In spite of your counter-productive rudeness and incivility, I have decided to extend the period of ceasefire until 15th June. Now while I realise this will be reverted instantaneously (Such is the sum total of you're collective reasoning faculties) I will plead once again for you to commit to getting Mr. Ben Schumin to recognise me in an edit summary. You are a fine girl, a reasonable girl I'm sure, and you surely must see the intolerable pain this grave task gives me.
I appeal to your unfettered wisdom and hatred of avarice to see an equitable solution through for this simple problem. I am of course always available to provide greater context to what is a complex problem, which involves Email threats sent to me by Mr. Ben Schumin and his coterie of thugs on wikipedia.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Jonathon Joseph. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.40.200.112 (talk) 15:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi fisher, i was nominating 1985–86 Washington Capitals season for speedy deletion as all it is is a sports sheet without substance. I'm not sure I used the correct template though. Can you check it out and let me know if I did? Hell in a Bucket (talk) 03:41, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
I think you'd want to use an articles for deletion template for that one, not miscellany for deletion, which is used for things that aren't articles (like userpages). It doesn't meet any of the criteria for speedy deletion. It might be better to add substance to it than to delete it; there are articles about other specific sports seasons, I think. I don't know much about the sports articles, though, and try to avoid getting my ignorance on them too much. :) -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 14:05, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
User:Hardtosay11 is restoring the edits of USEDfan's latest sock puppet on various articles, see the contribs. Based on past experience, I'm willing to bet USEDfan has at least 5 or 6 sock puppets editing currently, all on his old favorite articles, such as Ratchet & Clank series. Do you think a checkuser would uncover them and confirm this new account, like Raul has done in the past, or will they say "checkuser is not for fishing?" Landon1980 (talk) 05:00, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
Hello, FisherQueen, I hope you are having a nice time while away :). I wanted to let you know this new user has already been indef blocked by User:Shell Kinney. Sorry for bothering you with it, I just knew you were familiar with the situation. Have a good day. Landon1980 (talk) 05:41, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I am not affiliated or employed with YTB. I was just updating the information because I have been reading a lot of information about Travel and I wanted to correct some of the incorrect information on the page (or update it), along with add some positive articles. It seems like YTB's competitors are using your site to post the negative aspects about the company. The updates I made is the verbiage directly from their investor relations website, so it should be correct and accurate. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 1981Laura (talk • contribs)
In fact, the investor relations web site is not considered a reliable source at Wikipedia- instead, we try to rely on independent information, not information from the company itself. Articles should indeed include both negative and positive information, since Wikipedia is a neutral encyclopedia, and not a promotional organ. Your actions so far are quite typical of a public relations employee, but I'll know that you are indeed a neutral writer who's just interested in making the encyclopedia better as you move on to improve the articles about this company's competitors, too, so I don't have to worry too much about it now. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 16:34, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
Thank you. I would also recommend reversing the direct from pages. YTB is the main company, and YourTravelBiz.com is a subsidiary company. Right now it appears as if YourTravelBiz.com is the main company. Have a good day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 1981Laura (talk • contribs) 16:47, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
I am concerned on why you changed the information that I corrected on the page. The information displayed is incorrect information. The first paragraph alone is 100% incorrect. It is not $495, and $50 a month. And travel site owners can not sell travel sites to others. I tried to update this page with correct information, but you changed it all back to the incorrect info. Now I understand why people say don't use Wikipedia for information. I am only trying to help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 1981Laura (talk • contribs) 21:54, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I see it was another user who changed the information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 1981Laura (talk • contribs) 21:59, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
I wanna move this page:User:Nodulo man, I wanna start an artcile on hurricanes —Preceding unsigned comment added by NoduloMan (talk • contribs) 18:22, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
There's nothing to move; you haven't written anything yet. Wikipedia does already have an article about hurricanes, with lots of information in it. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 18:24, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
Hello Fisherqueen!
I was wondering if you can help me with a little problem. Mariah Carey pages have been blocked for a while so only administrators can edit them. The thing is that were all making a new page for her upcoming new album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel but since her previous album is blocked we cant fix the chronology in order for it to go to the new page. To fix the problem all you would need to do is to go to the Ballads and fix the chronology so that it'll go to her new album page.
