User talk:Stan2525/Archive3

Template:User wishful

Hi. Template:User wishful has been nominated for speedy deletion under the new criterion. I've removed the speedy deletion tag in an attempt to slow the pace of this whole back and forth, but if you could remove it from your user page as a show of good faith that would be great. Everyone involved needs to step back a bit and try talking a little bit. Thanks,
brenneman^{T}{L} 02:33, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

help yourself

User:Mike McGregor (Can)/code page

you know which one you want... BTW, if you know how to link to a category to group like-minded users together, please modify...Mike McGregor (Can) 03:15, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

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RFC / MarkSweep

• Please stop by Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/MarkSweep regarding user's recent actions. Thank you! Sct72 00:45, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Frog won!

Dijxtra 21:18, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Inappropriate comment

Revolución, this comment of yours is quite inappropriate. You are free to disagree with other editors, but please treat them with civility and respect. — Knowledge Seeker দ 22:40, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Another Esperanzial note...

Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see WP:ESP/ACM2 and WP:ESP/ACM3). As a result, the charter has been ammended twice (see here for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the summary for more details). Also of note is the Valentines ball that will take place in the Esperanza IRC channel on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, the spamlist has been dissolved - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. These will take place from 12:00 UTC on February 20th to 11:59 UTC on February 27th. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are already listed on the members list. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

Yours, as ever, Esperanzially,
--Celestianpower ^háblame 09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
(message delivered by FireFox using AWB on Celestianpower's behalf)

Be Mine Valentine

	Here's a nice subversive image for an anti-feminist holiday! Happy Valentine's Day!
	ℬastique▼parℓer♥voir♑ 20:06, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Sesotho Boxes

Sorry for taking so long to respond to your request, but:

This user is able to contribute with a basic level of Sesotho.
Motho enwa o tseba ho ngola Sesotho ha nyane.
"This person is able to write Sesotho in a small manner".

This user is able to contribute with an intermediate level of Sesotho.
Motho enwa o tseba ho ngola Sesotho ha ntlenyana.
"This person is able to write Sesotho in a nice-ish manner".

This user is able to contribute with an advanced level of Sesotho.
Motho enwa o tseba ho ngola Sesotho ka ho nepahala.
"This person is able to write Sesotho in the correct manner".

This user speaks Sesotho at a near native level.
Motho enwa o tseba ho bua Sesotho hantle.
"This person is able to speak Sesotho nicely/properly."

This user is a native speaker of Sesotho.
Motho enwa o bua Sesotho.
"This person speaks Sesotho".

I don't know what it's like in Kiswahili, but in South African languages you either speak the language or are capable of speaking it. Besides, "first language" and "second language" are English specific idioms and they would make little sense when traslated litterally to most other languages.

-User:ZyXoas 08:24, 17 February 2006 (UTC) (still can't remember my bloody password!)

Censorship?

Can you please justify your accusations of "censorship" on your user page? If Wikipedia's policies are deleting some userboxes, that isn't censorship. Censorship is what the government does ... not what a private site does with stuff stored on its servers. --Cyde Weys 17:25, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Karmafist's Special Request

I have a request of my fellow candidates, and of the voters -- that all candidates give a vote to every other candidate.

It may seem that this request goes against the idea that leadership and potential leadership of our group should be neutral, a precedent that has been followed since the beginning of Esperanza by JCarriker, but I beg to disagree.

For one, mathematically all votes would be cancelled out, but unlike if we stayed silent, we are showing an affirmation of our support for each other.

To me, that's what Esperanza's about. I've had disagreements with many people in Esperanza, but i'll always support them in some form or another as long as I believe as they'll do the same for me -- as long as we're unified in a belief that kindness can cure the ills of Wikipedia as a whole.

Karmafist 04:08, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

• Wikizach supports this request
• Dakota Kahn supports this request and did this in the last election for maintaining neutrality.

