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Happy New COTW
Greetings from WikiProject Oregon’s Collaboration of the Week. First off, thank you to everyone who has done work the last few weeks on the last two COTWs. This week we have by request Oregon and California Railroad, part of the lands involved in the Oregon Land Fraud Scandal. Then as part of the Stub elimination drive, we have longtime politician Grattan Kerans, which hopefully can be turned into a nice DYK entry. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 10:30, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Museums & Prisons COTW
Howdy to all those in WikiProject Oregon land! To start, thanks to those who helped improve Grattan Kerans and Oregon and California Railroad as part of the Collaboration of the Week. This week we’ll try and start some new articles with a red link elimination drive on a couple of Oregon lists. So, you have your pick of prisons, or museums. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:55, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

B-day for Oregon
Hello to WikiProject Oregon peoples! Thank you to those who helped start some new articles on prisons and museums. This week, in honor of Oregon’s 150th b-day, we have the slightly older Oregon Constitution and the first state governor John Whiteaker. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 01:16, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for British Rail sandwich
Hi. British Rail sandwich appeals to my sense of humour, especially as a railfan...

I have put the article forward for the Main Page 'Did You Know' slot. See DYK – February 22 articles for the nomination. I'm not entirely happy with the hook lines I suggested, but they seemed a good starting point. Feel free to provide better alternatives if you can.

EdJogg (talk) 13:42, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * (Replying here as well, in case you're not watching my talk page...)
 * There is a process to go through, although the mechanics (if not the timing) have changed since I last did it. Essentially an article creator, or someone else (not necessarily an editor of the article) can nominate an article within five days of its creation or greater-than-five-fold expansion. (There are additional requirements regarding minimum article size and quality, and using a referenced fact for the 'hook', etc. See the DYK pages for details.) After nomination, there are editors who specialise in the DYK process who will review/refine/etc the sugggestions, selecting several batches for Main Page display every day.


 * The five-day limit is significant. In this case, the article was created on 22 Feb, so that is the section it is entered in, and if it is chosen it would appear (most likely) on the 28th or 29th (D'Oh! - 1st March!). Until then, feel free to suggest a new hook as 'ALT2' (preferred) or refine an existing one, unless already noted as OK (when you might as well leave it alone!) From past experience, suggestions that attract no comments are usually OK for selection, but I may have just been lucky! If you do want to make a suggestion for improvement, make sure your comments are clearly visible, since reviewers will not be watching for 'differences' between edits.
 * EdJogg (talk) 14:26, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * You may be interested to know that the article is currently listed at Template:Did you know/Queue/2. This means it is scheduled to appear within the next 24 hours (or else that it has already appeared and we weren't watching!) They now operate a rolling 5-queue system, and it's taking a while to work out 'what happens next'. (Viewing the history of Template:Did you know is the easiest way to see if it has appeared, since it is the actual source for the Main Page display). Anyway, the next update is due after 10:30 (UTC) so it should appear on the main page then. Look carefully though, 'cos all the others have much longer hooks -- I missed it the first time I looked! TTFN EdJogg (talk) 08:20, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Nice article! It gave me a chuckle! Bradley0110 (talk) 12:16, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Xenophopia does not involve a Xylophone: Another WPORE COTW
Greetings to WikiProject Oregon members. A big thank you to everyone who helped last week with the Oregon Constitution and John Whiteaker. This week, we have by request Clyde Drexler and a newer article in Religion in Oregon (I thought surveys said we didn’t have religion in Oregon). Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 10:10, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for British Rail sandwich

 * Thanks so much for that- exactly the kind of article of which Wikipedia needs more. I certainly got a laugh out of it. J Milburn (talk) 12:35, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Killer Oregon COTW, its Totally Rad
Greetings WikiProject Oregon peoples. It is once again time for another edition of the World Famous Collaboration Of The Week. Thank you to those who worked on Clyde and [the lack of] Religion in Oregon. This week (as many have noticed), we have the “it was a red link” and by request Eugene Station and Heceta Head in honor of the work that’s been going on at Oregon Coast. Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. On a side note, does the recent news of Portland being the unhappiest place in all the land make people there more unhappy? Aboutmovies (talk) 06:55, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

