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| == Resignation == | |||
| Please do the honourable thing and resign as a bureaucrat. It's the least you could do. I'm sure you meant well, but you have torn the community apart. ] 03:36, 31 May 2006 (UTC) | |||
| : Oh please, give me a break. Linuxbeak has acted quite admirably throughout this entire debacle, which is more than I can say for most. Are you suggesting that Raul654 resign as well? <nowiki></RHETORIC></nowiki> ] 05:48, 31 May 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :: Nothing about his conduct has been 'admirable'. Understandably human, perhaps, and rash, but not admirable. -- ] 06:29, 31 May 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :: The honourable thing to do is the resign - regardless of whether you meant well or not. Bureaucratship is a position of the highest trust in the community. If you have traumatised the community the way that Alex did, and then walk out on the mess you created, without taking full responsibility for your actions, it says a lot about your suitability for such a position of trust. ] 17:23, 31 May 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::Please remember that it was only after the (ultimately unsuccessful) personal negotiation between LB and Daniel Brandt that LB stood for bureaucrat and was confirmed by the community in the first place. Please do not presume what the status of the long term trust of the community in LB will be in this case. ] ] 17:47, 31 May 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::I'd say the perverted justice thing was much more of the stepping off point. As for "presum what the status of the long term trust of the community in LB will be" - I don't follow your point. Sure, he may regain the trust of the community - admitting he was wrong, not making flippant comments about people he drove out, not running away from the mess he created and resigning as a b'crat would do the job in my book. Do those things, and I would be willing to consider a new RFB in 6-12 months. But right now, the only honourable thing left for him to do is to resign. ] 19:04, 31 May 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::: ... "in my opinion." You forgot that part. If there's one thing you can count on from Misplaced Pages, it's melodrama. ] 21:06, 31 May 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Shut up, Guettarda. ] 14:46, 1 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :That's a great thought, coming from you of all people, Kim. ] 15:18, 1 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :: Sorry, nothing personal. There would just be far too much trouble if I didn't strongly counter your above statements. ] 13:57, 3 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Please, that's enough. Can we wait for Linuxbeak to come back and respond, instead of going crazy and going on and on on his talk page? ]]</font> <sub>(]+])</sub> at 15:20 ] <small>(])</small> | |||
| :I agree. Linuxbreak, I support your efforts at trying to rehabilitate "lost" users. And I also am very impressed with how you backed off when opposition reared it's ugly head. Well done all around. Please ignore the haters, you have nothing to be ashamed of and definitely nothing to resign over. ] ] ] ] 17:05, 1 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| You did good. Don't worry about all the drama and overreaction. ] 17:32, 2 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| I urge you not to resign. ] (]) 23:44, 3 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| I too urge you not to resign. '''Even if''' you made a mistake, and I'm '''not''' saying you did, that is no reason to resign. You have my support. --] 01:39, 4 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Obviously the claims to resign are next to crazy, sure, it may be contoversial but I'm 100% sure you did it in good faith and not an attempt to breach any trust we've placed in you. So feel free to ignore the calls for your resignation as I think the community as a whole would decline it if you did -- ] 22:40, 4 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Just wanted to say the same thing, and hope to see you back soon. ] ] 22:49, 4 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| * I hope you are alright. If you need someone to talk to/rant, there is always my email address/talkpage. - ] 01:30, 5 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == PTSD == | |||
| Just got out of Topeka for their 7week cram course on PTSD. Everyone is all up in the air about how good Topeka really is. Take my word for it "they know what they do and what they do is slapp their own back continuosly. I think their mandate is for keeping their doors open. Good Luck 3rd floor. Robert Usher talkingstone@sbcglobal.net | |||
| == A suggestion on your Cox issues == | |||
| Try an outside DNS service, from what I'm reading on dslreports its a DNS problem -- ] 22:46, 4 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Don't Go == | |||
| Hello Linuxbeak. I don't believe I have ever talked to you, but I have seen you around quite a bit. Whatever you do, please do not leave Misplaced Pages. You are listed ]. <span style="text-decoration: overline underline;font-family:Segoe;font-size:70%"><font color="black">]</font></span><span style="font-family:Segoe;font-size:67%;"><font color="gray">]</font></span><span style="font-family:Segoe;font-size:67%;"><font color="grey">@ 23:15, 4 June 2006 (UTC)</font></span> | |||
| :I saw the note on your userpage; I'm glad you're back. :) <span style="text-decoration: overline underline;font-family:Segoe;font-size:70%"><font color="black">]</font></span><span style="font-family:Segoe;font-size:67%;"><font color="gray">]</font></span><span style="font-family:Segoe;font-size:67%;"><font color="grey">@ 02:42, 5 June 2006 (UTC)</font></span> | |||
