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Welcome

Hello TomasBat! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy Editing! Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:18, 9 November 2006 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Fair use • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Build consensus • Resolving disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Useful templates • Categories • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Tools • User scripts

Seeking adoption?

Hi,

If your seeking adoption, I don't have a sea of time but I'm willing to take another adoptee if that's ok with you. Do you have any specific questions or things you'd like to talk about? I'm not really in to video games though, and I certainly don't have experience on wikipedia about it. I do have a prior history of AoE-addiction :-D

greets, --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:18, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't understand exactly what you mean, but let me try: you can click "history" above any article. This gives you a list of previous versions. Experiment with that page, e.g. by comparing version. Also, if you want to revert the changes of, let's say, a vandal who has put the word "penis" in the article, you can (1) click the last correct version (2) click "edit" (3) save it, ignoring the warning: all later changes are lost, and this was your goal, i.e. reverting the vandal's words.

You can also add articles to your watchlist (by clicking "Watch"). This allows you to follow changes on a set of articles.

If this doesn't answer your question, try me again (:-D) or click Help on the left, or type {{helpme}} on your userpage and another friendly wikipedian will come to assist you, or read for example Help:Editing.

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:58, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Aha, you're talking about "articles for creation". Well, the procedure is explained on that page, but it's something for experienced users... Most content on Wikipedia is not created in this way, but just by people boldly creating new pages. If you really want to clear that backlog, just try to follow the procedure explained to the right of that page (click one of the lists below to find articles), but it'll take experience to decide what should be an article and what not. Does that answer your question?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 00:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi,

I'm taking a long WikiBreak until February, if you want another adopter meanwhile feel free to remove the userbox and change it to {{adoptme}}. Good luck!

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:15, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Not too many suggestions for The Warchiefs

I don't have the time. All I can tell you is that someone can play it for free in the expansion Bluepaladin 23:27, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Age of Empires III Military Units

Hi Tomas. I didn't propose that this article be deleted - just commented that it has been deleted before. Lists of units in games are often deleted as fancruft. The content does not belong on the Age of Empires III (which I would be very glad if you contributed to - we need all the help we can get), but it is likely to be deleted as a separate article. If the quality of the content can be improved dramatically (eg. changing some sections from lists to prose?) the article might be less likely to be deleted. Good luck :D. Ck lostsword|^queta!|_Suggestions? 16:21, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I'd also like to add something: At one time, the article included its own article for units and buildings, and it got to the point that there was just way too much information for the article. WP:NOT states that Wiki isn't a game manual, and we should keep that in mind when writing the page, as we don't want to give everything away. I'm fairly sure a passer-by doesn't really want to know the exact gathering rate of a Coureur de Bois, now would they :) Kareeser|^Talk! 06:27, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

There were. One of the two got prodded as fancruft, and now I am leaning towards minimizing the content of the article as well. Kareeser|^Talk! 01:12, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Adopter on Holiday

Hi there are I saw that your adopter has gone on holiday. If you feel the need and would like a co-adopter - don't be afraid to put the Template:Adoptme back on your userpgae. Cheers Lethaniol 23:41, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi Tomas - see no one has come and offer adoption, not sure why. I have some more time on my hands now, so I can adopt you if you like. Either leave a message here or on my talk page. Look forward to hearing from you. Cheers Lethaniol 10:48, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Adoption Confirmed

Right Adoption confirmed. Well I expect you know how this works - if you have any questions just ask. Can help out with technical or policy stuff, how to deal with other users (not just with big stick!) and can read over any work if you want a second opinion. Just leave a message on my talk. Look forward to hearing from you. Lethaniol 18:59, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Userbox migration

Hi Tomas,

Have come across this a couple of times but as I do not make Userboxes it does not affect me. Suggest you look at at least the first sections of Wikipedia:Userbox migration and its talk page Wikipedia talk:Userbox migration.

The basics are that controversial or biased userboxes / templates are moved out of main space - i.e. the encyclopaedia, into a user's subpage which is considered private. Therefore keeping the upstanding of Wikipedia - eh upstanding. If you are still confused or have a particular problem with this give us a shout. Cheers Lethaniol 16:40, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Centipede (1998 PC Version)

Hi TomasBat,

Right have had a quick little look - and got a few suggestions. Am normally quite critical but take heart this is a good foundation to the article - which probably needs content addition but not major restructuring. Also your wikimarkup and use of infobox is good.

Okay now for some construction criticism:

1. See the edits I have made to the first few sections [1]. Now I am not the best linguist by far, but I feel this rewording and condensation makes it much easier to read keeping the important details. If you agree, suggest working on all the other sections in similar fashion. Remember stay concise and precise, only add information that is important not just trivia (e.g. is a list of creatures/monsters important).
2. Have not removed any, but consider removing the wikilinks to obvious info, especially if repeated - e.g. PC, classical etc... Wikilinks should be used sparingly for things that are not obvious (Dona Bailey} or are very important (links to dates or big concepts).
3. Too many headings possibly - going down to the fourth heading for a relatively article e.g. 1.2.2.1, is a bit too much, consider having bigger sections, split into the relevant paragraphs.
4. Finally if you are going to have an external link - make sure it actually links to it. If you can not find the manual then remove the section. Also check it is not a copy violation if you link to a game manual!

Right that is my first impressions. Give us a shout if something does not make sense, and if you want me to have another look or do something specific to the article I am here to help. Cheers Lethaniol 17:19, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Ah, you make me feel harsh with this [2] :):) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lethaniol (talk • contribs) 17:53, 23 December 2006 (UTC).

The Answer is a Template Deletion

Someone mucked up while proposing the following for deletion Template:User browser - which left the message you saw. This has nothing to do with you, but to do with the template itself. I have removed the template - as it is not useful and we are not meant to use useboxes that all Wikipedians might use (e.g. This user is human). Suggest finding a userbox for this user browses with IE of Firefox. Hope that answers your question. Lethaniol 21:25, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Article Review

Hi Tomas -

Okay this is a good start to an article - but at the moment it is only a stub. Most importantly you need to read up Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_crystal_ball. For a future book to be notable and worthy on Wikipedia - it needs an already notable author (see WP:NOTE) and well sourced third party sources documenting what this future book is about (see WP:V and WP:RS). I tell you this because someone might come along anI d WP:AFD if this future event is not well sourced.

So priorities

1. Get it well sourced.
2. Add correct stubs (see Wikipedia:Stub) and categories (see Wikipedia:Categorical index).
3. Use a template from the following Wikipedia:Current_and_future_event_templates#Future_events at top of page.
4. Have a look through the relevant Wikiprojects - they often have pre-determined infoboxes and structures that are well worth using (e.g. I have used the Novels wikiproject template for Catch-22) - see Wikipedia:WikiProject Books, Wikipedia:WikiProject Science Fiction and Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels.
5. Sort the infobox using a standard template, recommend Novels template e.g. as used in Consider Phlebas.
6. The structure is a bit more complicated as the book is not released - so standard templates are difficult to implement - but have a look at Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - this famous series book is yet to be released but it has a well developed structure that you may consider pinching bits of.
7. The links for In His Image and Acts of God do not actually go to an article that you mean them two. What I recommend is to not link at all (no point in having four articles on this trilogy - more likely to be deleted, harder to update - once the first book is released can have separate article).
8. Reception section needs referencing
9. I do not understand the reference section - these books are part of the trilogy yet to be written are they not.

And once all this is done, you will be in a good position to sit back and add the new information as it come in. Again I have been quite critical but hopefully the above points will help you develop this into an excellent article - ready for the books release. Any further questions on this or anything else I look forward to hearing. Cheers Lethaniol 15:14, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi Tomas - I am sorry about the confusion, though I think most of my advice stays the same. In terms of Infoboxes for trilogies, there is not any but I like what they have done with The Lord of the Rings which is a featured article. So when you make the articles for the three books in question you can use this style maybe. Also take care in linking to articles that do not yet exist e.g. not In His Image use In His Image (novel) or In His Image (book). Once the article is made you can disambiguate it from the main page see WP:DAB.

The only piece of advice that really needs changing from above is the structure - if you are going to create separate articles for each book, then the main trilogy article should cover the basics of plot (which you have done, though could be expanded) - details of plot belong in the individual book articles, and general reaction to the series (e.g. links to news stories) would be best on the trilogy page too. Basically anything that relates to all three books on trilogy page, anything specific about one book should go in the individual article. Hope that helps Cheers Lethaniol 14:37, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Block Log

Hi Tomas,

A Block log, is a list of all the blocks and unblocks you have ever had - e.g. here is yours [3] - you are good so have none :). You can find a link to it on the top line of your contributions page.

If you do not know what blocking is all about see Wikipedia:Blocking policy - only for bad people normally. Cheers Lethaniol 15:04, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Userboxes: Shortening Code

Afraid I can't be of much help - I've never used the 'big table method', rather took the code from an exsisting userbox and modified it (changing colors/image/text)...sorry I can't be of more assistance. - Aerobird ^{Target locked - Fox One!} 23:27, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

If you're referring to User:Aerobird/Userboxes Created - that allows me to have the ones I've created all in one place, and keeps the 'main' user page from getting cluttered. If you're referring to how the userboxes are arranged on my user page, the tables allow me to place them three-abreast which, when you have over 100 userboxes, shortens the page considerably. :-)

An example of formatting:

{| class="wikitable" border="0" cellpadding="2" |{{user Adult}} |{{User:Ginkgo100/Userboxes/User right-handed}} |{{User suburbs}} |- |{{User:UBX/For rent}} |{{User:Aerobird/CSA Citizen Userbox}} |{{user German}} |}

...produces:

18+This user is an adult.	This user is right-handed.	This user grew up in the suburbs.
—This space is for rent.	User:Aerobird/CSA Citizen Userbox	This user is of German ancestry.

...and you can make the table as long or as short as you want by simply adding another break (the |-) and additional lines.

Hope this helps you out... - Aerobird ^{Target locked - Fox One!} 23:35, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Ah, now I understand. :-) That is necessary to allow transclusion of the userbox onto a userpage. For instance, if you put the userbox code {{User en}} on your page, the userbox is piped from the Wikipedia page Template:User en. To use one of the examples you mentioned, in order for someone to have the Wikiproject Birds userbox on their page, I need to have it at User:Aerobird/WP Birds Userbox so that they can put {{User:Aerobird/WP Birds Userbox}} on their page and have the userbox appear. - Aerobird ^{Target locked - Fox One!} 23:56, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

No problemo! - Aerobird ^{Target locked - Fox One!} 01:36, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Age of Empires III Flags

Hiya, here are the flags you wanted. =)

British
Dutch
French
German
Ottoman
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Tim 03:07, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Image upload

All you have to do to upload an image is click "Upload file" in the toolbox (under the searchbox). For a screenshot, you have to add {{game-screenshot}} as the caption (the biggest box) while uploading. This ensures that a bot won't delete it a few days from now as unlicensed. Hope that helps! | AndonicO ^{Talk · Sign Here} 14:31, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

• Add the template I gave you above (that's the one used for screenshots)
• Add it to the box that says "Summary (author, source, URL, fair use rationale if applicable, extra {{tags}}, etc.):"
• The only other things you have to do are 1. add the file name from your computer (C:\Documents and Settings\Jose y Valeria\My Documents\My Pictures\Tokxatron\Aztec Destruction.emf) to where it says "Source filename", and add the name you want for the picture (example: Aztec Destruction.emf) to where it says "Destination filename:".

Good luck, and leave me another message if you need more help. | AndonicO ^{Talk · Sign Here} 15:27, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

No, {{subst:game-screenshot}} is the license you have to add. It's much simpler that way. :-) | AndonicO ^{Talk · Sign Here} 15:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Hmm... did you type ".emf" after the source and destination names of the file? | AndonicO ^{Talk · Sign Here} 15:56, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Not "emf.", but ".emf". If that doesn't work either, click browse, then go to my documents; then my pictures; Tokxatron, the folder; and finnaly the picture. By the way, has your "new messages" bar changed? Mine says "Your user talk page has been edited (last change)." now. | AndonicO ^{Talk · Sign Here} 19:15, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Again eh? :-) Anyways, did the above instructions work? | AndonicO ^{Talk · Sign Here} 19:26, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Could be. Or maybe someone hijacked Wikipedia. :-O | AndonicO ^{Talk · Sign Here} 19:29, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

If .emf doesn't work, and neither does browsing for the picture, try ".wmf", ".jpg", and ".bmp". Then cross your fingers. | AndonicO ^{Talk · Sign Here} 19:32, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Hmm... Did you change the file name, move it, or in any way alter it? Also, did you take it with the "Prt Scr" (Screenshot) button two places above "Delete", or with a program installed in your computer? | AndonicO ^{Talk · Sign Here} 22:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Just got back, but I can only be here for about five minutes... Which image, the Ottoman homecity? | AndonicO ^{Talk · Sign Here} 02:24, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Let's see... you said it was paint? Paint uses the file format ".png". That's probably why it was corrupted, because the file type was changed (I believe changing it back fixes it). | AndonicO ^{Talk · Sign Here} 10:13, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Age of Empires III edit

Hi. A copyedit in this case is the removal of information that has no value to readers of the article who do not play the game. According to the Computer and Video Games Wikiproject, it is preferable not to include details that can be construed as 'gameguides' - ie. tips or pieces of trivia for actual players of the game. The other use of 'copyedit' in my edit summaries to AoE is in the sense of correcting grammar or spelling. ck lostsword|^queta!|_Suggestions? 22:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Image tagging for Image:Age of Empires III HomeCity Ottomans.jpg

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Your uploaded image...

Hi TomasBat... I read your message to CKLostsword, and the answer is quite simple, really :)
All you need is to add a summary to the image. Say who took it (that would be you), why (to demonstrate home city on Age of Empires III article, perhaps), how (computer screenshot).. stuff like that...

