User talk:The Utahraptor/Archive 5

The Great Revival: CVU Vandalism Studies Project
Hi! We're dropping you this rather unexpected message on your talk page because you signed up (either quite a while ago or rather recently) to be a member of the Vandalism Studies project. Sadly, the project fell into semi-retirement a few years ago, but as part of a new plan to fix up the Counter-Vandalism Unit, we're bringing back the Vandalism Studies project, with a new study planned for Late 2012! But we need your help. Are you still interested in working with us on this project? Then please sign up today! (even if you signed up previously, you'll still need to sign up again - we're redoing our member list in order to not harass those who are no longer active on the Wiki - sorry!) If you have any questions, please leave them on this page. Thanks, and we can't wait to bring the project back to life! -Theopolisme (talk) & Dan653 (talk), Coordinators

MyRFA
Thanks for the kind words. Its doubtful I'll reaply again. I tried in 2008 and was declined and I tried again now. As a 38 year old guy, after 2 fails I can take a hint. Especially when its such a bloodbath. Good luck and happy editing. Kumioko (talk) 13:00, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I can relate to failing RfA twice, except mine were in rapid succession. My second RfA was sort of a bloodbath as well, but from that experience I learned that I don't have to be an administrator to make a big difference here. If you need someone to talk to about your RfA, feel free to email me. Regards, The Utahraptor Talk/Contribs 14:08, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, its not that big of a deal but frankly it will unquestionabley have an effect on my future in WP. Cheers. Kumioko (talk) 14:57, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

My RfA
Thank you for participating in my RfA. I appreciate your insight and am glad you took the time to give serious consideration toward potentially granting me the admin toolset. Likewise, I've seen your name pop up a lot, and I think you've grown considerably since October 2010. Whenever you return to active editing (assuming of course you actually do go on hiatus), if you're interested in becoming an administrator, know that you'll have my full support.

Take care. =) Kurtis (talk) 14:22, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. I'm actually going to stop checking Wikipedia in a week or two and start focusing on finding a job. So it'll probably be a while before I return to active editing. But thank you for the kind words; they mean a lot. :) Regards, The Utahraptor Talk/Contribs 19:59, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem. It's great that you have so many things going on in your life. Hope all goes well, good luck. =) Kurtis (talk) 20:08, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Online Ambassador
Hi Utahraptor! Are you interested in being the Online Ambassador for any classes this term? We've got a few classes that are looking for ambassador right now (Canada, US), so if you're up for helping any, please do! Let me know if you have any questions, or if you'd like me to pick a course for you.--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 14:27, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't have much free time at the moment, but I'll let you know if I become more available at some time. The Utahraptor Talk/Contribs 20:24, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Good to see ya
Hi there, good to see you back for a while! How are you doing? --Stfg (talk) 18:07, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * It's great to be back. I'm doing fine, and you? The Utahraptor Talk/Contribs 18:33, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, good, thanks. --Stfg (talk) 19:55, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassadors update
Hi! You're getting this message because you are or have been a Wikipedia Ambassador. A new term is beginning for the United States and Canada Education Programs, and I wanted to give you an update on some important new information if you're interested in continuing your work this term as a Wikipedia Ambassador.

You may have heard a reference to a transition the education program is going through. This is the last term that the Wikimedia Foundation will directly run the U.S. and Canada programs; beginning in June, a proposed thematic organization is likely to take over organizing the program. You can read more about the proposal here.

Another major change in the program will take effect immediately. Beginning this term, a new MediaWiki education extension will replace all course pages and Ambassador lists. (See Course pages and Help:Education Program extension for more details.) Included in the extension are online volunteer and campus volunteer user rights, which let you create and edit course pages and sign up as an ambassador for a particular course.

If you would like to continue serving as a Wikipedia Ambassador — even if you do not support a class this term — you must create an ambassador profile. If you're no longer interested in being a Wikipedia Ambassador, you don't need to do anything.

First, you need the relevant user rights for Online and/or Campus Ambassadors. (If you are an admin, you can grant the rights yourself, for you as well as other ambassadors.) Just post your rights request here, and we'll get you set up as quickly as possible.
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Once you've got the ambassador rights, please set up at a Campus and/or Online Ambassador profile. You can do so at:
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 * Special:OnlineAmbassadorProfile

Going forward, the lists of Ambassadors at Special:CampusAmbassadors and Special:OnlineAmbassadors will be the official roster of who is an active Ambassador. If you would like to be an Ambassador but not ready to serve this term, you can un-check the option in your profile to publicly list it (which will remove your profile from the list).

After that, you can sign on to support courses. The list of courses will be at Special:Courses. (By default, this lists "Current" courses, but you can change the Status filter to "Planned" to see courses for this term that haven't reached their listed start date yet.)

