User talk:Spiesr

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Again, welcome!  Badbilltucker 21:31, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

TRM18

Hello, This is TRM18 and I am working on the Watertown, SD page. I am a student for Northern State University and this page is my assignment for the final. I am only trying to help the page and I would hope that if you have any concerns regarding this page that you email me (trmischke@wolves.northern.edu) telling me what you feel is needed. Thank you!

I am deleting the information and then within the next couple of days I am redoing the pages. I feel that I can do this because I have created the pages. Thank you for your concern, TRM18TRM18

OK, seriously, what is your problem?! Are you so insecure that you need to go around and delete everyone else's information just to make yourself feel better? Wow, that's really pathetic. What my fellow classmates have posted is excellent, factual information that I believe benefits the pages. I am sorry if I am being a little harsh, but someone should go out and play a little game of "hide-and-go fuck yourself". --Halo2 Gamer 17:35, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

• What exactly did I delete?Spiesr 20:32, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

It's an uphill battle keeping the Aberdeen page encyclopedic. I'm beginning to wonder if we need to request semi-protection for it. ObtuseAngle 21:14, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

• Just protecting it from the NSU students and their IP address would propably do it. They have claimed that they have to do this for a class, so theat will be the only real way to stop them. Spiesr 21:16, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

• The request for protection died due to no response. Spiesr 15:52, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Very grateful for all your work

The Exceptional Newcomer award is designed to go to those newcomers whose work has been, you guessed it, exceptional. You've been doing an extraordinary amount of work on the South Dakota articles lately. I know that there has been some controversy regarding it, but from what I've seen what you've been doing is upholding the standards and guidelines of wikipedia, which is a good thing. Thanks for all the work, and I do mean all the work. The project wouldn't be working at all without your extraordinary effort. Badbilltucker 16:38, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Using the "Username" templates

It's best to "subst:" the username templates:

{{subst:UsernameConcern|reason for objection}}

{{subst:UsernameDiscussion}}

{{subst:UsernameAllowed}}

Typing something into that "reason for objection" space tells the user just what you find worrisome about the name, like "Bitches" is considered a rude and insulting word, definitely not a good thing in usernames.

I have now taken the liberty to re-edit User talk:Duesh is back bitches to add the "subst:" but did not add a reason.

One advantage of "subst:" is that when that user edits the page to reply, the full text of your message (not just the template tag) will be visible in edit mode, so he can reply point by point if he likes.

Also note that the template will add the four-tildes signature for you, so you needn't add it yourself. This is explained on the template's page. -- Ben 08:35, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

South Dakota Counties

Hello.

Thank you for adding infoboxes to South Dakota's counties, but please use the latest {{Infobox U.S. County}} infobox. The infobox you're adding has, among other things, unneeded "map" and "map size" variables. Additionally, the newer template is much easier to use: just copy/paste from {{Infobox U.S. County}}.

Thanks again for your work. /Timneu22 00:57, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Bite the hand that helps you!

The Nobel prize theft is real story, buy a newspaper to see it or visit the web: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/03/07_nobel.shtml

You are rude to delete good information I added, this is typical arrogant american behaviour. This is why we europeans want the gun-slinging yankee to go home, because you have no respect like citizens should have among each other. It is a shame and destroys wikipedia. 82.131.210.162 10:10, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

• See here. Spiesr 16:47, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

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South dakota senate election 2008

hello- i would like to know y u keep taking off the potential canidates on this page.-Politics rule 3:37 pm est.

• Just as I said on the articles talk page I removed it because it was poorly written and not sourced. Spiesr 22:20, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
• Sorry, i did not look there. I am just happy you care about wikipedia. You may leave concerns on my talk page if anymore issues come up.Politics rule8:12am est.-4/17/2007.

Hi, this is John Mink (CyArk intern)

Hello, I would like to ask why it is that you removed the external links for CyArk on various Wikipedia pages, including Deadwood and Salvador De Bahia. Cyark is a nonprofit hi-definition heritage network employing 3D laser scanning at UNESCO sites worldwide for educational purposes, and has partnerships with prominent University and national institutions worldwide including UC Berkeley in California, University of Ferrara in Italy, ITABC, American Museum of Natural History, etc. (please see http://archive.cyark.org/partners.php for a complete list). It is a legitimate, noncommercial, archival site with a tremendous amount of information that could benefit those seeking further information on endangered sites. As a UC Berkeley undergraduate and a CyArk intern, I have taken it upon myself to provide wikipedia links because I believe the organization's mission is appropriate to an encyclopedic setting, and not simply an advertisement - there is nothing to sell, and the images are under creative commons licenses.

