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Help?

Since I don't know how this works, I thought I should mention I replied to your post on my talk page... you can remove this edit as soon as you see it! Kat, Queen of Typos 06:22, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

John Kerry

No problem! I would've done the same thing. --Woohookitty 21:02, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

An Esperanzial note

As I remember, the last spam that was handed out was on the 20th of December last year, so I think it's time for another update. First and foremost, the new Advisory Council and Administrator General have been elected. They consist of myself as Admin General and FireFox, Titoxd, Flcelloguy and Karmafist as the Advisory Council. We as a group met formally for the first time on the 31st of Decembe. The minutes of this meeting can be found at WP:ESP/ACM. The next one is planned for tonight (Sunday 29 January) at 20:30 UTC and the agenda can be found at WP:ESP/ACM2.

In other news, Karmafist has set up a discussion about a new personal attack policy, which it can be found here. Other new pages include an introductory page on what to do when you sign up, So you've joined Esperanza... and a welcome template: {{EA-welcome}} (courtesy of Bratsche). Some of our old hands may like to make sure they do everything on the list as well ;) Additionally, the userpage award program proposal has become official is operational: see Misplaced Pages:Esperanza/User Page Award to nominate a userpage or volunteer as a judge. Also see the proposed programs page for many new proposals and old ones that need more discussion ;)

Other than that, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and wish you an Esperanzially good new WikiYear :D Thank you! --Celestianpower 16:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
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Rollback

Normally, I'd do the same. However, if the page is so huge (as in this case) that having to load it an extra couple of times would use an unnecessarily large amount of bandwidth (my internet access is bandwidth-limited), I'll sometimes use rollback to save the load.

I reverted your edits because the page is not in need of general cleanup - it's too long and in need of dividing up along provincial lines, and tags to that extent were already in the article. Ambi 03:07, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Another Esperanzial note...

Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see WP:ESP/ACM2 and WP:ESP/ACM3). As a result, the charter has been ammended twice (see here for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the summary for more details). Also of note is the Valentines ball that will take place in the Esperanza IRC channel on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, the spamlist has been dissolved - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. These will take place from 12:00 UTC on February 20th to 11:59 UTC on February 27th. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are already listed on the members list. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

Yours, as ever, Esperanzially,
--Celestianpower 09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
(message delivered by FireFox using AWB on Celestianpower's behalf)

Bhai Himmat Singh copyvio

Hi Szyslak, I noticed that you tagged Bhai Himmat Singh as a copyvio and then reversed yourself since the indicated source, sikhiwiki.org, was GFDL.

After looking into it some more and dealing with User:Kiop, I think the source originally came from sikh-history.com which is not GFDL, and was illegally copied by sikhiwiki.org. So I've put the copyvio tag back on.

Can you double check me and let me know if there is something I've missed? Thanks. --Duk 20:28, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #1

Reach out
Reach out is a program aimed at allowing users to bring issues that they have had in Misplaced Pages to a listening, sympathetic and caring audience: "No one can know how we feel if we do not say. We cannot expect to get understanding if we do not ask for it. No one will dispute that sometimes life's issues are too much for one person. It is fair to say that sometimes Misplaced Pages's problems fall under the same heading. This is a place where you can bring the bruises that can sometimes be got on this project for attention."
Stress Alerts
The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
Note from the editor
Welcome to this new format of the Esperanza Newsletter, which came about during the last Advisory Council meeting - we hope you like it! The major changes are that each month, right after the Council meeting, this will be sent out and will include two featured programs and a sum up of the meeting. Also, it will be signed by all of the Advisory Council members, not just Celestianpower. Have an Esperanzial end of March, everyone!

The last AC meeting (full log)
Future meetings are to be held monthly, not fortnightly as before. Bans and Access level changes (apart from autovoice) in the IRC channel are to be reported at the new log. In the IRC channel, there is going to be only one bot at a time. The charter requires members to have 150 edits and 2 weeks editing. Why this is the case will be clarified. A new Code of Conduct will be drafted by JoanneB and proposed to the Esperanza community. The NPA reform idea is to be dropped officially. Charter ammendments are to be discussed in future, not voted on. The Advisory Council is not going to be proposed to be expanded by the Advisory Council themselves, if others want to propose it, they will listen.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 17:47, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Pondbrilliance

I redid the section on Bill Clinton. You were right, I did write that one line. It was a mistake. I apologise. Thanks for the compliment.

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2

Barnstar Brigade
The Barnstar Brigade is a new program aimed at giving more very deserving yet unappreciated users barnstars. It will officially start on 2006-04-09, but signing up is encouraged before this date: "Here in Misplaced Pages, there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go un-appreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go un-noticed. Sadly, these editors often leave the project. As Esperanzians, we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. A project the size of Misplaced Pages has thousands of editors, so there are plenty of people out there who deserve recognition, one just has to find them. The object of this program is not to flood editors with Barnstars, but to seek out people who deserve them, and make them feel appreciated."
Stress Alerts
The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
Information
Welcome to the second issue of the new format Esperanza Newsletter - we hope you still like it! This week, it was delivered diligently by our new dogsbody. MiszaBot (run by Misza13): any execution complaints should go to him. Content comments should be directed at the Esperanza talkpage. Thanks!

