User talk:Zigzig20s/Archive 1

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Typo in title
You might be interested in the "moving pages" feature. See WP:MM--all you have to do is click on the word "move" at the top of the article that needs moved. NickelShoe (Talk) 05:05, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Edits
It's not really hassle, simply giving you some information on minor edits. Besides, talk pages are for messages, a little like e-mail, so if you don't want to read them, don't. I also love the 3rd person roundabout answers :P. (Let's see if you do better than 4 mins this time). Holomorph 19:59, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Care to elaborate on my recent behaviour? Holomorph 22:29, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Took you a while, eh P?
 * That's not vandalism but well I wasn't planning on doing anything else for the moment since you're acting so no-fun. I'd rather go do stuff on the french facebook clone site. :P —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Holomorph (talk • contribs) 16:37, 18 January 2007 (UTC).

British English tag
Sorry no idea about Wikitionary - however I do know that the template used are seperate for the two projects. :: Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page) / (Desk)  12:19, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Henri Lefevre
The claim that the subject is a "prominent French urban theorist" is not supported. Per WP:BIO, The article must meet the criterion "The person has been the primary subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the person." Claims to this effect must be referenced. If references to support notability are not added, the page may be deleted. — Swpb talk contribs 04:49, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * As I said before, sources demonstrating the subject's notability must be added to the article. If sources are not added, the article will be deleted. — Swpb talk contribs 05:03, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * See WP:CITE. References should appear in a References section at the bottom of the article. — Swpb talk contribs 05:12, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject France
Hello! We are a group of editors working to improve the quality of France related articles. You look like someone who might be interested in joining us in the France WikiProject and so I thought I'd drop you a line and invite you! We'd love to have you in our project :-) STTW (talk)  17:09, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

sic
I'd put that because the 'a' symbol is not correct in my transcriptions and I was hoping someone would fix that for me. Zigzig20s 00:45, 23 January 2007 (UTC)


 * If you mean that you were not able to write the symbol you wished, perhaps I can help you. But have you taken a look at the article vowel, and the links in it (click on the symbols in the vowel chart)? FilipeS 00:48, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Ethan Green
Unpublished emails are not a reliable source. Otto4711 01:29, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Hay wain
If you feel strongly about it, take it to afd, but I don't think it's a candidate for *speedy* deletion. NawlinWiki 17:17, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Stub sorting
Hello ,

I noticed you marked an article as a stub using the   template. Did you know that there are thousands of stub types that you can use to clarify what type of stub the article is? Properly categorizing stubs is important to the Wikipedia community because it helps various WikiProjects to identify articles that need expansion.

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Yenta
Read the instructions  When a prod is removed, it should not be replaced. If you feel strongly about Yenta being removed from wikipedia, take it for AfD. 172.165.195.178 16:00, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Henry Bibb
I originally attached the ref link to the preceding line because I thought it had been separated accidentally: I have never seen a "footnote number" type of reference standing alone. I still think that this format is so unusual that most readers will think it just looks wrong. However, I see your point: where should a "section reference" (as opposed to a "sentence reference") be placed?

One possibility would be a short sentence at the top of the section with the footnote there. Another would be to remove the ref tags and move the reference into the "references" section as a reference for the entire article. If you really want to have it at the end of the section and by itself, I reccomend a one-word sentence consisting of the word "See." As an anchor for the footnote.

I took the liberty of formatting your footnote and adding the reccomended information for a web cite. -Arch dude 14:27, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to Novels WikiProject
Hi, and welcome to the Novels WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to fiction books often referred to as "Novels".

A few features that you might find helpful:


