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Welcome

Hello, Danlina, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 13:58, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You for the welcome LV Dan 14:11, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, no problem. I just happened to see your name while editing and I thought you'd like a welcome. I hope you have fun being a Wikipedian. If you ever have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Cheers. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 14:33, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ban?

I have not banned you as my my block log shows, do you use a shared IP I blocked, that may be the problem? Please advise if this is the case so I can do something about it. --Alf ^melmac 20:09, 21 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have recieved a message saying you have banned me because of someone called beefcake? Death Eater Dan 20:11, 21 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is a copy/paste of the message-

Your IP address is 195.93.21.6. Please include this address, along with your username (if you are a registered user), in any queries you make.

Your user name or IP address has been blocked by Wiki alf.

The reason given is: Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "Beef cakes". The reason given for Beef cakes's block is: "vandalism only accont". Death Eater Dan 20:14, 21 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK I believe I solved it and cleared you for editing. Beef Cakes was an account created on aol specifically to vandalise, per policy I blocked that username. The autoblocker kicked in when it was 'your turn' to have that IP, insoluable problem that one I'm afraid :( Hope it's all good now. --Alf ^melmac 20:31, 21 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All sorted now :) Death Eater Dan 20:47, 21 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia vandalism information
(abuse log)

Low to moderate level of vandalism

[view • purge • update]

2.58 RPM according to EnterpriseyBot 06:10, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Harry Potter

Thank you. That's two in one day. Now if I could just get more people interested in the European Union....Sandpiper 19:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was just going to do the same thing. Would you like me to format the award and we can issue it jointly? --D e ath phoenix 20:34, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutly, yes he deserves it. He's done some great work recently, my watch page is dominated by his edits at the moment lol..... keep it up. Death Eater Dan 22:44, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sirius Black

There's 2 things we could do about that family tree. 1) Break Black family out of Blood purity (Harry Potter) and include a downsized tree there. It's not really about Sirius after all. 2) Put in an external link to the Harry Potter Lexicon page that treats the subject. Either way, I don't think the full tree belongs in Sirius Black. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:39, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wizard Rock

Hi Danlina, I suspect your edits were simply lost in the database history. As you may have noticed, Wkipedia's had a few server problems lately. I'm not an insider, so I don't know the exact problem, but hopefully it's temporary. --D e ath phoenix 05:34, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

David Bridie

I have started cleaning up the article. More work is needed which I hope to do over the weekend. Nevertheless, I would be grateful if you could take a look. Capitalistroadster 05:26, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Hey Danlina, how is it going? Thank you for supporting my Request for adminship! It passed with a final vote of 73/1/1, which means that I have been granted adminship! I look forward to using these tools to enhance and maintain this wonderful site. I will continue regular article/project contributions, but I will also allocate a sizable portion of my wikischedule toward administrative duties :) Thanks again, and if you have any questions/comments/tips, please let me know! — Deckiller 04:37, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Esperanza!

Welcome, Danlina, 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 might 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 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 , KnowledgeOfSelf, JoanneB, Titoxd and FireFox. The elections have ended.

If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact me via email or 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 :). I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to be!

Thanks! - File:Ottawa flag.png nath a nrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 22:34, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Istana Wakil Presiden

...has been cleaned up. Crzrussian 16:54, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good work, looks much better. Death Eater Dan (Muahaha) 17:08, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #1

Reach out
Reach out is a program aimed at allowing users to bring issues that they have had in Wikipedia to a listening, sympathetic and caring audience: "No one can know how we feel if we do not say. We cannot expect to get understanding if we do not ask for it. No one will dispute that sometimes life's issues are too much for one person. It is fair to say that sometimes Wikipedia's problems fall under the same heading. This is a place where you can bring the bruises that can sometimes be got on this project for attention."
Stress Alerts
The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
Note from the editor
Welcome to this new format of the Esperanza Newsletter, which came about during the last Advisory Council meeting - we hope you like it! The major changes are that each month, right after the Council meeting, this will be sent out and will include two featured programs and a sum up of the meeting. Also, it will be signed by all of the Advisory Council members, not just Celestianpower. Have an Esperanzial end of March, everyone!