I would very much like an explanation for your cursory edits, particularly as you left links such as this one: http://www.marcioguide.com/ (under the heading "Salvador Bahia") which is an advertising page for a taxi operator. Did you even look at the CyArk site? I feel that hasty actions such as yours in this matter continue to endanger the legitimacy of Wikipedia as a site that is taken seriously by the academic community. Thanks, I look forward to your explanation.

Please note that this (and similar) responses were written by me as an individual on my own computer on my own time, and do not reflect official policy of CyArk or its affiliates. I have been a wikipedia user for a long time, though not an active editor, and grow weary with thousands of external links to commercial travel sites and the like which are never edited out, while legitimate educational resources are. For further reference, if you look at the Tikal page there is an article which has been linked for a long time http://vrm.vrway.com/issue24/SHOOTING_THE_MAYAN_PYRAMIDS_OF_TIKAL_FOR_UNESCO.html about the work CyArk does. There are also several links on the page to commercial travel sites seeking to sell tour packages, which I took the libery of pointing out were commercial sites.

I apologize for the exasperated tone of these messages, but I am a person who would really like to see wikipedia be a more legitimate source for academics as well as casual users. To reiterate, I feel that removing links to relevant major university-affiliated sites, including ones posted by enthusiastic student interns with knowledge of what they are talking about, undermines this potential. Thanks for listening.

--John Mink, Cyark intern —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.105.44.107 (talk) 05:09, 18 April 2007 (UTC).

Spiesr wrote (on Cyark's talk page): "I suggest that you read WP:SPAM. I deleted these links because they promote a service/product. (Nonprofit or not that is still spam.)) If they had been on a page which they had relevant information for, such as an article about the service itself, they could have stayed, but they did not contain relevant information about the articles from which they were removed. Spiesr 16:44, 18 April 2007 (UTC)"

Hello,

Thank you for the response. With all due respect, however, these links are not spam. There is no specific promotion of a service/product, there is nothing to sell through the site - all the images are under creative commons licenses for public and educational use. Cyark is supported by grants from national institutions, NGOs, site authorities, and educational institutions. People are paid to perform the work, but people are paid to perform academic research as well - and the pay for Cyark work comes from the same sources that power academic research, primarily public ones. By your logic, all academic research is also promoting a service/product, and in this case the product is knowlegdge and unfiltered information. If you really wish to exclude professional academic research and knowledge production from wikipedia, including that which is freely available to the public, then what is left?

Enthusiastic amateur sites, such as the one you left up for Tikal at http://www.authenticmaya.com/authentic_maya.htm, are still used as promotional sites (in this case, to sell rum and site tours) and, in addition, do not even have trasparency as to their affiliations and references. In short, they are not academic, though they may be adequate. Even "official" government sites, such as the national park of Tikal site, are involved in selling a promotion or service - getting tourists to visit the site.

Again, I'm not sure you even looked at the links I put up, but they led to sites with nothing but a series of enlargeable thumbnails containing detailed architectural, photographic, three-dimensional, and panoramic images of the park with commentary from site authorities and academic researchers. There was no service for sale, there is no "product" per se beyond publicly available archival information, and the direct links I put up did not even have any indication of the identity of Cyark or its mission unless you chose to search to the root website - mainly because Cyark's purpose is education and the application of new technologies (that we do not sell) in its service, not moneymaking. I would like to put these links back up because I feel they would be of use to those who wish to gain access to detailed archival images and maps of these World Heritage Sites, and I feel these are relevant links to the sites themselves. I would, however, be happy to remove the reference to Cyark in the links themselves and simply refer to them as Mapping, Hi-Definition Data Capture, Photographic, Panoramic, and 3D Imaging sites.

