The older messages from User_Talk:TonySt

March, 2006

Latin translation

You left before I could give you an answer. :( If the date you gave me is the founding year, which I suspect it is, you should use "Non magnus ab urbe condita," which means "Not great since the founding of the city." —WAvegetarian•_{_{CONTRIBUTIONS}}^{^TALK}• ^{^EMAIL}• 02:37, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Question for Tony

Sorry for posting a question here. I don't know how to respond to the message you sent me. You sent me a warning within 3 minutes of when I made my comments regarding banned words on the C-word page.

1) How did you catch it so quickly? 2) How did you know it was a joke and not true? 3) How do you prevent yourself from taking life too seriously? There seems to be no end to your seriousness. 4) Aren't some articles, due to their nature, apporpriate for such comments? above by User:67.189.111.74

Well, to answer your questions, 1) I am a member of the CVU and look at the recent changes list to check for people who may be vandals or don't know what they're doing. 2) I knew it must have been a joke or a bad faith edit because there isn't really a set standard for the offensivness of things. 3) I don't quite understand. 4) All articles in Wikipedia are supposed to be encyclopedic, and thus aren't the place for comments that aren't. --Tony St 00:48, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Trent Reznor photo

Please read WP:FUC requirement #1: A free alternative must not be available to use copyrighted material. Using copyrighted material in favor of free license material is a copyright violation. If you would like another photo you can look here, but any replacement must be under a free license.--Fallout boy 22:59, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The exact text writes, No free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information. The image you provided does not give any sort of information but a blur. If you can find a good image of Reznor that's under a free license, I'd have no problem with that replacing the current one. --Tony St 23:11, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Both images are an image of him, neither gives any information that other lacks. The free version may be blurrier, but he is still easily recognizable. Purely aesthetic reasons are not enough reason to use copyrighted material.--Fallout boy 23:29, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - You can identify this image out of context? how about this one? --Tony St 00:11, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    - Tony asked me - I couldn't tell who [1] was. For me, the guy in that photo could be anyone from Jeff Bridges to Bono. On the other hand, I do want to minimize our reliance on fair use, so I can't fully endorse the use of the copyrighted promo photo over the unclear one. FreplySpang (talk) 00:23, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #1

Reach out
Reach out is a program aimed at allowing users to bring issues that they have had in Wikipedia to a listening, sympathetic and caring audience: "No one can know how we feel if we do not say. We cannot expect to get understanding if we do not ask for it. No one will dispute that sometimes life's issues are too much for one person. It is fair to say that sometimes Wikipedia's problems fall under the same heading. This is a place where you can bring the bruises that can sometimes be got on this project for attention."
Stress Alerts
The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
Note from the editor
Welcome to this new format of the Esperanza Newsletter, which came about during the last Advisory Council meeting - we hope you like it! The major changes are that each month, right after the Council meeting, this will be sent out and will include two featured programs and a sum up of the meeting. Also, it will be signed by all of the Advisory Council members, not just Celestianpower. Have an Esperanzial end of March, everyone!

The last AC meeting (full log)
Future meetings are to be held monthly, not fortnightly as before. Bans and Access level changes (apart from autovoice) in the IRC channel are to be reported at the new log. In the IRC channel, there is going to be only one bot at a time. The charter requires members to have 150 edits and 2 weeks editing. Why this is the case will be clarified. A new Code of Conduct will be drafted by JoanneB and proposed to the Esperanza community. The NPA reform idea is to be dropped officially. Charter ammendments are to be discussed in future, not voted on. The Advisory Council is not going to be proposed to be expanded by the Advisory Council themselves, if others want to propose it, they will listen.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 17:47, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

NIN

hi, why did you revert band members ? please reply on my talk page :) Unixer 12:26, 29 March 2006 (UTC) sorry, it wasn't you. :) my bad[reply]

February, 2006

-Exactly what did I vandalize.? I don't know.212.138.47.17 02:21, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your IP Address is shared by many users. Looking at Your Talk tells me that some of the users who use this IP address are less than helpful to Wiki articles. One of these users may have vandalized an article, and someone else revered it and left a notice on the talk page. Are you sure it was me? I can't find any warning on your talk page. -Tony (Talk), Vandalism Ninja 23:09, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Popups

I'm a bit confused about what's happening at Shakespeare's life. Here, for example, you seem to be reverting to a bad edit from a good one. I'm not too concerned to get involved, I just wanted to mention the issue. AndyJones 10:25, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Woops - Sorry, my mistake :-( --Tony (Talk), Vandalism Ninja 23:03, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Guru Jambheshwar University edit