The last AC meeting (full log)
Future meetings are to be held monthly, not fortnightly as before. Bans and Access level changes (apart from autovoice) in the IRC channel are to be reported at the new log. In the IRC channel, there is going to be only one bot at a time. The charter requires members to have 150 edits and 2 weeks editing. Why this is the case will be clarified. A new Code of Conduct will be drafted by JoanneB and proposed to the Esperanza community. The NPA reform idea is to be dropped officially. Charter ammendments are to be discussed in future, not voted on. The Advisory Council is not going to be proposed to be expanded by the Advisory Council themselves, if others want to propose it, they will listen.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 17:47, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Harry Potter loyalty

Hi! I saw this edit, and by coincidence we're having a discussion about this very fact at the moment. Please see the discussion here and add your comments so that we can come to a consensus about what should and should not be included in the loyalty section of infoboxes. E WS23 | (Leave me a message!) 23:56, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies, you already commented on that, as you are "Death Eater Dan." Sorry, sometimes the difference between sig and username confuses me. Thanks for the help and the bold edits to Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter. E WS23 | (Leave me a message!) 00:00, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem :) Death Eater Dan

(Muahaha) 00:09, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia survey

Hi. I'm doing a survey of Wikipedia editors as part of a class research project. It's quick, anonymous, and the data will be made available to the Wikipedia community later this month. Would you like to take part? More info here. Thanks! Nonplus 01:22, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2

Barnstar Brigade
The Barnstar Brigade is a new program aimed at giving more very deserving yet unappreciated users barnstars. It will officially start on 2006-04-09, but signing up is encouraged before this date: "Here in Wikipedia, there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go un-appreciated. 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 un-noticed. Sadly, these editors often leave the project. As Esperanzians, we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. A project the size of Wikipedia has thousands of editors, so there are plenty of people out there who deserve recognition, one just has to find them. The object of this program is not to flood editors with Barnstars, but to seek out people who deserve them, and make them feel appreciated."
Stress Alerts
The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
Information
Welcome to the second issue of the new format Esperanza Newsletter - we hope you still like it! This week, it was delivered diligently by our new dogsbody. MiszaBot (run by Misza13): any execution complaints should go to him. Content comments should be directed at the Esperanza talkpage. Thanks!

The last AC meeting (full log)
The next elections: Approval voting as before and, also as before, an previous leadership member can run. Please submit your name for voting in the relevant section of this page. Voting starts on 2006-04-23 and ends on 2006-04-30. There will be three places up for grabs as KnowledgeOfSelf is leaving Wikipedia. Please see the previously linked page for full details. The Code of Conduct is now ready for extensive discussion! Specific comments should go to the Code of Conduct talk page, discussion of having one at all should be directed to the main Esperanza talk page. The current process for accepting proposals for new programs has been deemed fine. All Advisory Council members and the Admin Gen are to endevour to be bold when viewing discussion. If they feel that consensus has been reached, they will act accordingly.
A plea from the editor...
The propsed programs page is terribly underused! Please leave any comments, good or bad, on the page, to help us determine the membership's thoughts on the ideas there.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 19:53, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A Barnstar for you

For your hard work on Harry Potter -related articles, I hereby award you the **Original Barnstar** --Deathphoenix ʕ 17:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)(KC)[reply]

For your hard work on Harry Potter-related articles, I hereby award you the Original Barnstar. You are free to put this on your user page (or not), as you desire. Congratulations! --Deathphoenix ʕ 17:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm cracking open a nice bottle of reserve Corbières to celebrate my first Barnstar, cheers Deathphoenix! Death Eater Dan (Muahaha) 18:30, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers! --Deathphoenix ʕ 19:16, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for welcoming me to the english-language wikipedia. I have been using wikipedia for 6 months making about 70 edits unregistered(!). I have the best intentions in helping wikipedia expand, although I find that the greek-language wikipedia, where I am a very active user, is easier to expand and I can start articles that don't exist there. My contributions to the english wikipedia will mostly be minor. Congrats for the barnstar.--Alexignatiou 06:50, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

==Welcome to VandalProof== Thanks for your interest in VandalProof! You've been added to the list of authorized users, and feel free to contact me or post a message on VandalProof's talk page if you have any questions. AmiDaniel (Talk) 10:37, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Races/Characters in the Elenium

As a mergist, would you be interested in assisting a merge of all the minor character and race articles on the Elenium into a single article? I suggest moving the Races in the Elenium to a more suitable title and merging to that. QmunkE 09:19, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I will certainly help out where I can, I am all for merging quite alot of the David Eddings articles as most of them are stubs and therefore quite weak, merging them into larger more informative articles would certainly work better in my opinion, and having a Minor characters in The Elenium and The Tamuli would be a good start. With regards to moving your Races in the Elenium article - let me have a think and I'll get back to you. Death Eater Dan (Muahaha) 09:30, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A Download Is Now Available

