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Nomination of Taziki's Mediterranean Café for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Taziki's Mediterranean Café is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Categories
Question - considering Eric R. Dursteler studies the history of food, apparently with a focus on the Mediterranean, I was thinking maybe we should add some food categories to his BLP. Yes or no? Atsme 📞📧 23:24, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Sure. I added a WP:FOOD tag to the talk page just now (diff). North America1000 23:27, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Digital clock
Hi, NA1k - question for you...the template - is there a way to change the date to UTC-6? Atsme 📞📧 15:10, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi You would have to first substitute the clock to a page and then change the offset parameters only after substituting. If you were to change the parameters directly on the Template:Digital clock and date edit page, then everyone would have to view the time as per your setting. See the offset section on User:Anakin101/digiclock for more information, where it states, "offset = number of hours + or - UTC (default: 0)". On the Template:Digital clock and date page, the offset is at the default 0, and it needs to stay this way on the page itself. Hope all this jargon helps out! North America1000 18:00, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, thank you. I thought that might be the solution but wasn't sure if the two were connected. Have fun, be safe, and pace yourself tomorrow night! SMirC-wink.svg Atsme 📞📧 18:07, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I will certainly pace the timing on New Years Eve to have a nice, fresh drink ready the second my vodka cran runs out, perhaps then switching to a whiskey, timed right when the stroke of midnight occurs. North America1000 18:12, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Ah-hah!! Another Cape Codder!! YES!! Before we get into happy hour, I tried adjusting the time to Texas time (-6 UTC) per your instructions (or what I understood of your instructions) but it didn't work. SMirC-sad.svg. What am I doing wrong? Atsme 📞📧 19:22, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I believe I have fixed it for you on your talk page. My first edit was to re-place the template using (diff). This transcludes the entire template in it's markup form on your page. Then the next edit was to adjust the offset to -6, which is what you had in place previously (diff). Let me know if this worked out to display the time you want there. North America1000 22:58, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Perfect!! I never would have figured that out on my own. Thank you!! Atsme 📞📧 23:49, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Aah, it was easy; it's what I get for contributing too often. Well, you're in store for a surprise from me in the next couple of days or so, but you'll just have to wait and see (don't worry, it's something nice). North America1000 23:55, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Ooooh...I love a surprise!. Atsme 📞📧 00:10, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Update: I LOVE my digital clock & calendar!! It's one of my favorite WP Christmas presents. Thank you, NA1000!!! Be safe and have a wonderful New Year celebration!!! Atsme 📞📧 23:33, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

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Hattie B's Hot Chicken
I'm quite impressed by your rewriting of the article. I was thinking of renominating it in a year or so, but I'm not going to do that now.  DGG ( talk ) 02:03, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

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Thanks to all for the kind New Year messages. Happy 2018! North America1000 08:10, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

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Ocarina of Time Userfication Request
Hi, could you please redo the Userfication you performed here once more? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MrLinkinPark333/Archive_3#Ocarina_of_Time_and_username_question Allytogood (talk) 23:46, 28 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Hello : I am going to defer your request to because this admin deleted the content on 22 July 2017 as per the MfD discussion here, long after I userfied the content on February 23, 2016 . I have notified Premeditated Chaos about this request. North America1000 07:30, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks Northamerica1000, I'll look into it :) &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 00:32, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Stuffed pizza
Can you start an article on that I don’t have access to a computer for a few days and must edit from phone. Valoem talk contrib</b> 07:17, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi : I don't know if I will get around to this idea or not, but I don't mind the suggestion. Also, thanks again for creating the new Pan pizza article. North America1000 08:33, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

