User talk:Lightdarkness/Archive 1

Bot approvals process

Just in case any of you haven't seen the new bot request to track the bot approvals process, this is just a reminder to use the correct templates at {{BAG Admin Tools}} so the bot can correctly identify the stage of bot approval. Also, the approved requests section has been moved to a separate page at Wikipedia:Bots/Approved bot requests for the Bureaucrats to watchlist. When approving a request, make sure you remove it from the main page and place it on that page so that a bureaucrat can flag it. Thanks. MetsBot 16:46, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

WP:UW future?

Hi Lightdarkness,

Sorry for the blatant spam, but you have yourself down as interested at WikiProject user warnings WP:UW. There is a discussion on going here that might be of interest to you about the future of this project. There are two strawpolls on the talk pages and the second one is about the future of the WP:UW project. Now we have the end in sight we are looking at wrapping up the project and merging it with Template messages/User talk namespace WP:UTM and creating a one stop shop for all userspace templates. As you have yourself down as interested in this project we thought you may have some input on this issue, and would like you to visit the discussion and give any thoughts you may have on the matter. Cheers ^Khukri 10:28, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

LDBot

I noticed that LDBot is the one which creates new AfD logs each day. I thought of a feature you may wish to add to your bot, which shouldn't be too hard to get approved at WP:RFBOT. Each day a new category must be created for Category:Images_with_unknown_copyright_status and Category:Images_with_unknown_source. This is generally done manually when an editor notices that no new category has been created yet. This seems like something that your bot could easily do alongside creating the new AfD day pages. Just an idea, let me know what you think. --Nick—^Contact/_Contribs 00:12, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikispecies

Hello. I see you're a 'crat on species. Can you rename drini to something else and move User:Dr-ini to User:Drini ? I'd like to get my username back. -- drini ^[meta:] _[commons:] 05:13, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

thnks. -- drini ^[meta:] _[commons:] 18:15, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

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WP:BAG election

There is a current election in progress for a new member of the Bot Approvals Group. The discussion is being held on WT:BAG. Thank you, — xaosflux ^Talk 23:36, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

LDBot creating pages from....where?

Where is LDBot pulling the source for the next AFD page from? It doesn't appear to be importing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/current, because these edits occurred hours before this page creation. Please advise. -- nae'blis 15:07, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Your edit to Article for deletion

Your edit to the page inserted the goatse link on the link to add articles for deletion. This is your edit to the page and the link was still functional in the edit prior to yours. I'm pretty sure that this wasnt intentional, or an administrator deleted the edit that caused this, but I hope we can stop this from happening again. Corpx 18:00, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I just realized that somebody edited this on the subpage and thats why it didnt show up in the edit log. My sincere apologies. Corpx 18:04, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Ffr.jpg

Hello, Lightdarkness. An automated process has found and removed an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that was in your userspace. The image (Image:Ffr.jpg) was found at the following location: User:Lightdarkness/FFR. This image or media was attempted to be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media was replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. Please find a free image or media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 03:31, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:FFR R2 A.jpg

Hello, Lightdarkness. An automated process has found and removed an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that was in your userspace. The image (Image:FFR R2 A.jpg) was found at the following location: User:Lightdarkness/FFR. This image or media was attempted to be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media was replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. Please find a free image or media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 03:31, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:FFR R2 B.jpg

Hello, Lightdarkness. An automated process has found and removed an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that was in your userspace. The image (Image:FFR R2 B.jpg) was found at the following location: User:Lightdarkness/FFR. This image or media was attempted to be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media was replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. Please find a free image or media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 03:31, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Lifewithdereklogo2.GIF

Hello, Lightdarkness. An automated process has found and will an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that is in your userspace. The image (Image:Lifewithdereklogo2.GIF) was found at the following location: User:Lightdarkness/episode. This image or media will be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media will be replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. This does not necessarily mean that the image is being deleted, or that the image is being removed from other pages. It is only being removed from the page mentioned above. All mainspace instances of this image will not be affected Please find a free image or media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 18:12, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

New AFD nominations now to the top of the per-day sub-page

Please see Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion#New noms to top or bottom?. Uncle G 14:21, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

New AFD nominations now to the top of the per-day sub-page

Please see Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion#New noms to top or bottom?. Uncle G 14:21, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Image tagging for Image:Ffrscreenshot.png

Thanks for uploading Image:Ffrscreenshot.png. The image has been identified as not specifying the source and creator of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the source and creator of the image on the image's description page, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided source information for them as well.