If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to reply on my talk page. Happy editing! Kareeser|^Talk! 01:36, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

If you took the image from a website, then it may belong to that particular website. Also the image itself may belong to EA. Under fair-use, we are only allowed two low-quality images to use as images. We've pretty much exceeded that limit already, so there doesn't seem like much you can do... As a general rule, uploading images from other websites is tricky and frowned upon because it borders on it being illegal (ownership rights and the like)... Kareeser|^Talk! 01:45, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Incidentally, please bear in mind that it is impossible for another user to upload a file that is on your computer: it is on a 'local' file (meaning that only you or other users of your computer can access it). Thanks. ck lostsword|^queta!|_Suggestions? 19:44, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

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Random Smily

For your contributions to Wikipedia and humanity in general, you are hereby granted the coveted Random Smiley Award
originated by Pedia-I
(Explanation and Disclaimer)

Jerry lavoie 23:48, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Screenshots

Hey, I noticed you uploaded your screenshots. They look great, better even than on my computer (only that a bit biased towards strelets :). What were you doing wrong finally? | AndonicO ^{Talk · Sign Here} 12:11, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

That works well it seems. Good luck on the article, I'll probably stop by and help some time, but I'm currently busy on two others. | AndonicO ^{Talk · Sign Here} 12:52, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. :-) | AndonicO ^{Talk · Sign Here} 12:55, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Book Trilogy Article

Thanks. I'm not really in to a bunch of editing, but I do small things when I feel the need. Obviously, someone who has actually read the books can do a much better job. Thanks again. Archaeo 21:48, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Smiley

No-- Thankyou twice and that squared!
I needed a lift! Much obliged stranger. FrankB 23:27, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for that random act of smiliness. :) Alai 23:10, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks from me as well :) semper fi — Moe 23:25, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for thanking me twice! --TomasBat (Talk) 23:36, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Dude, sorry to clue you in, but twice then squared is FOUR! <G> // FrankB 23:38, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, then thanks for thanking me 4 times! --TomasBat (Talk) 00:04, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

S'alright--some people jes get whaz de deserve,
Ain some, doesn't gets whatz I'd like to give em,
ain what'Z de deserb, neither!!! Enjoy -- all four. // FrankB 00:09, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

LOL-- would you please stop!!! <GSEG> // FrankB 00:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I add my thanks... JRHorse 00:59, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Guess what? I too add my thanks!! Much appreciation for the award- I thrive on encourage,ent and when people tell me what a superb job I am doing it gives me motivation. I am compiling the global chronology of films by country starting with List of Argentine films aiming to start all of the films and cinema people, then move on to Austria then belgium etc. See Category:Argentine films and have a browse e.g El Faro six weeks ago there were 9 films now we have about 225!!. As I go along will also be starting actors like Roberto Escalada and Hugo del Carril,. Thanks Ernst Stavro Blofeld 10:34, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

P.S I too am a very keen chess player I used to be Vale of Glamorgan U 18 champion while in school! Ernst Stavro Blofeld 10:35, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Well I'd like to join the thanking club, so here goes, "thanks you very much for the award TomasBat. Best wishes - Solar 10:46, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, thanks from me too. Anchoress 14:21, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Well thank you, that was so kind of you :] -- Obradović Goran (ta^lk 21:51, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the award. I had a laugh going through your userboxes. —Viriditas | Talk 23:01, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

:-) David Ruben ^Talk 03:11, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Ditto, thanks ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 08:32, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Your orange message thing

Well, I was prepared for it somehow, having been there and got the t-shirt etc, but it's not the nicest way for someone to meet you on your user page, is it? I mean, it doesn't get the day off to a good start, just a dud. Is that what you want to make happen... Tyrenius 02:37, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Smileys

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		In return for a smiley award, and for your highly amusingly crowded and colorful userpage. Of course, life is not all smileys and userboxes. Now get out there and make some contributions to articles! ^_^ LordAmeth 13:19, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Hoax new message box

Yes, I mean the hoax new message box. When there's a lot of pressure answering serious messages, it's really annoying. It also trades off trust that these systems can be relied on for wiki communication and undermines ones reliability on them. Will you remove the hoax? Tyrenius 19:20, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I have removed the hoax "new message" boxes from your talk and user pages. Please don't replace them. These boxes are for conducting wiki business and people rely on them for information. This undermines ones ability to rely on the proper ones. Your justification for keeping them is that you don't want to remove them because "it's fun". However, you admit "I know it can get annoying sometimes." There is no justification for keeping something for your own amusement, when you know it can annoy other editors. Your solution is "if you don´t like it, then never visit my userpage nor any of my subpages." This is undermining the purpose for which you are allowed to have a userpage and subpages, namely communication with other editors for building an encyclopedia. Tyrenius 19:17, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Check out WP:USER and what you can't have on your user page. This includes "Games, roleplaying sessions, and other things pertaining to "entertainment" rather than "writing an encyclopedia" ... if user page activity becomes disruptive to the community or gets in the way of the task of building an encyclopedia, it must be modified to prevent disruption." (my italics) Tyrenius 23:40, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

What Tyrenius failed to mention is that what he cited was a guideline, not a policy, and that there is no consensus about it. Until policy is clarified, you are allowed to have that on your page. Please see this discussion for details. Jeffpw 09:18, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid you are gravely mistaken about guidelines, which certainly do need consensus, which in the case I cited is quite clear. All you've done so far today in your edits is argue to keep hoax message boxes. It might not be the most productive use of your time. Tyrenius 09:41, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, Tyrenius, David certainly disrupted the Wikipedia today with his exercise in WP:POINT. I, for one, regret that so much of my time was wasted having to respond to administrators who either do not understand policy vs. guidelines, or choose to ignore the difference, as well as the lack of consensus surrounding it. Let's all hope that tomorrow will be a more productive editing day than today is turning out to be. :-) Jeffpw 09:47, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, can I legally keep it or not? Am I breaking a rule by having it, or am I just ignoring usefull suggestions? --TomasBat (@)(Sign) 13:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

My sense of the discussion is that at this moment you may have it on your page. If you thought it was policy, based on Tyrenius' message, you were misled (however inadvertently). However, we are in a fluid situation, and you should continue monitoring the Emergency Broadcast System for updates as they occur. Jeffpw 14:05, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I reject your suggestion that TomasBat was misled either deliberately or inadvertently. I gave him a link to the relevant page. He could, and no doubt did, read for himself exactly what was said there. As far as whether it can be kept or not, it depends who you speak to at the moment, as the whole thing is a furore. Jimbo is apparently going to implement a decision. Tyrenius 02:03, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

No thanks for the smiley

Following a chain of links across user's talk pages and spamming them with random messages doesn't seem too useful. I can always check my mailbox or email for people sending me stuff I didn't ask for or do anything to get. It's called spam and junk mail—I guess we need a similar term for these now.

Have a nice day. —Doug Bell ^talk 21:35, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

for the random smiley. - Kittybrewster 22:16, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I would also like to thank you for the random smiley award :P - Fedayee 05:32, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks a lot for your Random Smiley Award.--Yannismarou 12:24, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Age of Empires III Review

Hi Tomas - I would happy to do this review. This is already a well developed article so most of the criticisms will be quite minor in comparison to previous reviews, and I think this will have a good chance of getting FA status in the future.

As this review is for an article that has a number of contributors I will leave my comments and thoughts on the Talk:Age of Empires III so that all can use them, I hope that is okay. Cheers Lethaniol 15:30, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the Smiley

Much appreciated!--Holdenhurst 13:16, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to Novels WikiProject

Hi, and welcome to the Novels WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to fiction books often referred to as "Novels".

A few features that you might find helpful:

• Our navigation box points to most of the useful pages within the project.
• The announcement and open task box is updated quite regularly. You can watch it if you're interested; or, you can add it directly to your user page by including {{WikiProject_Novels_announcements}} there.
  While you are updating your userpage, don't forget our userbox {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Outreach/User WPNOVELS}}.
• The project has a monthly newsletter; it will normally be delivered as a link, but other methods are available.

There are a variety of interesting things to do within the project; you're free to participate however much—or little—you like:

• Starting some new articles? Our article structure guidelines / template outlines some things to include.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the members, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 08:45, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Random Smiley Award - thank you

Thank you, it was a surpise! --- Kevs 23:38, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

TEG article

Well ,first of all, thanks for letting me help on this article. Second, I'll also try to get some photos and maybe some information. Thanks, Slartibartfast1992 02:27, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry I haven´t been around that much lately and I haven´t really helped a lot on the TEG article (school just started). Ill try to be available. Slartibartfast1992 01:02, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Actually off topic, but I've been wanting to ask: Would you, by any chance, know of a school called Northlands?Slartibartfast1992 22:01, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, I used to go to that school and I know somebody named Tomas Batalla from it. Is that you? Slartibartfast1992 23:27, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Soy Bruno Kaufman, el que se acaba de ir al Lincoln. Que coincidencia que nos encontramos! No sabia que tenias una cuenta de wikipedia! Slartibartfast1992 01:42, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

"New message" alert practical jokes

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Editor review

I reviewed you. YechielMan 03:22, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

AoE III

Good work on the article; as I said though, there should be more details on the campaign, and more refs. Also, do you play on ESO? My name there is AndonicO as well; leave me an e-mail if you'd like to play sometime. · AndonicO ^Talk 19:59, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I'll add you to my friends list; we might bump noses. :) · AndonicO ^Talk 21:47, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

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Suggestion in the False New Messages

I noticed the box saying "You have new messages" when I added my name to your sig book. However, I also noticed that you put "Last Change" in capital letters. In the actual message, the words are "last change" instead. If you wish to ensnare more people with the box looking more authentic, you may want to fix that. Captain panda In vino veritas 23:12, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

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Screenshots

Remember the problem you had? I'm having it too now. You said you fixed it using paint; my paint doesn't work, so I asked a friend to do it, but apparently it didn't work. What exactly did you do? Just save it? Thanks in advance! · AO ^Talk 11:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Ah, I see! Thanks! · AO ^Talk 00:54, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

I am so sorry. On another page, I had read someone's guidelines that said "No vulgar, sexual, messages etc." and so when I signed I said "Not a vulgar, etc. ~~~~". The fact is, before then I had copied the phrase "No I will not sign your page. :P ~~~~". After then, I copied the "vulgar etc." for my own autograph page (which I have not made yet), and accidentally copied the "vulgar, etc." into your page. I am quite sorry. (If anything I have said was unclear, please ask about it.) —  $PЯINGrαgђ  21:38, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Your signature

I just thought you might find it valuable to know that, when I was reading the Jimbo Wales talk page, I found that your most recent signature was not legible on my screen. The yellow and greenish small letters are not clearly visible on the background. I'm not telling you that you have to change it, I just wanted to let you know that if you are trying to say something with those words, not everyone can see it. Thanks. Risker 03:02, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

On this issue read up at WP:SIG#Customizing_your_signature. Cheers Lethaniol 21:55, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Strategy games

Hello TomasBat.

WikiProject Strategy games has finished it's first collaboration: Risk (game) (). We are now asking for nominations and input for a new one. Please voice your ideas at the talk page.

Clyde (talk) and WikiProject Strategy games.

Blocked User

Hi Tomas,

On this issue it would be useful if you could point out the user in question. I have been digging around but not found out anything yet - but I will continue. I vaguely remember that a user that only spends time using their account for social purposes may be blocked (i.e. not a ban - they can create a new account, but will need to concentrate more on editing wikipedia) - but I maybe wrong. Again please point me to the user in question and I will get back to you. Cheers Lethaniol 22:03, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Okay I have found the user - see [4] - only 2 edits out of 167 is not very good - and does give the suggestion that they are using their account only for socialising (I agree with User:Steel359 on this). Cheers Lethaniol 22:09, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Okay here is the guideline that the block is based upon - WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_blog.2C_webspace_provider.2C_or_social_networking_site. I have to say I agree with this - server space should not be used for only socialising - ALL editors should be here to improve wikipedia in whatever way.

I suppose the next question is what to do about it. The user in question can always make another account, and get on with it. They can promise to get on with editing wikipedia and have their account unblocked. But above all the user in question will have to show a great willingness and priority to the improvement to Wikipedia if the wish to continue editing on it. Cheers Lethaniol 22:16, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Block

I know that my sister has been blocked,. Can other administrators than User:Steel359 unblock her? --Yummie 17:16, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, that would help a lot. She likes editing typos, but if she cannot edit anything but her talk page then what else can she do (except reasearch), you know? --Yummie 17:48, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

for informing me on adminship. --Yummie 17:42, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Did you help found infocentral? --Yummie 18:12, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Can you do this for me to see if it works on your computer? OK, follow these steps:

1. Go to my user page.
2. Click the link Articles!
3. Does it work?

--Yummie 18:49, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I went to the edit count. It was a big help. --Yummie 18:51, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Wow, I got you! (ha ha!) --Yummie 18:57, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Adopter's kudos

Feel free to put this on your userpage... It looks you're doing excellent around here, and I wish you all the best! If you ever want to contact me again or have a question, feel free!--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:29, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

File uploading

Hi Tomas -

Sorry for my delay in replying on the question you asked, have been away from the internet for a few days.

Okay - generally speaking I do not think the upload command at Special:Upload is used in Wikipedia for items except images. There are other projects where other file types can be uploaded for specific purposes e.g. see WP:SPOKEN. Basically the reason for this is that Wikipedia is encyclopaedia driven - and uploading of files is organised by another part of the Wiki project - see Wikimedia]. The reason Wikipedia allows image uploading is to allow users easy access to this function, without registering on another site (note the image is very quickly copied over to Wikimedia).

Anyway the upshot of all this - is that if you have your own content that you wish to release under the WP:GDFL license to Wikipedia e.g. videos, animated diagrams, sound recordings etc... then do so at Wikimedia. Obviously these files have to be relevant to the development of the Wiki projects i.e. notable, relevant, high quality, appropraite format etc... I suggest you have a look at Wikimedia and see if it is what you are looking for - any questions either ask there, or me and I will search for the answers. Also if you had a particular file of interest in mind then a particular WP:Wikiproject may already have the tools to help you.

Ok get back to me if this answers your questions. Also as an aside I will contact your brother after the weekend to offer adoption. Cheers Lethaniol 15:54, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

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Signature

Please reduce the length of your signature. Sigs serve to identify you and provide a link to your user and/or user talk page - I think you'd be able to do that with one fifth the HTML code that you currently have. Thanks. Picaroon 23:06, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

No, you don't have to. But it would be appreciated. Picaroon 23:45, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

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Ha good gag with the new message -of course I fell for it!!! Hey thanks for the smiley award it means a lot - i have been encountering difficulty with casino royale and am sick off signing in and having negative messages left when I am trying to do a good job-a pleasant surpirse thanks a lot mate!!!! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" "S.P.E.C.T.R.E"} 20:42, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

club penguin

Tomas fui el ultimo en editar en club penguin.--Ratónbat 21:14, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Autograph

como se cambia el estilo de tu autograph?--Ratónbat 21:21, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Cheers

Thank you. I am smiling today as a result of your lovely random gift. File:SoleteRayosÑajo.gif --VS ^talk 22:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for the Random Smiley Award, it is much appreciated.--Mr Fink 23:38, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the encouragement. Mindys12345 01:51, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Good Humor
I award you the barnstar of good humor, for having such a random, strange, funny, humorous and cool userpage with tons of earths rotating! You really made me laugh!

Thanks for the award, I hope these all these globes won't slow the website.
Mindys12345 00:30, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

I never even noticed that myself.
Mindys12345 01:00, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Re:Random Smiley Award

Thanks Dear. I am Happy to have this Award.So nice of you.Khalidkhoso 11:57, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Strategy games

Hello TomasBat.

WikiProject Strategy games finished it's first collaboration on Risk (game). We have voted for possible candidates for the next collaboration, and three finalists have been selected:

1. . Stronghold (2001 game)
2. . Age of Empires
3. . Age of Empires II

If possible, please vote here on which of these articles to collaborate on. Thank you.

WikiProject Strategy games

Thanks

For the Random Smiley Award! Mushroom (Talk) 14:26, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for Random Smiley Award

Thanks for the award --GW_Simulations_{User Page | Talk} 22:02, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Random Smiley Award

Thanks! BTW: how did you find me to give me the award? Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 23:16, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

My bad, didn't see the link on the award. Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 23:18, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Majorly's RfB

Hey TomasBat, thanks for your kind support in my RfB. Sadly, it didn't pass, but I appreciate the support, and I do intend to run again eventually. Happy editing! Majorly _{(o rly?)} 03:46, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Random smiley stuff

Please stop with that nonsense. Messaging people at random, even with a "nice" message is just spam. Nothing more anoying than having to stop what you are doing to check the talk page only to find a pointles random smiley (at least make it "opt in" only for those who actualy like getting messages for no good reason). I also removed your fake "you have messages" banner, spoofing MediaWiki interface messages is frowned upon and this one is just anoying. --Sherool (talk) 14:16, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Someone can't take a joke, can they Sherool? thanks for the random smiley TomasBat, you brightened my day a bit.

--Jadger 19:02, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

New Messages Joke

Not long ago, the admins had a monkey-dance about the “new messages” joke, and decided that it was bad-bad-bad.

Part of their unreasoning was that this would cause users to distrust the interface; another was that fake “new messages” alerts could be used (with spoofing) to collect login information. It did not occur to the monkey-dancers that people should be taught (by jokes or otherwise) to distrust an untrustworthy interface.