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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the members, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! :: Kevinalewis  : (Talk Page) /(Desk)  07:38, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Speedy tagging
Please don't add speedy tags that don't fit speedy criteria (like this: ). It seriously backlogs the WP:CSD. I've been removing them as I see them, but it would help if you would go back and WP:PROD or propose merge on them all. Cheers Dina 16:41, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Did you create all of these articles? Technically you could db-author them, but since many of them seem to have been created back in November, you're probably not the "author" anymore.  *sigh*.  God, there's tons of them.  Why not just leave them alone? Dina 16:44, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * In response to your comments on my talk, the fact that you and a handful of other editors decided these articles aren't necessary does not make them speedies. Please read WP:SPEEDY.  I think the redirect solution proposed below is a good one.  Cheers. Dina 19:18, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * re: |this, you redirect them by clearing the article and writing #REDIRECT and then the name of the album in brackets. FYI, when an admin removes a speedy tag with the edit summary "not a criteria for speedy deletion" please don't revert them.  You are making a lot of work for others that you could sort out yourself by doing all the redirects.  Cheers Dina 19:23, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * like this Dina 19:29, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Cool! Thanks. Dina 19:54, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * About the double redirects: I think I fixed most of them (I fixed about 8, and that album was the only one with an issue that I saw.)  Here's the issue so you know in the future:  The title of the album in question is Scream if You Wanna Go Faster.  Someone, quite appropriately, made a redirect for the slightly different caps Scream If You Wanna Go Faster (see .  You accidentally redirected the songs from the album to that "bad title" which means you created a "double redirect" -- ie. a redirect that just sends you to another redirect.  The way to recognize them is when you click the link you have to click another link to go to the article.  The only way to fix them is to go to the original article that you redirected and fix the redirect article name (as I did here.  Redirects can be tricky to find and edit.  They way to do it is to click on a link for the original article.  At the top of the article you are redirected to it will say "redirected from "article name" -- click on that link (article name) and you will be back at the redirect page and can edit it like any other article. But good work sorting it out nonetheless. Cheers. Dina 20:07, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh hell I just realized what you were actually asking. The article is misnamed.  I will move it and rollback all my changes to your double redirects.  No biggie. Dina 20:09, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually strike all of that, the article has previously been moved according to [|this]. Should probably leave it. Dina 20:11, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * You are very welcome. :) Dina 20:32, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Songs and Albums
Hi,

While every song need not have its own article, once one has been written, there is no harm in simply redirecting the title back to the album, for the sake of search convenience. I removed the tags in my capacity as an administrator, because redirection is more appropriate. I didn't perform the redirection myself, however, because I have no knowledge of what Spice Girls' songs might deserve independent articles. If you feel the songs merit redirection to their albums, please do so -- but speedy deletion remains inappropriate. Best wishes, Xoloz 18:55, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

WP:LGBT to do list
Hey, Zig! Man - you're hard at work on those items, aren't you!?!? Thanks for all the work! FYI, there's no need to update the to do list when you finish cleanup on an article. SatyrBot goes through and creates that list every night. It's looking for cleanup tags on articles, so if you remove the expand or wikify or whatever from the article, it will be removed from the list that night. Similarly, if you want to add an article to the list, simply tag it with the appropriate cleanup tag and it will show up on the list that night. Hope that saves you some time ;) -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 22:18, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, Zig! I didn't do anything to the list - as I said, it's maintained by a bot which updates it nightly.  So for all the articles you mentioned, they have the LGBT Project banner, but they don't have any particular cleanup tag.  If you want them to show up on the full list, add a cleanup tag and they'll be there the next morning.  Does that make sense? -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  15:39, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject LGBT studies
Thanks for the invite, I've joined up! TAnthony 22:39, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for inviting him! Destined for greatness, you are. :) Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 09:47, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

ditto from me on the thanks for the invite. i see on the translation site that there's not a lot of folks doing french-english translation. would you like to set up an exchange wherein you check my french for any errors and i will vice-versa? although i must say that you are incredibly fluent in english! quite impressive. glad that you're on wikipedia. --ponyboy 16:16, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XI - April 2007
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Middle Age: A Romance
It appears in the search results when you specifically search for "Middle Age: A Romance." Other than that, you can add it to the Middle Ages disambig page here. Is that what you were referring to? María ( habla con migo ) 02:40, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It does appear for me, but I think it's a problem as simple as colon placement; wiki searches are highly case sensitive. You're putting a space after "Age"; try it just as "Middle Age: A Romance" and you get the article itself.  Search for just "Middle Age A Romance" and you get these results.  You could always do a redirect with a space after the colon if you think enough people would attempt to search for it that way?  María ( habla  con migo ) 02:56, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't believe the page needs to be moved (which would be how you change the article's name). If it truly bothers you, all you need to do is create a re-direct in the small chance that someone would search for it with a space before the colon.  After all, the correct punctuation is to have no space between "Age" and the colon and that is how Amazon, Alibris, and Harper Collins, among others, have it listed.  María ( habla  con migo ) 03:18, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem. What's important is that the novel is readily findable, and it's correct of you to look into these things.  For future reference, to move a page (because of typo or whatever) all you need to do is click the "Move" tab in between "History" and "Watch."  I went ahead and added a link to the novel at the Middle Age dab page.  You may want to look into adding it to some lists, however, because according to its stats only a few articles link to it.  A good place to start is Lists of books.  Whenever I create a new article for a novel, I like to add as many links possible to get more attention.  María ( habla  con migo ) 03:31, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Closed ref in Black Water article
Hey, you just forgot to close the ref at the end of the section, so no biggie. I've gone and closed it for you. Later, María ( habla con migo ) 02:59, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