| ::Welcome back. When you have a chance, there's an RfC regarding your use of administrative powers waiting for your response. -] 06:08, 5 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I have a qustion for you about the mentorship process, and its "success" rate. When you have the time. Cheers, -] 07:33, 6 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == strange RfA == | |||
| ] might need looking up and processed in some way. ] 12:36, 8 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Thanks! == | |||
| I survived your strange experiment! Thanks for the box! Let me know what becomes of the data recieved! | |||
| ==AntiWikipedia== | |||
| Alex, you don't know me but I think very highly of you. The AntiWikipedia thing is not a good idea at all in my opinion, even as a userspace gag. This experiment is going to be like ]. Suggest you nip it in the bud. Seriously. Thanks -- ] <small>]</small> 02:44, 9 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :It's a bit of harmless fun. Relax. ] ] 04:12, 9 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I know, I'm sure it is... but I find that things like this have a tendency to spiral out of control. Just my experience. But you guys are more experienced at this than I am. Thanks -- ] <small>]</small> 04:34, 9 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::I don't believe it will, so long as editing there is restricted there. ] ] 04:42, 9 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Actually, it is a brilliant device for preventing userpage vandalism. Kudos. --] 04:26, 13 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Actually, it makes absolutley no sense whatsoever- {{unsigned|75.23.94.117}} | |||
| == Proposal to warehouse insulting and offensive usernames == | |||
| Greetings, Linuxbeak. For all the obvious reasons, I would deeply appreciate your opinion at ]. ] ] 14:40, 9 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| *Note: discussion moved to ]. Cheers! ] ] 02:31, 12 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Request for bot flag for Vina-iwbot == | |||
| Hi, my application for running my interwiki bot ] has been ] here. Could you grant me the bot flag? Thank you very much. --] 05:08, 15 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Hi Alex! == | |||
| Hi dear! The kind offer you made me regarding a possible design of posters for Wikimania kinda caught me by surprise, and I must say I'm so flattered you believe I'm suited for the task. In fact, I'd be delighted to help if I can. Unfortunately, I'll be unable to go into IRC until Saturday, maybe Friday night at best; so if you want to provide me some deeper info on what exactly you want me to do, please email me, and we'll talk about it later. Big big hug! ] <b><font color="#FF0000">♥</b> '''<small><font style="color:#22AA00;">]</font></small>''' - 10:53, 15 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ==Reply to question== | |||
| To answer the question you asked in #wikipedia, the article I was in the process of writing was ] ] 01:11, 16 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == AAAA! == | |||
| <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Aaaa aaa aaaaaaa aaaa aaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaa?</span> ]] <small>] '''4444-44-44'''''a'''''44:44'''''a''</small> | |||
| :<span style="font-variant: small-caps">Aa, A aaa aa. A'aa aaaaaaa aa aaaaaaa aaa aaaaaa aaaa "4" aaa. :A</span> ]] <small>] '''4444-44-44'''''a'''''44:44'''''a''</small> | |||
| Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh. ] 23:50, 16 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Am I right in guessing that none of us have the slightest idea what everyone else is saying? :) ]] <small>] '''2006-06-17'''''t'''''03:00'''''z''</small> | |||
| :: AAA AAAAA AAA AAAAAAA! AAAA AAA! —] <small>]</small> AA:AA, A AAAA AAAA (AAA) | |||
| :::<span style="font-variant: small-caps">A aaaaa aaaa aa aaaa aaa ] aa aaa aaaaaaaa ]! - ]|<font color="black">]</font><font color="green">'']''</font></span> | |||
| == ] == | |||
| What is this? MAMROT created it but you've never it. ] ] 15:57, 17 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Oh, wow. Thanks for bringing this up; I'll deal with that immediately. Thanks! ] (]) 19:48, 17 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == You thought ] was bad... == | |||
| - the best unwikified article I've found so far. Look through for more gems. --] 01:01, 18 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ==Eagle Scout info== | |||
| Gadget850 has responded to your questions and I have added some project info. Pls respond on its FAC page if you have more concerns, and thanks for the input. ] 13:17, 19 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Defender of the Wiki == | |||
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| |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: bottom; height: 1.1em;" | '''The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar''' | |||
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| |style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For standing up for other users in an open public forum ]] 03:53, 20 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| |} I ran across your letter to Perverted-Justice.com on , and I found your release to be both brave (in exposing yourself to media scrutiny), and bold in speaking for Misplaced Pages in such an eloquant manner. A true Wikipedian. ]] 03:53, 20 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == About Image:Ccbs.png == | |||
| You may not know but hte original ceiling cat image is up for deletion at http://en.wikipedia.org/WP:IFD#June_19 and there are serious concerns that the image is not really public domain, and it's mistagged. And therefore, this derivative work may be a copyvio, can you take a look please? -- <small> ]</small> 15:19, 22 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Could ya do me a favour == | |||
| And move ] to a junk account, its an impostor w/ no contribs and I'd really really like to keep the username for my naming scheme. Gimmie a shout if you have any questions -- ] 05:19, 23 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Poetlister's RfA == | |||
