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[edit] List of alcohol-related topics

Hi. Please don't redirect articles to categories. The article in question is part of Category:Alcohol-related lists. If you would like to discuss, please use Talk:List of alcohol-related topics. Thanks. I understand you are new, but if you blank your discussion without archiving or responding, some users will interpret that as hostile behavior. —Viriditas | Talk 02:26, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about that -- I should have acknowledged that I got your message. How do I archive past talk page conversations? --speak togadren 02:28, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
No problem. See WP:ARCHIVE. BTW, you may also be interested in List of topic lists. —Viriditas | Talk 02:40, 20 May 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Welcome to Esperanza!

Welcome, Gadren, to Esperanza! 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, Freakofnurture and Titoxd. The next set of elections will be in June, and you are more than welcome to take part, by voting or by listing yourself as a candidate.

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. I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to work!

Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 03:29, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyvio speedy deletion

Hi Gadren! I came across the article Blue Pottery and wanted to let you know that I placed another tag on it—{{db-copyvio}}, which allows speedy deletion of clear copyright violations where the text is from a commercial content provider and was posted within the previous 48 hours. I hope you don't mind. The article appears to me to meet the criteria, and the violating text shouldn't remain for all to see during the five day prod process (actually usually longer, the backlog there often keeps things alive well after they can be deleted). For copyright violations that do not meet the WP:CSD criteria, another process for copyright violations is at Wikipedia:Copyright problems. As explained there, if the article has a prior version which is not a copyright violation, revert to that text (with an appropriate edit summary), and if all versions are copyright violations, you blank the content, place a tag on the article and list it on a daily page created for administrator review of the article. Keep up the good work--Fuhghettaboutit 05:33, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Hey, thanks! I didn't know about all that, but I guess ya learn something new every day. --hello,gadren 05:44, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] wow, you've come along nicely

I saw one of your posts in the Esperanza coffee lounge and checked your talk page. I saw that I was the one that welcomed you to Wikipedia! It's always nice to see how users develop. Also, you should probably consider archiving talk page discussion instead of just removing it. It's kinda looked down upon. — ßottesiηi (talk) 03:12, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! And yeah, I found out about the whole archiving messages thing (as you can see on my talk page right now actually), only after I had removed them...and I'm kind of lazy to put 'em back right now. --hello,gadren 03:39, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Good job

Well-spotted in that article on the VC Andrews novel - having an excerpt of that length is, indeed, a copyright violation. I've removed the material in question. DS 18:37, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My userboxes

Hi! You commented on my userboxes, and offered to help organize them somewhat. While I do not wish to reduce the number of userboxes, I have decided that, if you're still interested, I would love to have you help me organize them into a better-looking format. Also, I used the {{subst: prefix on most of the userboxes, as suggested by some page on the subject (i forget which), however it appears to have broken a few of them, and unfortunately, it made my page very large. Any chance you'd be able to fix those too? Again, I don't want to remove any of the userboxes, as I find the large number of them quite humorous (especially the ones referring to the ridiculousness of having so many userboxes), so I do want to keep all the ones that are there. If you'd like to take on this project, please feel free to edit my userpage accordingly. Thanks! Dansiman 07:34, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[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)
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[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)
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[edit] Happy Birthday!

Wikipedia wishes you a Happy Birthday!!
Wikipedia wishes you a Happy Birthday!!

On behalf of everyone at Esperanza, I hope you have a great day, and I wish you the best of luck for the future! Once again, Happy Birthday! - Jam01 02:16, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

A very happy birthday. All the best! --Bhadani 10:45, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Have a very happy birthday; hopefully one of many. The. One00 12:02, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Hungry? Here's a little snack for you on your birthday, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day, Gadren!

Happy Birthday!Randfan 16:20, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Happy Birthday from the Birthday Committee

Wishing Gadren a very happy birthday on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!

Don't forget to save us all a piece of cake!

PatPolitics rule! 02:08, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 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)
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[edit] Image:Unibicameral_Map.png

Hi Gadren. You edited Image:Unibicameral_Map.png on May 5, 2007. A poster at the Help Desk indicates that the image is wrong in that the map shows Saudi Arabia as a country with no parliament. However, Saudi Arabia is a unicameral Parliament. Would you please respond to this Help Desk request? Thanks! -- Jreferee (Talk) 16:08, 19 June 2007 (UTC)