--John Mink, Cyark Intern (I am using the Cyark wikipedia ID to afford a measure of transparency)

• Fine, put the links back up. On a differnt note, remeber to sign messages on talk pages by typing ~~~~ as this links to your userpage. Spiesr 22:13, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, much obliged. I will pay more attention to proper process in the future. Cyark 00:10, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Hill City South Dakota

Thank you for editing the Points of Interest section on the Hill City South Dakota page, I am new to Wikipedia and have just started figuring out all the the tricks of the trade. Feel free to do more editing of this page in the future. Although Hill City is a small town it has a lot of character - and hey its where I grew up! Lmielke359 14:52, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

I am wondering if you can take a look at the Hill City, South Dakota page and let me know what is good and what should go. I have included every topic that I can think of. Things that still could be done are the adding of picures and the using books as sources - right now I only have websites as sources. Soon I will be ready to tackle bigger projects - like the Black Hills page. Thanks. Lmielke359 00:05, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Bob Barker

The manual of style makes Wikipedia's policies regarding date linking very clear. Likewise, fair use image policies are clear as well. If you would like to discuss either of these further, that would be great, but do not re-add the show image or remove date links again. Rklawton 19:20, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

If you continue to revert appropriate edits - especially without discussing them - I will block you from editing. Rklawton 19:22, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Here's the section reference for autolinking dates.[1] The reason we autolink dates is to allow international readers to view a date in their local format. Rklawton 19:32, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman

I edited his page to say he had fallen ill and you reverted it. Why can't you leave well-meaning edits alone? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.228.151.114 (talk) 04:45, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

• I reverted your edit because "reports on the Internet have surfaced" sounds like speculation. Spiesr 14:27, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Re: Welcome

Thanks! Lu Ta 20:11, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Reply

What page are you talking about where I did this? I never just post links, I always do the titling. Please tell me and i'll fix it. Writer1400 (talk) 16:27, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't know how to do that though, can you show me or could you do it yourself? Writer1400 (talk) 17:14, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

The Baan Dek Montessori

We are new to Wiki but quite curious as to why you decided to delete The Baan Dek Montessori from the list of Sioux Falls, South Dakota private schools. The Baan Dek Montessori is the first and only accredited Montessori school in the history of the state of South Dakota and should be included on the list. Please feel free to talk to discuss this further... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dreamduke (talk • contribs) 18:34, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Reported for vandalism

You have been reported for vandalism against custerwest.org's history portal on several occasions. Custerwest (talk) 19:33, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

• First I have a question. Where am I reported for vandalism? I checked your contributions and did not see it anywhere. Second, you statement says I have committed vandalism against custerwest.org, I don't see how this is possible as in order to do that I would have to go to that website and vandalize something there, which I have not. The only place where I could have committed vandalism is Wikipedia, and any such vandalism would be against Wikipedia itself and not another entity. Spiesr (talk) 19:41, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
  • I realized after reading some of your edit summaries that instead of saying "reported" you should probably be saying "reverted". Just a thought. Spiesr (talk) 19:57, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

djhd

Can you let me know why the Tableau Software page was deleted? It is a Business Intelligence company and I wanted to include it on the list of BI products —Preceding unsigned comment added by Djhd (talk • contribs) 20:24, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

• It was delted because the article seems to be blatant advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam. Spiesr (talk) 20:26, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

• How is that different from the other 29 companies that are listed here: Business_intelligence_tools? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.248.129.126 (talk) 02:18, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

• • Unlike the other pages this page appeared to be essantially an ad. Also I do not have the power to delete pages only admins can do that. Your page was actually deleted by User: WBOSITG. I just tagged the page as a canidate for deletion as it appeared to be a page for promotional purposes. Your statements about the company have no relation to the decision if the article would be kept. If you want to have the deletion reconsidered you can try a deletion review. Spiesr (talk) 13:40, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Magillem page deletion

Hello, Magillem page I created was deleted straightforward without any chance to add deeper content. Why?

• As you can see in IP-XACT, 2 companies out of 15 don't have their page despite they are contributing members of the standard.

• I expected other people working in Academic Institutions or big companies from the semiconductor industry to let some interesting data

• Besides their commercial product, they have several non-profit partnerships and programs: R&D Programs, Academic Programs, European Projects. They are steering contributing member of The SPIRIT Consortium.