LGBT publications
Jtowns proposed a LGBT publications taskforce a while back, to focus on LGBT newspapers, magazines, stuff like that. The minimum threshold is three members, and jtowns and boomboomeve have signed up, so we need one more person to actually start it. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 18:23, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, the proposal is on the main page, we weren't going to create it until we had three members? Do you want to sign up? Because if yes, I can create the requisite pages and email jtowns (he seems to have gone offline for a bit). Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 19:39, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * There's not really more information to be had, to be honest. WP:LGBT doesn't have any taskforces, so we'll be flying blind. And yes, I was going to put your proposed literature taskforce in our next newsletter and then put it on the mainpage. I think it's a great idea. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 20:33, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

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Wikiproject Poetry
I was briefly a member, and designed their userbox for them. I quit because I wasn't really editing any articles on poetry. :) Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 05:12, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

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Fox and His Friends
The plot summary had no links except Marrakech, but I just cleaned it up. Plus, the year link in the lead pgh of a film or book article should have the "year in film" or whatever link (but the link in the infobox should not). Thanks for creating the article! TAnthony 15:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Userbox
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WP:BOOKS
Fair enough. María ( habla con migo ) 17:09, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Blutchers
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LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
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Katherine Mansfield
I thought I'd give it a try in creating an author navigation box for Katherine Mansfield. It's extremely basic, and I don't know enough about her or her work to add any particular info beyond what's here. So, take a look: Template:Katherine Mansfield. Beyond this, we can add dates next to the titles or find a better way to line things up. Once it looks good, feel free to add it to the bottom of the articles for her works so people can easily jump from one story to the next. Let me know what you think. --Midnightdreary 16:57, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
 * You can do whatever you like with it. Just edit it like any other article. This one is based on the Template:Edgar Allan Poe so you can see how much it can be expanded if it ever needs to be.  --Midnightdreary 19:18, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It's easy. I'll add it to Mansfield's article and you can add it to the rest of her articles by using the same code (you can look at the code when you click "edit this page" on her article. It's basically the name of the template enclosed in instead of  .  --Midnightdreary 19:49, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Mansfield Works
Not sure why you have a problem with the fuller bibliography that I am working on. It is quite a normal approach to give the actual works them selves rather than the publications, as those are rather more like advertising. Also the Author navigation template is still very much work in progress as it at present only contains the short stories. I think that can be worked up to include novels etc. :: Kevinalewis  : (Talk Page) /(Desk)  09:20, 18 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Pretty much done for the moment - and I don't see it as redundant as it provides a more structured list with publication years that would look far too cluttered on a template. The template is purely for navigation, (which I have added to all the short story articles). If the bibliograpy fills out more than a full blown "Bibliography article" linked to from the main author article might become to best way. My main thinking here is that this is a "major" author who's work is worthy of sophiticated treatment here on wikipedia. However at present we have a "work in progress" so far, much improved with your continbutions. :: Kevinalewis  : (Talk Page) /(Desk)  10:51, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Do It (song)
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Photo requests
Hi! I see you've started adding the reqphoto tag to the articles for Indiana towns -- I agree we need many more photos to make for stronger articles. I'd ask that you please don't add the tag indiscriminately, though. Several articles that you tagged as needing photos (Americus, Ambia, Buck Creek, etc.) are towns for which I've already uploaded snapshots. Thanks, Huwmanbeing 16:17, 29 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I believe the tag by itself is intended for articles that have no photographs (or no suitable ones), though of course one can always include as an optional attribute a request for a snap of something specific. I do feel, though, that tagging articles as "photo needed" when they already have a photo is unnecessary.  There are plenty of Indiana articles with zero photos that presumably should be addressed first.  After all, by that logic practically any WP article could be similarly tagged, since any article -- no matter how many photos it has -- could always have more. :-)

