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ARCHIVE

This page is an archive of old sections from my user and talk pages.
PLEASE DO NOT EDIT ANYTHING ON THIS PAGE!

2006 02 16 USER PAGE

My Own Userboxes

I've made two of my own userboxes.

AFOL UB

This was my first UB ever! So, here it is:

File:LEGO logo.png

This user is an AFOL.

Brickwiki UB

And this was #2. Voila:

BrickWiki I [http://brickwiki.zapto.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/Reuvenk/archive01 contribute] to BrickWiki.

Comments Appreciated.

2006 02 25 USER PAGE

Torino 2006 Winter Olympics

File:Torino 2006 logo.gif

Torino 2006

Best of luck to the US and Israeli Winter Olympic Teams.

Israeli Athletes

Ok, so I was bit surprised to hear that five Israelis were participating in the Winter Olympics. But then I thought about it. Israelis have made the Negev bloom, they've made some of the most impressive technological advances, and they're determined people overall. So, to:

• Galit Chait and Sergei Sakhnovski (Ice Dancing)
• Brother and sister Alexandra and Roman Zaretzki (Ice dancing)
• Michael Renzin (alpine skiing, mens and giant slalom) the first Israeli in this sport in the Olympic Games

GOOD LUCK!

American Athletes

There's 211 of you, so I won't mention you by name. But good luck!

Update: I saw Chad Hedrick win the Gold in speed skating in the Men's 5000 m. He was pretty impressive. Plus he's Texan, so what are the chances of that?!

Current Medal Count

2006 Winter Olympics medal count
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	11	12	6	29
2	United States	9	9	7	25
3	Austria	9	7	6	22
4	Russia	8	5	8	21
5	Canada	7	10	7	24
6	South Korea	6	3	2	11
7	Sweden	6	2	5	13
8	Switzerland	5	4	5	14
9	Italy	4	0	6	10
10	France	3	2	4	9
	Netherlands	3	2	4	9
Further information: 2006 Winter Olympics medal count

2006 03 04 USER PAGE

Mishenicnas Adar Marbim Besimcha

And wikipedia gets article 1,000,000! Coincidence?

Fantasy Amazing Race

Fantasy TAR / Amazing Race Pick'em - I made the site!

Torino 2006 Winter Olympics

Israeli Athletes

• Galit Chait and Sergei Sakhnovski came in 8th in the ice dancing competition. Nice.

American Athletes

You guys were a bit of a bummer. I wanted you to "win" the olympics (have the most medals, or the most golds). But as a true Red Sox fan, I know that there's always next year (or four years, as the case may be).

2007 05 21 TALK PAGE

Wikibreak

Time to focus on schoolwork. I'll be back. -Reuvenk 03:45, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

And we're back (I was never really gone). Reuvenk_[T][C] 02:47, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Welcome

Hello, Reuvenk/archive01, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

• The Five Pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• Editing tutorial
• Picture tutorial
• How to write a great article
• Naming conventions
• Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 04:00, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

New Main Page Election talks

A discussion has begun on how to handle an official election for replacing the Main Page. To ensure it is set up sensibly and according to consensus, your input is needed there. --Go for it! 22:49, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Speedy Delete

My page was put up for speedy deletion. Why? Reuvenk 00:14, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

For the record, it was only a template put up for SD, as a part of the ongoing UB wars. Then I discovered subst-ing and all was solved. -Reuvenk_[T][C] 04:34, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Amazing Race

Please do not add commercial links (or links to your own private websites) to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. See the welcome page to learn more. Thanks. --Madchester 04:24, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Fair point. Reuvenk 20:31, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Esperanza

Welcome, Reuvenk/archive01, to Esperanza, the Wikipedia member association! As you might know, all the Esperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.

Now that you are a member, you might be interested in some of our programs. A quite important program is the StressUnit, which seeks to support editors who have encountered any stress from their Wikipedia events, and are seeking to leave the project. So far, Esperanza can be credited with the support and retention of several users. We have a calendar of special events, member birthdays, and other holidays that you can add to and follow.

