I would encourage Wikipedia (national and international) to distance their web site from any political players with vested intrests, I will continue to contact wikipedia directly as it would be impossible to challenge professional writers that get payed to write about history and have access to records the public cant see, I love Wikipedia and cringe when Quadrant are dominating public opinion about Aboriginals, I look forward to a reply and hope I can continue to direct people to your site when researching parts on Australian/Aboriginal histories.

Thanks refer to email — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.128.244.114 (talk) 03:08, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Your input is needed on the SOPA initiative
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Proposal to shut down WP Geographic Coordinates & ban coordinates on wikipedia articles
This means you. --Tagishsimon (talk) 11:57, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

You've got mail!
SarahStierch (talk) 22:08, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Betacommand 3 needs your votes
You are listed as an active Arbitrator in the Betacommand 3 case, but you have yet to vote on any remedies. I understand that you may be busy with other concurrent cases, but at this point a wide spectrum of remedies have been put up for consideration. ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 08:13, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I have no stable Internet access for today, hopefully when its up tomorrow I'll finish it up. Please accept my apologies. - Mailer Diablo 08:53, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry to be a buttinski here, but could you voice an opinion on #6 as well. I'll be honest in that I don't care which option you choose. I think it is far better that this ArbCom issue be closed than continue to linger. Any option you pick will help us determine an outcome sooner rather than later. Thanks in advance! Buffs (talk) 21:24, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! 70.115.252.108 (talk) 15:54, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Politics in the Wikipedia
Hi,

I've been going round and round the wiki looking for the exact process to use to report what might be a speedy deletion, but I haven't found the editing information that I might use, so I ask you.

This article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Cancer_Research_Act

sounds dandy, except it is not about political history or Cancer. It is a political article supporting an upcoming California ballot measure involving a tax increase of which the majority of voters will not be paying one penny for. I believe, though the authors are being careful not to do so, that it is a Soapbox article without presenting any side to the issues presented but that of the authors who may very well be using Wikipedia's clout to freely promote their measure against the Rights of the Citizens in the Minority who will be affected and who stand no chance of defending themselves in the voting booth but for the mercy of the unaffected majority (often not likely), while the promoters may (they usually do) have a conflict of interest due to potential financial enrichment in their favor (as we say in California).

I will remind you that the Wikipedia guidelines do not support political causes, or taking sides.

Thank you, slearwig — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slearwig (talk • contribs) 11:59, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Mail
Steven  Zhang  Join the DR army! 07:09, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Grand Area article
I noticed you were responsible for deleting the Grand Area page on wikipedia by putting it up for 'proposed deletion'.

May I ask why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.209.108.174 (talk) 08:12, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi, I am working on a draft page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tcgriffin/Grand_Area. I was wondering what was the issue with the previous page? --Tcgriffin (talk) 15:27, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Wee Shu Min elitism controversy for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Wee Shu Min elitism controversy is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Wee Shu Min elitism controversy until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 11:16, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Teahouse updates
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The Teahouse is Open!
Hi Mailer diablo! Great news: The Teahouse is open for business! We're ready to start inviting new users, answering questions and inspiring one another. If you haven't already taken a look at the links provided in the most recent Teahouse update, posted on your talk page, please do! Don't forget to add yourself to the Host page if you haven't already. What's next? Inviting hosts and reporting your invitation information. See you at the Teahouse! SarahStierch (talk) 18:51, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
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Talkback
TransporterMan ( TALK ) &#124; DR goes to Wikimania! 21:36, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:Grahame/S
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Teahouse ping!
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The Tea Leaf - Issue One - Recent news from the Teahouse
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Traditional Britain Group
Hello. I am young (22) and new to Wikipedia. I was just about to start a new article page on the Traditional Britain Group when a thing popped up in front of me to say that you had previously deleted one. Please could I ask why that was. It ssems to be a thriving organisation according to various people I meet. It is here: www.traditionalbritain.org Maybe you could reconsider this? Thanks. TomTower (username). — Preceding unsigned comment added by TomTower (talk • contribs) 15:25, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I've starte the talk pag for this recreated article, which hasbeen tagged as needing proper (ie not self-published)cites. These will, as per my comment on the talk page in question, be problematic. They have 'published' press releases, but gained no significant coverage.TheLongTone (talk) 20:56, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Removed your name from active hosts list for now
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Request to userfy a (very) old AfD
Greetings! Zenfolio was deleted at an AfD in 2006. I think that since then it has risen in notability to meet the GNG (ie, ). Can you please userfy the most recently deleted version and any previous non G11/non G12 versions to User:VQuakr/Zenfolio for development prior to community review? In addition, thoughts on whether this really needs to go to deletion review (given the AfD is 6 years old and the closure decision from that time is not in dispute) before being moved in to main space would be most welcome. Thanks! VQuakr (talk) 04:21, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

question about CU
You recently checked an SPI I submitted. I understand IP and whatnot pretty well, and understand how you can confirm the socks I nominated. I dont understand how you found the additional socks that I did not suspect. When you use CU do you get a list of all users in the same ip range or something to compare with? Gaijin42 (talk) 14:51, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