I have not written that .. I just edited List of universities in India. There it was decribed in the lit with this content. So I removed and made it as a seperate page. Anyway, Thanks for note.User_talk:Malapati

Participant alert regarding Wikiproject on Advertising

The Wikiproject No Ads, created as a backlash against the Answers.com deal, has served an important function in providing a space for users to express their disagreement with the Foundation proposal. While the current controversies about userboxes raise questions about political and social advocacy on Wikipedia, there should be greater flexibility regarding advocacy about Wikipedia in the Wikipedia namespace. Reported and linked by Slashdot and other press sources as a unique and spontaneous occurence in Wikipedia history, it has apparently had some impact as, despite being scheduled to begin in January, not a peep has been heard about the trial and proposed sponsored link since the deal's controversial announcement months ago. Currently, however, there is an attempt to delete the project or move it off Wikipedia altogether. Since the Foundation has provided no additional information and has not attempted to answer the specific questions that participants in the project raised, it is unclear if the Answers.com deal has been abandoned or simply delayed. Until the situation becomes more clear, I believe the group should still have a place in the Wikipedia namespace. Sincerely, Tfine80 00:35, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright violations

Hi, Tony. When you find copyrighted content, make sure that you blank the article except for the copyright violation tag. I did this for you on Age of silence. Good work on catching the copyright violation. Thanks, Kjkolb 18:29, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your page

No problem, Tony. I've been monitoring IP vandals on RecentChanges and reverting them on sight. :-) Glad I could help.—Tetracube 23:23, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

January, 2006

Re Vandals

You're good with the vandals, aren't you? Keep up the good work :-) Latinus 01:11, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - looks like you've been keeping busy too :-) --Tony (Talk), Vandalism Ninja 01:12, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

December, 2005

Vandalism

Will you please stop reverting vandalism! Every thime I try to revert, you butt in and beat me to it!!! "just joking :-)" Izehar (talk) 00:21, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Never! ;-) --TonySt 00:22, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Damn! :-( Take a vandal whacking stick then. Izehar (talk) 00:28, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

**TonySt** is hereby awarded the Vandal Whacking Stick for chasing and reverting vandals (and often beating me to it). **!מזל טוב**

from Izehar

w00t! --TonySt 00:29, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for rvv-ing my userpage... Izehar (talk) 00:49, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Spamming, Trolling, etc.

In Reference to You: Go suck cock, bitch ass mother fucker.

Semi-protection

I saw you just reverted vandalism on George W. Bush, and wondered what you thought about the proposals to curb what's going on there. If you have time, check out Wikipedia:Semi-protection policy, and weigh in (there's a bit of a large discussion page, so be prepared.) Hope to see you there. -Mys e ku rity ^{(have you seen this?)} 00:39, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Alabama vandal

Yeah I know, eh. I really wonder sometimes why those darn kids these days like to vandalize pages for fun. I guess MSN is getting boring. I realize that you are fairly new to Wikipedia, so I'd like to say welcome (not to worry, I won't throw in the "welcome" template) I find that your work is close to mine (i.e. RC patrol) - we really need more people like you. I have a neat rollback script on this pageCopy and place it in User:TonySt/monobook.js page. - I think you'll find it rather refreshing. It works in the dif page and user contrib page. The button on the Lupin feed doesn't support it (i think.) I suggest using Firefox (if you aren't already) and don't forget hitting control+F5 when done saving. Keep it up. --Master Jay 02:17, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Woah

Woah. Another Mainard in this fine world of Wiki? I'm from Sebago Lake - about a half an hour away from Lewiston. Not too often you see another mainard on here, eh? --TonySt, Vandalism Ninja 23:56, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Yep i'm currently in Lewiston, but i'm not a true mainard having only been here since 1995, as such I still prefer to be referred to as a maineiac :) I see you've been editing for a couple days now... Welcome to Wiki! Hope you enjoy the stay. If theres anything I, in my position of administrator, can do to help; please feel free to let me know. ALKIVAR™

03:27, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

test

this is testing my new sig --TonySt, vandalism Ninja 00:39, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Some vandalfighter you are. You missed all the fun on George W. Bush - it was a series of WoW attacks. Obscene vandalism! Izehar (talk) 01:13, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