V is for Victory at the COTW: Brought to you by the Letter W (naming rights still available)
Hear ye, hear ye WikiProject Oregon villagers. Tis time for another edition of ye ol’ Collaboration Of Thine Week. Thank you to those who worked on Eugene Station and Heceta Head the last few weeks, may the Black Death spare ye family. This time we have a we little stub in the John Ross Tower and by request Bill Walton in honor of a pretty good chance at making the playoffs for the Blazers (sorry can’t think of a good Old English type language for that one, but if we go with Olde English 800, then the Jail Blazers could come into play). Anyway, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:14, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Zeus is a really cool dude and he thinks these WP:ORE articles are cool too
Greetings WikiProject Oregon guys and gals. Once again it is time for another edition of the our niche market Collaboration Of The Week. As always, thank you to those who worked on the Ross Tower and Walton. For this week we have the Calapooya Mountains and by request (and in honor of the opening) the venerable Portland Saturday Market. Just remember, if you are feeling blue, try breathing (rimshot please). Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 21:48, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

re:Ezra Klein quote on Conservapedia article
I believe Klein's quote is relevant because it provides third-party coverage on one of Conservapedia's most controversial articles. The paragraph also flows correctly because both sentences relate to religion.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 15:10, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll agree that the quote doesn't illuminate as much as I would like. However, I read the entire on the source, and couldn't find a better comment to use. I do agree that a quote with more context would be desired, but what we have now is better than nothing. Thanks,  Artichoker [ talk  ] 18:17, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

U too can help Oregon
Howdy WikiProject Oregon folks. It is time again it is time for another round of the Collaboration Of The Week. A big thank you to those who worked on Calapooya Mountains and Portland Saturday Market, both saw some great improvements. For this week we have two great opportunities for DYKs with Brian McMenamin and Algoma, Oregon. Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:44, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

br
Good afternoon WikiProject Oregon peoples. It is time again it is time for another round of the Collaboration Of The Week, Volume 82. Thank you to those who worked on Algoma, Oregon‎ and Brian McMenamin, both saw some great improvements and are up for DYks. This week we have Mary Alice Ford and by request Waterfront Blues Festival. Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Live long and phosphorous. Aboutmovies (talk) 23:31, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

XOXOXO - Oregon loves you, now love Oregon back!
Greetings to WikiProject Oregon folks. It is time again it is time for another round of the Collaboration Of The Week. A big thank you to those who worked on Mary Alice Ford ‎ and the Waterfront Blues Festival, both saw some great improvements. In honor of the great weather, we have our Semi-annual Great Oregon Picture Drive for this week’s collaboration. You can go out and take a picture, or search for a free one on the Internet, or in some cases remove an old request. See the bottom of this page for some links to a variety of free sources. Again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:00, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Blah blah blah, Oregon COTW
Hello to members of the WikiProject o' Oregon. Once again it is time for the Collaboration Of The Week. A thank you to everyone who participated in the Semi-annual Great Oregon Picture Drive, we added a lot of pictures. For this edition we have by request Mr. Maurice Lucas of the Blazers, and a maintenance type project with the Dab Patrol. For the later, pick any Oregon disambiguation page (mainly common city names) and use the "What links here" feature to find any stray incoming links and direct them to the correct article. Again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Peace out! Aboutmovies (talk) 07:29, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Kite Man Says beware of powerlines
Hello to those who participate in WikiProject Oregon. Once again it is time for the Collaboration Of The Week. A thank you to everyone who participated in the Dab Patrol and improvements to Maurice Lucas. For this week we have Oregon company FLIR Systems, and a maintenance type project with the FA Update Drive. For the later, pick any Oregon FA class article and read through it to make sure it is still up-to-date. Again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. I like frogs. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:43, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

