User talk:Zginder

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Do not thank me for voting in your RFA, I find the "You have a new message" message annoying, thanks. If you have questions about my votes or question or actions there feel free to ask below.

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[edit] Welcome

Hello, Zginder, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} and your question on your user talk page, and someone will show up shortly to answer. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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[edit] SAT

Why did you delete your edits? They were good. Yodaat 21:30, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

My mistake. Zginder 21:34, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
No prob.  :) Yodaat 00:21, 6 June 2007 (UTC)


[edit] 12-hour clock

It looks like I somehow inadvertently reverted one of your edits, while intending to do the same reversion you did somewhat later (removing "meridiem is when sun passes meridian"). Sorry about that. −Woodstone 23:21, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

That's OK. Thank you for apologizing. Zginder 13:18, 23 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] SD Tag

Hi, i noticed you added a Speedy Delete tag on Further reading on Latin American Literature, might this page by the same contributor require the same S.D. tag? Additional reading on Liberalism. -- LaNicoya  •Talk•  22:29, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes it should be. Zginder (talk) 22:50, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
An update both of them just needed a explanation of purpose. Zginder (talk) (Contrib) 16:54, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your NPWatcher application

Dear Zginder,

Thank you for applying for NPWatcher! You've been approved to use it. Before you run the program, please check the changelog on the application page to see if there is a newer release (or just add the main page (here) to your watchlist). Report any bugs or feature suggestion here. If you need help, feel free to contact me or join NPWatcher.

Anthøny 22:13, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Science Collaboration of the Month

You voted for Carbon and this article is now the current Science Collaboration of the Month!
Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia science article.

NCurse work 13:11, 1 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Re: GFDL

How would I do that? Would it be better for me to undo that edit, and rewrite the section from scratch? People like what I'm doing with articles, the only problem is I just add content and forget about it, but there's more to it than that. BTW, Once I copied the text from Candle clock, I remember rewording it a little (compare this diff with this revision, from which I copied some text). Also, just to be clear, we're talking about copy and pasting from other Wikipedia articles, right? I would never copy and paste from an external source, even if I gave it proper attribution. J-ſtanContribsUser page 03:11, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

So would I revert the edits, or just remove the section then, and write it from scratch? Or should I attribute to the authors of the other article? If the latter, how would I do that? J-ſtanContribsUser page 04:36, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Ok, I think I understand, and the edits have been reverted and then restored, with attribution from the other pages in the summary. Just please make sure I did everything correctly. J-ſtanContribsUser page 02:53, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

You know I just started the page you should stop being such a quick-draw artist and being a little considerate. Williamb (talk) 02:36, 28 December 2007 (UTC) And you need to stop harrassing people while they are creating pages. Williamb (talk) 02:40, 28 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] List of New York City Ballet 2007 Winter Repertory

I was adding a category and an external link as you tagged List of New York City Ballet 2007 Winter Repertory.

May I explain the page's notability?

City Ballet has over 400 ballets in their rep. (the biggest of any ballet company in the world) and dances nearly 80 each year.

I have been putting articles about each ballet on Wikipedia for the past few months in preparation for the upcoming season (December 30th is their last Nutcracker, January 2nd the beginning of the real winter season.)

Having discussed this with dance professors, ballet masters, company members and choreographers, it's felt that one of the most valuable entries on Wikipedia would be each seasons rep. with casting.

This is information of intense interest to dance scholars and is not available on line after the season nor much of anywhere else. Casting is not made known until two weeks before performance and even then subject to (frequent) change, right down to show time.

Most evenings there will be a little slip of paper tucked into each program stating who is out injured and who is dancing in their place.

In very rare cases an announcement is made just before the curtain goes up.

These last minute changes are not necessarily recorded even on the NYCB website.

As I live in Times Square and attend City Ballet almost nightly (they've got $15 tickets for us poor folk) I can maintain a true record of the casts that perform, which is one of the most central issues in dance history -- if not the most central issue.

Ballets have large and complex casts compared with operas or plays and are sometimes mix and match affairs; in extreme situations a dancer may begin learning a dance at 10 AM and perform it at 8 PM, and this is the stuff of ballet history (not just its gossip).

I will be adding the casts as the season progresses including those pesky curtain time cast changes.

