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Mary Rae

Hi. You deleted my contribution because "Article about a real person, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject" - but my article made clear this is a published author. Can you suggest how I should proceed? Thanks!

Tishtosh20 (talk) 23:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Friendly chat

Just dropping by to see how you're doing. Tony the Marine (talk) 04:12, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Why did you erase the Kan'Nal album information. The A9 thing says that it is only if there is not main article for the group but there is? I am confused. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwymore (talk • contribs) 00:54, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

BLP1E Textbook

If there were a textbook for WP:BLP1E, the case it covered would be the Star Wars Kid. :-) He made the mistake of leaving a videotape in a school recorder, and became internationally famous, thanks to some idiot classmates. Now, if he had tried to cash in on that, instead of keeping his head down and suing for invasion of privacy, that would be a different story. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 14:06, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

re: Campus names

Thanks for the note, and for the catch. UW's style guide wants an en dash in the campus name, and per MOS:DASH it's correct to use an en dash in the title when it properly belongs there. Hence my effort. I recreated and redirected the categories yesterday, but since Kaplan's all by himself in the Oshkosh faculty category, I simply missed that one. I've fixed that slip. Thanks again, Kevin Forsyth (talk) 12:52, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Rollback rights

Could you add this functionality to my account, please.

Cheers

Fortnum (talk) 00:18, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Cheers for that. Fortnum (talk) 16:46, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Deleting Necessary Page

00:57, 23 September 2009 Stormie (talk | contribs) deleted "Ask Sponsored Listings" ‎ (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)

Hello Stormie, unfortunately you deleted a page of importance to our business. A page was already created with lower case Ask sponsored listings, however it needs to be capitalized. I went in and created a new page capitalized 'Ask Sponsored Listings' and you took it down because it was duplicated content from the 'Ask sponsored listings' page. Is there any way we can get the content from the 'Ask sponsored listings' page and capitalize Sponsored Listings so we have the ability to link the ariticle from the 'Ask.com' page. Please help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bbottorff (talk • contribs) 23:37, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Re:Diego Traibel

Hello Stormie, I saw your message on my talk page and I decided to have a look at this man but I didn't find any results which may clarify what it seems to be a hoax. Given the results and the lack of sources, I dare say that this article is fake and has no relevance. Regards, --Góngora (Talk) 03:12, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

alt accs

Hi Stormie, I was wondering if you could update us at WP:NEWTREAT about your newbie articles? What was it and did it survive 7 days? Thanks ϢereSpielChequers 17:44, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

		The Righteous Sock Barnstar
		Awarded to Stormie for meritorious socking at WP:Newbie treatment at CSD :) ϢereSpielChequers 19:11, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

A barnstar? He's lucky he wasn't blocked for using a sockpuppet to create such a flagrant BLP violation. Mr.Z-man 00:09, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Tex and stuff

You're such a voice of reason. I was in the midst of crafting a post about the talk page when my browser froze and I had to reboot it. (One of my few beefs about Firefox.) Thanks for providing a calming voice. Wildhartlivie (talk) 07:23, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, it was appreciated, though it seems to have started a bit at Charles Manson, although I think we'll work that out when I actually get around to formulating my comments regarding the content the newer editor added then readded after I removed it. I'm not thinking including content calling even Manson related to someone "colored" is helpful. My real concern is the apparent bias, which just doesn't wash when working on articles for criminals. Thanks again! Wildhartlivie (talk) 00:08, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

WHY!

You deleted my page for alleged ads! --Itayb1 (talk) 05:12, 14 January 2010 (UTC) why u deleted my page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Swera (talk • contribs) 07:35, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

WC:O&H and dates for WOW

Thanks for the NA date for WOW. I've include both dates in WC:O&H, and you might include both in WOH. --Philcha (talk) 07:12, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

An edit from 2001 attributed to your username

I've been going through a database dump of the Nostalgia Wikipedia, a copy of the Wikipedia database from 20 December 2001, to find anomalies with old usernames. I found this edit to Pixies] under your username. I've imported it into the English Wikipedia, and it now appears like this; see principles 6 and 7 of User:Graham87/Import to find out why the edit appears as it does. do you remember if you made that edit, or was it a different person who chose the username "Stormie"? When Wikipedia switched to a MySQL database in January 2002, all old account information was erased, so it is entirely possible that it was a different person.