King of Pop vs. Wikipedia
Hi, Thanks for your note -- no problem. Here's the draft of the article I have going at the moment -- Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-06-29/News_and_notes. Feel free to add anything (images?) if you like. Thanks, -- phoebe / (talk to me) 19:00, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Boz rates the day a Perfect Ten
Greetings and salutations to members of WikiProject Oregon. We hear bye announce another Collaboration Of The Week. Thanks to anyone who participated in updating any FA articles and for the improvements on FLIR Systems. This week we have two requests: former Blazer Sidney Wicks, and a key historical event with Oregon land fraud scandal. Again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 09:36, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Hot outside, so stay inside working on the Oregon COTW!
Hello to WikiProject Oregon folks, and get ready for another Collaboration Of The Week. Thank you to those who worked on the land fraud scandal and Mr. Wicks. This week we have one by request, Central Oregon, and a gnomish task, the Great Infobox Drive of '09. For the infobox drive, just find some articles without infoboxes and add one. People and companies are two prime areas as many do not have infoboxes, yet infoboxes exist for those areas. Again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:51, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

YR
I'm involved with this article since 25th July - there was a thread at WP:BLPN and I also tried to request full protection then but User:Nja247 declined it. Now that the Ip has declared his intention to "check this (page) every waking hour to restore (revert) it if necessary." and doesn't engage in any objective discussion, maybe someone will protect it? —SpaceFlight89 13:29, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

My comment on your blog post
Hi William, did you catch my comment at [your blog post about the Bill Clinton article? Graham 87 10:37, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, Mr. COTW
Howdy after a long message absence to those of WikiProject Oregon. To answer a common question, no you did not get removed from the COTW notification list, I was just too busy to send out the notification for the last change. So, thank you to all those who helped improve Central Oregon and Mount Jefferson, as well as those who added infoboxes and adopted a governor. For this edition of the COTW, we have partly by request and in honor of the return of college football, Duck football and Beaver football. If you are a fan of neither, maybe go back and work on a governor or add infoboxes this time around. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:30, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Insert profound knowledge and wisdom here with wacky side effects
Greetings from WikiProject Oregon. First, thank you to all those who helped improve the Ducks and Beavers football teams. Second, now on with the countdown. For this edition of the COTW, we have by request Portland Hempstalk Festival and Munson Valley Historic District. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:16, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Goodbye summer, hello Dolly!
Hello WikiProject Oregon member, it is time for another Collaboration of the Week. First, thanks to those who helped out the last few weeks improving the Portland Hempstalk Festival and the Munson Valley Historic District articles. This week we have by request Rasheed Wallace and the Oregon Zoo. The later should have lots of recent news with the new/old exhibit opening. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:24, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Merry Columbus Day 2 all and 2 all a goodnite, beware of large windstorms bearing gifts
Greetings fellow WikiProject Oregon member, time to uncork a fine wine as it is once again time for the Collaboration of the Week. As always, thank you to those who helped out the last few weeks improving the Oregon Zoo, the Rasheed Wallace, Willamette Bridges, and the Vanport articles. This week we have by request Jim Paxson and Films shot in Oregon. The later can easily be improved just by adding some sources. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. And with Halloween fast approaching, remember that pennies really suck as a “treat” and you can expect toilet paper and or eggs on your residence for your “trick”. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:24, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Tax revolt in critical care at a hospital near you
Hello fellow WikiProject Oregon member, once again time for the Collaboration of the Week in the land of Oregon. As always, thank you to those who helped out the last few weeks improving List of films shot in Oregon and Jim Paxson. This week we have by request Oregon tax revolt and not by request, the annual Hospital creation drive. For the later, I have laid out some sources here, and the remaining red links are all over the state, so you can find one near you! As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. May the wind always be beneath your wings. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:24, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

It's sunny out, quick take a picture!
Greetings to WikiProject Oregon folks. It is time again for another installment of as the Collaboration Of The Week Turns. A big thank you to last time’s guest stars who worked on Oregon tax revolt‎ and creating hospital articles, we had 3 DYKs off the hospital articles createdd. This week is the star-studded affair of the Semi-annual Great Oregon Picture Drive, starring. You can go out and take a picture, browse through Commons for an existing one, or search for a free one on the Internet, and in some cases remove an old request (or even add a request to an article that has no images). See the bottom of this page for some links to a variety of free sources. Again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 23:25, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

PayLess at Sprouse-Reitz for your G.I. Joe's, brought to you by Troutman's Emporium and Frederick & Nelson
Hello WikiProject Oregon member, and seasons greetings. Here at Collaboration Of The Week we thank you for your efforts making Oregon better, at least on Wikipedia, and hope you are doing better than Joe's. Or, in the eloquent words of some marketing manager for another now defunct Oregon chain, ''Merry Christmas from PayLess... Merry Chriiiistmaaaasssss!!!''

