User talk:Mindspillage/archive19

d'Amerval[edit]

Thanks! That "contemporary version" would be lots of fun, don't you think? But frankly it might be fun to party with Obrecht and Gesualdo ... Antandrus (talk) 01:39, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It took me a minute, but yeah!!! hapens!!! LOL ... and btw, here's one that made me laugh recently: [1] Hope the summer's going well with you! Antandrus (talk) 05:39, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OrphanBot[edit]

I concur with this. In particular, it's in extremely bad taste to use the Nazi symbolism to "declare war" on another editor, and against Wikipedia policy to make such an offensive statement in reference to another editor; I have removed it. You may disagree with the actions of Carnildo and OrphanBot, but "declaring war" will do you no good. I suggest you attempt to have a civil discussion about the practices you disagree with instead. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 06:09, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who cares? OrphanBot doesn't have feelings. So what does it matter? Micoolio101 09:22, 5 July 2006 (UTC)Micoolio101[reply]

OrphanBot might be a bot, but Carnildo is definately human. Besides, it's good to treat even the bots civilly, that way you stay in practice. :) ~Kylu (u|t) 21:45, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Village pump[edit]

Please have a look at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Resolving_content_disputes. Please help me to find the answer to my questions. Thanks.--AndriyK 13:58, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Scope of arbitration on Sathya Sai Baba and user:Andries versus user:SSS108[edit]

You chose to accept the case of abritration, but what is the scope of this arbitration, only the article Sathya Sai Baba, or category:Sathya Sai Baba or category:Sathya Sai Baba plus user:Andries? I would like to know because I want to know what I should comment on. Thanks. Andries 11:11, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mailing list sanity...[edit]

Why thank you! What particular episode of non-foaming-at-the-mouth-ness prompted this, if you don't mind me asking? JesseW, the juggling janitor 07:05, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Ray Hanina[edit]

As a arbiter in Wikipedia I hope you will read the words of the Palestinian writer Hanina here: [2]especially the part about History which is where Wikipedia takes part. Best Zeq 10:07, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA[edit]

Hi, I would like to express my gratitude for your participation at my recent RfA. The final vote was 68/21/3 and resulted in me becoming an admin!

For those of you who supported my RfA, I highly appreciate your kind words and your trust in me. For those who opposed - many of you expressed valid concerns regarding my activity here; I will make an effort in addressing them as time goes on while at the same time using my admin tools appropriately. So, salamat, gracias, merci, ありがとう, спасибо, धन्यवाद, 多謝, agyamanak unay, شكرًا, cảm ơn, 감사합니다, mahalo, ขอบคุณครับ, go raibh maith agat, dziękuję, ευχαριστώ, Danke, תודה, mulţumesc, გმადლობთ, etc.! If you need any help, feel free to contact me.

PS: I took the company car (pictured left) out for a spin, and well... it's not quite how I pictured it. --Chris S. 23:28, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Something I just noticed[edit]

I just took a glance at your user page for the first time. You might be interested to know my wife is a direct descendent of Gottfried Weber on her father's side. Unfortunately, she has no musical ability whatsoever. TruthCrusader 10:34, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think your hot![edit]

Well, :) I just wanted to say I love you. I love your wikipage and I would like to get to know you some more. I hope to talk to you in the future. Patrick --CyclePat 03:28, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You think her hot... what? You think her hot jazz quartet is great? Her hot biscuits are delicious? Her hot chile is mind-blowing? What? I think something's missing here... —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:25, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Think Pink RfA Support Thanks![edit]

		Thanks for contributing to my successful RfA!
		To the people who have supported my request: I appreciate the show of confidence in me and I hope I live up to your expectations! To the people who opposed the request: I'm certainly not ignoring the constructive criticism and advice you've offered. I thank you as well! ♥! ~Kylu (u\|t) 01:03, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll talk to you...well, right now, but it doesn't sound as good as "I'll talk to you later!" ~Kylu (u|t) 01:03, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Arbitration[edit]

Hello, please help with a case about alleged adminship abuse by JzG, which had been rejected by three arbitrators before an administrator warned the accused one and undid part of his actions. The conflict is going on and I do not know how to find a solution. The only arbitrator who has sinced voted on the case is one who in my eyes is in a conflict of interest as he did a very similar block on me in the past that I think was abusive and that was undone by Theresa as it lacked any evidence of wrongdoing by me. I had suggested a change to the blocking policy but the discussion about it has up to now been inconclusive due to a lack of participants. Socafan 02:12, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

irc[edit]

mango_juice is really me. Mango juice^talk 04:14, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ED Closing[edit]

Thanks; that praise means a lot coming from you. Nandesuka 23:59, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

my RfA[edit]

Thanks for your support in my RfA! Unfortunately, the request did not pass, with a vote of (43/16/7). But your support was appreciated and I'll just keep right on doing what I do. Maybe I'll see ya around -- I'll be here!
Cheers! - CheNuevara 17:33, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My user |subpage[edit]

Hey, I put the subpage up for speedy deletion since I don't need it anymore. But if my user subpage was showing up on unrelated searches, then maybe you might want to change your prefernces to not search user pages by default. --Kurt 10:42, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm guessing that you might have also seen the link on the "what links here" on the image pages of U.S. currency. --Kurt 11:26, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

#wikipedia-en-admins[edit]

I wanted to join the #wikipedia-en-admins IRC channel. My username is Shreshth91 and my registered IRC nick is also Shreshth91. Thanks in advance :) --May the Force be with you! Shr e shth91 ($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 08:44, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Since you seem to be inactive, I'll aske James F. --May the Force be with you! Shr e shth91 ($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 09:13, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As if[edit]

So there. ++Lar: t/c 02:05, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You've got a Thank you card![edit]

Open your card!

Dear Kat, thank you so much for your beautiful words, your kidness and your trust in me! My Request for Adminship is finally over, and the support and appreciation that the community has gifted me will stick in my mind as long as I live. I have no way to properly express how grateful I am to you for all you've done for me, and all I can tell you is, I'll try not to disappoint you nor anyone else with my use of the buttons... and if I mess up, make sure to come here and give me a good yell! :) Seriously, tho, if you ever need my help, either for admin-related stuff or in any other way, you'll always be welcome to message me, and I promise I'll try my very best.
Dear Kat, I have no words to thank you properly for everything you've done for me. It meant the world to me, just when I needed it the most. You're an angel, dear K - I hope you're having a great time over at WM, and keep an eye on Lar for me, please ;) I hope to talk to you as soon as possible. You truly are special! With a big hug, your friend,

Phaedriel ♥ tell me

Hey![edit]

On behalf of Cowman, Kylu, and the rest of the motley MedCabal cabalists, how's it going? At your convenience, I have a situation I'd like to get your input on. I know you're in Boston for the 'Mania, so when you get back, if you could manage to run into me on IRC, I'd appreciate it.

Nice black hat, by the way :-) Cheers, regards, salutations, and all that jazz, CQJ 04:39, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS[edit]

Hi Mindspillage, I have been helping new Wikipedians for some time now and am interested in becoming a volunteer for the info-en OTRS queue. I would be grateful if you could consider me as a new member. Thank you, Tangot a ngo 03:24, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Amazing[edit]

You are truly one of the most amazing editors. You have your priorities straight, you are an administrator, on the ArbCom (which, in my eyes, is the most prestigious group!) and are just plain amazing. As I type this message, you are at Wikimania, another sign of your devotion. You are a kind editor, and almost over respected. I will stop babbling and cut to the chase. I want to you to go for bureacratship. You are more than qualified. The only reason I did not nominate you myself is Bur. is generally done by self-nom. You really ought to consider it. I know you are busy on other projects, but you should really consider. If you have made an editor like myself sit here for five minutes telling you how great you are, you must be pretty good... Consider it. Viva La V i e B oheme

PS - While I'm here saying how great you are, take this Barnstar. ;)

		The Original Barnstar
		For being so great! Viva La V i e B oheme 01:54, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and by the way, bassoons are awesome! I don't play, but they rock ;) Viva La V i e B oheme

And you started the article on my favorite classical marimba player, Keiko Abe. I am a percussion person myself. (Am I annoying yet?) Viva La V i e B oheme

Uncyclopedia POV vandal at it again[edit]

He's still about. Just thought I'd let you know, so I don't get into a stupid edit war with this guy. Cheers. --Codeine 19:42, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nicole Scherzinger[edit]

Maybe you could help out in the edit war. I'm not sure what to do. Thanks. --Design 14:22, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion on User talk:Nlu[edit]

Please take a look at User talk:Nlu. If you believe, too, that my actions were unjustified, I will take User:Mindspillage off my watch list and no longer monitor edits on it. If you believe that my actions were appropriate, please state so. Thanks. --Nlu (talk) 20:58, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Private arbcom stuff[edit]

