User talk:OwenBlacker/Archive 4

InfoBox Bishopric of Speyer
Thanks very much for creating the former countries info box for the bishopric of speyer. I have one issue though with the information you have provided, the image of the coat of arms. The coat of arms you provide is certainly the coat of arms of the city of Speyer. However, it is the coat of arms of the independent city of Speyer. The bishopric had its own coat of arms which can be found in other city coat of arms today, such as Bruchsal and Dielheim. Here is the coat of arms of the former town of Horrenberg.

The only evidence though that this is argent cross on blue is the coat of arms of the Bishopric of Speyer is the description of these town coat of arms from the German Wikipedia sites. I do not know if we should consider this an authoritative description. Based on that information I created a graphic of the Bishopric coat of arms by modifying on of these city coat of arms images to just leave the cross on blue. However, because of the lack of authoritative information and my own unsureness of the intellectual property issues for using such an image, I have not uploaded it to wiki.

Do you have any evidence that you have the correct coat of arms? Do you think I should upload the coat of arms graphic I created?

imars 06:29, 14 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Hey I found a source with the correct coat of arms. Website for the See of Speyer So I went ahead and fired up Illustrator and made a coat of arms. A happy end. imars 12:52, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

SBS membership renewal request—Project in great need of contributors
The summer has passed (unless you live in the Southern Hemisphere), and for most people holidays are over. Therefore, it is time for work again. Not that work ever stops in Wikipedia, but I believe we can at last get over the stage when slow progress can be taken for granted. Like yourself, most members of WikiProject Succession Box Standardization have been away during most of the summer (and some of you have been away for much longer); this lack of contributors has almost led SBS activity to a standstill.

A couple of members have stayed, however, and things have greatly improved in the project. There is a renovated and functional main page; the talk page has organised archives and a dedicated page for archived proposals; the Guidelines page is in a very good shape and I am preparing a further set of guidelines to be proposed for adoption by the project and incorporation into the page; the Documentation page has been again updated and a potential restructuring is being planned; the Templates list is the operations centre for the ongoing removal of antiquated and redundant templates. The Offices page is the only one that has yet to be improved, but there is a proposal for that one as well. Even a new SBS navbox has been created and added to the project's pages, easing navigation between the different parts of the WikiProject, while shortcuts have been created for the three most basic pages.

And the project itself is not the only thing that has been improved; the headers system has been cleared up and rationalised during the last six months, and a new parameter system is being inserted into templates like s-new and s-vac in order to successfully adapt succession boxes to more tricky cases of succession without large, clumsy cells or redundant reasoning. S-hou has also been improved and /doc pages have been added to most of the headers' pages, as well as to many proper succession templates' ones.

Despite all these breakthroughs that have made SBS a better, more functional and more user-friendly WikiProject, things move excruciatingly slowly as far as the adoption of proposals and correction/improvement of succession boxes in the mainspace are concerned. As has been mentioned, this is due to the utter absence of all but two of its members. I completely understand that a few of them might be unwilling to resume work in SBS, and some of them might even have left Wikipedia altogether. However, we are certain that there are people intent to continue improving Wikipedia's succession boxes and helping others to do so as well. If you are one of them, please return. And even if you cannot help at the moment, but want to contribute at a later time, please let us know by renewing your membership. You can do that very easily by removing the asterisk next to your name in the member list in SBS's main page. The deadline is 31 October; members that do not renew their memberships until 23:59 of that day will be removed from the list, as these members will be assumed to have left the project for good.

SBS is a project highly capable of doing some serious work in Wikipedia. These potentials are seriously undermined by the unavailability of helpful hands. I hope you shall consider this message seriously before taking any decisions.