Now that pleasantries have been exchanged, thank you to those who worked on the last two collaborations, the Semi-annual Great Oregon Picture Drive, and Oregon Country Fair and Geoff Petrie. For this edition of the COTW we have Gambling in Oregon and NRHP in Washington County. The hope for the later is to fill in the last few images (5) and then see if we can make it the first NRHP list in Oregon with an article for every entry (need 27). As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 09:05, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Oregon COTW v 3.0.2010ish
Greetings WikiProject Oregon team member. Time for the first new Collaboration Of The Week in 2010. Thank you to those who worked on Bill Schonely and archiving talk pages. For this week, we have Concordia University and the Berry Botanic Garden. Hopefully we can mine the garden’s website before it closes down. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Cheers and stuff. Aboutmovies (talk) 09:51, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Just Out, COTW does well in new decade
Howdy WikiProject Oregon folks, time again for the latest installment of As the Collaboration Of The Week Turns. Last week was one of the more successful COTWs in recent memory as we really worked hard as a community to improve Concordia University and Berry Botanic Garden. Both are now at least C class articles and nicely illustrated (thanks to Tedder, Finetooth, and Ipoellet). Plus it really was a group effort as we had five different WPORE editors work on the garden and ditto with the school, with some overlap between the two.

Anyway, this week, we have by request the completely unrelated Just Out and Terrell Brandon. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. This message paid for by Fooians against COTW killing taxes. Aboutmovies (talk) 09:31, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Oregon COTW and randomness
Greetings fellow WikiProject Oregon member, it is once again time for the Collaboration of the Week (yes, I know they are not actually every week anymore). Thank you to those who helped out the last few weeks improving Terrell Brandon, Just Out, 75th Oregon Legislative Assembly, and all the unreferenced BLPs. This week we have by request Oregon Coast Aquarium and Arvydas Sabonis (maybe the Blazers can sign him as I think he's healthy). Both need more sourcing. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. And remember folks, the only thing we have to fear is death and taxes, unless of course the dingo ate your baby, at which point you may feel the need, the for speed to get away from said dingos, which in turn can lead to a failure to communicate due to the dynamics of sound waves, though at some point hopefully we can all just get along. Aboutmovies (talk) 09:15, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Visual edition of the Oregon COTW featuring the Glass Palace
Hello WikiProject Oregon member, time for a new edition of the Collaboration of the Week. Thank you to those who helped out the last few weeks improving Oregon Coast Aquarium and Arvydas Sabonis. Also thank you to those few of you helped with the attempt to celebrate Women's History Month with Barbara Roberts and Ursula K. Le Guin.

This week we have by request the Memorial Coliseum that has been in the news a lot lately, and then one of the more important political figures in our state's history, Douglas McKay. The MC needs some ref work and EL work, and McKay really needs a lot more sourcing. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 20:07, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

It Takes a Rim Village - Oregon COTW
Greetings WikiProject Oregon member, time for the next edition of the Collaboration of the Week. Thanks to those who assisted in improving a few articles over the last month. For May Day edition of the COTW (in Wikipedia time its May already), we have by request Rim Village Historic District and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (AKA OMSI). Rim Village just needs some refinement to get to GA, while OMSI needs a lot of work in general. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Adios (on May 5th that is). Aboutmovies (talk) 04:49, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

