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WikiProject Films April 2008 Newsletter
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Articles for deletion/James Wesley Rawles
Hi there. I saw that you re-listed this article at AfD per the DRV discussion. Would you consider restoring the underlying article for people to review? I confess that I thought the article had been speedy deleted, and reclosed your listing before I realized what was going on. Thanks, Xymmax (talk) 14:22, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Revisionism

 * There's a problem regarding the Disambiguation page. Please help! It's really not controversial!!! --Ludvikus (talk) 14:24, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) It's obvious, if you only look. I want room for the Disambiguation page: Revisionism (disambiguation).
 * 2) Notice that, in fact, & incorrectly, this is the disambiguation page (click on it) Revisionism.
 * --Ludvikus (talk) 14:39, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * 1) I want Revisionism to be a (general article). That, for example, we do at Philosophy. That way we can have French philosophy, Chinese Philosophy, etc. --Ludvikus (talk) 14:45, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Will Atkinson
Dear PeaceNT,

Your "speedy deletion" of this page was a little hasty. I've restored the page, with a bit more detail so that it should be impossible for anyone to make the same mistake again. The only reason that detail wasn't present in the first place was because I'd created the article as a stub with the intention of revisiting it with more detail.

Dominic Cronin (talk) 18:57, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

And now someone else has deleted it, even though you yourself agreed that the new version didn't meet the criteria for speedy deletion any more. From where I'm sitting it seems rather like there's a bunch of people running around vandalising new content purely out of vainglory and arrogance, and without making any contributions themselves. Heck - we're talking about two deletions in the space of a few days. How is a normal person with a day job going to get their contribution in without it being clobbered by recent-changes junkies with nothing better to do. Do you really think this kind of thing helps?

Dominic Cronin (talk) 08:44, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Will Atkinson (Musician)
Sorry that took so long. I have been busy today and haven't had time to really review this. I have restored this article entirely at your request. Honestly, I don't feel this article satisfies WP:MUSIC and I think it would go down in an AfD discussion. However, I don't see any harm in letting it remain and be expanded and referenced. Every source I have found though suggests that this person is only of minor local note. I would be happy to be proven wrong though. Trusilver 23:26, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

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Help needed
Hello. You deleted am importent martial arts article. Russian All-Round Fighting. Could you please return it or at least bring it to my talk page? I want to improve it. RusMartialist (talk) 19:56, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

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RFA Thanks
Thanks for your support at my recent Request for adminship. I hope you find I live up to your expectations. Best, Risker (talk) 14:14, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Destrachan
Thanks! :) BOZ (talk) 16:47, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Harry Potter Fan Zone
Hi. I've restored it at your request. I do think it needs attention, though. At the moment it's very advert-like. Deb (talk) 12:08, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks so much for your support in myRfA, which closed successfully this morning. TravellingCarithe Busy Bee 17:50, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Help needed
Hello. You deleted am importent martial arts article. Russian All-Round Fighting. Could you please return it or at least bring it to my talk page? I want to improve it. MaIl89 (talk) 20:19, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Day
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WikiProject Films May 2008 Newsletter
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Fly (artist)
Hello there. Thank you so much for working on the article. I appreciate it so much. The way it was deleted was unfair and I am honored that you took the time to correct and resubmit the article. You are the best! Keep up the fantastic work! Messwemade (talk) 23:44, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

The Host (novel)
Thank you so much! I spent a fair bit of time on it, even though it's a bit long. I appreciate it! DreamHaze (talk) 05:38, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: AfD
I would recommend that you start a discussion at deletion review, since that would be the proper venue.  Singu larity  01:53, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * On second thought, I have relisted the AfD.  Singu larity  05:56, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Envy (R&M Album)
Hi PeaceNT, this user has since re-created the album's article. I've flagged it for deletion (again) but I was wondering if you'd be kind enough to issue a warning. Thanks &#0187;xytram&#0171; talk 10:31, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