I have an idea for lowering the temperature on the "admins open to recall" and other "divine right of admins" stuff. It's a proposal for ArbCom, however, and ArbCom alone, rather than the general site, as what I have in mind is a new procedure for AC action. Any way I can outline it and get it to AC consideration? Would it be best to work it up and then e-mail it, or work it up in user space and then drop a link to you and others? (My point being that the wider public would probably misunderstand what I'm proposing, not that it would be disagreeable to them.) Geogre 18:21, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, to heck with privacy and secrecy. Why would I start being that way now? I'm no good at it. Here it is. [3]. Geogre 18:44, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You know, if you post stuff with topics like that, all SORTS of riffraf turn up... Nice start, do you want help? ++Lar: t/c 00:06, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. Basically, I'm advocating a new category of action and, I hope, a change of attitude and philosophy so that actions can be more fluid, less traumatic, and more satisfying to the aggrieved. Granted, it's a palliative, but we need one. Kat, if you're out there, let me know what you think. Geogre 22:19, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Admin help needed when you have a minute[edit]

Let me introduce to Uucp, a friend I went to school with, who apparently needs an admin. I told him to come to you for any help. *hugs* notafish }<';> 21:32, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS[edit]

Hello Kat! I hear that OTRS has been receiving a lot of messages lately, so I'd like to help out. As you may know, I am an admin on Wikinews and Wikiversity, so it has been demonstrated that I'm trustworthy. Is there anything else I should know? —this is messedrocker (talk) 09:14, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Board of Trustees elections[edit]

Hello! This is just a friendly reminder that responses to the "interview" questions for the Wikipedia Signpost are due soon. The important message and questions were left on your meta talk page. If you have not already done so, please kindly take a look at them, and we would appreciate your reply as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Flcelloguy (A note?) 01:59, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yup! Thanks again! Flcelloguy (A note?) 01:09, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bassoonist stubs[edit]

I've added stubs for Leonard Sharrow and Sherman Walt, which I know will make you happy...or at least I hope so. --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 18:25, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

George Mason[edit]

Saw in your Signpost interview that you go to George Mason. Do you by any chance know Nelson Lund? He teaches constitutional law, but maybe you've met him anyway. Λυδ α cιτγ 17:41, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He's a college friend of my dad's, and his son is a friend of mine.

Are you a weak or strong agnostic? Λυδ α cιτγ 20:12, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For you:[edit]

Michael has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

election[edit]

Hi Kathleen! Just got back from the polling booth - voted for you:-) You probably don't know me, but I've seen you around in places where I've lurked. While I don't necessarily endorse every detail of your philosophy, I admire your attitude - which I'd like to see more of in high placed. Hope you make it:-) David Cannon 01:19, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Grace period?[edit]

Hi Mindspillage - I have a question about image deletions which I hope you can help me with. Do you know whether there a grace period of 3 hours before such images can be speedily deleted? --HappyCamper 12:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback. Actually, I've seen you make some pretty smart decisions regarding images, so I sort of use your judgement as a good example! :-) --HappyCamper 22:16, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A new userbox?[edit]

I was going to try to design a bassoon userbox but my skills are so limited that I'll just drop the idea in your virtual lap and hope for the best. It was going to include one of the pictures in the main article and some sensible phrase about playing (or in my case, used to play). Ciao! --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 15:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I know, the couple I have done have all been essentially lifted from other boxes and tinkered with, but for some reason this one defeated me. Yours looks just right, and I love what Zappa says, though I may tinker with the phrase for long-term use. We'll see. My brothers tried for years to get me interested in his records, mostly fruitlessly, but now that I'm a middle-aged old codger maybe I'll try again. But his taste in music is awesome; anyone who honors Varèse is OK in my book.

In any case, merci! --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 12:53, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar[edit]

		The Original Barnstar
		For all you have done for Wikipedia, I award you, Mindspillage, the Original Barnstar. Michael 20:00, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. Michael 19:42, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

is this your cup of tea?[edit]

clicking around wikipedia, I found a sonnet you wrote on geogre's page. it was pretty good, so I wondered if oedilf.com was something you'd be interested in. sort of like wikipedia in a way. and there's poetry involved. but i don't know if you have the time to get a new hobby. but you might find it worth a look.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.205.100.251 (talk • contribs)

(responding here as I'm not sure if you'll check your talk page) My cup of tea? Oh, gosh, perhaps too much so... as though I need more things to fill my free time. ;-) Thanks for the link! Mindspillage (spill yours?) 05:52, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

yw. glad you like it.

Polls:[edit]

Hi. I'm just sending out a message for a new study I will be undertaking soon. It will involve surveys & polls to gather information & trends of editors on Wikipedia & other subjects. The data gathering will involve yourself recieving a questionaire on your talk page for you to fill out. I will then collect your questionaire & combine it with data from other editors. If you would like to be a part of this experiment, or know of someone who does, place a "Yes" or "No" below this message. Remember, it's only for fun & you can choose not to fill out all or parts of your questionaire once they arrive. Have a nice day... }} -- Spawn Man 06:13, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, sure. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 13:55, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spam Blacklist[edit]

Recently you added a domain to the spam black list. [4] At the time this prevented its addition to wikipedia pages. However, a recent experiment shows that it can now be added without being flagged.[5] Has there been a change or is this normal? Sorry for my ignorance in this area.

Another issue is regard to a note i saw on the athletics (track and field) page. As of 14th August I saw an edit that identified the following site www.alltime-athletics.com as SPAM. Why is this page considered SPAM? Is there a link to discussion relating to this? David D. (Talk) 22:38, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info, I'll track down the admin the added it to the list and discuss it with them. Thanks David D. (Talk) 14:42, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nightline[edit]

Nice earrings! :-) Overall it was good to see; they were skeptical, and I wanted a little more than they were able to cram into the segment. And -- hobbies? Heck, who needs hobbies? ;-) Antandrus (talk) 06:58, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I voted for you[edit]

I just wanted to let you know that I voted for you. Why aren't you announcing your candidacy better? Vote here --JuanMuslim ^1m 16:25, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your support. I'm not announcing widely because I don't think it's the sort of thing one ought to campaign for; I expect everyone who is interested will see who is running when they go to vote. As for the election itself it is advertised prominently in the sitenotice... though I may make it more clear on my userpage that I am running! Mindspillage (spill yours?) 16:56, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ya, I would hope so. Some people are into it full force, and perhaps you are the best qualified.--JuanMuslim ^1m 18:28, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Board Election Questions[edit]

Why the interest?--JuanMuslim ^1m 18:32, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Abrasive comments[edit]

I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate your having noted my efforts to improve. I admit that my edit summaries and comments are sometimes abrasive, but is abrasiveness truly a crime? It formerly took me enormous efforts and emotional strain to daily check my 3,000-entry watchlist for POV edits and trolling. I have recently been persuaded that my character and temperament are perhaps not suited for administrating such a large segment of WP. Since my watchlist is full of entries written by myself and not duplicated in the watchlists of other wikipedians, if ever I see a serious POV problem, I try to inform more forbearing editors that they ought to deal with it. Hopefully this strategy will help me to concentrate on writing articles. Regards, Ghirla ^-трёп- 15:54, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm leaving WP for awhile because of recent events[edit]

Hi Kat. I've decided to leave the encyclopedia for awhile. As one of the editors I count as friend, and one whom I most respect please share any thoughts you might have on my talk page. Thanks, Paul August ☎ 18:23, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

VIE[edit]

While that's definitely true for the origin of VIE, the problem nowadays is that many newer users tend to ignore pages in Wikispace unless they're marked as "official" somehow (this is probably a result of the fact that Wikispace is rather messy and byzantine) - and if VIE is just a perceived-as-ignorable essay, they happily keep on asking for votes on e.g. merging, random proposals, etc. I don't particularly like this fact but I can't think of a good way of changing it so far, so imho the least we can do towards educating people is marking clearly which pages are and aren't consensual. $.2 >Radiant< 18:45, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I once was confused, but now am...[edit]

I dunno, soemthing. I just discovered that I must have registered here twice. There's my current userinformation, and then there's a "Bill Spencer" registration for someone who did edits in Hindemith & Grünewald (which you noted on that user talk page back in February). That sounds an awful lot like something I would have done; hard for me to imagine there would be a second person with my name hanging out in the same obscure corners. Oh well. Is there any way to consolidate that old username with the current one? Not that it's that important at all at all, but still... Merci! --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 12:46, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Past AfD nomination of Intercounty Baseball League[edit]

Mindspillage, just noticed this past AfD and I fully support the decision to keep this article. Anyone familiar with Canadian baseball knows that the IBL is a serious men's baseball league with a long history (since 1919) that has produced several members of Major League Baseball, AAA baseball, AA baseball and A baseball, while also featuring former MLB players and former Negro Leagues players of the past. To delete it would have been a travesty. Additionally, several former IBL players have been inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum in St. Marys, Ontario. Barry Wells 16:50, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Further to the above AfD nomination, I'd like to add that the IBL has had numerous former MLB players in the league, including Fergie Jenkins (who's the only player to have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame), Frank Colman, Denny McLain, Dave Rozema, Paul Spoljaric, Rob Butler, Oscar Judd, Tim Burgess, Mike Kilkenny and several outstanding former Negro Leagues players.

