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I would like to thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, was unsuccessful with 61 support, 25 oppose, and 4 neutral. I've been taking the advice of the Opposes into practice and hopefully I can improve myself. Once again, thank you. ^_^

WikiProject French Communes Newsletter

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The French Communes WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 2 • April 5, 2008 • About the Project • Written by: Basketball110 and Editorofthewiki
News Project and team news: After an effort by several users including AlbertHerring, Basketball110, Blofeld of SPECTRE, Jj137, and Editorofthewiki, the project is out of inactivity (the removal of the template here). We have also completed creating the articles on towns. Now we are working on adding infoboxes and demographics to them.	Features Featured French commune articles of the week: Arbellara, an example of what a village with 152 inhabitants is supposed to look like. French communes	Collaboration of the Month The push for cantons has begun! See Canton of Champagne-en-Valromey for an example of what the canton articles are to look like. We want to get articles on all of them by the end of the month.
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WikiProject Homeschooling Early April 2008 Newsletter

	The Homeschooling WikiProject News
Issue Three • Early April 2008 • About the Newsletter
News Recent Project News 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). The March 2008 Collaboration of the Month was a real success! You can view the before and afters at the project page. The following users contributed: Zginder, Wrad, E104421, Diligent Terrier. Stop by their talk page and give them a smile. 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. Note: User:Twenty Years has changed his name to "Five Years" A Misplaced Pages Ad for the project has been created. You can view it at the project page.
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WP:GM Newsletter

The Greater Manchester WikiProject Newsletter

The WikiProject Greater Manchester Newsletter Issue VI - April 2008 March issue Got any suggestions? — Add them here Project News Since the last newsletter in March, our number of featured articles/lists has increased by 3, giving us a total of 21! List of tallest buildings and structures in Salford and Manchester City F.C. seasons were promoted to featured list status on 22 March along with Castles in Greater Manchester which passed FLC on 1 April. Well done to all those who contributed! Peterloo Massacre was nominated for FAC on 6 April. So far it has received support for FAS but feel free join the discussion here. The reduction of WP:GM GAs, mentioned in the last issue, has been tackled with Buckton Castle and Oasis (band) being passed on 9 March and Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester on 7 April. We now have 13 GAs due to hard work of our contributors. Well done! Hulme Arch Bridge was nominated for GAS on March 30. WP:GM still is still the leading local British WikiProject. As far as featured content goes, we have a lead of 6 on London and Yorkshire who have 15 FAs each. Although taking the lead in FAs, WP:GM is still lacking GAs and falls behind London by 6. This topic was at the front of the new aims discussion (here) and is an important issue for WP:GM. As mentioned above, new aims have been decided. See the right hand column for more details. Member News There are now 44 members of WikiProject Greater Manchester! A warm welcome to the 5 new members that have joined us since March: Attenboroughp (talk · contribs) Paypwip (talk · contribs) Liquidswords (talk · contribs) Azallen (talk · contribs) Man2 (talk · contribs) No users left the WikiProject this month. Hooray! Thanks A big "thank you" to all the editors who help make this WikiProject what it is; no edit goes unnoticed. Written by Polishname • Template by Jza84 | Single-Page View Would you like to write the next newsletter for WP:GM?? Please nominate yourself at WT:GM! New editors are always welcome! New Aims The completion of all but one of the short term aims set last December resulted in a discussion on WT:GM to set new aims for the WikiProject. They are: Obtain FA status for Greater Manchester. Obtain GA status for Salford. Obtain GA status for Kersal Moor. Get a lead/static image in every infobox of every town in the county. Obtain FL status for List of railway stations in Greater Manchester. Obtain GA -> FA status for Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine. Obtain FL status for List of people from Bolton. Obtain GA status for a third of Greater Manchester's Metropolitan Boroughs. It took us four months to get our last aims completed, why not try and see if these can be done in less time than before! All input is welcome but if anyone has any books or photos etc specifically related to these topics, they would be extra-specially welcome. But before rushing ahead with these new aims, let's not forget the one that got away last time: to obtain B -> GA status for Rochdale, Wigan, Bury, Bolton and Stockport. Most of these articles are in poor condition and in need of repair. Good quality images are urgently needed also. Let's make sure that this aim doesn't stay off our radar much longer. Don't Forget... Images! The shortage of good images was mentioned in the last issue and still hasn't been resolved! A good place to start would be the requested photographs category but please remember that there are many articles not within this category that have the same need in common. Assessment "Assess and review all relevant articles for quality, importance and progress" is one of our mid-term aims. At the present moment, there are only 43 unassessed articles. This task could be completed well before the next newsletter is out. Last but not Least... Please remember that the list of stubs needing expansion and the list of articles needing cleanup are in permanent need of attention. Please take a look and see what you can do.

