Hello there Bugmuncher, welcome to the 'pedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you need pointers on how we title pages visit Wikipedia:Naming conventions or how to format them visit our manual of style. If you have any other questions about the project then check out Wikipedia:Help or add a question to the Village pump. Cheers! —Frecklefoot


Hey, no problem. Your articles are really good, especially the Mac the Knife one. Good to have you around. (BTW, timestamp is done with ~~~~.) - Hephaestos 06:30, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC)


Testing... Bugmuncher 18:27, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Works! This page has a lot of the markup tricks listed on it. - Hephaestos 00:43, 2 Aug 2003 (UTC)


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I started editing frenetically last week without reading the rules... I figured that I would learn them as I go, and now I'm actually bolding things... and citing. Yay.

But... the first article I wrote was Macworld Conference & Expo. I was on the Apple Macintosh page, and saw that Macworld Expo was listed, and decided to correct it to its proper name. Then I noticed there was no article for this newly created name (I was new then), and I set out creating an article.

Then a few days later I realized that there was still a Macworld Expo article... even if it was shorter. Oops. So... I guess the question is, should I make the other one a redirect, or should I merge the pages, and keep the old title? -Bugmuncher 17:09, 8 Aug 2003 (UTC)

I think merging the short one into the long one, making the short one a redirect is most usual, if the long one has the better name. (17:14, 8 Aug 2003 (UTC))
Just copied the text from Macworld Expo to Macworld Conference & Expo, making Macworld Expo a redirect, haven't merged it properly, though. Ксип Cyp 17:21, 8 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia! :) Martin

Thanks...

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Thanks for all of your excellent work on the Jesse Macbeth article! -- Yekrats 10:43, 30 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Glad you like it

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I am glad that you like the script. Feel free to use it on articles in your categories of interest. If you are feeling brave, you can copy the contents, make your own version and edit it. Regards. bobblewik 21:06, 6 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the cluestick :)

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And no hard feelings. Copyright is a confusing area that I myself had to research to understand. The big thing that's confusing is how people still file copyrights at the United States Copyright Office, but really its purpose is just to be able to say "I told you so" if their claim of creation comes into question. Basically, if a business wants to make sure they don't have to bother with lawsuits, they copywrite their works offically to save themselves the hassle. See Copyright Act of 1976 for more information.

On another note, you can always try resending the images in with the right fair use tag ;) But see if there are any free images of him out there first.--SeizureDog 05:28, 9 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

The unusually funny thing about this is that I know a lot about IP law, sorta, with respect to licensing of trademarks. It hadn't occurred to me that my copyright information went out of date shortly after I was born...Bugmuncher 05:36, 9 June 2006 (UTC)Reply
Changed up the Copyright notices in the Jesse Macbeth area. While I think you were close, I think that listing them as CopyrightedFreeUseProvidedThat is more accurate, since under a Copyleft-style liscense, there is still the stipulation that your subsequent works also be freely available (which the Wikipedia fully meets). Damn good work with the article, though. EvilCouch 09:24, 10 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

Change to Common.css

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Per recent discussions, the way in which Persondata is viewed by Wikipedia editors has changed. In order to continue viewing Persondata in Wikipedia articles, please edit your user CSS file to display table.persondata rather than table.metadata. More specific instructions can be found on the Persondata page. --ShakingSpirittalk on behalf of Kaldari 00:47, 25 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

GAC backlog elimination drive

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This form message is being sent to you either due to your membership with WikiProject Good Articles and/or your inclusion on the Wikipedia:Good article candidates/List of reviewers. A new drive has been started requesting that all members review at least one article (or more, if you wish!) within the next two weeks at GAC to help in removing the large backlog. This message is being sent to all members, and even members who have been recently reviewing articles. There are almost 130 members in this project and about 180 articles that currently need to be reviewed. If each member helps to review just one or two articles, the majority of the backlog will be cleared. Since the potential amount of reviewers may significantly increase, please make sure to add :{{GAReview}} underneath the article you are reviewing to ensure that only one person is reviewing each article. Additionally, the GA criteria may have been modified since your last review, so look over the criteria again to help you to determine if a candidate is GA-worthy. If you have any questions about this drive or the review process, leave a message on the GAC talk page. --Nehrams2020 00:05, 25 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

