User talk:Phoebe/Archive6

Signpost
Anything in the way of polishing and updating the slate of articles would be helpful. Expansion of the "In the news" draft that was up-to-date only through December 8 is one thing that would be good. I plan to put together a "News and notes" to go over some of the internal developments that have been going on (possibly folding in some of the short articles), such as the fundraiser; if you have any suggestions for events and developments that ought to be covered (or even better, prose accounts thereof), you could mention it on the Suggestions page or start a draft. Thanks!--ragesoss (talk) 23:19, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Pheobe, I noticed your post on ragesoss' talk page. You said that you may intend to write an article about the Stanton Grant; however there is already a page being written about it (User:Hermione1980/MediaWiki facelift). There is also a section on the In The News page (User:Cryptic C62/Workspace) about the Virgin Killer issue; but I think if you plan to write more about it a standalone article would be good, given Cryptic's response to Ral315 (who had started a page for it, but hadn't added anything to it) here. seresin ( ¡? )  02:02, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm glad you're pleased with the result. A joint effort! P retzels Talk! 00:20, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

re: wikipedia loves art
Hi,

Saw your message here... I help coordinate the SF-area meetup group and just sent a message to the local mailing list asking if anyone else wanted to participate in this. It would make a great gathering. Any ideas on what museums would be good to target? -- phoebe / (talk to me) 22:49, 2 January 2009 (UTC)]
 * Hi, thanks for writing! I'd certainly be interested in joining up with fellow wikipedians to participate in Wikipedia Loves Art. I don't however have a good idea as to what museums to visit (although I see people on the list have some ideas). I'll keep up on the emails. --Falcorian (talk) 20:53, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject History of Science newsletter : Issue V - January 2009
It's here at long last! The January 2009 issue of the WikiProject History of Science newsletter is ready, with exciting news about Darwin Day 2009. Please feel free to make corrections or add news about any project-related content you've been working on. You're receiving this because you are a participant in the History of Science WikiProject. You may read the newsletter or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Yours in discourse --ragesoss (talk) 03:12, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

A RfC you participated in is being discussed

 * Laws are like Sausages Ikip (talk) 13:43, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

hi
I'd very much liked to be adopted. I'm 15 and from Bedfordshire, England and would like to do this to help mainly my Geography and History Coursework (I'm currently doing essays on the Homesteaders and other issues in American history such as the railways which seems to somehow link into everything. and to improve my scientific knowledge plus help with my P.E theory work (e.g Bones, Muscles etc). I'm a passionate cook and I am working at an A* grade in my Catering GCSE. I am a good speller and willing to learn.

p.s I like your other Phoebes section of your page do you mind if I make a version?

--Dockerz (talk) 12:46, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * replied on user's talk phoebe / (talk to me) 04:18, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Robert Bork
I moved the page back. Also, there is a new, automated way of pulling these lists directly from the database. Ask User:MZMcBride about them. &mdash;harej // change the rules 20:26, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * sweet! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 04:18, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Alphabetization and collation
I am inviting you to comment, in your capacity as a librarian, at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style. -- Wavelength (talk) 19:32, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Neurosciences Institute (Saint Thomas Health Services)
I'll do as you suggested and make the neurosciences institute section of Saint Thomas Health Services more robust and add more links/sources.

While we're on this subject, I was wondering if you could answer something for me. Since there are several places called the Neurosciences Institute throughout the country, how would I go about moving the current Neurosciences Institute on Wikipedia to something like Neurosciences Institute (San Diego) and making Neurosciences Institute a disambiguation page? EmmaMae (talk) 21:58, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * moved for disambig; replied on user's talk phoebe / (talk to me) 04:18, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Licensing
Look for the start of the thread titled "Licensing Interim Update" on foundation-l. Dragons flight (talk) 04:34, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

User:Phoebe/signpost020309
The second milestone entry in User:Phoebe/signpost020309 isn't displaying correctly. RJFJR (talk) 14:55, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