Huwmanbeing 16:49, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, though I do love little Indiana towns and am from one myself, I don't think every one merits a full gallery of pictures. Take Winthrop, for example -- it's a legitimate town on all the maps, but frankly, what you see is practically all there is.

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Reqphoto
Hi, when adding requests for photographs to Polish towns, you might want to use instead of. --Lysytalk 08:58, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I think that could potentially attract more photographers from Poland than  alone. I, for one, would be looking at Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Poland rather than the very general Category:Wikipedia requested photographs. Thanks. --Lysytalk 17:06, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Sure. I just thought that you were adding to Polish towns today again and I thought you might want to consider my suggestion instead. But I do not intend to push it of course. There may be reasons why you had chosen to do it the other way. I only thought that you might had forgotten this, and this is the only reason why I'm bugging you again. Hope you don't mind :-) --Lysytalk 17:13, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion
I employed it :-) --David Shankbone 16:15, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Photo for Agra, Oklahoma
Sir/Ma'am, If I take a personal photo for Agra, Oklahoma, can I give it to you to upload against the article since it isn't copy righted material?

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LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
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LGBT Banner
Absolutely. Sorry my presence has been sporadic. I've been very busy at work lately. I'll try to whip it up within the next few days. BGMurph 20:38, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey yes, I should have done that ages ago. I was wrapping up life in LA and planning my move to NYC... which is now done.  And I will actually do it.  Many apologies. BGMurph 16:48, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

The Profits of Religion
You requested a citation for my statement that the book is propaganda. Have you read the book? I read the whole thing twice. It's propaganda, according to the technical definition on the Propaganda Wikipedia page, "Instead of impartially providing information, propaganda in its most basic sense presents information in order to influence its audience. The most effective propaganda is often completely truthful, but some propaganda presents facts selectively to encourage a particular synthesis..." Let me say that I admire Sinclair and found his book extremely disturbing. I wish I could call it something else to encourage people to read it. But it IS propaganda. He is NOT fair. He has an agenda and he wants his readers to adopt it. The reviewers I cite state as much. Wikipedia requires truth, not partisanship. People unfamiliar with Sinclair deserve an accurate description of his work. Please remove the "citation needed", or supply an alternative term with the same meaning. Thank you. Sofia Roberts 18:27, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Decatur City, Iowa
I'll be damned if I remember why I said that. I added my comment in 2004, and I am sure I had a reason then, but I have long since forgotten what it was (it's been more than three years after all). Sorry!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 20:05, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Still doesn't ring a bell... I was involved in an off-Wikipedia project dealing with Midwestern states in 2004, around the time when I first discovered Wikipedia.  There were a few things I could contribute to Wikipedia in relation to that project; things I was working on anyway.  I guess this note was one of those things, but since it was three years ago, I don't remember any of the details.  Anyway, I'll be removing this note of mine since it obviously no longer makes sense to me or to folks who see it :)  Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 21:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Iowa cities
At the risk of sounding demented and senile, I must say you guessed right :) All this was a while ago, and I lost interest in Midwestern cities long since.  You might be better off asking around Iowa Portal or some such.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 19:02, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

bodega bay images!
so they need a license, but i don't know how to do that. i looked and i really don't know. they gave me like.. weird licenses that didn't apply, like images from the government or whose copyright had expired. asdfghjkl;' and i have 7 days left to put a license on there, so there's time, but i don't know how.