GA Hold
Please see Talk:Tom Peterson/GA1 for more information. The article is on GA Hold. Chris (talk) 14:20, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Any time you issues or concern, do put them on the GA Review page. I am watching it right now so I will see your information on the response to it. Chris (talk) 14:18, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Good job on the fix. Article passed GA. Congratulations. Chris (talk) 18:07, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
 * You are welcome. Now go write up some more. Chris (talk) 19:21, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Re:24 Hour Church of Elvis
- F ASTILY  (T ALK ) 03:47, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Domino's Pizza
Hi, I am writing here because I see your other WP account is no longer active. I wrote some suggestions regarding your work on the Domino's Pizza article. You've done some good work, and I think you could tweak it a bit more. If you'd prefer I make the edits myself, I can. UrsaLinguaBWD (talk) 01:13, 5 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Reply is here. WWB (talk) 18:05, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikileaks
Hi, I see the comments on are closed already, so I'll note here instead that I mentioned your blog post in this week's Signpost, where I also wrote a bit more about how Wikileaks appears to have lost its wikiness. (I hope you don't mind the slightly interpretative summary of what you said.) Regards, HaeB (talk) 02:38, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

24_Hour_Church_of_Elvis
Hi WWB. Hope all is well. I recently received a suggestion from Nyttend on at my talk. What do you think? - F ASTILY  (T ALK ) 22:32, 12 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Sounds good; just posted the same on your page. Cheers, WWB (talk) 15:15, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

WPORE COTW 2.0 - the picture edition
Greetings one and all. For some of you, this will be your first time receiving one of these messages, as it has been a year since the WikiProject Oregon Collaboration of the Week (COTW) was a regular thing. My hope is it gets back to being a regular thing.

Usually I would go over the past COTW, but we are basically starting out anew. So, without further adieu, this edition is our semi-annual picture drive. We usually try to do it when there is decent weather in the state, and today seems to fit the bill. Now although you are encouraged to go out and take pictures, you can also just search the internet for images that have the proper licensing and upload those. Flickr is one site that has a fair amount of content with the proper licensing (most images on Flickr are not compatible). See WP:COPYRIGHT in general. For some “free” sources, check out the our dormant subproject that has some links to sources.

Lastly, if you need to know what images we need, here are the requests. Please remove the request from the talk page if you add an image.

Finally (this is not image related), as the years have passed, we have lost many good editors, and others, like myself, are no longer in school or are working full-time or both, and thus are less active in the project. The project lives on, but it has created a bit of a power vacuum without a de facto cabal still around all the time. With that in mind, I encourage newer project members to step-up and fill some leadership type roles. Granted, we have no formal ruling junta or anything and no real defined roles, but there are many maintenance type tasks that some of us just took on to keep the project going. For instance, I ran the COTW, was pretty much the only one doing assessments, updating the portal, and even handing out the awards. I am sure others in the project can name what things they have done. The point being, that while I enjoyed those and still do some of those, I simply no longer have the free time to do all of it at a level that the project deserves. That said, I hope to start a discussion at WT:ORE where we can see if some newer editors would like to step-up and take on some of these tasks, which will hopefully make for a more inclusive project, and maybe get us back to the heyday of say 2008 when things were really rocking for WikiProject Oregon.

As always, please click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 22:14, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

User:WWB Too/Richard Stengel
Hi WWB. I stumbled upon User:WWB Too/Richard Stengel while doing some cleanup of the Living people category. I'm not quite sure what to do with the page: as far as I can tell, the edits you made there were never transferred to the Richard Stengel so there's no possible history merge and it's become a bit of a content fork. If it's unused you might want to consider deleting it but if you keep it as a working copy, can you tag it as such and remove the categories? Best, Pichpich (talk) 20:39, 30 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the note; I've just taken care of the categories. What happened is: another editor copied over my material from the sub-page into the main article, although they did not merge it, which left my page in place. Ands then neither I nor the other editor bothered to disable the categories, so using the WWB Too account I did just that a little while ago. Mea culpa, and thanks for the heads-up. Cheers, WWB (talk) 16:20, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