CN Tower Lock
Thank you so much for listening to what I had to say. The lock will help stop vandalism on the page    Juthani1    tcs 15:53, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Re:Black Lagoon cover
Oh, I didn't realize that the other one existed. I c/p'd my userspace draft onto the page, so I probably wrote over it and missed it when I did that.  Sephiroth BCR ( Converse ) 18:48, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

AGK's rfb
Heya Peace. Further to your comments on my RfB, you might be interested in this. It may go a little way to answering your concerns. Anthøny 17:27, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

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LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
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Hello, members and friends of WP:LGBT! I'm not one to be writing newsletters, but I miss our cruise director, Miss Julie, and our project is drifting along with a few leaking plugs in the bottom of the boat. Hey, it happens. Every group we join goes through changes. If Wikipedia weren't so interesting it wouldn't also be so frustrating sometimes. And vice versa. More than one Wikiproject has tumbleweeds blowing through it, but this is one that can't afford to let that happen. Even if you pop in to the talk page of the project, you can let us know you're still around.

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WP:LGBT's Role in HIV / AIDS articles
It wouldn't be a proper gay community without a li'l bit o' drama! That's right. If we aren't arguing about something, then we should be asking if we're still queer. Maybe that's for the best, since we know we're still kicking. Our most recent topic is how far the role of our project should go in dipping our toes into HIV/AIDS articles. The main AIDS article was delisted as a Featured Article last month, sadly. (Sending a swift kick to WP:Medicine.) A spirited discussion is available for your entertainment on the WP:LGBT talk page about just how much of HIV and AIDS should we take on. As ever, we'll take your opinions under advisement. We're going to have to, because it doesn't seem to have been settled.

Is Pride POV?
We have a pretty cool sidebar that identifies core LGBT articles. Its symbol is the iconic gay pride flag, much like other Wikiprojects have iconic symbols denoting the topic is a core subject in a series of articles. However, a question recently arose asking if the symbol itself is not neutral. Should a pride flag show up at the top of the article on Conversion therapy? How else would anyone know the article is about queer issues? Is there another symbol that is as widely recognized and that includes all our many splintered facets? At what point do we stop asking ourselves all these questions and just go have a mint julep on the verandah and stop caring?

Harvey Milk and Jim Jones
For the love of all that is holy, no Kool Aid jokes. However, an editor involved in pioneering San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk's article has included a section about the late supervisor's support of Jim Jones and the People's Temple. While it may be accurate, there is a Request for Comment regarding how much emphasis the section places on Milk's support in light of his overall political influence on the city, and indeed the rest of the United States. Milk's article is a sad one in more ways than one. It lacks the detail and heart that honors its subject. Anyone want to do a barter with me? I'll bring Harvey Milk to featured status (give me a month or two so I can read stuff), if you do something of equal value to WP:LGBT?? Make me an offer...

Queer Studies is offensive!
The established branch of study known as Queer studies was brought up as an category for deletion because an editor was offended by the use of "queer" in the title. It was overwhelmingly rejected mostly by the usernames I see here on our Wikiproject page. (A clue that I know you are out there, hiding...biding your time...) So, I wish I could congratulate you, but now I'm all confused by my sympathy for the editor who was offended. So, if you're reading this, Moni has a short memory and can't remember your username. Don't be put off by our demonstrative pushiness. Join us. We can always use involved editors.

Lambda Literary Awards
What can you do to help the project out? Be a wiki-fairy, on many levels. There are all kinds of articles that need help. Why, just this morning I removed those ugly wikify and cleanup tags from four articles at random. If you can put  around stuff, you can clean up articles. There's a list of articles that need attention at the top of the WP:LGBT talk page. Or you can start with the Lambda Literary Awards, where the goddess of my altar received a pioneering award, and was "reduced to rubble" by Katherine V. Forrest's wonderful speech. The 20th ceremony of the Lambda Literary Awards, which celebrates LGBT literature, took place in West Hollywood on May 29th. The page needs to be updated with the new winners, to be found on the official website.


