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Thanks for the help with the Lulz Security article
Thanks for all the help with the Lulz Security article. I'm just getting used to writing articles and your help is very much appreciated. Polyquest (talk) 01:19, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

welcoming new users
Thank you for taking on the job of welcoming new users. I would like to let you know that you should only welcome new users who have already made edits. Thanks! Crazymonkey1123 (Jacob) T or M/Sign mine 23:46, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Most welcome templates thank new users for their contributions; that is why you shouldn't welcome users who have vandalized or have not edited. Crazymonkey1123 (Jacob) T or M/Sign mine 23:53, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
 * P.S. The user you welcomed, Ryan123Clarke123, has already started vandalizing. Crazymonkey1123 (Jacob) T or M/Sign mine 23:55, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Crazymonkey1123 (Jacob) T or M/Sign mine 00:05, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

There are other factors as well; some users don't like being welcomed (surprising to me at first, but then I realized I wouldn't really have appreciated a welcome template, either), and given that there is already a welcome-template-esque page after registration, much of the material is duplicated. Also, because most registered accounts never edit, some people believe that welcoming users who haven't edited yet is a waste of server resources, which is one reason we don't have automatic or bot welcoming place right now. I would say that some sort of auto-welcome trial would be nice to see if it actually improves editing rates for new users, but I guess the performance issues make that unlikely. / ƒETCH COMMS  /  22:57, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

I thought I *WAS* editing my user page... RandySteer (talk) 22:48, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Doc Hastings
I don't really understand why you would consider this sentence non-neutral: Hastings is one of the most pro-business pro-jobs representatives in the Congress, according to the United States Chamber of Commerce which  gives Hastings a score of 94 out of 100 based on his 16-year voting record.

While this sentence would be considered neutral: The United States Chamber of Commerce gives Hastings a score of 94 out of 100 based on his 16-year voting record.

Without the introductory phrase, the rating from the United States Chamber of Commerce is meaningless. Is the 94 out of 100 for his work in basketweaving? His excellence in facial hair? Obviously it's not a neutral statement in that it reports the point of view of the USCoC. However, that viewpoint is posted in a neutral way without a long explanation of what the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is trying to rate.

Notice that other paragraphs in the same section also start with brief introductory explanations:

Hastings has strong pro-life views on abortion issues..... Hastings rates low with some union groups

For anyone truly interested they could open up the reference to see Hastings is something like #4 or 5 in the Congress for lifetime rating from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. But I thought that might be too much detail (and subject to fluctuation based on a single vote) for a good Wikipedia entry.

I still feel like the Hastings interest group ratings page is not consistently written. Some of the positive interest group ratings he has received from "Conservative" groups contain an interpretative sentence (i.e. "is one of the most business-friendly representatives"), while the ratings listed by "Liberal" groups simply state the rating without interpretation (i.e. only says "rates low with some union groups"). I think this section needs to be rewritten for consistency --- either all ratings should contain an interpretative comment, or none of them should. leftcider (talk) 19 July 2011

I didn't realize I needed to use four tildas to sign notes and edits on discussion pages. I had made some edits to Wikipedia many years ago under another username, but no longer have that password. A friend of mine offline is also a Wikipedia administrator, so I decided to join the community and add my body of knowledge as well. I'm not entirely sure if or whether I should edit my own talk page to include information about myself, either. Ylanne (talk) 05:08, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

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Red Vic
Didn't appreciate your snide comment. Thanks for finding a reference where I could not. Yours in memory of the more friendly days of the 1960s, your friend, GeorgeLouis (talk) 20:24, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

La Grange
Hi Meelar,

Thanks for your welcome. I think La Grange was my first edit. I recently met someone from there and became interested in the town. I saw that tagging and so decided to make it less offensive. I, too, live in a town with the village form of government and am politically active so I was sensitive to the issue. I felt bad about reducing the size of the paragraph but was very glad to see that you found the edit to be favorable. Were you from La Grange? Hoping to be able to remove more taggings in the future by being a good editor!

Yours,

MadZarkoff (sort of dates me doesn’t it?) Tilde as a signature seems strange...hope this works. MadZarkoff (talk) 02:25, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Campaign finance
Hi,

yes I am the one who worked on the Campaign finance page. The subject has been my professional concern for about 30 years and it is still strange for me that the U.S. discussion about "money in politics" stays fixed on "campaigns". For the rest of the universe (among others Canada, Latin America and Europe) "campaign and party" are tied together. Therefore I have offered an new page on "Political finance" which includes both aspects and should give a broader perspective of the subject. My draft page has been added to the backlog of additional new pages. I wonder if you can do anything about it.

