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hi. i'm from palo alto

and i wish to contact you to ask you something. would you mind? Eyalmc 11:07, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

thanks for your reply. Regarding my question: I might need some consulting from someone who is a "collaboration culture expert". Since you're an admin and we are both from the same neighborhood, i thought that this might be you :). would you like to consider this? if yes, how would you suggest that we'll get in touch? Eyalmc 22:27, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Chester Bennington

For about the last 5 minutes, myself (and some other users as well), have been reverting vandalism on Chester Bennington's page. Would you be able to put an Anti-Vandalism block on the page or something? Thanks a lot Jay 20:51, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

In the future, you should post a message on Wikipedia:Requests for page protection immediately like User:BANG! did [1], (which User:Acalamari replied too[2]), rather than ask an admin like me who may be offline during that time. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 01:53, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Ah, alright. I didn't know that was what I was supposed to do, but I'll keep that in mind in the future. Thanks for the info though. Jay 02:28, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

German articles

HEY HOMIE! PROVIDE SOURCES IN THE GERMANS OR ETHNIC GERMANS ARTICLE. OR THAT ARTICLE IS DELETED PER WIKIPEDIA POLICY71.208.101.188 02:10, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

As per Wikipedia policy, you should address your concerns on the talk page of each article rather than removing or changing large amounts of content without consensus. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 02:24, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

It would also help your cause if you first stop from making edit summaries that are more civil than confrontational and in all caps (which does imply to many admins like me that you intend to be disruptive). And it would also help if you actually help out and provide new, properly sourced content that contradicts what is currently on those articles. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 02:34, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Re: Cardinals logo

Ah, OK. It had been taken down for some time, and that was the first one I saw in the NFL logos category. Pats1 16:19, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

An image name

Hi! I've been updating an image name. But I can't update this one. Because you protected the page. It would be grateful if you could update the image name to The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Thank you. Oda Mari 19:17, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

I tagged Commons:Image:Tsunami by hokusai 19th century.jpg as a duplicate of Commons:Image:The Great Wave off Kanagawa.jpg, but it will also need to be switched on several other wikipedias.[3] See Commons:Commons:Deletion guidelines#Duplicates Zzyzx11 (Talk) 20:21, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you so much. Best regards. Oda Mari 04:50, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

USRD Newsletter - Issue 12

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POTD footer

Hello. I noticed you usually do most of the work on the POTD protected pages, so I thought I'd ask you about this. I was thinking of creating Template:POTDfooter and adding it to all of the existing POTD protected templates, as part of an effort to standardize how the last line of these templates is displayed (both to remove the bold around the dash and to add the noprint class that is used on the other parts of the main page). Is this okay with you? --- RockMFR 03:04, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Before you do anything, I think you better study WP:POTD/G#Writing the blurb and WP:POTD/G#Protected version. The POTDs are generated by a complex system of templates (that is also used on Commons for their POTDs) so users can display their own custom POTD layouts, which includes a special layout for the main page. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 03:48, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Probably the main two things you really have to study is WP:POTD/G#Protected version and Template:POTD row. The goal is to make your changes on Template:POTD row without needing to alter anything on WP:POTD/G#Protected version, or else several other pages and templates will have to be altered as well. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:31, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

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Thx for warning my friend.

Kızılsungur 07:21, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

— Comment made in regards to [4] and [5] [6]

TfD nomination of Template:Dab current

Template:Dab current has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — — Jack · talk · 02:09, Tuesday, 4 September 2007

Unspecified source for Image:2006 NBA All-Star Game.png

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Academy Awards Wikipedia Project

To:

1. User talk:Thomas Connor
2. User talk:Dl2000
3. User talk:Matt Heard
4. User talk:Classicaltorture
5. User talk:Geewillickers
6. User talk:Amynewyork4248
7. User talk:LadySatine
8. User talk:Jagarin
9. User talk: Gr8lyknow
10. User talk:Zerorules677
11. User talk:Amaas120
12. User talk:Zzyzx11
13. User talk:Hoverfish

Hello. I noticed that your name was listed as a member of the Wikipedia Project for Academy Awards (at this page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Academy Awards). Are you still interested in, and involved with, this project ... or, in the Academy Awards topic in general? If so, I would like to ask you a question and to solicit your input, advice, and suggestions. Here on Wikipedia, I am most interested in, frequently contribute to, and tend to monitor and edit the various Academy Award articles -- of which there are many. That topic is essentially my primary interest here on Wikipedia. One day recently (about a week ago), I was reviewing / editing / proofreading the various Academy Award articles, as I do pretty regularly. Literally, as I was working on them, an administrator was deleting many, many of the articles -- I believe, seven Academy Award articles in total. I am sure that they went through the proper AfD process. However, I was unaware that they were even being considered for deletion (since they were not on my Watch List). As a result, I was not able to participate in any of the discussion or debate ... and all seven articles were ultimately deleted. The list of articles deleted is here (if you look under Item #3 on my "To Do List"): User:Joseph A. Spadaro/Sandbox/Page09. Needless to say, I am very upset about this and I sincerely feel that these are worthwhile articles, into which a lot of work was placed (by me and by you and by others). If I had my druthers, all seven articles would be un-deleted ... however, I am certain that Wikipedia hardly works that way (i.e., letting my druthers dictate the issue). So, basically, these are my questions to you. (1) Do you agree or disagree that these articles should have been deleted? (2) What, if anything, can I (or you or others) do about all of this? (3) Is there any way to fix this, or am I barking up a wrong tree, which will only result in banging my head against the proverbial brick wall? Will I be spinning my wheels, getting nowhere ... or can this situation change? By the way, the deletion debate is here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of actors receiving six or more Academy Award nominations -- if you can call it a debate. I am really very upset about all of this. Please advise. PS: In a subsequent post, I can offer my specific reasons to un-delete these articles and to counter-argue the consensus reached at the debate. But, initially, I wanted to ask those (above) preliminary questions of you. Please reply at My Talk Page: User talk:Joseph A. Spadaro. Another PS: I initiated a preliminary conversation with the administrator who deleted the articles. You can see that conversation on my Talk Page under the "Academy Awards" heading. Before my next move with that deleting administrator, I wanted to seek your input and advice on the best way to proceed. Thanks much. Please reply at my Talk Page: User talk:Joseph A. Spadaro. Many thanks! (Joseph A. Spadaro 13:24, 6 September 2007 (UTC))

Fair use rationale for Image:NHLEastConference.png

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Image:NHLEastConferenceFrench.png

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Image:NHLWestConference.png

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Image:NHLWestConferenceFrench.png

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Image source problem with Image:AmericanFootballConference.png

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Pittsburgh Steelers

Pittsburgh Steelers had a recent bout of vandalism. Would you mind reading through the article and fix anything that needs fixing. Thanks. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 02:23, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

WP meetup

	In the area? You're invited to
	San Francisco Meetup 3
	Date: September 16th, 2007
	Place: Yerba Buena Gardens, 3pm
	San Francisco Meetup 2

-- phoebe/(talk) 06:34, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:California Pizza Kitchen.png)

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