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Contents 1 Admin 2 The Torch, St. John's University 3 Random opinion 4 LOTD experiment 5 But I'm a cheerleader FAC 6 Migrants' African routes 7 A Small Domain 8 WikiProject Films November 2007 Newsletter 9 LGBT WikiProject Newsletter 10 What a crime someone hasn't already done this... 11 Migrants' African routes 12 Wikipedia:WikiProject WikiAfrica Palabre 13 Happy Holidays 14 December 2007 15 HK films 16 Category:Television programs based on plays 17 Thank you for welcome-me 18 WikiProject Films December 2007 Newsletter 19 Arnold Murray Article 20 RfA thanks 21 Wee Sing in the Marvelous Musical Mansion 22 Africa Project 23 LGBT WikiProject Newsletter 24 My RfA 25 thx 26 Re: Image edits - a question 27 RFA 28 re: Stiff Upper Lips 29 RfA thanks 30 Blackpool

Admin

Hi. I'd like to nominate you as an admin, as I think you're qualified. Let me know if you're interested. Epbr123 12:34, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

The Torch, St. John's University

Howdy... You've helped me out before so I'm going to randomly solicit you for more help. :-) What should we do with the The Torch, St. John's University article. It is not "pure vandalism" (so I didn't feel I could use the CSD tag of the same name), but it is certainly been put up there for the amusement of some folks who have worked on that student paper. Thanks for your advice. — Noah 07:42, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Actually, don't worry about it... someone has hopped on the page and started to deal with the photoshopped images which was the largest problem. — Noah 06:34, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Random opinion

you are disgusting freak, you are a pedo im blocking your account in 24 hours so say bye to all your eiki friends — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.146.21.103 (talk • contribs) 18:01, 17 November 2007

LOTD experiment

You voted for one of my prior proposals to institute a List of the Day Proposal. I may have already alerted you to an experiment I am conducting at WP:LOTD. Now that the experiment is running I can point out the benefits to the project of the method I am experimenting with that other alternatives don't offer. First, there is a set of orphaned articles for persons who do not have any featured lists of their own or persons that would like to take responsibility for more. Anyone can nominate such orphans. This benefits WP by getting people involved in list articles that might not have active editors to update them or defend them against vandalism. Please consider adopting one of our orphans.

There are several other advantages that will improve the project:

1. Each list will be encouraged to respond to commentary and feedback during the candidacy period, which will hopefully improve the quality of the articles.
2. Articles without pictures will be encouraged to find them. E.g., List of Harry Potter films cast members had no image before its nominator added an image for this experiment. This type of thing, of course, improves the project.
3. Articles are encouraged to add relevant projects to their talk page. This alerts other project to articles that they would likely have an interest in and would be able to either improve or protect.

Again come by and consider adopting one of our orphans this month or in future months either adopt an orphan or give feedback on the candidates.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:LOTD) 17:18, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

But I'm a cheerleader FAC

Thanks for your message. The bulk of my comments have been addressed and you've worked hard on this so I'll happily support. One of my objections to the text was the slightly clunky second paragraph of the intro. Perhaps something like this might work better?

Natasha Lyonne stars as Megan Bloomfield, an apparently happily heterosexual high school cheerleader. The problem is that her friends and family are convinced she's gay and arrange an intervention, sending her to a reparative therapy camp to cure her lesbianism. At camp, Megan soon realizes that she is indeed a lesbian and, despite the therapy, gradually comes to embrace this fact. The supporting cast features Clea DuVall, Cathy Moriarty, RuPaul, Mink Stole and Bud Cort.

Changing this is not a condition for support, by the way, and I'll be editing my FAC comments shortly. All the best,--ROGER DAVIES ^talk 20:14, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations. It's a now featured article :) --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 07:31, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations! The Wednesday Island (talk) 12:14, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for all your hard work. VanTucky ^talk 20:17, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Migrants' African routes

Dear Belovedfreak, thanks for your suggestion to improve Migrants' African routes with in-text citations. I simply translated the Italian page Rotte africane dei migranti, which hasn't been suggested in-text citations. I was wondering whether an English bibliography could be the right solution or if in-text citations are compulsory. Thanks for your help! --Silviavaiga (talk) 17:14, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

A Small Domain

Neither IMDb nor somebody's own website is a reliable source. Do you have any actual impartial sources to draw on? In its present form, the article is weak on credibility. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:38, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

