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			== Invitation to join the Ten Year Society ==
			] Dear Zocky,

			I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the ''']''', an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Misplaced Pages project for ten years or more. (You arrived here at almost exactly the same time as me.)
	== AutoComplete ==

			Best regards, — ] ] 12:35, 21 January 2013 (UTC).
	Please correct your code to catch one exception. Code with correction is ]. If You want please write to me on ]. ] (]) 09:30, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
	:I'll look at it one of this days. Thanks. ] \| ] 05:15, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

	== ~~jstools~~ ==		==Distress call==
			Zocky, your javascript searchbox don't work for me no more. My life is so much worse! :-( ] \| ] 18:12, 5 February 2013 (UTC).

			== PicturePopups in other Wikipedias ==
	Hello Zocky. That is some great work on the four js tools - I'm loving it after only 2 minutes :). I just wanted to ask what the LanguageLinks tool is. I think I might be interested in using it but you don't have an explanation like the others. Thanks ''']]''' 13:09, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
	:LanguageLinks changes the interlanguage links for articles, so that you see the titles of articles in other languages, and not just the name of the languages. ] \| ] 05:17, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
	::Well in that case I am interested. Thank you the reply. One more question, do I copy the code present on your /monobook.js page, or the actual source code for that page? ''']]''' 08:27, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
	:::I'll install it for you. If you don't like it, just revert your monospace.js. ] \| ] 17:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
	::::It's great. Thank you. ''']]''' 01:59, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

			Hi, Zocky. I love your ] script for Vector, but it doesn't work in other Wikipedias because they use different words for "File". I fixed the script by replacing '''File:''' with '''+:''' in line 24. If you decide to change it here we won't have to copy the whole script just to fix this small thing though. Thanks. --] (]) 05:56, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
	== A request for your consideration regarding ] ==
			:Done. ] \| ] 13:29, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
			::Sorry, one more little thing. You can remove the '''http:''' part of the css url on line 7, otherwise the script doesn't work in Google Chrome and Internet Explorer when using Misplaced Pages through https:. --] (]) 09:00, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
			:::Starting August 28 all registered users will be using https. That means without the simple modification I described above your script won't work any more. Please, see ]. Thanks. --] (]) 12:48, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

			==Order of the People's Hero?==
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			Hi, as you have contributed to the discussion at ], you may be interested in ]. --] <sup>]</sup> 08:25, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
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	I am leaving you this message because recent events have given me concern. When Aaron ] and I, and others, first developed this category well over a year ago, we visualized it as a simple idea. A low hassle, low bureaucracy process. We also visualized it as a process that people would come to trust, in fact as a way of increasing trust in those admins who chose to subscribe to the notion of recall. The very informal approach to who is qualified to recall, what happens during it, and the process in general were all part of that approach.

			== search box ==
	But recent events have suggested that this low structure approach may not be entirely effective. More than one of the recent recalls we have seen have been marred by controversy around what was going to happen, and when. Worse, they were marred by some folk having the perception, rightly or wrongly, that the admin being recalled was trying to change the rules, avoid the process, or in other ways somehow go back on their word. This is bad. It's bad for you the admin, bad for the trust in the process, and bad for the community as a whole.

			Could you please use commons.wikimedia.org/File:Button_find.png instead of en-file? The file was moved to commons and I do not see the pic at de-Misplaced Pages. Thank you. --] (]) 18:56, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
	I think a way to address this issue is to increase the predictability of the process in advance. I have tried to do that for myself. In my ] page, I have given pretty concrete definitions of the criteria for recall, and of the choices I can make, and of the process for the petition, and of the process for other choices I might make (the modified RfC or the RfAr). I think it would be very helpful if other admins who have voluntarily made themselves subject to recall went to similar detail. It is not necessary to adopt the exact same conditions, steps, criteria, etc. It's just helpful to have SOME. Those are mine, fashion yours as you see fit, I would not be so presumptuous as to say mine are right for you. In fact I urge you not to just adopt mine, as I do change them from time to time without notice, but instead develop your own. You are very welcome to start with mine if you so wish, though.
			==QuickEdit==
			Hi there, apologies if this does not really concern you, but I think this tool features some code you wrote?, and in this case you might want to know , or at least it appears so. Regards! --] (]) 15:59, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

			== Slovenian help needed ==
	But do something. If you have not already, I urge you to make your process more concrete, now, while there is no pressure and you can think clearly about what you want. Do it now rather than later, during a recall when folk may not react well to perceived changes in process or commitment.