Thank You

Election or not, we Esperanzians should all support each other, and this was the best way I knew to show that. Karmafist 21:10, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Fellow Userbox Insurgent

Take a look at this. The Ungovernable Force 07:13, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Stop it

Please stop creating trollish templates. This is your only warning. --MarkSweep (call me collect) 17:54, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

please keep creating good templates. This is your only warning. The Ungovernable Force 20:26, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

• Don't let MarkSweep bully you. Keep up the good work.--God of War 00:16, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Mark, your continued effort to chill freedom of debate over the userbox effort only ends up making your adminship all the more divisive and inflammatory and worthy of deletion. --Daniel 03:51, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

A Western Sahara-related vote

===>Here Make your voice heard. Vote or die. And all that. -Justin (koavf), talk 20:27, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

To arms, to arms!

Kelly Martin and her crew of followers is apparently back to their old tricks, and now looking to destroy the Puerto Rican independence userbox with a Speedy Deletion. This is yet another attempt to push one POV by just calling the opposing side "polemical or inflammatory", and in this case it is an attempt to push the ridiculous line that Puerto Rican independence is "inflammatory" while continued U.S. occupation (with its assassinations and arrests of independistas) is perfectly okay.

These folks pimping Yanqui lies really need to be put in their place. --Daniel 23:04, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

My thanks Revolucion for your continued support of userbox freedom. Although I do not have suffrage for the Esperanza community elections, my best wishes on your endeavors. --Daniel 03:47, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, what is esperanza? The Ungovernable Force 05:50, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Also, thanks for signing my manifesto. Check out the newsflash on my userpage to find some new and scary info. If it's not there, check my history b/c MarkSweep got rid of it once. The Ungovernable Force 08:58, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Gilbertese

Hi: you are not very well informed about this language. Why are you writing that Gilbertese is a relic of colonialism? It's not true. As a linguist, we use or this name, or the Kiribati name. Do not see politics everywhere. And read again Stevenson. He wrote, long time ago, Gilbertese.--Enzino 17:32, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Warning

Concerning the redirect placed at Jimbocracy: Please keep your politics out of the official project namespace. --MarkSweep (call me collect) 06:04, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Atlee Yarrow

I see that you've reverted my changes to Atlee Yarrow, and I must say I'm not exactly sure why. I have some questions: a] do you think that this article, as it stands, takes a correct NPOV and encyclopedic tone? and b] do you think your reversion is more NPOV and encyclopedic than my version?

I ask because, in my opinion, the article as it stands now is a mixture of puff piece and campaign literature. Moreover, it has a ton of unverifiable content in it now. For example, the first paragraph of background describes the thoughts and perceptions of a 12-year-old boy. It has a pretty autobiographical tone, simply because there are statements in this article now which only Yarrow himself could state.

I'm willing to put some effort into editing this to bring it up to standard, but before I do that I'd like to know what your reasons were for reverting so perhaps we can come to some sort of consensus. --Deville (Talk) 08:31, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you very much for supporting me in the Esperanza council election.--Dakota ~ ° 06:11, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey

I understand your frustrations over userboxes, but please don't do what you did by blanking Jimbo's comments. They're placed there for a reason. Treat this as an unofficial friendly warning, let's say. I'd hate to have to warn you officially, or even block you. NSLE _(T+C) at 01:41 UTC (2006-02-24)

And, if I could just jump for a second. Please don't identify edits in a content dispute as vandalism. I think it's important that we keep things as civil as possible...replacing Jimbos comments on the userbox project page isn't vandalism, no matter how much you disagree. Calling someone a vandal when they are making good faith edits is not going to help. Anyway, here's the page that covers vandalism: WP:VAND. Thanks, Rx StrangeLove 02:17, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