• Their core platform is given almost for free. Customers are only paying for services building custom business layers on the top of their core platform. I don't know lot of companies "giving" their core technology. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bblanc (talk • contribs) 22:19, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

• • First of all I do not have the power to delete pages only admins can do that. Your page was actually deleted by User:Discospinster. I just tagged the page as a canidate for deletion as it appeared to be a page for promotional purposes. Your statements about the company have no relation to the decision if the article would be kept. If you want to have the deletion reconsidered you can try a deletion review. Spiesr (talk) 13:36, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

• • • All commercial companies having a page on wikipedia are there for promotional purposes, aren't they? For example in the 13 presented in IP-XACT, I didn't see any non-profitable purposed company. Magillem only sales service, it's their business and I don't really care. I'm interesting in sharing information I find useful to share with others from my standpoint, especially their involvement in Academic Programs which helps a lot in IP-XACT works.
    • My statements above are what I would have been pleased to argue, if I had the chance to. I didn't have this chance: this is strange to me for an open community to avoid dialog using administrating rights to delete pages without notification.
    • Thanks a lot for the tip to get the page reconsidered :)
    • Bertrand Blanc (talk) 18:12, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Magillem Design Services

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Magillem Design Services. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Bertrand Blanc (talk) 19:25, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

My article

It is a notable published fanzine, and just because you are some american that hasn't heard of it doesn't mean it isn't notable! it is notable over in England, and articles of other fanzines go untouched such as The Mag and NUFC.com. Mackemfixer (talk) 14:38, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

• If it really is notable you need to provide references to prove notability. Spiesr (talk) 14:47, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Geminate

Dear user,
A few ago I have created a page for "Geminate Recombination". This is a very important kinetic theory, that is widely used by scientists.
Indeed, my version of the page was poorest possible, but as I stated - this is just to prepare the ground for my future editing this topic, thus including this theory at Wikipedia.
HOWEVER, you chose to ignore this and marked this page for deletion, without even waiting one week to see how this page will evolve!
It can very well be that, technically, this was a "good" deletion (which currently this topic does not appear at all at Wikipedia!) and I will gracefully accept your, unthoughtful, speedy and un-needed, request for deletion.
As you wish. I will not appeal the decision, nor will I take the time to create a solid page for this value.
Cheers, Omer. (user: omermar, date 18/5/08).
BTW - feel free to google "geminate recombination" to see how many research papers use it. Maybe next time you could give others some credit?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Omermar (talk • contribs) 09:08, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

I ended up deleting the article, and have explained the rationale for the tag and deletion on the user's talk page. I also moved this comment to the bottom of your talk page, in cronological order. Best, UltraExactZZ ^Claims ~ Evidence 00:46, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Are you the guy who put the deletion thing on User:The SRS/SIGGY! ?

SRS here. Did you put the speedy deletion thing on User:The SRS/SIGGY!? THat was my new signature page! You're lucky SimonKSK remade it, dude. Anyway, if you're the guy who did it, be sure to let me know if one of my pages was nominated for deletion! Later :-|  THE $R$  Habla!  ^Hancock  03:12, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

• I tagged The SRS/SIGGY not User:The SRS/SIGGY! becuase it was in the article namespace. I warned put a warning on User talk:SimonKSK the creater of the article. Spiesr (talk) 14:56, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Worth Mitchell to afd

I sent this to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Worth Mitchell, as I think it almost asserts notability and I would like others to make sure. I did not see the vandalism, though. Would appreciate your perspective on deletion. Cheers, Dlohcierekim 18:19, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Jesse

How is Jesse Hodges an inappropriate subject? He is a person who is going to sell millions of records after he wins American Idol in 2010!! It's not like there is any bad stuff in there. It is all true. He has a lot of fans including me! HE IS A REAL PERSON!!! I have pictures of him!!! Hannah Montana94 (talk) 01:59, 23 May 2008 (UTC)Hannah Montana94

aLIVE and hostile e.p.

Hi, listen I dont know why you want to delete my page on Pantera's aLIVE and hostile e.p. Its a very important release and one of the rarestat that. It is very often searched but there really isn't that much info about it online. With that said I ask you please not to delete it. If you can see any way of making it better then please let me know as im very grateful for any help, thanks LambOfLucifer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LambOfLucifer (talk • contribs) 12:26, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Category:Lakota

Oops. All of those pages were in a category within Category:Lakota. I figured that would happen. I'll fix it right away. Thank you for informing me of it. :) Ζρς ι'β' ^¡hábleme! 02:15, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

HEY

why did you delete cast of camp rock —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheOfficialSammyK (talk • contribs) 17:59, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

• I didn't. I don't have that power... User:KillerChihuahua did. Spiesr (talk) 18:12, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Question

I am interested to know why my editing of the article of Crazy Horse was considered vandalism. You have no proof that the members of his tribe did not refer to him as "crazy." I have read many books on him and most of them have said he was reffered to as "crazy". If you can tell me why it was removed and why it was considered vandilism I would appreciate it. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Theonlyonethatmatters (talk • contribs) 20:15, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