Thank you for your time. Waltham, The Duke of 14:43, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Template: States of the German Confederation / Flag
Hello OwenBlacker, the German Confederation didn't use the flag of the Reichsflotte. The Reichsflotte was established in 1848 by the provisional central government of the National Assembly in Frankfurt, after the Revolution of 1848 took place. Indeed the Reichsflotte used the black-red-golden flag with the coat of arms in the left upper corner during the years 1848 until 1852. During that years the German Confederation was inactive. The dominant member states, especially Austria, always opposed the use of the black-red-golden flag. After the German Confederation was reestablished in 1850/1851 one of the first actions had been the disestablishment of the Reichsflotte in 1852. After that year the black-red-golden flag wasn't in use. It was certainly no symbol of the German Confederation. Blinder Seher 12:56, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Infobox (Imperial Abbey of) Schönthal
I have removed this again - let us discuss it before we get into a revert war. I have set out briefly my reasons for objecting on the briefly on the talk page, but maybe it would be better discussed on the appropriate Wikiproject page, as you say that this is a project policy. HeartofaDog (talk • contribs) 16:53, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I have opened a discussion here as this article raises a couple of more general points. HeartofaDog (talk • contribs) 17:41, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Organ
Copy from cs:Wikipedista diskuse:JAn Dudík

Similarly, I've just reverted your bots edits to another article. You should probably set it not to remove interwiki links; they're much more often right than wrong. — en:User:OwenBlacker, 20:43, 18. 9. 2007 (UTC)


 * But there are two articles: en:Organ (music) and en:Pipe organ. I only wanted to make interwiki correct, because both articles linked to the same in some languages. If it is wrong, please add correct interwiki to both articles and I will repair it in all other. JAn Dudík 20:55, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Imperial Abbeys / Former Countries infobox
Some more points about these, as there is no discussion happening on the project page, and no-one seems to be applying these infoboxes except you. For clarity, let me underline that I am only concerned here about Imperial abbeys, not about other HRE states.

I appreciate the effort you've put in to adding these boxes, but if they are be of value then it has to be done as accurately as possible.

I don't think you have a leg to stand on regarding the application of these boxes to articles which are not about the abbeys themselves. But I have every intention of finishing what I started, and writing articles for all of these religious houses, so if you will wait until I have done so, the problem will solve itself. Will you accept that as a working compromise?

In the meantime I will remove the boxes from the articles where they are misplaced, ie, Thorn (Netherlands) and Stein am Rhein - I think anyway the data in the infobox for that last one, taken presumably from the German Wikipedia, relates to the reichsfrei status of the TOWN, which is of course a completely different entity from the abbey.

Another point relating to all of them is the same point as the discussion you've already had re the Bishopric of Speyer. You are adding the arms of the towns of the same name, whereas the monasteries all had their own arms, which were different - the town arms often draw on the abbey arms, sometimes very closely, but are rarely if ever identical.

Also, when you are working on these articles, please don't reduce the size of the font in the lists of abbots, as in St. Blaise's. It makes them almost illegible. Nor do you need to link every single date - only the most significant ones, like foundation and secularization, need linking.

I have a couple more points to make about the infobox itself, which I will probably raise on the Template talk page. Regards, HeartofaDog (talk • contribs) 11:33, 23 September 2007 (UTC)