Yours,

khnassmacher (September 16, 2011) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.2.166.94 (talk) 06:23, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Hopefully I now found a way to sign my message Khnassmacher (talk) 13:50, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

I'm looking forward to your question! Yours Khnassmacher (talk) 13:54, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Meelar, you have hit upon a very good point. For the time being we could drop "policies" because the literature (except Herb Alexanders regular studies "Financing the ... election") does not touch upon issue campaigns for referendums or ballot issues.

My intention was to demonstrate to American users that campaign does not necessarily mean "candidate campaign" because parties (especially in non-U.S. democracies) do run heavy campaign costs and the umbrella "yes" and "no" campaign organizations for all ballot questions (referendums) spend lots of money, too. I was not thinking of more general public opinion campaigns that are not directly related to a voting procedure.

Michael Pinto-Duschinsky has many times argued in favor of a more broadly defined term of "political finance". Unfortunately I don't know whether this has been in his writings, too, or just in various discussions, which I have had with him. British and Canadian legislation has taken up the election related part of the issue (spending of interested money during the official campaign period) under the heading of "third party advertising". There is some similarity to the "independent expenditures" of U.S. campaigns, However, in Canada and the U.K. such expenses are limited by law. Best regards, Khnassmacher (talk) 06:24, 22 September 2011 (UTC)Khnassmacher (talk) 06:28, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I missed your point about the heading of the article. Yes, I think that the heading "Camapign finance" (and the text that follws the the more generalizied introduction) has a massive U.S. bias. The rest of the world would look for "party and campaign finance" or "campaign and party finance". The international literature has opted for the more comprehensive term "political finance" long ago (Heidenheimer 1970). Therefore I have offered a stub article under this heading. It certainly needs enlargement and I am willling to contribute. Renaming or re-writing the "campaign finance" article is a task that I would not dare to undertake. All the best, Khnassmacher (talk) 06:39, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Meelar, it seems that I was able to enter my new page on "political finance" (as a stub). I would appreciate your comments. Best, Khnassmacher (talk) 15:03, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks for the Clarification
Thanks for clarifying here http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murder&action=historysubmit&diff=458341490&oldid=458086377

I wasn't sure if I should revert that in retrospect, so I undid my reversion. Cheers. wsoder (talk) 04:28, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Proposed revamp of Lobbying in the United States
I have a tentative draft in this sandbox. I'll probably swap it into the Lobbying in the United States article in a day or so after I fix it up a bit; it needs pictures or graphics possibly plus some repairs to references and could be condensed perhaps. I did come across some references to "K Street" but not as many as I had found earlier so I'm still not too sure whether it's worth it to expand the K-Street -- lobbying place article too. But the current "lobbying" article now needs to be improved substantially in my view. If you have thoughts about this stuff let me know.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 05:17, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Georgia (U.S. state


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Dick Durbin

Hi, please note that I've reverted your edits to Dick Durbin, because I believe your edit deletion of my edit hides a significant aspect of how Durbin entered public life, shows why the previous office-holder was opposed, shows possible motivations for Durbin entering public life, exposes who his main supporters were, and hence, shining a light on how he decides public policy. These are factual statements, documented from a respected source, and hence, I cannot see how it would violate WP:NPOV. If you disagree, feel free to discuss at Talk:Dick Durbin.

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Thanks Latest revision as of 21:51, 28 January 2012 99.112.186.58 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.112.186.58 (talk)

Meeler, what gives with the Gabriel poster who deletes your contested flag and puts unsubstantiated material into the Dick Durbin House of Representatives section with bogus references? You just changed back to the original, but this guy walks all over both you and I.   --99.112.186.58 (talk) 17:43, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for your welcome and help on Push Polls
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Kent Hance
Hey, this is Elvismoya, new to Wikipedia. I am trying to update the page for the Chancellor of Texas Tech University, Kent Hance. I made changes as well as uploaded his photo, but it was removed. I am an employee of Texas Tech and he has personally requested my help with this project. Your help is greatly appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elvismoya (talk • contribs) 17:05, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. My question is: Why was the photo removed and other information that was deleted because it is not true? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elvismoya (talk • contribs) 17:22, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

I appreciate your help, immensely. Do we need to get a pic from our files that is not on our official texas tech website? Can that be used? We just also want to include his current work and job description here at the university. Thank you again!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elvismoya (talk • contribs) 18:05, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Appreciate you! I uploaded a new photo on Commons, and tagged the photo from our main university website and also listed the detailed information that i believe is required. Being a first time user, i am a bit confused, but hopefully getting better. I also updated some other items, but changed up so the info is not the same as the resume (CV). Does it look right now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elvismoya (talk • contribs) 19:40, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

I tried re-upload the KENT HANCE headshot image that we own here at Texas Tech University, but it was taken down and now i cannot reupload the image on Commons? What do you suggest? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elvismoya (talk • contribs) 13:19, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

