User talk:Theodolite/Archive 1

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Eric Lenge

• I have rewritten the article about the leader of a coup in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2004. I would be grateful if you could take a look. Capitalistroadster 09:40, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Thanks for fixing the article and making it worth keeping, I changed my vote. Snurks^{T C} 09:42, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Hello Bongo or Ringo? Maoririder 19:51, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Um? Is this a question? If you're referring to my cat she's named after the Life in Hell character. Snurks ^{T C} 19:55, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

why yes

Well, to start off with, we've got the cats on the user page thing in common :-). I have seen you around quite a bit lately, and I think you're doing very good work. Someone like you would make a good admin in the future, and if you stick around long enough, I would be happy to nominate you for admin when the time comes. Just keep a level head if disputes arise, make sure to use edits summaries (which I can see you're already doing), and keep participating, and you'll go far! Thanks for the nice comments, and see you around the wiki. :-) Alhutch 08:45, 15 December 2005 (UTC) P.S. If you ever need to have someone righteously blocked or some other admin help, don't hesitate to contact me!

My best answer to your question would be to try everything. Hmm, I guess that's not very good advice. Try stub-sorting or responding to Requests for comment on articles to start with. Another thing I like to do is start new articles on topics requested on this page: WP:AR1. It's really not that hard, you just pick a topic that sounds interesting, do some quick google research, and write it up, citing your sources. that would get you familiar with categorizing articles and finding stub categories to put new articles into, and if you think about it, its sort of the opposite of being a deletionist :-). That's my suggestion for now, but if I think of something else, I'll tell you.--Alhutch 09:03, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

SA Goons Wikipedia Category

Your comment gave me an idea. I've created a category, (Category:Something Awful Wikipedians) so we can identify ourselves.--Liface 23:46, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

I've made a new SA Goons userbox, which you can add to your userpage with the template {{user goon}} --keepsleeping sleepercell 20:53, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Listing vandals at WP:AIAV

Hey no problem, but I do want to let you know that before listing vandals at AIAV please make sure they have been warned up to a {{subst:test4}} . The vandal continued to make vandalising edits, so I was able to warn him up to the test4 and then block when he still continued. Thanks and happy editing. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk07:18, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

No need to say sorry :-D, I know sometimes vandals make edits so quick it's tough to choose between warning them and requesting them to be blocked.KnowledgeOfSelf| talk 07:22, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Klosterdev

Hi Snurks:

I ran across your post to Klosterdev's talk page, and it occurred to me that s/he is probably a fairly new user (the account was created in July, but the number of contributions is fairly low) and might need some help along the way. You both seem to be interested inYTMND, so I was wondering if maybe you'd take him under your wing and help him along. If there is anything I can do for either of you, let me know!-- Essjay · Talk 08:55, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Sure, why not?

I spend a good amount of time reading Wikipedia for entertainment, and occasionally I come accross minor things I should add or remove. I never really did anything beyond that because I don't know how to do anything beyond basic edits. Even so, if you need someone to help fight vanels, I'd be interested. So I just download the .jar file?

Barnstar

For random acts of kindness!

I hereby award you this Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar for being so quick to offer your help to User:Klosterdev. Wear it with pride, and keep up the good work! -- Essjay · Talk 10:44, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I've downloaded it.

Couple things. Is there an FAQ that explains how to use it?

Also, how do I roll back a page? Klosterdev 23:05, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Now that I'm thinking about it, how do I delete a page that was vandalized? (an article for something non-existant or somesuch)Klosterdev 23:09, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, you've pretty much covered it.

One last question for now. What is that +/- collumn with the numbers stand for?

Welcome to Esperanza!

Welcome, Theodolite/Archive 1, to Esperanza, the Wikipedia member association! As you might know, all theEsperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.

Now that you are a member you should read the guide to what to do now or you may be interested in some of our programs. A quite important program is the StressUnit, which seeks to support editors who have encountered any stress from their Wikipedia events, and are seeking to leave the project. So far, Esperanza can be credited with the support and retention of several users. Redwolf24 runs the spam to keep members up to date. Also, we have a calendar of special events, member birthdays, and other holidays that you can add to and follow.

In addition to these projects, several more missions of Esperanza are in development, and are currently being created atEsperanza/Possibles.

I encourage you to take an active voice in the running of Esperanza. We have a small government system, headed by our Administrator general,Celestianpower, and guided by the Advisory Committee comprised of FireFox, Flcelloguy,Titoxd, and Karmafist. The next set of elections will be in February, and I would be glad to see you vote, or even consider running for a position.

If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact Celestianpower byemail or talk page or the Esperanza talk page. Alternatively, you could communicate with fellow users via our IRC channel, #wikipedia-esperanza (which is also good for a fun chat or two :). I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to work!

Semiconscious (talk ·home) 07:37, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Couple more questions

First of all, how do you create a table of contents? I came across a page that needs to be Wikified, but I am uncertain on how to create a table of contents so I can organize it.

Also, releating to the subject, how do I nominate a page to be Wikified?

