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House rules

Allegedly, any notices left here will reach the ears of Berimbau1. If that is indeed the case, you'll want your entry to look presentable:

Use a new header for each topic.
Newest on the bottom.
Use colons to indent, never bullets.
Watch this page for 24 hours or so for a response.
Use correct speling, grammer; and CapitaliZation.
If you complain, be civil and no personal attacks.
You'll have to dig through the fossil record for older entries. (and hope they aren't extinct.)
Happy editing!

Archives
Aka the fossil record. (Fossilized Homo wikipediens!) No Archives have yet accumulated; check back later; January 2007

The Very First Post[edit]

Berimbau1 will use this space to conduct discussions on any given topic. Please feel free to contribute.

What is it with Penguins?[edit]

All of a sudden I know as much about penguins as your most experienced ornithologist. I don’t remember if there is a cute or amazing creature that is all the rage every year; I don’t remember what last year’s was. But I do remember koalas and everything else Australian were the fad back in the…when was it? Then dinosaurs were cool for a while – for a pretty long while. Unicorns had ther five minutes. But now it’s the penguins turn.

I don’t particularly care much for cute critters; but these birds on March of the Penguins were pretty tough. If only I had such determination to go to the gym, or stop binge drinking, or something that they say is “good for you.‿ Once in a while I tune in to the Monterey Bay Aquarium webcams to check out the critters while goofing off at work - and they have the South African type there. http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/efc_splash/splash_cam.aspx And on another one of those webcams (I think it was the kelp forest) you could actually hear a live presentation on the penguin exhibit. I learned a lot. For example: Did you know there are 14 different varieties of penguin? And that the Emperor is about 4’ tall? And that they eat five times a day about a third of their body weight in fish? Wow! Yeah? Well, what good does this information do me? I can’t use this information at work to get me a promotion, or at least make me more productive. I’m never going to have a pet penguin. I called all the pet stores already; they don’t even know where to begin looking for one. So it’s information that’s just taking up space in my brain. But I’m probably going to check out Happy Feet eventually. Damn penguins, they’re everywhere!

Eskimo snow[edit]

Thanks for your comments - it's nice to be appreciated! Birdhurst 04:44, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hérouxville[edit]

No worries. Quebec topics can be very confusing to handle properly sometimes. Bearcat 00:24, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Masistes[edit]

Hice algunas correcciones en tu artículo de http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masistes, favor de confirmar cambios. Buen artículo, si te gusta mi trabajo avisame de otras traducciones o correcciones que necesites --Berimbau1 00:03 15 feb 2007 (CET)

Me gustaron las correcciones (la verdad que aprendí mucho), así que, si tengo alguna otra traducción que hacer, te aviso nomás. Un saludo, --Amizzoni 00:50 15 feb 2007 (CET)

Cité des hommes[edit]

Obrigado pelas correções em francês (eu falo melhor do que eu escrevo ;-); seus artigos pedagogicos são também muito interessantes. --Berimbau1 20 février 2007 à 22:20 (CET)

C'est moi qui vous remercie pour ce très bel et riche article à propos de la superbe Cité des hommes ! À bientôt :-) --Angelinacausse 5 mars 2007 à 11:33 (CET)

Amytis[edit]

Hola Berimbau. Traduje otro artículo mío de es:wiki, Amytis, así que si le echaras un vistazo te lo agradecería mucho. Un saludo! --Amizzoni 21:49, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gracias!, Amizzoni 01:33, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:CAAQ logo.jpg[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Fr OF 4c.gif[edit]

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Motto of the day[edit]

Hello, I notice you're using one of the {{motd}} templates, run by Wikipedia:Motto of the day. You may have noticed that some of the mottos recently have been followed by a date from 2006, or on occasion simply "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". The reason for this is that Motto of the day is in some very serious need of help. Participation in the project, which has never been especially high, has dropped considerably over this past summer, to the point we have had several days where no motto was scheduled to appear at all. Over the past several weeks, I've been the only editor scheduling mottos at all, but there aren't enough comments on some of these mottos to justify their use. If we do not get some help - and soon - your daily mottos will stop. In order for us to continue updating these templates for you, we need your help.

When you get a chance between your normal editing, could you stop by our nominations page and leave a few comments on some of the mottos there, especially those that do not have any comments yet? This works very simply; you read a motto, decide whether or not you like it, and post your opinion just below the motto. That's it - no experience required, just an idea of what you personally like and what you feel reflects Wikipedia and its community. If you do have past experience with the project, then please close some of the older nominations once they've got a decent consensus going. There are directions on the nominations page on how to do this.

If you have any questions, please let me know, or post on the project's talk page. I'm looking forward to reading your comments on the suggested mottos, and any additional suggestions you'd like to make. Until then, happy editing! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 01:52, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Portal requests[edit]

Hi! I notice en:Portal:Military history of France doesn't have a French version

Where do I place a request for the French Wikipedia to make a portal about this? Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 00:34, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Motto of the Day Help Request April 2014[edit]

Today's motto...

Our flaming fists of fury will destroy you, fiends! Ha ha ha… oh man, who writes this stuff!? === September ===

Nominate one today!

Motto of the Day (WP:MOTD) is in a state of emergency and really needs your help! There are not enough editors who are reviewing or nominating mottos at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review, and this probably means that you will notice a red link or “This space for rent” as our mottos for the next weeks and months.

Please take a moment to review the nominations and nominate your own new mottos at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review and Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/'Specials. Any help would be appreciated! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:13, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This message has been sent by pjoef on behalf of Motto of the Day to all editors of the English Wikipedia who are showing MOTD's templates on their pages, and to all the participants to MOTD: (page, template, and category).

Question[edit]

Would you please translate the entry "pt:Críticas à Rede Globo" for the wiki-en? Thankfully. 177.182.54.27 (talk) 14:13, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

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) 16:34, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]