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Barack Obama?
Hello Meelar, first of all I'd like to express my respect and appreciation for your contribution on Wikipedia. I saw on your user page that you said you created the article on president Barack Obama. That is quite nice because of the long journey all the way to presidency however I was curious if you could clarify the edit history: Barack Obama: Revision history Shalom11111 (talk) 05:52, 20 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Actually, that was me--I didn't realize I wasn't logged in until I saved halfway through writing the stub article. If you trace the anon IP, you'll see it resolves to American University, my alma mater.  It's a minor claim to fame, but one I'm actually entitled to, so I wanted to set the record straight.  Thanks! Meelar (talk) 12:55, 20 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi, well it's all understood now, I totally believe you. Who would've believed what this article would come to be. Shalom11111 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:56, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

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The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 05:45, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Are you free on Sunday? Join us for a special Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for a special WikiSalon at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library's Digital Commons Center. We will gather at 3 PM on Sunday, October 13, 2013 to discuss an important topic: what can Wikipedia and the DC area do to help each other? We hope to hear your thoughts and suggestions; if you have an idea you would like to pursue, please let us know and we will help!

Following the WikiSalon, we will be having dinner at a nearby restaurant, Ella's Wood Fired Pizza.

If you're interested in attending, please sign up at the event page. We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 02:04, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Meetups coming up in DC!
Hey!

You are invited to two upcoming events in DC:


 * Meetup at Capitol City Brewery on Saturday, January 25 at 6 PM. Please join us for dinner, drinks, socializing, and discussing Wikimedia DC activities and events. All are welcome! RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.
 * Art and Feminism Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, February 1 from Noon – 5 PM. Join us as we improve articles on notable women in history! All are welcome, regardless of age or level of editing experience. RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.

I hope to see you there!

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Harej (talk) 00:07, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Coming up in February!
Hello there!

Our February WikiSalon is coming up on Sunday, February 23. Join us at our gathering of Wikipedia enthusiasts at the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery with an optional dinner after. As usual, all are welcome. Care to join us?

Also, if you are available, there is an American Art Edit-a-thon being held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Professor Andrew Lih's COMM-535 class at American University on Tuesday, February 11 from 2 to 5 PM. Please RSVP on the linked page if you are interested.

If you have any ideas or preferences for meetups, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/DC.

Thank you, and hope to see you at our upcoming events! Harej (talk) 18:41, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

DC Meetups in March
 Happy March!

Though we have a massive snowstorm coming up, spring is just around the corner! Personally, I am looking forward to warmer weather.

Wikimedia DC is looking forward to a spring full of cool and exciting activities. In March, we have coming up:


 * Evening WikiSalon on Wednesday, March 12 from 7 PM – 9 PM. Meet up with Wikipedians for coffee at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle! If you cannot make it in the evening, join us at our...
 * March Meetup on Sunday, March 23 from 3 PM – 6 PM. Our monthly weekend meetup, same place as last month. Meet really cool and interesting people!
 * Women in the Arts 2014 meetup and edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 30 from 10 AM – 5 PM. Our second annual Women in the Arts edit-a-thon, held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free lunch will be served!

We hope to see you at our upcoming events! If you have any questions, feel free to ask on my talk page.

— Harej (talk) 05:11, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

An exciting month of wiki events!
 Hello there,

I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.

First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.

On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.

The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.

There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!

All the best, James Hare

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Two edit-a-thons coming up!


Hello there!

I'm pleased to tell you about two upcoming edit-a-thons:


 * This Tuesday, April 29, from 2:30 to 5:30 PM, we have the Freer and Sackler edit-a-thon. (Sorry for the short notice!)
 * On Saturday, May 10 we have the Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon, in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, from 10 AM to 5 PM.

We have more stuff coming up in May and June, so make sure to keep a watch on the DC meetup page. As always, if you have any recommendations or requests, please leave a note on the talk page.

Best,

James Hare

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Wow you finished the Wikipedia page on Barack Obama back in March, 2004. I bet you didn't know back then that Barack Obama would be president. So bask you are the "half" creator of Barack Obama. Sorry that sounded weird. I mean the article on Barack Obama. You probably or definitely didn't know that the article you created back in 2004 would be the most important person in America (until 2017 when Donald Trump is president). I keep saying you are the creator of the article but you actually finished the article. You are like a historic wikipedian to me. You probably think I am an insane psychopath who stalks everyone, that is comepletley true. Please leave a message on my talk page so I know you saw this message. P.S. can you give me some editing tips. I would really appreciate it. I hope that we can become good friends. Sincerely, F29ly (talk) 01:00, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
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Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers
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A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

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 * The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration
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Obituaries
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