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WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter January 2008
--Chef Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC (talk) 05:19, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The use of "Hoax" in this title is just one more example of POV pushing. Apostle12 (talk) 01:28, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Take Two: Request for change in consensus. Change title to "Franklin Child Abuse Allegations"

"A small group of editors can reach a consensual decision, but when the article gains wider attention, others may then disagree. The original group should not block further change on grounds that they already have made a decision. No one person, and no (limited) group of people, can unilaterally declare that community consensus has changed, or that it is fixed and determined."

The existing title "Franklin Coverup Hoax" is, in the opinion of many who have commented (Gyrofrog, Awfultin, Wayne, Tom1976, Conexion, Apostle 12), fatally biased. To start out saying that the subject material is a "hoax" is indefensible, especially when that point of view is hardly universal. A specially called county grand jury used the word "hoax;" that is all. And there is ample reason to believe that those who comprised the jury had a vested interest in protecting local people.

In the previous section, various editors commented on their support for, or opposition to, a name change to "Franklin Coverup Incident." Those who commented over the space of several days included Sherurcij, PopeFauveXXIII, Wayne, Orange Mike, Apostle12, and Rosicrucian.

Orange Mike came up with a suggestion: How about "Franklin Child Abuse Allegations"? Neutral, takes no position regarding "hoax" or "coverup" claims.

I support this newly proposed title change and am asking for additional comments at this time from concerned editors. Apostle12 (talk) 20:16, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Responded on the article's Talk page. Thanks, --MCB (talk) 00:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey MCB, My name is Mary and I'm a San Francisco-based reporter working on a story about Wikipedia. May I interview you? Thanks for your time, Mary [redacted] phone [email redacted]

Hey MCB, My name is Mary and I'm a San Francisco-based reporter working on a story about Wikipedia. May I interview you? Thanks for your time, Mary [redacted] phone [email redacted] Marynega (talk) 03:31, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mary, I responded by email; if it didn't reach you please post here again. I removed them from the post to avoid spam/etc. --MCB (talk) 06:01, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've responded to your comments on my talk page. In a nutshell, what I've said is that I took the category Category:SubGenii and divided it into "by nationality" categories. I take no position on whether or not the original category was appropriately applied. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 08:10, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Sir:

I would like to start a discussion on getting my article re-posted. I noted at the deletion page that your name is listed as the admin who did the deletion.

I have further information and references that can be added to the page that are published verifications of my article information. I'm new to this process, and need some patience on the part of an administrator who will work with me on this project.

My personal email address is [redacted]. I'm not even sure how to continue dialogue with you inside of Wiki.

Russell Longcore —Preceding unsigned comment added by Authorboy1 (talk • contribs) 20:47, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Russell, I replied on your talk page, and you can follow up there. --MCB (talk) 04:19, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

user:Pulsecommunications created 'Holiday Mojo'; User:Jacintafrilay created 'holiday mojo', of identical content. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 07:03, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Sir:

I realize I'm not as advanced a user as you, but it appears that I have absolutely no say in this matter, and you editors can do whatever you choose to do. I'm not mad, just frustrated and my perception is colored by that frustration.

OK, I will have my publisher write the article. Since you and victoriagirl have all the power, and you won't allow me to revise the original article...I'll have the publisher write the article.

Sorry that we cannot reach some sort of compromise.

Russ Longcore —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.12.169.113 (talk) 00:08, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Responded on User talk:65.12.169.113 with a copy to User talk:Authorboy1. --MCB (talk) 01:49, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Sir:

If I cannot write the article, and my publisher cannot write the article, who can?

Who wrote the article for John Grisham? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.12.169.113 (talk) 19:31, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am a personal friend of Louise Clark, and I would like to know why you keep deleting my updates to the Harry and Louise article. The article is unbiased and does not showcase Porter Novelli or Goddard Claussen. The article you keep reverting back to is factually inaccurate and not well written. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hilarykoehl (talk • contribs) 18:25, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You recently bothered me regarding spelling changes.

If you are referring to the "Gold" article, it was littered with spelling inconsistencies in both forms of English. It has been reverted to its incorrect form in violation of Wiki policy by a seemingly zealous user called "User:Ohnoitsjamie".

When an original form of an article was in one form of English; and amendments added in another form of English. Wikipedia policy is that articles are kept consistently in the original form of English used (rather than separating them into two forms as is the case with Norwegian into Nynorsk and Bokmal).

For details of Wiki policy please read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Consistency_within_articles

It is also against Wiki policy to immediately refer to article changes as Vandalism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism

I'm aware of Wikipedia policy, I've been on it for about 5 years. I can't remember doing anything to the DoD page, but I can see my username on the history (there are two usernames on this PC). I can't even remember visiting that page ever. I've got a good idea who did it; this is a shared computer.

Cheers The Ancient Clan of Pimps and Hustlers (talk) 00:03, 26 March 2008 (UTC).[reply]

Thanks for uncovering the COI with Maggie Rabe, and exposing her out-and-out lie. I was beginning to doubt my instincts. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 06:47, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Very good detective work. There's gotta be a barnstar somewhere around here for that sort of thing. Let me rummage around here a bit... - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 06:51, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here we go!

