User talk:Sean Whitton/Archive 14

Linda Partridge
Hi, Linda Partridge is a highly notable scientist and a Fellow of the Royal Society, could you userfy the speedily deleted article for me (I have not previously contributed to it, so have no idea what it actually said) so that I could work on it? Thank you. DuncanHill (talk) 11:36, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I would add that Fellowship of the Royal Society is a mark of very high notability indeed in the Sciences, so you may wish to reconsider some of your other recent speedy deletions. Thanks, DuncanHill (talk) 11:38, 20 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi Sean, I recently created pages for every living female member of the Royal Society which you seem to have speedy deleted. A Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS) is the highest mark of distinction for a British or Commonwealth Scientist short of winning a Nobel Prize of Fields Medal. An election to FRS automatically implies the scientist satisfies (at least) criteria 1.2.3.5. and 6. of wikipedia academic notablity. Furthermore there are only about 70 living women who are FRS and probably no more than the same number of deceased fellows. So they are candidates for inclusion on rarity grounds also. Please therefore reconsider all your speedy deletions. Best Domminico (talk) 11:53, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

See here for a list of all living female fellows if this is helpful for restoration.Domminico (talk) 12:04, 20 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I concur: Please don't try to delete Fellows of the Royal Society, or indeed red links to them. As you will know if you try to take one of these through the proper deletion process (instead of bashing it with a hammer) election confers notability. I am not a dog (talk) 14:34, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

AN thread
I have started a thread at Administrators' noticeboard concerning you. DuncanHill (talk) 11:49, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
 * From a quick review, Jean Thomas (scientist) is notable, and the stub should have been expanded rather than deleted. Please reconsider other pages you have deleted. . . dave souza, talk 12:29, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I can vouch for Cheryll Tickle since she taught me when I was doing my undergrad! :) Have all these been restored? Tim Vickers (talk) 23:47, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello Mr Sean Whitton Reg. Montessori
Greetings, we had created an article regarding Montessori de Sto Nino which you had speedy deleted :( We have no intention of advertising here at wikipedia but then we were mislead on how and article should be created here. As you can see these article was patterned from other article here at wiki that describes the schools Mission, Vision and Objectives.  I had been seeing lots of school article posted here at wikipedia check out List of schools in the Philippines If you had any chance on helping us on how the right way of creating an article at your database w/out breaking any of your terms of service then we would be very happy to do it :) Hoping for your response and more power!

Thanx
Thank you very much for reverting the vandalism on my user page. --Anna Lincoln (talk) 10:39, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

RE: Hello Mr Sean Whitton Reg. Montessori
Thanks for a prompt response..

Is there any way we could retrieve our deleted page Montessori de Sto Nino?We havent got any back up in notepad of the codes we made. We had spend almost half a day modifying the article.

It would be much more easier for us to edit the article to not look like a blatant advertisement. Thanks in advance :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Montessoridestonino (talk • contribs) 03:11, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

IP block you just did
Can you take another look at the contribs? There was only one recent vandal edit, and there's been a lot of constructive editing over the past few days.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 12:44, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi. I thought the same thing - there are a lot of helpful edits. However, the IP has been blocked several times for vandalism so I am thinking that a week should put that vandal off, and hopefully whoever is being constructive (I am assuming it is someone else from the same IP) will create an account which I didn't block. I shall add a note saying that an account can be created to the page anyway, thanks for flagging it up. &mdash;Sean Whitton / 12:49, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Sounds reasonable. Thanks!--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 12:56, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

deleted
Why did you delete my band's page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sander Bastard (talk • contribs) 13:01, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Conscript band
Hi Sean

I am so totally new at this.

Trying to create articles on South African bands starting with a band called Conscript.

How on earth do i do all of this without getting things deleted?

chat soon.

regards, Jeremy —Preceding unsigned comment added by JeremyDawe (talk • contribs) 13:16, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello,Sean. The edit I made to the Cairn Terrier article was not intended to be a joke. I was simply adding what I knew to the article. I am sorry for the misunderstanding. Have a nice day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.232.201 (talk) 14:03, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

