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Volume 3, Issue 32 6 August 2007 About the Signpost

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WP:CVU status

The Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit project is under consideration to be moved to {{inactive}} and/or {{historical}} status. Another proposal is to delete or redirect the project. You have been identified as a project member and your input as to this matter would be welcomed at WT:CVU#Inactive.3F and at the deletion debate. Thank you! Delivered on behalf of xaosflux 16:00, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

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Bad Jokes, Deletion Nonsense, and an arbitration case WikiScanner tool creates "minor public relations disasters" for scores of organizations
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RFA Thanks

Thanks for the Review!

Hello Katalaveno. I just wanted to thank you for reviewing me. I felt that your review was much more useful than any of the Wikipedia policy pages. It helps to hear what another community member thinks about my edits, and I'm glad that you think my typo edits are useful. Typically when I'm doing it, I question myself and wonder if it'll ever get me anywhere in terms of recognition. Though, I don't mind being the quiet contributor in the shadow. Anyway, while I admit that I haven't exactly been actively patrolling the recent changes page lately, I have tagged a number of articles for speedy deletion, which would explain why they are not showing up in my log. I plan on becoming more active with RC Patrol once I get permission for VandalProof. I do understand the process well, despite that this may not be apparent from my logs. I feel that I would be able to be more effective with a tool such as VP; in my opinion, doing it manually is slow and counter-productive.

Once again, thank you for all of your help! I'll be sure to thank you in my RfA someday!

Paradoxsociety 05:50, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you very much for your support at my RfA. Regards, Jogers (talk) 09:37, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

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Nehrams2020 RfA Thanks

Thank you for your participation in my RfA, which closed successfully with unanimous support. I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and vote and I can't wait to learn the new tools and further immerse myself into Wikipedia! Please don't hesitate to point out any errors I make so I can prevent them from occurring again. I'm always here to help, so if you ever need anything, just let me know. Also, thanks to Wizardman for nominating me and for guiding many other editors to become admins. Again, thank you and happy editing! --Nehrams2020 06:34, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

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Volume 3, Issue 39 24 September 2007 About the Signpost

From the editor: Survey results
Wikimedia announces plans to move office to San Francisco WikiWorld comic: "Ambigram"
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Wikipedia has a new administrator!

  Thanks, Archive06!
Thank you for voicing your opinion in my RfA, which passed today with a unanimous 79/0/0 tally. It feels great to be appreciated, and I will try my best to meet everyone's expectations. If you have any advice or tips, feel free to pass them along, as I am sure that I will need them! Cheers, hmwith talk 21:31, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 

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SommerWiki Update

Just a little pre-visit note... This friday, i'll be visiting to update the Wiki server to the new version (whatever it is). Just a little heads-up. I'll send you an email too as a reminder (as you're probably focusing all your energy on the sommerwiki and not wikipedia.)

You know where to find me ;)

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Hey, I was just reading my old messages and saw you hoping that there was some comprehensible data on how the Virginia Tech massacre article developed, back in April, so hey, there is. --Kizor 11:28, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

No man can know enough of Wikipedia to know for sure whether there is such a thing. If only there was some kind of public forum where we could draw on the knowledge of many!

Incidentally, I've been toying with the idea of an "In case of emergency..." essay that collects tips and tricks of of dealing with crisis articles. Nothing authoritative or comprehensive, just some veterans of such articles giving their two cents. This is solely because it'd get to use the acronym WP:BREAKGLASS. Would you be interested at some hypothetical point in the future? --Kizor 02:50, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

My recent RfA

I am sorry you felt it necessary not to support my RfA at this time. As you probably know, my RfA did not succeed. I will attempt to get some more experience before applying again in two month's time. I hope I will have allayed your concerns by then, but if not, feel free to comment the way you feel you should. Thank you for participating in my RfA. -- Cobi(t|c|b|cn) 18:25, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

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From the editor: Brion Vibber interview
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RfA thank-spam

 
Thank you!
Thank you for your help in my RfA. It hammered home a few things I need to keep in mind while admining and passed with a final tally of 40/0/4; two people forgot to vote in time, leaving me short of that exquisite number :-(, but I'll just have to fudge the next vote about me. Adminship feels slightly august but not particularily exalted, so I shall endeavour to consider it a toolkit and make sincere efforts to know what I'm doing before using it. Regarding userbox summaries, I've turned reminders on but still consider using just a subsection's name sufficient when there's no particular reason to say more, and would like to hear from you if you disagree. --Kizor 14:03, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

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Volume 3, Issue 43 22 October 2007 About the Signpost

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