News and notes
Hey phoebe! Thanks for your note. Unfortunately I'm not entirely comfortable with the idea; I've not been contributing to the Signpost for long, and wouldn't know where to start with compiling an edition of News and Notes from scratch - however, I'll be sure to copyedit and expand on the double if you're away. Thanks again. P retzels Talk! 18:41, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi again :) do you have a few minutes to tell me what you think of this design refresh I've been working on for the Signpost? Thanks in advance. P retzels Talk! 00:06, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Commons Picture of the YEar
Good idea including past winners. Do you think we should have a gallery of the top 3 for each year, though? Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 04:27, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

re:DRAMA Report
§hep Talk  02:08, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Signpost links
Agh, sorry it confused you. I realise the change in wording might be a bit odd for long-time contributors, but it should make more sense for new users. I would hesitate to have more than five links in the footer - as for a direct link to the Newsroom, how do you think it would go down to move the Suggestions page to the Planning Room talk page? In my opinion, that's much more logical than leaving the page blank, as it is now. The Newsroom page at Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom is more or less redundant now anyhow. P retzels Talk! 19:14, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

far and wide
Sure, go ahead and announce it wherever you see fit. Anything that gets people to use the tip line more will be helpful, and I know many people think of wikiEN-l as the first place to go to announce news. I do subscribe, and keep up with interestingly-title threads, but I rarely post. Thanks!--ragesoss (talk) 16:27, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Wiki Editing Project
Hi,

I was in Silver's class when we did the Wiki Editing Project. Now, I've been assigned by the campus newspaper to write an article about that project (somewhat late, I know...) Could I email you a few questions for interview?

Thanks,

Daniela Ricci-Tam —Preceding unsigned comment added by Imadaytripper (talk • contribs) 18:32, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

RealGov
Phoebe - Please be sure to check your email for a message regarding RealGov.Lmacdonald411 (talk) 21:25, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

a llama by any other name
Hi Phoebe =) I just wanted to let you know that I changed my username. Same great taste, now more presentable to colleagues. So very much looking forward to seeing you in a few days!
 * oy! thanks for the tip about the sig file; i didn't realize it hadn't switched over! Kenirwin/ (talk) 00:57, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Leage of Old Codgers [LOCo]
Is back! Please help with userbox and prettification. Old_Codgers'_League -- +sj  +

No worries
I did some hacking on it, which you can take or leave. I'm going to start preparing for publication. Let me know when you're done with it.--ragesoss (talk) 22:51, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Joy of the day
The current state of Article_alerts ! +sj +  18:29, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

How Wikipedia Works
It was a one-sentence article: "How Wikipedia Works, published September 2008. No Starch Press. Available online at http://howwikipediaworks.com. ISBN 978-1593271763" NawlinWiki (talk) 05:54, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Image deletion
Sorry, I was using Twinkle to batch-delete images on an article and must have ticked one check box too many. Kimchi.sg (talk) 06:22, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

 * aww :)

Your comments on my article: Peda Typh
This vaccine was recently administered to a child known to me in a renowned hospital in Bangalore, India. However, another pediatrician known to us had not even heard of this vaccine. So Google'd for peda typh and found a few websites, one of them of the manufacturer's. And being a regular Wikipedia visitor, decided to add an article about it. I am not a doctor and have no intention of advertising this product.

I'll be very happy if information about this new vaccine is available on Wikipedia. Hope an experienced author cleans up this article or adds this info in another relevant article that does not look like an advertisement.

Anujsoral (talk) 12:44, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost
Could you throw a mention of the WP:PLOT RfC into your next news and notes? Basically, an RfC to determine if What Wikipedia is not should include plot summaries, or if any discussion of them would be better handled elsewhere. Currently, the voting is about half and half, which probably means it's going to be deleted soon, and the discussion moved somewhere else. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 22:29, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

University of San Francisco
There appears to have been an influx of new users making edits to University of San Francisco again. Nothing was announced on WP:SUP, but perhaps I'm missing some other forum. Would you mind helping me keep an eye on it? Madcoverboy (talk) 21:50, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

thanks
Thanks for your notes on my talk page. I appreciate your welcome and guidance!Jennifer Riggs (talk) 17:44, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Worm drive
Hi, I see that you restored the link to thomasnet in the worm drive article. I'm fully aware of what thomsnet is, because I use it at work on a regular basis. However, I don't believe it should be an EL on Wikipedia per WP:ELNO point 9: "Links to any search results pages, such as links to individual website searches, search engines, search aggregators, or RSS feeds." Moreover, I don't think it adds any value to the article. As such, I would like to remove the link, but not start an edit war. Wizard191 (talk) 14:26, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Here thomasnet states that they are a search engine. As such, I'm going to remove the link. Wizard191 (talk) 23:18, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

CAS story
Exciting news about the collaboration with CAS! Do you have time to write up a little story about it for the signpost? It could run separately or we could add it to News & Notes, if you don't have time to write something long. Let me know! Thanks, --phoebe / (talk to me) 05:10, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Done! User:Physchim62/Signpost. Physchim62 (talk) 01:10, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Caroline champney (talk) 13:43, 19 May 2009 (UTC) Hi Phoebe

I would like to be adopted if possible. I am having some trouble with putting up information on Wikipedia about our magazines. If you'd like to adopt me, let me know and I'll let you know the prolems I've been having so can see if you can help.