I just wanted to let you know that a download of VandalProof has recently been made available. AmiDaniel (Talk) 09:48, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Death Eater Dan

(Muahaha) 09:52, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just to point out (David Eddings)

Hey Dan, I thought the same of the David Eddings articles back when I first looked at them, but never got around to it beyond creating a few new articles. I was slightly deterred due to a mistake I made back when I was first a newbie, but perhaps a second look at the articles would be a good thing. I'll get on it when I next have a lot of time to spare at one time. :-) --Deathphoenix ʕ 14:14, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism?

Hi Danlina. It's me Daniel5127. NEw member of HArry Potter Wikipedian. I saw that there's vandalism on Dolores Umbridge. We don't know which house she was in. So, Could you help me on that? That means Someone put her house as Hufflepuff, and Cho Chang's blood purity is Pure-blood. I hope you can see on that. ok?

April, 12, 2006, 20:17, Daniel5127

Cleanup tag

Thank you for helping to identify articles in need of cleanup! In case you didn't know, it's not recommended to use subst: with cleanup tags. Doing {{Cleanup-date|{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}} instead makes it easier to automatically refile the page later, and lets changes to the original template show up on all tagged pages. Thanks again, Beland 06:08, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the Barnstar

Thanks! My first Barnstar. Still plenty of work to do on the Eddings articles, I hope you will continue to assist with them. QmunkE 15:03, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

VandalProof 1.1 is Now Available For Download

Happy Easter to all of you, and I hope that this version may fix your current problems and perhaps provide you with a few useful new tools. You can download version 1.1 at User:AmiDaniel/VandalProof. Let me warn you, however, to please be extremely careful when using the new Rollback All Contributions feature, as, aside from the excessive server lag it would cause if everyone began using it at once, it could seriously aggitate several editors to have their contributions reverted. If you would like to experiment with it, though, I'd be more than happy to use my many sockpuppets to create some "vandalism" for you to revert. If you have any problems downloading, installing, or otherwise, please tell me about them at User:AmiDaniel/VP/Bugs and I will do my best to help you. Thanks. AmiDaniel (Talk) 06:43, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

HP Template Colors.

Hi Dan, I'm so sorry about changing the each character's box in Minor Ravenclaw, Blaise(Used by IP ID) into House Color, and changed the rule of using the color of character box. You mean one person is not allowed to change the rule of backghround color. Is it already made like this in the past? Sorry, I apologize for that. Anyways, Cheers. Hope you enjoy the good time with Wikipedia. Daniel5127, 19:27, 22 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. --Cel es tianpower ^háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikibreak

Hey, thanks for your kind words, buddy. Just a lot of stuff going on in Real Life for me. I've been dealing with it, but my last few comments showed me what a short fuse I have right now. I figured I should take a break from editing until I can edit without being angry. I'm still on a short fuse right now, so I think I'll be on a break a little while longer. --Deathphoenix ʕ 11:51, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

thanks

Hey, thanks for voting for me in the CJ elections. --Osbus 21:10, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

VandalProof 1.2 Now Available

After a lenghty, but much-needed Wikibreak, I'm happy to announce that version 1.2 of VandalProof is now available for download! Beyond fixing some of the most obnoxious bugs, like the persistent crash on start-up that many have experienced, version 1.2 also offers a wide variety of new features, including a stub-sorter, a global user whitelist and blacklist, navigational controls, and greater customization. You can find a full list of the new features here. While I believe this release to be a significant improvement over the last, it's nonetheless nowhere near the end of the line for VandalProof. Thanks to Rob Church, I now have an account on test.wikipedia.org with SysOp rights and have already been hard at work incorporating administrative tools into VandalProof, which I plan to make available in the near future. An example of one such SysOp tool that I'm working on incorporating is my simple history merge tool, which simplifies the process of performing history merges from one article into another. Anyway, if you haven't already, I'd encourage you to download and install version 1.2 and take it out for a test-drive. As always, your suggestions for improvement are always appreciated, and I hope that you will find this new version useful. Happy editing! --AmiDaniel (talk) 02:15, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

