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Volume I, No. 1 - April 2008
\n| valign=\"middle\" align=\"right\" style=\"width: 45%; border: 0px; background-color:#f5faff; padding: 1em;\" |\n\n|}\n\n|- \n| valign=\"top\" style=\"border: 2px #cedff2 solid; padding: 1em; width: 45%; background-color:#f5faff;\" |\n; About\n\nThe [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Big Brother|WikiProject Big Brother]] newsletter is a monthly newsletter regarding the project. Started by [[User:Alucard 16|Alucard 16]], if you are interested in helping with the newsletter, please see [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Big Brother|the WikiProject's talkpage]].\n\n; ''Big Brother'' On Air\n\nThere are currently six editions of ''Big Brother'' on air.:\n\n*[[Big Brother (Albania)]] (First edition)\n*[[Big Brother Germany#Season 8 (07/01/2008 - 07/07/2008)|Big Brother 8 (Germany)]]\n*[[Big Brother Brasil#Big Brother 8|Big Brother 8 (Brazil)]]\n*[[Grande Fratello|Grande Fratello 8 (Italy)]]\n*[[Big Brother 9 (U.S.)|Big Brother 9 (United States)]]\n*[[Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus]]\n\n; Future ''Big Brother'' editions\n\nThere are three confirmed editions of ''Big Brother'' to air during the summer of [[2008]]:\n\n*Big Brother 2008 (Australia)\n*[[Big Brother 2008 (UK)|Big Brother 2008 (United Kingdom)]]\n*[[Big Brother 10 (U.S.)|Big Brother 10 (United States)]]\n\n; Project objectives\n\n*'''Country-specific articles''' - See the next column. \n*'''Nomination/Voting History Tables''' - Many articles do not follow the guidelines of [[Wikipedia:BIGBRO#Nominations_table_and_Voting_history_table|Nominations table and Voting history table]] section. All nomination/voting history tables should follow the basic guideline on the main [[WP:BIGBRO|project page]] (Colors, terms, etc.) but should be adjusted for each country/region.\n\n| valign=\"top\" style=\"border: 2px #cedff2 solid; padding: 1em; width: 45%; background-color: #f5faff;\" |\n\n; Country-specific\nPlease help us improve the country-specific articles by providing references, reception details, and production details. Please don't add [[WP:TRIVIA|trivia]], quotes, or [[WP:OR|original research]] to these articles. Aside from [[Big Brother (U.S.)]], [[Big Brother (UK)]], [[Big Brother Australia]], and [[Pinoy Big Brother]] most ''Big Brother'' articles do not follow the standard outline set out by the project. Most articles list statistic information from worldofbigbrother.com and trivia. \n\n; Assessment Scale\nYou will see Assessment scale information on each of the ''Big Brother'' article talk pages. The article will be rated according to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Big Brother/Assessment|Assessment scale]]. Please consider looking at the status of the article to improve it. If the article has changed and the rating is outdated, you can change it or bring it up on the WikiProject talkpage.\n\nWe are trying to improve these articles, hopefully bring some to good or featured status. We would like your help reaching this goal. We hope to bring main articles, [[Big Brother (TV series)]], [[Big Brother (UK)]], [[Big Brother (US)]], etc. to featured status. Please help us improve these article, based on the peer reviews and your knowledge of Wikipedia featured articles.\n\n; [[WP:TASKFORCE|WP:Task Force]]\nHeard of [[WP:TASKFORCE|Wikipedia: Task Force]]? A task force is a non-independent subgroup of a larger WikiProject that covers some defined part of the WikiProject's scope. Task forces for [[WP:BIGBRO|WikiProject Big Brother]] can be used to focus on a specific country/region's ''Big Brother''. A task force for example that would focus on [[Big Brother (U.S.)]] related articles could rely on [[WP:BIGBRO|WikiProject Big Brother]] for article structure information while providing more focus and customized guidelines for [[Big Brother (U.S.)]]. Similar task forces can be created for [[Big Brother (UK)]], [[Big Brother Australia]], etc.\n\n; Contributers\n'''[[User:Alucard 16|♪♫Al]][[User talk:Alucard 16|ucard]] [[Special:Contributions/Alucard 16|16♫♪]]'''\n\n|-\n| colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border: 2px #cedff2 solid; padding: 1em; width: 55%; background-color: #f5faff;\" |\n",{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Big Brother","href":"./Template:Big_Brother"},"params":{},"i":5}},"\n|-\n| valign=\"top\" colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding: 0.5em; text-align: right; font-size: 85%; \" |\n|}\n|}\n:''The above newsletter was delivered by an automatic bot because you are registered on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Big Brother/Outreach/Newsletter/Spamlist|WikiProject Big Brother spamlist]]. Please feel free to remove yourself if you do not wish to receive these messages anymore.''\n→ Please direct all enquiries to the WikiProject talk page.
