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Contents 1 Genesis PR 2 Pink Floyd and Presence 3 Rush (band) FAC 4 Tsawwassen 5 James Joyce 6 WP:SIGN reversion 7 Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2 8 Old Skool Esperanzial note 9 Genesis 10 Pink Floyd 11 Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3 12 Image:Vynjts.jpg 13 Pink Floyd 14 Image copyright problem with Image:Pink_Floyd_1968.jpg 15 Wikipedia:Wikiproject Horror/Collaboration of the month 16 Sword of Shannara, etc 17 Ulysses 18 a quick note 19 A short Esperanzial update 20 Firefly GA

[edit] Genesis PR

Hi Dharma, I am currently requesting a peer review of Genesis. I love what you've done with the Floyd article and I was hoping you could share your experience and insight in critiquing the article as it stands now. Link: Wikipedia:Peer review/Genesis (band). Thanks AreJay 21:12, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi Dharma, I've made a few changes based on the PR comments and suggestions. Can you take a look at the article and tell me if this is any better? The article still needs some copyediting, but I feel I have addressed most, if not all, of your recommendations. Thanks AreJay 14:38, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pink Floyd and Presence

First off...enjoy re-connecting with Presence. After my own talk page discussion about it I've listened to it several times this week. Also, I support your quick link fix on the PF article. Let the decisions on how it should be handled come from mediation. At the same time I enjoy many of those 'un'official links. It'll all work itself out eventually. Cheers! Anger22 22:50, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

RE:the spammer....his tactics have taken an aggressive turn with blanking out the talk page and making idle threats. I guess he underestimates the intelligence of wiki-admins? through all his talk of mediation, 3RR and admin complaints...he has yet to proceed with any of his actions, other than starting an RV war. He may get bored of trying to sell shirts soon???...hopefully! Anger22 23:54, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Looking for something humourous to read? This takes the cake: wiki-joke of the day...ridiculous! Anger22 01:14, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Excellent detective work Holmes! I think we've seen Achilles Last Stand. He's just a drop in the bucket though. There's spam links all through Wiki. FA's, hopefully, can be kept fairly clean. Take Care!!! Anger22 11:38, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I was clearing AIV when I noticed the dispute. I didn't see your welcome message before, but I've now read it and it looks good. I'm not sure why Onanisland did what he did, but I imagine that it's just because he has different ideas about what wikipedia should be like. Hopefully the break will help everyone cool down and get discussion going again. I'll keep an eye on it, but let me know if you need anything. —Spangineer^[es] (háblame) 06:12, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rush (band) FAC

I have responded to your comments and placed a single example clip at the top of each "era" in the history section. If I can help further, let me know! —BorgHunter ^ubx (talk) 21:44, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tsawwassen

Thanks!! Andrewjuren(talk) 22:04, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] James Joyce

I've got no strong views on Joyce's religious beliefs or lack thereof (call me agnostic on that issue -- Ha! Ha! I slay myself sometimes!), but was only reverting the blanket addition of the Category:Atheist tag. The anon IP didn't even bother adding the family name into the category tag, like you're supposed to.

I actually haven't read much Joyce or much about him: I was required to read Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man three times in college, which was not a chore by any means, but jeez, professors , widen your scope a bit, okay? And Dubliners, where the end of "The Dead" still brings tears to my eyes. But, if I ever book a trip to Dublin, I guess I'll have to pick up Ulysses. Finnegans Wake? Scares me. --Calton | Talk 00:01, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:SIGN reversion

The reason your capitalization fix was reverted by someone else was because decapsing the "o" breaks the acronymic compression (TROLL). --maru (talk) contribs 00:07, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2

Barnstar Brigade The Barnstar Brigade is a new program aimed at giving more very deserving yet unappreciated users barnstars. It will officially start on 2006-04-09, but signing up is encouraged before this date: "Here in Wikipedia, there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go un-appreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go un-noticed. Sadly, these editors often leave the project. As Esperanzians, we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. A project the size of Wikipedia has thousands of editors, so there are plenty of people out there who deserve recognition, one just has to find them. The object of this program is not to flood editors with Barnstars, but to seek out people who deserve them, and make them feel appreciated." Stress Alerts The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them. Information Welcome to the second issue of the new format Esperanza Newsletter - we hope you still like it! This week, it was delivered diligently by our new dogsbody. MiszaBot (run by Misza13): any execution complaints should go to him. Content comments should be directed at the Esperanza talkpage. Thanks!