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For exceptional detective work in uncovering a conflict of interest and attempt at spamming involving Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Junction Solutions and the deception by User:MaggieRabe, I am proud to award this Barnstar of Diligence. Great work! - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 07:02, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I understand your points, many of which are the reasons that I never delete any usernames listed there. I simply give my assessment (which can be made incorrect by my inability to access deleted content). George D. Watson (Dendodge).Talk^Help 21:29, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I thought it was a blatant violation but an administrator said it was fine. I presumed (s)he would know better so I put that template on it as a compromise. George D. Watson (Dendodge).Talk^Help 07:07, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you block ZODi90000005555? The user doesn't seem to have any contributions. I really hope you didn't place this block just to protest against the username policy... rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 16:58, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not a "protest", simply doing what the vast majority of admins would have done before or after the supposed "policy change" of April 4, which was not supported by consensus, and was put through by a small (but vocal) minority faction of editors. As you are participating at WP:AN#Change to the Username Policy regarding confusing usernames, you can see that it's pretty obvious that there was, and is, no consensus to make the changes that you made at the time, and that they do not enjoy universal, or even wide, support. If the change had been proposed in a single place, with a poll mechanism, and with interested parties notified, and it resulted in a consensus, that would be fine, and I'd consider the result a good policy, whatever it might be. That was not done here. --MCB (talk) 17:51, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The change was presented in the single appropriate place, with interested parties notified several times on UAA and in a couple of noticeboard threads. Polls are evil and not necessary to establish consensus. You're seriously blocking newbies because you didn't get a poll? Don't do that.

Why don't you instead tell me what you think is wrong with the current policy, and how blocking ZODi90000005555 without discussion helped Wikipedia? rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 21:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Polls are not evil and are very widely used, for everything from RfAs to deletion discussions to policy changes, and have the advantage of being completely transparent and unambiguous. Trying to claim a consensus from a bunch of scattered discussion topics over a period of 8 months, rather than an explicit proposal and poll, does not seem to me to be a very fair, effective, and transparent process. I have seen significant objection to your policy change (KnightLago, EVula, AzaToth, Rlevse, Scetoaux, and myself, just looking at the discussion in WP:AN) and I think the right thing to do is just undo the April 4 change to WP:U, and if you want to make an explicit proposal, make it, and we'll do a proper poll. --MCB (talk) 22:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And I've seen significant support from it from even more people who have actually followed the discussion, considered the issues involved, and expressed their opinions on WT:U.

The issues involved are complex; when enforcing the username policy, you have to keep in mind how it interacts with other policies such as the vandalism policy, and now, unified login as well. A poll would just invite people to show up saying "I don't like it, it makes it harder to just click buttons in TWINKLE and forget about it". Wikipedia policy is not just a popularity contest, it's an ongoing discussion. And it's been my experience that talking to people on WT:U, with all the context available, tends to make them less gung-ho about blocking people for "confusion". Look at how it happened with Ryan Postlethwaite, who endorsed "confusion" blocks for a long time, but now supports the new policy and has made tools for it such as the holding pen.

Consensus isn't about numbers, it's about discussion, and you haven't held up your own end of the discussion. A brief flareup on WP:AN where most people are unaware of the issues involved isn't enough to undo months of work. Instead of quibbling over what a consensus is, why don't you join the discussion and justify your version of the username policy? rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 04:43, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy to join the discussion, though I've certainly made my views clear in the past (on your user talk page, among other places). I don't think the policy needs any particular change, though the one thing I'd like to see, and may work on, is a set of different {{uw-ublock}} templates that clarify the reason for the block and the degree to which the user is welcome to return. (One example, I forget who drafted it but I thanked them, is {{uw-spamublock}}.) The template for a confusing username would intentionally be non-BITEy, and just tell the user that they're welcome to come back with a new name. Templates for spammers, hatemongers, disrupters, etc., less so. Somewhere in the middle would be one for something like User:IHackYourWiki which might be a vandal or might just be a kid who thinks he's being cool. --MCB (talk) 05:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, if you don't think the policy needs any particular change, why are you changing it? I don't think your views are clear at all; I have no idea why you are doing this. Also, why did you accuse me of "wheel-warring" in an edit summary when no admin powers have been involved, and what does it mean when you're telling me to discuss, but all the discussion of your version on WT:U has been done by me and not you? It's like I've entered Bizarro World. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 05:23, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But on a different note, I think the new templates are a great idea. I would be happy to help create them. I think we could even get people to use them without having to vote on it. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 05:26, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What I meant was that the policy does not need any particular change from what I had reverted it to earlier today. Apologies if that was unclear. --MCB (talk) 05:32, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That wasn't a simple revert. You created a new version of the policy by picking and choosing edits to undo, and you haven't discussed why that version would be an improvement over anything. Why would you undo just those edits, and not all the other edits that have ever been made to the policy based on discussion? And again, what is your motivation for doing this at all? rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 05:35, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't a literal revert (rollback), it was an undo, and I undid your change of April 4 (plus one edit that added to your change). That returned the policy to the status quo ante, which is what I suggested in WP:AN, said I was going to do, and then did. The other subsequent edits were housekeeping changes (if that's not the case, please feel free to point that out and fix it; I'm certainly capable of making mistakes). It's exactly the same as when you remove old vandalism from an article where someone has fixed typos subsequent to that -- you don't revert to the version before the vandalism, because that would remove all the fixes, which is harmful. You undo, either using the undo function, or manually. This seems elementary to me. But as I said in WT:U, if you have a proposal to make, make it, in explicit language, and open the floor for opinions. --MCB (talk) 05:55, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I'm three weeks ahead of you there. The specific proposal came a few edits later, and you would still see it on the talk page if you were to read it. WT:UAA was notified both before and after the discussion. The result was not a resounding unanimous consensus, as it never is when it comes to policy, but it was certainly strong enough consensus to make the change. So why would you insist that I do this again? What would be different this time? I don't have infinite time to spend on Wikipedia. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 06:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I really wish you would withdraw your accusation of "wheel warring". I have not used my admin powers against anything you have done. I even refrained from undoing your inappropriate block (lucky for us that the newbie was patient enough to start a new account himself). What has transpired tonight was a disagreement. Admins can and often do disagree. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 06:31, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I missed that last night. I posted that in hasty error, briefly thinking WP:U was a protected page, which of course makes no sense. You may consider it withdrawn with my apologies, and when I find my reference to it on the talk page I'll strike it. I don't know how to redact an edit summary, though. --MCB (talk) 06:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! It seems like you have a personal conflict with Rspeer? Hmm, maybe ask WP:3O or WP:MEDCAB to help out with that.

