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How do you want them arranged? I'm going to be away until some time Sunday so you may get better response from Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). RJFJR 21:07, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On the right and/or in groups. Smokizzy 21:10, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently userboxes can be formatted using either HTML tables or wiki-markup infoboxes. I'm not very experienced at this. My recommendation is look at the user pages of people who are experienced, until you find one layed out in a way you like and then copy it. Or you can try the village pump technical section. I'm sorry I can't be of more assistance. RJFJR 15:48, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To link to a category put it in double brackets, then a colon (for link rather than to include the page in the categdory) then the name beginning with category: and then close with a double brackets. Like this Category:Cleanup by month is '[[:Category:Cleanup by month]]'. RJFJR 19:15, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do you really think the chris farley arcade needs a db bio? LazyLaces 20:58, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Oh, nevermind. Just Google them. Can't find them. LazyLaces 00:37, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I hope you don't mind that I claimed your smile. :) --Czj 17:37, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There only limit on how often you can play word association is that you can not have successive turns. In most games this means that you can only add one word, and then you have to wait for someone else to have a turn before you can have your next one. It isn't generally regarded as a good thing if your contributions to word association (or other games) significantly outway productive contributions to the wiki, but this is just a matter of opinion. Thryduulf 17:32, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a much more infrequent visitor to Wikipedia than I once was, due to changed in my offline circumstances, so it was pure chance how quick the response was - I didn't even look when you posted the message! I'm not certain if your comment about the second part of my answer and your understanding thereof was sacastic or genuine!?! Thryduulf 17:40, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Do you really think Association of Professional Genealogists is a blatent advertisemetn? I don't see any promotional tone. it is a stub, and needs expansion if kept. It may be non-notable. Bot spam? I don't think so. DES ^(talk) 06:36, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You tagged Cpl Tyler Rock for speedy deletion. I've removed the speedy tag and haven't deleted it, because you gave no rationale other than "Not sure what this article is", and the article does not seem to meet any of the speedy deletion criteria. In future, please refer to one of the WP:CSD criteria when tagging an article for speedy. The article might well be deletable - it has only one source and no real evidence of notability - but it should be sent to AfD in that case, rather than speedied. Walton ^{Need some help?} 16:52, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Smokizzy, I'd be glad to give you an editor review, but it probably won't happen before Wednesday-ish because I'm a bit busy in the real world. Hope you don't mind! Regards, – Riana_ऋ 04:10, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

why did you do this: 14:48, 7 May 2007 Smokizzy (Talk | contribs) m (98,471 bytes) (Reverted 4 edits by 213.41.137.29 identified as vandalism to last revision by Coemgenus. using TW)

If you did it because I wrote This will be done by employee paied 25% more (in net) per hour between 35 and 39, with money from welfare, then just know that the frnch newspaper La Tribune (lunidi 7 mai 2007) write on page 5: «Dès le collectif budgétaire qui sera soumis aux députés en juillet, il fera adopter l'une des mesures les plus emblématiques de son projet visant à développer dans les entreprises les heures supplémentaires. Au delà de la 35° heure de travail continue, toute heure supplémentaire bénéficiera d'un bonus de 25%, mais surtout elle sera totalement défiscalisée et exonérée de cotisations sociales (salariales et patronales) de sécurité sosciale.». I did not understodd where the vandalism is.

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Harry Potter is a UK subject, hence uses UK English. Matthew 21:14, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello! Be careful when you auto-revert vandalism that the changes you make to the page are not leaving problems themselves! Regards, (aeropagitica) 20:57, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, have you followed the external links section to see if the subject is notable or not? have you googled before adding the notability guidelines? though the article is still stub and seconds old, you hasten to add the template. If you still insist that the subject is not notable enough, then I would request putting the article for voting, as I believe it should stay. Please, let me know what you think on my user page. Sdudah 04:03, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He did the same thing for William Spaniel. stealthymatt 00:13, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You recently marked William Spaniel as in the category "Wikipedia articles with topics of unclear importance". The article has expanded greatly since then, and I would appreciate it if you could both explain your reasons for the article being of the category or take it out of the category. Thanks, stealthymatt 00:12, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for removing the tag, I was going to keep expanding the text and integrating the 3rd party sources, but now it's okay. Thanks again, stealthymatt 02:42, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No it's not silly, but I just figured that people would just sign it themselves I guess... Herostratus 18:51, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Ah. Well they should definitely all be parallel. The thing is, I don't know how to add the sigs. I don't think it's as simple as just adding four tildes. For instance User:Zsinj/Wdefcon, which is automatically signed... but how? is the "" near the bottom? Do you know anything about this? Herostratus 21:39, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have slightly expanded this article and on the talk page I have outlined why I believe him to be notable.--Oxonian2006 01:53, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I reverted some changes I considered inapropriate, since they were not first discussed, and lacked some base. Also, I took the time to write my reasons for doing that in the discussion page of the article. I would like to know your reasons for reverting my reversion, starting off by the fact that the university's motto is actually "La Universidad del Futuro" and not "La Universidad de la Excelencia" as you can see in this webpage http://www.usb.ve/conocer/simbolos.html (although, it is in Spanish.)

