Hey, just wondering if you were still up for reviewing this article. It's been 11 days since you said you would..:) no pressure or anything, just hoping you are still up for it Arre23:29, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oops! Forgot about that! thank god you reminded me. I will try to get on this next week. I have been considerably busy lately. I may convince Zach to help me on it :) Cheers! — ΛΧΣ2123:30, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I know you are busy, but just sending you another reminder about the review :) It would be really amazing if you could start it soon. Arre07:30, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oh you did? That's great :) This weekend would be amazing. Just read that, good luck with your future work on Wikimedia projects. Arre05:27, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yes :) And given that I won't be for much time, and your article is a bit long, I'll try to get as much help as possible to finish the review for you ASAP. Cheers! — ΛΧΣ2105:29, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Wow. It is great, although I'd implement some new changes in design like those I did on the Newsletter ;) I think that only using green is a bit old-fashioned :P — ΛΧΣ2102:09, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It may, but it needs some work first. Yeah, I think that a good peer review and a copyedit might do the trick. And well, most articles have several FA nominations (I have had too pass at first, Homework and Gravity Bone, but that's just luck and practice I guess), so don't worry of the first one fails. Depending on when you nominate it, I may pop in and give a hand :) — ΛΧΣ2102:40, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey! I just took a fast look yesterday. I will do a thorough read today, and will come back to you with my thoughts. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2114:34, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Would you care to do like a pre-FAC review for God of War: Betrayal? It can be done on its talk page. The article is practically complete (it's a short article) and I think once my other article is done at FAC, this one will be ready (maybe?). I also have a Peer Review up for God of War II to prepare it for FAC. --JDC808♫05:08, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Could you give me a week or so? I am currently full with my other duties and can even barely make content contributions. When I get a bit of time in some 9 days, I will give you a very thorough review :) Regards. — ΛΧΣ2105:14, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sure. No problem. I'm not really in a hurry. I'm still waiting for my other FAC to receive more comments and the verdict of if it will be promoted or not (it has 6 supports and 2 opposes). --JDC808♫05:25, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Good Article RfC
I think the current RfC is beginning to die and soon will be dead if no one start's talking about it again. I still don't understand what Part 2 of the RfC will be but surely you would know. With that, I don't know what further steps need to be taken with the RfC so maybe you could help quickly move the RfC to part 2 or something because if this die's, we can say good bye to new instructions (which I have spent way too much time working on :P )--Dom497 (talk)00:25, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The bot to repair the Billboard site revision catastrophe has undergone its initial test run (see Special:Contributions/Chartbot). I uncovered a few small bugs in the initial edits, but any that I didn't revert are, to the best of my knowledge, good. If you have any issues with it, Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Chartbot is the place to bring them up.—Kww(talk) 20:40, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Op-ed: We must do more to turn readers into editors Recently I was having a casual conversation with a friend, and he mentioned that he spent too many hours a day playing video games. I responded with a comment that I, too, spent way too much time on an activity of my own – Wikipedia. In an attempt to reply with a relevant remark, he offered something along the lines of: "So have you ever written anything?" After a second, I quickly answered yes, but I was still in shock over his question. It seemed to be rooted in a belief on his part that using Wikipedia meant just reading the articles, and that editing was something that someone, hypothetically, might do, but not really more likely than randomly counting to 7,744.
News and notes: Outing of editor causes firestorm "WP:OUTING", the normally little-noticed policy corner of the English Wikipedia that governs the release of editors' personal information, has suddenly been brought to wider attention after long-term contributor and featured article writer Cla68 was indefinitely blocked last week. This snowballed into several other blocks, a desysopping by ArbCom, and a request for arbitration.
Featured content: Slow week for featured content Three articles, six lists, and three pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week, including the article on "Laura Secord", who was a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812 best known for warning the British of an impending American attack.
WikiProject report: WikiProject Television Stations This week, we tuned to WikiProject Television Stations, a project that dates back to March 2004. WikiProject Television Stations primarily focuses on local stations, national networks, television markets, and other topics related to television channels in North America, the Caribbean, and some Pacific countries. The project has a fair bit of work ahead of them with over 4,000 unassessed articles and only one Good Article out of 626 assessed articles, giving the project a relative WikiWork rating of 5.262.
