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[edit] Wikipedia:Peer review/Tsunami/archive1 and Wikipedia:Peer review/Wikipedia/archive3

I have shifted both to Wikipedia:Peer review/December 2004. Please, feel free to work on the feedback given and to reinstate them if you do wish to keep working on the articles! - Ta bu shi da yu 04:11, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Cool. wish you were still with us... +sj +

[edit] Placeholder name, aka kadigan

It is only because your userpage shows you as being Very Cool that I have not reverted your smurf language (yep, red-linked) addition to this article. You should know that I have an unabiding hatred of all things smurf, and would gladly wrap your addition up in duct tape and hang it upside down from the ceiling but for the fact you've been here a while. Please let me know what you were thinking. Denni☯ 19:56, 2005 Feb 6 (UTC)

BTW, this article was originally titled thingamajig, and only more recently fell into the cadigan/kadigan title because of discussion/redirection by jmabel/smerdis of tlon/et al. I thought it was appropriate, since "thingamajig" is just a subset of "kadigan" (or whatever term one ought to use to describe this set of words and phrases), and AFAIK, there is no other English word which describes this category of words. Oh, did I mention that I have an intense dislike of smurfs? Denni☯ 00:54, 2005 Feb 8 (UTC)
 :-) (-:  :-) (-: +sj +

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Anne Frank deleted votes

Hi! I have restored several comments and votes in the Anne Frank FAC nomination, that you deleted (see diff). May I assume this was a mistake on your part? Thanks. --Plek 06:15, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Yes, or at least a software mistake... Thanks for the fix. I had opened an edit window yesterday and finally made the edit a day later, and didn't get any conflict messages (!) but clearly overwrote changes that had been made since then. +sj +

[edit] New Mathematics Wikiportal

I noticed you've done some work on Mathematics articles. I wanted to point out to you the new Mathematics Wikiportal- more specifically, to the Mathematics Collaboration of the Week page.

I encourage you to vote on the current Collaboration of the Week, because I'm very interested in which articles you think need to be written or added to, and because I understand that I cannot do the enormous amount of work required on some of the Math stubs alone. I'm asking for your help, and also your critiques on the way the portal is set up.

Please direct all comments to my user-talk page, the Math Wikiportal talk page, or the Math Collaboration of the Week talk page. Thanks ! ral315 Feb 11, 2005

[edit] Santa Fe page

Apparently you added the "Santa Fe has recently announced ..." paragraph to the Santa Fe Institute page. Could you provice a source for that announcement please? I am interested in the "general theory" part of it. Thanks, John [1]

Hmm. That was from one of their non-press release pages in early 2004... can't find it on their site now. You could remove that bit to the talk page until it gets sourced. +sj + 20:12, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] thanks Sj

Hello Sj; Actually i happened to go to Santa Fe today and happened to wander into Borders and happened to linger in the magazine section [i didn'r even know that they had a "computer" section there] - but the new Wired was NOT out yet, so you have scooped me. yes, Dan P visited me at home, sort of a surprise since i live not far from the end of the world, and we had a very nice talk. His questions got me thinking a lot which leads to mostly off-the-cuff answers, and my wife learned all sorts of new stuff about me while listening in. I was curious, still am, as to how much, if not all of it, would hit the proverbial cutting room floor. It seems, not all. oh yes, i was interested to see your "Carpe Diem" on your page since my name, carptrash, is a distent cousin, having morphed through "Carpe Manana' with the "trash" added 'cause i live in a trailer. Carptrash 04:33, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Spring Heeled Jack

Hi, Sj, and nice to meet you! :) I just noticed you added a Nomination for International Writing contest for the article I wrote on Spring Heeled Jack. Please forget a hopeless newbie like myself, and slap some sense into my just-arrived head, as in: am I expected to do something? You see, I've invested all of my time since I got here in writing and researching, and I have no idea on the activities of the Wiki community yet. Thanks! *Hugs* -- Shauri 05:50, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] International writing contest

Hi, sj. The question I asked yesterday on Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates is a bit of a problem for me, do you have any plans for answering it? I tried asking Dysprosia on IRC, but got told it was up to you. Basically, I'd like to know how ironclad the <2000 characters rule is: what if there existed a long but useless article of the same name on March 1, like say an 1911 EB text dump, which has since been overwritten by a new article? Best wishes, Bischånen|Tåk 00:11, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of images without proven copyvio