Pixistik1687 19:48, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Allan Pred
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Re: Vallejo and Wikimedia Commons
I'm planning on taking a overhead pic of the city soon, so I have it covered. -- w L &lt;speak·check&gt; 10:13, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Graff, Missouri
(To Graff, Missouri and User talk:M.e): I'm not a deletionist... but it did seem a bit on the non-notable side of the line. Perhaps it is of some interest, or someone came from there, or something happened there. There is a link from Missouri Route 38 m.e. 03:21, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

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Wikiproject LGBT
Sure I'd join, I recall trying to contact the project at one point in connection with a slew of renamings of articles about ancient Greeks only one of whom had real relevance to the project; but I don't know where I can be used best. Let me know what I can do and will try to pitch in; I am doing 2 other wikiprojects: Sicily and Classical Greece and Rome. Etes-vous français? J'ai prise un conseil de votre userpage. Je devrais trouver les plus correspondants français et ameliorer mon usage de la langue, mais alors il est une de beaucoup de choses que je dois faire. Pardonnez le pas d'accents, il est plus difficile au mon keyboard, et j'ai erreurs plus importantes de grammaire et d'orthographe. Et quand je ne peux pas rappeler le mot correct, je peux employer l'espagnol, porque el es comprensible a la mayoria de los francofones. Voila! :-) Carlossuarez46 00:44, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

July 2007 WP:FILMS Newsletter
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James Squire
Hey Zig, Thanks for assessing the James Squire page and deem it to no longer require wikifying! Macr237 07:14, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

BSDC
Okay, for the Beatrice State Developmental Center, BSDC, can I copy facts from this website:

http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/dip/ded/bsdcdemog.htm

I mean, copy and paste the facts, and write something about it being from this site? Also, can I add that it is a hotspot for highschool students to work at? Bryse 18:28, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XV - August 2007
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Category:Literature with LGBT characters
Hi, Zigzig20s - I left the below for TAnthony - Can I get your opinion, too?

Got a question for you. I just ran across Category:Literature with LGBT characters. I'm wondering if that category wouldn't be better off as a list? My reasoning is threefold: Thoughts? -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 06:46, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Take a look at Dune (novel). Nowhere in the article do the words "gay", "lesbian", "bisexual" or "homosexual" (etc) appear.  I haven't read the full article, but I would expect one of those words in order for the article to be in an LGBT cat.
 * 2) We already have similar lists for this sort of thing - as examples, List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters or List of gay and bisexual people in modern written fiction.
 * 3) A list would allow you to add some details that a cat can't carry - for instance, the name of the character :)

Re: Ronald Firbank
I'm sorry, I misunderstood the redlink policy at the time. I will restore the links soon. InnocuousPseudonym 22:29, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Pella, Iowa Pictures
Hi there. I added some pictures to the Pella, Iowa article and would be interested in what you think.Dekkanar 02:47, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Barrington Hills, Illinois pix
Let me know what you think. As good as Pella's? Smallbones 23:28, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

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LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered on 16:00, 6 July 2007 (UTC).

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WikiProject Films roll call
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Crate picture
I added a picture to the crate page in response to your photo request. Phasmatisnox 08:30, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XVII - October 2007
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Re: Audre Lorde
Re: Audre Lorde

"I've deleted the link you added to the Audre Lorde page because it seems to be only concerned with Zami: A New Spelling of My Name. Am I right?Zigzig20s 14:13, 9 October 2007 (UTC)"

I'm not sure of the rationale here. Is space at such a premium that a 1-line external link must be removed? The article (from Kenyon Review) addresses more than just the 1 book, i.e., issues of life, lesbianism, authorship, etc. What was wrong with leaving it? It's authoritative and it concerns AL.Proyster 21:22, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

The Coxon Fund and The Next Time (short story)
Hi. You recently created The Coxon Fund, but the lead sentence read: The Next Time is a 1894 short story by Henry James. I assume thats a slight mistake since you had also created The Next Time (short story), so I changed the name in The Coxon Fund. Please revert if I have done wrong. CosmicPenguin (Talk) 02:12, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

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LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
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Hey, Peeps, it's that time of the month again (no not that time &mdash; get your mind out of the gutter): time for another monthly edition of the LGBT Project's Love Boat newsletter from your cruise director Miss Julie. So much has been happening this month and I just can't wait to tell you all about it!!!

