User talk:Sgt. R.K. Blue/Archive 1

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POM: Dr Blowhole's Revenge

Actually, it is episode 48/49. As it is a full 1/2 hour, it is 2 episodes. It will air on the 15th on NIK, it will also be included in OPERATION DVD, along with Episode 50: Truth Ache, and Episode 51: Command Crisis. Episode 52: Huffin and Puffin has no air date yet.--Ares1701 (talk) 01:32, 11 February 2010 (UTC)--Ares1701 (talk) 01:34, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Linda McMahon page

Hey, I notice you are active in the WikiProject Connecticut group. I have been working on the Linda McMahon page for some time, and I am sure the page could use a fresh perspective. if you get a minute, check it out. I'd love some constructive feedback.--Screwball23 talk 23:29, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! I've seen your edits, and I definitely agree with your advice. I am 100% sure the article needs to be broken up soon, but I have hesitated to form a page dedicated just to her campaign. I would like to merge the info with the Connecticut Senate campaign article, but I am unsure how the page would manage, especially since there has been so little added about Blumenthal's campaign. With all the news sources dedicated to her campaign, I definitely think it would be notable, but I think I'll hold off for now. And anytime you want to stop by and add something, feel free. Sincerely, Screwball23 talk 00:41, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

List of The Penguins of Madagascar episodes

I think some of the plot summaries are too long. What say you? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 11:23, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Generally, I agree with you regarding the summary lengths. But, to be fair, I’ve written some of them myself, including initiating the current "Jiggles" one, and I’m afraid that even I often find it difficult to be pithy, especially when I’m surrounded with summaries that are even longer than the ones I write. Another situation I often notice is that unless I write or highly edit an episode’s summary myself, too often it ends up being of substandard or eyesore-esque writing quality (i.e., the editor who does write it clearly doesn’t have any background in writing, as do I).
While a free and open encyclopedia cannot really control the talent of the writers who choose to contribute, there are at least potential solutions to the length problem. One would be to impose a strict limit of two sentences per summary (though this would negate all the effort that has been put into the summaries that currently stand). Another would be to base the Penguins episode list somewhat like this SpongeBob episode list (perhaps also adding a one- or two-sentence-long summary) and then split the list into seasons, like this SpongeBob one. More detailed plots could then be included. My vote would probably be for this second choice.
What I wouldn’t recommend is having the Penguins episode list begin to use extremely short (two-sentence) summaries for all new episodes and keep the longer ones for the older episodes. Consistency should probably prevail until consensus trumps it. (In fact, I already have a "Huffin and Puffin" summary already written that compares in length to "Jiggles" that I plan to add if/once the episode airs on TV.)
Anyway, those are my thoughts at the moment. And also, even though this doesn’t really relate to fixing the encyclopedia, since I’ve noticed you’re also a big Penguins fan, here’s a userbox you might be interested in:
{{User:Sgt. R.K. Blue/Userboxes/Penguins of Madagascar}}
I made it myself more than a month ago, and so far I’m the only transclusion. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 01:07, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Then I guess you can commence operation Episode List Split. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 16:31, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Desiree Bassett

With the new look and arrangement of Wikipedia, I am not seeing a way to rename the article page. Could you advise? - Jack Sebastian (talk) 18:43, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Next to the "View history" tab on the article you will find a star which adds pages to your watchlist. To the immediate right of that you will see a small triangle – place your pointer over it and click on "Move." This takes you to the page where you can perform a page move – simply place the new title of your article in the field marked "To new title." You might also wish to explain why you are performing a move in the "Reason" box. Then click "Move page" and you’re all set!
Assuming you want to move the article to incorporate the accent above Desireé Bassett’s name, you will need to place the special character in the field for new title on the move page. The easiest way to do it would be to just copy and paste her name below into the field:
Desireé Bassett
Let me know if you need any more help, etc. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 03:23, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
That's what I thought was the procedure. Will a search for the name without the accent still work? - Jack Sebastian (talk) 03:45, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
Yes. Because a redirect is created automaticly by a page move, there will be no problem finding the article without the accent. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 04:04, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
Good. All done. Thanks for the input. :) - Jack Sebastian (talk) 04:12, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the dab on Riverside - I was unsure. Cheers Sarge. Victuallers (talk) 08:05, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Linda McMahon U.S. Senate campaign, 2010

Hey Blue!

I took your advice, and I made a separate page for Linda McMahon's senate campaign. It's awesome! It is everything I was hoping it to be. I feel like I am doing the readers a service by not blocking their reading of Linda McMahon with the minute details of her Senate run, but for those that are interested, I think this is some quality content in a good format.

