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Fair use rationale for File:Espnstar.com 2011-01-13.png

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Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Espnstar.com 2011-01-13.png. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the file description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

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History merges

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Hi there - BTW, I forgot to say, the way to avoid having to need a history merge is to move the page by using the move tab at the top. The move automatically creates a redirect. Sometimes a move is not technically possible, in which case listing it at WP:RM is best. Cheers --Mkativerata (talk) 20:03, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Rome bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics

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The DYK project (nominate) 06:05, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Adnan Yaakob

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The article Adnan Yaakob has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners or ask at Wikipedia:Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. –Dream out loud (talk) 00:49, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lolowah bint Faisal Al Saud

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I might be mistaken, but it looks like Lolowah bint Faisal Al Saud's just a little short of x5 expansion for DYK, though it's clear you added substantially to it. Would you like to add just a few more sentences and then run DYK check again to see if it makes it? Cheers, -- Khazar (talk) 22:27, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I added a new paragraph and some other additions here and there which should take it across the line. I haven't got a clue how to use that tool, though. - Yk (talk | contrib) 23:21, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Just checked it, you're good. I'll change my vote on the DYK page. Nice expansion, btw. --Khazar (talk) 23:33, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your DYK nomination

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Hello! Your submission of National Security Council (Saudi Arabia) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! - AnakngAraw (talk) 23:52, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've done what's asked. Thank you. - Yk (talk | contrib) 00:24, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia)

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The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Allegiance Council

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The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Lolowah bint Faisal Al Saud

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The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Please see the talk page about your edits to Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

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It's not obvious. See the talk page please --AW (talk) 18:52, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for National Security Council (Saudi Arabia)

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Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 15 May 2011 (UTC) [reply]

Hello, Yk Yk Yk. You have new messages at Talk:Samuel Wanjiru.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

DYK for Peter Velappan

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Materialscientist (talk) 16:48, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Golden comb

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I recommend you close Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Golden comb. I can do it for you if you like, just let me know. The article Golden comb is now a redirect to a completely different article that I am sure you didn't intend to nominate for deletion. ~Amatulić (talk) 00:54, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Go ahead and withdraw the nomination. Thanks for notifying :) - Yk3 talk · contrib 02:25, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Filipino seamen

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Ah, okay. I've got an even less obvious one... better to jump the gun than to jump the shark LoL Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:21, 22 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Autopatroller

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Hi Yk Yk Yk, just wanted to let you know that I have added the autopatrolled right to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature should have little to no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Sadads (talk) 09:54, 22 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, I also allowed you to have reviewer, which, if we ever reimpliment pending changes, will allow you to approve changes, Sadads (talk) 09:54, 22 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! - Yk3 talk · contrib 16:47, 22 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Thanks

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This is just to say thanks for reviewing my DYK on the Takoradi Harbour. Hope to work with you on other issues if possible. God bless. A friend called -- CrossTempleJay  → talk 18:08, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're most welcome. - Yk3 talk · contrib 18:11, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination

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Hi! Your DYK nomination of Assembly of French Citizens abroad has a pending comment about its hook. Once it is addressed, it should all be good to go. --Starstriker7(Talk) 19:44, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've clarified it on the page. Thanks for reviewing. - Yk3 talk · contrib 22:12, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for improve my Ladies' articles

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thank you for improve my Ladies' articles. I wanna improve them, but i cannot find any more reliable references. thus, thanks you sooooooo much--Coekon (talk) 23:23, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Victoria Aitken

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Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 1 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

klpac

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hey yk! thanks for help on aforementioned article, wondering whether you have any comments on me writing my first wiki article and such. also, im really bored as i have summer holidays from studying in the states, so if you have any ideas on how i can help (and learn) by improving articles about malaysia then pls go ahead and ask Eugene574tan (talk) 18:15, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Assembly of French Citizens Abroad

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Well, thank you for this article Victuallers (talk) 08:03, 4 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

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This is just to say thanks for the review of my DYK of Tema Motorway. Hope to work with you on issues of mutual concern on WP. Read you comment at the DYK, the motorway is still Ghana's only. Hoping that new ones will be constructed with time so I can make DYKs out of them too. Thanks once again. A friend called -- CrossTempleJay  → talk 21:41, 5 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome again! - Yk3 talk · contrib 02:14, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 6 June 2011

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Please check...

