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Apparently, we seem to have a lot of common interests and both edit in the German and English wikipedias. Is there a less public way of contacting you (for example via e-mail or de:GayRomeo profile)?--Bhuck08:54, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Why not ? otherwise we can delete the category:Anglican bishops, because each anglican bishop is part of a specific anglican church in a subcategory GLGerman
See categorisation guideline 3. If we allowed articles to exist in both their category and all its supercategories, then the supercategories would get insanely crowded. Subcategorisation is a way of organising articles; this would defeat that organisation by turning Category:Anglican bishops into an enormous grab-bag of names. And where would you stop? Would you also add her to Category:Clergy and Category:People and so on up the ontological ladder? \
This doesn't imply that supercategories should be deleted, even if they contain only other categories: they are still useful as a help to find your way around the organisation.
Please go over your edits about the Evangelical Church of Bremen on the article's talk page first. Opinions which may not be shared by everybody should be first opened up for community discussion - it's easier for everyone involved! Cheers, –- kungming·2 | (Talk·Contact) 00:51, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
the word "liberal" was part of the article since the beginning and an IP_Adress vandalised it and now you are doing the same. So i live in Bremen and know about what i write.GLGerman00:53, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You are in danger of violating the three-revert rule. Please cease further reverts or you may be blocked from editing. --89.12.146.39 01:36, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Fine to see User:Hansele that you are following me on the english wikipedia; but your statement is totally wrong and you know that. That´s your IP which edit in the articel of Evangelical Church in Bremen and you deleted the word "liberal". Since many weeks you still follow me like a little dog on the german wikipedia and now we see us also sometimes here on the english pages.
Schön User:Hansele, dass du dich auf der englischen Wikipedia auch zu Wort meldest; aber mit einer solchen Aktion "kommste nicht durch". Wir wissen doch beide, dass du mir gerade in diesen Minuten folgst. Lächerlich deine Aktion... sei wenigsten so mutig und melde dich unter deinem Benuterkonto anstatt hier unter IP zu schreiben. GLGerman01:50, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It would not be proper to refer to these as "civil unions"; California law specifically calls them "domestic partnerships." However, California DP's offer many of the same rights and benefits as the civil unions offered in other states.
At the moment, we have same-sex marriage in Massacusetts; civil unions in Vermont and Connecticut; domestic partnerships in California, Maine, and New Jersey as well as the District of Columbia; and reciprocal beneficiaries in Hawaii. But New Jersey will also have civil unions beginning in February, 2007. Hope this helps. Textorus09:30, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
GL, you should not have renamed this article as "Civil Unions in New Jersey" because the state will continue to offer domestic partnerships. Existing same-sex DP's are not required to sign up for civil unions; they can remain as domestic partners. Also, no new same-sex DP's will be allowed, but DP's will still be available only for opposite-sex couples over age 62. So the article needs to remain as a separate category of legal relationship.
Go read the discussion of this issue on the talk page for "Same-sex marriage in New Jersey" to get a better understanding of what has just taken place in that state's laws. Textorus09:39, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
But on the other side, Textorus, there is the new law for civil unions after Corzine signed it now and that´s so the future in New Jersey and not domestic partnerships; so it´s better to have an article over "civil unions in New Jersey".GLGerman09:45, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
GL, you are not understanding the situation. From February 2007, New Jersey will have BOTH civil unions AND domestic partnerships. Separate articles are needed. Textorus09:49, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
i know that but therefore should not be two articles; that can be written in one article. And for gay partners in the future civil unions are more better and so the article name should be "civil unions in New Jersey" and not "domestic partnerships in New Jersey".GLGerman09:54, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Please remove your defamations about me and my work on the German Wikipedia as well as those on other users from your user page. All negative comments violate against WP:CIVIL, some may even reach the level defined at WP:ATTACK. If yout attacks aren't removed within the next seven days, I'll request a comment on your conduct.