Probably we should be revising the policy of WP:PUI. I mean, at least Wikipedians should discuss about the policy so some consensus can come out of it. Apart from you and me, User:Xiong seems to be against deleting UOs (from his comments at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy). I'm at least against deleting many of the UOs that get deleted without the faintest indication of a copyvio especially those uploaded in 2002-2004. Do you have any idea where should I complain about this so enough people express their opinion? An RFC or a mail to wikitech or what? WP:VP never seems to get enough respondents. I experienced that in Wikibooks which is a smaller project, and had to take a vacation from Wikibooks. I hope that doesn't happen with Wikipedia as well. Thanks! -- Paddu 08:07, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I just sent my mail to WikiEn-l. But by the time Quadell has come up with a template {{GFDL-presumed}} that can be used for the images whose uploaders seem to have a good history and can be believed to have created the image they uploaded. -- Paddu 20:50, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
It's sad that nobody responded to that mail. -- Paddu 07:04, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] International writing contest II

Oh, ok, very clear now, thanks. I guess I won't be nominating anything after all, since the article I had in mind turned out to still have had more than 2000 characters on March 1. 2000 is just less than I figgered, it seems, and I'm an (even) slower writer than I knew. (As for European toilet paper holder, incidentally, that I see you liked, it was already long a month ago, or I might have graced the contest with that. ;-)) Never mind, I'm sure you'll get great input, thanks for responding! --Bishonen|Talk 11:47, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gaaaaa

I only saw the changed on my user page :-) It enlighten my next few days I promise :-) I love this rather childish design. Thank you Sj. Sorry I am not tip top these days. Ant

[edit] Thanks

Thank you, Samuel, for your kind words on my talk page! It's great to hear that people appreciate my work. As for the April Fool's gloom, I believe that it turned out to be quite different from what everyone had expected... — mark ✎ 13:35, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Holistic science?

I see that you wrote the Santa Fe Institute article. Recently I adopted the orphaned Holistic science article, but I really need some expert assistance (or any assistance). Basically, I'm a proponent of holistic science (or emphasis on study of entire systems rather than reducing things to constituent parts), but I'm not a scientist and lack any formal scientific training. I'm slowly gathering links to stuff, but I'm thinking it would be great if some more people got involved. So far the only other person watching this page is not contributing other than slapping NPOV, Disputed, Pseudoscience, etc. labels on it. What do you think? --Smithfarm 08:16, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the constructive criticism! I found it very useful. I'll keep working on the article. --Smithfarm 11:52, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] patagonian cavy picture

Hi SJ! Nice to talk to an old face! Not a great picture, but good enough for species illustration purposes. Alas, it's not one I count amongst my real pictures, as it was taken in captivity, at the Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo. On my 2003 trip, I took a day off from "proper" wildlife photography to visit there and take some Wikipedia pictures of creature I will never see in the wild unless I travel overseas one day, which I don't plan to: I imagine that I won't live long enough to photograph all the birds and mammals of Australia and (maybe New Zealand too). I'm only 45 but there are lots I haven't even seen in the wild yet! One continent per lifetime seems enough to me. :)

The other picture you linked to is superb! I've never seen it before, but it should certainly be used somewhere. I love it!

Best,

Tannin 11:48, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Socialism in the United States

Thanks for the compliment. I put up my Senior report on Socialism in the United States, wikified and NPOV'd. (I'm sure I missed some POV stuff, if you want to take a look at it.) I also started a to-do list on the talk page. The biggest problem is that my report abruptly stops at 1920. There's another 80 or so years to fill in there. I haven't linked from History of Socialism or Socialism yet, but I'm tempted to start a Wikiproject: Socialism. (Or perhaps, Wikiproject: Political Idealogies.) Thanks again, have a looksee and get back to me. LockeShocke 21:46, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Other chronological content Jan-Jun 2005

[edit] Boot camp

Hi Sj — the boot camp sounds like a great idea. Let's see if it gets off the ground. One question: my welcome messages are in templates ({{User:Asbestos/Welcome}} and {{User:Asbestos/Welcome2}}). I included the bootcamp template in the first of them, and everything seems to open out ok. It should update as the bootcamp template is edited, right? I don't want to start posting out-dated information. Is the bootcamp only going to be held this week? Thanks! — Asbestos | Talk 11:32, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

W00T! Let's start it back up.

