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Transliterations

Hi, if you find any more duplicate pages using a different transliteration like Sambhujit Baskota, please merge and redirect them rather than tagging one for deletion. Cheers! – Fayenatic London 21:46, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi!

I would like to get a matter clarified regarding the S. Truett Cathy and Dan Cathy pages with regard to the term "anti-gay" to reflect organizations which oppose same-sex marriage and other issues important to the LGBT or GBLT (whichever term you prefer). If you look at the S. Truett Cathy (yes Cathy is the last name!) talkpage, you can see a lively debate on the matter. As far as I am concerned there is no consensus and the issue is not closed. Others do not agree. Thanks for your time and attention. Quis separabit? 21:26, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

man you trying to shop for people to help you edit war, that's wrong. see cathy talk page consensus meet a long go and it is what the refs say. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.231.161.128 (talk) 21:35, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

You see what I have to deal with -- stalker IPs! Quis separabit? 22:48, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

so you admit you recuitying to push you pov and then try and change the subject. man you shoud not edit — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.231.161.128 (talk) 23:31, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

IP blocked for 2 weeks but as a dynamic IP, he will probably be back. By the way, I am not entirely sure the apparent grammatical illiteracy the IP displays in his dealings with me is genuine or a mask. Some of his edit summaries show a better mastery of English grammar (see [1]), which might be amusing under other circumstances.
Anyway, just to clarify. I am not seeking to edit war. I just want to find a way around this impasse. The talk page of S. Truett Cathy has a long discussion about the matter, but I don't see any consensus, and I don't believe the matter is closed. I would just like to know what the best way would be to get fresh eyes on this subject and genuinely establish a consensus. I view the term "anti-gay" -- in this context and in this case -- as POV and do not believe that just because it appears in the article unquoted from some sources that it cannot be changed. Is this a matter for Dispute resolution, in your opinion? Thanks, Quis separabit? 00:17, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
I must admit I am not sure why you messaged me regarding this issue. I don't recall ever editing that page, nor do I frequent that subject area. Would you mind elaborating why you contacted me? Howicus (Did I mess up?) 00:30, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
I contacted you because I went to ANI to see how to resolve this situation and you were listed as one of the volunteers that help resolving disputes. Quis separabit? 00:42, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar
Hey Howicus, you are super great and you are a great friend. Keep up the good work and I will always consider you. Keep in mind my talk page. thank for your help. Chris 05:30, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Also that guy was pretty rude. you should report him. Dont letem get near you or i will take care of it.Chris 05:32, 29 October 2014 (UTC)≤≥

Hey Howicus, You know IP, hes been making fun of me on another talk page. I forgot but that person has a problem. Plz report it and Plz leave a message on my talk page. Thank my buddy. Also I met comet. Is he trusworthy? Hes seem like a great friend. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cb808 (talk • contribs) 06:01, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi again Cb808. I appreciate your concern about the IP editor, but I've been here a while, and I can take care of myself :). About comet, I've interacted with them in the IRC chat before, but I think they are not very active on Wikipedia itself. They seem nice though. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 21:23, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

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Howicus, KI was wondering when your on chat — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cb808 (talk • contribs) 02:04, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

VisualEditor newsletter—November 2014

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Will Putney (November 7)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Arthur goes shopping was:
This submission's references do not adequately evidence the subject's notability—see the guidelines on the notability of music-related topics and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing, so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia.
What you can do: Add citations (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners) to secondary reliable sources that are entirely independent of the subject.
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Hello! Howicus, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Arthur goes shopping (talk) 12:17, 7 November 2014 (UTC)


A barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar
For your very hard work helping on IRC, I present you with this barnstar. Normally, I refrain from giving more than one award to a person per archiving cycle, but I was watching you on IRC, seeing how helpful you are to everyone who shows up, and decided I couldn't not give you a barnstar. You're a great friend(may I call you a friend?) and a valuable editor. Thanks! Happy editing, L235-Talk Ping when replying 03:46, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
Thank you! And by all means, go ahead and call me friend, friend. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 04:06, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

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Copyright checks when performing AfC reviews

Hello Howicus. This message is part of a mass mailing to people who appear active in reviewing articles for creation submissions. First of all, thank you for taking part in this important work! I'm sorry this message is a form letter – it really was the only way I could think of to covey the issue economically. Of course, this also means that I have not looked to see whether the matter is applicable to you in particular.