Bitte entferne die Diffamierungen meiner Person und Tätigkeit wie auch die der anderen Benutzer von deine Benutzerseite. Die negativen Kommentare sind klare Verstöße gegen WP:CIVIL, einige erreichen schon das in WP:ATTACK Beschriebene. Wenn die entsprechenden Anmerkungen nicht innerhalb von sieben Tagen entfernt werden, werde ich zu deinem Verhalten Kommentare einholen. Bitte beachte, dass alle Regeln zum persönlichen Verhalten und zu Angriffen auf andere Benutzer hier deutlich strenger sind als in der deutschen Wikipedia und Verstöße strenger sanktioniert werden. Ein RFC ist häufig der erste Schritt zu einem Benutzersperrverfahren, das aufbauend auf dem RFC von den dort kommentierenden Benutzern eingeleitet wird. --jergen20:31, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
After 13 day without answer I removed the questionable and insulting content from your user page. If you reinsert it the WP:RFC will start. --jergen20:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
on german wikipedia i discussed often with you and most you are on the "wrong" side in my opinion. You are an evangelical, conservative user and so you and i have often on german wikipedia discussion in different themes. GLGerman06:02, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is en.wikipedia; I'm not willing to discuss policies of en: in de:. If you are not able to see that en: has stricter and differing policies and guideslines than de:, you should stop editing here.
So if you think that you are correct you can try that, but your opinion is wrong. I asked already some people here. You can try if you want and we will see what here on english wikipedia happens. I read that english wikipedia is more free than the german wikipedia. So we will have also a nice time here. And you should not try to work on my user page. GLGerman06:31, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is just a quick, automated note to let you know that there is an election being conducted over the next 7 days for the position of "Coordinator" for the LGBT WikiProject. Your participation is requested. – SatyrTN (talk·contribs)
IMO, I don't think there's anything wrong in simply listing people you have had unpleasant experiences with - however, the unilateral removal of content from a user's page without said user's permission is still a contentious issue that has been brought up on AN/I several times now without consensus. I don't think he was right to do so, and I certainly don't think your lists are contravening WP:ATTACK. If he does it again, bring it up at WP:AN/I and they'll probably deal with it. You certainly have my support, Btw, don't ask people to vote either way in an RfA, it's called canvassing and is frowned upon here. I would oppose him anyway on account of his dreadful punctuation, but all the same, best not to do it.
Some of the new writers of gay themes on german wikipedia are "kicked out" by "evangelical-conservative" people. These new writers/users get angry about reverts from evangelical/right-religious people and then these new gay supporters make mistakes and so admins can delete there accounts on german wikipedia.
We have on german wikipedia not only the users of Germany (Germany is real more liberal in gay themes than Austria). There are also real right-conservative catholics users from Bavaria and Austria (and Austria and Bavaria are nearly like Texas (the difference between Texas and Bavaria/Austria is that Bavaria/Austria have mountains"). You know pope Benedikt is from Bavaria and i think you know how hard the vatican and the pope fight against gay couples. So we have a strong fight with some supporters of Ex-Gay, roman-catholic pope Benedikt fans, ... ). So i hope you can understand what i want to write. But my english isn't so good to find the right words to express it in real good words.
So thanks for your information. And okay i will do what you wrote me. It would be very nice, if you can have a lokk on my userpage, because i work more on geman wikipedia and i am not so often here on english wikipedia. My English isn't so good as it should be, so that i write more on german wikipedia. I am good in translating from english into german texts, but not so good in writing in english language. GLGerman02:32, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm. If that's a major problem, it sounds like we need to build a nucleus of bilingual German users here and then hit the Projekt simultaneously (I say we, my German is somewhat limited to saying I have a wardrobe in my room and I enjoy playing football. :) ) - might take a while. Oh well, what's life without challenges, eh? We'll see. In the mean time, if you're into translation, you could translate our FAs into German if you like. The Wikiprojekt will keep. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 23:31, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sur we can but on german wikipedia we have a lot of trouble with the evangelical admins user:jergen and user:irmgard who kick out homosexual themes and do their best to angry promoter of homosexual themes. GLGerman21:55, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sure you are right, but i just got an kick out in the article "Bible and Homosexuality" on german wikipedia after an editwar with admin: Irmgard. GLGerman22:05, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If a user is abusing their admin powers, then they should be reported to either AN/I or at Meta so appropriate action can be taken. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 19:20, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
the problem is more that we have with user:jergen, user:irmgard and some other users a good communication between a group of german, evangelical, conservative admins on the german wikipedia....GLGerman09:56, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just for the record: de:Benutzer:Irmgard used no admin function but requested a page protection due to ongoing edit war. Page was protected by a neutral admin. Later GLGerman and a third user were blocked by another admin for 6 hours due to a perceived edit war on the talk page of the protected article. There might be some doubts about this edit war, but these two users do have a history of mutual edit wars and both have been blocked repeatedly for this - so several admins do have their hand on the trigger when they read these names). de:Benutzer:Jergen did not abuse his admin powers either: he reported today an obvious personal attack by GLGerman on me in the correct place, and GLGerman was blocked for 12 hours by the same neutral admin as on 2nd March, which was seen as rather too short a period by two more admins (which are not Evangelical either). Irmgard15:02, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh interesting that you also post here Irmgard...very interesting to see that. My last edit here on english wikipedia is a report of what happens on german wikipedia over the last months and you are the most active evangelical promoter of consevative topics, which are often against homosexual themes and if persons look on which articles you translate from english to german wikipedia each wikipedian really knows what you are promoting on german wikipedia. So i really want to know for which organisation you work. GLGerman15:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Are you still telling lies and flaming about other users? Please stop this nonsense immediately or further action will be taken against you. --89.14.34.7809:11, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Monthly Challenge: Find 5 editors to LGBT articles and invite them to the project! Check out our recruitment tips if you need them. Good luck!
