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New User instruments addition

I see you recently added Category:User recorder and etc. You seem to have extra user-page templates: some with 'recorder' and some with 'rec', and also 'rec1', 'rec2', and 'rec3' (which are useless). You only need the ones with 'recorder' or with 'rec', but not both. You should list the remainder on WP:SD, according to general criterion #7 on WP:CSD. Ddawson 16:39, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

{{user not narrow}} userbox

Why'd you change the {{user not narrow}} userbox? I wanted it to have blue text and take up 3 lines. Is there a specific reason?

--¿ WhyBeNormal ? 04:45, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

You're right, it looks better without being on three lines, but I don't think it looks as good without the blue bold font. It doesn't fit all on one line, so I made it two. What do you think? --¿ WhyBeNormal ? 06:00, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Religions as interests

Thank you for your comment on my userpage. Are you saying that religious people don't consider their religions interests? What categorization do you propose? —James S. 00:59, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Let me try to make that part less crouded and let me know what you think, please. —James S. 01:07, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

By the way, have you read the capitalization guidelines for subject headings yet? They are in the tutorial. Still working on Interests. —James S. 01:52, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm sorry that I offended you. I've been shuffling userboxes all day, trying to figure out what the latest thinking on depleted uranium is from a nice lady who likes to call it GENOCIDE and a NUCLEAR WEAPON (which doesn't help the cause much), and plus I'm trying to explain to the climate change/global warming people what they're in for in terms of extreme weather. It's my fault that I can't please you as fast as I would like to, not yours. Oh, and I also sorted all the religions by their approximate age. Quick, which is older, Judaism or the Hindu faith? I can't wait until someone complains that my fairly arbitrary decision based on approximate anthropology and historical guesswork shows I'm biased. Please forgive me. —James S. 04:57, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Bicycle userbox

Hi, you've recently removed a good portion of the code for Template:User bicycling. Can you provide an explanation? jareha 02:43, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Edit summaries

I see, based on your previous contributions, that you don't tend to provide edit summaries. From the Wikipedia guidelines on the topic:

Provide an edit summary is one of Wikipedia's guidelines. Even a short summary is better than no summary.

Doing so may reduce the kind of confusion I experienced with the userbox edit I've mentioned above. jareha 02:43, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: Electronics template

Hello, I saw that you changed the {{User hobby:Electronics}} template to read "This user enjoys electronics". Well, the purpose behind that template was to say that a particular user has electronics DIY as his/her hobby. Saying "user enjoys electronics" doesn't make this clear - it can mean anything from an academic interest to interest in gadgets. Consider rewording or creating a new template (if one doesn't already exist) for users who enjoy electronics. Rohitbd 09:14, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: Naturalist template

No problem to change the image, if you have something good. I did not so I started with that intending for someone like you to come along and propose something better ;-) --Censorwolf 20:13, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Good choice Morgan! --Censorwolf 20:46, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Template:User plagiarism

If by you mean changing it by the colour scheme and/or maybe adding a pic instead of "Bad", sure, I'm all for it. Croat Canuck 00:36, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

  • I fixed the rainbow box so it should look okay now--God_of War 00:40, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Template:User punk

Hi! I decided to remove anarchy symbol from this template, as not all punks are anarchists, and some are even against. CCMichalZ 08:21, 31 December 2005 (UTC)


Help me

Cryptic has locked the userbox page to enforce his removal of the notice about the usebox dispute and the notice of his own vandalism of the page. I need an admin to unlock this page!--God_of War 01:20, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

RFC

I have opened a RFC (see Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Snowspinner 3) against Snowspinner, in part because of his out-of-process block against you. Feel free to endorse or comment. Firebug 17:20, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

userbox proposed policy

Hi - there have been some slight alterations to my proposal (#4) subsequent to your support. I would be greatful if you could re-read the proposition and re-sign your name below the line if you still agree. Thanks, Deano (Talk) 20:21, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Template: User Siamese

Why did you change the formatting as well as the text of this template? Is there some rule about consistency across userboxes? I serously hope there's not a big debate going on about this, because we intellectuals really should be focusing our attention elsewhere. (Sorry if I seem crass, but I received on my talk page a rather disturbing request to "delete" one of my userboxes, and this just added icing to that cake.) ℬastique▼parℓer♥voir♑ 13:33, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Emotion templates

  • Nice images you added to the templates, they look alot more professional now :-) - UK «ßØÛ®ßÖѧ3» Talk | Contrib's 16:43, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion

One of your keep votes may be in the wrong place - it is placed in cemerery but I suspect it refers to User soup nazi. You may wish to move it. -- SGBailey 21:56, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Picture Size

Why do you resize the picture to 40px. The box can hold up to 45px and I hate that ugly border around the pictures.--God of War 19:40, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

  • It's because he's a 40px nazi. Yours is not the only userbox that's getting punk'd. --  IS Guðsþegn – UTCE – 15:38, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Except, I noticed, when it comes to his own userboxes (the "queer support" flag is bigger than 40px). Ahh, hypocrisy.  IS Guðsþegn – UTCE – 15:44, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Belated welcome