In any case, you could get in trouble for playing this joke on your User and User_talk pages. —SlamDiego 06:03, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

PS: Here is some of the outcome of some of the monkey-dancing. —SlamDiego 13:51, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for the smiley--$UIT 21:38, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the award!

Thanks for giving me my first award. Harrison-HB4026 00:23, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for the smiley! > Kamope < 20:42, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Award

Thanks so much!! Evilclown93 21:44, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

First: I speak very little spanish... I just am having trouble with it. 2: Thank you for the Barnstar! I always wished for one!Pendo4 is here...Look around... 22:41, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

thanks 4 award :-) cheers. West Brom 4ever 23:05, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Age of Empires WikiProject

Thanks for the vote of support! Good to see that people notice my work =D ~ Giggy! ^{Talk | Contribs} _{About Me | To Do List} 03:23, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry and Thank You

Sorry for the image on my user page, thanks for taking it out (it was taken out before, but no one said anything to me and I thought it was vandalism). Also thanks for the Award!

P.S.: That New Messages joke's too much. I couldn't stop laughing of myself and that joke. --Midasminus 13:08, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Re:Hildanknight

Life and school are stressful right now, and he's down; but he's alright, and doing some great work on articles around here again :) — Editor at Large^(speak) 00:17, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Hola

Si, yo sigo editando en Wikipedia. Fijate en mis contributions para ver los articulos que edito. Slartibartfast1992 00:45, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the welcome. --Jim101 02:20, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey I loved the smiley, thanks a bunch and your links will come in handy too Dburson 02:29, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank You

Thanx for the welcome and smiley. Netta0587 07:51, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

   Thank you for welcoming me to the English Wikipedia. I think I'll like it here! Mikebar 19:14, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the Barnstar

I'd like to thank you for awarding me the Defender of the Wiki Barnstar. It means a lot. I knew it was possible to contact Club Penguin's "moderators" or anyone working for the company. Thanks again! --Defender 911 11:46, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks ;)

   Thank you for welcoming me to the English Wikipedia. I think I'll like it here! --Kid Evil 1 19:20, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

   Thank you for welcoming me to the English Wikipedia. I think I'll like it here! MegaLix 19:47, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

   Thank you for welcoming me to the English Wikipedia. I think I'll like it here!Wantsarevolution 22:44, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

userbox

I am going to create an user for the unspecified trick you made. You do not need to respond to this. I will paste the link to it on this page. I will ask you to distribute this userbox to those who got fooled and put the template thing on the fooled you page. Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 23:18, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Here it is! {{User:Sir Intellegent/userbox/fooled}} Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 23:31, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

BARNSTAR!

		The Original Barnstar
		For your tireless work on the Age of Empires project, and for being kewl, you received the original barnstar! ~ Giggy! Talk Contribs 23:27, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Online Legend

Hey Tom...I was just wondering how you got the online/offline legend? Thanks.~ Giggy! ^Talk _Contribs 04:23, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you :)

   Thank you for welcoming me to the English Wikipedia. I think I'll like it here! Huskarl 09:47, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Random smiley script

I'm working on it at the moment. What's the code for a random smiley? (BTW, some users may not like random talkpage spam; I suggest you don't overuse the script if/when I make it!) --ais523 14:21, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Wait... I think I saw it in the bot request; you want thesection name as Random Smiley Award and the text as {{subst:User:Pedia-I/SmileyAward1}}, right? --ais523 14:34, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

...and it's done. Copy the following code into your monobook.js:

//Random smiley script. By [[User:ais523]], based on the suggestion by [[User:TomasBat]].
addOnloadHook(function(){
  if(document.referrer.indexOf("RandomSmileyGenerator") != -1 &&
     wgNamespaceNumber == 2 && wgTitle.indexOf("/") == -1 &&
     wgPageName.indexOf(wgUserName) == -1)
  {
    //we're trying to give a random smiley
    location.href=wgServer+wgScriptPath+"/index.php?title=User_talk:"+
      encodeURIComponent(wgTitle)+"&action=edit&section=new&randomsmiley=1";
  }
  else if(document.referrer.indexOf("RandomSmileyGenerator") != -1 &&
     wgNamespaceNumber == 2 && location.href.indexOf("RandomSmileyGenerator") == -1 &&
     wgPageName.indexOf(wgUserName) == -1)
  {
    alert("This seems to be a user subpage, so there's no point in smiling at it. " +
          "Why not go back and try again?");
  }
  else if(location.href.indexOf("&randomsmiley=1")!=-1)
  {
    document.editform.wpSummary.value="Random Smiley Award";
    document.editform.wpTextbox1.value="{"+"{subst:User:Pedia-I/SmileyAward1}} ~~"+"~~";
    document.editform['wpPreview'].click(); //change to wpSave to save without a preview
  }
});

(Note that you should only install scripts in your monobook.js if you trust the user sending you the script, especially if they just turn up out of the blue on your talk page. I'm an administrator, so I assume I'm trustworthy, but...)

L Then bypass your cache (on IE and/or Firefox for Windows press Ctrl-F5, see the link for instructions on other browsers/OSs), and then use the link at User:TomasBat/RandomSmileyGenerator to send someone a random smiley! (The name of the page on which the link appears is significant to the script; going to that subpage and then clicking on the link is the way to trigger the script). At the moment, I've set up the script to preview the smiley rather than save it outright (this is to give you a chance to stop in the case of something going wrong; this is not unheard of with scripts, especially in userspace where people try all sorts of unusual things); you can change it to automatically save by changing wpPreview to wpSave in the antepenultimate line. Let me know if it works/you have problems, and move your WP:US request to 'fulfilled requests' if it works; hope that helps! --ais523 14:49, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

(By the way, the script randomizes users by looking for a random userpage. If it gets a user subpage instead on the randomization, it'll put up an error message instead; in such cases, it's easiest just to try again.) --ais523 16:53, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello. If possible, try not to thank indefinitely blocked vandals for their contributions to Wikipedia and to humanity in general^[1]. ;) —{admin} Pathoschild 04:31:04, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanksing You

Thank you very much for signing my user page. :) Goldfritter 09:49, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Your trick

You're evil. I was fooled the third time already >_< PeaceNT 11:59, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

First Edit

I think you are right - I found this page but I think you have already read it - [5] :):)

Cheers Lethaniol 17:42, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Signature

I'm sure you've been told this before, because I have and my signature is of relatively the same coding length, but your signature is much too long. Perhaps you could remove the links to your contribs, talk page, and signature book. ~ Magnus animum _{(aka Steptrip)} 18:39, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

new messages

Do you not find it just a little hypocritical to have a message telling people that the "new messages" banner was created for a reason directly below your mock-up of it?

Also, your talk page is almost 80kb long. Archive perhaps? Miss Mondegreen | Talk   08:09, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Your signature

I can see above that I'm not the first person to come here asking you to a) improve the readability of your signature and b) reduce its length. Please do. However, I don't think anyone has yet pointed you to our official guidelines on signatures, WP:SIG. The page is very useful - as well as stating the guidelines, it gives useful advice on things like how to reduce length without necessarily making it a simpler signature. Hope that's helpful. --Dweller 10:56, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Archiving

While I'm being helpful, would you like some help with archiving this talk page? It's getting very long! :-) --Dweller 10:57, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Fun, Fun!

How well do you think you can do with my riddle? It's on user page. Follow instructions given there. Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 22:11, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Are you stumped? FYI, anyone can try to guess. If their is anything new on my talk page about the riddle, I will let you know in this section. Hints can be given upon request. Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 20:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Questions answered. Sincerely, Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 21:42, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Questions answered and hint left. Sincerely, Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 22:10, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Answered Defender 911's questions. Sincerely, Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 03:35, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Answered more of Defender 911's questions. Sincerely, Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 21:37, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Added hint. Sincerely, Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 20:22, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Questions Answered. Sincerely, Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 20:53, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Answered more of Defender 911's questions. Sincerely, Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 22:04, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Answered more of Defender 911's questions. Sincerely, Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 22:11, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Answered BQZip01's questions. Sincerely, Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 19:50, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

BQZip01 has found the answer!!! Sincerely, Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 21:07, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for your kind gesture, TomasBat. :-) I will in fact resize the smiley, but just a little bit so that it fits my current screen (which is not the widest in the market). :-P Once again, thank you very much! Best regards, Húsönd 01:35, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Here's a hedgehog in a flower pot for you! Hedgehogs in flower pots somehow promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving something friendly to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Make your own message to spread WikiLove to others! Happy editing! Húsönd 01:35, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Typo on my userpage

I should really mention Australian spelling sometime. Thanks anyway!~ Giggy! _{Talk (reply here)} 04:11, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Hahaha, no probs :D ~ G1ggy! _Reply 09:45, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks 4 Joining the WikiWave!

--Defender 911 11:04, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the hedge! :-) Didn't know that promoted wikilove, but I guess so. :-) · AndonicO ^Talk 18:15, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Your kind offer

Hey! I am very grateful for your offer to nominate me for adminship. However I have not accepted for the reasons given on my talk page. Thank you for the offer. -Mschel 23:47, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

:(

Club Penguin Timeline was deleted! Demolished! Destroyed! WHYYYYYYY?????? Defender 911 10:31, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks fot the welcome!! Just edited one page, and it sorely needed it!! (Jelover9 22:47, 28 April 2007 (UTC))

card

My adopter, NDCompuGeek is not doing so well. Can you sign his get well soon card? Spread the word please. Sincerely, Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 19:26, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

RFA thanks

Thank you, TomasBat, for your constructive comments in my recent RFA, which passed with 86 support, 8 oppose, and 5 neutral !votes. I will keep in mind all your suggestions and/or concerns, and will try to live up to your standards. Please, if you have any comments or complaints about my actions as an administrator, leave a note on my talk page, and I will respond as soon as I possibly can, without frying my brain, of course. Thank you once more, · AndonicO Talk

   Thank you for welcoming me to the English Wikipedia. I think I'll like it here!

Danvandan 22:43, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

   Thank you for welcoming me to the English Wikipedia. I think I'll like it here!

Barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar, though I really don't deserve it. --Random ^{Say it here!} 12:29, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Editor review

I've left some comments on your editor review. Walton ^{Need some help?} 09:09, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

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Reply

No problem! Esperanza Ortega 00:30, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I agree as well. What I don't get is how Jimbo can say "Anyone has the right to edit my page", and yet we don't. Seems confusing, doesn't it? Esperanza Ortega 00:44, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your vote on FPC

I just wanted to add one thing... Age of Empires II - Conquerer's Expansion Pack was the best game ever, not AOE III. ;-) The graphics weren't as good but the gameplay and balance was much more fun and frantic! Hehe. Watching the best players in the world playing against each other in saved game replays was almost as fun as actually playing it! Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 16:42, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

This edit

No problem, just curious as to why you did it...~ G1ggy! _{Reply | Powderfinger!} 02:40, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

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Barnstar thanks

Why thank you! You're too kind. Best of luck with your own contributions and cheers, Badagnani 03:12, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

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Bye.

You're one of the few friends on Wikipedia I have. I'm leaving Wikipedia because I have too little friends. :C --Defender 911 22:22, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

:D

You're lucky. Extremely lucky. I was about one minute from leaving when Nishkid 64 dropped by. I've re-thought my actions. I don't know how to go about this. I'll let you know what I'll do. Anyway, thanks. :) --Defender 911 02:31, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

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MAN! YOU MUST REALLY BE A FRIEND! You came to Uncyclopedia just to help me! :D That was really nice! --Defender 911 13:12, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

You're on my Message Board! --Defender 911 19:17, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Equinox137 Adminship

Two questions for you on my Adminship candidacy: 1) The deadline was April 13. Isn't it already too late?

2) I really don't know how to transclude it to the Requests for Adminship page. How do you do it?

Thanks Equinox137 04:55, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

MotD

Hello, I've noticed you've added colorful images to some of your votes over at WP:MOTD. While your opinion is certainly appreciated, these images are unnecessary and a bit distracting, so I would ask that you please not use them in the future. A simple support or oppose, followed by your reason (which is where you can be creative!), will do just fine and make the closer's job much easier. Thank you. --Tewy 18:16, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hi TomasBat, thanks for your support in my RfA, which passed unopposed. Please let me know if I can be of any assistance. --Seattle Skier (talk) 19:54, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Bouncing wiki logo

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Dept. of Defense Updates!

I've added a vandal-targeted subject. Keep your eyes peeled! --Defender 911 22:27, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

*huggles*

Thanks for the barnstar, it was awesome =D G1ggy! 01:11, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Emergency Center Update

James Rolfe (video games) is going to be deleted! HELP!! --Defender 911 10:52, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Re:James Rolfe/Re:Thanks

James Rolfe

It's Ok. No one could do anything. I was at school, and Dep. Garcia was at work.

Thanks

You're my friend. Why wouldn't you be on the message board? :D --Defender 911 20:56, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Give reasoning for your choices

Hi, TomasBat. Thanks for your contributions at WP:MOTD, but can you please justify your reasons for supporting/opposing the mottoes you vote on? Some users may think you're acting unconstructive by supporting fifteen mottoes in a row without giving any reasons, so I'm just trying to help. Thanks again for your help! *Cremepuff222* 00:52, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I see that you've justified your votes on most of the mottoes. Thanks! *Cremepuff222* 01:57, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, I ate your brain...

Thanks. Welcome to the Mindless Zombie Clan! Or if you want, here's your brain.

--Defender 911 23:41, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Welcome message size

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Welcome to VandalProof!

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Age of Mythology

Hiya Tom. AoM recently failed a GA, for reasons cited here. I was wondering if you could help out with referencing, so that we could nominate it again whilst the backlog drive is still running. Thanks in advance. G1ggy! 03:10, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Anything you can do is good. GA reviewers usually expect more on a second (or third, or fourth) review. But if you don't have time, I'm cool with that anyway. G1ggy! 03:32, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for the Random Smiley Award. Wiki 05:27, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! :)

Thank you much for the beautiful smile, dear Tom! You put light in my day - may this little flower put some into yours! :)
Your new friend, Phaedriel - 05:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks very much for the random smiley! :-) --Tim1988 ^talk 11:08, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Admin?

Hiya Tomas. I noticed you would like to be an administrator. I was wondering if you'd like me to nominate you for this position. What do you say? G1ggy! _{Review me!} 23:36, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

  :) – Alensha ^talk 21:21, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

RfA - Part 2

Good luck! G1ggy! _{Review me!} 22:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

6 supports so far. You're doing well. Oh, and could you please archive this page? G1ggy! _{Review me!} 23:18, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Just wanted to point something out: IP addresses are never indefinitely blocked. Good luck with your RFA. :-) · AndonicO ^Talk 22:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually, that should be almost never. We do block tor and open proxies indef :) Majorly (talk | meet) 01:02, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

You made the mature decision, in this case (in withdrawing). Well done in that regard. As for Mythology, your help would be greatly appreciated. When I return from Wikibreak (ish), I might be GA noming it again. - G1ggy ^Talk/_Contribs 01:07, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

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RfA

Hi, I'd suggest you consider withdrawing your RfA. Currently, ten users have supported you, eighteen are opposed, and 5 are neutral. Withdrawing would increase your chances of any subsequent candidacy for an adminship passing. However, if you feel that the current RfA has a chance of passing, please don't withdraw.

And also, it would be a good idea to archive your talk, some users might not like it. BH (T|C) 04:55, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I just got your message, and saw you withdrew your nomination. Hopefully this won't stop you from working here at Wikipedia. If you keep up the good work, you should be be re-nominated sometime by the end of the year, and the chances of it passing should be much higher. BH (T|C) 14:18, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Your RfA

I didn't support? 8-O I am so sorry, and I even saw your nomination. I'll support you next time. ;) —  $PЯINGrαgђ  21:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Re:Your Username

Thanks for the compliments! Happy Editing! Universe=atom^{•Talk•Contributions•} 12:45, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

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My RFA

Thanks for giving your support at my recent RFA. I think you where able to tell that I am not homophobic, nor seeking status or power. I look forward to working with a reasonable, civil editor like yourself in the future. Again, thanks! --Wikihermit ^{(Talk • HermesBot)} 04:45, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

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Day.