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LGBT WikiProject Newsletter

The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter

The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter! Issue XII - December 1, 2007 Here comes Santa Claus, Here comes Santa Claus, right down Santa Claus lane! Ho, ho ho (but not that kind of ho!) and Merry Christmas, everybody! Yes, that's right. It's time for the Christmas edition of the LGBT Love Boat newsletter. This homo Love Boat is cruising into Christmas and counting down the days to a brand new year! It doesn't matter if you're Christian or belong to some other, more obscure sect. Jesus loves you one and all, so let's curl up around the fire, sing some carols, drink some egg nog, and have a gay old time. But before we do, perhaps your chipper cruise director Miss Julie should spread the gender bendin' news from everyone's favorite project.... Table of Contents Quelle Suprise! King James is a Queen! It's Britney, Bitch! Game show for nerds Jón Þór Birgisson Everybody loves a sequel Not quite the second coming, but special just the same Battle of the Wikipedia Stars! Santa needs elves Urgent Christmas appeal Surrender, Dorothy!!!!!!! Ambrosia Christmas came early You! Quelle Suprise! King James is a Queen! Our dear Haiduc, never a stranger to controversy, recently decided to delve into the wardrobe of the British Monarchy, and what did he discover? King James had more than appreciative eyes for strapping young men! Naturally, Haiduc felt the need to share this news with the community, but instead of being praised for his scholarship, he was reviled. In fact, one rabid heterocentrist even rummaged around in his own wardrobe until he found an old pair of socks to play with. All seemed lost until astute editor Jeffpw noticed some odd postings and did some sleuthing of his own. The socks were uncovered, the Wicked Witch was melted and readers the world over were able to learn that Good King James regularly ordered tube steak from the menu of the day. Thank you, Haiduc! Thank you, Jeff! And let Miss Julie add (for readers who might not know) that tube steak tastes just like chicken! It's Britney, Bitch! Well, maybe it's not Miss Thang, herself, but it's the next best thing: Chris Crocker! he stirs up just about as much controversy as his idol does, even here on Wikipedia. Though it's all a bit of a muddle, one of our editors hopes you can drop by the talk page and leave a message of hope for those battling the forces of obstructionism in that little corner of the Wiki World. It is so hard to spread enlightenment. As Miss Parker herself said, "You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think". Game show for nerds Wallowing in cash from the latest beg-a-thon, the powers-that-be have decided to sponser a little contest here to improve the articles, with a Grand prize of $100. Yeah. Just enough for a Burger King dinner for the family. Still, the thought is nice and the goal is noble, so we should support it. 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TranSanta Everybody loves a sequel Readers not afflicted with Alzheimer's will remember that last month we had a little story about Alice and her harasser. That proved so popular that we bring you the sequel: Benjiboi and his stalker. After a chance meeting at the Michael Lucas article, this anonymous user took a shine to our Benjiboi, and has been showering him with attention on virtually every board on Wikipedia. Flattered though he is, Benjiboi finds the attention a bit distracting, and administrators have been seeking various remedies for this. It has proven difficult, as the stalker has an IP address that changes quicker than Superman in a telephone booth. So perhaps some of you would like to watchlist Benjiboi's page, and lend a hand if you see some love letters from an 11 digit friend. I was actually thinking we should get Alice's harasser and Benjiboi's stalker together. Then we could have another sequel, sort of like Freddy vs. Jason. Any bets as to who would win?? Not quite the second coming, but special just the same Let me be the first to give a warm, wet, Love Boat kiss (though not with tongue) to our newest Project members: Jacksinterweb, Cleduc, Pigman, Becksguy and Iamandrewrice. Even in the month of our Saviour's birth, your popping into our Wikipedian lives is a blessed event indeed. As Jesus Himself said, "Live long and prosper". He did say that, didn't he? I think he said it. In any event, if he was standing next to me now, I'm sure he'd say it, and add, "Happy homo editing!" Battle of the Wikipedia Stars! Indomitable Ann Bannon is holding her own in Wikipedia's answer to American Idol: The Featured Article candidate list! For four feverish weeks, she has mastered the challenges and not been eliminated from the competition. Drop by the FAC page and show Ann you love her....or give her the hook (I'm not supposed to tell you how to vote). 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It's ...well, it's a bitch, is what it is. So I wouldn't blame you for skipping this little section and putting off my request until next year. But...think of the children. Our future. They need quality information about the homosexual "lifestyle" if we are to indoctrinate them properly. That's why I am asking you to drop by our Peer review area and give your meaning as to the efforts of your fellow gay Wikipedians. And think: in this season of kindness and good will to all, isn't it nice that I am pointing you to someplace where you can (in a Wikiloving way, of course) rip someone a new asshole? Think about it...and those children with their shiny, bright eyes, thanking you for contributing to their future. Even more festively, consider joining in on the deletion discussions of our favorite articles. Here you can bandy about such words as "homophobia", "Right-wing Christian agenda" and my personal favorite, "just who do you think you're pushing around?!?!?". 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What a crime someone hasn't already done this...