File:Afd-safety.jpg listed for deletion
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Happy Adminship Anniversary
Wishing Mailer diablo a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk about my edits? 00:13, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Two
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UTRS
I confirm that I have requested an account on the UTRS tool. - Mailer Diablo

Kevin McKay page
Hey Diablo,

I was about to create a page for the DJ/Producer/Label Owner called Kevin McKay but I was told to contact you because you deleted it.

Do you think I can create this page? I think his productions deserve to be mentioned in wikipedia, they are being reviewed in all the key dance music places; DJ Magazine, mixmag, Resident Advisor, etc and his production work on both Mylo and Linus Loves makes him an important electronic producer.

Please let me know your thoughts.

Kind regards, Lewiskaelin (talk) 17:48, 24 April 2012 (UTC) Lewis

2 separate messages
You're invited to the Hong Kong meetup on 18 May!

In other news... what do you plan to do with your archives when the Greek letters run out? Deryck C. 09:06, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Modifying of article : Hystory of rail transport in Poland
I was reading the above informative article for curiosity when wanted to try to tidy up the English as the contents was good but obviously written by someone not too familiar English in especially railway terms. As an Italian speaker, who has lived and worked in UK as student and then an engineer for 30 years, I realized that he was "Anglicizing" his mother tongue. Eg: he did not seem to know about superheated steam as the English for steam at temperatures about boiling point. Correctly in the article Mr. Schmitt is mentioned regarding superheated steam. I edited this section as saved it checking for the end result. Then I moved to the next paragraph about 5 driving axles Prussian freight locomotives to correct it (for example I replaced "class" for "series" etc.  however when I saved this paraph the last sentence about "war locomotive" wasn't being saved neither in the previous version nor in mine.  WHY!  I appreciate that a reference digit was there complicating matters. COMING TO THE POINT: why did it happen.  I am new to edit and I do it rarely. Thank you in advance for your attention,

Signed FNM600

(also class of Italian electric loco mentioned in the Italian version of wikipedia too) I am sorry but I cannot find the 4 tildes on my Italian keyboard (what ASCII is it?) as it has accented vowels instead! — Preceding unsigned comment added by FNM600 (talk • contribs) 03:56, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:SGcurrency.jpg
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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Cosplayot1h
I'm slightly confused by your response. Was a CU performed on these accounts? If not, was it because the CUs or stewards decided it didn't warrant one, or because of something else? Nyttend (talk) 18:23, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

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Revdel
Someone just revdel'd a bunch of entries at User talk:Malleus Fatuorum and I think it was you (I'm not 100% sure I'm reading the right log). If so, why? If not, can you tell me how to figure out who did? Nobody Ent 15:25, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, but only to redact personal information (as indicated in edit summary). No comment was removed. - Mailer Diablo 15:37, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, understand now, thanks. Nobody Ent 15:43, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Four
Hi! Welcome to the fourth issue of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter for the Teahouse!


 * Teahouse pilot wraps up after 13 weeks After being piloted on English Wikipedia starting in February, the Teahouse wrapped up its pilot period on May 27, 2012. We expect this is just the beginning for the Teahouse and hope the project will continue to grow in the months to come!

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Phishing
I still don't get how it is phishing (and the legal threats just keep coming)!--Deathlaser (talk) 20:57, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, if he did tell me, I would have told you all his User name and he could've been indefed. If he wasn't an admin-why would he tell me to vote in an upcoming RfB.--Deathlaser (talk) 21:01, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Deathlaser (talk) 15:47, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Oversighting
I sometimes wonder about this tool. For example, some 80 diffs seem to be gone just like that. I guess there is no way of removing the information without removing the ability to cite the diffs? Ncmvocalist (talk) 03:23, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for participating in my RFA! I appreciate your support. Zagal e jo^^^ 06:20, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Unusual Correction/Modification
I have been reading the wiki about the The Law Society of Upper Canada. This is the Lawyer's Union in Ontario Canada. I would like to correct some of the statements made, but am unsure what personal documentation needs to be included as proof of my statements. Basically, my input would be an assessment of this Law Society, with my own personal experiences over the last 15 years as proof. This would ensure that others have the full information that they need before hiring an Ontario Lawyer. Much of the info that I would add to their wikipedia info is already posted on the website www.LegalMafia.Blog.com. Can I simply copy & paste my info into their wikipedia page? Should I also add a pdf copy of correspondence from the Law Society to prove my statements? How do I include pdf documents into the wiki info page? 184.148.50.239 (talk) 21:35, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