HTML version of Eloqua guide?
Re. I can't read the lines at the bottom of some pages, especially page 4 (Firefox 3.6.17 on Ubuntu 10.04), and don't want to go thru the HTML source or register for the PDF. Is there a plain HTML or text version somewhere? -- Jeandré, 2011-05-10t18:18z


 * Oh, that's interesting. You know, since Eloqua agreed to release it CC-BY-SA, I've been thinking of posting a version in my user space. I may not have time until later this week, but I will let you know when I do. Cheers, WWB (talk) 19:30, 10 May 2011 (UTC)


 * That would be great, thanks. I'm thinking of doing an intro course to editing WP for the elderly, and the "Article vs. page" paragraph made me realize that when I explain jargon I can't start with namespaces or the TLAs, I have begin at an even more basic level. -- Jeandré, 2011-05-10t23:10z


 * And I've just posted a formatted, slightly revised version here. I plan to keep improving it myself, but you're more than welcome to adapt it to your own needs. I'd be very interested to see what you do with it! Cheers, WWB (talk) 14:13, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Saying Hi from Jess3 HQ
Here for the DCWW/1x57 workshop. Leslie was mentioning you in a much positive light.  immunity  talk   14:30, 18 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Wow, that's very cool—and thanks for the hello! If you get a chance, say hi to her (and Amy Senger) for me! Cheers, WWB (talk)


 * It is very cool and you are welcome. I am very close friends with Amy and Steve, so this is a very small world. Leslie suggests I get to know you and be friends as well. Glad to virtually meet you.  immunity  talk   15:42, 18 June 2011 (UTC)


 * That's true, the wiki world is very small. Pleased to meet you via webzone! I'll be on the West Coast for about another week, but let's maybe plan to meet up when I'm back to the District in late June. P.S. Good luck w/ Leslie's page! WWB (talk) 16:07, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Great interview!
Very enjoyable Q&A interview! KConWiki (talk) 01:49, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Great job with the Tom Peterson article!
I very much enjoyed it :) 216.10.193.20 (talk) 19:03, 30 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I had a lot of fun writing it. Glad you liked it. Cheers, WWB (talk) 19:56, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

User space
Sure, I've gone ahead and userfied it at User:WWB/Forward (publications). Neutralitytalk 15:14, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Horse ebooks
Carabinieri (talk) 00:05, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Hi again, Sarah, and thank you! It so happens the idea for this article also began on Twitter: a friend pointed out to me that @Horse_ebooks had no Wikipedia article, and could I do something about it? So I started reading, and it turned out: yep, passes the GNG, all right. Took a few days to write it up, and I had a blast writing it. Glad you enjoyed! WWB (talk) 20:37, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I love you for writing this article. Harej (talk) 23:22, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Great job on revamps to Managed futures account, CPO, and CTA
Congrats on your great improvements to Managed futures account, Commodity pool operator, and Commodity trading advisor. They are way better than the measly messy stubs they were before. Thanks! John Shandy`  &bull; talk 05:20, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

COI+ certification proposal
I've thought of an idea that might break our current logjam with paid editing. I'd love your sincere feedback and opinion.


 * WP:COI certification

Feel free to circulate this to anyone you think should know about it, but please recognize that it hasn't been agreed upon by either PR organizations or WikiProjects or the wider community. It's also just a draft, so any/many changes can still be made. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi 15:16, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Social Media Week
WWB, Fluffernutter turned me on to the paid-editing-on-wikipedia panel during Social Media Week. I couldn't find anything on the SMW site about that, but would like to attend. Fluffernutter said you would have info about that. Can you let me in on the details? Thanks and all the best, Jweiss11 (talk) 03:49, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi there, Jweiss. Sorry about the delay in responding—travel and busy week conspired to keep me away. So, I am still waiting on the organizer to get back to me about the venue and specific time, however it's almost certainly going to be Thursday, Feb. 21. This is actually a good reminder for me to reach out to my contact again and see if there's any updated info. More TK. Cheers, WWB (talk) 18:44, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * No worries and thank you. Please keep me in the loop.  All the best, Jweiss11 (talk) 18:48, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * WWB, how are you? Anything ever materialize with the Wikipedia panel for SMW?  Thanks, Jweiss11 (talk) 12:21, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello Jweiss! Sorry for the delay, lots going on. But hey, the panel is this Thursday afternoon (although Fluff won't be there; she had to cancel) and the details are here. Cheers, WWB (talk) 20:33, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Great. Thanks for the info.  I will try to make it. Jweiss11 (talk) 20:38, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia edit-thon: Saturday, February 9, 2013
Hope to see you there! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:50, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Committee invitation
Hi, I would like to invite you to apply to join the IEG Advisory Committee on Meta. --Pine✉ 09:23, 18 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi there, Pine. Not too often that I get replies from the same editor on my separate accounts! I'll get back to you about your latest suggestions shortly, but meantime I'm curious about what the IEG committee would entail. I'll read through the page later today, but if you're able to give me a quick overview in your own words, that could help me decide. Cheers, WWB (talk) 15:06, 18 January 2013 (UTC)


