User talk:JeffBillman/archive6

Greetings

I enjoyed reading your rant, and I must say I often feel similarly about the assessment people (although it's a good thing to have some sort of tier structure of article quality, the GA procedure is a travesty now) -- and about the so-called "Essjay controversy". Every community needs people doing the selfless job of calling the sycophants and apparatchiks sycophants and apparatchiks (respectively :) dab (𒁳) 20:56, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

MetsBot functionality

Please ensure that your bot is functioning in article mainspace, and not userspace as it did with User:SwissCelt/Youngstown. Thank you. -- SwissCelt 20:42, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry for editing if you don't want bots editing your userspace, but for a task such as the one my bot was performing, if the bot had not made the edit, the infobox would have stopped working on all the pages the bot skipped, so therefore I deemed it appropriate to edit all occurances of the infobox, no matter what namespace they were in. —METS501 (talk) 21:07, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Boardman

For your information: after explaining my reasons for disagreeing with the Boardman merger, I left a neutral message on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ohio and the talk pages of OHWiki, Prinzwilhelm, and Twelsht; although different on each page, the message reads something like this:

"A merger has been proposed (and disputed) for Boardman, Ohio and Boardman Township, Mahoning County, Ohio. Please offer your opinions on the Boardman, Ohio talk page."

Nyttend 13:27, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Nyttend! I'm certain that, regardless of the outcome, this debate will improve the articles in WikiProject Ohio. -- SwissCelt 20:08, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Youngstown assessment

SwissCelt, I have started assessing WP:Youngstown articles. You can view the project page at Wikipedia:WikiProject Youngstown/Article Classification. I have assessed about half of the Youngstown-related articles and will work on the rest in the coming days. If you come across a Youngstown-related article which hasn't been assessed, please feel free to do so. Artles needing assessment can be viewed at Category:Unassessed Youngstown articles. Thanks, Daysleeper47 00:56, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps I should have read your Rant of the Moment. My apologies for troubling you with my assessment. That said, Youngstown, Ohio is up for FA nom again and could use some assistance; see the comments left on the talk page. --Daysleeper47 02:58, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry about it. I'm actually honored that you would ask me, although for obvious reasons I'll have to respectfully decline to assess any articles. I certainly can help improve articles, though. -- SwissCelt 03:04, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My adminship

Thanks for pushing me to go for adminship! My nomination has passed, 39-1-0, so I now have the tools..."With great power comes great responsibility". Nyttend 05:47, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dream Center

Dear SwissCelt,

I volunteered at the Dream Center during Hurricane Katrina evacuees' stay there. I am interested about your comments re: the misappropriation of donations. I have firsthand knowledge.

Cultural imperialism

I know this comment was made over two years ago, but I find it hilarious, so take this star of good humor. ALTON .ıl 06:43, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:WCVJ-FM logo.png

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		For your tireless work on improving Wikipedia. ApJ (talk) 15:31, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:OH

Hi there, I have an idea for the WikiProject listed at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ohio#Newsletter and was wondering if you would mind giving your opinon on the matter. I have contacted you because you in the middle of the list atWikipedia:WikiProject_Ohio/Participants and I am seeking opinions of users who have been members of WP:OH for awhile. Thank you for your time. §tepshep • ¡Talk to me! 23:36, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Ohio Newsletter

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The Ohio WikiProject Newsletter Issue I - Month 2008

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From the editor
This is the first issue of WikiProject Ohio's newsletter. The newsletter is intended to help all members of the project to keep up with new developments and coordinate new collaborative efforts. If you would like to suggest something to be included in the next newsletter please see:The Newsdesk
Project News
New features have been added to the project banner. All articles now need to be assessed for importance as well as class. There are approximately 60,000* articles under Category:Ohio that still need the banner added to their talk pages as well.
Editors and Contributors Needed
*We are in need of editors for this newsletter. If you are interested please visit:The Newsletter Project Page. Also, the The Ohio Portal is seeking Wikipedians to nominate selected articles, sports teams, biographies, and images. The portal is also seeking maintainers.

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Areas needing attention
Assessment requests: There may be Requests for assessment needing to be answered. To see new assessment requests as they come in, you can watch the assessment page. Article assessment: Unassessed Ohio article need you help visit Category:Unassessed Ohio articles & Category:Unknown-importance Ohio articles
Featured and Good Articles
Recently a number of Ohio related articles have achieved featured status. We at WikiProject Ohio would like the editors of those pages for their hard work. Featured Jack Warner, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Superman Good Articles Halle Berry and Jack Nicklaus
Contributors
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