Thanks! Acalamari 22:45, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks for the tip

I see you've cleaned up and bolded the new articles I added today. Thanks for the tip on my talk page Massagenj 19:03, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for reverting the vandalism to my userpage

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My apologies; I got mixed up with the screens and accidentally restored the version with vandalism; good bot. ♠TomasBat 02:07, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I just saw the Airbus thing happen. Actually I think a few dozen people, including myself, all hit revert at the same time, which confused everyone, bots included :O) FlowerpotmaN (t · c) 02:12, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Ck lostsword's RfA - Thanks

	Thanks very much for your support in my recent RfA, which passed successfully at 40/2/1, making me Wikipedia's 1,250th administrator. Your comments were much appreciated, and I will endeavour to fulfil your expectations as an admin. ck lostsword • T • C
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Your support is much appreciated - I hope I can be of help. Very experienced is quite a compliment! In the mean time, commiserations on your unsuccessful RfA, and good luck for the future :).

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Re:You're back!

Yeah, I'm back. Sadly, this was not a voluntary break. I was banned from the Internet for weeks. Oh well... :) --Defender 911 23:41, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

P.S. I proposed an ad for the WikiResource Center.

Random Smiley mission

For your contributions to Wikipedia and humanity in general, you are hereby granted the coveted Random Smiley Award
originated by Pedia-I
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--Defender 911 23:01, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

It's helpful to spread the smileyness! Give the message to other users you know! --Defender 911 23:53, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

HELP!

HELP! THE ARCHIVES OF THE RESPONSE CENTER WILL BE DELETED! HELP!!! --Defender 911 17:19, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

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Do you want to advance in the Emergency Response ranks?

1. Respond to emergency calls, OR
2. Contribute to the Response Center in some way.

Oh, by the way, have a great summer!!!

Your WikiPal,

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19:45, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Your Commander has promoted you!

I'm in a really good mood, you're an awesome friend here on Wikipedia, it was nice of you to add the userbox code, and I know you would've responded to the emergency call if you were able too.

Your WikiFriend,

Defender 911

21:45, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

---

I promoted you again for a speedy response to the Wikihermit incident. You were elevated from Responseman Basic to Responseman at the Crisis Center. --Defender 911 13:49, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the Random Smiley Award!

Thanks for the award--it made my day. (Even if I did have to look it up to see what it was.) Riordanmr 23:39, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Bye.

I just wanted to say bye before my flight to California, which leaves at 3:00 PM (EST), and I go to the airport at noon EST. I might be able to check Wikipedia during the trip, but only on occasion. For this reason, I appoint you temporary Commander of the WikiResource Center. Run it well. Anyway, see you later!

Your WikiBuddy,

Defender 911

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Thank you so much, dear Tomas! :)

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Of course

It's posted below. I suggest you take the text, and either create a sandbox to work on it, or work on it offline, but not leave the entire text of the article on this talk page (another words, delete everything but this post). If you expand/improve it significantly, addressing the arguments given during the debate, note that it will not be subject to speedy deletion under CSD G4 as is often misunderstood and misapplied. However, please note that in order to address the arguments, I think the article needs to focus on the topis as it is used (if it used) outside of the book (citing to reliable sources verifiying its content of course). Self-published books are black holes as notability goes. If the focus of the article remains on the book, I don't think that will get you anywhere and will not address the afd debate.--Fuhghettaboutit 01:44, 27 June 2007 (UTC)--Fuhghettaboutit 01:44, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

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Hm... which means that he's putting the block message there for no good reason. What exactly should be done, then? Gscshoyru 15:56, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Duff

I´m not very sure on what to do right now. Gurch´s addition of block templates to users who were not blocked was discussed here, and the result was not blocking him, at that time. ♠TomasBat 16:06, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Please read User talk:Duff/Archive_1, in particular the user's most recent contributions. That their account is not blocked directly is irrelevent. They are banned, by order of this lame excuse for a policy – Gurch 17:03, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

I read more of the stuff and I see that it was a protest, and that the user is not auctually banned, but has the IP blocked, meaning that the user is welcome to edit from another IP. Still, my apologize, since you were trying to help Duff and not to attack the user. ♠TomasBat 01:17, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

No, the user is not welcome to edit from another IP. If they obtain another IP and run Tor on that, it will be blocked as well – Gurch 11:43, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

The user is welcome to edit from any IP that is not an open proxy. I am welcome to edit from any IP that is not an open proxy. Gurch and Tomas are welcome to edit from any IPs that are not open proxies. Banned users are not welcome to edit from any IPs at all, regardless of whether or not the IPs are Tor. ElinorD (talk) 12:51, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

If you one day told me I was only allowed to edit using Internet Explorer, I would be forced to cease editing and consider myself "banned" in the same way. The ban on Tor is just as ridiculous – Gurch 12:53, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

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User:H

Double crisis! H has left Wikipedia and his talk page is protected. I'll go to an admin to unprotect it. --Defender 911 (Leave a message!) 16:36, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

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I've faced massive opposition distrust here on Wikipedia. My intentions are misjudged and ignored. My efforets are unrewarded. I have little if any choice but to leave. --Defender 911 (Leave a message!) 19:57, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

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What's up?

Hey Tomas...I haven't seen you around in ages. How's it going? Giggy ^Talk 01:58, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Same actually. Message if you're about :) ck lostsword•T•C 02:17, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Nice to hear from you....what've you been working on? I'm currently in the middle of a song GA (Starlight (song)), but after that I'm going to get to work on Age of Empires. It would be nice to collaborate together again :) Giggy ^Talk 22:15, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

The song is at GAC - let's start work on AoE! I can reference/patch up the gameplay sections, as an avid player of the game, and you can work on a critical reception/development section. Sounds good? Giggy\^Talk 02:01, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

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Sorry, this is the best I can do: :-D (too lazy to go digging around for templates this late ;-) ). Yeah, I haven't been nearly as active as I would have liked to recently. I'm back now though. :-) ^{P.S. Remind me to help you with the Reception section on AoE3 later this week: I bet a hundred bucks I'll forget. ;-)} Actually, I had one of the first autograph books here on wikipedia (and the first person, I think, to call it that) so I'm annoyed that I don't have more (just kidding)... and then I voted "Delete" on the MfD (because a lot of people overdid it). :-P · AndonicO ^Talk 01:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

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Dear Tomas

While it saddens me somewhat not to see you running for the mop in the near future, in the ned, it's of little consequence. The important thing is that you remain with us, always helpful, kind, and being the wonderful person and friend you are. And by the way, don't think I didn't get your very nice advices for the Today Wikipedian, sweetie - I simply was on break at the time; but I'll put them to good use, you'll see - and thank you so much for taking the time to help with that! :) Love, Phaedriel - 20:53, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

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Hi, my friends and I need some help about how to make some thing in wikipedia. We require your orientation in order to succed in our assignments.

thanks for answering us —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ader51 (talk • contribs) 23:30, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

MfD

Just thought you'd like to know that I've nominated User:TomasBat/Universal Autographs for deletion: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:TomasBat/Universal Autographs. · AndonicO ^Talk 02:11, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

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Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 96 supports, 1 oppose, and 3 neutrals. No matter if you !voted support, oppose, neutral, I thank you for taking the time to drop by. I'm a new admin remember, so if you have any suggestions feel free to inform me of them. I would like to give a special shout out to Hirohisat, Wizardman, and Husond, for there original co-nominations. Thank you once again and good day.

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This RFA thanks was inspired by Phaedriel's RFA thanks. So unfortunatly this is not entirely my own design.

HelLo TomasBat (Tec de monterrey project)

Hello im a new user of wikipedia and im working at an english project (you offered us help, im part of the shocked heads team)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/ITESM_Campus_Toluca

My first step is to create a "stub" and upload it, But i dont know how to make that contribution

Help me please, we have time yet but id like to make it as sooner as possible.

Thank you for your time, i know you speak spanish very well but this project has to be in english. Thanks!

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Thanks!!

One last favor Tomas,

We have to find people working at different schools in U.S.A. and Canada.

The difficult part is that we have to talk to them and ask about the department of our major.

Do you know people in those countries that we can contact?

Thank yo for the tip

--Flea 1100962 23:21, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Subst:'ing {{User:TomasBat/Welcome}}

Hi Xn4. Just a friendly reminder: Don't forgot to Subst {{User:TomasBat/Welcome}} when adding it to user talk pages, by adding subst: to it. Cheers and happy editing, ♠TomasBat 02:32, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, TomasBat. I've added the 'subst:' to the memo on my Sandbox page. regards, Xn4 02:47, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Substing welcome templates

Hello Kylu. I remembered these comments: [6] and [7], and this huge amount of edits coming from your part; so I substed transclusions of my welcome template made by other users, and I substed transclusions of some other welcome templates as well. But then, I ran into this welcome template and, since that welcome template's level of transclusion wasn't very small, I started to wonder whether all that should be substed, also considering that that template's level of transclusion was less than 500 compared to the over 1300 level of transclusion of my welcome template, that is was smaller, that it isn't changed very frequently, and that the user who created it is more experienced than me (meaning that the probabilities of that user having a logical and valid reason for not substing are higher). So, is it worth the effort? Should I/anyone subst them all? The answer to this question will also determine my future as a "welcome-template-subster". ♠TomasBat 03:49, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to copy this section (and my reply) to your talkpage. I'm a proponent of the keep-chatter-in-one-place method, but many aren't.

Firstly, without AWB, substing each one of those is going to be a pain. While the note should be substed, it might be easier in this instance to simply leave Andrevan a note and have him do it. If he's unable to, someone else probably can. An additional problem with your template, though, wasn't the sheer number of times it was used (though that certainly didn't help) but the amount of sub-template transclusion that was involved also: Templates using templates using templates, all with one choke-point that could've caused the server to choke were it changed. His is pretty much just text. Thanks for your concern, however. ~Kylu (u|t) 05:20, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the backup

Thanks for cleaning up after me on my vandalism warning to Sundevil92264. I had originally left a level-2 warning using substitution, but when I thought better of it and changed to a level-1, I forgot to include the subst: tag. dhett ^{(talk • contribs)} 04:22, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

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Mentor

Hi Tomas! My name is Cristina and I am part of the International All Stars group. I was wondering if you would like to be our mentor. I know you speak spanish very well and we will be pleased if we can count with some of your help. Please answer us as quick as possible to the following link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/ITESM_Campus_Toluca/International_All_Star

Thankss!!

Crisp26 15:28, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your welcome but actually i know very well about Wikipedia.I am an admin on tr.wiki and i am on duty at the moment for vandalism.Not much going on at tr.wikipedia so i decide to take some of vandalism back here.Anyway thanks again have fun.--Pusat 23:30, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

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My RfA

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hi

Hi Our names are Ingrid and arturo and we are Thelmadatter`s student… I need help, because I want to know if this Letters are ok, for a n INQUIERY LETTER and for a SALES one….

If you can help me I appreciate the help… thanks a lot…

The miss is going to grade everything, from the spelling , to grammar and fomrlaity, also the commas and the format of the letter(incuding directions)

THANKS A LOT We appreciate it…. If u can help us… U can go to: User: Thelmadatter

Then click in group pages and then in Los_ Pancakes

THIS IS THE INQUIRY NE

Ingrid Muniz President of Association of Students, IIS ITESM University Eduardo Monroy Cardenas, EDOMEX CO 50110 MEXICO

September 25, 2007

Dr. Michael Bolton, Professor Harvard University Massachusetts Avenue, MA CO 60033 USA

Dear Sir:

I am a student at the ITESM University and I’m organizing a conference about knowledge based design methodology for manufacturing assembly lines and continuous

The deadline for admission is October 30.

Enclosed is an admissions form; you can find more information on the colloquium at the page: micampus.itesm.mx

Thank you for your time, it is appreciated

Sincerely,

President of Association of IIS students. Writing

THIS IS THE SALES ONE

Ingrid Muniz Sales Manager YOUR HOME, Inc. 5th Avenue New York, NY CO 10031 USA

September 30, 2007

Justin Timberlake Manager Wal-Mart INC Florida Main Street Florida, FL 33411 U.S.A.

Dear Sir:

We want to give you an opportunity that you may not have again: Owning a house in the most luxurious part of L.A. Located in one of the most important states in the USA: California. You will be the neighbor of Lindsay Lohan, Tom Hanks, Leonardo Di Caprio and many other famous people! You will see them everyday walking in the park. But we don’t offer you only this, we still have more. Our houses are built with the most secure materials. You will never have problems with anything in your house. You won’t have to worry about cleaning or maintaining, somebody else will do it for you! For the rest of your life! Also we have the most different models, from a classic house, to a minimalist one! You can choose either if you want to live next to the beach or next to the hottest clubs in L.A! You and your family will be very happy, because we offer you 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 kitchens, 2 dinning rooms, 3 tv rooms, and of course, you can exercise in your own gym or maybe play tennis with your wife, while your kids are swimming in the most secure pool in the world. Because it has cameras underwater connected to a portatil tv that you can have with you anytime!

Don’t lose this opportunity, you are a very important person, and we want you and your family to have the best! If you want to know more about us, you can go to www.yourhome.com or call to 42834892 where our operators can help you and inform you.

We are looking forward your well-being!

Sincerely

Ingrid Muniz, Sales Ma —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.254.101.49 (talk) 16:57, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

AoE3.

