User talk:EVula/Jan-Mar 2012

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 community HERE, were 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 name HERE 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 (talk) 18:25, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

FYI

Please see q:Wikiquote:Administrators'_noticeboard#Request_for_Checkuser_on_Heecf. — Cirt (talk) 21:32, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

serial vandal needs banning

check out http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/User_talk:192.87.100.50 and http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Special:Contributions/192.87.100.50

He's had 10+ warnings and 2 temp bans already.

The user history shows about 50 edits, 100% of which are vandalism, spread out over 5 years. Time to drop the permaban hammer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jwray (talk • contribs) 00:04, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 13 February 2012

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WikiProject report: WikiProject Stub Sorting

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The Signpost: 20 February 2012

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Technology report: Major strands of development cycle coalesce as 1.19 is deployed to first wikis

The Signpost: 27 February 2012

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The Signpost: 05 March 2012

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Arbitration report: AUSC appointments announced, one case remains open

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Talkback

Hello, EVula. You have new messages at Wikipedia_talk:Deceased_Wikipedians#Obituary.
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Tito Dutta (Send me a message) 11:41, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy Birthday (2012)

Wishing EVula/Jan-Mar 2012 a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 00:02, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Over 4 years later

Hey, this is TimySmidge. I was blocked 4 1/2 years ago for abusing stuff on Wikipedia (annoying users, making multiple accounts, you probably know what I did better than I do). Anyway, I was 12 when that happened. I'm 17 now, and I'm certain that I've matured. I'm asking that I can be unblocked (I don't want to make a new account). I left Wikipedia for awhile some time ago, but recently I have come back and I would like to make some productive edits. -64.107.78.198 (talk) 23:19, 19 March 2012 (UTC) AKA TimySmidge[reply]