→ This newsletter/release was delivered by '''[[User:ENewsBot|ENewsBot]]''' · 14:12, 2 April 2008 (UTC)\n\n== Another History Merge ==\nHi Tra, I've come across another history merge that needs to be fixed similar to the reconstruction that was applied to [[Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing]] and [[Yates Racing]] last month. The edits made to [[Wood Brothers Racing]] prior to August 14 2006 need to be moved to [[JTG Racing]]. Once that is done, the edits to [[Wood Brothers]] prior to August 14 2006 need to be moved to [[Wood Brothers Racing]]. A major problem here is that as it stands now, the [[Wood Brothers Racing]] page started as a completly different article. Thanks -- [[User:Cmjc80|Cmjc80]] ([[User talk:Cmjc80|talk]]) 01:28, 21 April 2008 (UTC)\n:I'm sorry, I haven't got much free time at the moment so I won't be able to look through all of this. Your best bet for now is to add notes to the talk pages of the affected articles explaining what has happened and where the history is. [[User:Tra|Tra]] [[User:Tra/MyComments|(Talk)]] 22:03, 21 April 2008 (UTC)\n\n== List of nonexistent user talk pages ==\n\nHi, I've created a copy of what was in your sandbox in my userspace [[User:RFBailey/Nonexistent user talk pages|here]]. Hope you don't mind! --[[User:RFBailey|RFBailey]] ([[User talk:RFBailey|talk]]) 20:10, 28 April 2008 (UTC)\n\n== WikiProject Big Brother Newsletter - May 2008 ==\n{| class=\"navbox collapsible collapsed\" style=\"text-align: left; border: 2px; margin-top: 0.2em;\"\n|-\n! style=\"background-color: #f5faff; border: 2px #cedff2 solid; text-align: center;\" |'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Big Brother|WikiProject Big Brother]] Newsletter - May 2008'''\n|-\n| style=\"border: 2px #cedff2 solid;\"|\n{| class=\"plainlinks\"\n| colspan=\"2\" valign=\"middle\" style=\"width: 60%; border: 2px #cedff2 solid; background-color: #f5faff; padding: 1em;\" |\n{| style=\"width: 100%; border: 0px; background-color:#f5faff;\"\n| valign=\"middle\" style=\"width: 55%; border: 0px; background-color:#f5faff; padding: 1em\" |\n\n'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Big Brother|WikiProject Big Brother]] Newsletter'''
Volume I, No. 2 - May 2008
\n| valign=\"middle\" align=\"right\" style=\"width: 45%; border: 0px; background-color:#f5faff; padding: 1em;\" |\n\n|}\n\n|- \n| valign=\"top\" style=\"border: 2px #cedff2 solid; padding: 1em; width: 45%; background-color:#f5faff;\" |\n; About\n\nThe [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Big Brother|WikiProject Big Brother]] newsletter is a monthly newsletter regarding the project. Started by [[User:Alucard 16|Alucard 16]], if you are interested in helping with the newsletter, please see [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Big Brother|the WikiProject's talkpage]].\n\n; ''Big Brother'' On Air\n\nThere are currently four editions of ''Big Brother'' on air.:\n\n*[[Big Brother (Albania)]]\n*[[Big Brother Germany#Season 8 (07/01/2008 - 07/07/2008)|Big Brother 8 (Germany)]]\n*[[Big Brother Australia 2008|Big Brother 8 (Australia)]]\n*[[Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus]]\n\n; Future ''Big Brother'' editions\n\nThere are three confirmed editions of ''Big Brother'' to air during the summer of [[2008]]:\n\n*[[Big Brother 2008 (UK)|Big Brother 9 (United Kingdom)]] (late May/early June)\n*[[Big Brother 10 (U.S.)|Big Brother 10 (United States)]] (July 13, 2008)\n*[[Big Brother Africa#Big Brother Africa 3|Big Brother 3 (Africa)]] (August 24, 2008)\n\n; Project objectives\n\n*'''Vandalism''' - Current seasons of Big Brother are prone to have major vandalism when an edition is running. Help prevent vandalism across all Big Brother articles by reverting it and leaving the appropriate warnings on talk pages.\n*'''Country-specific articles''' - See the next column. \n*'''Nomination/Voting History Tables''' - Many articles do not follow the guidelines of [[Wikipedia:BIGBRO#Nominations_table_and_Voting_history_table|Nominations table and Voting history table]] section. All nomination/voting history tables should follow the basic guideline on the main [[WP:BIGBRO|project page]] (Colors, terms, etc.) but should be adjusted for each country/region.\n\n| valign=\"top\" style=\"border: 2px #cedff2 solid; padding: 1em; width: 45%; background-color: #f5faff;\" |\n\n; Country-specific\nPlease help us improve the country-specific articles by providing references, reception details, and production details. Please don't add [[WP:TRIVIA|trivia]], quotes, or [[WP:OR|original research]] to these articles. Aside from [[Big Brother (U.S.)]], [[Big Brother (UK)]], [[Big Brother Australia]], and [[Pinoy Big Brother]] most ''Big Brother'' articles do not follow the standard outline set out by the project. Most articles list statistic information from worldofbigbrother.com and trivia. \n\n; Assessment Scale\nYou will see Assessment scale information on each of the ''Big Brother'' article talk pages. The article will be rated according to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Big Brother/Assessment|Assessment scale]]. Please consider looking at the status of the article to improve it. If the article has changed and the rating is outdated, you can change it or bring it up on the WikiProject talkpage.\n\nWe are trying to improve these articles, hopefully bring some to good or featured status. We would like your help reaching this goal. We hope to bring main articles, [[Big Brother (TV series)]], [[Big Brother (UK)]], [[Big Brother (US)]], etc. to featured status. Please help us improve these article, based on the peer reviews and your knowledge of Wikipedia featured articles.\n\n; [[WP:TASKFORCE|WP:Task Force]]\nHeard of [[WP:TASKFORCE|Wikipedia: Task Force]]? A task force is a non-independent subgroup of a larger WikiProject that covers some defined part of the WikiProject's scope. Task forces for [[WP:BIGBRO|WikiProject Big Brother]] can be used to focus on a specific country/region's ''Big Brother''. A task force for example that would focus on [[Big Brother (U.S.)]] related articles could rely on [[WP:BIGBRO|WikiProject Big Brother]] for article structure information while providing more focus and customized guidelines for [[Big Brother (U.S.)]]. Similar task forces can be created for [[Big Brother (UK)]], [[Big Brother Australia]], etc.\n\n; Newsletter notice\nAfter this newsletter, all newsletters will be bi-monthly instead of monthly. This will help me gather more information and stuff for a better newsletter. If anyone would like to help with the project newsletter please do just visit [[WP:BIGBRO|the project's]] talk page. The next newsletter will be in July.\n\n; Contributers\n'''[[User:Alucard 16|♪♫Al]][[User talk:Alucard 16|ucard]] [[Special:Contributions/Alucard 16|16♫♪]]'''\n\n|-\n| colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border: 2px #cedff2 solid; padding: 1em; width: 55%; background-color: #f5faff;\" |\n",{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Big Brother","href":"./Template:Big_Brother"},"params":{},"i":6}},"\n|-\n| valign=\"top\" colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding: 0.5em; text-align: right; font-size: 85%; \" |\n|}\n|}\n:''The above newsletter was delivered by an automatic bot because you are registered on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Big Brother/Outreach/Newsletter/Spamlist|WikiProject Big Brother spamlist]]. Please feel free to remove yourself if you do not wish to receive these messages anymore.''\n→ Please direct all enquiries to the WikiProject talk page.