R.A.B. Article

Please visit the discussion section of the R.A.B. article, at your convenience, regarding the duplicitous "Translations" segments. I rearranged and rephrased the article a little so it would "read" better - please check and see if it passes muster now in your view, or if it needs further improvement. Thanks. --T-dot 18:07, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cetacean Article List

That cetacean article list is really good. How long did that take you? I think that now with the work we have done on the Cetaceans Portal they are unlikely to delete it. Thanks for your help. --chris_huh 15:37, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lol, took me bloody ages, glad you like it. Death Eater Dan (Muahaha) 15:52, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Stig

Can't say I agree with your removal of the reference to Stig Blomqvist from The Stig's page - it's blatantly relevant and the page loses something without that reference! (Oh, this was meant in a friendly tone of voice, but I can't type that too well!) --Gavinio 23:19, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Responded on relevant talk page. Death Eater Dan (Muahaha) 08:25, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hogwarts headache

hahaha... Hilarious. Well, it was nominated almost a year ago, August 2005. --Deathphoenix ʕ 03:32, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

:) Death Eater Dan (Muahaha) 03:35, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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, —Cel es tianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wrackspurt

In this afd you said you have merged the contents to Minor Harry Potter beasts. However, a quick scan and search doesn't show up "Wrackspurt" in the article. Could you confirm you have done/will do the merger so I can close the afd as merge/redirect. Cheers, Petros471 18:12, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh and as a PS, I've been closing quite a few more Harry Potter articles as merge, and tagging them with merge tags as I'm not an editor in that subject area. If you could go through them and do some more merging, as you have done some already, that would be great. Petros471 18:13, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Trevor

Just wondering where the discussion was that prompted the merge of Trevor into the Neville Longbottom article? It does not belong there. It should be placed into the animals in HP article (whatever it's called). Exploding Boy 04:25, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Responded on Exploding Boy's talk page. Death Eater Dan (Muahaha) 08:29, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Book Seven.

Hello, Danlina. I know that you are Harry Potter fan. I'm also Harry Potter fan like you. But I occasionally work on Harry Potter article that means I frequently work on Article for deletion, Vandal fighting, and organize the article. I'm just wondering why you reverted this one Potter book seven&diff=49602791&oldid=49547856. It was about 2.5 months ago about on April 22, 2006. J.K.Rowling mentioned that viktor Krum will appear in Book Seven. Yes, This one should be mentioned in Book Seven article which is that we know about Book Seven(untitled). You forgot to provide the edit summary when you edited the article. However, I want to apologize for changing the direction of using colors of characterboxes in Harry Potter article without discuss with other user. So, Please answer in my discussion's page why you reverted my edit. *~Daniel~* ☎ 06:30, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am assuming you mean this edit, as the link you have provided is to a completly different page and not even a diff. Anyway I reverted the edit as it was poor grammatically and it was unsourced. By the way why are we dredging up 2½ months old edits? Death Eater Dan (Muahaha) 13:18, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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.

Image:DSC02388.JPG listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:DSC02388.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Gay Cdn (talk) (email) (Contr.) 18:25, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:DSC02388 1000x750.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:DSC02388 1000x750.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in its not being deleted. Thank you.

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.
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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)[reply]

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WikiProject Harry Potter

Hello, Danlina. Over at WikiProject Harry Potter we're trying to compile a list of active participants. Your name, along with all other project participants, has been placed on the inactive list. If you'd like to get involved again, please place your name back on the active list, and take a look at the project talk page for the latest happenings.

RHB(AWB) 21:21, 30 December 2006 (UTC), on behalf of WPHarry Potter[reply]

Trees of Oakwell Hall - Oakwell Beck

In describing the trees of Oakwell Beck, do you mean ash tree? or Sorbus aucuparia / mountain ash / rowan? I'm just tracking down loose disambig ends. Thanks! --Knulclunk 23:32, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Peter's House

Hey Dan, do you have a link to the interview where Rowling said Peter is from Gryffindor? Just so it can be cited and people will stop changing it. Thanks. Disinclination 04:46, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New Wine Discussion (by Agne) : Input Requested

Dear Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wine member:

There is an ongoing discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Wine#Vintage_Infos_.28part_II.29 that has become

Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a wine guide

Please add your comments/input to the talk page Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_is_not_a_wine_guide.