i love your profile its like so like stylin —Preceding unsigned comment added by Superkewlman (talk • contribs) 14:54, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Huggle
I highly recommend Huggle if you plan on long term counter-vandalism work on Wikipedia. Twinkle is great for on-the-spot actions when you are browsing Wikipedia, but with so many Huggle users, you simply can't get very many reverts in, because they'll beat you to it nine out of ten times. The only thing in your way from using Huggle is a request for Rollback rights on your account. For me, I was told to get 500 edits with Twinkle in before they would consider me, however from what I hear different administrators have different views on where it starts. Hope to see you on the team. tj9991 (talk | contribs) 15:15, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Somehow I have always gotten by with just a Word page of customized commonly used warnings which I copy and paste. The automated editing can lead to editcountitis, and there is the aphorism "Haste makes waste." They can lead to inappropriate edit summaries, which lead to further drama. Last time I checked, the automated editing had not been made compatible with Internet Explorer. Edison (talk) 22:22, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Sean
Hey, I believe it would be best to remove the list of american terrorists on the page that is supposed to be listing North American Muslims, I was very offended as an American muslim, So it would be nice if you didnt revert the edit. thanks.

Changes to Russ Martin page being reverted
I keep getting nasty alerts when I edit the content on the aforementioned Wiki page. I am providing an informative summary of my changes and still the alerts.

This is an ongoing case and is not germane, at the moment, to Russ Martin. So far the accusations are unsubstantiated and continued publication of this misinformation regarding this case, still under investigation, could be considered slanderous and subject to liable. 65.66.121.253 (talk) 15:54, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Um sorry
I dont see a list of (insert religion here)criminals on pages listing famous people that follow the religion, the only one I see this for, is the religion of Islam. By the way call me Dan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.236.16 (talk) 15:56, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Ignorant
Hm, can you refer me to a more understanding editor, because I know im not the only one who has complained about this list, have you bothered to read this persons post on the talk section of the article-

1. The list was derogatory and is not something "notable" about Muslims as a whole, this page was meant for accomplishments and a sense of pride, not to put down a religion.

2. If you want to call those invididuals terrorists then we should open a page of "Christian terrorists" and include Bush, Charlemagne, and many others. I do not want to do this because it would be a POV war, and this is not what wikipedia is about.

3. I will however compromise if you decide to make a "terrorist" list for every other list of North Americans out there, that way we can have a balanced playing field, but to throw out a "terrorist list" on a page dedicated to Muslims in America, is more than islamophobia, it's inciting hatred and not necissary, nor does it pertain to the religion.

Lastly, feel free to make a wikipedia section entitled "Radical Muslims" or "Terrorist Muslims" and list names until your blue in the face, but to slam something like that on a list of American Muslims was very inappropriate. If you have a problem with this, message me. Haramzadi 06:36, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

I think if you people at wikipedia wish to keep this article, it would only be fair to create an article of christian terrorists/mass murderers and such.

Bill Monroe
We used huggle at the same time, so you warned me instead by accident.

Please remove my vandalism notice.

Thanks, TheSuave (talk) 16:34, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

You saw 'em!
Thinking about protecting it if the vandelism gets out of hand? Y B  K ''

The right to remove content from ones own talk page
Per, please note that it is not improper page blanking, as your edit summary stated, when a user removes material from his own userpage,  per Talk page guidelines, which says '''"Users may freely remove comments from their own talk pages, though archiving is preferred. They may also remove some content in archiving. The removal of a warning is taken as evidence that the warning has been read by the user. This specifically includes both registered and anonymous users." '''If you place a warning, it remains in the edit history even if the user has read it and removed it, and an admin or other vandal patroller does well to look at the talk page history of the vandal. My practice is to restore recent earlier warnings which have been removed when I add an additional warning for new vandalism, to keep the collection together. But I do not think it is appropriate to smack a user, even a vandal with a warning when he exercises the right to remove warnings from his talk page. Thanks for your vandal-smacking efforts! Edison (talk) 22:10, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

New account
I already have one... :) --86.46.4.182 (talk) 14:34, 24 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I do. But sometimes I prefer to carry out intentionally helpful edits discreetly and quietly. --86.46.4.182 (talk) 14:53, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Unconstructive
How can reverting NUMEROUS vandalisms on a page be unconstructive? Rm994 (talk) 15:19, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Indeed it wasn't - I didn't feel Wiki is the place for asterisks, even if the term is potentially offensive ;o)

Chris —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drchriseades (talk • contribs) 15:25, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

apology
my brother was messing arround on my compooder and he is in 2nd grade i am soo sorry

lilly —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.93.212.233 (talk) 15:31, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that
I'm actually the user "Matty-chan", but I somehow got logged out. I apologize for editing without logging in. 75.75.78.180 (talk) 15:38, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

There, that's better. Matty-chan (talk) 15:39, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

What will we do about a problem?
Hello. Thank you for welcome message. I want to talk with you about user who repeats selfish edit.

at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_spin ,

User "Wookhistory" not stop update of the information that is not right that she(he) made by oneself many times. Even if I correct it, they repeat themselves many times.

that is about Harding camel spin, About the name of a certain one spin, we call it Harding camel spin. nobody calls it yu-na camel in the world. However, User "Wookhistory" wants to decide official name the name of the skater of their country for the name of the spin and seems to be unbearable.