Hi Hahc21, yes I was disappointed that List of honors received by Maya Angelou failed because of lack of support. I don't know what it is; I've been having that problem a lot these days. The article I currently have at FAC (Sesame Street research) is in its third nom because the first two failed due to lack of support, too. But I digress. Here's my question: how long should I wait before I resubmit to FLC? I ask because it happens to the final article I need assessed before I submit a Maya Angelou FT, which I'd like to have happen before her 85th birthday on April 4. (Her main article and a DYK will be on the main page that day.) Thanks for your assistance, and for all you do for the project. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 17:24, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks will do both as you recommend. I did the same with the above-mentioned article; I contacted past reviewers and so far it has five reviewers, although I'm a little worried that it's been almost two weeks since it's been there. Sigh. Wanna go over there and take a look for me? I can't tell you how much I'd appreciate it, and I'd be happy to do something for you in exchange. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 17:40, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks
Thanks for hte barnstar, it was the first thing greeting me when I logged on and my first knowledge of the promotion. It's taken a LOT longer than I thought I would but it's over! Thank you for the barnstar, keep up the great work. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 19:16, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Hey. I am not sure if we had interacted earlier. I am an editor from India and just wanted to check if its possible for you to take a look at the article and provide some feedback on PR raised? One of the editors has provided some of the comments. Any kind of feedback would be helpful for the article as I am planning to raise it for FLC in future, for the centenary for Indian cinema in May. - Vivvt • (Talk)13:58, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey! I will try to take a look and give you some feedback, althoguh this week is somewhat busy for me. If you don't hear from me this week, ping me again next Monday. Cheers! — ΛΧΣ2116:51, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
From the editor: Signpost–Wikizine merger I am pleased to announce that the Signpost and Wikizine have reached an in-principle agreement that will see Wikizine published as a special Signpost section at the beginning of each month.
News and notes: Finance committee updates During March, three of the Wikimedia Foundation's grantmaking schemes on Meta will reach important crossroads, which will shape how both the editing communities and Wikimedia institutions handle the distribution of donors' money across the movement.
Featured content: Batman, three birds and a Mercedes Twelve articles, five lists, and eight pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week, including an image of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, a front-engine, 2-seat luxury grand tourer automobile developed by Mercedes-AMG.
WikiProject report: Setting a precedent This week, we spent some time with WikiProject U.S. Supreme Court Cases.
Technology report: Article Feedback reversal The WMF has aborted a plan to deploy version 5 of the Article Feedback tool (AFTv5) rolled out to all English Wikipedia articles.
I don't know if you still plan on taking this to FAC, but we're almost there. After the Billboard Latin Music Awards, I think it will be ready. If you do plan on taking it to FAC, let me know as soon as you do it. The RIAA finally updated its site to include Independiente on it. Erick (talk) 00:37, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. Would you be kind enough to take some time and promote the list to FA status? The consensus, and quality, of the article all suggest it should be promoted but no director has taken the time to even look at it. It is three-weeks now and I really would like to finish this to go ahead and move on to the next one. I hope I get a good reply from you. Thanks. EpidemiaCorinthiana (talk) 23:32, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey EpidemiaCorinthiana. I have done a quick check and I see that an oppose from user Struway2 has yet to be fully addressed, and his last comments are from today. Also, most featured list candidates run for a month or so, and closing the candidacy while discussion is still ongoing is not something that we are used to do. Try to solve first the issues raised by Struway2, and, in a week or so, it may be ready. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2100:03, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If I stay at home this weekend, I will add a bit more; if I have to leave town, then It'd have to wait until next week. I will update you with my position once I know where I will stay :) — ΛΧΣ2105:58, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I saw your closure of MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist#wikipediocracy.com this thread before I realised that the NAC restrictions had been lifted. My block was unwarranted as there was no final warning or other injunction in place - I hope my unblocking note makes this clear. However, I should say that I don't think this closure was appropriate, not for an admin and certainly not for a WP:NAC. The guidelines there and at WP:SK#NOT don't cover the kind of close you made, and any closure of a disputed case (there were several support votes as well as the many opposes) should really not occur at all. I would strongly advise you against ever making another NAC. I'm not going to issue a final warning against ever issuing another one, but if you do make another poor one I'll formally argue for a topic ban against you performing any more. Kim Dent-Brown(Talk)12:35, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
For what it's worth I would have done the same close as you (although not as early)... even though I personally don't agree with it. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:00, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for all the work you have done with good articles, in particular with providing me with assistance in them during my first few attempts at reviewing, and have fun with whatever you decide to do next. Ritchie333(talk)(cont)15:12, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Although I'm sure you don't believe me, I'm 110% on-board in agreement with Dennis' comments above. A few errors made all-around that all surround some serious wankery at its root. There's no doubt that you had the best interests of the project at heart. Take some deep breaths, and come back refreshed (✉→BWilkins←✎) 17:20, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
To the memory of the scuttled, the banned, and those who have just given up.
