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		The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
		Fetchcomms, Your work on my new userpage is worthy of recognition, the design is classy and unlike my current userpage (which was absolutely painful to maintain ._.), there's no lag at all! Thanks very much :) —James ^{(Talk • Contribs)} • 8:47pm • 10:47, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Almost done, cheers :) /ƒETCH COMMS / 00:22, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

The Guild of Copy Editors – May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive

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Regards

Hello fETCHCOMMS, I wanted to tell you that this comment was not an intention to impute anything negative against you. I do in fact hold you in high esteem, slightly under the one who is perfect. You are quite commendable in your imperfect state. My76Strat (talk) 20:55, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

No worries, cheers :) /ƒETCH COMMS / 03:39, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Socratic Barnstar
		for making reasonable statements in the en dash/em dash/hyphen war I award you this star. Guerillero \| My Talk 23:20, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks :) /ƒETCH COMMS / 03:40, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Hangon

Any update on the javascript solution? There's no hurry but I think it would be really good. By the way, any idea how to fix this?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:13, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Right now, the version I had worked fine, but I'm not sure if the javascript used is up to "standards", if you know what I mean. However, Eraserhead (talk · contribs) was working on another, less complex-code version, but I think there were some issues to fix, still. I'm by no means a javascript expert or professional programmer, so if I were you, I'd ask someone familiar with adding things to MediaWiki:Common.js (check the page history and see which user(s) frequently updates it), ask them to see User:Fetchcomms/hangon.js, and see if they think it's acceptable to enable as site-wide js. Otherwise, I'd check in with Eraserhead to see if he's been able to get his script working a bit more. Cheers, /ƒETCH COMMS / 21:44, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Side note: I just discovered that hang on is up for deletion, See Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2011 April 23#Template:Hang on.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 11:34, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Okay, so I'll make inquiries soon. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 11:34, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

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Barnstarbob

You had written recently here, in reference to Barnstarbob, that the next time this user called someone an ass, he would be blocked. Here is a relevant recent diff.842U (talk) 11:32, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Replied at his talk page. /ƒETCH COMMS / 15:27, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

He is at it again with a massive tirade (diff showing the worst of it, but suggest you look at the whole sequence to see the same abuse/redaction pattern). He is also badgering people in the RFC, canvassing via talk pages etc. Please follow through on your promise! --Biker Biker (talk) 07:18, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

b.t.w. I know I should assume good faith, but contributions by 69.14.207.132 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) in the RFC sure look like sockpuppetry to me. --Biker Biker (talk) 17:26, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Doubt it, unless he moved to Michigan and forgot to update his user page. /ƒETCH COMMS / 17:32, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Good point. Anyway, thanks for stepping in. I also think extending the RFC as you did is a good idea. I tried to encourage him to get involved and to discuss things, and hoped he would do so in a rational manner, but his responses at the RFC last night which included the exact same arguments as before don't lead me to think much will be different. I live in hope.... --Biker Biker (talk) 17:52, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Question

Since you consider it a "widespread issue", what is your exact take on the issue and what do you think is the proper way to go about fixing it? Silver seren^C 02:31, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Sorry—I meant I don't think it's a widespread issue. I've clarified this at the VP. /ƒETCH COMMS / 03:41, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Helpful note on BN

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

I fail to see why stating the obvious deserves a trout. --Guerillero | My Talk 04:28, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Lol @ life. /ƒETCH COMMS / 17:07, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Barnstarbob

Hello. I understand why you blocked Barnstarbob, but I am concerned because he is actively (and, at times, inappropriately) involved in the RfC at Talk:Chevrolet Vega. Would it be appropriate for us to keep the RfC open long enough for this block to expire, so he can get his final comments in before the RfC closes? Your guidance would be appreciated. Ebikeguy (talk) 17:36, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I thought about that, and I was actually just in the process of adding a note about that to his talk page. Can you add a note to the RfC saying it should be extended a week (or until after Barnstarbob is unblocked, whichever scenario happens)? In the meantime, he's free to make non-disparaging comments at his talk page, which you, I, or any other user should feel free to copy to the Vega RfC. /ƒETCH COMMS / 17:40, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Note added to Talk:Chevrolet Vega. I'll keep an eye on his page and transfer any appropriate comments to the RfC discussion. Thanks for your help. Ebikeguy (talk) 17:51, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Barnstarbob's block expired and the protection on the article just expired. Despite there being an RFC in progress he has removed large amounts of content from the criticism section of the article - justifying his actions by saying this has all been discussed, when clearly the RFC process if not finished. Plus he is still shouting diff. --Biker Biker (talk) 08:42, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for assessing!!!

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hi Fetchcomms, I hope you will join WP:USPP for the last 2 assessment rounds this spring. Your work is very appreciated. Best, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 21:24, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

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Any thoughts would be welcome.