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...http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer_Diskussion:Yk_Yk_Yk --Chtrede (talk) 08:04, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammad bin Sharif Othman

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I saw that you moved Muhammad bin Sharif Othman to Muhammad Sharif Othman. Could you point me to the relevant extract from the Manual of Style you cited as reason? I have no doubt it was legit, but I'm not familiar with the policies. Icarustalk 04:43, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you look at all the articles on Malay people in Wikipedia, there's no bin or binti in the article title, because it reflects how they are mentioned by news organisations per WP:COMMONNAME. There's currently a proposal to make that an explicit guideline (over here), although there has been no progress on that front by the WikiProject Malaysia community. - Yk3 talk · contrib 05:36, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. I'd just like you to know that {{Infobox Monarch}} is more or less obsolete in English Wikipedia. Use {{Infobox Royalty}} instead. Also, for the articles about the Undangs and the Tunku Besar of Tampin, {{Infobox Nobility}} is probably more appropriate, since they're not really monarchs or royalty. - Yk3 talk · contrib 05:45, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hmmm... I think I disagree somewhat, but more on that later ;) Thanks for the notification about the proposal for guidelines, and okay on the infobox. I also just saw this on Google of all places! Perhaps we can collaborate? I recently made pages for the undang luak, I'm just doing the last one for Johol now (check my contribs for the rest). Please don't take out the patronyms until I can establish which is standard. I've only ever heard them written with the patronyms, so I'll have to look into it further. Icarustalk 07:24, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, no problem. I won't remove bin & binti from the articles on nobility you created. And feel free to edit the page on my userspace.. I think you probably know more than I do about Malay royalty. - Yk3 talk · contrib 07:38, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Aren't you going to publish it/move it? It looks more than good enough for mainspace... Icarustalk 07:41, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well it's incomplete and not fully referenced. - Yk3 talk · contrib 07:49, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I moved it anyway. - Yk3 talk · contrib 08:07, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Nice! I'll set to work as soon as I can. Icarustalk 08:44, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 13 June 2011

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DYK for Sharafuddin of Selangor

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Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Raja Zarith Sofia

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Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia's policy on YouTube linking

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Hi. :) Thanks for working to improve Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. I'm afraid, though, that the youtube video I've just removed can't be used on the English language Wikipedia as it is clearly not hosted by the news agency itself but was uploaded by somebody named "dunebasher1971" who has hosted a diverse assemblage of copyrighted content on YouTube ([1]). Wikipedia's policy (as set out at WP:LINKVIO) does not permit us to add links to copies of work hosted in violation of copyright. Certainly, you can cite the original news source, and if you can locate the video at the original news source can link to it there, but I'm afraid that the Youtube video in question just won't work under policy. I've removed the link, but put a "fact" tag after the information it sourced to invite a usable reference. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:58, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I kinda knew that using a YouTube video was a little sketchy, but it was intended more as a footnote than a reference. Thanks for explaining. - Yk3 talk ~ contrib 20:01, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. :) I don't know who had been removing it or why, but the article is on my watchlist for some reason I've long since forgotten, so it caught my eye when the IP blanked the content, and I realized the issue with it then. It's an inconvenience, I know. Too bad they didn't identify the news program that the footage came from. :/ --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:09, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 20 June 2011

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File:Community S02E17.jpg listed for deletion

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A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Community S02E17.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Fut.Perf. ☼ 05:49, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Jane & Red John.png listed for deletion

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A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Jane & Red John.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Fut.Perf. ☼ 05:54, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for For a Few Paintballs More

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The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 June 2011