 * In response to your question I'll post the list of Committee tasks from the IEG Meta page. The list is relatively easy to understand.


 * "1. Provide feedback on grant proposals: Check on proposals submitted to the IdeaLab and current proposals area, help to improve proposals and projects for which funding is sought, and ensure that sufficient information is provided and that goals and estimates are realistic.


 * "2. Evaluate finalized proposals: Review finalized proposals and community input, and score proposals according to rubric determined by selection criteria.


 * "3. Recommend proposals for funding: Recommend a shortlist of proposals for funding based on the available budget and projects."


 * --Pine✉ 22:15, 18 January 2013 (UTC)


 * OK, fair enough. I can do the reading myself. I'm busy through the weekend, but it's an interesting project, and one I haven't read into before. I'm interested for sure. If there's no deadline, I'll read it all and very well offer my name up before the weekend is out. Cheers, WWB (talk) 05:03, 19 January 2013 (UTC)


 * And as of just now, I've added my name. This sounds like a worthwhile project, and a good opportunity to participate in a way I haven't before. Thanks again for the invite. WWB (talk) 14:46, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Welcome to the IEG Committee
Hi WWB, Thanks for signing up to join the Individual Engagement Grants Committee! It is my pleasure to confirm your membership. We’ve got a lot to accomplish together, particularly during the next 6 weeks, and it will be awesome to have your help. Here is how to get started:

To make your membership official, please do 2 things by February 11th:


 * 1) Introduce yourself in the IdeaLab.
 * 2) Send your email address to IEGrants@undefinedwikimedia.org, so that we can subscribe you to the committee mailing list.

Then there are 2 first tasks' for active committee members to start on right away:
 * 1) Review information in the Committee Workroom (your new organizing hub on meta), including responsibilities and the review process.  Feedback and questions are very welcome at this stage.
 * 2) Start giving feedback on open ideas, drafts and proposals. Asking questions to gather information you’ll need to make a recommendation helps prospective grantees think their projects all the way through, and will give us more great proposals to choose from.

Our formal review of proposals starts February 22nd. I’ll be posting information about scoring and selection of proposals on the committee mailing list and in the Workroom soon, so please keep an eye there!

Thanks again for joining this new grantmaking program...I hope we’re going to see some amazing impact from these grants! :-) Siko (WMF) (talk) 06:16, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

You've got mail!
A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 03:30, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

COI questions
Hey WWB, I'm wondering if you think this draft request for comment would prove fair and useful? User:Ocaasi/coiquestions. Cheers, Ocaasit &#124; c 18:38, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey Ocaasi, thanks for letting me know about this! This is very well thought-out. I would probably make a few suggestions, but since I tend to avoid COI subjects from this account, I'll switch to my WWB Too account for the purpose of joining the discussion. Cheers, WWB (talk) 17:26, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

finally
I think this is the first time we've been in a room together. tedder (talk) 19:39, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Ha, I missed you giving your username during the intro. Where in the room are you? WWB (talk) 19:42, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Aha, I didn't. I'm to your right, red shirt, I keep interrupting Pete.
 * OK, right on. WikiProject Oregon (which I'm sadly not much involved with recently) represent! WWB (talk) 19:53, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

