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Note: I archive off RfA thank yous separately, I think they're neat!
The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011[edit]
U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter, Spring 2011[edit]Hello. We have a new issue at Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Newsletter/Issues/Volume04/Issue02. Rschen7754bot (talk) 02:29, 17 May 2011 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011[edit]
Thank you[edit]You have made a very positive impression with me. I wanted to thank you for the thoughtful way that you work with others here on the encyclopedia. Lego for ever! 208.85.0.114 (talk) 23:15, 28 May 2011 (UTC) Slimvirgin's page on Poetlister[edit]I've started a discussion here: [1] Mindbunny (talk) 16:51, 1 June 2011 (UTC) Next Children's Museum Backstage Pass[edit]Hello! I wanted to personally invite you to The Children's Museum of Indianapolis' 2nd Backstage Pass and Edit-a-Thon, which will occur on Saturday, August 20. The Wikipedian in Residence project is coming up on one year and is going strong. While the first year focused on garnering institutional enthusiasm among staff, organizing multiple content donations, and guiding teens in research and article creation, the next year will focus on establishing an E-Volunteer program and more deliberately connecting with local Wikipedians and WikiProjects around the world. You can read a summary of our projects on the museum's blog, or visit the project page. We hope you're able to attend the upcoming Backstage Pass! If you're not able to attend, but are interested in remaining involved and up to date on the museum's Wikipedia project, please sign up on our E-Volunteer page. There will also be an opportunity to participate in the Edit-a-Thon online, if you cannot attend on-site. If you'd like to make a request for images or research content from our curators, you can add to the Requests page. Let me know if you have any questions and I hope to be in touch! LoriLee (talk) 11:40, 15 July 2011 (UTC) Your opinion is needed[edit]Hello! I'm touching base with you because of your past interested in The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Wikipedia project. The museum is considering adapting a formal E-Volunteer program and they welcome your opinion as a Wikipedian. Your responses to this E-Volunteer survey will be extremely valuable. The survey will come to a close on October 1st. If you're interested, here are other ways you can help the Children's Museum's Wikipedia project. Thanks so much! LoriLee (talk) 20:06, 28 September 2011 (UTC) Non-free rationale for File:PeterAndJane 1a PlayWithUs 9781844223602H.jpg[edit] Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:PeterAndJane 1a PlayWithUs 9781844223602H.jpg. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under non-free content criteria, but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia is acceptable. Please go to the file description page, and edit it to include a non-free rationale. If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified the non-free rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. — Train2104 (talk • contribs • count) 00:17, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
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Children's Museum update[edit]It's time again to share the latest news on the Children's Museum of Indianapolis Wikipedia project! In the last few months we have been busy with our third image donation, which was made up of 150 images that were professionally photographed specifically for this upload. We are asking for volunteers to categorize these images and distribute them into Wikipedia articles. Your help is appreciated! Check them out here. We have also donated our first video and a second GLAM-Wiki Infographic to Commons. In September we were thrilled to welcome Jimmy Wales to the museum. Following our successful Edit-a-Thon and Translate-a-Thon in August, translations have continued with the help of the established QRpedia community, (particularly Russian translations thanks to Lvova!) We have begun to analyze our implementation of QRpedia codes and completed an extensive case study. In November we presented at the Museum Computer Network conference about how museums can effectively collaborate with Wikipedia. You can see more details on the Prezi. In more general news, in addition to serving as the Children's Museum's Wikipedian-in-Residence, it was recently announced that I will be taking on the role of US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator for the Wikimedia Foundation. In this role I will be working to streamline the process of connecting interested US GLAMs with the Wikipedia community. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to let me know. Be sure to sign up for This Month in GLAM to keep up with the latest GLAM-Wiki news from around the world (subscribe). We have a listing of High Need and Moderate Need requests on the Ways to Help section on the project page. I encourage you to lend a hand if you're able. While the Children's Museum partnership continues to truck along, we still are in desperate need of volunteers to help disperse our images and update and maintain content. Thank you for your time and help. Happy holidays! LoriLee (talk) 16:45, 21 December 2011 (UTC) Dispute resolution survey[edit]
Help[edit]Forgive me I'm new. I'm an aspiring writer looking to help edit articles here. I need a neutral 3rd party to resolve an editing issue with Hullaballoo Wolfowitz here --> Jessicka "Art Slant,[2] Juxtapoz,[3] Supacute,[4] Coagula Art Journal, [5] & Hi- Fructose [6] are all reputable 3rd party Art sources. Saying these articles are written by friends is purely speculation on your part. Jessicka's wiki page clearly states that she's an artist. Listing past art shows with 3rd party references is just like listing the albums she's released as a musician in her discography. Both are wiki relevant & significant" Do you think you could point me in the right direction? I just need a 3rd party to have a look.