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The Signpost: 4 July 2011

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Malay ruler titles

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Just for your thoughts, the current Yang di-Pertuan Agong is at Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu. Do you think the "of Terengganu" is important enough to be in the title? Currently Mizan Zainal Abidin is simply a redirect, so there is clearly no problem with disambiguation. WP:ROYALTY has no guidelines for Malaysian monarchs unfortunately. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 08:50, 6 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, "of Terengganu" doesn't seem necessary, except to maintain consistency. Wikipedia's guideline on naming royals tends to be followed strictly, e.g. Juan Carlos I (the only known one) redirects to Juan Carlos I of Spain. Elizabeth II is left as it is because she is queen of more than 10 countries. Based on the current convention, I suggest we just leave it.
Frankly I find the naming of royals from Malaysia in Wikipedia downright weird. The system they use is based on European convention, where the regnal name and the title can be separated: although the British queen is commonly referred to as Queen Elizabeth II, her formal shorthand style and title is Her Majesty The Queen (of the UK and others), while her regnal name is Elizabeth II. For Malaysian monarchs, there is always either a "Sultan" or "Tuanku" prefixed to the regnal name, but in strict adherence to #1 at WP:NCROY#Sovereigns, the (usually inseparable) honorific prefix is removed, leaving articles with awkward titles such as Azlan Shah of Perak, Sharafuddin of Selangor, etc. I never use the article titles in text inlines, because I don't think they're right. - Yk3 talk ~ contrib 12:11, 6 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bersih

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G'day there, FYI, I've proposed today's Bersih rally at WP:ITN/C; just letting you know because of all the great work you've done on it. I'll hopefully be around a bit today to update it as news comes in. Who knows what'll happen! --Mkativerata (talk) 00:51, 9 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! There's another user, User:Gotarik2011, who's actively updating the article too. — Yk3 talk ~ contrib 01:05, 9 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bersih 2.0

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Hey, just a quick note. Thanks for keeping the Bersih article updated. Appreciate it. I'll be checking in every now and then in Wikipedia today, so if you need any help, please let me know. Thanks again. Bejinhan talks 04:50, 9 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! — Yk3 talk ~ contrib 04:52, 9 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 11 July 2011

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Malaysia

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You have too much information on Malaysia, are you Malaysian?--125.25.14.43 (talk) 17:25, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't have to reveal that. Thanks for your interest in my work, though. — Yk ʏк yƙ  talk ~ contrib 17:55, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 18 July 2011

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Reply

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I've stayed in Malaysia for 30 years, but I'm not there now (as you can see my IP is Thailand). I am Vietnamese and I stay in Thailand and Malaysia.--125.25.139.210 (talk) 13:41, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wait is everything needed to have this lame source?--125.25.139.210 (talk) 13:47, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. — Yk ʏк yƙ  talk ~ contrib 13:48, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I want to remove this Horrible Demonstrated Index (HDI) from Malaysian stated articles.--125.25.139.210 (talk) 13:51, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why would you want to do that? It's a widely used statistic and is included in all geographical articles on Wikipedia as standard practice. — Yk ʏк yƙ  talk ~ contrib 13:55, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Don't do it without establishing consensus. — Yk ʏк yƙ  talk ~ contrib 13:58, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Teach me how to do it, I will read it tomorrow, now 9:00PM in Thailand, i will have to sleep now.--125.25.139.210 (talk) 14:00, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
If you wish to make a substantial change to a page, you should first discuss it on the article's talk page. For instance, for Kuala Lumpur, you should explain why you think the changes you propose are necessary on Talk:Kuala Lumpur. If everyone else agrees, then the change will go through. — Yk ʏк yƙ  talk ~ contrib 14:04, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why I got strange IP?--101.109.217.41 (talk) 12:40, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No one will look at my consensus.--101.109.217.41 (talk) 12:41, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know about your IP. If you want to make changes that will likely be disputed, you must first discuss. — Yk ʏк yƙ  talk ~ contrib 12:39, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 25 July 2011

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The Daily Show

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S'okay, it happens. Same thing happened to me once too. :-) Nightscream (talk) 04:08, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lim Shu Yan

