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Vandalism
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weapon_of_mass_destruction&oldid=189554097

I reverted the vandalism.

King Semsem (talk) 20:03, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

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Photo request
I saw your name at Wikipedians/Photographers. For spite house, please photograph the Montlake Spite House located at 2022 24th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112 if you are in that area. Thanks. GregManninLB (talk) 01:10, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Literati (game)
I've put this article up for proposed deletion (with WP:N and WP:V concerns.) You may like to address the concerns! Marasmusine (talk) 13:27, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Seattle meetup 5
Hi WAvegetarian, I see that you've attended the Seattle meetup 3 back in 2006. I hope that you can make it to the next one on June 19! Bestchai (talk) 22:07, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Help needed: Title change
Hi, Sorry to trouble you, but I didn't know where else to go for help. I've written a biography of the late stage and silent film star Paul Gilmore, but I had to list him as "Paul H. Gilmore" because there was another guy on Wikipedia named "Paul Gillmor." There really is no way to confuse the two because the spellings of the last name are completely different, but Wikipedia wouldn't let me list my guy as "Paul Gilmore." Hence, I had to add the middle initial to make it different.

I'd like to change that -- to list him, simply, as "Paul Gilmore," which is how he was known. How do I go about doing that?

Just as an added note; I'm rewriting the bio this weekend to reflect new information that has come to me, and will whip it into shape regarding style, references, etc.

Thank you for your help! CC —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.138.33.122 (talk) 15:12, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

eighth blackbird
I think the issue here is that eighth blackbird is not the professionally used (or stage name) of a person (and so cannot be compared to will.i.am or k.d. lang). It is a trademark, and therefore seems to fall under those conventions (MOS:TM) when titling a Wikipedia article, as do craigslist, adidas, and thirtysomething. If you can find circumstances where lowercased trademarks (excepting of course eBay, iPod, etc.) are used lowercase in their Wikipedia article titles — in particular other musical groups — and prove that they are comforming to Wikipedia naming conventions, it might more readily be seen to possibly apply here. Anyway, that's my take on it at the moment, after researching the matter for about 20 minutes. Softlavender (talk) 01:54, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Adidas: Yes, it (and the others) should always be in uppercase:


 * Trademarks rendered without any capitals are always capitalized:
 * avoid: thirtysomething is a television show that may have been sponsored by adidas, but not by craigslist, because the show was over before craigslist existed.
 * instead, use: Thirtysomething is a television show that may have been sponsored by Adidas, but not by Craigslist, because the show was over before Craigslist existed.


 * From MOS:TM. I started to think about fixing it just now, but there's spillover to another Adidas subsidiary's article and I felt I didn't have the time at present. Softlavender (talk) 05:39, 20 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I wonder if a Bot could do all of those annoying fixes? Because it's just not my cup of tea. I will leave it to your discretion. BTW, Happy holidays! Softlavender (talk) 13:47, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Totally hear you. Have fun in your classes, whatever they be. (What be they, if the conversation warrants?) Softlavender (talk) 04:17, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of YMCA Camp Orkila


The article YMCA Camp Orkila has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Non-notable summer camp. Other summer camps over 100 years old include Camp Mowglis (founded 1903) YMCA Camp St. Croix, Lake Delaware Boys' Camp, YMCA Camp Eberhart, Camp Lincoln - Camp Lake Hubert, and Camp Wachusett. There are many more, I just searched by "founded 1903" or "founded 1909" and "summer camp". Try searching by some other years.

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AfD nomination of YMCA Camp Orkila
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MSU Interview
Dear WAvegetarian,

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.
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 * 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 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.9.115.210 (talk) 21:37, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

image use
i have used this picture 'Burning_Bunsen_burner.jpg'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alvinkyw (talk • contribs) 15:02, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:WAvegetarian/Doe
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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) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:ShreddedWheat.jpg
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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Block Request Comment Suggestion
Hey,

Can you put a temp page protection and block that user for Tetragrammation?

Thanks, --TJH2018 (talk) 02:34, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
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A new user right for New Page Patrollers
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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.

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Waterfountain listed at Redirects for discussion
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ArbCom 2019 special circular
   

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Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
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Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

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Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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How we will see unregistered users
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New administrator activity requirement
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