Thanks for the help. Klosterdev 09:57, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Admin Coaching!

Hi Snurks! I'm Celestianpower and he's Drini and we're your new Admin Coaches! You'd better get ready to stick your nose to the grindstone and work until your fingers bleed. Well, not quite that hard (and you'll get used to my sense of humour) but seriously, I hope you have fun and we'll contact you about an IRC meeting soon! --Celestianpower ^háblame 23:04, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Are you 8 hours in front or behind. On Saturdayts, I'm there from 11am until 6pm usually, UTC. Any good? Sundays: 1pm - 10pm.--Celestianpower ^háblame17:29, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello there!

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wikilatte! Have a great time at wikipedia

Good day, I'm Drini, one of the coaches that were assigned to you by the admin coach Esperanza program. I hope we'll stay in touch, if you need any assistance feel free to drop me a note or to Celestianpower (your other coach). -- (drini's page ☎ ) 23:06, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

An Esperanzial note

As I remember, the last spam that was handed out was on the 20th of December last year, so I think it's time for another update. First and foremost, the new Advisory Council and Administrator General have been elected. They consist of myself as Admin General andFireFox, Titoxd, Flcelloguy and Karmafist as the Advisory Council. We as a group met formally for the first time on the 31st of Decembe. The minutes of this meeting can be found at WP:ESP/ACM. The next one is planned for tonight (Sunday 29 January) at 20:30 UTC and the agenda can be found at WP:ESP/ACM2.

In other news, Karmafist has set up a discussion about a new personal attack policy, which it can be foundhere. Other new pages include an introductory page on what to do when you sign up, So you've joined Esperanza... and a welcome template: {{EA-welcome}} (courtesy ofBratsche). Some of our old hands may like to make sure they do everything on the list as well ;) Additionally, the userpage award program proposal has become official is operational: see Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award to nominate a userpage or volunteer as a judge. Also see the proposed programs page for many new proposals and old ones that need more discussion ;)

Other than that, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and wish you an Esperanzially good new WikiYear :D Thank you! --Celestianpower ^háblame 16:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
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Re: Sam's script, modified

I no longer use it as I am an administrator, but I have recently tested it on a spare account to make sure it hasn't been broken by any software updates or whatnot. You can copy it from User:Freaksock/monobook.js. The first section contains several 'abbrev' entries, which are shorthand for descriptions of various kinds of bad edits. When you hit [rollback], it will pop up an input box, where you enter, for example, "bl" for "blanking". Of course there are others, and you can change them to suit your needs. If you make an invalid entry, it defaults to "edits", rather accepting a typo or slowing you down in correcting it. Peruvianllama added his own feature to it, which allows you to enter "c [other]" for an on-the-fly customization. Have fun. — FREAK OFNUR_xTURE (TALK) 16:55, Feb. 8, 2006

Another Esperanzial note...

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

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. These will take place from12:00 UTC on February 20th to 11:59 UTC on February 27th. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are already listed on the members list. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

Yours, as ever, Esperanzially,
--Celestianpower ^háblame09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
(message delivered by FireFox using AWB on Celestianpower's behalf)

re: coaching

I saw that page, however I don't believe much in quizzes (maybe since I'm a teacher). From what I see you have common sense on your answers (and being admin is after all, just knowing policy and using common sense) so I don't worry much about the general common scenarios (as the ones on the page) since you're likely to handle them well. If I however come up with an interesting situation, I'll ask you to know what you think.

I'm more a believer on you getting your own questions or you questioning what other admins do (and not just about vandalism cleaning up) so you can come up with the reasons, and when you get confused or don't undertand why admins do what they do, you can ask me about it. Good luck on your quizzes.-- ( drini's page ☎ ) 19:56, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Categories

Hi, Snurks. If you put a colon in the category link like this: [[:Category:Articles that need to be wikified]], it will prevent the page, like this one, from being added to that category. Thanks, Kjkolb 17:59, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

re: godmode lite and monobook.js

Hey Snurks. I came across your post on User:Klosterdev's User_talk:Klosterdev talk page, and I would like the rollback function as well, but I am unsure as to how to go about doing it. I am interested in fighting vandalism and have started checking the RC page to help Wikipedia in any way I can; I believe that the godmode lite script for rollback would help me go about doing this easier. Could you please assist me in setting this up / set it up for me. I made an attempt to do so, but perhaps I don't quite understand how it works. Thanks in advance. Skomae 18:34, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Nevermind, I fixed it myself. - S. Komae (talk) 19:23, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #1

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

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

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2

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

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

Old Skool Esperanzial note

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

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

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

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

Happy Birthday!

Hungry? Here's a little snack for you on your birthday, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!!! Have a great day, Theodolite/Archive 1!

Thistheman 04:40, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Just a happy Birthday message to you, Theodolite/Archive 1, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!!! Have a great day!

Steveo2 10:49, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Happy birth day and all the best! yesterday I missed the party as I missed the bus. --Bhadani 14:55, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Question?

I saw the Username

User:Crazy mofo. Doesn't "mofo" have a reference to Mother Fucker?