500th DYK yw
You're welcome. It means a lot coming from the user who, over seven years ago, welcomed me to the site. Daniel Case (talk) 18:09, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Lazy K
I just noticed that on 28 Sep 2006, you deleted Lazy K. The AfD "discussion" is archived at Articles for deletion/Lazy K, but seems to include no discussion or voting, just you deciding to delete it. I started to think "who does this guy think he is!?" then realised the page had been vandalised. You can check the actual discussion in history of course. (Maybe these pages should be permanently locked?)

However, that discussion is itself rather dubious. The article was originally "culled" in a mass deletion of all articles in its category. This was identified as an abuse of process and the deletion was reverted, but then a semi-mass culling was conducted by putting each up on AfD at fairly frequent intervals for short periods (3 days from nomination to deletion in this case.)

In the case of this article, the vote was 1 "keep", 1 "weak delete" (what ever that is) and two "deletes." However, one of the two deletion voters proposes to delete because he cannot understand it, and therefore it must be a joke (he's wrong, it's a real language that happens to demonstrate some obscure and difficult principles of computer science.) Worse, the other deletion voter is an anonym who has never made any other edit, and voted for deletion with a comment that itself seems to be a joke.

Bearing in mind that: I would like to suggest this may have been a mistake. -- 202.63.39.58 (talk) 08:19, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) the article previously sufferred a VfD process here: Votes for deletion/Lazy K which was much more thorough, and came up with a strong "keep" vote;
 * 2) Lazy K is not some kid's silly vanity project, the author is a highly respected academic with an Erdős number of 2, and several other WP articles are either about, or refer to his work: Special:Search/John_Tromp; and
 * 3) the code looks like line-noise not because it's being deliberately silly (like, say, Befunge) but because that's what SKI combinator calculus actually looks like


 * This discussion was done six years ago, which is a very long time. The quality of the article at that time could have been very poor and had no references. Personally, if you are able to recreate the article addressing the concerns in the AfD/VfD with reliable third-party sources that clearly establishes notability and is well-written, I would not object to its recreation. - Mailer Diablo 01:05, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

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The Tea Leaf - Issue Five
Hi! Welcome to the fifth edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!


 * Guest activity increased in July. Questions are up from an average of 36 per week in June to 43 per week in July, and guest profile creation has also increased. This is likely a result of the automatic invite experiments we started near the end of month, which seeks to lessen the burden on hosts and other volunteers who manually invite editors. During the last week of July, questions doubled in the Teahouse! (But don't let that deter you from inviting editors to the Teahouse, please, there are still lots of new editors who haven't found Teahouse yet.)
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 * Phase two update: Host sprint. In August, the Teahouse team plans to improve the host experience by developing a simpler new-host creation process, a better way of surfacing active hosts, and a host lounge renovation. Take a look at the plan and weigh in here.
 * New Teahouse guest barnstar is awarded to first recipient: Charlie Inks. Using the Teahouse barnstar designed by Heatherawalls, hosts hajatvrc and Ryan Vesey created the new Teahouse Guest Barnstar. The first recipient is Charlie Inks, for her boldness in asking questions at the Teahouse. Check out the award in action here.
 * Teahouse was a hot topic at Wikimania! The Teahouse was a hot topic at Wikimania this past month, where editor retention and interface design was heavily discussed. Sarah and Jonathan presented the Teahouse during the Wikimedia Fellowships panel. Slides can be viewed here. A lunch was also held at Wikimania for Teahouse hosts.

As always, thanks for supporting the Teahouse project! Stop by and visit us today!

You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username here. Sarah (talk) 08:31, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

My RfA
Thanks for partaking in my RfA. I'm glad I took my chances and gave it a go. Also, I still remember the advice you gave me several months back when I felt dispirited with my presence on this project. I've been suffering from clinical depression for a number of years (not gonna hide it), and the period from the latter half of 2011 through to the beginning of 2012 was an especially rough time for me emotionally and mentally. I've started on the road to recovery, and come to the realization that Wikipedia (and indeed, the world) is nowhere near as bad as I thought it was.