I took the liberty of removing the uncategorized tag, but may I ask that you remove the notability tag, please?

I am loathe to do so myself as this is a matter of judgement. Robert Greer (talk) 03:10, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lead

This article has no lead and is very confusing to the reader. Zginder (talk) (Contrib) 14:30, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Point well taken! Do you have any other suggestions? Robert Greer (talk) 18:53, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
PS I leave for Stockholm tomorrow and return in three weeks. Robert Greer (talk) 16:05, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User: BlueEarth & my Insolation Formula/charts

hello, just started using Wikipedia and I'm trying to get the etiquette at my own pace without offending anyone. I was just taking note that this user: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BlueEarth
seems to be taking credit for articles that other people have written, including yourself.
I would like to contribute to the information in certain articles without being labeled a vandal. This link shows what may appear to be ORIGINAL RESEARCH, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Insolation but it's pretty basic astronomy, and I was concerned that if I started adding charts with the data calculated from this simple formula that it would get deleted, ... to be completely honest I have already added these charts but I was wondering if someone would hit me with the evaluation sooner rather than later.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:109_Piscium_b
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581_c
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_108874
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55_Cancri_f
-GabrielVelasquez (talk) 01:27, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Zginder

I did a thorough browsing of your user profile, and must say,
y'r special.
-GabrielVelasquez (talk) 01:45, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your help with photos.
GabrielVelasquez (talk) 07:27, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Yes that's my artistry, GabrielVelasquez.
Yes that's my artistry, GabrielVelasquez.




























[edit] Carbon

I will take a look at Carbon and peer review it, though it will take me a few days. I will do the semi-automated peer review next. Thanks for asking, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:05, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

I have reacently decided to say hi to everyone that i can on wikipedia to try to help make it a more frendly place. you are the first person to be afected with my new mission. so without further anticipation, HI. Drance I know 7 19:46, 3 January 2008 (UTC)


Umm, "Creepy for Cheapy" - GabrielVelasquez (talk) 07:18, 5 January 2008 (UTC) 07:18, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
("Male" - just to be clear) Why does that village people song, "Macho Man" come to mind. "I've, got, to, bea, Macho!" GabrielVelasquez (talk) 20:02, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] You're welcome

You're welcome for rollback. :) Acalamari 18:58, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Carbon

Sorry, I was completely unaware of the peer review. Probably due to the holidays, I did not keep a very close eye to the article.

Just for your reference, the initial chance in rating were because from the WP:Elements point of view, this is a GA-wannabe article (IMHO GA is more worthwile than A since the GA at least goes through a review process). Later on I decided that I should not mess up with the WP1.0 rating so I changed that one back. Several days ago I noticed that the article is not A-level anymore, and I thought the confusion vetween the WP:Elements rating and WP1.0 made somebody set both to B. Nergaal (talk) 05:48, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which closed unsuccessfully with 25 support, 18 oppose, and 6 neutral. Thanks for the support and I'll look forward working with you. --BritandBeyonce (talk) 06:53, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Invitation

Hello. You may have seen that some Wikipedia articles lack sources to given dates, timelines and chronologies.
If you feel that you could like to help in making all articles more reliable and well sourced in this regard, we would like to encourage you to use, as part of your daily editing and when {{fact}} is not enough for requesting clearly and specifically a citation or source for dates, timeline or chronology, the following inline tags:

{{Histfact}} displays {history source needed} for requesting sources for historical claims and history context. Click here for more information
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At WP Timeline Tracer, we thank you for using these tools and for helping to make Wikipedia articles more accurate and reliable.