The issue is in rather large numbers of copyright violations ("copyvios") making their way through AfC reviews without being detected (even when easy to check, and even when hallmarks of copyvios in the text that should have invited a check, were glaring). A second issue is the correct method of dealing with them when discovered.

If you don't do so already, I'd like to ask for your to help with this problem by taking on the practice of performing a copyvio check as the first step in any AfC review. The most basic method is to simply copy a unique but small portion of text from the draft body and run it through a search engine in quotation marks. Trying this from two different paragraphs is recommended. (If you have any question about whether the text was copied from the draft, rather than the other way around (a "backwards copyvio"), the Wayback Machine is very useful for sussing that out.)

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Congrats on being mistaken for a sysop! :P Cheers, Thanks, L235-Talk Ping when replying 00:25, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
Lol, I thought the same, you should consider becoming one some day ? :P --Diego Grez (talk) 00:34, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Division of Afghanistan

Hi Howicus, you moved this article from draft to mainspace - could you please address the AFC tag that is still on the article? Nikkimaria (talk) 16:24, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

checkY Done! Thanks for the reminder. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 16:35, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

adopt me?

Hi, I think I need some help with editing. Would you adopt me? I would also like to thank you for welcoming me to wikipedia. I know this is really belated (October is when I started) and but I made up my mind not so long ago.thanks.Quiet Wanderer (talk) 01:18, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

I'd be happy to adopt you! The way I do this, at least, is I have a "school" page set up with lessons that I think will help you learn important aspects of Wikipedia editing. If that sounds good to you, you can follow the instructions at User:Howicus/Adoption school and create your own copy of the page when you wish. There's no deadline or rush, you can work through the lessons in any order and at your own pace. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 19:20, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you! I'll check it out!Quiet Wanderer (talk) 03:15, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

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Venetian Doge

Thanks. May be the dog name comes from the medioeval venetian doge......(;-D).......--LastDoge (talk) 23:09, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Howicus. I created the voice Venice and Dalmatia 2 days ago, but was erased without any explication to me. May be it was a mistake....or may be I did the mistake to copy sections of the voice from the "Simple wikipedia", and this was not allowed. Anyway I don't want to create problems, so I am going to write a totally new voice in my sandbox. The title of the voice is "Venetian Dalmatia", on the model of Venetian Albania located just south of it. Inform me, please, if it is OK. Thanks.--LastDoge (talk) 20:59, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi LastDoge, I'm afraid there's already a page on Venetian Dalmatia. You are welcome to edit that page, but you shouldn't create another. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 00:10, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
OK. I didn't realize that existed the same page. I am going to follow your advice.....but, what has happened with my "Venice and Dalmatia" page, that disappeared suddenly? I appreciate your help to solve this "mistery"..... --LastDoge (talk) 14:05, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
You'd probably be better off asking Nick, the administrator who deleted the page. They'd know better than I. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 03:17, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Hey Howicus, long time no see, so how's everything going? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cb808 (talk • contribs) 03:32, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

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Episcopal Church in Minnesota vs. Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota

I'm unclear how it is that Nyttend has the authority to block what we are trying to do with our name. Shouldn't wikipedia attempt to reflect what we actually say we are, rather than what someone else says we are? I understand what he is saying about naming conventions, however, there is a movement in the Episcopal Church toward a new kind of naming convention - see, for example, the Episcopal Church in Connecticut and the Episcopal Church in Arkansas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Snide034 (talk • contribs) 20:31, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

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VisualEditor newsletter—December 2014

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Did you know?