Anyways, take care. =)  Master&amp;  Expert ( Talk ) 01:10, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

officialese
I was going to create the page but than I realized that you deleted this page in 2007. I have just noticed that similar pages exist for de.wiki (de:Verwaltungssprache) and it.wiki (it:Burocratese)... whoch is quite bizzare because they are two wikis much more selective than en.wiki, really. Just for your information, but considering also that the word appears in more than 24.900 entries on google books, I think that maybe restoring the page in en.wiki will reduce in the future content asymmetries. It will also help to give a more global taste to both current pages in Italian and German, which are too much focused on their language despite indicating with their name a very generic neutral meaning that should apply to all possible existing languages (the titles both mean "bureaucratic jargon"). Just my opinion, I don't have time for a complete "discussion" on the topic, I have just informed you. I won't therefore create any stub page here for the moment.--Alexmar983 (talk) 23:15, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Singapore meetup invitation
Hi there! You are cordially invited to a meetup next Tuesday evening (4 September). Details and an attendee list are at Meetup/Singapore 6. Hope to see you there! John Vandenberg 14:11, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of 5 articles


The article Assan Abdullah Khan, Shazad Khuram Ali, Nabeel Hussain, Cossor Ali and Umair Hussain has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Living person. Arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences then released without charge. No other claim to fame,

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. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 16:02, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Editor review/TheGeneralUser (2) Your review is required and will be greatly appreciated :)
Hi Mailer diablo ! I have started my second editor review at Editor review/TheGeneralUser (2). I will be greatly delighted, thankful and valued to have your review for me regarding my editing and possible candidate for Adminship. I see you also evaluate possible candidates for Adminship as you had chosen to do so on Request an RfA nomination, so do evaluate me too! As you are a experienced and long term Wikipedian so i have asked for your kind review. Take your time to review my editing and give the best review that you can :). Feel free to ask me any questions you would like to on the review page itself. It will be a great honor to have you review me for which I will truly feel appreciated and helpful! I always work to improve Wikipedia and make it a more better place to be for Everyone :). Regards and Happy Editing! TheGeneralUser (talk) 19:46, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Six
Hi! Welcome to the sixth edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!
 * Teahouse serves over 700 new editors in six months on Wikipedia! Since February 27, 741 new editors have participated at the Teahouse. The Q&A board and the guest intro pages are more active than ever.
 * Automatic invites are doing the trick: 50% more new editors visiting each week. Ever since HostBot's automated invite trial phase began we've seen a boost in new editor participation. Automating a baseline set of invitations also allows Teahouse hosts to focus on serving hot cups of help to guests, instead of spending countless hours inviting.
 * Guests to the Teahouse continue to edit more & interact more with other community members than non-Teahouse guests according to six month metrics. Teahouse guests make more than twice the article edits and edit more talk pages than other new editors.
 * New host process implemented which encourages anyone to get started as a Teahouse host in a few easy steps. Stop by the hosts page and become a Teahouse host today!
 * Host lounge renovations nearing completion. Working closely with Teahouse hosts, we've made some major renovations to the Teahouse Host Lounge - the main hangout and resource space for hosts. Learn more about the improvements here.

As always, thanks for supporting the Teahouse project! Stop by and visit us today!

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Nomination of five articles for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the articles Cossor Ali, Shazad Khuram Ali, Nabeel Hussain, Umair Hussain, Assan Abdullah Khan are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether they should be deleted.

The articles will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Assan Abdullah Khan etc. until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the articles during the discussion, including to improve the articles to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the articles.

I'm sorry that the PROD was refused because these articles were previously subject to AfD, so we have to use AfD again. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 10:28, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

International Biometric Group
Hello Mailer Diablo,

I am in the process of creating the wikipedia page for international biometric group. I am just wondering it was deleted in 2006. If possible, may you share the content that was posted at that time ? uiru — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wmaiouiru (talk • contribs) 21:51, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Adopt-a-user
Hi Mailer diablo. I'm leaving you this message because you have previously been involved as an adopter with Wikipedia's Adopt-a-user program. A clean-up of this program is currently underway, and as part of the process I am trying to find out who is and isn't still interested in remaining an adopter.

If you would prefer not to be part of the adoption program anymore, you need do nothing; when the overhaul of the project is completed your name will be removed from the list of active adopters. However, if you have current adoptees, an active adoption school or an interest in adopting in the near future, then please let us know by signing here.