Daoken 10:52, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Acid

Sorry, I figured it was updated on Wednesday, but apparently not. Apologies. WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDENplay it cool. 20:30, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedians for tables, bulleted and number lists, and graphs

"The policy of changing simple to understand bulleted and number lists into pros destroys the easy to readiness of the encyclopedia". You might wanna try here if you think prose is too complicated for you. I'm not even a native speaker and my English sucks, yet I still enjoy reading prose and prefer that over glancing at tables, bulleted and number lists — mainly because I like to further refine my understanding of the English language in addition to learning mere facts. Why not call it "Association of Wikipedians who hate prose as well as the fact that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not The Guinness Book of Records"? User:Dorftrottel 08:53, January 31, 2008


[edit] Simpsons season 9 FTC

I'm curious, I don't understand your last comment at the WP:FTC discussion? Cirt (talk) 00:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

You said we needed two more articles for each topic, but each has four featured articles, and 20% of 26 (rounded down) is 5, so we only need one more article for each topic. -- Scorpion0422 23:52, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, but it doesn't specify that you have to round up. In fact, in the discussion, you yourself specifically said that it's 20% rounded down. 20% of 26 = 5.2. Rounded down, that's 5. -- Scorpion0422 00:43, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Are you referring to this diff? That was a previous proposal that was not implemented this one was and I had misinterpreted it anyway as shown here. Zginder (talk) (Contrib) 00:55, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Sounds

I'd love to, but only if I'm not the only one deciding. In past votes, other editors have used sound and music programs to look at the sound, and judge its quality from a scientific/visual perspective and not just a subjective view. Especially when it comes to classical music. Zidel333 (talk) 00:39, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Homeschooling

Notice I've responded to the "Userbox" discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Homeschooling. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 16:33, 22 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] The E=mc² Barnstar

Thank you Zginder.—RJH (talk) 16:18, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Fair use rationale for Image:Jonah poetry book cover.jpg

Thanks for pointing out a problem with the image licensing ... I must admit despite being a seasoned contributor I find this image licensing stuff pretty confusing and hard to get right .. are there recommended examples of standard things like book covers, album covers, paintings etc? Have I done the Jonah cover ok now, or not? Stumps (talk) 23:06, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

There is one section called "Low resolution?" this picture is not low resolution and might be to large for fair use. Zginder (talk) (Contrib) 23:25, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Invite

Hi Zginder!

I noticed you were a member of WikiProject Education, and thought you might be interested in WikiProject Homeschooling. In this "WikiProject," we have been together working on the collaboration of Homeschooling-related articles. As a member, I really hope you can join, and let me know if you need any help signing up or with anything else. If you have any questions about the project you can ask at the project's talk page. Cheers! RC-0722 communicator/kills 23:20, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] [edit] Image source problem with Image:CirLogix4.jpg

Thanks for the note regarding the CirLogix4.jpg. I haven't uploaded an image in a while and I seem to have made an error in the copyright notice. I created the image myself using a software program called CircuitLogix. I tried to delete the image and start again but with no success. Best regards, Carl142 (talk) 01:20, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

For coming and being part of Wikipedia:NotTheWikipediaWeekly - the files are all online now, and it was fun to chat! Thanks again! - Privatemusings (talk) 03:05, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reporting Image Copyright Violations

Hi,

What should I do if I come across an image with a copyright violation?

Greg Comlish (talk) 14:01, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Secret Page

Nope! Well done. You did it. Except you didn't. You haven't found my secret page - are you sure you were looking properly? Sorry...

Remember: It's all linked. There's at least three possible pages...

Hope to see you trying again,

microchip08 {{ustatus|Microchip08}} (talk) 15:46, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

P.S. Good Luck!

[edit] Homeschooling Newsletter

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[edit] Rex Tremlett

Hi. Regarding Rex Tremlett, an article for which you recently warned the creator that a tag had been placed for speedy deletion [1] (I can only assume mistakenly [2]). It appears to me from the content in the article (such as it is) that the guy is notable, though the content is a bit fuxxed. It'd be better to just fix it up (it'll take me 5 mins tops ;) than nominate it for deletion. -- Naerii · plz create stuff 20:59, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Prestik.

I am in no way affliated with the creators or marketers of prestik. I did not create that page as spam or to advertise a product. I was just trying to help. T.Neo (talk) 14:26, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Time Times (2008-03)

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  • Article count over 800! By my count we now have 873 articles but, will have many more soon. Less than 200 are assessed though, plenty of work for us to do.
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  • Project member count reaches 11 members! Keep inviting all your WikiFriends.
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[edit] Homeschooling Newsletter 2