Hehe, I told you I'd forget. :) I'll go over that now, but I won't be able to significantly add to it until tomorrow morning. · AndonicO ^Talk 22:30, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

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Hi, I was wondering what is the standard 'allignment' for Wikipedia articles? If there is no required 'allignment' I was thinking it might be more appropriate to change the layout of articles so that they are justified rather then left alligned. Only a suggestion, please reply with your opinion and any comments you may have.
Coding: (<)div style="text-align: justify;"(>)TEXT(<)/div(>) - Remember to remove the brackets "( )". -Jack 05:02, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Just replying to let you know that I appreciate the reply and I have started a new discussion in the 'Manual of Style' 'Talk Page' (thanks for the suggestion) and I will soon find out if it is appropriate or not. Hahaha, I don't want or plan to change all of Wikipedia's 2,032,244 articles, so that they are all justified. That's crazy!! Especially if only one person is to do it! -Jack 04:52, 2 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stealth Carbon Eagle (talk • contribs)

That sort of thing wouldn't be made to every single article; it would be made to the main style sheet of the website. EVula // talk // ☯ // 05:12, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Okay...would you mind then explaining to me what the 'main style sheet of...[a]... website' is? Thanks -Jack 05:44, 2 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stealth Carbon Eagle (talk • contribs)

I recommend reading up on Cascading Style Sheets. Pretty much every modern website utilizes CSS. EVula // talk // ☯ // 06:01, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Let me get this straight. The 'main style sheet of...[a]... website' is CSS, as it sounds like what your saying. But what I don't get then is what you mean by this "That sort of thing wouldn't be made to every single article; it would be made to the main style sheet of the website." - How does this relate to my initial post? -Jack 06:37, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

You mentioned how you didn't want to edit each of Wikipedia's 2 million+ articles. To achieve the effect you're talking about (justified text, as opposed to left-aligned), you wouldn't edit every single article; you'd only have to edit the style sheet, and then all the pages would show that change. EVula // talk // ☯ // 13:52, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I see. So what you're saying is that if I edit the style of one article it will in turn modify the style of every article...so, for curiosity's sake only, where is the style sheet located for all of the articles? Jack 04:11, 3 October 2007 (UTC)- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stealth Carbon Eagle (talk • contribs)

You can take a look at all the various styles on Wikipedia at MediaWiki:Monobook.css and MediaWiki:Common.css. EVula // talk // ☯ // 04:17, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm...another question (that has come to me after thinking about the way you have phrased your responses) I would like to ask is that if I change the style sheet and save it, will I only see the changes or will everyone see the changes? -Jack 04:31, 3 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stealth Carbon Eagle (talk • contribs)

Well, pages in the MediaWiki namespace can only be edited by administrators. However, you could edit Special:Mypage/monobook.css and have any changes you wanted applied across the entire site, and they would be limited to you and you alone (for example, if you wanted to make the background black and the text green, you could do so).
I think additional comments might be best made on my talk page, unless TomasBat enjoys having a running conversation on his talk page that he's not really a part of. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 05:29, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Hahaha, yeah that's a good point. You seem to be replying more times then he does. Hahaha, he probably enjoys the argument and is reading it so he can prepare himself for the answer next time this topic comes about. Anyway, I was just thinking, that maybe it would be a good idea, theoritically speaking, to have all the articles on one subject (or topic) justified, rather then having to change the style sheet for all of the articles. What are your thoughts? -Jack 06:29, 3 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stealth Carbon Eagle (talk • contribs)

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hello!!

hi i was wondering if you could help me with an article that i am trying to edit, the article's name is borregos salvajes, i have the changes i am going to make but i need someone to check it, i hope you can help me with this issue, how can i send you the information??. also i wanted to know if you could tell me how to upload pictures into a wikipedia article?

thanks for your time and i hope you can answer me soon.

have a nice day.

please answer me to my user page PePe_4 at this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:PePe_4.

sincerely: jose luis gonzalez escobar —Preceding unsigned comment added by PePe 4 (talk • contribs) 22:22, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!!

hello i just want to thank you for your answer, i hope i can upload the info by tomorrow (sunday) and i hope you can check it, all the images that i want to add are logos of american football teams of mexico, and i just want to know if the license ir required or what should i do to upload it, have a nice wekeend and i will send you the info firts time tomorrow. —Preceding unsigned comment added by PePe 4 (talk • contribs) 06:57, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

hello Tomas here is the info that i told you about i hope you can check it and tell me if its correct, its a little long so i hope you dont hate me jajaja, thank you...

i hope to hear from you very soon, you can answer me at my page like the last time, have a nice day.

just two more questions there is another thing that i want to do for the article i wish to upload the images of the teams, their logos, in each section of the diferent teams, and i would loke to know if you could tell me how can i do that, the images i download it from the websites where i found the info, so what should i do, and the other question is if i have to do more wikilinks, i am not sure if that is the name, but what i mean is how much words should be like this bla bla bla i hope you could understand me and i hope to hear from you very soon, see you...

sincerely PePe_4

Borregos Salvajes

Borregos Salvajes is the name of all collage sports teams that represents the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey since the foundation in 1943 in different sports like: basketball, volleyball, football and soccer in all the different categories both manly and feminine.

ONEFA

The Organización Nacional Estudiantil de Fútbol Americano (National College Organization of American Football) it´s the result of very important football organizations. Among with this team also was born the Club Deportivo Internacional (International Sports Club). And in 1929 was instituted the first official summon for a championship, by Jorge Braniff.

This was the beginning of football in our country. First major category, later the second and third force, later the fourth arises, some years later infantile, etc. In 1970 it takes the name of National League and in 1978 ONEFA is finally created.

College American Football

Borregos Salvajes are best known for the college American Football representations of ITESM campus across Mexico. The three most successful College American Football Borregos teams are those from Campus Estado de México, Campus Monterrey and Campus Toluca. Whenever these three teams meet, the game is considered a derby.

Since the ITESM first competed in the ONEFA, the many Borregos teams have dominated the league, with most of the championships going to one ITESM team. However, since these events are only recent, most other participants don't consider the Borregos to have a great history.

Campus Toluca ONEFA Team

This team begins in the mayor league in 1995, when most of the players were rookies, at the beginning their seasons weren’t exactly what they expected, but with the pass of the years the team has become more important and more competitive, the players had earned a lot of experience throw the games played. In 1997 the team has an administrational change, and with a new head coach they managed to climb to the “10 Grandes” conference.

The first years at the maximum circuit were difficult but promising. The team shows the desire of being protagonist and their zeal to improve keeps growing every day. At 2000, another head coach starts to lead this team, and with some other committed staff members, they managed to stay at the conference and figurate as one of the most important teams in the league.

These days the team is coming throw bad times as a consequence of a trouble during a preseason game, but the administration of the ITESM Campus Toluca is trying to fix this issue, spite of all this team has the spirit and the hope to come throw.

Campus Monterrey ONEFA Team

In 1945 a group of young students from an emerging educational institution, came together to create a team of a little known sport called football, for the purpose of complying with an invitation of the newly created team of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (Autonomous University of Nuevo León), they never thought that they would be giving birth to an icon of the culture area.

The first classic of this region was played on November 20, 1945, and the team won by marker 12-7. From 1945 to 1947 Borregos compete in a league with the local teams Tigres and Gatos Negros. But thanks to the rapidly growth of football in Monterrey, the second force league was established in 1946. When the first force season 1947-1948 arrived, Borregos under the command of a new head coach, Leroy Willeford obtained their first victory in a first force classic on Nov. 8, 1947.

The next year, on Dec. 11, 1948, Borregos won their first championship in the mayor category. On July 17, 1950, was inaugurated the Estadio Tecnológico (Technological Stadium). Borregos won the mayor league trophy in 1950, 1951, 1953, 1958 and 1959. Borregos were crowned champions in 1962-1964. In 1965 the team was not formed by a decision of the ITESM, but returned the next year.

In 1974, with a new head coach, Julio Ayala, Borregos Salvajes became the new national champions. In 1985, Coach Frank inherited a team that will get the crown in 1987, 1988 and 1989, of the National Conference, of the newly created ONEFA. After losing the title despite advancing to the postseason in 1991 and 1992, Borregos Salvajes started the 1993 campaign with the assurance that they were on the right track to achieve its first national champions trophy at the “10 Grandes” conference.

In 1994, Frank González and his team repeated as monarchs of the ONEFA. And since 1996 they began a run that until today is kept alive. They are present at all the major finals of the highest level of student football in Mexico. Currently Borregos Salvajes are renowned throughout the Mexican republic, and their games are viewed through the main television sports channel, ESPN, in the entire continent.

Campus State of Mexico ONEFA Team

Since the foundation of the State of Mexico campus in 1976, the sport is regarded as an "essential activity in the comprehensive education of our students." One of the sports that had greater acceptance and support from the campus community has been the Football.

This sport began to take place in the year 1979, in the intermediate category, and in 1984 already had teams in 3 different categories: Youth A, AA and Intermediate, and since 6 years ago Mayor Category. The mayor league team began in 1994 participating in the ONEFA. The team won the second place.

In the year 1996 with a record of 11 wins with no defeats, finally the team achieves the championship of the national conference, which gave this team the opportunity to play at the highest level in the country. In the first appearance in the conference, the 4th place was obtained with a record of 5 wins and 5 losses, losing the semifinal.

The year 2000 marked the beginning of what will be the dynasty of Borregos, and in this year they won the more desired title by the players, the championship in the of "10 Grandes " conference. In the following years the team had setbacks since it was never the main goal, however not ceased to be on the first 3 places of the table.

Football its a sport that requires not only strength but also intelligence and especially attitude: not to be overcome, courage and fight against adversity. This is what Borregos Salvajes have demonstrated year after year, because in the past 12 years the team have been involved in 34 finals, of which the team have achieved 22 championships and 12 second places.

Campus Mexico City ONEFA Team

Football in Mexico City campus had its origins in the year 1992, the year in which barely combined two categories: Youth "A", and Intermediate. Football was a new sport on the campus, and that is why student’s participation was low. However, there were young people who trusted and formed part of the team since its inception, thus marking the beginning of a joint history, the football as a traditional sport in the Mexico City campus.

The year 1994 marked the beginning of a new phase with the arrival of coach Manuel "Pibe" Vallarí, with his presence there was a restructuring, which made the effort to recruit players from outside the campus, inviting them to play and study within an institution of great prestige and level.

In 1995, Borregos Salvajes played its first championship in the free intermediate category, which prompted the interest and desire to be part of the team to a greater number of students, thereby creating the possibility of launching a mayor league team on campus.

In 1996, Borregos Salvajes obtained the championship of Youth "AA" CONA league, noting that the competitive level of this team was on the rise. In that same year the scholarship program began for student development of football players, which opens the mayor league team at the campus in 1997, with young players with great potential, the national conference of the ONEFA.

The new stage of football in Mexico City campus began in 1999 with the arrival of head coach, Jaime Antonio Martinez Celaya. For the 2000 season, Borregos Salvajes of were listed as the big favorites to reach the championship, and so they did it, they won the championship that gave him a spot in the “10 Grandes” conference.

Since 2001 until 2004, Borregos Salvajes only were able to win 1 game in the conference. Due to the lack of positive results, the administration decides to hire a new head coach, Mario Revuelta Zúñiga, and immediately the results improve and Youth A team achieves the championship undefeated and mayor league team managed to win 3 matches, the same story was repeated in 2005. For 2006 an advisory committee was created where both Mexico City campus and Santa Fé campus cooperate together to strengthen the football program and decided to have a new head coach, César Martínez Sánchez.

These days the team is at the 10 Grandes conference, and they keep working hard and seeking for better results.

What Happened

What happened to your fake new message bar. Cheers_Ad@m.J.W.C. 01:56, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply, I don't know why anyone would worry about such a little thing like that. Someone said that it was confusing, how could it be confusing, after the first click all you have to do is click the backward arrow to go back to where you were. The whole idea was to trick someone anyway. When I first saw yours I thought it was quite cool. I guess some people have nothing better to worry about. Cheers_Ad@m.J.W.C. 05:17, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

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HELP! International All Stars

Hi Tomas! My name is Cristina and I was wondering if you could help me.. The thing is that for my Writing Assignment I had to chose one article of Wikipedia and make the respective changes.. (one article that needs to be cleanup). My group and I chose the one that talk about Halloween. Now, the problem is that when we tried to change it, put save page and everything, the article kept the context it had before.

I think that is because the page is blocked or something. I hope there is something we can do to solve this inconvenient. I would really appreciate your help with this situation as sooner as possible. Thank you very much.

PS: It would be nice if you can write your response in our talk page.

THAAANKSS!

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ACID

The article Atom, which you voted for the Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive on July 31, and was removed on September 11, because on one got around to choosing it as the winner, has been renominated and needs votes. Zginder 14:31, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

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Wow...you have been working hard

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The development section looks quite good to me. I think the main thing would be to massively trim the gameplay sections - compare Age of Mythology now, to what the gameplay was like when it passed GA (use the article history on the talk page). By the way, if you're online, can you get on MSN (if you have it)? Dihydrogen Monoxide 22:16, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

TOM! ^^

hi... thanks for helping me set up the 'clarendon house grammar school' page... ...im still new to this :S

but on that page, I was trying to get the school logo... but if you go to the page, it doesnt come up with a picture... it just has some red writing O_o how can i fix this?

thanks

xx —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.147.208.75 (talk) 16:42, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Symbol (typeface)

Symbol does not contain glyphs for the latin alphabet. I'm curious as to whether you were comparing the shapes of the latin and greek alphabet, or latin in times new roman to latin as it shows up in your default font (since glyphs are not available in symbol) - in other words when you typed b, does it look more like "b" or like "β"?

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Hola

Saludos TomasBat, mi nombre es Roger, te escribo en castellano ya que veo que lo tienes como lengua materna y mi inglés es algo regular. Solo comentarte que estoy registrado en la wikipedia en castellano y catalán respectivamente y ahora me he registrado al inglés para crear la pagina de mi pueblo (Xerta). De momento no tengo tiempo para mejorarla pero intentaré hacerlo puesto que en mi pueblo hay bastantes inmigrantes ingleses y mucho turismo relacionado con la pesca en el río Ebro, así que creo que será interesante. Bueno, hasta la próxima. Saludos! Osikerda1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Osikerda1 (talk • contribs) 18:05, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

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Rollback

Hello TomasBat, I see you're on vacation at the moment, but I wanted to inform you that I've granted rollback rights to your account. The reason for this is that you are an effective vandal-fighter, and know the difference between a good-faith edit and vandalism; as such, I can trust you to use rollback correctly. If you don't want rollback, let me know and I'll remove it, but in the meantime, I hope you're having a good vacation. Good luck. Acalamari 04:15, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) I am sure you will use it well. Acalamari 20:21, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I need help. . .

Can you constructively help me with this? I am slightly completely unprepared for it, Thanks for your help! Sincerely, Sir Intellegence - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 23:57, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks for the Barnstars! I love them both! Swirlex (talk) 11:35, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

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He "reincarnated" as User:Eye of the Mind sometime after he left as The Random Editor.   jj137 ^♠ 03:36, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, after his account was compromised and the Main Page was deleted.   jj137 ^♠ 02:13, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:Re:Help nedded...

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TomasBat/Archive, Thank you for your support in my RFA which passed 43/0/1. I would like to especially thank Bibliomaniac15 for being my nominator and admin coach. I would also like to thank Rudget for being my co-nominator. I'm sure that I can live up to the community's expectations as an administrator, and not totally mess everything up. I think I've come a long way since you welcome me, and as I have said before, I believe that act was detrimental to my editing future. Thanks again for your support! Malinaccier (talk) 17:24, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

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Partial list of stubs/short articles created or rewritten by Adv A students

I know there are a lot here but many are very short stubs. If there are a lot of grammar mistakes, just tag it with a clean up tag. I did not require that they wikify the articles due to time. Final versions for grading purposes are due Tue Feb 5 so any help you can give would be appreciated.

Santa Clara del Cobre, San Felipe del Progreso, Villa de allende, Ixtapan del Oro, Zumpahuacán, San Juan del Río, Nautla, Santo_tomas_de_los_platanos, Tejupilco, Saint Vincent (island), Jilotepec, Tlacotepec, Palizada, Santa Gertrudis (This student wrote about the town in Oaxaca State but it redirects to Misión Santa Gertrudis in Baja California. The student´s stub is under the information about the mission), Álvaro Obregón (municipality), Zentla, Bernal, Querétaro, Temoaya, Acambay, Xpu Há, Chapa de Mota, Pasorapa, Huasca_de_Ocampo, Malinalco, Mexico State, Almoloya de Júarez, Polotitlan, Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexicaltzingo, Lagunillas, Michoacán, [Ixcateopan]], Benito Júarez, Quintana Roo, Jocotitlan, Ixtlahuaca, Temascaltepec, Teapa, Tabasco, Huandacareo, Zualcapan, México, Capulhuac, Xalatlaco, Boca del Cielo

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More stubs!!! (the last major batch, I promise!)