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An IP, no doubt the author, restored the article without the AfD notice. I have put the AfD notice back, but left the text of the article - if it were to be kept, it would indeed need editing down to remove all the unsourced and irrelevant stuff, but during the AfD I think it's better to leave it for people to see. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 08:30, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. — Yk ʏк yƙ  talk ~ contrib 13:10, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 01 August 2011

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DYK for Death of Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed

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PanydThe muffin is not subtle 08:03, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alan Friedman

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I've requested semiprotection on the RFPP page. The Mark of the Beast (talk) 23:53, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'm thinking about filing a sockpuppet investigation. There have been a multitude of new users editing this page and two others regarding a recent controversy (explained in the content these users are trying to censor). — Yk ʏк yƙ  talk ~ contrib 23:57, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 08 August 2011

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Requesting review of a revert here

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I did not think my revision was POV. I was trying to correct the promotional language used in that article, including the overuse of titles like "Dr" or "PhD" (which I clarified). Furthermore, at least one major contributor to that article has admitted to working in the office of the politician of whom the biography details.

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/No Surrender (2011)

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TNA's No Surrender PPV has also been nominated for deletion by Chzz, if you're interested in commenting on it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/No Surrender (2011). I've given up. Agent VodelloOK, Let's Party, Darling! 16:19, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 15 August 2011

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Talkback

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Hello, Yk Yk Yk. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/La goutte de pluie.
Message added 05:35, 20 August 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

OpenInfoForAll (talk) 05:35, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Autobiography

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I noticed that one of the editors on Tony Tan Keng Yam, User:Tempwikisc, wrote an autobiography about himself, which probably explains why he is not above COI. You may wish to comment on the afd. elle vécut heureuse à jamais (be free) 11:42, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 22 August 2011

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Orphaned non-free image File:Albatross poster.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Albatross poster.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 05:55, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please force the IP user to use discussion

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I actually do not mind that much which revision is on while we talk it out with editors, but what I do mind is senseless antagonism and reverting an addition for no reason other than "it's been expanded by LGDP again!" and doing nothing to save the content of an article. All I want is discussion. [2] However the IP user generally never returns to discussion after the article of dispute has been restored to his "right version" -- because the IP user has no interest to, and the IP user has no interest in the project. This is why I want to proceed directly to arbitration; the IP places the interest of his possible employer or his personal vendetta over the interests of the project. The IP user does not care about discussion, mediation or policy, if those things do not benefit him, and has currently enjoyed a most extensive lack of scrutiny over its actions. elle vécut heureuse à jamais (be free) 21:14, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the Wikipedia Ambassador Program

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Hi YK!

Congratulations! Your application to join the Wikipedia Ambassador Program as an Online Ambassador has been accepted.

First off, I apologize for the following info-dump. If you're wondering how to get started or are wondering what's going on, please contact me.

If you haven't already done so, take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines: Wikipedia:Online_Ambassadors/Guidelines

The "mentorship process" section lays out approximately what will be expected of you as a mentor. If you'd like, you can also volunteer to be the coordinating online ambassador for a class or two.

Please add yourself to the top of the list of available mentors, and note the number of students you think you'd like to mentor next term (it doesn't have to be a final answer, this is just to help with matching students and mentors once the students start getting active) and if you'd like to take on the coordination role for any classes note that as well: Wikipedia:Online_Ambassadors/Mentors (Don't add yourself to the lower "Additional online ambassadors section; that's for ambassadors-in-training and ambassadors who are already mentoring all the students they want to take on.)

To coordinate between Online Ambassadors and Campus Ambassadors, we've been using a Google Group as a mailing list. It's not required, but almost all the ambassadors are on it. Would you like Sage to subscribe you? Email him with your email address if so.

You can also check out the first two ambassador newsletters, which have more detail about what's going on right now. You'll get future editions delivered to your talk page.

If you use IRC, please consider adding #wikipedia-en-ambassadors and #wikipedia-en-classroom to your channel lineup.