[edit] Draft survey

I'm not the best at scripting and the like, so I wouldn't be able to run any survey with fancy options and privacy to boot. But to be honest, when I made my draft I really had no idea what use it would be in the end and how it could help Wikipedia as a whole, it was more of a playing-around-with-the-idea thing. But I'm sure a large scale survey, especially of new users, but also of established users, would be very, very useful once it was finished and the results collated. Have you already tried to get yours off the ground, or is it still in draft mode? And would I be able to see it too :) I think the idea could get somewhere if there were enough momentum built up behind it. T.PK 05:32, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Blogging

You asked me about my interest in good blogging software in Frisian. Did you want to bring software localized for Frisian to my attention, or did you want to enlist me in a translation effort? Aliter 13:46, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I asked around but didn't find anyone interested in taking on the additional load of translating even more software. Aliter 20:43, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

BTW., the wiki complains that "This page is 64 kilobytes long. This may be longer than is preferable; see article size."; you might want to refactor, excerpt, summarize, archive, or delete some of the talk here.

This would probably help when trying to return to a previous conversation, reduce people's phone bills and keep the browser from crashing. Aliter 20:43, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Your Q about Community Feedback

Hi Sam,

Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog. I understand you are doing research in the development of community feedback for Internet base encyclopedia (particular Encarta and Wikipedia) and would like to ask me a few questions. Fire them away!

PS: My surname is Siu (pronounce Sue) hence the subtitle of the blog as in "sue me"

[edit] Quarto design chat: Sunday?

Hi zanimum. Lockeshocke proposed an interesting icy cover for the next Quarto; I thought perhaps you two could work together on it. And are you free sometime this Sunday to discuss the internal layout of the next edition? +sj + 03:05, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hi Sj... sorry, I'm overflowing with year-end homework projects this weekend. I guess I'm willing to work with LockeShocke on the cover design; there are quite a few things Wikimedia needs to iron once and for all, to keep designs consistant, between issues and languages. Would any weekday/night be okay to chat with you sj, or should we just set up a talk page somewhere and discuss over the course of a few days? -- user:zanimum
Monday (tomorrow) would work for me; also Wednesday. Let me know... see the very top of the source of my talk page for contact info if you can't find me on-wiki. +sj + 02:21, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Wednesday is best, I'm cramming today, too many deadlines. Is there anything we can start to discuss now, so that I can leave my input here and there? -- user:zanimum

[edit] Blackberries fir0002 semi FPC

Hope you can come vote on this selection: [User:Fir0002/FPCandidates#Blackberries] Thanks--Fir0002 06:18, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost

Thanks for the offer, it's most welcome. In fact, since you're editor-in-chief for the Quarto, you're sort of the perfect candidate to serve as "guest editor" for The Signpost, if you're willing.

I'm planning to set up a "newsroom" page that will facilitate coordination. To make things easier for you, I think it might also be beneficial to have a deadline for reporters to get their stories done. Any suggestions on when we should set the deadline, to allow you enough time for editing?

About the style guide, I'm happy to answer any questions, it may force me to think more clearly about what I've been doing. Names of Wikipedians are sort of a complex issue, since it can involve real names, nicknames, pseudonyms, and even sigs. My usage has been flexible according to context, depending on their role and how the person is best known. For things with implications outside Wikipedia itself, I prefer real names. Some samples of how I tend to think:

Jimbo -> Jimmy Wales for most things, Jimbo Wales when actually using his account on the site
Anthere -> Usually Anthere, sometimes even when acting as Trustee if it's about interaction with the community, Florence Devouard if there's outside contact involved
Mav -> Pretty clear role break, mav as an arbitrator and user, Daniel Mayer as CFO
Brion -> I use (English-style) Vibber rather than the Esperanto all-caps VIBBER in his username
I don't necessarily mimic people's sigs, but if the sig is different enough from the username and kept consistent, I'll follow the sig. For somebody like User:Dbachmann, I wouldn't refer to him as anything but dab.

