User talk:Lord Dude

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[edit] Notes

Welcome!

  • Full log of conversations can be found in my archives, feel free to check out what people have have said about my editing!
  • Project: Swarm War has been cancelled.

Again welcome!

[edit] Blocked

I have removed the {{unblock}} from your page since your block has expired. I know you request no editing of this page, but it is not appropriate to have that template on your page when you are not blocked. Also, the purpose of a talk page is for others to talk to you, your policy could become a serious problem, and as you have discovered, if you are persistent in acting contrary to Wikipedia policy, you may end up blocked again. We really are here to help, I am sure you will learn as you go. Feel free to ask for help at any time. Cheers, NoSeptember talk 01:34, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

No problem. And btw, welcome to Wikipedia and welcome to Esperanza. Have fun editing :-). NoSeptember talk 02:16, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: HI

I would be glad to help if you describe your problem to me.--digital_me(Talk)(Contribs) 01:01, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your block

As it said on your block message, 17:21, April 30, 2006 Zoe blocked "Lord Dude (contribs)" with an expiry time of 24 hours (repeated recreation of Phillip Bartlett) . User:Zoe|(talk) 01:43, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: User:Zoe

You were blocked because you recreated a deleted page, with essentially the same content. The proper way to go about recreating a deleted page is to discuss it on the talk page for the article before recreating it. I am not going to get involved in this, because I really have no relation whatsoever to this issue. If you were looking for a neutral third party to mediate, then I would suggest going to WP:RfM, but this issue really isn't serious enough for an RfM. I suggest that in the mean time, you discuss the issue with Zoe, and please remember to be civil. Regards. --digital_me(Talk)(Contribs) 02:47, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Read Wikipedia:Notability, which explains a lot about how notable a person must be to have an article about them here, and how to convey that notability in your articles. NoSeptember talk 03:26, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Zoe

I'll try but MegamanZero is in trouble with breaching the 3RR rule, which usually merits a tempoary block. Why did you decide to come back? ¬_¬ I'll ask Zoe.

Anyway, it's the morning, where is the profanity on The JPS's userpage? It's not obvious. Cheers, Highway Rainbow Sneakers 07:02, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blocking

Only an admin can block a user, which is done by going to Special:Blockip/Username.--digital_me(Talk)(Contribs) 00:42, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Admin

To become an admin, you have to have an WP:RfA. Generally, this requires around at least 1000 edits (some users look for upwards of 3000), and a real commitment to Wikipedia. You also need to have been around for a while (at least 4 months), but you can judge for yourself by looking here.--digital_me(Talk)(Contribs) 03:01, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Right

Someone keeps answering my questions while I sleep. Yes, you are ready for Esperanza. You have over 150 edits and have been here for over 2 weeks. --GeorgeMoneyTalk Contribs 01:10, 3 May 2006 (UTC Cheers, Highway Rainbow Sneakers 07:05, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Ok, fine. I won't answer your questions, but it is so tempting to answer them. --GeorgeMoneyTalk  Contribs 07:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
To join Esperanza, go here and follow the instructions there. --GeorgeMoneyTalk  Contribs 14:42, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yay

Yay! ^_^ Highway Rainbow Sneakers 20:45, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sig

Do you want any specific colours or words, or do you want some words up in the air? Cheers, Highway Rainbow Sneakers 20:48, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Right, go to My preferences at the top of the page (in the line next to your watchlist and talk page links). Go to Nickname and replace what's there with this -

[[User:Lord Dude|Lord]] <font color="#009933">[[User:Lord Dude/Esperanza|Dude]]</font>|<font color="#CF5440">[[User talk:Lord Dude|Talk to me!]]</font>

Now, directly below the Nickname space where you've put that, you'll saw a box that has the words Raw signature next to it. You have to click that for this to work. After you've selected that box, click Save. It should work now.

Cheers, Highway Rainbow Sneakers 21:33, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Go to Wikipedia:Tip of the day/June 30, 2006

[edit] Welcome to Esperanza!

Welcome, Lord Dude, to Esperanza, the Wikipedia member association! As you might know, all the Esperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.

Now that you are a member you should read the guide to what to do now or you may be interested in some of our programs. A quite important program is the StressUnit, which seeks to support editors who have encountered any stress from their Wikipedia events, and are seeking to leave the project. So far, Esperanza can be credited with the support and retention of several users. We will send you newsletters to keep you up to date. Also, we have a calendar of special events, member birthdays, and other holidays that you can add to and follow.

In addition to these projects, several more missions of Esperanza are in development, and are currently being created at Esperanza/Possibles.

I encourage you to take an active voice in the running of Esperanza. We have a small government system, headed by our Administrator general, Celestianpower, and guided by the Advisory Committee comprised of JoanneB, FireFox and Titoxd. The next set of elections will be in April, we will keep you updated about the results. Because you are a new member, you are not able to vote in these elections, but you will be more than welcome to take part in the elections in June.

If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact Celestianpower by email or talk page or the Esperanza talk page. Alternatively, you could communicate with fellow users via our IRC channel, #wikipedia-esperanza (which is also good for a fun chat or two :). If you're new to IRC, you may find help at an IRC Tutorial written by one of our members. I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to work!

ILovEPlankton 20:59, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to welcome you as well. — nathanrdotcom (T • C • W) 02:05, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

experiment {{Lord Dude| 22:53, 3 May 2006 (UTC)}}

[edit] So you know..

The use of {{ }} in your signature isn't working the way you think. — nathanrdotcom (T • C • W) 15:00, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

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!
  1. Posting logs of the Esperanza IRC channel are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel.
  2. A disclaimer is going to be added to the Esperanza main page. We are humans and, as such, are imperfect.
  3. 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.
  4. Referendums are to be held on whether terms of AC members should be lengthened and whether we should abolish votes full stop.
  5. Admin Coaching reform is agreed upon.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, Pschemp and Freakofnurture
20:29, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hello!

PCEevee has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and many feel they are also contagious! Spread the WikiLove by smiling to two other people, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:Hcs}} to their talk pages. Happy editing! Note: the template won't work properly without the subst.

[edit] 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, —Celestianpower háblame 16:00, 23 June 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.
  1. 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!
  2. The In development section of the proposals page has been created.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program.
  6. 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] 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.
  1. The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
  2. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage.
  3. 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!
  4. The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it!
  5. 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)
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.
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