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Fyi... It is WikiProject Biography and not WikiProject Biographies. Bgwhite (talk) 19:49, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks.-- CrossTempleJay  → talk 21:46, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Ichthus: January 2012

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January 2012

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Feedback about our donor pages

Hi Crosstemplejay!

My name is Patricia and I work at the WMF on the Fundraising department. We are trying to gather as much information as we can per country so that we can provide a great user experience for our donors in 2012. It would be great if you could help us reviewing a few pieces of our donation forms for us :)

1. For example, the address fields for the credit card option. Does the format of the fields below match the way you normally write your address in Ghana?

Surname: Name:
Address/PO Box:
City:
Country:
Email:

2. Would you allow us to send you a little survey with more questions related to Ghana. These are cultural questions that anyone who lives or know Ghana culture can answer :)

Thanks for letting me know and thanks in advance for your help!! Cheers, Ppena (WMF) (talk) 02:22, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

No problem, I'd be glad to answer the questions. For the fields above they are just about right. Adding a field about the person's current location or region would be good since Ghana is divided into 10 regions it is easier to track a person if the region is included. God bless. CrossTempleJay  → talk 11:44, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much Crosstemplejay! I see that Ghana has 10 regions, but is the 'region' field really incorporated on the way you normally write your address? If so I will be glad to add a 'regions' drop down with all 10 regions. I'm just searching for the most common way ppl write their addresses, so donors dont get confused and stop the donation for too much/too little info being requested :) Also, whenever the survey is ready I will post it here for you (thank u so much for that). If you wish me to send it to you via email, just email me at ppena@wikimedia.org. Thanks again!! Patspena (talk) 17:27, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

For the regional field, I believe it is a good option, this is because a lot of the towns in Ghana have sister towns in other regions. I will like the survey posted here so some of my Ghana Wikis would be able to look at it too. God bless. CrossTempleJay  → talk 18:30, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 05 March 2012

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Nomination of List of eye care facilities in Ghana for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of eye care facilities in Ghana is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of eye care facilities in Ghana until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

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Category:Ghana eye care

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Hi, looking at the page in this category for Dept of Optometry at KNUST, why did you rename it? IMHO the old name was better. – Fayenatic L (talk) 09:47, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 12 March 2012

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The Signpost: 02 April 2012

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Ghana Article Now Totally Destroyed

God bless you my brother, thank so much for the File:BoNM - Ghana.png for contributing to how quality, reflective and informative the Ghana article was. I have just been busy editing Ghana related articles my brother. I wanted to inform you that there is a editor named User:Kwamikagami, who has just totally vandalized and destroyed all the hardwork and effort that has been put into the Ghana article by reverting it to how it looked like in November 2011. The Ghana article is now, not only so uninformative about Ghana but also will totally mislead people to believe that Ghana is a very poor country, rather than a Middle-Income country, one of the best educational institutions in Africa as well as having the third largest Economy in Africa, which has now all been removed due to some unknown negligence of total vandalism the Ghana article by User:Kwamikagami. The Ghana article is now totally a useless source for information about the country Ghana if the article is not reverted back to how it was. If this is what other editors such as User:Kwamikagami do to good written, well informative and hardworked articles, then I honestly give up on contributing and editing Wikipedia articles because of Kwamikagami, I'm totally tired. Could you please have a word and explain why the Ghana article should be reverted to the way it was, to User:Kwamikagami. God bless my brother. MarkMysoe (talk) 18:46, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes, if you can explain how I'm wrong, I'll be happy to concede. However, deleting peoples and religions from an entire country smacks of, well, there's no polite way to put it. It's only virtual here on WP, of course, but that kind of thinking did not turn out well for Yugoslavia. — kwami (talk) 02:20, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi MarkMySoe, sorry I haven't responded to your message. Today is the only day I have had time to edit. I am also quite concern about the things you have spoken about. I must confess I sympathize with you. I really hope that young editors like you would have the freedom to explore and improve. Please do not be down, continue in the rules and all will be well. I was blocked totally when I started, but I kept on. So do same. CrossTempleJay  → talk 13:26, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

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Ichthus: May 2012

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May 2012

From the Editor

This month marks the observation of Pentecost, one of the most important feast of the Christian liturgical year. It is our hope here that all of you, regardless of your religious affiliation (if any), find that the holiday, and its accompanying activities, an enjoyable and beneficial experience. We also hope that this "Birthday of the Church" is one which gives you the same joy as the birthday of yourself or your loved ones.

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Christianity in other wikis

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The Signpost: 30 April 2012

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The Signpost: 07 May 2012

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The Signpost: 21 May 2012

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Ichthus: June 2012

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June 2012

Membership report

The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 331 active members. We would like to welcome User:Sanju87, User:Psalm84, User:Zegron, User:Jargon777, User:Calu2000, User:Gilderien, User:Ronallenus, Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.

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Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai

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DYK

• ...that Anna of Kashin, a Russian medieval princess, was twice canonized as a holy protectress of women who suffer the loss of relatives?

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Spotlight

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I believe

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The Signpost: 11 June 2012

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Ghana article protection

Hi, Crosstemplejay, I hope all is well with you, as it has been very long time since we last spoke together. I have been doing a lot of work on many Ghana related articles that has kept me very occupied. What I want from you Crosstemplejay is a big favor. Crosstemplejay please would it be possible if you can help me to "protect" the Ghana Wikipedia article for 1 month so that I can sort out the few remaining issues with the article (see here Talk:Ghana#First_reading) which is stopping the Ghana article from being promoted to a "Good article" status. I am going to sort out the issues with the Ghana article so that it can be passed for a "Good article". The Ghana article is just a few "twitches of work" away from being classed as a "Good article" and it would take me approximately 1 month to sort out the remaining issues with the Ghana article that has stopped the Ghana article from being passed as a "Good article". The Ghana article would need to be "protected" while I sort these issues out, because Crosstemplejay, please believe me that if the Ghana article is not "protected", it would be very difficult for me to work on the article in "peace" because as soon as the article is "un-protected" at approximately 17:15, 7 July 2012 (which is right now) it would completely be "vandalized to shredders" and would lose its closeness to being crowned as a "Good article". So please Crosstemplejay, I am pleading with you to do this favor for me, can you please protect the Ghana article for 1 more month or however long you believe the Ghana article should be "protected" for, so that I can get the Ghana article "promoted" to a "Good article", as the Ghana article does deserve to be crowned a "Good article". May God bless you -- MarkMysoe (talk) 18:53, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

• Hi MarkMysoe I'm very sorry for the delay in replying your mail. I am very much happy that you keep in touch. Unfortunately since I am not an admin I cannot protect your page. I believe you can contact some of them who also watch over the Ghana article to do so. God bless and keep up the good work.  CrossTempleJay  → talk 08:19, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

MarkMysoe, I am an admin and I don't see persistent vandalism on the history of the article (its once or twice every couple weeks, the article is not getting ripped to shreds, in fact some of the IP edits are good faith). If you feel that the frequency of vandalism increases at any point, make a request at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Also, the GA process is not a good enough reason for protection unless there are serious vandalism attacks on the page. Happy editing, Sadads (talk) 18:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

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Ichthus: July 2012

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July 2012

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The portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger.

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