NBA WikiProject Newsletter

The NBA WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 1 • April 9, 2008 • Written by: Basketball110
News Project and league news: As of April 8, the following teams have clinched a playoff berth: Boston, Detroit, Orlando, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Washington, Toronto, New Orleans, San Antonio, Los Angeles (Lakers), Utah, Houston, and Phoenix. Heat coach Pat Riley, former Knicks center Patrick Ewing, former Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon, former Rookie of the Year Adrian Dantley, Pistons owner Bill Davidson, and college coach Dick Vitale were elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.	Features Featured NBA articles of the week: National Basketball Association Boston Celtics Michael Jordan	Project Collaboration This feature isn't available yet. You will be notified when it is ready.
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Q about the Homeschool Newsletter

Just wondering: what do you need written for the newsletter? I am somewhat interested if you still have openings... OnFire4Jesus (talk) 8:44, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Phoenix Suns Newsletter - April 14, 2008

The Phoenix Suns WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 3 • April 14, 2008 • About the Project • Written by: Basketball110
News Project and team news: Currently, the project has 7 members. Alando Tucker is recalled from the D-League. On April 6, the Suns clinched the playoff berth. If you would like to write the next edition, nominate yourself on the projects' talk page.	Features Featured Phoenix Suns articles of the week: Charles Barkley Shawn Marion	Collaboration of the Month Phoenix Suns was chosen as this months' collaboration. Please make any edits you can to the article.
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Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral. Your kindness and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers, Anthony and Acalamari for their nominations. Thank you again, VanTucky

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Greater Manchester WikiProject Newsletter

The Greater Manchester WikiProject Newsletter

The WikiProject Greater Manchester Newsletter Issue VII - May 2008 April issue Got any suggestions? — Add them here Project News The Peterloo Massacre article was promoted to FA on 12 April. One of our top priority articles, it had previously been only start class. The process began on 25th March and since then underwent over 700 edits before the end of April, with Jza84, Malleus Fatuarum, and Richerman making significant contributions to the rapid development of the article. Ddstretch and Mr Stephen also contributed to discussions on the article talk page. Hulme Arch Bridge was promoted to GA. This was mainly the effort of Mike Peel who was also largely responsible for the promotion of Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester last month. Perhaps the most unusual event of April 2008 for the project has surrounded the Denshaw article. Denshaw is a village of about 500 people in Saddleworth, Oldham, which attracted media attention due to vandalism of the stub class article. Once this was brought to the project's attention, efforts were made to improve the article which led to a successful DYK? nomination and might even advance it to GA status with a bit more effort. In April there were over 19,000 visitors who saw the project in action. Contributors included Jza84, Ddstretch, Malleus Fatuarum, Hassocks5489, Nev1 and Mike Peel. Also this month 5 articles featured on the DYK? section of the front page: Hulme Arch Bridge, Peterloo Massacre, Bolton and Leigh Railway, Barnes Hospital, Denshaw, and Platt Fields Park. This certainly puts into perspective one of the project's previous mid-term aims "feature on the Did you know? section with at least three articles related to Greater Manchester". If you've expanded an article 5 fold or started one with at least 1.5kb of prose in the past 5 days and it has an interesting and referenced fact don't hesitate to read the conditions of DYK? and nominate it here. It gets the project noticed! WikiProject Greater Manchester is still leading local British WikiProjects. As far as featured content goes, we have a lead of 7 on London and Yorkshire who have 15 Featured Articles each. Although taking the lead in FAs, WP:GM is still lacking GAs and falls behind London by 6 (we have 14, London 20). If you see an article that you think deserves to be a GA, don't hesitate to nominate it at WP:GAC! Member News There are 45 members of WikiProject Greater Manchester. One new member has joined the project this month: Kieran5676 on 30th April and is interested in south Manchester. The project is always looking for new members, and if you spot an editor who makes good changes to Greater Machester related articles why not invite them to join up by adding this template to their talk page {{SUBST:Welcome WPGM}}. Thanks A rather large "thank you" goes out to all the editors who edited article related to Greater Manchester, or who edit the project itself. It's no joke. Written by Basketball110 and Nev1 • Template by Jza84 | Single-Page View Would you like to write the next newsletter for WP:GM?? Please nominate yourself at WT:GM! New editors are always welcome! New Aims Last month the project set new and ambitious aims for itself: Obtain FA status for Greater Manchester. Obtain GA status for Salford. Obtain GA status for Kersal Moor. Get a lead/static image in every infobox of every town in the county. Obtain FL status for List of railway stations in Greater Manchester. Obtain GA and/or FA status for Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine. Obtain FL status for List of people from Bolton. Obtain GA status for one third (1/3) of Greater Manchester's Metropolitan Boroughs. It took us four months to get our last aims completed, why not try and see if these can be done in less time than before! All input is welcome but if anyone has any books or photos etc specifically related to these topics, they would be extra-specially welcome. Most of the articles covered by our new aims haven't experienced much activity in the past month, if you thing you can help improve an article be bold and get editing. Articles such as List of people from Bolton and List of railway stations in Greater Manchester already appear very close to FL status and may just require an editor to guide them through the FLC process. Our highest priority article is of course Greater Manchester, there is a peer review from March with issues still to be addressed before it can be put forward as a featured article candidate. Salford is another top priority article because it's the county's second city; it's under gone a lot of editing but still has a way to go before it reaches GA. Also active this month has been the City of Salford article – part of our aim to get 1/3 of Greater Manchester's Metropolitan Boroughs to GA &ndash. Although these are the project's explicit short term aims, we endeavour to "improving all wikipedia articles that are concerned with Greater Manchester", so every edit is valuable. Reminders... Images! The rate of good images has gone up since it was mentioned in the last issue, but more images are needed! The requested photographs category lists some of the articles needing images. Assessment When this section was written, there was only 1 unassessed article! This task has probably already been finished, but it might now have. To check click here. Last but not Least... Please remember that the list of stubs needing expansion and the list of articles needing cleanup are in permanent need of attention. Please take a look and see what you can do.

