User talk:Ral315/Archive 29

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History Archives:

Dec. 04 to Feb. 06
Mar. 06 to Feb. 07
Feb. 07 to May. 08
Jun. 08 to Present

2004-2005:

01 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08

2006:

09 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18

2007:

19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28

2008:

29 · 30 · 31

[edit] Merry Christmas!`

FL(some restrictions apply) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Don't overdo it on the fudge!

Spread the Holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:Flaminglawyer/MerryChristmas!}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Timestamp. Ral315 09:00, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RalBot needed

Is this Wikipedia_talk:Non-administrator_rollback#Has_anyone_contacted_those_who_participated_in_the_discussion_at_Wikipedia:Rollback_for_non-administrators.3F something your RalBot could help out with? MBisanz talk 05:00, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka 3

Thank you for your support in my RfA. It was definitely a dramatic debate, that landed on WP:100! I paid close attention to everything that was said, and, where possible, I will try to incorporate the (constructive) criticism towards being a better administrator. I'm taking things slowly for now, partially because of the holidays and all the off-wiki distractions. :) I'm also working my way through the Wikipedia:New admin school and double-checking the relevant policies, and will gradually phase into the use of the new tools. My main goals are to help out with various backlogs, but I also fully intend to keep on writing articles, as there are several more that I definitely want to get to WP:FA status! Thanks again, and have a great new year, --Elonka 05:15, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Enochlau/Signpost tutorial series

Are you OK if this happens? I already added the section for its article next week. I personally think it is a good idea and a Message from the editor might be nice to get other ideas for it. The Placebo Effect (talk) 22:16, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sanger interview?

Has there been any progress or regress with the Larry Sanger interview you mentioned a while back? I drew up some potential questions, in case the interview is still a possibility: User:Ragesoss/Sanger. Cheers--ragesoss (talk) 02:20, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your Bot's delivery of Jan 2nd Signpost

Hey there...

Just wanted to let you know that the delivery of the Jan 2nd Signpost was not sent to my talk page. In looking into it, I followed the bot-trail back to you, and it appears that the bot did not delivery any Jan 2nd editions according to its history.

I have subsequently looked the edition over on its page, but wonder if there is going to be an issue with this week's edition?

Just thought I would bring it to your attention. Thanks. --Jordan 1972 (talk) 18:08, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jan 7, 2008 Signpost

FYI. I have not received my January 7, 2008 edition of The Signpost. What is going on? Chris (talk) 03:54, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] re:rollback

Loud and clear. Thanks Ral, VanTucky 06:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost

Someone has just pointed out that Signpost havent been going out...

Everything ok, or have you been having a wikidiff error/similar with awb?

If you need a version to use - Try a SVN Snapshots

—Reedy Boy 22:55, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, your bot missed me out. Majorly (talk) 11:00, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
I got skipped as well. GlassCobra 17:09, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Me as well. Soxπed Ninety Three | tcdb 03:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Absolutely no idea why it would've skipped a few of you. My apologies to all; I've manually sent you the Signpost. Ral315 (talk) 10:56, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Are you OK?

Sorry, don't have a login any more. Just concerned - are you OK? - User:Ta bu shi da yu. 220.237.96.135 (talk) 10:27, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Crossposting from User talk:220.237.96.135: Fine. A bit swamped in real life, which has led to some inactivity on Wikipedia, but feeling great. Thanks for your concern. How are things treating you, then? Ral315 (talk) 10:55, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Good mate... I'm about to become a dad in a few months! Very excited. Still reading the Signpost :-) 220.237.96.135 (talk) 09:39, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Collaboration template

Hi, I have replaced the tag on Brisbane and left my thoughts on the matter at Wikipedia talk:Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight. I am interested in hearing more from you on the matter. Cheers, Mattinbgn\talk 02:05, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] From the editor

I just wanted to note that I have also helped get the tutorial series going and recruited many people to help. I would have added this myself, but I don't want it to look like I am giving myself credit and editing your From the editor. The Placebo Effect (talk) 21:58, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I come bringing praise for the new feature – very nice. Just FYI: I wrote a somewhat-detailed tutorial about using templates. Perhaps the Signpost would like to extract from it. Also, Awadewit and I recently tackled a tricky issue involving blockquotes with nearby left-aligned images. She suggested we get the word out, and that the Signpost would be helpful. Details are about a third of the way down on this page. (If you like, I'd be happy to write it up in a more concise format.)
Cheers for a wonderful weekly product! – Scartol • Tok 19:37, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-01-21/Pic of the year