Best regards,

Caroline Champney Elsevier Limited Oxford, England, OX5 1AS

One if the websites I work on is www.renewableenergy.com

Maker Faire
Phoebe, Per your request, I pinged your email with the info. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:38, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Phoebe, I too sent you my name via email, but just in case, it is Fred Vassard! --Azafred (talk) 20:48, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * got it, for both of you. Thanks! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 22:35, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Signpost
Hello, I read the Signpost article that was requesting more writers, and I am interested in contributing. Please tell me anything I can help out with, I gladly will volunteer. Kn Cv 2 16:41, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Link to your user page from article Wikipedia
Howdy. I've been looking at cross-namespace links lately, particlarly those into user-space. Your own user page is linked from the article Wikipedia, with reference to your book. Links from the main encyclopedia to user pages are generally a bad idea; they will not work on sites that mirror Wikipedia and even on the main web-site can confuse naive users by exposing them to the behind-the-scenes 'plumbing' that we editors use. More generally, it's normally only appropriate to link to subjects that are encyclopaedic - that is, that have (or deserve) their own article in the main namespace.

I'd normally just be bold and remove the link, but as it's an important article and you're a long-standing and experienced editor I'm posting here first. If I don't hear from you in a week or two I'll go ahead an delink. Cheers. - TB (talk) 12:30, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: "King of Wikipedia Traffic"
Hi Phoebe, I'm just saw your comment in my moderation queue at The Wikipedian. Under normal circumstances I would leap at the offer to rewrite something for the Signpost (never have contributed before) but this happens to be an unusually busy week at the day job. If you would like to rewrite it into something better fitting Signpost style or even just repost it, that sounds great to me. I'm sorry I don't more time to offer at the moment. Cheers, WWB (talk) 11:55, 29 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Phoebe, looks great. Not sure I have any good photo recommendations, after all I just screen-capped Henrik's statistics tool. And, thanks for incorporating my post! Hope I can contribute more in the future. WWB (talk) 22:09, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Wiki-Conference New York Update: 3 weeks to go
For those of you who signed up early, Wiki-Conference New York has been confirmed for the weekend of July 25-26 at New York University, and we have Jimmy Wales signed on as a keynote speaker.

There's still plenty of time to join a panel, or to propose a lightning talk or an open space session. Register for the Wiki-Conference here. And sign up here for on-wiki notification. All are invited! This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 03:20, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

wiki stats
Are you doing an article on this? If you are, I'm interested in helping. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 02:17, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikmania problem
Hi Phoebe. I've seen that you are one of the Wikimania project bureaucrats. Could you please assist me with a username change request there? Kind regards,  Lourie Pieterse  15:18, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Adopt me!
Hi Phoebe.

I saw that you were a librarian with varied Wikipedia expertise and experience with scientific biographies. Plus you sounded nice.

I am new to Wikipedia as a writer (vs. reader), and I thought maybe I would need help in the near future posting short descriptions of psychiatrists and neuroscientists, so I thought I'd ask you to adopt me.

Have a good weekend, Elizabeth

Psychiatry777 (talk) 18:04, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

San Francisco Digital Copyright meetup.
Please post Wikipedia talk:Meetup to the SF mailing list. Ta. -- Jeandré (talk), 2009-08-25t20:19z

Help request from an NIH contributor
Hi, I don't actually need help I just think this thing is so fricking awesome and I wanted to say thank you thank you Thank you very much,

Jennifer Riggs (talk) 21:52, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Talk:List of digital library projects‎
Your comments would be appreciated there.  DGG ( talk ) 04:57, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

cite.php story
Hi, I'm working on a draft of a story about cite.php changes here, but I don't know much about it; any additional info/background/links to discussion etc would be great. If we get enough, it can be a dedicated story. Thanks! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 19:15, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, don't have time to help much this week, but check out Footnotes and Help:Footnotes for more info. Kaldari (talk) 15:54, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Signpost inline comments
Phoebe! A user posted suggesting we show article comments under the article, so I coded up a template for showing article comments inline. It works beautifully, do you have any feedback before I deploy it to the article template etc? Discussion is here. P retzels Talk! 18:03, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it still has the other articles in the issue listed, in perhaps a tidier format. I've fixed the link, for some reason the date of the next report was set to the 30th...? --P retzels Talk! 16:43, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

