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The newsletter is ready for delivery. It has a lot of big stories, some big things happened this month! Please take a look over it before sending it out, and reword if necessary. Could you please send it out to both the active and inactive members? Next month, we can send it out only to the active members, and at this point it should cut the delivery in about half. --Nehrams202006:27, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
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What does it mean You have been added to the access list for #cvn-wp-en with level [2]? What's this channel do? (I'm Ignatzmice at #wikipedia, #wikipedia-en, #wikipedia-en-help, and #cvn-wp-en.) —Ignatzmicetalkcontribs20:46, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I dont know how to get this page unlocked, but The Weinstein Company has issued an official press release confirming that the creation of Scream 4 is on and I am unable to make the wikipedia page. More information about this at http://videoeta.com/news/2366 if you could help me get this page created. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dane2007 (talk • contribs) 06:02, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
There was no discussion of this; may I ask if you could unprotect the article or explain why its protection is necessary? I would like to see the article unprotected because it, like the whole of Wikipedia, has a history of receiving valuable contributions from anonymous users. Yes, like every article on a very famous topic assigned to bored students, it also gets its share of anonymous vandalism. But it is well watched by established editors who are glad to do the work of taking the vandalism out. Wareh19:57, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello, hope CB doesn't mind me answering... the edit history shows a lot of vandalism, and he was correct to protect it at the time. Often, vandalism goes unnoticed, and Wikipedia gets complaints from the public, which is no surprise. Semi protection simply removes the ability for anonymous users/new users to edit. Since the most recent history shows that all such edits were unconstructive, it was the right thing to do. Of course, it is up to Cbrown to decide whether to unprotect or not. – Aillema20:07, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
missed opportunities for knowledgeable participation are a more serious long-term loss to the encyclopedia's quality than vandalism. Respectfully, Wareh20:18, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
I do not protect all articles, but when we get a few complaints about one, I will protect the article accordingly. Thank you for posting this, though, I'll add an expiration of 5 days from now. Cbrown1023talk23:23, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Well, at least it will expire. Thanks for that. The "refutation" makes it clear that more conclusive analysis is needed; anecdotally, I've certainly seen good work from IP's, and good-faith IP's turn into good registered editors. Wareh23:37, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
I agree with you here, whenever I see an IP contributing well or reverting vandalism, I make sure to put a "{{subst:anon}} ~~~~" and "Thanks for..." on their talk page so they realize that they are appreciated for the good that they do. Cbrown1023talk00:10, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
Reconsideration of Deletion: Ronna Herman
I saw recently that the article Ronna Herman was deleted. Details on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ronna Herman. I have noticed her more prolific on the web and on several TV shows after the deletion date March 18th, 2007.
Recently this year there have been more infomation and shows that Ronna herman has aired on. Several Episodes of Bridging Heaven & Earth Show #31 & #55 also VirtualLight Broadcast Mar 31 2007 Seg 2 and 3 with notable Wikipedia Article Subject Steve Rother. Copies of these broadcasts can be shown on YouTube.com.
When googled she lists 36,400 entries, just short of the 40,400 for Steve Rother, and many more than the 2,020 for Elizabeth Clare Prophet who also has a wiki page.
thank you for responding to the complaint of vandalism (the whole article was deleted). You wrote "Please do not completely blank the page because of that, just rewrite it" I would like to know to whom you were communicating and where the first part of this communication could be found. Thank you Mike Reardon03:35, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
Please put posts on the bottom of the page, thanks. The person who removed the whole article said that he was did so because it was not written in the neutral point of view. I was addressing that user who reverted (and all those who felt the same as he) that the article should be rewritten and not blanked if it is not written in NPOV. Cbrown1023talk04:02, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
The three-month long Summer Assessment Drive, organized by Psychless, was a huge success! It ran from June 1 – September 1, and reduced the backlog of unassessed articles from 113,385 to 56,237. In all, over 100,000 articles were assessed. Over 60 people contributed in some way.