Thanks! Regards -- Steve.Moulding 19:55, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wine Project Newsletter

The Wine Project Newsletter!
Issue I - February 18, 2007

In this edition:

News & Notes Wine Project Article Assessment guide kicks into gear ; New Essay Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a wine guide aims to develop POV and Notability guidelines for wine related articles; Wine related Requested Move on the Judgment of Paris; Wine related AfD on Goosecross Cellars

Wine Sub-projects No current updates. Feel free to list your sub-project and an update on Wikipedia:WikiProject Wine/Newsletter/Sub-projects

Wiki-Winos This week feature User:Charleenmerced

Wine Improvement Drive - Carmenère

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Wine Project Newsletter

The Wine Project Newsletter!
Issue II - March 4th, 2007

In this edition:

News & Notes Updates on Wine article assessment ; Wine Portal, Barnstars; and Notability of Masters of Wine

Wine Sub-projects- Ongoing need for Wine labels with tips on removal. Project drive to get Wine article up to GA.

Wiki-Winos This week's feature User:mroconnell

Wine Improvement Drive - Languedoc wine plus update on last WID article Carmenère

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Wine Project Newsletter

The Wine Project Newsletter!
Issue III - March 18, 2007

In this edition:

News & Notes New look for Wine Project Page; Wine Article assessment; Operation Stub-killer; New Template for Australian Wineries; New wine stub categories proposed.

Wiki-Winos This issue's feature Christopher Tanner, CCC

Wine Improvement Drive - Pinot Gris plus update on last WID article Languedoc wine

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Wine Project Newsletter

The Wine Project Newsletter!
Issue IV - April 1st, 2007

In this edition:

News & Notes New Grape Infobox; Standard Grape article format; Wine photos; New wine stub categories created; Wine related deletion notices; and more

Sub Projects Updates on Operation Stub Killer

Wiki-Winos This issue's feature Steve Moulding.

Wine Improvement Drive - Sauvignon blanc plus update on last WID article Pinot gris and comments on the new B Article Adoption

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Wine Project Newsletter

The Wine Project Newsletter!
Issue V - April 15, 2007

In this edition:

News & Notes New wine product members, Wine GAs and DYKs and more

Sub Projects Updates on Operation Stub Killer

Wiki-Winos This issue's feature is one of our resident winemakers - The Bethling.

Wine Improvement Drive - Bordeaux wine and splinter articles plus update on last WID article Sauvignon blanc

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Hogwarts Spelling

I read your discussion on the British spelling in the Hogwart's article from back in '06. Despite the warning on the article edit page, a user changed it back to 'enrollment' - don't worry I changed it back. Just thought I'd give you the heads up. Even though this is only a minor thing... people still think it's okay to change the spelling's of British related articles to American spellings... - Okay, I'm stopping myself from writing NOW. I just get irritated about those things. hehe, all the best. Scarian ^Talk

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Wine Project Newsletter

The Wine Project Newsletter!
Issue VI - May 6th, 2007

In this edition:

News & Notes New wine members, maps wanted, fame at last

Sub Projects Updates on Operation Stub Killer

Wiki-Winos Why port is poison and a special night in Chinon - this issue features your stand-in editor, FlagSteward.

Wine Improvement Drive - was Cabernet Franc, currently Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC

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Apologies to everyone for this notification being sent out so late, events in real life prevented me from distributing it at the time, and the Wine Project's had a bit of a lull during the Northern Hemsiphere summer. But as the nights draw in, activity should pick up again, and hopefully the next Newsletter will arrive a little more quickly....

The next few weeks are the perfect time to take photos of grapes in the Northern Hemisphere - get your cameras out! FlagSteward 15:59, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wine Project activity

This is a friendly note to let you know that you have been moved to the Inactive members page of the Wine Project. Users are moved to this page when two months have passed without any Wikipedia activity or 3 months have passed without any contribution to a wine related article. The intent of the Participant list is to function as a resource for other editors wishing to get in contact with wine project members for comments or question on Wikipedia's wine article. The goal of this process is to try and maintain the Wikipedia:WikiProject Wine/Participants as current and up to date as possible with active and contributing members. Please note that this is not intended to be a negative reflection on your Wikipedia or wine related contribution and it is well known that sometimes outside life can take editors away from Wikipedia for some time. You will always be welcomed to rejoined the Wine Project should you feel that the time is right. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk or on the Wine Project talk page. Best wishes. Agne ^Cheese/^Wine 00:30, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image source problem with Image:662a.jpg

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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ArbCom 2017 election voter message

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Black family listed at Redirects for discussion

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