Is the protection of the page possible? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Isusubm (talk • contribs) 16:49, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Replacements, Ltd page
I noticed you deleted an article I wrote about Replacements, Ltd. I wrote the article as a customer and fan of this company. Their company history is rich with useful information and tidbits. The article certainly wasn't blatant advertising. There are many companies on this site, including some in the same industry as Replacements, and theirs haven't been deleted.

Please advise how you might suggest that I change the article in order for it not to be deleted.

thanks!

Theelprincess (talk) 17:52, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Help
I think I may need your assistance at the List of Days of Our Lives cast member page. I was wondering if there was any way we could block IP's from editing it. One particular IP, the one that starts with 74.216...has been editing for weeks without sourcing. While I do believe they are good faith edits, they are not following procedure. I keep leaving user talk messages, but it changes everytime, so I do not think they are receiving them. How can we help this person learn the rules if we cannot communicate with them? What are the proper channels to go about getting the page protected? Thank you so much. Rm994 (talk) 04:57, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Christina Aguilera's forthcoming album
Hey! I just wanted to know why you removed the infobox album section from the Christina Aguilera's forthcoming album article?! Was it just a mistake?!Olliyeah (talk) 13:31, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm confused......What is confusing about a new type of previusly unknown sporting move???? four tildes —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brccbs (talk • contribs) 17:31, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

wrestling move named Brycing
I have just read your editor's page. I have just read the rules. What is not verifiable about Brycing?...four tildes —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brccbs (talk • contribs) 17:35, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

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cornish game hen
the author of the cornish game hen is wrong. they are chickens not turkeys. tell them to go to the usda web site to verify. geez —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.15.244.61 (talk) 20:39, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

amazon-survival
Dear Sir,

I would like to know why the deletion of the page as it was conform other pages at wikipedia

travian etc

Thank you for your reply

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The Free Press Journal
Dear Sean, I would like to know why the article created by me The Free Press Journal was hastingly deleted.I also found this following message

12:14, 27 July 2008 Sean Whitton (Talk | contribs) deleted "The Free Press Journal" ‎ (Speedy deleted per (CSD G11), was blatant advertising, used only to promote someone or something. using TW)

I would like to point out that how can a newspaper that was strated in 1930 will be using the wikipedia for the so called blatant advertising.Can you please explain what made you think that the  page you deleted was used only for blatant advertising.If the text was not appropriate then please let me know so that suitable corrections can be made.I would rather request you to re-instate the article back.

Southernstar (talk) 12:24, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


 * The article Sean deleted was blatant advertising for the newspaper. There was no coverage about the newspaper from independent, reliable sources, and there is no assertion of notability of the newspaper. Please read Your first article for more information on these topics. Frank  |  talk  03:50, 28 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I do not consider it such. True, by blatant advertising we mean what might be more like "primarily promotional," which can be the case for anything commecialr or noncommercial. Further, some of the language in the article "Today The Free Press Journal is a contemporary paper that is rooted in current urban realities. In keeping with the international trend, it has reinvented itself in terms of design, get-up and content. It means different things to different people A platform for the Articulate, A trend setter for the young and a chronicle for the old." is promotional language that is not acceptable. But I think there is a core of descriptive encyclopedic material, and I have verified its existence in the definitive reliable source for the purpose, Ulrich's. . I am therefore undeleting  it and editing it accordingly. It meets the basic criteria for inclusion of publications, and if its notability is challenged, it would have to be at Afd. I wait one day to see if there are any objections. It is wrong to delete something G11 if it can be edited acceptably, and the RS criterion has been satisfied. Any objections?  DGG (talk) 02:24, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Young Magicians' Club
You removed the AfD tag from this article, and its AfD discussion was closed with a result of "Merge and Redirect". Meanwhile, someone has added material to this article (looks like total OR to me), which was how it came to my attention (recent changes). I'd like to remove that list, but I wondered if you're planning on redirecting, or if I am misunderstanding what is supposed to happen with this article. Thanks! Frank |  talk  03:45, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

A couple of well-deserved awards
Keep up the wiki-work!