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/dispute resolution

Had you noticed this has reopened? I only did today. I stopped looking in after discussion faded away. Now I've put it on my watchlist. I've just checked and find the preceding one was opened just over two years ago and has still not been closed and archived. Peter jackson (talk) 14:35, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

I did indeed. Wasn't it re-posted on Template:Cent when re-opened? /ƒETCH COMMS / 15:13, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Autopatrol

I've been watching RFP/A for a bit, and have added another criteria check to make sure the user is active, as you've been denying a fair few. If a user doesn't get filtered for activity, then be sure to add them at the opt-out page for future runs. Thanks, Noom _talk ^stalk 23:07, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, and good job with the bot. /ƒETCH COMMS / 23:09, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Chattanooga State Article (revised)

Several librarians at Chattanooga State Community College have participated in editing and documenting an article about the college. The article can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1b4orNxMtzIch2Uy6ZmdJhgfYEBWQGoZ1uXpCfuCsG0s

Please let me know if the article meets Wikipedia's standards and if it is permissible for us to put it on Wikipedia.

Thanks for your guidance and review.

Vicky102510 (talk) 13:59, 23 May 2011 (UTC)Vicky

Hi Vicky, the revised version looks great! A few suggestions:

"the College" and "Student Life" do not need to be capitalized.
Don't mention the addresses of each site in the article—that type of information is usually considered too trivial to include in a general-reference encyclopedia.
I'm confused as to why certain things are quoted, such as “The Tennessee legislature officially recognized the merger in July 1983”. This could be reworded so quotes aren't necessary (In July 1983, the Tennessee General Assembly recognized the schools' merger ...).
Also, maybe it is just a problem with Google Docs, but I saw some end quotation marks but there was no mark to show where the quotation began (e.g., ... mission.”[26]—but there's no opening quotation mark, only the closing one after "mission").
For the items listed right after "Over its forty-five year history, the College has achieved many significant milestones:", it's probably better to incorporate that information into the rest of the prose rather than presenting it as a list.
There are still some little adjectives that make the article seem a little biased, such as "significant milestones", "customized support", "unique campus-based school for bright students who seek a wide range of educational experiences", "engaging and dynamic campus culture", "many opportunities^{[how many?]}", "intensive two-year experience". However, if something's uniqueness is explained—such as with the Volkswagen program—then using "unique partnership" would make sense.

Overall, there's been amazing improvement and it's wonderful that a group of people have been working together to produce this. I think posting it will be fine once the above suggestions are addressed. Best, /ƒETCH COMMS / 23:49, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

WP:USPP Spring Assessment 3

hi Fetchcomms,

Thanks for helping with assessment! There is a new assessment posted here. There are 25 articles in both this assessment and the next/final assessment. There was a huge amount of content that got added this term, hopefully the randomly selected articles will show it to be high quality. You should see some results form the assessments in the coming months. ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 19:42, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

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RfA

Are you trying to get me into trouble?? Drmies (talk) 16:11, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Hey, an extra tit or two never hurt anyone. /ƒETCH COMMS / 02:57, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

It's good to see that someone else has a sense of humor. --Σ _☭^★ 03:25, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Message

Hello. You have a new message at User talk:Σ's talk page.

--Σ _☭^★ 03:23, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

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RevDel request

For this edit:

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While most "this pornstar's real name is . . ." type edits don't pick out a specific person, this one gives a name and high school, and is therefore a specific identification, with no evidence of correctness. Thanks. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 21:49, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Done; although it's kind of already out on the Internet, it's still unverified rumor as far as Google seems to indicate. /ƒETCH COMMS / 22:03, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Citygarden

On 29 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Citygarden, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the US$30 million development of Citygarden (pictured), an urban park and sculpture garden in St. Louis, Missouri, was funded solely by a local nonprofit organization? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Orphaned non-free image File:Pittcon 2011 logo.jpg

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Nothing to see here, move along now.

Long story short but something i thought was under copyright wasnt, previous post erased and you should let me buy you a beer at some point. Cheerio. -- ۩ Mask 15:39, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

PD-ineligible, etc. Oh, and this. No worries, and I don't drink :) /ƒETCH COMMS / 19:16, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 May newsletter

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LOL

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		"Do you usually walk up to people and ask, "How old are you? I've been looking for nonreligious conservative women with liberal views on sexual morality. Wanna come back to my place for some fun?" FFS, Wikipedia is not a fucking escort service!" that is a quote for WP:NOTO The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 15:08, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know I'm not crazy! :) /ƒETCH COMMS / 18:44, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Tedious revdel request

Could you have a look at Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser#Removal of hidden vandalism? -- John of Reading (talk) 15:20, 2 June 2011 (UTC)