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[edit] EurovisionWiki

Hey do you want to write for The Eurovision Wiki You could be admin.. Email @ europod@gmail.com

[edit] E-Wrestling External Links

For what reason were they deleted?

The Pride of New York 04:43, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: E-Wrestling External Links

I know it was too opinionated. They weren't a list of E-Feds, but every single community and resource site I know of. That way, people could go to to learn more about the hobby and possibly get a start. It wasn't a biased list.

That's why I stated:

E-Wrestling is an a poor state because of internal bickering. Stop trying to step over each other. Progress together.

Look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling

It offers plenty of areas to list promotions. List resources sites and communities only under the E-Wrestling. E-Feds can be posted under *drum roll* List of E-Feds. No bragging. No claims. Just a link.

The Pride of New York 04:09, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another Esperanzial note...

Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see WP:ESP/ACM2 and WP:ESP/ACM3). As a result, the charter has been ammended twice (see here for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the summary for more details). Also of note is the Valentines ball that will take place in the Esperanza IRC channel on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, the spamlist has been dissolved - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. These will take place from 12:00 UTC on February 20th to 11:59 UTC on February 27th. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are already listed on the members list. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

Yours, as ever, Esperanzially,
--Celestianpower háblame 09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] RFA Thanks!

Thank you!
Hello Esteffect, and thank you for your support in my request for adminship! It passed with a final count of 98/2/0. If there is anything I can do to help you, please leave me a message on my talk page! -- xaosflux Talk

[edit] My RfA

Thank you!
Hi Esteffect. On behalf of my right eye, I'd like to thank you for giving me your support on my recent RfA. It ended with a final tally of (73/2/2) and therefore I have been installed as an administrator now, and I'm ready to serve Wikipedians all over the world with my newly acquired mop and bucket. If you have any questions, do not hestitate to forward them to my talkpage. Once again, thanks for your support. Image:Weather rain.pngSoothingR 20:36, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maarja

The spelling "Kaelakee hääl" is correct for the song; in Estonian 'ä' is not an umlaut but a separate letter from 'a', so it is important to get it right. Check the Swedish version of the page, or the following link, one of many I could have chosen: [1]. --Iceager 01:17, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

No problem, and thanks for starting the article on one of my favourite singers. It looks great! --Iceager 01:26, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I think the mysterious fourth album would be Kaua Veel. I added to the article what I know about the album, which I know only from a couple of tracks, including "Kaua veel", which is the Estonian version of "Candle". As I have written on the talk page, I'm still not sure about the exact relationship between Kaua Veel and First in Line. --Iceager 02:21, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Maarja-Liis Ilus, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for updating the DYK. btw, when you archive the articles that have made it to the DYK, it is customary to add the image link next to the relevant article; else, the archiving bot that moves these to other archives totally goes out of whack ;) I'll be doing it this time. --Gurubrahma 04:52, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

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Could you please add a source to this image. Identifying the correct tag is great, but that is not a source. In other words, we need the name of the programme. It would be excellent if you could also provide the date of broadcast and the channel. The JPS 16:52, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Thank you! The JPS 17:04, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stefano Bonacina

Hi Esteffect, I'm shaka, an administrator on it.wiki. I saw you removed from this article the template {{Db-reason|spam}} that Frieda put in it. Pease, give a look at this: [2]; this is an article written by Stefano Bonacina himself who invites everyone to write his autobiography on Wikipedia, to have the famous Warhol's "15 minutes", so you can tell your friends you're on an online encyclopedia... Do you still think it is worthy? Thanks, shakayou talkin to me? 20:36, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, shakayou talkin to me? 20:45, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blocking

Hi, I guess you are a new admin and can use some hints.

There is a drawback of blocking feature: if several admins block a guy, thye shortest block actiually works. So always check block log before long-blocking a serious vandal and deblock first, then reblock.

Also, please read the WP:BP for standard blocking comments for some blocks.

For example, please look into block log of 59.26.117.103 (talkcontribspage movesblock userblock log) here, where I and guanaco simultaneously reblocked this anon.