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Alice and her harasser
Let's start with some good news: Alice and the project lost the bothersome sock puppet who had been disrupting many articles we monitor, and now most of us can edit in relative peace. Congratulations, Alice, for being able to come out of semi-retirement. Benjiboi, on the other hand, has gained an anonymous IP stalker who seems to be more Catholic than the Pope and who has a hard-on for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. We seem to have a sort of Yin and Yang thing going on here, which helps both to keep us in balance and on our toes.

Harry Potter and his homosexual teacher
Albus Dumbledore got outed this month, and was immediately adopted by our project. The international brouhaha surrounding this disclosure reached all the way to Wikiland, and his article was briefly locked due to homophobic vandalism (as well as well meaning editors who just couldn't believe that that nice man could possibly be gay). This is a wonderful article to add to your watchlist, and will surely give you hours of reverting fun on cold winter days.

"My Fellow Americans"
On a more serious note, Fireplace has suggested a new article series about LGBT rights in the United States, state by state. This ambitious topic will surely require many editors and a lot of research, but has the potential to add further prestige to our already prestigious project.

Same name, same sexuality: a riddle for the ages
Francis Bacon (not the new gay one, but the old gay one ... though they're actually both dead, now that I think about it) has also aroused passions here on Wikipedia, with editors opposing his sexuality being disclosed in his biography. The always helpful Haiduc has thoughtfully provided any number of sources, but it is slow going getting his point across. Anyone want to lend a hand?

Beat writer arouses Irish guy
And speaking of passions, Jack Kerouac has inflamed the senses once again with editors, including administrator Irishguy, mounting a spirited defense to keep him as heterosexual as possible for Wikipedia purposes. Why? I don't know. Perhaps some of you can drop by the talk page and ask your questions there. I feel certain a stimulating debate will ensue that will be enjoyed by all.

Love those Texas Longhorns
Did you know that one of our Featured articles, Lawrence v. Texas, lost its shiny gold star? That was a shocker. It has been suggested that we turn our attention to it in an effort to restore it to its former glory. I took a peek, and it does need our help badly. For our American editors, it would seem almost a civic duty to edit it (not that I'm hinting....).

Point and Counterpoint
Though it was far too intellectual a debate for a mere cruise director like myself to take part in, Intersexuality was certainly a hot topic a week or two ago. The thrust of the debate was over inclusion in our project. Lots of good editors had lots of good opinions. For those too lazy to check out the discussion, we decided to leave it out for now.

Drudgery on offer
Peer review is, as always, short staffed and seemingly unloved. Wouldn't you feel better about yourself and the world in general if you took a few minutes to read one of the listed articles and offer some helpful advice? I know I'd feel better if you did.
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"My Fellow Americans" redux
The article LGBT movements in the United States certainly raised eyebrows last week, especially when it was discovered that copyrighted content had been added to our article. Tragedy was averted at the last minute, though, when the original hosts of the article where the material had been pilfered agreed to make it free to everyone. Our thanks to them, whoever they are. Busy Bee that I am, I haven't had time to read it, but I'm sure it's sensational.

This month's Wiki stars
Lesbian pulp fiction (a genre close to my heart, I must confess) writer Ann Bannon has decided to spice up the featured articles candidates list this month. Why not drop by and make your opinion heard? Joining her in this lofty aspiration are the articles But I'm a Cheerleader and Conversion therapy. I'm sure their main editors would welcome any comments (well, helpful ones, anyway) on the talk pages or the FAC discussions. And lest we forget, the List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: Sd-Si became a Featured list!! Rah rah, siskumbah! Go, team, GO!!!!

And the Oscar goes to...
Not content to run for Best Actress, plucky Bannon won a Best supporting actress Oscar... whoops, I meant to say Ann is also getting more than her share of womanly attention on the Good Article list. Joining her on this exalted plane are Freddy Mercury, Waylon Smithers and Lance Bass. Good articles indeed, and the last one mentioned just goes to show that one needn't admire the subject of an article to appreciate the effort put into making him worthwhile reading. What on earth Britney ever saw in him I'll never know. Truly a riddle cloaked in an enigma and wrapped around a puzzle.