In the meanwhile, there's a policy page to maintain. Could you provide your reasoning or defense of your preferred version on Wikipedia_talk:Username_policy?

Your input is very important to me, and I really want to hear back.

Like I said there, if you've had a previous discussion on the matter, you can link to that too, and I'll just ask questions about that if i have any.

Sound reasonable? Remember to have fun! :-) --Kim Bruning (talk) 19:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! You've made some procedural comments, but you still haven't stated why one approach or the other is to be preferred? Could you please do so? Like I've said, it's also ok if you can link to previous discussion on that matter, anywhere on the wiki, if I've missed it.

Project namespace pages are supposed to describe the known best practices for wikipedia. Please help out with that! Thank you very much! :-)

--Kim Bruning (talk) 00:43, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I think you should return to the discussion at U. Things have calmed down and we are now directly discussing the issues. Rspeer posted a long history that is quite interesting. Please return and offer your opinion on the issue. KnightLago (talk) 23:54, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody in the project needs to upgrade Sourdough, it certainly has graduated from Start and looks to me like it may be A-class now (pics, refs, citations, etc.). Thank you...Rep07 (talk) 07:39, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It was pure spam...yeah...that was what I was thinking. But after the declined csd g11 request and the declined uaa request. I hesitated to rereport to uaa (although I was about to do that) or retag for g11. User Dœ _αT^ΩC 21:28, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Just want to let you know (since you were the one who deleted this user's user page for g11), that I filed a sockpuppetry case for the oil guy. See Wikipedia:Suspected_sock_puppets/James-van-blaricum-oil if you want to participate in the discussion. User Dœ _αT^ΩC 16:33, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Here we go again. He's back User:James-van-blaricum-signal-oil User Dœ _αT^ΩC 14:00, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Update - Blocked by User:Daniel Case User Dœ _αT^ΩC 14:19, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Michael,

As someone whose opinion I respect, would you mind taking a look at the claims of Doug (talk · contribs), who's going all Eric Cartman over my crime of adding Category:Temporary Wikipedian userpages to the talk pages of about-to-be-blocked spammers?

As far as I'm concerned, I'm just doing some basic housekeeping. He seems to think some sort of horrible miscarriage of justice is going to happen, and the addition of the "User" prefix imbues pages with some sort of special status. --Calton | Talk 22:16, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to check it out. I'll reply here since I don't really have enough context to join the thread that's on your user talk page. I confess I don't know enough about CAT:TEMP to understand the controversy: are pages in that category automatically deleted by a bot at some future date? A pointer to the discussion would be useful; there was reference to a thread in WP:AN but it appears to have been archived, unless I'm missing it. It's unclear whether he (or others) is objecting in substance (arguing that the pages should not be deleted at all), or objecting regarding process (arguing that they shouldn't be tagged until the user is blocked). Cheers, MCB (talk) 02:20, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! :) In March, Kruthik was nominated for deletion. At the time, there was no suitable page for this article to be redirected to, so based on the consensus, you deleted the article. I have created a new page, List of Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition monsters, which which would be a proper destination to merge and/or redirect the article to. I'm wondering if it's possible to restore the original article, and turn it into a redirect, thus preserving the edit history? BOZ (talk) 18:00, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on your user talk page; you may keep discussion there if you like. Cheers, MCB (talk) 21:00, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! I have added the source for the Kruthik to the list page; you'll find the entry near the bottom. BOZ (talk) 15:44, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I haven't heard back from you. Would you please reconsider a restore of the edit history (for possible merging) and a redirect to List of Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition monsters#WTC 96582 - Miniatures Handbook (2003)? Thanks! :) BOZ (talk) 15:51, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I'd be grateful if you could lift the block on DOI bot (talk · contribs), so I can work on fixing bugs in the code. I only intend to use the bot on sandbox pages until the outcome of the request for approval for the extended features, but may have some free time tomorrow, so it would be useful if I could test edits in my user sandbox, so as to amend the code in response to current issues.

Many thanks,

Smith609 Talk 10:53, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

N.B. the bot is currently disabled at the server end, so it won't commit any edits when unblocked.

WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter June 2008

--Chef Tanner (talk) 16:50, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I want to re-write/heavily edit the Julius Baer entry in Wikipedia (with sources/citations, of course). I understand that a bank of its size and reputation can come under much scrutiny through Wikipedia, but such a bank also deserves more verifiable information on such a widely used forum such as Wikipedia. I Hello! I have entirely re-written the offending article I started (Philosophy of travel) - I see what you mean about it being the wrong style. Is it more appropriate now? I think it now has more of a useable framework. I took off the prod notice - was that the correct thing to do? Is it now safe? Must I do anything else? Bannister54 (talk) 10:37, 2 June 2008 (UTC)Bannister54[reply]

Hi, User:CountryBot was identified on WP:UAA as an account ending in "-bot" that was not an authorized bot. It does not appear in Wikipedia:Bots/Status or Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval. I have blocked it until this is cleared up. Please advise. --MCB (talk) 19:33, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I wasn't aware that bots had to be authorized before their accounts were created. I wasn't intending on making any edits with the bot until/if it was approved. You are welcome to leave it blocked if you like. Thanks for the message. Kaldari (talk) 22:25, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

jpgordon left a rather blunt critique of this block beneath the unblock request. I am strongly considering an unblock ... when an ArbCom member says that, I think we really ought to do it. Do you have anything else to add to this one. Daniel Case (talk) 03:11, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody else took care of it. While I suppose he should change his username, since the source of that violation is non-notable and unworthy of an article at the moment it really won't be an issue for a while. Daniel Case (talk) 13:38, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In the area? You're invited to
San Francisco Meetup # 6
	Date: Saturday, June 28th, 2008
	Time: ~1:00PM
	Place: Glen Park Branch Library
prev: Meetup 5 - next: Meetup 7

You received this invite because you added your name to the Invite list. If you don't wish to be invited any more, simply remove your name. Thanks. --ShakataGaNai ^Talk 05:37, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MCB, thanks so much for your greeting. I am still learning all this and have really struggled to get the page uploaded and to make it appropriate enough for the guidelines. Given this I cannot thank you enough for your comments. I completely agree with: (a) username issue, and (b)COI clause.