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  • The Userbox Discussion for the selection of our official and standard userbox has been reopened now that we have more members. The discussion was originally opened by Unschool last month, but was put on hold until our group had more users.
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Thanks for your help with Mason's works -- I've done a bit of formatting on s:Home Education if you wanted to take a look and see if you can help format the rest. :) Much appreciated! Sherurcij (Speaker for the Dead) 12:45, 12 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for the service badge/barnstar! It feels nice to be appreciated. Thanks also for all your work on WikiProject Homeschooling! DiligentTerrier and friends 18:13, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] thanks for being part of Wikipedia:NotTheWikipediaWeekly

all the files are now online - and thanks again for coming along for a chat... whether you were vocal, or more of a listener, your support is fantastic - and do consider hosting a skypecast of your own before too long! (I think I pressed all of three buttons this time!) - once again thanks, and I look forward to seeing you around! cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 03:18, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:HOME

Thats where it should lead to. I have spoken to several administrators on this issue, and they have agreed with my stance. Twenty Years 06:59, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:FTC

Sorry for the revert, I didn't see that he chose to comment at the top rather than at the bottom. For future reference, if you are going to remove a nomination, make sure you add it to the log. Even though cases like this aren't really "fails" per se, it's useful to have all past noms in one place in case someone ever needs to look back on things. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 20:51, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:Lectures on the 6th

Kim is starting the lectures on April 6th around 15:00 UTC (although that is apparently open to discussion). Just a reminder... Xavexgoem (talk) 14:14, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Featured sounds

You seem to be an expert on featured sounds. This is media of the day over on Commons; think it would be a viable candidate for FSC? Image:D-Scarlatti-Sonata-K159-C.ogg DurovaCharge! 21:47, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

The problem with most sound files, is that the uploader did not add enough information about the source of the file to meet criterion 5. Zginder (talk) (Contrib) 12:46, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Time Times (2008-04)

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[edit] Lectures

The lecture has started. irc.freenode.net, #wikipedia-en-lectures

--Kim Bruning (talk) 15:18, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Flagged revisions

Re your post: I'm not familiar with the terminology. Would you do me a favour and explain what the difference is between quality versions and sighted versions -- or give a link to somewhere where it's explained? Does "sighted" just mean that an autoconfirmed user (or whatever) has confirmed that it doesn't seem to be vandalism? Thanks. --Coppertwig (talk) 23:15, 6 April 2008 (UTC)


[edit] WikiProject Homeschooling Early April 2008 Newsletter

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  • Collaboration of the Month nominations are currently open for WikiProject Homeschooling's Collaboration of the month. So far there have been two nominations. You can nominate and vote at April's Collaboration page (link).
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  • Peer Review: The homeschooling article is currently under peer review. Constructive criticism is welcome at the peer review page (link).
  • Project member count reaches 23 members! Keep inviting all your WikiFriends using our invitation templates.
  • A Homeschooling Portal may be created by User:WBOSITG. However, this user will soon be on a WikiBreak, so don't expect it anytime soon.
  • Remember: The project is accessible from the shortcuts, WP:HOME and WP:WPHS.
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[edit] Homeschooling newsletter

Thanks for noticing my mistake with the Homeschooling newsletter. Much appreciated. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 21:27, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:Lectures

#wikipedia-en-lectures @ 15:00 UTC today, yay. Xavexgoem (talk) 15:11, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


Testing new signature. Zginder 2008-04-14T17:27Z (UTC)

Hey Zginder, I cleaned up the logs (User:Xavexgoem/log) - is it OK if I replace your entry? Mine has bolded user names. I'm very proud :-p
Cheers! Xavexgoem (talk) 22:58, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Go ahead. Zginder 2008-04-14T23:01Z (UTC)

First of all, the Princeton Review is a horrible guide for the ACT, so I would not use their chart. You cannot place exact values for conversions between the tests, so a range is much better. If you feel a conversion chart is necessary, use the EXACT same conversion chart that is on the SAT wiki page and CREATE A NEW SECTION for the conversion chart. That seems very reasonable. The percentiles between the two tests do not match up exactly, so you need to make a new section, and not group everything together. Copy the conversion table from wiki, and keep the percentile table. Second of all it IS STATISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE to be in the 100th percentile for anything unless you are number one. Number one does not include ties at scores of 36, and certainly does not have scores of 35 and 34 in the 100th percentile. You have also not cited your imaginary percentile rankings, probably because you have made them up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Redskins2k9 (talk • contribs) 21:32, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:NotTheWikipediaWeekly/Header

