User talk:Ragesoss/Archive13

New Barnstar
Hi. Could you design a new barnstar please called "The Helper's Barnstar"? Use any image you wish and contact me ASAP when you are done. Design it quick because I really need it. Carabera (talk) 16:11, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

thanks!
thanks! :) it's been my pleasure. I wish I'd started doing writing N&N earlier... it's a fantastic way to keep up with the community. phoebe / (talk to me) 21:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

April 13 or next (After April 6) signpost
Hey, can you please make sure that the recent incident with me does not be put into the next Signpost. I am trying to see if I can hide this as much as possible and end it. Mitchazenia :  Chat  Trained for the pen 23:07, 6 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I really need it. Mitchazenia :  Chat  Trained for the pen 23:18, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

FPC Nom
Please re!vote on this nom. It was relisted and your previous vote no longer counts. Thanks. ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 05:21, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Review
Hi Sage -- Great. This was one of the books which I devoured years ago, so I am very happy to work on a review of this book. Sometimes I worry that many Wikipedians have no sense of the intellectual tradition they are part of -- especially their most recent forebears -- & if nothing else, Gross' book would suggest some ideas Wikimedians could pursue to further improve the community. -- llywrch (talk) 22:28, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Simple
Hello, just incase you haven't noticed, I have replied on my talk page. Regards, Kennedy (talk ) 09:17, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Tea Party Protests
Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. Tycoon24 (talk) 21:38, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia in article in July 2009 (Correction) quality magazine
I wanted to let you know that I have an article in the June 2009 issue of Quality Progress, the monthly publication of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) that includes Wikipedia. What I dealt with was the Good Article nomination process, including the auditing (the other users who assisted were not disclosed by ASQ) I went through with the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic. It should be out by sometime late next month. Chris (talk) 01:48, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I will do that. Chris (talk) 22:43, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It was not in the June issue which I got in the mail today. It may in the next issue. I will let you know. Sorry about that. Chris (talk) 21:27, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Correction. It will be in the July 2009 issue. Sorry about that. Chris (talk) 20:50, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

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).

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and generally enjoy ourselves and kick back.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

To keep up-to-date on local events, you can also join our mailing list. This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 22:17, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Zoomify
Per your comment on the Negress FPC, see this Raul654 (talk) 19:17, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

History of biology for front page?
The TFA nomination queue is pretty empty right now. It has been more than 2 years since its FA promotion, which gives it a couple of points and with a 3rd point for basic subject matter that should be enough even without an obvious date tie-in. It is such a strong article I don't think it would have any problems getting through at 3 points. I would kind of like to see it appear this summer as it ties into the whole 2009 year of Darwin thing, but if it ran around now it would in no way interfere with a November 24 nomniation for Origin of species. If you like I would be happy to handle the nomination (I have been involved in the TFAR process quite a bit this year). Let me knnow what you think. I will watch your talk page if you want to respond here, or just respond on my talk page. Rusty Cashman (talk) 17:56, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure, I think that's a good idea. I didn't realize it had never been on the Main Page.--ragesoss (talk) 18:05, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I nominated it at WP:TFAR. I picked June 3 out of a hat because there seems to be an opportunity there. By the by, Dave Souza and I are hoping to put On the Origin of Species, which just made GA, up for FAC sometime in the next few weeks. If you could take a look at it and let us know if you see any deficiencies, I would appreciate it. Thanks. Rusty Cashman (talk) 18:47, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I will. I've been keeping an eye on it, and you guys are dong excellent work.  But I haven't gone through the whole thing at once, so I'll do that soon.--ragesoss (talk) 18:56, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Arbitration report
If you still need somebody to cover the report this week, I'd be happy to. AGK 20:33, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Replied on my talk page. AGK 20:57, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

It's done. AGK 21:27, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Signpost application
I saw in your latest issue that you are looking for new volunteers for the Signpost. I have sporadically contributed to Wikinews and recently ceated a currently very popular article. I am not terribly busy on Wikipedia and I would love to be of assistance. Please notify me on your response. Thank You. --Ipatrol (talk) 01:18, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for the busyness response delay, I dutifully accept your offer and I will do what I can to help the operations of the Wikipedia Signpost.--Ipatrol (talk) 21:20, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Shameless thankspam
FlyingToaster Barnstar Hello Ragesoss! Thank you so much for your support in my  recent RfA , which passed with a tally of 126 / 32 / 5. I am truly humbled by the trust you placed in me, and will endeavor to live up to that trust.  Flying Toaster 