Pertaining to issue (a), please see the following step:

Southasia1234 → Swj2103 Current name: Southasia1234 (talk · contribs · logs · block log) Requested name: Swj2103 (SUL conflicts?) (rename user) Reason: Current Username connected with page/username policy. Southasia1234 (talk) 04:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC) Y Done Kingturtle (talk) 12:28, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Given this can you please edit my page and remove the username policy violation? Thanks so much.

Also, do you have any guides on how to make the page more COI compliant. I looked at the Times, Newsweek, WSJ, even Times of India pages and they all use the same kind of text and language, and they all are promoting the periodical. How can I do the same? I am wondering how I can comply with the clauses if I cannot make edits to the pages for ethical reasons. The periodical has been in publication for decades and it would be great to have a wikipedia information page for it.

Looking forward to your guidance, help and advice. Thanks again.

Southasia1234 (talk)

Hi, not sure why SmackBot would remove three valid stub-sorting tags as it did to Pink Saturday, in this edit. Is there a rule about too many stub types (in which case at least one or more valid ones should be left)? I checked on those stub types as well, and they do not seem to be deprecated. Please advise. Thanks and keep up the good work, MCB (talk) 03:48, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Basically WP:AWB removes stub tags from articles over a certain size. Rich Farmbrough, 09:18 26 June 2008 (GMT).

Thanks. If I understand your response, it means that the metric used is AWB's, and not SmackBot's directly. If that's the case, perhaps (if it's not too ambitious) you might consider programming SmackBot to include the {{expand}} tag when it removes certain stub templates due to article length, per this from WP:STUB: "Many articles still marked as stubs have in fact been expanded beyond what is regarded as stub size. If an article is too large to be considered a stub but still needs expansion, replace the stub template with an {{expand}} template (no article should contain both a stub template and an expand template)." Best, MCB (talk) 18:46, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

An editor tried reverting your deletion of the stars/diamonds field in this infobox, and is now arguing that the fields are appropriate because stars and diamonds are "statistics". Interesting. Skeezix1000 (talk) 22:15, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Saw that, thanks. Will respond there. --MCB (talk) 22:55, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter July 2008

--Chef Tanner (talk) 15:39, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is Template:Afd/sandbox still needed? GregManninLB (talk) 17:37, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi..I am a wikipedia newbie and you guided me right on fixing my user name. (bot issue). I am looking to start editing/contributing on arts, music, humanities articles. Thanks for setting me straight. Psychobotox (talk) 20:51, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, sir. Source is well needed, check WP:CITE#IMAGE, i the source is unknown, we may not able to host it there.--OsamaK 20:49, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In the area? You're invited to
San Francisco Meetup # 7
	Date: September 6th, 2008
	Time: 3 PM
	Place: Freebase HQ, San Francisco
prev: Meetup 6 - next: Meetup 8

You received this invite because you added your name to the Invite list. If you don't wish to be invited any more, simply remove your name. Thanks. --ShakataGaNai ^{^_^} 06:01, 29 July 2008 (UTC) [reply]

Thanks for your vote of confidence. I thought for a second that I was beginning to lose the plot! – ukexpat (talk) 18:11, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've relisted some entries removed by User:Shereth from WP:UAA -- including two that had been originally removed by User:Rspeer and re-removed by him -- and it appears he's editwarring to exclude those two on the grounds that "two admins had already rejected them", namely himself and Rspeer. Maybe they should have been removed, but he's clearly not the one who should be deciding that. Mind having a look and weighing in, providing a sanity check? --Calton | Talk 00:00, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, will do. --MCB (talk) 05:08, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My efforts at WP:UAA have not gone unnoticed -- I'm being accused of monstrous and most unspecified crimes at WP:AN/I and they're voting on a topic ban on me. Have they gone insane, or have I? --Calton | Talk 09:35, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is one easy way for me to relax and not be so stressed about protecting newbies from username blocks: I'd like you to stop functionally undoing everything I do. If I remove some names, you assume I must be wrong and put them back (with a haughty message on my talk page, no less). If I stick up for a new user with a clever CS joke as a name, you stick up for the edit warrior who got him blocked and say that you can't possibly assume good faith from someone with a 40-character name. If I organize months of discussion toward a consensus about how to reasonably apply the username policy, you try to break up the consensus by subjecting it to a poll, and then when you don't get the poll you want you go around encouraging admins to flout the new policy.

If I try to make WT:UAA stick to the issues, you put your personal conflict with me on center stage.

I don't consider it a good thing that you can't assume good faith from a user such as User:GUID-FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF. Maybe if you had read his user page you would get why the name is clever, but really, it shouldn't matter whether you personally get it or not. The current situation where hundreds of users hold a veto over every new username (and basically anyone can get a username blocked if they don't like it) is ridiculous, and it's been observed as such by people outside the English Wikipedia community. Maybe our community wouldn't be shrinking if we didn't have hundreds of bouncers at the door.