Sorry? Anthøny 14:26, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:Lectures

Today (Apr 20th), around 15:00 UTC! Possibly on Skype, but certainly on IRC (#wikipedia-en-lectures on freenode)! I don't actually know about the Skype details... Message me on Skype (xavexgoem) about that, if you have it (no harm in getting it, either), and then maybe by that time I'll have a clue :-p Xavexgoem (talk) 14:28, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Martin's Brandon Church

You just posted notice to my user page of speedy deletion of Martin's Brandon Church, and it was already deleted. I posted request to Alexf's talk page to restore, is that you also, and/or are you working closely with Alexf, who is listed as the deleter?

Anyhow, Would you please undelete it so that i can develop it. That was just too abrupt.

It was a one sentence stub with an infobox already and a Talk page pointing to references to add, and it was documented that the site is listed on the U.S. National Register. It was not "incoherent" or "patent nonsense".

Check my edit history if you like.

Please undelete. doncram (talk) 21:32, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Note, the apparently ungrammatical name is not a mistake, that is the historical name of the site, as in Martin's Brandon being an alternative name for Brandon Plantation. doncram (talk) 21:34, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Whatever about the talkback policy, please reply to my Talk page or indicate there that you have answered here, please don't just reply here without informing me. doncram (talk) 21:37, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for replying, i suppose. You should recognize that the article should not have been deleted. A statement that a site is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places is an assertion of notability. Would you please clarify what is your relationship to Alexf? Are you or is that a sockpuppet? doncram (talk) 21:51, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I did start the article with just a few words, and but had a copy-cache ready to put into the Talk page so went over to that for a minute. Then i was back and developed it approximately as it is now. I did not then see any db notice, so don't see how it could have happened that you marked the first version. Maybe Alexf is at fault for so quickly performing the actual deletion? But per new page patroller guidelines that i read once, I recall that you are not supposed to patrol instantly upon creation of an article, you are supposed to work on the oldest pages first or something. It is common that users create an article with several edits and it is not helpful to mark them for deletion instantly. doncram (talk) 22:12, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Time Times (2008-05)

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Issue Three • May 2008 • About the Newsletter
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[edit] 'Private' Image

Hi. I believed that there was actually a rationale in place already at the bottom of the page (though I noticed some sort of Bot reversion that may have changed things), but in any event, I've expanded on the rationale for Image:Private.jpg. Please note that I've reproduced rationales that are already considered acceptable for other book covers, such as A Song of Ice and Fire. Thank you. --James26 (talk) 07:01, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Recent edit to the homeschooling article

In your recent edit to the homeschooling article you seem to have inadvertently removed a large portion of the article in addition to reverting the previous edit. It's not difficult to undo, but please try to be more careful in the future. Amillion (talk) 23:11, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

If you are talking about this edit, it looks like he was using Twinkle to revert the previous edit, and didn't let it load completely. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 12:09, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Yes, that was the edit I was referring to. Amillion (talk) 05:42, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Was this a mistake, then? - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:56, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Yes, it was a mistake. Twinkle sometimes does this. Does User:Diligent Terrier watch my talk page? Zginder 2008-05-08T12:19Z (UTC)

[edit] Adminship

Good morning, and good luck with your Request for Adminship. Could you doublecheck the date on which you recieved rollback? 2006-04-16T01:44:36 Your userlog shows 11 January 2008, and you have 2006-04-16T01:44:36 - the same time and date of your first logged-in edit. Rather than comment there or changing it myself, I wanted to ping you on it so that you can correct the issue. Again, best of luck! UltraExactZZ Claims ~ Evidence 14:34, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

It must have not stored the text when I copied. Zginder 2008-05-09T14:51Z (UTC)
Meh, it happens - not a big deal at all. Thanks for the quick response, and again - best of luck. UltraExactZZ Claims ~ Evidence 14:58, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your RFA.

