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Announcement

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Hello! I'm The Arbiter, one of the coordinators for WikiProject Zoo. I am proud to announce the launch of a new portal: Portal:Zoos and Aquariums! ZooPro, ZooFari, and I worked hard to create a new portal for information on zoos, aquariums, and the associated projects and articles on Wikipedia. If you could head on over, take a look at our work, and maybe learn some more about zoos and Wikiproject Zoo, it would be great! Cheers and Happy Editing!

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of The Arbiter (talk) at 03:27, 14 December 2010 (UTC).Reply

Nomination of Urban-pull factors for deletion

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The article Urban-pull factors is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Urban-pull factors until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Logan Talk Contributions 16:47, 17 January 2011 (UTC)Reply

Science lovers wanted!

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Science lovers wanted!
 
Hi! I'm serving as the wikipedian-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution Archives until June! One of my goals as resident, is to work with Wikipedians and staff to improve content on Wikipedia about people who have collections held in the Archives - most of these are scientists who held roles within the Smithsonian and/or federal government. I thought you might like to participate since you are interested in the sciences! Sign up to participate here and dive into articles needing expansion and creation on our to-do list. Feel free to make a request for images or materials at the request page, and of course, if you share your successes at the outcomes page you will receive the SIA barnstar! Thanks for your interest, and I look forward to your participation! Sarah (talk) 19:34, 16 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

The Barnstar You Gave Me...

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Thank you for the barnstar, but in the future, please post it on my talk page instead of on my user page; as you may have realized, it took me three days to notice it on my user page, but if it were on my talk page, I probably would have seen it in less than twenty-four hours. Brambleberry of RiverClan ChatWatch 16:59, 2 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

Welcome to WikiProject Zoo

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Welcome to the Zoo project. There is plenty of work to do here, regardless of what type of work you like doing. If you want to create new articles, you can go to List of zoos (or any other zoo list in here) and work on red-linked articles. I have a template in my sandbox that a couple of editors have found handy. If you prefer working on existing articles, you can go to the Zoo articles by quality page and find plenty of articles to work on. You can find redirects on this page as well, each of which represents a possible new zoo article. Additional instructions and suggestions can be found on the article requests page. If you are at a loss and need a project, just let me know and I can point you to things that need doing.

Remember to cite the information that you add (see WP:Verify). If you are uncomfortable making citations, just include the URL of where you got the information in square brackets "[ ]", let me know, and I will expand the citation. If you are working on a local zoo that you know well, this is particularly important because your own observations don't count here (see WP:OR). If you start a new article, remember to include {{WikiProject Zoo}} on the talk page so that it appears on the assessment radar.

Thank you for joining the project. Don Lammers (talk) 15:58, 8 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

July 2012

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  Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Please make sure to include an edit summary. Please provide one before saving your changes to an article, as the summaries are quite helpful to people browsing an article's history. Thanks! GotR Talk 16:51, 11 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

Military history coordinator election

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The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the projectwhat coordinators do) 09:15, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Coord elections

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Hi Knight, welcome to the Military History Project coordinator elections. Feel free to run if you want to ... and for all I know, you may be a fantastic military historian that we'd be lucky to have ... but you've got less than 500 edits, and more than half of those are in your user-space, so it will be hard for people to evaluate whether you'd be a good candidate or not, and you may wind up feeling a little bit out of place. Is there some work you've done outside of Wikipedia that you can point to that would help us get to know you better? - Dank (push to talk) 19:32, 10 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

Milhist coordinator election

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Hi, just to advise that you should try to answer any additional questions beneath your nomination, so that people can get to know more about you, before they vote, given that you are a new face to the project. Check back regularly until the 28 September, just incase anyone has more questions to ask before the voting ends. Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September 2012#Comments and question for Knight of Gloucestershire. Regards, Ma®©usBritish{chat} 14:49, 11 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

Just so you know, this will be your last chance to answer your unanswered questions before the election starts. Voting is scheduled to commence at 00:00 today, so if you would like to get ahead of the count then you should get to your questions no later than 23:59 today. TomStar81 (Talk) 09:28, 14 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

Welcome to the Typo Team

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Hi, Knight of Gloucestershire. Thanks for joining the Typo Team. If you haven't already be sure to read the main team page carefully. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Cheers, Jason Quinn (talk) 01:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Novice editor

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Just to let you know I am now a novice editor.

