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Wiki Loves Pride 2016

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Thanks, and happy editing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 19:56, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

New deal for page patrollers

Hi Dillard421,

In order to better control the quality of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.

Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.

Find out more about this exiting new user right now at New Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:28, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Dillard421. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

November 2016

Thanks Dillard421, yes it was a mistake. I would like to make the add more information to the page but in the process i erred. my apologies. Thanks for restoring it, i was still figuring out how to do it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TMasembe (talk • contribs) 09:25, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you much once again. I had a chat with Coach Micho and he gave me his biography to improve his page, he was concerned that it says too little about him, despite a career spanning so many years. I will definitely seek your guidance while I try my best to make it better. Thanks for the cookies, your guidance and your support. --TMasembe (talk) 09:44, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for working together as a team to make the English Wikipedia better! I think its really awesome when new users want to learn and improve the articles. Dillard421♂♂ ^{(talk to me)} 09:52, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi! On the Cryonics Society page, it was not a test or error. I felt that the terminology there didn't meet the impartial standard I assume Wikipedia aspires to. Especially the use of words like "suspension" or "patient". We are referred to the bodies of deceased people. They are not suspended, they are, sadly, dead, and clearly not patients either. It is the hope of some that some future technology might be found to revive the dead, but to use the word "suspension" is to accept and take for granted that they will be brought back to life. I am not going to devote my time to editing, or reediting such mistakes (as I see them). But I hope that neutral words can be found, rather than words that seem to promote a cause. Thanks.