Project News
With such rapid development of the project, it was decided that a Coordinator was needed to ensure all the fiddly maintenence was kept up. Elections were held and Dev920 (talk·contribs) has been elected Coordinator for the next three months. She said "I am honoured and proud to be at the helm of such a fantastic WikiProject and look forward to our future". Congratulations Dev!
The assessment system continues to be a great success, we have tagged over 5200 articles! Please tag any LGBT related articles you come across by adding {{LGBTProject | class=}} to the talkpage. Please see the Assessment Department for how to assess an article according to the grading system.
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A new Community department has been set up to foster community amongst our members. It mostly acts as other WikiProjects' Outreach department, but also has a Quilt to which every member is entitled to add a square containing anything of their choice.
The peer review is not getting much custom - please notice you can cross-list other peer reviews from different projects that also fall within our scope.
Many people still seem to be unaware that the Deletion sorting subpage exists for XfDs to be listed: please use and watch that page instead of issuing "alerts" for ordinary AfDs on the project talkpage.
WP:FILM has a current drive to give every film article an infobox. WP:LGBT successfully gave all 105 LGBT infoboxless films infoboxes, so a big thank you to everyone who participated.
A new template, LGBT, has been created for articles which are becoming to cluttered with infoboxes. Thanks to WJBscribe and SatyrTN for creating it.
A very basic resources page has been started. Please add to it as you come across useful sites.
A promotional poster for the project has been created: http://wplgbt.tripod.com/Wikipedianeedsyou.doc (you have to directly cut and paste the url, or it won't let you download it). Please distribute anywhere and everywhere you desire, such as gay libraries, cybercafes, community centres and so on. Also, please let Dev920 know where you have put it up, so she can keep track of our coverage.
An LGBT Publications Taskforce has been proposed. Please sign up here if you are interested in being involved.
An LGBT WikiProject has been set up on the Spanish Wikipedia! Set up by Raystorm, it has already gained six members and is developing an assessment system. If you speak any Spanish, please consider going up and lending a hand if you can!
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Countries with peresecution or at least limitation of Christians
Hi, there! I noticed that you had created the Zwischenraum article a while ago. I wanted to ask you if you could clarify what a CSD is. In the article, CSD links to a disambiguation page but none of the links on the page seem to have anything to do with Christianity or the ex-gay movement. Can you help? Thanks! Joie de Vivre16:53, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
DavidShankBone deserves kudos for his current drive to provide quality LGBT photos from the NYC area. One of the more recent photos is posted on Michael Musto, and you can check out the gallery on David's user page.
Project News
There is now the beginning of a list of core topics to possibly be included in the Wikipedia 1.0 release. Your suggestions are welcome; there may be many core LGBT topics still missing.
SatyrTN identified all the articles that were in subcategories of Category:LGBT but not yet tagged with the project's banner, about 1,400 articles. These have been completed, though SatyrBot will make periodic runs through the cats to find any new entries. Thanks Satyr!
The number of articles within our project's spectrum (6,667 currently) should now be relatively stable and only grow with article creation. However, if you find a category that should be included, please let SatyrTN know so it can be included in the bots runs.
Work is underway to improve the LGBT Portal. Please add any good quality (free) photos you come across on LGBT articles to the gallery here. Also if anyone would like to volunteer to help in maintaining the portal, please make yourselves known on the Portal's talkpage.
