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Contents 1 The Working Man's Barnstar 2 Portal:Spain 3 FPC nomination 4 CobaltBlueAnthony (talk · contribs) 5 Speedy deletion of Baird Jones 6 Thanks 7 You have a new fan 8 Award 9 Could you help me out? 10 Your generous words 11 My RfB 12 Re closing per snow 13 Barnstar 14 Pseudoscience discretionary sanctions 15 Dan Wesson 16 Curses! 17 March Newsletter, Issue V 18 Pudgee Tha Phat Bastard

The Working Man's Barnstar

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		In recognition of your excellent set of contributions, all of which are so very useful in helping us all move Wikipedia forward, I award you this barnstar. Keep up the excellent work. :-) Lradrama 20:34, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Seconded! -Susanlesch (talk) 21:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Spain

Hi. I saw this passed and happy to see it. I made one small copyedit to correct the total supports. -Susanlesch (talk) 21:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

My apologies. Thank you. Rudget. 21:10, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

FPC nomination

I'm glad you took the criticism of the image so well. ;-) And thanks for the prospective support if ever I do need it.. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 21:13, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

CobaltBlueAnthony (talk · contribs)

I think I might want this user name, to redirect to me... Thoughts? - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 21:18, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

It's another user who was impersonating you? Rudget. 21:21, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, but since he's indef. blocked, he can't have that name, now can he? :-) - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 13:54, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Baird Jones

You may get a complaint from user Asingleton-green (talk · contribs) about the speedy deletion of his page Baird Jones which I tagged A7 and you deleted. Don't worry unless you do, but if you do, my discussion with him about it is here. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:23, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Rudget. 21:26, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Ow. Dlohcierekim 19:24, 6 March 2008 (UTC) UR welcome. no prob. Oh. When I said "Ow," I meant "how did I do that?" Cheers, Dlohcierekim 20:19, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You have a new fan

Viz., User talk:Toast1966—mean anything? AGK (contact) 21:29, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Award

Hey Rudget!
Congratulations on finding the page that does not exist. Here is your reward; you've earned it.

		The Hidden Link Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Rudget for finding the super secret hidden link on Selfworm's page! Good job!

Congrats!selfworm^Talk) 04:18, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Could you help me out?

Hello Rudget. I see that you frequently nominate users for adminship. I was wondering if you could take some time and check out my contributions and such, and let me know what I would need to improve upon in order to work towards becoming an admin. Thanks alot! Grsz 11 06:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem when you do it. Grsz 11 18:50, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Your generous words

I just saw that you namechecked me in your RFA nom of Seraphim Whipp [1] and felt I could not let such a lovely and generous comment go unacknowledged so here I am to say, well, thank you! and to let you know how deeply flattered I am to be referred to in those terms and in such a public way too. You have made my day. kindest regards, nancy ^(talk) 09:12, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

My RfB

I wanted to personally thank you, Rudget, for your support in my recent RfB. I would have had grave doubts about your judgment, being that you supported me, until your decision to co-nom SW with me. That proves you have excellent taste, and just slipped up hitting "S" instead of "O" at my RfB . I am also glad I ran in to you personally, and hope we can collaborate in the future. As for the RfB, I am thankful and appreciative that you feel that I am worthy of the trust the community requires of its bureaucrats, and I hope to continue to behave in a way that maintains your trust in me and my actions. I have heard the community's voice that they require more of a presence at RfA's of prospective bureaucrats, and I will do my best over the near future to demonstrate such a presence and allow the community to see my philosophy and practices in action. I hope I can continue to count on your support when I decide to once again undergo an RfB. If you have any suggestions, comments, or constructive criticisms, please let me know via talkpage or e-mail. Thank you again. -- Avi (talk) 16:07, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Re closing per snow

Hey Rudget, thank you for the message on my talk. I apologize for not following the general unwritten rules of closing an RfA via the snow clause. I was attempting to be bold in doing so. I appreciate you coming to me civilly and professionally to let me know. A non-admin closure of an RfA wasn't something I planned on ever doing, but I shall endeavor to be extremely mindful in the future - although I don't really see myself doing it again for fear of stepping on toes :) Cheers mate. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 16:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar.  Sunderland06  18:03, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Pseudoscience discretionary sanctions

Hi! As somebody who commented on a January proposal to place all articles related to homeopathy on article probation, I would greatly appreciate your input on a new proposal to help combat disruption that would scrap the probation and implement discretionary sanctions. I apologize for any intrusion, but this is to my knowledge the first time sanctions of this nature have been attempted to be enforced by the community, so I feel that a wide range of opinions is necessary. Thank you in advance for any comments you may make. east718 (talk) 18:59, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Dan Wesson

(reinstalled after MiszaBot III cleanup)

Hello Rudget !

As the first person beeing gentle to me in wikipedia i adress myselft once again to you :)

CC said: It needs a lot of work. ___ indeed

Please have a look to my sandbox [2]- i am thankful for any advice.