Non-free rationale for File:TheObservatory BlankwallsCover.jpg[edit]Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:TheObservatory BlankwallsCover.jpg. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under non-free content criteria, but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia is acceptable. Please go to the file description page, and edit it to include a non-free rationale. If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified the non-free rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:13, 30 August 2012 (UTC) Non-free rationale for File:TheObservatory Timeofrebirth small.jpg[edit]Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:TheObservatory Timeofrebirth small.jpg. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under non-free content criteria, but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia is acceptable. Please go to the file description page, and edit it to include a non-free rationale. If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified the non-free rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:14, 14 September 2012 (UTC) Beatles RfC[edit]Hello, this message is to inform you that there is currently a public poll here, to determine whether to capitalize the definite article ("the") when mentioning the band "THE BEATLES" mid-sentence. As you've previously participated either here, here, here, or here, your input would be appreciated. Thank you for your time. ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 23:59, 20 September 2012 (UTC) request to restore the article in my user space[edit]Dear Lar, Could you, please, restore the article that I recently created in my user space? It was deleted because of some glitch which is easy to fix but I do not have a backup of the article. The name of the article is "Paul B. Wiegmann" Thanks a lot, Awwriter (talk) 18:32, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
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You back?[edit]Are you really back? Or just stopping by to check the mail and take out the trash? Montanabw(talk) 21:13, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
Welcome back. :-) Nothing has changed since you left. ;-) --MZMcBride (talk) 08:30, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
Larryyyyyyyyy! Whatever possessed you to jump off the wagon? --SB_Johnny | talk✌ 22:57, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
Glad to see you back here! Kevin (talk) 00:33, 17 March 2013 (UTC) Thank you all for your well wishes. ++Lar: t/c 14:46, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
New article: Back contamination concerns for a Mars sample return[edit]Hi Lar, I have just received a book I ordered from the National Research Council "Assessment of Planetary Protection Requirements for Mars Sample Return Missions". So I want to read through that first and then will edit the article some more and will probably refer to the book in it. It is a good book with a lot of material in it. Thanks for offering to look over this article when it is ready. It is still at an early stage, but if you want to see what it is like now, it is here: User:Robertinventor/sandbox I expect it to remain more or less the same,just with some more supporting references and possibly new information after I finish this book. The aim is to write an article that shows the concerns, shows what Nasa is doing to address them, and to explain why some scientists think that Nasa is not going far enough, and to go through the legal situation, and the alternative options to a Mars sample return. I want it to be neutral in tone, of course, and to mention all the different views in the debate. The main thing I am likely to miss are, first that I may make statements that are not referenced, because of familiarity with the material. Also it is easy for me to veer away from neutrality because my own POV is with the view that a Mars sample return is not appropriate at this stage. I want that view to be clearly represented but the other ones also represented as well. Discussion is best done on the talk page for Mars sample return so everyone can see it. It might be an idea to wait until I finish the next edit of it, in a day or two from now, when I will also announce it on the Mars sample return talk page and invite discussion there. Thanks!
Invitation to join the WikiProject Spaceflight task force[edit]Hi Larry, seeing that you are rather active on a certain spaceflight forum (;)), I think that you expertise on Wikipedia articles editing may be of pretty good use on many articles about spaceflight. Therefore I am inviting you to add your name to Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight/Members and assist the improvement of many articles across the group's area. Thanks for attention! Galactic Penguin SST (talk) 04:18, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day 2016[edit]
WP:FOUR RFC[edit]There are two WP:RFCs at WP:FOUR. The first is to conflate issues so as to keep people from expressing meaningful opinions. The second, by me, is claimed to be less than neutral by proponents of the first. Please look at the second one, which I think is much better.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 07:03, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
A Tesla Roadster for you![edit]
A Tesla Roadster for you![edit]
Wandering down the hallways of time...[edit]This was good. I doubt I'll ever express it any better. Five years later, and virtually nothing has changed. Enigmamsg 07:25, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day[edit]
Proposed deletion of Into the Fire (2005 documentary film)[edit] The article Into the Fire (2005 documentary film) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern: While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons. You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing
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G'day[edit]just passing through on my way to the bar.... hope you're well. Take it easy, and email me your password if you feel like leaving properly ;-) Privatemusings (talk) 05:12, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi[edit]I just saw that you are back, at least a bit, and I want to say a very warm hello! --Tryptofish (talk) 16:39, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
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