Fortunately, linking helps fill in the blanks, so I always make sure to link the name of any Wikipedian when it's first used. --Michael Snow 18:32, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nahuatl as written

Thank you a lot for the heads up, but could you please provide the actual URL? I've looked for hours in the depth of wikisource without find a hint of the document. Circeus 23:58, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Titanic

There is enough in the plot description to indicate that a nude portrait, a jewel, a pretty girl and an artist are involved. The picture you attempted to remove shows all four. For the rest, you really have to see the move--so it's fortunate that the company that made the movie has licensed its distribution on DVD. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 00:40, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Danny's user page

Why have you reverted all of the changes User:Danny has made to his user page for the past 8 months? Jayjg (talk) 17:33, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hmm, good question... how odd. I wasn't editing anything at 10am today when this edit was made. I *was* looking for a link to Wikipedia:2004_Encyclopedia_topics this morning, which I finally found via Danny's contribution-history... I must have followed a "rollback" link in the process. Thanks for catching it. Following a rollback link apparently requires no confirmation and doesn't give you any indication of what has happened; it looks as though you just followed a normal link to the target page. I submitted a bug report to fix that...
Unfortunately, I didn't get your message until Danny noticed the change himself and reverted it; how embarrassing. +sj + 04:59, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
What is a "rollback link"? Jayjg (talk) 14:06, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Graph of statistics

You asked a few months ago; I've updated the graph at Wikipedia:Words per article --Tagishsimon (talk)

[edit] Chinese WP

Sj, saw your question to Zhengzhu about a desription of Chinese WP's new system. Thought you might be interested in the writeup here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Automatic_conversion_between_simplified_and_traditional_Chinese

Also, I've posted a link to the GlobalVoices wiki, but you may want to make it more significant. Thanks! Fuzheado | Talk 10:49, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wiki Quarto

Hi Sj I'd love to be part of the production. Do you use ICQ? My number is 312-555-973, so that would be a good way to chat. --Fir0002 09:58, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost

I've just finalized the first draft of my second Signpost article this week. Could you please head over to the newsroom and give them a quick check and copyedit. I've listed them at the bottom of the page. (Can't reach Michael Snow yet). Mgm|(talk) 11:05, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Contest

I won't be joining that online chat: it's after midnight for me, and I'm working something like "normal" working hours these days. I think my comments speak for themselves; obviously, my top choices can be gleaned from the stars I gave. I'd hope that the four articles to which I gave two stars will be at least serious contenders, and the ones to which I gave no stars will not get top ranking, but if there is, say, one exception in either direction I won't scream. If there is much more than that, I'd appreciate one more chance to weigh in before this is final.

Thanks for pushing for this all to happen. -- Jmabel | Talk 23:02, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Quarto news review

Hi sj - thanks for the invite to help out with news coverage for the Quarto, I'd be very happy to get involved. I've been doing articles about Wikipedia in the press for a few weeks now on the Signpost, so it would be quite easy to keep track of the major coverage worth including in a quarterly. Just let me know what you'd like me to do, and when! Worldtraveller 12:35, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hi - have put together a first draft of a news article covering Jan-March, it's at User:Worldtraveller/Quarto:In the news. It's not a finished product by any means, but thought I would check if it's the kind of thing you're looking for before honing it further. Any thoughts or suggestions? Worldtraveller 16:38, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] More Signpost notes

I'm basically signing off for my vacation now, but I've left a few last-minute notes on the newsroom page, including an explanation of the steps to cover when publishing, in case it may be useful. Thanks for your help, and good luck with it! --Michael Snow 07:08, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost

I know. No matter what I turn in, Michael can always whip it into shape. :) Hopefully, the experience will help me to do better next week. But so far I haven't seen much to include in my FAC/FPC/RFA article. Mgm|(talk) 09:12, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Carpentry-stub

Hi Sj - I note you've created a new stub category. Did you realise that stub categories should normally be cleared by Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting before creation? That way they can be vetted to check that there are a viable number of stubs (at least 60-100) and that the category does not cross the existing stub hierarchy before the stub is created. In the case of carpentry-stub it looks okay (at least as far as the second point is concerned), but if you're planning to make any more categories, we'd like to know first! Oh, and if you're interested in helping sort stubs, we're always looking for new members of the project! One more thing - the single most important thing a stub template must have is a category. otheriwise, you're just consigning the stubs marked into the void, probably never to be seen by the editors who should be seeing them. I have created a Category:Carpentry stubs for the template, and am busy doing null-edits on the articles with the template to make sure they go in there... Grutness|hello? 09:39, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

On looking at the articles, things are a little worse than I thought. Most of them are about joinery rather than carpentry, and one of them is a neologism which is almost certain to be deleted by vfd. There is also no Category:Carpentry, which make a subcategory of it (Carpentry stubs) extremely unviable. I've redirected this to Joinery-stub, which does at least have the benefit of a parent category (Category:Joinery). Grutness|hello? 09:54, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary

Why did you recently add the move to Wiktionary tag to User:203.173.161.41's talk page? This is inappropriate use of the tag, which is important because pages with the tag get added to a category to be moved. I'm assuming it was a mistake, and I've removed it. --Dmcdevit 23:27, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

  • Thought it was something like that. No big deal, it's just that the program I use to Transwiki goes by those tags, so I have to manually clean them out first. Plus, did you consider telling the newbie? Most don't realize their mistake. --Dmcdevit 05:35, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cyberarts Festival

I saw you at the Cyberarts Festival. You totally rocked!