I wish I understood what your goal was for Wikipedia, and why it's so important to you that it's worth sacrificing the newbies who get in the way of it. Maybe you can help me understand. Maybe we can talk things through before the next time you go behind my back to undo what I'm doing. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 15:04, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replied at WT:U. --MCB (talk) 22:43, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki_talk:Usernameblacklist#Obsolete. There's a global one on meta now, too. Thanks. Kylu (talk) 03:01, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A Community forum has been set up at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Food and drink/Article guidelines for the various Food and Drink projects to develop a set of Manual of Style guidelines for use in articles under the auspices of all the related Food and Drink WikiProjects and task forces. This would be similar to the MoS guidelines for biographies or legal articles.

Please feel free to comment.

--Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 10:03, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello from WikiProject San Francisco Bay Area!

As part of a recent update to our project main page we are conducting a roll call to check which members are still active and interested in working on bay area related content. If you are still interested in participating, simply move your username from the inactive section of the participant list to the active section. I hope you will find the redesigned project pages helpful, and I wanted to welcome you back to the project. If you want you can take a look at the newly redesigned:

• Main Page
  
• Talk page
  
• Cleanup listing
  
• Template list
  

As well as the existing pages:

• Assessment
  
• Article Worklist
  
• Watchlist
  
• Deletion sorting (California)
  

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at the project talk page, and add it to your watchlist, if it isn't already.

Again, hi!  -Optigan13 (talk) 07:48, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I just wanted to let you know of two things. First, I created a section on the talk page for this image to try to address the point you raised. Second, I fixed the deletion template I had mistakenly added with the parameter for an old image and set the date parameter for today so the day for deletion is now Wednesday instead of Saturday.Oroso (talk) 07:01, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There may be a deletion review on New Welcome Lodge pending, User_talk:MSJapan#Re:_Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion.2FNew_Welcome_Lodge. JASpencer (talk) 15:14, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just for your information, I've usernameblocked User:Administrator following his recent vandalism. Exploding Boy (talk) 18:01, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good call, thanks. I removed the name from WP:UAAHP. --MCB (talk) 18:12, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're right that saying that Jaffa is "one of the world's oldest ports" is "not a particularly controversial claim", I just thought it's a pretty extraordinary (doubtless true, but still extraordinary) claim and could benenfit from an inline citation. Therefore, I'm writting to commend you on adding the citation although you didn't agree that it was needed. When we put collaborative effort ahead of our own preferences and judgements on specific points, it is then that we really become better Wikipedians. Thanks and kudos. - Boston (talk) 16:09, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your instructive AfD vote. As you might have suspected, this was my first AfD, and I wasn't sure how to deal with it. CapnZapp (talk) 11:18, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This edit of yours has an interesting summary. It references wp:Biographies of living persons, and yet he's dead. NJGW (talk) 13:08, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The prior section on Milk and the Peoples Temple to which you commented upon has been deleted. A short sentence was re-added. That has since been deleted, by two of the same editors as before.

SandyGeorge stated that you made prior comments. I noted your prior quote ("However, it seems to me that three well-sourced sentences about People's Temple in a biographical article of this length is clearly not "undue weight", and a similar treatment of Oliver Sipple would be appropriate as well.")

Because both SandyGeorge and I raised your name, I thought I'd inform you that the discussion is occurring [1].Mosedschurte (talk) 23:57, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

i now realise that the unsourced allegations you referred to when you added the fact tags to my edit can be described as original research. feel free to remove my edit, since it violates wp:or. Badmachine (talk) 08:25, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rocksky (talk) 23:29, 22 September 2008 (UTC)RockskyRocksky (talk) 23:29, 22 September 2008 (UTC) Hello MCB,[reply]

I have changed my username netskybot to a new username to abide by the rules. Thank you for the info.

I would like to solicit feedback concerning moving this to Adam Jones (football). It makes sense to me, but is there consensus? Please opine in the section of the article talk page. Cheers, Dlohcierekim's sock (talk) 20:39, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, since you are the blocking admin, you may want to see this page. I honestly feel that it should be deleted, but I can't think of the policy at the moment.— Dædαlus ^Contribs /_Improve 06:35, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the pointer. There's no real speedy-deletion criteria that applies to it, nor is there any particular danger or threat in just leaving it until it can be deleted via MfD. I'm not quite sure of what IRDT was trying to show in copying the AN/I thread there, but I don't see any urgency in deleting it. Best, MCB (talk) 06:54, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please use the new section tab when writing on my wall. On another note, how many warnings do I get before being banned?

Just wondering, not that I want to be banned or planning to. TaleOfSevenSpades (talk) 18:22, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see that you have blocked User:PAHouseGOP, and I would like to speak up on behalf of him. I do believe that this editor may have started as a political spammer, but he has since changed his ways and is well on his way to becoming a good editor. In fact, his work has been extremely helpful--expanding biographical coverage of republican members of the PA House of Representatives. I would hate to scare off this editor (who apparently loves the tedium required to do that many pages) just because of a bad username.

If you look at his talk page you can see that several editors (including myself and User talk:Montco) have been in contact with him over some of his actions. If nothing else, his username indicated a bias and COI, and we have been extra watchful over his work; we corrected and cleaned up some sloppy edits and impermissible actions (like adding copyvio text). But in the last few weeks he has improved considerably. So, I respectfully ask that you unblock him and allow him to change his username.--HoboJones (talk) 03:51, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

[2] Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 04:37, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In the area? You're invited to
San Francisco Meetup # 8
	Date: November 8th, 2008
	Time: 2PM
	Place: Metacafe, Palo Alto, California
prev: Meetup 7 - next: Meetup 9

You received this invite because you added your name to the Invite list. If you don't wish to be invited any more, simply remove your name. Thanks. --ShakataGaNai ^{^_^} 18:25, 31 October 2008 (UTC) [reply]

Hi! I'd like to remind you that you got some Chinese grammatical errors on your user page and talk page in Chinese Wiki.