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A taskforce dealing with LGBT publications has been proposed. If you are interested in getting involved, consider signing up at the projects' page.
Our core topics list is looking good. It's still a bit slim on LGBT history articles, non-American LGBT media, and important LGBT biographies. Do you have suggestions?
David Shankbone has done an amazing job taking photographs of LGBT celebrities. Thanks David! People interested in collaborating with him and setting up a photography taskforce should contact him or drop a note at the project's talkpage.
The LGBT Portal still needs a bit of love and attention :-). Again, any good quality (free) photos you come across on LGBT articles can be added to the gallery here. Volunteers to help out with the Portal are extremely welcome- make yourselves known on the Portal's talkpage. Updates to the current news items are helpful.
Deputy coordinator elections
WikiProject LGBT studies is looking for new Deputy Coordinators to help out with various essential tasks in organising the project. To nominate yourself or contribute to the discussion, please go to: Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Coordinator/May 2007. The deadline for nominations is May 5 and the elections will last a week after that.
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Project News
WP:LGBT Exceeds 200 Members!!
Two editors have been selected by project members as co-coordinators. Their duties are still a bit unclear, but having a few more janitors around the project will help keep us running smoothly. Please feel free to message Fireplace or SatyrTN if you have any project questions or concerns.
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Greetings. I found your info on the LGBT translator's list. Please look at Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation if you have time. The article is up for deletion but I believe their website, written in German, has press releases or material that helps demonstrate notability. Benjiboi19:07, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Our Deputy Coordinators have been doing a fabulous job so far. Well done!
The portal is now looking very snazzy, well done to Fireplace for all his hard work.
The list of LGBT people to be sorted has now beed reduced by 20%. Please help us with it, all of us adding just one person a day would have a dramatic effect!
The Core Topics is now largely complete. The original aim of getting some kind of publication out of it is extremely long term - any short term uses we can make of it are welcome on the project talkpage.
A suggestion was made this month that we start our own wiki. Although the conclusion was that we felt we were a part of Wikipedia rather than a stand alone organisation, it seems there is an LGBT wiki already, at http://lgbt.wikia.com/wiki/Main_page . Members may be interested in getting involved there.
The Collaboration is now getting rather short on suggestions. Article nominations for August through December would be welcome on the talkpage.
There is now a list of Missing LGBT Topics. Help is needed to work out which topics can be made redirects or need to be created. Please contribute is you can.
An LGBT banner that was created for Wikipedia's internal ads system has now been adapted so it can be placed on blogs and websites. The html is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:LGBT"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Qxz-ad48.gif" height="53" width="445"></a> Please credit Miranda and link to her userpage: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Miranda">Miranda</a>. The banner can be seen in action here. If you have a blog or a website, please consider adding the banner, either in a post or as part of your profile.
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Ankündigung Deutsche Welle TV-Programm 26. August bis 1. September 2005 - 28. August 2005: 11:19 Wahlsondersendung - Vor der Wahl, Vorstellung der Diskussionsteilnehmer
"Hajduk lebt in offen-lesbischer Partnerschaft mit der ehemaligen Hamburger Schulsenatorin Ute Pape (SPD) zusammen."
GLGerman17:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much for looking for references for Anja and Michael! If you don't have the time to (or just don't want to) add them to their pages, let me know and I'll do it.
Message from Coordinator: It's been almost two months since the last newsletter came out, so there are a fair few people who haven't really been kept up with our project. I'd like to welcome all those who have joined and those who have returned, and strongly reccommend that you use the talkpage for any queries or problems you have. Happy editing!
Article News
The ongoing effort to create a comprehensive list of LGB people has begun to bear fruit - /A AND the /W-Z lists have been featured! Congratulations to Dev920 and SatyrTN who nominated them respectively. Please consider pitching in the the remaining lists to help us get them finished before the end of the year.
Project News
WP:LGBT now has an IRC channel! It is #LGBTProject on Freenode. Users without IRC or Xchat can use the java app at java.freenode.net to access the channel from their web browser. Hope to see you in there sometime!
David Shankbone has taken a LOT of photos. An idea has been mooted to create a page for listing people who are willing to take images in their area on request, please give your thoughts here.
Considerable discussion has recently been held on our coverage of same sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships. You may be interested to read it.
The list of LGBT people to be sorted has now been reduced by over 30%. Please help us with it, all of us adding just one person a day would have a dramatic effect!
