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[edit] From Ishdarian - regarding Pinkerton Academy.
I'd like to appologize for all the students at the Academy finding it funny to vandalize our school's page. I've added it to my one watch list and will now be watching it and talking to the students in person. It is a joke to them and I do not think it should be tolerated.
[edit] Word Association
I'm not totally sure and but isn't the new branch in a way illegal (as far as the rules of the game go) or is anyone allowed to start a branch without it having to do with the other branches and tthe main game? Simply south 14:02, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
- Yep, that'd be against the rules, alright. In this case, though, whoever started the latest branch simply forgot to bold the word where it was already in the game (in this case, it's in the main game) and that's easy enough to fix. No worries! Underorbit 14:50, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
- Just to say, like many words there are two different spellings to words. Usually differences between British and American spelling. I'm just pointing out its not a spelling mistake. E.g. colour and color, chili and chilli, realised and realized. Simply south 00:08, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry bout that. I don't intend to be an Ugly American! Change it back if you like? Underorbit 01:12, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
- Don't worry about it. Well i have changed it back anyway. And i don't you are changing into one either. Simply south 10:41, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikilogos
I thought you might be interested in my proposal for Wikipedia to use logo variations created by members of the wiki community to mark national and international awareness days, Remembrance Days, notable anniversaries, and observance days. Please comment on Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Logo Variations and on my talk page. Thanks! FrummerThanThou 10:40, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 2
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[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 3
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[edit] Active user verification
Hello, Underorbit. Due to the high number of inactive users at WP:USRD, we are asking that you verify that you are still an active contributor of the project. To do so, please add an asterisk (*) after your name on Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Newsletter/List. Users without one by the next issue in 2 weeks will be removed off the list and off the respective road projects as well. If you have any questions, please contact me on my talk page. Thanks. V60 VTalk · VDemolitions 20:18, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Word association suggestion
Hi, as one of the more prolific contributers to the Word Association game, I just want to point you in the direction of my suggestion on the Wikipedia talk:Sandbox/Word Association page. Any ideas/comments gratefully received. Phileas 22:02, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 4
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[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 5
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[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 6
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[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 7
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[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 8
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[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 9
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[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 10
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[edit] An important letter
Dear roads editor,
You may have noticed some changes at WP:USRD lately. Some of them, like the cleanup templates and the stub templates, have been astounding and great. Unfortunately, others have been disturbing.
This has become evidenced by the departure of a few prominent editors at USRD, a few RFC's, and much fighting among USRD editors.
After the second RFC, many of us found the opportunity to take a step away from Wikipedia for a while--as a self-imposed wikibreak, or possibly on vacation.
The result of such introspection was that many of us were placing ourselves in a "walled garden" and on a self-imposed pedestal of authority over the roads department. Also, we were being hostile to a few users who were not agreeing with us.
In fact, IRC has been the main incarnation of this "walled garden." Decisions have been made there to conduct grudges and prejudices against a few valued USRD users with poor justification.
For this, we have come to apologize. We have come to ask your forgiveness.
In addition to this, we hope to work as one USRD team from now on and to encourage cooperation instead of the promotion of interests.
All users are welcome to collaborate on IRC, the newsletter, or anywhere else at USRD.
In the future, please feel free to approach us about any issues you may have.
Regards,
Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 17:08, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 11
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[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 12
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[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 13
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Hiya. I'm not here because I'm angry with you, nor do I have a correction for you. I just thought I'd elaborate on the edit summary I used in my most recent edit, and also provide a bit more reasoning for why I changed football to say American football earlier today. You see, in the past, I would have agreed with you on that, but from my experience, even articles that are, by pure definition, American-based, often use "American football" to refer to (what I, as an English man, would call) American football, and quite often use "football (soccer)" (or football, or soccer, depending on context) to refer to the game I would call football. Examples of "American football" used without a piped link in articles that are US-centric would be National Football League, Miami Dolphins, Ben Roethlisberger, or ESPN NFL 2K (the first four articles I looked at, bar 2004 NFL Draft which doesn't link to the article at all). Prior to me discovering this, I, myself, would regularly go around American articles (as my girlfriend is American, so we tend to talk about that kind of thing a lot. :P) and changed "[[football]]" to "[[American football|football]]". Nowadays I tend to just change them to say American football. Sorry for rambling on, anyway. Thanks for not just using the standard "undid revision blah blah" edit summary, I always feel slightly offended when I see that. ;) --Dreaded Walrus t c 06:20, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] USRD Inactivity check and news report
Hello, Underorbit. We had a few urgent matters to communicate to you:
- Please update your information at Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Participants, our new centralized participant list. Those who have not done so by October 20th will be removed.
- There are important discussions taking place at WT:USRD relating to whether WP:USRD, WP:HWY, or the state projects should hold the "power" in the roads projects.
Regards, Rschen7754 (T C) 23:41, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] U.S. Roads inactivity notification
You have been declared inactive at USRD. If this is in error, feel free to restore yourself to the list, but only if you are truly active. Regards, Rschen7754 (T C) 21:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
