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Please look at Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia 5 and give your input about the next meet-up. Thank you.
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Thanks for the OLPC split, it was long overdue. I've been fixing redirects so XO HW/SW stuff goes to the OLPC XO-1 article. --IanOsgood 22:48, 7 October 2007 (UTC) (P.S. another animutation fan...)[reply]

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I have edited your image, of the Real Life Barnstar, simply by making it transparent. I am unsure if you want to upload this or use this instead, I am giving you the option. Hpfan9374 (talk) 23:52, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Great. Glad to be of assistance. Hpfan9374 (talk) 20:21, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but Ill go along with what anybody suggests. Im not that good in knowing what locations to go to, despite me usually going to Philly once every few months for whatever I need to do, but if something sounds good, or if something is suggested that I have been to before, and sounds good, I will vouch for it. Whammies Were Here 00:38, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(Suspected sockpuppet template removed)--TexasDex ★ 05:14, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Same post, same interest, same computer.

So obvious.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Alfred Legrand (talk • contribs) 02:28, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Although this petty and vindictive accusation really doesn't deserve it, I will address and disprove it. Yes, we do often edit from the same IP address. I doubt that you actually know for a fact that we often share IPs, it's more likely a lucky guess based on the statement on ImmortalGoddezz's talk page. But it is correct, because I use a home router to share internet between the computers in this apartment. However your accusation is otherwise unfounded because:

• Age: Sockpuppets are almost always created briefly for the use of the puppeteer, not used for long, and they never build up much of an edit history. I joined Wikipedia about four years ago, ImmortalGoddezz about three years ago, and we both have substantial edit histories.
• Edit histories: I have well over a thousand constructive edits on the English Wikipedia, and ImmortalGoddezz has over 5,000. More importantly while we have some shared interests (Drexel and CF) the vast majority of our histories show rather distinctly the differences in our personalities. I tend to edit things like Public Radio shows and internet culture articles, while ImmortalGoddezz focuses on writers and sorority pages. While this doesn't conclusively prove that I am not a sockpuppet, it makes the assertion laughable.
• Editing patterns: Sometimes me and ImmortalGoddezz edit at the same time, sometimes we don't. We do tend to edit most during the evening, but there is no clear pattern that would mark us as socks (e.g. alternating between accounts, always editing together).
• Real life witnesses: Since we have both attended several wikipedia meetups, there are a large number of other wikipedia users, including administrators and ArbCom members, who have met us in person and can attest to the fact that we are two different users, and not one user with multiple accounts.

Given all this evidence any reasonable person will conclude that we are two different people. However I wish to prove further that not only are we not the same person we are not meatpuppets. We, being in a very close and loving relationship with each other, very often find that we are in agreement. We do not always agree, but in those cases we generally talk it out in real life rather than on Wikipedia. The important part--the part that makes us, by definition, not meatpuppets--is that we are both long time members who are familiar with Wikipedia policies and are able to make decisions based on policy. Furthermore we do not, particularly as of late, try to "back eachother up" or support each other in debates, in fact Candice has asked me not to get involved in several recent issues because, although I have come to agree with her through my own judgement and knowledge, it might be viewed as improper. Wikipedia SOCK and MEAT policies were certainly not designed to forbid people who know eachother to both edit wikipedia, as long as they follow policy and use their own independent judgement.

Although I understand that an inexperienced user might, in good faith, suspect us of being sock- or meatpuppets, your attacks against ImmortalGoddezz make me suspect that your motive is nothing more than revenge. --TexasDex ★ 03:41, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the above, you might want to take a look at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Alfred Legrand. CM (talk) 18:42, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am very confident that he was an alumnus, but you're right, i need to do more research. Since he died in 1996, I'm going to try and locate an obituary. Those typically have information about what college people attended. Also, I saw that you said I didn't copy the template properly. Sorry about that. Once I have located a source, I'll let you know and you can reinsert the information at your leasure.

Thanks. --Mblumber (talk) 13:51, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just found his obituary in the Philadelphia inquirer from July 20, 1996. He actually majored in Business Adminstration at NYU. I'm going to write an article on him, but it doesn't belong on the alumni list. Just thought I would let you know. --Mblumber (talk) 00:35, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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It's unfortunate that turnout is going to be so low for the meetup. You would think that at least all the people who voted for that date would come! Anyway, last time someone set up a thing so that anyone with an IP address near Phila would get a notice on their watchlist page. I think that really helped to get the word out and we should make sure that this is done for Meetup 7. Have fun. ike9898 (talk) 18:49, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey guy, with only three counting me, is it still on? Thanks. Shoessss |  Chat  20:09, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That would be a geonotice, and we really should use one. I was just about to RSVP for tonight (last-minute schedule change) when I saw you scrubbed the meetup. Postpone to Sunday 3 February? —CComMack (t–c) 11:49, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Too soon. Let's make it for the last weekend in February and promote the heck out of it! --evrik ^(talk) 21:17, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• I've posted some suggestions based on my own experiences organizing meetups at Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia 6#Neighborly advice from NYC on how to plan a rescheduled meetup.--Pharos (talk) 21:23, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I like most of Pharos' suggestions but I would personally vote against something like a museum visit. There didn't seem to be much response this time from the Wikimedia Pennsylvania crowd...maybe they need more direct encouragement or maybe they need earlier meetups since they are travelling from futher away. ike9898 (talk) 19:55, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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I noticed that the meetup got postponed, if I remember correctly, for the 5th meetup I was a part of, everything on a date and time was pretty much set a couple of weeks at least in advance, that way it gave time for everyone to say if they were going or not. I know for this meetup, the date and time was only done about a week in advance. Unless I was incorrect about how the 5th meetup was planned and everything, and the response for the 6th meetup was just not there, maybe you should try to have the date and time for the meetup set a bit more in advance that way people can plan accordingly, and have time to get their replies in on if they are going or not.  :) Whammies Were Here 20:32, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Email me. --evrik ^(talk) 14:30, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi. As the organizer of the recent Philadelphia meetup, I would like to invite you to join http://wikinortheast.blogspot.com/ and contribute to our joint blog. So far, we have one contributor from New York (myself) and one from Philadelphia (wikibooks:User:Whiteknight). This blog is syndicated at Planet Wikimedia. A post-meetup summary would be a great first post. Thanks.--Pharos (talk) 22:56, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Please don't arbitrarily removed sourced edits as you did on the CF page. My edit expands the notion in the previous paragraph that CF appears amongst racial groups. If you want to argue the point, please engage in discussion on the Talk Page rather than simply vandalizing the content without discussion. I'll wait for your response before restoring the paragraph. Bushcutter (talk) 23:25, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In your response you referred to the source of the Cystic Fibrosis statement as a "college newspaper". The quote by the spokesperson for CCFF was broadcast by the CTV television network, and was quoted in the Financial Post. Neither of these resembles in any way a college newspaper. Perhaps you're confusing my sources with something in your distant past? I think you're being a little too quick with the hatchet since WP states quite clearly that sourced material stays and discussion follows if there's disagreement. The quote should stay in place for subsequent discussion. For all that anyone knows, you may simply be an angry vandal since you brought out the hatchet before discussing your concerns. You see, right away you were wrong about the source, the content, and the motives of all concerned, and that's reason enough to restore the edit for further discussion. Bushcutter (talk) 17:02, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Responded on Cystic fibrosis talk page--TexasDex ★ 07:03, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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