→ This newsletter/release was delivered by '''[[User:ENewsBot|ENewsBot]]''' · 10:49, 1 May 2008 (UTC)\n\n== A year ==\n\nHi Tra, just a note to say that you've now [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=User%3ATra&year=&month=-1 been an administrator] for an entire year. :) Congratulations. I hope you've had fun. [[User:Acalamari|Acalamari]] 16:38, 24 July 2008 (UTC)\n:Thanks; it's amazing how time flies! [[User:Tra|Tra]] [[User:Tra/MyComments|(Talk)]] 18:11, 5 August 2008 (UTC)\n\n== Huge Village pump archive index ==\n\nHi there. I'm a little concerned about the size of [[Wikipedia:Village pump/Archive index]] which you created on Jan 1, 2008. Curently it's 1,162,671 bytes of wikitext, and it takes a very long time to load. Linked from [[Wikipedia:Village pump archive]], this index looks like a trap for users with not very fast computers. And even after the page is loaded, it doesn't seem all that useful, because too many users create meaningless section headers. Mainly for this last reason, may I suggest that you unlink this index from [[Wikipedia:Village pump archive]] and edit it so that bot will stop updating it? I already added google search links that imho are much more useful. —[[User:Alex Smotrov|AlexSm]] 03:51, 19 September 2008 (UTC)\n:Gosh, that page has got a bit long! I've switched it off as you suggested; your method is a lot better. [[User:Tra|Tra]] [[User:Tra/MyComments|(Talk)]] 22:29, 19 September 2008 (UTC)\n\n== hai tobz ==\n\ni herd u liek wikipediaa lol\n\ni want 2 bcum admin liek u lol\n\nplz teech ma huw. —Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/212.30.31.8|212.30.31.8]] ([[User talk:212.30.31.8|talk]]) 09:56, 6 October 2008 (UTC) \n\n== What links here watchlish ==\n\nHi Tra, I am pretty interested in your \"what links here watchlish\" script listed in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts]]. But it no longer functions due to the removal of query.php API. If possible, could you please fix it? Thanks a lot!\n--[[User:yuzhong|yuzhong]] ([[User talk:yuzhong|talk]]) 04:50, 29 November 2008 (UTC)\n:Sorry, I don't really have the time to get it working again. In fact, when the script did work, it had quite a few bugs in it and it would probably be best to rewrite the whole thing from scratch. If you go to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Requests]], you might be able to get someone to help you. [[User:Tra|Tra]] [[User:Tra/MyComments|(Talk)]] 20:59, 28 November 2008 (UTC)\n\n== For you... ==\n{| style=\"border: 1px solid gray; background-color: #fdffe7;\"\n|rowspan=\"2\" valign=\"middle\" | [[Image:Original_Barnstar.png|100px]]\n|rowspan=\"2\" |\n|style=\"font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;\" | '''The Original Barnstar'''\n|-\n|style=\"vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;\" | I hereby grant you The Original Barnstar for your work through the [[Wikipedia:Village pump|Village pump]]. Thanks again for all your work on Wikipedia! [[User:Kilbad|kilbad]] ([[User talk:Kilbad|talk]]) 02:39, 28 February 2009 (UTC)\n|}\n:Thank you very much! [[User:Tra|Tra]] [[User:Tra/MyComments|(Talk)]] 15:29, 28 February 2009 (UTC)\n\n== Talkback ==\n\n",{"template":{"target":{"wt":"talkback","href":"./Template:Talkback"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Wikipedia talk:Village pump"},"2":{"wt":"Huggle"},"tp":{"wt":"1"}},"i":7}},"\n♪♫[[User:The New Mikemoral|The New Mikemoral]][[User talk:The New Mikemoral|talk]][[Special:Contributions/The_New_Mikemoral|contribs]] 23:55, 8 March 2009 (UTC)\n",{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Talkback","href":"./Template:Talkback"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Andriyko"}},"i":8}},"\n\n== Hattar393 ==\n\nHi [[User:Tra|Tra]], thanks for your comment on my [[User_talk:Barryz1#Hattar393|talk page]] regarding [[user:hattar393|Hattar393]]. \n\nAs it happens I was already aware of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Hattar393&action=history page history] which I've long used routinely. \n\nThe problems with this particular user are beginning to seem quite complex and deep-rooted and I was anxious to try and keep some the history of his apparent [[WP:VAND|vandalism]] and general antics together. By allowing tags etc to become deleted and then having to trawl through the history page causes significant fragmentation of the case. I'm looking into problems with this particular user and hoping to enlist the support of an editor with appropriate experience and authorities (including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CheckUser check]). Alternatively I'm considering adding a summary of what I have found out so far to report on [[WP:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism]].\n\nIf you have any recommendations or advice I'd be pleased to hear from you, though preferably here on your own talk page (which I am currently watching).\n\nMany thanks and kind regards -- [[User:Barryz1|Barryz1]] ([[User talk:Barryz1|talk]]) 20:38, 6 April 2009 (UTC)\n\n:I understand the page history can be a bit of a hassle to use sometimes, although you can use the fact that past versions of the page remain static to your advantage. If you note down a previous version of the page, say [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Hattar393&oldid=282077154 this one], you can be sure that whatever edits are made, you can always refer back to it for information at a later date. This way, you won't have to worry about Hattar393's edits to his talk page and Hattar can edit it to how he prefers. I hope you find this somewhat helpful and I'm sorry I haven't really got the time to look much further into the dispute. [[User:Tra|Tra]] [[User:Tra/MyComments|(Talk)]] 22:34, 6 April 2009 (UTC)\n\n:: OK thanks and no worries - what you say makes perfect sense, though in an ideal world (which of course it isn't) thinks would work more easily - but there again in a truly ideal world we wouldn't have the problem to deal with in the first place!\n\n:: Thanks again -- [[User:Barryz1|Barryz1]] ([[User talk:Barryz1|talk]]) 23:36, 6 April 2009 (UTC)\n\n==India==\n\nCalm down man! Ive got my reasons.I guess I have to apologize right? Im sorry.User:Pryde 01|Pryde 01]] ([[User talk:Pryde 01#top|talk]]) 02:57, 12 April 2009 (UTC)\n\n== \"Malformed POST data !\" ==\n\nThank you very much for the tip about the page Media Convert.\n\nI have converted one file without any trouble. But the second time I wanted to convert a file I got this message: \"Malformed POST data !\". Do you know what it means? [[User:Fanoftheworld|Fanoftheworld]] ([[User talk:Fanoftheworld|talk]]) 23:34, 21 April 2009 (UTC)\n:Try the same conversion again. It could be that perhaps the internet was being slow or something. If that doesn't work, it might be a problem with the file - perhaps it's corrupted or it includes something that Media Convert doesn't understand. You could try recreating the wma file by ripping the CD again. If you're still having problems, see if you get the same result with other tracks from that same CD. If so, there might be some kind of copy protection involved.