| Why did you close Poetlister's RfA so soon? While it wasn't going very well, she did get at least one vote of support, and as far as I can tell, there would have been no problem with letting the RfA run its full course, even if the fact that RfA is dominated by edit count 'fetishists'. {{unsigned|Stanfordandson}} | |||
| It was becoming a pile on, and several of the votes wasn't edit count related. I agree with Linuxbeak in closing it early. Thanks ] ] 01:58, 25 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| 'Pile on' or not, it wasn't clear that the nomination would have failed, it wasn't clear it would have as it received at least one support vote and I meant to add my own, but the nomination still should have been allowed to run its course. ] 21:30, 25 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Re: encore == | |||
| Heh, I had a feeling one day someone would try with ''Half-Life''! I would be glad to lend a hand. For starters, the first thing to do would turn the storyline into prose and not a list of levels (although I think you probably saw that). ] 16:15, 27 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Also, I am generally more available in the evening, so I might not to be able to help right away. ] 16:20, 27 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I went and added the chapter box for now, so I can say I contributed! I'm guessing the weapons section will go to its own page? ] 23:47, 27 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::I don't have IRC. It seems kind of complitcated... ] 00:43, 2 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Okay. Just send me an email. ] 01:04, 2 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :I did some more edits to the storyline and threw in some screenshots. It already is starting to look better. ] 15:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I was thinking of moving the "Development" section to its own page, as the article is 42 KB and would like to get it shortened up. Thoughts? Also, I probably won't be available this weekend and most of next week, since I will be on a mini-vacation, so if you need my input on something, I will be gone then. ] 19:39, 5 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Can you help? == | |||
| Hi Linuxbeak...you were reccomended by ] as a person who could help me out with the process of bringing up articles to Featured Article status. I don't really know where to start. I want to get more involved with the article namespace. I joined the cleanup taskforce, but I am sort of confused about how it works (do I just pick up a job, or do I wait for an assignment?). If you could just give me a few pointers, maybe some jumping-off point, that would be wonderful.--] (]·]·]) 02:15, 28 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ===Responding to your response=== | |||
| Wow! First off, I have to congratulate you for such an honest, thorough, and well-written response. I've read it twice, checking up on the appropriate pages about each step. I can now understand why you have earned the position of a 'crat...your understanding of wikiprocess is much more detailed than most people here. | |||
| On that note, I'd like to get your opinion on some of the ideas I have. I have my eye set on bringing ] up to Featured Article status. It actually has many of the same problems as the Fencing article you mentioned: the article is chock full of facts—each sentence is weighted down by information. You can see in ] that this was one of the main issues. It also has the problem of being hated by many casual readers, a lot of people would prefer approximated things like "STAY-shun," instead of the IPA "steɪʃən." | |||
| So I figure I'd do things in this order: I'll alert some heavy contributors to the article, such as ], ], and ]. I'll also contact the members of ]. | |||
| I do have a giant written resource, ''The World's Writing Systems'', which should help a lot....but the chapter on my topic cites each fact from a previous resource, so should I cite the book's sources, or just the book? | |||
| My final issue is with Peer review. Since this article has already had one, how do I create a second? Thanks for helping me out. | |||
| ] (]·]·]) 02:11, 1 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ==]== | |||
| This case has closed and the final decision is published at the link above. | |||
| For the arbitration committee. --] 00:33, 30 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ==Image undeletion...== | |||
| ...is now possible, as you have probably heard. This is re . Cheers! - <b>]</b><small> ]/]</small> 20:39, 3 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == The Birth of a Born Organic Thingy Thing (wtf?) == | |||
| Is it vandalism to add your birth date (1986-12-08) on your userpage? --] 21:54, 7 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == JarlaxleArtemis mentorship == | |||
| Your mentor duties are required over at ]. Despite his claims to the contrary, ] ''still'' hasn't educated himself regarding copyrights and free use. Remember, you agreed to babysit^H^H^H^H^H^H^H mentor this kid in exchange for unbanning him, so he's your responsibility. —] 01:03, 8 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Gotcha. Will get right on it. ] (]) 14:56, 8 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Reference troubles == | |||
| Hi Linuxbeak, it's me again, asking for FA help. The article we're working on, ], has dozens of sources but they are not cited at all in the text. Do they need to be cited in the article in order for it to be featured, or should I ignore this problem?--] (]·]·]) 19:15, 8 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| As a second problem, we are splitting up the article into seperate pages since it is so large. However, we don't know which sources go with which topic. Should each article list every source?--] (]·]·]) 19:15, 8 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Cleanup Taskforce == | |||