Thanks a million and i appreciate it if you have time to correct it.....:D----Maester Seymour (talk) 22:45, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
I didn't see the discussion/consensus on the article talk page, and I don't know anything about the subject; just use the {{editprotected}} template on the talk page and explain exactly what you want added, and where. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:58, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
it was already done,thanks--Maester Seymour (talk) 15:31, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
All the Mariah Carey articles are semi and full protected right now. Two unstoppable sock-puppeteers (Petergriffin9901 and JuStar) were hitting the area so hard that it was locked down for 6 weeks in an effort to see if they would get bored and leave.—Kww(talk) 15:39, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Hello Fisherqueen,
We are interns at Central City Productions, producers of Know Your Heritage, we were not even finished editing the article before it was deleted. The show has been on for 30 years. We wanted to include the history of the show as well. If adding the airtime makes it look like an advertisement then we don't have to include that. Other than that we are unclear as to how it can be deemed an advertisement. We also created a page for the Stellar Gospel Awards, but when we type it in the search box on the Wikipedia homepage it doesn't pop up. We want our title to just be "The Stellar Gospel Awards" without the username in front of it. How do we publish it on Wikipedia? We also took a photo of the actual award with my camera. How do we upload that? We are having a lot of difficulty. We've gone through all the tutorials and we're going around in circles. If you could help that would be great!! Thank you so much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Know Your Heritage (talk • contribs) 17:00, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
If you are the producers of the program, then you have a conflict of interest that would make it not appropriate for you to write about that particular subject, but if you're interested in helping to make the encyclopedia better, there are many other television programs with articles that could use improvement. What you were writing didn't look like a program that met the notability criteria, but of course I could be wrong- if it is a program of such significance that an international encyclopedia would be incomplete without an article about it, it's inevitable that someone other than the show's own producers will write about it. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:13, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
Unfortunately, this also sounds like a blatant Role Account as well as a violation of the the username policy; would you like to discuss this with them before the username is blocked?--Doug.(talk • contribs) 21:06, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Since they edited for one hour on the 12th and haven't made an edit since, I think that no action is necessary at the moment; I think Elvis has left the building. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:08, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Hah, I goofed adding the link to a list and forgot the [[: in front of the category wikilink. If it had sat there much longer I would have noticed it when I checked the cat hopefully. Thanks for removing the cat.--Doug.(talk • contribs) 12:16, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
I left it for a while, because I thought you might be testing something I couldn't see. But after a while, my obsessive desire to clear the unblock queue got the better of me. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 13:46, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi. That was not helpful. See, I've explained back in May why it isn't easy to add "sources" to this piece of self-advertisement. --Damiens.rf 17:29, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
I've replied at the talk page of that article. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:36, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
Would it be possible to protect the page (complete protection) for say 72 hours so that a discussion on both ANI and the article's talk page can be completed and people don't have to have multiple tabs open to keep track of Damiens.rf's tag and template additions? - NeutralHomer • Talk • 18:57, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
I'm far too involved (and far too obviously pissed off) to use my admin buttons on that article now; you need a neutral, uninvolved admin. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:17, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
Hello. You just blocked someone that I chose not to block - three times - and you failed to contact me. Care to explain yourself? Gimmetrow 01:21, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Do you mean User:TheRealProducer? He removed the AfD template twice after you gave him a final warning that he'd be blocked if he did it again; did you not want him blocked? This puzzles me a bit; I don't see any indication on his talk page that he shouldn't be blocked, and I see two final warnings there. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 01:37, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Oh, I see- you aren't the final warning person, but the comment. I guess, then, that my explanation is that he shouldn't be removing the AfD templates, or ignoring warnings, and that a block is the standard thing to follow a final warning. It didn't even occur to me to contact you, since I didn't realize from your comment that you were an admin, and because such blocks are so commonplace that I didn't think of it as controversial or problematic. I'd be happy to undo the block, if the user will give some commitment to refraining from taking the template off any more. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 01:40, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Yes, that's who I mean. Looks like a kid who doesn't quite get the wiki process, and people were editing so fast that older versions kept getting used, but I don't see vandalism. Actually seemed like the user was trying to improve the page (probably about himself, which is a different issue). Gimmetrow 01:47, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
I put a note on his talk page, inviting him to acknowledge the template problem and request unblock. I hope this is acceptable; I'm still going to bed, because 2:05UTC is bedtime where I live. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 02:06, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. Looks like the page got deleted, so the specific issue is largely moot unless the user tries to create it a third time. There were some more general issues here, though. One is that a lot of the reports to AIV about the same time as this incident were not really vandalism, but more content dispute (with some COI editing and edit warring in some cases), and the vandal-fighters had just slapped templates up without actually explaining the issues. If the "problem" editor was headstrong but in good faith, it seems like other approaches (eg, page protection) might result in better overall results. Gimmetrow 20:36, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
I never saw the AIV reports; I just had the dude's talk page on my watchlist because I prodded the first version of the article. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 02:04, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi - I think we have a misunderstanding here - I don't believe I was saying that Obama=Muslim is a fact. I was saying that it was important to note that the founder of the journal has published several articles (which I properly cited, please forgive me if I did not do this properly but I believe I did) saying that Obama is a Muslim. Just because he is printing a non-fact does not mean its not relevant.
