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Inactivity notice

Hi! I used to be very, very active on Misplaced Pages. Then I fell in love. Now I'm a lot less active on Misplaced Pages. I do still pop in from time to time, but be aware that I'm likely to let months go by without checking in, so if you need immediate help, you should probably ask someone else. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 18:50, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride 2014

Hi FisherQueen. In case you are not aware, there is an upcoming campaign to improve coverage of LGBT-related topics on Misplaced Pages, culminating with an international edit-a-thon on June 21. See Wiki Loves Pride 2014 for more information. If you are interested, you might consider creating a page for a major city (or cities!) near you, with a list of LGBT-related articles that need to be created or improved. This would be a tremendous help to Misplaced Pages and coverage of LGBT culture and history. Thanks for your consideration, and please let me know if you have any questions! --Another Believer _(Talk) 15:53, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Why did you delete Charlie Z's page?

Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Proving notability of PWMN article

The article on the PWMN network community (https://en.wikipedia.org/Patras_wireless_metropolitan_network) was deleted under speedy deletion (A7). The page is not to promote an organization but rather to provide information and geographical and historical facts about "Patras wireless metropolitan network". The network is actually one of the first community wireless networks in the world (the related academic publications cite Patras Wireless Network along with a few others e.g. Seattle Wireless and NYC wireless) and the first one in Greece in 2001, starting as "Patras Wireless Network" http://www.patraswireless.net/ and continuing on as Patras Wireless Metropolitan Network (the transition is mentioned here http://www.patraswireless.net/Patras_Wireless_Metropolitan_Network.html).

Here are some points that prove the notability of the PWMN network:

1. The network has been cited as and used as a testbed for university research and network tools (check for Patras Wireless Network in the text) e.g.:

http://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse561/04au/projects/papers/Reis-Gopalratnam.pdf

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1488856

http://www.iaeng.org/publication/IMECS2013/IMECS2013_pp585-590.pdf

2. The contribution of PWMN to the local community is notable. It was invited to give a talk at a conference of the Technical Chamber of Greece (called TEE https://en.wikipedia.org/Technical_Chamber_of_Greece http://web.tee.gr/) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cs8CIBU0-0

3. It is of course listed in many online lists as one of the major community networks:

https://en.wikipedia.org/List_of_wireless_community_networks_by_region

http://www.wna.gr/wind/?page=communities

http://top-topics.thefullwiki.org/Top_wireless_community_networks_by_region:_All

Pwmn (talk) 15:34, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

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Admin userright suspended

Hi FisherQueen, I've now removed your sysop userright, per previous talk page notifications, under WP:Inactive administrators. Thank you very much for your service. Worm(talk) 12:18, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

I missed that whole discussion, and the notices, which is a good sign that I am, indeed, not at all active anymore. I think the deactivation of my admin privileges is totally reasonable - I'm certainly not familiar with any changes in rules or practices that have happened in several years, and probably shouldn't be using those buttons unless I do someday become a lot more active and take time to learn what's been happening around Misplaced Pages. Thanks for letting me know. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 18:29, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:Dlhamon/Sandbox

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Wiki Loves Pride 2016

As a participant of WikiProject LGBT studies, you are invited to participate in the third annual Wiki Loves Pride campaign, which runs through the month of June. The purpose of the campaign is to create and improve content related to LGBT culture and history. How can you help?

1. Create or improve LGBT-related Misplaced Pages pages and showcase the results of your work here
2. Document local LGBT culture and history by taking pictures at pride events and uploading your images to Wikimedia Commons
3. Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Looking for topics? The Tasks page, which you are welcome to update, offers some ideas and wanted articles.

This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. The group's mission is to develop LGBT-related content across all Wikimedia projects, in all languages. Visit the affiliate's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Misplaced Pages, plain and simple, and all are welcome! If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 20:03, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

I understand the meaning of your user name!

Just sayin'. I get it. KDS4444 (talk) 12:55, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

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Orphaned non-free image File:Grand Guignol poster.jpg

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 03:53, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

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Good people who do good things always do stick in one's mind, - that means you, too. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:32, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

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Ten years!

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List of YouTubers

The List of YouTubers is being nominated for deletion again. I don't know why. It's been nominated so many damn times. Take a look here. Mr. C.C._{I didn't do it!} 00:51, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

You’re kind of canvassing here, and also FQ hasn’t been active for several years. Beeblebrox (talk) 02:08, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for your helpful suggestions. I will take a careful look at them. Keep well! Richard Reive Richard.reive (talk) 02:32, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary

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Your deletion to Template:Uw-chat4im

Thank you for deleting this page, but could you explain why? Faster than Thunder (talk | contributions | block) 04:10, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Since FQ has only been sporadically active (though I see you were here a month ago, hi there!)), I'll respond - it was a creation by a vandal/sock who was trying to be a little too cute by making their own templates. And it was in 2009. Is there something I can help you with? Acroterion (talk) 04:16, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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