I've also changed some level 1 headings on your talk page to level 2 headings, to fix the TOC; hope you don't mind. Graham87 08:21, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bullshido.net (4th nomination)

Hi, Stormie. Because you participated in Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2009 October 2#Bullshido.net, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bullshido.net (4th nomination). Cunard (talk) 21:21, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

V Empire

Cool, will do! I still blunder around with this technical stuff. Thanks for your help. Cheers, Cardinal Wurzel (talk) 07:47, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

super rugby

Hello, i would like to inform of a discussion on in the WikiProject Rugby Union discussion page about the format to be used through the season articles of the super 12, super 14 and super rugby seasons. Please click the link below and have your opinion, thank you. JaFa 01 (talk) 05:24, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Link: Discussion

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Nomination of V18 engine for deletion

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Sydney meetup

Hi, I got your name from this list, and thought you might be interested in a meetup in Sydney at the Alexandria Hotel tomorrow. I hope you can join us. Sorry for the late notice. --99of9 (talk) 10:50, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Stormie,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.9.115.210 (talk) 20:14, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

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pssst

I think its about time Planet Rugby was "unprotected" and the new article i have written (User:Stemoc/Planet Rugby‎) is moved to that article space, don't you think? It already has over 3000 hits on wikipedia itself...It has been protected for far too long IMO...--Stemoc (talk) 04:37, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

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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) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Daily FX Afd

Hi Stormie, I've closed the DFX discussion as keep but since you were the only !voter - If you would prefer to Merge I have no objections, But I would probably check with the nominator first,
Regards, –Davey2010 • (talk) 03:35, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Feliz Navidad

	<font=3> Wishing you a "Feliz Navidad and a Prospero Año Nuevo" (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year) Tony the Marine (talk) External audio Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad "

Global account

Hi Stormie! As a Steward I'm involved in the upcoming unification of all accounts organized by the Wikimedia Foundation (see m:Single User Login finalisation announcement). By looking at your account, I realized that you don't have a global account yet. In order to secure your name, I recommend you to create such account on your own by submitting your password on Special:MergeAccount and unifying your local accounts. If you have any problems with doing that or further questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Cheers, —DerHexer (Talk) 22:42, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Martin Hernandez

Hi. I saw that you salted Martin Hernandez because it was being recreated as a hoax article. Now that the Martin Hernández article legitimately exists, would you be willing to create the page as:

#REDIRECT [[Martin Hernández]]
{{R from title without diacritics}}

If you want to protect the redirect page to avoid inappropriate content from being put there, that's fine with me. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 22:18, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

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Betty Barrett

Can I recreate this delete article as a redirect, thanks. According to the producers of the show, her last name was Barrett GoldenRainbow (talk) 02:10, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

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A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Stormie.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

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Inspiration

Stormie, it is wonderful to see that you are still around. You served as an inspirational factor back then when I began in Wikipedia and helped me a lot along the way. Right now, I have written over 800 articles in Wikipedia and I have to thank people like you for being there for me when I needed your help. Thank you once more. Tony the Marine (talk) 20:07, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Oh hey Tony, it's wonderful to see that you are still around!! Wow, it has been something like 18 years now since I first started being active on Wikipedia - hard to believe!

But it would be a bit of a stretch to say that I am active these days - I still look stuff up on Wikipedia all the time, and jump in to make an edit if I see a mistake or something I can fix, but it has been a long, long time indeed since I've sat down and worked on an article.

Anyway, all the best to you, my friend! Stormie (talk) 05:03, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

New administrator activity requirement

The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.

Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:

1. Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
2. Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period

Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.

22:53, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Established policy provides for the removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. Your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to the required activity level before the beginning of January 2023.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to engage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for re-engaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to re-engage with the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 08:44, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:JustinOByrne.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:JustinOByrne.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:19, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Established policy provides for the removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. Your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to the required activity level before the beginning of January 2023.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to engage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for re-engaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to re-engage with the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 00:57, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:HaroldYoung.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:HaroldYoung.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:11, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Established policy provides for the removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. Your administrative permissions have been removed.

Subject to certain time limits and other restrictions, your administrative permissions may be returned upon request at WP:BN.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — xaosflux ^Talk 02:23, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

File:Derain CharingCrossBridge.png listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Derain CharingCrossBridge.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. grendel|khan 02:53, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in a research

Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of Wikipedians to better understand what draws administrators to contribute to Wikipedia, and what affects administrator retention. We will use this research to improve experiences for Wikipedians, and address common problems and needs. We have identified you as a good candidate for this research, and would greatly appreciate your participation in this anonymous survey.

You do not have to be an Administrator to participate.

The survey should take around 10-15 minutes to complete. You may read more about the study on its Meta page and view its privacy statement .

Please find our contact on the project Meta page if you have any questions or concerns.

Kind Regards,

WMF Research Team

BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:27, 23 October 2024 (UTC)