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Michael G. Richards
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Sottolacqua (talk) 19:55, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
File permission problem with File:Marisol Deluna at Smithsonian.jpg
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Marisol Deluna
[edit]Dear Mr. Brown,
I have been following this page recently and noticed user 208.54.86.207 (talk) and Aa1232011 (talk | contribs) are the same person or are two people working in unison. Upon further inspection, both first began their user editing on Wikipedia with this subject by straight deletion intended. Please read the history of both as one responds to the other's postings and both accounts emerged out of their attempts to discredit Ms. Deluna. This is an example- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=429957442 and here is another- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=429975746.
These user addresses removed entire sections of this article and rallied to have this page deleted once it was posted for nomination. Additionally, user 208.54.86.207 edited under the radar after user Aa12332011 was fingered as someone with malice personal intentions during the deletion debate while this user accused others of sock/meat puppetry. This is visible in the edit history and the use of similar language by both.
I am not new to Wikipedia, yet have just begun an account to become official in my edits. San Antonio, (her hometown) is small for a big city. Therefore with internal certainty, I know who began this vendetta as he has gloated about his attempts outwardly. To be clear, I do not know her personally, yet am familiar with her fashion designs and private charitable outreach.
Please follow the noted user(s) edits if possible as I will do the same. This article should never have been considered for "speedy deletion" yet I believe a solid foundation has been laid out for a better, more encyclopedic article to foster growth in time. Thank you for your contributions on Wikipedia. LegalEagleUSA (talk) 05:57, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
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ANI topic started about you by User:Aa1232011
[edit]Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Administrator Help Needed. Thank you. Mtking (talk) 04:09, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
August 2011
[edit]Please don't edit war on Marisol Deluna page
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You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Users are expected to collaborate with others and avoid editing disruptively.
In particular, the three-revert rule states that:
- Making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period is almost always grounds for an immediate block.
- Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.
If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you continue to edit war, you may be blocked from editing without further notice.Tao2911 (talk) 01:03, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
A cookie for you!
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Because discussing the Marisol Deluna article is an odd exercise. Enjoy! Jesanj (talk) 20:18, 14 August 2011 (UTC) |
File:PurpleWheel.jpg listed for deletion
[edit]A file that you uploaded or altered, File:PurpleWheel.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Sottolacqua (talk) 14:45, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
Upcoming Wikimedia events in Missouri and Kansas!
[edit]You're invited to 3 exciting events Wikipedians are planning in your region this June—a tour and meetup at the National Archives in Kansas City, and Wiknics in Wichita and St. Louis:
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And two local editions of the Great American Wiknic, the "picnic anyone can edit." Come meet (and geek out with, if you want) your local Wikipedians in a laid-back atmosphere:
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Message delivered by Dominic·t 20:04, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
You're invited to Wikipedia Takes St. Louis!
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Dust off your Polaroid camera and pack your best lenses. The first-ever Wikipedia Takes St. Louis photo hunt kicks off Sat, Sept. 15, at 12:30pm in downtown St. Louis. Tour the streets of the Rome of the West with other Wikipedians and even learn a little St. Louis history. This event is a fun and collaborative way to enhance St. Louis articles with visual content. Novice photographers welcome! Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 02:08, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:17, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image File:TPiR MDS Title Card Season 36.png
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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!
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Hello, Mrbrown. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. Mdann52 (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!
[edit]Hello, Mrbrown. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. Mdann52 (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
Wikipedia-integrated academic journal
[edit]Hi,
I'm messaging to ask whether you might be interested in being an editor for the WikiJournal of Humanities (www.WikiJHum.org)? It's a journal modelled on the successful Wikipedia-integrated medical journal (www.WikiJMed.org). The editorial board is covers a range of fields and expertise in the Humanities, arts and social sciences.
It couples the rigour of academic peer review with the extreme reach of the encyclopedia. It is therefore an excellent way to achieve public engagement, outreach and impact public understanding of science (articles often get >100,000 views per year).
Peer-reviewed articles are dual-published both as standard academic PDFs, as well as directly into Wikipedia. This improves the accuracy of the encyclopedia, and rewards academics,experts and professionals with citable, indexed publications. It also provides much greater reach than is normally achieved through traditional scholarly publishing.
Based on my experiences, time commitment is pretty flexible. An editor would generally devote 2-10 hours per month to inviting suitable submissions and organise their external peer review:
- Identify fully missing Wikipedia topics and invite academics to write broad review articles on them (e.g. this)
- Identify important, but poorly covered topics and invite experts to update or overhaul them (e.g. this)
- Invite authors of good Wikipedia pages to put their articles through external peer review (like this)
- Possibly implement some figure or gallery review articles (e.g this and this)
Hopefully it will help to get experts, academics and professionals to contribute content to the encyclopedia via a more familiar and cv-rewarding academic journal format.
Anyway, let me know if it's the sort of thing that might interest you. PS. A relevant article in Science.