\n:These are just guesses; I'm not sure exactly what's applying in your particular case. [[User:Tra|Tra]] [[User:Tra/MyComments|(Talk)]] 18:13, 22 April 2009 (UTC)\n\n== [[Wikipedia:New contributors' help page]] ==\n\nWell, between you, ukexpat, and me, I think we answered each question 3 times. :) At least we all seem to agree. --[[User:Floquenbeam|Floquenbeam]] ([[User talk:Floquenbeam|talk]]) 22:06, 5 May 2009 (UTC)\n\n== that was very helpful! ==\n\nI just wanted to thank you for answering my question on the help page. It's amazing how many people pitched in to answer. Don't peep, but your answer was the most helpful. cheers, [[User:Agradman|Agradman]] ([[User talk:Agradman|talk]]) 23:54, 12 May 2009 (UTC)\n\n== Guernsey map ==\n\nI just wanted to inform you that I've edited the Guernsey map a bit for [[Saint Peter Port]]. I hope you don't mind :). Unfortunately this means that the map on your Userpage is not your own.\n\nThanks, '''[[User:2wenty3|2wenty3]]''' ",{"template":{"target":{"wt":"•","href":"./Template:•"},"params":{},"i":9}}," [[User talk:2wenty3|''MESSAGE ME'']]",{"template":{"target":{"wt":"•","href":"./Template:•"},"params":{},"i":10}},"[[Special:Contributions/2wenty3|''MY CONTRIBUTIONS'']]",{"template":{"target":{"wt":"•","href":"./Template:•"},"params":{},"i":11}},"[[Barack Obama|''BIGGEST NEWS'']]",{"template":{"target":{"wt":"•","href":"./Template:•"},"params":{},"i":12}},"[[Special:Recent Changes|''RECENT CHANGES'']] 10:44, 30 May 2009 (UTC)\n\n:It might be better for you to upload your image under a different name, since it is very different to the existing image. The article could then be edited to use your image in the infobox instead of the existing image. [[User:Tra|Tra]] [[User:Tra/MyComments|(Talk)]] 11:51, 30 May 2009 (UTC)\n\n== My own takeoff of your script ==\n\nHey,\n\nI just wanted to let you know that I have created a script based off of your sidebar translator. Next to every language that google can translate, it puts a link to the google translation. I made it by modifying your script, so I wanted to make sure you don't mind.\n\nMy script is at [[User:TachyonJack/gTranslate.js]]. It should work regardless of whether your script is also on.\n\nIncidentally, how does one 'publish' a script that others might be interested in. I don't remember where I found the link to yours. --[[User:TachyonJack|TachyonJack]] ([[User talk:TachyonJack|talk]]) 19:53, 10 June 2009 (UTC)\n\n:No, I don't mind. You can list your script on [[Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts]] for people to find it. [[User:Tra|Tra]] [[User:Tra/MyComments|(Talk)]] 20:59, 10 June 2009 (UTC)\n\n== Broken watchlist ==\n\nAre there any plans to fix [[User:Tra/User watchlist]]? --[[User talk:Gwern |Gwern]] [[Special:Contributions/Gwern | (contribs)]] 13:01 [[6 August]] [[2009]] (GMT)\n:No, sorry. It would probably need fairly large portions of it to be rewritten in order to work again and I haven't really got the time to concentrate on it. [[User:Tra|Tra]] [[User:Tra/MyComments|(Talk)]] 16:22, 8 August 2009 (UTC)\n\n== re: [[Template:Archive list/check25]] ==\n\nHey there, just came across this template you created and thought I'd bring it to your attention as it seems broken? I'm so unfamiliar with template coding :) -- [[User:OlEnglish|œ]][[User talk:OlEnglish|™]] 18:51, 3 October 2009 (UTC)\n:It's not designed to be used on its own - the template only works properly when it's transcluded in ",{"template":{"target":{"wt":"tl","href":"./Template:Tl"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"archive list"}},"i":13}},". I would warn you however, that as templates go, this one is fairly complicated. If you're new to templates, you might want to have a look at some simpler ones before you get to grips with this one. [[User:Tra|Tra]] [[User:Tra/MyComments|(Talk)]] 23:49, 5 October 2009 (UTC)\n\n== Sidebar translate duplicity ==\n\nOn your sidebar translate script, 'Kreyòl ayisyen' is first translated to 'Hatian', and later (this never runs because of the break) to 'Hatian Creole'. I suggest that the first case statement should be removed, leaving the second one. Thx. [[User:Manishearth|Manish''Earth'']][[User talk:Manishearth|Talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Manishearth|Stalk]] 09:25, 17 February 2010 (UTC)\n:They're not entirely duplicates. 'Krèyol ayisyen' is translated to 'Haitian' and 'Kreyòl ayisyen' is translated to 'Haitian Creole' (note the accents). I don't know these languages well enough to be able to say which is correct, but I thought I would mention that. [[User:Tra|Tra]] [[User:Tra/MyComments|(Talk)]] 13:33, 17 February 2010 (UTC)\n\n== [[Wikimedia Foundation]] Board of Trustees ==\n\nHello Tra.\n\nOn April 2010, Bishakha Dutta was appointed into the Board of Trustees in the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. She has become the first Indian in this Board, and also the first woman (if I am not wrong). The source of this information is this :- [http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/14/stories/2010041457282400.htm]. It is a reliable source. I suggest that this be added to the concerned article, as it can have significant impact on the creation of Wikipedia India.\n\nCheers,\n\n[[User:Ankitbhatt|Ankitbhatt]] ([[User talk:Ankitbhatt|talk]]) 08:07, 14 April 2010 (UTC)\n\n:Go ahead and add her if you like, I'm not really involved with that article so I couldn't advise you on the best way to do this. I would note, however, that there have been several other women on the board before her. [[User:Tra|Tra]] [[User:Tra/MyComments|(Talk)]] 22:53, 18 April 2010 (UTC)\n\n== Your JS ==\nI have your \"Special:Whatlinkshere\" and \"Sepcial:user\" watchlists in my java page and I just noticed. How do they work? [[User:Feedback|'''''Feed''''']][[Special:Contributions/Feedback|'''''back''''']] [[User talk:Feedback|'''''(talk)''''']] 19:48, 28 June 2010 (UTC)\n:Hi, sorry it took me a bit of a while to get back to you as I'm not active on Wikipedia at the moment. Basically the problem is that those scripts no longer work due to them relying on a feature that was removed from the software that powers Wikipedia a while back. They used to provide a way of looking at either the contributions of several users at once or looking at the 'what links here' of several pages at once. If you like you can just remove those scripts. [[User:Tra|Tra]] [[User:Tra/MyComments|(Talk)]] 10:48, 5 July 2010 (UTC)\n\n==MfD nomination of [[Wikipedia:Request an account/Administrators]]==\n[[Wikipedia:Request an account/Administrators]], a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for [[WP:MfD|deletion]]. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Request an account/Administrators ]] and please be sure to [[WP:SIG|sign your comments]] with four tildes (
