Hi -- I notice you've been active in nominating at RfA over the past year, and would like to invite you to join the WikiProject for Nominators, which aims to support editors interested in nominating there. We'd be glad of your expertise in getting this new project off the ground. Apologies for the talk-page spamming if you've already seen this message a dozen times. Regards, Espresso Addict (talk) 23:30, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

A nice interesting project, Joining. John F. Lewis (talk) 23:51, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Hey John, I don't mean to nag you, but if possible, I would like to get WikiCup points for those GAs, so if you could review them in the next week or so, I would appreciate it. Thanks! Go Phightins! 01:24, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Apologies I forgot about the reviews :). I will definitely get around to them in the next week. John F. Lewis (talk) 01:30, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Great, thanks. Go Phightins! 22:01, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Sure, I'm interested. Sneazy (talk) 21:26, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Hey John F. Lewis :). Just a note that the Article Feedback Tool, Version 5 has now been re-enabled. Let us know on the talkpage if you spot any bugs. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 00:53, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

	Here's a plate full of cookies to share!
	Hi John F. Lewis/Archive 4, here are some delicious cookies to help brighten your day! However, there are too many cookies here for one person to eat all at once, so please share these cookies with at least two other editors by copying {{subst:Sharethecookies}} to their talk pages. Enjoy! AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • Sign AAPT) 17:46, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

May I ask what brought this on? Anyway thanks and I shall share them not onwiki but on IRC through my many nicks :) John F. Lewis (talk) 17:51, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Well, after your comments on Wikidata, it occurred to me that I don't know if I have ever interacted directly with you here, even though I've seen you around. So, consider this a greeting! AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • Sign AAPT) 19:31, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

I think you have interacted with me here. Though in all honesty, I rarely edit enwiki now since I got the bit at Wikidata. This is probably one of my first edits since March ish. John F. Lewis (talk) 19:36, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Moe Epsilon has given you a slap to the face! A slap to the face promotes WikiHate and hopefully this has ruined your day. Spread the WikiHate by giving someone else a slap to the face, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Regards, — Moe Epsilon 17:52, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

What is the point of this? AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • Sign AAPT) 20:02, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

• Ahh nothing important, just in reply to something discussed on IRC, nothing important. :p Regards, — Moe Epsilon 21:34, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

• Indeed. Yeah, that template seems like one that could easily be misunderstood. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • Sign AAPT) 21:42, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

• Just a mock-up of {{WikiLove}}, don't think many will take it seriously. Regards, — Moe Epsilon 22:00, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Hello John,

I am camLine Marketing and would like to set-up an article about Cornerstone which is a statistical software for engineers. I am looking for an adopter to learn about Wikipedia EN practice. After having almost completed a German contribution to Cornerstone on Wikipedia DE, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:CamLine_Marketing/Cornerstone_%28Software%29

I am looking forward to set-up an English variant. With your interest in software and science, may I win your patience and attention?

Kind Regards, --CamLine Marketing (talk) 15:16, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Hello. Unfortunately I am no longer active on English Wikipedia except for Account related work which explains why I responded to this message so quickly. Looking at the article however, if the sources are English, I see no main reason why translating that article won't apply to the standards. John F. Lewis (talk) 15:21, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your prompt response, but I need just a few hints to get to know these standards, such as, how-to set-up a sandbox etc. But never mind, I will look for another adopter. Thanks --CamLine Marketing (talk) 15:28, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Snuggle, the newcomer socialization tool I've been building, is finally ready for general use. All you need to do to get started is point your browser to https://snuggle.grouplens.org. Let me know if you run into any trouble. I'll be watching WT:Snuggle. Or you can also just contact me directly. Thanks for your patience.

See also:

• Documentation
• Bug tracker
• Open source code repository
• My work log describing the last few months of work

--EpochFail^{(talk • work)} 19:51, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive

WikiProject AFC is holding a one month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from July 1st, 2013 – July 31st, 2013.

Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 1000 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!

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		The Account Creation Barnstar
		Thank you for clearing out the backlog, 88 creations is pretty impressive in one day! Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 01:01, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. All we have now is the Checkuser backlog. I hope to get onto IRC in about 10 minutes and wait for more work :) John F. Lewis (talk) 09:46, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi. We're organizing an office hours session with the Teahouse to bring in mentors from across the wiki to try out Snuggle and discuss it's potential to support mentorship broadly. The Snuggle team would appreciate it if you would come and participate in the discussion. We'll be having it in #wikimedia-office ^connect on Wed. July 17th @ 1600 UTC. See the agenda for more info. --EpochFail^{(talk • work)}, Technical 13 (talk), TheOriginalSoni (talk) 17:35, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

	The Awesome Account Creator Award!
	Your work at ACC has been extremely helpful, and I wanted to thank you for all of your hard work! Dusti*Let's talk!* 04:05, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

	The Special Barnstar
	Hi John, thanks so much for your thoughtful suggestions about our proposed improvements to the moderation tools for Article Feedback. It's a pleasure to be working with you on this project! Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) 00:41, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, several months later. John F. Lewis (talk) 23:39, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

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--EpochFail (talk • contribs) 14:38, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Hey John F. Lewis. I'm contacting you because you're involved in the Article Feedback Tool in some way, either as a previous newsletter recipient or as an active user of the system. As you might have heard, a user recently anonymously disabled the feedback tool on 2,000 pages. We were unable to track or prevent this due to the lack of logging feature in AFT5. We're deeply sorry for this, as we know that quite a few users found the software very useful, and were using it on their articles.

We've now re-released the software, with the addition of a logging feature and restrictions on the ability to disable. Obviously, we're not going to automatically re-enable it on each article—we don't want to create a situation where it was enabled by users who have now moved on, and feedback would sit there unattended—but if you're interested in enabling it for your articles, it's pretty simple to do. Just go to the article you want to enable it on, click the "request feedback" link in the toolbox in the sidebar, and AFT5 will be enabled for that article.

Again, we're very sorry about this issue; hopefully it'll be smooth sailing after this :). If you have any questions, just drop them at the talkpage. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) 21:28, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi John, Just seen your comment and am very grateful for the feedback. Admittedly, it was a bit of a shock to see that the article was deleted but, hopefully my next article will be reliable enough to get approved. The problem i am finding when writing these articles is that all the information about the 'association' or 'organisation' is based on their own website. Considering the lack of information elsewhere on the web, i thought it would be acceptable to use their own website as a reference. I may just choose to avoid such articles in the future. Really appreciate your help though John! Thanks Binko100 (talk) 16:57, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome. While using a companies own website as a source is not wrong, it does not establish notability. So if there a fact that can really only be sourced through the company themselves such as internal announcements, feel free to use the website. John F. Lewis (talk) 17:38, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive

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WikiProject AFC is holding a two month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
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Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive.
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