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Again, welcome! It's great to have you. Happy editing! --Spangineer (háblame) 16:30, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

Templates-for-Deletion entry: Template:Musicbrainz wiki box edit

see Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion#Template:Musicbrainz_wiki_box
This TFD-entry has too few discussion points for me to make a judgement as to consensus. Could you consider providing your opinion as you provided input to the MusicBrainz article just within the past couple of weeks? Thanks for considering this. Courtland 01:53, 1 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

I have submitted my opinion. — Anrie Nord 21:49:04, 2005-09-01 (UTC)

Quarl's new signature edit

Happy New Year! Your new signature with ISO 8601 formatted date & time is nice :) Could You tell me how to use expressions like current year, month, etc. in a customized signature? — Anrie Nord 16:12, 3 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

Unfortunately you can't substitute templates in the standard Wikipedia ~~~~ signature, so it's basically impossible using that. Also there is no builtin {{CURRENTDAY2}}, so it wouldn't work to subst it anyway. Therefore the solution is Javascript :) Previously I replaced the signature toolbar button to insert the signature, but now I found a better way: User:Quarl/advanced_sig.js (which see) is a user script that replaces ~~~~ with a nice ISO 8601 signature. I see that you are a JS-3 so you should have no problem hacking on it :) Quarl (talk) 2006-01-05 05:35Z
Thanks for the tips! I have done the new signature based on your JS functions. I was surprised by a number of features you impelement in JavaScript for Wikipedia. — Anrie Nord 2006-01-12 03:22Z

Petri net edit

I see you edited Petri net. I more or less wrote all of that article. I would be really pleased if you could give some feedback on it. You can edit it yourself, or you can put something up into the talk page, I will read it and edit the article accordingly. Few people read the article, so I need feedback! Thx in advance, Msoos 22:12, 19 April 2006 (UTC)Reply

Netconf WhitePapers edit

I don't understand why you assume that it is advertisement? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netconf&diff=123491664&oldid=123386673

These are some of the few recent public good papers related to XML network management. Netconf is currently slowly implemented.

Please, can you restore it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vjardin (talkcontribs) 11:05, 17 April 2007 (UTC).Reply

No, I'm not going to. First, I guess you work for a company which has published these white papers. As far as I know, Wikipedia policies don't allow to promote proprietary materials in such way. Second, I've taken a look through the white papers. There is only one phrase where NETCONF standard was mentioned. All other stuff is about a product of the company. This doesn't give any useful info about NETCONF to a reader. Third, the article is about NETCONF, not just about XML-based management protocols. By the way, there are a lot of stuff on XML-based management technologies in general. You could search the Web for WBEM-related stuff or take a look at papers mentioned at SimpleWeb. — Anrie Nord 2007-04-17 20:16Z

Image:Logo fc zenit saint petersburg.gif edit

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Non-free files in your user space edit

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Wikipedia Stories Project edit

Привет!

Меня зовут Виктор, и я рассказчик с Wikimedia Foundation, некоммерческая организация, которая поддерживает Википедию. Я хроник вдохновляющих историй сообщества Википедии по всему миру, в том числе и читателей, редакторов и доноров. Истории совершенно необходимы для любой некоммерческой органицации, чтобы убедить людей поддержывать наш проект, и мы знаем, что у людей, которые строют и используют Википедии есть много, что рассказать!

Я ищу вдохновляющие страницы пользователей, и интересных историй о том, как Википедия влияют на жизнь людей. Я задавал вопросы вроде "Как Википедия изменила Вашу жизнь?", "Какая самая интересная история у Вас есть о Википедии?" и "Википедия ли когда-нибудь Вас удивило?"

В прошлом году мы использовали ежегодный сбор средств как способ показать миру, кто на самом деле пишет Википедия. Мы показывали редакторов из Бразилии, Украины, Аргентины, Саудовской Аравии, Кении, Индии, США и Англии. Этот метод имел огромный успех, в результате чего у нас была наиболее финансово успешная кампании по сбору средств в историе организации. Кроме того, мы остались верны духу Википедии, просвещение общественности, что это бесплатно ТОП-5 Сайт создан добровольцами, как Ви и я.

В этом году мы хотим выделить еще редакторов Википедии на русском языке, так что я нахожусь в процессе планирования поездки в Россию и интервью с редакторами.

Если Википедия положительно повлеяла на Вас или на кого-то из Ваших знакомых, или у Вас есть что-то интересное сказать о Википедии, я бы очень хотел услышать об этом!

Пожалуйста, дайте мне знать, если Ви бы хотели участвовать в проекте Истории Википедии, или если вы знаете кого-то еще, с кем я должен поговорить.

Конечно, если у Вас есть какие-либо вопросы или сомнения, пожалуйста, обращайтесь! Я отвечу, как только смогу. Извините за плохой перевод этого письма, я использую Google-перевод. Я надеюсь, что заставляет вас смеяться :)


Спасибо за Ваше время,

Victor Grigas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Victorgrigas

vgrigas@wikimedia.org

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Hi!

My name is Victor and I'm a storyteller with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that supports Wikipedia. I'm chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community around the world, including those from readers, editors, and donors. Stories are absolutely essential for any non-profit to persuade people to support the cause, and we know the vast network of people who make and use Wikipedia have so much to share.

I'm scouring user pages looking for inspiring, motivating and interesting stories of how Wikipedia has affected the lives of people. I'm asking questions like "How has Wikipedia changed your life?", "What's the most interesting story you have about Wikipedia?" and "Has Wikipedia ever surprised you?"

Last year, we used the annual fundraiser as a way to show the world who it is who actually writes Wikipedia. We featured editors from Brazil, Ukraine, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, India, United States and England. This campaign was a huge success, resulting in the most financially successful fundraising campaign ever. It was also a campaign that stayed true to the spirit of Wikipedia, educating the public that this free top-5 website is created by volunteers like you and I.

This year we want to highlight more Russian-language Wikipedia editors, so I am in the process of planning a trip to Russia to interview editors.

If you or someone you know (or have heard about) has been positively affected by Wikipedia, or have something interesting to say about Wikipedia I'd very much like to hear about it!

Please let me know if you're inclined to take part in the Wikipedia Stories Project, or if you know someone else with whom I should speak.

Of course, if you have any questions or concerns, please ask! I will answer as soon as I can. I apologize for any poor translation of this letter, I am using Google-translate. I hope it makes you laugh :)

Thank you for your time,

Victor Grigas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Victorgrigas

vgrigas@wikimedia.org

Victor Grigas (talk) 22:40, 13 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom elections are now open! edit

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:01, 23 November 2015 (UTC)Reply