User talk:EdEColbert
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April 2010
File:Information.svg Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to :Respiratory system, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Hi878 (talk) 00:53, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
:Sorry about that. If you look at the page history, and what your reversion replaced the vandalism with, you'll see why I thought it was vandalism. Apparently, you didn't go back far enough, there was a bit more vandalism, but I fixed it now. Sorry for the confusion. Hi878 (talk) 00:58, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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vandalism warning erasure
Hello there. I just wanted to bring something to your attention, since I don't know how to handle it myself.
My watchlist alerted me to reverted vandalism on an article by IP address 67.193.215.150. I checked their talk page to see if they had been warned for it, and it appeared they hadn't. But when I looked at their contributions, I saw that they received two recent vandalism warnings from you, but erased them.
I don't know what to do in this case, and it's hard for me to successfully search for guidance for topics like this on Wikipedia. Thank you for your attention. — FeygeleGoy/פֿײגעלע גױ (talk) 14:34, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
:First of all, it is only my second week on Wikipedia so other users would likely know more. The policy found here, WP:WARN, is generally that a user, even an anonymous IP, may remove any messages including warnings from their talk page whenever they want, but it constitutes notice that they received it. What that says to me is that if you were about to warn them a third time and noticed the vandal blanked the first two, you could revert and give the third level vandalism warning. Given that he or she hasn't vandalized in several hours now, it does not matter that they removed the warning since they would not be a good candidate for WP:AIV because they are not "active" and the vandalism is not "recent." I understand your concern because we both know that they will be back to vandalize later, but I don't think there is much we can do at this time. Thanks for the message, hope I helped. EdEColbert0585 20:56, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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[[P. D. Dinakaran]]
educolbert, think over the fact that why and how this guy got mentioned. does wikipedia have a biographical sketch of each and every judge of India? This guy has hit headlines for wrong reason. Go thru the following links. u will get a better picture. The links are from one of the most trusted, reputed news paper of India which has been known for serious ( as opposed to sensational) journalism.
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/04/25/stories/2010042555161300.htm
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article393299.ece
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/04/30/stories/2010043054251300.htm
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article392924.ece
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/04/09/stories/2010040955841300.htm
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/03/07/stories/2010030763510100.htm
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/04/03/stories/2010040363460100.htm
If at all the name of the newspaper makes you uncomfortable, read wikipedia article on "The Hindu" newspaper.
(The above was written by User:59.96.105.233)
:I think you are right - the article is out of date. The sources cited in the article now are over 6 months ago and a lot has happened since then as your new newspaper articles explain. Your sources appear reliable and the "Hindu" The Hindu newspaper has already been cited in the article so yes it seems fine to cite these much more recent articles from April 2010. Please improve the article by citing the sources and making neutral non-controversial statements that are clearly supported by the Hindu newspaper. EdEColbert0585 23:22, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
::I have added a paragraph for you with your sources. Keep contributing to Wikipedia. Please see WP:BLP for guidance, and feel free to improve upon what I wrote. EdEColbert0585 00:37, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Grab some glory, and a barnstar
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[[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Secret pages 2]]
Because you participated in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Some Person/The Real Secret Page and Secret Barnstar, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Secret pages 2. Cunard (talk) 06:25, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
[[Wikipedia:Pending changes/Straw poll on interim usage]]
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[[WP:GOCE|GOCE]] copy edit drive
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|Greetings, the Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invites you to participate in the November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 November at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November at 23:59 (UTC). The goal for this drive is to reduce the backlog by 10% (approximately 500 articles). We hope to focus our efforts on the oldest three months (January, February, and March 2009) and the newest three months (September, October, and November 2010) of articles in the queue. Sign-up has already begun at the November drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page. Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style. Awards and barnstars A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants, some of which are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page. Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive! — The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk) |
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2010|November 2010 backlog elimination drive]] update
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|Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! ---- {{ombox|type=content|text=Discussions are underway to elect our inaugural group of GOCE Coordinators. Guild members and Drive participants are invited to have a look at the Coordinators page and join the discussion on its associated talk page.}} We have reached the midway point in our backlog elimination drive, so here is an update. Participation report — The November drive has 53 participants at this point. We had 77 participants in the September drive. In July, 95 people signed up for the drive, and in May we had 36. If you are not participating, it is not too late to join! Progress report — The drive is quite successful so far, as we have already almost reached our target of a 10% reduction in the number of articles in the backlog. We are doing very well at keeping our Requests page clear, as those articles count double for word count for this drive. Please keep in mind the possibility of removing other tags when you are finished with an article. If the article no longer needs {{tp|cleanup}}, {{tp|wikify}}, or other similar maintenance tags, please remove them, as this will make the tasks of other WikiProjects easier to complete. Thanks very much for participating in the Drive, and see you at the finish line! Your drive coordinators –The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk) |
