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I didn't accuse you of vandalizing, as far as I can tell. Anyway, welcome again, and I apologize if there was a miscommunication. Best, [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 13:08, 2004 Aug 4 (UTC)
[edit] Woohoo!
You go Grandpa! You're our oldest Wikipedian! [[User:Mike Storm|Mike∞Storm]] 23:39, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
[edit] My condolences
I'm so sorry to hear about this. I can only begin to imagine the sorrow you must be feeling right now, and I wish you all the best in this painful time. I'm very sorry that you've lost your loved one; I hope that you'll one day be able to recover from your loss.
Sincerely,
Frazzydee|✍ 00:02, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Hello! press inquiry!
Hi! This is Amgine, and I volunteer with the Wikimedia Foundation's Communications Committee, often interacting with the media. I've been asked to locate an older member of the editing community who is willing to be interviewed regarding their involvement with Wikipedia. Is this something you might subject yourself to? <grin> Please feel free to decline! - Amgine 18:44, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I would be willing to co-operate. CoppBob 03:39, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hi there
I'm just saying hello, is all. Nice to see that you're still here and editing! One of the oldest and one of the earliest Wikipedians. You're awesome :) - Alison ☺ 09:08, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I just think this is one great project! CoppBob 17:31, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
I restored the Cityscape section that was in the Mansfield, Ohio article before, plus I added five new images to the article.---OHWiki 22:14, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
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Hi, CoppBob, welcome to WikiProject LGBT Studies!
We are a growing community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to identifying, categorizing, and improving articles of interest to the LGBT community. Some points that may be helpful:
- Our main aim is to help improve LGBT-related articles, so if someone asks for help with an article, please try your hardest to help them if you are able.
- Most important discussions take place on the project's main discussion page; it is highly recommended that you watchlist it.
- The project has several ongoing and developing activities, such as article quality assessment, peer review and a project-wide article collaboration, all of which you are welcome to take part in. We also have a unique program to improve our lower quality articles, Jumpaclass, so please consider signing up there.
- If you have another language besides English, please consider adding yourself to our translation section, to help us improve our foreign LGBT topics.
- If you're planning to stay, have a square in our quilt! You can put anything you want in it.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the talk page, and we will be happy to help you.
And once again - Welcome!
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-- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 18:16, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Userbox formatting
Hi. I noticed the formatting on your Michigan userbox was a little messed up. If you put:
{{User University of Michigan}}
{{-}}
instead of:
[[User University of Michigan]]
it will be formatted correctly. Best, Superm401 - Talk 14:48, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
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The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter! 
Issue XII - December 1, 2007
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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.
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Delivered sometime in January 2008 (UTC). SatyrBot (talk) 23:24, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
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The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter!
Issue XIV - February 29, 2008
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We have one new Featured Article this month - Emily Dickinson was recently promoted thanks to the hard work of Yllosubmarine! We also have 4 new GA-class articles: Ben Daniels, J. Michael Bailey, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Walt Whitman were promoted this month, but Dante's Cove was demoted.
- Wikinews
Things are happening over at Wikipedia sister project Wikinews. First, Nicholas Turnbull became the first openly-Trans reporter to gain (resounding) accreditation by the Wikinews community. Second, project member David Shankbone is going to Rio de Janeiro at the invitation of the Rio Convention & Visitor's Bureau. Wikinews:Portal:LGBT
- Lambda Book Report
Project member Moni3 has been working on the article for Barbara Gittings and noted that the Lambda Literary Foundation used the lead paragraph from Wikipedia, skillfully and lovingly written by Moni3, verbatim in the Lambda Literary Pioneers calendar. Moni3 contacted the Lambda Literary Foundation to let them know, and to ask if we could get a little write-up in the next Lambda Book Report. There is a preliminary text you can find here. Feel free to add to it. It should be no longer than 1,000 words, and it needs to be submitted by March 15.
- New members
Let's give a big LGBT welcome to all our new members: Dylankidwell (talk · contribs), Jay*Jay (talk · contribs), Ftmichael (talk · contribs), AgnosticPreachersKid (talk · contribs), Phyesalis (talk · contribs) , Tullerk (talk · contribs), Ravenwhitehorse (talk · contribs), TigressofIndia (talk · contribs), Yohan euan o4 (talk · contribs), Masculinity (talk · contribs), Renegade Replicant (talk · contribs), and Youngwebprogrammer (talk · contribs)!
- User categories
Place yourself in a user category so you can collaborate with other LGBT/Allied Wikipedians!