| I added the rock group ] to ]. Please look at it and either accept or let me know and I'll reassign it. Thank you. ] 04:47, 9 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == ] == | |||
| I have just stumbled upon your ]; I will take a look at it soon. In the meantime, you may be interested in another one of my recent findings: ]. This seems inactive now, but much work was done already, and I think we can reactivate it if we find few people interested in this.--] <sup><font color="green">]</font></sup> 01:12, 13 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == John Cho == | |||
| Hey, user ] looks to be one and the same as the guy who was trolling us in IRC, maybe keep an eye on him? Just in case. Thanks ] 05:28, 15 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Help == | |||
| The article of Medal of Honor candidate, ] has been posted for deletion. Please express your opinion here:]. ] 02:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Online participation at Wikimania == | |||
| Being an idiot, I left that message for SJ before realising I'm going to be away for the week of Wikimania. However, if you want any help this week (last week before I leave) on just setting up pages for online stuff on the Wikimania, just drop me an e-mail via my user page. ] (]) 08:32, 23 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ==Board election.== | |||
| ===Board candidate presentation=== | |||
| In your statement: "...running for the Board because '''I've feel''' that the board...". —]→] • 03:24, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Fixed. Thank you for pointing it out to me. ] (]) 14:53, 11 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ===Board candidate questions=== | |||
| Hi Alex, I'm glad to see you're running for the current board elections. I have some questions that I think would be good to know - please answer (or ignore) them as you see fit. Thanks. ] ] 11:27, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| #What do you do in real life<small><sup>TM</sup></small>? | |||
| #:In "real life"? What's that? ;-) I do several things in real life. I am a CSA (customer service advisor) at a Sears Auto Center, and I am also a computer (PC/servers) repairman. I am interested in computers in general, aviation, fencing, and a variety of other interesting things. | |||
| #What personal/professional experience would you bring to the board, if elected? | |||
| #:Personally and professionally, I would bring my experience as a leader of several projects and organizations to the board. I am a leader, not a follower, and (if I'm elected) I do not intend to change that. | |||
| #::As you are certainly aware, there already is (at least) one leader on the board. How do you intend to lead him ? What would be your style ? ] | |||
| #What do you see as the role of a board member? | |||
| #:A board member is an executive of the Foundation. Board members are responsible for insuring that things at the helm of the project go smoothly as well as ultimately deciding which paths Wikimedia is to go. It is not a task that is easy, but it requires a clear mind, good intentions and guts, all of which I have. | |||
| #::Sorry, but no. Board members are precisely NOT executive LinuxBeak. The executive are Brad and Danny for example. The role of the board is not to execute. It is to lead, to give a vision and to insure the vision is implemented properly by the executive. ] | |||
| #Do you have any personal aspirations you would like to pursue through a tenure on the board? | |||
| #:I am not pursuing this position for any personal aspirations. Sure, it might look spiffy on a resume, but I am running because I love Misplaced Pages and the Wikimedia projects. I want to play a larger role in this project, and I feel that I could bring Wikimedia to new levels of greatness. | |||
| Also, most (if not all) candidates have provided their age. Do you plan to, or do you feel uncomfortable doing so, and if so, why? ]] 17:59, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Already did, as it is required. I am not uncomfortable telling you that I am 19 going on 20. ] (]) 14:53, 11 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ====Composition of the board==== | |||
| What is your opinion on how the board should be constituted ? Do you think it should exclusively be composed of editors of our projects ? If so, rather elected or appointed ? Do you think we should have some people external to our community ? In those listed in the past two months on Foundation -l, can you list those you think would be great board members and those who might reveal dangerous for our dream ? | |||
| Do you have names to suggest for board expansion ? | |||
| ====Copyright==== | |||
| Do you think the Foundation should be a publisher ? If not, do you think it should control what is publish, through the authorization (or not) of use of our brands ? Do you know of one project currently trying to be edited and in conflict with the Foundation on that matter ? | |||
| ====Money==== | |||
| What should be the business plan of the Foundation ? How would you suggest it earns money ? | |||
| ====Threat and forces==== | |||
| Can you cite 3 forces of the Foundation ? Can you cite the main 3 threats for our projects as of today ? | |||
| ====Vision==== | |||
| Can you cite the current three main projects/agreements/priorities of the board ? | |||
| If you had to decide which are the 5 most important tasks for the board to accomplish in the time of your term, which ones would they be ? (be practical) | |||
| ] | |||
| ==='Nother question=== | |||
| :" * Advocate for Wikimedia project users in cases that require Board attention" | |||
| Good grief. Is the Board so jaded they really need someone to remind them exactly whose activities they are supposed to be facilitating? | |||
| :I think you're misunderstanding the statement. I would be an advocate for users who require the attention of the board, and I'm not insinuating that the board is "jaded". | |||
