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I need your mentorship
Hi,

I need help from an experienced Wikipedian, and I saw your name over at WP:ADOPT.

I need your advice concerning WP:WPOOK, which I've been coordinating. The set of pages the project concerns is listed at Portal:Contents/Outline of knowledge and WikiProject Outline of knowledge, and has grown to about 500 articles in the encyclopedia.

The goals of the WikiProject are:


 * 1) Increase awareness of readers of the existence of the outlines on Wikipedia
 * 2) Complete the existing outlines
 * 3) Create an outline for every subject that is extensive enough to benefit from having an outline (core subjects and major or extensive fields).  There are thousands of these.
 * 4) Recruit as many editors to work on these as possible (we need thousands of editors working on these)
 * 5) Surpass portals in number by the end of the summer, and leave them in the dust by the end of the year
 * 6) Get the major outline subject areas displayed on the Main Page (in place of or in addition to the portal links at the top of the page)
 * 7) Increase the OOK to higher quality than Britannica's Outline of Knowledge (published in its Propaedia volume).

I was hoping you could comment on how to achieve the goals above.

Also I'm interested in every possible way of reaching readers and editors of Wikipedia. How can I get the most eyes and typing fingers on Wikipedia's outlines? Contacting editors directly without a reason relevant to them is spam, which I'd like to avoid. There are 75,000 regular editors on Wikipedia, and I want to contact all of them. So how do I do it? Directly or indirectly, I don't care which, piecemeal or all-at-once, all methods are fine with me. But I've got to find ways. I need your help.

I would also like to know how to find or attract editors to create new outlines. And I need advice on finding editors to help write the new outline article mentioned above (it needs to be fleshed out, completely referenced, and brought to featured article status).

Please recommend anyone you know who might be interested in sinking their teeth into a project like this. Or ways to reach groups of editors. Or ways to reach all editors. I welcome any and all recommendations and advice you might have.

And any thoughts on attaining the WikiProject goals above.

I look forward to your reply on my talk page.

The Transhumanist 03:39, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

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Norton Internet Security as Feature Article
I have nominated Norton Internet Security as Feature Article. Feel free to add your reviews here: Featured_article_candidates/Norton_Internet_Security/archive2 -- Tyw7 ‍  ‍‍ (Talk  ●  Contributions) Leading Innovations >>>  10:24, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Linode
A tag has been placed on Linode requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for organizations and companies. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 16:23, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

In case it is not clear, this IP address belongs to a University and is not necessarily one person. 165.95.97.143 (talk) 21:16, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Linode
Hi, I've added a reference to Linode, so there is no longer any danger of it getting deleted. When you create articles in the future, remember to have at least one reliable source in the initial draft that you publish. Otherwise, you run the risk of the article getting speedy deleted. For future articles, you can create the article in User:Techman224/Sandbox, and then move it over to mainspace when you're done with it. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 05:28, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, I didn't know that you had to put in a source on the first draft, Thanks. Techman224  Talk  12:43, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

My pleasure! Though adding a source is not required, it is best to include at least one independent reliable source in the articles you create. This would prevent the article from getting deleted per A7. This also gives future editors more information to work with. Here are some templates to help you cite sources. There are three main templates:


 * cite news : for news websites like CNN, Fox News, ABC, MSN, etc. I normally use
 * cite web : for web pages. I normally use . If anything (such as the author's name or the date) is not on the web page, then you should remove it from the template. The same goes with other elements in this cite web template.
 * cite book : for books. I normally use.

Another good link about sources is Reliable sources, which states that Wikipedia articles should use reliable, third-party, published sources. Remember to keep this in mind when you are researching an article. Sources from Myspace and most blogging sites are not reliable sources and should not be used in Wikipedia articles. Also, using "third-party sources" means that the article should not solely rely on sources that originate from the company/organization that the article is about. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! If you have any future problems with speedy deletion or deletion in general, feel free to contact me on my talk page. I will either add sources to save the article from deletion or tell you that the topic is likely non-notable. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 23:53, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Notice
Hi. I'm posting to let you know that your name has been mentioned on a list of Highly active users on the talk page for RfA's here. If you are interested in running for administratorship, or if you would like to make any comments, feel free to join the discussion. -- <B>Soap</B> Talk/Contributions 17:34, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Ciao, Techman. Since you've indicated you are interested in running but might need further review or a third-party nomination, I'd like to suggest the new confidential vetting service. If you're interested, let me know. Cheers, Skomorokh  17:05, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I would be interested to see how this goes. Put me on the Prospect list. Thanks. Techman224  Talk  21:59, 19 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Great! Do you have someone in mind who you would like to receive the feedback? Skomorokh  22:03, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * What do you mean? Techman224  Talk  22:06, 19 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, the idea is that there is a prospect (i.e. you) and a proposer. The proposer (who is ideally an experienced RfA observer), gets the emails and then lets the prospect know the sentiment. If you want, you can like User:Neurolysis be your own proposer : ) Btw I have this page watchlisted so no need to talkback. Cheers, Skomorokh  22:13, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'll like User:Neurolysis to be my proposer. Do I need to contact him on this talk page. Techman224  Talk  22:56, 19 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Nope, all up and running at WP:VETTING. So all you need to do is sit back and wait for the feedback. Skomorokh  23:24, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Techman224  Talk  23:32, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

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I have struck myself as your proposer at WP:RFAV, there are various reasons why, but I assure you it was unrelated to anything you may have done. Sorry for the inconvienience, — neuro  (talk)  11:08, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

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