User talk:Bob the Wikipedian/Archive/17

Evansville, Indiana

We have an unregistered user (I.P. address 166.170.58.55) attempting to make substantial changes to the Evansville, Indiana page. In particular he or she is adding substantial amounts of pictures to the history summary, along with other detailed historical notes. My belief is that these substantial details belong on the history page dedicated to that subject and not in the summary section of the city's article. If you think I'm in error please let me know via the discussion of this issue on the Evansville talk page. Many thanks.--YHoshua (talk) 04:54, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

JSTOR Survey (and an update)

Hi! Just a quick update that while JSTOR and The Wikipedia Library discuss expanding the partnership, they've gone ahead and extended the pilot access again, until May 31st. Thanks, JSTOR!

It would be really helpful for growing the program if you would fill out this short survey about your usage and experience with JSTOR:

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Cheers, Ocaasi via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:47, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Creating a page

I want to create a new article on a trumpet player named Jumaane Smith, but there doesn't seem to be that much information on him for me to write a substantial amount! either because not many people have noticed him or he simply hasn't revealed much. From his "résumé" of sorts on his site, he's done what many performers only dream of, and then some. Do you think this is enough notability for me to create an article on him?

Also, it's Toast from the Grimm Wiki. Supertoastfairy^(Talk) 14:02, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Great American Wiknic 2014 - Southern Indiana

I'd like to invite you to add a Southern Indiana event for the Great American Wiknic. This year we're aiming to coalesce nationally around July 6, but any date that is convenient to your local community works as well. And don't be shy about putting something preliminary on the national Wiknic page, it all helps!--Pharos (talk) 17:00, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Meetup

I just realised that I'd never responded! Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it; I'm preparing to be moving to Pennsylvania. Nyttend (talk) 11:34, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Me, neither. I plan to be in Macedonia, as it happens. -- Vmenkov (talk) 01:06, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please fill out your JSTOR email

As one of the original 100 JSTOR account recipients, please fill out the very short email form you received just recently in order to renew your access. Even though you signed up before with WMF, we need you to sign up again with The Wikipedia Library for privacy reasons and because your prior access expired on July 15th. We do not have your email addresses now; we just used the Special:EmailUser feature, so if you didn't receive an email just contact me directly at jorlowitzgmail.com. Thanks, and we're working as quickly as possible to get you your new access! Jake (Ocaasi) 19:48, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Malo (jellyfish)

Hello, I asked a question on Talk:Malo (jellyfish) and considering that you created the article, may be you are interested. Pamputt (talk) 10:45, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Age of Empires

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Special:Diff/656162163

This probably won't have any effect. See phabricator:T38939. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:15, 12 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

RfC: New helper policy

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Just to let you know

You have been mentioned at Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians. Ottawahitech (talk) 01:46, 4 January 2016 (UTC)please ping me[reply]

Renaming of file

Hi, Bob the Wikipedian, I would like to rename this file --> File:Eurybia macrophylla (Bigleaf aster).jpg. Is that okay with you? Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 14:15, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Extended confirmed protection

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Proposed deletion of Dim Effect

The article Dim Effect has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No indication this term has found currency outside Ratcliffe's own work; most of the cites just support the argument the editor is making, they don't actually support currency of the term "Dim Effect" itself.

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Nomination of Dim Effect for deletion

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Parvtaxon()

Template:Parvtaxon() has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 18:49, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]