Hi, first of all, you've been here since May and no-one seems to have welcomed you. So, a belated welcome to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and our sole purpose here is to make it a better one. I hope you can continue to help with that. I've noticed (from your edit count) that you havn't actually edited many articles (64) while you've been editing a lot of templates (800) and contributing to a lot of deletion and process debates (315) [1]. Templates and process exist for the sole purpose of building the encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not simply a virtual community or a discussion board. Anyway, I didn't come here to tell you off, but to invite you to turn your skills and obvious enthusiasm to the encyclopedia itself - I am sure you have got a lot to offer it. Thanks. --Doc ask? 10:45, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Note from Jimbo

I wonder if you might consider...

I wonder if you might consider simply removing your political userboxes and asking others to do the same. This seems to me to be the best way to quickly and easily end the userbox wars.

Userboxes of a political or, more broadly, polemical, nature are bad for the project. They are attractive to the wrong kinds of people, and they give visitors the wrong idea of what it means to be a Wikipedian.

I think rather than us having to go through a mass deletion (which is what is likely to happen if the userbox fad doesn't go away), it will be better to simply change the culture, one person at a time. Will you help me?--Jimbo Wales 10:53, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

I saw that you said somewhere you thought this message was 'scarily cryptic'. I didn't intend for it to be. It's just a personal request.--Jimbo Wales 19:24, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Userbox edits

  • You do know that you can make more than one change at a time, dont you? Because every time you change a userbox, u seem take about 4 gazillion edits (none of which are marked minor, when they should be) intsead of just 1. Please use the preview button in the future! - • Dussst • T | C 14:55, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

user freedom

Gmaxwell has reverted this box for the fourth time, what can we do about this?--God of War 05:05, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Your reverts on Template:User freedom

Please don't revert my edits without discussion. I'm trying to improve the user box: My changes are not vandalism. What is your complaint about my changes? --Gmaxwell 05:14, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

I added a note on 3RR. You are welcome to comment. Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/3RR#User:Gmaxwell

Blocked for a bit.

Okay, I've blocked you for three hours for edit warring on Template:User freedom. Go do something else for a bit. Thanks.--Sean|Black 06:00, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Useful link

Special:Random will take you to a random article where you can do some work and help everybody else out. I highly recommend it. Whee! silsor 09:59, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

User NRA

Why can't a free use image be used in a userbox. -- AmeriCan 19:47, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

I can help!

With the Resident Evil to do list, as you can see i've expanded much of the Arklay Mountains, Arklay Research Facility, and several other related articles! Thanks Empty2005 05:39, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

An Esperanzial note

As I remember, the last spam that was handed out was on the 20th of December last year, so I think it's time for another update. First and foremost, the new Advisory Council and Administrator General have been elected. They consist of myself as Admin General and FireFox, Titoxd, Flcelloguy and Karmafist as the Advisory Council. We as a group met formally for the first time on the 31st of Decembe. The minutes of this meeting can be found at WP:ESP/ACM. The next one is planned for tonight (Sunday 29 January) at 20:30 UTC and the agenda can be found at WP:ESP/ACM2.

In other news, Karmafist has set up a discussion about a new personal attack policy, which it can be found here. Other new pages include an introductory page on what to do when you sign up, So you've joined Esperanza... and a welcome template: {{EA-welcome}} (courtesy of Bratsche). Some of our old hands may like to make sure they do everything on the list as well ;) Additionally, the userpage award program proposal has become official is operational: see Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award to nominate a userpage or volunteer as a judge. Also see the proposed programs page for many new proposals and old ones that need more discussion ;)

Other than that, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and wish you an Esperanzially good new WikiYear :D Thank you! --Celestianpower háblame 16:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
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Okies

Will do ! Empty2005 06:46, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikimedia Canada

Hi there! I'd like to invite you to explore Wikimedia Canada, and create a list of people interested in forming a local chapter for our nation. A local chapter will help promote and improve the organization, within our great nation. We'd also like to encourage everyone to suggest projects for our national chapter to participate in. Hope to see you there!--DarkEvil 17:11, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Harper box

Hey there's plenty of provocative anti-GWB boxes.  ;) Kelvinc 00:29, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Resident Evil

Hey Morgan, just wanted to let you know that I have delisted Resident Evil from CVG Peer Review as it has not received a reply in two weeks. Feel free to re-add it as you like. Hope to see it on WP:FAC soon :) LordViD 20:40, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Template:User gw1

How exactly does one "support" global warming? Morgan695 00:07, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

You're against measures to avoid it, because you think it is beneficial. Smerdis of Tlön 01:37, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Another Esperanzial note...

Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see WP:ESP/ACM2 and WP:ESP/ACM3). As a result, the charter has been ammended twice (see here for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the summary for more details). Also of note is the Valentines ball that will take place in the Esperanza IRC channel on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, the spamlist has been dissolved - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. These will take place from 12:00 UTC on February 20th to 11:59 UTC on February 27th. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are already listed on the members list. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

Yours, as ever, Esperanzially,
--Celestianpower háblame 09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
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Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2

The Barnstar Brigade is a new program aimed at giving more very deserving yet unappreciated users barnstars. It will officially start on 2006-04-09, but signing up is encouraged before this date:
"Here in Wikipedia, there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go un-appreciated. 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 un-noticed. Sadly, these editors often leave the project. As Esperanzians, we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. A project the size of Wikipedia has thousands of editors, so there are plenty of people out there who deserve recognition, one just has to find them. The object of this program is not to flood editors with Barnstars, but to seek out people who deserve them, and make them feel appreciated."
The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
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  1. The next elections: Approval voting as before and, also as before, an previous leadership member can run. Please submit your name for voting in the relevant section of this page. Voting starts on 2006-04-23 and ends on 2006-04-30. There will be three places up for grabs as KnowledgeOfSelf is leaving Wikipedia. Please see the previously linked page for full details.
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  3. The current process for accepting proposals for new programs has been deemed fine. All Advisory Council members and the Admin Gen are to endevour to be bold when viewing discussion. If they feel that consensus has been reached, they will act accordingly.
A plea from the editor...
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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)

TfD nomination of Template:User antifa-01

Template:User antifa-01 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. PS: I know this a heated subject. I don't care either way on the subject. This was a technical nomination only. If you wish to have a go at somebody, please pick somebody else. If you wish to have a go at me, then fine but I won't respond. ➨ ≡ЯΞDVΞRS≡ 22:25, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

The Administrator Coaching program is a program aimed at preparing Wikipedians for Adminship or helping them understand the intricacies of Wikipedia better. Recently, changes have been made to the requirements of coachees. Please review them before requesting this service.
This would be something like the Welcoming Committee, but 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. Some might like suggestions about how to learn vandal patrol, or mentoring on taking an article to featured status, or guidance with a proposal they plan to make at the Village Pump, for example. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
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As always, MiszaBot handled this delivery. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to Pschemp, Titoxd and Freakofnurture for being elected in the last elections! An Esperanzial May to all of the readership!
  1. Posting logs of the Esperanza IRC channel are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel.
  2. A disclaimer is going to be added to the Esperanza main page. We are humans and, as such, are imperfect.
  3. Various revisions have been made to the Code of Conduct. Please see them, as the proposal is ready to be ratified by the community and enacted. All members will members to have to re-confirm their membership after accepting the Code of Conduct.
  4. Referendums are to be held on whether terms of AC members should be lengthened and whether we should abolish votes full stop.
  5. Admin Coaching reform is agreed upon.
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Voting on FPC

Hi Morgan,
I was just wondering if you'd consider voting on some of the other lovely nominations? And maybe experiment with the word "support" as well. I'm not sure if you are doing it on purpose and you've got something against me, but your contributions to WP:FPC seem to be in opposing my noimnations. --Fir0002 03:27, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

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)

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Portal:Current events/Newsbrowsebar

Specifically where do I nominate a page for inclusion in this template? I believe that July 2006 in video gaming (current events in video games) deserves inclusion. Morgan695 01:51, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

I was offline for a while. I see you boldly updated the browsebar yourself the next day, making the question moot. A redesign proposal includes video gaming. Kayaker 00:56, 9 July 2006 (UTC).

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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.
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  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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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.
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  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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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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Defunct Ontario ridings

Hi, there's a map of the ridings at my school's library which I took photos of and I have them on file. If you want, I can send you a copy of the photo with Durham Centre. -- Earl Andrew - talk 07:45, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Sent. Don't forget the article should be Durham—York not Durham--York. -- Earl Andrew - talk 18:51, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Don't know for sure. I know there's an atlas at school that shows the 1977-1987 borders... -- Earl Andrew - talk 00:46, 3 August 2007 (UTC)


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Your new Quebec political parties template

Great idea. If you need icons for it, some exist already at Wikipedia:Userboxes/Location/Canada. Hope this helps!! GreenJoe 03:29, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

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Thank you!!

Thanks for your hard work on the provincial political party templates. See your kudos. GreenJoe 23:00, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

The Working Man's Barnstar
I award you this barnstar, Morgan695 for all your hard work on the provincial political party templates. Thank you! GreenJoe 23:02, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

You are more than welcome. Keep up the hard work. --GreenJoe 23:55, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Re: the Images

Hey Morgan695, Good job on creating those provincial political party boxes. I've notice you've uploaded some images to wikipedia, and I've also noticed that you've copied some of my images and modified them. There's nothing wrong with that, and I'm all for it, but I was wondering if you could attribute them to the original image that you modified them. Just asking because I spent a lot of time creating them. Anyhoo, good job on the boxes. Nat Tang ta | co | em 04:11, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! :D Nat Tang ta | co | em 04:20, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
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