Hi Ral, I just wanted to say thanks for covering this in depth, and nice work digging up links for the appropriate articles. :)

When the Signpost first started I thought its coverage was a little dry. Now I am grateful for its impartiality and thoroughness. Indeed I think some Wikinews reporters could learn a thing or two... So thanks to you and the other Signposters for recording the small happenings in our community, it is such a valuable resource.

cheers, pfctdayelise (talk) 11:52, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bot creation

Can you write me a bot which will look after User:jaytur1/Wiki points/list, please? You may need to read User:jaytur1/Wiki points. I don't know how. If you write it you will automatically get 100WPs --ジェイ 接触 貢献 ゲストブック 12:53, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Who wrote Ralbot? DO you know who can write a bot for me? --Jay Blah! Blah! Sprendig! Guestbook 17:50, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Do you know where I can get a bot which automatically undoes edits on certain pages? --Jay Lights! Camera! Action! 15:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestion

Following some discussion here, I had an idea for a new signpost feature - "Wikipedia Dispatches". The name is an allusion to the award a solider can receive by being mentioned in dispatches - an official after-action report. It would cover high quality editing and other contributions that have happened that week the english Wikipedia. Think of it as an expanded version of the new featured articles/photographs and DYK listings that we have every week. If you're interested, I can look for someone willing to write it. Raul654 (talk) 21:46, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

At least two people are interested in writing such a section. See this Raul654 (talk) 16:19, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User history

Hi. Thanks for participating in my RFA. Am I to understand that any admin can read the talk page history of User:Wyss? Gwen Gale (talk) 05:38, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't know if you're still watching my talk page, I left another note for you there. Thanks. Gwen Gale (talk) 18:43, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your comment on my talk

Thank you for letting me know about your change of heart on Gwen's RFA. That's a classy thing to do. I'll take your suggestion and look at the conversations again, though in fairness it would take a lot to get me to change my mind. In either case, though, classy thing to do. - Philippe | Talk 22:27, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Something else to note in the signpost

Pushing work on core articles...

"Wikipedia has had its criticisms for not getting enough core articles or vital articles up to scratch compared with much of the more pop culture oriented material. The Core topics Collaboration Of The Fortnight is a great place to push some of these articles to Featured Status. Many of these articles are pretty big and may be quite onerous for a single editor to reach Featured standard, so they are highly suitable for a collaborative effort."

Or something similar...cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:29, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] a thank you note

Thanks for participating in my RfA!
Although it failed 43/27/0, I'm happy because the outcome has been very helpful in many meaningful ways. Your support and remarks contributed so very much to this. Most of the editors who posted opposing opinions have never edited with me but since I strongly support their high standards about confrontational editing and civility, I've taken their comments very much to heart. Thanks for expressing your deep and kind understanding of everything (and yeah, for what it's worth, I'm still wincing). I think it all goes to show why civility has (and should have) so much sway here. The support and ecouragement to run again soon has been wonderful, thanks again. Cheers! Gwen Gale (talk) 05:28, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pass the barnstars, please

The Editor's Barnstar
I, Basketball110, award you this Editor's Barnstar for your hard and well thanked work on Jeopardy's pages. Basketballone10 05:12, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My Rfa

My effort to regain adminship was unsuccessful. Thank you for taking some time out of your day to voice your opinion.--MONGO 05:19, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Happy Birthday

Hullo. Thanks for the birthday wishes! :) I didn't think anyone would keep track of these sorts of things. I feel much more loved now. - Mark 05:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, okay then. So you don't have a secret dossier on me? What a shame. ;) - Mark 05:51, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Interview

Some time ago, you asked me to remind you that you were interested in doing an interview after my book on editing Wikipedia came out. It's due out tomorrow, so this is the requested reminder. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 15:48, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Sure, Monday should be no problem. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 21:44, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Please see User talk:John Broughton/January 2008 interview. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 17:13, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Regarding the name change, please don't get me started on all the issues I have with the information that O'Reilly has been sending publishers. (Re the incorrect name - the guy listed as the author is actually the author of another O'Reilly book, due out later this year, and the ISBN of his book is exactly one number higher than the ISBN of my book. I asked the O'Reilly folks, a couple of days ago, to fix this; haven't heard back.)
As for the March shipping date from Amazon, which I assume you got from them when you ordered the book, I do find that odd. I know that O'Reilly has already shipped a (free) box of books to the Wikimedia Foundation, for example, so there really are books out there. I'd be reasonably willing to bet that you'll get your copy from Amazon in the first half of February, not in March, but then again I don't know anything about the vagaries of how long it takes to print books or to ship them to bookstores and on-line sellers. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 13:40, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dispatches

Thanks for spiffing up my sandbox. Does this mean it's actually going in the Signpost? When does the latest issue appear? Marskell (talk) 10:52, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost Tim Vickers interview

Hi there, I saw in this week's signpost an interview with TimVickers. As you may have seen, completely by chance I have also interviewed him for the Wikipedia weekly podcast - it is the current live episode.