PS I suggest you try the following script for your signature

[[User:TonySt|TonySt]], [[m:Religion_and_Wikipedia#Ninjas|vandalism Ninja]]

it will produce TonySt, vandalism Ninja. Cheers! Izehar (talk) 01:19, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my page. --Nlu (talk) 02:20, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

np! --TonySt, Vandalism Ninja 02:29, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright violation on King of Fighters

In reply to to your post:

It's quite alright :-) Akamad 00:14, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Jesus

It's ok you reverted that one, but please don't revert the other. These works aren't scientific, and if you have evidence that they are, then show and revert. per the featured article it was asked to add that. Thanks. Scifiintel 17:40, 11 December 2005 (UTC) That's fine, i think my other edit should staisfy you. Scifiintel 17:47, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Jana Aranya, Pratidwandi and related stuff

Thank you for letting me know that the articles have crossed copyright infringement ethics.I have tried to modify the articles.Please let me know whether these are proper for Wikipedia now.If anything is wrong(in these articles or anywhere else),I will try my best to conform with the norms. Dwaipayanc

My Response: The 'norms' are simply this: Don't copy stuff from other web sites. If you feel as though you know enough about a topic, write the article yourself rather than copying from a copyrighted source. See Wikipedia Copyrights for more information. I can also see that you have been doing a lot more than just plagiarizing - you are a good editor. I know you meant well, but please, don't take content from other web sites. --Tony(Talk), Vandalism Ninja 20:52, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- ok.In fact, there are some more articles where posiibly I have copied some other website.I will try to modify them ASAP.

bye Dwaipayanc

Other

The article on Lorimar Productions was overwhelmed with the logo discussion taking up too much away from the actual article itself. That's why I removed them. --Stdjsb25 21:24, 10 December 2005 (UTC)stdjsb25[reply]

My user page, I can do as I wish with it, --Stdjsb25 21:30, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Joke edit

Well, it was a joke edit... When you compare it to what they write when they vandalise the article Jew, then it doesnt seem like an attack at all. Thanks for the car ;-) I'll use it to drive home tonight :-D Izehar (talk) 23:43, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Defcon

I think you may have rushed to change Defcon to level four, and you forgot to sign. If you look at it, it looks like I set it. Izehar (talk) 00:03, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Pre-December, 2005

Did you block 70.181.77.220 or just put the block tag on their discussion? It looks like they are still at it. Jasmol 22:10, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello TonySt/Old, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!

Now, about WP:AIV. Feel free to put test4 on someone's page, but test5 should be for admins. Also, make sure you do the template right, and get the article name right. So it's {{vandal|IPaddress}} and the article was Christopher murt not Christopher Mutt (or at least the one I found). Wikibofh 22:12, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks, and sorry :-p--TonySt 22:13, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. :) Wikibofh 22:15, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Every Day Is Exactly the Same

Tony, would you mind if I listed the consensus vote on Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Media, art and literature in a few days? I'd like to get a good number of opinions on this, and I don't know if the vote will attract much attention if it's just on the talk page. I'd like to wait for User:DMighton to post his thoughts on the talk page before sending it to RfC (I let him know on his talk page), because he should be able to have his point clearly made, too. Incidentally, I made some minor in the wording of the vote request to make it more neutral.- Rynne 16:57, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That'd probably be for the best. Shall we take down the one on the talk page? --Tony^St 17:00, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't think that's necessary, since the RfC will link to the talk page. I think the cases for both "single" and "EP" should probably be clearly stated before sending it over, though. - Rynne 17:03, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

IP block

I am responding to Hall's requests while he is away for the month. For documentation of the vandalism claim see this. I randomly picked edits and found all of them to be vandalism. The block log also reveals a LONG pattern of vandalism from this IP. You cannot expect wikipedia to put up with 99% vandalims when 1% of the edits may be legit. The best course of action to take here is to have your system administrator cotnact me and see if there is something we can do to eliminate or greatly reduce the vandalism, yet allow for editing from good users. It is your fellow students who have done this to you, and no onee lse. All blame needs to be put squarely on their shoulders.