| ::That's sort of my point. Why does the board need a user advocate? Have they let any users down in terms of attention? If so, does that not speak poorly of them? --] (]) 00:12, 12 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :"Cut bureaucracy and unnecessary red tape as to make the projects more productive" | |||
| What bureaucracy do you speak of here? The processes for requesting a wiki for a new language? for donating? or for electing Board members? for adding patches to the live en wiki? etc. And how much are these unnamed reams of red tape impeding projects? Or could you be speaking of funding difficulties here; perhaps you would suggest advertising? As such a popular website, en is an obvious revenue stream of advertising, and forgoing this is a real and conscious decision that has to be constantly affirmed and re-affirmed. What are your views regarding advertising on Foundation-sponsored projects? | |||
| :No, no, no, and no. Regarding "Or could you be speaking of funding difficulties here; perhaps you would suggest advertising", please do '''not''' put words in my mouth. I ''never'' said anything about advertising, and I have repeatedly stated in the past that I am totally against the idea of advertisement. Misplaced Pages would not be The 💕 if there was advertising. The day that advertisements on Misplaced Pages show up is the day that I resign, for I do not work for anyone except the public here. | |||
| ::Had to ask about advertising (I remember your reaction to the Answers.com thing, but it was possible your opinions had since changed) - if you're following the other candidates' pages, I've asked everyone whose statements did not mention advertising there opinion about it. But you didn't answer what you see as red tape and bureacuracy; so...? --] (]) 00:12, 12 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :"Reaffirm Wikimedia's, and especially Misplaced Pages's, underlying goal of building an encyclopedia" | |||
| Well, that's.... nice, I guess. Didn't notice that it needed to be re-affirmed, but what precisely would you do the help with building an encyclopedia? Alliances with other projects like Gutenberg (and if so, how?) Pressure the FSF to make the GFDL less of a horrorshow? etc. | |||
| --] (]) 04:07, 4 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :I'm afraid that you have some misconceptions regarding what I have stated. The FSF is free to do whatever they please to with the GFDL. On en.wikipedia, I feel that there isn't enough focus on quality and encyclopedia building. I want the board to back a universal refocusing towards building an encyclopedia and its sister projects. ] (]) 14:53, 11 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::But we do care what the FSF does, very much so. "Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 '''or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation'''". What changes they might make - hopefully for the better - are extremely material to us. Or am I misunderstanding you and you're completely fine with the GFDL v. 1.2? | |||
| ::As far as your "refocusing" goes, could you be more specific? I believe that one candidate mentioned that they wanted to have the Board be less generous in starting projects so manpower could focus on making current projects better, for example. --] (]) 00:12, 12 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ===Running for the Board=== | |||
| You know you've got my vote, Linuxbeax. I think you can bring some much-needed non-stuffiness to Wikimedia. Good luck! - ]|<font color="black">]</font><font color="green">]</font> | |||
| :Mine too. I've seen you around and you're cool. Silly question: can anyone vote or have you got to be and admin or else? ]] <sup><small>]</small></sup> 22:30, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I think the criteria were 400 edits and some length of time on a Foundation project. --] (]) 18:42, 7 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ===Foundation Candidacy=== | |||
| You candidate's statement omits the material fact of your age. When asking other to vote for you, we have a legitimate interest in having complete information as we evaluate the choices. --] ] 04:07, 2 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :We have an interest in knowing that he is ''at least'' 18 and thus electing him would not be illegal. That is it. His contributions and platform stand or fall on their own merits - there should be no situation where a candidate would fail if they were 20 years old but suddenly succeed if they were 50. --] (]) 13:41, 4 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I have already stated my age and I have been personally verified as, well, a person, by Brad. ] (]) 14:53, 11 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ===Collaborative consensus-based nature.=== | |||
| -- ], 2006-08-05]10:35z | |||
| :My answer to that is that the board itself must push for collaborative and consensus-building in order for the projects to follow suit. If elected, I will push for that as part of my "refocusing". ] (]) 14:53, 11 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ===Questions from Dijxtra=== | |||
| Hello, these are generic questions I decided to submit to every candidate. If you already answered the question in your application, skip it. If you consider any question to be to private for you to answer, feel free to state that and accept my apology for being to intrusive. I also ask you to pardon my English since spellcheckers don't check grammar :-) Here are the questions: | |||
| 1. of Wikimedia Foundation projects states that: "''It is the policy of Wikimedia that personally identifiable data collected in the server logs, or through records in the database via the CheckUser feature, may be released by the system administrators or users with CheckUser access, in the following situations: 1. In response to a valid subpoena or other compulsory request from law enforcement''" If such subpoena occurs, would you agree that Wikimedia Foundation complies ASAP or would you request Foundation to dispute that subpoena in court, ? Let me remind you that the second option requires money to be spent. | |||