		The LGBT Barnstar
		I award this fruity barnstar to Belovedfreak for bringing But I'm a Cheerleader to FA status, having a cool username, and giving awesome peer review. Rock on. Moni3 (talk) 22:36, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Congrats on your great FA! I'm translating it to the Spanish Wikipedia right now haha ;-) Well done mate! Raystorm (¿Sí?) 16:58, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Migrants' African routes

Dear Belovedfreak, I would be very pleased if you could suggest me any source for English quotes and if you could take care of them on the page I've translated (Migrants' African routes). Thanks so much. --Silviavaiga (talk) 16:31, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject WikiAfrica Palabre

Dear Belovedfreak, I wondered whether you know how to remove the inactive tag from this page Wikipedia:WikiProject WikiAfrica Palabre. The activity has resumed, therefore there is no need in keeping the tag. I don't think I can remove it, not being an administrator. On the contrary, if I can, would you please tell me which is the right procedure? Thanks. --Silviavaiga (talk) 16:46, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

December 2007

Yeah, I just decided to edit them with more factual information, linking them to other articles on here to help with their credibility which is better than just deleting them I suppose. Thanks for the tip! Jwess (talk) 02:02, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

HK films

HI Beloved hope you are having a "freakin" good christmas. Yes i hadn't got around to indexing yet -the list has been split by year now and is undergoing full development like Hong Kong films of 1971 , Hong Kong films of 1972 etc. It will take some time to add all the titles, add all the details and begin articles on all the missing films and actors and indeed expand existing ones but this is now on the right track I think. I would be immensely grateful if you could check out the HKcinemagic webiste where there is a complete listing by year. I need help in adding the titles from here by year to the lists. If you click edit on one of the 80s, 90, or 2000s film year pages e.g Hong Kong films of 1990 see here you;ll see I have a large table ready for inserting the film titles into . What I need help in doing is adding the titles and director of the filmsfor example here into the tables on wikipedia. This way it sets up a good framework to get Hong Kong cinema fully covered on wikiepdia! HELPPP! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 14:03, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

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Category:Television programs based on plays

The category is "Television programs" NOT "Television series". There is a distinct difference. Television films are television programs. MrBlondNYC (talk) 22:16, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

No problem. That is why I named it "programs" so it could include one-time specials, miniseries, and TV films as well as regular series. The Laramie Project was a TV film and it is in the category "American television films". The reason why Imdb doesn't list it as such is because it premiered in film festivals first and Imdb goes by the earliest premiere date. But it was made for HBO TV. MrBlondNYC (talk) 22:30, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for welcome-me

Hi Freak. I would like to say thanks again for welcome me. But I have alots of day in wikipedia!! Most of time I use to contribute in Kiswahili wikipedia, but not here. Here only I came for picking some knowledge and take them over. I wish you happy and enjoy ur contribution in en:wiki. See yah.--Muddyb Blast Producer (talk) 14:45, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

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Arnold Murray Article

You said the dispute is not resolved. Exactly what is the dispute? The user doing this, gutting the article, is gone and it is hard to have a dispute with myself.

The admin locked the gutted article on the main page, so, there is no dispute for that user.

This started 10 December 2007, three users started gutting the article. One of them also gutted the 'roy gillaspie' article down to one sentence because it relates to 'arnold murray' as well. Perhaps they can lock that one sentence version of that article too?

The admins have not done the right thing so far, only mindless things, so there is no point in having a dispute tag.Tss8071 (talk) 15:56, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

The points have been listed and I just finished listing them again. However, the only response is, 'that is propaganda to smear him'.

At least cameron1 re-edited the article and took out the blatant POV stuff. I was very surprised at that.Tss8071 (talk) 21:28, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

So, the resolution is, from cameron1, the gutted article will unprotect in five days and if it is reverted back to the original, then the user doing the reverting could be banned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tss8071 (talk • contribs) 23:51, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Got it now why wikipedia has trouble being considered legitimate? I did offer a solution to cameron1, ban me from editing and the dispute is resolved. Since he is mindlessly doing this, there is no point to it much more.Tss8071 (talk) 00:10, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

You are not reading what I wrote, the 'Arnold Murray' article is gutted of all negative content. For example, there is a video on google of him pulling out a handgun during a live broadcast, if it is mentioned, this user deletes it.

So, what edits can be made exactly? The answer is nothing unless you want to say something like, 'not only is he great, he is really great'.