People's opinions are often non-facts, but their background IS important. Please revert my changes. thanks Lovingphish (talk) 21:32, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Your second edit is to claim there's a misunderstanding? Where'd you get all this wiki experience? — Rlevse • Talk • 21:35, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
I see what you're saying now, though I think it should be rephrased to make that a bit clearer. However, I can't revert your changes, because the sources you cited don't work- one of them is a blog; the other doesn't seem to discuss Middle East Quarterly or its founder at all. Still, I'm sure if you discuss it with the other editors of that article on the article talk page, you can all reach some consensus on the subject. If the founder's opinion isn't one of the purposes of the journal, and if that subject hasn't been discussed by reliable sources, then it doesn't need to be included- an encyclopedia doesn't draw conclusions, but only reports them. And, yes, my attention was drawn because you were showing up on the list of 'new users' but clearly aren't new to this article- however, I see that you've been editing it anonymously, and I'm glad you decided to register a username. It's a good thing to do. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:39, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
thanks for deleting my pages u bitch, they were in the user section ans werent finished
thanks for deleting my pages u bitch, they were in the user section ans werent finished —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cigol101 (talk • contribs)
I'm afraid that you are not allowed to use Wikipedia to advertise your business, even in your own userpage. Personal attacks are also against the rules. And I prefer that you leave comments at the bottom of my talk page, not repeated throughout the middle. You can sign your comments by using four tildes. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:27, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Feel free to borrow it... but remember that it should only be used in situations when the editor in question has made a very clear and direct request to be blocked. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 23:01, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
I appreciate the offer, but I'm not an admin.--Rockfang (talk) 23:02, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
...I guess it wouldn't be that useful for you right now, then. ;) -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 23:03, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
I am sitting back, and reading, with great amusement the ongoing drama on this page. For the record, I am male, but take no offense at your typo or inadvertent mistake in referring to me as "she". My statement on WP:ANI that I will offer this user no further helpful advice still stands, as it is obvious to me that they can, and are very likely to, find "the garden path to destruction" on their own. Wuhwuzdat (talk) 02:32, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
On the internet, no one can see your winkle. :) I'm planning to back off and let her reflect on her decisions; there doesn't seem to be anything useful I can accomplish with further messages. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 02:34, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
If you interact with this user again , it may help to inform them that "You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences." (quoted from the copyvio user warning). Reading their userpage conversations, it seems to me that they may feel that any information from copyrighted sources is not allowed, and are thereby frustrated in their search for usable references. They may not take the advice from you, but they would probably react quite badly (Again, sigh...) to me offering it directly. I know I stated that I would not "offer them any helpful advice", but sometimes the Good Samaritan in me comes out. Wuhwuzdat (talk) 01:34, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
Ugh, I'm finished with him, except to block him if he doesn't figure out how to communicate in clear, simple, polite English. He keeps saying "just go to the library and look." So I went to the library and looked. I found a sleeping homeless man, a science fiction novel, and the new Neko Case CD. Two of the three make me much happier than continuing to try to understand what he is saying. The third... actually, all three of them made me happier. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 03:03, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
Do you have time to go to the Cincinnati Airport area to photograph the Comair headquarters? If so, would you mind getting a photograph of the headquarter building? Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 05:14, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
That's kind of out of my way... I don't think I'll be anywhere near the airport in the near future. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 03:15, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
You submitted my Blatant Films Inc. article for deletion. Can you please enlighten me as how to bring it up to Wikipedia's standards?