I left a note here: User_talk:Arknascar44#Tim_Vickers_Interview requesting the author of that article to put in a mention to the podcast as it is highly relevant and not even an old episode! Perhaps if Arknascar44 is not available or something you could add this in? I left the link and a summary I thought might be appropriate at that talkpage link.

I'd really appreciate it as it would be really good publicity for the podcast. I know that Signpost doesn't want to advertise for the podcast but this is so much more than advertising - it's about the most highly relevant "see also" link you could possibly get.

Cheers, Witty Lama 12:13, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and been bold by adding a short note at the bottom of the interview, setting it off enough (I hope) to make it clear that it's not part of the interview, regarding this. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 13:57, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dealing with advertising and spam - a tutorial

... that's what I'm planning to write for the Signpost. Please can you help me with this?? Thanks, --Solumeiras (talk) 14:34, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Mammal Collaboration

note for newsletter?

One of the greatest joys for me here is getting articles up to Featured status, and collaborative editing and review which goes on in Wikiprject Dinosaurs and Wikiproject Birds has been great at bringing folk closer together in polishing these articles up. Possibly even more than these two projects, WP Mammals would benefit from a collaborative approach, as many key mammal articles are quite sizeable and lend themselves more to collaboration than single editing (unless the editor is incredibly persistent/obsessive/time-rich/insane/ or brilliant)

Thus I have set up a mammal collaboration to see how we can make some kickass furry critter articles. Nominating key articles is ok, even if you can't do much work on them.

The other benefit is it facilitates Peer reviewing and copyediting as well as reviews at FAC time. FAC can be a big place and I have missed reviewing things I owuld have been interested in due to the needle-in-a-haystack feeling...cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:16, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Request to fill on "Features and Admins"

As you requested in Signpost, I believe that I can fill in this section whenever Placebo is away. OhanaUnitedTalk page 18:41, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I could too, if you want. I'll give Ohana first pick though, if necessary. VanTucky 22:20, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes of course. Could you inform me when anything that's not been posted in the planning room needs doing, and I can try, except the Technology Report :) And thanks for your participation at BN recently. Regards, Rudget. 16:46, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] BAG Changes

Hello. You may remember, some time ago, joining the BAG under the trial "open membership" system. Based on a lack of opposition to a reversion of this trial, I have now decided to be bold and perform it. The BAG has returned to a system under which users must go through a short period of discussion (like RfA, but less formal) before being added to the group by either a 'crat or an existing member. At the moment, I have said that discussions should last for 10 days and that community noticeboards should be spammed to encourage participation in each request - evidently this is to avoid the "cabal" impression.

As you have already been a member for some time, you're likely to be an excellent candidate to apply to the group and I encourage you to do so. Alternatively, if you totally disagree with my changes and fail to see any merit in them at all, I'm hoping to take part in discussions on WT:BAG. Though I must ask now if I may - please don't revert me without a decent amount of discussion first. Thanks, and if you have any questions about what I've done, please leave me a message, send an email or chat on IRC. Martinp23 17:29, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost: 2008-01-28 News and notes: hee-hee or uh-oh

In the article 2008-01-28 News and Notes was the use of "misunterstanding" a Denglisch witticism or boo-boo? Hey, it brought a smile to my face! Shenme (talk) 22:18, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiworld title

I hope you don't mind, but I've been bold and corrected the title for Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-02-04/WikiWorld, as it seemed to have been left over from last week. Tivedshambo (talk) 17:42, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] FA-Team and first mission (MMM)

Dear Ral,

Many thanks for volunteering to join the FA-Team. We now have a first mission, to help the Murder, Madness and Mayhem WikiProject improve twelve articles towards featured article status. These articles are really interesting, and the person in charge of WP:MMM is enthusiastic about our support, so this mission should be a real pleasure. Please watchlist the mission page and the WikiProject page as well as some (or all) of the twelve articles. The students contributing to these articles are all new to Wikipedia, so please be ultra-friendly towards them.