WikiProject Boston Red Sox Newsletter for April 31, 2008

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Volume 2, Issue 9 • April 31, 2008 • About the Newsletter
News Project and team news: Project News Team News Collaboration	Features Featured Red Sox articles of the week: Justin Masterson Tony Granadillo Tom McCarthy	New Articles New Boston Red Sox related articles: Jim Wright (1978-79 pitcher) Mike Trujillo Marino Santana Johnny Welch Scott Taylor (baseball player) Bill Mundy Win Remmerswaal
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Re: A real apology

That's OK. What's done is done, and it wasn't like I was going to hold it over your head anyway. :) Thanks for coming clean about it though. east.718 at 02:05, May 4, 2008

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NBA WikiProject May Newsletter

The NBA WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 2 • May 5, 2008 • Written by: Noble Story
News On May 5, the first round of the NBA Playoffs were completed. In the East, Boston, will face Cleveland, and Detroit will face Orlando. In the West, the Los Angeles (Lakers) will face Utah, and New Orleans will face San Antonio. For more up-to-date information, visit the 2008 NBA Playoffs. The end-of-the-year awards are now being handed out. So far, Byron Scott has been awarded the Coach of the Year award, Kevin Garnett has been named the Defensive Player of the Year, Hedo Turkoglu has won the Most Improved Player award, and Kevin Durant has been named the Rookie of the Year.	Improved Content On April 9, Dirk Nowitzki was given Good Article status. On April 19, Yi Jianlian was promoted to Good Article status. On April 29, Yao Ming was given to Featured Article status. On May 4, the List of Houston Rockets first and second round draft picks was promoted to Featured List status. Current Projects Update all the 2007-08 Playoff game logs that are located in Category:National Basketball Association game log templates As the playoffs continue, keep the 2008 NBA Playoffs article up-to-date.	Collaboration of the Month Magic Johnson has been chosen to be our very first Collaboration of the Month article. Although this is article is already a Good Article, it still can be improved. The goal is to improve this article by the end of May so that it can be nominated for Featured Article status. In particular, free-use images should be found for the article, all Manual of Style guidelines should be followed, and a neutral point of view should be maintained throughout the article. If there is anything you can do to improve the article, then please help out.
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WikiProject Homeschooling May 2008 Newsletter

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Issue Four • May 2008 • About the Newsletter
News Recent Project News 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). Project member count reaches 37 members! Invite others using our invitation templates. A new article, List of homeschooled individuals has been created. You can help the project by tagging the talk pages of articles with {{WikiProject Homeschooling}} We are working on getting the homeschooling article to GA status.
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Re: Void title

I can be found 24/7 on IRC; my usual hangout spots as far as public channels go are #wikipedia-en and #wikipedia-en-unblock. You can also PM me anytime, my usual nicknames are east718, east718|away, east718-phone, d|^_^|b, and reality. east.718 at 09:21, May 19, 2008