Additionally, many many players have been paid to play (albeit under the table), the league has many corporate sponsors, fans, competent, paid umpires, an official media guy, statistician, record books, commissioner and local TV contracts. It is serious baseball, with most parks (all but one, I believe) charging admission. The 1948 London Majors not only won the Intercounty title, but also the Ontario title, the Canadian title and the Can-Am title. Drinking beer while playing is not permitted, as one user frivously suggested. Many former IBL players have also gone on to baseball scholarships at U.S. universities, pro careers with MLB organizations or AAA ball, AA ball or A ball. The London Majors play at Labatt Park, the undisputed (to date) world's oldest baseball grounds in continuous use since 1877 (a heritage site under the Ontario Heritage Act) -- a park which won the prestigious Beam Clay Award as the best natural grass baseball park in North America in 1989-90. Barry Wells 19:13, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Status[edit]

Please note that you are currently listed as "inactive" on WP:AC due to the fact that you haven't voted on a proposed decision page in several weeks. Scobell302 22:55, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Giano/Workshop[edit]

Hrm. This is heading rapidly off the rails. Here's the breakdown of edits to date:

Aaron Brenneman 24
Tony Sidaway    23
Fred Bauder     18
Kirill Lokshin  3
Dmcdevit        1
MacGyverMagic   1
Grand Total     70

I've asked for input here but perhaps you could wave some magic wand and help Tony and I channel ourselves productivly?

brenneman ^{L} 06:04, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Giano - recused[edit]

Since you recused in this case, would you mind altering the number of recused arbitrators and especially the required number of votes for proposals to pass? I'm not sure how a recusal affects the number. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:52, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Leonard Sharrow article[edit]

I added some information that I found in his obituary; I stuck the link into the talk page but do not know how to do the actual citation in the article. Where shuold I look for that? The Cite Sources stuff in the help pages seemed way too complex for someone of my advanced age and quickly failing powers of something or other (turned 50 {8-[} on Friday). Merci! --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 17:32, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

P.S.[edit]

Today is Shostakovich's 100th. Dust off your copy of the 4th or 9th Symphony to celebrate! --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 17:33, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

9th? Boo! Try the First...or one of the ballet or jazz suites... Kurt Weber 14:47, 2 November 2006 (UTC), Shostakovich Fan 4-eva![reply]

ArbCom question[edit]

I saw your edit to /Proposed Decision in the Giano et al. case, changing the required vote numbers because you have decided to recuse yourself in the case, but I assume that Jdforrester being a party is also recused and that should be reflected as well. I can't fix it myself because only the Arbitrators are supposed to edit /Proposed Decision. Thanks, Newyorkbrad 00:08, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

CheckUser on Commons[edit]

Hi Mindspillage,

Per the CheckUser Policy, I have been granted the checkuser permission on Commons. Thankyou for supporting this request. Requests for checkuser can be made at the Commons:Administrators' noticeboard. Thanks, [ælfəks] 01:47, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your excellent essay[edit]

Hi! You probably haven't seen much of me around at Wikipedia, but I've been quite impressed by what you had to say at User:Mindspillage/admin. It's formed the basis of a number of editor reviews that I've given, and has proven very useful for explaining to recent change patrollers how best to approach the activity.

However, it addresses only one of a number of things that I believe should be explained better to new and inexperienced users, many of whom receive exactly the same advice when they request a review. So, I've started to write an essay of my own to address those other issues, drawing on yours as reinforcement. So, I'd just like to ask you two quick questions. :)

Do you believe there are any changes that should be made to the content of that essay, so far? If I've screwed anything up, neglected any particular points or said something you utterly disagree with, I'd be really grateful to hear about it. Even a quick glance would be very helpful. :)
Secondly, assuming you approve of the content and the sentiment, would you be happy for me to quote your essay (as I already have) in my own? The section that I reproduced is really nicely written, and I think it does a lot to explain the reasoning behind treating vandals as human beings.

Anything you have to say (up to, and including, "your page made my eyes bleed") would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Daveydw ee b (^chat/_patch) 11:25, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism-only account[edit]

I'd appreciate it if you'd block the vandalism-only account Curtis Clark's Mom. It was evidently created by User:Lufthmark because I called him to task for some copyvios. My user page and user talk page have also been vandalized by a couple of Cal Poly Pomona IP addresses. I'm appreciative that other Wikipedians are willing to help me revert all this, but we all have better things to do. Thanks for your help.--Curtis Clark 13:39, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I believe User:CurtisClark is a sockpuppet of User:Curtis Clark's Mom and I am even more convinced that they are both sockpuppets of User:Lufthmark. I would like User:CurtisClark to change its name because of this; IMO the user is trying to create intentional confusion.--Curtis Clark 03:05, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS Request[edit]

Hey Mindspillage. After thinking it over for a few days, I'd like to express my interest in participating in the work that goes on with the english OTRS queue. I am an administrator here on en.wp and I have experience doing this type of work (although I'm sure Wikimedia is a whole different ballgame) for the Mozilla Foundation in processing incoming bug reports for their products for over two years now. If my help would be appreciated, I welcome a reply on your medium of choice, be it user talk page, email, IRC, or even Facebook. :-P Thanks. Zsinj^Talk 14:52, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Low Saxon OTRS queue[edit]

I would like to get set up an OTRS queue under info-nds@wikimedia.org for the Low Saxon Wikimedia projects (Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikisource [to be set up in the near future]). We need an own queue to handle questions and requests, that can't be handled in the public. And no, we don't want to use the general queue under info@wikimedia.org, cause this will unnecessarily slow down the answering of requests in Low Saxon. So, can you help me? And if the answer will be "I'm too busy at the moment" then please also say,

what exactly has to be done to set up a queue
what amount of time do these steps need
and whom could I ask instead (I already asked Elian [no time], Frieda [no time and not able to create queues {although meta:OTRS states the opposite}] and UninvitedCompany [said, he won't set up queues for dead languages. after I explained the language is not dead, he came up with a "won't set up queues for low-traffic languages" policy, but was not able to point to the text of this "policy" or willing to explain the rationale behind the "policy" or the circumstances {how much traffic is "no large amounts of traffic", how do you measure traffic, when traffic is dependant on the creation of the queue?}])

You see me frustrated of the inability of our Wiki (the word means quick!) community to set up a little queue. It is a one-time-job, it's only the setup. I'm running from one wiki to the next and everywhere I get no real answer (or no answer at all). If there is a no-setup-policy with a comprehensible rationale behind it, then point me to it. I hope your answer will be more satisfying than the others before. --::Slomox:: >< 16:39, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS[edit]

Love to volunteer for the OTRS. Auroranorth 12:15, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back[edit]

Feeling better now? :) Scobell302 07:30, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS donation queue[edit]

Hi-- I'm a member of the meta:Fundraising Committee, and Mav suggested it would be useful if I could help deal with the flow on the OTRS donation queue. Though (I think) I might not have as much background as other OTRS volunteers, could you sign me up to help? Thanks, Jeremy Tobacman 18:55, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can you also see the message I left on your meta page about the same subject? Thanks.Alex756 03:20, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think[edit]

Can you tell me if you think that the indefinetly blocking of my users account is excessive and maybe able to be overturned. I was about to create an informative article on the classic Macintosh Extended Keyboard and who knew I was blocked. I thought me and Starblind were good friends, but his recent actions have left me confused. Any response will be appreciated. He has also left no message. -- Bpazolli

Reply to WikEN-l: An observation[edit]

Perhaps most women are simply smart enough to avoid putting themselves up for a crappy job. ;-)

Sadly, not all of us are that bright. ~Kylu (u|t) 02:40, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

About disputed POVs on articles related to post-communist Eastern Europe[edit]

Hi,

I’m writting this message to you, and to User:BradPatrick and User:Joy, because I still don’t have a full knowledge of how to proceed about Wikipedia administration/mediation/arbitration.

Well, I see there’s a kind of probelm regarding the creation (by myself on november 8) of the article 1999 NATO bombing of Serbia, which I’ve redirected to NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. There’s an edit war going: pro-Serbian users are trying to delete my redirect, and even when people (including myself) manifested against the deletion, the user which requested the deletion made the request again.

Please if you can help me to solve this question.