My apologies
I apologise for my over-zealous publication. I'll leave well enough alone next time, you can be sure. :( It was late, I was wanting to go to bed, nobody looked to be around, I did check on yours and Aude's contribs before I published and saw no life, honest. I made a bad call. Looks like the headline got fixed. I didn't check Ragesoss' contribs because I thought he was away. Now, I feel bad enough already, but I'm wondering if we need a checklist or something, or should I just leave well enough alone in future? Hiding T 09:04, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry! I was freaking out a little bit about getting it done when I left the above; don't apologize for publishing, it's great that you did. My schedule is a bit erratic, especially on Mondays, so there's no way that you could have known... and the Brion story just broke midday on Monday, so there's nothing I could do about it until Monday night, well past the deadline. Sorry to gripe on your talk page, and please don't feel bad! We do definitely need backup publishing help; I don't know how much time Ragesoss will have in the future (he has a new baby!) I happened to catch him last night & he fixed the headline. A checklist is not a bad idea... at least so we could say "it's 90%, let's go for it!" best, -- phoebe / (talk to me) 15:46, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, you have nothing to apologise for. I think perhaps we just need to work on communication a little more, I know I'm terrible at meeting the deadline of 3 am on a Monday morning, so I'll have to work on that.  I'm not in the US either, I'm assuming most everyone else is in the States, so it's complicated fitting schedules together. Plus I never really got around to introducing myself, which was kind of bad.  So, um, hi.  I'm User:Hiding, I've been a wikipedian for over four years now, an admin for almost four years, although I have had a different user name. I can't recall if our paths have crossed before? And, well, it's nice of you to say I rescued it, but I doubt it would have mattered if it was a little late? We'll have to work up some sort of check-list. I might mention it to Pretzels. Hiding T 15:55, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Set up a checklist in the newsroom, with colours and words! Possible statuses are listed in the code, these can be changed if need be. What do you think? P retzels Talk! 00:51, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Really, I don't know what to say. Thank you. Hope you've had or are having a lovely day. Best, Hiding T 21:51, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar
My first barnstar! This is very sweet of you. Thanks so much, you made my day. To the signpost! P retzels Talk! 16:48, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Update to W:I
I've updated Issues, and find that after not looking at it for many weeks, the idea behind WP:CF stands the test of repeated exposure. Now we do need to find facilitators! +sj + 04:23, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, a portal-style page would be better. And there are indeed some blue links out there...  this is still a prototype, but hopefully enough of one to give contributors something to add on to.  As for columns - it would be nice to have some way to see both open topics and partly-filled ones.  But I sympathize.  I also want each entry to be just a line and a link, not so much text.  +sj +  07:52, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Write the next issue
The issue was that the next issue's contents page didn't exist! I've created it and all links are now appearing as they should. --P retzels Talk! 15:47, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

For Wikipedia Signpost/2009-10-12/News and notes
Wikispecies had just reached 200k milestone mark. The 200k article is an insect, Zealachertus bildiri. OhanaUnitedTalk page 01:10, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
 * excellent, thanks! do you know anything else about it? -- phoebe / (talk to me) 18:21, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Err, we're in the process of redesigning Wikispecies' main page. But other than that, I can't think of anything else. OhanaUnitedTalk page 06:45, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Now that you're mentioning it, we are currently in the middle of a collaboration with another journal. This time we got permission to change the license terms from copyrighted to CC-BY-SA. It should be done in November. OhanaUnitedTalk page 17:12, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Cambridge Who's Who
has been prodded. I think we should have an article on this ell-known scam, but I cant find anything except fools who list it on their CV--even in GScholar. Any ideas?  DGG ( talk ) 14:46, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * replied on yr talk. Not too many ideas! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 17:13, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Karachi Meetup
I just prepared the story here on Karachi meetup which is going to held on October 18th afternoon, some hours before Signpost new edition going to get published. Please improve the prepared story so I'll get back with exact meetup details before 3:00 UTC October 19. So, how about including photos and message from Jimmy Wales in signpost story? Here, you can find our agenda details. Saqib talk 08:20, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Kudos
I don't know whose idea it was, but I love the "This day in history" feature in the Signpost. Nice work! Steven Walling 01:14, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Wikisym Signpost article
It was good seeing you again at WikiSym! I did some work on the Signpost article about Wikisym in your userspace. I'll try to make another pass at it before Sunday. Stu (aeiou)I'm Researching Wikipedia 04:36, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I've got some really low-res pics from my phone on my flickr account, but there were a lot of people taking pictures. I can't find them anywhere though. Stu (aeiou)I'm Researching Wikipedia 07:09, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

ArbCom election reports
Hi Phoebe - Just an update. I'll be writing a weekly election report and posting it to User:Manning_Bartlett/electionreport. The schedule is I get the draft up by 12:00 UTC on Sundays, the other members of the "election volunteers" are then free to tweak it, and it will be ready for the Signpost by 12:00 UTC on Mondays. There will be a report every Sunday until Dec 20 (when the final results will be known).