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The user guide has more information about how to use VisualEditor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has fixed many bugs and worked on table editing and performance. Their weekly status reports are posted on Mediawiki.org. Upcoming plans are posted at the VisualEditor roadmap.

VisualEditor was deployed to several hundred remaining wikis as an opt-in beta feature at the end of November, except for most Wiktionaries (which depend heavily upon templates) and all Wikisources (which await integration with ProofreadPage).

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2015!!!

Hello Howicus, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2015.
Happy editing,
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Seasonal Greets!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2015!!!

Hello Howicus, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2015.
Happy editing,
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Happy New Year Howicus!

Happy New Year!

Howicus,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Darylgolden(talk) 05:01, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

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Hi Howicus,

I recently came across editing my first article on Wikipedia. I would like to expand my knowledge about editing Wikipeida and other projects. Broadly speaking, my interests lie in Science and Technology but I am open to other fields too. I am also interested in the development side of the projects. So kindly adopt me.

Regards,

--HB (talk) 05:05, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

I'd be happy to adopt you! The way I do adoption is I have an adoption school, which has tasks that I think would help you learn more about how Wikipedia works. You can work through the tasks in any order and at your own pace. There may be a bit of overlap with The Wikipedia Adventure, but not too much I don't think. If that sounds good to you, you can go to User:Howicus/Adoption school and follow the instructions there to make your own copy of the page. Also, welcome to Wikipedia! Howicus (Did I mess up?) 19:23, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks for the response! and you have absolute explained well, I have seen your program, that's undoubtedly very systematic and useful. But as I have committed Jab843 for now and also as I have short time (everyday) to devote to wikipedia, I won't be able to work under you :( (Also It won't be useful to commit to two and work well with neither). But I hope to learn from you after I am done with Jab843 Thanks for your time :) --HB (talk) 16:16, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
It's fine :) Have fun editing. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 19:37, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

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This entry had containted in previous versions some descriptions of the company's founder and officers and their involvement in Israeli companies which work as part of the national security apparatus and the case of 3i Mind, is owned by Vocativ founder Matania, Mati, Kochavi and developed the technology which Vocativ cites as the core of its offering. The article was blocked because of other inaccuracies which are not in dispute. Kochavi's ownership of 3i Mind is cited in many sources including Forbes below. 3i Mind's association with corporate ntellgence work is cited in Rolling Stone below. The COO of Vocativ comes from Comverse, cited in Haaretz as associated with state sponsored intelligence gathering. These facts are clearly to proper for inclusion in this entry.


http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/meet-the-private-companies-helping-cops-spy-on-protesters-20131024 http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.528529#! http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2013/10/31/vocativ-brings-the-tools-of-the-spy-world-into-the-newsroom/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Youtsafe (talk • contribs) 17:08, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Adopting

Good afternoon! My name is Sarah and I need help. I tried to upload a new wikipedia page and got quick deletion and had to start a new account. Are you able to help me? Jewishsarah (talk) 21:46, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

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A cupcake for you!

Thanks for your contribs to Wikipedia over the years! Bananasoldier (talk) 06:24, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 14 January 2015

Your submission at Articles for creation: GB Group plc has been accepted

GB Group plc, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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Graeme Bartlett (talk) 07:04, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the review

Hi Howicus,

Thanks for looking at my page Hearts of the Dulcimer. Regarding your comment, you didn't mess up. The review of my film in one my references, Video Librarian, is no longer there. I guess Video Librarian constantly renews their review page, so I removed that link. Thanks for the heads up.