I feel like I'm rambling, but again, thanks for your suggestion. If you know any categories or similar campaigns that I can draw connections to, please let me know. All I have is the election campaigns category, but each of those seems a lot different from the in-depth style I'm going for.

Sincerely, --Screwball23 talk 23:09, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

P.S. As always, if you think something is too in-perspective or should be edited there, please, feel free.

I've given the article a quick look-over, though I intend to more thoroughly read it when I have more time. I've made a few minor modifications/additions. Unfortunately, as it is not common for individual U.S. Senate campaigns to have their own articles, I cannot think of any additional categories to file this article under or any other related campaigns (unless one was to make one on Blumenthal's campaign or something as well). However, due to all of the coverage given McMahon's campaign, I believe sufficient notability is established. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 08:38, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks! I always need another perspective when I am editing an article, especially because it is so easy for me to lose focus and drift into the more intricate details. Hopefully I haven't gone into too much detail. --Screwball23 talk 15:58, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages.

For the guideline on reviewing, see Wikipedia:Reviewing. Being granted reviewer rights doesn't change how you can edit articles even with pending changes. The general help page on pending changes can be found here, and the general policy for the trial can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. —DoRD (talk) 12:47, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

2010 Connecticut elections

In the template w:Template:United States elections, 2010, Connecticut is the only state pointing to its category rather than an article (in the last box: States and Territories). I thought you might be interested in creating an article. You can check out what some other states have, such as Illinois elections, 2010, so you're not starting from scratch. Flatterworld (talk) 01:56, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for writing to me. For the record, California also directs to its category page from {{United States elections, 2010}}, but I'm afraid that's not anything I can assist with.
Back in February, I was actually the one who made Connecticut direct to its elections category on the template because I didn't think there were enough elections going on to justify a full article. I felt that creating one would amount to nothing more than unread clutter. However, I have decided to now take your suggestion and have just created an article for these elections: "Connecticut elections, 2010."
At present, it is basically just a listing of the elections that will occur in November with two introductory paragraphs. However, I fully intend to develop it better within the next 24 hours so that each section has a short paragraph about the race and who the candidates will be.
Thanks again. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 07:32, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Linda McMahon

I've started a discussion about the Political career section of the Linda McMahon article, as the split between it and Linda McMahon U.S. Senate campaign, 2010‎ and United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2010 has some issues. Now that the primary is over, this needs to be addressed so users aren't confused about where to look for specific information. Flatterworld (talk) 12:53, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Edit on election infobox

Hi there. I saw your revert (then re-revert) of my edit on Template:Infobox election and your reason: "Edit caused the images of candidates to appear nearer to the right of the infobox instead of centered". I'm not really sure what the issue is. The reason that the photos are not centred in the infobox is because the left-most column has data headings and the photos align with the data in the columns that are further to the right. Is this why you thought that the images were not centred, or am I missing something? I think the infobox looks alright, at least from the articles that I've seen using it (I checked a few to make sure it was working this time). I'm no expert on infoboxes, but if there's something wrong with it, I could try to poke around. —sroc (talk) 10:33, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

I realized precisely what you are saying shortly after I made my re-revert. I think that the small changes made recently to the placement of the election years below instead of next to the flag in the infobox just temporarily threw off my perception of how the whole box was supposed to look. I guess when you get used to something looking a certain way for a while, a small change has the effect of appearing as a far bigger one.
Since you've done some work on {{Infobox election}}, however, I was wondering what your thoughts might be on another matter regarding the template. Three weeks ago, I posted a question on the template's talk page regarding the "|type=" parameter and the limited choices there are to place in the field. You can see that discussion here, and any thoughts you may have on it I would appreciate. Please respond to that matter on the template's talk page. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 02:29, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Penguins of Madagascar characters

Good gravy, these articles need a lot of cleanup. I whacked some non notable characters out of the character list, but both it and the PoM episode list need a chainsaw. Where's Rico when you need him? :D Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 03:49, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

While the episode list issues I have already talked about here and here, the character list does indeed need some work as well. It has had a {{cleanup}} tag since February 2009, and I haven't seen much of a real "cleanup" effort on it in all the time that I've been involved with it. I think the best solution would be to rewrite or at least heavily edit the article, section by section, until it is perfected. For the characters that appeared both in the films and in the TV series, I may also recommend that their "bio" be split onto a subsections dedicated to either one or the other. This would eliminate any confusion unfamiliar readers may have when they, after having read something about a particular character's action in the first film, then read of an action on TV preceded or followed only by an episode title. For an example of such a situation where movie content immediately precedes TV content identified only by episode title, have a look at this from Kowalski's writeup:

The crates were all placed on a ship bound for Africa, where all the creatures from the zoo would be kept in a wildlife preserve. While in the crate, Kowalski confessed that he could not read ... and asked another transferee, a chimpanzee named Phil, to read the words on the crate. As soon as this was done, the four penguins headed to the ship's bridge, knocked out the crew and captain, bound them up, and Kowalski plotted the ship's course to Antarctica. He is the technical one of the group and always has his notepad. While being able to formulate plans and invent things (such as a rocket ship out of a trashcan and fireworks, a rotary saw blade made of energy and multiple random objects, or a knowledge sucking machine from just a cardboard box, a magnet, and a vacuum) he is shown to have a bit of difficulty deducing simpler machines. At the end of "Needle Point", it is revealed that he has an irrational fear of dentists, which is peculiar in that, as Private soon states after Kowalski runs off, penguins don't have teeth ...

Because of the problems with the character list, I may soon declare an operation to begin to fix the problems. Feel free to get out your chainsaw and join me. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 02:07, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Election polling

I have a solution to the polling problems!!! Refer to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elections and Referendums to the polling, new compromise section.--Jerzeykydd (talk) 23:06, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Pending changes/Straw poll on interim usage

Hi. As you recently commented in the straw poll regarding the ongoing usage and trial of Pending changes, this is to notify you that there is an interim straw poll with regard to keeping the tool switched on or switching it off while improvements are worked on and due for release on November 9, 2010. This new poll is only in regard to this issue and sets no precedent for any future usage. Your input on this issue is greatly appreciated. Off2riorob (talk) 23:48, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Infobox election

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I really would like consensus on this, because it needs to be addressed. 117Avenue (talk) 03:04, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Unnecessary citation needed tags

Before sticking citation needed tags on a page, could you at least have a look for these yourself? It's not as if the result of the 2006 Ohio Gubernational election is difficult to find, it took less than a minute to locate and reference that info. Valenciano (talk) 05:51, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

King Julian

This is The Shadow-Fighter. I am responding to your change to my edit. The only reason Julian would christian the penguins' sub "King Julian II" is if it were for his future son. If that were the case, however, than he would write "King Julian XIV". So why else would he do that? The Shadow-Fighter (talk) 19:23, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Regardless of however you may perceive his motivations, declaring that "King Julien II" implies a future son or Julien's actual name is pure speculation. Wikipedia relies on verifiability and cannot accept material that is not reliable. Unless Julien directly states something like "My name is King Julien II" or "Someday I wish for a son, King Julien II" on the show, your edit would not be acceptable. Your thoughts may be great topics for a fan fiction story, but not here. (Also, for the record, Julien's name is spelled with an "e," not an "a.") --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 04:35, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Connecticut Autumn 2010 Photo Contest

As a member of WikiProject Connecticut, you are invited to participate in the WikiProject Connecticut AUTUMN 2010 Photo Contest!

Rules:

  • You must take the picture yourself; adding public domain pictures (i.e. postcards from pre-1923 that are on a website) will NOT count. The picture cannot already exist on Wikipedia, in Commons, etc.
  • The picture must be of something notable for a CT rated article and be of decent quality.
  • You may not add more than 5 pictures to any one article during the contest.
  • All photos must be uploaded and added to their articles. If it wasn't added to the article and titled, it doesn't count.
  • All submissions must be made after 12:00 UTC (8:00 AM EST) on September 15th, 2010 and no later than 23:59 UTC (7:59 PM EST) on October 31st, 2010.

Everyone who adds 15 pictures will earn a barnstar, and the editor who adds the most pictures will earn a special unique barnstar!