| 2. What is your opinion of WP:OFFICE? Do you think that: | |||
| * It is very good solution to bureaucratisation of Misplaced Pages, allowing a swift action in cases which need such action. We should widen the circle of people who have the power to use WP:OFFICE. | |||
| * It is very good solution to bureaucratisation of Misplaced Pages, allowing a swift action in cases which need such action. (And only Danny should use WP:OFFICE privilege) | |||
| * I don't like the thing, but we need it so we don't get sued. | |||
| * Community is above '''any''' user and we should think of WP:OFFICE as temporary measure until we find a way for the whole community to act swiftly in cases of libel accusations. | |||
| * We should move our servers to jurisdiction which makes it hard for people to sue us for libel. | |||
| 3. Have you ever been on a paylist of anybody/any organization/any firm connected to any current member of the board? Please understand this question in the broadest sense possible. | |||
| Thank you for your time, ] 20:27, 30 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Nice to meet you == | |||
| Hey Linuxbeak, it was nice to meet and talk to you tonight, hope to see you again tomorrow. ] ] 04:07, 4 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == ] == | |||
| Thought you might be interested. ] Co., ] 16:55, 4 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == You're Famous! == | |||
| Hey Linuxbeak! Great to meet you this past weekend. I saw your name in the . Just thought I'd point that out in case you didn't see it. ] 18:27, 7 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| : Ok, Linuxbeak, I've set the paper aside for you and will mail it and your shirts in about two weeks. ] 18:24, 9 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Check this out == | |||
| Bill in U.S. House of Representatives contains one of my articles | |||
| The following Bill ] introduced to the United States House of Representatives by Congressman Luis Fortuño, contains the mini-biography of Dr. ] which I wrote. The bill was signed by President Bush on August 1, 2006. It's now Public Law 109-253. ] 21:38, 7 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Hi. == | |||
| Hey, are you the same Alex Schenck that used to hang out on the America's Army IRC server? I was just reading an article in the NY Times today and saw your name mentioned, and thought it sounded familiar ;) ] 04:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Hello == | |||
| Nice to meet you this weekend, keep up the good work! -] 21:17, 8 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Protected redirect? == | |||
| Hi, hope you're having fun at Wikimania! I just ran into , and I dunno if it should really be there (cross-namespace redirects, ], etc. etc.). Perhaps the original <nowiki>{{deletedpage}}</nowiki> would be better? Regards, ] 04:22, 10 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ==Chapter/board== | |||
| What do you think of the relationship ? Do you see the relation as a federation type or a branch type ? (without or with legal ties). Do you think that chapters should have an authorization to use brand name and logo for deals (such as a DVD publishing) or should the Foundation handle this from a legal perspective ? What is your position in term of membership (should the Foundation have members or not ?). Anthere | |||
| PS: would you mind discussing these topics on meta with all editors rather than on the english wikipedia only ? | |||
| RePS : have you ever discussed Foundation matter with board members other than Jimbo ? | |||
| :I think that it is a pretty bad start not to answer the current elected board member (who will stay a board member) when she asks a question. I'd love to see your answer please. ] | |||
| == Giovanni33 proposal == | |||
| Hi, Linuxbeak. Since you indicated ] that you did not think ] was a sockpuppet for ] (based on the IP evidence available at the time, without having seen the linguistic evidence, and possibly without any knowledge of Giovanni's long history of sockpuppetry), I thought I would direct you to ], in case you have missed it. Jayjg has '''confirmed''' through checkuser that Professor33, NeoOne, and CleanSocks are all sockpuppets of Giovanni33. Giovanni has now come as close as I think he ''can'' come (without losing face) to admitting sockpuppetry. He has agreed ] that it doesn't pay, and has asked to be unblocked on condition that all suspected socks can be assumed to be his, and that he will not revert or make supporting arguments where they are, and that if he votes with them, his votes can be struck through. I think the idea is that ''if'' they are his puppets (which he doesn't want to admit, and I see no reason to force a confession), he will ensure that they don't show up to revert for him, and if some future editors turn up and support him and start reverting to his version, and are suspected of being his puppets, he is prepared to leave the pages where they are. I've made a proposal ], at the Incidents Noticeboard. If you really have nothing to do with your time, you can read Part One and Part two immediately above! Also, ] of Danny's talk page gives a summary of this history and contains links to all or nearly all the places where it has been discussed. The blocking admin has indicated that he will consider unblocking early, and I'd be happy with that, but I think we need to work out the conditions that Giovanni agrees to first. Don't feel you have to get involved, but if you have time, a comment at the noticeboard would be welcome. I'm hoping to have this sorted out as soon as possible, because I need to go on wiki-break to finish some writing. I know you received my long e-mail report. I presume you also received the fairly recent update with new evidence? Oh, and I want to thank you also for waiting to see the full evidence rather than for jumping right in when the limited evidence indicated that the block might have been unjust. Cheers. ] ] 19:18, 12 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Linuxbeak article == | |||