Cheers, mikka (t) 22:53, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Squidward Vandals

By your vandalbot block, I think you mean squidward, can you indef block per WP:OP thanks. We've been scanning thru and they're all open. Tawker 23:09, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] 3rr

I understand that I violated 3rr (I lost count about my revert, and thought that I reverted 3 times, but it was in fact 4). It say there that users who violate this rule are usually blocked for 24 hours. So, I think that 24 hours in my case passed. How long I will be blocked?. User:PANONIAN


[edit] Ivan Cherevko

Hello Esteffect!

I've seen that you deleted article that I wrote, Ivan Cherevko. I was surprised that there was already page on that topic before I came to Wikipedia, but it really was. If you know, Wikipedia policy for speedy deleting pages states that recreated articles can be deleted only if they are exact copies of old article. I'm sure that whatever article it was before, it isn't identical, because I wrote mine from scratch. BTW, that person only appeared in media in late 2005, so I doubt that previous article was even about the same person.

Well, I think that this page should be restored, because Wikipedia articles about Ombudsmans are scarce enough, and I just don't have information about many others to replenish this loss. So, I urge you to undelete this article.

And, FYI, I'm not sockpuppet - I've have contributed in Wikipedia for a while, with plenty of edits, and I've edited only by that account.

Best Regards, Lucinor 20:17, 6 March 2006 (UTC)


Hmmm... Are we talking about the same person? Young man that local TVs have shown several weeks ago is politician, not some `prodigy' jerk. Maybe let's check, is it the same person or not, because I'm not sure. --Lucinor 20:59, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps the same, but personally I don't see any problem with the article - maybe we should at least AfD for it? Anyway it was completely different article by another author then, so we should judge article that I've submitted and its worth, not history of great troll deeds. Maybe I should list it at articles for undeletion? --Lucinor 21:16, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
I think I'm not ready for campaigning for this article, because I have not much information about its subject, but I think that your deletion was unfair and I'm ready to object it.

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[edit] Image Tagging

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Regards, Dethomas 01:39, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Darren Ray and Ben Cass

Hi Esteffect, I just read your comment on the Arbitration for Darren Ray and Ben Cass. I must say that I am very confused by what is going on. Darren and I have been emailing each other over the last month. I have also had a bit to do with Ben Cass and I am reasonably certain that they are two different people. I noticed that David Gerard has since conceded that they are two separate people, yet Ben's userpage is still tagged as a sockpuppet of Darren Ray and the block log says Ben is blocked indefinitely because he is Darren's sock. Surely if the checkuser people now say they are different people, Ben should be unblocked? It doesn't seem very fair to have him tagged as a sockpuppet account when it now appears there is no evidence that is the case. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 11:18, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/DarrenRay and 2006BC

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On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Johnleemk | Talk 15:46, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] et-0

Can you please explain what this edit means? PeepP 20:34, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

I realize it's been exactly one month, but I need to apologize for forgetting to answer properly. ;) Were you wanting to know what the Estonian word "juustuburger" means? If so, you should've been a bit more explicit - but, it plainly means "cheeseburger" ("juustu" being the genitive aka the possessive case of "juust", "cheese". That's how you make compound words in Estonian - genitive of qualifier plus the base word attached). HTH. :P PeepP 16:47, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
templates substituted by a bot as per Wikipedia:Template substitution Pegasusbot 08:13, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #1

Reach out is a program aimed at allowing users to bring issues that they have had in Wikipedia to a listening, sympathetic and caring audience:
"No one can know how we feel if we do not say. We cannot expect to get understanding if we do not ask for it. No one will dispute that sometimes life's issues are too much for one person. It is fair to say that sometimes Wikipedia's problems fall under the same heading. This is a place where you can bring the bruises that can sometimes be got on this project for attention."
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.
Note from the editor
Welcome to this new format of the Esperanza Newsletter, which came about during the last Advisory Council meeting - we hope you like it! The major changes are that each month, right after the Council meeting, this will be sent out and will include two featured programs and a sum up of the meeting. Also, it will be signed by all of the Advisory Council members, not just Celestianpower. Have an Esperanzial end of March, everyone!
  1. Future meetings are to be held monthly, not fortnightly as before.
  2. Bans and Access level changes (apart from autovoice) in the IRC channel are to be reported at the new log.
  3. In the IRC channel, there is going to be only one bot at a time.
  4. The charter requires members to have 150 edits and 2 weeks editing. Why this is the case will be clarified.
  5. A new Code of Conduct will be drafted by JoanneB and proposed to the Esperanza community.
  6. The NPA reform idea is to be dropped officially.
  7. Charter ammendments are to be discussed in future, not voted on.
  8. The Advisory Council is not going to be proposed to be expanded by the Advisory Council themselves, if others want to propose it, they will listen.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 17:47, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Digg