The sentance show on your talk page

我不使用中國字非常好，所以如果您想要傳送訊息給我，請你到我的英文維基百科討論頁 。謝謝您！

I do some modify on it

我不太懂中文，如果您希望留言給我，請到我在英文維基百科的討論頁。謝謝您！

aother sentance show on your user page

"你好中國朋友！" I guess that you wanna say "Hello/Hi Chinese!", but it's quite odd to say "您好中國朋友". It is better to change it to "您好"(Hello).

ps. I'm sorry that if I have disturbed or bothered you. -Chinese Wiki's sysop- J.Wong 10:39, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the help! I replied on your ZH talk page. Best, MCB (talk) 20:39, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

Have you looked at the discussion over the last year, or just the most recent "vote?" I got involve in this as a cleanup without an axe to grind, but I'm concerned that this process is being pushed through by a combination of forum shopping and sheer will. I really don't feel that strongly about the isseus, but I'm really concerned about the processes being employed. --Kevin Murray (talk) 01:49, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MCB I want to report Heartyyoungsailor since (s)he vandalized elephantiasis recently and I saw your message on his/her talk page. SanderB (talk) 19:24, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that you commented on the report that I filed regarding these editors.

I was wondering if you could have a look at one more user for me, please?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Pds0101

This account seems to have made limited edits but most of the edits made are on articles also edited by one of the above three editors. Also the Pds0101 account is starting to become quite prominent on the South Korea article, which is the most edited article for all of the above.

As far as I was concerned there were 4 accounts used by the same person, the Lakshmix and Wondergirls accounts have been indef blocked, but the Ziggymaster and Pds0101 have not - while the user might deserve to have one account, the use of multiple accounts is making it seem as if certain consensus exists, when in fact it is just one editor.

What do you think? Should the Ziggymaster account have been blocked as well? Do you think Pds0101 is the same editor?

カンチョーSennen Goroshi ! (talk) 03:45, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I noticed that you are in Pleasanton. I was wondering if you might have some time to go to Alviso Adobe Community Park and get some pictures. If not, no big deal. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 23:39, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please give us a thumbs up or down whether we should delete Global city in Talk:Global_city#Proposal_to_delete_references_to_.22Global_City.22_in_city_articles Kransky (talk) 14:11, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I pick you at random MCB, as an admin who is online who just blocked someone, hoping you will look at this:

Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Edit_warring#User:Benjiboi_reported_by_User:THF_.28Result:_24h.29

I know admins are loathe to undo what other admins have done, so I understand if you don't want to touch it. Thank you. Ikip (talk) 01:18, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I sent You an email. Harald wehner (talk) 18:43, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the email - I will upload the photo to the Commons. Best, MCB (talk) 20:54, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As a member of the Aviation WikiProject or one of its subprojects, you may be interested in testing your skills in the Aviation Contest! I created this contest, not to pit editor against editor, but to promote article improvement and project participation and camraderie. Hopefully you will agree with its usefulness. Sign up here, read up on the rules here, and discuss the contest here. The first round of the contest may not start until September 1st-unless a large number of editors signup and are ready to compete immediately! Since this contest is just beginning, please give feedback here, or let me know what you think on my talkpage. - Trevor MacInnis ^contribs 01:10, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MCB.

Re: Talk:Häagen-Dazs/Archives/2013#local_management_mistake_not_encyclopedic.

I appreciate any review, input, insight, or help you could offer here, as an editor +/or as an admin. Is this a case where some level of article protection is called for? I thought of pointing them @ wikinews, but don't edit or use it, so don't know if it fits there. I note the article has other issues and needs. I prefer you reply here, not my talk page, to keep our discussion in one place. Note one of the editors has made deletions to Leonard H. Tower, Jr.. At least the GCC/GNU diff deletion should probably be reversed.Thanks either way. Lentower (talk)

Hi Len, thanks for the message; I'm leaving on a trip tomorrow and it may be a while before I can look at this in any detail. There's a whole brou-ha-ha brewing in that section of the talk page already... <sigh> --MCB (talk) 09:38, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

MCB, thanks. Yes, <sigh>. Enjoy your trip. Lentower (talk) 14:15, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In the area? You're invited to
San Francisco Meetup # 11
	Date: Saturday, February 6th, 2010
	Time: 15:00 (3PM)
	Place: WMFoundation offices
prev: Meetup 10 - next: Meetup 12

This is posted to the groups by request. Please sign up on the Invite list for future announcements. Thanks. --ShakataGaNai ^{^_^} 23:42, 4 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

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Hello,

I found these great pictures you uploaded File:Beef-wellington1a-MCB.jpg File:Beef-wellington2-MCB.jpg

Sadly they are not on Commons and therefore can't be used in other Wikimedia projects. It would be great if you could upload them to Commons, too.

Thanks --Wikieditoroftoday (talk) 00:34, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I did it myself now --Wikieditoroftoday (talk) 22:15, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much - sorry I was not able to get to it, it has been a very busy week for me. Best, MCB (talk) 01:25, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Copyright tag was removed by a vandal. Restored. --MCB (talk) 19:27, 27 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello... FYI, I've had to revert your addition to the Tennant article (regarding his supposed engagement). I'm not crazy about doing so, but text regarding the (possible) relationship with Moffat has been problematic for a very long time. Many IPs and new editors have added material based on rumours they have seen, but there has never been a reliable source to confirm it. I reviewed the Mail article, and could not see any indication of where they sourced the report from. I also did a search on Wikipedia and found a sizeable discussion that suggests we should not use the Mail as a source without having other reliable sources to confirm what they are saying. If it is true, I'm sure we'll see it published in a source that meets our requirements in short order (especially given Tennant's popularity). --Ckatz^chat_spy 02:07, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! In the past, you've expressed an interest in local meetups of Wikipedians. Well, here's your chance! On Saturday, June 25, we'll be joining Wikipedians in cities all over the country for the first annual Great American Wiknic -- the picnic that anyone can edit! We'll meet up at a park in SF -- hopefully in the sun -- all other details are still in deliberation!