| Sorry about that, but technically, redirects from article space to userspace are speediable. ] <small>]</small> 00:54, 15 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Board candidate == | |||
| Hi, I'm translating candidates presentations to Portuguese language, but I need a small elucidation on these two points to evict misunderstanding. The points are | |||
| *''Provide a "for the people" viewpoint to the Board;'' | |||
| *''Serve as a conduit for ideas, <u>concerns</u>''(this word is ''mixing-up-me'', if you try to see it in a Portuguese dictionary may understand my problem :) ), and suggestions'' | |||
| If possible, reply right here on your user talk. Thanks. ] | <small>] | ]</small> 00:17, 16 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Sure thing, 555pt. The first point I mean to convey is that I will bring "common Wikipedian" experience to the board. That is, I have worked with several of the Wikimedia projects on an intimate level, and that would be valuable to a board that governs said project. My second point (or more accurately, that one particular word "concerns") can be read as I will be a voice for any concerns or worries from regular users. Hope this helps, 555pt. ] (]) 23:10, 17 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::If I read you well above, your vision of the board is that it should govern the projects (''a board that governs said projects''). Can you please explain more clearly what you mean by this and where do you place the community in the decision making process? Thank you ] ] 14:49, 20 August 2006 (UTC) PS. Questions about your board candidacy should *really* go on meta. And it'd be nice if you answered them (Florence's question above has been left unanswered and I am interested in the answer as well). | |||
| :::oh; you noticed as well ? ] | |||
| == Good Luck == | |||
| Good Luck with running wish u luck ] 02:44, 23 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Wikizine == | |||
| Hi, | |||
| I am ] from Wikizine. I offer you, like all the other candidates, the opportunity to send me a statement of around 300 words that I will send to the subscribers of wikizine. For more information see ]. | |||
| Greetings, ] 22:11, 23 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| PS: yes, I know, I have send this to you before by email. But for reasons I do not wish to explain here in detail I think in this case is useful that I can prove that I have asked you this. Because of that this second message. | |||
| == Board candidacy question == | |||
| ; Ethics | |||
| In a recent wikiEN-I en posting (8/19/2006), Jimmy Wales wrote: | |||
| <blockquote> | |||
| "Most of us do care passionately about the ethics of what we are doing, and how it affects | |||
| people. Indeed, for most of us, it is part of the very fabric of the | |||
| reasons we participate. We are human beings, trying to do something | |||
| good, not automatons puking out soulless "content" we are good, we are ethical, we are trying to produce something important in | |||
| the world that matters to the world, and we want to do it the right way."</blockquote> | |||
| # Are you in agreement with that statement? | |||
| # If you do, what would you do as a board member to bring that understanding to life in our project? | |||
| ] <small>] • ]</small> 02:23, 25 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Missing editor == | |||
| Excuse me, do you have any news from Solensean ? He hasn't made any edit on :fr since August 3rd, and some of us french editors begin to worry a bit about him. He's usually much more active, and left without any warning. Since he told me he works with you, I thought to ask you. Thanks, ] 10:08, 26 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ==Board of Trustees elections== | |||
| Hello! This is just a friendly reminder that responses to the "interview" questions for the ''Misplaced Pages Signpost'' are due soon. The important message and questions were left on your meta talk page. If you have not already done so, please kindly take a look at them, and we would appreciate your reply as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. ] <small>(])</small> 01:58, 27 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Username Change == | |||
| Can you asist me in changing my username? I don't want to use my name. ] 16:20, 29 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == WikiLove! == | |||
| <div style="float:center;border-style:solid;border-color:blue;background-color:AliceBlue;border-width:1px;text-align:left;padding:8px;" class="plainlinks">] | |||
| Here's a steak for you! Steaks somehow promotes ] and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving something friendly to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Make your own message to spread WikiLove to others using Template:]! Happy editing! --]<small><font color="red">]</font></small> 06:35, 1 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
| </div> | |||
| Get it, a ''steak'' for Linux''break''? Anyhow, keep up the good work on Misplaced Pages, you've contributed a lot of great edits. :D <small>(another ackward attempt at comedy by ]<small><font color="red">]</font></small>)</small> | |||
| :Also, by any chance, is the "AAAA!" part of your sig a reference to ?--]<small><font color="red">]</font></small> 06:36, 1 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == JarlaxleArtemis again…sigh == | == JarlaxleArtemis again…sigh == | ||
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| Archive Number | Message Numbers | Dates | What's Inside |
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| #0 | 1-50 | 13 Mar 05 - 13 Jun 05 | My welcome from Gaurav, I meet Tony the Marine and Antonio, get yelled at a little, and become an admin |
| #1 | 51-100 | 13 Jun 05 - 27 Jul 05 | Some random discussions, people thanking me for voting support on their RFAs, MARMOT shows up and becomes a pain (and gets banned), JarlaxleArtemis complains that I blocked him, and other goodies |
