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There's a lot to add still for this issue -- I wish that you'd doublechecked before publishing :) We'll just finish it up on the double. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 02:20, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Also, can you fix Misplaced Pages:Wikipedia_Signpost/Issue to reflect the new N&N headline? Thanx. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 02:22, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry! I was freaking out a little bit about getting it done when I left the above; don't apologize for publishing, it's great that you did. My schedule is a bit erratic, especially on Mondays, so there's no way that you could have known... and the Brion story just broke midday on Monday, so there's nothing I could do about it until Monday night, well past the deadline. Sorry to gripe on your talk page, and please don't feel bad! We do definitely need backup publishing help; I don't know how much time Ragesoss will have in the future (he has a new baby!) I happened to catch him last night & he fixed the headline. A checklist is not a bad idea... at least so we could say "it's 90%, let's go for it!" best, -- phoebe / (talk to me) 15:46, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

And I don't think anyone else was going to publish, so you rescued us!! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 15:48, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

aha, where are you located? I'm on the west coast of the US, so PST (UTC-8:00) and Ragesoss is on the east coast (EST, UTC-5:00). -- phoebe / (talk to me) 16:50, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Sure dude, I'll do a bit of investigating as to what would be appropriate. Perhaps a more organised version of Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Signpost/Newsroom/Publishing with checkmarks, or another column on Regular responsibilities... we'll see. Let me know if you have any thoughts on how you'd like to see this implemented. Glad you like the new Newsroom structure, it should make it a lot simpler for new Signpost writers to comprehend how stuff happens. Cool! --Pretzels 16:06, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

I think I understand where you're coming from. At the moment, I'm thinking of setting up a table, with a list of the articles, some other info, but most importantly a Status column - set to either green (finished, ready to publish), amber (in progress), or red (not started). This would replace the Newsroom section "For publication on October 5". Do you think this would be suitable? Pretzels 16:19, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I think having a table -- or probably just a single-column list, to be honest -- to replace the "For publication on Oct 5" section would be good. That new section looks good, but what we actually need is a list where we can leave notes about status, etc. etc. This week showed that there's not really a good way of deciding when things are 'finished', so a way of noting status would be great. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 16:50, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I think Phoebe has it, we really need a way of leaving notes about status. Red, green and amber can work, but words would be useful too, so we can know when stuff is going to be finished. Maybe we could have a time field, so I could say, look, if I haven't finished the DRAMA report by midnight Monday and aren't actively compiling it, publish as is. Sort of thing. Hiding T 16:53, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm on it. May take a few days to get right, but you'll hear from me. Thanks guys! --Pretzels 16:55, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Set up a checklist in the newsroom, with colours and words! Possible statuses are listed in the code, these can be changed if need be. What do you think? Pretzels 00:51, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Really glad it's working for you :) let me know if you need anything Pretzels 12:51, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Kingbotk assessing

I saw you filed the AWB bug and had discussions regarding talk pages dropping off AWB queue. Did you hear anything about possible progress? DoubleBlue (talk) 02:27, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

• I think they have their hands full with a number of other bugs. When I spoke to them the priority was a bug that was causing AWB to save the wrong page. I think the Kingbotk bug is lower priority than that. Can't really offer anything more than that to be honest. Hiding T 15:48, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
  • Thanks, that's more or less all I was wondering. Obviously I agree with having things in priority queue and it's a volunteer solution so I didn't want to pester so I asked you in case you already had some inside insight or a workaround. Cheers! DoubleBlue (talk) 23:41, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Signpost for delivery

The signpost is ready for delivery. I think you have the ability to do that, right? Let me know if you can't. Thanks. --Aude (talk) 00:54, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

ooh, canvassing?

I hadn't thought that it might be an issue (the image RfC), and now I feel embarrassed; please remove the thread thus far if you think people might frown on it. It's only six days old; I've just asked the co-organiser (MIckaul) how long it should go on for. Tony (talk) 12:28, 6 October 2009 (UTC) PS I guess I was still functioning in talk-page mode (less obvious); my worry is that this might start a trend of add-on notices at the bottom, which would be regrettable. Tony (talk) 12:31, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Hiding. Relieved. I presume it's still possible to post overleaf on the discussion page as an alternative to the underneath bit. In future, I would make such a post overleaf. Tony (talk) 13:59, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

signpost thanks

		The Signpost Barnstar
		for stepping in to help with the publication process, writing stories, helping to come up with constructive solutions and all-around helpfulness. Thanks! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 21:42, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Signpost contribution

First off, kudos on all your work at the Signpost, it really enriches the Misplaced Pages experience for myself and countless other editors I'm sure. I'm writing to let you know that I dropped a Discussion tip at the Tip Line, but then just wrote a Briefly point about it. I've wanted to help the Signpost for some time now, and this was my opportunity. I leave it up to your editorial judgement whether it should even stay, no hard feelings. - Draeco (talk) 02:19, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm happy to expand it if you like, I'll treat it as an exercise in diplomacy for me to remain neutral. - Draeco (talk) 00:42, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Write the next issue

The issue was that the next issue's contents page didn't exist! I've created it and all links are now appearing as they should. --Pretzels 15:46, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

What about She-Ra?

You forgot to merge She-Ra and Princess Adora that was part of the discussion regarding He-man and Prince Adam or does a seperate discussion have to happen regarding She-Ra have to happen before a final decision can happen. Dwanyewest (talk) 21:56, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Topic Ban

As I feel this was an unfair and hasty ban (one article as finished and supported by others and the other was one session from being completed), I have posted an appeal for review here: Thank you. Asgardian (talk) 00:17, 10 October 2009 (UTC)