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2 Portal questions

When I archive the article for the Portal, should I cut and paste, or use the move function? I don't want to screw things up by doing it incorrectly. Also, do you have any objections if I use a bio in the general article? If I did (and I was thinking of featuring Alan Turing), we'd have two bios this week. I don't see it as a problem, since Turing is a GA, but I have other choices if you'd rather avoid the problem. Jeffpw 11:05, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Oooh - I was going to do Alan! But maybe not for February. Personally, I don't think there's a problem wth having two Bios on the portal. -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 19:35, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Socrates

I didn't find anything like what you wrote in your edit summary when you reinstated Socrates to the LGBT list. The best I could find was rulers tell lies to the people for their own good, and manage the education of the young men. If you think it should stay on the list, shouldn't the article be at least tagged and contain references to something LGBT? Maybe I am overlooking something, in which case, could you point me to the relevant text in the article? Jeffpw 16:16, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Amazing how much of a high one gets from receiving those. I was thinking about how much progress the Project has made in recent months and much of that is down to your guidance and encouragement. I hope you're not too disheartened by the way the RfA is going, those of us in regular contact with you know you'd be great with the mop. WJBscribe 17:53, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

THanks!

THanks for the welcome! WOOT!100110100 19:25, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

What good Wiki friends I have here!

You three (Coelacan, Dev920 and WJBScribe, in alphabetical order) are the ebst friends one could hope for! I feel just like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz! Jeffpw 19:27, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Suggest you withdraw your RFA

At this point, there are 30 votes opposing your RFA and only 53 supporting. To pass, you would need to get another 67 support votes with no additional oppose votes. This seems pretty unlikely. Why not withdraw and let everybody else move on to the work of building an encyclopedia?

Try to take on board the comments that have been made and try again in a few months.

--Richard 20:12, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XI - January 2007

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Quick question on Desiree del Valle

Your summary said she isn't gay, but the article says she "married her ex-lesbian lover in Las Vegas". Clarify for me? Cuz I'm confused :) -- SatyrBot 22:55, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Good grief. Bots asking questions- I think human Wikipedians may well soon be redundant :-). WJBscribe 22:59, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

And the cheek of a bot naming itself after me! Where's my pitchfork and sonic screwdriver?!?! :) :) -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 01:52, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

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FAC

Hey there. I think I've addressed all your concerns. At this point, I fully admit I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Sigh. And you're talking about the next FA? :) We could make a deal: you choose the topic, I do the leg work with the article and then you have to undergo FAC, haha. Cheers Raystorm 02:52, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: Portal:LGBT

To be honest, it hasn't a chance in its current state. The major issue is content rotation; a portal with (a) no track record of regular updates and (b) no auto-rotation queues simply won't make it to featured portal status. (Aside from that, there are some minor formatting issues; but those are comparatively minor, and can be quickly fixed. The rotation issue will require rather more effort.) Kirill Lokshin 04:10, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

~~~ has frowned at you! Frowns promote WikiHate and hopefully this one has made your day worse. Spread the WikiHate by frowning at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.
Happy editing! Go to hell!
Frown at others by adding {{subst|frown}} to their talk page with a hateful message.

Awesome! I haven't seen one of those before! Congratulations :) -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 13:51, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Gracious! Can we turn that frown upside down?!? Jeffpw 16:50, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Mind taking a look?

Hey, Joe. We've just finished work on Portal:LGBT, and as you wrote the splendid Portal:European Union, I'd be grateful if you could take a quick look over it and see if there's anything else we need to do for a FPC? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 18:29, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem, I posted on the portals talk page. Joe I 04:12, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Hey, sweetie

I just saw your admin nomination was closed, and they did not choose wisely. If anyone deserves to be an admin here, it's you. Well, if you want it again in a few months, I'm sure you will succeed. But just so you know, whenever I need help or advice here, you're always the first person I think of. You know just what to do, and invariably have the solution to the problems I have had here. I am proud to call you my Wikifriend, and hope for a long and happy collaborative relationship here with you. With much love, Jeffpw 16:04, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Absolutely, those of us who've collaborated with you around here know you'd make a great admin. I strongly encourage you to go for it again in a couple of months :-).

In the meantime, have some chocolate to go with Jeff's flowers. WJBscribe 16:28, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Wow! Mushiness! That's tons and tons better than the frown. IMNSHO. I have no pictures to offer, but I do offer my support! :) :) -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 19:17, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Just want you to know that I'd be more than happy to nominate you again, if and when you want to be put under the microscope again. --Samuel Wantman 20:11, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Just wanted to say I believe you would have made a great admin. I'm sorry it didn't work out this time. Don't give up, you've got a lot of people who believe in you willing to support you, okay? :-) Lots of wiki cheers, Raystorm 20:52, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to see...

Hey, sorry to see the RfA close unsuccessfully. I just wanted to remined you that you're a great editor, you ran a great RfA, and that next time myself, and I'm sure many others, will vote in strong support. Keep strong, and keep editing. Thε Halo 00:53, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Image :)

Sure, I will be very happy to. I'll report back in the afternoon with the details. By the way, sorry your nomination failed. Cheers! --Ouro 09:38, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

About that image, Dev: If you're planning on using it as a project award or anything similar, you could meet with objections, as it is a copyrighted image. This came up once before, when Wikiproject Jewish studies used it as the basis for their own barnstar. here's the relevent discussion. I don't know if that's your plan, but I just wanted to save you some time. Jeffpw 10:00, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Have the same thing on my mind, the image is copyrighted. Anyway, it's also done, take a look. Tell me what you'd like done differently and I'll do it. Cheers. --Ouro 11:29, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, isn't that pretty! I would love to get that as a barnstar, if the copyright situation could be resolved. One idea: It was suggested that a piece of the image could be used,and not the entire image. Maybe that's a way to go? Jeffpw 11:40, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

It would look great in userboxes. Dev, rather than debate the copyright issues in the abstract, why don't you contact Danny and see what the Foundation view is on using the logo in this way. If you explain to him how you plan on using it, he can easily say if that's acceptable. WJBscribe 12:17, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Jeffpw, there already is an LGBT barnstar. What did you mean, when you said above 'a piece of the image'? Tell me what you'd be looking for and I'll see what I can do in terms of the graphics. --Ouro 12:37, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Heh, you already know that, since you got it :) --Ouro 12:40, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

If you look at the discussion I linked to in my first comment here, you'll see someone suggested that one puzzle piece from the total Wiki logo wouldn't violate copyright issues, while the total image might be an issue. And when I said Barnstar in my last comment, I was using the term generically to refer to any award given out on Misplaced Pages. Jeffpw 13:37, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I see now. I confess, I have not read the entire discussion, I just skimmed through. I'll think about how to design it, good idea. --Ouro 13:40, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Here's an example of a piece of the jigsaw free from copyright: Image:B Puzzle.png. WJBscribe 14:03, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Dev already showed me. I have a couple of things to do in the meatspace, but will get back to this today. --Ouro 14:17, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay, how about this? Have removed the 'B' because I found little use for it... and now with a ribbon or what? Do you have a vision? --Ouro 15:44, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I wonder how it would look with a red ribbon, for AIDS awareness, or a pink one, for breast cancer. Not knowing how it is to be used, makes it hard to say what else should go with it. I have to admit, though, the total Misplaced Pages image looks the best. Jeffpw 16:27, 27 January 2007 (UTC)