PS: Above all these problems, I don’t know about you, but I think sometimes there’s a kind of “Serbian Volunteer Guard Cabal” of users here in Wikipedia that try to make Wikipedian articles related to Serbia, Kosovo and Yugoslav Wars appear clearly pro-Greater Serbian/pro-Milosevic POV, making these articles to show an interpretation of facts very different from most of the press and academic sources around the world. A similar thing is happening now on Transnistria article, that show a clear pro-Transnistrian government POV, with a long war of arguments going on the discussion page of the article. Well, I don’t know what you can (or can’t) do about all of this, but if you have some answers pplease write to me. Best regards, --MaGioZal 13:50, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dispute over Quote from Newspaper and NPOV on Shepard Smith page[edit]

I saw you intervened in a dispute on the Jane Skinner page. I hope you can help out on the Shepard Smith page. There is section called Controversies where there is info about a Battery charge against Smith. A newspaper article was cited with information about the charges being dropped. The quote from the article was "dropped after a confidential payoff". The dispute is over the word "payoff" and that it implies a bribe and is a slam by the author of the article and pushes a point of view. Do quotes from articles have to follow NPOV? I can't find anything that says a quote has to be NPOV. Do you have time to weigh in on this? Thanks Misstory 00:35, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Possible new CSD[edit]

I'm floating around this proposal I've written for a new CSD regarding unsourced articles: User:Dmcdevit/CSD addition. There's quite a bit of explanatory fluff there that I think explains my thinking on the matter. Right now, I'm soliciting input from people before deciding how to go about implementing it. Any thoughts on the talk page would be greatly appreciated. :-) Dmcdevit·t 05:31, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You may be interested in...[edit]

this Wikinews interview. Doldrums 11:10, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Meetup[edit]

Saw you were disappointed in missing the Philly Meetup. If you're willing to come another 90 minutes north, we have a meetup scheduled for december 9th in NYC. see Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC —ExplorerCDT 01:33, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

'Spillage! I'll be there! We can do soprano-bassoon duets! Mak (talk) 01:42, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS[edit]

Hi Kat, I am a regular at the help desk and would like to volunteer for OTRS. I have also sent you an email in this regard. -- Lost^(talk) 03:53, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Urgent motion in Hkelkar case[edit]

As one of the ArbCom partaking in this case, your input/co-operation into this temporary injunction would be greatly appreciated. I wouldn't have sent you a message, but given the nature of what has occured, and the potential to stall this ArbCom case, everyone involved needs a speedy resolution or else I suspect the case will break down. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 00:20, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hkelkar has been unblocked; BhaiSaab admitted to attempting to contact him in real life. There may be other important issues here but I have removed the motion for emergency unblock as moot. Thatcher131 01:42, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections[edit]

I appreciate the vote of confidence. Nevertheless, I'm still not in a position to devote an appropriate amount of time to the job. (I'm a graduate student, and I'm hoping to crank out a couple of papers in the next six months or so. Things are going to be crazy, and the last thing I need is an excuse not to be writing.) In any case, I haven't even been able to stay on top of the article work I've been hoping to do. If all goes well over the next year, I'll probably be willing and able to stand come next December. Cheers! TenOfAllTrades(talk) 16:23, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS[edit]

I would like to join the OTRS team. I am fluent in Russian, and have a decent amount of French, if that helps. Thx - crz crztalk 18:55, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello I am User:SuperDeng and have been indef blocked by an admin[edit]

To make a long story short

The admin who has a personal grudge against me, had made up some very nice stories about me and has continuously blocked for me 6 months. And a few months ago one of blocks ended and I made a grand total of 0 edits, but then a new char whos ip was not possbile to check appeared started makeing similar edits to mine so he was accussed of beeing a sockpuppet and I got blocked again. Now this can not be a sock puppet since I Superdeng did not do any edits and even if we were the same person then that dosent matter since superdeng was makeing zero edits the new account was created one week after my block was lifted. Bahh this is not a short story it is long. Anyway all I want is a fair trial on the arb com board where I have a chans of defending myself and not where everyone of the imaginasions of the admin is percieved as fact.

So what ever policy i violated has been served in full after 6 months.

OTRS[edit]

Hello, I would like to help with OTRS in Slovak language. I filed a request on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS/volunteering but it doesn't seem to have any approvals since it was created on November 15. So I was asking at #wikimedia-otrs who's responsible for creating queues, but there seems to be some confusion in the process, they kept on redirecting me from one person to another until I was finally said that you are. So I hope this is finally the right place. I'm a bit frustrated that I want to help and can't get any helpful advice what to do.

On Slovak Wikipedia, we decided to outsource permissions-handling to OTRS in order to have an "official" and provable way of archiving them. Therefore we understand, that editors who understand Slovak are neded for that and with Mz decided to join. If I understand correctly how it works, we don't want info-sk queue (we can handle info inquiries on wiki), but we want permissions-sk, which would be also an email where our help pages could direct people to send their permissions. I hope I got it right and you can do that. Thank you. ~~helix84 21:32, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Love it![edit]

Wikipedia:Follow_all_rules. Good to see you around once in a while! :) Antandrus (talk) 02:51, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you catching silly error! [6] It's good to know that someone's at these things once while. :- Antandrus (talk) 16:16, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Witty, witty. Wisdom makes the Wikipedian grow fonder. --HappyCamper 19:07, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello[edit]

What do I do if a Arbcom is violating:

Wikipedia:Arbitration_policy#Hearing

The party who is the subject of the Arbcom has not even responded yet, as he is away on business for a week, and has told me that he got an okay from the Arbcom about this. The case was just opened on 23:03, 28 November 2006.

In addition, how do you force an arbcom to recuse themselves if they refuse to recuse themselves?

Thanks a lot. I posted this message on Raul654 page too.

I will watch your page, if you would like to respond here or via my email. Travb (talk) 03:21, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_arbitration#How_can_I_get_an_Arbcom_to_recuse_himself_if_he_refuses.3F Sorry to waste your valuable time, the question has now been answered. Travb (talk) 06:27, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS[edit]

Hi Kat,

I'd like to volunteer in helping out on the English queue. Been here for more than two years, I can speak English and Chinese languages (both native), and do pop around Commons. Let me know if there's anything further I need to do. - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 09:44, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dispute resolution and location[edit]

User:Grace Note has objected to my bid for ArbCom appointee, noting that I've yet to overcome the issues between myself and Giano, who apparently has an ongoing grievance. I've replied to Grace Note and find some complications in the issue, considering that I'm currently a Mediation Cabal coordinator and have worked to bring the Mediation Committee back to life: Would either of the mediation options be inherently skewed in favor of either of us, thereby eliminating them as sources of dispute resolution? Would it be more fair if, for instance, I stepped down as coordinator first?

I've also considered RfC, but considering that we both have our circles of friends, I'm unsure of how inherently neutral RfC might be in this situation: Obviously my friends will say he's at fault, his friends will find me at fault. I'm afraid both would flood true independent opinions and ideas from reaching us. I'd rather use an alternative form of dispute resolution than arbitration (unless Giano refuses a preliminary step) if possible.

Any opinion on the matter would be greatly appreciated. ~Kylu (u|t) 04:10, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New board role[edit]

Congrats but will you be staying on on arbcom?Geni 13:04, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Answering on my own page since I suppose you won't be the only one to wonder; no, I am not. Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 13:54, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean that you will be stepping down now or after your current term expires? Scob e ll302 20:00, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am stepping down now... I don't think it's appropriate to hold both positions, not to mention that I wouldn't have any time to do it! Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 02:22, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations![edit]

Just dropping by to say hi, and congratulations on your appointment to the Board of Directors! Huzzah! It's too bad you'll be spending less time here on en, but hopefully that won't extend beyond your Arbcom role (stepping down from which can't really be described as a loss for you personally...). Looking forward to seeing you and Gmaxwell at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC (we missed you at Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia 2).

Best wishes in your new job, —CComMack (t–c) 18:12, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I thought of saying "congratulations" then I thought of saying "sympathies" as I know the job will be a lot of work and possibly stress, then I realized the correct word is "thanks!" for being willing to take on this new role of serving the encyclopedia and the people who volunteer here. Best wishes in your new role, and please don't hesitate to let me know if I can ever be of any assistance. KillerChihuahua^?!? 18:33, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, this news is received with mixed feelings. We will miss you as you move out of some of your jobs here but look forward to seeing you in this new one. Take care, --FloNight 18:41, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I wish I could come up with something a little bit more personal, but sadly, we haven't interacted much... but anyways, congratulations to the board's newest member. I'm pretty sure you will carry the interests of the Wikimedia Foundation at heart. Tito xd^(?!?) 23:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Mindspillage; your work will always be appreciated, and I'm sure your great dedication will continue in this new capacity. Best of luck. Flcelloguy (A note?) 01:18, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mixed feelings sum it up. What ArbCom loses, the board gains. Congrats indeed and best wishes for every success... ++Lar: t/c 01:49, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template vandalism?[edit]

What was the deal with that Wikimedia Foundation rv rv? And what is template vandalism? I saw its effect, but was not sure how it was being accomplished or how to deal with it. Robert K S 01:40, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I think I understand what was going on. It was in a template being used on the page... Robert K S 01:41, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Meetup[edit]

Thank you, guest of honor, for attending the meetup! ★MESSED ROCKER★ 02:41, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't really scheduled or anything, it was simply a matter of you being the most important guest and then I said so. ★MESSED ROCKER★ 02:01, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Meetup NYC[edit]

Hey, just wanted to say hi and thank you for coming to the WikiMeetup in NYC this past weekend. —ExplorerCDT 04:10, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

<grrmble>[edit]

So, are exams through? I have about 15 minutes to harrass you... <wink> then I will be released from purgatory and can go home and use a real computer. - Amgine 04:27, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holidays[edit]

O.K., so maybe you don't believe in Santa, but I still want to wish you and your loved ones a "Happy Holidays" and all of the happiness in the world and the best new year ever. Your friend, Tony the Marine 23:55, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(PS: I haven't forgotten you, you are one of the best people I've gotten to know here.)