Fresh faces to brighten our pages
Though I may not be the first, let me extend a warm, LGBT Love Boat welcome to the 12 new members who joined us in October: Jliberty, JockCub360, ChristopherEdwards, Desiderius82, Zlrussell, Kelsied, BeardedWoof, Mujerado, Tyrfing, Fabgurrl, Redl@nds597198, and decafdyke! Whatever you choose to do here, I feel sure that your contributions will enhance our project to no end. And if they don't...well, let's just say that I'm not shy.

Leather and lace
On a personal note, your already overworked cruise director is being cyberly whipped almost daily by Nemissimo, who desperately wants to get the German BDSM translation copy edited and used as a replacement for the current one. It's such a ... err, stimulating topic that I am sure many of you will want to join the copy editing fun. Jump right in, folks! It's so lonely copy editing it all by my lonesome!

Late breaking news
A little birdie just whispered in my ear that our noble collaboration project was delisted from the Community Portal due to inactivity. When asked how this scandalous turn of events could have occurred, the answer I received was "we suck at stuff like that". Well. In the first place, I disagree that sucking should be considered a negative, but to each his or her own. In the second place, I have full confidence that we can and will collaborate with other projects in the future. So let's not view this as a setback (even though it is), but rather a challenge to improve (and good Lord, I sound almost Wikipedian!).

Champagne dreams and caviar kisses
Lastly, the holidays are rapidly approaching. Our American cousins are currently getting ready to slaughter masses of poultry in an effort to show their gratitude and generally peaceful demeanor, and those of the Canadian persuasion, trendsetters that they are, celebrated a bit early this year. I'm sure all us foreigners will join together in wishing them all a very happy Thanksgiving on their respective holidays, both already celebrated and forthcoming... though I would hope somebody would enlighten me as to why they don't celebrate it on the same day. I was awake all last night trying to figure that one out. - In the spirit of this peculiarly North American holiday, let me take a moment to thank all of our editors for their contributions to this project. It's people like you who make people like me...well, a "people person"! May all your Wiki days be bright, and may your Love Boat never turn into a Poseidon.
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Kisses,

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Edmund White
Edmund White on writing, incest, life and Larry Kramer -- David  Shankbone  17:16, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[[Image:Flag of France.svg|45px]] WikiProject Newsletter n°1
Bonjour and welcome to the first WikiProject France newsletter!! It should become a monthly special of our project, but until the next issue, here are some points to consider for the month:
 * In an effort to determine the active members from the inactive, all members are asked to simply sign on my special userpage.
 * I have slightly rearranged and updated the Project page, putting all the featured lists in collapsible tables. This unclutteres the page and you only have to see them if you want to. Give your feelings at the talk page.
 * I have made a Wikipedia advert for our project, Image:Qxz-ad108.gif, what do you think? Personally I feel the words need improving ...
 * There are still map problems at Template:French commune - any help at resolving them would be greatly appreciated.
 * What about starting a monthly drive? We currently have no Featured Portals (except for the Basque Portal which really isn't French any way), so how about improving Portal:France??? I don't know what's exactly wrong but the criteria can be seen at Featured portal criteria.

It doesn't seem like a lot, so I hope we will still have enough problems for nexts months issue. Salut till the next issue, Chris DHDR (17:22, 10 November 2007 (UTC)).

James Fenimore Cooper
Hey, I'm afraid I don't have much free time at all, and the only novel of his that I'm familiar with is Last of the Mohicans, and I'm not too big of a fan of that, I'm afraid. ;) If you want to bring it to the attention of the Novels Wikiproject, the link to the general forum is here.  Sorry I can't be of more help! María ( habla  con migo ) 15:16, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * for Precaution by James Fenimore Cooper response see my talk page. :: Kevinalewis  : (Talk Page) /(Desk)  12:01, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

It worked :)
Congrats :) -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 15:19, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Stub Sorting
Hi, I've noticed you've created a number of stubs recently and tagged them with an uncategorised stub template. It'd be very useful if, where possible, you could use a more specific stub template, such as play-stub - a full list can be found here. Thanks, Jeodesic 22:46, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Mount Holyoke
Glad you liked the pics :)--Pgagnon999 21:00, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered on 20:05, 3 December 2007 (UTC). SatyrBot 21:36, 3 December 2007 (UTC)