If this sounds fun, please add your name to the list: Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/Wiknic and add that page to your watchlist. (And of course, feel free to edit that page with your ideas, questions, etc.) I look forward to wiknicking with you! -Pete (talk) 23:55, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dear MCB,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chlopeck (talk • contribs) 04:06, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

San Francisco Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon! Who should come? You should. Really.
	The San Francisco Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon will be held on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at the the Wikimedia Foundation offices in San Francisco! Participate in editing subjects about women's history and beyond! Workshops will also be hosted. New and experienced editors of any gender are welcome! We look forward to seeing you there!

San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2! You are invited!

The San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2 will be held on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at the Wikimedia Foundation offices in San Francisco. Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join us! This event will be specifically geared around encouraging women to learn how to edit and contribute to Wikipedia. Workshops on copy-editing, article creation, and sourcing will be hosted. Bring a friend! Come one, come all! EdwardsBot (talk) 23:30, 22 May 2012 (UTC) · Unsubscribe[reply]

	San Francisco Wiknic at Golden Gate Park
	You are invited to the second Great American Wikinic taking place in Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco, on Saturday, June 23, 2012. We're still looking for input on planning activities, and thematic overtones. List your add yourself to the attendees list, and edit the picnic as you like. —Max Klein {chat} 18:35, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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There are three events planned:

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October 16 - Ada Lovelace Day Celebration - You are invited!

Come celebrate Ada Lovelace Day at the Wikimedia Foundation offices in San Francisco on October 16! This event, hosted by the Ada Initiative, the Mozilla Foundation, and the Wikimedia Foundation. It'll be a meet up style event, though you are welcome to bring a laptop and edit about women in STEM if you wish. Come mix, mingle and celebrate the legacy of the world's first computer programmer. The event is October 16, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm, everyone is welcome! You must RSVP here - see you there! SarahStierch (talk) 19:53, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I hope you will be joining us tomorrow afternoon at the Edit-a-thon at Tech Liminal, in Oakland. We'll be working on articles relating to women and democracy (and anything else that interests you). It's sponsored by the California League of Women Voters, Tech Liminal, and me.

If this is the first you are hearing of this event, my apologies for the last-minute notice! I announced it on the San Francisco email list and by a banner on your watchlist, but I neglected to look at the San Francisco invitation list until this evening. If you can't make it this time, I hope to see you at a similar event soon! -Pete (talk) 04:48, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, MCB. You are invited to join WikiProject Brands, a WikiProject and resource dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of brands and brand-related topics. To join the project, just add your name to the member list. Northamerica1000(talk) 17:21, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've been making some efforts to rejuvenate WikiProject Hotels, and since you're a member of the project, please feel free to contribute there if anything comes to mind. Also, please feel free to discuss matters at the project's talk page. Northamerica1000^(talk) 08:54, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wiknic 2013
Sunday, June 23rd · 12:34pm · Lake Merritt, Oakland
Theme: Hyperlocal list-making

This year's 2013 SF Wiknik will be held at Lake Merritt, next to Children's Fairyland in Oakland. This event will be co-attended by people from the hyperlocal Oakland Wiki. May crosspollination of ideas and merriment abound!

• Location: The grassy area due south of Children's Fairyland (here) (Oakland Wiki)
  • Nearest BART: 19th Street
  • Nearest bus lines: NL/12/72
  • Street parking abounds

to two upcoming Bay Area events:

• Maker Faire 2013, Sat/Sun May 18-19, San Mateo -- there will have a booth about Wikimedia, and we need volunteers to talk to the public and ideas for the booth -- see the wiki page to sign up!
• Edit-a-Thon 5, Sat May 25, 10-2pm, WMF offices in San Francisco -- this will be a casual edit-a-thon open to both experienced and new editors alike! Please sign up if on the wiki page if you can make it so we know how much food to get.

I hope you can join us at one or both! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 17:18, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there MCB! I've noticed you have yourself listed as a member of the Food and Drink Wikiproject. Unfortunately it looks like the project has been slowly sliding into inactivity except for a couple of people. That makes me a sad potato, and nobody likes a sad potato amirite?

If you'd like to turn my frown upside down, can you do two small things?

First off, go here and add {{Tick}} (Y) next to your name if you're still part of the project.

Second, go to the project talkpage and participate in a discussion about how to make the project more active, and how to go about making articles in our area of interest a lot better.

You don't want to make me cry, do you? Potatoes have a lot of eyes you know. So come on, join in! :)

— The Potato Hose 18:32, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Posted by Northamerica1000^(talk) 02:22, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It would be appreciated if you joined in the conversation occurring at WT:Food regarding the layout and presentation of the project's main page. Northamerica1000^(talk) 03:33, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Delivered by Northamerica1000^(talk) 21:10, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Art & Feminism Edit-a-Thon - You are invited!

File:Csaky madonna.jpg

Hi MCB! The first Art and Feminism Edit-a-thon will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2014 in San Francisco. Any editors interested in the intersection of feminism and art are welcome. Wikipedians of all experience levels are invited! Experienced editors will be on hand to help new editors. Bring a friend and a laptop! Come one, come all! Learn more here! SarahStierch (talk) 09:04, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Saturday, April 5 - WikiWomen's Edit-a-thon at the University of California, Berkeley - You are invited!

The University of California, Berkeley's Berkeley Center for New Media is hosting our first edit-a-thon, facilitated by WikiWoman Sarah Stierch, on April 5! This event, focused on engaging women to contribute to Wikipedia, will feature a brief Wikipedia policy and tips overview, followed by a fast-paced energetic edit-a-thon. Everyone is welcome to attend. Please bring your laptop and be prepared to edit about women and women's history! The event is April 5, from 1-5 PM, at the Berkeley Center for New Media Commons at Moffitt Library. You must RSVP here - see you there! SarahStierch (talk) 23:37, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You are invited! → Litquake Edit-a-thon → See you there!