I'm curious about why you've unblocked User:Digg after he posted an IRC log and personal information about me. Please let me know why you feel these violations are acceptable behavior. Rhobite 19:44, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Keke be Kerzıki ra

Hello, it is a short Zazaish fairy tale and not a conversation. mirzali 02:47, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Poopghost

Just wondering what the point of the Poopghost article was. Alex43223

- OK, thanks for clearing that up. Alex43223 21:58, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia survey

Hi. I'm doing a survey of Wikipedia editors as part of a class research project. It's quick, anonymous, and the data will be made available to the Wikipedia community later this month. Would you like to take part? More info here. Thanks! Nonplus 23:47, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eurovision contestants subcategories

Helloe Esteffect. You have made the subcategory Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants of Estonia, which is probably a good idea to split the category into subcategories, as it is getting too big. I was going to post it to WP:EURO, but a firsthand inquiry here might be good. I think this subcategory should be extended to all the participating countries. I think the naming is a bit ambiguous because the supercategory is "contestants" so the subcategory should also use "contestants"? And the of Estonia, I think it would be clearer as "for Estonia", because you don't have to be of a particular country to compete for it - Vanilla Ninja could be thought to be "of Estonia" when they actually competed for Switzerland. Also, you might be interested to know that I've made a start on Portal:Eurovision, and Vanilla Ninja is the featured artist there. Tell me what you think about the subcatting, Regards, Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 06:00, 3 April 2006 (UTC).

Well I wouldn't particularly mind, except that it's called the Eurovision Song Contest, and would feel a little inconsistent if you used "entrants". What do think about using "for" instead of using "of"? I think it could be an idea to also break it into "Eurovision contestants by year xxxx". This seems to be used in events which repeat on a regular basis, like the Olympics. Another thing, it seems to be alright to use screenshots of Eurovision people? You have put in some of these, so does that mean I can take a poor-quality digital camera snap of my TV and acquire images in that way? Regards, Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 05:58, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
Is this (digital camera snaps of the TV) prohibited for copyright, or do you mean the resulting pictures would be of bad quality? If you still have footage of Congratulations (Eurovision) and can do the screenshots, then I won't bother with my digital camera. The digital camera is difficult to get a good picture but it is comparable to the screenshot if you try about 15 snaps for each thing you want (depending if the person stands relatively still for a while). The Congratulations concert is important though, because there is footage from probably at least 50-80 different performances down the years, in montages . Regards, Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 08:11, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2

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."
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.
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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!
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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] Sorry

Hey, sorry for reverting you on sean black's userpage. I guess I looked at the diff and thought... revert! Hmm, I guess it's true that the vandals make it difficult to pull an innocent prank. jacoplane 21:34, 10 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Image Tagging Image:Coolvibeseurovision1.jpg

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[edit] Conserning Image:Maarjakivi.jpg

I did not remove the image from the article because it did not have a source. Reasons: video screenshots are per their licence: for identification and critical commentary on the music video in question meaning for the video. Also please read Wikipedia:Fair_use#Policy #8. Thank You. feydey 17:49, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Similarly, I have removed Image:Eurovision05-latvia01.jpg from your user page. As per policy, and for the reasons feydey explains above, fair use images can not be included on user pages. Sorry! :) The JPS 13:15, 15 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] rfa

Thanks for the support on my RFA. Unfortunately, it did not achieve consensus. I look forward to your support in a couple months when I apply again. Holler at me if you need anything. SWATJester Ready Aim Fire! 19:18, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A landslide victory for The JPS (aka RFA thanks)

Hey, Esteffect, thank you so much for your vote and comments in my RfA, which passed with an overwhelming consensus of 95/2/2. I was very surprised and flattered that the community has entrusted me with these lovely new toys. I ripped open the box and started playing with them as soon as I got them, and I've already had the pleasure of deleting random nonsense/attacks/copyvios tonight.
If I ever do anything wrong, or can help in some way, please feel free to drop me a line on my talk page, and I will do my best to correct my mistake, or whatever...
Now, to that bottle of wine waiting for me...

