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[edit] Welcome

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[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar. Also feel free to steal away at my useboxes, mostly I just keep them there to see who'll take them and if any will be deleted in the near future.--Acebrock 23:44, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to Esperanza

Welcome, K-UNIT, to Esperanza, the Wikipedia member association! 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 might 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 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 , KnowledgeOfSelf, JoanneB, Titoxd and FireFox. The elections have ended.

If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact me via email or 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 :). I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to be!

Thanks! M o P 23:35, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

I would also like to welcome you. — natha(?)nrdotcom (T • C • W) 03:09, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Carnegie Mellon & Popular Culture

Hey - Could you check out the Talk page for Carnegie Mellon about the popular culture section? We've been having a conversation about separating it and integrating it, and I'm interested in why you re-integrated into the main article without discussing it first. --Matt 21:59, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Sorry, it just seemed such an obvious article to integrate it never occured to me that there would be some sort of controversy about it. It seems as is references to popular culture are integrated in every other Wikipedia article, and I didn't realize this would have been any different. If this caused any confusion or disruption, I apologize. K-UNIT 02:04, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jordan T. Landry

I agree with your speedy delete argument, but the AfD template probably shouldn't be deleted even if you put it up under a CSD. Thanks. -- Samir (the scope) 04:06, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Latin America won!

 Thank you for your support of the Article Improvement Drive.
This week Latin America was selected to be improved to featured article status.
Hope you can help…

Joyous | Talk 19:07, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Celestianpower háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help Desk

I see you put a message on Sir Francis Drake's Help Desk. Here is the answer:

You canput in your own sig. Like my sig. Except you put in your stuff. Like

Kevin 1Man (talk)

Here is my. Oh and I will give you some more advice on sigs.

Genral Image:Wikipedia minilogo.gif Eisenhower

Her is my updated sig:

General Eisenhower Image:Wikipedia minilogo.gif (talk of my war years) (talk here) (Help ME Improve) (war or Magic) (History here) HI (Espanol) (Military (Victory in World War II) (Rayven) (Need Help?) 00:34, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Marijuana Wiki

Hi there,

I see that you are a pro-Cannabis Wikipedian so I hope this will be of some interest to you.

I've started a Marijuana wiki (aka The Sticky Wiki) which I think you might be interested in. I'm hoping you can help me get started with this project. Whereas lots of articles about weed get speedy-deleted on Wikipedia, they would be totally cool over at MarijuanaWiki. But really I want the site to be more of a marijuana community than merely an encyclopedia.

To give you an example, I want to have city guides about where to score, find pot-friendly cafes, marijuana events, and what represents a good price in that city. Etc. (You can check out the featured article: "Toronto" to see what I mean). Of course, I want to see articles about the negative health effects and the drug laws in each of the countries. I also want to have grow diaries and marijuana blogs. All in all, basically more communal than encyclopedic.

I am in need of admins/moderators, and people experienced with MediaWiki to help build policy, categories, and templates, etc. If you'd be interested in helping me with this project, the URL is MarijuanaWiki

Thanks for your time and consideration. Hope to see you there!

-- nsandwich 00:37, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] sXs

I dont see how you are striaght edge. Straight edge (sometimes abbreviated to sXe or SxE) is a lifestyle and (counter cultural) subculture, closely associated with punk, hardcore punk, and—more recently—heavy metal music. It advocates total, lifelong abstinence from tobacco, alcohol, and recreational drug use—especially psychoactive and stimulant drug use. Some straight edgers also abstain from promiscuous sexual behavior. MegaloManiac 18:48, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

  • I don't use tobacco, alcohol, or any other sort of drugs and never plan on doing so. However, I do recognize people's right to do such things if they so choose, which I suppose does make me pro-cannabis. Also, I'll have you know that I do enjoy punk and heavy-metal music a great deal. But now that we have cleared that up, I'll start spreading the word that all us straight-edgers need your approval to identify themselves as so, oh Great SxE God... K-UNIT 23:44, 18 May 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Please help on Mathematics

 Thank you for your support of the Article Improvement Drive.
This week Mathematics was selected to be improved to featured article status.
Hope you can help…

Posted by Pruneau 21:43, 23 May 2006 (UTC), on behalf of the AID Maintenance Team

[edit] Deletion review

I would like you to consider the deletion review of an article that was deleted without even 5 days review. No one gave a legitimate reason as to why it should be deleted. It was the first time I posted something on Wickepedia, I enjoy using it so I figured I would contribute something. See below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Legacy_of_the_Home_Run

  • The article was already voted on and acheived a consensus for deletion. In my opinion this is validation enough for its deletion, regardless of its content. Futhermore, I would agree with the consensus opions by those expressed here for its deletion. Lastly, it's spelled "Wikipedia," not "Wickepedia." However, thanks a bunch for getting started in the Wikipedia community and my best wishes are for your next edits and articles to be more successful. All you have to do to succeed is keep in mind the Five pillars when editing. Also, be sure to sign your comments with four tildes, like this: ~~~~. Good luck! K-UNIT 22:51, 3 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] Descriptions of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons

Hi, sorry to disturb you but would you kindly remove the image from this article? Please see this talk about that. Thanks. Netscott 23:20, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Yes, I will immediately. I did not see that discussion on the talk page. Sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused. K-UNIT 23:31, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
    • None whatsoever. Thanks for being in accord with the talk page discussion. :-) Netscott 23:34, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Baden-Powell House on WP:FAC

The Baden-Powell House article has been adjusted in compliance with your feedback and recommendations (highly appreciated). Would you care to adjust your opinion accordingly? Wim van Dorst (Talk) 22:39, 4 July 2006 (UTC).