(Coldman42 (talk) 21:55, 19 June 2009 (UTC))
The problem is not the article, but the fact that the company itself doesn't appear to meet the criteria for inclusion- it looks like a company whose importance hasn't been written about in multiple, independent, reliable sources. Your main claim to notability seems to be that the company won a Leo award, but when I looked up the Leo awards, they appear to be purely local in scope. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 12:10, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
New to Wikipedia and I think I got it wrong, but my article was on an appropriate topic, I think. If you have time, can you make a suggestion as to how I can improve the article? I also think I failed to link the article to the proper place, in this case, Jazz Pianists. The article I am trying to connect to that, to gloss the pianist David Berkman is also not quite right I am afraid. Thanks for any help with this.Tetrakord (talk) 02:34, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
The first time I deleted that article, it was because the text was copied from another web page. This time, it's for the same reason as above- there's nothing in the article that indicates why the person is a notable musician, and the only source cited on the article is his own MySpace page. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 12:12, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
I looked at your talk page, and notice that you are David Berkman. We really don't create articles about ourselves; if you are geniunely notable, it's inevitable that some of your many fans will write an article about you based on reliable sources. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 12:14, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
And now I've looked at your userpage; some of the claims on it would indeed constitute a case that you are a notable musician, though I don't know enough about the awards in question to say for sure, and I'd be looking for the existence, not of awards and publications, but of independent sources (ideally not published by your own university) that have discussed your importance as a musician. As a reasonable person, though, I encourage you to ask yourself whether you really want to be the subject of a Wikipedia article. As a person who is (and I hope this does not hurt your feelings) somewhat less famous than Ozzy Osbourne, you'll have fewer people watching this article than there are watching the one about him. Vandalism and false information might not be noticed on it. And, of course, if you do something really stupid, like embezzle or get arrested for inappropriate conduct with a sheep, your Queens College rivals will be quick to add that information to the article, where it'll stay as long as it's sourced. Many people in your situation- significant enough for inclusion, not so significant that there are many people watching the article- have come to wish that there wasn't an article about them, and to lobby unsuccessfully for deletion. Daniel Brandt and John Siegenthaler are the most famous examples -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 12:24, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
When I joined with this username I tried first to start an account as User:Proxima Centauri which is my username on many other wikis. The computer wouldn't accept that username as there was already a User:Proxima centauri with a small c. Proxima centauri had registered but hadn't edited at all. I see now that the unused account has been deleted so there is no reason why I shouldn't be simply Proxima Centauri with a capital C. I created the Proxima Centauri userpage and redirected to my page so if you agree to change my name that page needs to be deleted before moving my userpage to User:Proxima Centauri. I've been Proxima Centauri 2 for over a year now but I never get used to being different from what I am on other wikis. Proxima Centauri 2 (talk) 17:06, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
With no disrespect, or bad feelings or intentions of upsetting you, I have this question:
Is it or is it not the goal for Wikipedia to have factual and correct information only?
If that in fact is the goal, then why do some pages, such as the Stevie Ray Vaughan page have so much
point of view, and sensationalism? Why do they get so wound up when you change something they added?
The NTSB article is linked at the bottom of the page, and all it takes to see that the information regarding
the crash is sensationalized is to read it. Help me understand. Also, why are editors allowing copyrighted
information to remain in that section without being removed, where in other sections of Wikipedia it wouldn't last
10 minutes. Without implying anything, it appears to me that maybe the folks that are interested in that article
consumed a little too much of an illegal substance in the 60's and 70's that is impairing their judgement.