 * That seems like a perfectly reasonable compromise. If working on Reichsklosters is something you're planning on doing, I can certainly leave all those infoboxes until you have created the articles.
 * Also yes, I'm aware I got a few coats of arms wrong; I'm being a bit more careful about that now.
 * Sorry about not having got back to you on the talk: page yet; it's been one of those weeks at work, so I've been leaving it until I had time to breathe and think. But yeah, I do think you're right on most of your points. No danger of an edit war, don'worry *GRIN*
 * Regarding the font size of the list, I'm not sure the list should be full size in a single column (in IE, at least) — it takes up a lot of vertical space whilst leaving shedloads of whitespace. Can we make the font size a little smaller without going quite as far as I did? Is there space for a compromise on that issue too?
 * All suggestions welcome :o) — OwenBlacker 12:52, 23 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Delighted to see that you do compromises! I say this because I've had some bizarre experiences with editors who think it's a dirty word. I'm happy to meet you halfway.
 * Yes, I am planning to fill out the gaps in articles on Impl abbeys - I've been plodding away at it on and off for quite a long time, but quite close to finishing now - just the awkward ones left. I'll start with Thorn and Stein a. R., although when I last looked there was v little inf on the abbey at Stein.
 * As long as you're aware of the issue with the coats of arms, I'll keep quiet about it - although I hope you won't mind if I take out the town arms if they're wrong. Sometimes it's easy to sort out - St Blaise's Abbey arms are the same as the town arms but with the stag headed the other way, for example, so the image just has to be flipped round, but of course they're not all that easy to do, or to find out.
 * I see your point about the lists - (e.g.) a double column in a slightly smaller typeface, or something similar, should work fine. (The only difficulty would be if there were a long comment on a particular name, but that seems not to happen very much with medieval German abbots, and if it does, it could equally well go as a footnote instead). All best, HeartofaDog (talk • contribs) 14:08, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Re compromise: absolutely; we're all just trying to make this a better encyclopædia, after all.
 * Awesome, I'll leave all the abbeys for now then. If you want to put the infobox on yourself, if you set the  to   and the   to   then the rest is pretty obvious. Of course, if you can't be bothered, then drop me a note when you're done and I'll go through Category:Imperial abbeys  ;o)
 * Yeah, please do feel free to remove any actually-wrong coats of arms. Whilst I prefer the infobox to have a coat of arms in it, it's obviously better to have no CoA than a wrong one. Any that are easy to amend, lemme know and I'll see what I can do with Photoshop or Inkscape.
 * Yeah, I've been moving long comments into  tag footnotes in lists like that, which makes sense, I think.
 * All sounds good to me :o) — OwenBlacker 15:01, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Using the infobox
If you don't know the exact start or end year, put the century in as the  or , then use   or   to be as specific as you know and add a   with the same details. So you might end up with something like

{{Infobox Former Country ... |status                = Abbey |empire                = Holy Roman Empire |government_type       = Theocracy | |year_start            = 12th century |year_end              = 1803 |life_span             = 1170s – 1803 | |event_pre             = Abbey founded |date_pre              = 1153 |event_start           = Gained Reichsfreiheit |date_start            = 1170s ... |event_end             = Mediatised to Baden |date_end              =

That way, the category gets set to the century, but the version actually displayed always shows the more-specific one. (The only thing to be careful of is the, which checks for states lasting beyond 1806 that were part of the HRE. Gimme a yell here, if you need.)

Also, I forgot to mention, if you look at Strasbourg, you'll see how we handle articles about former states on language boundaries — we add all the appropriate languages (within reason, Austria-Hungary only shows German and Hungarian, for example) in alphabetical order of ISO 639 code. If you get any abbeys where German wouldn't've been the primary language (or isn't now, even if it was then, such as in Alsace), could you add more than one language (or flag it up for me on my Talk: page and I'll take a look), please?