The JPS talk to me 21:41, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

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!
  1. Posting logs of the Esperanza IRC channel are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel.
  2. A disclaimer is going to be added to the Esperanza main page. We are humans and, as such, are imperfect.
  3. 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.
  4. Referendums are to be held on whether terms of AC members should be lengthened and whether we should abolish votes full stop.
  5. Admin Coaching reform is agreed upon.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, Pschemp and Freakofnurture
20:29, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quick question...

Any reason you listed the oppose comments from my RfA on this page of yours? Just curious. --LV (Dark Mark) 21:12, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article LT United, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your efforts! After the Finnish one was selected, this seemed a good one... ++Lar: t/c 03:36, 22 May 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] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Eurovision05-hungary01.jpg)

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[edit] Burnt Face Man

I closed your third AfD for Burnt Face Man and changed it to the redirect version. If you wish to have the article undeleted, please use Deletion review. Thanks. Kimchi.sg 03:20, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 84.190.0.0/17

Good lord! I don't think I can apologize enough! I've never actually done a rangeblock before, and I was fairly nervous about collateral, but I did discuss it a bit on the admin IRC channel and it was their thought that it was worth a shot so long as I kept an eye out for any...side effects. Of course, I had no idea this would happen. Thanks for the warning, and for taking care of it! --InShaneee 18:20, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Burnt Face Man

Hi,

DRV consensus has concluded your restoration of this content was improper. Pursuant to that consensus, I have deleted and protected the article. It goes without saying that I have no stake in this debate -- if you continue to desire overturning prior results, you should see DRV. I would urge against any "out-of-process" restorations, as I think that would only weaken your case. Best wishes, Xoloz 14:18, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eurovision Song Contest

Hi. I have submitted the main Eurovision article for Peer Review, hoping to get it up to Featured standard. If you have any comments and contributions, please let me know. Thanks. EuroSong talk 15:22, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] August Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: To-Do List
The Esperanza To-Do List is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. If you don't have any requests, consider coming by and fulfilling a few! This program has not been very active, but has lots of potential!
What's New?
In order to help proposed programs become specific enough to make into full-fledged programs, the In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals that are promising, but need to be organized in more detail are listed here. Please take a look at what is there, and help the proposals turn into programs.
To improve both the layout and text of the front page, in an attempt to clarify the image of Esperanza, the front page is going to have some redesigning take place. Please take your creative minds to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Front page redesign to brainstorm good ideas.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.
  1. In order to make sure all users who join Esperanza are welcomed, a list of volunteers who are willing to welcome new Esperanzians is at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members#Esperanza_welcomers. Please add yourself if you are interested; we want to make sure all new Esperanza members are welcomed!
  2. The In development section of the proposals page has been created.
  3. Proposals page: Some proposals have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been archived. For those proposals that were a good idea but didn't necessarily constitute a program, General Esperanzial Actions has been created.
  4. Two small pieces of charter reform will be decided on in a straw poll at Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Governance. One involves filling the position of any councillors who may leave, the other involves reforming the charter.
  5. Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program.
  6. There is a page for discussing the front page redesign.
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd
05:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Millivanilli2.jpg

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[edit] September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade
Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. 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 unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors!
What's New?
September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves!
Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there!
The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.
  1. The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
  2. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage.
  3. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself!
  4. The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it!
  5. TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly!
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd
04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Mattéo Zecchini

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Mattéo Zecchini, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Mattéo Zecchini. If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Fram 07:15, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Rammstein.jpg

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[edit] November Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!)
Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach.

Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed 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. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.

What's New?
The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one!
A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started; please add your thoughts.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.
The last AC meeting (full log)
  • The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
  • There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia.
  • The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested!
  • In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias.
  • A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted!
  • Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello.
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, The Halo, Shreshth91 and HighwayCello
20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Jonathan Baker

In case you hadn't noticed, Jonathan Baker has been proposed for deletion. NickelShoe (Talk) 20:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

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