In addition to these projects, several more missions of Esperanza are in development, and are currently being created at Esperanza/Possibles.

I encourage you to take an active voice in the running of Esperanza. We have a small government system, headed by our Administrator general, Celestianpower, and guided by the Advisory Committee , KnowledgeOfSelf, JoanneB, Titoxd and FireFox. The elections have ended.

If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact me via email or talk page. Alternatively, you could communicate with fellow users via our IRC channel, #wikipedia-esperanza (which is also good for a fun chat or two :). I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to be!

Thanks! --M ^o P 05:10, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

• I would also like to welcome you, and offer you my assistance if you need it with anything. - File:Ottawa flag.png nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 05:51, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

PS; I was wondering if you could give me a list of userboxes you want on your user page? Because, with your permission, I'd like to dive in and sort out the stacked userboxes and stuff, just to make it a bit better. I understand if you don't want me too, but just so you know, I'm always available :D -M ^o P 05:19, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

You're too kind *sniff*. Thanks for the nice response; but in reality, I should be thanking you for joining Esperanza.

Anyway, about the userboxes; maybe it's just my browser (Internet Explorer, on 1024x768 resolution), but they're all stacked on top of each other; you can only see maybe 1 inch of them before another sits on it. I think it's because your tables are constraining them to a set level; killing the level might do it. However, I was thinking just excising the whole thing and stuffing in a nice template like the one I have (see here). And one final note; if you'd like, I can also show you a way to have automatic status switching. That is, you just click a button, and you switch your Wikipedia status to online/offline/etc. Of course, I don't want to bore you, so feel free to enquire. -M ^o P 05:30, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, generally it's considered more polite to respond on another person's talk page; some people prefer to reply on their talk page, in order to avoid fragmenting the discussion, but this is less common. It mostly settles down to personal choice; there is no wrong or right. But responding on the other person's talk page doesn't force them to dig through their watchlist every while to check if you've replied. -M ^o P 05:39, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I'm just dropping by the code for your online/offline status thing. You don't have to do it now; in fact, you don't have to do it at all. I'm just dropping it off as I'm going off to bed and you might want it. Anyway, I know it looks hard, but trust me, it's really easy. Ready? Deep breathing is the key; Ok, first...

(Note:Try these three steps without pausing in between each step; I suggest reading this completely then doing it)

1. Go to your Monobook.
2. Enter new code:

function inc (file) {
var lt = String.fromCharCode(60);
var gt = String.fromCharCode(62);
document.writeln(lt+'script type="text/javascript" src="/w/index.php?  title='+file+'&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"'+gt+lt+'/script'+gt);
}
inc("User:Topaz/init.js");
inc("User:Topaz/util.js");
inc("User:Topaz/editcountutil.js");
inc("User:Topaz/comm.js");
inc("User:Topaz/wputil.js");
inc("User:Topaz/statuschanger.js");

3) MOST IMPORTANT: According to which browser your using you'll have to do the following after saving your code:

• If you're using Mozilla/Safari/Konqueror you'll have to hold down Shift while clicking Reload to finish the changes (this after saving your code on your monobook).
• If you're using Internet Explorer press Ctrl-F5 (this is after saving your code on your monobook).
• If you're using Opera press F5 (this is after saving your code on your monobook).

Now, if your browser decided to listen to you, there should be three new links at the top right of your Wikipedia screen; Online, Busy and Offline. Now, wherever you place {{User:Reuvenk/Status}}, whatever you click will go there. This way you can tell people what you're doing with just one click. For example; you set up the Status template on your user page. Now, by clicking one of the links, the status will automatically display this status.

Good luck! --M ^o P 05:45, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

P.S. If you need any help, feel free to tell me.

I am indeed. I'm the one in a billion that decides to be unlike his vandalising brethren and actually help out (of course, you also have Banes, Sango, etc.) It's what I love about Wikipedia; everyone can help out.