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Ace Young

Unless they've accomplished something else (as with Lisa Tucker), American Idol semifinalists don't merit independent articles. All of the 12 finalists do, however, so when Young makes it, you can restore his article. Note also that his one-sentence article didn't say anything that's not already contained in the season 5 article. Postdlf 22:29, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Instead of accepting the previous standard that semifinalists shalt not have articles, there is now a discussion going on at Talk:American_Idol_(Season_5). Your participation in the move towards an a consensus is appreciated. --Emperial 00:28, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Please comment

Please comment on my counteroffer on the talk page of Doc's userbox proposal. --Dragon695 05:52, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza elections

Hi Revolución. I have decided to leave Wikipedia for good. Before I go, I wanted to thank you for your support in the Esperanza elections. Moe ε 04:48, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Elections

Hey Revolución! I wish to say thanks for your vote at the Esperanza elections.

I've made my way into the Advisory Committee, so if you ever need any help or have any queries about the stuff we do, please do not hesitate to ask. Thanks again, KnowledgeOfSelf 09:27, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Culture of Mozambique request

Funny you should mention that [African articles being neglected]; I'm currently rewriting the article on Lagos (Nigeria) and have asked the African noticeboard for help, as the only information I can find on some topics (e.g. Crime) is almost wholly from the perspective of ex-pats from Western nations that have visited/lived in Lagos. If you could help at all with this, I'd be GREATLY appreciative. In the meantime, add the Mozambique cultural article and I'll do what I can to help. I have two books - one travelogue, one anthropological - that contain sections on Mozambique. Nach0king 00:35, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Userbox Policy Straw Poll

There is a straw poll in progress on a proposed userbox policy. Go here. Typos 22:59, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Project Serpo

Revolución, I wanted to let you know that the Project Serpo article has been nominated for deletion here. I voted for keep because I love the topic and feel it deserves an article, it just needs additional sources. Please let others know that their vote is critical in order to keep this article from being deleted. --Caponer 06:40, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Your help

Revolucion, I'm hoping I can get your help with something. You used to post a lot on the Democratic Party article. There's a big controversy brewing at a similar topic, Democratic-Republican Party. This party, as you know is the precursor of the Democratic Party. It was started by Jefferson in 1792. Jefferson called in the "Republican Party," but historians have called it the "Democratic-Republican Party" for a century. Now some Republicans (I think) want to change the name of the "Democratic-Republican Party" aticle to "Republican Party." I'm not sure, but I think these guys have some kind of agenda for stealing Jefferson's party from the Democrats. Anyhow, if you would weigh in in favor of keeping the name "Democratic-Republican Party," I would appreciate it. Griot 01:38, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #1

Reach out Reach out is a program aimed at allowing users to bring issues that they have had in Wikipedia to a listening, sympathetic and caring audience: "No one can know how we feel if we do not say. We cannot expect to get understanding if we do not ask for it. No one will dispute that sometimes life's issues are too much for one person. It is fair to say that sometimes Wikipedia's problems fall under the same heading. This is a place where you can bring the bruises that can sometimes be got on this project for attention." Stress Alerts The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them. Note from the editor Welcome to this new format of the Esperanza Newsletter, which came about during the last Advisory Council meeting - we hope you like it! The major changes are that each month, right after the Council meeting, this will be sent out and will include two featured programs and a sum up of the meeting. Also, it will be signed by all of the Advisory Council members, not just Celestianpower. Have an Esperanzial end of March, everyone!

The last AC meeting (full log) Future meetings are to be held monthly, not fortnightly as before. Bans and Access level changes (apart from autovoice) in the IRC channel are to be reported at the new log. In the IRC channel, there is going to be only one bot at a time. The charter requires members to have 150 edits and 2 weeks editing. Why this is the case will be clarified. A new Code of Conduct will be drafted by JoanneB and proposed to the Esperanza community. The NPA reform idea is to be dropped officially. Charter ammendments are to be discussed in future, not voted on. The Advisory Council is not going to be proposed to be expanded by the Advisory Council themselves, if others want to propose it, they will listen. Signed... Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 17:47, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Islamophobia

please vote again here

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Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2