Wikipedia Club of New York[edit]

Come see: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Club of New York. —ExplorerCDT 14:20, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Congrats[edit]

Thank you! (Of course former members count... ;-) ) Flcelloguy (A note?) 20:28, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and U.S. Federal funds?[edit]

Quick question: Does Wikipedia receive any U.S. federal grant or other federal monies? Not sure where else to ask this. CyberAnth 22:59, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

MK[edit]

Yes, we were highly tight in Stuy. Less tight now due to wildly diverging life paths, but still very friendly. We spoke about you last week. - crz crztalk 03:04, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, when are you going to notice my little request to join the OTRS brigade way above? - crz crztalk 16:58, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Finals, baby. Secuirites regulation. Ew - crz crztalk 17:45, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Funny[edit]

I saw this note about a picture copyright info and then I was all what the... Kate Walsh (singer). Anomo 04:30, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requested recordings[edit]

Kat! We already have a recording request that maybe you could fill! Moreschi has requested the opening bassoon solo for Rite of Spring (ok, I know it's hard, but I heard enough people practicing it to know it's one of those required orchestral thingies). Maybe there should be a separate section for requests that are in the midst of being fulfilled or something? Anyway, think about it :) Cheers, and don't let certain people get you down. Mak (talk) 17:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Questions???[edit]

I read your commentary at User_talk:Badagnani with interest, in addition to your link to the Foundation's financial statements. As a board member, I hope you'll elighten me as to the following:

Am I correct in understanding the WikiMedia Foundation structure [7] that Jimmy Wales essentially has veto/total power over any decision or area he chooses to become involved in, and that ArbCom, which is otherwise the body of last resort, as well as the Board of Directors, is in fact below Jimmy Wales in the foundation's heirarchy?
Do you support the idea that as Wikipedia becomes more powerful, that it should be able to demand GFDL images of whomever that wishes to have an image on Wikipedia?
I believe I have an understanding of the rationale of free information and photos, etc., which you took the time to outline in your view at the above User talk page, as well as from reading hundreds of other commentaries on the subject. Do you see any inherent contradiction in the "pillar" of quality when no GFDL images are, or are likely to be available for years to come of artists who do not keep a high public profile? Do you find it "quality" when the page of Cindy Crawford has no image, or that of Woody Allen has a bronze bust photo?
Are you aware that there are people, especially fans and acquaintances of a particular artist or celebrity, that do not want CC licensed fan images on Flickr "nabbed" and used as substitutes for better quality images of same persons? And do not wish to provide any images under a GFDL or CC license for use on Wikipedia without consent from the person who's image it is?
Why is an image of a deceased person seen as generally useful under Fair Use and Quality criteria, but images of living persons, unless released under a GFDL, not?
What, if any, potential liability exists to the Foundation in using legitimate press and promo photos on Wikipedia, the same photos that are used by nearly every other media outlet on the planet? I have seen a lot of language tossed around about potential liability, but have seen no legal rationale that would show an additional liability that exists for Wikipedia that doesn't for other publications and media outlets.
I read the recent materials on the current fund drive as approved by the board, but have not found the list of matching donors committed to at least $60,000 per day, as mentioned in the materials advising the need for said fund drive. Can you provide said list?

Thank you in advance, and I look forward to your reply. Tvccs 18:19, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year[edit]

(Feliz Año Nuevo)

Happy New Year from Tony the Marine 02:40, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wish you and your loved ones all the happiness in the world this coming year.

Me running[edit]

Hey, I am running to be an admin just like you wanna learn about me and try to vote for the better please?Zach111493 20:15, 11 January 2007 (UTC) Yes you can send the reply to me.[reply]

Question[edit]

Hi Mindspillage, I have a question...do you know who responds to the e-mails written on this page? --HappyCamper 17:21, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DC Meetup[edit]

Would you be interested in still trying to organize a DC Meetup sometime in Febuary? ^demon^{[omg plz]} 01:10, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Calli Cox Page[edit]

Any chance this can be restored again? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by The Humanoid Typhoon (talk • contribs) 12:24, 15 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

awareness-global.com[edit]

I'm not sure all the domains got into the blacklist.[8] Some did not include the phrase "global warming awareness". Here's what I had copied from Globalwarming awareness2007 to User:A. B./Sandbox10 before the article was deleted:

awareness-global.com
seocontest-globalwarming-awareness2007.com
globalwarming-awareness2007-contest.info
global-pink-hat-warming.org.uk
msnblockchecker.net/globalwarmi...reness2007.html
reddog-marketing.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=36
globalwarming-awareness2k7.info
network-globalwarming-awareness.com
nescoo.com
ecolo-techno.com
matriochka-globalwarming.info
big-globalwarming-awareness2007.com
globalwarming--awareness2007.net
globalwarming-awareness2007.biz
swc-2007.com
pink-globalwarming-awareness2007.com
awareness2007globalwarming.com
stork-games.com
spoonylife.com
globalwarming-awareness2007-seocontest.com
global-warming-awareness2007.org
championcheap.com
seophane.com/globalwarming-awareness2007
e-globalwarming-awareness2007.com
infos-jeux.com/globalwarming-awareness2007
globalwarming-awareness2007.promo-web.org
globalwarming-awareness2007.cybernetik.org

--A. B. ^(talk) 14:36, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Invite,toolbox[edit]

Go ahead and list yourself on my "Favorite Admins" list and make yourself a copy of my toolbox. Martial Law 04:12, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi[edit]

I saw a comment you left on jurisdiction in rem and I wanted to see if it was a fellow legal minded person. I looked over your page. I have no idea how you can juggle law school and being on the Board of Trustees! That seems like quite a large amount of stuff to handle. good luck in school. Butnotthehippo 02:15, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Michel[edit]

There are a lot of circuit court judges that do not have articles, we have been quite slow in creating them. NoSeptember 04:59, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I've finished creating at least stubs for all the former judges of the First Circuit and pretty close on the Second Circuit, which are the two I know best, as well as some reasonably detailed articles on some Circuit and District Judges (my favorite at the moment is Samuel Mandelbaum). Lots more work to be done, of course. I don't know if you are familiar with the Federal Judicial Directory resource which gives basic information on each U.S. judge. Newyorkbrad 18:57, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Biographies of employees of all the branches of the US Federal government should be among the easiest to create, given the lack of copyvio issues when cribbing from US government websites ;). NoSeptember 19:25, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Copyrights[edit]

Any ideas on resolving the contradiction? The edit-warring on Wikipedia:Fair use and Wikipedia:Fair use criteria over the last couple of days was not a lot of fun. Doing it again at Wikipedia:Copyrights is just going to aggravate everyone again. Jkelly 05:23, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi[edit]

Hey, Kat. Yeah, I saw your name mentioned and checked out your user page a while back--sorry I didn't leave a message then. I'm not at all surprised to see you active with Wikipedia! I'm afraid I'm an on-again, off-again editor, but you do what you can, right? --(Mike Dresser) 16:20, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Your edits to Talk:Concert band[edit]

I see at Talk:Concert band that "a major rewrite is in progress" and that you moved parts of the article to the talk page. In reading those parts, I heartily agree with your decision to remove them from the article - not only are they factually inaccurate (who says clarinets can't play in sharp keys!) but they are not germane to the subject of the article.