Katie Reider AfD
Since you closed this as NC, I wanted to bring to your attention that User:Brhannan and User:38.112.25.6, who were in favor of keep (though the IP didn't vote), have edited nothing before or since that AfD, and pretty much blatantly showed they were the same person. They were recently blocked 24h each by SSP, but it doesn't matter much, as they have on other edits on WP of substance. Since they were/are clearly SPAs, I was wondering if you had considered their votes and comments (or not) in your decision. MSJapan (talk) 17:28, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Katie Reider
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Katie Reider. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. MSJapan (talk) 17:41, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi...
Hello. This is just to let you know that I 'stole' some of your Userboxes and put them on my page (link to it is on my main userpage) for Userboxes. I hope you don't mind. :). I had (and still have) some problems with the formatting of them though, they're all scattered about a bit, but I'm sure it'll get fixed one day.  Maybe you could help?  Thanks.  Isabell121 (talk) 12:59, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Another ETC Group
Could you please explain why you deleted the reference to our ETC Group? We are a completely legitimate entity and it seems like we have as much right to appear in Wikipedia as your organization. In fact I believe we share some common philosophical background regarding `saving the earth'. I'm new to the whole wikipedia thing but know that when people look up ETC Group on wiki they should be able to see us as well. Please respond to mark@etcgrp.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.103.159.105 (talk) 19:28, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Request for mediation
Hello, User:Seicer has already said that he'll mediate the case but the other chief party (anonymous IP) has been gone for 2 weeks so the case is dead.--Miyokan (talk) 10:54, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

In Reference to a no concensus for AfD
This is in reference to a AfD Alejandro Alcondez can you tell me how is this discussion coming along or how can I participate in it I realized that the Notice Box Cannot be removed but I seems to be forgotten. I appreciate your input Thank you for your cooperation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cgomez007 (talk • contribs) 20:58, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Back to inform you
I kept a watch to the BFMV article just as you asked and there are I.P. adresses that tend to vandelize it or they created/add  several uneeded sentences that have  no facts and cite nothing and there has  been a big problem with the fact that many of them beleieve  they are thrash  metal when this is completely concepted as being not true. I suggest you protecting this article at least for a week. Y B  K ''

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To Sean
You seem to be an impressive individual. Just paying you a compliment.

Stumbled accross your ID and Wiki userpage in view of randomly having an IP address on log on of a previous person who had made some apparent undesirable changes to a Monet entry - to which you took issue with. I have now logged on in my user ID.

Keep up the passionate use of an intellect.

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American Whitewater
Hi Sean, you've speedily deleted American Whitewater. I was just linking to the article and surprised it didn't exist. Then I saw that it was speedily deleted for lack of notability (that didn't assert the importance or significance of the subject). I'm pretty sure the organization is notable (more than 100 member clubs, political involvement in whitewater policies etc.). Could you move the deleted article onto my name space, so that I can see what the article already contains and how to expand it? Thanks, Ibn Battuta (talk) 18:57, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

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Craig Chandler
Hi Sean:

Not sure why you deleted my addition to the Craig Chandler article. Given that the man has now had several run-ins with human rights boards over the same issue (gays and lesbians) it seems important to point this out.

-- Chris —Preceding unsigned comment added by Csears77 (talk • contribs) 18:39, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Dawn Wells
The Dawn Wells edit is a roll back to remove POV, idiot. 131.30.121.23 (talk) 18:44, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Craig Chandler
... if you read the article, you'll see that my addition is not unsubstantiated. Thanks.

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Inline Reference?
Thanks for the tip on the Craig Chandler page Sean. I am a novice user so I don't know how to edit the page as you are suggesting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Csears77 (talk • contribs) 20:05, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Laura Miller
You have clearly been engaged in a recent edit war in the Laura Miller article. I, for one, do not consider the edits which you have previously reverted to be unconstructive or to violate the neutral point of view policy. Additionally, you appear to have violated the three-revert rule (as has the anonymous editor who kept making the edits you kept reverting). Please do not revert again until 24 hours have passed, and then, only if you can provide good rationale for your reversion.

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Craig Chandler
Sean, I emailed you about this issue but have not heard back yet. I am going to revert back to the edit I created yesterday morning, but I will remove the sentence in the first paragraph that you saw as inappropriate (thus removing the necessity of an inline reference). The rest of the new material was documented in the article itself in the new footnotes, so there should be no issues. Thanks.

-- Chris Csears77 (talk) 15:37, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

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Trevor Drown, former Green Beret
Hi Sean,

Thanks for all your work on the wikipedia project! It seems like you are one of the people who really make things happen around here.