[edit] AMA Roll Call

There is currently an AMA Roll Call going on. Please visit the page and sign your name to indicate whether or not you're still active. :-) אמר Steve Caruso (desk/poll) 18:15, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Let's hear it for...

...ridiculously belated thanks! Between finals this spring, and being out of the country for a giant chunk of summer, I just noticed now your encouraging words about my Thomas Pynchon recording. Thanks! I hope to work more on the Spoken WikiPedia project now that I have a little more time. Great work on...well, everything! --Chadley99 21:04, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Advocacy request

Heyo, Steve Caruso here. There is a Request for assistance by Tychocat (talk) on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pokémon Brown. Would you be willing to take their case? If you will, please leave a note and sign under the entry on WP:AMARQ and change "(pending)" in the heading to "(open)." When you're finished with the case, set it to "(closed)". If you're not able to take the case, please leave me a message on my talk page so I can continue searching for a willing Advocate. Many thanks! אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 18:04, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Advocacy request

Heyo, Steve Caruso here. There is a Request for assistance by Historian2 (talk) on Sanhedrin and Talk:Sanhedrin. Would you be willing to take their case? If you will, please leave a note and sign under the entry on WP:AMARQ and change "(pending)" in the heading to "(open)." When you're finished with the case, set it to "(closed)". If you're not able to take the case, please leave me a message on my talk page so I can continue searching for a willing Advocate. Many thanks! אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 19:26, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article copy?

Kevin,

I appreciate any assistance you can give. Do you still have a copy of the article from just before it was reverted? I liked that version, and would like a copy to place on another webpage, as has been suggested. You have my email. Tnx.

Terry Yager 04:27, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Kevin,

Tnx for the info. I'm still learning, and I guess I just hadn't noticed the 'History' tab. Terry Yager 17:02, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof!

Hi, K-UNIT, thank you for applying for VandalProof. I am happy to announce that you are now authorized for use, so if you haven't already, simply download VandalProof from our main page and install it, and you're all set!

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[edit] AWB

Hi Tkevin1. Thanks for contributing with AWB. I have to, however, point out to you that the number of insignificant minor edits you're making are in violation of the rules of use.

  • Avoid making insignificant minor edits such as only adding or removing some white space, moving a stub tag, converting some HTML to Unicode, removing underscores from links (unless they are bad links), or something equally trivial. This is because it wastes resources and clogs up watch lists.

See you around! —Mets501 (talk) 12:31, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I wasn't aware of that rule. However, those are the only edits that seem to ever come up with AWB. Do you have any suggestions that could put the program to better use, as I am so new with it? Would a bot account be more acceptable for that sort of thing? --K-UNIT 20:51, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
No, no kind of account. would be appropriate for that type of thing. Basically, you should not just run through articles on AWB applying minor fixes like that. It is more useful for a specific purpose, like changing a spelling, substituting a template, changing references to a category, etc. —Mets501 (talk) 17:25, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Carol Yager question

Kevin, Sorry to bother you again, but I'm still learning, and I consider you something of a mentor. I just noticed that on the 'Mediation' page, there is a section for entering 'Additional issues to be mediated'. Is it too late to enter new issues, after the article has been accepted for mediation? There are a couple of points I'd like to bring to the table. Tnx for any advice you can give.Terry Yager 22:16, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm not completely familiar with the Mediation committee guidelines, so what I recommend is to ask Essjay at User talk:Essjay. He is the Chairman of the mediation committee and is very helpful. I'm sure he will be able to answer this and any other questions you have.--K-UNIT 22:32, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey, thanx, I'll try that (I wasn't sure if I was allowed to ask Essjay such questions or not). Terry Yager 22:41, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Kevin.

I just noticed that there's a new box on the 'talk' page, referring to the 'Wikipedia Biography Project'. I've tried following all the links, and I just find myself getting buried deeper in rules & regs, guidelines, etc, while not absorbing much in the way of useful information. Could wou point me to any links that might be of help? Terry Yager 00:35, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

First of all... I suggest you don't get involved in the biography project until the dispute is resolved, as that could easily complicate matters futher. But once the dispute is resolved, just add your name to the main biography page and form a workgroup for Carol Yager and see who wants to help out with it. Depending on the decision of the arbitration committee, you may or may not be able to contribute directly to the article but your input will certainly be useful no matter what the outcome. However, for now while the dispute is ongoing it would be best to keep things as simple as possible. But once that is done I'd be happy to answer any more questions you have. Also, I'm sure the two admins at the biography project will be glad to help also (as they undoubtedly would know more that regarding the project). Just explain your situation to them and ask what you can to to help. Here are links to thier talk pages: User talk:Kingboyk and User talk:Kaldari.--K-UNIT 02:38, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Too late!