Thank you so much for doing this; it's very much appreciated! — OwenBlacker 17:23, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Infobox query
OK - I've done a start article on Stein am Rhein Abbey at St. George's Abbey, Stein am Rhein but have come to a halt applying the infobox. I haven't (yet) got a firm end date, just a date range - 1521-1526 - and the box doesn't seem to like either that or 1520s as an end date so is refusing to display properly. Any ideas? (infoboxes and I have not been on close terms up to now). thanks HeartofaDog (talk • contribs) 17:05, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * How very curious; it really doesn't like uncertain end dates, does it? Sorry about that.
 * I'm pasting in the one I originally wrote on the article Stein am Rhein, as the longevity details are a bit more accurate — the start and end dates are those of the entity being a state, rather than its existence. So any time before an Abbey gained Reichsfreiheit or after secularisation doesn't get included there.
 * Sorry, I'm not explaining all of this very well, am I? Good effort on the infobox, though :o) — OwenBlacker 17:52, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * It's there but not quite right - would you take a look? HeartofaDog (talk • contribs) 17:45, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Bugger, I didn't realise it was about the town. Reading the text of the article — both the English and German —, it looks like it's about the abbey and that the Reichsfrei abbey was responsible for the town too, no? — OwenBlacker 18:03, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. It is certainly happier with definite dates, but unfortunately we can't use this version as the dates don't apply to the abbey, but to the town.
 * (after experimenting some more) The problem is specifically with the year-end field - it will take an "xth century" start if it has definite year at the end - sadly I don't have this inf for SaR. Will think on it some more. HeartofaDog (talk • contribs) 18:05, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's the year-end field checking against 1806. I didn't realise the logic was quite so flaky, though. I'll see if I can find a better way to get that logic working. — OwenBlacker 18:07, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * (We've crossed messages) What i meant was that the dates you give in the infobox relate to the town of Stein, which was also reichsfrei, but completely independently of the abbey, so it has entirely different dates.HeartofaDog (talk • contribs) 18:07, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Aaah, I see. I thought the town had been a territory of the abbey. Sorry! — OwenBlacker —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 18:10, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Question re: recent edits to Hosts file
I wanted to inquire about your recent edits to the Hosts file article—some of the em dashes that are present in the article had spaced added around them. Did you mean to replace the em dashes with en dashes, or to include hair spaces — like these — around the em dashes?

Thanks! —Mike Trausch Fd0man • Talk to me 05:03, 24 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Just in case you’re not watching my talk page, I have posted a reply to your comments there. —Mike Trausch Fd0man • Talk to me 18:58, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Your "cleanups"
Please don't change the titles of sources when you do your "cleanup" edits. It is very important that accurate information about our references is given. Also, please don't add those ugly commas between cite numbers. I really don't have time to go around cleaning up after your cleanup edits. Everyking 07:34, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * You don't have a consensus for it. I may be the first one to complain, but that's not a consensus. There's no instruction or agreement anywhere for people to put those commas in, and until I looked at your edits I had virtually never seen them used before. So don't add them to other people's work anymore. Feel free to add them in your own writing if you like, but don't force them on the rest of us.


 * As for changing titles, you've definitely done this. You changed uppercase in titles to lowercase. Stating the names of the sources we use is not a matter of editorial discretion; you should report the name the same way that the source gives the name. Everyking 08:18, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Well then, I will continue to fix your "fixes" whenever I see them. Everyking 19:36, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

This conversation moved to User:OwenBlacker/Usability as a request for comment.


 * I have no objection to your other cleanups, which appear helpful. I only reverted all the changes the first time I saw them out of sheer annoyance; after that I was careful not to. Anyway, since other people are commenting on the issue, I will defer to the consensus about this stuff. Everyking 04:13, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

You're removing quotes from reference titles? Everyking 09:27, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * All of the examples there use quotes. I have never heard of a system of referencing where article titles were not quoted. Everyking 15:00, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * There are four examples on Citing sources of references used with quotes. There are no examples without quotes. Furthermore, all the examples on Citing sources/example style use quotes. Please quit removing them. Everyking 15:14, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * There is a case here of you removing quotes after I asked you not to. I ask you again to please stop. It is extremely troublesome to have to go around adding back these quotes. Everyking 11:50, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
 * All the examples use quotes, so it seems to me that's a pretty strong endorsement of using quotes. We're not talking about just a generic link to a webpage or something, we're talking about links to press articles. Everyking 19:45, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

COI
If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with,
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors,
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam);
 * and you must always:
 * 1) avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially neutral point of view, verifiability, and autobiography.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see Business' FAQ. For more details about what constitutes a conflict of interest, please see Conflict of Interest. --Ronz 20:32, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Please stop edit warring, especially when you have a conflict of interest
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. --Ronz 20:40, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

This conversation continued on User talk:Ronz and WP:COIN — OwenBlacker (Talk) 20:45, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered on 17:31, 11 October 2007 (UTC).