I am confused by the "major rewrite in progress" comment though. If I'm reading the page's history correctly, you made that comment in 2004? Probably best to leave that type of comment out altogether, or if it must be used, then to remove it within a day or two. Best —SaxTeacher (talk) 16:37, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Color[edit]

Hey, I have to do something to add color to Signpost stories, too. --Michael Snow 04:44, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How much documentation for used with permission?[edit]

If someone says that they are using with permission material from a website how much documentation of the permission is needed? RJFJR 17:01, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your answer. RJFJR 02:33, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Philadelphia Meetup 3[edit]

FYI ... Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia 3 --evrik ^(talk) 00:36, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your e-mail[edit]

Hi Kat, I was wondering if you cared to weigh in at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Kat Walsh's statement. There's a fair amount of exegesis going on about what you did and did not mean exactly in your recent statement about fair-use images. Thanks! —An gr 23:38, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OMG[edit]

[9] Click it quick, before someone with an alphabetical name before yours gets promoted! Milto LOL pia 22:31, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS[edit]

Hi Mindspillage: I know you probably get a lot of these requests, but I'd love to help out with the OTRS queue. I speak English natively and an intermediate level of Spanish, but probably not enough to help out with the Spanish queue. Let me know if there's anything else I need to do/any other questions that need answering. (Oh yeah, I've been here just over a year and have been an admin now for several months.) —METS501 (talk) 15:53, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

sk OTRS queue[edit]

Hallo. Your name is listed among the contact persons at meta:OTRS as a contact person. We would like to start the queues info-sk and permissions-sk for the Slovak Wikimedia projects. I have been trying to get in touch with one of the contact person for a while, but I have not received a response. Could you please help? Thank you! (w:sk:User:AtonX / w:sk:User talk:AtonX). --AtonX 09:33, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...and people wonder...[edit]

Yeesh. And people wonder why you don't hang out here and chat more. I have a nice story about cz:wikisource, incidentally. Good folks over there. Jkelly 18:56, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

thanks[edit]

Thanks for sending Fred Marion from the Palm Beach Post my way. The interview went great, and a week later I did one for the FSU newspaper. I noticed you're a law student at George Mason. I just got accepted to American University law school, and I'm waiting to hear back from GW, Georgetown, and George Mason law schools. So I'll soon be another florida person up your way. Anyway, just dropping by. ⇒ SWATJester ^{On Belay!} 00:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're invited to the
Philadelphia-area Wikipedia Meetup

Sunday March 4, 2007
5pm
Independence Brew Pub

RSVP

(view/edit this template)

Happy Spread-the-funny and-slighty-random-love day![edit]

:) pschemp (talk) 00:30, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Creative Commons 3.0[edit]

Earlier I asked Eloquence if there was any discussion, decision, or Wikimedia position as to whether the Creative Commons 3.0 licenses (BY and BY-SA) are considered free licenses for the purposes of Wikimedia sites. He mentioned that you had some concerns about the moral rights clause in the CC 3.0 Unported license. I was wondering if these concerns have been resolved, or if discussion regarding CC 3.0 is still on going. That is, do you know if it is now OK for CC 3.0 content (images or text) to appear on the various Wikimedia sites? —RP88 06:04, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wall of Honor[edit]

Mindspillage, I was looking for a lame excuse to drop you a line and say "HI", so here I found one (smile)

Mindspillage, I have inducted you into my "Wall of Honor". Now, how's that for an excuse to say "Hi" and to ask you "How you been?" Tony the Marine 15:17, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A flower...[edit]

Image:Iron_Man_riff.mp3[edit]

Seeing as I no longer have the images or the program which I used to create them, and no capability to turn them into OGG files even if I did, that sucks. Hyacinth 06:00, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do you'all have any consideration for the amount of sound files you have gotten rid of? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hyacinth (talk • contribs) 20:33, 2 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Um. [10] 5? Or are you talking about something else? You could have easily converted the files to a format we accept, since Ogg/Vorbis encoders are freely available on all normal platforms and there are many people who would have been glad to help you. MP3 has been an explicitly forbidden format for many years, Wikimedia is not licensed to distribute MP3, nor would we accept a proprietary format in any case. --Gmaxwell 21:07, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Mindspillage[edit]

Hi, my name in commons is Cme, I have the licences from ESA / NASA but I have problems with Anna, Can you help me?

This is the lars`s response from ESA: The right link is: [11] The credit is also on the page. Cheers Lars

I have the licences while his e-mails.

We can speak in Spanish. Mejor si hablamos en español, soy español nativo. --Pediaknowledge 13:05, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Minsdpillage, you are nice for me. What do you think about my medical counsel? I'm working in medicine. It's fantastic, but there are so much diseases and suffering. I'm blocked in spanish wikipedia and spanish wikiquote, because stupid reasons of childs. We can talk if you want. I'm going to write you by e-mai, ok? How is your spanish, are you improving? a hugh for you. --Pediaknowledge 01:47, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This author is very recommendable albums like "Live at the acropolis", or "Tribute", "If I could tell you", "ethnicity". He has fantastics DVDs also, "Live at the acropolis" and "Tribute" are concerts in Grece, and at the forbidden city and the taj mahal availables in DVD. I love classical music too. However I can recommend you some contemporany authors with the quality of Yanni if you want --Pediaknowledge 02:08, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

poke[edit]

Hey, just poking ya. I kind of miss our chats on Wikinews. Good to see you're busy with positive things. Here's to more time spent for the benefit of world knowledge. ;) Ironiridis 22:36, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, I hadn't seen the drama. It being Wikinews, I'm not surprised. I keep trying to come back, editing anonymously, you know. But I just can't stay away from the political nonsense. I figure, I have to stop tempting myself. Anything worth weighing in on? Ironiridis 03:27, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I think I understand. No, image policy doesn't appeal to me that much; I've always been much more excited about warring over UK/US spelling. Heh. Sorry to hear of your troubles there. Hey, wanna start a new wiki? ;) Ironiridis 13:42, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Wikialogo.png)[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Wikialogo.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Iamunknown 04:19, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Images[edit]

The image looks like a placeholder. It looks like we're still waiting to upload an image. It makes us look shoddy. A non-free image looks bad only to the most die-hard of Wikipedians who are aware of the issue. The main page is more about image than anything else. Solutions that make the main page look sloppy are unacceptable. Furthermore, we, by longstanding tradition, give great leeway to Raul on these matters. Raul put the image back, and has offered very good reasons why we cannot put this rule into place. That counts for enough to make swapping it immediately a bad proposition. By my count, the page had about an hour of life left when you made the edit. Absolutely no reason to make it look sloppy and bad for a point hardly anyone was going to notice. Phil Sandifer 23:06, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your distaste for Raul's management of the main page seems largely immaterial, as he does remain in charge. We wouldnt put an article on the main page that was waiting for an image. We shouldn't have a placeholder. Far more people will notice what looks like a missing image than will even think about the copyright issues. That's the long and short of it: you made a destructive edit to the main page - something that made us look bad to anybody who loaded the main page during any of the 15 minutes your edit was standing. That is demonstrably worse than something that made us look bad to a handful of people as obsessed with free knowledge as the most die-hard of Wikipedians. That you decided to edit war the main page is even worse - and has been a blockable offense in the past. Phil Sandifer 00:12, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Phil, this being a free encyclopedia is at the core of our mission. The main page should reflect that, and the idea has gained strong and widespread support. Raul is not, in fact, king of the main page. Kat edited the main page appropriately according to the Foundation's recent comments, the goals of this organisation, and a strongly supported poll, including many strong arguments against the use of Fair Use on the main page. Mak (talk) 02:17, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Downtown Music[edit]

Hi Kat - Can I ask your advice? The Downtown Music article [12] I vastly expanded got tagged for original research and unattributed claims. So I added ten footnotes, all to my own books and web articles, since I'm the only person who's ever written about this. Will that satisfy them? Kylegann 10:21, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Very red talk page[edit]

Well, I popped over here just to peek, and I noticed you had several pages of red font. :) I hope I wasn't too bold in fixing someone's signature to unbreak your talk. Happily reverted if anyone takes offense. (Let me add that I hadn't noticed it after my last edit to your talk page, so it must have been a browser update or a style sheet thing.) Ironiridis 19:37, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Non-free content edit[edit]

[13]

You can't start talking about fair use until after you've told the reader what it is, which is in the next paragraph.
Fair use is not a Wikipedia policy; it's a legal doctrine. In order for content to be included on Wikipedia, it must meet the criteria on that policy page. The most fundamental criteria of the current policy is that it be fair use under US law. — Omegatron 02:56, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hola de nuevo estimada Mindspillage[edit]

Hola, vuelvo a contactar contigo, tanto Citadme, como Psychologyn como un servidor, estamos bloqueados en Wikiquote en español. Están administrando unos usuarios como Javierme, y Macalla con los que nos es imposible razonar. Es bien sencillo de entender, son jovencitos, que están en una mala edad y son bastante rebeldes. No contribuyen al conocimiento por estudio propio, sino que un montón de gente les dice lo que tienen que colocar, no tienen méritos propios algunos, son instrumentos de otros.

Nosotros, hablamos de muchos aspectos diferentes, ciencia, historia, religión, psicología, medicina, hablamos de Dios y de la Biblia. A ellos el mensaje de la Biblia no les gusta pues son unos jóvenes bastante radicales, obsesionados con la política y el nacionalismo. Javierme es un verdadero problema, pues en España, algunos así son totalitarios, radicales e intolerantes. macalla hace buenas contribuciones solamente en la página de Castilla, pero debido a que otras personas inteligentes y adultas le dicen qué debe introducir. Pero tiene poco juicio, pues coloca canciones desagradables en páginas de Madrid. Javierme, al ser manipulado por una minoría, coloca injurias contra políticos y reyes. Es anarquista, ateo y está alejado del conocimiento, el entendimiento y la sabiduría. Estamos editando las páginas de la Biblia, algo histórico y serio y ellos desprecian todo esto.