So, please, be so kind to state your reasons for your actions. In the meantime, I will not re-edit for a day or two the page, as a sign of respect to you, until we discuss properly the situation and get to a mutual agreement. I look forward to seeing your point of view. Regards, Daguerio. Daguerio 00:29, 31 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Great! It is nice to know you are willing to help. I did not alter the basic structure of Traditions. I fixed some typos and made it more PC. I also added some "citation needed"s, but, I would like to add the sort of disclaimer that states there is a lack of sources used in that part of the article. I am not quite sure how to do that and would like you to help me.

Also, regarding sources, I truly want to help. Sadly, although most of the things are true in Traditions (I really know it since I am currently studying there and know those myths by heart, as everybody else I know does), I cannot seem to find sources. It is really hard, especially in the internet. I do not know if there is another way I could find sources to back those statements, maybe an interview with some authority of the university or something else. If you can think of something you are more than welcomed to help.

Lastly, I hope you like my last edit and do not find the need to revert it. If you have any comments, please, do tell me, as I am really interested in improving this article. That is all for now. Thanks for your time. Regards, Daguerio. Daguerio 00:19, 1 June 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I mega-goofed, obviously, which I so rarely do. I've tagged all the ones I created by mistake with {{db-empty}}, so you needn't do anymore, and they should all go away soon. I was attempting to categorize all the uncategorized sockpuppet categories, which I'll go do now. Correctly. To quote a wise man, "D'oh!" Sorry again for the inconvenience. :( --Ebyabe 02:06, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks for the compliment! It was fun putting that together, and periodically adding to it. By the way, thanks for all the great anti-vandalism work you're doing. Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 17:31, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Are you aware your reverts [1] are still to vandalized versions of the page? -wizzard2k ^(C•T•D) 02:34, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your feedback. I changed the Prisoner of Azkaban one to a darker background to increase the contrast with the title text. Are there other ones you'd like to change? If so, please tell me or you can also change them yourself by using the colors from Web colors#X11 color names. For example, I chagned the PoA background color from "purple" to "indigo". Hope that helps. Brisvegas 23:39, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Smokizzy! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Daniel 05:24, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am Smokizzy on freenode and I would like the cloak wikipedia/smokizzy. Thanks. --Smokizzy (talk) 15:34, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just use Db|reason to delete it Taprobanus 22:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vidor 03:20, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, it wasn't that, as I blanked the talk page after receiving that message. I suspect it was the perfect game article, in which I have been in a dispute with another user. I was wondering if that user had been in communication with you. He has not responded to my last message on the discussion page. Vidor 03:36, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reverting the vandalism. Can you watch that guy please? Crunch13 15:06, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Why did you revert Lucasbfr at [2]? ST47 15:16, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

hahaha, seems you went a bit fast on the rollback button, my friend ;). -- lucasbfr ^talk 15:17, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, you reverted my changes[3] on Rodney_McKay without a comment. I tried, as suggested by the 'Trivia' tag, to integrate "content in this section [...] into the body of the article or" to remove it. I also made a few minor changes. Was something wrong with any of them?

... the vandalism on my user page, before I even noticed it was there! Nice work. Bencherlite 14:38, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You reverted the changes I made regarding the supposed location of the Pillars of Hercules, giving the reason that I did not cite a reference. Yet what is said in the Atlantis article, which is totally controversial, is not referenced. Who said that before Eratosthenes the Greeks placed the Pillars of Hercules at the Straits of Sicily? What evidence do you have for this? Please supply it, as I would be very interested to read it.