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Unicom Group
Can you please userfy? <b style="color: DarkSlateGray;">Valoem</b> <b style="color: blue;">talk</b> <b style="color: Green;">contrib</b> 23:06, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi : Despite it not being deleted as such, after reviewing the deleted version of the Unicom Group page, it contains copyright infringement of at least two internet websites. As such, I can't userfy the content. North America1000 23:09, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * It should be fine to userfy a blank copy I've asked another editor, I will not restore the CV but I tend to need a basic format to work I'll see what he thinks. <b style="color: DarkSlateGray;">Valoem</b> <b style="color: blue;">talk</b> <b style="color: Green;">contrib</b> 01:25, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you mean by "blank copy", but I cannot restore deleted copyvio anywhere, which would be copyvio. North America1000 07:01, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Wu Yongning
Can you undelete this for deletion review? <b style="color: DarkSlateGray;">Valoem</b> <b style="color: blue;">talk</b> <b style="color: Green;">contrib</b> 07:19, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Another user has already done so; it is located at User:Jax 0677/Wu Yongning. North America1000 07:26, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * If it hadn't already been undeleted, I would have happily undeleted it for you, — I don't bite. ;)  A  Train talk 07:30, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Oops don't know how I missed that I hope you reconsider the sources were included in the original discussion but not highlight like I did now at the time is was 3 keeps 1 delete from nominator. I hope the NYTimes source giving this individual significant coverage holds some weight, if so can you override my DRV and change to no consensus? Discussion would not be needed. <b style="color: DarkSlateGray;">Valoem</b> <b style="color: blue;">talk</b> <b style="color: Green;">contrib</b> 07:37, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Hey Valoem, if you can pony up any reliable sources discussing the subject's lasting significance, then I'll happily re-open the discussion so they can be considered.  A  Train talk 07:48, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

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Belated best wishes for a happy 2018
== BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 16:25, 16 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks, and happy 2018. North America1000 19:24, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Dahi (curd)
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deletion of Minimal Named-Entity Recognizer
I took a quick look at this, and it has zilcho footprint. I'd rather just take over the abortive nom that you closed than put in a second nom on the same day. Mangoe (talk) 15:51, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi : Just to be clear, would you like me to re-open the discussion? I can do this if you'd like. North America1000 22:04, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, please, thank you. Mangoe (talk) 01:22, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅. North America1000 01:26, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2018-06
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Problems
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Changes later this week
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Junglee.com
Just letting you know, that since no-one contributed to the merger discussion relating to Junglee.com, I removed the notice as 'no consensus'. However I found sources which say Amazon closed down Junglee in November 2017 and the current URL simply redirects to Amazon India. As a result, I have set the Junglee page to redirect to Amazon's article, where I have added a section relating to Junglee under 'Subsidiaries' and noted that it now redirects to Amazon India and the subsidiary is now defunct. Good Day! ChieftanTartarus (talk) 11:18, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi : That works for me, and thanks for the notice. North America1000 11:37, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2018
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Sunpentown
Hey can you verify that the information here is correct? I’m getting conflicting information that this is a Taiwanese company founded in 1985. I am also getting information that this is an American company founded in 1993. Can you verify which is correct? <b style="color: DarkSlateGray;">Valoem</b> <b style="color: blue;">talk</b> <b style="color: Green;">contrib</b> 07:25, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi This could be a case in which the U.S. version is a subsidiary of the older Taiwan-based company, and it could also be a case of two very similar companies that manufacture and purvey very similar products that share the same name. The former is the most likely in my opinion, although I haven't been able to verify this. North America1000 12:23, 25 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Also, this could also be an instance of the company reorganizing and relocating to the US, while retaining their company name. It's unclear, but just another idea. North America1000 06:42, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I was able get some more information from Cunard. Also Spartaz has questioned my close of Vimala's Curryblossom Cafe on my talk page any input from you is appreciated. <b style="color: DarkSlateGray;">Valoem</b> <b style="color: blue;">talk</b> <b style="color: Green;">contrib</b> 17:50, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Aah, per the discussion at 's talk page Here, my first hunch was the correct one! I passed on commenting about the Cafe article, in part because I !voted in the discussion. North America1000 16:29, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Have you ever had scrapple?
I'm not sure why you thought it was a pudding. Doug Weller  talk 16:40, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah, I made an error there back in the day, certainly not a dessert, but it is a savory pudding. North America1000 22:14, 6 February 2018 (UTC)