A gay cabal conspiracy ghost has been created to do with what you will. :)
Wooh, massive gay conspiracy...
Member News
Since the last newsletter was released, we have had more members been labelled inactive than who have signed up - please consider recruiting a few more people if you can, a WikiProject is only as good as its members. :)
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In the article it says that Bach worked on Sesamstraße, but that's not listed in the Television section. Also, that listing could be pared down to the few most important rather than the whole list.
Do you have a reference for when/how he came out? We can't really just leave the statement in there, there has to be a citation.
Looks very good! Did some copy-editing for grammar (German and English differ widely in that respect). This article also doesn't specify that he's gay or provide a reference, though it's strongly implied. It would be better to state it outright, with a ref, though. – SatyrTN (talk | contribs)01:06, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Took a look at Felix Rexhausen, too. Looks pretty good, though the list of works could be shortened. And it would be better to have a ref (maybe even from one of his works) that he was gay.
Could you find and provide a reference for Ernst Burchard that says he's gay? I don't have any of the books you listed in the "Further reading", and I'm unable to find much of anything on the web about him. Thanks! – SatyrTN (talk | contribs)04:00, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
they were sure both gay. You can read it in the book of german historian Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller, "Man to Man", an enzyclopedia over gay german men. GLGerman18:59, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The LGBT studies project has been rather quiet of late. Though we've added over 180 new members in the last year, only a small percentage are active participants. If you haven't visited our project or talk page in a while, please stop by for a look. Also, if you happen to bump into another editor who you feel might enjoy working with us, please extend an invitation. There's lot's do do, and the active members would sincerely appreciate some help.
Our Peer review project is struggling at the present, with only a few people reviewing the articles. While it is certainly possible to submit articles for a general peer review, a review by members of the LGBT community can be of additional value for LGBT specific writing. There are several articles currently up for review on a wide range of topics. At the very least, reading the articles will undoubtedly broaden your intellectual horizons :-)
At the moment, David Le Brocq, Malmö Devilants and Trajectory Hermeneutics are up for deletion review. Please take a look at them and make your voice heard at the deletion review. Articles nominated for deletion also present a challenge for improvement. See what you can do, and watchlist our deletion review page.
The Pederasty articles continue to be a point of controversy both within and outside of our community. Various editors have suggested that to include them as LGBT Project related somehow taints the project and brings Wikipedia into disrepute. Other editors have stated that the articles, and especially the Pederasty article, are part of the core of LGBT studies. Well meaning editors continue to remove our tags from the articles themselves as well as the talk pages. If you have time, please read the articles and watchlist them to protect them from vandalism and well meaning but counterproductive edits.
The list of LGBT people has survived its 4th nomination for deletion. Please watchlist this list to protect it from vandalism and unsourced additions. There are many in Wikipedia who would like to see this Featured status list removed from the project. It is up to us to keep it to such a high caliber that it never is removed.
Our project member David Shankbone is now working as a journalist for Wikinews, as well as continuing to improve our project and Wikipedia as a whole with his photographs. A sincere thank you goes out to him for all of his hard work. Wikipedia would not shine nearly as brightly without your contributions, David.
Happy Halloween, everybody! Be happy and celebrate!
The surviving life partner of prominent LGBT rights activist Barbara Gittings recently called one of our editors and, among other things, complimented us on what a great job our project is doing on Wikipedia. Thanks to everyone who contributes to this project, either through their article edits or support for other project members. We really are making an difference here!
Member assistance
Some of our project members have been having difficulties related to editing on the encyclopedia. If you are feeling frustrated or distressed by your editing experience, please don't keep it to yourself. Wikipedia is a collaborative effort, and we are all here to help one another. Drop a line on our talkpage or on another editor's page, and other members of the LGBT project will happily give you the support you want and need.
Lastly, Halloween is just around the corner. More than most holidays, Halloween is a holiday embraced by and tailor made to our community (though God only knows why we are invisible in the Halloween article here. Perhaps somebody would like to rectify that editing oversight). Have fun, everybody, and remember to both trick and treat!
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Hey, Peeps, it's that time of the month again (no not that time – get your mind out of the gutter): time for another monthly edition of the LGBT Project'sLove Boat newsletter from your cruise directorMiss Julie. So much has been happening this month and I just can't wait to tell you all about it!!!