My friends all seem to leave me, you are number 3 in two days, think! - I understand a mistake was made and reversed. - You cant wait until "all this madness ends", that will never happen, let's face it. - See may user page and look for "consolation." (warning: high voltage) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:44, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
This was just simple mistakes all round, and humans make them all the time. As the unblock comment in your log makes it very clear that the block was an error and apologises for it, you still have the equivalent of a clean block log. I too hope you will reconsider and will continue with all the good things you have been doing here. (And if you're waiting for the end of madness, I can't see that happening while there are still humans on the planet ;-) Very best wishes -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:03, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I am, as all, sad to see you go. But as Dennis said, take a breather for a bit. I hope you decide to come back. Thanks for all the work you've done and don't be discouraged by a simple mistake. Vacation918:56, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Just wanted to drop in and say you do lots of good here. If you're feeling burnt out, just take a break and come back when you're refreshed and ready. —Torchiesttalkedits02:12, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well, take your time if you need to, but it would be great if you came back. You've done a great job here. HueSatLum 21:28, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well that was a sterling example of a forqueup all round. There's a Bavarian expression that translates as "paint it green and throw it to the rabbits" - I hope you manage to do whatever is the equivalent in your neck of the woods. We all do stuff with good intentions that somehow ends with Auntie Nellie never speaking to Cousin Maisie again...just don't make this one of those occasions. Elen of the Roads (talk) 23:22, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
He was blocked for closing a discussion and the blocker thought he was still prohibited from doing non-administrator closes, then unblocked when the person realised his/her mistake about an hour later. Hahc seems to have decided that this place is too full of drama to actually get anything done. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:46, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I would not be surprised if that reason wasn't the only one, looking at other editors leaving or resigning. It has become not easy to stay, and I respect everybody who doesn't, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:52, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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And I've only just seen this latest madness as I write this... if there's anything I can do to help you out, please let me know what it is. I'd hate to see you leave like this, your work here has been truly exceptional. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:48, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I am not sure if you remember my earlier request or not, but I had raised a PR request for the list and requested your inputs. The article received few PR comments from couple of users. In the mean time, I saw your "Retired" message on your user page. As I am planning to take this list for centenary celebration of Indian cinema on 3rd May 2013, a moment ago I nominated the list for FLC. There I saw you are back in the game, so thought of intimating you of the same. - Vivvt • (Talk)20:12, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Oh gosh. Seems like I was very sad and frustrated. I completely forgot that I disabled email. I have enabled it again now that I decided to go back and calmly edit again. I have an inmense respect for you, Dennis, and I don't have grudges, anger or resentment towards Kent. I understand that, while blocking, he was (a) doing an enforcement that would have been correct if my restriction were still in place, and (b) following an incomplete report of the situation made by another user. So, the fault is not in his hands, and I'm looking forward working with him in the future :) I will send you an email now, so that we can talk for a while, given that I'm still not ready to go back and pick up where I left. — ΛΧΣ2106:30, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The Signpost: 18 March 2013
News and notes: Resigning arbitrator slams Committee Just two months into his second term as an arbitrator on the English Wikipedia, Coren resigned from the Committee with a blistering attack on his fellow arbitrators. At the heart of a strongly worded statement, posted both on his talk page and the arbitration notice board, was the claim that ArbCom has become politicised to the extent that "it can no longer do the job it was ostensibly elected for".
WikiProject report: Making music This week, we composed a tribute to WikiProject Composers. The project was created during the final hours of 2004 and finalized in early January 2005. It has grown to encompass over 8,000 pages, including 26 Featured Articles and 23 Good Articles. WikiProject Composers faces a difficult workload, with a relative WikiWork rating of 5.45.
Interview: Meeting in the middle: Wikipedia and libraries Ask librarians what they think about Wikipedia and you might get some interesting answers. Some will throw up their hands about the laziness of the Google generation and their overdependence on Wikipedia. Some see it as the "competition". And some will tell you it's the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Featured content: Wikipedia stays warm Nine articles, seven lists, eleven images, and one topic were promoted to "featured status" this week on the English Wikipedia.
Arbitration report: Richard case closes On Thursday, arbitrator Coren resigned, following closely on the heels of Hersfold's resignation on Wednesday. There are two open cases. A final decision has been given in the Richard case.
Technology report: Visual Editor "on schedule" The WMF's engineering report for January was published this week, giving an overview of all Foundation-sponsored technical operations in that month.