Malinalco, Valle, Tlalpujahua, Xonotla, Otumba, Aculco de Espinoza, Lerma, Tonatico, Luvianos, Tarimoro, Guanajuato, Tambopata - Candamo, Donato Guerra, Angangeo, Huixquilucan, Tlatlaya, Jiquipilco, Juchitepec

Again thanks! The students are taking your tagging their articles to heart. Thelmadatter (talk) 20:34, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Four more stubs

Otzoloapan, San Jose Villa de Allende, Temascalcingo, El Oro Thelmadatter (talk) 23:50, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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While looking throuhg various pages on google that contained the phrase Coin945 in it, i came across a conversation in which you spoke to an administrator, trying to get him/her to put them into my userpage, just so i could have the proudness of creating a huge informative article (no matter how bad it was!!). Making those articles were a big milestone for me in my article-creating technique and i deeply thank you for trying to uncover them. Im sorry i wasn't able to reply to you but year 8 was a very hectic year and i barely had time to go onto wikipedia for editing purposes. Anyhow, thanks again and im sorry it took so long to reply.--Coin945 (talk) 11:57, 2 March 2008 (UTC) D

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Hey, I was wondering if you could make me an ad? If you want to, I'll tell you the details.--Blackwatch21 (talk) 20:03, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. It doesn't need to be perfect. All I want is a grey background (like our userbox which is on WikiProject Xbox). Then I want to have the WikiProject Xbox logo (again our WikiProject) on the left side and I want to say Intersted in (over) Xbox and Xbox 360?(under), Next slide Join (over) WikiProject Xbox(under). For the font use white and use a similar font style and size of the ad as this ad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Qxz-ad31.gif. Thanks again.--Blackwatch21 (talk) 21:56, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Great job that looks great. Again thanks for the help.--Blackwatch21 (talk) 18:32, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

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Re: pl:WikiProjekt:Racibórz

Hi :) Thans for your link to image workshop. I hope now my idea is in good hands.

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Any chance of a five award when the FA becomes a TFA.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 05:07, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

No additional work really goes into the process from FA to TFA, don't see much of a point for that. Cirt (talk) 23:52, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

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Hey, I realise this is your baby, so I'm talking to you before making any more changes! I've already been fiddling with the winners' list a little, and I've left a message on User talk:TomasBat/Four Award. I think this is a really great idea, and it's something I'd like to support. (While I'm here, what are your thoughts on moving this into the Wikipedia space?) J Milburn (talk) 14:58, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

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O. W. Holmes Jr.

A tyrant who's judicial relativism has destroyed the Constitution. Men and women have died and are dying for this country supposedly to support and defend the Constitution and our natural rights. The reality is that those sacrifices have been twisted to allow a corrupt judiciary to deprive people of Constitutional rights and replace them with judicial relativism.

The value judgment that he was a great judge is a lie and ignores the horrific impact of his disregard of the Constitution and imposing a Krytocracy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkcimini (talk • contribs) 15:35, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Men and women have died and are dying for this country supposedly to support and defend the Constitution and our natural rights. The reality is that those sacrifices have been twisted to allow a corrupt judiciary to deprive people of Constitutional rights and replace them with judicial relativism. O. W. Holmes Jr. is seen as a great jurist when in fact his seeds of judicial relativism have destroyed the Constitution. Relativism or progressive are both code words for Socialist overturning of Constitutional rights.

Just look at the Kelo decision as an example. That property still has not been developed. Additionally the Common Law constraints historically imposed on takings were completely ignored (e.g., equal access protections and government intervention in price setting). Suck takings would have been unheard of by the founding fathers and seen as treason.

When reading the Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers you see that the containment of the evils of government is a great concern. Containment of the judiciary's evils was 1) the judiciary did not control "the purse strings of government" and 2 ) the judiciary would be bound by the common law and precedence. Well so much for the latter; judicial relativism has taken out that protection. Judicial relativism does away with the constraints of Common Law principles (separate and distinct from Common Law case law which was the Common Law principles as applied to the specifics in the case). And given Federal Title IV money being funneled into state judicial coffers completely void of legislative oversight.

Seeing that tyrant as anything but a tyrant is a form of re-education and justification for ignoring Constitutional provisions.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkcimini (talk • contribs) 15:50, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Mkcimini, you seem to be unaware that it takes at least five Justices to render a Supreme Court decision. In any event, Holmes was in the minority for almost the entire time of his service on the Court. Please stop inserting your unbalanced opinion into the article. bd2412 T 16:45, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

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Neutral is not claiming a tyrant as a hero. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkcimini (talk • contribs) 19:34, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

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Apology

I realise that I shouldn't really remove your request to ArbCom without your permission [10] and I apologise for doing so. I hope in the circumstances (the request having effectively been actioned without the need for ArbCom involvement), you will not mind too much. WJBscribe (talk) 16:25, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

No need to apologise: of course I don't mind. :) ♠TomasBat 17:39, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

The Book of Sand

Hey Tomas, I've left a cmt on the DYK page. Ceoil ^sláinte 15:31, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

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TCG

Hey, just wanted to thank you for reviewing the rules I proposed today! Hopefully we can breathe some life back into this project; I love the idea and definitely want to make it happen. Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)} 07:34, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

NP. Thank you for your enthusiasm! ♠TomasBat 00:14, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

I noticed on the Wikipedia:Trading card game/Action plan/Phase 1:Rules, the word vote is always printed with an exclamation point before it: !vote. I was going to change this, but then I thought maybe there was some significance for the strangely consistent apparent typo. Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)} 01:54, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

!vote means that the result of the poll is not binding and absolute, but more of a way of "testing the waters" of editor opinion. The exclamation point before "vote" is meant to emphasize that the poll is more of a way of aiding consensus, and not something absolutely definitive. ♠TomasBat 22:30, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

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Just curious

Hey, you said "I can't believe the notice has lasted for so long, with all the harm it is doing given the current 'In the news' item." (Talk:List of billionaires). Which in the news items were you referring to? I'm just curious. ~a (user • talk • contribs) 14:21, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

The one that reads: "Carlos Slim becomes the first non-U.S. citizen to top Forbes’ list of billionaires since 1994." ♠TomasBat 20:14, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Ohhhhhh. "In the news" as in the front page of Wikipedia. Gotcha. ~a (user • talk • contribs) 00:15, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 21 June 2010

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The Wikipedia Signpost: 9 August 2010

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• Sister projects: Strategic Planning update

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• Book review: Cognitive Surplus, by Clay Shirky

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The Signpost: 13 September 2010

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• WikiProject report: Getting the picture – an interview with the Graphic lab

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The Milhist election has started!

The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has started. You are cordially invited to help pick fourteen new coordinators from a pool of twenty candidates. This time round, the term has increased from six to twelve months so it is doubly important that you have your say! Please cast your vote here no later than 23:59 (UTC) on Tuesday, 28 September 2010.

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The Signpost: 20 September 2010

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• In the news: Rush Limbaugh falls for Wikipedia hoax, Public Policy Initiative, Nature cites Wikipedia

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The Signpost: 27 September 2010

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The Signpost: 4 October 2010

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• Book review: Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia, by Joseph Reagle

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MfD nomination of User:TomasBat/Drafts

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• WikiProject report: WikiProject Smithsonian Institution

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Wikipedia:Trading card game

We're wrapping up the democratic rules approval process. Please reveiw Wikipedia:Trading card game/Action plan/Phase 1:Rules/Rules approval‎ and review the ruleset. If no changes are made to it within 7 days, then we will proceed next week with the card nomination and approval process.

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The Signpost: 18 October 2010

• News and notes: Wikipedia fundraiser event, Frankfurt book fair, news in brief

• WikiProject report: Show Me the Money: WikiProject Numismatics

• Features and admins: A week for marine creatures

• Dispatches: Common issues seen in Peer review

• Arbitration report: Climate change case closes after 4 months

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The Signpost: 25 October 2010

• News and notes: Mike Godwin leaves the Foundation, ArbCom election announced

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• WikiProject report: Nightmare on Wiki Street: WikiProject Horror

• Features and admins: The best of the week

• ArbCom interview: So what is being an arbitrator actually like?

• Arbitration report: Case closes within 1 month

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The Signpost: 1 November 2010

• News and notes: Foundation's finances, geodata milestone, interim counsel, museum conference

• In the news: Airplane construction with Wikipedia, lessons from the strategy project, logic over rhetoric

• WikiProject report: Scoring with WikiProject Ice Hockey

• Features and admins: Good-lookin' slugs and snails

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• In the news: WP prose praised, Public Policy update, education debate, WP documentary

• WikiProject report: WikiProject California

• Features and admins: No, not science fiction—real science

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We'd like to thank you for contributing

We'd like to show our appreciation for those who have so far contributed significantly by offering the MVP's of the design process the opportunity to select one nonfeatured article to appear in the trading card game. Your name is on our list of MVP's. Please submit your proposal here. See you there! Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)} 05:21, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 November 2010

• News and notes: Fundraisers start for Wikipedia and Citizendium; controversial content and leadership

• In the news: How big can Wikipedia pictures get?; fundraising season

• WikiProject report: Sizzling: WikiProject Bacon

• Features and admins: Of lakes and mountains

• Dispatches: A guide to the Good Article Review Process

• Arbitration report: No cases this week; Amendments filed on Climate Change and Date Delinking; Motion passed on EEML

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Happy birthday!

« CA » ^{What your problem?} 09:36, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 November 2010

• News and notes: No further Bundesarchiv image donations; Dutch and German awards; anniversary preparations

• In the news: Jimbo Wales interviewed and parodied; Wikipedia in politics

• Book review: The Myth of the Britannica, by Harvey Einbinder

• WikiProject report: WikiProject College Football

• Features and admins: The best of the week

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• WikiProject report: Celebrate WikiProject Holidays

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• Election report: Voting in full swing

• Arbitration report: New case: Longevity; Biophys topic ban likely to stay in place

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• GLAM-WIKI London: British Museum hosts two days of talks between Wikimedia and the cultural sector

• WikiLeaks: Repercussions of the WikiLeaks cable leak

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• In the news: Confusion about Wikileaks continues, Wikipedia vs. Britannica in India, and more

• Rencontres Wikimédia: Wikimedia and the cultural sector: two days of talks in Paris.

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Algae

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• Election report: The community has spoken

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• News and notes: Article Alerts back from the dead, plus news in brief

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The Signpost: 27 December 2010

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• In the news: Designing Wikipedia and the origin of page histories; brief news

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• Features and admins: The best of the week

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The Signpost: 3 January 2011

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• WikiProject report: Where are they now? Redux

• Features and admins: Featured sound choice of the year

• Arbitration report: Motion proposed in W/B – Judea and Samaria case

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The Signpost: 10 January 2011

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• WikiProject report: Her Majesty's Waterways

• Features and admins: Featured topic of the year

• Arbitration report: World War II case comes to a close; ban appeal, motions, and more

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The Signpost: 17 January 2011

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• Sister projects: Upcoming steward elections, and a retrospective on stewards' work in 2010

• WikiProject report: Talking wicket with WikiProject Cricket

• Features and admins: First featured picture from the legally disputed NPG images; two Chicago icons

• Arbitration report: New case: Shakespeare authorship question; lack of recent input in Longevity case

• Technology report: January Engineering Update; Dutch Hack-a-ton; brief news

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Thanks

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Thank you

Dear Tomas, thank you so much for the smile. On a day like this, I could use it.:)--A.S. Brown (talk) 02:16, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Random Smiley Award

Thank you! - Ahunt (talk) 02:31, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Random Smiley Award

Thank you!--Forward Unto Dawn 02:34, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Re: Random Smiley Award

My Goodness: this is unexpected! Thank you so much: you certainly did help brighten my day! It makes me happy to know there are people like you on Wikipedia. :) Yves (talk) 02:35, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Big Smile

Thanks for making my day :) Narracan3824 (talk) 02:36, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Smiley

Thanks for the Smiley. :-) - PKM (talk) 02:37, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Re: Random Smiley Award

Thank you very much! What a pleasant surprise. :-) Graham87 02:38, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

A big thanks from me too! Not sure what I've done lately for humanity but think my fingers are getting shorter.. :-)We hope (talk) 02:42, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

And me three! WhisperToMe (talk) 02:44, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Simley

Here's a completely non-random thank you :) --Falcadore (talk) 02:45, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Smiley

Thanks. It had to have been truly random....Good thing you didn't know what I was up to! :) Student7 (talk) 02:53, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Random smiley

Thanks for the smiley. I'd ask what it was for, but it was random. Useight (talk) 04:17, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Smiley Award

Thank you. You made my day. --Meno25 (talk) 20:11, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Smiley

Thank you --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 20:27, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the award!

Looking at the last dozen or so posts, it seems I'm not the only one to receive the Random Smiley Award from you, TomasBat, but thank you nonetheless! Oxguy3 tc 22:15, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the award!

You made a boring evening of homework into a happy one. Thanks!--Ashershow1_talk 01:56, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the award!

I'm humble for receiving the award. Thank you for making WP a more pleasant and collegial space. --Visik (talk) 01:59, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you very much for the Smiley!! Many smiles to you too!! --Funandtrvl (talk) 17:44, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

There Are More Things

Please look at the listing. Thanks! Kiefer.Wolfowitz (talk) 19:50, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 January 2011

• News and notes: Wikimedia fellow working on cultural collaborations; video animation about Wikipedia; brief news

• In the news: The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited; Wikipedia still failing to fail; brief news

• WikiXDC: Wikipedians celebrate anniversary with US National Archives in Washington, D.C.

• WikiProject report: Life Inside the Beltway

• Features and admins: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: 23 editors submit evidence in 'Shakespeare' case, Longevity case awaits proposed decision, and more

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The Signpost: 31 January 2011

• News and notes: Executive Director travels; DMCA takedowns; fellowship clarifications; brief news

• In the news: Facebook hack; gender gap; What is the Wikipedia "community"?; brief news

• The Science Hall of Fame: Building a pantheon of scientists from Wikipedia and Google Books

• WikiProject report: WikiWarriors

• Features and admins: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: Evidence in Shakespeare case moves to a close; Longevity case awaits proposed decision; AUSC RfC

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DYK for There Are More Things

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I can't believe you're back! My edits have sort of slackened a bit, but it's good to be a constructive and helpful contributor. How are you? --Delta1989 (talk/contributions) 03:25, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

I know - it really does seem like so long ago. I can hardly believe that the person that got blocked so many years ago is me; I was such a different person back then. Of course, I wish you all the best and know that you will be a great editor here on Wikipedia! --Delta1989 (talk/contributions) 13:43, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 08 August 2011

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The Signpost: 05 September 2011

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• WikiProject report: Riding with WikiProject London Transport

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• Featured content: The best of the week

• Opinion essay: The copyright crisis, and why we should care

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The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at Carthage and Australia in Palestine Op-ed: Remembering 9/11

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• In the news: 9/11 coverage, Wikimedia hypothetically rebranded and Wikipedia golf 2.0

• WikiProject report: Politics in the Pacific: WikiProject Australian Politics

• Featured content: Wikipedians explain two new featured pictures

• Arbitration report: Ohconfucius sanctions removed, Cirt desysopped 6:5 and a call for CU/OS applications

• Technology report: What is: agile development? and new mobile site goes live

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• News and notes: Ushahidi research tool announced, Citizendium five years on: success or failure?, and Wikimedia DC officially recognised

• In the news: Wikipedia: yesterday's news? Calls for women, doctors, and scholars of humanities; Wales makes Wikimedia work "look easy"

• Sister projects: On the Wikinews fork

• WikiProject report: Back to school

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• Arbitration report: ArbCom narrowly rejects application to open new case

• Technology report: MediaWiki 1.18 deployment begins, the alleged "injustice" of WMF engineering policy, and Wikimedians warned of imminent fix to magic word

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The Signpost: 26 September 2011

• Opinion essay: The global mission, the image filter and the "German question"

• Recent research: Top female Wikipedians, reverted newbies, link spam, social influence on admin votes, Wikipedians' weekends, WikiSym previews

• News and notes: WMF strikes down enwiki consensus, academic journal partnerships, and eyebrows raised over minors editing porn-related content

• In the news: Sockpuppeting journalist recants, search dominance threatened, new novels replete with Wikipedia references

