User talk:Matthew Yeager/Archive 3

FEN
Researching Solution Hi Matthew, I understand you wrote the FEN code? I hope you don't mind but I'm trying it on the chess diagram at wikibooks. See template here. There are two concerns I have. One is that the blank board position I think should be 8/8/8/8/8/8/8/8 and not 87654321/87654321/87654321/87654321/87654321/87654321/87654321/87654321, although perhaps I misunderstand FEN. The next issue is the FEN string when shown can be so long that it exceeds the board width. The string width thing is perhaps okay, because it's optional to see it. ChessCreator (talk) 00:17, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey Matthew
Researching Solution I just wanted to let you know that I am not dead. I have been using Wikipedia a lot in the time I've been "gone", and also made a few edits. However, these edits have been anonymous, as I find it tedious to log on everytime I see a single typo to correct. That's why I often just correct the typo anonymously. I am seriously considering creating a page for my IP which links to my userpage, but I mostly use Wikipedia at school, where I have a very dynamic IP. Cheers man, hope you're doing good, Bobber0001 (talk) 18:27, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Yea I've been fine, thanks. We just got a new teacher at school who seem have have some sort of personal crusade against Wikiepdia and it's credibility. I pointed out that Wikipedia has fixed numerous errors that still are in Encyclopædia Brittanica, but he refused to believe it, since I also found the aforementioned piece of information on Wikipedia... Anyways, I was just about to add something to Liquorice root, so I'm off! Bobber0001 (talk) 13:19, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

There, done. Go check it out and correct my vast amount of errors and mistakes. Also, could you help me archive my talk page? It's getting rather huge. Thanks! Bobber0001 (talk) 13:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey!
Hey dude, how is that bot of yours coming? Tiptoety talk 23:03, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Great! Yeah, we have not been archiving them, but just removing them by hand when the time comes along to do so. Though, an archive might not be a bad idea. Tiptoety  talk 05:01, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Gerald Guterman help?
Dear Matthew, could you kindly assist with Gerald Guterman? The user NetHistoryBuff5, a newbie, seems personally invested in seeing a saccharine bio, not a WP article. He or she has ignored all requests to clarify his/her relationship to Guterman, but has no other WP interests. Strongly smells of COI.

Also, I edited the piece to include ALL of NHB5's additions, but NHB5 just kills this long version every day, opting for the shorter and sweeter version. Other editors have added citations from the NYTimes and a noted economist, but NHB5 calls them "slanderous." S/he refuses to make individual edits, prefering instead to just revert back to the short and safe piece s/he likes best. 3RR has become 10RR. I don't know what to do. Please help. Smilo Don (talk) 03:35, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

People ganging up to disrupt an article
Hi,

I found you at Editor assistance. If you can spare a few minutes of your time helping out at Indo-Aryan loanwords in Tamil, I would be thankful.

I am developing an article on words borrowed by  Tamil from Indo-Aryan languages. I am citing a standard authoritative lexicon from which I find the words that are borrowed before including them at Indo-Aryan loanwords in Tamil. There are a few people who seem to be intent in damaging the article by adding "cite" tags, "disputed" and "dubious" tags for the article and threatening to delete it within 24 hours.

Could you please help?

Thanks. ­ Kris (talk) 19:07, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

AAU reminder notice

 * Notice delivery by xenobot  14:27, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

October 2008
Removed warning, misunderstanding on my part, sorry! Piuro (talk) 03:49, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Brisbane sports teams
No, association football (soccer) is the agreed term for soccer in this country. Just like it is in the other templates. I am reverting it right back to its agreed term. Also aussie rules is a nickname of a sport, not it's real name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.224.3.8 (talk) 07:55, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

TV newser
You left me a message about a link that I took out of the TV Newser article and you put the link back, but that link now goes to a domain spam page and removing it (I actually commented it out with html) was the right thing to do. Could you undo the reversion please? Thanks. 67.117.147.133 (talk) 09:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Just wondering, but its a bit pointless edit warring over a template, specifically Template:Brisbane Sports Teams, that is not actually used by any Wikipedia page. --Falcadore (talk) 20:55, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, you see edit warring wasn't the important part of the message I left you. The important point is that the template involved was not in use. --Falcadore (talk) 23:04, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

