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== WP:RRA ==
Hi. My apologies for not getting back to you sooner, I've been away the holidays (as you probably saw by my edit history : )

Anyway, to answer your question, I protected it in the spirit of "preventative, not punitive". With the understanding that it is generally considered disruptive to edit a proposal while there is an ongoing straw poll.

Hopefully this clarifies.

In any case, thank you for dropping the note on my talk page. I am typically happy to discuss any edit. - <b>]</b> 21:15, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

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The WikiProject: Good Articles Newsletter (January 2013)

The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume IV, No. 1 – January 2013

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Protection

I do too, but given the history and type of harassment going on, I think it's best to just stop it. There was a 3 day protection last month. Perhaps a longer one will help. Hopefully. Rjd0060 (talk) 01:44, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Talisman

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thanks for your diligent work of protecting the Luck of Edenhall and other articles. Warden (talk) 11:11, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Crat statement draft

Hi Bibli


Following the drama at BN, I'm trying to come up with a statement all Crats could agree to. Please take a look, below.

I am quite content to do this onwiki -we have always worked transparently, except where secrecy is essential (ie RTV). I think we should be able to wordsmith a statement acceptable to all, and I think it's an important thing to do.

  1. In my opinion, this issue has come about through an unfortunate proliferation of documentation: policy, guideline, how-to etc
  2. I am not convinced that there is community consensus on all of the points encapsulated in those various pages
  3. I am unhappy at what may be described as some or all of: inconsistencies, inaccuracies or lack of clarity in that documentation
  4. I do not believe that any of the issues we have faced have been caused by Crats trying to widen their powers
  5. I would like to see the issues clarified, based on consensus, and for the documentation to be updated accordingly
  6. I'd like to thank Griot-de for generously withdrawing the rename request

Signed

Lmk what you think. Many thanks, --Dweller (talk) 18:56, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Private

Hello. Sorry that I can't get this on email, but can you please choose User:Satellizer as an awesome Wikipedian? Thanks, CURTAINTOAD!  03:39, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 07 January 2013

Misplaced Pages Ambassadors update

Hi! You're getting this message because you are or have been a Misplaced Pages Ambassador. A new term is beginning for the United States and Canada Education Programs, and I wanted to give you an update on some important new information if you're interested in continuing your work this term as a Misplaced Pages Ambassador.

You may have heard a reference to a transition the education program is going through. This is the last term that the Wikimedia Foundation will directly run the U.S. and Canada programs; beginning in June, a proposed thematic organization is likely to take over organizing the program. You can read more about the proposal here.

Another major change in the program will take effect immediately. Beginning this term, a new MediaWiki education extension will replace all course pages and Ambassador lists. (See Misplaced Pages:Course pages and Help:Education Program extension for more details.) Included in the extension are online volunteer and campus volunteer user rights, which let you create and edit course pages and sign up as an ambassador for a particular course.

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After that, you can sign on to support courses. The list of courses will be at Special:Courses. (By default, this lists "Current" courses, but you can change the Status filter to "Planned" to see courses for this term that haven't reached their listed start date yet.)

As this is the first term we have used the extension, we know there will be some bugs, and we know the feature set is not as rich as it could be. (A big wave of improvements is already in the pipeline. And if you know MediaWiki and could help with code review, we'd love to have your help!) Please reach out to me (Sage Ross) with any complaints, bug reports, and feature suggestions. The basic features of the extension are documented at Misplaced Pages:Course pages, and you can see a tutorial for setting up and using them here.

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--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 20:58, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 14 January 2013

The Signpost: 21 January 2013

WP:RRA

Hi. My apologies for not getting back to you sooner, I've been away the holidays (as you probably saw by my edit history : )

Anyway, to answer your question, I protected it in the spirit of "preventative, not punitive". With the understanding that it is generally considered disruptive to edit a proposal while there is an ongoing straw poll.

Hopefully this clarifies.

In any case, thank you for dropping the note on my talk page. I am typically happy to discuss any edit. - jc37 21:15, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

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