Let's start with some good news: Alice and the project lost the bothersome sock puppet who had been disrupting many articles we monitor, and now most of us can edit in relative peace. Congratulations, Alice, for being able to come out of semi-retirement. Benjiboi, on the other hand, has gained an anonymous IP stalker who seems to be more Catholic than the Pope and who has a hard-on for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. We seem to have a sort of Yin and Yang thing going on here, which helps both to keep us in balance and on our toes <bright smiles all around>.
Albus Dumbledore got outed this month, and was immediately adopted by our project. The international brouhaha surrounding this disclosure reached all the way to Wikiland, and his article was briefly locked due to homophobic vandalism (as well as well meaning editors who just couldn't believe that that nice man could possibly be gay). This is a wonderful article to add to your watchlist, and will surely give you hours of reverting fun on cold winter days.
On a more serious note, Fireplace has suggested a new article series about LGBT rights in the United States, state by state. This ambitious topic will surely require many editors and a lot of research, but has the potential to add further prestige to our already prestigious project.
Francis Bacon (not the new gay one, but the old gay one ... though they're actually both dead, now that I think about it) has also aroused passions here on Wikipedia, with editors opposing his sexuality being disclosed in his biography. The always helpful Haiduc has thoughtfully provided any number of sources, but it is slow going getting his point across. Anyone want to lend a hand?
And speaking of passions, Jack Kerouac has inflamed the senses once again with editors, including administrator Irishguy, mounting a spirited defense to keep him as heterosexual as possible for Wikipedia purposes. Why? I don't know. Perhaps some of you can drop by the talk page and ask your questions there. I feel certain a stimulating debate will ensue that will be enjoyed by all.
Did you know that one of our Featured articles, Lawrence v. Texas, lost its shiny gold star? That was a shocker. It has been suggested that we turn our attention to it in an effort to restore it to its former glory. I took a peek, and it does need our help badly. For our American editors, it would seem almost a civic duty to edit it (not that I'm hinting....).
Though it was far too intellectual a debate for a mere cruise director like myself to take part in, Intersexuality was certainly a hot topic a week or two ago. The thrust of the debate was over inclusion in our project. Lots of good editors had lots of good opinions. For those too lazy to check out the discussion, we decided to leave it out for now.
Peer review is, as always, short staffed and seemingly unloved. Wouldn't you feel better about yourself and the world in general if you took a few minutes to read one of the listed articles and offer some helpful advice? I know I'd feel better if you did.
The article LGBT movements in the United States certainly raised eyebrows last week, especially when it was discovered that copyrighted content had been added to our article. Tragedy was averted at the last minute, though, when the original hosts of the article where the material had been pilfered agreed to make it free to everyone. Our thanks to them, whoever they are. Busy Bee that I am, I haven't had time to read it, but I'm sure it's sensational.
Not content to run for Best Actress, plucky Bannon won a Best supporting actress Oscar... whoops, I meant to say Ann is also getting more than her share of womanly attention on the Good Article list. Joining her on this exalted plane are Freddy Mercury, Waylon Smithers and Lance Bass. Good articles indeed, and the last one mentioned just goes to show that one needn't admire the subject of an article to appreciate the effort put into making him worthwhile reading. What on earth Britney ever saw in him I'll never know. Truly a riddle cloaked in an enigma and wrapped around a puzzle.
On a personal note, your already overworked cruise director is being cyberly whipped almost daily by Nemissimo, who desperately wants to get the German BDSM translation copy edited and used as a replacement for the current one. It's such a ... err, stimulating topic that I am sure many of you will want to join the copy editing fun. Jump right in, folks! It's so lonely copy editing it all by my lonesome!
A little birdie just whispered in my ear that our noble collaboration project was delisted from the Community Portal due to inactivity. When asked how this scandalous turn of events could have occurred, the answer I received was "we suck at stuff like that". Well. In the first place, I disagree that sucking should be considered a negative, but to each his or her own. In the second place, I have full confidence that we can and will collaborate with other projects in the future. So let's not view this as a setback (even though it is), but rather a challenge to improve (and good Lord, I sound almost Wikipedian!).
Lastly, the holidays are rapidly approaching. Our American cousins are currently getting ready to slaughter masses of poultry in an effort to show their gratitude and generally peaceful demeanor, and those of the Canadian persuasion, trendsetters that they are, celebrated a bit early this year. I'm sure all us foreigners will join together in wishing them all a very happy Thanksgiving on their respective holidays, both already celebrated and forthcoming... though I would hope somebody would enlighten me as to why they don't celebrate it on the same day. I was awake all last night trying to figure that one out.
