User talk:Penwhale/Archive10

Celebrity Big Brother 2009
Celebrity Big Brother 2009 needs to have its protection changed to semi. The article is already badly out of date and logged in users need to be able to add the last few celebs who entered the house to the article. Cheers! John Sloan (view / chat) 22:11, 2 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, came here to say the same thing. Semi-protection should be fine, and perhaps shortening it could be considered too. There's a high level of vandalism at the moment because it's the first night of the new series, but it should be more manageable after a few days I imagine. Either way, semi-protection should be worth a shout. No autoconfirmed accounts were vandalising, I don't think. Dreaded Walrus t c 22:15, 2 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Could you guys work out the editing on the talk page for the time being? I'm thinking of shorten the full-prot duration, but it's too prone to vandalism/revert warring at the moment. - Penwhale &#124; Blast him / Follow his steps 22:20, 2 January 2009 (UTC) That being said, if any admin feels that it's overly done or the duration needs to be changed and I'm not online, they can do so without consulting me. - Penwhale &#124; Blast him / Follow his steps 22:26, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

GMC
I had no involvement in the case, nor do I plan on involving myself in the case, so I felt I had no conflict of interest to run the CU. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 00:58, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Just saying :P - Penwhale &#124; Blast him / Follow his steps 10:54, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Your comments
Hi, I saw your comments on my RfA. I'm just curious by what you meant about taking into consideration what people said. Do you mean I should try again in a few months?  Enigma msg  17:18, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I thought I heard that the b'crat may use judgment call on your RfA, but if that doesn't happen, most people have mentioned that they could change their mind after a while, so I wouldn't give up. - Penwhale &#124; Blast him / Follow his steps 17:30, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

You're invited!
In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, look at our approval by the Chapters Committee, develop ideas for chapter projects at museums and libraries throughout our region, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the November meeting's minutes and the December mini-meetup's minutes).

We'll make preparations for our exciting museum photography Wikipedia Loves Art! February bonanza (on Flickr, on Facebook) with Shelley from the Brooklyn Museum and Alex from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

We'll also be collecting folks to join our little Wikipedia Takes the Subway adventure which will be held the day after the meeting.

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NYC Meetup: You're invited!
Join us the evenings of Friday February 6 and Saturday February 7 around Wikipedia Loves Art! museum photography events at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum.

There will also be a special business meeting on Saturday dedicated to discussing Wikimedia New York City issues with guests from the Wikimedia Foundation.

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Ping?
Are you allright, Penwhale? You've gone suddenly quiet. &mdash; Coren (talk) 00:07, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Not THAT quiet... but 3 math classes will do that to you sometimes. - Penwhale &#124; Blast him / Follow his steps 03:13, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Wiki ban help
Hello, My name is John and last night I tried to create an account from my house and it said I was banned Jan 27th until April 27th. I was just hoping you could help me since I have never used wiki before.

It said I (IP 98.231.22.5) was banned by Nishkid64 who gave the reason

I was just hoping you could help me figure this out. Maybe someone was using my internet? I'm not sure, but I was hoping to see the incident that happened. I am sending this from my account I created at school (nflmockdraftaces), but it is in reference to my home IP which is 98.231.22.5

I'm new and not sure what to do. Help! :)

Thanks for your help, John nflmockdraftaces (talk) 16:19, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Happy 's Day!
For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. (March 4th for you) — Rlevse • Talk  • 23:58, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

You're invited!
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You're invited...
In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, establish a membership process for the chapter, review the upcoming Wiki-Conference New York 2009 (planned for ~100 people at NYU this summer) and future projects like Wikipedia at the Library, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the March meeting's minutes).

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You're invited...
In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, review the recent Wiki-Conference New York, plan for the next stages of projects like Wikipedia Takes Manhattan and Wikipedia at the Library, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the May meeting's minutes).

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Wikis Take Manhattan
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You're invited!
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Articles_for_deletion/Check_Game is currently up for deletion, along with this and 94 other Price is Right games
You are welcome to comment in this deletion discussion. You are being contacted because you participated in the first AFD in 2007. Ikip (talk) 21:48, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Psst...
Psst¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 23:23, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

"[Jack Merridew] does not bait me or you--he baits those susceptible to it, and is, I must admit, very skilled at this"
FYI: User_talk:Zinc5000

Future perfect is involved in helping criticize a newbies article which I userfied. Jack Merridew came first, followed by Future perfect.