Thanks. Creeper jack1 (talk) 19:55, 2 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

For another obsessive WikiPuma...

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  The WikiPuma Awesomeness Award
From the founder of the WikiPumas, I present this award to you because I feel like you truly exhibit the qualities of a WikiPuma: creativity and obsession with pointing out that you are one. Meow! öBrambleberry of RiverClan 17:36, 5 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

Bristol Wiki Meetup

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You are invited to the Bristol Wiki Meetup which will take place at The Commercial Rooms, 43-45 Corn Street, Bristol BS1 1HT on Sunday 28 July 2013 from 1.00 pm. If you have never been to one, this is an opportunity to meet other Wikipedians in an informal atmosphere for Wiki and non-Wiki related chat and for beer or food if you like. Experienced and new contributors are all welcome. This event is definitely not restricted just to discussion of Bristol topics. Bring your laptop if you like and use the free Wifi or just bring yourself. Even better, bring a friend! Click the link for full details. Looking forward to seeing you. Philafrenzy (talk) 22:23, 1 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the invitation to the meeting but sadly I'll be away for the day so I can't and won't be attending the Meeetup. Please send my regards to the others, cheers. Have a brilliant Meetup. Knight of Gloucestershire (talk) 16:09, 14 July 2013 (UTC)Reply


New Wales Coast Path WikiProject

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As a member of WikiProject Wales, WikiProject Cardiff or an user who has contributed to Welsh articles we invite you to contribute to a new project, Living Paths!: articles, images, translations... Lonely Planet rated the coast of Wales "the best region on Earth" in 2012, yet there is a very low number of articles on the history and culture of places along the Coastal Path. This promises to be an exciting project as it gathers momentum with many Users joining in across the world.

If you are interested in training groups in Wales, please leave a message on the Talk Page.
Let's make this WikiProject, like the path itself, the best on earth! And let's put Wales back on the map!

Cymrodor (talk) 12:08, 10 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election, which will determine our coordinators for the next twelve months. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September! Kirill [talk] 16:17, 16 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hong Kong meetup 83

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  In the area? You're invited to
   Hong Kong Meetup # 83
 
  Date: November 15
  Time: 7PM
  Place: Think Cafe, Unit B, 19/F, Kyoto Plaza, 491-499 Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay
  prev: Meetup 82 - next: Meetup 84

SusanLai (talk) 10:16, 14 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hong Kong meetup 83

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  In the area? You're invited to
   Hong Kong Meetup # 83
 
  Date: November 15
  Time: 7PM
  Place: Think Cafe, Unit B, 19/F, Kyoto Plaza, 491-499 Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay
  prev: Meetup 82 - next: Meetup 84

SusanLai (talk) 12:01, 14 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hong Kong meetup 84

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  In the area? You're invited to
   Hong Kong Meetup # 84
 
  Date: December 13
  Time: 7PM
  Place: Think Cafe, Unit B, 19/F, Kyoto Plaza, 491-499 Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay
  prev: Meetup 83 - next: Meetup 85

SusanLai (talk) 07:09, 12 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hong Kong

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In Wikipedia, languages are listed in alphabetic order of the languages; therefore "Chinese" is put before "English". STSC (talk) 13:56, 7 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Zoo

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I would like to know if you are still an active participant in the WP:ZOO, If you are please confirm by way of responding on my talk page and or Wikipedia:WikiProject Zoo/Members. I am just trying to get an idea of how many people are still engaged in the project as to better work out how to manage and address things that are listed in the project. Kind Regards Dan Koehl (talk) 10:47, 2 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