km2 and fr icon learning curve
Hello. I was just wondering about those two changes you made. 1. How does that km2 method work, 2. I don't see any difference between and  (with icon), what is it for, what does it do?--Tallard 06:10, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[[Image:Flag of France.svg|45px]] WikiProject Newsletter n°1
Bonjour and welcome to the first WikiProject France newsletter!! It should become a monthly special of our project, but until the next issue, here are some points to consider for the month:
 * In an effort to determine the active members from the inactive, all members are asked to simply sign on my special userpage.
 * I have slightly rearranged and updated the Project page, putting all the featured lists in collapsible tables. This unclutteres the page and you only have to see them if you want to. Give your feelings at the talk page.
 * I have made a Wikipedia advert for our project, Image:Qxz-ad108.gif, what do you think? Personally I feel the words need improving ...
 * There are still map problems at Template:French commune - any help at resolving them would be greatly appreciated.
 * What about starting a monthly drive? We currently have no Featured Portals (except for the Basque Portal which really isn't French any way), so how about improving Portal:France??? I don't know what's exactly wrong but the criteria can be seen at Featured portal criteria.

It doesn't seem like a lot, so I hope we will still have enough problems for nexts months issue. Salut till the next issue, Chris DHDR (17:19, 10 November 2007 (UTC)).

Template:Rhenish College
Something in this template has caused problems with the sorting of Burtscheid Abbey and Buchau Abbey in Category: Imperial abbeys, in that it is apparently causing them to appear out of alphabetical order. I don't know enough about it to spot what the problem is, so have left it alone after a couple of initial attempts, but could you please sort it out before adding the template to other articles? Thanks. HeartofaDog (talk) 23:55, 10 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Hey! Thanks for the message on my talk page. I can't see any problem with their listing of Burtscheid Abbey and Buchau Abbey in Category:Imperial abbeys; am I missing something? — OwenBlacker (Talk) 17:36, 11 November 2007 (UTC)


 * No, it's OK now. HeartofaDog (talk) 00:41, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah cool; that's ok then :o) — OwenBlacker (Talk) 09:12, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
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Hey, Peeps, it's that time of the month again (no not that time &mdash; get your mind out of the gutter): time for another monthly edition of the LGBT Project's Love Boat newsletter from your cruise director Miss Julie. So much has been happening this month and I just can't wait to tell you all about it!!!

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Alice and her harasser
Let's start with some good news: Alice and the project lost the bothersome sock puppet who had been disrupting many articles we monitor, and now most of us can edit in relative peace. Congratulations, Alice, for being able to come out of semi-retirement. Benjiboi, on the other hand, has gained an anonymous IP stalker who seems to be more Catholic than the Pope and who has a hard-on for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. We seem to have a sort of Yin and Yang thing going on here, which helps both to keep us in balance and on our toes.

Harry Potter and his homosexual teacher
Albus Dumbledore got outed this month, and was immediately adopted by our project. The international brouhaha surrounding this disclosure reached all the way to Wikiland, and his article was briefly locked due to homophobic vandalism (as well as well meaning editors who just couldn't believe that that nice man could possibly be gay). This is a wonderful article to add to your watchlist, and will surely give you hours of reverting fun on cold winter days.

"My Fellow Americans"
On a more serious note, Fireplace has suggested a new article series about LGBT rights in the United States, state by state. This ambitious topic will surely require many editors and a lot of research, but has the potential to add further prestige to our already prestigious project.

Same name, same sexuality: a riddle for the ages
Francis Bacon (not the new gay one, but the old gay one ... though they're actually both dead, now that I think about it) has also aroused passions here on Wikipedia, with editors opposing his sexuality being disclosed in his biography. The always helpful Haiduc has thoughtfully provided any number of sources, but it is slow going getting his point across. Anyone want to lend a hand?

Beat writer arouses Irish guy
And speaking of passions, Jack Kerouac has inflamed the senses once again with editors, including administrator Irishguy, mounting a spirited defense to keep him as heterosexual as possible for Wikipedia purposes. Why? I don't know. Perhaps some of you can drop by the talk page and ask your questions there. I feel certain a stimulating debate will ensue that will be enjoyed by all.