Barnstar Brigade The Barnstar Brigade is a new program aimed at giving more very deserving yet unappreciated users barnstars. It will officially start on 2006-04-09, but signing up is encouraged before this date: "Here in Wikipedia, there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go un-appreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go un-noticed. Sadly, these editors often leave the project. As Esperanzians, we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. A project the size of Wikipedia has thousands of editors, so there are plenty of people out there who deserve recognition, one just has to find them. The object of this program is not to flood editors with Barnstars, but to seek out people who deserve them, and make them feel appreciated." Stress Alerts The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them. Information Welcome to the second issue of the new format Esperanza Newsletter - we hope you still like it! This week, it was delivered diligently by our new dogsbody. MiszaBot (run by Misza13): any execution complaints should go to him. Content comments should be directed at the Esperanza talkpage. Thanks!

The last AC meeting (full log) The next elections: Approval voting as before and, also as before, an previous leadership member can run. Please submit your name for voting in the relevant section of this page. Voting starts on 2006-04-23 and ends on 2006-04-30. There will be three places up for grabs as KnowledgeOfSelf is leaving Wikipedia. Please see the previously linked page for full details. The Code of Conduct is now ready for extensive discussion! Specific comments should go to the Code of Conduct talk page, discussion of having one at all should be directed to the main Esperanza talk page. The current process for accepting proposals for new programs has been deemed fine. All Advisory Council members and the Admin Gen are to endevour to be bold when viewing discussion. If they feel that consensus has been reached, they will act accordingly. A plea from the editor... The propsed programs page is terribly underused! Please leave any comments, good or bad, on the page, to help us determine the membership's thoughts on the ideas there. Signed... Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 19:53, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Motho enwa o bua Sesotho.

Yo. Whatever happened to the Sesotho userboxes? How life like on the userbox frontline? Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 13:02, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

You really should have told me that you created them on the 19th of February, as a form of courtesy. Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 18:12, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Latin America won!

Joyous | Talk 18:32, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

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Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Celestianpower ^háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza elections

Thanks for signing up for Esperanza elections. Voting ends in less than 48 hours, but late additions to the candidate list are still welcome. Feel free to create a statement at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Advisory Council Elections April 2006/Revolución. In the meantime, I'll add you to the voting page. Let me know if you have any questions. EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 03:46, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Spelling Reform?

I see you've don work on spelling reform. Would you tell me if you would support an English Spelling Reform?Cameron Nedland 00:03, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

I know, a full phonemic reform would cause all sorts of hell. I'm thinking more like Cut Spelling.Cameron Nedland 01:05, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Tysto and I are trying to get people who are interested in spelling reform to put up the user box about it. You can get it at my page.Cameron Nedland 22:09, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

Administrator Coaching The Administrator Coaching program is a program aimed at preparing Wikipedians for Adminship or helping them understand the intricacies of Wikipedia better. Recently, changes have been made to the requirements of coachees. Please review them before requesting this service. This would be something like the Welcoming Committee, but for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. Some might like suggestions about how to learn vandal patrol, or mentoring on taking an article to featured status, or guidance with a proposal they plan to make at the Village Pump, for example. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins. Stressbusters The Stressbusters are a subset of Esperanza aiming to investigate the causes of stress. New eyes on the situation are always welcome! Note from the editor As always, MiszaBot handled this delivery. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to Pschemp, Titoxd and Freakofnurture for being elected in the last elections! An Esperanzial May to all of the readership!