If you have any questions, please let me know. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:11, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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Hello, Yk Yk Yk. You have new messages at The ed17's talk page.
Message added 05:56, 26 August 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.[reply]

Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:56, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Be sure to read the Memorandum of Understanding and then sign it in the section for the pod you are joining. And then get in touch with the instructor to let them know that you'll be supporting their class.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 15:31, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I need a mentor.

Ksquared83 (talk) 02:30, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

hello

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Hi YK thanks for being an ambassador in my class Mcking4 (talk) 19:26, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Yk I look forward to you helping me out with this assignment throughout the semester. --Djthoma (talk) 01:26, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I look forward to working with you guys too! —Yk Yk Yk  talk ~ contrib 13:04, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 29 August 2011

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Ambassador welcome

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Just want to welcome you as a new Online Ambassador! Thanks for signing up to help with the U.S. Political Parties course with Prof. Shamira Gelbman. According to the course timeline, each student should be registered on Wikipedia today. I've welcomed each student, but I expect a few stragglers signing up after class today. With 70 expected students in the course, I was getting a bit anxious waiting for additional assistance. If none was forthcoming after today, I was gonna start kidnapping Ambassadors from other courses! If you have any questions regarding the program or working with students, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page or through email. I look forward to working with you! Best regards, Cind.amuse (Cindy) 14:33, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I look forward to working with you too! —Yk Yk Yk  talk ~ contrib 16:35, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 05 September 2011

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Hello, I am in a college course regarding U.S. Political Parties. I am also very interested in Politcal scandals. if you find the time i would love to read about some interesting scandals along with other interesting facts, info, etc.

-Bryan Sullivan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brsull2 (talk • contribs) 19:09, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

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Hi, you are welcome to comment here. --BorgQueen (talk) 13:03, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 12 September 2011

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Dr. Todsen's class

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Remember asked me to lend a hand and generally assist you and the professor. Probably I would be most helpful lending informal advice and answering questions about WP when you are not around.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:21, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. Thanks! —Yk Yk Yk  talk ~ contrib 22:44, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I've gotten most of our 10 articles passed out to the students who will be doing them. Would you be willing to review these articles for GA status? Jtodsen (talk) 01:54, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, certainly. —Yk Yk Yk  talk ~ contrib 19:45, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Any chance you can take a look at the articles and suggest stuff, please do! Jtodsen (talk) 02:43, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure! —Yk Yk Yk  talk ~ contrib 03:19, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have not seen any significant work done on Maynooth Grant, which I just took another look at. A few edits, but more or less as I left it three or four years ago.--Wehwalt (talk) 11:52, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you could look over all the articles and send me some brief comments on the changes, I'd greatly appreciate it. Jtodsen (talk) 21:56, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Arbitration

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You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#User:La goutte de pluie and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—

Thanks,OpenInfoForAll (talk) 22:54, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 19 September 2011

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Noramfaizul Mohd Nor

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Yk Yk Yk, I saw that you were active in the Malaysian wikipedia project!!! I was wondering if you could review the Noramfaizul Mohd Nor article on the Wikipedia English site. Any advice about who to contact for photos there? I've been following from abroad and mostly keeping up with the Malay news sites and using Google Translate when necessary! I saw last week that he was on the top 10 list of most Googled topics in Malaysia. I'm waiting for AMISOM to put out a report of its investigations about his killing in Somalia. Anyway, I've learned a lot about Malaysia. Thanks, Dobry. Dobry (talk) 15:43, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! My name is Sonia and im new to Wikipedia. Im here because of an assignment that i have in my Political Participation class. I was wondering if you could be my mentor? Dejas1 (talk) 18:45, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey,

I have an assignment for my Political Participation class to chose a mentor for an article I am going to write. The article I have to write is on Institute for Liberty. I would like you to be my mentor, but I am not exactly sure how to go about doing that lol.