Love those Texas Longhorns
Did you know that one of our Featured articles, Lawrence v. Texas, lost its shiny gold star? That was a shocker. It has been suggested that we turn our attention to it in an effort to restore it to its former glory. I took a peek, and it does need our help badly. For our American editors, it would seem almost a civic duty to edit it (not that I'm hinting....).

Point and Counterpoint
Though it was far too intellectual a debate for a mere cruise director like myself to take part in, Intersexuality was certainly a hot topic a week or two ago. The thrust of the debate was over inclusion in our project. Lots of good editors had lots of good opinions. For those too lazy to check out the discussion, we decided to leave it out for now.

Drudgery on offer
Peer review is, as always, short staffed and seemingly unloved. Wouldn't you feel better about yourself and the world in general if you took a few minutes to read one of the listed articles and offer some helpful advice? I know I'd feel better if you did.
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"My Fellow Americans" redux
The article LGBT movements in the United States certainly raised eyebrows last week, especially when it was discovered that copyrighted content had been added to our article. Tragedy was averted at the last minute, though, when the original hosts of the article where the material had been pilfered agreed to make it free to everyone. Our thanks to them, whoever they are. Busy Bee that I am, I haven't had time to read it, but I'm sure it's sensational.

This month's Wiki stars
Lesbian pulp fiction (a genre close to my heart, I must confess) writer Ann Bannon has decided to spice up the featured articles candidates list this month. Why not drop by and make your opinion heard? Joining her in this lofty aspiration are the articles But I'm a Cheerleader and Conversion therapy. I'm sure their main editors would welcome any comments (well, helpful ones, anyway) on the talk pages or the FAC discussions. And lest we forget, the List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: Sd-Si became a Featured list!! Rah rah, siskumbah! Go, team, GO!!!!

And the Oscar goes to...
Not content to run for Best Actress, plucky Bannon won a Best supporting actress Oscar... whoops, I meant to say Ann is also getting more than her share of womanly attention on the Good Article list. Joining her on this exalted plane are Freddy Mercury, Waylon Smithers and Lance Bass. Good articles indeed, and the last one mentioned just goes to show that one needn't admire the subject of an article to appreciate the effort put into making him worthwhile reading. What on earth Britney ever saw in him I'll never know. Truly a riddle cloaked in an enigma and wrapped around a puzzle.

Fresh faces to brighten our pages
Though I may not be the first, let me extend a warm, LGBT Love Boat welcome to the 12 new members who joined us in October: Jliberty, JockCub360, ChristopherEdwards, Desiderius82, Zlrussell, Kelsied, BeardedWoof, Mujerado, Tyrfing, Fabgurrl, Redl@nds597198, and decafdyke! Whatever you choose to do here, I feel sure that your contributions will enhance our project to no end. And if they don't...well, let's just say that I'm not shy.

Leather and lace
On a personal note, your already overworked cruise director is being cyberly whipped almost daily by Nemissimo, who desperately wants to get the German BDSM translation copy edited and used as a replacement for the current one. It's such a ... err, stimulating topic that I am sure many of you will want to join the copy editing fun. Jump right in, folks! It's so lonely copy editing it all by my lonesome!

Late breaking news
A little birdie just whispered in my ear that our noble collaboration project was delisted from the Community Portal due to inactivity. When asked how this scandalous turn of events could have occurred, the answer I received was "we suck at stuff like that". Well. In the first place, I disagree that sucking should be considered a negative, but to each his or her own. In the second place, I have full confidence that we can and will collaborate with other projects in the future. So let's not view this as a setback (even though it is), but rather a challenge to improve (and good Lord, I sound almost Wikipedian!).

