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Motto of the Day

Approved Overseer Desk Discussion Rejected
Schedule Nominations
Overseer

The Overseers manage the Motto of the Day project. In the event of the Overseers being tied on a motto, the most senior Overseer shall cast a tie breaking vote.

Contents
Overseer duties:

  1. Close nominations
  2. Schedule Mottos
  3. Cast final votes
  4. Maintain MOTD
Current Overseers:

(In order of seniority)
Past Overseers
N.B.: Renata3 is still a major contributor to the motto proposal area... David P. A. Hunter, esq. III The rest is silence! 00:46, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
 Overseers currently on Wikibreak:

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[edit] Current topics of discussion

Current Archive: Overseers' Discussions Archive

[edit] New Section

To get us back on track, I created a new section for anything over a week old. Review the In review section before messing with it. Geo. 18:08, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Motto supply is dwindling

OK, we have 13 currently unassigned mottos in the Approved area. We need to get more in that list from the noms page. I have done the schedules for the past month, and for the next two weeks. If someone can help by transferring the newly approved mottos to the actual approved page, that'd be helpful. Thanks. David P. A. Hunter, esq. III Let us to it, Pell-Mell 13:13, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Overseers Desk Header Table

I just converted the permanent information that is displayed on this page into a table. Hope this suits. I can't get it to look quite how I wanted it, so if you think you can make it better do so. David P. A. Hunter, esq. III The rest is silence! 01:01, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

I can't figure why it is bold. Geo. 22:14, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

I made it so that the content isn't bold, but the headings of the columns are. I don't know if it's exactly what you're looking for, but it's probably closer. WODUP 06:55, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Overseers Desk Talk Page

I have just merged this page's talk page with this page, and made the talk page redirect to here. Please DO NOT add anything to the talk page, as it is rarely checked. David P. A. Hunter, esq. III The rest is silence! 01:16, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mottos scheduled for October to December (inclusive), 2006

I want to have those months completely scheduled in terms of mottos. I plan to do it over the coming week; the week after I go back to school and from then until the 14th of November I have exams (and I work full time after then until Christmas), so I won't have any other time to do it. If someone wants to help, feel free to move the approved mottos from the noms page into the noms list for me. Geo: how do we roll over into 2007's calendar, so that we can begin assigning those mottos as well?

David P. A. Hunter, esq. III The rest is silence! 06:34, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

There is some coding that needs to be done. I'll take care of it Geo. 22:09, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

I moved all the past months to an archive to make room. Geo. 22:14, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Goiter McWilliostein, P. I. You can't control me! I'm a P. I.! Save Stargate SG-1! 03:02, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
  • OK I'm going to do the next week of schedules now, and then I'll be on WikiBreak as I have exams this week. If someone wants to do the next few months while I'm away, that'd be nice, but I plan to be back at the end of next week to do them, so don't be too worried. Goiter McWilliostein, P. I. You can't control me! I'm a P. I.! Save Stargate SG-1! 02:12, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
    • And when i got there to do this following week's schedule, someone else had already done it. Thanks for that. Goiter McWilliostein, P. I. You can't control me! I'm a P. I.! Save Stargate SG-1! 02:18, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
      • No problems (it was me :D). If another overseer will move all the nominations that have been approved to the approved page, I'll create the scheduled days. Daniel.Bryant 02:35, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
        • Make sure that you are getting all of the links and code correct. I've noticed that on the Paper? What's That? motto, you haven't got all of the links (each letter in paper was a seperate link). I don't particularly care, but the people do. I haven't changed anything, so you'll need to go back and fix things. :-) Cheers. I'm going on WikiBreak for the next month and a half, so I'm moving my name into the "Inactive Overseers" list. Have fun. Keep my seat warm, and my desk covered in paper. The Duke of Copyeditting, Bow before me! You can't control me! I'm a P. I.! 11:44, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Mottos

Is it helpful, harmful, or neutral for me to make multiple mottos in 1 day? RyGuy 17:56, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Helpful! The more mottos, the better! Daniel.Bryant 07:05, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Indeed. The Duke of Copyeditting, Bow before me! You can't control me! I'm a P. I.! 11:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nominations page lead

Looking at your lead to the nominations page, I thought I could improve it. Here's what I've come up with. Feel free to accept or reject all or some of it; I really don't care, it's just a suggestion. Sorry about my method of showing you, but it was the best way I could think of to keep the wikitext from formatting to this page (<nowiki></nowiki> doesn't work in this case). --Tewy 18:46, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Query: what's the difference (and don't say "the red text")? Not meaning to sound like a smart arse, but I cannot figure it out... The Duke of Copyeditting, Bow before me! You can't control me! I'm a P. I.! 11:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
I thought the syntax could use some work, so I've reworded it so that it doesn't repeat things and flows nicer. But as far as actual content goes, I haven't touched it. --Tewy 21:48, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
...Not to be pushy, but it's been a month; any decision yet? --Tewy 05:30, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Overseers Applications

Applications archive

[edit] Odds jobs to be done

  • Create a rules manual
Bet this'll never get done. Who needs rules!? The Duke of Copyeditting, Bow before me! You can't control me! I'm a P. I.! 11:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mottos are not being used

Three times in as many weeks I have checked to find that there are no mottos scheduled for that day or the ones after. I've speedy-scheduled mottos until the first of November - all overseers need to decide on some new ones to be scheduled. If none are put in the schedule by November 1, I will close nominations and add the mottos myself. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 15:32, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Archives

(From Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day/Nominations#Archived). Several users have suggested archiving the nominations page. They agree that it is long enough (currently 292 kB) to cause problems loading on some computers. I believe this problem requires immediate attention by the overseers. Thoughts? --Tewy 17:40, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Approvals page

I have archived this page, and assigned mottos all the way up to December 19. I also suggest a change to the approval procedure - instead of making the used ones bold (very inefficient), move them to a section at the bottom of the page. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 10:53, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

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