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WikiProject Elections and Referendums article tagging
Hi Philosopher. Sorry to have to post directly on your talk page, but you may have noticed (on the WP:Elections and referendums talk page) that I am trying to get all the election and referendum articles tagged for the project. Unfortunately this is not making any progress, as people are claiming there is no consensus to do this, as no-one has responded on the Project talk page. Could you possibly comment on the proposal at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elections and Referendums, as I'm getting rather frustrated by the attitude of the people at WP:BTR. Cheers, Number   5  7  12:42, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Meetup at the Hull House!
Hey Philosopher. The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is doing an edit-a-thon later next week. It's kind of on a weird day of the week to accommodate students at UIC, but you're welcome to join us if you're free. Let us know if you can make it, it'd be great to see you at a meetup! I, JethroBT drop me a line 22:49, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Precious again
  reason together

Thank you, WikiDragon, for quality articles on scientific background on former Iowa legislators, for being happy to have users whose "", for "", for, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:44, 10 September 2013 (UTC) A year ago, you were the 600th recipient of my  Pumpkin Sky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:42, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

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Expired editnotices nominated for deletion
Hi Philosopher. I've nominated a bunch of expired editnotices related to the 2012 US elections, which you created, for deletion. You are invited to participate in the deletion discussion. Regards. DH85868993 (talk) 11:20, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the notification - I've replied there. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 21:51, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

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Help with a politics-related bio
Hi there, Philosopher! I came across your name on the list of members at WikiProject Biography and since you have an interest in political bios, I thought to reach out. On behalf of his firm, Vianovo, I've been working on some updates for political consultant Tucker Eskew. His article is a little messy at the moment and there's some additional / new information that can be added, so I'm looking for help reviewing my suggestions for the article and making the edits if they look good. If you have a moment, would you mind taking a look at the suggestions here? If you're busy right now, I totally understand: any chance you might know of other active editors on biographies? So many of those listed on the WikiProject are no longer active. Thanks in advance! 16912 Rhiannon (Talk &middot; COI) 15:02, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
 * It looks like you're on the right general track: I haven't worked on any in-depth biographies here on Wikipedia, preferring to start a bunch of basic articles and encourage others to get involved. If you are looking for active editors, I recommend that you check out the talk pages and histories of the articles for similar people - those contributors are more likely to be used to this kind of editing.  You don't want someone who will over-politicize the article (always a temptation for editors before an election, sadly) but if you look through the recent edits, you should see a few people who like to fix things up and expand articles.  Sorry I couldn't be of more help.  – Philosopher Let us reason together. 18:00, 29 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks Philosopher, all good suggestions! I've been looking around a bit for editors who focus on this type of bio, hopefully I'll find someone soon. If anyone does come to mind, please do drop me a note! Thanks again, 16912 Rhiannon (Talk &middot; COI) 13:14, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

How do you close Afds?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Stop_Porn_Culture_(2nd_nomination)

In relation to this, I'm wondering how you close afds with that. Is there some sort of template you have to fill out? Some userscript you can use? Thanks. (I'm aware of the procedures for closing afds and the like, and would like to get into it.) Tutelary (talk) 01:46, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
 * @User:Tutelary. Yes, there are special templates for them, and a few special rules.  Obviously, a non-administrator can only close discussions that don't require special tools to close (e.g. not close as "delete" discussions), and should generally avoid contentious closes.  You can find instructions at WP:NACD.  The templates required, including step-by-step instructions, are located in the following section. Personally, I use a script to help - you can install it by adding   to your Special:MyPage/common.js page.  Even if you use the script to help you out, please do read the instructions before you begin.  Good luck and thanks for helping! – Philosopher Let us reason together. 01:58, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
 * (Oh, how does the script work? You should see a "close" option in the drop-down "more" menu that says "Close" when viewing an AfD discussion after you've installed the script. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 01:59, 9 November 2014 (UTC) )
 * Thanks. I've just closed my first afd with it. The proposer withdrew it and I closed the afd appropriately. Tutelary (talk) 02:06, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Nicely done, congrats. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 18:51, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