The last AC meeting (full log) The next elections: Approval voting as before and, also as before, an previous leadership member can run. Please submit your name for voting in the relevant section of this page. Voting starts on 2006-04-23 and ends on 2006-04-30. There will be three places up for grabs as KnowledgeOfSelf is leaving Wikipedia. Please see the previously linked page for full details. The Code of Conduct is now ready for extensive discussion! Specific comments should go to the Code of Conduct talk page, discussion of having one at all should be directed to the main Esperanza talk page. The current process for accepting proposals for new programs has been deemed fine. All Advisory Council members and the Admin Gen are to endevour to be bold when viewing discussion. If they feel that consensus has been reached, they will act accordingly. A plea from the editor... The propsed programs page is terribly underused! Please leave any comments, good or bad, on the page, to help us determine the membership's thoughts on the ideas there. Signed... Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 19:53, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Celestianpower ^háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Genesis

Hi Dharma, just wanted to let you know that Genesis is now a featured article candidate. Please vote aye or nay on the FAC page. Thanks! AreJay 14:11, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pink Floyd

Thank you for the kind words on my user page. Sorry that I'm a little late to respond. There has been some edits from an anonymous IP today on the Pink Floyd article. Some of them seems OK, but some of them seems to lean towards a point of view of the editor. Do you have a possibility to take a look at the latest changes? Do you also have a possibility to take a look at the Wish You Were Here (1975 song) article? There is a contradiction there. I was putting in the quote from Waters long time ago, and I think that's the correct verion of how the song was written because it was something Waters said just a few months after the recording, but I don't want to go into a revert war. Floyd(Norway) 21:55, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I think your thougts make sense. Floyd(Norway) 22:04, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[1] Here is the complete Roger Waters interview from the WYWH songbook. It's the second article in the book. Floyd(Norway) 10:15, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

Administrator Coaching The Administrator Coaching program is a program aimed at preparing Wikipedians for Adminship or helping them understand the intricacies of Wikipedia better. Recently, changes have been made to the requirements of coachees. Please review them before requesting this service. This would be something like the Welcoming Committee, but for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. Some might like suggestions about how to learn vandal patrol, or mentoring on taking an article to featured status, or guidance with a proposal they plan to make at the Village Pump, for example. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins. Stressbusters The Stressbusters are a subset of Esperanza aiming to investigate the causes of stress. New eyes on the situation are always welcome! Note from the editor As always, MiszaBot handled this delivery. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to Pschemp, Titoxd and Freakofnurture for being elected in the last elections! An Esperanzial May to all of the readership!

The last AC meeting (full log) Posting logs of the Esperanza IRC channel are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel. A disclaimer is going to be added to the Esperanza main page. We are humans and, as such, are imperfect. Various revisions have been made to the Code of Conduct. Please see them, as the proposal is ready to be ratified by the community and enacted. All members will members to have to re-confirm their membership after accepting the Code of Conduct. Referendums are to be held on whether terms of AC members should be lengthened and whether we should abolish votes full stop. Admin Coaching reform is agreed upon. Signed... Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, Pschemp and Freakofnurture 20:29, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Vynjts.jpg

I wanted to let you know that images which contain a fair use tag completely unrelated to the content of the image (like {{logo}} on a photo or {{publicity}} on a map) can now be speedied under CSD:I7. I have speedied this one. Stifle (talk) 17:15, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pink Floyd

Congrats on the FA. -- Samir (the scope) धर्म 21:24, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Pink_Floyd_1968.jpg

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[edit] Wikipedia:Wikiproject Horror/Collaboration of the month

Hi! I noticed your name on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Horror membership list and am writing to all members who have not voted for the Collaboration of the month. Today is the designated selection day to choose the collaboration, but we currently have a tie between the two articles receiving the most votes, John Carpenter and Dario Argento. I am hoping to remedy this by drumming up a few more votes. Note that by voting for any nominated article (not limited to these two) you are indicating your "commitment to support and aid in collaborating on that specific article if it is chosen," so please feel absolutely free to ignore this message if for any reason you don't wish or would not be able to participate.--Fuhghettaboutit 22:47, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sword of Shannara, etc

Thanks for the help on the The Sword of Shannara article and I also agree 100% with the statement on your user page.--User:Lord_Chess

[edit] Ulysses

Sorry for deleting the comment, thought it was irrelevant, so I deleted it. willsy 6/6/06 21:38

[edit] a quick note

Hi Dharm, haven't chatted since that "Pink Floyd external links fiasco". Just wanted to pass along a quick note. Keep an eye out for IP 67.189.99.161 who has been editing a few music articles lately including some Pink Floyd related ones. Most of the contributions from this IP are vandalism. And even when the edits seem valid....in all likelyhood it is just text that is copied directly from another website. Just thought you might like to know. And...as always....great work keeping the PF article "clean n neat". Cheers and take care! Anger22 10:02, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

I see you tagged the talk page. There is nothing but ignorance and disruption coming from that IP. Also note the way the user signs talk page rants...Dragong4. That is a Wikipedia user name that was blocked back in May for a month after being a constant thorn. Know any sympathetic admins that can put a long term anchor on this pest? Take care! Anger22 03:21, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Firefly GA

Turns out it IS up for GA status - I misread the date for the original failure, so if you want to visit the talk page to vote, that would be great!-plange 18:20, 29 June 2006 (UTC)