Please remove the speedy deletion warning on Redington Museum. You put it on while I was writing it. I have more things to add but look at it now. The warning says that I can't remove it. Please please please.Spevw 01:44, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. It really is a nice place and possibly the most historic place in this part of the state.Spevw 01:52, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Universe=atom^{Talk•Contributions} 15:06, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think now you can see where All-Star Final Vote is going and that it is encyclopedic enough to be kept. I would appreciate it if you would remove your speedy delete tags. I have already commented them out.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 20:00, 5 July 2007 (UTC) ₩[reply]

Working on it right now. Will do a speedy update to get rid of Socrates from the substitution template. Sorry about that!!

Kind Regards...SriMesh | talk 02:48, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help with joining the History Wikiproject

What was your thinking behind reverting 76.25.51.174's edit? I guess I'm asking, why didn't you revert 71.223.52.24's edits also? The latter's addition strikes me as not well written for Wikipedia -- clearly POV and poorly sourced. It appeared that 76.25.51.174's edit was an attempt to add NPOV although the editor didn't go nearly far enough. What do you think? Therefore 21:40, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Smokizzy. Except in the case of obvious vandalism it normally takes me more than one minute to decide if a page should be reverted. Perhaps you would like to review Enrico Mattei a little more fully following my reversal, although improvements are, of course, very welcome. Gralo 20:56, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry. Don't know what I was thinking/looking at. Apologies, Smokizzy (talk) 21:32, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. The beauty of Wikipedia is that everything is reversible! Regards Gralo 21:35, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I was just wondering why you reverted my edits to this article. They were both valid and notable, as well as referenced at the bottom of the page. Also, you provided no reason or rationale and did not discuss the issue on the talk page, as per Wikipedia's general policy. Try not to revert things without investigating their merit. Maybe the editor added valuable information, as in this case. CaseyIsDShiz 22:03, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your message regarding a revert of my edit to the SunRocket article does not make sense. The text I added regarding the announcement by SunRocket that it is "no longer accepting calls for customer support or sales" is accurate and was published in several newspaper articles including the New York Times word for word. Other users have word-smithed the article and provided numerous official sources. SunRocket is reported to be going out of business and leaving over 200,000 VoIP users without service after they paid $199 for a year's worth of service. SunRocket ..... the "gotcha" phone company. Please explain why you sent messages saying you reverted my edit.

You wrote:

Alright, you've convinced me. I accept the challenge. But first, can you tell me how you see all the good things you've said about me? :) Where do I go from here? Smokizzy (talk) 21:33, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To the left, in the toolbox menu of the sidebar (for those using the default "monobook" skin), is the "User contributions" command. It shows up on the menu when you are on another user's user page. Also, I analyze your contributions using Interiot's "wannabe Kate's tool" edit counter - there's a link to it at the top of my tools page (see my menu system on my user page).

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Please confirm that this is the Smokizzy that is requesting username usurpation on en.wikibooks. Thanks. --SB_Johnny | ^PA! 22:15, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, that's me. Smokizzy (talk) 22:16, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I noticed that you warned Chloh for removing warnings from the user talk page. I just want to let you know that that's currently allowed by our userspace guideline. Cheers, WODUP 05:21, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Worse than that - they weren't even warnings. Please read up on what is and what is not vandalism before accusing people of vandalizing their own talk page. In this case, it comes very close to biting the newbies. Pairadox 05:51, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. I should have checked the the editor against the page in question; I wouldn't have warned the user otherwise. Smokizzy (talk) 14:03, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi. Why did you revert this edit? — Adriaan (T★C) 16:20, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I've resigned as coach.

I'm telling you in case you want to help coach the VC students.

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Hiya - just a quick note. I've removed a couple of your posts to WP:UAA. Having a name which matches the name of a company isn't automatically a breach of username policy. When you use that account to promote that company, or organisation, then it is, and the account should then be blocked. A number of the reports which you've made are for accounts which haven't actually made any contributions - it could be seen as a bit bitey and a failure to assume good faith to block them immediately. If, of course, they then start creating articles about the very organisations after which they are named, feel free to relist them. Thanks, and thanks for your efforts! _GB^T/C 19:25, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, and have salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).

Well also make preparations for our exciting Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event, a free content photography contest for Columbia University students planned for Friday March 28 (about 2 weeks after our meeting).

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

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...so for thankin' a gentleman for pointing me to a place where I amy experiment with a wiki I now recieve a warning? Thats not southern hospitality, sir, not hospitality in the least. Good day, sir, and in the future, consider puttin; some thought into your comments before lashing out a thanks. Ya'll end up makin' enemies that way, not friends. 129.108.96.107 (talk) 01:17, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! You've received this templated message because you've recently reverted vandalism on User:TenOfAllTrades or User talk:TenOfAllTrades. I'd like to thank you for fixing things up, and I appreciate the effort.