Fíjate, cómo en la página de Génesis, ponemos fotografías de los planetas y del universo, y de fotos naturales de la luz, pero ellos adulteran todo y se empeñan en que se promueva el mito, algo no acorde al contenido de los historiadores y científicos. No podemos continuar así. Estamos bloqueados todos de forma indefinida, debido a la terquedad.

En estas páginas leen personas adultas, con mucho conocimiento, científicos, escritores, lingüistas, historiadores, y ellos son verdaderos enemigos del conocimiento que estamos introduciendo.

A la mayoría de estos jóvenes que demuestran ser rebeldes, desobedientes, no les interesa ni la Biblia, ni los proverbios que contiene, ni lo relacionado con Dios, ni nada. Les interesa la música electrónica, los hábitos nocivos, deben llevar una vidas muy alejadas del estudio y de la investigación en el conocimiento. Lo cierto es que en la Biblia hay mensajes de advertencias contundentes y serias de lo que Dios va a hacer, ya que es alguien con propósitos en la vida, como toda persona tiene sus propósitos, y dice que quiere traer grandes mejoras y bendiciones futuras para toda la humanidad, que de seguro van a venir.

Lo ideal sería que pudieramos administrar como adultos, y con humildad, y pudiendo razonar, con madurez, y tolerancia.

Ellos no tienen ni idea, por cierto, ni de fotografía, ni de artes.

Tenemos conocimiento en varios campos pero es imposible razonar con ellos

Saludos, bueno, parece ser que no hay solución con estos administradores, deseo que algún día domines mejor el español y podamos conversar, y que personas adultas y maduras administren. Mira que he introducido las Citas de Cristóbal Colón y del Cerebro, y otras, pero no respetan la calidad, se fijan solamente en las diferencias personales, guerras o insultos, pues son unos niños. Si quizá no eres creyente, te respeto igualmente, de verdad, y os felicito sinceramente por el proyecto de Wikimedia.

Afectuosamente. --Pediaknowledge 02:48, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Desgraciadamente, la Wikipedia en inglés no tiene ningún tipo de control sobre Wikiquote en castellano. El consejo de la Fundación Wikimedia deja este tipo de problemas a disposición de las comunidades locales en cada proyecto, por lo que escribir aquí no te servirá de mucho. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 03:55, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for clarifying game-screenshot[edit]

Thanks for clarifying my missunderstanding about the changes made by User:Cydebot both on my talk page as well as Cydebot's. Entro-P 21:27, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cydebot Block[edit]

To prevent a ForestFire I've replied on my talk page at User_talk:Xaosflux#Cydebot_Block. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:37, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Guster[edit]

I see that you've made edits in articles about Guster.
I'm trying to create a WikiProject to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the band.
If you're interested, please express interest for WikiProject Guster on the proposal page. Thanks! - [hmwith]

commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Template:Copyright by Wikimedia[edit]

Your input would be appreciated. Kotepho 01:51, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You All[edit]

As you all know, some hacker cracked my password and I have been stripped of my admin powers. I can understand an admin. being blocked, but stripped of his powers without a fair hearing or consensus, I can't. I have stated that I changed my password and would like my powers back, however the chastizing going on in [[14]] has sadden me. It doesn't matter how many articles you have written, contributions you have made or how many years you have dedicated to making this project a credible one. A hacker, it seems has the power of making people consider you an untrustful person and turning some people in the community against you.

I have never abused of my powers and I have used Wikipedia as a medium to educate others. Yes, I have no regrets about having made so many contributions to the Pedia. I exhort all of my friends here to make sure that their passwords are strong ones so that you will not have to go through what I am going through.

I did promise some of my friends a couple of articles and as a good Marine I will keep my promise. To my friends here, Thank you for your friendship. Tony the Marine 00:13, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Qian Zhijun[edit]

You commented on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Qian Zhijun. It has been closed early after a confusing and IMO unfortunate sequence of events. I have now listed it on Deletion Review. You may wish to express your views there. DES ^(talk) 01:16, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mathematics CotW[edit]

Hey Mindspillage, I am writing you to let you know that the Mathematics Collaboration of the week(soon to "of the month") is getting an overhaul of sorts and I would encourage you to participate in whatever way you can, i.e. nominate an article, contribute to an article, or sign up to be part of the project. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks--Cronholm144 23:46, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Minor edit[edit]

LOL, that one did make me laugh. Very good!! Some just lack the key to understanding, merely taking notes... :) Antandrus (talk) 02:51, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You've got mail. And ... that new message light is from ... from ... oh boy. Sigh. Antandrus (talk) 04:57, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Signature[edit]

Hi - I appreciate your concern, but I'm sorry. Wikipedia is very short on a sense of humor, which is key to enduring working here. Besides, it may be humorous but it reflects the truth and the opinions of a large number of very pretty ladies. Rama's arrow (just a sexy boy) 18:08, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Believe me friend, there are a lot more things that "reflect poorly on us" then my humble signature. And its not a "pick-up" line, but a statement of fact. Rama's arrow (just a sexy boy) 18:30, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This article or section does not cite any references or sources.
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. (help, get involved!)
Any material not supported by sources may be challenged and removed at any time.

:-P Newyorkbrad 18:37, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See, that's the sort of sense of humor I find amusing. Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 18:47, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, CambridgeBayWeather also had that weird sense of humor until he was faced with the prospect of public interest litigation from the "Associaton of Supermodels Who Find Rama's Arrow Sexy and Irresistable.," which is my reliable source, btw, dear NYB. Rama's arrow (just a sexy boy) 19:38, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kat. Riddle solved successfully! Which one? I don't know. --Bhadani (talk) 17:07, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Woo-hoo. — Nearly Headless Nick (bring the SexyBACK!) ^{C} 09:58, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Still an unresolved problem[edit]

As you were an arbcom member in the former cases concerning Onefortyone and Ted Wilkes, may I ask you to have a look at [15]. To my mind, there can be no doubt that User:Northmeister is identical with Ted Wilkes alias multiple-hardbanned User:DW, as he constantly removes the same content from Elvis-related article pages that Wilkes removed in the past. There may also be some further sockpuppets at work as in the recent case of Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo, because there are too many editors now removing well-sourced material I have contributed to article pages. See, for instance, this edit that deleted well-sourced information and even removed a discussion of important sources concerning Elvis Presley, another edit that also removed blocks of well-sourced material and put relatively unimportant information about Bush's and Koizumi's visit to Graceland in first place of the article, and this one which again removed blocks of well-sourced information I have contributed. Furthermore, if Northmeister is actually identical with Wilkes, then this sockpuppet has clearly violated Wilkes's probation. Some administrators were also of the opinion that there is something fishy about the matter and they suggested that this material be removed to WP:SSP for thorough investigation. However, I am at a loss what to do. Perhaps you can help. 80.141.216.40 18:55, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Text.[edit]

I hope you didn't mind, Ms. Walsh, but in one of the above messages, I had to substitute the {{unsourced}} tag with text: I didn't think you wanted your talk page to be in the "unsourced articles" category! :) If, however, I was wrong, I am more than happy to revert myself for you. Acalamari 17:39, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Foundation licensing policy[edit]

Hello again. We're still waiting for clarification of Foundation:Resolution:Licensing policy. Could you clarify this for us, or get another board member to? Once again, the question is: Does each project's community get to decide what constitutes reasonable use of symbols like the International Symbol of Access, or does the foundation's licensing policy preclude that?

Template talk:Access icon would be a good place to leave your comments. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 21:30, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sai Gunturi[edit]

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WikiProject Philadelphia Invite[edit]

You're invited to the
Philadelphia-area Wikipedia Meetup
Sunday July 8, 2007
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: It will be in Center City, Philadelphia at 112 North 9th Street Philadelphia, PA 19107.
Tel: (215) 829-8939

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Meetup[edit]

Dear Mindspillage,

Since you have attended the previous NYC Meetup, I would like to invite you to the First Annual New York Wikipedian Central Park Picnic. R.S.V.P. @ Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC -- Y not? 14:22, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Interaction[edit]

Greetings! I've just noticed your template and I am sorry to hear of it—my own grandmother also died just a few days ago, while I was out of the country, and a short time before I was to see her again...

I am a bit upset to see this edit of yours. I don't see what is stupid about the phrase you replaced (nor did anyone at FAC) and think it correct either way; a musical analysis, which is what the rest of the article is, is not in itself a biography—though you may include one in a generally biographical article.

