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[edit] pronouns and such

Please see Archive 2 for earlier editing history of this section.

Were there any women in the project besides Angela back in 2004? It's so much more confusing now.  ;)

I have a question, you being someone who I assume pays more attention to trends and politics than I. Is the response to SupportPublicTV normal these days, e.g. speedy deletion of the spiel s/he put up followed by a username block for daring to put up links to relevant content that you own, as encouraged on the Pump? It seems excessive to me but, then again, I didn't see the harm in the corrections and tweaks originating from User:USSTRATCOM PAO way back before MyWikiBiz, so the community may have just passed me by on this issue while I was busy not watching the project pages over the past couple years. Cheers, BanyanTree 22:41, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

There have always been women around, but for whatever reason few are open about their gender. Pseudonyms hide more than just real names sometimes... :)
It looks like this speedy-and-block routine is how XLinkBot is designed. I think it's generally worthwhile, as it catches spam and misuse much faster and more effectively than human RC patrollers. In this particular case, some users expressed copyright concerns about the YouTube videos in question, and it's true that YouTube videos are usually on shaky copyright grounds. Since we have a confirmation of Wikipedia identity, at least, this shouldn't be a big issue.
I definitely agree with you that the links were relevant, though I could do without the "courtesy of" bits (people can see credits on YouTube proper). However, it looks like SupportPublicTV got blocked for an iffy username rather than any actual content. I don't see "SupportPublicTV" as spammy, but I'll discuss this with OrangeMike (the blocking admin) before I lift the block. - Jredmond (talk) 17:35, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ryan Richards unsalting

OK. Just seemed like a lot of recreation going on. Daniel Case (talk) 19:50, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Alan Oliver

How sad can you get, you don't even know who Alan Oliver is. If you speak to many many more people in the UK, especially the North East you will start to get an impression of what I'am talking about. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MagicMartins (talk • contribs) 17:11, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

It doesn't matter how well I know or don't know Alan Oliver. Wikipedia is not the place to call somebody a "wonky faced twat". - Jredmond (talk) 17:55, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Didn't mean to revert the template

Just a heads up--I meant to revert the other edit, not that one. Sorry for being a little careless. Croctotheface (talk) 18:06, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

I figured that was the case; it's easy to overlook hidden templates like that. - Jredmond (talk) 18:21, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Time Times (2008-06)

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  • Article count at 1091! 979 are unassessed though, plenty of work for us to do.
  • Project member count reaches 16 members! Keep inviting all your WikiFriends.
  • Award offered—Since 2008-01-05, Sharkface217 has offered a Barnstar to the editor who can expand the article Timeline. It certainly needs it, now that it has been disambiguated from Chronology: Go to the Timeline listing on the Awards page to find out Sharkface's minimum requirements! From the Time Portal
  • History of timekeeping devices reaches A-Class Status—On May 22 the history of time keeping article was promoted by User:Zginder to A-Class. This is our only article to reach this prestigious status. This was only possible with the dedication of the Tzatziki Squad. They are continuing to work on the article to reach Feature Article status.
  • Merkhet was a DYK—The article appeared on the Main Page on April 28. With this text: "... that merkhets were Ancient Egyptian timekeeping devices that tracked the movement of certain stars over the meridian in order to ascertain the time during the night, when sundials could not function?" This also was only possible thanks to the Tzatziki Squad.
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