To enter the contest, click here. Thanks for your attention and good luck! –Grondemar 04:14, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Request

Hi RK. Could you do me a favor and check my submissions in the contest? There's only 15 of them Wikipedia:WikiProject Connecticut. If I'm good, please just post it under the update notice where I announced Emporostheoros the winner and give me a Photog star. If you're too busy or can't get to it, I understand. Thanks, Markvs88 (talk) 21:13, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Done! --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 08:33, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Hey, thanks!! Best, Markvs88 (talk) 12:25, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

List of The Penguins of Madagascar episodes

Just an FYI in case you didn't notice, today 75.69.112.51 removed all of the episode summaries from the article. The IP seemed familiar and a check of its contributions showed why. This is the third time the IP has done this.[1][2][3] I'm going to leave a message on his talk page so hopefully there won't be a fourth. --AussieLegend (talk) 12:21, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Good catch. I was aware of the most recent removals, but I hadn't been aware of the others. Thanks for the heads up. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 06:38, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Milford, Connecticut

Hey! Great job on the flag! Best, Markvs88 (talk) 20:48, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 05:48, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

Hello, Sgt. R.K. Blue/Archive 1! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 04:05, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Bloginity

Hi Sgt. R.K., I noticed your comment on the Fanpop.com deletion page and was hoping to get your opinion on a page I have created, Bloginity which is also up for deletion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Bloginity. (Knox387 (talk) 21:29, 21 January 2011 (UTC)).

In Response to your proposal

After going over past templates, I've decided that for this template specifically I would like to use the #C41E3A as a Background color on the title instead of the Gold, the reason being is that I wish the template to match the color of the actual Connecticut Senate. However I will still ask for my previous design (Title Color Changed to C41E3A) to be put up for a vote because I am an extreme stickler for uniformity of how all the templates look alike across the various State Legislatures. I am planning to make this uniform across all 50 States and the 99 Chambers. You are one of two people I'm in current edit conflict with on this, The other one being the person running the Massachusetts State Senate Template he is objecting based on WP:Color claiming that it violates manual of style, I ran it through a color-blindness check and it appeared to be fine and people could easily read it, As someone who has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome/Autism Spectrum Disorder, you may understand why I'm a little zealous on complete uniformity.--Jack Cox (talk) 10:17, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your quick reply to my proposal -- sorry it took me all these hours to reply again to you. I have created a discussion here on the Connecticut WikiProject's discussion page, requesting comment on which of our styles is preferred. You are welcome to participate in the discussion. I hope for a quick, easy, and fair resolution to our style differences; as I've said before, whatever consensus decides I can live with. In the mean time, I request that {{Current Connecticut State Senators}} be kept in the style I created it in until the WikiProject decides which style to use. Changing it to your style after I had offered a diplomatic solution yesterday I don't believe was the right move, though I understand if you were only trying to add your new red color to it. Regardless, I don't really want to have to request full page protection on the interim until the WikiProject makes its determination.
Thank you for your time and understanding. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 07:45, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Need some help

Hey I don’t know if this is odd in the wiki world but I need a favor and I thought of you. I posted it on the talk page but got no replies. California lets you use their images (All other statewide officials have pictures from gov't websites) and I found a link (posted on the talk page) of Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and was wondering if you could possibly upload the picture for me and place it. Also I found a much more recent picture for Jill Long Thompson on a federal government website that would make a nice addition as she looks much different than the picture she currently has. It is work of the federal government so I know its kosher. I tried and failed to upload it. Here is a link for it: http://www.fca.gov/about/board/longthompson.html Thank you very much! --Politicsislife (talk) 01:24, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

No problem. I have added the image of Dave Jones to his article, but I have placed it in the "2010 bid for Insurance Commissioner" section because there was already an image in the infobox and I didn't want to change arbitrarily. Feel free to move it, adjust its size, etc. As for the image of Jill Long Thompson, it is on the smaller side at only 150x191 pixels. Assuming you wanted it for the infobox, I'm not sure if something that small would make a good replacement for the one that is currently there. I decided not to upload that image right now. However, if you still would like me to add it to her article, whether for the infobox or somewhere else on the page, let me know and I'll do it tomorrow. If you happen to find another image of Thompson that is {{PD-USGov}}, that would be even better. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 10:29, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Do you know any way of enlarging the JLT picture without ruining its quality? Thanks a lot for your help.--Politicsislife (talk) 00:21, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
If there's a way, it's nothing I can do. I just tried doubling the size of the original photo of Thompson, and the quality just deteriorates, especially around her neck and earrings. Oh well. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 10:57, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
No problem. Thanks for your help. --Politicsislife (talk) 03:33, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Lethal injection

You put a citation needed tag on the claim on Lethal injection that China conducts executions rapidly. I thought it might be best to go ahead and remove the statement for now because China is so secretive about that type of thing that any citation would be hard to find. I did find a citation for them being secretive, which might be the best we can find. Kansan (talk) 20:18, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the edit

I was not aware my user page sandbox was being listed in the list of categories. Thank you for informing me and editing the page to fix it. I'll be sure to make further adjustments to comply with Wikipedia standards and I will be sure to avoid the same mistake in the future. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Axelfar (talk • contribs) 04:30, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

No problem. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 04:35, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Your request for rollback

Hi Sgt. R.K. Blue. After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

  • Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
  • Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
  • Rollback should never be used to edit war.
  • If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
  • Use common sense.

