User talk:Polishname/Archive 2

Hello
ay, hows it going ? just stopping by seeing how things are, wondering if you have any questions. you should look into archiving your talk page since it is so longgggg. if you need help doing that let me know, or i can suggest some bots and how to ask them to do it for you automatically. not much else, hope your doing well. talk to you soon,  Matthew  Yeager  08:42, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Openserving
An article that you have been involved in editing, Openserving, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/. Thank you. Argyriou (talk) 00:47, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Join us?



 * Hey! Great stuff! Welcome aboard! WP:GM is a great WikiProject (in my eyes at least!), with an excellent team-spirit, and, with all our recent successes we're also one of the most successful in the UK at the moment! There are a few other editors from the Stockport area too from memory; User:Mr Stephen being one of the most "high profile" if you like.


 * As for being a photographer, well I was only saying last night to another user that we need one to join us ! Some of our articles are in dire need of quality images! It would be great to have some of the Stockport places improved on Wikipedia too. I suppose for now the best advice I can offer is have a flick through the project page (and talk page) and see if you have any queries after that. Great to have you join us in the mean time, and good luck! -- Jza84 · (talk) 17:32, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

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Re: Editor review (& newsletter)
Hello there! Great to touch bases again.

Feel free to pass comment at Editor review/Jza84, that would be great. With regards to content, there's nothing that must be mentioned, and it seems there is little guidance at Editor review, so I suppose any kind of constructive feedback on how I can develop myself as Wikipedian would be great (whether that be the form of an appraisal or critique!).

Regarding the newsletter... that's great! I presume you haven't written one before? -- that's no problem anyway as there are no rules. If you want a hand with the formatting (as it can be tricky), feel free to give me a nudge. --Jza84 | Talk  23:13, 15 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi again! Just wondered if you were still planning on writing up a newsletter? There's no pressure at all; I'm not planning to write one. I was just curious. I think it would be great though. --Jza84 | Talk  19:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thanks for taking care of the article, I had intended to do a lot more myself, but there have been other demands on my time. I was heavily involved in the Grade I list so I know the amount of effort you had to put in, and that list was a lot shorter! If you want to push for FL, you have my complete support to do what it takes. Nev1 (talk) 14:10, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Grade II*
Thanks for the catch, it was a strange aberration on my part. I remember at the time wondering how I could have made the mistake of putting it in the Grade I list. Ah well, these things happen. Thanks again. Nev1 (talk) 17:30, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Response
Just to let you know I've replied to your post. Rudget  ( logs ) 15:53, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem. Take as long as you wish, I look forward to seeing it. Rudget   ( logs ) 19:09, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Merseyside wikiproject
Hi Polishname! Thanks for the contact! Great to see you being bold and getting into the nitty-gritty! Adminship is, well, a bit of a thankless task sometimes. I freely admit I'm far from perfect and being a sysop means I'm scrutinised on a regular basis. It also means I have to deal with disgruntled users, whom I've had to shock with an electric fence, but it's all good, and not a big deal really. :)

Re the Merseyside project, I'll probably have to start a formal proposal page, at WikiProject Council/Proposals (although this process is new to me). I have a small list of interested parties at User:Jza84/Merseyside.

On the related GM portal idea, there are some statistics which may help (or hinder) this proposal. According to Wikipedia article traffic statistics, the Portal:North West England typically gets a thousand views a month, and Portal:Cheshire around 650 views a month - I would hope we would be equalling the circa 1000+ views per month with this GM portal. I think it's an interesting proposal you have, and I have an very open mind as to potential.

--Jza84 | Talk  22:02, 28 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you! That makes it all worth while! I will wear my barnstar with pride!


 * I think you're doing the right thing by creating a draft version of a PT:GM. I imagine that will highlight areas where we need to make improvements actually (i.e. do we need more quality bibliographies/pictures so on and so forth...?). I think it would also highlight if there is too much overlap or simillarity with the PT:NWE which makes it a little, well, redundant.


 * I admire the fact you appreciate and understand Rudget's resistance - I also think it's fair and justifiable resistance. Going forwards I do think some things are well presented on a regional basis, but as I say, I've an open mind. Good luck with it, please keep us all in the loop. :) --Jza84 | Talk  11:21, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Main page redesign
Hello, ! 2008 main page redesign proposal was recently cleared of all design entries. You may want to re-enter your design(s), based on the details here. (You can see the old list of designs here). NOTE: A survey was conducted on what users wanted to see in the new main page, you can see the results here. Nick Penguin ( contribs ) 02:11, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

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