If you want to remain in the project and can currently take on more adoptees, there is a serious backlog at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user; it would be enormously helpful if you could take on one or two of the users there. Please do keep an eye on the project for upcoming changes, we could use your opinions and your help! Yunshui 雲&zwj;水 09:09, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Inotstupid.JPG)
Thanks for uploading File:Inotstupid.JPG. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Hazard-Bot (talk) 04:04, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Grammar in 'no article in Wikipedia' pages
Hi,

Just letting you know that the sentence:

If a page were recently created here, it may not yet be visible because of a delay in updating the database; wait a few minutes and try the purge function

uses incorrect grammar. It's not subjunctive mood, so it's just "If a page *was recently ..."

Regards,

John Buchanan

Zorpia
While reviewing articles in AfC, I came across one called Zorpia. It seemed to be fine, had adequate references, could still use a little work though. I decided it was enough to be accepted, and started to do so. But then I learned that the title Zorpia was protected because of a deletion (and if I read the discussion correctly, some spam of some sort) and I couldn't create the article. I wasn't quite sure what procedure to take to see about creating the page/removing the protection, so I thought I'd contact you; since you seemed to be involved in the deletion. The AfC page is here. Thanks for any help you can offer! CharmlessCoin (talk) 15:22, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

October 2012 Singapore meetup invitation
Hi there! You are cordially invited to a meetup on Wednesday the 31st of October. Details and an attendee list are at Meetup/Singapore 7. Hope you can make it. JVbot (talk) 04:08, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

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Freedom of speech = New WikiProject
Hi there, I'm notifying you as I noticed your impressive work on the GA Quality article, Odex's actions against file-sharing. I've recently gone ahead and created WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech. If you're interested, here are some easy things you can do: Thank you for your interest in Freedom of speech, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:18, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech
 * 1) List yourself as a participant in the WikiProject, by adding your username here: WikiProject_Freedom_of_speech.
 * 2) Add userbox User Freedom of speech to your userpage, which lists you as a member of the WikiProject.
 * 3) Tag relevant talk pages of articles and other relevant pages using WikiProject Freedom of speech.
 * 4) Join in discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Freedom of speech.
 * 5) Notify others you think might be interested in Freedom of speech to join the WikiProject.

question
Curious to know why the english version of this wikipedia article was deleted? http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Area — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.216.99 (talk) 13:05, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Nominate
Hi there. I'm going to apply for administrator status when I remove part vandalism, reporting and requesting deletion of some pages. It would be great to have the features that come with it. So to see if I (perhaps) could be administered, so I just wanted to contact you. Greetings Simeondahl (talk) 18:56, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Re Madrid Links
Thank you very much for your message.

I only added the link in the useful links section because I believed that it was relevant to the article in question. It is not an advert, a way for me to make any money or an attempt to trick the originally collective spirit of Wikipedia.

Obviously I do not understand Wikipedia, as it seems to be the preserved playground of the few. So who exactly polices the police here?

Thanks for taking the time to message me, but I don't think that I will take the time to contribute again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thehitchhikingguru (talk • contribs) 10:02, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Undoing a mistake from 2005
This is a courtesy notice. I'm about to undelete juncture, on the grounds that we made a mistake in 2005 here when we were cleaning up the transwikification backlogs. I'm fairly confident that you have no particular attachment to the notion of this article being deleted, and you probably don't even remember deleting it. &#9786; It was a speedy deletion after transwikification to Wiktionary. So I'm going to get on with the work immediately. Uncle G (talk) 11:57, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Noted with thanks. - Mailer Diablo 06:09, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Hand-coding
Hey all :).

I'm dropping you a note because you've been involved in dealing with feedback from the Article Feedback Tool. To get a better handle on the overall quality of comments now that the tool has become a more established part of the reader experience, we're undertaking a round of hand coding - basically, taking a sample of feedback and marking each piece as inappropriate, helpful, so on - and would like anyone interested in improving the tool to participate :).

You can code as many or as few pieces of feedback as you want: this page should explain how to use the system, and there is a demo here. Once you're comfortable with the task, just drop me an email at and I'll set you up with an account :).

If you'd like to chat with us about the research, or want live tutoring on the software, there will be an office hours session on Monday 17 December at 23:00 UTC in. Hope to see some of you there! Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 23:24, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Query
Hi. Can you possibly tell me the correct email address for asking that content be removed from an article due to it being proprietory information? I can't figure it out from here. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 17:47, 20 December 2012 (UTC)


 * If it is non-public personal information or correspondence, request for Oversight is the one you are looking for. Copyright violations go to (DMCAs are a bit special, they go here.) - Mailer Diablo 06:48, 21 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 07:23, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Presenting HK's status
Mind sharing with us your two cents (at WP talk:WPHK)? 14.0.208.97 (talk) 01:27, 28 December 2012 (UTC)