July 2007 GAC backlog elimination drive

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A new elimination drive of the backlog at Wikipedia:Good article candidates will take place from the month of July through August 12, 2007. There are currently about 130 articles that need to be reviewed right now. If you are interested in helping with the drive, then please visit Wikipedia:Good article candidates backlog elimination drive and record the articles that you have reviewed. Awards will be given based on the number of reviews completed. Since the potential amount of reviewers may significantly increase, please make sure to add :{{GAReview}} underneath the article you are reviewing to ensure that only one person is reviewing each article. Additionally, the GA criteria may have been modified since your last review, so look over the criteria again to help you to determine if a candidate is GA-worthy. If you have any questions about this drive or the review process, leave a message on the drive's talk page. Please help to eradicate the backlog to cut down on the waiting time for articles to be reviewed.

You have received this message either due to your membership with WikiProject: Good Articles and/or your inclusion on the Wikipedia:Good article candidates/List of reviewers. --Nehrams2020 23:11, 10 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter for November 2007

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The November 2007 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter has been published. Comments are welcome on this, as well as suggestions or offers of assistance for the December 2007 issue. Dr. Cash 01:07, 1 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter for December 2007

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The December 2007 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter has been published. Comments are welcome on this, as well as suggestions or offers of assistance for the January 2008 issue. Dr. Cash 00:30, 4 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Good Articles January Newsletter

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Happy New Year! Here is the latest edition of the WikiProject GA Newsletter! Dr. Cash (talk) 03:54, 3 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter

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The February 2008 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is ready! Dr. Cash (talk) 05:34, 1 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter

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The March 2008 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is ready! Dr. Cash (talk) 05:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

April GA Newsletter

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The April issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is now available. Dr. Cash (talk) 03:46, 7 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Good Articles May Newsletter

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The May Newsletter for WikiProject Good Articles has now been published. Dr. Cash (talk) 22:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Good articles newsletter

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Delivered by the automated Giggabot (stop!) 01:15, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter

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Sorry about the delay. AWB has been having a few issues lately. Here is the august issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter! Dr. Cash (talk) 20:26, 19 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

GA Sweeps invitation

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Hello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. I would like to invite you to consider helping with the GA sweeps process. Sweeps helps to ensure that the oldest GAs still meet the criteria, and improve the quality of GAs overall. Unfortunately, last month only two articles were reviewed. This is definitely a low point after our peak at the beginning of the process when 163 articles were reviewed in September 2007. After nearly two years, the running total has just passed the 50% mark. In order to expediate the reviewing, several changes have been made to the process. A new worklist has been created, detailing which articles are left to review. All exempt and previously reviewed articles have already been removed from the list. Instead of reviewing by topic, you can consider picking and choosing whichever articles interest you.

We are always looking for new members to assist with the remaining articles, so if you are interested or know of anybody that can assist, please visit the GA sweeps page. In addition, for every member that reviews 100 articles or has a significant impact on the process, s/he will get an award when they reach that threshold. If only 14 editors achieve this feat starting now, we would be done with Sweeps! Of course, having more people reviewing less articles would be better for all involved, so please consider asking others to help out. Feel free to stop by and only review a few articles, something's better than nothing! Take a look at the list, and see what articles interest you. Let's work to complete Sweeps so that efforts can be fully focused on the backlog at GAN. If you have any questions about the process, reviewing, or need help with a particular article, please contact me or OhanaUnited and we'll be happy to help. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talkcontrib) 08:01, 8 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive

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WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.
 

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Possibly unfree File:Macbeth Jessie.jpg

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A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Macbeth Jessie.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Kelly hi! 15:40, 28 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Possibly unfree File:Macbeth uniform.jpg

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:52, 23 November 2015 (UTC)Reply