Replied. east.718 at 02:15, May 20, 2008

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Wow!! I also went to Romania!! I still have family there. Did you like it? You weren't that boring. (Doyou belieeinmagic? (talk) 23:38, 19 May 2008 (UTC))

Counter

I didn't actually vandalise your page, but still updated the counter. So, by updating a counter when it shouldn't have been, I vandalised your page. Making the counter update accurate. Know what i mean? ← κεηηε∂γ 14:40, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

I like it! RC-0722 /1 14:42, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

My Recent Rfa

I would just like to say thanks for the neutral vote in my recent RFA. I will still say thanks as from your comments and the other users comments that opposed me and gave me a neutral vote have made me make a todo list for before my next RFA. I hope I will have resolved all of the issues before then and I hope that you would be able to support me in the future. If you would like to reply to this message or have any more suggestions for me then please message me on my talk page as I will not be checking back here. Thanks again. ·Add§hore· /_Cont 16:34, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

LAA's page

Could you give me/LAA advice to tweak it? If you had to chose, between only Keep and Delete, what would you say? LAA is trying to take a big step. I want him to feel that sense of accomplishment, like when you make your first edit or get your first barnstar. Thanks. WikiZorro 20:00, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks so much for your support in myRfA, which closed successfully this morning. _{TravellingCari} 16:58, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Lapidarium

A tag has been placed on Lapidarium requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Misplaced Pages:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. ~**_mustafarox_**~ (talk) 02:51, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

It's me your adoptee...

Been looking through some of the articles I creatend when I first started here a few days ago and I'm beginning to think they aren't really important at all. Particularly the fictional character ones about the Santangelos. I wouldn't mind seeing the back of them, how do you go about getting them deleted FTR? I know which ones. Gino Santangelo, Lucky Santangelo, Dario Santangelo, Steven Berkley, Enzio Bonnatti and Santangelo family Also, how do I change my signiture? The code looks hard to do and I haven't been able to find a sheet that tells me what code is what colour. {font-weight:bold;color:#002b78} (talk) 11:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Tried that markcup you put in about font colour, doesn't work. Katana Geldar 00:27, 24 May 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Katana Geldar (talk • contribs)

The teal one looks nice, and in bold. You're free to use the sanbox you helped me make. Katana Geldar 00:43, 24 May 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Katana Geldar (talk • contribs)

That's great, and now I can see how the code is done <font color="#008080">]</font> (talk) 03:08, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Still doesn't work, don't know why. And can you give me some input on those articles I want to detele? I'd just like a seocnd oppinion before I go tagging them. <font color="#008080">]</font> (talk) 03:31, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

You need to check it? I had no idea about that. That might fix it. And I'll go with the AFD on the articles, it seems like a good idea. Katana Geldar 01:30, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Hi I need yor help on something I have created a subpage for Sonny Weems in my sandbox and I'm planing on putting it on the mainspace after the draft do you think it will stay. And I ask ed to user's about joining Wiki Project: Arkanas, but the never had the curtisy of writing me back maybe you could tell me if I could be of some assistance. Please let me know :). <font-family:"Tahoma">#1 Metallica Fan Your Hancock 16:15, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

O,K, thanks man (or girl). <font-family:"Tahoma">ZACH 15:15, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi again

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Just passing by to say hello to a friend. :D Mario1987 19:15, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Hola

Hi everything OK? Haven't heard from you in ages. The cantons of France still need doing!!! ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 22:20, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi yes I'm fine. Yes it can get frustrating at times, particularly when editors who you think are on your level and are appoving of the work you do as an editor turn out to be rats. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 10:09, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

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Galápagos Islands task force

Per your request, I created Galápagos Islands task force. GregManninLB (talk) 17:13, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the save!

I have no crisped rice to offer you, but I can give you a cookie.  :) --PMDrive1061 (talk) 18:07, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

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Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:Cookie}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

• You and me both. I was trying to save a stub on Crachi, a chocolate bar produced in the Domincan Republic. When it came up red, my jaw hit the table. Two million articles on almost anything you can think of - including crisped rice products - but no crisped rice! Another glaring oversight corrected. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 18:12, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

critter

Hey Basketball- I've been asking around for awhile, but haven't received a straight answer, so, I was wondering if you might know what this thing is.