			Hello Zocky,
	Further, I suggest that after you document your process, that you give a reference to it for the benefit of other admins who may want to see what others have done. List it in ] as a resource for the benefit of all. If you use someone else's by reference rather than copy, I suggest you might want to do as Cacharoth did, and give a link to a specific version.
			I'm contacting you because we need some Slovenian translators to help with the deployment of the new ] on sl.wikipedia. There are help pages, user guides, and description pages that need translating, as well as the interface itself. The translating work is going on over on MediaWiki: ]. I also need help with a personal message for the Slovenian Wikipedians. If you are able to help in any way, either reply here, or head over to TranslationCentral. Thanks for your time, ] (]) 23:15, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

			== Popup no longer working for me. :-( ==
	Do you have to do these things? Not at all. These are suggestions from me, and me alone, and are entirely up to you to embrace or ignore. I just think that doing this now, thinking now, documenting now, will save you trouble later, if you should for whatever reason happen to be recalled.

			When I click on the middle of a picture, nothing seems to happen.
	I apologise if this message seems impersonal, but with over 130 members in the category, leaving a personal message for each of you might not have been feasible, and I feel this is important enough to violate social norms a bit. I hope that's OK. Thanks for your time and consideration, and best wishes.
			It used to work. I saw my name in the list of users, and clicked, and it went to a page with the document.write command. Cannot recall when it worked last, but it has been "some time".
			Using Firefox 24. I cleared cache. I re-pasted into standard.js.
			I don't think I can try anything else. (] \| <small>] • ] </small> 17:40, 18 September 2013 (UTC))

			:I had the same problem, Zocky just needs to include his stylesheet with "//" instead of "http://" as mentioned above (all logged-in users are now on https). I just ], made the change on line 7 and ]. I hope Zocky fixes it soon so that I can point my vector.js back at his script. - ] (]) 21:46, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
	Larry Pieniazek
			::Fixed now. ] \| ] 20:19, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
			:::Hooray!! (] \| <small>] • ] </small> 17:47, 8 October 2013 (UTC))
			:::Thanks! ] (]) 20:14, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

			== Vilko Novak ==

			Želim ti citirati iz časopisa Vestnik (1997. 22. maj), kaj je povedal prof. dr. Vilko Novak: ''Po drugi vojni leta 1956 sem prvi prišel uradno na Madžarsko in v Porabje in tam govoril slovensko v našem'' (beltinskem) ''narečju, sodeloval sem namreč pri odprtju kulturnega doma Avgusta Pavla, ko sem predstavil delo Avgusta Pavla. Zato sem bil napaden v domačem prekmurskem okolju. Temu je sledila dveletna disciplinska preiskava... Me je pa ovirala'' (preiskava) ''pri mojem strokovnem napredovanju.'' ]<sup>]</sup> 15:19, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

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			What's the use of ]? If it's no longer needed, can you delete it under G7? Thanks, ] (]) 20:22, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

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			Hallo Zocky,

			thank you for your script. I’m very glad that I can use it. But I don’t get the button-images any more. I think, it is because they are loaded in http, not in https, mode. Could you please fix this? --] (]) 11:13, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

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Zocky's javascript tools

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Invitation to join the Ten Year Society

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I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Misplaced Pages project for ten years or more. (You arrived here at almost exactly the same time as me.)

Best regards, — Hex (❝?!❞) 12:35, 21 January 2013 (UTC).

Distress call

Zocky, your javascript searchbox don't work for me no more. My life is so much worse! :-( Bishonen | talk 18:12, 5 February 2013 (UTC).

PicturePopups in other Wikipedias

Hi, Zocky. I love your Picture Popups script for Vector, but it doesn't work in other Wikipedias because they use different words for "File". I fixed the script by replacing File: with +: in line 24. If you decide to change it here we won't have to copy the whole script just to fix this small thing though. Thanks. --V111P (talk) 05:56, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Done. Zocky | picture popups 13:29, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, one more little thing. You can remove the http: part of the css url on line 7, otherwise the script doesn't work in Google Chrome and Internet Explorer when using Misplaced Pages through https:. --V111P (talk) 09:00, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Starting August 28 all registered users will be using https. That means without the simple modification I described above your script won't work any more. Please, see m:HTTPS#Help! My code is broken!. Thanks. --V111P (talk) 12:48, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Order of the People's Hero?

