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  1. Signposts for July/August 2006
  2. September/October 2006
  3. November/December 2006

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User:Doc glasgowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Please don't create userpages for indef blocked accounts unless they have a substantial number of edits. It isn't helpful, and there's a consensus that it just encourages the vandals. No one is likely to mistake the above username for me anyhow. Thanks. --Doc 08:32, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

WP:RfA/Consumed Crustacean

I'm an admin now. Your support is appreciated :) -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 18:55, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: User talk:86.129.229.41

Sorry, But I honestly have no idea what this is about?

I understand that any sort of spam on wikipedia is wrong, but it's beside the point - because I've never edited anything on there.

Of course, this obviously means that I'm not too worried about being banned from editing, but I do feel I'm getting in trouble for things that I don't actually do.

Sorry for any inconvenience in this message however.

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.

RfA thanks

Hey Bigtop, thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It finished with an amazing final tally of 160/4/1. I really appreciate your support. Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 10:34, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Userpage navagion

how to get userpage navagion on your page.Let me know how to do it on my talkpage.Thanks. I am Amrykid ,Elite wikistudent and I approve this message.

Bot source

Hello, I wonder if I could get the source code to your bot as I'm looking for something to handle reverting page-blanking and obvious vandalism (obscenities, etc) on UMassWiki. --Neurophyre(talk) 05:18, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

  • I'm not interested in bots, however right now, so I might talk about it later. Bigtop 01:53, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
    • I'm still interested in whatever source you have which may handle automated or semi-automated reverting of vandalism. --Neurophyre(talk) 04:15, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
      • I'm not interested right now, so talk to me in about four months or so. Bigtop 04:24, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

WP:UW

Hi Bigtop,

I see looking at the WikiProject user warnings page, that you are a participant in this project. I have recently started an undertaking to harmonise all user page warnings and templates. For this I would like your assistance. I have listed a number of ideas on the project template page here as a first draft. I fully appreciate that as with most editors and admins, that you are fairly busy. Therefore I am not looking for anyone to carry out the actual work, I am willing to do that myself, with help from a number of other RC Patrollers who have come forward. But what I am looking for is your invaluable input, on the draft ideas and also to suggest other ways you believe we may improve the templates. I do however require the services of a couple of administrators to put into effect some of the new templates, as they are currently protected. Please take 5 mins to look through the new templates page, and both the project and templates talk pages and leave any ideas or suggestions that you may have. Best regards Khukri (talk . contribs) 09:43, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

You have mail

You have a reply waiting for you at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Admin coaching  The Transhumanist   18:34, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

award

The Original Barnstar
For your hard work and dedication to improving Wikipedia, I, Sharkface217, hereby award you this Original Barnstar. Good job! Sharkface217 20:37, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

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)
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.

User Page Help

Bigtop, I can help you with your user page. Please reply on my talk page (note: I, like you, am busy in real life so I may not reply swiftly). Thanks! s d 3 1 4 1 5 talk • contribs 17:47, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

User:Bigtop/Template:Db-reason

I have removed your page User:Bigtop/Template:Db-reason from the category Category:Speedy deletion templates, as it is a redundant version of db-reason. —Swpb talk contribs 16:34, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Hold your AfD for MLG im cleaning the article as we speak

Hold your AfD im cleaning the article as we speak :) Valoem talk 22:08, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

hey i don't remember removing anything from a world series article but it may have been somebody from my ip address. sorry about that and fix whatever you have to fix.

User_talk:67.142.130.32

Hello, this user vandalized the atheist page again will this result in a block because you have warned him for the last time. Nareklm 02:54, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Admin coaching, etc.

Are you ready to get started?

The waiting time over at Admin coaching is long (some people have been waiting in line since July). I'm an admin coach with the project, and for my students I set up a group discussion page so that we could all learn from each other. The scope of this concept has expanded into the Virtual classroom, which is an open forum for the teaching and learning of advanced Wikipedia skills.

Anyone and everyone is welcome to participate, as a student, as a coach, or both. Every week or two a new major topic of discussion or classroom assignment is introduced, usually with a guest writer who presents his or her expertise on the current subject and who remains on hand to answer questions. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the discussions, such as sharing your expertise, asking and answering questions, etc.

The current topic of discussion is vandalism, and our guest writer is Budgiekiller.

All discussions are open-ended, so all previous discussion topics and classroom assignments are still there for viewing and further participation. There are also sections for posting miscellaneous topics and questions, requesting coaching assistance, etc.

In addition to inviting those who would like to learn, I routinely invite experts from all over Wikipedia to come and contribute for the benefit of all. The VC is rapidly turning into a clearing house of the best resources, methods, and techniques known for working on Wikipedia.

You are cordially invited to participate.

Here's an announcement box which you can place on your userpage or at the top of your talk page for keeping up to date with classroom assignments.


Tutorials
Introduction to Wikipedia
Introduction to editing
Scartol, on template use and design
Dweller, on Featured Article Candidates
Yuser, on fighting linkspam
Learning the ropes
Elaragirl, about deletion and deletionism
The Rambling Man, on vandalism
Grutness's guide to stubbing
External interfaces - let's compare
Internal interfaces - what do you use?
Getting an article to featured article status
Basic dispute resolution
Adding citations
Reporting and dealing with vandals
Fundamentals of editing

I hope to see you there. Sincerely,  The Transhumanist    08:07, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Vector Video Standards

On the image on the right, what font did you use - Myriad Pro? I'm just asking. Thanks! Bigtop 23:19, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I used Myriad Pro (Semibold) sizes 36, 48, and 64. The iPod font! I like your user page, might be stealing some aspects... Atchius 17:45, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Getting you an admin coach

Hi Bigtop. Are you still interested in getting an admin coach? If so I can match you up with one soon. Thanks, Fang Aili talk 20:26, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

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