Thanks, AugieC (talk) 18:59, 26 September 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by AugieC (talk • contribs) 18:56, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Yk, I hope you are well. My name is Matthew Roth and I'm a Storyteller working on the 2011 fundraiser with the Wikimedia Foundation in San Francisco. In past years, we've relied on Jimbo to carry the bulk of the fundraising weight and he's done very well helping us hit our yearly funding targets. This year, however, we're broadening the scope and reach of the fundraiser by incorporating more voices and different people on the funding banners and appeals that will start running full-time on November 7th. We're testing new messages and finding some really great results with editors and staff members of the Foundation. You can see the current progress of the tests here. I'm curious if you would want to participate in an interview with me as part of this process? The interviews usually last 60 minutes and involve a number of questions about your personal editing experiences, as well as general questions about Wikipedia and its impact in the world. Please let me know your thoughts by emailing mroth (at) wikimedia.org. Thanks! Matthew (WMF) 00:10, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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U.S. Political Parties

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Hi Yk, Just a heads up that my students will (or should) be starting to work on their articles right about now. Thanks again for your help with this! Sgelbman (talk) 21:00, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! —Yk Yk Yk  talk ~ contrib 03:05, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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James Brown
You edited out my info on James Brown because it was copied and pasted. I am the author of the article in the local newspaper (The Newberry Observer)which I copied and pasted. Info is sourced from scanned court documents, please see Facebook page James Brown "I Feel Good" Trust (FOIA Concerns). Sdsummer (talk) 11:07, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, nice trophy, but I don't know if I care for the inscription.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:50, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
@Sdsummer: Sarcasm works to no effect here. At the time of the revert, how was I supposed to know you were the author of the article? Why should I believe you anyway? Even if so, do you think it is appropriate to copy and paste an entire article into an encyclopedia article? Even if so, you did not attribute the source, which is required in Wikipedia, whether you are the author of the source or not.
If you want to contribute positively to Wikipedia, go forth and add a summary of your newspaper article to the James Brown article and don't forget provide a citation, preferably with a link to the article. —Yk Yk Yk  talk ~ contrib 04:12, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi I am working on an article about a labor organization, and you seem to be the wikipedian for the job. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DaemienC (talk • contribs) 04:38, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, This is my first edit attempt. I am working on an article for a class at UToronto. I am an older student so I am trying to get up to speed with using Wikipdeia. My assignment is to do a substantial edit on a livingperson--I know there are concerns about biographies of living persons. Also, I don't know how to link my article to other articles. You can look at my sandbox page to get an idea of what I am talking about. Hope to hear from you soon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cableknitpower (talk • contribs) 12:16, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I am not sure of how the selection process of a mentor works or anything of this nature. Hi, I'm alex, I am writing a Wikipedia article for my Political Participation Class and I was hoping that you could help me out by being my Wikipedia mentor. I am creating a Wiki article, I'm not sure if it is going to go live or not, for a political group, the one I chose is the Liberty Coalition. Well it would be great if i could some how get your advice through the process, thank you and have a good day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexg27 (talk • contribs) 15:20, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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There is a discussion about the future and the growth of the US education program along with the future of the Wikipedia Ambassador Project here. Voceditenore (talk) 18:11, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Credit Mobilier revisions

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I revised the article for Credit Mobilier and a few hours later another user reverted the edit. He left me about six reasons for reverting it and I was just looking to you for advice on how I could better the article and of course avoid him reverting it again. (Kaskelson (talk) 19:05, 21 November 2011 (UTC))[reply]

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I appreciate all the help this semester and especially the feedback for the final article revisions. Can you look over the Hamilton-Reynolds Sex Scandal article as well? One of my students felt that a new article was needed there. Jtodsen (talk) 04:02, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't know what happened but all my work was suddenly deleted and I do not know why, I don't know what happened or what I did wrong I just need help Mcking4 (talk) 09:51, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can you tell me the name of the article? I am an admin and can look at what happened.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:25, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I see you now have it under control. —Yk Yk Yk  talk ~ contrib 15:29, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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A barnstar for you!

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A barnstar for you!

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Thanks for handling that page issue. Also, were you implying that I'm not emotionally mature? Lucasoutloud (talk) 04:02, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Not you of course! The IP's behavior was like an 8-year-old [3]. —Yk Yk Yk  talk ~ contrib 04:06, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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