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OK, that sounds fine. jj137 ♠ Talk 22:16, 2 December 2007 (UTC) Reply Thank you for taking care of the problem on the Xavier House page. I was really shocked when I saw my name on there earlier. Vicki —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.1.3.8 (talk) 01:53, 5 December 2007 (UTC) Reply Hi there! Whenever I am logged in, I notice that media boxes containing sound files have the text and the "play" button going out of the margin. Yet, when I'm logged out, they appear neatly with everything inside the margin. I'm not 100% sure, but I think it has something to do with my JavaScript. If so, could you tell me a code I could type so that it can be corrected? Please reply on my talk. Thanks! (SUDUSER) 85 13:06, 10 December 2007 (UTC) Reply
Hi, thank you for helping me to create my alternative account User:EdmundEzekielMahmudIsa! But may I know the difference of we create an account by ourselves with an admin creating an account? Can you please explain to me the whole procedure of how did you help me to create the account? Thank you. --King Edmund of the Woods (talk) 09:34, 16 December 2007 (UTC) Reply
So do you mean that after you type a password in the form, you clicked on the "By e-mail" button so that I receive an e-mail containing the temporary pasword? --King Edmund of the Woods (talk) 13:22, 16 December 2007 (UTC) Reply
So after you've clicked on that button, was the account creation done, or you still need to click on the other button? --King Edmund of the Woods (talk) 14:11, 16 December 2007 (UTC) Reply
Thanks a lot! That's weird because I double checked. I "fixed" it and will wait a bit to see if the problem persists at next purge. And I'm gonna slap myself for not being more prudent;) -- lucasbfr talk 16:19, 25 December 2007 (UTC) Reply
Hi Tra, Please add move protection (sysops only) to this. As it was removed when the page history was deleted. Thanks! The Helpful One (Talk) (Contribs) (Review) 19:46, 19 January 2008 (UTC) Reply I installed your tool today, and it seems to work under Linux/Firefox. I'll see if I can get it working under MacOS/Safari later. A few questions:
Thanks, Bovlb (talk) 20:15, 29 January 2008 (UTC) Reply
I just wanted to say that you've been an admin for over six months now. Thanks for being such a great candidate, and an excellent administrator. I'm proud to have been your nominator. Acalamari 00:05, 1 February 2008 (UTC) Reply
Many thanks for repairing my cut-and-pasting.:-) AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 22:43, 2 March 2008 (UTC) Reply
Thanks for history merging the Yates Racing page. I'm not sure if this is possible but the 6 edits from Sept 8 2007 you mentioned at Talk:Yates Racing should be moved into the edit history of Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing as those 6 edits only deal with the IndyCar team rather than the NASCAR team. Thanks again -- Cmjc80 (talk) 02:33, 3 March 2008 (UTC) Reply
I've just blocked your alternative username of Tranon-admin(talk · contribs), then realised it is an account you intend to use when you're not using Wikipedia administrator functions. Do you edit Wikipedia from multiple locations by chance, and not wish to login as an administrator from the second location for security reasons? Usually, usernames containing the word 'admin' are blocked as per the Username policy. I thought it best to run my actions past you to determine why this second account was in fact created. -- Longhair\talk 13:39, 15 March 2008 (UTC) Reply
I must complement you on your rewrite of {{archive list }}. It's absolute genius. MrKIA11 (talk) 17:27, 30 March 2008 (UTC) Reply
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Hi Tra, I've come across another history merge that needs to be fixed similar to the reconstruction that was applied to Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing and Yates Racing last month. The edits made to Wood Brothers Racing prior to August 14 2006 need to be moved to JTG Racing. Once that is done, the edits to Wood Brothers prior to August 14 2006 need to be moved to Wood Brothers Racing. A major problem here is that as it stands now, the Wood Brothers Racing page started as a completly different article. Thanks -- Cmjc80 (talk) 01:28, 21 April 2008 (UTC) Reply
- I'm sorry, I haven't got much free time at the moment so I won't be able to look through all of this. Your best bet for now is to add notes to the talk pages of the affected articles explaining what has happened and where the history is. Tra (Talk) 22:03, 21 April 2008 (UTC) Reply
Hi, I've created a copy of what was in your sandbox in my userspace here. Hope you don't mind! --RFBailey (talk) 20:10, 28 April 2008 (UTC) Reply
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Hi Tra, just a note to say that you've now been an administrator for an entire year.:) Congratulations. I hope you've had fun. Acalamari 16:38, 24 July 2008 (UTC) Reply
- Thanks; it's amazing how time flies! Tra (Talk) 18:11, 5 August 2008 (UTC) Reply
Hi there. I'm a little concerned about the size of Wikipedia:Village pump/Archive index which you created on Jan 1, 2008. Curently it's 1,162,671 bytes of wikitext, and it takes a very long time to load. Linked from Wikipedia:Village pump archive, this index looks like a trap for users with not very fast computers. And even after the page is loaded, it doesn't seem all that useful, because too many users create meaningless section headers. Mainly for this last reason, may I suggest that you unlink this index from Wikipedia:Village pump archive and edit it so that bot will stop updating it? I already added google search links that imho are much more useful. —AlexSm 03:51, 19 September 2008 (UTC) Reply
- Gosh, that page has got a bit long! I've switched it off as you suggested; your method is a lot better. Tra (Talk) 22:29, 19 September 2008 (UTC) Reply
i herd u liek wikipediaa lol
i want 2 bcum admin liek u lol
plz teech ma huw. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.30.31.8 (talk) 09:56, 6 October 2008 (UTC) Reply
Hi Tra, I am pretty interested in your "what links here watchlish" script listed in Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts. But it no longer functions due to the removal of query.php API. If possible, could you please fix it? Thanks a lot! --yuzhong (talk) 04:50, 29 November 2008 (UTC) Reply
- Sorry, I don't really have the time to get it working again. In fact, when the script did work, it had quite a few bugs in it and it would probably be best to rewrite the whole thing from scratch. If you go to Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Requests, you might be able to get someone to help you. Tra (Talk) 20:59, 28 November 2008 (UTC) Reply
- Thank you very much! Tra (Talk) 15:29, 28 February 2009 (UTC) Reply
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Hi Tra, thanks for your comment on my talk page regarding Hattar393.