Honestly I am ready to leave Wikipedia over this. I think that unless you are a member of a group here, you are
just not welcome. I probably won't be back. Sorry if I offended you or anyone else. I thought this was a place where
smart people came to contribute and be productive.Dfwaviator (talk) 01:56, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
No, this isn't the right place for the discussion. If you want to discuss what the best version of that article will be, you should share your ideas at Talk:Stevie Ray Vaughan. I don't make rulings about content in articles; Wikipedia decisions are made by consensus. I don't know very much about him, and I still don't understand what it is you want to do, so I'm not going to be much help to you. FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 02:28, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
You don't have to be part of a 'group' to edit successfully here. I don't know any of the people who have talked to you on your talk page; the friendly interaction which seemed like a conspiracy to you is just ordinary Wikipedia editors being nice to each other. I was new once, and I managed to do useful work without getting blocked or making enemies. I was just nice to the people I encountered, and when they corrected me, I learned from them instead of getting upset. No one had to tell me to do that; I just assumed that the rules of getting along with people that I had learned from my mother applied here as everywhere. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 02:34, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
User:Disfasia is at it again on the National Holiday (Quebec) article. I am not in the mood for being caught in a silly revert war. Are you admin? Anyway, I think it is time to get one involved. -- Mathieugp (talk) 14:10, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
I was away for the week, and she seems not to have done anything in three or four days, but I have her talk page and the article in question on my watchlist if she comes back. I've tried to work with her, but I have no interest in wading through her long sections about racism and Quebec politics when she hasn't yet proposed any actual facts to add to the article as far as I can tell. If she comes back, I'll invite her to propose an actual sentence with one source to add. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 23:06, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
It's possible "she" will not come back because I am guessing the purpose was to splash the article around the time of the Holiday when it is likely to be read by more people than usual. These kinds of attacks on our national symbols have increased after the 1995 referendum on sovereignty for Quebec. The fact was denounced in a Common declaration of sovereignist and federalist intellectuals from Canada and Québec as few years back. -- Mathieugp (talk) 02:12, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
How do you change the world? You can start by writing an incredible article for the world's encyclopedia. Moni3 kicks it old school again with Stonewall riots - a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn. [...] [T]hey have become the defining event that marked the start of the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world. It's a featured article hitting the mainpage this Sunday to mark the 40th anniversary of the events. So first off, wow! Clever and cool. Moni3 has been recently named hottest delegate to Obama's bookclub but that may not be official yet. (Shhh!)
Otto4711 mentioned that gee we really should swamp the DYK section with LGBT-related articles for use on the 28th as well. We have eight or so in the holding area and if you push yourself to get an article together you might be able to get in on the fun. Do this now!
The official rules for DYKs can be found here. Once you have expanded an article 5-fold or created an article with at least 1,500 characters of prose, place your DYK thread here. Use this handy tool to count your 1,500 characters. As a suggestion, when you add your potential hook, include the character count and a link to the source(s) that confirm the hook. These will be confirmed anyway but may help.
The layout for the individual quotes is here (just copy/paste into one of the red links on Portal:Transgender/Random quote). Then this counter has to be upped to match the new # of total quotes (not counting quote zero).
Obama proclamation
On June 1, President Barack Obama declared June 2009 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, citing the riots as a reason to "commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans". Excerpts at the bottom.
F*ck me I'm famous
I was interviewed by Wikipedia Signpost, the weekly in-house newsletter, for the WikiProject report. The Signpost has nearly 1,000 Wikipedian subscribers and arguably many of those folks actually read it. It came about rather quickly and my worst fears - that it was an elaborate hoax by a troll - were apparently unfounded. I hope y'all feel I did fine by the project, I did my best to avoid the phrase "man-humping, cock-sucking, doggy-style loving queer" but otherwise did ok.
Free image appeal
A friendly reminder to consider taking photos while you're out and about at various Dyke marches and Pride parades. Consider donating them to the world at Wikicommons. I'm sooo totally over having to deal with lovely images being deleted and argued about. If they are just free they are then also freely usable worldwide. And no, they don't need photos of your cha-cha or hoo-hoo-dilly.
Sonny and Cher's daughter was a famous lesbian and now he's a famous transman, possibly the most famous in the world. This also serves as a friendly reminder that we recently updated Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Guidelines - it's not perfect but should help inform on those gnip-gnop battles that do seem to drag on, and not in the good way.
As part of the redecorating at our talkpage, the article alerts and keyword search alerts are handily located at the top of the page. Always fascinating to see what's up. All help appreciated on those.
Glambert
Adam Lambert is soooo gay - surprised? Neither is anyone else. Nuff said. David Ogden Stiers was outed but apparently he wasn't terribly in either.
The LGBT studies project does have its own free Internet Relay Chat channel, #wikipedia-en-lgbtconnect, for coordination, collaboration and socializing. This channel is hosted on Freenode and can be accessed in one of two ways: If you already have an IRC client, click the link to the left. If you do not have an IRC client, you'll need to get one installed on your computer first. Once you've done this, then click on the link to the left.