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Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Arthur C. Clarke and Bernard Montgomery
Why on earth would someone want to delete material about homosexuality? 'Tis truly a mystery. But these embattled articles have some random evil gnomes removing information that places these folks under our queer umbrella. Help us keep an eye out for the deletions. Take a peek at the articles, familiarize yourselves with the info, and be handy with the undo function in the article history. If tempers flare, take it to the Hall monitors and let them sort it out. Best solution is to make sure your sources are immaculate.

This month's Wiki stars
This is what I get for opening my big fat mouth and suggesting the newsletter should be revived. Here I am writing it. So, to pat self on back (*cough*) Mulholland Dr. became a featured article in May. This is A Good Thing since it is my personal declaration that there is no such thing as lesbian porn. I don't care what Benjiboi says about the video collection at goodvibes. Instead, we have hot women who connect on a deep, personal, soul-touching level, so this film should qualify as some of the skankiest porn available for lesbians. Plus, it's completely confusing and surreal! D'you think Laura Harring would care that the article is featured? I don't think so either... (Call me, Laura!)

Compulsive hoarding of templates
Once I saw a harrowing episode of Animal Planet's Animal Cops where this guy had, like, 250 cats in his house and it freaked me right out. I'm drawing a parallel between 250 cats and, well...three, really, templates in articles involving LGBT issues. Can we stick to one, maybe? In the aforementioned Harvey Milk's article there's a core LGBT template, a link to the LGBT portal, and a sidebar for LGBT rights. Jiminy! You'd think we weren't the folk to set industrial grey carpeting and track lighting in vogue. An LGBT footer was designed to link to articles of interest that aren't the aforementioned core articles. What do you think, can we have either an LGBT template for core articles, a footer for LGBT articles that are high profile but not core, or an LGBT rights template? As ever, anything's up for discussion on the WP:LGBT talk page.

The Violet Quill and magazines
Zigzig20s suggests we create an article on The Violet Quill, as it seems such a milestone in the advancement of gay/queer literature. Members of the Quill all have pages of their own (Edmund White, Christopher Cox, Robert Ferro, Michael Grumley, Andrew Holleran, Felice Picano, and George Whitmore). We need to find more info on the Quill per se to reference the page that we create. Perhaps Google Books - and libraries? - can help.

A number of magazines also need articles, perhaps most notably QW, LGNY, and Lesbian Feminist Liberation.

Mom's nagging for Pride Month
It's June, Pride month. Wear sunscreen, stay hydrated, get a designated driver, then go half-dressed in the streets find a girlfriend or boyfriend, or some homo who's standing there looking lonely and kiss 'em up real good. Remember, it all started 39 years ago when a bunch of drag queens just got fed the f*ck up by the cops raiding the bar and dragging them all out to the pokey again. Rock on, queens! Enjoy your celebrations. My town's is in October, and 200 people attend. I miss Denver.

Fresh faces to brighten our pages
Hey, I've seen you around! Sorry there seem to be so many—it's been a while. But we welcome you all: Cheezisyum21, Taineyah, Dustihowe, Avesta69, RachelSummers77, Vivekgopinathan, AMK1211, Staffwaterboy, Ted Ted, Joe5150, Leahtwosaints, Robapalooza, Arthomure, Confusionball, Affinity likely, PrinceOfCanada, Yobmod, Npd2983, Neagley, Bvlax2005, Bvlax2005, Rhullsf, Textorus, Kieran.casey, Tyciol, Meojive, Sappho'd, Bookkeeperoftheoccult,  Gaywarrior, Aujourd'hui, maman est morte, and Balin42632003.

It looks like we've picked up a lot of talent lately. We have no doubt you'll be making your indelible mark on LGBT knowledge as we know it, here at Wikipedia.

- In the immortal words of Miss Julie, "May all your Wiki days be bright, and may your Love Boat never turn into a Poseidon."
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We miss you, Miss Julie, as well as all the others who have graced our project and are on wiki-breaks or just got fed up with all the nuttiness and went to live their lives. Get your stupid houses built and hurry up and come back. --Moni3 (talk) 16:52, 9 June 2008 (UTC) 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 Moni3 know.
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