The vandalism you've reverted is due to a serial vandal and harrasser that once went by the username Light current. He's been indefinitely blocked for a year, but just hasn't seemed to have taken the hint. Sometimes he'll edit using an IP from one of Tiscali UK's ranges, other times he'll use a throwaway sock of some sort. The page at Wikipedia:Abuse reports/Tiscali DSL provides the background. Typical IP addresses are 76.76.* and 88.108.* through 88.111.*.

If you're an administrator, it is in general safe to block indefinitely any accounts that vandalize my talk page without issuing any advance warnings. If you're blocking an IP address, I recommend blocks of 31 hours. Longer blocks risk collateral damage, while shorter blocks may not serve to actually prevent further vandalism. (Previous experience suggests that Tiscali DSL IPs roll over about once a day.) If you're not an administrator, please consider posting a report at WP:AIV. Light current typically continues to deface pages and undo reverts of his vandalism until blocked.

Typically, he will vandalize your user or talk page after you've reverted vandalism on my user pages; I apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you again for mopping up. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 01:45, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The recent edit you made to Princess Nikki constitutes vandalism, and has been reverted. Please do not continue to vandalize pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thanks. Smokizzy (talk) 01:53, 12 March 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Look at the issue again. Inanimate objects like rocks cannot commit treachery; The word was most likely put there by someone for whom English was a second language. Thus, removal of this inappropriate adjective can in no way be considered "unconstructive". Please note that when dealing with other wikipeadians, please try to follow the guidelines in WP:AGF. This means, not reverting other people's work without discussing it first. Thanks, Overminor (talk) 05:31, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you that some of the links provided on the article were spammy, but others were a GF attempt by the article's author to address the issues coming up in the AfD. I've restored some of the better links. Please be careful when undoing edits without an edit summary; I had no idea what you were doing until I checked the author's talk page. Despite the addition of sources, I'm not withdrawing the AfD, so if you feel they're inadequate, I encourage you to voice your concerns there. Thanks. --Nsevs • Talk 21:30, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For easily beating me to reverts many times even though I was using huggle, Smokizzy is awarded this barnstar. J.delanoygabsadds 21:44, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, and while you're reading this, I can get a few reverts in. :P J.delanoy^gabs_adds

Dang it, I was thinking "No one but God Himself could beat someone with huggle." I was wrong. Another user with huggle can beat a user with huggle. Oh well...... J.delanoy^gabs_adds 21:50, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

that was not vandalism I was giving the reader a preface to the racist and derogatory paragraph following. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Informatron (talk • contribs) 22:27, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I restored your revert in the Etta James article. 14 appears correct. See http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2752/James-Etta.html . I was thinking it was bogus too, til I looke it up. - Fellow vandal fighter Tcncv (talk) 03:32, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Here's a barnstar for your excellent work reverting vandalism. Good work! Cheers, Midorihana~いいですね? はい! 03:35, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. :) Midorihana^{~いいですね? はい!} 03:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It wasnt an unconstructive edit, its a shitty article and the stuff I removed was awful and added nothing.155.198.157.103 (talk) 05:04, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Good work protecting Wikipedia from the vandals, particularly revering vandalism on my user talk page. Thanks! Tiddly-Tom 22:02, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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New York City Meetup Next: Sunday June 1st, Columbia University area Last: 3/16/2008 This box: view • talk • edit

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, elect a board of directors, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).

We'll also review our recent Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event, and make preparations for our exciting successor Wiki Week bonanza, being planned with Columbia University students for September or October.

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

Also, check out our regional US Wikimedia chapters blog Wiki Northeast (and we're open to guest posts).
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The WikiProject Judaism Newsletter Issue I -- Sivan, 5768