If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! FASTILY (TALK) 08:01, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Userbox help for sister project

Hi Blue, Would you be at all interested in creating a userbox for members of Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Connecticut? I'm not very good at it... Best, Markvs88 (talk) 13:26, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Sure! I've created two, in addition to a category to hold the names of participants. All can be seen at Category:WikiProject University of Connecticut participants. Let me know if you'd like any other designs besides the two I've made. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 05:08, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, they look great! Best, Markvs88 (talk) 13:46, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

And have a drink on me:

Thanks for creating the new userboxes for the University of Connecticut WikiProject and please have a cold beer on me! Markvs88 09:48, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
Cheers! --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 06:11, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Sgt. R.K. Blue. You have new messages at Talk:United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, 2012.
Message added 13:27, 27 June 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

– hysteria18 (talk) 13:27, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Replied at Talk:United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2012#Candidates & campaign sites as references. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 05:39, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Completely new abortion proposal and mediation

In light of the seemingly endless disputes over their respective titles, a neutral mediator has crafted a proposal to rename the two major abortion articles (pro-life/anti-abortion movement, and pro-choice/abortion rights movement) to completely new names. The idea, which is located here, is currently open for opinions. As you have been a contributor in the past to at least one of the articles, your thoughts on the matter would be appreciated.

The hope is that, if a consensus can be reached on the article titles, the energy that has been spent debating the titles of the articles here and here can be better spent giving both articles some much needed improvement to their content. Please take some time to read the proposal and weigh in on the matter. Even if your opinion is simple indifference, that opinion would be valuable to have posted.

To avoid accusations that this posting violates WP:CANVASS, this posting is being made to every non-anon editor who has edited either page since 1 July 2010, irrespective of possible previous participation at the mediation page. HuskyHuskie (talk) 20:05, 4 July 2011 (UTC)


WikiProject Conservatism

Hi, Sgt. R.K. Blue, welcome to WikiProject Conservatism!

We are a growing community of editors dedicated to identifying, categorizing, and improving articles related to conservatism. Here's how you can get involved:

If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the talk page, and we will be happy to help you.

And once again - Welcome!
- – Lionel (talk) 10:41, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

CT Barnstar

Hey, great work! It's nicer that the one I had done for that article improvement contest that didn't get off the ground. I've already added it to CT templates along with the photo star. I would add it to Geographic WikiProject Awards, but figured since it's yours that you should have the honors. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 15:50, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm glad you like it. I have now added the barnstar to the Awards by WikiProject page. Thanks for letting me know of it -- I had been wondering if a listing of that sort existed. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 10:42, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Need some help with a photo.

Hate to bother you again but I am having problems with a photo. I took the photo and own it. Here is the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SenatorRYoung.jpg Could you tell me what I need to do to make it acceptable? Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Politicsislife (talk • contribs) 01:39, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Sure. For an image you took to be acceptable for Wikipedia, you have to select the type of license you wish to release the image under. First, edit the file page to add a new section by adding the markup ==Licensing== to it. Then, if you would like to give up all rights to the photo and release it into the public domain, add the template {{PD-self|date=July 2011}} below that new section. To release the photo under a Creative Commons license requiring users of the photo to credit you, add the template {{Self|cc-by-3.0}} instead. Or, if you want to be credited and require users who modify the photo to have to release the new work under a comparable license, add {{Self |cc-by-sa-3.0}}.
Once you add one of these licensing templates to your file's page, you can remove the {{di-no source no license}} tag that was placed on it. You should also add a summary section with sourcing information. You may copy this markup if you wish:
== Summary ==

{{Information
 |Description    = Photograph of [[Richard D. Young]], an Indiana state senator.
 |Source         = I ([[User:Politicsislife|Politicsislife]] ([[User talk:Politicsislife|talk]])) created this work entirely by myself.
 |Date           = 
 |Author         = [[User:Politicsislife|Politicsislife]] ([[User talk:Politicsislife|talk]])
 |other_versions = 
}}
I hope this helps. If you need further assistance, you know where to find me. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 06:23, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. --Politicsislife (talk) 15:01, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

The Right Stuff: September 2011

The Right Stuff
September 2011
FROM THE EDITOR
An Historic Milestone

By Lionelt

 Welcome to the inaugural issue of The Right Stuff, the newsletter of WikiProject Conservatism. The Project has developed at a breakneck speed since it was created on February 12, 2011 with the edit summary, "Let's roll!" With over 50 members the need for a project newsletter is enormous. With over 3000 articles to watch, an active talk page and numerous critical discussions spread over various noticeboards, it has become increasingly difficult to manage the information overload. The goal of The Right Stuff is to help you keep up with the changing landscape.