[edit] The Report On Lengthy Litigation

I'm ready to begin work, but it seems little significant activity has occured on ArbCom cases this week. Alas, our justices grow weary of their duties, methinks. Nonetheless, I'm putting up a first draft tonight and plan to improve it right up to the deadline so that it might be as complete as possible.

That 1200 UTC Saturday deadline; I take it that that's noon Saturday? Wally 04:34, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

  • Right-o. My rough draft may be found here. Wally 05:40, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Absolutely. I'll have it up today. Wally 14:27, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
My draft is up in the appropriate location. Unlike last week's, it is current up to the very moment (I literally added material that had developed while I was writing the first draft!). Wally 02:06, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Podcasting link

Hi there,

I read your message about your request for me to stop adding a link to the podcasting directory potkast.com. First off I am confused about not adding a relevant link. I hope you can clear this for me.

Greet, Eddie Adams

[edit] Signpost article

Sorry for being late with the article again, I had loads of stuff to do today. I'm now going through some pages to find something to write about in my featured items/new admins article. If you've got any ideas, I'd love to hear them. I should have something up in about 12-13 hours. Hopefully you'll still have enough time to edit it after that. Sincerely, Mgm|(talk) 21:11, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)

  • Bah, I couldn't find much to write about. Hope this is okay. I've got an initial draft at User:MacGyverMagic/In_Progress/featured16. I'll add something on the voting for the featured images, but I don't think I can tell something about the new admins. I already reported on Mindspillage who received a total of 41 votes. Wasn't there a banner because Phils' admin nomination had too few votes to reach concencus? Mgm|(talk) 15:24, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost articles

Hi sj, it sounds like you hadn't seen that I'd put links to a couple of articles in the 'ready for editing' section of the Newsroom. I'd done one about the IWC and one about the Sanger memoirs. Been delayed doing press coverage but am drafting it at the moment, see User:Worldtraveller/In the news. Also, I mentioned above but you might not have seen my message that I've drafted a press coverage article for the Quarto, at User:Worldtraveller/Quarto:In the news. It still needs a bit of work but I hope it's the kind of thing you're looking for. Worldtraveller 19:17, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

By the way, are you already writing an article about the pope news coverage? If you need someone to write it, I'd be happy to put it together. I noticed it in the suggestions section but no-one seems to have claimed it. Worldtraveller 19:27, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
No, not yet. That would be wonderful. +sj +
OK, news and pope article are now also up there for editing at the newsroom, all yours to hammer into shape and make publishable! Worldtraveller 21:22, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Afrocentrism

Hey Sj! You suggested that since I made changes to Afrocentrism that I talk about the changes on its discussion page. This makes a great deal of sense, so after I made the changes I actually added a section summarizing why I made the changes I did. But that section disappeared--I assume it disappeared when the changes reverted. I will attempt to resummarize what I wrote. Thanks!

[edit] Signpost

I've noticed the signpost hasn't been updates yet while Michael usually does it around noon my time. Worldtraveller's articles look fine to me and you already checked mine. Can I update or is there anything I'm not seeing? Mgm|(talk) 17:34, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

  • Since it looks like you'll be offline for a while. I decided to be bold and update the signpost to make sure it's not delayed too much. Hope you don't mind. Mgm|(talk) 18:49, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
    Thanks, MGM! You rock. There were some bits that still had to be fixed, but it was good to get the content out there. +sj +

[edit] 3 => 3 (year)

Please see Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)#Move_3_to_3_(year). -- User:Docu

[edit] Proposed New Beat

Hi, I would like to cover a weekly roundup of new proposals found at the Village Pump in an new article.