For more general information on IRC and a listing of other useful Wikipedia-related channels, see Wikipedia:IRC channels.
The project had at one point another channel at #LGBTprojectconnect but as the original people associated with the setting up and administration of that channel have seemed to have disappeared, this new channel has been set up. Plus the new channel is inline with required naming conventions for Wikipedia related IRC channels. So, feel free to use this channel. Such a channel gives opportunity to discuss the latest happening on articles, the LGBT project itself, latest happening in your life with "wiki-friends" here, etc.. You can say things on there you normally wouldn't here on Wikipedia (keeping it civil of course) like talk about the latest hot guy/girl or tell a joke.. you get the point. Anyway, see you there - eventually!
LGBT to-do list (held over from last edition)
Give out more barnstars, and let each other know that what they're doing is valued.
Create a guide to stave off burnout, because editors in this project get burned out faster than others. There are many hills to climb.
Bring back the monthly collaboration project.
Participate in LGBT Peer reviews.
Get familiar with the characteristics of Good Articles and get our top priority articles to WP:GA.
Use the Newsletter, Moni3! You can suggest what to send out in the newsletter, too!
Offer research materials, copy editing, ideas, and support to your fellow editors.
Keep the project talk page informed of problems and discussions we should know about.
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There are many well-respected LGBT leaders in all professional fields, including the arts and business communities. [I]n both the White House and the Federal agencies -- openly LGBT employees are doing their jobs with distinction and professionalism. [...] LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect. At the international level, I have joined efforts at the United Nations to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Here at home, I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans. These measures include enhancing hate crimes laws, supporting civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security. [...] As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected. If we can work together to advance the principles upon which our Nation was founded, every American will benefit. During LGBT Pride Month, I call upon the LGBT community, the Congress, and the American people to work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. [...] I call upon the people of the United States to turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists. - Barack Obama, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, 2009, The White House (June 1, 2009).
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I can't find your contribs link. Could you point me in the right direction? I like that you enjoy english and literature very much and would like to see your contribs. Thanks. 12.97.0.66 (talk) 23:54, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
It's easy to find when you learn a little more about how Wikipedia works. While you're reading about how Wikipedia works, you might learn some things that will inspire you to stop vandalizing Edward Low and to stop faking the whois information on your many, many sockpuppets, too. You might even learn how easy it is for us to revert and block you, and what a huge waste of your time such vandalism is, when you could be doing your small part to make the world better by improving the encyclopedia instead. PS You are blocked. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:55, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Hey, long time no see. I've spent some time building Buffalo 461 that I think would make a good WP:DYK as it's historically the biggest single loss of life in Canadian Peacekeeping, and (believe it or not) the most recent Canadian military plane to have been shot down (a whopping 35 years ago!). You wouldn't be willing to have a look at it, provide some clean-up or advice, would you? Thanks in advance! (talk→BWilkins←track) 13:34, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
I am resubmitting this article to wikipedia: User:Diego_Bank
It details an online browser-based game entitled "Land of Destiny", and previously, I received feedback that the game does not meet 'notability' requirements. How do I cite the notability for an online browser-based game? Diego Bank (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:57, 29 June 2009 (UTC).