• You need to provide reliable sources to have such an edit considered to be valid. Spiesr (talk) 20:18, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Trip Planner

Good afternoon Spiesr. I was wondering if I could get some clarification on why my article on Trip Planner was tagged for speedy deletion. I don't believe this article qualifies as spam. As is the case with CyArk, Trip Planner is not for sale, it's a development in technology on the website of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and is attached to the MTA wikipedia main page. I believe the language of the article is neutral and doesn't promote its use; it tracks the history of its development. I drafted the article because I believe the site indicates a shift toward modernity for the MTA, something that might have educational and historical value for rail enthusiasts. This is my first article, please let me know if there's a way I can revise and tighten the article so it fits in with wikipedia's standards, rather than have the entire page deleted. Best. MCnycMCnyc (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 19:03, 27 October 2008 (UTC).

• While I do not completely recall the circumstances of this particle article, I tagged the aritcle because it appered to exsist soley to promote the topic of the article. Note an article does not have to be about a comercial topic to be considered spam. You may want to take this up with adminstrator who deleted the article. Spiesr (talk) 19:36, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Sioux Quartzite

Hi - Thanks for putting up the SD tag on Sioux Quartzite - it reminded me to put up the geology one. I noticed that you rated it "start" class, which I thought was reserved for articles that are pretty poor in info and references - and although I don't have very much SD-specific info (such as Sioux Falls and other places in which that rock is important), I feel that it is extremely well-referenced. (See Wikipedia:WikiProject South Dakota/Assessment). Would you mind re-evaluating it? Thanks, Awickert (talk) 04:59, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Awickert (talk) 20:09, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Talk:John Gregory (coach)

Hello. I've removed the speedy delete template you placed on this page and replaced it with a redirect to the actual talk page. Because the article of this talk page redirects to the actual article, I thought it would be a better idea. Just informing you of this. Mastrchf (^t/_c) 21:18, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Necronaut

I removed the speedy deletion tag and added a redirection to the Necronauts article. --Loremaster (talk) 20:16, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I actually turned it into a disambiguation page. --Loremaster (talk) 22:29, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Okay... Spiesr (talk) 23:10, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

C3

Being new to Wikipedia I am not exactly sure how to go ahead and leave a note on your talk page so I will leave one here and on your page as well. Colorectal Cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer in the united states for both men and women killing nearly 50,000 people a year and is the 3rd leading cause of incidence with nearly 150,000 cases a year. I am not looking to provide an advertisement for my organization but rather provide those colorectal patients with a resource in the event they are looking for additional information or somewhere to get involved. To further the point that i don't mean to use this as an advertisement we have linked numerous other sites that C3 is a member of but that also can be a resource. Only after I went to numerous other organization sites did I put ours together and did nothing different than any of those that were not flagged. I am happy to provide additional information about colorectal cancer specifically if necessary in an effort to continue to make this more encyclopedic but what I have attempted to do is provide individuals with an additional outlet to find information on organizations working to help those with colorectal cancer. Essentially, if I didn't have a website to the organization, I could look it up on Wikipedia to find detailed information and how it helps colorectal cancer patients. Please advise as to what other items could be added to further the encycopedic nature of the page. C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition (talk) 21:09, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of SAP UK & Ireland User Group

I have added more references from independent sources as well as changing the text to reflect the not for profit and independent nature of the organisation--Alan Bowling (talk) 13:30, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Spiesr. You have new messages at Dank55's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

More info - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 19:16, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

SD article assessment

Hi Spiesr - nice work on the importance tagging so far, at this rate, I think we could get through all of them in a few months. Just a note that I've left a message on the wikiproject's talk page about a few additions I've made; I've also gone ahead and added the new criteria to the assessment page. Again, if there are issues/problems with anything I put down, please let me know.

By the way, I can give you the rollback feature, if you want it. (I don't know if you're familiar with it, it makes reverting vandalism quite a bit easier). AlexiusHoratius 14:50, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Richmond extensions of the Central Line

An article that you have been involved in editing, Richmond extensions of the Central Line, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richmond extensions of the Central Line. Thank you.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. -- Atama^chat 23:06, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Speed delete of Teufelberger

Hey, I don't exactely understand why the article has been removed. I have orientated when I wrote it on other companies - e.g. Gleisten - which is still on Wikipedia. Could you please explain what to do to get it back or what to rewrite? Thanks!