• WikiProject report: A project in overdrive: WikiProject Automobiles

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: "Broadly construed" explained, voting begins on Senkaku Islands case, invitation to comment on CU/OS candidates

• Technology report: 1.18 deployment on track, "mythical" Git migration scheduled, editor decline statistics improved

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The Signpost: 3 October 2011

• News and notes: Italian Wikipedia shuts down over new privacy law; Wikimedia Sverige produce short Wikipedia films, Sue Gardner calls for empathy

• In the news: QRpedia launches to acclaim, Jimbo talks social media, Wikipedia attracts fungi, terriers and Greeks bearing gifts

• WikiProject report: Kia ora WikiProject New Zealand

• Featured content: Reviewers praise new featured topic: National treasures of Japan

• Arbitration report: Last call for comments on CheckUser and Oversight teams

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The Signpost: 10 October 2011

• Opinion essay: The conservatism of Wikimedians

• News and notes: Largest ever donation to WMF, final findings of editor survey released, 'Terms of use' heavily revised

• In the news: Uproar over Italian shutdown, the varying reception of BLP mischief, and Wikipedia's doctor-evangelist

• WikiProject report: The World's Oldest People

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• Arbitration report: Senkaku Islands closes; administrators authorized to place articles on discretionary sanctions

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The Signpost: 17 October 2011

• News and notes: Arabic Wikipedia gets video intros, Smithsonian gifts images, and WikiProject Conservatism scrutinized

• In the news: Why Wikipedia survives while others haven't; Wikipedia as an emerging social model; Jimbo speaks out

• WikiProject report: History in your neighborhood: WikiProject NRHP

• Featured content: Brazil's boom-time dreams of naval power: The ed17 explains the background to a new featured topic

• Arbitration report: Case requests on ethnic strife and a WikiProject declined, Abortion case stalls but topic bans look to be lightened on amendment

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The Signpost: 24 October 2011

• From the editors: A call for contributors

• Opinion essay: There is a deadline

• Interview: Contracting for the Foundation

• In the news: Are Wikipedians reluctant journalists?; Wikipedia:The Musical

• WikiProject report: Great WikiProject Logos

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: Abortion; request for amendment on Climate Change case

• Technology report: WMF launches coding challenge, WMDE starts hiring for major new project

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The Bugle: Issue LXVII, September 2011

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Book reviews: Nick-D and Ian Rose look at Australian air power Op-ed: Buggie111 ruminates about WikiLife and WikiDeath

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The Signpost: 31 October 2011

• Opinion essay: The monster under the rug

• Recent research: WikiSym; predicting editor survival; drug information found lacking; RfAs and trust; Wikipedia's search engine ranking justified

• News and notes: German Wikipedia continues image filter protest

• In the news: Citizendium on the rocks, Shankbone celebrated, and the week in vandalism

• Discussion report: Proposal to return this section from hiatus is successful

• WikiProject report: 'In touch' with WikiProject Rugby union

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: Abortion case stalls, request for clarification on Δ, discretionary sanctions streamlined

• Technology report: Wikipedia Zero announced; New Orleans successfully hacked

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The Signpost: 7 November2011

• Special report: A post-mortem on the Indian Education Program pilot

• News and notes: Wikimedia Norway awarded, Halloween on the Main Page, Wikimedia UK recognised

• In the news: The Economist assays the encyclopaedia's challenges, Jimbo speaks on net future, and an inclusionist alternative emerges.

• Discussion report: Special report on the ArbCom Elections steering RfC

• WikiProject report: Booting up with WikiProject Computer Science

• Featured content: Slow week for Featured content

• Arbitration report: Δ saga returns to arbitration, while the Abortion case stalls for another week

• Technology report: Full steam ahead on Visual Editor, the avoidance of lock-breaking and 1.18b1 release

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The Signpost: 14 November 2011

• News and notes: ArbCom nominations open, participation grants finalized, survey results on perceptions on Wikipedia released

• In the news: Fundraising vs ads redux, WikiConference India nigh, a world lit up with articles

• WikiProject report: Having a Conference with WikiProject India

• Featured content: Writing featured content: Advice from Sturmvogel 66; Sports, sports, sports!

• Arbitration report: Abortion and Betacommand 3 in evidence phase, three case requests outstanding

• Technology report: Coding Challenge results; Wikimedians to wait and see if Athena really does represent "wisdom, courage and inspiration"

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The Signpost: 21 November 2011

• News and notes: Last-minute candidates for ArbCom, the Sue Gardner European Tour hits London

• In the news: Indian wikiconference heralds expansion, fundraiser in Silicon Valley major donor coup, import of Wikipedia reconsidered

• Discussion report: Much ado about censorship

• WikiProject report: Working on a term paper with WikiProject Academic Journals

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: End in sight for Abortion case, nominations in 2011 elections

• Technology report: Mumbai and Brighton hacked; horizontal lists have got class

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The Bugle: Issue LXVIII, October 2011

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D analyzes three books from Osprey Publishing Review essay: Nick-D reviews the new Bundeswehr Military History Museum

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The Signpost: 28 November 2011

• News and notes: Arb's resignation sparks lightning RfC, Fundraiser 2011 off to a strong start, GLAM in Qatar

• In the news: The closed, unfriendly world of Wikipedia, fundraiser fun and games, and chemists vs pornstars

• Recent research: Quantifying quality collaboration patterns, systemic bias, POV pushing, the impact of news events, and editors' reputation

• WikiProject report: The Signpost scoops The Bugle

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: Voting underway in the elections, finally a final decision on Abortion, scant movement on requests

• Technology report: Foundation appears correct to back improved smartphone support; and how a Reddit slip meant no-one could read anything for thirty minutes

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The Signpost: 05 December 2011

• News and notes: Amsterdam gets the GLAM treatment, fundraising marches on, and a flourish of new admins

• In the news: A Wikistream of real time edits, a call for COI reform, and cracks in the ivory tower of knowledge

• Discussion report: Trial proposed for tool apprenticeship

• WikiProject report: This article is about WikiProject Disambiguation. For other uses...

• Featured content: This week's Signpost is for the birds!

• Arbitration report: Elections due to finish this week, little activity on Betacommand 3, Abortion case amended

• Technology report: Incremental dumps help mirrors, full screen search helps mobile visitors, and two MediaWiki releases help external sites

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The Signpost: 12 December 2011

• Opinion essay: Wikipedia in Academe – and vice versa

• News and notes: Research project banner ads run afoul of community

• In the news: Bell Pottinger investigation, Gardner on gender gap, and another plagiarist caught red-handed

• WikiProject report: Spanning Nine Time Zones with WikiProject Russia

• Featured content: Wehwalt gives his fifty cents; spies, ambushes, sieges, and Entombment

• Arbitration report: Betacommand 3 workshop revived, two cases set for acceptance and the ArbCom elections finish on a whimper

• Technology report: Trials and tribulations of image rotation, Article Feedback version 5, and new diff colours

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The Signpost: 19 December 2011

• News and notes: Anti-piracy act has Wikimedians on the defensive, WMF annual report released, and Indic language dynamics

• In the news: To save the wiki: strike first, then makeover?

• Discussion report: Polls, templates, and other December discussions

• WikiProject report: A dalliance with the dismal scientists of WikiProject Economics

• Featured content: Panoramas with Farwestern and a good week for featured content

• Arbitration report: The community elects eight arbitrators

• Technology report: Visual editor demo launched, hailed as "most important change to our user experience ... ever"; but elsewhere over-hasty deployments criticised

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The Bugle: Issue LXIX, November 2011

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors – MHotY coming; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at the Congolese Wars Review essay: Ian Rose goes to El Alamein Op-ed: DCI's call to revitalize WikiProject History

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The Signpost: 26 December 2011

• Opinion essay: Openness versus quality: why we're doing it wrong, and how to fix it

• Recent research: Psychiatrists: Wikipedia better than Britannica; spell-checking Wikipedia; Wikipedians smart but fun; structured biological data

• News and notes: Fundraiser passes 2010 watermark, brief news

• WikiProject report: The Tree of Life

• Featured content: Going through the roster with Killervogel5 and a plethora of featured content

• Arbitration report: Three open cases, one set for acceptance, arbitrators formally appointed by Jimmy Wales

• Technology report: Wikimedia in Go Daddy boycott, and why you should 'Join the Swarm'

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The Signpost: 02 January 2012

• Interview: The Gardner interview

• News and notes: Things bubbling along as Wikimedians enjoy their holidays

• WikiProject report: Where are they now? Part III

• Featured content: Ghosts of featured content past, present, and future

• Arbitration report: New case accepted, four open cases, terms begin for new arbitrators

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The Signpost: 09 January 2012

• Technological roadmap: 2011's technological achievements in review, and what 2012 may hold

• News and notes: Fundraiser 2011 ends with a bang

• In the news: Wikipedia ends annual fundraising drive; Monmouthpedia launches

• WikiProject report: From Traditional to Experimental: WikiProject Jazz

• Featured content: Contentious FAC debate: a week in review

• Arbitration report: Four open cases, proposed decision in Betacommand 3

• Technology report: December in more detail; and why the MediaWiki codebase was "slushed" this week

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The Signpost: 16 January 2012

• Special report: English Wikipedia to go dark on January 18

• Sister projects: What are our sisters up to now?

• News and notes: WMF on the looming SOPA blackout, Wikipedia turns 11, and Commons passes 12 million files

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Beer

• Featured content: Lecen on systemic bias in featured content

• Arbitration report: Four open cases, Betacommand case deadlocked, Muhammad images close near

• Technology report: ArticleFeedback moves into new trial phase; and how MediaWiki integrates with Facebook, IPv6, and PostgreSQL explored

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The Bugle: Issue LXX, January 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books Review essay: Kirill Lokshin, the first coordinator Op-ed: Hchc's English Castles

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The Signpost: 23 January 2012

• News and notes: SOPA blackout, Orange partnership

• In the news: World watched as Wikipedia shut down for SOPA blackout

• WikiProject report: The Golden Horseshoe: WikiProject Toronto

• Featured content: Interview with Muhammad Mahdi Karim and the best of the week

• Arbitration report: Four open cases, proposed decision in Muhammad images, AUSC call for applications

• Technology report: Looking ahead to MediaWiki 1.19 and related issues

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The Signpost: 30 January 2012

• News and notes: Update on Global Development, Wikipedia Day NYC is a success, JFK audio on Commons

• In the news: Zambian wiki-assassins, Foundation über alles, editor engagement and the innovation plateau

• Recent research: Language analyses examine power structure and political slant; Wikipedia compared to commercial databases

• WikiProject report: Digging Up WikiProject Palaeontology

• Featured content: Featured content soaring this week

• Arbitration report: Five open cases, voting on proposed decisions in two cases

• Technology report: Why "Lua" is on everybody's lips, and when to expect MediaWiki 1.19

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The Signpost: 06 February 2012

• News and notes: The Foundation visits Tunisia, analyzes donors

• In the news: Leading scholar hails Wikipedia, historians urged to contribute while PR pros remain shunned

• Discussion report: Discussion swarms around Templates for deletion and returning editors of colourful pasts

• WikiProject report: The Eye of the Storm: WikiProject Tropical Cyclones

• Featured content: Talking architecture with MrPanyGoff

• Arbitration report: Four open cases, final decision in Muhammad images, Betacommand 3 near closure

• Technology report: October's coding challenge: results now in; progress on 1.19 steady; and why for a while interwiki links were no more

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The Signpost: 13 February 2012

• Special report: Fundraising proposals spark a furore among the chapters

• News and notes: Foundation launches Legal and Community Advocacy department

• In the news: Scholars and spindoctors contend with the emergent wikiorder

• In focus: Skirmishes in the 'great sectarian war of the Internet'

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Stub Sorting

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: Betacommand 3 closed, proposed decision in Civility enforcement, AUSC candidates announced

• Technology report: January sees prototype new geodata API; but February looks to be a testing time for top developers

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The Signpost: 20 February 2012

• Special report: The plight of the new page patrollers

• News and notes: Fundraiser row continues, new director of engineering

• Discussion report: Discussion on copyrighted files from non-US relation states

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Poland

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: Civility enforcement closed, proposed decision in TimidGuy, two cases remain open

• Technology report: Major strands of development cycle coalesce as 1.19 is deployed to first wikis

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The Bugle: Issue LXXI, February 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books Op-ed: Ian Rose discusses article assessments

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The Signpost: 27 February 2012

• News and notes: Finance meeting fallout, Gardner recommendations forthcoming

• Recent research: Gender gap and conflict aversion; collaboration on breaking news; effects of leadership on participation; legacy of Public Policy Initiative

• Discussion report: Focus on admin conduct and editor retention

• WikiProject report: Just don't call it "sci-fi": WikiProject Science Fiction

• Featured content: By plane, by ship, and by stagecoach: Featured content goes trekking this week

• Arbitration report: Final decision in TimidGuy ban appeal, one case remains open

• Technology report: 1.19 deployment stress, Meta debates whether to enforce SUL

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Ichthus: January 2012

ICHTHUS

January 2012

In this issue...

• From the Editor
• What are You doing For Lent?
• Fun and Exciting Contest Launched
• Spotlight on WikiProject Catholicism

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The Signpost: 05 March 2012

• News and notes: Chapter-selected Board seats, an invite to the Teahouse, patrol becomes triage, and this week in history

• In the news: Heights reached in search rankings, privacy and mental health info; clouds remain over content policing

• Discussion report: COI and NOTCENSORED: policies under discussion

• WikiProject report: We don't bite: WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles

• Featured content: Best of the week

• Arbitration report: AUSC appointments announced, one case remains open

• Technology report: With the 1.19 deployment now (mostly) complete, developers consider possible "mini" deployment later in the month

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The Signpost: 12 March 2012

• Interview: Liaising with the Education Program

• Women and Wikipedia: Women's history, what we're missing, and why it matters

• Arbitration analysis: A look at new arbitrators

• News and notes: Sue Gardner tackles the funds, and the terms of use update nears implementation

• In the news: Britannica runs out of print as Jimmy Wales anointed UK transparency tsar

• Discussion report: Nothing changes as long discussions continue

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Women's History

• Featured content: Extinct humans, birds, and Birdman

• Arbitration report: Proposed decision in 'Article titles', only one open case

• Education report: Diverse approaches to Wikipedia in Education

• Technology report: Git learning curve steep but not insurmountable, plus a diff style we can all agree on?

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The Signpost: 19 March 2012

• News and notes: Chapters Council proposals take form as research applications invited for Wikipedia Academy and HighBeam accounts

• Discussion report: Article Rescue Squadron in need of rescue yet again

• WikiProject report: Lessons from another Wikipedia: Czech WikiProject Protected Areas

• Featured content: Featured content on the upswing!

• Arbitration report: Race and intelligence 'review' opened, Article titles at voting

• Technology report: Bugmeister to leave at end of May, but developers keen to "chart" a path ahead

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The Bugle: Issue LXXII, March 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books Op-ed: Hawkeye on Wikipedia collaborating with the AWM

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The Signpost: 26 March 2012

• News and notes: Controversial content saga continues, while the Foundation tries to engage editors with merchandising and restructuring

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Rock Music

• Featured content: Malfunctioning sharks, toothcombs and a famous mother: featured content for the week

• Arbitration report: Race and intelligence review at evidence, article titles closed

• Recent research: Predicting admin elections; studying flagged revision debates; classifying editor interactions; and collecting the Wikipedia literature

• Education report: Universities unite for GLAM; and High Schools get their due.