I am trying to update the entry for Last Holiday to reflect the correct cast list. The page has already been vandalized and I was trying to fix that. If you can see a log of my changes, they can be checked against IMDB at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408985/ to see that I have no malicious intent in mind, I just don't won't people to believe that Chef Didier is played by Francisco Vagina. --130.13.111.34 (talk) 03:25, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey
This Edit was not intentional. Sorry for that. I'm recently working on the discography of Jay-Z in the German Wikipedia and just wrote the note in the wrong window.--Greetings from Germany, 84.143.179.80 (talk) 14:08, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Now I finally signed up in the English Wikipedia.--Don-golione (talk) 14:19, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Warn Users
Hi Matthew,

Your recently reverted sever edits by 203.122.239.204 without putting warnings on the users page. Note that users that arnt warned, cant be blocked, or the block wont stand to oppisition if carried through.  « l | Ψrometheăn ™ | l »   (talk) 04:38, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
for getting involved and reverting the vandalism to my user page. Double Blue (Talk) 05:31, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Userpage protection
Matt, in light of all the vandalism hitting your page (see Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents too), if you want your user page semi-protected, just pass me a note. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 05:47, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry didn't see this note before I went ahead and protected your page already (after blocking 3 sock IPs for 1 month and considering that the silliness wasn't about to stop). Let me know if you want it unprotected or if I can help in any other way.-- VS  talk 05:52, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry for not notifying you beforehand. Master&Expert  ( Talk ) 06:03, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No issue at all - thanks for your efforts.-- VS talk 06:05, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Aye, anytime. Master&Expert  ( Talk ) 06:06, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey Matt
Sorry for wasting your time with the ANI thread, I just noticed your talk page under siege. But it seems the problem has been handled. Keep up the good work. :) Master&Expert  ( Talk ) 06:03, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Your talk page link
Just letting you know that your "please leave a comment for me" link loads your entire talkpage above the message box. I'm not sure that was the intended behaviour. Stifle (talk) 08:06, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! This has been corrected. Matthew Yeager  19:50, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thank you for the talk page vandalism revert. I appreciate it much. Cheers, DavidWS (talk) 01:30, 23 October 2008 (UTC) Oh, and here's a little something:

Re: Talk Message
It was SPAM/a link farm... unless I messed up somewhere =x Taphilo (talk) 02:35, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * thanks. Taphilo (talk) 02:39, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Welcome Back!
Hey Matt, great to see you back editing teh wiki! Tiptoety talk 19:26, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

More "city. country" redriects
Just a heads-up:. Thank you. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 20:18, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Re:Bot
§hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  03:27, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Just curious how things were going with the table? Hope I don't seem like I'm prodding you, just curious!  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  19:39, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Krusty Gets Kancelled
Thank you. Cirt (talk) 21:05, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Restoring vandalism
Here, you restored vandalism rather than removing it. -- IRP ☎ 23:02, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

shorten diesel engine  was wanted by editors.Wdl24.146.23.84 (talk) 01:00, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm back!
Hi Matthew! I've dusted off my Wikipedianism and jumped full-on into an area I barely understand! I'm developing a new wikiproject, and that means subtleties of templates. The project's template is sufficiently complex in its simplest form that I have nary a clue why it doesn't categorize pages that it's put upon. Is this something you can help guide me on?--otherlleft (talk) 19:42, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Well that's a cool way to help out!--otherlleft (talk) 20:55, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

WP:ACC
I noticed you (or another user claiming to be you) have recently requested an account for the ACC tool on the toolserver. Please can you verify that you did make this request, by replying here, or on my talk page. Thanks. :-)  Stwalkerster [  talk  ]  22:36, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi! Your request for an account on the tool has been approved. Please ensure you read the site notices when you log in (in the green box below the blue headers). Also, it would be a good idea to read Request an account/Guide as well. Remember that you are responsible for all of your actions on this tool and when creating accounts on Wikipedia - use of an automated tool is not an excuse. If you have any questions, feel free to ask myself, or one of the other tool administrators (list).  Stwalkerster [  talk  ]  23:35, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Error?
Just noticed this edit, in which you accidentally reverted a reversion of vandalism. Nyttend (talk) 03:43, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

(talkback #2) &hArr; &int;Æ S   dt  @ 10:43, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

There was no attack, I was talking about Chris Moyles.