The last AC meeting (full log)
The next elections: Approval voting as before and, also as before, an previous leadership member can run. Please submit your name for voting in the relevant section of this page. Voting starts on 2006-04-23 and ends on 2006-04-30. There will be three places up for grabs as KnowledgeOfSelf is leaving Misplaced Pages. Please see the previously linked page for full details. The Code of Conduct is now ready for extensive discussion! Specific comments should go to the Code of Conduct talk page, discussion of having one at all should be directed to the main Esperanza talk page. The current process for accepting proposals for new programs has been deemed fine. All Advisory Council members and the Admin Gen are to endevour to be bold when viewing discussion. If they feel that consensus has been reached, they will act accordingly.
A plea from the editor...
The propsed programs page is terribly underused! Please leave any comments, good or bad, on the page, to help us determine the membership's thoughts on the ideas there.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 19:53, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Neologisms

Hi there, a while ago you made an edit on the Misplaced Pages:Avoid neologisms guideline. I am proposing a revision to the guideline and I'm soliciting your comments. You can find the link to my rewrite at Misplaced Pages talk:Avoid neologisms -- cmh 01:07, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppet problem

Just so you know, I am fairly certain that User:909er is a sockpuppet of User:UCRGrad, created for the purpose of helping UCRGrad push his POV on the article, possibly for use in evading 3RR in the future, or (at best) to illustrate a point. I compiled some proof, but I'm not sure what to do with it or where I should put it. Adding a suspected sockpuppet tag would only make things worse, I fear... –Tifego_{00:39, 19 April 2006 (UTC)}

On second thought, I think I'll try putting up those tags (there are 2 of them now), and post at RfI if they don't stop. Sorry to bother you. –Tifego_{02:56, 19 April 2006 (UTC)}

RfAr suggestion

Let's make a subuser page about this and start putting stuff there in preparation for the RfAr. We can use its talk page for discussion, since it's cumbersome to have a 5-way conversation with comments duplicated across all of our talk pages. –Tifego_{09:04, 28 April 2006 (UTC)}

Hi, I made a user subpage for preparation, and I propose we use its talk page for any further discussion about this. –Tifego_{04:18, 29 April 2006 (UTC)}

My apologies about that; for some reason, I was quite convinced that it was wrong. I'm not sure why, because I can clearly see that it isn't wrong looking at it now... Thank you for correcting my correction. :-) Jud e (talk,contribs,email) 12:36, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Celestianpower 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Request to reopen Rex071404 (talk · contribs) RfAr #4

In light of recent sockpuppeting by Rex071404 (talk · contribs) a/k/a/ Merecat (talk · contribs) to violate the permanent ban on his editing of John Kerry, I've requested the fourth and most recent 'Rex' RfAr be reopened and if appropriate, the remedies re-defined and re-applied. As a prior petitioner of that RfAr, I'm notifying you here. Thank you. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 23:54, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

Administrator Coaching
The Administrator Coaching program is a program aimed at preparing Wikipedians for Adminship or helping them understand the intricacies of Misplaced Pages better. Recently, changes have been made to the requirements of coachees. Please review them before requesting this service. This would be something like the Welcoming Committee, but for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. Some might like suggestions about how to learn vandal patrol, or mentoring on taking an article to featured status, or guidance with a proposal they plan to make at the Village Pump, for example. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Misplaced Pages because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
Stressbusters
The Stressbusters are a subset of Esperanza aiming to investigate the causes of stress. New eyes on the situation are always welcome!
Note from the editor
As always, MiszaBot handled this delivery. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to Pschemp, Titoxd and Freakofnurture for being elected in the last elections! An Esperanzial May to all of the readership!

The last AC meeting (full log)
Posting logs of the Esperanza IRC channel are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel. A disclaimer is going to be added to the Esperanza main page. We are humans and, as such, are imperfect. Various revisions have been made to the Code of Conduct. Please see them, as the proposal is ready to be ratified by the community and enacted. All members will members to have to re-confirm their membership after accepting the Code of Conduct. Referendums are to be held on whether terms of AC members should be lengthened and whether we should abolish votes full stop. Admin Coaching reform is agreed upon.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, Pschemp and Freakofnurture 20:29, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

About your sig again, sorry…

I notice your great explanation of your signature image on your user-page, which is frankly a lot more helpful than some. Unfortunately, and I can only assume that you missed it which is hardly surprising, the guidelines on signatures have been modified recently to exclude images from signatures. Sorry, but people are using huge enormous brutes and it's just too much. So it would be great if you could instead use the {{IPA}} formatting; this would also have the benefit of scaling with the text. I have taken a swipe at reproducing the IPA here and I came up with this:

sɪzlæk

I am in the process of consulting the developers, because the system has also changed how it handles template within signatures, and it might well be that the SUBSTitution would be handled automagically. If not, you could simply use <span "class="IPA"> which is in fact just about all that {{IPA}} does (well it adds title="Pronunciation in IPA" also, which you might want to try). If you are agreeable, I can set up a job in AWB and do the historical replacement for you once you are happy that the replacement is appropriate. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 16:03, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I have just had confirmation from the developers (actually Rob Church) that the template handling in signatures is like this: if you were to enter your sig as …{{IPA|sɪzlæk}}…, it would actually be saved as …{{subst:IPA|sɪzlæk}}… and would work fine, so you could be "szyslak sɪzlæk (t, c, e)" again. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 17:13, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

RFARB filed against UCRGrad

Please consider adding a statement here if you are still at all concerned with this.--Amerique 16:14, 22 June 2006 (UTC) No problem. Happy to be of help.--Amerique 15:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Misplaced Pages:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)