| #2 | 101-150 | 20 Jul 05 - 7 Sep 05 | More random discussions, more of JarlaxleArtemis trying to place blame on me, Tony asks for my help, JarlaxleArtemis goes insane and starts impersonating me accross different wikis (and gets banned), SPUI reveals his love for me (o_O), and Essjay appoints me as a cardinal of the Protestant Church of Misplaced Pages. |
| #3 | 151-200 | 7 Sep 05 - 9 Nov 05 | Even more user impersonation, arbitration stuff, I go lose my cool for a moment, administrative ordeals, Daniel Brandt goes on a personal crusade against Misplaced Pages (and gets banned), and other goodies |
| #4 | 201-250 | 9 Nov 05 - 12 Dec 05 | Pigsonthewing acts weird, I let JarlaxleArtemis and MARMOT back into the community (gasp!), random admin stuff, try to defend admins who were wrongly labeled as pedophiles, get a moving Happy Birthday from Tony the Marine, and other goodies |
| #5 | 251-300 | 12 Dec 05 - 26 Dec 05 | More stuff on the pedophilia fiasco, become a bureaucrat, get Christmas greetings, etc |
| #6 | 301-350 | 26 Dec 05 - 22 Feb 06 | Lots of administrative and miscellaneous discussions, Happy New Year greetings from Tony and Antonio, RFA reform discussions (which raised a bunch of questions but answered none), and I go on a break for about a month |
| #7 | 351-400 | 22 Feb 06 - 23 Apr 06 | I come back after a month-long break, lots of miscellaneous discussions, Easter greetings from Tony, Wikimedia and Wikimania stuff |
| #8 | 401-450 | 23 Apr 06 - 31 May 06 | Insanity: HolyRomanEmperor's request for adminship explodes, I get yelled at for unblocking a couple of users, and Half-Life 2 gains featured article status |
| #9 | 451-500 | 31 May 06 - 1 Sep 06 | I run for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees (and lose), get featured in the New York Times, and other assorted things |
| #10 | 501-550 | 1 Sep 06 - ? | TBA |
JarlaxleArtemis again…sigh
Hope you don't mind, but you are apparently the appropriate person to inform that JarlaxleArtemis is being a pest again in various quarters. I noticed him on WP:ANI making a snarky comment and followed up, since the name rang a vague bell. His talk page and recent contributions show evidence of continuing twittery, and when I mentioned it in passing on IRC I was recommended to ensure that you were aware of the situation. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 14:18, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Cessna 414
Hi, Linuxbeak. Nice nick. I'm a new newbie. I was referred to you by Sarah E. (I forget her last name). I wonder if you have photos or illustrations of a Cessna 414 that could be used in the Keith Green and Cessna 414 articles. Sarah said you might be able to point me somewhere. I'm also looking to expand the Cessna 414 article with documented specs and other stuff. I'm almost finished with Keith Green's. --Mdoc7 15:58, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Request
Not to be too rude but you could maybe finish answering the above questions about your election or state which ones you do not intend to answer? It would be very helpful. Thanks. JoshuaZ 20:29, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Alex Schenck
Hi. Just thought you might like to know, someone created a page about you. I tagged it speedy. Cheers. --Storkk 15:53, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- That was me. Hope you like it, and please feel free to add to it, it's tiny at the moment.. The Wiki Fan 16:05, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- That would violate WP:AUTO, actually, Wiki Fan. Correct me if I'm wrong, Linuxbeak, but I don't think you want an article about yourself (apart from the fact it'll likely be speedily deleted soon on CSD A7 grounds) Picaroon9288•talk 16:18, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- I've speedy deleted it. Canderson7 17:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- The Wiki Fan has been indef blocked for trolling. Canderson7 19:56, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- I've speedy deleted it. Canderson7 17:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- That would violate WP:AUTO, actually, Wiki Fan. Correct me if I'm wrong, Linuxbeak, but I don't think you want an article about yourself (apart from the fact it'll likely be speedily deleted soon on CSD A7 grounds) Picaroon9288•talk 16:18, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Board
Hi Linuxbeak, I put a question for you on meta. Maybe you could have a look? effeietsanders 18:19, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Cloaks
Hi I saw that many users were contacing you for IRC cloaks, however you are not listed as a IRC contact. Are you now a contact and the page has not been updated? Mike (T C) 
01:29, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
9/11 Misplaced Pages
Hi, Alex. In light of the four discussions listed below, what course of action would you take with regard to the 9/11 Misplaced Pages if you were elected to the board?
- http://meta.wikimedia.org/Sep11wiki/Babel_thread
- http://meta.wikimedia.org/Sep11wiki/Request_for_deletion
- http://meta.wikimedia.org/9/11_wiki_move_proposal
- http://meta.wikimedia.org/Proposals_for_closing_projects#Closure_of_September_11_Wiki
Looking forward to your response. Thanks. Andreyi 17:37, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Arbitration against JarlaxleArtemis
A Request for Arbitration against JarlaxleArtemis has been made. As his mentor your involvment is requested. —Psychonaut 21:43, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
TfD nomination of Template:JarlaxleArtemis
Template:JarlaxleArtemis has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. —Psychonaut 15:38, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
click here to leave me a message box
Could you install that on my user talk page, possibly with a soft/faded yellow background color with black font? I'd be very greatful. Thanks!!! DesertSky85451 23:16, 7 October 2006 (UTC)