- St. Patrick's Day
In honor of Saint Patrick's Day, why don't you consider improving one of these articles: Homosexuality and Roman Catholicism, LGBT rights in the Republic of Ireland, Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform, Recognition of gay unions in Ireland, List of gay and lesbian resource centres in Ireland, or any of the articles in our to-do list?
- Women's History Month
March is Women's History Month in the United States. Help us celebrate by improving History of lesbianism or Lesbian American history! You could also find references for women in our giant list of LGB people to be sorted.
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Delivered by SatyrBot around 17:14, 3 March 2008 (UTC) SatyrBot (talk) 17:26, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Just to let you know
Have a peek at this when you get a chance. Regards, hydnjo talk 01:14, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
- Ah, someone beat me to it. Yup, you were mention! Neal (talk) 02:24, 24 March 2008 (UTC).
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- Aw c'mon CoppBob, say something! Geesh, we're celebrating YOU! --hydnjo talk 04:34, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
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The Ohio WikiProject Newsletter
Issue I - Month 2008
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| This is the first issue of WikiProject Ohio's newsletter. The newsletter is intended to help all members of the project to keep up with new developments and coordinate new collaborative efforts. If you would like to suggest something to be included in the next newsletter please see:The Newsdesk |
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*We are in need of editors for this newsletter. If you are interested please visit:The Newsletter Project Page. Also, the The Ohio Portal is seeking Wikipedians to nominate selected articles, sports teams, biographies, and images. The portal is also seeking maintainers.
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- Assessment requests: There may be Requests for assessment needing to be answered. To see new assessment requests as they come in, you can watch the assessment page.
- Article assessment: Unassessed Ohio article need you help visit Category:Unassessed Ohio articles & Category:Unknown-importance Ohio articles
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- Recently a number of Ohio related articles have achieved featured status. We at WikiProject Ohio would like the editors of those pages for their hard work.
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Issue II - May 2008
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Here's Issue II of the project newsletter. We're trying to decide if this is sinking or floating. If you would like to contribute to next month's newsletter please jump right in at the News Desk! Have a great May.
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The Ohio Portal
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The maintainers of the Ohio Portal are looking to get it to featured status. They would like to ask all project members to help improve it any way they can. What needs to be done most is the supplying of selected articles and images.
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There is a eight ton rock in Ohio that was removed from the Ohio River. This rock is known as the Indian Head Rock Dating back to the early 1800’s, this rock was seen sticking out of the Ohio River and used as a navigational mark for barges along the river. The names of citizens from the town of Portsmouth, Ohio are carved into the rock from the late nineteenth a early twentieth centuries. Some of the names were of well known families from Ohio. They would swim out to the rock, have their picture taken with it or simply carve their names into it.
With the advent of the Locks and Dams along the Ohio River, the rock eventually was submerged, but the legend lived on. A gentleman from Ironton, Ohio located the rock after searching a very long time for it, and he and a crew of scuba divers recovered the rock and took it to the shore to be donated to Ohio for historical value.
After hearing the news about the rock being removed, Kentucky introduced legislation against the removal of the rock. They also want the diver who found it to be prosecuted for removing the rock. Kentucky owns the greatest part of the land the river runs on. Even the Army Corp. of Engineers got involved as to how to move the rock without damaging it. Kentucky wants to have it returned to the river.
Billy Massie
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Article Assessment
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Reedy Bot and ShepBot are currently hard at work tagging all of the Ohio articles. We may need to have an assessment drive when the bots are finished. Think of it as a late spring cleaning. Please note your opinions on the project talkpage if you would be interested in helping!
Over 10,000 articles have been tagged with {{OH-Project}}
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Article Achievements
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New Featured and Good articles
WikiProject Ohio Barnstar of Merit
- If you know of a Wikipedian who has contributed a lot of effort to Ohio articles feel free to award the new Ohio Barnstar of Merit by placing the following code on their user talkpage.
- {{subst:The Ohio Barnstar of Merit|message}}
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- To Improve to Featured standard: Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, Akron, Ohio, Dayton, Ohio, Mansfield, Ohio, Activism at Ohio Wesleyan University
- To Expand: Cleveland Metroparks, Hillcrest Hospital, Red, White & Boom, RTA Rapid Transit, Kenston High School, Laketran, Quaker Mill Company, Portage Trail Conference, Rock on the Range, AmTrust Bank, Bath Township, Allen County, Ohio
- To Cleanup: Lima, Ohio (references are not inline and more sources need cited), Fairborn, Ohio (needs sources cited)
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