Garry's Law
Hi. FYI, I've reported the speedy tag removal issue at WP:AN, so hopefully someone should stamp on this soon :-) CultureDrone (talk) 15:30, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for protecting my page. ^^  II MusLiM HyBRiD II Ja Ja Ja Ja Ja  16:26, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Why did you revert my comment and call it vandalism? slipgrid (talk) 18:10, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Smile


Andy (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. you always keep beating me to the vandals. Ha ha! Andy (talk) 19:34, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Your bot request
Hi Matthew_Yeager I wanted to let you know that Bots/Requests for approval/Jager_Bot is labeled as needing your comment. Please visit the above link to reply to the requests. Thanks! --BAGBot Talk 19:40, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Wasn't Danny Seraphine born and raised on the Northwest side of Chicago. I think he attended St. Priscilla grammar school which is located about 70000 W. on Addison Street. I don't know about "Little Italy" which is around 18th and Taylor.

advice on writing style
Hi there. I noticed you were willing to volunteer to help out other Wikipedians. I need another pair of eyes, or some copy-editing if you can spare some time.

I have been working on an article called Grand Theft Auto clone. I recently completed a peer review, where a few wording and organizational changes were suggested. I followed through on all of them. I nominated the article for good article status, and it failed. The reviewer stated that the article frequently goes off topic and has serious grammatical issues. This is pretty out of step with what the peer review indicated.

I don't doubt that the article needs some polish to get to GA status (I was expecting an "On Hold" review)... but I'm left scratching my head about how to improve it. It's hard to reconcile the "instant fail" grammatical and organizational problems with the generally positive peer reviews. I think the most helpful thing right now is a set of eyes who isn't particularly experienced with the topic. If you don't have time to help with copy-editing, even a quick read with 3 tangible suggestions would be extremely helpful. See Talk:Grand Theft Auto clone, whenever you can find a moment. Randomran (talk) 21:35, 8 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks again! Those comments are quite clear, and give me a lot to work with. I'll start on it soon. Randomran (talk) 17:26, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

HELLO.

Halloween userbox
Matthew, the Halloween userbox is kinda driving me nuts. I can't make it not categorize WP:BOO. I thought the use of would have done that but I guess I thought wrong. Would you look at the project page and let me know what you think?--otherlleft (talk) 13:06, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

FA Goal
I have started a discussion thread about getting the Halloween article up to FA status. Your comments and participation are most welcome.--otherlleft (talk) 17:00, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

RE: ACC
That account seems to have been created by the user himself (see here). Whereas, if somebody else had created it, it would look a bit different (see this example and note it says that I created the account). Hope this helps. - Rjd0060 (talk) 01:29, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * As I noted on Rjd0060's talk page: I had intended to create the account, but was unable to as the server told me it was already in use. I meant to choose 'taken' in ACC, but apparently did not and I had some minor ISP issues until recently so I was unaware of the error. I am about to sleep, thus if ACC should be updated to reflect that I had not actually created the account I politely ask that you do so for me. Cheers!Nja247 (talk • contribs) 01:50, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

thanks for nothing

Re:Bot 2
You seem to get a lot of messages, so I'll move my message down here. Thanks. §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  03:13, 13 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Just curious how things were going with the table? Hope I don't seem like I'm prodding you, just curious!  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  19:39, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Awesome, thanks for your time. §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  03:17, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism
I can't block him, you probably can. . Outrageous.Yachtsman1 (talk) 06:41, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Makin' a mess!
Hi Matthew!

I've made a jolly good mess of my user page, and would like your advice on fixing it. I intentionally left it a disaster because I want to learn how to monkey about and I thought you might understand what I was trying to do if I left it.