Anything else of concern?

pdelich (talk) 03:50, 21 January 2015 (UTC)pdelich

Well, it could use some more reliable, independent sources. Of your remaining references, one is pretty short. Also, what is the source for the "Main Cast" section? Howicus (Did I mess up?) 03:03, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Thanks for all the truly great work you've been doing in #wikipedia-en-help connect- keep it up. Regards, --L235 (talk) Ping when replying 02:31, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Chemistry

Thanks for the star ! I enjoyed doing the Silver(I) fluoride article. If you'd like to help me out with expanding silver iodide (my next target) it would be awesome ! Especially if you fancy writing about all the photographic applications...scarily applied for me. o3O --TatanyaGolding (talk) 11:43, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

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VisualEditor News 2015—#1

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has fixed many bugs and worked on VisualEditor's appearance, the coming Citoid reference service, and support for languages with complex input requirements. Status reports are posted on Mediawiki.org. Upcoming plans are posted at the VisualEditor roadmap.

The Wikimedia Foundation has named its top priorities for this quarter (January to March). The first priority is making VisualEditor ready for deployment by default to all new users and logged-out users at the remaining large Wikipedias. You can help identify these requirements. There will be weekly triage meetings which will be open to volunteers beginning Wednesday, 11 February 2015 at 12:00 (noon) PST (20:00 UTC). Tell Vice President of Engineering Damon Sicore, Product Manager James Forrester and other team members which bugs and features are most important to you. The decisions made at these meetings will determine what work is necessary for this quarter's goal of making VisualEditor ready for deployment to new users. The presence of volunteers who enjoy contributing MediaWiki code is particularly appreciated. Information about how to join the meeting will be posted at mw:Talk:VisualEditor/Portal shortly before the meeting begins. 

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Recent improvements

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The TemplateData editor has been completely re-written to use a different design (T67815) based on the same OOjs UI system as VisualEditor (T73746). This change fixed a couple of existing bugs (T73077 and T73078) and improved usability.

Search and replace in long documents is now faster. It does not highlight every occurrence if there are more than 100 on-screen at once (T78234).

Editors at the Hebrew and Russian Wikipedias requested the ability to use VisualEditor in the "Article Incubator" or drafts namespace (T86688, T87027). If your community would like VisualEditor enabled on another namespace on your wiki, then you can file a request in Phabricator. Please include a link to a community discussion about the requested change.

Looking ahead

The Editing team will soon add auto-fill features for citations. The Citoid service takes a URL or DOI for a reliable source, and returns a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. After creating it, you will be able to change or add information to the citation, in the same way that you edit any other pre-existing citation in VisualEditor. Support for ISBNs, PMIDs, and other identifiers is planned. Later, editors will be able to contribute to the Citoid service's definitions for each website, to improve precision and reduce the need for manual corrections.

We will need editors to help test the new design of the special character inserter, especially if you speak Welsh, Breton, or another language that uses diacritics or special characters extensively. The new version should be available for testing next week. Please contact User:Whatamidoing (WMF) if you would like to be notified when the new version is available. After the special character tool is completed, VisualEditor will be deployed to all users at Phase 5 Wikipedias. This will affect about 50 mid-size and smaller Wikipedias, including Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Breton, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Tatar, and Welsh. The date for this change has not been determined.

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SpectroMagic

Hi! Thanks for the suggestion, but I would just like to inform you that "A Piece of SpectroMagic History" is believed to be the last merchandise ever available for SpectroMagic Parade. This makes it a big part of its History and is huge information for collectors. Also the pins themselves hold a real life article from the original Parade. Last all the information is 100% Creditable from Disney Parks and Resorts Official Disney Pins website http://www.disneyparksmerchandise.com/pins

-Thanks

http://www.disneyparksmerchandise.com/pins

In regards to the taking down of my important edit.

As a well respected member of the sliced bread community I believe that the removal of my post was wrongfully and unnecessary. however if you believe that sliced bread isn't "the best thing since sliced, uh... nevermind".and that sliced bread isn't "Bread (Of the sliced variety) and or don't want this information to reach the public, then that is alright with me. Your friend Noll McLÜF the second

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