Thank you :) Although sometimes I feel like I'm not welcomed. But is good to have friends like you always willing to cheer me up ^^ — ΛΧΣ2118:21, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I completely forgot about it actually. Unless any of the commentors want to move to support I can't do much else since I already responded to everything. I guess archiving's the best bet in this case. Wizardman21:13, 24 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Hahc21. Since you are a clerk who has been recently active, perhaps you can advise on how to log something. Earlier this month Arbcom unblocked Russavia subject to a new restriction. This restriction might logically belong in WP:ARBEE, since the Committee said that it 'retains the Eastern Europe topic ban', a ban which was placed by arbitration enforcement in April, 2012 under the authority of WP:ARBEE. Also, the committee implied that their new ban has the same authority as a discretionary sanction, so maybe it should simply be placed in 'Log of blocks and bans' under WP:ARBEE. (They seem to be saying that 'any mention of Polandball will violate your existing AE topic ban from Eastern Europe.') Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 18:56, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, thanks for the notice. I will try to add it myself if possible, today. I will trip from tomorrow until friday or saturday and won't be available at all. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2121:22, 26 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject report: The 'Burgh: WikiProject Pittsburgh Our travels have brought us to Pittsburgh, the American city known for steelworks and bridges.
Featured content: One and a half soursops Seven articles, one list, six pictures, and one topic were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
Arbitration report: Two open cases This case, brought by Mark Arsten, was opened over a dispute over transgenderism topics that began off-wiki. The evidence phase was scheduled to close March 7, 2013, with a proposed decision due to be posted by March 29.
News and notes: Sue Gardner to leave WMF; German Wikipedians spearhead another effort to close Wikinews Sue Gardner, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation since December 2007, has announced her plans to leave the position when a successor is recruited. Ranked as one of the most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine, Sue Gardner is widely associated with the rise of the Wikimedia movement as a major custodian of human knowledge and cultural products.
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I know I know :) I have been reading it but RL has caught me a bit busy. I will try to give it another read today, so that I could be ready for next week. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2123:03, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
FAC comment
Hi. Would you care to comment at my nomination here for the article Song of Innocence? A support, oppose, or any other comment to start the process would be appreciated. If not, no need to reply to this. Dan56 (talk) 00:10, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
When you revert edits like what you did here, we try to think where would this go best? - in this case, I would have said to move it to Evidence Talk, but of course, each of us think differently. :d - Penwhale | dance in the air and follow his steps06:56, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I was struggling to find a place to put them (I forgot that he could actually leave them on the evidence talk >.<), but his answers to me really discouraged me to provide him help in any way, so I dropped it. I will be unavailable for the next 8 hours or so, so you can go and add them yourself if you wish :) — ΛΧΣ2116:32, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
WikiCup 2013 March newsletter
We are halfway through round two. Pool A sees the strongest competition, with five out of eight of its competitors scoring over 100, and Pool H is lagging, with half of its competitors yet to score. WikiCup veterans lead overall; Pool A's Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) (2010's winner) leads overall, with poolmate Miyagawa (submissions) (a finalist in 2011 and 2012) not far behind. Pool F's Casliber (submissions) (a finalist in 2010, 2011 and 2012) is in third. The top two scorers in each pool, as well as the next highest 16 scorers overall, will progress to round three at the end of April.
Today has seen a number of Easter-themed did you knows from WikiCup participants, and March has seen collaboration from contestants with WikiWomen's History Month. It's great to see the WikiCup being used as a locus of collaboration; if you know of any collaborative efforts going on, or want to start anything up, please feel free to use the WikiCup talk page to help find interested editors. As well as fostering collaboration, we're also seeing the Cup encouraging the improvement of high-importance articles through the bonus point system. Highlights from the last month include GAs on physicist Niels Bohr (Hawkeye7 (submissions)), on the European hare (Cwmhiraeth (submissions)), on the constellation Circinus (Keilana (submissions) and Casliber (submissions)) and on the Third Epistle of John (Cerebellum (submissions)). All of these subjects were covered on at least 50 Wikipedias at the beginning of the year and, subsequently, each contribution was awarded at least three times as many points as normal.
Wikipedians who enjoy friendly competition may be interested in participating in April's wikification drive. While wikifying an article is typically not considered "significant work" such that it can be claimed for WikiCup points, such gnomish work is often invaluable in keeping articles in shape, and is typically very helpful for new writers who may not be familiar with formatting norms.