As it happens I was already aware of the page history which I've long used routinely.
The problems with this particular user are beginning to seem quite complex and deep-rooted and I was anxious to try and keep some the history of his apparent vandalism and general antics together. By allowing tags etc to become deleted and then having to trawl through the history page causes significant fragmentation of the case. I'm looking into problems with this particular user and hoping to enlist the support of an editor with appropriate experience and authorities (including check). Alternatively I'm considering adding a summary of what I have found out so far to report on WP:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism.
If you have any recommendations or advice I'd be pleased to hear from you, though preferably here on your own talk page (which I am currently watching).
Many thanks and kind regards -- Barryz1 (talk) 20:38, 6 April 2009 (UTC) Reply
- I understand the page history can be a bit of a hassle to use sometimes, although you can use the fact that past versions of the page remain static to your advantage. If you note down a previous version of the page, say this one, you can be sure that whatever edits are made, you can always refer back to it for information at a later date. This way, you won't have to worry about Hattar393's edits to his talk page and Hattar can edit it to how he prefers. I hope you find this somewhat helpful and I'm sorry I haven't really got the time to look much further into the dispute. Tra (Talk) 22:34, 6 April 2009 (UTC) Reply
- OK thanks and no worries - what you say makes perfect sense, though in an ideal world (which of course it isn't) thinks would work more easily - but there again in a truly ideal world we wouldn't have the problem to deal with in the first place!
- Thanks again -- Barryz1 (talk) 23:36, 6 April 2009 (UTC) Reply
Calm down man! Ive got my reasons.I guess I have to apologize right? Im sorry.User:Pryde 01|Pryde 01]] (talk) 02:57, 12 April 2009 (UTC) Reply
Thank you very much for the tip about the page Media Convert.
I have converted one file without any trouble. But the second time I wanted to convert a file I got this message: "Malformed POST data!". Do you know what it means? Fanoftheworld (talk) 23:34, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Reply
- Try the same conversion again. It could be that perhaps the internet was being slow or something. If that doesn't work, it might be a problem with the file - perhaps it's corrupted or it includes something that Media Convert doesn't understand. You could try recreating the wma file by ripping the CD again. If you're still having problems, see if you get the same result with other tracks from that same CD. If so, there might be some kind of copy protection involved.
- These are just guesses; I'm not sure exactly what's applying in your particular case. Tra (Talk) 18:13, 22 April 2009 (UTC) Reply
Well, between you, ukexpat, and me, I think we answered each question 3 times.:) At least we all seem to agree. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:06, 5 May 2009 (UTC) Reply
I just wanted to thank you for answering my question on the help page. It's amazing how many people pitched in to answer. Don't peep, but your answer was the most helpful. cheers, Agradman (talk) 23:54, 12 May 2009 (UTC) Reply
I just wanted to inform you that I've edited the Guernsey map a bit for Saint Peter Port. I hope you don't mind:). Unfortunately this means that the map on your Userpage is not your own.
Thanks, 2wenty3 • MESSAGE ME •MY CONTRIBUTIONS •BIGGEST NEWS •RECENT CHANGES 10:44, 30 May 2009 (UTC) Reply
- It might be better for you to upload your image under a different name, since it is very different to the existing image. The article could then be edited to use your image in the infobox instead of the existing image. Tra (Talk) 11:51, 30 May 2009 (UTC) Reply
Hey,
I just wanted to let you know that I have created a script based off of your sidebar translator. Next to every language that google can translate, it puts a link to the google translation. I made it by modifying your script, so I wanted to make sure you don't mind.
My script is at User:TachyonJack/gTranslate.js. It should work regardless of whether your script is also on.
Incidentally, how does one 'publish' a script that others might be interested in. I don't remember where I found the link to yours. --TachyonJack (talk) 19:53, 10 June 2009 (UTC) Reply
- No, I don't mind. You can list your script on Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts for people to find it. Tra (Talk) 20:59, 10 June 2009 (UTC) Reply
Are there any plans to fix User:Tra/User watchlist? --Gwern (contribs) 13:01 6 August 2009 (GMT)
- No, sorry. It would probably need fairly large portions of it to be rewritten in order to work again and I haven't really got the time to concentrate on it. Tra (Talk) 16:22, 8 August 2009 (UTC) Reply
Hey there, just came across this template you created and thought I'd bring it to your attention as it seems broken? I'm so unfamiliar with template coding:) -- œ TM 18:51, 3 October 2009 (UTC) Reply
- It's not designed to be used on its own - the template only works properly when it's transcluded in {{archive list }}. I would warn you however, that as templates go, this one is fairly complicated. If you're new to templates, you might want to have a look at some simpler ones before you get to grips with this one. Tra (Talk) 23:49, 5 October 2009 (UTC) Reply
On your sidebar translate script, 'Kreyòl ayisyen' is first translated to 'Hatian', and later (this never runs because of the break) to 'Hatian Creole'. I suggest that the first case statement should be removed, leaving the second one. Thx. ManishEarth Talk • Stalk 09:25, 17 February 2010 (UTC) Reply
- They're not entirely duplicates. 'Krèyol ayisyen' is translated to 'Haitian' and 'Kreyòl ayisyen' is translated to 'Haitian Creole' (note the accents). I don't know these languages well enough to be able to say which is correct, but I thought I would mention that. Tra (Talk) 13:33, 17 February 2010 (UTC) Reply
Hello Tra.
On April 2010, Bishakha Dutta was appointed into the Board of Trustees in the Wikimedia Foundation. She has become the first Indian in this Board, and also the first woman (if I am not wrong). The source of this information is this:- . It is a reliable source. I suggest that this be added to the concerned article, as it can have significant impact on the creation of Wikipedia India.