Champagne dreams and caviar kisses
Lastly, the holidays are rapidly approaching. Our American cousins are currently getting ready to slaughter masses of poultry in an effort to show their gratitude and generally peaceful demeanor, and those of the Canadian persuasion, trendsetters that they are, celebrated a bit early this year. I'm sure all us foreigners will join together in wishing them all a very happy Thanksgiving on their respective holidays, both already celebrated and forthcoming... though I would hope somebody would enlighten me as to why they don't celebrate it on the same day. I was awake all last night trying to figure that one out. - In the spirit of this peculiarly North American holiday, let me take a moment to thank all of our editors for their contributions to this project. It's people like you who make people like me...well, a "people person"! May all your Wiki days be bright, and may your Love Boat never turn into a Poseidon.
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Kisses,

Miss Julie To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please let us know here. If you have any news or any announcements to be broadcast, do let Dev920 know. Delivered on 12:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC).
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 * Does anyone running an image bot on this place actually make sure the damn thing works first? Appropriate (and surprisingly polite, given it's (a) a bot and (b) a copyright-paranoid) note left on the bot's Talk: page. — OwenBlacker (Talk) 21:44, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Wappen Gams.png
Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Wappen Gams.png. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' 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 "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI 01:06, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * More stupid, pointless copyright paranoia. Fair use case is blindingly obvious from Non-free logo (and Non-free symbol, with which I replaced the former). Go find something actually useful to do. ë OwenBlacker (Talk) 01:15, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Wappen Thal.png
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If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' 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 "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI 01:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)


 * And another. Pointless, stupid copyright paranoia without a human actually reading the damn image page. Such a waste of everyone's time. — OwenBlacker (Talk) 01:51, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Rheinau.png
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If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' 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 "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. Additionally, if you continue uploading bad images, you may be blocked from uploading. STBotI 02:35, 2 December 2007 (UTC)


 * And another. — OwenBlacker (Talk) 02:37, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Wappen Gams.png
Thanks for uploading Image:Wappen Gams.png. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 15:27, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered on 20:05, 3 December 2007 (UTC). SatyrBot 21:23, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

[[Image:Flag of France.svg|45px]] WikiProject Newsletter n°2
It's been one high aiming month! The French WikiProject and related pages have been aiming high for Christmas - and have received an equal number of presents in return! Well, that's this issue. Au revoir et à bientôt till the next time,  Chris DHDR (18:55, 9 December 2007 (UTC)).
 * The French Portal is now a Featured Portal!!! It passed its Candidacy with 100%. Special thanks go to NYArtsnWords and all those that have made this Portal work.
 * The Newsletter has made it to a second issue. You can find its page at WikiProject France/Outreach/Newsletter and its archives at WikiProject France/Outreach/Newsletter/Archives.
 * A new page has been setup (WikiProject France/Links) to provide an index of the Projects/Portals pages (as well as helping newbees). When creating any pages in the Project/Portal namespace, please add them to the index page. This page also give WP:FRANCE members a handy watchlist.
 * As like last time, members are asked to renew their memberships at WikiProject France/Members.
 * I will be on holiday when the next issue is meant to come out so could some generous person(s) please do the next issue at WikiProject France/Outreach/Newsletter.

Orphaned non-free media (Image:ReMix cover (Amazon).jpg)
Thanks for uploading Image:ReMix cover (Amazon).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 'image' 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 "Image" 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. BetacommandBot (talk) 20:20, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Stamping Butterflies cover (Amazon).jpg)
Thanks for uploading Image:Stamping Butterflies cover (Amazon).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).

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:End of the World Blues cover (Amazon).jpg)
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If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' 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 "Image" 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. BetacommandBot (talk) 20:26, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Rheinau.png)
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If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' 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 "Image" 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. BetacommandBot (talk) 20:40, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Wappen Thal.png)
Thanks for uploading Image:Wappen Thal.png. 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 'image' 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 "Image" 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. BetacommandBot (talk) 20:46, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Lucifer's Dragon cover (Amazon).jpg)
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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Neoaddix cover (Amazon).jpg)
Thanks for uploading Image:Neoaddix cover (Amazon).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).

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