In the area? You're invited to    San Francisco Meetup # 22   Date: October 11, 2014   Time: 1-5 pm   Place: 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105   prev: Meetup 21 - next: Meetup 23 | All SF meetups & events The Edit-a-thon will occur in parallel with Litquake, the San Francisco Bay Area's annual literature festival. Writers from all over the Bay Area and the world will be in town during the nine day festival, so the timing is just right for us to meetup and create/translate/expand/improve articles about literature and writers. All levels of Wikipedia editing experience are welcome. This event will include new editor training. RSVP →here←. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:08, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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ArtAndFeminism (3/7) and International Women's Day (3/8)!

Dear fellow Wikipedian, In celebration of WikiWomen's History Month, the SF Bay Area Wikipedia community has two events in early March -- please consider attending! First, we have an ArtAndFeminism edit-a-thon, which will take place at the Kadist Art Foundation from 12 noon to 6pm on Saturday, March 7. We'll be one of many sites worldwide participating in this edit-a-thon on March 7th. So join us as we help improve Wikipedia's coverage of women artists and their works! Second, we will be celebrating International Women's Day with the International Women's Day edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 8 from 1pm to 5pm at the Wikimedia Foundation. Our editing focus will be on women, of course! I hope to see you there! Rosiestep (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:06, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply] To opt out of future mailings about SF meetups, please remove your name from this list.

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Hi MCB,

I recently transferred one of your uploaded files (File:Musee-national-interior-MCB.jpg) to Wikimedia Commons. Please clarify which "Musée national" this image depicts, as there are many. Thanks! MB298 (talk) 05:05, 12 October 2016 (UTC) (when you reply to this message please notify me)[reply]

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Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MCB.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

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• The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries

• JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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Hi! I am currently revamping the UCSF project. I created lots of pages and added a lot of content, but there is so much still to do. I saw that you are part of the SFBA task force, so I thought you might be interested and I wanted to invite you to collaborate once more. In particular, we need to add content, do maintenance, and we really would benefit from pictures, so if you are in SF and could help that would be great. Thanks!Eccekevin (talk) 15:10, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, MCB! We are looking for editors to join WikiProject University of California, San Francisco, an outreach effort which aims to support development of UCSF related articles in Wikipedia. We thought you might be interested, and hope that you will join us. If you are interested in joining, please visit the project page, and add your name to the list of participants, check out our To Do list, and join the discussion on our talk page. Thanks!!!

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A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:06, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

The WikiEagle

The WikiProject Aviation Newsletter

Volume I — Issue 1
Aviation Project • Project discussion • Members • Assessment • Outreach • The WikiEagle
Announcements After over a decade of silence, the WikiProject Aviation newsletter is making a comeback under the name The WikiEagle. This first issue was sent to all active members of the project and its sub-projects. If you wish to continue receiving The WikiEagle, you can add your username to the mailing list. For now the newsletter only covers general project news and is run by only one editor. If you wish to help or to become a columnist, please let us know. If you have an idea which you believe would improve the newsletter, please share it; suggestions are welcome and encouraged. On 16 December, an RfC was closed which determined theaerodrome.com to be an unreliable source. The website, which is cited over 1,500 articles, mainly on WWI aviation, as of the publishing of this issue. Luft46.com has been added to the list of problematic sources after this discussion. The Jim Lovell article was promoted to Featured Article status on 26 December after being nominated by Hawkeye7. The Raymond Hesselyn article was promoted to Good Article status on 4 December after being nominated by Zawed. The Supermarine Sea King article was promoted to Good Article status on 22 December after being nominated by Amitchell125. The William Hodgson (RAF officer) article was promoted to Good Article status on 26 December after being nominated by Zawed.
Members New Members KingAviationKid (Joined on 17 December) PatrickChiao (Joined on 22 December) Wp9097 (Joined on 16 December) Number of active members: 386. Total number of members: 921. Closed Discussions Featured Article assessment Jim Lovell (discussion) – Closed as promoted on 26 December 2021 Good Article assessment HAL Tejas (discussion) – Closed as not promoted on 30 December 2021 William Hodgson (RAF officer) (discussion) – Closed as promoted on 26 December 2021 Supermarine Sea King (discussion) – Closed as promoted on 22 December 2021 Raymond Hesselyn (discussion) – Closed as promoted on 4 December 2021 Deletion Timeline of Berlin Brandenburg Airport's construction (discussion) – Closed as delete and redirect on 30 December 2021 Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17 (discussion) – Closed as keep on 25 December 2021 Requested moves Akbarpur (Ambedkar Nagar) Airstrip → Akbarpur Airstrip (discussion) – Closed as moved on 30 December 2021 1983 Avensa Douglas DC-9 crash → Avensa Flight 007 (discussion) – Closed as moved on 30 December 2021 Garuda Indonesia Flight 035 → Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 035 (discussion) – Withdrawn on 28 December 2021	Article Statistics This data reflects values from DMY.
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Hello MCB. For the photograph you posted of the Prison de la Sante' (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La-Sante-Prison-MCB.jpg), do you remember what was the direction of the photograph? If you tell me I'll add that data to the picture. Thank you for your time. -- User — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:2FC0:F:81D9:9D27:E036:57C9 (talk) 18:52, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for the question. Luckily, I remember exactly where I was standing when I made the photo -- it was in my room at the Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel, looking across to the prison two streets away. That is almost exactly north of the hotel, just a few degrees to the east. Hope this helps. Best, MCB (talk) 23:53, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Acknowledged. MCB (talk) 08:15, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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