In the meantime, you are still able to use the site for education and research but you just can't edit from this one IP. Feel free to use other computers you may have access to. Until then, best regards.Gator (talk) 19:34, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Look at the contributions coming from teh IP, not from you. There is no problem with you, it's the other vandals who happen to use your IP. Click the link I sent you.Gator (talk) 20:04, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Besides, judging by your ability to edit my talk apge, it looks like you found another IP. Excellent. Enjoy the editing.Gator (talk) 20:08, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2

Barnstar Brigade
The Barnstar Brigade is a new program aimed at giving more very deserving yet unappreciated users barnstars. It will officially start on 2006-04-09, but signing up is encouraged before this date: "Here in Wikipedia, there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go un-appreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go un-noticed. Sadly, these editors often leave the project. As Esperanzians, we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. A project the size of Wikipedia has thousands of editors, so there are plenty of people out there who deserve recognition, one just has to find them. The object of this program is not to flood editors with Barnstars, but to seek out people who deserve them, and make them feel appreciated."
Stress Alerts
The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
Information
Welcome to the second issue of the new format Esperanza Newsletter - we hope you still like it! This week, it was delivered diligently by our new dogsbody. MiszaBot (run by Misza13): any execution complaints should go to him. Content comments should be directed at the Esperanza talkpage. Thanks!

The last AC meeting (full log)
The next elections: Approval voting as before and, also as before, an previous leadership member can run. Please submit your name for voting in the relevant section of this page. Voting starts on 2006-04-23 and ends on 2006-04-30. There will be three places up for grabs as KnowledgeOfSelf is leaving Wikipedia. Please see the previously linked page for full details. The Code of Conduct is now ready for extensive discussion! Specific comments should go to the Code of Conduct talk page, discussion of having one at all should be directed to the main Esperanza talk page. The current process for accepting proposals for new programs has been deemed fine. All Advisory Council members and the Admin Gen are to endevour to be bold when viewing discussion. If they feel that consensus has been reached, they will act accordingly.
A plea from the editor...
The propsed programs page is terribly underused! Please leave any comments, good or bad, on the page, to help us determine the membership's thoughts on the ideas there.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 19:53, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

You get to be the first person on Wikipedia to experience my brand-new, innovative signature! —THIS IS MESSEDOCKER (TALK) 21:49, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Master Jay's RfA

Hey TonySt, thanks for your support at my recent RfA. If you have any concerns, leave me a note here. Thanks --Jay(Reply) 02:08, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Cel es tianpower ^háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

Administrator Coaching
The Administrator Coaching program is a program aimed at preparing Wikipedians for Adminship or helping them understand the intricacies of Wikipedia better. Recently, changes have been made to the requirements of coachees. Please review them before requesting this service. This would be something like the Welcoming Committee, but for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. Some might like suggestions about how to learn vandal patrol, or mentoring on taking an article to featured status, or guidance with a proposal they plan to make at the Village Pump, for example. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
Stressbusters
The Stressbusters are a subset of Esperanza aiming to investigate the causes of stress. New eyes on the situation are always welcome!
Note from the editor
As always, MiszaBot handled this delivery. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to Pschemp, Titoxd and Freakofnurture for being elected in the last elections! An Esperanzial May to all of the readership!

The last AC meeting (full log)
Posting logs of the Esperanza IRC channel are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel. A disclaimer is going to be added to the Esperanza main page. We are humans and, as such, are imperfect. Various revisions have been made to the Code of Conduct. Please see them, as the proposal is ready to be ratified by the community and enacted. All members will members to have to re-confirm their membership after accepting the Code of Conduct. Referendums are to be held on whether terms of AC members should be lengthened and whether we should abolish votes full stop. Admin Coaching reform is agreed upon.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, Pschemp and Freakofnurture 20:29, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your page was vandalised.

Hello TonySt. Sorry to inform you of this, but your user page was recently vandalised by an anonymous IP Address with a history of poor editing. The changes have been reverted, and prior to the detection of the edits, the user was banned.

Sincerely, Logical2u 22:22, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Cel es tianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Possible copyright violations from Wikipedia mirrors

Note that some websites actually copy the information from the Wikipedia article, rather than the other way around, and are therefore not copyright violations. —Centrx→talk • 23:03, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: To-Do List
The Esperanza To-Do List is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. If you don't have any requests, consider coming by and fulfilling a few! This program has not been very active, but has lots of potential!
What's New?
In order to help proposed programs become specific enough to make into full-fledged programs, the In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals that are promising, but need to be organized in more detail are listed here. Please take a look at what is there, and help the proposals turn into programs.
To improve both the layout and text of the front page, in an attempt to clarify the image of Esperanza, the front page is going to have some redesigning take place. Please take your creative minds to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Front page redesign to brainstorm good ideas.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log)
In order to make sure all users who join Esperanza are welcomed, a list of volunteers who are willing to welcome new Esperanzians is at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members#Esperanza_welcomers. Please add yourself if you are interested; we want to make sure all new Esperanza members are welcomed! The In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals page: Some proposals have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been archived. For those proposals that were a good idea but didn't necessarily constitute a program, General Esperanzial Actions has been created. Two small pieces of charter reform will be decided on in a straw poll at Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Governance. One involves filling the position of any councillors who may leave, the other involves reforming the charter. Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program. There is a page for discussing the front page redesign.
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 05:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