I closed your RFA prematurely as unlikely to succeed; you may want to try admin coaching (if you haven't already). Sorry about that, and better luck next time. Cheers, · AndonicO Engage. 18:53, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Note: Hiberniantears believes the RFA wasn't listed for enough time; if you want me to put it back up, I'll reopen it. · AndonicO Engage. 20:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Just to encourage you to open it back up - if you answer the questions well, I think more people like myself and others that were neutral might change to support. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 21:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Done. Good luck. · AndonicO Engage. 18:33, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure your current string of RfA opposes are doing you any favours. dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 10:15, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Lectures time

Yeah, we're posting on time for once (40 minutes early). Todays lecture is by Vassyana (an expert mediator), who will be talking about how to deal with conflicts, whether you are a mediator or not. Hope to see you there! --Kim Bruning (talk) 14:15, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Zginder

Your RfA is currently sitting at 19%... I'm sorry, but I don't see it rebounding any time soon, and it looks like you've gotten plenty of feedback in the Opposition section. Would it be alright to pull the RfA as "withdrawn by candidate"? EVula // talk // ☯ // 18:14, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Hello Zginder. I've removed your RfA from the main page as unsuccessful. Please take the time to review it, and carefully go over the oppose concerns. Please do not let this discourage you from further volunteering on the pedia. I hope to see you again at RfA, at an undisclosed time, and will be looking to support you given improvements. :) Until then, happy editing. SynergeticMaggot (talk) 19:11, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rfa

Sorry about the way it went. If you decide to try again, let me know and I'll be there to support you. --Regents Park (Feed my swans) 19:25, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about your RFA. There were some inflammatory comments of yours on other RFA that proved more fatal for you. Please dont be dissappointed. Take a break and come back again. If you can prove your oppose comments wrong then , I will be happy to support you . Best of the luck for the future -- TinuCherian (Wanna Talk?) - 03:13, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WBOSITG's RfA

Hello Zginder, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your participation in my RfA which was passed with a final tally of 114/10/4. I'm both shocked and honoured to gain so much support from users whom I admire and trust, and I hope I can avoid breaking that backing by being the best administrator I possibly can. I will take on board the opposition's comments and I hope to improve over the coming months and years. Once again, thank you! weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 20:28, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Risker's RfA

It seems fair to notify you of my intention to Oppose any future Requests for Adminship you submit, citing the Oppose you left on Risker's RfA. I will give you the option to avert such a situation by removing your Oppose from Risker's RfA or if you do feel you need to Oppose the RfA, to provide a proper rationale for Opposing. Nick (talk) 21:33, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] thanks!

Hi. Just to say that it was very kind of you to change your !vote to support me at my RfA. You didn't have to at all, and it was most unexpected. So all the more a pleasant surprise! --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 19:25, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RFA Thanks

Thanks for your participation at my recent Request for adminship. I’m not sure that I will be able to suitably address your concern, as I don’t intend to ever be an admin candidate again, but I hope you find I live up to your expectations of administrators. Best, Risker (talk) 16:45, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thank-spam

Zginder, just a note of thanks for your participation in my request for adminship, which ended successfully with 112 supports, 2 opposes, and 1 neutral. If there's something I've realized during my RFA process this last week, it's that adminship is primarily about trust. I will strive to honour that trust in my future interactions with the community. Gatoclass (talk) 06:26, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Homeschooling May 2008 Newsletter

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  • Collaboration of the Month nominations are currently open for WikiProject Homeschooling's Collaboration of the month. So far there have been two nominations. You can nominate and vote at May's Collaboration page (link).
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[edit] RfA thanks!

RfA: Many thanks
Many thanks for your participation in my recent request for adminship. I am impressed by the amount of thought that goes into people's contribution to the RfA process, and humbled that so many have chosen to trust me with this new responsibility. I step into this new role cautiously, but will do my very best to live up to your kind words and expectations, and to further the project of the encyclopedia. Again, thank you. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 06:12, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed deletion of List of homeschooled individuals

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article List of homeschooled individuals, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Five Years 12:17, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

I see you have removed the notice. I am just enquiring as to why the notice was removed before proceding. Thanks. Five Years 12:41, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
That is how Prod works if someone opposes they remove the notice. Zginder 2008-05-18T12:45Z (UTC)
Yes. Sorry, ive misworded my question above. Why did you oppose the deletion is what i meant to ask. Five Years 12:47, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
It is not a indiscriminate collation of information. It is a list of famous people who were homeschooled. Similar lists exist on similar topics. Zginder 2008-05-18T12:51Z (UTC)
The prod tag was removed. As such I have listed it for Deletion. See the notice below. Five Years 13:00, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of List of homeschooled individuals