My plan is to leave any actual Signpost actions (page moves etc) to you guys directly. Let me know how all this sits with you. Cheers Manning (talk) 02:20, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * cool! you might let user:ragesoss know as well. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 17:56, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Research proposal
I just wanted to let you know that I threw up a WikiProject proposal per our discussion at WikiSym. I'm really interested in your opinions on the various questions that have come up if you have the time. --E poch F ail (talk 21:55, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Multimedia usability
FYI: Wikipedia Signpost/2009-11-09/Multimedia usability --Aude (talk) 08:51, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Wiktionary lookup js for blogs
[copied from my talk]

I want to try out the new parameters for configuring the Wiktionary gadget on my blog, but I don't know where add the configuration code to make it work.--ragesoss (talk) 02:32, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey Bawolff, if you want to write up something about this for the 'post, you can always just leave a writeup here; thanks! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 18:59, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestion. I would like to fix my rather large list of bug/feature/translation requests first though. Cheers. Bawolff (talk) 21:01, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

'post comment problems
Hey phoebe, I've taken a gander and can't see anything wrong...? &mdash; PretzelsHii! 21:38, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
 * That's fine, thanks for looking out! :) &mdash; PretzelsHii! 23:26, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Please be my Guide
Hi there, I am seeking a mentor. I am in a bit of a pickle currently and need help on editing biographies. Please be my guide. You can respond to me here Discussion Board Thank you.  Ink Heart ♥ 14:48, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Pickling pickle
My brine isn't working properly. Can you help? Also, have you seen... this? +sj + 13:38, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

election story
You're welcome. :) I only caught it when I went to see if Manning had drafted it in user space. How permanent it is I don't know. Hiding T 16:34, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Removal of PROD from Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA)
Hello Phoebe, this is an automated message from SDPatrolBot to inform you the PROD template you added to Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA) has been removed. It was removed by Closedmouth with the following edit summary ' prod is contested, please take it to afd instead if you wish to have it deleted (per WP:PROD) '. Please consider discussing your concerns with Closedmouth before pursuing deletion further yourself. If you still think the article should be deleted after communicating with the 'dePRODer,' you may want to send the article to AfD for community discussion. Thank you, SDPatrolBot (talk) 19:42, 27 November 2009 (UTC) (Learn how to opt out of these messages) 19:42, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
 * a technicality; removed by an IP, replaced by someone else, then removed again by CM. I took it to AFD. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 16:59, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Interview
I've transcribed it at User:Charles Matthews/Interview. Charles Matthews (talk) 17:03, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Hey Phoebe
Phoebe, if you are about I'd like your input on recent edits to Wikipedia Signpost/2009-12-07/Discussion report. You've been doing this longer than I have, I'm a little out of my depth here. Hiding T 22:33, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Squids
You inquired about my Project_SQUID entry, and I don't know quite what to do (I'm new at this) so I've added my thoughts about it on the entry's discussion page. Suggestions/editing welcome.

BTW you and I are friends on that journaly place, so it was a welcome surprise to actually see you in action here.Smellsofbikes (talk) 20:53, 9 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smellsofbikes (talk • contribs) 20:50, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * replied on talk page(s). Nice to see you too! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 23:00, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

houston
hi phoebe, if i can help by your support of the snow project in houston, please let me know. i will hasten the relaunch of SUP to make sure that we have some practicable guidelines for the next semester, best regards --Jan eissfeldt (talk) 00:07, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Locating a merge discussion on one talk page
Greetings Phoebe, I urge you to locate a discussion for any proposed merger on the same talk page, so that any discussion that occurs will be unified. Since your own page indicates your interest in article mergers, it puzzles me that this is not a standard use in your merger-template activity. Initiating a conversation also promotes action (both pro and con) on your proposal. The documentation for Merge-multiple is clear enough. As a sub-part of the template, add to the list of proposed merger candidates, to locate the discussion in a single place, when posting the template.

The articles that bring me to your page are true polar wander, polar wander and polar motion, and because there has been zero conversation on any of the article talk pages in the last three-plus months about your proposal, I am without prejudice removing the merge templates. - Yellowdesk (talk) 18:00, 20 December 2009 (UTC)