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Hi, Hahc21. I added my statement at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Argentine History/Evidence. I don't know if it's larger than allowed. Once you read it, you'll understand that the issue is quite complex, mainly because it has stretched for four years and over several different articles. I'd like to ask you to keep it is as it is, since it will give a fair representation of what is the problem without the possibility of presenting diffs and information out of context. Thank you, --Lecen (talk) 17:50, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It actually is quite long, given that you only have 1000 words to write your statement, and that was why I collapsed it, so that the evidence page does not end being very long. Notwithstanding, I understand your point. You might want to write to one of the drafting arbitrators and tell them that you need all that evidence there, and ask for an extension of the word count. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2117:54, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
My statement on the evidence page is actually an enlarged and improved version of the statement I wrote on the arbitration main page. Could you somehow add a message to the arbitrators telling them to ignore the first statement (perhaps collapsing it entirely and providing a link to the second statement?) and focus solely on the second one (in the evidence page)? Thus they won't have the need to read two similar statements. --Lecen (talk) 18:04, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Don't worry about it. The statement on the main case page, which is the original statement you wrote when the case was requested, is saved as-is for the purposes of archiving. The arbitrators will now look only to your statement in the evidence page when assessing the situation and reaching their conclusions :) — ΛΧΣ2118:08, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Kirill Lokshin told me that I should have one section dealing solely with the other party (with 1000 words at most) and another section dealing with the sources (with 2000 words at most). How do I know how many words are written at both? Could you add a bot to each? Or is there another way? --Lecen (talk) 22:38, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The bot recognizes and analyzes each section with a level two header. My recommendation is to use a level two header for the initial statement regarding the dispute (e.g. == Evidence presented by Lecen ==) and another level two section for the discussion about sources (e.g. == Source discussion presented by Lecen ==, or similar). That way, the bot will count the number of words and diffs under each section. Regards. — ΛΧΣ2100:50, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. I have to comment that, because of a recent flood in Buenos Aires, my house is a disaster and there is a general blackout in several neighbours, including mine. I hope that I will be able to fill the evidence in the time required, but I must point in advance that I may need to ask for more time, and that I may not be immediately available for questions that may take place (I have already pointed that in my talk page). You can confirm that this is not an excuse here, here and here, among other sources: as you see, we are talking about the worst flood in Buenos Aires in the last century. I hope you'll understand. Cambalachero (talk) 13:41, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for letting me know, and don't worry. I understand (and I'm completely sure that the arbs do too) that real life things happen, and if you need more time, it'll be provided given the circumstances. I hope everything is okay with you and your family there. Take you time, and solve the issues you have to. After all, real life comes first :) — ΛΧΣ2114:10, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
There is always an excuse for him. He was busy when I opened a mediation request[1] and he was busy when I opened the thread at Juan Manuel de Rosas.[2] He is never busy when this whole issue is not being discussed, as can be seen on his history log. I'm going to use an excuse too: [3][4] It's amazing that people still fall for what he says. But not all: "I note that Cambalachero became inactive at the start of the mediation request, and became active again when the request was closed. That is an unfortunate coincidence, but it happens."[5] --Lecen (talk) 19:32, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. I'm back, it took a bit longer to return because my router was among the things broken by the flood, and I had to buy another. Thanks for understanding, it's good to see that at least some users here understand that there is real people living in the real world behind those fancy usernames. I read that the time to provide evidence closes on April 12, next Friday. I think I can still do it in time, but can I request to extend that to April 14, next sunday? Usually most of my freetime is in the weekends, and a delay of 2 days shouldn't be much of a difference anyway Cambalachero (talk) 20:06, 7 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey. Welcome back. I saw the news about the disaster. Big mess :( Now, about that extension, you'd have to ask one of the drafting arbitrators. They are the only ones who grant deadline extensions. Cheers — ΛΧΣ2120:47, 7 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Chopra FAC
Hey, pls comment on Chopra FAC. I have nominated it. Last time you weren't able to comment as the candidate was closed because of less inputs. I hope you will comment soon and you'll help in the fac.Prashanttalk19:47, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
We Really Need You!!!
I know you said you won't be around for time-sensitive things but me and Aircorn are aiming to get the instructions/tabs/new nominations page released within the next week. You offered to "redo" the noms page to get rid of the "old green" so I was wondering if maybe you could do that soon. If you can't, its fine as we'll just stick with the green for now. If your up to doing it, my vision is is here while Aircorn's is here.--Dom497 (talk)20:43, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Aw hehe. I will try to do my best to make a great shiny design, but it'll have to wait a bit. I have a big list of things I have to do :s You can go ahead without me if I don't make the line and then I will present my design when I have it ready. You know how perfectionist I am and I don't like to show unfinished things :P — ΛΧΣ2120:30, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I have another question regarding RS. It's Venezuela related, so I'm sending a message to a few people in Wikiproject Venezuela (yourself included) with the hopes that you might be able to shed some light on this issue.
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The Signpost: 01 April 2013
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