• Technology report: A busy week: Git switchover, mobile site upgraded, and still time for three security releases

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The Signpost: 02 April 2012

• Interview: An introduction to movement roles

• Arbitration analysis: Case review: TimidGuy ban appeal

• News and notes: Berlin reforms to movement structures, Wikidata launches with fanfare, and Wikipedia's day of mischief

• WikiProject report: The Signpost scoops The Signpost

• Featured content: Snakes, misnamed chapels, and emptiness: featured content this week

• Arbitration report: Race and intelligence review in third week, one open case

• Technology report: Somewhere amongst the endless discussions about Gerrit lie details of hackathons, performance blips explained and more

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The Signpost: 09 April 2012

• Wikidata: The next big thing? An interview with Wikidata

• Interview: Funds, fiduciaries, and the Foundation: the complex dynamics of scaling

• News and notes: Projects launched in Brazil and the Middle East as advisors sought for funds committee

• WikiProject report: The Land of Steady Habits: WikiProject Connecticut

• Featured content: Assassination, genocide, internment, murder, and crucifixion: the bloodiest of the week

• Arbitration report: Arbitration evidence-limit motions, two open cases

• Technology report: Next Wikimedia deployment already in the pipeline and details of recent performance improvements

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The Signpost: 16 April 2012

• Arbitration analysis: Inside the Arbitration Committee Mailing List

• Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Facilitator: Silver seren

• News and notes: French language outreach, WikiTravel debate, and HighBeam reloaded

• Discussion report: The future of pending changes

• WikiProject report: The Butterflies and Moths of WikiProject Lepidoptera

• Featured content: A few good sports: association football, rugby league, and the Olympics vie for medals

• Arbitration report: Evidence submissions begin in Rich Farmbrough case, proposed decision in R&I Review

• Technology report: MediaWiki 1.20wmf01 hits first WMF wiki, understanding 20% time, and why this report cannot yet be a draft

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The Signpost: 23 April 2012

• Investigative report: Spin doctors spin Jimmy's "bright line"

• News and notes: Help-space revamp, WikiTravel RfC, and Justin Knapp scores a million edits

• WikiProject report: Skeptics and Believers: WikiProject The X-Files

• Featured content: A mirror (or seventeen) on this week's featured content

• Arbitration report: Evidence submissions close in Rich Farmbrough case, vote on proposed decision in R&I Review

• Technology report: Wikimedia Labs: soon to be at the cutting edge of MediaWiki development?

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The Bugle: Issue LXXIII, April 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Bomzibar on Subhas Chandra Bose; Hawkeye on corps commanders; Nick-D on American special forces Op-ed: The Land on commemorating World War I

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The Signpost: 30 April 2012

• Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Consultant: Pete Forsyth

• News and notes: Showdown as featured article writer openly solicits commercial opportunities

• Recent research: Barnstars work; Wiktionary assessed; cleanup tags counted; finding expert admins; discussion peaks; Wikipedia citations in academic publications; and more

• Discussion report: 'ReferenceTooltips' by default

• WikiProject report: The Cartographers of WikiProject Maps

• Featured content: Featured content spreads its wings

• Arbitration report: R&I Review remains in voting, two open cases

• Technology report: What Git means for end users, design controversies and pertinent poll results

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The Signpost: 07 May 2012

• Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Communicator: Phil Gomes

• News and notes: Hong Kong to host Wikimania 2013

• In the news: What does Wikipedia call an expert; and untruths in biographies ... again.

• WikiProject report: Say What?: WikiProject Languages

• Featured content: This week at featured content: How much wood would a Wood Duck chuck if a Wood Duck could chuck wood?

• Arbitration report: Proposed decision in Rich Farmbrough, two open cases

• Technology report: Search gets faster, GSoC gets more detail and 1.20wmf2 gets deployed

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The Signpost: 14 May 2012

• Special report: Wikimedia and the "seismic shift" towards open-access research publication

• News and notes: Finance debate drags on as editor survey finds Wikipedia too bureaucratic

• WikiProject report: Welcome to Wikipedia with a cup of tea and all your questions answered - at the Teahouse

• Featured content: Featured content is red hot this week

• Arbitration report: R&I Review closed, Rich Farmbrough near closure

• Technology report: Cross-wiki watchlist controversy; and is "go file a bug" really a useful response?

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The Signpost: 21 May 2012

• From the editor: New editor-in-chief

• News and notes: Two new Wikimedia fellows to boost strategies for tackling major issues

• WikiProject report: Trouble in a Galaxy Far, Far Away....

• Featured content: Lemurbaby moves it with Madagascar: Featured content for the week

• Arbitration report: No open arbitration cases pending

• Technology report: On the indestructibility of Wikimedia content

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The Bugle: Issue LXXIV, May 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Bomzibar on Chiang Kai-shek; Nick-D on the Falklands War Interview: Article writers discuss biographies Op-ed: Nick-D examines using news articles as sources

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The Signpost: 28 May 2012

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation endorses open-access petition to the White House; pending changes RfC ends

• Recent research: Supporting interlanguage collaboration; detecting reverts; Wikipedia's discourse, semantic and leadership networks, and Google's Knowledge Graph

• WikiProject report: Experts and enthusiasts at WikiProject Geology

• Featured content: Featured content cuts the cheese

• Arbitration report: Fæ and GoodDay requests for arbitration, changes to evidence word limits

• Technology report: Developer divide wrangles; plus Wikimedia Zero, MediaWiki 1.20wmf4, and IPv6

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The Signpost: 04 June 2012

• Special report: WikiWomenCamp: From women, for women

• News and notes: Editors want most funding for technical areas, while widespread ignorance of WMF board elections and chapters persists; voting still live on Commons best picture

• Discussion report: Watching Wikipedia change

• WikiProject report: Views of WikiProject Visual Arts

• Featured content: On the lochs

• Arbitration report: Two motions for procedural reform, three open cases, Rich Farmbrough risks block and ban

• Technology report: Report from the Berlin Hackathon

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The Signpost: 11 June 2012

• Special report: Springer's misappropriation of Wikimedia content "the tip of the iceberg"

• News and notes: Foundation finance reformers wrestle with CoI

• WikiProject report: Counter-Vandalism Unit

• Featured content: The cake is a pi

• Arbitration report: Procedural reform enacted, Rich Farmbrough blocked, three open cases

• Technology report: To support or not to support IPv6, and why knowing when this report was last updated might be getting easier

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GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D on the Chaco War and the Bougainville Campaign Op-ed: Remembering conflict

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The Bugle: Issue LXXVI, July 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors: Wikimania 2012; special projects note Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D on the Australian 25th Battalion Interview: Article writers discuss buildings and fortifications Op-ed: Hawkeye7 reports on a weekend workshop

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Linear timeline

Template:Linear timeline has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. DH85868993 (talk) 16:35, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXVII, August 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D on the legacy of World War II Op-ed: Bomzibar on German military history

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Military history coordinator election

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 project • what coordinators do) 10:02, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)

Hello, you are receiving this message because you are currently a participant of WikiProject Good articles. Since the creation of the WikiProject, over 200 user's have joined to help review good article nominations and contribute to other sections of the WikiProject. Over the years, several of these users have stopped reviewing articles and/or have become inactive with the project but are still listed as participates. In order to improve communications with other participants and get newsletters sent out faster (newsletters will begin to be sent out monthly starting in October) all participants that are no longer active with the WikiProject will be removed from the participants list.

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Update for: WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)

Sorry for having to send out a second message but a user has brought to my attention that a point mentioned in the first message should be clarified. If user's don't sign on this page, they will be moved to an "Inactive Participants" list rather then be being removed from the entire WikiProject. Sorry for any confusion.--Dom497 (talk)15:25, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue LXXVIII, September 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: AustralianRupert on artillery in South Australia, and Nick-D on Venice's empire Op-ed: Nick-D on the "Kokoda: Beyond the Legend" conference

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WikiProject Good Articles - Participant Clean-up (Second Call)

You are reciving this message because you have not added your name to the list of active WikiProject Good Articles participants. Though you may have recived the first message sent out in September, some users may have had that message archived before coming online to read it and therefore never saw it. If you are deeming yourself inactive with the WikiProject please disregard this message as your name will be moved to an "inactive participant" list at the end of the clean-up. If you are still active with the WikiProject, please be sure to include your name on this list. The current deadline to add your name to the list (if you are still active) is November 1, 2012. A third and final message will be sent out during the last week of the clean-up before the deadline. Thank-you.--EdwardsBot

The Bugle: Issue LXXIX, October 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; milestone for the Fortifications task force; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/October 2012/Hawkeye7 on mission command Op-ed: The ed17 on how The Bugle could be improved

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WikiProject Good Articles - Participant Clean-up (Final Call)

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The GAN Newsletter (November 2012)

The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter Volume III, No. 2 – November 2012 For past newsletters click here

In This Issue Request for Comment: An RFC about the Backlog Elimination Drives has been started this month. Go and voice your opinions! Featured editorial: A Matter of Time: The Future of Backlog Elimination Drives Project News: Over 345 unreviewed articles, 13 at reassessment Good Articles of the Month GA Task Forces: A calmed GA community awaiting for an RFC Member News: 223 members of the GA Wikiproject Read this newsletter Single-page Unsubscribe Newsletter delivered by ENewsBot (info) · 3 November 2012

The Bugle: Issue LXXX, November 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Sturmvogel_66, AustralianRupert, and Nick-D look at ships, soldiers, and railways Op-ed: Nick-D on navigating the FA and A-Class review processes

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The WikiProject: Good Articles Newsletter (December 2012)

The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter Volume III, No. 3 – December 2012 For past newsletters click here

In This Issue Featured editorial: "Drive-By Reviews": A Retrospective About Reviews During Backlog Drives Project News: A backlog elimination drive is being held now at GAN. Good Articles of the Month: Our picks for November, 150+ promotions. GA Task Forces: Results from the Backlog Elimination RfC Member News: 227 members of WikiProject Good Articles and counting Read this newsletter Single-page Unsubscribe Newsletter delivered by ENewsBot (info) · 3 December 2012

The Bugle: Issue LXXXI, December 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Simon Harley on British battleships and Nick-D on the French Resistance Interview: Five editors discuss some less-represented areas of military history Op-ed: Ian Rose looks back on 2012

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The WikiProject: Good Articles Newsletter (January 2013)

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In This Issue Featured editorial: Skyfall by Hahc21. Project News: A record, and issue and a future. Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 190 articles passed in December! GA Task Forces: Results from the drive Member News: Two crucial users leave the project Read this newsletter Single-page Unsubscribe Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot · 3 January 2012

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXII, January 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at Mongol naval power Op-ed: Crisco 1492 on war films

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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013

The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013 For past newsletters click here

In This Issue Featured editorial: Time to make a Sweep by Hahc21. Project News: Several proposals are currently ongoin at the project, including two requests for comment. Good Articles of the Month: See which articles were picked this year of records: 282 articles passed in January! GA Task Forces: Some minor notes this month Member News: Member news Read this newsletter Single-page Unsubscribe Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot · 12 February 2012

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIII, February 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at US Army leadership since World War II

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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment

A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here. At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support. If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread. Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIV, March 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at refugees during the Battle of France Interview: Editors discuss writing articles about the former Yugoslavia Op-ed: Prioryman on German V-weapon sites and the historian's responsibility

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXV, April 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Sturmvogel 66 and Hawkeye7 look at aspects of the Pacific War Op-ed: ErrantX considers the rabbit hole of research

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXVI, May 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Dumelow on the French Foreign Legion and Nick-D on New Zealand military history Op-ed: Nick-D on military history tourism

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WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre

Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers: Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available". Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497). Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along. A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk) This message was sent out by --EdwardsBot (talk) 01:30, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXVII, June 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Works on the RNZAF, World War I in the Baltic, and British battleship construction Op-ed: Anchors Aweigh for the Majestic Titans

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXVIII, July 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at Australia's frontier wars Interview: What Wikimedia chapters can offer military history editors

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DYK RfC

• As a listed GA participant, you are invited to contribute to a formal Request for Comment on the question of whether Good Articles should be eligible to appear in the Did You Know? slot in future. Please see the proposal on its subpage here, or on the main DYK talk page. To add the discussion to your watchlist, click this link. Thank you in advance. Gilderien Chat|Contributions03:19, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Four Award

Wikipedia:Four Award, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Four Award and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Four Award during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you.  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:22, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIX, August 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at the death of Osama bin Laden Op-ed: Sturmvogel_66 presents his secrets of prolific contribution

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WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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] 16:21, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXXX, September 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at the American Civil War

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The Bugle: Issue XCI, October 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks Austro-Hungarian battleships of World War I Op-ed: Advice on reviewing Featured and A-Class articles

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Happy First Edit Day

Happy First Edit Day, TomasBat, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! 20-13-rila 20-13-rila (talk) 14:08, 8 November 2013 (UTC)(talk) 14:06, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

20-13-rila (talk) 14:06, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Hey, TomasBat. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Birthday from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! CoffeeSweet 17:00, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCII, November 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Hawkeye7 looks at US industry in World War II Op-ed: AustralianRupert offers a soldier's perspective on editing Wikipedia

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GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive

Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days! In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00. At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive

Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013! If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive! If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCIII, December 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Carcharoth and Hawkeye7 look at World War I cemeteries and the British Army in World War II Interview: Less-represented areas of military history – part 2 Op-ed: TomStar81 and Nick-D look back on 2013 and ahead to 2014

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The Bugle: Issue XCIV, January 2014

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D, Zawed and Hawkeye7 look at recent releases

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March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive

It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:

• This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
• Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
• The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
• An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.

Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.

More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.

I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!

--Dom497

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The Bugle: Issue XCV, February 2014

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Rabaul in World War II and Australia in World War I

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GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive

The March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on April 1, 2014! Sent by Dom497 on behalf of MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCVI, March 2014

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Hawkeye7 on military command and Nick-D on F-111s in combat

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The Bugle: Issue XCVII, April 2014

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Hawkeye7 looks at Britain's War Machine Interview: Article writers discuss German military history

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The Bugle: Issue XCVIII, May 2014

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at The Lost Boys of Anzac Op-ed: Peacemaker67 on Featured Articles involving Yugoslavia in World War II

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The Bugle: Issue XCIX, June 2014

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at life aboard a US aircraft carrier and Hawkeye7 considers the role of food in World War II

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The Bugle: Issue C, July 2014

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Jonas Vinther and Nick-D look at examples of electronic media Op-ed: TomStar81 on the shot heard around the world

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WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog Drive

Hello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!

TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.

If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.

At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.

As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!

Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CI, August 2014

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Wrap-up of some recent external reviews Interview: World War I editors Op-ed: TomStar81 on the outbreak of World War I

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GA Cup

Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!

As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:

For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.

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The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.

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WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers. Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now! If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges. Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 15 September 2014 (UTC) To receive future GA Cup newsletter, please add your name to our mailing list.

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The Bugle: Issue CIII, October 2014

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The Bugle: Issue CIII, October 2014, Redux

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The Bugle: Issue CIV, November 2014

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Nominations for the Military history Wikiproject's Historian and Newcomer of the Year Awards are now open!

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Nominations for the Military history Wikiproject's Historian and Newcomer of the Year Awards are now open!

The Military history Wikiproject has opened nominations for the Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year. Nominations will be accepted until 13 December at 23:59 GMT, with voting to begin at 0:00 GMT 14 December. The voting will conclude on 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:41, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CV, December 2014

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The Bugle: Issue CVI, January 2015

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The Bugle: Issue CVII, February 2015

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The Bugle: Issue CVIII, March 2015

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The Bugle: Issue CIX, April 2015

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The Bugle: Issue CXII, July 2015

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The Bugle: Issue CXIII, August 2015

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The Bugle: Issue CXIV, September 2015

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WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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Nominations for the Military history WikiProject historian and newcomer of the year awards now open!

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The Bugle: Issue CXIX, February 2016

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The Bugle: Issue CXX, March 2016

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Military history WikiProject coordinator election

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