Wyatt915

Secret pages

Are you aware that your secret page has been deleted? - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 19:07, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

I left your "real" "secret" page, User:Basketball110/76876876726734 intact (even along with the redirect, User:Basketball110/2) per the "leniency towards established contributors" crap (for now) and deleted all fake ones and related barnstar myspace-ism (one page dedicated for this nonsense is more than enough). But since you don't care may I understand that I can delete the "real" one as well? Миша13 08:44, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I could read it.

As it turns out, I could read your small userbox, so I want some fish, please! Wyatt915

RE: Eco

Thanks for stepping in, I appreciate having you at my back. :) Speaking of which, any way I can help you out? How's life been? And why don't you enable your email? Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :)} 04:58, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Guys, please do not talk about me behind my back, okay? That is just plain rude. And BB110, please (for the second time) stop inserting yourself into conversations I am having with MoP. That is extremely rude.

I deleted the text I left on MoP's page, as my problem with him was resolved and there is no further reason to keep it front and center. BB110, if you have any respect for me (which, quite frankly, I've not seen to date), you would delete this section of your page immediately (this is blatantly insulting) and remove your message on the MoP Talk Page that relates to me (since it is not connected to anything). Ecoleetage (talk) 15:43, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

• Excuse me, but "everyone" is not talking behind people's backs. That is a lame excuse for bad manners. Having this section on your page holds me up to ridicule. You should be ashamed of yourself for keeping this here. Ecoleetage (talk) 19:53, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I keep everything for record, and this is part of everything. And I agree, everyone is not talking etc. I gave you my suggestions, because I knew someone else was going to do that anyway, and I thought you might take it better if it be someone you knew. I don't exactly appreciate you calling me a "rude kid," as I consider that an attack. Also, the only reason I replied to you on MoP's page was because I saw you leaving messages on his page w/o a reply, and the same on Diligent Terrier's page, whereas I am watching both. Basketball110 /_{Tell me yours} 22:08, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay, this is where I am coming from: I never insert myself into a conversation (online, offline, whatever) where I am not being addressed. If I have to add something, I prefix my messages with something along the lines of "Hello, I am sorry to intrude, but if I can..." etc. That's how I operate.

Eco's world: If I ask a question, I like an answer. If someone promises a commodity delivered at X date, I expect it delivered at X date. If someone is nice to me, I will go the extra mile for them.

As for me being civil -- for the past couple of weeks, I have been under constant and often nasty criticism from a variety of people here on WP. I am not going to ID the people here, since it is not in my character to talk about people when they are not present to defend themselves. Some of these comments were in AfD discussions, which I found astonishing -- who the hell are these guys to ridicule me in front of my peers?

On several occasions, I thought of quitting WP because I hated the mean spirited comments I was receiving. Except for MoP and two other good folks, I've received almost nothing in the way of no-strings-attached positive support.

As for being rude, do you know that I've given Barnstars to people with whom I've had fights -- as a way of saying sorry and making amends? That takes a grand total of 30 seconds to do, but the effects can resonate forever.

As for lacking civility, please go to the talk page for Pontius Pilate's wife -- please see who is trying to keep order in the face of attacks by a malicious editor who openly belittles efforts to expand the page. Yeah, me -- I am getting knocked about and no one comes to my defense. That page just got WP:GA status based on my work -- and do you know how many people spontaneously congratulated me for my efforts in doing this? Zero. Isn't that nice?

The only thing I would ask of people on WP is simple: A spontaneous word or gesture of praise when someone feels I did something worthwhile. I am making a serious effort to contribute to WP, but I am not getting the feeling that anyone cares. So please excuse me if I am a bit cranky -- it can be difficult to be pleasant in a less-than-pleasant atmosphere.

That's quite an aria, no? Ecoleetage (talk) 22:53, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree with you, but in the case of butting in on a conversation, I was just trying to help you and MoP with a suggestion or comment. As before, I was just trying to help. Basketball110 /_{Tell me yours} 23:36, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I know. And do not think you are not appreciated.

		The Excellent Userpage Award
		Because good deeds are deserving of praise, good people are deserving of honour, and good intentions are deserving of admiration. Ecoleetage (talk) 00:03, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, thanks. Ecoleetage (talk) 00:48, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Userpage layout

Hi. Have you ever wondered how your userpages look in non-monobook skins (which, conversely to what one might think are in common use, especially by long-standing contributors)? I happen to use the modern skin (a popular alternative) and I must say that the tricks with floating images completely obscure the action buttons (edit, watch, etc.) and generally look messy as you can see for yourself. Do you think you could do something about it? Thanks, Миша13 09:06, 26 May 2008 (UTC)