Hey, sorry but I just started an article on Arnold Zenker. Did you read about him in the New York Times too? Anyway, feel free to improve it.--Joshdboz 00:43, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Prod

If a prod has been removed from an article, you cannot re-prod it. The fact that Marudubshinki removed the prod from Human World without any explanation does not matter. You cannot re-prod it and you must take it to WP:AFD instead. Please see WP:PROD or ask me if you have questions. Thanks. -- JLaTondre 22:09, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

It's ridiculous what you have to go through to get something like this deleted around here. For 8 days I have been waiting for an admin to come along and see it. And now just because somebody (not you) decides to remove a tag without any explanation or changes whatsoever I have to go through more and more bureaucracy just to get shit wiped clean that has been hanging around here for months already. If you think a certain article merits deletion, help out, don't just delete tags and point me to more pages with names like WP:PROD or WP:AFD. I don't speak in acronyms and I'm pretty sure no one else does either. I'm sorry if I seem to be ranting or attacking you (I can assure you I have nothing against you). But this is just very frustrating.--K-UNIT 22:21, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Deletion policy is designed to ensure there is consensus for deletion. The intent is to avoid a single point of view determining what is deleted. The deletion policy specifies the three deletion processes. Speedy deletion has a very limited set of criteria to deal with obvious cases. Articles for deletion (AFD) handles the cases where there is debate over whether something should be deleted. Prod is for the border line cases where deletion might be uncontroversial. However, with prod, anyone can object, and if they do, it is no longer eligible for prod and must go to AFD if the nominator still wants it deleted. Each deletion process has a different time frame, but occasionally administrator tasks get backlogged and it will take a bit longer than the stated time. Also, with prod, if someone objects after it is deleted, the deletion will be reverted.
As for the acronyms, I did link AFD to the page describing it. Also, if you get involved in the process side of Wikipedia, you will find that most people here do speak in acronyms and it will help you to become familiar with the more common ones.
As for this specific article, I do not have an opinion. I have not researched the topic so I am not going to weigh in on whether it should be deleted. I simply came across the topic while closing out prod nominations and saw this one was not illegible for deletion via prod. Thanks. -- JLaTondre 23:11, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
As the history shows, the PROD tag was there for more than 5 days with no objection. After that, it is supposed to be deleted, no?--K-UNIT 23:19, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
5 days is a minimum time. If someone objects after that time, it is still a valid objection. If it had been deleted and they then objected, it would still be a valid objection and the article would be restored. -- JLaTondre 23:34, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] spellchecking

Wow, I've never run across someone spellchecking at the same time as I am. Darn you! Now I have to move on to another task :). Here's a gift, because it doesn't cost me anything.

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Xiong Chiamiov :: contact :: 22:14, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Hey -- had to remove the image, but it's still there behind a link. It's a fair use image not allowed in user space, per WP:RFUI and WP:FU. Sorry. Mangojuicetalk 21:20, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Happy first edit day!

Esperanza congratulates you on a first edit anniversary!!
Esperanza congratulates you on a first edit anniversary!!

Wow! First edit day already? I hope you have a great 1st edit day from me & the rest of Esperanza! Bye, Spawn Man 01:26, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations, and have a very happy First Edit Day! I wish you all the best in the future, both on Wikipedia and abroad. Best wishes from everyone at the Wikipedia Birthday (and anniversary) Committee. I hope you have a great day, and anything I can do to make it just that little bit better, let me know on my talk page. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant 12:13, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
Sorry for being a day late! Daniel.Bryant 12:13, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userpage vandalism userbox vandalism

I'm assuming the point of this was irony or something similar? :-) I don't think I missed anything... Irongargoyle 19:27, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding Association of Members' Advocates

Hi, you are receiving this message because you have listed yourself as an active member of WP:AMA. If you aren't currently accepting inquiries for AMA, or if you have resigned, please de-list yourself from Wikipedia:AMA Members. If you are still active, please consider tending to any new requests that may appear on Category:AMA Requests for Assistance. We're going to put AMA on wheels. :) Sorry for the template spamming - we're just trying to update our records, after we had a huge backlog earlier in the week (if you've been taking cases, then sorry, and please ignore this :)). Again, sorry, and thanks! Martinp23 21:05, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] November Esperanza Newsletter

For your reading pleasure, the newest Esperanza newsletter (November '06 edition) can be found at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter. —Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, The Halo, Shreshth91 and HighwayCello, 20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Joe's Shanghai

Hi there, this article has been nominated for deletion discussion. Please feel free to join in the discussion linked from the article page. thanks Bwithh 06:02, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image source problem with Image:Harrysmith.jpg

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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Lords of conquest 01.gif

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