In the spirit of this peculiarly North American holiday, let me take a moment to thank all of our editors for their contributions to this project. It's people like you who make people like me...well, a "people person"! May all your Wiki days be bright, and may your Love Boat never turn into a Poseidon.
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Quelle Suprise! King James is a Queen!
Our dear Haiduc, never a stranger to controversy, recently decided to delve into the wardrobe of the British Monarchy, and what did he discover? King James had more than appreciative eyes for strapping young men! Naturally, Haiduc felt the need to share this news with the community, but instead of being praised for his scholarship, he was reviled. In fact, one rabid heterocentrist even rummaged around in his own wardrobe until he found an old pair of socks to play with. All seemed lost until astute editor Jeffpw noticed some odd postings and did some sleuthing of his own. The socks were uncovered, the Wicked Witch was melted and readers the world over were able to learn that Good King James regularly ordered tube steak from the menu of the day. Thank you, Haiduc! Thank you, Jeff! And let Miss Julie add (for readers who might not know) that tube steak tastes just like chicken!
It's Britney, Bitch!
Well, maybe it's not Miss Thang, herself, but it's the next best thing: Chris Crocker! he stirs up just about as much controversy as his idol does, even here on Wikipedia. Though it's all a bit of a muddle, one of our editors hopes you can drop by the talk page and leave a message of hope for those battling the forces of obstructionism in that little corner of the Wiki World. It is so hard to spread enlightenment. As Miss Parker herself said, "You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think".
Game show for nerds
Wallowing in cash from the latest beg-a-thon, the powers-that-be have decided to sponser a little contest here to improve the articles, with a Grand prize of $100. Yeah. Just enough for a Burger King dinner for the family. Still, the thought is nice and the goal is noble, so we should support it. Our little Queer beehive has taken a look at what's on offer, and both the Greek Traditionalists and Daughters of Bilitis are well represented. The ever useful SatyrTN has made a little list, which can be found here (if that malignant bot hasn't archived it already, that is). So find a pal, roll up your sleeves and dive right in. Let's show this Encyclopedia just what Queers with firecrackers up their....err, I mean, let's show the others what we can do.
Jón Þór Birgisson
I can't pronounce his name, but he's awfully cute, he's deliciously foreign, and best of all...he's GAY! But he won't be for long, if certain users have their way. A concerted effort has been under way for a while now, designed to neuter poor Jon (pretend I put a little accent thingy over that O) and make him into a sort of rockin' Ken doll. So please watchlist this hunka man, and keep him queer! If anybody questions you, tell them "Miss Julie sent me".
TranSanta
Everybody loves a sequel
Readers not afflicted with Alzheimer's will remember that last month we had a little story about Alice and her harasser. That proved so popular that we bring you the sequel: Benjiboi and his stalker. After a chance meeting at the Michael Lucas article, this anonymous user took a shine to our Benjiboi, and has been showering him with attention on virtually every board on Wikipedia. Flattered though he is, Benjiboi finds the attention a bit distracting, and administrators have been seeking various remedies for this. It has proven difficult, as the stalker has an IP address that changes quicker than Superman in a telephone booth. So perhaps some of you would like to watchlist Benjiboi's page, and lend a hand if you see some love letters from an 11 digit friend. I was actually thinking we should get Alice's harasser and Benjiboi's stalker together. Then we could have another sequel, sort of like Freddy vs. Jason. Any bets as to who would win??
Not quite the second coming, but special just the same
Let me be the first to give a warm, wet, Love Boat kiss (though not with tongue) to our newest Project members: Jacksinterweb, Cleduc, Pigman, Becksguy and Iamandrewrice. Even in the month of our Saviour's birth, your popping into our Wikipedian lives is a blessed event indeed. As Jesus Himself said, "Live long and prosper". He did say that, didn't he? I think he said it. In any event, if he was standing next to me now, I'm sure he'd say it, and add, "Happy homo editing!"
Battle of the Wikipedia Stars!