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GOCE elections
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GOCE elections
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November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion
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|Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! ---- We have reached the end of our fourth backlog elimination drive. Thanks to all who participated. Stats
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GOCE Year-end Report
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GOCE drive news
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| Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 backlog elimination drive ---- Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! The drive is halfway over, so here are some mid-drive stats. Image:10yrs-contributing k.svg ;Participation So far, 43 people have signed up for this drive. Of these, 25 have participated. If you signed up for the drive but haven't participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you haven't signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now. ;Progress report We have eliminated two months from the backlog – January and February 2009. One of our goals is to eliminate as many months as possible from the 2009 backlog. Please help us reduce the size of this part of the backlog if you haven't already. Another goal is to reduce the entire backlog by 10%, or by 515 articles. Currently, we have eliminated 375 articles from the queue, so if each participant copy edits four more articles, we will reach that goal. Thank you for participating in the January 2011 drive. We anticipate it will be another big success! Your drive coordinators –S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), The UtahraptorTalk to me, and Tea with toast (Talk) |
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[[Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2011 June 5#User:Timeshift9]]
As you participated in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2011 June 5#User:Timeshift9. T. Canens (talk) 10:14, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
GOCE elections
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GOCE drive invitation
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GOCE drive newsletter
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GOCE drive newsletter
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GOCE drive newsletter
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GOCE drive newsletter
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GOCE 2011 Year-End Report
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GOCE 2011 Year-End Report
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GOCE March copy edit drive
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GOCE March drive newsletter
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| Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive update ---- File:GOCE March 2012 drive.jpg Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Here's the mid-drive newsletter. Participation: We have had 58 people sign up for this drive so far, which compares favorably with our last drive, and 27 have copy-edited at least one article. If you have signed up but have not yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: Our target of completing the 2010 articles has almost been reached, with only 56 remaining of the 194 we had at the start of the drive. The last ones are always the most difficult, so thank you if you are able to help copy-edit any of the remaining articles. We have reduced the total backlog by 163 articles so far. Special thanks: Special thanks to Stfg, who has been going through the backlog and doing some preliminary vetting of the articles—removing copyright violations, doing initial clean-up, and nominating some for deletion. This work has helped make the drive a more pleasant experience for all our volunteers. Your drive coordinators – Dianna (talk), Stfg (talk), and Dank (talk){{center|1= To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. }} |
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| Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive File:GOCE March 2012 drive.jpg ---- Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! This is the most successful drive we have had for quite a while. Here is your end-of-drive wrap-up newsletter. Participation Of the 70 people who signed up for this drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Special acknowledgement goes out to Lfstevens, who did over 200 articles, most of them in the last third of the drive, and topped all three leaderboard categories. You're a superstar! Stfg and others have been pre-checking the articles for quality and conformance to Wikipedia guidelines; some have been nominated for deletion or had some preliminary clean-up done to help make the copy-edit process more fun and appealing. Thanks to all who helped get those nasty last few articles out of the target months. Progress report During this drive we were successful in eliminating our target months—October, November, and December 2010—from the queue, and have now eliminated all the 2010 articles from our list. We were able to complete 500 articles this month! End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here. When working on the backlog, please keep in mind that there are options other than copy-editing available; some articles may be candidates for deletion, or may not be suitable for copy-editing at this time for other reasons. The {{tp|GOCEreviewed}} tag can be placed on any article you find to be totally uneditable, and you can nominate for deletion any that you discover to be copyright violations or completely unintelligible. If you need help deciding what to do, please contact any of the coordinators. Thank you for participating in the March 2012 drive! All contributions are appreciated. Our next copy-edit drive will be in May. Your drive coordinators – User:Diannaa (Talk), Stfg (Talk), and Dank (talk){{center|1= To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. }}EdwardsBot (talk) 22:00, 4 April 2012 (UTC) |
GOCE May copy edit drive
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|Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors ---- The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their May 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goal for the drive will be to eliminate January, February, and March 2011 from the queue. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. EdwardsBot (talk) 18:24, 22 April 2012 (UTC) |
[[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9 (2nd nomination)]]
Hi EdEColbert. Because you participated in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9 (2nd nomination). Cunard (talk) 06:00, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
[[WP:ACE2015|ArbCom elections are now open!]]
Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:23, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