IEGCom move
Hi William! I wanted to let you know that I moved you to the inactive list for the IEG Committee, because we haven't heard from you during the committee's formal review period. But we still love you! So, if and when you've got time to participate again, please feel free to jump back in and add yourself back to the active list. Thanks! Siko (WMF) (talk) 00:07, 16 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Siko. I'm very sorry that I wasn't able to participate as I had planned. It's been very busy, although I don't mean to offer excuses. Perhaps my time will become more free later in the year, although I wouldn't want to promise it. Best, WWB (talk) 22:57, 3 April 2013 (UTC)


 * No worries, I know just how wiki-life goes. Happy to have you back if/when the timing is ever right.  Cheers! Siko (WMF) (talk) 20:45, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Correction regarding your recent blog post on "The Wikipedian"
Hi WWB,

I tried to leave a comment at on March 28, and then again on March 31, but they don't seem to have come through. Perhaps a problem with the spam filter? Anyway, here is what the second one said:


 * Hi William,
 * I submitted the following comment on Thursday, but it appears to have gotten lost. Thanks in advance for the correction!
 * Regarding "Jimmy Wales, who currently still sits on the Board of Trustees, but will rotate off later this year": This appears to be a misunderstanding. The terms of all the Trustees are limited, including Jimmy's, but so far the Board has always reappointed him (most recently in January 2012: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vote:Reappointment_of_Jimmy_Wales,_2012 ), and there is no reason to assume it won't do so next time.
 * Regarding "Jimmy Wales, who currently still sits on the Board of Trustees, but will rotate off later this year": This appears to be a misunderstanding. The terms of all the Trustees are limited, including Jimmy's, but so far the Board has always reappointed him (most recently in January 2012: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vote:Reappointment_of_Jimmy_Wales,_2012 ), and there is no reason to assume it won't do so next time.
 * Regarding "Jimmy Wales, who currently still sits on the Board of Trustees, but will rotate off later this year": This appears to be a misunderstanding. The terms of all the Trustees are limited, including Jimmy's, but so far the Board has always reappointed him (most recently in January 2012: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vote:Reappointment_of_Jimmy_Wales,_2012 ), and there is no reason to assume it won't do so next time.
 * Regarding "Jimmy Wales, who currently still sits on the Board of Trustees, but will rotate off later this year": This appears to be a misunderstanding. The terms of all the Trustees are limited, including Jimmy's, but so far the Board has always reappointed him (most recently in January 2012: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vote:Reappointment_of_Jimmy_Wales,_2012 ), and there is no reason to assume it won't do so next time.
 * Regarding "Jimmy Wales, who currently still sits on the Board of Trustees, but will rotate off later this year": This appears to be a misunderstanding. The terms of all the Trustees are limited, including Jimmy's, but so far the Board has always reappointed him (most recently in January 2012: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vote:Reappointment_of_Jimmy_Wales,_2012 ), and there is no reason to assume it won't do so next time.

Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 22:17, 3 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the note Tbayer, and I apologize for my commenting system! To this day I have no idea why some comments go through and why some don't. Anyway, I've posted a correction, which I hope takes care of it. Cheers, WWB (talk) 22:46, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 01:32, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

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Portland "Wiknic" 2013!
Hope you are able to attend! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:46, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/Terwilliger curves
I'm just letting you know that I nominated an article that you started for DYK. The article is very interesting and well written. SL93 (talk) 00:45, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Terwilliger curves
Sorry about removing part of a sentence in the article. It was done on accident. SL93 (talk) 04:36, 17 July 2013 (UTC)


 * No problem at all, accidents happen! And considering the subject matter, very apropos. WWB (talk) 04:38, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Your picture isn't showing in the article. SL93 (talk) 22:41, 18 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks, fixed it. I'd submitted a Move request at Commons, but didn't realize the image would break when that happened. WWB (talk) 22:45, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Terwilliger curves
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:03, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Wiki Takes PDX!
-- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:12, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Edit-athon!
Hope to see you there! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:48, 7 October 2013 (UTC)