Roland vandalism

Hey, Spiesr,

You were the first to write on my talk board as someone I could go to with questions. Well, today User:Hibe3000 appears to be vandalizing pages by moving page XX to Roland's XX. I am not sure how to undo this type of action. Can you revert these actions? Thanks, Strafpeloton2 (talk) 17:29, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

I just wanted to let you know that has been resolved. I have since learned that I should report it to AIV. Strafpeloton2 (talk) 04:10, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Is it appropriate that the speedy delete tag be removed?

Hello Spiesr. In 2008 you tagged the Isolde Menges page for speedy deletion; could that tag be removed, if appropriate, please? I hope i have left this msg on the right place on your page. best wishes. Stuart1900 (talk) 12:45, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

• On May 16, 2008 I tagged that article for speedy deletion. The article was deleted shortly after that. On May 19, 2008 you recreated the article, probably in violation of policy. The only tag that remains now in the one on your talk page. That was just a message to inform you that the original article was tagged for speedy deletion. You can remove that notice whenever you want. Spiesr (talk) 16:42, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying, Spiesr. I did not realise that to recreate this article was a policy violation; I shall watch such things closely in future. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stuart1900 (talk • contribs) 03:45, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages.

When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Courcelles (talk) 17:57, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

Hello, Spiesr! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 03:37, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Love history & culture? Get involved in WikiProject World Digital Library!

World Digital Library Wikipedia Partnership - We need you!

Hi Spiesr! I'm the Wikipedian In Residence at the World Digital Library, a project of the Library of Congress and UNESCO. I'm recruiting Wikipedians who are passionate about history & culture to participate in improving Wikipedia using the WDL's vast free online resources. Participants can earn our awesome WDL barnstar and help to disseminate free knowledge from over 100 libraries in 7 different languages. Please sign up to participate here. Thanks for editing Wikipedia and I look forward to working with you! SarahStierch (talk) 00:32, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Removed from WikiProject South Dakota's active member list

Hello Spiesr, I moved your name from WikiProject South Dakota's active member to the inactive member list. According to your contributions, you haven't edited Wikipedia in over a year.

If you decide to return to Wikipedia, whether under this name or a new one, feel free to add yourself to the active member list again. Thanks! – TCMemoire 02:54, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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) 16:29, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge

You are invited to participate in the 50,000 Challenge, aiming for 50,000 article improvements and creations for articles relating to the United States. This effort began on November 1, 2016 and to reach our goal, we will need editors like you to participate, expand, and create. See more here!

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:39, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikimedia US Mountain West online meeting

Wikipedia users in the United States Mountain West and High Plains will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MST, Tuesday evening, February 14, 2023, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in the history, articles, or photographs of our region is encouraged to attend.

If you don't wish to receive these invitations any more, please remove your username from the Wikipedia:Meetup/US Mountain West/Invitation list. Thanks.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:42, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Wikimedia US Mountain West online meeting 05/09/2023

Wikimedia US Mountain West

Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MDT, Tuesday evening, May 9, 2023, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in the history, geography, articles, maps, or photographs of the Mountain West or the future direction of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement is encouraged to attend. Please see our meeting page for details.

If you don't wish to receive these invitations any more, please remove your username from the Wikipedia:Meetup/US Mountain West/Invitation list. Thanks. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:14, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Wikimedia US Mountain West online meeting 08/08/2023

Wikimedia US Mountain West

Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MDT, Tuesday evening, August 8, 2023, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in articles, history, geography, maps, or photographs of the Mountain West or the future direction of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement is encouraged to attend. We may try to organize one or more Wiknics. Guests are welcome. Please see our meeting page for details.

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US Mountain West online meeting November 14

Wikimedia US Mountain West

Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MST, Tuesday evening, November 14, 2023, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in the Mountain West or the future direction of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement is encouraged to attend. All guests are welcome. Please see our meeting page for details.

If you don't wish to receive these invitations any more, please remove your username from our Wikipedia:Meetup/US Mountain West/Invitation list. Thanks.

-MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:04, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

U.S. Mountain West Online Meeting

Wikimedia US Mountain West

Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MST, Tuesday evening, February 13, 2024, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in the Mountain West or the future direction of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement is encouraged to attend. All guests are welcome. Please see our meeting page for details.

If you don't wish to receive these invitations any more, please remove your username from our Wikipedia:Meetup/US Mountain West/Invitation list. Thanks.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:50, 1 February 2024 (UTC)