User talk:RicDod/Archive1

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Welcome

Hi Ric. I saw that you added yourself to Wikipedia:WikiProject Game theory. Welcome! Feel free to jump into any of the open tasks or add anything to the list that you like. If you have any questions feel free to ask me or on the project talk page. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 01:19, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

DSA

Thanks for the recent revert, shows I'm not going totally mad! :) MartinRe 23:23, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Economic impact of AIDS

As you are a member of the WikiProject Business and Economics, your help is kindly requested in the section of the AIDS article linked to above. Any help would be appreciated. --Bob 18:37, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

RfA Results and Thanks

RicDod/Archive1, thank you for supporting me in my recent RfA. Although it did not succeed as no consensus was declared (final: 65/29/7), I know that there is always an opportunity to request adminship again. If and when that day comes, I hope you will once again support me. If at any time I make any mistakes or if you would like to comment on my contributions to Wikipedia, you are more than welcome to do so. Regardless of your religious, cultural, and personal beliefs, I pray that whatever and whoever motivates you in life continues to guide you on the most righteous path. --- joturner 02:29, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Esperanza!

Welcome, RicDod/Archive1, to Esperanza, the Wikipedia member association! As you might know, all the Esperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.

Now that you are a member you should read the guide to what to do now or you may be interested in some of our programs. A quite important program is the StressUnit, which seeks to support editors who have encountered any stress from their Wikipedia events, and are seeking to leave the project. So far, Esperanza can be credited with the support and retention of several users. We will send you newsletters to keep you up to date. Also, we have a calendar of special events, member birthdays, and other holidays that you can add to and follow.

In addition to these projects, several more missions of Esperanza are in development, and are currently being created at Esperanza/Possibles.

I encourage you to take an active voice in the running of Esperanza. We have a small government system, headed by our Administrator general, Celestianpower, and guided by the Advisory Committee comprised of JoanneB, FireFox and Titoxd. The next set of elections are right now.

If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact Celestianpower by email or talk page or the Esperanza talk page. Alternatively, you could communicate with fellow users via our IRC channel, #wikipedia-esperanza (which is also good for a fun chat or two :). If you're new to IRC, please see the IRC tutorial. I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to work!

— nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 01:01, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

re: mcfly

That's true devotion to Wikipedia :P

Due to the random stuff I edit, I don't trust SuggestBot - It'd throw up equally random stuff.

However, speaking of McFly, the best part was I reverted some chaps edit that suggested an 'anti-mcfly' wiki group. I left him a little note saying that I agreed with him completely but that we needed a neutral article :P

James Kendall [talk] 21:56, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

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)

Gracias

Thank you for assuming good faith about me despite out never having come into contact before. I will remember it.--Rockero 00:35, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

rfa

I wanted to stop by and thank you for your constructive criticism of my RFA. It's helped, and is helping, to improve me as a wikipedian and an editor. I look forward to gaining your support in the future. Until then, keep on keepin on. ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 19:30, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Living People

There were 15 entries in this category, all due to User:Mystache. I've fixed them, adding cat sort keys and (where necessary) year of birth missing. I left a note on Mystache's user page. - Runcorn 09:11, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Pool problem

Looking at Wikipedia:Quadrillion pool's Mfd as well as the discussion in the village pump, please make sure you know what you think about the future of Wikipedia's pools. My original wish for Wikipedia's pools should be add a new one each time one closed, but there are so many for huge numbers used only in science and astronomy now. Georgia guy 20:30, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

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)

Thanks for voting in my RfA!

Thanks for your vote in my RfA! I appreciated your comments, and I'm glad I accepted the nomination though it did not gain consensus. Thanks! - Amgine 19:49, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Happy Birthday

From an esperanzian.ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 02:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova Erotic Fakes (fan-art, do not delete, please) gooverup 13:56, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Do not delete this link, please. It's not porn. It is erotica for fans only. Thank you in advance, RicDod. gooverup 14:19, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Herts places of interest page

Hi, I don't know really what i should type for the introductory part of this page. Also, do you know where i should link this page? Simply south 20:03, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

I've now tried on the intro page:

"Below is a list of places to visit in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, no matter how large or small. This includes visitor attractions, landmarks etc but is not for the advertisment of businesses."

However, i feel now that it is not NPOV Simply south 21:17, 28 May 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)