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[edit] Barnstar

For the excellent JS script. I can't live without it!

I noticed you haven't recieved a barnstar yet, and you definitely deserve one... Consider it a nice surprise when you get back... smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 18:12, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 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have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been archived.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)

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.

[edit] Your signature

Hello there, I was wondering if you would please modify your signature to conform to the guidelines laid out at Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages. The general guidelines are that signatures shouldn't contain images, they shouldn't contain unnecessary internal links or any external links, and they shouldn't be unnecessarily long in Wiki source. The reasoning for this final bit is that overly long signatures tend to overwhelm the actual comments in edit mode, making it hard to track down and respond to specific comments. You can fix your signature by removing any images and external links, any unnecessary links (like links to Wikipedian organizations, articles, or subpages in userspace), and removing excessive color, font, and formatting code. Thank you.

Additionally, you are using some sort of JavaScript to modify the way dates are displayed in your signature. This needs to be stopped immediately. A lot of bots rely on the common format of timestamps in signatures to properly function in archiving talk pages and such. Your signature's timestamp won't be recognized as valid, so it's possible any comment you make to a talk page that is archived automatically could be archived immediately because a bot won't see a valid timestamp and thus won't know how old it is. --Cyde Weys 20:07, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Title corrector

Your title corrector doesn't seem to be working anymore. --TantalumTelluride 19:05, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thank you, Haza-w, for voting on my RFA, which passed 95 to 1. Now that I have the mop, I hope I can live up to the standard, and be a good administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. —this is messedrocker (talk) 21:18, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Go raibh maith agat!

Hi there, haz!

Thank you so much for supporting my RfA! It ended up passing and I'm rather humbled by the support (and a bit surprised that it was snowballed a day early!). Please let me know if I can help you out and I welcome any comments, questions, or advice you wish to share.

Sláinte!

hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 05:31, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 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)

[edit] First Edit Day

Happy first edit day! -- tariqabjotu 04:17, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks Haza-w

I award you the Daniel.Bryant Blue Star of Thanks for your kind support for my candiacy at the Esperanza elections of September 2006. Although I didn't make the council, I have every faith in the three wonderful new Councillors, and I again thank you for your support. Daniel .Bryant 10:03, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: A Final Hit Date Alteration

yes, I know this about date display in the user options, but wikipedia also states that articles on a UK subject should use british english format and articles on american subjects should be in american english format, that's my reasoning.--Chappy84 21:08, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Separating block/unblock on Caction tool

Hi Haza-w. Could you please separate the two functions please since they actually uses two different forms and you lose the pre-filled username field switching from the block to unblock page. The URL for unblocking is

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Ipblocklist&action=unblock&ip={{{PAGENAMEE}}}

Thanks. -- Netsnipe ► 14:12, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] hey

how has everything been since i have been gone(loopy)? Shadin

[edit] My RfA

Hey Haza,

I just wanted to thank you for your support in my recent request for adminship, which passed unanimously with a final tally of 38/0/0. I appreciate your trust, and will do my best to uphold it. Don't hesitate to let me know if you ever need anything. — TKD::Talk 05:23, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 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)

[edit] L98A1

iv just started RAF cadets at school and my sergeant didn;t know what the name stood for andi was just curious as to if anyone knew? thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.129.105.30 (talk • contribs) 21:20, 11 November 2006.

[edit] Hide templates

Hi,

I had presently a shork talk with you, when Iwas lokking for something like french template Boite déroulante. Even by searching 'hide template', I didn't find anything which fits with what I aim.

You may know english wikipedia better than me, and since you proposed me to ask you for help, i do so.

Please answer here.

PS: I should tell you I would like to put some maps on Ages of Riven, read french article to see what i mean. Thanks.

AElfwine 13:52, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok thanks, it looks pretty nice now :) AElfwine 20:21, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] yo

why not vandalize kelly ripa, shes the devil. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.72.100.59 (talk • contribs) 22:13, 22 November 2006.

monorating all of this, you must have no life. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.72.100.59 (talk • contribs) 23:20, 22 November 2006.

[edit] Mean Girls Quote

What are you talking about? I added ONE quote to the quotes list of Mean Girls' page, not "large numbers". And anyway, there's loads of other quotes on the list too, so what about them? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.12.125.68 (talk • contribs) 18:24, 26 November 2006.

Hey, Haz.

It dosen't matter that you made that mistake, I was just a bit confused when I first read your message, LOL. I apologise too if I sounded angry in my reply, as I didn't mean to. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.12.125.68 (talk • contribs) 21:04, 26 November 2006.

[edit] Your welcome template

I like your welcome template the best of all the welcome templates. I use it all the time -- thanks for writing it. --A. B. 13:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

FYI -- I like your template so much, but I wanted something a little different for anon IPs, so I tweaked it some; see User:A. B./WelcomeAnon.

Thanks again for your great contribution to making Wikipedia a welcome place for newcomers! --A. B. 13:42, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Block/unblock feature

I know it's been a while, but I've completed the feature you requested, which queries whether the user is blocked or unblocked before directing to the appropriate page. It should work with any user page, including redirects.

It may still have a bug or two, so if you find errors, let me know, along with which page you were on, what your error console/dialog returned as the error, and which browser you're using.

Thanks very much for your idea, and I hope the new feature works as you hoped. haz (talk) e 17:02, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, but unfortunately, it doesn't work properly. It always brings up Special:Blockip regardless of whether a user is blocked or not. Would you like me to lend you my account for a day so you can debug it? -- Netsnipe ► 13:44, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Strange, it works OK for me. For blocked users, it goes straight to the unblock page.

Go to a blocked user's user (talk) page and use User options > Vandals > Current block list. Does the page look like this? Image:Cactions bug ipblocklist.JPG

Probably a silly question, but could you try Ctrl-F5ing?

As for the 2 errors, the first is a global CSS error that's not my doing, I actually reported it this morning to MediaWiki talk:Common.css but was told that it's going to stay there as it's not causing any harm.

I noticed the second error yesterday, as it was the first time that I gave myself "admin" powers on the tool. The script looks for an undelete tab to remove, even if one doesn't exist. Shouldn't be too hard to remove.

Let me know what happens with Ctrl-F5. Oh, another thought: hovering over the "Block/unblock" link, do you get an HTTP or Javascript link coming up in the statusbar? Anyway, get back to me. Haza-w.debug 16:11, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

JS error fixed. Clearly I can't do anything about the CSS error, it's nothing to do with me... I still can't see any reason why "block/unblock" shouldn't be working. Try Ctrl-F5; if that fails, then ding me again. Haza-w.debug 16:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Fixed it! You admin types get an extra "block" link which threw my script right off. Should be fine now. haz (talk) e 16:44, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Works like a charm now. Thanks for the new feature. I really appreciate it, so give me a nudge nudge wink wink when you're up for RFA. Cheers, Netsnipe ► 16:50, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi Haza, I've found a minor bug. Your unblocking tool needs to encode underscores or spaces in usernames for the unblock user link. -- Netsnipe ► 08:26, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

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