Application
I could probably write or at least work on some articles for the Signpost, and I can also work on the discussion report when I have the time. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 13:21, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I've been thinking for a few weeks now about doing a sort of study of Wikipedia's images and media, with statistical data on things like licensing tags, image usage, etc. Would something in that vein be good for the Signpost at some point? –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 01:28, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks; that's what I thought, but I wanted to make sure before putting too much work into it. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 01:41, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Signpost
Hallo Rageoss, I would like to contribute to the Signpost. How to do that? Ziko (talk) 17:53, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Dispatches
I will be out for a few weeks on medical issues; don't know if anyone else will shepherd the Dispatches in my absence. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 17:51, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost
I would be interested in becoming a writer for the Wikipedia Signpost.I read in the previous one that you were looking for writers.Thanks for your consideration.Cheers!-- Þέŗṃέłḥìμŝ LifeDeath 17:36, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok thanks! I'll be helping with the small bits and such, and a backup. This is highly appreciated .Thanks Again. Cheers!-- Þέŗṃέłḥìμŝ LifeDeath 19:18, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

About my book review... well, I have a rough outline. [Stage direction: Geoff smiles embarrassedly] Thanks for the follow-up, I'll try to hack out a rough draft over the weekend, time permitting. -- llywrch (talk) 17:38, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Back to signpost?
I was very involved in Signpost about 2 years ago, but life sort of got in the way. Right now I am returning to formal education, and going to be majoring in 'Technology and new Media in Education'. This means that I'm:


 * really interested in reading anything on tech, new media, or education, obviously
 * really broke because school is expensive

After 15 years of working in web dev and light programming, and 5 as an admin, and a decade as a blogger, etc., I'm good at understanding the tech and social issues presented in the books. I just can't really afford them. I trained as a journalist before hearing the web's siren song, and I write well; there are other 'lifestyle' articles written by me around that time on things like The Wikipedia Plays, and things of that ilk (I've added the review of Cult of the Amateur, which I believe was the first review Signpost published, to the review page, too).

If you do get advance copies of books, I would be incredibly glad to review them. I will also keep an eye out for anything that I can reasonably claim as related to my schoolwork (and thus, I can use my grant and scholarship funds towards) on the review list. --Thespian (talk) 10:18, 25 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't have an email address for you to send you mine, but i am this userid at sleepingcat.com for getting in touch. and thespian on freenode. I'm interested in both books, and hopefully, since it was Memorial Day in the US, there's still time :-) --Thespian (talk) 23:45, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Arbitration report (25 May)
As requested, I've written the arbitration report for this week; it's ready for transfer from User:AGK/B.

I've slightly altered the standard layout this week, in order to better accommodate coverage of the unfolding Sam Blacketer matter—which certainly warrants a degree of coverage.

AGK 15:23, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

RE: Features and admins
I'll be happy to have a go, sure. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 18:50, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

I cannot make head nor tail of the Signpost page...
...so hopefully you can direct this to the correct person, on huffpost talking out how quickly Obama's supreme court pick was updated. Darrenhusted (talk) 15:23, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Where?
Where can I signup to be a backup write for teh signpost? Cheers!-- Þέŗṃέłḥìμŝ LifeDeath 16:04, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Featured Picture
Hi, Just wanted to let you know that Featured picture candidates/Bahá'í gardens by David Shankbone has a new edit and needs your vote. You have voted before, so vote for the new edit (edit 2) if you like it. Thanks, AndrewrpTally-ho! 21:38, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