Lotsofissues 11:33, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC) ›››Leave Me a Message‹‹‹

[edit] Featured`17

I was unavailable to write yesterday. I'll add the new pics, articles and admins to Blankfaze's article as soon as possible. If you have to you can publish the Signpost and put up a delay notice like Michael did for late T.R.O.L.L. articles. User:MacGyverMagic - 82.172.23.66 08:58, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

  • Blankfaze was kind enough to provide this week's article at [[2]]. Mgm|(talk) 21:29, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia Quarto and press

Hiya dearie.

Basically, I think the board report page is all set. I asked Jimbo and Angela to review it for accuracy (in particular hosting offers...) 2 days ago... and no feedback probably mean all is well :-)

So, I put all parts of it in proofreading stage and once Ruth is happy with it, it can be translated anytime.

Another point : Personally, I am very proud of this article [3] and I would love to have it cited in Quarto. How to say... it is one of the first time we really go beyond the usual presentation of wikipedia, to try to work out some big issues, related to our interaction with the outside world... It is unusual journalists ask such questions, so it was a great opportunity and I hope it can have some impact on freeing information in Europe somehow. A little additional stone.

Still... I do not know where to put it :-)

Last point : the board letter. I asked Angela if she wanted to write it, and she did not answer. So, I decided to did it myself. Then I changed topic 3 times and am still undecided. I think the topic I wish to talk about is elections or rather past year. But I am not sure it is wise. So.... I let my holidays rest on that and will come back on the matter. Ideas welcome. user:Anthere

[edit] Signpost article

I'll have my article ready late tonight or tomorrow morning (GMT). Since you're updating the Signpost on Tuesday's I don't think it'll be a problem. Just letting you know. Mgm|(talk) 17:25, May 7, 2005 (UTC)

  • Damn, I slept in. I hate it when I can't act on promises. I should have it done in less than 10 hours. Sorry about yet another delay. No need to call in blankfaze. I really want to do this before I'm gone next week. Mgm|(talk) 11:05, May 8, 2005 (UTC)
    • I'm waiting for some feedback from Raul654 and Evercat before finishing the article. Hopefully they'll get in here soon. If they don't reply by tonight, I'll go with what I know and finalize the article accordingly. Mgm|(talk) 14:13, May 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • My draft is in the review section of the newsroom. Mgm|(talk) 21:25, May 8, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Press coverage

Was just starting work on my press coverage article, but I see Lotsofissues has listed a press coverage article under work in progress. If Lotsofissues is doing it, then I'll not bother working on mine, but if you still need it, I'll finish it off tomorrow morning. Worldtraveller 23:02, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Oh, and by the way, a while ago I did a round-up of press coverage in the first quarter of 2005. I mentioned it ealier to see if it was the kind of thing you had in mind for the Quarto but hadn't heard back from you. It's at User:Worldtraveller/Quarto:In the news, all yours to use if you want. Worldtraveller 23:04, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Forty-seven Ronin

Hi, Sj, would you like to comment on it (frage); recently I added some comment on Kanpei ... --Aphaea* 07:19, 10 May 2005 (UTC) (sorry for late, it was just last December we talked on that)

[edit] Bootcamp

Hi Sj —
I've been leaving bootcamp templates on my welcome messages since the beginning of February: is it still happening? I left a message on the project's Talk page a while ago, but it seems that no one keeps that on their watch list, which seems to confirm my suspicions.
I remember I noted a while back on your talk page that I didn't want to start posting out-dated information. Perhaps if the boot camp is no longer occuring the template ought to be blanked and then deleted, so that any instances of it lying around don't mislead people (and any fools like me who are still posting it will no longer have the template on their welcome messages, not having realized that the message went out of date months ago...).
— Asbestos | Talk 08:11, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

  • Aha! I keep it on my watchlist, which is too long... there have been sporadic bootcamps when publicized, and I keep an eye on the IRC chan. But there has been no spontaneous interest in it. I wonder how to reinvigorate it. The idea is certainly more useful now for having some initial content... +sj + 19:12, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
    • Ok, that's cool. I'm hardly ever on IRC, so I wouldn't have noticed: it was just the apparent lack of activity on the project page that made me wonder. No idea how to raise interest levels in newbies, though, though of course from my experience the learning curve here at WP is fairly steep, so maybe by the time they've figured out what "IRC" means they've already written their first article. Anyway, good job keeping it up. — Asbestos | Talk 21:33, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
      • Well, the initial idea was for it to be on-wiki. With courses for users to pass through... I think wondering about how to do that best diverted attention from getting people to come chat on IRC. But since it was the same crowd of IRC users each time; maybe an on-wiki correlary would be better. With an IRC session as one of the last steps. +sj +

[edit] Signpost

Hi SJ, hope all's well. Sorry about temporarily stealing control today :) I meant to let you know what I was up to, but was fitting in editing between real work and got distracted by a meeting. Was glad to see the counter-coup later on! I'd like to think of myself as a kind of Thomas Sankara of the Signpost, but I fear I may be more like the Captain of Köpenick...