I'm writing because you speedy deleted the page on "Trevor Drown, former Green Beret" because of CSD A7. Lt. Drown has recently announced that he will be exploring the office of United States Senator for the State of Arkansas.

Can you please restore the deleted page? If so, and with your permission (see Appendix 1), I will add a link to a Russellville Courier article to that effect, so that it is not in violation of CSD A7.

Thank you, Liz

Appendix 1. For the sake of transparency, I am a member of his staff. Although I have no interest in editing or tampering with the page in any way, I would hope that people looking for information about this election would be able to find all of the candidates. Our competition is referenced on wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lizflash (talk • contribs) 21:11, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: page protection
Hi Sean Whitton; thank you for your message. I've replied on my talk page. 99.149.84.135 (talk) 17:57, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

IP 78.151.64.53
I note that you suggested that User:78.151.64.53 shows insufficient recent activity and that this IP should be kep an eye on. This IP has made 6 vandalism edits in 3 days to a number of articles: what level of activity do you generally feel justifies a block? Regards -- Alexandr Dmitri (Александр Дмитрий) (talk) 19:03, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Accidentally warned user twice over same vandalism. Struckthrough on IP's userpage. -- Alexandr Dmitri (Александр Дмитрий) (talk) 19:34, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

DoubleHorn Communications
Sean,

Just wanted to double check on the entry I created in the subject line. How does the entry I created differ from this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BroadVoice

Is Wikipedia not allowing any corporate pages any more? I can't imagine what I wrote was too marketing oriented.

Thanks

Thearcadiannewspaper (talk) 19:05, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

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clarification please...
Normally, if someone thinks an afd was improperly concluded they leave some tactful requests for clarification on the closing administrators talk page. Can I ask whether User:Fire 55 contacted you off-wiki with their concerns?

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need wiki code unlocked to transfer to iPed
Template:Coord

i am an iPed user and need this tmeplate unlocked, or the code email to me so i can transfer it to iPed for all of us to use.

if this is possible please let me know.

thanks Bk2life (talk) 18:09, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

iPed User:jspx262

UNCLASS jopx262@jricp.osis.gov SIPR    jspx262@jricp.dia.smil.mil JWICS   jrpx262@jricp.ic.gov

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Coord#1

This particular template is locked on WIKI, and we would like to have the availability to use it on iPed, but I do not know the correct way of getting the code onto iPed. We do a lot of mapping and this little “gadget” would help out immensely. I have searched around iPed and have not found anything similar to the WIKI template. Any help is greatly appreciated. -james 17:57, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

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Redirect from User:SW
FYI - I stole your redirect at User:SW, I hope you don't mind. There are no links to the redirect, and I see you haven't been here for awhile, so I think it's safe to assume that you're ok with it. If not, feel free to let me know. Cheers. <b style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#0c0 0em 0em 0.2em,#0a0 -0.1em -0.1em 0.4em,#a00 0.1em 0.1em 0.4em;color:#ddd">&mdash;SW&mdash;</b> gossip 23:49, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

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MSU Interview
Dear Sean Whitton,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
 * All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
 * All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk — Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned comment added by 35.9.34.167 (talk) 21:30, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

The Olive Branch: A Dispute Resolution Newsletter (Issue #1)
Welcome to the first edition of The Olive Branch. This will be a place to semi-regularly update editors active in dispute resolution (DR) about some of the most important issues, advances, and challenges in the area. You were delivered this update because you are active in DR, but if you would prefer not to receive any future mailing, just add your name to this page. In this issue: Read the entire first edition of The Olive Branch -->
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Request for comment
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

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Ames National Corporation
You have deleted Ames National Corporation with a speedy deletion tag. You did not give me some time to respond on talk page. I have created more than 200 pages with same format as Ames National Corporation is. Please see List of banks (alphabetically). I want to create pages all about all the banks. A bank deal in all country. So thats why i have created pages with some basic information. Please restore the pages.Ameen Akbar (talk) 09:59, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Next meetups in North England
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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ArbCom elections are now open!
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:33, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in more than one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next month. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three-year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three-year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 00:30, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Tyr (Forgotten Realms) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Tyr (Forgotten Realms) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Tyr (Forgotten Realms) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. TTN (talk) 00:42, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:32, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

New deal for page patrollers
Hi ,

In order to better control the quality  of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.

Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.

Find out more about this exiting new user right now at New Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins) .MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

Guideline and policy news
 * A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
 * Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
 * Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news
 * When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
 * Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
 * The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries
 * JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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13:37, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in more than one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next month. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three-year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three-year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. — xaosflux  Talk 04:50, 6 February 2018 (UTC)