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clarification?

What other websites are appropriate for questions about TV or my Questions about Reading the Synopsis?(50.173.3.170 (talk) 11:30, 10 December 2014 (UTC)).

Surely, there's some chat forum or discussion group somewhere in the world you can find. There's hundreds of them. --Jayron32 12:56, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

if possible, please give me atleast 5 website addresses?(50.173.3.162 (talk) 17:17, 10 December 2014 (UTC)).

Try starting at http://www.google.com See where it leads you. --Jayron32 17:20, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Come on, I need more specific details than google. I'm already suspended from . What other websites accept any Kind of Questions for svu episodes, Please?(50.173.3.170 (talk) 11:19, 12 December 2014 (UTC)).

Right, so you've been such a troublemaker, another website kicked you out. I'm not feeling much need to help you there. --Jayron32 15:51, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Happy Lucia!

"Good Morning" Jayron32:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Misplaced Pages!
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Friendly request.

Hello there! I'm working on a project trying to bring most of the coding on Misplaced Pages up to the most current standards (HTML5), and I noticed that your signature is using <font>...</font> tags which were deprecated in HTML 4.0 Transitional, marked as invalid in 4.0 Strict, and are not part of HTML5 at all. I'd love to help you update your signature to use newer code, and if you're interested, I suggest replacing:

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with:

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which will result in a 113 character long signature (18 characters shorter) with an appearance of: --Jayron32

compared to your existing 131 character long signature of: --Jayron32

— Either way. Happy editing! — {{U|Technical 13}} 00:02, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

I took care of it. Haven't changed my sig in something like 4-5 years. I made your coding changes. Hope it helps! --Jayron32 05:30, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2014)

A plate of spaghetti and meatballs. Hello, Jayron32. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Spaghetti Previous selections: Game design • Mexico–United States border Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:22, 15 December 2014 (UTC) • Opt-out instructions

No Kill I

i've removed the ref desk talk page thread on whether telling the truth in eastern elections even matters that you kind of moved to the talk page. Feel free to restore it, but do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. μηδείς (talk) 06:19, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

No, I'm good with that. --Jayron32 11:14, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2014)

An aurora is a natural phenomenon. Hello, Jayron32. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Natural phenomenon Previous selections: Spaghetti • Game design Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:08, 22 December 2014 (UTC) • Opt-out instructions

The Center Line: Fourth Quarter 2014

Volume 7, Issue 4 • Fourth Quarter 2014 • About the Newsletter
Departments Assessment roundup Maple Syrup Report Portal selected articles and pictures	Features The U.S. Roads Project Is Turning 10! 2014: The Year in Review Setting the bar for 2015	State and national updates CA, DE, MD, MI, MS, MP, OR Project news
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This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2015)

The skyline of Frankfurt, Germany Hello, Jayron32. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Skyline Previous selections: Natural phenomenon • Spaghetti Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:18, 29 December 2014 (UTC) • Opt-out instructions

Global account

Hi Jayron32! As a Steward I'm involved in the upcoming unification of all accounts organized by the Wikimedia Foundation (see m:Single User Login finalisation announcement). By looking at your your account, I realized that you don't have a global account yet. In order to secure your name, I recommend you to create such account on your own by submitting your password on Special:MergeAccount and unifying your local accounts. If you have any problems with doing that or further questions, please don't hesitate to ping me with {{ping|DerHexer}}. Cheers, —DerHexer (Talk) 11:10, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 launch newsletter

Round one of the 2015 WikiCup has begun! So far we've had around 80 signups, which close on February 5. If you have not already signed up and want to do so, then you can add your name here. There have been changes to to several of the points scores for various categories, and the addition of Peer Reviews for the first time. These will work in the same manner as Good Article Reviews, and all of the changes are summarised here.

Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round, and one of the new changes this year is that all scores must be claimed within two weeks of an article's promotion or appearance, so don't forget to add them to your submissions pages! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Misplaced Pages talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs)
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This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2015)

Dishwashing liquid is a detergent used in dishwashing Hello, Jayron32. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Dishwashing liquid Previous selections: Skyline • Natural phenomenon Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:18, 5 January 2015 (UTC) • Opt-out instructions

Humanities ref. desk

Actually, there was an edit conflict, but I did not receive any useful or informative message, and so had no idea your comment was being removed. That happens from time to time with the software. It would be simplest all around for you to restore your message exactly the way you want it... AnonMoos (talk) 00:53, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Humanities Help Desk

Sorry. I had a bit of a brain fart. I said that Bakersfield was the largest city unserved by an interstate, but what I meant Fresno. Population 509,000 and about 50 miles from I-5. Just wanted to clarify. 71.194.214.138 (talk) 02:09, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Why yes it is. I stand corrected. Well done. --Jayron32 23:33, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2015)

The history of Mongolia includes the foundation, expansion, and fragmentation of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century Hello, Jayron32. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: History of Mongolia Previous selections: Dishwashing liquid • Skyline Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:09, 12 January 2015 (UTC) • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2015)

An example of prose, a type of writing that simulates the natural flow of language Hello, Jayron32. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Prose Previous selections: History of Mongolia • Dishwashing liquid Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:22, 19 January 2015 (UTC) • Opt-out instructions

ITN for Misplaced Pages:In_the_news/Candidates#.5BAttention_needed.5D_.5BReady.5D_2015_Congolese_protests