I didn't have time to do anything more than the press coverage for this week's Signpost, but should be able to produce a few extra articles for next week's. Glad the press stuff for the Quarto was useful as well! Worldtraveller 22:31, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Date on Wikipedia

Is it correct that the Wattenberg et al. study you say was done in winter of 2003 was, in other words, done in late 2003? Seasonal neutrality, just checking... 119 03:53, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Signpost

Excellent! I enjoyed reading it! — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:13, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fabi

Following on from my reply on my talk page, I didn't notice you were a contributor to the signpost until I went and read this week's edition after I wrote that. So, please take it as an unprompted compliment. :) fabiform | talk 17:58, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DC

Hey there! I didn't, sadly, end up getting to go. I had planned to go to Brickskeller and wherever for the balance of the evening, but there was a sudden minor pet crisis I had to deal with that took my time instead... did you have fun? Where did y'all go? · Katefan0(scribble) 14:57, May 13, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Polls and surveys on SIGN

After doing a little work awhile back trying to fix up and better organize the Wikipedia:Current surveys page, I realized that polls and surveys on the Wikipedia are a real mess. Some never get announced except on their talk page. Others may only be announced on a WikiProject page. Some are posted to WP:RFC and/or Wikipedia:Village pump (policy), but not to Current Surveys; or vice versa. Only very rarely do they get the sort of attention and participation that Gdansk/Vote got. I realized that to do things well, that it would take the entire amount of my free time that I've budgeted for spending on the Wikipedia. Quite frankly, I'd rather spend that time on Japanese poetry, and Southern California articles, plus the occasional drop-in at the Stub-sorting WikiProject and WP:TFD. If I ever did anything more bureaucratic on the Wikipedia, it would probably be to organize a California or Southern California WikiProject. What you probably should do instead is find some young, enthusiastic, slightly obsessive Wikipedian who is looking for a big project to tackle. If you find somebody like that, I'll be the first to award them a Wikipedia:Barnstars. Perhaps you should suggest it to someone like Netoholic—a large task like that might help keep him out of further trouble. ;-) BlankVerse ∅ 02:15, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

  • Hi there! I was discussing some policy-related things with BlankVerse, and he mentioned this column on SIGN and suggested that I consider writing it... so I'd like to ask you for some more information on what the general idea is, but in principle I'd be interested. Yours, Radiant_* 14:06, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
    • Okay, done. The article is in the newsroom (along with another article by a new editor); please take it from there. Thanks! Radiant_* 14:57, May 30, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Three step process

Thank you for beautifying the three step process that I help to make. It looks so much better. I should let you know some people want Template:Vfd2 to be unprotected. They claim it can be improved upon, but little do they know of the history and the background of the template. (And why it was protected in the first place.) -- AllyUnion (talk) 00:44, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

One more thing... Don't you think your discussion page is a bit long? -- AllyUnion (talk) 00:45, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
Very welcome. Cutting the pagesize down a bit :)

[edit] Catching up

Well, content wasn't reduced too drastically, and I've had weeks before where I wasn't able to do as much as usual. Considering that when I planned this vacation, I feared The Signpost might die entirely, I'm very pleased with the result, even with hiccups. I don't know that I could manage for long without Worldtraveller either. Thanks again for all the work you put in, hopefully now you can have a little more time to spare for the Quarto.

With respect to your layout mockup, have you checked it in skins other than Monobook? The visual effects (particularly colors) might not work as well in Classic, I'm not sure. I like the calendar idea more than I expected, though. When I saw it discussed initially, I thought it would disrupt the layout, but you've worked it in nicely. --Michael Snow 17:34, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] With foot planted firmly in mouth

I just read your message from almost two weeks ago about the TROLL report, and I admit that it slipped my mind which is absolutely inexcusable. I had a ton of relatives in the last two weeks and to top it off I had to run to attend to my mother for several days after she gashed her leg, and when I got back I zoned out completely. Is it too late for me to do some or all of this? I could do a sort of two-week wrap-up? Wally 19:17, 25 May 2005 (UTC)