Hi FisherQueen. 1) Just a word of caution about the identity of "Constance Markey" re. Italo Calvino article. There is no evidence whatsoever that this editor is the academic and Calvino scholar of the same name. Moreover, no genuine academic (to my mind) would list bibliography non-alphabetically, cause such a temperamental ruckus about secondary sources, or insist on removing the solid references in place. Assuming good faith is essential at Wikipedia but anyone can assume an academic's name: looking the name up on google doesn't prove anything other than that the academic exists. 2) Despite the editor's misunderstanding of secondary sources here (sources that were used in the article itself), the bibliography proposed by "Constance Markey" is solid and helpful (I'm familiar with each reference) and propose that the list be included under the heading "Further reading". Best--Jumbolino (talk) 09:59, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
I'm choosing to assume good faith merely because I still don't understand what on earth "Markey" is objecting to. I agree that (for example) most academics know how to spell the word 'reference.' I don't think I removed any of her actual references, though- just her insistence on adding sentences like 'this whole section is wrong. delete it.' to the article itself. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 12:01, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
For creating an awesome blocking template. Scjessey (talk) 20:09, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
I was in the middle of drinking a nice, ice-cold glass of Diet Coke when I saw this gem. I have just finished cleaning it off my keyboard. That is one of the funniest templates I have ever seen. Thank you for making my day! Scjessey (talk) 20:09, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
Feel free to use or adapt it, as long as you use it wisely- it should only be applied to users who have made a very clear and specific request to be blocked. :) -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 20:10, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
I'd love to, but I'm not an administrator. But it makes me want to be one, by God! -- Scjessey (talk) 20:16, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi - I want the article to be internally consistent. If the previous paragraph speaks about homosexual behaviour, the linked paragraph that follows should use the same phrase. Every passage in the bible used to criticise 'homosexuality' is actually criticising a behaviour. I would find difficulty providing sources as you ask because if I found a source that used the phrase, it would then be defined as 'conservative' for using such a phrase! 86.150.206.248 (talk) 20:46, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
I do not agree with you that this phrase is the best one to use in the article; can you discuss it on the talk page and seek consensus? If most reasonable people agree that this is the best phrasing, I'll go along with that- I'm not the only voice at Wikipedia, but I'm not persuaded by your reasoning. For one thing, the groups in that paragraph would not use the phrase 'homosexual behavior' to describe what they accept, and I don't think that the term is a fair reflection of their opinion. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 20:52, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
I reverted my change. I only got annoyed when i saw that Joe Calzaghe was not described as English born, which I have now added.--Hawklin (talk) 21:41, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
Okay; I figured it was something along those lines. English/Welsh disagreements are such a refreshing change from blocking assorted Irish, Croatian, and Czech editors... :) -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:43, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
Oh, and the Macedonians. What is the deal with the Macedonians? Is that even a country? -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:44, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
You're an American English teacher so I guess that you don't have much opinion on the topic at hand, but if you could put in any useful input on the Joe Calzaghe talk page, i would more than grateful.--Hawklin (talk) 21:49, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
I tend to think that he should be identified in the way he identifies himself; if he'd say he's Welsh, then Welsh is how he should be labeled. As for where he was born... it's a modern world, and people are very mobile- those details belong in the biography section (he was born in London, attended school, fell wildly in love with an exotic dancer and lived with her for fifteen years in Pakistan, raised two children while he was tracking polar bears in Antarctica...) but it doesn't all have to be in the first sentence. Just my opinion. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 10:50, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
I don't think this is a sock of User:Gregorygos, it looks more like a sock of User:ScienceGolfFanatic. Another sock is User:PinkDuster59 who has edited the same pages, and created similar nonsense redirects which should probably be deleted. snigbrook (talk) 22:37, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
If you recall a few months ago I was invovled with a dispute with User:Vegkilla and was blocked for inappropriate behavior. I am in no way even remotely interested in restarting that fued and have made constructive edits since. Can you please look at my talk page and make the appropriate reccomendations to VegKilla regarding my actions since and in question. I feel that I am being unfairly harrassed at this point and personally attacked. Last time I was in the wrong I don not feel I am in any way. Thanks. (Hell in a Bucket) There is a Road, No Simple Highway (talk) 17:31, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
I see that someone else already opened a thread on WP:ANI; so I don't need to, but I agree that your edit was not vandalism- in fact, I think the edit in question was pretty reasonable, and I said so at Talk:Operation Repo. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 19:52, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
My Apoligies on that one. Hell in a Bucket is my favorite grateful dead song and the other is a small lyric from another one. There is a Road, No Simple Highway (talk) 20:00, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
This may be relevant to your interests. → ROUX₪ 20:16, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Sigh. Wikipedia deserves a much higher class of vandals. You know what would be relevant to my interests? A large dish of dirty rice, a cocktail, and a good book. Say, what's this on my end table? It's Lolita! -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 20:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
I make a bloody good martini. No dirty rice I'm afraid, but I do have some gravlax I made the other day, pumpernickel bread, and cream cheese... → ROUX₪ 20:23, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Raw salmon with dill? You foreigners eat the strangest things. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 20:26, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Cured raw salmon with dill, TYVM! Think of it as salmon prosciutto. With dill. → ROUX₪ 20:29, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
It's on my talk and the people i asked not all responded and I'll give you the user that formatted it like this The Movie Master 1 (talk) 23:42, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
The one who formatted it like that is BOZtalk you can ask him as well The Movie Master 1 (talk) 23:45, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
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