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Just wondering: what do you need written for the newsletter? I am somewhat interested if you still have openings... OnFire4Jesus (talk) 8:44, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

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Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral.
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That's OK. What's done is done, and it wasn't like I was going to hold it over your head anyway. :) Thanks for coming clean about it though. east.718 at 02:05, May 4, 2008

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Hey Basketball- I've been asking around for awhile, but haven't received a straight answer, so, I was wondering if you might know what this thing is.

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I could read it.

As it turns out, I could read your small userbox, so I want some fish, please! Wyatt915

Los Angeles Lakers newsletter

I was wondering if I can write a new newsletter for the Los Angeles Lakers task force for the off-season. I will be honoed you if let me. -- K. Annoyomous24 GO LAKERS! 23:34, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

If no one else is doing it, I'd suggest that you go ahead and write it. My bot can deliver it if there is a need. « Diligent Terrier (talk) 23:39, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Los Angeles Lakers Newsletter for August 3, 2008

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the The

Yes folks, it’s the The time again. You might like to add your opinion (whatever it may be) on this page.--andreasegde (talk) 14:55, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Ericthebrainiac

That guy was warned before about disruption and seems to be doing it again. [1] I've asked User talk:Neil, who had unblocked him previously, to look into this. Sorry if I'm intruding. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 15:51, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Saying what User:Lomn said to me

I was just saying close to the same thing that User:Lomn had said to me about Wikipedia not being the place for me. Ericthebrainiac (talk) 20:19, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

re: Retirement

Thanks, and best wishes to you too. :) RC-0722 361.0/1 01:56, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

He's baaack. Burner0718 Jibba Jabba! 02:18, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

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If possible, have him get back to me as soon as possible. elisatalk. 01:03, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

I've left a message on your behalf at RS' talk page, Elisa. He said that he would continue to check that page, so he will propably reply soon. Cheers, Face 14:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

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... that's right! We're almost ready to move the whole set into the live encyclopedia. One page for every country of the world!

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Upcoming World Development contest

Penubag has been hard at work developing awards for this project. He has completed a very professional looking medal, and is almost done with a trophy that is truly awesome - both of these awards are visually stunning.

I and a few others have been working steadily on the country outlines that will be the focus of the contest - an outline for every country of the world! They're shaping up nicely. So far, 28 of them have been moved to article space - these aren't complete, but they are complete enough to be made available for readers to benefit from them. The rest of the set still includes temporary data that was generated by template (because it matched most but not all of the countries), and before those lists can be moved to article space, all the temporary data needs to be checked for accuracy, and if incorrect it needs to be replaced with correct information.

The effort on the lists has been on 3 fronts:

  1. Working on the lists in article space to complete them so they will be good examples for editors working on the rest of the set (during the contest).
  2. Adding or correcting other data (fixing redlinks, filling in blanks, etc.). The main type of work participants in the contest will be doing. The reason we're doing this is to get a feel for it, to develop the fastest methods for each type of task, etc.
  3. Improving the overall design and implenting changes on all 247 pages, whether in article space or not.

There has been some opposition to us running the contest based on edit counts or iterations. The concern is that we should reward quality work and not quantity, for fear of crappy edits done quickly without thought just to earn an award. I pointed out that the collection of pages are drafts in the Wikipedia namespace (therefore posing no danger to article space) and that most of the work needs to be done with power tools like AWB and Linky (which are specifically designed for repetitive volumnous work), but the reply was that we shouldn't set the precedent of rewarding barnstars for numerically-based tasks, and implied the threat of continuously MfD'ing the contest if we attempted to do so (like they did with the Awards Center - I was very surprised and disappointed that participants didn't step up to defend it). So we need to be careful in determining what exactly the awards will represent, and how they will be awarded.

Since rewarding iterations (passes with AWB on all of the pages in the set) are out, we really don't need the globe-in-stand (award we were working on) anymore. Two awards should suffice.

Once we get started with the contest, I'd like to kick the whole thing off with a round of medals for those dedicated few who have worked hard on the project so far.

What do you think of all of this?

Your comments and suggestions are most welcome.

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Hello! It has been a long while since I've seen you here. Getting a question from you in my RfA put a big smile on my face. I hope everything is going well for you. Be well. Ecoleetage (talk) 02:00, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

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Welcome back!!

Welcome back, what up? BTW, u got gmail? Burner0718 JibbaJabba! 06:57, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Ah, ok. No prob. Burner0718 JibbaJabba! 23:17, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Your Back!

Your Back! I= You really were the first wikipedian that I knew, and I was really upset when you were gone. Cheers!