So, rather than fixing it for me (which I know you can!) can you point me in the right direction for getting those boxes squished a bit so they all fit?--otherlleft (talk) 16:14, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

i was noting faulty information. there is no creditable evidance that shows that this planet is 25 million years old, let alone a bugs exoskeletion.

Natalie Zea
You should not have reverted my update on Natalie Zea, the information is accurate and verifiable. I provided two sources. 86.43.216.73 (talk) 04:13, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Newbies
Just thought I'd weigh in on the vandalism tag you put on User talk:86.43.216.73. It doesn't look like the user was deliberately vandalizing the page -- rather, I think this user might be unfamiliar with policy. I know it's tempting to put vandal tags on edits like this, but sometimes a more personalized message can help prevent further damage to the article. No big deal.  Graymornings (talk) 04:25, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Matt,

I have a quick question regarding my http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redemptorists_of_Australia_and_New_Zealand article. I noticed that "A major contributor to this article or its creator appears to have a conflict of interest with its subject." After reading the terms and conditions I honestly do not know why an editor would have an issue with this article. Could you inform me as to how what needs to be changed or what is the issue wiki has with this article? I will be writting an artice regarding the Redemptorists of Australia alone soon and I would like to know how to do so without breaking the wiki rules.

Merry Christmas
Hi MAtt..... Wish u and ur family a merry and white Christmas.... happy holidays. Cheers. Sniperz 11 @CS 12:06, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for reverting vandal on my page. It is a sock of an indef blocked editor and I have received a lot of attention from them lately. BigDunc Talk 20:06, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Hey
Remember me? lol I used to be your adoptee. Actually, I believe I still am. lol Oh well, I hope you're doing well. E.M.  talk  ● contribs   17:33, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

ACC tool
Hi there. Just wondering as you have the account creator flag would you like to help out on the Account Creating Tool? If you already have an account then please tell me as your on wiki user name may be set incorrectly. The reason you received this message is because your name is listed here. Please get back to me on my talk page. -  ·Add§hore·  T alk /C ont 17:27, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, Users cannot acctually fix this themselves so I have fixed it for you :). Thanks for the reply.  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 09:25, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Re:ACC
I apologize I realized I had forgotten when I saw you had reserved it (after I had created it). Guess I kind of jumped at it since every time I log on there is almost never any requests. Thank you for telling me!  Marx01  Tell me about it 03:44, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Bornmann: Here we go again....
I suspect this is going to be another edit/AUTO war like long ago....the case is coming to trial very soon (the one he's a key witness in) and I expect we'll see a bit of agitation on this and related articles. Isn't imputing libel i.e. threatening legal action libel, a wiki no-no. Nothing's in that article that's not in the sources (and actually more has come out since that could be added, but there are bigger fish to fry like Brian Kieran, Patrick Kinsella, Ken Dobell.....I know you're probably not familiar with BC politics (maybe you're from BC?) but it's a thorny bush with a lot of fruitcake hanging off it...thanks for catching that. Page blanking in lieu of constructive edits is, well, typical.......an original version of the article was completely wiped by sock puppet SPAs, speaking to each other as if they were separate people (which they weren't), and patting themselves on each "other's" back all the while to maintain the facade.....Skookum1 (talk) 00:10, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Do you want this subpage deleted?
Hi. There is something about your page User:Matthew Yeager/AFD which is causing it to appear in CAT:CSD as a page tagged for speedy deletion. If you don't actually want it deleted, maybe you should investigate. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 19:00, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Another user with the same problem has found out something about it - see here. JohnCD (talk) 20:28, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you
Hey, Matthew, I see your last edit was November of 2009, so I don't know if you'll ever read this. I guess I'm just talking to myself, but I wanted to say thank you for a the help you provided me a few years back, especially when things got out of hand with TTN. To be honest with you, I wish I would have had a little more support, especially when I raised suspicions of sock-puppetry. I can really say I’ve never been so discontent with anyone in my entire life, and it's sad that the edit wars and name calling that that came from that editor’s meat-puppets really made me depressed and caused me to leave Wikipedia for two years. I’ve really grown to to abhor all deltionists, but I am so happy that that editor’s last edit was October of 2009. I actually sang “♪Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead♪” when I saw that on the contributions page. (sigh)

I actually got back into editing, but in completely different projects. If you recall, I used to edit a lot in WikiProject Videogames and related projects. One day, for the heck of it, I checked out Jimbo’s contributions, and I saw he edited BLPs. I thought that that must be so boring! Now, I rarely edit works of fiction, and now I'm editing … BLPs! I actually created my first article, Miss Foozie, and the subject was overjoyed with the result. The peer review also went very well.

