User talk:Paisan30

McCain Peer Review
I just wanted to make sure you're aware that a request has been made for Peer Review of the McCain article.Ferrylodge (talk) 07:28, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Requests for your comment
FWIW I'm canvassing for editors' general
 * EXPERTISE with concern my pair of re-titling proposals for 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign "Controversies" daughter-articlesif possible, both here and here. — Justmeherenow   08:29, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Blagojevich Blending
Can you please merge Public Official A straight toward that Rod Blagojevich article, 'cause Public Official A happens being orphaned and could work better if blended to Rod Blagojevich. Neurotic heart (talk) 08:07, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Ron Paul
Ron Paul has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured quality. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. --Andrew Kelly (talk) 05:22, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Editing survey
Hi Paisan30. My name is Mike Lyons and I am a doctoral student at Indiana University. I am conducting research on the writing and editing of high traffic “current events” articles on Wikipedia. I have noticed in the talk page archives at Barack Obama that you have contributed to the editing or maintenance of the article. I was hoping you would agree to fill out a brief survey about your experience. This study aims to help expand our thinking about collaborative knowledge production. Believe me I share your likely disdain for surveys but your participation would be immensely helpful in making the study a success. A link to the survey is included below.

Link to the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=P6r2MmP9rbFMuDigYielAQ_3d_3d

Thanks and best regards, Mike Lyons lyonspen | (talk) 13:49, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

September 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
--Kumioko (talk) 03:17, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Wikimedia Stories Project
Aloha!

My name is Victor Grigas, I’m a storyteller at the Wikimedia Foundation in San Francisco working on collecting unique and interesting stories from Wikipedians that can be used to compel donations for the 2011 fundraiser.

I found your user name on this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_in_Chicago

If you are interested in participating, and would like to schedule a telephone or Skype interview with me, please send me an email (vgrigas@wikimedia.org) along with any questions you may have.

Thanks for your time!

Victor, User:Victorgrigas Victor Grigas (talk) 21:06, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

PS If you know of anyone with whom I should speak please let me know :)

December 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
--Kumioko (talk) 01:26, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

October 29, 2012, per Charles Panici
Good afternoon, my name is Michael Volpe.

I'm an investigative journalist and I've recently published a book about the trial in which Panici was a defendant which has come to define his career. My book looks at the trial in a whole new and points out numerous flaws in the prosecution's case, which I believe leaves no doubt that Chuck Panici was innocent and was set up by prosecutors and witnesses.

I prove this using thousands of documents from the trial and other proceedings related to the trial. I examine each of the crimes Panici was convicted of one by one and point out the flaws in each. They are overwhelming.

I'm hoping that one of the editors would take a look at my book and consider updating the page. I'm glad to email a free copy if someone will do that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Volpe (talk • contribs) 20:25, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject C-SPAN?
Greetings fellow Wikipedia editor -

I am leaving you this note because I have reason to believe that you are interested in C-SPAN. (I may have made this assumption based on your C-SPAN user box, or perhaps for some other reason.) If this is not an interest of yours, please feel free to read no further and delete this message.

If you are in fact someone who is interested in C-SPAN, then let me put forward an idea that I have been kicking around for a while. What if we started a C-SPAN WikiProject?

The parameters of this (potential) project are up for discussion, but it could include some or all of the following (as well as things that may occur to you that have not occurred to me):


 * Creation, maintenance, and improvement of articles and lists directly related to C-SPAN and its programming.
 * Use of C-SPAN programming in citations for various topics
 * Inclusion of unique and targeted C-SPAN video links for various articles. (Doing this with respect for established guidelines at External links.) (Example: If you are interested in the submarine USS Wyoming (SSBN-742), then having easy access to the eight hours of programming taped while a C-SPAN crew were guests on that submarine could also be of interest to you.)
 * Inclusion of (and possible further creation of) templated links such as, that will easily take article readers to a link of all C-SPAN Video Library links for the person about whom the article is about.
 * What else?

I don't know exactly how far we may want to go, nor in what directions, but I do believe (as I have long noted on my user page) that C-SPAN and Wikipedia are both...

"...fantastic vehicles for the free exchange of ideas and information in a non-sound-bite manner, and they both invite the participation of any parties (expert or amateur) who are interested in taking the time to absorb and/or contribute to the ideas and information offered. C-SPAN and Wikipedia go together like peanut butter and jelly, and I want to help give other Wiki users easy access to the great work that C-SPAN has done on a variety of topics."

Now, I should mention that I have never started a WikiProject before, and I do not know the best way to go about it. (Perhaps one of you do?) Let me offer one of my sandbox pages, User:KConWiki/sandbox/Wikiproject C-SPAN?, as a gathering area for comments until such time as we gather enough steam to start our own WikiProject page.

Thanks for reading this far, and I hope that you will give some consideration as to whether this is something we ought to attempt. Please feel free to pass this message on to others you know whom might be interested, and please let me know your thoughts and comments.

KConWiki (talk) 01:37, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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