Project Zoo

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I write to you regarding Wikipedia:WikiProject Zoo/Members where you are presently listed under active members. The project is sadly rather inactive and in severe need of active members. Maybe you would kindly consider investing some efforts and time, as well as inspiring others? best regards, Dan Koehl (talk) 18:46, 29 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Hi,
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Proposed deletion of Grace Musgrove

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The article Grace Musgrove has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Schwede66 20:53, 14 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge

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Hi, at Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge we're striving to bring about 10,000 article improvements and creations for the UK and Ireland and inspire others to create more content. In order to achieve this we need diversity of content, in all parts of the UK and Ireland on all topics. Eventually a regional contest will be held for all parts of the British Isles, like they were for Wales and the Wedt Country. We currently have just over 1900 articles and need contributors! If you think you'd be interested in collaborating on this and helping reach the target quicker, please sign up and begin listing your entries there as soon as possible! Thanks.♦ --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:40, 28 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

Asian 10,000 Challenge invite

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Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like South East Asia, Japan/China or India etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Asian content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon which has produced near 200 articles in just three days. If you would like to see this happening for Asia, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Asia, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant! Thank you. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:00, 20 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Europe 10,000 Challenge invite

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Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries, Iberian Peninsula, Romania, Slovenia etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for Europe and your specialist country like Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon, sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every country of Europe, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any country sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thank you. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 09:23, 6 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

New deal for page patrollers

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Hi Knight of Gloucestershire,

In order to better control the quality of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.

Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.

Find out more about this exiting new user right now at New Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:28, 13 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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Hello, Knight of Gloucestershire. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority 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 in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Wikiproject Zoo mailing list

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Hello! You are receiving this message because you have added yourself as a member of the Wikiproject Zoo. This is the first such message, however we hope that this can be used to coordinate editing and development of articles later down the road. If you wish to opt out of further messages remove yourself from the mailing list here , and if consider yourself not active within the project, please remove yourself from member list here. For Wikiproject Zoo general discussions and suggestions, please use the project talk page. (Delivered: 16:42, 27 January 2017 (UTC))

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

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Hello, Knight of Gloucestershire. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority 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 in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Zoo - newsletter No.2 -2017

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Newsletter Nr 2, 2017-12-30, for WikiProject Zoo
 

Wikiproject Zoo wish you a Happy New Year 2018

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The activity within the project has been rather low this year, and therefore we want to tell you that any kind of help to develop the project further next year will be extremely valued, like meking some of the red links blue, and participating any categorizing or whatever you want!

Participation:

This is the second newsletter sent by mass mail to members in Wikipedia:WikiProject Zoo, to everyone who added yourself as a member of the Wikiproject Zoo. This is the second such message, however we hope that this can be used to coordinate editing and development of articles later down the road. If you wish to opt out of further messages remove yourself from the mailing list here , and if consider yourself not active within the project, please remove yourself from member list here. For Wikiproject Zoo general discussions and suggestions, please use the project talk page.


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ArbCom 2018 election voter message

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If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Zoo - newsletter No.3 -2018

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Newsletter Nr 3, 2018-12-25, for WikiProject Zoo
 

Wikiproject Zoo wish you a Happy New Year 2019

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The activity within the project has been rather low this year, and therefore we want to tell you that any kind of help to develop the project further next year will be extremely valued, like meking some of the red links blue, and participating any categorizing or whatever you want!

Participation:

This is the third newsletter sent by mass mail to members in Wikipedia:WikiProject Zoo, to everyone who added yourself as a member of the Wikiproject Zoo. This is the second such message, however we hope that this can be used to coordinate editing and development of articles later down the road. If you wish to opt out of further messages remove yourself from the mailing list here , and if consider yourself not active within the project, please remove yourself from member list here. For Wikiproject Zoo general discussions and suggestions, please use the project talk page.


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Cheers from your WikiProject Zoo coordinator Dan Koehl.

  Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2019!

Hello Knight of Gloucestershire, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2019.
Happy editing,

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