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ArbCom clerking
Hi, CB. I see you are closing Digwuren, which I think leaves you off the board in terms of cases you are currently clerking. If you want to pick up a case, I'll be glad to reassign you one of mine, since I will have less time for clerking when the election process starts next week and I'll be busy answering candidate questions. It probably would make most sense for you to take Ebionites, because the parties have been away and the submitting of evidence hasn't really started yet. If you want it, just let me know. Regards, Newyorkbrad18:13, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
Anyone is free to notify other noticeboards or users of the decision, you don't need to be a clerk to do it. Feel free to add the summary, or just a link to the decision yourself. Cbrown1023talk22:20, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
On second though, I've decided to notify all three of the pages you two mentioned because they probably should have been there in the first place, however you are still free to notify anyone else if you feel I have missed someone. Thanks! :-) Cbrown1023talk22:23, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
Neither Digwuren nor Petri, who were both banned for a year, are the chief protagonists on the larger stage (the RfA in question arising out of Estonian-related edits and behaviors). That said, I am hoping that improved oversight will mean that clear provocations will be dealt with summarily. After a certain level of provocation has been reached, requesting that editors simply not respond in kind (and their continuing to comply) simply invites even more provocation looking to reach a breaking point--and then retaliation.
What is the appropriate method/forum for reporting future violations, since the wider ArbCom decision impacts all Baltic/Eastern European articles? I assume it's a RfA, I'm just looking to confirm. PētersV16:55, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
P.S. On the proposed decision detail page where there's some concern on the part of one of the ArbCom members about inserting the Balkans et al. into the oversight milieu as part of the Eastern European "controversy" (my quotes), having participated there (though less), it can be just as contentious. PētersV18:38, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
any user "working on topics related to Eastern Europe, broadly defined, may be made subject to an editing restriction at the discretion of any uninvolved administrator. The restriction shall specify that, should the editor make any edits which are judged by an administrator to be uncivil, personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith, he may be blocked for the duration specified in the enforcement ruling below. Before the restriction shall come into effect for a particular editor, that editor shall be given an official notice of it with a link to this decision." This means that any user who does any of the outlined actions can be blocked by an uninvolved administrator and it does not need to be reported to the Arbitration Committee (though it should probably be logged at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Digwuren#Log of blocks and bans).
I did not issue the notifications myself as the allegations of canvassing are only too common in the related issues, and I am sure if I were to notify the Polish noticeboard, somebody somewhere would criticize me for it (heck, I am probably going to be criticized for asking you for the notifications here...). Sigh. Thanks, -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 21:20, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
It's been agreed that we should have a 2-hour formal meeting period to start organizing meta:Wikimedia New York City, and this will be held at the Pacific Library (note this is different from the Brooklyn Central Library, which was discussed earlier) from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Unfortunately, I will be in Los Angeles at the time and unable to make the meetup. However, I would love to be informed of how your Chapter discussion goes. Cbrown1023talk21:53, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
I might be able make it to Philadelphia for the next meetup, and we can exchange chapter ideas then I hope.--Pharos19:47, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
The 5th; I'll be taking the bus in if I'm free that weekend (you haven't even planned the 6th yet, I presume?)--Pharos23:25, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
No, we haven't planned the 6th yet, we're definitely not that ahead of the game. ;-) But ah, I'm still not sure if I'll be able to go, but if I can, I'll hopefully see you there! :-) Cbrown1023talk01:21, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
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I appreciate your help doing that, I'm still a newbie as far as wikipedia policy enforcement goes (though I have been editing various pages on it for about a year now), yes I did search around but it was non obvious at first sight. But then this is the first loon I've had to deal with, most other pages I created / edited have had really good editors participating. srs01:22, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
This is a fantastic tool. Do you think you could run it for me, when we organize the next NYC meetup (and we've compiled a good spam list)? Thank you.--Pharos23:08, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
How's my favorite bot doing? I finished the newsletter, we had quite a lot of things happen this month within the project! Would you be willing to send it out whenever it is convenient for you? Also, could you please give it a copyedit of anything you think should be reworded. Thanks again. --Nehrams202020:15, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
He's doing well, excited at all the work he's been getting to do lately! :-) I'll probably send it out soon after I copyedit it like you said, thanks for writing it! :-D Cbrown1023talk20:23, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks again. I'm sure it saves a lot more time by just sending it to the active members. We're bypassing almost 330 talk pages with all of the inactive members. I guess it's a good thing we had that roll call! --Nehrams202022:33, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
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