Cheers,
Ankitbhatt (talk) 08:07, 14 April 2010 (UTC) Reply
- Go ahead and add her if you like, I'm not really involved with that article so I couldn't advise you on the best way to do this. I would note, however, that there have been several other women on the board before her. Tra (Talk) 22:53, 18 April 2010 (UTC) Reply
I have your "Special:Whatlinkshere" and "Sepcial:user" watchlists in my java page and I just noticed. How do they work? Feed back (talk) 19:48, 28 June 2010 (UTC) Reply
- Hi, sorry it took me a bit of a while to get back to you as I'm not active on Wikipedia at the moment. Basically the problem is that those scripts no longer work due to them relying on a feature that was removed from the software that powers Wikipedia a while back. They used to provide a way of looking at either the contributions of several users at once or looking at the 'what links here' of several pages at once. If you like you can just remove those scripts. Tra (Talk) 10:48, 5 July 2010 (UTC) Reply
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This template has problems... I don't know if you know. I can't do anything, if you could have a look at it please that would be good.:) Starfleet Academy "Live long and prosper." 08:34, 27 October 2011 (UTC) Reply
- I'm aware that the template gives an error message when viewed directly - this is because it's designed to be used transcluded in the archive list template, which will pass the appropriate parameters to make it display correctly. Is that what you were asking about, or is there a case where it's not working in practice? Tra (Talk) 11:45, 27 October 2011 (UTC) Reply
Thank you, you have got what I said. Even though I was stressed typing it. I will tell you if it doen't work in practice when I copy it. Sorry to bother you:) Starfleet Academy "Live long and prosper." 01:30, 29 October 2011 (UTC) Reply
Hi, Tra. I noticed in my "Toolbox" to the right that there is a link, "User watchlist" that points to a subpage of yours that states it no longer works. What did the link do, and how do I remove it? I still use monobook, so here's my monobook.js page. Are there lines in here that need to be deleted? Regards, Matthewedwards: Chat 15:52, 1 November 2011 (UTC) Reply
- Nevermind; I found it in my monobook.js and deleted the line. Best, Matthewedwards: Chat 16:08, 1 November 2011 (UTC) Reply
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Unfortunately I don't have access to the CSS/JS while at work due to the wonderful firewall here, so instead of this boring message assume that you got some wikilove for fixing the {{Rating }} template. PuppyOnTheRadio talk 07:31, 20 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PuppyOnTheRadio (talk • contribs) Reply
- Thanks, I really appreciate it:) Tra (Talk) 07:39, 20 February 2012 (UTC) Reply
Thanks for picking up my mistake in protecting Fireman Sam. I've corrected it. JamesBWatson (talk) 17:16, 26 February 2012 (UTC) Reply
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Hey. It appears that the interwiki link to Uncyclopedia has broken. I am guessing that something like this being removed would have required a community consensus, but I have no idea where this would be. If it is an error, who would have access to updating the API in order to add this back in? PuppyOnTheRadio talk 02:13, 16 March 2012 (UTC) Reply
- That stuff's all handled over at meta. It was removed in August 2009 in response to this discussion. You can request that it be added back at m:Talk:Interwiki map. Tra (Talk) 07:47, 16 March 2012 (UTC) Reply
Thanks for updating Template:Infobox school. Unfortunately the edit inadvertently removed transclusion of the template documentation; could you fix this please? --Paul_012 (talk) 03:17, 16 March 2012 (UTC) Reply
- Looking again, I missed another instance of the template code that needed fixing. Could you update the template with this version please? --Paul_012 (talk) 03:25, 16 March 2012 (UTC) Reply
- Done, sorry. Tra (Talk) 07:34, 16 March 2012 (UTC) Reply
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Thanks for imposing some discipline on the Critical Race Theory article. I'm hoping you can help me with the challenges I face there in improving that particular Wikipedia article to be more informative to visitors, consistent with NPOV.
First of all, I'm a relative Wikipedia newbie, but I have a masters degree and am also a published author, including the book "Cyberspace: The Human Dimension," published by W.H Freeman and used as a textbook at Duke and other leading universities, so I think I'm well qualified in the area of scholarly judgment, analysis of bias, and other such matters of critical thinking.
I would think Wikipedia would value having people like me contributing, but my experience in relation to this article has been absolutely dreadful. The article when I first found it was all but useless, and as I attempted to improve it (by inserting a more helpful definition from UCLA, clarifying that it was categorized as neo-Marxist thought, and providing additional critical context for the current controversy), my attempts were met with initially positive feedback.
Then, however, some blatantly biased partisans got engaged in the process - it's easy to identify the ones who have been obviously biased by their own writings - and have made a mockery of my attempts to be civil and engage them in dialogue about how to properly present the controversy in a balanced way, with often fallacious appeal to obscure points of the Wikipedia creed (don't know what else to call it) with no consideration to what I consider the more important matters of Wikipedia's purpose and NPOV.
I know you don't have time to follow the entire history over the past two weeks, but I honestly believe my original submission was much better than the absurdity that's there now, and I also sincerely believe that my most recent attempt at a balanced revision should replace the section in question.
The problems / questions I hope you can help me with are these: 1) how can I ever hope to see consensus there so long as the biased partisans continue to attempt to bully me into abandoning this article by repeating their false assertion that it's me against everyone else, especially when others more neutral and less biased don't have the stomach for the contentious fray that it's become? 2) is there a resolution process I can appeal to where the quality of the work can be judged on its own merits without having to waste time attempting to reason with those who are not interested in being reasonable, and instead are clearly pursuing an agenda in their attempts to suppress the information I and others have worked on?
What can I do within the bounds of Wikipedia's rules and culture?
Thanks for your consideration in this matter.
All the best,
Dave Whittle
Davidwhittle (talk) 00:59, 23 March 2012 (UTC) Reply
- There are processes for resolving disputes if discussion on the talk page hasn't worked out. They're described at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. One option that seems like it could be appropriate at this stage is Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard. I'll note that I haven't used it myself before so I can't offer any experience there.