Meathead (Writer)

Please take it to deletion review if you'd like to suggest this article now meet notability requirements. Shell ^babelfish 23:47, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade
Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors!
What's New?
September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves!
Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there!
The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log)
The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself! The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it! TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly!
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

WP:UW

Hi Tony,

I see looking at the WikiProject user warnings page, that you are a participant in this project. I have recently started an undertaking to harmonise all user page warnings and templates. For this I would like your assistance. I have listed a number of ideas on the project template page here as a first draft. I fully appreciate that as with most editors and admins, that you are fairly busy. Therefore I am not looking for anyone to carry out the actual work, I am willing to do that myself, with help from a number of other RC Patrollers who have come forward. But what I am looking for is your invaluable input, on the draft ideas and also to suggest other ways you believe we may improve the templates. I do however require the services of a couple of administrators to put into effect some of the new templates, as they are currently protected. Please take 5 mins to look through the new templates page, and both the project and templates talk pages and leave any ideas or suggestions that you may have. Best regards Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 10:52, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

November Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!)
Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach. Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
What's New?
The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one!
A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started; please add your thoughts.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log)
The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived. There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia. The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested! In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias. A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted! Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello.
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, The Halo, Shreshth91 and HighwayCello 20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:UW

Hi,

You have put yourself as interested in helping out at WikiProject on user warnings. We are now at a stage where we are creating the new templates and are wondering if you are still interested? If so please visit the overview page and choose a warning type you wish to work on. There is a base template available here, which you can copy and use to get you started. Have a look through the redirects and see what old templates are affected and incorporate them into the the new system. Anyway, any questions please don't hesitate to give me a shout. Regards Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 09:02, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your comments regarding Zscout370

Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. Comment on contributions, not on contributors; personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks may lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. —David Levy 23:04, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WP:UW future?

Hi TonySt,

Sorry for the blatant spam, but you have yourself down as interested at WikiProject user warnings WP:UW. There is a discussion on going here that might be of interest to you about the future of this project. There are two strawpolls on the talk pages and the second one is about the future of the WP:UW project. Now we have the end in sight we are looking at wrapping up the project and merging it with Template messages/User talk namespace WP:UTM and creating a one stop shop for all userspace templates. As you have yourself down as interested in this project we thought you may have some input on this issue, and would like you to visit the discussion and give any thoughts you may have on the matter. Cheers ^Khukri 10:36, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Ninmarch06.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Ninmarch06.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

Go to the image description page and edit it to add {{Replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template.
On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or a similar) image under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that any fair use images which are replaceable by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Chowbok ☠ 17:42, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:14_-_Hurt.ogg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:14_-_Hurt.ogg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. 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 non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Videmus Omnia ^Talk 19:02, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WP:CVU status

The Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit project is under consideration to be moved to {{inactive}} and/or {{historical}} status. Another proposal is to delete or redirect the project. You have been identified as a project member and your input as to this matter would be welcomed at WT:CVU#Inactive.3F and at the deletion debate. Thank you! Delivered on behalf of xaosflux 16:41, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

TfD nomination of Template:Exp anon

Template:Exp anon has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. szyslak 06:24, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Reznorwilliams.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Reznorwilliams.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media 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 media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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 all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BetacommandBot 18:49, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Reznorwilliams.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Reznorwilliams.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media 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 media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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 all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BetacommandBot (talk) 20:39, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NIN WikiProject

I'd like to invite you to join the newly-formed Nine Inch Nails WikiProject. There's alot of NIN-related articles on Wikipedia that could use a little attention, and we hope this project can help organize an effort to improve them. So please, take a look and if you like what you see, help us get this project off the ground and a few Nine Inch Nails pages into the front ranks of Wikipedia articles. Thanks! Drewcifer (talk) 20:27, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

File:Brokenpiano.png listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:Brokenpiano.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. —Bkell (talk) 23:38, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Lead sections

Per WP:LEAD, lead sections do not usually contain citations, as they are no more than a summary of the body of the article; the relevant citations can be found in the body. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:05, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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