A lot changed in my life when I quit Wikipedia back in 2008. I moved from Florida back to my condo in Illinois. My then-boyfriend, moved up to Illinois in June after I secured a job. Since he hadn’t come up in time for ACen (Anime Central) in May, I didn’t go for fear of financial burden. I made it a condition of our relationship that if he didn’t truly like anime, then I would break up with him. I told myself that I wanted to take him to a larger convention rather than Anime Reactor that fall, but I later realized that was just a false security, since I knew in my heart we would never reach consensus on the things we loved in life, whether they were safe sex practices, food choices, or whatever; we broke up in January of 2009. I’d been in and out of relationships since then, and I didn’t actually watch any anime or attend any conventions until in the summer of 2009 I forced myself to dig out my old VHS tapes and watch Slayers. I cried because of the pain of bringing out the part of myself I had repressed for so long, because of an editor who was a dick on Wikipedia and a boyfriend who was totally wrong for me making me change myself into someone I didn’t want to be. Even my own brother told me he felt like he didn’t even know who I was anymore. That day I watched those VHS tapes, I remembered the reason I loved anime so much, and I wanted to be that person again. I met another great guy in 2009, and although we broke up this year, he really loved me for who I was, which is what is most important. I started seeing some of my old friends again, and I wanted to see what Wikipedia had to say about one of Chicago’s most notable people men dresses as a woman: Miss Foozie. Do you know what it said?: Nothing. There was no article, so I gathered my sources and began writing. You know, I can honestly say that was one positive thing I learned before 2008 in Wikipedia. All it takes to write a good article is to gather a truckload of good sources and begin writing. It took me two days of editing, but I posted the article in a single edit and put it up for peer review. The review went well, and the reviewer gave me all the suggestions I needed to get it from a C to B assessment. After that, I'll apply for GA status.

Anyway, I wanted to say thanks again for being my adopter, and I wish the best of luck to you and yours. Cheers. Taric25 (talk) 09:44, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Hii
Hi Matthew!

I'm super new in WIkipedia and I was wondering I you can help me out. I'm in a school project and my teacher 1st assigment was to find people to help us. Our objective is to make articles or to edit some articles by the end of the year.

Hope I can count on you.

Thanks, ZairaTheoneinblue (talk) 20:18, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Hello!!
Im very glad you offer your help! So, I think you know that we are making the article street marketing. but i have trouble with this citation. they are all missing de <>, but apart from that, can you tell me what is wrong? hope i can put this message up because i really dont understand WK at this moment.

ref name="Street Marketing"> </ref

ref name="Sobre el Street Marketing” </ref

ref name="MK de guerrilla con notas” </ref

when i put them up in WK where they are suppose to be, it tell me that is wrong. I dont know if i make it clear for you to understands thankss for stoping by anyway!! Theoneinblue (talk) 05:20, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi there
We made a new article as you now called Street Marketing. Please review it, if you have any free time and comment on the talk page. We will be very thankfull for your thoughts. ByeTheoneinblue (talk) 00:50, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Charles Fried
My change to the Charles Fried page was to comport with the following: "When quoting a vulgarity or obscenity, it should appear exactly as it does in the cited source; words should never be bowdlerized by replacing letters with dashes, asterisks, or other symbols." See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style. As such, I've put it back into place.

Thanks.