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AFD per-day pages

Please change the message to say "of the following list" instead of "of this page". The latter is causing some confusion. Uncle G 16:54, 4 June 2007 (UTC) |}

Peek a boo

Much thanks for over taking the functions that I use to do... Please let me know if there is anything I can assist with... in my limited capacity of time that I have. Should you wish any ideas or concepts that I had for any of my bots, please feel free to email me, or leave a message. --AllyUnion (talk) 07:14, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

ARV

If you still develipe your ARV, you could take a look how I made my ARV (with an backronym) _→AzaToth 15:18, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Wendy_Wu_Poster.jpg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Wendy_Wu_Poster.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. BigrTex 19:17, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Bot Approval BoxCrawler

I have a request pending at the requests for approval page and would like your input (as you are part of the BAG) if it's not too much trouble. I'm glad to answer any questions or concerns you may have. Adam McCormick 23:41, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Bot Approval BoxCrawler

Thanks to xaosflux I've been able to run a trial of my bot which can be seen here. I have fixed the major problems with the test run (mostly one regular expression) and was hoping to run another test. I'd still appreciate your input. Thanks! Adam McCormick 03:42, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Ffrscreenshot.png

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Ffrscreenshot.png. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. BigrTex 20:45, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:Disney_-_Pixel_Perfect.jpg

I have tagged Image:Disney_-_Pixel_Perfect.jpg as {{no rationale}}, because it does not provide a fair use rationale. If you believe the image to be acceptable for fair use according to Wikipedia policy, please provide a rationale explaining as much, in accordance with the fair use rationale guideline, on the image description page. Please also consider using {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. Thank you. BigrTex 20:45, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

AfD new page question

This is related to LDBot, I guess. I want to update the page that LDBot uses to create the AFD discussion pages. I want to add a hidden comment to reiterate that new AfDs should go at the top of the list and not at the bottom. Can you point me to the right place? Cheers, Flyguy649 ^talk _contribs 04:44, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Ingo Molnár

A {{prod}} template has been added to the article Ingo Molnár, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you endorse deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please tag it with {{db-author}}. mms 16:37, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Disney - Proud Family Movie.jpg

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Where do I nominate page locking?

Article Pumpkin has been hit by vandalism at least 5 times in the last few days. Twice apprently from the same IP address as someone who has contributed to the article. Also this was in my watch list... (diff) (hist) . . m Pumpkin‎; 16:14:15 . . (-1,786,993)* . . Lightdarkness (Talk | contribs) (Reverted edits by 81.109.37.21 (talk) to last version by VMS Mosaic)

• Note: The number of edits is a negative large number. Some type of overflow condition, that the wiki support need to look at.
  • Also note: This is the first significant bug I have seen in the wikisoftware since I created my account 3 years ago. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Artoftransformation (talk • contribs) 01:02, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

LDBot

Hi, it seems LDBot has stopped working. Mushroom (Talk) 08:12, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Hey, your AIV script has stopped working

In case you didn't know, it fails to report, just hanging after Searching for existing report... could it be a mixup between " and ' on the line that searches for a {{vandal| <name> in the AIV page? —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 11:48, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Fandangologo.gif

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:I Take Thee Quagmire.jpg

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Housekeeping

Hi, I deleted the out of date pages User:Lightdarkness/NA and User:Lightdarkness/2500. Obviously you should feel free to restore them should this fill you with outrage :) (or, if you actually need them). --kingboyk (talk) 22:33, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:SiblingRivalry.jpg

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:SiblingRivalry.jpg

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Disney - Halloweentown.jpg

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:SiblingRivalry.jpg

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Fair use rationale for Image:All_dogs_go_to_heaven_two.jpg

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If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Project FMF (talk) 18:50, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Rainn Wilson.jpg

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VandalCountBot

I was going over the list of bots and noticed that VandalCountBot (talk · contribs) has not edited in a very long time. Is this bot still active and if not, would you object to it being de-flagged? Please post your comments to Wikipedia_talk:Bots/Requests_for_approval#Dead_bots since this is a rather widely-posted message. MBisanz ^talk 20:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Please create new AfD log

Could you please run LDBot to create a new AfD log? LDBot hasn't been running for the past few days. --Eastmain (talk) 00:24, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

LDBot problem?

Hi, I created Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2008 April 15 a couple hours ago because it seemed like LDBot wasn't doing it. Thought you might want to take a look at it. Thanks, Darkspots (talk) 03:44, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Image:NyxemLatLonSmall.png

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Disney - Escape to Witch Mountain.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Disney - Escape to Witch Mountain.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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AFD log formatting

Could we have, on each day's log page, a simple bar with links to the next and previous days' logs, like there already is at the top of the page? It wouldn't mean much of any extra difficulty, but it would make the page easier to use, just like with categories or page histories we have links to the next group of pages at both the top of the page and the bottom of the page. Nyttend (talk) 03:07, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Broken Bot

The bot is definitely broken. MrKIA11 (talk) 00:21, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

CHX-I

Can you please restore the CHX-I page. CHX-I is one of the only (freely available) firewalls for XP that acts like IPTABLES in any reasonable respect and is actually usable by experts, not to mention that fact it's freely available and unlike other firewalls (such as Norton, Zonealarm) does not have the habit of killing your network connection and system performance. It is definitly noteworthy. Why delete this page and not the other firewall pages such as Kerio, which was originally practically the same thing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.85.4.179 (talk) 08:55, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