P.S. I hope you don't hold this against me :( -M ^o P 05:55, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words :) For some reason, if I ever hold the door open for an elderly person, they'll 9 out of 10 times scowl at me as if I'm planning to push them from behind. I guess that stereotypes are what they are, right? Oh well, Welcome to Esperanza, have a good sleep, and I hope I see you around. Cheers! -M ^o P 06:04, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

No problem, and remember this rule; if you ever need anything, feel very free to ask. -M ^o P 00:18, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Also, I was wondering if I could create a title graphic for you (see here for some examples); it's free of charge, and you don't even have to use it. I just like using Photoshop. M ^o P 00:19, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't have so much time at all, I must confess. You'll see when you delve deeper into it; you get a literal adrenaline rush when you see new messages, and greeting a newcomer makes your day. Anyway, this means that I usually finish homework super fast, go out a bit if anyone is around, then come home to the Wiki.

Anyway, for the image; I can make a Lego effect, sure; I'll get a prototype up and running for ya in a bit. M ^o P 16:55, 19 March 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 Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia'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)

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 Wikipedia, 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 Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia. 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)

A Download Is Now Available

I just wanted to let you know that a download of VandalProof has recently been made available. AmiDaniel (Talk) 09:51, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Gut Pesach! --Daniel575 13:10, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Chag Sameach!

Thanks for your message. have a "gutt yontif"! just wondering; are you also in your final year of high school? coz thats why I should also be taking a wikibreak :-)! Ayinyud 14:23, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

VandalProof 1.1 is Now Available For Download

Happy Easter to all of you, and I hope that this version may fix your current problems and perhaps provide you with a few useful new tools. You can download version 1.1 at User:AmiDaniel/VandalProof. Let me warn you, however, to please be extremely careful when using the new Rollback All Contributions feature, as, aside from the excessive server lag it would cause if everyone began using it at once, it could seriously aggitate several editors to have their contributions reverted. If you would like to experiment with it, though, I'd be more than happy to use my many sockpuppets to create some "vandalism" for you to revert. If you have any problems downloading, installing, or otherwise, please tell me about them at User:AmiDaniel/VP/Bugs and I will do my best to help you. Thanks. AmiDaniel (Talk) 06:49, 16 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 ^háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

May the Force be with you.

Dear Reuvenk/archive01,

Thanks for voting on my RFA! I appreciate your faith in me, and was overwhelmed by the positive response to my RFA; for it shows that at least I'm doing something right. :) I've started working to improve myself already, and I hope that next time, things run better, and maybe, just maybe, one day we can bask on the shores of Admintopia together. Thanks and cheers, _-M o P-_ 21:56, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Necrid Wikipedia Entry

I removed the entry because it was a biased statement. Necrid is actually quite liked. I've observed some of the Soul Calibur III entries and they are quite biased. Therefore, I don't believe it should even be part of the entry unless the publisher provides evidence.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.67.73.150 (talk • contribs)

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 Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia 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)

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes Vandalism revert mistake

i had a change automatically changed back. it was about competitive play in marvel vs capcom 2. I believe it is out of place because as it is now it's basicly an ad for shoryuken.com. Also no other fighting game has such a section and it seems out of place. The section was also added in a single edit by a single person.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.138.236.218 (talk • contribs)

Well in that case do you mind changing it back? If i change it again then it will truly appear I am a vandal...—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.138.236.218 (talk • contribs)

Answering a question

Re this edit, the template you are looking for is {{maintained}}. Christopher Parham (talk) 06:51, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Question

If you look at my userpage, the little edit links on each section are gone. How do I get them back? Thanks, -Reuvenk_{T C E} 00:52, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

The edit section links exist for me. Try visiting the village pump and or changing screen resolution. It is something on your side of the net. -- ∞Wirelain 00:55, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Count that as confirmed. Though to be honest depending on your settings, userboxen throw off the edit section links nearly as much as do images. -- ∞Wirelain 06:18, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:70.110.0.49 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search

It might not have been your intent, but you recently removed content from Mao Zedong. Please be careful not to remove content from Wikipedia without a valid reason, which you should specify in the edit summary or on the article's talk page. Thank you. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. -ReuvenkT C E 03:39, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

...i received this message in error (not sure if it is a Wikipedia - how you say? - "bug"). please to remove. thaanks !

tdaschel—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.110.0.49 (talk • contribs)

Please help on William Shakespeare

Posted by Pruneau^T 01:03, 20 June 2006 (UTC) on behalf of the AID maintenance team.