Hi, as you have contributed to the discussion at Talk:Order of the People's Hero, you may be interested in Talk:Order of the People's Hero#Requested move. --Eleassar 08:25, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

search box

Could you please use commons.wikimedia.org/File:Button_find.png instead of en-file? The file was moved to commons and I do not see the pic at de-Misplaced Pages. Thank you. --Anka Friedrich (talk) 18:56, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

QuickEdit

Hi there, apologies if this does not really concern you, but I think this tool features some code you wrote?, and in this case you might want to know it conflicts with VisualEditor, or at least it appears so. Regards! --Elitre (WMF) (talk) 15:59, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Slovenian help needed

Hello Zocky, I'm contacting you because we need some Slovenian translators to help with the deployment of the new VisualEditor on sl.wikipedia. There are help pages, user guides, and description pages that need translating, as well as the interface itself. The translating work is going on over on MediaWiki: Translation Central. I also need help with a personal message for the Slovenian Wikipedians. If you are able to help in any way, either reply here, or head over to TranslationCentral. Thanks for your time, PEarley (WMF) (talk) 23:15, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Popup no longer working for me. :-(

When I click on the middle of a picture, nothing seems to happen. It used to work. I saw my name in the list of users, and clicked, and it went to a page with the document.write command. Cannot recall when it worked last, but it has been "some time". Using Firefox 24. I cleared cache. I re-pasted into standard.js. I don't think I can try anything else. ( Martin | talk • contribs 17:40, 18 September 2013 (UTC))

I had the same problem, Zocky just needs to include his stylesheet with "//" instead of "http://" as mentioned above (all logged-in users are now on https). I just forked Zocky's script in my own userspace, made the change on line 7 and changed my vector.js to point at my own fork. I hope Zocky fixes it soon so that I can point my vector.js back at his script. - Phorque (talk) 21:46, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Fixed now. Zocky | picture popups 20:19, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Hooray!! ( Martin | talk • contribs 17:47, 8 October 2013 (UTC))

Thanks! Phorque (talk) 20:14, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Vilko Novak

Želim ti citirati iz časopisa Vestnik (1997. 22. maj), kaj je povedal prof. dr. Vilko Novak: Po drugi vojni leta 1956 sem prvi prišel uradno na Madžarsko in v Porabje in tam govoril slovensko v našem (beltinskem) narečju, sodeloval sem namreč pri odprtju kulturnega doma Avgusta Pavla, ko sem predstavil delo Avgusta Pavla. Zato sem bil napaden v domačem prekmurskem okolju. Temu je sledila dveletna disciplinska preiskava... Me je pa ovirala (preiskava) pri mojem strokovnem napredovanju. Doncsecz 15:19, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Template:Location map/test/rectangle

What's the use of Template:Location map/test/rectangle? If it's no longer needed, can you delete it under G7? Thanks, Jackmcbarn (talk) 20:22, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

User:Zocky/SearchBox.js

Hallo Zocky,

thank you for your script. I’m very glad that I can use it. But I don’t get the button-images any more. I think, it is because they are loaded in http, not in https, mode. Could you please fix this? --Anka Friedrich (talk) 11:13, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

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A new user right for New Page Patrollers

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A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

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I suppose this makes me active again? Zocky | picture popups 01:38, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

It does, welcome back - we'd love your help with anything in WP:ADMINBACKLOG! — xaosflux 00:33, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

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Help to find user

Hello Zocky Would you find me an user to write / translate the article of Isabelle de Charrière (Q123386) for the Slovene Misplaced Pages? That would be appreciated. Boss-well63 (talk) 21:54, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

ExPatYUGOdiasporas

Pogledaj meta:ExPatYUGOdiasporas- možda će ti biti zanimljivo! Dare se pridružio ali se nezna još sam dodati unutar koda tabele, pa ako ste u prilici i dobrom raspoloženju dodajte se! :-) Zblace (talk) 09:51, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

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Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Brick chart/Blocks

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Brick chart/strmul

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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

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"Nine-eleven" listed at Redirects for discussion

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