Yours Tom Dan Wesson_talk --Dan Wesson (talk) 16:13, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Had a look ? Need advice Tom --Dan Wesson (talk) 17:16, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The article is splittet - please begin with User:Dan Wesson/Sandbox/Dan Wesson --Dan Wesson (talk) 17:42, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

. Thanks for advice ! Before clicking it, i still want to have some fine polishing to make it shiny :)

Any idea about portal question ? Tom --Dan Wesson (talk) 18:30, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

====> there are 103 featured portals, of a total of 548 portals

which one should i use? i'm not to lazy to check them all - but a second tip would be fine :) --Dan Wesson (talk) 18:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

its not concerning the page - it for having a partner concerning contents --Dan Wesson (talk) 18:42, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

in german wiki we have specialist for weapons in wiki - most of the join the portal support --Dan Wesson (talk) 18:45, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Ok ! Thanks a lot for being such helpful and gentle to me - i really like ask for your help sometime again Tom --Dan Wesson (talk) 18:49, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

@ qualitystaff (forward?) Qualitätsoffensive --Dan Wesson (talk) 21:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Curses!

Using my admin coaching method, are ya? Stealing my hard work, eh? Well cool, at least I know that I did a good job developing it. ;) Malinaccier (talk) 22:30, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

March Newsletter, Issue V

The Greater Manchester WikiProject Newsletter

The WikiProject Greater Manchester Newsletter Issue V - March 2008 January issue Got any suggestions? -- Add them here Project News Since the January newsletter there has been an increase of 5 featured articles/lists, taking our total number of featured entries upto 16 17 (Trafford passed today!). Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester, reported on in the last newsletter, is now a featured list, and was one of the project's finest team efforts towards one of the finest such lists. The Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester has since been started. Can you help? Trafford and List of tallest buildings and structures in Salford remain featured candidates, although both look likely to be promoted. UPDATE: Trafford was promoted today! Although WP:GM leads the way in terms of featured content by a local British project, the Kent and Yorkshire WikiProjects are close to this total, with 11 and 14 featured entries respectively. Following a somewhat frenzied collaboration at the start of March, and a nomination by User:Joshii, Greater Manchester was promoted to GA status. It's the first metropolitan county to obtain this recognition. There has otherwise been a reduction in WP:GM nominations for GA status, something which the project has begun to discuss on the talk page. Having completed all but one of our short term aims set last December, the project would like to look at developing new short term aims. Suggestions have been made here, but there is scope for flexibility. Do you have a entry you would like to see developed? Other articles to have undergone a major upgrading include Salford, Stalybridge, Middleton and List of railway stations in Greater Manchester. Member News There are now 39 members of WikiProject Greater Manchester! Welcome to the 8 new members that joined since our last newsletter: Polishname (talk · contribs) Jimet (talk · contribs) Phon123 (talk · contribs) Abfab27 (talk · contribs) Sharadjalota456 (talk · contribs) Mike Peel (talk · contribs) Unsy770 (talk · contribs) Hassocks5489 (talk · contribs) Two members have left the project however, each for rather different reasons: Archtransit (talk · contribs) was an administrator, and project member, who was found to have been abusing his editting and sysop privliges. Following investigation, Archtransit was banned indefinately. A report in The Signpost is found here. Rudget (talk · contribs), also an administrator, decided to leave the project. Reasons mentioned included the demands of admin duties taking over too much time. Rudget helped towards Didsbury's GA promotion, and Portal:North West England's FP promotion. Thanks This WikiProject, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all! Roll Call!!! Are YOU still around? WP:GM is a great project, and is leading the way for local WikiProjects of the UK. However, though the project talk page is a hub of activity, it is regularly used by only a core of 5-6 editors, which isn't making the most of its potential. Indeed, a study, by the University of Minnesota found that "One-tenth of 1 percent of editors account for nearly half of Wikipedia's content value". We at WP:GM do not want to follow suit! There are several editors who have, sadly, not editted since the turn of 2008, and others, which concentrate in areas other than Greater Manchester material (which is quite fine!). The WikiProject Greater Manchester would like to know if YOU are still around, and if so, if you've like to be more involved, and, if not, why not and what can we do to get you involved and be a bigger part of the team? Feel free to come by the project talk page and leave us a message on what you're working on and/or what you'd like to see improved. The project is only as strong as its members and we'd like to know if you're still active or if we can help you with your editting. Images A picture's worth a thousand words In our last issue, a plea was made for more images to be submitted to Wikipedia/WikiCommons to improve the quality and context of our articles. Many of our Top priority articles are still lacking in quality images, if any! www.geograph.org.uk is an online resource of photographs of places in the UK, which we can use. Www.flickr.com also has some images we are permitted to use. Do you have a digital camera however? Can you take photographs of townscapes and landmarks in your local area that can be used here? Middleton, Hulme and Rochdale all have examples of images in their lead that help give a sense of place and improve the context to our readers. Simillarly, many of our most crucial articles about our largest towns are still in poor condition: Stockport, Bury, Prestwich, Bolton, and Wigan are of "start class" standard with short lead sections and unreferenced sections - a much lower standard than we should allow! If you feel you can help, please be bold and try to improve these. There is a list of resources that can help. Created by Jza84 | Single-Page View Would you like to write the next newsletter for WP:GM?? Please nominate yourself at WT:GM! New editors are always welcome!

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Pudgee Tha Phat Bastard

I've been doing some new page patrolling and noticed this title come up again. I saw you deleted it because of copyvio but it has been recreated. Maybe you could check to see if it now complies, or has it just been recreated as it was? Mjroots (talk) 11:04, 8 March 2008 (UTC)