Indomitable Ann Bannon is holding her own in Wikipedia's answer to American Idol: The Featured Article candidate list! For four feverish weeks, she has mastered the challenges and not been eliminated from the competition. Drop by the FAC page and show Ann you love her....or give her the hook (I'm not supposed to tell you how to vote). Giving our plucky Ann reason to hope is the recent promotion of List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: Sa-Sc. If Miss Julie has her way, we will have the entire alphabet of Queerdom Featured here on Wikipedia soon! And I would be remiss if I did not give a warm, Lesbian salute to our own Belovedfreak, who showed Wikipedia with But I'm a Cheerleader that even pom poms are no protection from the Love that dare not speak its name, and got a gold star for her efforts.
Climbing the Wikipedia career ladder is User: Tim1965, who has not only written, but is now promoting Reel Affirmations to Good article status. Best of luck, Tim, and remember: there are no small parts, only small actors. We're sure you'll be trading that green circle for a gold star soon (assuming you get the green in the first place!).
Santa's on his gay way!
Santa needs elves
Yes, I know: packages need buying, trees need trimming, egg nog needs drinking. The holidays make many demands on our time. It's ...well, it's a bitch, is what it is. So I wouldn't blame you for skipping this little section and putting off my request until next year. But...think of the children. Our future. They need quality information about the homosexual "lifestyle" if we are to indoctrinate them properly. That's why I am asking you to drop by our Peer review area and give your meaning as to the efforts of your fellow gay Wikipedians. And think: in this season of kindness and good will to all, isn't it nice that I am pointing you to someplace where you can (in a Wikiloving way, of course) rip someone a new asshole? Think about it...and those children with their shiny, bright eyes, thanking you for contributing to their future.
Even more festively, consider joining in on the deletion discussions of our favorite articles. Here you can bandy about such words as "homophobia", "Right-wing Christian agenda" and my personal favorite, "just who do you think you're pushing around?!?!?". If you play your cards right, there might even be an extra present under the tree for you. :-D
Urgent Christmas appeal Tovojolo asked me to ask you to edit Elizabeth Bishop as part of the Collaboration Project. She's an old dead poet (Miss Bishop, not Tovojolo. I've never actually met Tovojolo. She's probably very young and attractive. Maybe somebody should ask if she's single), but she was a flaming homosexual long before most of us had even been conceived, so we owe her some respect. Tovojolo actually asked me for the last newsletter, but Miss Julie forgot. Bad Miss Julie. She was so busy boosting morale it just slipped right by her. Nemissimo, maybe you need to crack that whip again to get Julie back in line.
Surrender, Dorothy!!!!!!! Friend of Dorothy has attracted the attention of a group of....the more senior elements of our gay society. They disagree with our thesis that Saint Judy was the possible source of the term, and demand we change the article to reflect their contention that Dorothy Parker was the origin. The problem is, their source didn't check out. So we agreed to disagree. Well, we at the project did. They got kinda mad at us, said unkind things, and started edit warring. Though they are old, they are certainly quick, and could revert the article faster than my nimble fingers could press the undo button. To quote the divine Miss Parker, every time I saw the article on my watchlist, I thought to myself, "What fresh hell is this?". The page was protected by sympathetic administrators, but keeping an eye on it will keep Dorothy safe from future Wicked Witches of the West or East.
Ambrosia
Our dear Benjiboi has been busy indeed, lately. He recently made fruit salad out of Fruit, turning a once nasty word into a damn good article, and saving it from deletion! Congratulations, Benjiboi! I hear he has turned his attention from fruit to poultry now. Before he is through, he will have turned every major food group gay on Wikipedia!
Christmas came early
Yes, indeed! Valued administrator WJBscribe was raised out of the mire of mid-level management and placed squarely into the Pantheon of Bureaucracy! And Miss Julie is just too proud of him not to mention that he got the most support votes in the history of Wikipedia! Congratulations, WJB! We know you will not prove the Peter Principle correct!
You!
Yes, you! It's you who make this project shine! It's you who make Wikipedia such a valuable resource for all humanity! And it's you who make Miss Julie's dull life just a little bit better. So I want to take this moment to thank each and every one of you for all you do here. Merry Christmas, everybody! Happy Hanukkah! Festive Kwanzaa!Delirious Dong Zhi!Delicious Diwali! And for our oppressed Iranian brothers and sisters, I wish you a safe and joyous Yalda. And if I didn't mention your favorite December holiday, well, it's because I feel it's so special I should just keep it between you and me. Always remember: You light up my life!
May we all have a joyous holiday season, and a safe, healthy, happy and prosperous 2008.
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