The Right Stuff is a newsletter consisting of original reporting. Writers will use a byline to "sign" their contributions. Just as with The Signpost, "guidelines such as 'no ownership of articles', and particularly 'no original research', will not necessarily apply."

WikiProject Conservatism has a bright future ahead: this newsletter will allow us tell the story. All that's left to say is: "Let's roll!"

PROJECT NEWS
New Style Guide Unveiled

By Lionelt

 A new style guide to help standardize editing was rolled out. It focuses on concepts, people and organizations from a conservatism perspective. The guide features detailed article layouts for several types of articles. You can help improve it here. The Project's Article Collaboration currently has two nominations, but they don't appear to be generating much interest. You can get involved with the Collaboration here.

I am pleased to report that we have two new members: Rjensen and Soonersfan168. Rjensen is a professional historian and has access to JSTOR. Soonersfan168 says he is a "young conservative who desires to improve Wikipedia!" Unfortunately we will be seeing less of Geofferybard, as he has announced his semi-retirement. We wish him well. Be sure to stop by their talk pages and drop off some Wikilove.

ARTICLE REPORT
3,000th Article Tagged

By Lionelt

 On August 3rd Peter Oborne, a British journalist, became the Project's 3,000th tagged article. It is a tribute to the membership that we have come this far this quickly. The latest Featured Article is Richard Nixon. Our congratulations to Wehwalt for a job well done. The article with the most page views was Rick Perry with 887,389 views, not surprising considering he announced he was running for president on August 11th. Follwing Perry were Michele Bachmann and Tea Party movement. The Project was ranked 75th based on total edits, which is up from 105th in July. The article with the most edits was Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2012 with 374 edits. An RFC regarding candidate inclusion criteria generated much interest on the talk page.


"Colo(u)rs" is broken on Template:Infobox American State Political Party

Hello, Sgt. R.K. Blue. You have new messages at Template talk:Infobox American State Political Party.
Message added 15:37, 10 October 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Replied at the above. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 07:37, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Closing RFCs

When you closed the username RFC on Tourism Team (talk · contribs), you forgot to add the {{subst:rfcn bottom}} at the bottom of the section. I've taken care of it, this is just in case you dind't know to add it. If it was just a slip, ignore me. --GraemeL (talk) 15:06, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

It was just a slip. Thanks for fixing it. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 17:34, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

AFD

A discussion on possible deletion of the Francesco Schettino biographical article (currently a redirect to the article on the disaster) is underway at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Francesco Schettino. I see you've participated in discussions on this topic in the past and thought you might like to share your thoughts as well.--RadioFan (talk) 19:22, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

WP Connecticut in the Signpost

The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Connecticut for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 03:13, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Congrats

The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
For expert service in signature digitization. Cheers! —Eustress talk 14:25, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Thank you! —Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 09:02, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Dispute resolution survey

Dispute Resolution – Survey Invite

Hello Sgt. R.K. Blue. I am currently conducting a study on the dispute resolution processes on the English Wikipedia, in the hope that the results will help improve these processes in the future. Whether you have used dispute resolution a little or a lot, now we need to know about your experience. The survey takes around five minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist in analyzing the results of the survey. No personally identifiable information will be released.

Please click HERE to participate.
Many thanks in advance for your comments and thoughts.

You are receiving this invitation because you have had some activity in dispute resolution over the past year. For more information, please see the associated research page. Steven Zhang DR goes to Wikimania! 02:31, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Your post at Template talk:Episode list

It seems that the problem you identified at Template talk:Episode list/Archive3#Edit request on 8 April 2012 was created by people screwing around with the template to compensate for poor editing practices. ie including fields that need headings without including column headings for those fields. This (other blank parameters) appears to be the sort of thing that was causing the problem. --AussieLegend (talk) 11:32, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the information. People should be more careful. —Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 11:02, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

You're invited! New England Wikimedia General Meeting

 New England Wikimedia General Meeting

The New England Wikimedia General Meeting will be a large-scale meetup of all Wikimedians (and friends) from the New England area in order to discuss regional coordination and possible formalization of our community (i.e., a chapter). Come hang out with other Wikimedians, learn more about ongoing activities, and help plan for the future!
Potential topics:
Sunday, April 22
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Conference Room C06, Johnson Building,
Boston Public Library—Central Library
700 Boylston St., Boston MA 02116
Please sign up here: Wikipedia:Meetup/New England!