The solution I offered to cameron1 is to ban me. Mindlessly doing this is a game. The game is is to pretend to go through a dispute process. What it really does though is legitimatize the vandalism.

These users also gutted the 'roy gillaspie' article down to one sentence. He is mentioned on arnold murray's website. It seems the one sentence version should be locked as well based on cameron1's performance to date.

The last point, which I hope you read, is the article was ungutted previous to 10 dec 2007. This sanitized version, which cameron1 locked is 1 month old.

Banning me is the solution and the rest of you can pretend you followed a process but in fact legitimatized vandalism.Tss8071 (talk) 00:36, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Cameron1 has removed the lock on the article and the current version stays. By doing this, he has legitamized vandalism and the work of many people, which lasted a year, has been wiped out. That is the result of the dispute. BTW, whichever version is locked on the main page means everything since that is the version that stays.Tss8071 (talk) 12:57, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello, well, that did not last long, the same users went back and gutted the article. Cluebot caught some of it and reverted it but they went and changed it back again.Tss8071 (talk) 02:55, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

John Carter (talk) 21:56, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Wee Sing in the Marvelous Musical Mansion

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Wee Sing in the Marvelous Musical Mansion, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of Wee Sing in the Marvelous Musical Mansion. Fabrictramp (talk) 21:31, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Africa Project

Feel free, following the parameters listed on the banner. Some of the assessment categories and pages for the individual nations and territories still have to be created, as there are a lot of them, but User:Blofeld of SPECTRE says he's working on those, and I can finish whichever aren't created by him today on my own tomorrow. Right now, I'm updating the Chad banner, which didn't have prior assessments, but I think we can all use as much help as we can get. John Carter (talk) 20:25, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter

The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter

The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter! Issue XII - December 1, 2007 Ms Julie is .. unavailable .. this month, so Isaac and Gopher have stepped in to put this newsletter thing together. We may not be as funny as you're used to, but if you'd like a free drink, come see me at the bar. That might help. Maybe. And no, there aren't any flashing lights or fancy pictures this month - I'm still recovering from a whopping hangover. Julie's recovering too, but that's a story I'll let her tell. Two New Featured Articles (and...) Emma Goldman was promoted to Featured status on 2007 December 27. If you don't know Ms. Goldman, she was a Lithuanian anarchist. Aren't many of those around, really, so having one of our very own is special. She'll be dancing the Cha-Cha on the Promenade deck later tonight. Ann Bannon was promoted to Featured status on 2007 December 3. Faithful readers may remember Moni moaning that we didn't mention this promotion in the last newsletter. Happy now? Ludwig Wittgenstein seems to have been dropped from the vaunted roles - he was downgraded to "B class" on 29 December 2007. What a way to end the year! Let's see - we started December with 35 FAs. We added two and dropped one. So somewhere there's a missing FA - has anyone seen one lying around? Jumpaclass Contest winner The winner of 2007's Jumpaclass competition is Fluffball70 (talk · contribs)! Congratulations, Fluffball! Despite strongly being urged to select Love Boat as the next WikiProject Collaboration, she has chosen LGBT Symbols as her prize: please contribute to its improvement - or enter the competition for this year! Ze Portal The marathon efforts of Dev920 against her astonishing abilities of procrastination continued this month, and she managed to update the Portal's main articles. Whether she will finally beat her procrastination pixies in submission and update the biographies remains to be seen, but Jeffpw has leapt to the rescue and taken it upon himself to do all our lovely news. Friends, lend us your goodwill and your eyeballs, and mosey on over to see all Jeff's hard work. Also, back in October 2007, Allstarecho and Benjiboi worked diligently on the "WP:LGBT Random Quote" and "WP:LGBT Random Picture" sections of the portal. They added many new quotes and pictures but, and yes here's the cat's meow friends... you can now use these on your own user pages! To add the "WP:LGBT Random Quote" to your own userpage, use: {{Portal:LGBT/Quotes}} And to add the "WP:LGBT Random Picture" to your own userpage, use: {{Portal:LGBT/Pics}} If you'd like to see it in action, check out Allstarecho's userpage for both in action and Benjiboi's talk page for the Quotes in action! The long, slow race toward FP status continues... Bisexual Awareness Month Folks in Utah are celebrating Bisexual Awareness Month. For our own wikicelebration, Alison suggests we try to bring Bisexuality at least up to good article status. Working on the Utah article would be encouraged, but do it stealthily - they don't like us to be *too* open. A cunning plan In a move sure to bring her fame and fortune at last, Dev920 (talk · contribs) has proposed that an FA buddying system be set up, to help nudge frightened tikes who also happen to write killer ass articles over that initial first FAC hurdle. Anyone interested in shepherding duties, or anyone interested in being made to lie beside still waters (handcuffs are optional), do drop Dev an RSVP so she can start battering those darned pixies... New members Let's give a big Love Boat welcome to all our new members: Mike1981, RAShippy, CoppBob, Altairisfar, Dureo, LessThanClippers William P. Coleman, Grrrlriot, Queer Scout, Kentucky1333, Melty girl, Phenominus, Avazina, Dfeuer, and Lycanthropiclion. We're glad to have you all aboard! New task-force? Zigzig20s has mentioned a desire to work on .. desire. Specifically literature by and about LGBT desire. To facilitate "LGBT Literature" taskforce, there will be shuffleboard and lesbian fiction on the foredeck later in the afternoon. Signup if you're interested. To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please let us know here. If you have any news or any announcements to be broadcast, do let Your Cruise Director know.