It has been deleted as prod some time ago, but the deleted version had hardly any content. Since this caught my attention for another edit and Lightdarkness may not be activ,e I've restored it as contested prod, but it will need expansion and sourcing. --Tikiwont (talk) 09:01, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Kiss985logo.gif)

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EditCountBot

Hello! I recently created a village pump proposal and request for bot approval for a bot that automatically updates editcounts for use in userboxes, templates and such. We are currently discussing the benefits and drawbacks of such a bot, as well as various different ways in which it could be implemented. Since you are a member of WikiProject edit counter I thought you may be interested in participating, your input at the discussions would be very welcome. - EdoDodo ^talk 08:00, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Disney - Double Teamed VHS Cover.jpg

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File:Csd3-12-07.PNG missing description details

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If the information is not provided, the image may eventually be proposed for deletion, a situation which is not desirable, and which can easily be avoided.

If you have any questions please see Help:Image page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:07, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

File source problem with File:Csd3-12-07.PNG

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Orphaned non-free image File:Disney - Halloweentown High.jpg

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Orphaned non-free image File:Disney - Brink.jpg

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Incubating: Futuristic Sex Robotz

Greetings! You are receiving this note because you voted to Keep in the FSR AfD in 2006. Since then, the bands notability has increased, in my opinion. I've created a new page in the Article Incubator at: Wikipedia:Article_Incubator/Futuristic_Sex_Robotz. Please feel free to join us in enhancing the article to meet wikipedia inclusion requirements. Thanks.     Eclipsed   ¤     07:17, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

WP:ARV

Would you mind if I redirected the WP:ARV shortcut to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism instead? The reason is Twinkle uses the ARV acronym, and I bet a lot of people (myself included) often try to go to WP:ARV instead of WP:AIV as they intend. ARV even seems logical, standing for "Administrator response to vandalism" or something similar. –CWenger (^ • @) 22:19, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Disney - Brink.jpg

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Request for Interview Regarding Wikipedia Bots

Greetings Lightdarkness-

My name is Randall Livingstone, and I am a graduate student at the University of Oregon, currently collecting data for my dissertation on Wikipedia editors who create and use bots and assisted editing tools, as well as editors involved in the initial and/or ongoing creation of bot policies on Wikipedia. As a member of BAG and the bot community, I would very much like to interview you for the project at a time and in a method that is most convenient for you (Gchat, another IM client, Skype, email, telephone, etc.). I am completely flexible and can work with your schedule. The interview will take approximately 30-45 minutes.

My dissertation project has been approved both by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of Oregon, and by the Research Committee at the Wikimedia Foundation. You can find more information on the project on my meta page.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and I look forward to hearing from you to set up a time to chat. Thank you very much.

Randall Livingstone, School of Journalism & Communication, University of Oregon

UOJComm (talk) 00:44, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

File:I Take Thee Quagmire.jpg listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:I Take Thee Quagmire.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:59, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Why was my page deleted?

Hi,

My name is Tony Morales www.tonymorales.com. I know this is several years later but I just read the reason for the deletion of my page on Wikipedia.

"02:22, 21 December 2006 Lightdarkness (talk | contribs) deleted page Tony Morales (content was: '{{db-bio}} Film & television composer, who did uncredited composing on several episode of season six of the populat TV series, "Buffy the Vampire Slay...')"

I'm pretty sure that this was a mistake as my bio on my web site does not mention "Buffy the Vampire Slay...'"

What do I have to do to get the page back?

Thanks,

Tony

That's what was in the article. (This is Peridon, by the way. Lightdarkness hasn't been around since November 2010 and isn't an admin any more so far as I know.) We don't do that thing of quoting the content in the deletion reason now - for reasons that should be fairly obvious (and should have been then as well...). The missing bit is 'er", and well as two Charlie Brown specials.' followed by a link to your website. The editor who created it is also no longer around. There's no point in restoring it, as nowadays articles have to meet new requirements - which that doesn't. Please see WP:BIO and WP:RS (reliable independent sources - not own sites for example). I'd advise reading WP:COI and WP:AUTOBIO too if you're thinking about a new article. There was an earlier article of the same title about a drummer who went to work in CGI stuff - don't know if that's you or someone else. There's more in that, but nothing that would pass BIO. You can reply here or at my talk page. (It was lucky that you put the whole deletion template in or no-one would have seen this...) Peridon (talk) 17:35, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Lightdarkness is still an admin but on the 'inactive' list. Peridon (talk) 17:39, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

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Just to let you know

You have been mentioned at Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians Ottawahitech (talk) 00:59, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Notification of imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next several days. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e., as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 06:32, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. WJBscribe (talk) 10:16, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Notice of change

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