The coordinator for this mission is Wrad (talk), who may suggest further ways in which you can help. I will provide back-up. In particular, it might be useful for you to indicate which of the twelve articles interest you most (or which ones you are watchlisting) on the mission page.

Thanks again for joining in. I think this will be a lot of fun for all of us, and hopefully we can make it fun for the students too and create a few more featured articles between now and April. Geometry guy 22:08, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Game (game)

Hi, could you consider removing protection of The Game (game). Two published sources now exist. I have written a prototype article at Talk:The_Game#The_Game_.28game.29_2 based entirely on the references (links included). I don't have an account so if you want to communicate with me could you please respond to my prototype article on The Game talk page. Thanks. 202.62.97.105 (talk) 06:30, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ouch

I was reading RfA, and I saw your question about Ignore all rules. I don't know if that's commonly asked for users attempting to become admins, but that is one brutal question. :) I'm not sure how I'd begin to answer it, myself. Enigmaman (talk) 06:39, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

I see you finally got him for not answering it. You can't Ignore Ignore? Darn! I've been following this with some interest. Enigmaman (talk) 02:11, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Do you have a dispatch?

I really can't commit to doing this often, but I don't want the dispatches to die so I'm working one up quickly. If you already have one, consider mine for next week. It's at User:Marskell/Sandbox. I'll tell you when I'm done. Marskell (talk) 18:57, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Um, did you redirect User:Marskell/Sandbox to the dispatch? This is really bizarre: I can't find any of my old sandbox history. Marskell (talk) 19:07, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
OK, Wikipedia Dispatches: Great saves at the Featured article review can be a dispatch, if you don't have one already. It is a bit of back-slapping, but Raul suggested the dispatches to reward people for their work and I think this qualifies.
Please don't move the sandbox. Cut-and-paste to your desired target. By moving, you're moving all of the sandbox history. Cheers, Marskell (talk) 19:47, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sub-pages

Looking for some help for someone else.

I note (with happiness) that the signpost bot can place the signpost on userpage sub-pages.

Currently, this doesn't seem to be possible for User:SuggestBot.

Would you be willing to aid User:ForteTuba in this? (My apologies if I've asked this previously.)

(See this from over a year ago: User:SuggestBot/FeedbackArchive#Sub-page.)

Thanks for any help you can offer : ) - jc37 22:35, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Editor

My name is Carerra. I have been told that you run the Wikipedia Signpost and that I would like to be one of the editors of the paper. If I cannot, please tell me how I can. Please respond ASAP --Carerra (talk) 21:25, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Broken link for Vanished user

The link [[/Vanished user|a vanished user]] does not work from Single-Page View. This "allows the user to vanish" more than presumably intended. Should the relative link be made absolute, or should Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Tools/Single/Vanished user be made into a redirect page, just like Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-02-11/Arbitration report/Vanished user?  --Lambiam 04:34, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Old logs

I found these old log pages Wikipedia:Deletion log archive/August 2004 (1) and saw this note from you. Should this be updated as its about a year and a half later? MBisanz talk 07:55, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

No rush, I don't actually need them for anything. I just know that people come and go from the project and didn't want the info permanently unavailable if your tool were to break in the future. MBisanz talk 17:43, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP Signpost

Hi, on the ArbCom section of this week's signpost, you linked "a vanished user" to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-02-11/Vanished user, a non-existent page. I'm confused as to why you did this. Could you please explain? Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 21:37, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Never mind, I just noticed that someone already left you a similar message above. Thanks anyways. Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 21:38, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Something

If you had broken "something", it would be spelled som ething, or someth ing, or s omething. However evidently since you have spelled it "something", it is still whole, and as everyone knows "if it aint' broke, don't fix it". :o)--mrg3105 (comms) If you're not taking any flack, you're not over the target. 10:56, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Images

Thanks for the heads up, I'll be sure to take more care over stating the correct resolution next time I pick an image out of the Wikibin. Regards, English peasant 13:15, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost

I noticed your call for Signpost editors, and I wondered (1) what varieties of stories or features do you need help on, and (2) how could I be of the most assistance? Cheers, Kakofonous (talk) 15:53, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost

I've read the Signpost for a few months, and I noticed your plea for more reporters/editors. While I've had no experience with professional journalism, I have started and served as the editor-in-chief of two school newspapers. How could I be of help? Bardofcornish (talk) 16:19, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost once more

I'm an avid reader of the Signpost and would be willing to try and help. I have a very irregular schedule but I think I can be convinced to write an article on a specific topic every once in a while. Let me know if you are interested. --Zvika (talk) 18:50, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Yet another Signpost!