As an uninvolved admin, could you look at Cogolese protests? There's been a lot of work done and seems to be almost if not unanimous support for posting. Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 04:38, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2015)

The opening of the Beethoven Symphony No. 5, a famous symphony. Hello, Jayron32. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Symphony Previous selections: Prose • History of Mongolia Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:33, 26 January 2015 (UTC) • Opt-out instructions

professional advice at ref desk misc

Hate to be formal, but am very surprised by your action:

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This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2015)

Freeze dried coffee, an example of the application of food science Hello, Jayron32. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Food science Previous selections: Symphony • Prose Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:29, 2 February 2015 (UTC) • Opt-out instructions

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Ref Desk proposal

Hi Jayron, I don't know if you've been following the recent threads on the ref desk talk page, but based on some review of that material, I have a simple proposal that I'd like your feedback on before I shop it to the whole group. It's very simple: For a trial period (1 month?), we agree to not remove or hat any questions for reasons of seeking medical/legal advice (and perhaps extend to include requests for opinion). Rather than a free-for-all, we first respond with boilerplate or a template, something along the lines of this:

At that point, we can remove any responses that diagnose, proscribe, treat any illness or legal situation, but allow links to RS. Perhaps even demand that any responses include references, or risk removal. Would that seem ok to you? The thing is, we really don't get that many medical legal questions, and I like how this puts us in the position to police ourselves as respondents, rather than posters. As I see it, this proposal is consistent with our guidelines, and it might forestall some debates, because hopefully the use of a template will warn all our regulars (and irregulars) to be on their best behavior. On the upside, we can then provide useful information, such as links to other people's opinion pieces, links to WP pages that are about medical topics, peer-reviewed literature, etc. So, any thoughts? Would you support such an experiment? Thanks, SemanticMantis (talk) 15:03, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

I would prefer if we simply left the question intact, added the boilerplate response, and removed ALL subsequent responses, regardless of their nature. The line between information and advice is blurry, and it's a slippery slope from "providing information about a medical condition" which can look a lot like "confirming that a person has the medical condition they think they have". It would be best to leave the question intact, add the boilerplate, and remove any further responses. That's an easier bright-line to enforce rather than trying to police the fuzzy boundary between advice and information. It will not remove all debate, you should be aware. Some people will still see that any question at all that asks for any information about biology in any vague way is "medical advice" and you'll see others that still think we should go ahead and prescribe courses of treatment for any medical condition someone says they have. But I think this idea could have teeth, if we're consistent and set an enforceable bright-line. --Jayron32 15:08, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Of course I don't think it would end all debate. But IMO allowing responses after the boilerplate makes placing the boilerplate less contentious. Because in my plan, the whole question isn't shut down, it makes it less problematic if some users think the boilerplate was placed erroneously. But this is food for thought. I've posted similar descriptions to other users as well, I might make a new post on the talk page once I've heard back from them too. SemanticMantis (talk) 16:32, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2015)

Empire Field, stadium made with temporary structures, cheaper than permanent. Hello, Jayron32. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Stadium Previous selections: Food science • Symphony Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:16, 9 February 2015 (UTC) • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2015)

A Sicilian ice cream parlour Hello, Jayron32. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Ice cream parlour Previous selections: Stadium • Food science Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:27, 16 February 2015 (UTC) • Opt-out instructions

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Request protection

The same vandal is at it again, just with a different IP. And yes, I'm aware that he's been blocked from causing trouble yet again, though I request if you can protect my userpage and user talkpage from the same (or different) IP users from causing mischief in the near future? Jon the VGN3rd (talk) 21:58, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

I've added your user page to my watchlist, if it becomes a problem I'll take action. --Jayron32 22:08, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. Jon the VGN3rd (talk) 05:13, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Talkback

This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2015)

Trailer Trash is a US derogatory term for poor people living in trailers or caravans. It appears that these trailer trash happen to live on a trailer park. Hello, Jayron32. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Trailer Trash Previous selections: Ice cream parlour • Stadium Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:55, 23 February 2015 (UTC) • Opt-out instructions

Talkback II

ANI

I need to keep my fool mouth shut. You had a point. I did listen. I dont think poorly of you. Ceoil (talk) 13:09, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Don't be hard on yourself. You'll be fine. --Jayron32 17:15, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Cheers. Ceoil (talk) 21:42, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

The Center Line: Winter 2015

Volume 8, Issue 1 • Winter 2015 • About the Newsletter
Departments Assessment roundup Portal selected articles and pictures	Features Be part of the turnaround... now become part of the solution Raising the speed limit on KML creation RCS coming for the Texas FM/RM routes The bar is set for 2015	State and national updates CA, DE, MI In other project news...
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WikiCup 2015 March newsletter

That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader Freikorp (submissions) owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as Godot13 (submissions) had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge, Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.

In addition to Freikorp's work, some other important articles and pictures were improved during round one, here's a snapshot of a few of them:

• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) took Bumblebee, a level-4 vital article, to Good Article;
• AHeneen (submissions) worked-up the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 article, also to Good Article status;
• Rodw (submissions) developed an extremely timely article to Good Article, taking Magna Carta there some 800 years after it was first sealed;
• And last but not least, Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points) worked up a number of Featured Pictures during round 1, including the 1948 one Deutsche Mark (pictured right), receiving the maximum bonus due to the number of Wikis that the related article appears in.

You may also wish to know that The Core Contest is running through the month of March. Head there for further details - they even have actual prizes!

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Misplaced Pages talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email)

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