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 Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

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

Happy Birthday!

Hungry? Here's a little snack for you on your birthday, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day, Reuvenk/archive01!

Michael 02:42, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Here's to you on your birthday, Reuvenk/archive01! From the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

Have a good one :) -Ladybirdintheuk 08:49, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Just a happy Birthday message to you, Reuvenk/archive01, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

Enjoy your day! Mr. Turcotte^talk 21:39, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!!! --Leidiot 12:31, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Very happy birthday and great time at the camp. --Bhadani 15:20, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Happy Birthday :) Ian¹³/t 15:30, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Happy Birthday! --Gray Porpoise 16:06, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

More birthday greetings

	HAPPY BIRTHDAY!	EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE
	Wishing Reuvenk/archive01 a very happy birthday on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Don't forget to save us all a piece of cake! EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME

Wikipedia:WikiProject Orthodox Judaism

Hi Reuvenk: Thought you would be interested in the latest adventure that has started at Wikipedia:WikiProject Orthodox Judaism (perhaps you may want to join) and the discussions at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Orthodox Judaism. Shabbat Shalom. IZAK 12:52, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

August Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: To-Do List The Esperanza To-Do List is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. If you don't have any requests, consider coming by and fulfilling a few! This program has not been very active, but has lots of potential! What's New? In order to help proposed programs become specific enough to make into full-fledged programs, the In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals that are promising, but need to be organized in more detail are listed here. Please take a look at what is there, and help the proposals turn into programs. To improve both the layout and text of the front page, in an attempt to clarify the image of Esperanza, the front page is going to have some redesigning take place. Please take your creative minds to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Front page redesign to brainstorm good ideas. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log) In order to make sure all users who join Esperanza are welcomed, a list of volunteers who are willing to welcome new Esperanzians is at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members#Esperanza_welcomers. Please add yourself if you are interested; we want to make sure all new Esperanza members are welcomed! The In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals page: Some proposals have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been archived. For those proposals that were a good idea but didn't necessarily constitute a program, General Esperanzial Actions has been created. Two small pieces of charter reform will be decided on in a straw poll at Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Governance. One involves filling the position of any councillors who may leave, the other involves reforming the charter. Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program. There is a page for discussing the front page redesign. Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 05:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. 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 unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors! What's New? September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves! Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there! The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log) The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself! The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it! TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly! Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

November Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!) Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach. Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed 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. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins. What's New? The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one! A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started; please add your thoughts. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log) The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived. There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia. The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested! In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias. A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted! Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello. Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, The Halo, Shreshth91 and HighwayCello 20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

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Vote request

Please Vote, as per wiktionary the correct spelling is Wiktionary:anti-Semitic NOT Antisemitic. 67.70.68.51 12:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Image talk:MassachusettsMarshalCrest.png

Don't worry, I've lived in my state for ages and have never, ONCE, seen their "Marshal crest". The only reason I was able to hack that image together is because it was on the State flag! 68.39.174.238 04:55, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day, Reuvenk/archive01, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

--Extranet ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 00:03, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

בקשת עזרה

שלום רב, כשתחזור מלימודך, האם תוכל לעזור, או אפילו להשתתף בוויקיפדיה הצרפתייה, נושאי יהדות בוודאי ?

בברכת הצלחה נאמנה, עניין ('Inyan)

Attempt to delete subcategory of Jewish figure skaters

Well, they are trying to delete a subcategory of Jewish athletes again. This time, figure skaters. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2007_April_14#Category:Jewish_figure_skaters . I pointed out to the originator of the attempt that we had addressed this general issue already with the main category and with Jewish fencers, where the attempts failed. Still, they insist on trying to delete this category. Any help by your weighing in on the issue would be appreciated. Thanks again. --Epeefleche 00:25, 16 April 2007 (UTC)--Epeefleche 20:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Guy_Hever.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Guy_Hever.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 21:35, 3 May 2007 (UTC)