An article that you have been involved in editing, List of homeschooled individuals, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of homeschooled individuals (2nd nomination). Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Five Years 13:00, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Lectures

Todays lecture is starting! The topic is "How source experts judge source reliability" and the speaker is DGG. The meeting location for setup is #wikipedia-en-lectures on irc.freenode.net. The lecture will be given over skype. Contact Filll2 or kim_bruning to be invited to the lecture chat also.

--Kim Bruning (talk) 15:08, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Arizona License Plate Images

I couldn't believe there was actually controversy about whether a license plate image is copyrighted or not. After following up on the heated discussions I see there is disagreement. It seems silly to me as I've never heard of a state objecting over novelty plate key chains with their designs. I will follow up with our Arizona DMV and see if they will approve the images. Also see if maybe they have some better ones then I've used so far. I won't upload any more images until getting their approval. Hopefully before the deadline to pull the ones uploaded so far. Skywayman (talk) 15:34, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image: IMG 0020.JPG

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you have no life! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.231.28.22 (talk) 19:43, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image problems

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[edit] History of timekeeping devices

I left you a couple of notes on the talk page, thanks for the review and helpful comments. Keilana|Parlez ici 03:03, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] my RfA - Ta!

Gwen gleans, wending keen by the wikirindle.Thanks for supporting my RfA, which went through 93/12/5. I'll be steadfast in this trust the en.Wikipedia community has given me. Cheers! Gwen Gale (talk) 01:11, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Gwen gleans, wending keen by the wikirindle.

Thanks for supporting my RfA, which went through 93/12/5. I'll be steadfast in this trust the en.Wikipedia community has given me. Cheers! Gwen Gale (talk) 01:11, 25 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] URGENT: article on FSC for the WP Signpost

Hi, Suddenly we're filling a gap in the weekly Signpost Dispatch section with an article on Featured Sounds, and I'll have to do it within a day. I'm contacting several people on the history page, you among them, who might be able to review the draft (I hope it will be written in about 12 hours' time). Can you suggest anyone else? Do you know anyone who's been around from the start, who might know more about the history of the page? I guess I can find it via the edit histories. TONY (talk) 04:27, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Spotlight newsletter May 2008

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  1. Mm40 was awarded the spotlight barnstar by Dendodge for giving him the idea to restart the project on 20 May.
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[edit] Signpost article on FSC

Hi Zginder; delighted to see your text (we edit-conflicted). I've pasted mine in below, and will attempt to merge the best of both. Then I'll work further on it, adding some visual images.

Perhaps then I could buzz you to review the article? Sorry to have left you out of my historical account—I'll address that; it was hard to make it all out from the edit histories. TONY (talk) 14:19, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Homeschooling

Would you consider taking the job of writing the Homeschooling project's newsletter? - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 22:25, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I would love to, but I do not know if I know enough of the going ons of WP:Home. Zginder 2008-05-28T02:04Z (UTC)
Just watch the Collaboration pages, look for new articles, new members, and keep an eye on the Homeschooling watchlist. Also, I reformatted the header of your comment on my talk page, as it did not appear correctly before. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 15:59, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thank you spam

Hi there - thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed 69/10/3 yesterday. I will put the tools to good use and hopefully justify the confidence you had in me. Best wishes Fritzpoll (talk) 11:57, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Time Times (2008-06)

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  • Project member count reaches 16 members! Keep inviting all your WikiFriends.
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  • Merkhet was a DYK—The article appeared on the Main Page on April 28. With this text: "... that merkhets were Ancient Egyptian timekeeping devices that tracked the movement of certain stars over the meridian in order to ascertain the time during the night, when sundials could not function?" This also was only possible thanks to the Tzatziki Squad.
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[edit] homeschooling

Could you please justify your motive for taking away homeschoolers who had no choice in the matter? I know quite a few, who live in remote areas, and they are certainly homeschooled... thank you Snow555 (talk) 00:56, 2 June 2008 (UTC)