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My RfA

Hey there, I'm writing to inform you that I have withdrawn my request for adminship, which was currently standing at 11 supports, 22 opposes and 6 neutrals. This count could have been so much better if I had understood policy, although I believe that 17 questions is a lot to ask of a user's first RfA. I will take on all comments given at the RfA and will endeavour to meet the high expectations of the RfA voters. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} ^{play it cool.} 21:47, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

thx

I have the mop but can you search the RFA meeting shown to find the bucket?	Thanks for your support, my request for adminship passed 60/0/0 on Monday! I want to thank Mrs.EasterBunny and Royalbroil for nominating me, those who updated the RfA tally, and everyone for their support and many kind words. To paraphrase a president ... I wish my mum and dad could see the comments made. My dad would be so proud to see the comments ... and my mum would have believed them". I will do my best to use the new tools carefully and responsibly (and you may be surprised to find that I have not deleted all of the pages by accident..... yet). Thanks again, Victuallers (talk) 13:59, 23 January 2008 (UTC)	An early RFA meeting to decide if Victuallers can be included as a sysop - use cursor to identify.

Re: Image edits - a question

Hi Melesse, I've often noticed you editing imsges I've uploaded. I know you do a really good job reducing image sizes etc. In fact, seeing you reduce images has reminded me to try & upload smaller images in the first place. I'm curious though, I can't always tell what you've done. For example, what have you done in this edit? Anyway, keep up the good work, --Beloved Freak 10:17, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I mostly check on images in Category:Non-free images with red backlink and that's how I find yours. For some reason sometimes there are images in there that don't have any mistake in them, but when I copy and paste the name and myself it takes them out even though I haven't really changed anything. I really don't know why :S Melesse (talk) 02:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

RFA

re: Stiff Upper Lips

Just curious - Stiff Upper Lips has the LGBT template, but isn't in any LGBT cats. It has an LGBT storyline, but I'm not sure if it's a significant part of the movie. Your thoughts? Should it go in the Category:LGBT-related films? Or should the project tag come off? -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 02:58, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm not too sure myself. I would agree that it's probably not a significant part of the film, but then there are probably many films currently in Category:LGBT-related films which maybe shouldn't be. It's sometimes hard to judge what makes a LGBT-film. Perhaps we should try & sort out some firmer criteria for inclusion in the project. I'm currently trying to revamp the film list in my sandbox, and there are similar problems there. Ultimately I intend to add notes to the list explaining what makes each film LGBT-related with sources, but it's often hard to tell which films should be there and which shouldn't. So, short answer: I'm not 100% sure either way, but I would remove the project tag if I were you. --Beloved Freak 20:39, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

ROTFL! Sometimes I post to someone expecting a "yes", "no", or "whatever" response. And instead I get a message like this one - I've barely touched something that you're obviously involved in way above and beyond what I thought :) Thanks for all your work!!! I look forward to the criteria you suggest! -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 21:26, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Ha, yeah well, we'll see what I can come up with. Once I've finished cleaning up the list, I'll probably take it to WT:LGBT and see what people think. --Beloved Freak 22:11, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which was unsuccessful with 19 support, 18 oppose, and 5 neutral. I have signed up for admin coaching and will retry later on in a couple more months.

I hope that by performing more edits on Wikipedia in the next few months that I could possibly change your mind by my next RfA, possibly around May 2008. - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 05:21, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Blackpool

Hi, Belovedfreak! I'm posting this message to you and Benjiboi. Both of you !voted "keep" for Gay Blackpool, which confuses me. My feeling is that we're "ghetto-izing" by keeping this separate article. I'm curious if y'all have any input on that and what is gained by keeping both that one and LGBT community of Brighton and Hove? -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 15:30, 30 January 2008 (UTC)