User:TheTrueSora/Archive2

Huh? I didn't delete it, I deleted the helpme thing and moved what you said to the archives... Im confused. Tarheels07 15:28, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Supermajority

Actually, a supermajority isn't defined anyhere, not even in the rules of either house of Congress, as 2/3. All it is is more than a majority (which, itself, is defined as "more than half" - not one more than half, not 50% plus 1, not 51%, nothing like that. While 2/3 is a supermajority requirement, the converse is not true: to invoke cloture in the US Senate requires a supermajority of three-fifths.

Defining voting requirements in terms of a percentage or the like is incorrect; see the majority article for a discussion.

As I said, this is a pet peeve; it's a common error in parliamentary procedure, and as a parliamentarian, I try hard to get people to understand what's going on. Jay Maynard 15:45, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Iteresting; seeing as I am a national qualifier in high school Student Congress (where a supermajority is two thirds), that my only experience, so obviously I am wrong. Thanks for the input, Jay. // ^The True _Sora 17:17, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Supersubstitute and delete

I had an idea on how people could keep their userboxes fully functioning without having them in the template or usertemplate space. Look at this code:

<div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #EEEDEE;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #C0C0C0; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:Ichthus.svg|45px]]''' | style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}}; text-align: center; " | This user is a [[Template:User Christian| ]]'''[[Christian]]'''<includeonly>[[Category:Christian Wikipedians|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly>. |}</div>

The key line is [[Template:User Christian| ]]. If the template is deleted, or even protected, the whatlinkshere function will still catch this box from the deleted page. Visually, the box will look exactly the same, and functionally the box will do the samething. The challenge then falls on the admins to prove a null link is somehow a violation. The text in the boxes still will be judged via NPA and devisive or inflametory, but the text will be judged equally with other User: namespace text. If you try and delete the boxes, you have to be fair and delete all non-boxes text that says the same thing from people userpages. What do you think?--Rayc 15:40, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

vandalism

>adding "garbage," in your own words, to a proposal which had high community support, is clearly vandalism. Please do not do it again.

Anyone who wastes the time and efforts of the Wikipedia community on silly debates about user boxes is doing damage to the project. Realistically, you have to expect comments to this effect any time and any place. --JWSchmidt 02:25, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Another star (in a box) for you

For your very nice proposal, even if it doesn't pass despite high support. Do with it as you like. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 06:07, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

This user has been awarded a userbox barnstar for their work designing new userboxes.

Thanks! // ^The True _Sora 06:30, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Need some assistance

I posted my first wikipedia article a few months back. Various people edited it and linked to is. All of the sudden about a week ago, someone deleted it after a brief deletion discussion that I didn't even know had happened. They seemed to cite that there weren't a lot of backup sources of information, which ironically is exactly why I wrote the article. To provide information on a common practice that is not well documented.

Anyway, the page was deleted, and I would like to have a deletion review done. If nothing else, I'd like to get a copy of the page back, as I foolishly didn't keep a local copy as I didn't realize full article deletion was popular. I'm not real experienced with the backend processes of wikipedia. I left a message on the talk page of the admin who performed the actual delete (Mackensen) but got no reply. I tried placing the Delete Review template on the page, but not sure if thats what I was supposed to do or not. And I don't know how long it takes for the review to kick off.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

JoeCool722 02:09, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, TheTrueSora! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Xyrael ^T 08:53, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Can you help?

Hey Dom Pody, I put several userboxes in on my user page but unfortunately can not align them with the NFL box you made for me. If you have a chance to fix it up then that would be very helpful. If I screwed it up then that is understandable. Thanks, (Jeeps2009 01:05, 13 June 2006 (UTC))

Hey, I was wondering if you could help in spicing up my user page. It might be better to comment back on my talk page. Thanks! -- Dominant One 19:16, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Whoops. Sorry.

Sorry Dom, I just needed to align the userboxes again. Already completed but thank you very much for your concern. Thanks for the help, (Jeeps2009)

Thanks for the intro

The title says it all. Your intro on my talk page was helpful in my navigation of Wikipedia. Thanks --Anarkial^Talk 23:00, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

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)

2006 NCFL Grand National

They've sent your work to an AfD discussion, and I've just traded the first blows with the requester. Can you help out? --JKLPirate 03:17, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

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.

The last AC meeting (full log) 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! The In development section of the proposals page has been created. 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. 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. Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program. 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)

Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

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.

The last AC meeting (full log) The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage. 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! The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it! 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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Invite

You are invited to participate in WikiProject Philadelphia, a project dedicated to developing and improving articles about Philadelphia. We are currently discussing prospects for the project. Your input would be greatly appreciated!

--evrik 19:57, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Philly meetup

Hi! There will be a Wikipedia Meetup in Philadelphia on 4 November. If you're interested in coming, RSVP by editing Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia 2 to reflect the likelihood of your being able to attend. If you have any questions, feel free to ask CComMack's. Hopefully, we'll all see you (and each other) on the 4th! --evrik 19:57, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Image:RPilon.jpg

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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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