Message delivered by Dominic at 08:56, 11 April 2012 (UTC). Note: You can remove your name from this meetup invite list here.

I made a bit of a mess

Trying to be helpfull I actually made a mess with CountMaculas comments on Talk:Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012#Merge proposed, and I am now trying to undo it. That mean his comment is gone from the talkpage. (originally he made it and then undid it, indicating in history that he wanted to move it. So when he didnt I thought he had technical problems - I was wrong). You made a comment to the general dicussion after his comment. I have of course not removed it, but you might want to check if it is still logical and nice with his comment gone. I know this is not regulare procedure on talkpages and I am sorry I messed up, but I hope for your understanding and patience. You can see the whole conversation on his talkpage: User talk:CountMacula#Problems with the talkpage on Republican primaries? and on my talkpage: User talk:Jack Bornholm#Please undo your undo of my undo Jack Bornholm (talk) 13:40, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Mine was more of a general comment and not a response to what CountMacula had written. I'm fine with how things appear at Talk:Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012#Merge proposed. If anything, my post more related to GoldRingChip's mentioning of adding the word "presidential" in the article title of Massachusetts Republican presidential primary, 2012 than anything else. My thoughts to add the word "presidential" to all state primary articles is probably a proposal worthy of its own discussion, however, and I hope that I didn't cause any confusion by adding these thoughts to the merge discussion. —Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 15:33, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
It is an interesting thought, will take some work to get done though, so when this merge are decided on, one way or another, you could maybe write a new section about it. Jack Bornholm (talk) 17:10, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Request for Opinion

In Talk:United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts,_2012#Polling_order, we are currently having a dispute concerning whether polls should be listed in chronological or reverse-chronological order. I am asking you because you seem to know these editors, you live in that area, and you're a skilled debater. Thanks! >>Light-jet pilot (talk) 23:56, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Replied with my thoughts at the above. —Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 11:16, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Good solution

What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
I give you this barnstar for your elegant solution on the redundant party line in Template:Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012.
Maybe a small thing, but gives whole new life to the infobox. Jack Bornholm (talk) 10:28, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! Glad I could help. —Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 11:12, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Your comments on improving the Rush Limbaugh - Sandra Fluke Controversy article on the Fluke AfD (and RL-SF Talk)

Morning, Sgt; Just FYI, I've put my outline of what needs to be done on the Talk:Rush Limbaugh–Sandra Fluke controversy article page; you commented on some aspect of the need for improvement on that page on the Fluke AfD, thought you might take a look; it is due to come off protection tomorrow (though it might be a good idea that it NOT yet, until issues are discussed)209.6.69.227 (talk) 02:33, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Deletion Review of Sandra Fluke

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Sandra Fluke. Because you participated in the original deletion discussion for this page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Cheers, Zaldax (talk) 13:27, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Page Curation newsletter

Hey Sgt. R.K. Blue. I'm dropping you a note because you used to (or still do!) patrol new pages. This is just to let you know that we've deployed and developed Page Curation, which augments and supersedes Special:NewPages - there are a lot of interesting new features :). There's some help documentation here if you want to familiarise yourself with the system and start using it. If you find any bugs or have requests for new features, let us know here. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 12:53, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Adminship

Figured its about time somebody went up. Rcsprinter (rap) @ 12:02, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your offer to nominate me to become an administrator. My apologies for taking so long to reply to you; I have been busy with other things recently and have not contributed to Wikipedia since September 28. Your offer was a nice surprise to find when I logged in!
It was a little more than a year and a half ago when I began to give becoming an administrator in the future some real thought, and it was at that time when I added the "This user is not a Wikipedia administrator, but would like to be one someday" userbox to my user page. I decided then that I would probably end up self-nominating at or around the time I hit the 10,000-edit mark, which, at the average rate I edit, I expected would take a few years. A few years to explore, participate in various processes, and establish a track record before asking for a set of keys to the place.
As I write this, my edit count is 4,654, which is a little less than half the "goal" I had wanted to reach before pursuing adminship. I've also been a little less active the past few months compared to years ago, but I've always made edits in each month since joining and I don't expect to stop anytime soon. Though I personally consider myself responsible enough to be granted the admin tool package and still wish to serve as one someday, I feel that if I were to accept your nomination offer now that it would be a little premature. While I have given three years to the project so far, my 4,654 edits are likely not enough to impress many of the good folks over at RfA, and so I would rather pursue adminship at a time when I am more likely to have a successful outcome.
Thank you again for your willingness to nominate me, and I hope that you will support me when the right time comes to seek adminship. —Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 04:09, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
Well, that's no problem; I understand your reasonings. Couple of years and edits then. Cheers, Rcsprinter (talk to me) @ 21:24, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