24.63.250.30 (talk) 05:46, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with your changes as per the Manual of Style. Yet when making changes, try to please cite the material so that others can easily verify the validity of your change. Sorry again for the mix up, hopefully we can avoid that in the future. Matthew Yeager (talk) 05:54, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

List of U.S. presidential relatives
K, tried again with an edit summary, it wasn't vandalism. user:Godo Dodo didn't get the ones I was using in the previous edits, mis-reverted me as vandalism, then suggested I stop the weird edit summaries. Next edit, I forget to use an edit summary at all. And with those few bytes I stuck my foot in something deep and brown and smelly. Hope that's all solved now. Couch on his Head and Smiling (talk) 23:59, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
for the quick reversion of vandalism on my talk page! [Charlie Echo Tango]  05:15, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Biographical information policy proposal
I have proposed a change in policy at [[WT:BLP#Do we need a WP:BILP policy? ]], it should explain what my motivation was. Also sent to some other people: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. &lt;( User:Couch on his Head and Smiling (talk)      )&gt; 06:49, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Billie Piper
That was quick. Or was it auto/bot? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.152.252.113 (talk) 02:45, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Elmo Gideon
Hello, I edited Gideon's page. I'm a personal friend of the family. I have no sources because I was called today to be told of the incident. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.102.237.173 (talk) 06:51, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Editor assistance list
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Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference
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Hello there, Matthew
It's been a while since we last talked. I'd say it's been like... 3 years? Anyway, I just wanted to stop by and say hello. I hope you're doing well. Your adoptee, E.M.  <font color="#FF9933">talk  ● <font color="#FF9933">contribs   09:48, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello! I am doing well, how are you doing? Good to see you still active on Wikipedia! Matthew Yeager (talk) 18:30, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I've been doing fine, I'm about to enter collegue and things sure look exciting in general. The weather's been warm lately and the beach is closer than ever, so this is bound to be a fine vacational period. It's nice to hear you've been doing well, too! <font color="#000000">E.M.  <font color="#FF9933">talk  ● <font color="#FF9933">contribs   05:38, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Documentation for Template:Alice chess diagram
—Kri (talk) 19:13, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

I was an adoptee
Sorry I have been away for so long. I was just looking at my page and I cannot beleive how long it's been since I've contributed. I'm in university now so I will see if I have time. Just thought I'd let you know I didn't fall off the face of Earth ha — Preceding unsigned comment added by FCBAYERNMUNCHEN (talk • contribs) 04:01, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello! Nice to see you around again! Let me know if you have any questions :) Matthew Yeager (talk) 13:26, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

File:Slasher DS1.jpg
I have created a talk page for the picture. Please extend the picture date until administrators answer and question the copyright of the photo. User:NackFinch 18:37, December 7, 2011 (UTC)

Invitation to events in June and July: bot, script, template, and Gadget makers wanted
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I also thought you might want to know about other upcoming events where you can learn more about MediaWiki customization and development, how to best use the web API for bots, and various upcoming features and changes. We'd love to have power users, bot maintainers and writers, and template makers at these events so we can all learn from each other and chat about what needs doing.

Check out the the developers' days preceding Wikimania in July in Washington, DC and our other events.

Best wishes! - Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation's Volunteer Development Coordinator. Please reply on my talk page, here or at mediawiki.org. Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation Volunteer Development Coordinator 20:22, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:41, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:30, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

New deal for page patrollers
Hi ,

In order to better control the quality  of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.

Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.

Find out more about this exiting new user right now at New Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Your access to AWB may be temporarily removed
Hello Matthew Yeager! This message is to inform you that due to editing inactivity, your access to AutoWikiBrowser may be temporarily removed. If you do not resume editing within the next week, your username will be removed from the CheckPage. This is purely for routine maintenance and is not indicative of wrongdoing on your part. You may regain access at any time by simply requesting it at WP:PERM/AWB. Thank you! &mdash; MusikBot II  talk  20:57, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

User scripts Newsletter - Invitation
Hi. Recently, I discovered a passion for created and understanding user scripts on wikipedia, and am planning to create a monthly newsletter about new scripts and related projects (created by anyone, not for simply promoting my own), as well as currently pending user script requests, Wikipedia-related JavaScript tips/tricks, and other related information. This message was sent to you because you are listed as a member of the user script developers category. If you would like to subscribe to this upcoming newsletter, please go to User:DannyS712/subscribe to scripts and add yourself. If you have any questions, please reach out and talk to me. --DannyS712 (talk) 05:22, 23 December 2018 (UTC)