Main Project Page Talk Page Judaism Portal Categories To Do Judaism AFD/RFC What's This? Shalom aleichem sports fans, and welcome to the first of what I hope will be a monthly newsletter with the need-to-know information about our fair WikiProject. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to recommend a story for the newsletter, click here to leave a message on the Newsletter Coordinator's talk page. In the News WikiProject Good Articles is doing sweeps over all our current good articles to ensure they still meet criteria. For more information and how you can help, check out WikiProject Good Articles Sweeps. GA status for the article Jew has been put on hold pending a few minor revisions. A list of things that need to be done to return this top importance article to its proper status can be found here. Jerusalem is a Featured Article Candidate! Go forth, my people, and !vote! To Do One new Judaism-related article was created this month, the long requested Hebrew Punctuation. Thanks to Epson291 for creating it. Remember, folks, there are over forty standing requests for Judaism articles, so whenever you get the opportunity make sure to go create a few. In the right column you will see a listing of our most popular articles. All of these articles got 170,000+ page hits in the past month, and they should be on everyone's watchlist so we can keep them vandalism-free. Spread the word! No, not the Word... (well, you can do that too) I'm talking about inviting knowledgeable users to join the project. You can proclaim your undying love of WikiProject Judaism in methods mild to wild, check the project template page and member list for examples. We also now have a flashy advertisement, to use it add {{Wikipedia ads|ad=148}} to your userpage. Quick Stats On the date of publish, we had... 275 Project Members 6152 articles 2341 of which are Stubs 15 of which are Good 8 of which are Featured New Members Benignuman Bernstein2291 Shevashalosh Yudel Most Popular Articles By page hits. Source. Israel The Holocaust Judaism Ten Commandments Ark of the Covenant Wikipedia ads file info – #148

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The Judaism Newsletter Issue II -- Tammuz, 5768

WikiProject Judaism (talk/to do) WikiProject Jewish History (talk/to do) WikiProject Kabbalah (talk/to do) Now with 200% more Jewishness! Yes, folks, we're moving on up. This newsletter is now the newsletter for both WikiProject Judaism, WikiProject Jewish History, and WikiProject Kabbalah. In the future, I may split them, but for now I think we'll be just fine with one. As always, any questions or comments should be directed to me, L'Aquatique. A Special Dispatch Just a note, not aimed at anyone in particular. By order of the administrative cabal, it is officially not cool (and possibly dickish) to call someone an anti-semite when they aren't being anti-semitic. Anti-semitic is a very charged word, and it's important only to use it when you're absolutely sure it applies, lest it become the subject of a Godwin-esque law. Remember Hanlon's Razor: never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. In the News A new class on the importance scale has been added- C Class- which covers articles better than start but not quite to B Class yet. It is up to the WikiProjects to decide whether to adopt them or not. Currently, there has been little discussion within our Projects, so if you feel strongly either way be sure to note so at your Project[s]. There is a proposal to reword the section on NPOV regarding religious articles. Please see Wikipedia_talk:NPOV#Religion section - Disputes between historians or scientists and religious_views to weigh in. Thanks largely to the efforts of Xyz7890, a new navbox has come into being featuring Halakha topics. See: Template talk:Halakha to join in the conversation about how it can best be improved. To Do The Simple English Wikipedia is beginning a project of creating and improving articles related to religion, including Judaism. At the present time, volunteers are needed to propose our most important subjects for articles to be created. The official working list is here and a more extended list is here. If you are unsure of proper topics, you might try checking our lists of top importance level articles: Judaism and Jewish History. (WikiProject Kabbalah currently doesn't have such a list) [Simple English] WikiProject Christianity is considering running a monthly drive wherein two or three top importance articles from English Wikipedia are simplified and moved over to S.E. They have extended an offer to work with us in creating a similar project for Judaism related articles. For questions or volunteer opportunities, please contact User:John Carter. WikiProject Kabbalah is in dire need of an article rating system for quality and importance. If you are familiar with that system and have some time on your hands, please create one. It could also use some infoboxes... New Members Judaism: Big maybe, Janirai, Jfdwolff, Joseph.mahal, Joshua Weiss, LisaLiel, Rcjavid, Yehudi, YY, Agent204.15, Gilad73, Joseph.mahal, Noah03 Jewish History: Noah03 Kabbalah: None. Won't you join? New Articles Habib ben Elisha Faturechi (Thanks PhatJew!) There are some 40 odd standing requests for Judaism related articles. Please make them! I would, but I'm too busy writing this. . Quick Links Judaism Portal Kabbalah Portal Articles for Deletion Request for Comment Article Requests WikiProject Judaism Stats 281 Project Members 6155 articles 2342 of which are Stubs 15 of which are Good 8 of which are Featured WikiProject Jewish History Stats 69 Project Members 1124 articles 241 of which are Stubs 10 of which are Good 10 of which are Featured WikiProject Kabbalah Stats 12 Project Members 165 articles 87 of which are Stubs 1 of which is Good 1 of which is Featured Wikipedia ads file info – #148

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