As this is the first term we have used the extension, we know there will be some bugs, and we know the feature set is not as rich as it could be. (A big wave of improvements is already in the pipeline. And if you know MediaWiki and could help with code review, we'd love to have your help!) Please reach out to me (Sage Ross) with any complaints, bug reports, and feature suggestions. The basic features of the extension are documented at Course pages, and you can see a tutorial for setting up and using them here.

In the past, the Education Program has had a pretty fragmented set of communication channels. We're trying to fix that. These are the recommended places to discuss and stay up-to-date on the education program:
 * Communication and keeping up to date
 * 1) The education noticeboard has become the main on-wiki location for discussion of the Education Program. You can post there about broad education program issues as well as issues with individual courses.
 * 2) The Ambassadors Announce email list is a very low-traffic announcements list of important information all Ambassadors need to be aware of. We encourage all Ambassadors (and other interested Wikipedians) to subscribe to the list; follow the instructions on the link to add your email address.
 * 3) If you use IRC regularly, or need to try to reach someone immediately, the  IRC channel is the place to find me and fellow Ambassadors.

We now have an online training for Ambassadors, which is intended to be both an orientation about the Wikipedia Ambassador role for newcomers and the manual for how to do the role. (There are parallel trainings for students and for educators as well.)
 * Ambassador training and resources

Please go through the training if you feel like you need a refresher on how a typical class is supposed to go and where the Ambassadors fit in, or if you want to review and help improve it. If there's something you'd like to see added, or other suggestions you have for it, feel free to edit the training and/or leave feedback. A primer on setting up and using course pages is included in the educators' training.

The Resources page of the training is the main place for Ambassador-related resources. If there's something you think is important as a resource that's not on there, please add it.

Finally, whether or not you work with any classes this term, I encourage you to post entries to the Trophy Case whenever you see excellent work from students or if you have great examples from past semesters. And, as always, let students (and other editors!) know when they do things well; a little WikiLove goes a long way!

--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 20:55, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Injustice: Gods Among Us
I received your message regarding my recent edit to the page Injustice: Gods Among us, under the marketing sub-heading and felt that I should just suggest why it may be worth while and constructive to leave it there. In a few months, when most fans have played the game they may have been interested to know about the contest and instead of having to filter through youtube and all of the videos relating to the topic, they may have appreciated coming straight to the wiki page and finding it in seconds.

But I am not the expert in this situation, so after my explanation if you still feel it is uncontrstructive and unnecessary, I won't feel any personal offense by your revert.--Coolgoat (talk) 17:19, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you're talking about. It looks like NGPriest was the one who reverted that edit; you should discuss this with him. Regards, The Utahraptor Talk/Contribs 14:38, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Sort Yourselves Out... Please
I recently - just minutes ago - made some edits to the 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' page. I shortly thereafter received a message that said the edits I made to the page 'Oba (ruler)' had been reverted: I have never even visited, let alone made edits, this this page, so I have no idea what that's about. The edits I made to the 'Pirates' page where spelling mistakes, and fairly obvious ones at that (whose - who; sherps - ships, etc) yet this 'hardly ever wrong' program of yours undid all of them. Piece of advice: a 'free encyclopedia that anyone can edit', yet one that a user can't even fix basic grammatical and spelling errors on, is simply doomed to failure. This seriously needs to be sorted out, urgently. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.128.146.38 (talk) 10:11, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * IP addresses tend to change very often, so somebody using the IP address you're now using probably committed the act of vandalism. I believe that you are a productive editor, and I encourage you to create an account so as to avoid confusions like this in the future. Regards, The Utahraptor Talk/Contribs 13:33, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm back. Again.
For everyone who's still watching my talk page, I'm back once again. I guess I just can't bring myself to completely quit editing; I love it so much that I can't stay completely away. I've given this a lot of thought since February, and I've decided to make a permanent return. I won't be retiring again, and I'm going to show it by remaining active throughout the rest of this year, next year, the year after that, etc. I won't be as active as I was a couple years ago, but I'll be more active this year than I was last year. I hope to see you guys around. The Utahraptor Talk/Contribs 00:09, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
 * -- Dianna (talk) 01:52, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

March GOCE copyedit drive

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GOCE March drive wrapup
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The recent edit that you made to the page In Ghost House Inn: Harihar Nagar 3 has been reverted
I never touched the page and it's the same one you changed back before which I hadn't touched back then either. It's rather annoying to receive a message about a change made being reverted when the change was never made by me on a page I had never visited. I've no interest in "Ghost House Inn" and until you sent me a message saying I'd editted it some time back, I had never even heard of the thing and this is the second time I've gotten a message about it from you. I did not edit the page at all,EVER. So kindly leave me out of this.
 * You must not have read my response to you. As I said earlier, I believe that it wasn't you specifically, it was most likely somebody who used your IP address before you. IP addresses get shifted around and reassigned frequently, and this confusion is a relatively common occurrence. And again, I apologize for the confusion. The Utahraptor Talk/Contribs 02:50, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

December 2014 GOCE newsletter
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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Interest in November editing meetup?
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