And yet even if it had been entirely incorrect I think your words are needlessly insulting, and that there are more considerate ways to correct those who have gotten something wrong. Imagine that you had seen someone write that about your own work: how would you feel about continuing to contribute? Please be more mindful of what you write to others. (This incident in particular came to my notice because it upset someone I consider a friend...) Thanks, Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 01:44, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the kind remarks, and I'm sorry to also hear about your grandmother.

I apologize if my tone upset you, or your friend. I'm not normally a mean person; I'm simply tired (Wikipedia has been getting on my nerves lately). On a different note, though, your friend should not take such comments personally — I did not mention anyone's name in my edit summary, and secondly, not everyone is going to be courteous and friendly, so he/she should learn to deal with it. And yes, I have experienced worse comments from others.

Lastly, musical analysis, if you are discussing it as a part of a person's life, is a part of his/her biography. According to my literature professor, as well as various other sources, a Biography isn't just the events of someone's life. It is the accurate (non-fictional) presentation of the life history from birth to death of an individual, along with an effort to interpret the life (and work/accomplishmants) so as to offer a unified impression of the subject. In other words, the entire article is a biography, and the musical analysis, is merely a topic/area under the biography. But, again, I apologize if my words upset anyone, and I will try to modify my tone. Orane (talk • cont.) 03:42, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ojo al dato, maragato, Javierme es maricón, chispón chispón[edit]

JAVIERME'S SONG

ÚNETE A MÍ, ALMA DE DIOS, Y CANTA LA CANCIÓN, OJO AL DATO, LA CANCIÓN (the song):

Ojo al dato, maricón: Javierme es un masón. Canta canta mi canción, mientras jodes al chingón.

Javierme, javierme, javierme hijodeputa; chispón, chispón, Javierme sigue tu ruta.

Ojo al dato, julandrón: Javierme es un matón, de discoteca putón, rojo, ateo y maricón.

Javierme, javierme, javierme subnormal, se babá en las tenidas de la logia normal.

Ojo al dato, chulapón: Javierme se toca un cojón, mientras ve en la televisión porno duro maricón.

JAVIERME, ¿CUANTO TE PAGA EL GRUPO PRISA?

¡AY, JAVIERME, JAVIERME, QUE AL VERTE ME DA LA RISA!

I honestly can't figure out what this has to do with anything. Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 05:26, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Questions for the Wikipedia Signpost[edit]

Hi! My name is Ral315, and I'm the editor-in-chief of the Wikipedia Signpost, a weekly newspaper on the English Wikipedia. I'm sending out an optional questionnaire that I hope you'll respond to. These questions will be published in next week's issue, and hopefully translated into many languages and copied to the Meta-Wiki prior to the election. (So, if you speak multiple languages, it'd be fantastic, though certainly not required, if you'd be willing to translate your answers into any languages you speak fluently.)

There's no word limit on any of these questions, but I suggest that brevity (maybe about 300-400 words per answer) is best. If at all possible, answers should be submitted by 16:00 UTC on Monday, June 25 (though late responses will also be accepted).

I'm posting these to your talk pages because they don't really fit well on question pages (since many will repeat questions you've already answered). You can reply to me by e-mail, or at my English Wikipedia, English Wikinews or Meta talk pages.

Thanks again for answering these, and good luck in the elections.

Sincerely, Ral315

Do you have any other usernames or pseudonyms?

What current or former user rights or positions do you have, and on which projects? (i.e. administrator, bureaucrat, arbitrator, developer, steward, board member, etc.)

Outside of Wikipedia, what do you do for a living?

What languages do you speak?

Why do you want to join the Board? What qualities do you feel you can bring to the Board?

About how much time do you think you'll put into the role?

Ideally, where do you see the Wikimedia Foundation in 5 years?

As a board member, how will you ensure a balance between openness and necessary privacy in board matters?

Recent discussion has centered around the Wikipedia and Wikimedia brands. How do you feel the Wikimedia brands should be used, or changed?

Wikimedia projects in developing nations are growing in popularity, but still lag far behind the more popular projects. What steps would you suggest to improve the quality, readership, and number of editors on smaller wikis?

What do you feel should be done to increase participation on non-Wikipedia projects?

As a board member, what strategies would you consider to raise money for the Foundation?

What else do you want to say to voters? (This is a good place to answer a question specific to your candidacy that you think should be answered)

Hi there![edit]

Hi there! Just a quick note to say that you have my full support for the Wikimedia Board Election. Good luck! David Cannon 12:32, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Flower[edit]

WikiThanks

For you. Acalamari 01:41, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am glad. :) You are very welcome. Acalamari 15:37, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For Mindspillage[edit]

Me pregunto cómo es que esta crueldad de Drini, que se autoproclamó administrador después de que le apoyé y Citadme igual, halla quedado impune. ¿Yo fui quien le dio entrada en wikiquote y me asesina y nadie aplica disciplina? Jon harald está ahi pero es como hablar con la pared. Imagínate que estuvieran matando a una jovencita o violándola en la calle y los policías estuvieran de brazos cruzados y sonriendo como hace Jon Harald.

La gente no ama la justicia, es lamentable, ahi se demuestra quién es justo y quién es injusto. Ni Jon ni nadie. La permisividad significa que tolerais la crueldad en wikiquote. Cuando te bloquean y discutes el bloqueo nadie responde ni te hace caso.

Puse las citas sobre la ciencia, pero luego son otros lo que se quieren llevar las medallas y aprovecharse como es el gobierno español. Se benefician de ello, pero nada hacen por recompensarme ni por agradecérmelo, Y eso que es un gobierno que lo deben administrar gente inteligente, responsable y madura, digo yo. Aquí se ve lo que es un gobierno y ahi se ve cómo no hay ninguna justicia, no hay calidad. Esto queda registrado, el grupo PRISA dicen que está detrás, mira cómo en las citas, Jimmy Wales se apoya en el grupo PRISA, esto canta por sí solo. Montones de neonazis y de pornógrafos, enemigos del conocimiento en wikipedia. Jimmy debería tener valor y autoridad, y no tener miedo de desagradar a los indecentes y expulsar a los nazis y fascistas como Drini. Te aseguro que mi sangre va a ser vengada por esta tolerancia, tal como una persona que viola o asesina a otra debe ser castigada.

Tengo suficiente cabeza para darme cuenta de todo y de cómo es la gente. La gente en estos tiempos es sumamente desagradecida, e incluso los gobiernos lo son, ya no hay talante ni nobles acciones. Pocos hombres y mujeres justos quedan ya. Ves a leer el mensaje de la Biblia. Gracias a las citas de ciencia es el año de la ciencia en españa. ¿Qué comunidad local tiene autoridad? ¿el gobierno?, el clero está rabioso por no saber editar la Biblia ni enseñarla, nunca desearon defenderla. ¿Se me recompensa de algún modo?, ¿nadie tiene autoridad por encima de este despiadado, cruel y malicioso individuo Drini o Petronas que me bloquearon?

Parece que tampoco te dignas a contestarme, hazlo en inglés mujer. Dios es comunicativo y es Todopoderoso, y aun así ha dejado escrito lo que piensa. En wikimedia no debe haber nadie que se crea un dios, si alguien se ha creído que es un dios y no habla, es un simple icono muerto, un dios falso. Jon ni se digna a hablar, ni a contestar. Se cree que es un ministro o un rey o un dios inaccesible. Ten en cuenta que no me gusta nada la gente inaccesible e inabordable y los que consienten las injusticias, pues consentirlas, es lo mismo que practicarlas. Quizá me equivoque y seaís como dios, que consiente las injusticias, pero ha fijado una hora y un día para destruir toda la maldad, quizá vosotros quereis imitarle y teneis fijada una fecha, pero ten en cuenta, que mientras Dios ha permitido toda la maldad se ha comunicado con la gente con sus escritos, en la Biblia. --Pediaknowledge 01:23, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For those who don't speak Spanish this message is about User:Drini, Jon Harold, science, the government, neo-nazis, and the rest is mostly Christian prosthelatizing.--Cronholm¹⁴⁴ 09:08, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

STOMP![edit]

Thank you. It makes one wonder how would Disney's hippos have danced to Stravinsky instead of Tchaikovsky. Eclecticology 21:54, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Meetup reminder[edit]

Since IIRC, you've missed a couple of these because you forgot - Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia 4 is on Sunday. Raul654 20:53, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of Michael Anissimov[edit]

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Wikimedia Pennsylvania[edit]

Hello there!

I'm writing to inform you that we are now forming the first local Wikimedia Chapter in the United States: Wikimedia Pennsylvania. Our goals are to perform outreach and fundraising activities on behalf of the various Wikimedia projects. If you're interested in being a part of the chapter, or just want to know more, you can:

Contact us on IRC at #wikimedia-pa
Join our mailing list
Visit our blog at http://wmfpa.blogspot.com

Thanks and I hope you join up! Cbrown1023 talk 03:53, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]