What concerns me is that Future Perfect appears to be very aware of Jack Merridew's edit history, my edits to this newbies page first, Jack Merridew hounding me (following me) to this article, but his only actions on this page are to criticize the newbie some more, helping Jack Merridew try to bait me.

This is prima fascia evidence of Future Perfect being an involved editor, so any blocks by him against me by him, hopefully will be treated the same as User:A Man In Black was when he blocked me. Future will lose his adminship.

The worst part of all this is how this newbie is being treated. Two editors with an agenda against me are tearing apart the contributions of this editor. Ikip 13:11, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Refactoring
Thank you very much for your assistance in properly formatting my response in the arbitration case that I am involved in. As a fairly inexperienced editor I am still learning the esoterica involved in many proceedures and help like this is greatly appreciated. Rapier1 (talk) 21:01, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Mentorship committee
Penwhale-- This unexpected pair of questions may be interesting, but not easy.
 * (1) Would you consider becoming a part of a "mentorship committee" which would seek ArbCom approval?
 * (2) While declining to be named among the offical "mentors" seeking ArbCom approval, would you consider becoming an advisor or consultant to the members of my "mentorship committee", if one does develop.

At present, there is no committee; and indeed, I have to consider that this kind of unconventional grouping may not evolve. As you will know, no one has agreed to participate, but some are considering what to do.

In effect, I'm asking you and others to consider whether this might be more of an opportunity than a burden. --Tenmei (talk) 02:52, 23 December 2009 (UTC)


 * I have always offered to help, but I'm limited by my availability. Once school resumes my editing rate will drop again. I'm not sure how well I can help in this case. (It doesn't make sense for me to directly mentor you either because of COI issues.) - Penwhale &#124; dance in the air and follow his steps 03:03, 23 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Thank you. As a gesture of recognition and appreciation, I reiterate a familiar rhetorical question: "Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application?" -- Analects of Confucius, Part 1, "Learning" --Tenmei (talk) 17:43, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Copyediting
Penwhale, I am going to attempt a slow copyedit of the Arbitration guide "maintained by clerks" et al. for readability. Just FYI, so as not to do any damage. Let me know if it gets too edgy, ok? Best, Kaisershatner (talk) 16:19, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Go ahead, but post on clerks' board too. - Penwhale &#124; dance in the air and follow his steps 16:22, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day NYC
You are invited to celebrate Wikipedia Day and the 9th anniversary (!) of the founding of the site at Wikipedia Day NYC on Sunday January 24, 2010 at New York University; sign up for Wikipedia Day NYC here. Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends! This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 01:07, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

NYC Wikipedia Meetup Sunday, March 21
In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, review the recent Wikipedia Day NYC, plan for the next stages of projects like Wikipedia at the Library and Lights Camera Wiki, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, for example User:ScienceApologist will present on "climate change, alternative medicine, UFOs and Transcendental Meditation" (see the November meeting's minutes).

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socks
i am being accused of sock pupertary, can any one pls help, i think i contact you with my case... pls review and help, thanxAlxknight (talk) 23:07, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

NYC Wikipedia Meetup Saturday, May 22
In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, review the recent Wikimedia Chapters Meeting 2010, plan for the next stages of projects like Wiki-Conference NYC and Wikipedia Cultural Embassy, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the March meeting's minutes).

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Wiki-Conference NYC (2nd annual)
Our 2nd annual Wiki-Conference NYC has been confirmed for the weekend of August 28-29 at New York University.

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Wikipedia NYC Meetup Sat Oct 16
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NYC Meetup: Saturday, December 4
Our next Wikipedia NYC Meetup is this weekend on Saturday Dec 4 at Brooklyn Museum during their awesome First Saturdays program, starting at 5 PM.

A particular highlight for the wiki crowd will be 'Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968', and the accompanying "WikiPop" project, with specially-created Wikipedia articles on the artists displayed on iPads in the gallery.

This will be a museum touring and partying meetup, so no excuses about being a shy newbie this time. Bring a friend too!

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Mentoring question
Please examine Talk:List of tributaries of Imperial China. Can you suggest alternate ways I might have been more effective in this very limited dispute? In this small thread, can you suggest lessons learned the hard way which I could have drawn from this editing experience? --Tenmei (talk) 21:59, 23 December 2010 (UTC)