I wish to use {{username block}} against him. With your go-ahead I will do so. Please reply swiftly,

Cheers, Jean-Paul 14:33, 15 June 2006 (UTC) Talk to the Emperor

A short Esperanzial update

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

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

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

Editing problem

I was linking to a couple articles in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activated_carbon#See_also but I couldn't get it to link to "Carbon Filtering" correctly. I tried Carbon Filter, Carbon Filtering, and | Carbon Filtering, but none of em' make it look right. What am I doing wrong?

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August Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: To-Do List The Esperanza To-Do List is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. If you don't have any requests, consider coming by and fulfilling a few! This program has not been very active, but has lots of potential! What's New? In order to help proposed programs become specific enough to make into full-fledged programs, theIn development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals that are promising, but need to be organized in more detail are listed here. Please take a look at what is there, and help the proposals turn into programs. To improve both the layout and text of the front page, in an attempt to clarify the image of Esperanza, the front page is going to have some redesigning take place. Please take your creative minds to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Front page redesign to brainstorm good ideas. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy ofMisza13, for delivering the newsletter.

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

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

Light bar article cleanup

On August 3 2006, you tagged the Light bar article as needing cleanup. Could you post a message on the Light bar discussionpage with what you would like to see in terms of cleanup?

Epolk 21:42, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors! What's New? September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves! Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now hasits own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there! The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy ofMisza13, for delivering the newsletter.

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

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Reporting a vandel

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=69.241.159.21

Check this guys edits, he's clearly vandalizing. Who should I report this to in the future?

Thanks. Also, how do I nominate a page for speedy deletion? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_kutter Klosterdev 22:22, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

One last thing: How do you include the info (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log) when reporting a vandal? Does it have to be done manually, or is there an easy way to do it?

November Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!) Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do considersigning up to be a coach. Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins. What's New? The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one! A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started;please add your thoughts. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy ofMisza13, for delivering the newsletter.

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

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Unspecified source for Image:Gasmasktown.JPG

Thanks for uploading Image:Gasmasktown.JPG. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so thecopyright status is unclear. If you have not created this file yourself, then there needs to be a justification explaining why we have the right to use it on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you did not create the file yourself, then you need to specify where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the file also doesn't have a copyright tag, then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Fritz S. (Talk) 11:01, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_famous_bearded_people

I modified the lead paragraph for the article particularly to meet your statement I would possibly support a "List of famous beards. The lead section to the article now reads Membership entry on this list further requires that the entry be famous because the entry is associated with a notable beard by a reliable published source as defined byWikipedia:List_guideline#References_for_list_Items. I expressly incorporated into the language of WP:NOT item 1.1.7.1: Of course, there is nothing wrong with having lists if their entries are famous because they are associated with or significantly contributed to the list topic and added reliable published source to meet other concerns. I spent a lot of time on this article and it is important to me. I believe that this article can be used as a Wikipedia precedent by which all other lists of a similar vain may be judge. This should keep out many non-Wikipedia policy/guidline complying articles. I would appreciate your changing your vote and base your change on the fact that the text conforms to all Wikipedia Article standards, including What Wikipedia is not. If you still believe the article does not meet Wikipedia policy and guidlines, please post on my talk page and I will revise the article accordingly.--Jreferee 20:38, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Mass-deletion

Is there a way to nominate a group of pictures for deletion? This guy has a bunch of copyrighted stuff in his userpage. User:America_America

Deletion review of BattleMaster

Please look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BattleMaster (second nomination). The deletion log cites the wrong AFD. Please return to deletion review (Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 February 18#BattleMaster) and either withdraw the request or rewrite it to say why the second AFD should be overturned. GRBerry 01:53, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

The Wikipedia:Birthday Committee is proud to wish you a very happy birthday. May all your wishes come true! Thank you for all of your contributions to this wonderful encyclopedia. Yours truly, Eddie 00:13, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Arnon Chafffin/Happy Birthday!Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 16:06, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:The Sound the Hare Heard.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:The Sound the Hare Heard.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 01:51, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Advisory committee.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Advisory committee.jpg. You've indicated that the image meets Wikipedia's criteria for non-free content, but there is no explanation of why it meets those criteria. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. If you have any questions, please post them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

Thank you for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 16:06, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Black mountain mirah.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Black mountain mirah.jpg. You've indicated that the image meets Wikipedia's criteria for non-free content, but there is no explanation of why it meets those criteria. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. If you have any questions, please post them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

Thank you for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 06:59, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Happy Birthday

	Happy Birthday	from the Birthday Committee
	Wishing Theodolite a very happy birthday on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Don't forget to save us all a piece of cake!

Idontknow610^TM 19:34, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with File:Advisory committee.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Advisory committee.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. Even if you created the image yourself, you still need to release it so Wikipedia can use it. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you made this image yourself, you can use copyright tags like {{PD-self}} (to release all rights),{{self|CC-by-sa-3.0|GFDL}} (to require that you be credited), or any tag here - just go to the image, click edit, and add one of those. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by STBotI. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 15:47, 28 December 2008 (UTC)