--Wyatt915 05:48, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello

Hi Basketball110, I'm God'sGirl94 and I was wondering if you could be a buddy for me? I just joined.--God'sGirl94 (talk) 17:08, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Well, I just meant like a friend to talk to. Did I word that right?--God'sGirl94 (talk) 23:54, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

YEAHHH!!!!--God'sGirl94 (talk) 14:36, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

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No problem. How are you, haven't seen u in a while. Mario1987 21:20, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

  • Perfect as usual :) Mario1987 21:21, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Terry Porter's imminent firing

Hi, re: your edit in Terry Porter, keep in mind that Wikipedia isn't a news service or a crystal ball. At this point, all the reports of Porter's firing are based on Peter Vescey's unnamed source(s). There's no need to break the news before it happens - when he's no longer coach, we'll say it. --Mosmof (talk) 15:52, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Oh yeah, if he says he's fired, then I think that's good enough. I'm thinking the edit should be like "On Feb 16, Porter said that he was informed by the team that he was fired, and he would be replaced by Alvin Gentry. The team had yet to make an announcement.", or something like it. --Mosmof (talk) 18:08, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
And now it's official. Yay? --Mosmof (talk) 20:11, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)

The February 2009 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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Dear User:Basketball110, I noticed that you removed your name from the aforementioned page and are on a wikibreak. I hope all is well. I will reorder the rest of the indices. :)--Thecurran (talk) 09:07, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

I meant that you removed your own name from WP:ADCO/RFC. That's all. :)--Thecurran (talk) 20:29, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Nominations for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process has started; to elect the coordinators to serve for the next six months. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on 13 March!
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Country outlines project update - 2009/03/08

Remember "Around the World"?

Well, we've been around the World, and around again (virtually speaking, on Wikipedia), on this project.

Things have been slowing down again, so it's time for a big push...

We've gone live

This project needed a shot in the arm. Also, its draft pages have been littering Wikipedia's categories for months. The time seemed right to move all the country outline drafts to article space.

WHAT???

Well, the drafts had been sitting in Wikipedia space for a year.

WHAT???

Development has been moving at a snail's pace and we could use the help of the Wikipedia community at large (who are more likely to find these if they are in article space).

WHAT???

Yes, we've gone live.  :)

This puts pressure on us to get the blatantly incomplete elements of these outlines done. The only glaring problem is the government branches sections. These need to be corrected ASAP.

I've mentioned THE GOVERNMENT BRANCHES SECTIONS many times to many people over the past year, but the problem just doesn't seem to have been taken seriously. So let me put it another way:

HELP!!! I need your help on this now. Almost all the countries have a government with an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch. The links for these branches need to be completed for each country outline:

Here's a convenient list you can use WP:LINKY on to access and edit these quickly. Please copy the list's link to the top of your talk page so that you can access it easily.

If you spot any standardization in links, and ways we can automate parts of this process, or for groups of countries that have links in common, please let me know!

Administrative support for outlines

There has been growing pressure on me to write up the administrative pages for outlines - their instructions, guidelines, etc. Therefore, I'm now in the process of composing these. Fortunately, it is mostly a matter of gathering material from messages I've written to you guys over the past year. Still, this is taking up most of my time, and I will be buried in these for the foreseeable future.

Traffic control

The next big task after the government branches sections are cleaned up is link support for the outlines.

There's quite a list of links and notices that need to be put in place around Wikipedia, providing access to them to readers, and alerting editors to the need to develop and maintain these pages. This will keep our bot people very busy (and happy).

But the most important thing right now is to get the government branches sections completed. So please, put your bots aside, roll up your shirt sleeves, and start typing.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist 03:20, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Coordinator Elections

I am really glad to see that the members are really showing that they care about the future of the Military History WikiProject. Keep doing the great things you are doing! Have A Great Day! Lord R. T. Oliver The Olive Branch 23:27, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Well You deserve a thank you, You have done lots for this WikiProject. Have A Great Day! Lord R. T. Oliver The Olive Branch 00:17, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Geography WikiProject update - 03/15/2009

You commented on the awards effort when it was just getting started a long while back - I thought you might like to see the end results...

The award images are complete!

After months of toil and attention to detail, Penubag has completed the set of images for this WikiProject's awards!

There are five race ribbons:

There's an engraved medallion:

And by far the hardest to create, a golden trophy:

If you are interested in the contests and collaborations that will feature these awards, drop me a note.

And be sure to pop by Penubag's talk page to let him know what you think of his graphics artistry.

The Transhumanist 22:30, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has started. We will be selecting coordinators from a pool of eighteen to serve for the next six months. Please vote here by 23:59 (UTC) on Saturday, 28 March! Thank you.
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