You're invited: Ada Lovelace, STEM women edit-a-thon at Harvard

U.S. Ada Lovelace Day 2012 edit-a-thon, Harvard University - You are invited!
Now in its fourth year, Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and related fields. Participants from around New England are invited to gather together at Harvard Law School to edit and create Wikipedia entries on women who have made significant contributions to the STEM fields.
Register to attend or sign up to participate remotely - visit this page to do either.
00:42, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Fanfiction

Hello, I saw your userboxes and noticed that you write fanfictions. I am working on my 3rd novel, with this one I wanted to try a fanfic. Maybe you might help me with some tips you know, to make my written a lot better. Best! Looking forward for your response. Ms.Bono(zootalk)☆ 19:34, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

2nd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting

You are invited to the 2nd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting, on 20 July 2013 in Boston! We will be talking about the future of the chapter, including GLAM, Wiki Loves Monuments, and where we want to take our chapter in the future! EdwardsBot (talk) 09:24, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

New England Wikipedia Day @ MIT: Saturday Jan 18

NE Meetup #4: January 18 at MIT Building 5

Dear Fellow Wikimedian,

You have been invited to the New England Wikimedians 2014 kick-off party and Wikipedia Day Celebration at Building Five on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus on Saturday, January 18th, from 3-5 PM. Afterwards, we will be holding an informal dinner at a local restaurant. If you are curious to join us, please do so, as we are always looking for people to come and give their opinion! Finally, be sure to RSVP here if you're interested.

I hope to see you there! Kevin Rutherford (talk)

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You're invited: Women's History Edit-a-thons in Massachusetts this March

Women's History Edit-a-thons in Massachusetts this March - You are invited!
New England Wikimedians is excited to announce a series of Wikipedia edit-a-thons that will be taking place at colleges and universities throughout Massachusetts as part of Wikiwomen's History Month from March 1 - March 31. We encourage you to join in an edit-a-thon near you, or to participate remotely if you are unable to attend in person (for the full list of articles, click here). Events are currently planned for the cities/towns of Boston, Northampton, South Hadley, and Cambridge. Further information on dates and locations can be found on our user group page.
Questions? Contact Girona7 (talk)

You're invited!

NE Meetup #5: April 19th at Clover Food Lab in Kendall Square

Dear Fellow Wikimedian,

New England Wikimedians would like to invite you to the April 2014 meeting, which will be a small-scale meetup of all interested Wikimedians from the New England area. We will socialize, review regional events from the beginning of the year, look ahead to regional events of 2014, and discuss other things of interest to the group. Be sure to RSVP here if you're interested.

Also, if you haven't done so already, please consider signing up for our mailing list and connect with us on Facebook and Twitter.

We hope to see you there!

Kevin Rutherford (talk) and Maia Weinstock (talk)

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Edit-a-thon invite

You're invited to the Peabody Essex Museum Edit-a-thon Spring 2014

On May 3rd, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts will be hosting a Native American and Chinese Art edit-a-thon from 9:00-5:00 pm. You are more than welcome to attend, as there will be free food and drink, and an outing afterwards. If you are interested, please sign up here, as we would love to see you there!

If you have any questions, please leave a message at Ed Rodley's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list.

Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial edit-a-thons

Adrianne Wadewitz edit-a-thons in Southern New England

As you may have already heard, the Wikipedia community lost an invaluable member of the community last month. Adrianne Wadewitz was a feminist scholar of 18th-Century British literature, and a prolific editor of the site. As part of a worldwide series of tributes, New England Wikimedians, in conjunction with local institutions of higher learning, have created three edit-a-thons that will be occurring in May and June. The events are as follows:

We hope that you will be able to join us, whether you are an experienced editor or are using Wikipedia for the first time.

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ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:07, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Vice presidential candidacy of Paul Ryan for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Vice presidential candidacy of Paul Ryan 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/Vice presidential candidacy of Paul Ryan 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 high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:51, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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