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Governors of Iowa
Please check the list, I tried a new system of displaying terms, let me know what you think. Thanks! --Golbez (talk) 14:16, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
 * @User:Golbez. Replied at the FL review. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 19:29, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

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Sympatico Security Manager prod
You are correct that it shouldn't matter that the software is not in use anymore; perhaps I meant that because the software has been discontinued, it was unlikely that any new sources would appear. Brianyoumans (talk) 13:53, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
 * That would make sense. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 18:53, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Your closure of multiple discussions on Talk ISIL
Hi, you recently closed the following disscussions on the ISIL talk page:

16 Removing material from lead: detailed rationale 16.1 Collapse of previous thread 17 Suggestion for last paragraph 18 Standard for Naming ISIL in Sinai, Libya etc 19 Bold change of para order in Lead 19.1 Wording in lead: with many Islamic communities making various judgments of the group as not representing Islam 20 1RR 21 Since, more or less, I've been invited to write here... 22 Beheading incident article name 23 Is Islamic extremist are Khawarij? 24 Timeline keeping 25 Footnote appeal 26 Proposed Move of Ansar Bait al-Maqdis => ISIL in Sinai 27 Article Maps 28 Suggested Trimming of Infobox Info & New Infobox 29 Article Section Reorg - from 14 top level headings to 6 29.1 reintroduction of material twice reverting my edits 30 Names and History Subsections 31 Lead section 32 Infoboxes and Lead 33 Moratorium on a name change 34 RFC: Lists of countries and territories, List of sovereign states, List of active rebel groups and ISIL 35 iraqi insurgency map

You have not been involved in any of these discussions. I do not understand why you have shut them down. Gregkaye ✍ ♪  07:28, 26 November 2014 (UTC)


 * @User:Gregkaye: It looks like User:lowercase sigmabot III goofed a bit when archiving the "Addition of WP:SIZE Template" section, which I did close, here. Because it removed the archive bottom template but not the archive top template, the remaining template made the entire page appear to have been closed. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 23:48, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
 * My hope is that the wikitext has not become self aware and blaming you . Not knowing the actual facts I thought this was worth a mention.  Gregkaye  ✍ ♪  07:51, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Face-smile.svg Well, someone else had fixed the discussion page, but your notice let me patch the archive, so it's a good thing you told me about it. Happy editing! – Philosopher Let us reason together. 19:35, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Kenneth Veenstra
Hi-when I worked on the article about Dwayne Alons I notice an article about Kenneth Veenstra who was also in the Iowa General Assembly needed to be started. I hope this helps. Thanks-RFD (talk) 18:58, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'm adding an image and infobox now. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 19:47, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Iowa politicians
Hi-I worked on the article about Ralph Klemme which needed work. I also started articles about Ola Babcock Miller, John Redwine, Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones, and Mary Neuhauser. Please feel free to look at the articles and make any improvements. And my thanks to the Iowa General Assembly and their database of past legislators. I wish the Wisconsin Legislature would set up a database of past Wisconsin legislators. Many thanks-RFD (talk) 13:13, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I've watchlisted them and added them to the queue. :)  I am also quite glad that the General Assembly maintains a good database of past legislators - a very handy reference, to be sure!  Speaking of which, thanks for adding Iowa Women's Hall of Fame to some of those articles - I had not been aware of that template's existence.  Keep up the good work! – Philosopher Let us reason together. 19:07, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Many thanks-I started an article about John Judge who served in the Iowa Senate. His wife is Patty Judge who also served in the Iowa Senate. One note-Ola Babcock Miller is one of the most interesting persons I came across since I joined Wikipedia. She was an very interesting lady. Thanks again-RFD (talk) 21:04, 5 December 2014 (UTC)