I would be willing to help out with the Signpost, although sometimes there can be rather large gaps in my activity on Wikipedia. Let me know here if you can use me. Fléêťflämẽ U-T-C 01:42, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Not another Signpost thread?

Just a note to say that I protected a signpost article per a WP:RFPP request. I set it up to full and omitted an expiry since presumably it's not something that needs regular editing, but change it if you need to. – Steel 00:40, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Request for comment on main page deletion incident

As you made an edit to the incident listed in the Administrators notice board, it is requested that you confirm the details of the incident here (section 1.1.2)

This is as the incident is used as the basis of an argument and needs to be confirm by persons familar with the event

Regards --User:Mitrebox talk 2008-02-22 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.11.244.78 (talk) 08:02, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dispatches workshop setup

... to coordinate writing of weekly dispatch on featured content, at Wikipedia:Featured content dispatch workshop, shortcut WP:FCDW. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:24, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I guess I'm late, but...

I also would be interested in writing for the signpost. Just let me know if you need anything. --Evan ¤ Seeds 06:05, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Category:Rouge admins

Hi Ral315,

I noticed that you still use the Category:Rouge admins on your userpage/usertalk page. Please consider removing it, as it has now been deleted as of this discussion. Have a nice day!

The Helpful One (Review) 13:38, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Deletion duly noted. The category will remain. Ral315 (talk) 08:13, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dispatch

Hi Ral. Here's the latest: Wikipedia:FCDW/February 25, 2008. Please credit User:Carcharoth as writer, as well as myself. Cheers, Marskell (talk) 17:57, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Did the byline. I couldn't get the graph to align with the Signpost image on the right, so it's at left. Maybe you can make that happen. Marskell (talk) 18:05, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-02-18/From the editor

"...our usual need for writers is amplified..." - I'm interested, but I'm really not sure where to begin or anything...if you could hook me up with some basic info on where to start off, I might be able to help out a bit in the future. Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 10:36, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for replying. I've watchlisted WP:POST/N/S; none of the stories for this week are too my taste, so to speak, but I'll keep an eye out and try and right something in the near future. Perhaps a dispatches story on the GA process might be up my alley, if you were to leave me a note if that was considered I could whip something up. Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 04:09, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
I've watchlisted that dispatches page and will try and get something going in the next week or two. Thanks for your help. dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 11:58, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost

Hey Ral315, I see that you need some more people in the Signpost. I can help you out, I have free time. If there's anywhere I can help out, that's fine. I'm good with routines, if you need anyone to help with the regular features, that would be a good place for me to start. Thanks! Soxred93 | talk bot 07:49, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hello Ral315. Thanks for your support at the Military history elections. With your aid I was able to commision this ship to help plunder the coast of Military history for the third time. Na, just kidding. If you ever require any astance all you have to do is ask and you will see my ship on the horizon. Kyriakos (talk) 13:27, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] thank you



Milhist Coordinator elections
Thank you very much for your support in the recent Military history Wikiproject elections. I went into it expecting to just keep my seat and was astonished to end up with the lead role. I anticipate a rather busy six months :) --ROGER DAVIES talk 13:27, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Haut-Koeningsbourg castle, Alsace.

[edit] MILHIST

Wandalstouring, although not an incumbent, was a coord earlier on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Coordinators and didn't seek re-election last time and took 6 months off. Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 06:21, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

You may prefer a specific figure for tagging instead of "thousands". The final tally was 69,000 articles tagged and assessed. --ROGER DAVIES talk 06:28, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Now I think of it that's slightly misleading, as we waded through 69,000 articles to arrive at a subset of just over 30,000 tagged and assessed for Milhist. We tagged many thousands for WPSHIPS, WPAVIATION, WPUSA, WPFRANCE, WPBIOGRAPHY etc even if they weren't Milhist articles. As this is getting complicated, it's probably best to replace "assessment and tagging of 69,000 military history-related articles" with "the evaluation of 69,000 articles" as every single article needed evaluating irrespective of whether it was subsequently tagged and assessed as Milhist. --ROGER DAVIES talk —Preceding comment was added at 09:26, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

A minor point: the first election concluded in February 2006, not January 2006; so, technically speaking, I wasn't a coordinator until the later date. :-) Kirill 17:39, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks



Milhist Coordinator election
Thank you very much for your support in the recent Military history Wikiproject election. I'm more than happy to serve the project for another six months! --Eurocopter (talk) 15:34, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Russian-Circassian War

[edit] WikiProject report

Yeah, sure thing - if nobody minds. :) Regards, Rudget. 15:55, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Sounds great. Glad I'm able to update the format where necessary. Rudget. 17:12, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your support

Ral315/Archive 29: I wish to thank you for your support in my unsuccessful bid at becoming an Assistant Coordinator for the Military history WikiProject. Rest assured that I will still be around, probably even more than before, and I have the utmost confidence in the abilities of the current and new coordinators. I might also mention that I am already planning on running again in August. As always, if you need anything, just get in touch. -MBK004 21:30, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] News and Notes

Here's something you might want to add to the News and Notes section of the Signpost: I'm Proud to be a Wikipedian. Do you think that' a good thing to put in? Soxred93 | talk bot 17:39, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hi Ral

If you have any time, energy or enthusiasm for discussing any of the recent wiki issues in an audio format - inspired by the good people at 'wikipedia weekly' I've been inspired to setup Wikipedia:NotTheWikipediaWeekly which will have its first 'round table' at 1am UTC, March 4th - you'd be most welcome, and you'll see from our topic list that we aim to discuss some aspects of wiki life you've expressed an interest in recently....

Your thoughts would also be most welcome regardless.

best, Privatemusings (talk) 09:30, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Hi, I'm struggling to add an image off commons to the infobox on this page: Flores, Buenos Aires (Image:Flores-Buenos Aires map.png) I cant figure out what I'm doing wrong. Is there any chance you could look at it for me? Regards. English peasant 14:35, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Ral315/Bureaucratship candidacies

Just a heads up... I noticed some grammatical errors in WJBscribe's quote, which were originally posted by him. Will's comments were made during a normal conversation, so it's no big deal. However, you may want to either correct them or place [sic] on them on the Signpost article. - Mtmelendez (Talk) 13:01, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost

Just wondering, could I write for the Signpost and possibly create a new section of the Signpost? I have experience with writing newsletters for WikiProjects and would like to help. STORMTRACKER 94 Go Sox! 00:55, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jimbo Signpost article

Great work on the Signpost article about recent events related to Jimbo Wales. Cla68 (talk) 03:05, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Damn, I was just about to say the same thing. Impressive Ral! - Mtmelendez (Talk) 04:29, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks :) Ral315 (talk) 06:52, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Yes, the piece was well done. Tactful, well-sourced, well-worded. Cirt (talk) 07:15, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Seconded thirded... Fifthed. I was having trouble understanding what all the hoopla was about, but your story presented things in a nice even, and well-referenced way that tied it all together. It's an interesting window into how the more distant parts of our little clan operate. -Pete (talk) 09:07, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] signpost delivery

When your bot "delivers" the signpost it creates a section name of ==''Signpost'' updated for March 3rd, 2008.== (example). Later, on some talk pages that signpost is delivered to, MiszaBot III archives old sections and changes section headers. (example). Would it be possible for your bot to put the space after the first == and before the second == when the signpost is delivered? --Rockfang (talk) 14:56, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Understood

Ah, I see what you mean here. That earlier thread had gotten a bit out of hand, and I apologize for being part of that. Also wanted to drop a note to say how good a job I thought you did with the extremely difficult Marsden story in this week's issue. The story got to the point where it had to be covered, and you handled it like a professional, in my opinion. I think you do a really professional job in general. I've always wanted to write for the Signpost, but my real life employer prohibits it. Sigh. I hope you don't mind too much that I sometimes tend to sort of troll the tipline. --JayHenry (talk) 23:00, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Eguor admins

I also find that amusing. Also, I have adopted User:Ral315/WTHN as my standard. Cheers. Maximillion Pegasus (talk) 04:38, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ad

Can we put an advertisement for Wikiproject 'Spotlight' in an edition? We really wanna get it back together. Respond on my talk page please. Mm40 (talk) 00:20, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost - WM09

I've got an update on Wikimania 2009, and the discussion about the safety of Wikimania 2008. Ral315 (talk) 21:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC) - If you don't mind, could I take the WM09 story? dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 07:41, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Hmm...I suppose there isn't that much information out yet. I've added a bit anyways. dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 07:46, 13 March 2008 (UTC)