The last AC meeting (full log) Posting logs of the Esperanza IRC channel are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel. A disclaimer is going to be added to the Esperanza main page. We are humans and, as such, are imperfect. Various revisions have been made to the Code of Conduct. Please see them, as the proposal is ready to be ratified by the community and enacted. All members will members to have to re-confirm their membership after accepting the Code of Conduct. Referendums are to be held on whether terms of AC members should be lengthened and whether we should abolish votes full stop. Admin Coaching reform is agreed upon. Signed... Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, Pschemp and Freakofnurture 20:29, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Template:Anti-war topics up for deletion

Template:Anti-war topics is up for deletion. Please weigh in on the discussion. Thanks! SchuminWeb (Talk) 09:26, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Please help on Ancient Egypt

Posted by Pruneau 18:39, 29 May 2006 (UTC) on behalf of the AID Maintenance Team

Hi

Don't even know how I found your userpage, but it was for a good reason. Ecopirate 17:42, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey

Just wanted to tell you the Holocaust never happened. Thanks.

Wait, wait, I'm kidding!!! Just wanted to annoy you. Bye. See you next Hannukah, and good luck with killing Nazis. 00:51, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Your Userboxes

Hi, I'm trying to add some of your userboxes (EZLN, Oppose-Rand, Palestine, Chechnya, By any means necessary, Basque) to my userpage, but they're not on Wikipedia:Userboxes, & I would rather not go messing around with your code. Is there an easier way for me to get them?

Atomsprengja 02:25, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

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August Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: To-Do List The Esperanza To-Do List is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. If you don't have any requests, consider coming by and fulfilling a few! This program has not been very active, but has lots of potential! What's New? In order to help proposed programs become specific enough to make into full-fledged programs, the In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals that are promising, but need to be organized in more detail are listed here. Please take a look at what is there, and help the proposals turn into programs. To improve both the layout and text of the front page, in an attempt to clarify the image of Esperanza, the front page is going to have some redesigning take place. Please take your creative minds to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Front page redesign to brainstorm good ideas. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log) In order to make sure all users who join Esperanza are welcomed, a list of volunteers who are willing to welcome new Esperanzians is at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members#Esperanza_welcomers. Please add yourself if you are interested; we want to make sure all new Esperanza members are welcomed! The In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals page: Some proposals have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been archived. For those proposals that were a good idea but didn't necessarily constitute a program, General Esperanzial Actions has been created. Two small pieces of charter reform will be decided on in a straw poll at Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Governance. One involves filling the position of any councillors who may leave, the other involves reforming the charter. Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program. There is a page for discussing the front page redesign. Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 05:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

Islamic Barnstar Award

Please offer your opinion, vote, or whatever about your choice for the image to be used with the Islamic Barnstar Award at the Barnstar proposals page. Although there is consensus for the concept of an Islamic Barnstar Award, some editors would like to change the image for the award. I was just thinking you should be aware of this discussion because you have contributed to Islamic-related articles, received the Islamic Barnstar Award, or have contributed to the Islam-related Wikiprojects, etc.--JuanMuslim ^1m 03:02, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Anti-Irishismmentiment

Greetings. Thank you for creating Anti-Irish sentiment; I hope it will be documented soon, for the sake of knowledge (I'm surprised a longer article wasn't made before). Could you tell me why you moved it to Anti-Irishism? "Anti-Irish sentiment" is a simple descriptive term devoid of neologism or colloquialism and is suitable for an encyclopedia context. At the time Furthermore, as I am writing this, a good old Google test shows 235 hits for "Anti-Irishism" but 65,100 hits for "Anti-Irish..." variants. Regards. --Liberlogos 23:28, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Maraba Coffee

Hello! As you're a Wikipedian interested in African topics, I'm writing to notify you that the Maraba Coffee article is now a 'Featured Article Candidate'. Please feel free to evaluate the article and write your support or opposition at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates. Thanks — SteveRwanda 15:18, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors! What's New? September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves! Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there! The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log) The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself! The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it! TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly! Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

Palestine Portal

Hi, I'd like to help out with the Palestine Portal. I'm not native Palestinian so my editing would be somewhat limited. Are all Palestine-related articles supposed to have a portal.svg image on them so they are grouped together? I can do that. I can also keep the current event bit up to date (some of the time). Also, if you look at Israel it's got a little box to the right where people can easily browse through related articles, it'd be nice to do the same for Palestine. Get back to me to see what can be done.Pockets23 12:10, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

November Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!) Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach. Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins. What's New? The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one! A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started; please add your thoughts. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log) The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived. There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia. The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested! In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias. A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted! Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello. Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, The Halo, Shreshth91 and HighwayCello 20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

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The Original Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		I award you this barnstar for your many excellent contributions to Wikipedia. - Solar 13:25, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Li Hongzhi page, plus Falun Gong generally

I left this comment for you on the Li Hongzhi talk page[1], the dates were fairly far apart (for wikipedia time), and there was no response. I'll stick in below, here. My concerns are fairly simple and probably obvious to you from this:

Revolucion I would please suggest you to find and read the whole sections where Li Hongzhi has talked about homosexuals and homosexuality, not just those things from Rick Ross. I practice Falun Gong, and I do not worship Li Hongzhi. I do not know why you describe Falun Gong as a cult. It is free and open to anyone, there are no rules or regulations, there is no money involved, people come and go as they want, everything is voluntary; Olaf (another editor) described it as a set of free teachings. We do not want to harm anyone or restrict their rights. The reason we are practicing Falun Gong is to attain the Tao and go back to the origin of existence. We cultivate Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance; they are the main principles of Falun Gong. I am not sure if you have heard this before. My understanding of the things Li Hongzhi has said about homosexuality is because homosexuality is seen as something that is against the cosmos, against the Tao, or the natural order. The idea is that those engaged in homosexual behaviour are actually already harming themselves. I have said that I do not have a problem with everything Li Hongzhi has said being reported, but I have always spoken about reporting everything responsibily and with context. I am writing all this because this is the first time I have seen you posting here, and maybe you didn't know. It is good that you actually acknowledge the persecution. It is a miserable feature of those who are against or do not understand the teachings of Falun Gong, that they will even begin trying to justify a cruel and inhumane genocide. That is really the worst thing. Have you read about the cases of torture, rape, injections with nerve-damaging drugs, beatings, burnings, and now, even organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners? I think it is good for a person to keep a spirit of healthy disagreement at times, but it's a shame when some basic things like the genuinely benign nature of the practice and the utter cruelty of the persecution are overlooked.--Asdfg12345 19:54, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your time.

--Asdfg12345 01:12, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject LGBT studies

Hello! I noticed that your userpage mentions that you are interested in LGBT issues. Would you be interested in joining WikiProject LGBT studies? The WikiProject's been a bit inactive recently and some of us are trying to get it going again. We'd love to have you on board! Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 12:17, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Hello, are you interested in joining us? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 21:28, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Image:Imclogo.gif, PD or Fair Use?

Hi! Regarding this image you uploadad: Do you know the author of this image? Why do you think this image is copyrighted? I want to use this in a userbox, however, cannot because it is taged as {{logo}}. My understanding of Indymedia (anarchist, no central authority, participants generally eschew capitalist principles e.g., intellectual property, etc.) leads me to find the copyrighted/logo assertion dubious. I have spent a couple of hours looking and cannot determine the copyright status nor the identy of the original author. If possible, could you look into this, and depending on what you find, consider changing the licensing tag to one of the PD or Free catagories on this page? Thanks --Bill Huston ^(talk) 09:57, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

• Piggy backing on this request; if you're going to change the license to a free license, we'll need some means of verifying that the image is in fact available under a free license, such as a copy of an e-mail from the license holder to m:OTRS or a contact point, or a URL pointing to a release statement for the image. --Durin 13:34, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Untagged image

An image you uploaded, Image:Cozumel city seal.gif, was tagged with the {{coatofarms}} copyright tag. This tag was deleted because it does not actually specify the copyright status of the image. The image may need a more accurate copyright tag, or it may need to be deleted. If the image portrays a seal or emblem, it should be tagged as {{seal}}. If you have any questions, ask them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. -- 13:41, 30 December 2006 (UTC)