- With regards to your other points, whilst it's great that you have a lot of experience to offer, on Wikipedia people tend not to give a lot of weight to people's qualifications. This is for a number of reasons, the main one being that it's difficult to verify them. In general, disputes tend not to be resolved by removing other people involved, unless policies have been violated, and after repeated warnings. Tra (Talk) 03:07, 23 March 2012 (UTC) Reply
By the way, I tried to send that last "Talk" via e-mail, but neither of your links worked for me. Thought you might want to know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidwhittle (talk • contribs) 01:01, 23 March 2012 (UTC) Reply
- Hmm... I just tried them and both seemed to work for me. Tra (Talk) 03:08, 23 March 2012 (UTC) Reply
- No wait - the second one breaks when I submit. I think I'll just remove it as it's hardly ever used anyway. Tra (Talk) 03:11, 23 March 2012 (UTC) Reply
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This is the premier event for the MediaWiki and Wikimedia technical community. We'll be hacking, designing, teaching, and socialising, primarily talking about ResourceLoader and Gadgets (extending functionality with JavaScript), the switch to Lua for templates, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Labs.
We want to bring 100-150 people together, including lots of people who have not attended such events before. User scripts, gadgets, API use, Toolserver, Wikimedia Labs, mobile, structured data, templates -- if you are into any of these things, we want you to come!
I also thought you might want to know about other upcoming events where you can learn more about MediaWiki customization and development, how to best use the web API for bots, and various upcoming features and changes. We'd love to have power users, bot maintainers and writers, and template makers at these events so we can all learn from each other and chat about what needs doing.
Check out the the developers' days preceding Wikimania in July in Washington, DC and our other events.
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Hi, at the Exodus the archaeologist is called Dever, not Denver. Maybe you want to change this in the article, since you already corrected a typo therein. Tgeorgescu (talk) 22:43, 5 April 2012 (UTC) Reply
- Sorry I'm a bit busy right now with other stuff. I suggest you submit an edit protected request. Tra (Talk) 06:14, 6 April 2012 (UTC) Reply
Hi. As an admin and a contributor at Template talk:Talk header#RE: New feature for Template:Talkheader, I wonder if you're able to please advise on how to proceed with implementing the proposed changes (assuming consensus approval can be clarified). Thanks. -- Trevj (talk) 08:45, 11 April 2012 (UTC) Reply
- I agree it looks like there's a consensus there. The thing is, the change would be highly visible so there's a good chance of some people complaining afterwards. If I was the one to make the change then it would be my responsibility to deal with that. Unfortunately, I am very busy at the moment with revision for exams so I'm unable to allow time for that. What you can so is submit an {{editprotected }} request although those are currently a bit backlogged. Tra (Talk) 09:21, 11 April 2012 (UTC) Reply
- Fair enough. There was an RFC in place so people shouldn't complain too much. Anyway, do I use Dmitrij D. Czarkoff's posted code or does it need amending now? (I'm going to point him here.) Thanks. -- Trevj (talk) 12:55, 11 April 2012 (UTC) Reply
- Still... even if a change has been discussed elsewhere people can and do complain afterwards. You wouldn't be able to paste the code directly as it's in diff form so it's a case of deleting some lines and adding others. Your best bet is to make the changes in the sandbox subpage of the template so they can be tested and easily copied over by the admin. Tra (Talk) 13:58, 11 April 2012 (UTC) Reply
- Thanks. I've now tried to do that. I hope the revision's going well for you. -- Trevj (talk) 10:15, 13 April 2012 (UTC) Reply
- Thank you very much for sorting that out. -- Trevj (talk) 14:44, 24 May 2012 (UTC) Reply
- Thanks. I've now tried to do that. I hope the revision's going well for you. -- Trevj (talk) 10:15, 13 April 2012 (UTC) Reply
- Still... even if a change has been discussed elsewhere people can and do complain afterwards. You wouldn't be able to paste the code directly as it's in diff form so it's a case of deleting some lines and adding others. Your best bet is to make the changes in the sandbox subpage of the template so they can be tested and easily copied over by the admin. Tra (Talk) 13:58, 11 April 2012 (UTC) Reply
- Fair enough. There was an RFC in place so people shouldn't complain too much. Anyway, do I use Dmitrij D. Czarkoff's posted code or does it need amending now? (I'm going to point him here.) Thanks. -- Trevj (talk) 12:55, 11 April 2012 (UTC) Reply
Hey:). You're being contacted because you are involved in the ACC process, or participated in the original discussion in '08 about the ConfirmAccount extension. This is a note to let you know that we are seeking opinions on switching this extension on, effectively making the ACC process via the Toolserver redundant. You can read all the details here; I would be very grateful if people would indicate how they feel about the idea:). Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 13:22, 12 April 2012 (UTC) Reply
Perhaps you can assist educating a new user User talk:Rebecca.a.armermann to better understand Wikipedia. She is apparently a public affairs officer at the Army Geospatial Center who works under two user names, the other one being User:AGC-webmaster, as is apparent from the revision history of User talk:Rebecca.a.armermann. I note that, at one point she tried to protect the article on AGC from further editing (see the revision history of Talk:Army Geospatial Center, until you intervened. I have tried to explain to her that in the body of the article, one links to the Wikipedia article on the Army Corps of Engineers, not to the Corps' website to achieve NPOV. I reverted once, before getting into a fruitless discussion, seen at User talk:Rebecca.a.armermann. Perhaps you can intercede and inform whichever one of us is off base how properly to proceed. User:HopsonRoad 21:22, 17 April 2012 (UTC) Reply
- I've given input at her talk page. After quickly scanning through her contributions I didn't see anything that jumps out at me indicating her job title. With regards to that template being added, I couldn't say if it was an attempt to protect the page or not - to me it was just a template that was incorrectly placed. Tra (Talk) 22:09, 17 April 2012 (UTC) Reply
- Thank you for your intercession, Tra. Rebecca has since made it clear that she is a public affairs officer for AGC. She made a good-faith effort to understand the specifics of the rules, but is still new to the overall ethos of Wikipedia. Consequently, she is likely to continue editing with her AGC hat on, at least for a while. User:HopsonRoad 13:11, 19 April 2012 (UTC) Reply
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- I was surprised to see this pop up in my watchlist. I hope everything's okay for you, Tra. Best. Acalamari 07:49, 1 May 2013 (UTC) Reply
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your returnif you do not return to activity within the next several days. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e., as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 00:30, 25 May 2013 (UTC) Reply
Information icon Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. Regards, — Moe Epsilon 06:34, 1 June 2013 (UTC) Reply
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak . Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC) Reply
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