'History of biology'
Congratulations and well done on History of biology! After reading the article through and doing some minor copyediting, I came away with a much better understanding of the macroscopic development of the field. Emw2012 (talk) 19:59, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-06-01/From_the_editor
I read Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-06-01/From_the_editor. You may want to consider some sort of template formatted like Template:Goings-on for easy access to all Signposts.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:28, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-06-08/News_and_notes
Yo Sage, just caught the new issue and have a small question: is the second paragraph of this story "Beginning in mid-May..." supposed to refer to FPC rather than FAC? If not (i.e. if FAC is intentional) it would be interesting to learn what role FAC regulars had at FPC/VPC. Regards,  Skomorokh  19:50, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Origin of Species FAC
I was wondering if you had an opinion on the On The Origin of Species FAC at []. Your participation would be most welcome. Rusty Cashman (talk) 09:36, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I just wanted to make sure you didn't forget :) As for Mayr I think his summary of the theory is relatively uncontroversial and it provides a good secondary source to follow. The section used to cite Darwin's own recapitulation chapter as well as Mayr (with basically the same ideas in somwhat different and more rambling format), but during the GA review process a concern was raised that relying on a primary source for such a high level summary might be borderline OR; so I made the decision to follow Mayr's concise summary more closely. As far as I know it is the only major point on which the article follows Mayr, and the article does take into account concerns about Mayr's historical research; see the last paragraph of the "Variation and heredity" subsection of "Contents". One thing I am relatively certain the article does not suffer from is over reliance on any single source. Rusty Cashman (talk) 20:00, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

wiki/Adrenaline_Gamer
Restore the article about Adrenaline Gamer, a Half-Life modification, please.  It's a real existing mod and it's popular around Europe. If you are stupid, do not make stupid things, please. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.180.26.204 (talk) 13:51, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Blocks of WP vs. CP
I noticed you put up the signpost article mentioning the comparison, thought you might find this interesting: Conservapedia:An_illustrated_guide. Particularly the geographic maps and. Tmtoulouse (talk) 21:44, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Durova and Cyberchiefs
It would have been nice to give Durova a "heads up" after your review went live. I just spoke to her, and she was not aware of either the book or the review. Just a thought. — Jake   Wartenberg  22:45, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Mes Compliments!
Your Review of Cyberchiefs is the absolute best piece I have read in the Signpost to date. Granted I'm not the SP's most avid fan, but you have kicked up its level of discourse several notches with your fine review. Well done, sir!--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) (talk) 02:39, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Some of us beg to differ. Value and protect your pseudonymity, Ghost. Now excuse me while I remove these pins from my limbs, sew together my skin, and attempt to appear less like someone's laboratory frog.  Durova Charge! 03:04, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Madame, my pseudonymity is quite fine, thank you. And please don't pretend that you are not enjoying teh drama of being a lab frog on at least some level.:)--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) (talk) 07:33, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Can I echo the positive comments about your review of Cyberchiefs: Autonomy and Authority in Online Tribes. Although I've not read the book yet I found inspiration for some tangential work I'm doing for my own doctorate, updating classic work of the Diffusion of Innovations within complex organisations in which communities of practice via online communication is becoming the norm. I am exploring some of the factors (including authority) which may be significant, but wonder whether the book has also examined power relationships and homophilly along with the general and context specific psychological antecedents which influence ways in which people decide to participate in public welfare/non profit endeavors. I am looking for/at evidence sources which illustrate that behaviours are different in these contexts than in those where financial reward is the driving force. I originally came to your talk page looking for a way to comment on the Signpost piece - but there doesn't seem to be a feedback (?talk page) opportunity in SP so I couldn't thank you more publicly for an excellent review.&mdash; Rod talk 15:46, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Signpost
Have you seen this?: User:Peter Damian/Established Editors  There is also this RFC: Requests for comment/Self electing groups to oppose it. -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:13, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

TUSC token 196a22afbe3809fd42ac6e891b311110
I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!

Signpost
The tech report should have been done yesterday, but I didn't get a chance to get to it. If you can wait a few hours, I can get the tech report finished. --Aude (talk) 18:24, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

NYC Wiki-conference panel
Hi Sage - I started a user subpage so that maybe all of us on the NPOV panel could collude to make our individual discussions more complimentary to each other. Also, to avoid duplicate discussions. Ideas, suggestions for each other, outlines, whatever. I have the subpage here - right now it's just a cut n' paste of the panel. -->David Shankbone  19:23, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

NICE interface modification: We need more users!
Hello. I am one of the developers of the NICE tool and the related study's contact person. I hope you have been finding the modification helpful so far. We have been gathering users for a little over a month now, but we haven't gotten as many users as we had hoped. We'd appreciate it if you would share the NICE tool with any editors that might find it useful. --E poch F ail (talk 16:45, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Welcome back
Hope you had a good break. I think everything is done with the Signpost, except getting it out to subscribers and clearing the discussion. Please let me know if I missed any other steps? --Aude (talk) 00:40, 30 June 2009 (UTC)