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UTF-8 corruption

I've noticed that a couple of times when you've edited Cosmos 1, the "degrees" symbol in "78°" gets converted to a three-byte sequence as in "78�" wherever it appears.

The latter appears to be the UTF-8 encoding for U+FFFD REPLACEMENT CHARACTER. I believe the English Wikipedia is defined to be encoded in ISO-8859-1 (see m:Help:Special characters) - that's certainly what my Firefox reports it as - so use of UTF-8 isn't appropriate, and in any case U+FFFD isn't equivalent to a degree symbol. It may be that your browser (or something) is expecting the form data to be in UTF-8, in which "78°" is not a valid sequence; this would explain why it thinks U+FFFD is a sensible replacement.

A workaround is obviously to use °, and I'll probably do that, but (assuming you're not making these changes deliberately) you may want to find and fix whatever's corrupting your edits.

Cheers -- JTN 20:25, 2005 May 7 (UTC)

Discovery Year

Thank you for postulating discovery year to every extrasolar planets for me in list of extrasolar planets article. I replaced with discovery year in the last column and leaved the blanks of discovery year of planets so I thinked that somebody will postulate all discovery years for me before the start. Cosmium 21:30, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Missing astronomy topics

Thanks for help in the missing topics page - Skysmith 12:42, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

SmackBot

Thanks, all found and fixed now. Rich Farmbrough, 21:34 20 February 2007 (GMT).

looks like I spoke to soon. Thanks. Rich Farmbrough, 21:54 20 February 2007 (GMT).
That should really be it (unless I get reverted of course!) Thanks again. Rich Farmbrough, 22:06 20 February 2007 (GMT).

Andromeda-Milky Way collision (proposed merge)

Replied. Thank you for reminding me of providing a reason for the proposal, I didn't read the merge page thoroughly enough. —KNcyu38 (talk • contribs) 02:21, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi - I've just noticed your post with the links to references about the merger; sadly, I get a message saying I am not on campus at (presumably) your university; can you post the actual references so the rest of us can have a look? Thanks Chrislintott 22:44, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

You helped choose Black hole as this week's WP:ACID winner

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Milky Way

You don't have a reference for the Milky Way absolute magnitude, do you? It would be great to include one. Chrislintott 13:01, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Image licensing

Re: edits to Image:X-peek.gif. Permission wasn't and isn't needed from you because it's being used under fair use. Also, even if you took it originally, that doesn't enable you to license it under the GFDL: it's a screenshot of software to which the copyright is still owned by Symbolics (or whatever the corporation that inherited the rights is named), and they sell their stuff under a proprietary license last I heard. I certainly appreciate the extra source information, but your copyright assertions are wrong. --Gwern (contribs) 17:01 21 April 2007 (GMT)

Retro Computing

We could do an article on running Adventure on a PDP-10. Sun-collector 13:13, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

SEDS.org is not a reliable reference

The SEDS.org website is not a reliable reference. Much of their information is out-of-date or inaccurate. Some of their pages do not even contain references. Please do not use their web page as a reference on Wikipedia. (I will find a better reference on planetary nebulae for nebula.) Thank you, Dr. Submillimeter 20:52, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

The ESO website looks better. Go ahead and use that as a reference. However, I will try finding a book that makes the statement. Dr. Submillimeter 21:34, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Floating power station

I copied the text from another article, but since the reference was used multiple times, it used a ref name and I just didn't think to check for those. I'll add it in. -Theanphibian (talk • contribs) 00:07, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Steam Meet

Nice toys. Thanks for the pointer. Sun-collector 17:35, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Providence meetup

Sorry, no. I'm more or less based in Missouri. But I'd be more than willing to do anything useful, short of buying a plane ticket to attend the meeting, to offer any help you might think I could. John Carter (talk) 14:15, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Providence Meetup

I may be in town the weekends of either October 18-19, or October 25-26, so I might be able to show up then. Otherwise, I may not make it. I suggest sometime around 7:00 on a weekend. Otherwise, I would probably not be able to make it, as I am about an hour away. RedThunder 21:53, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

October 18th and 25th are good for me, but since i'm also an hour away, make it probably 3:30 or 4. Sam Blab 12:12, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi Mu301. Good to see you're making progress with the Providence meetups. Did you try to contact the Free Culture folks? How about the users in Category:Wikipedians in Rhode Island?--Pharos (talk) 18:13, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Statement of Ownership

I, Geoffrey Plourde, declare that I am the holder of the Username "Geoff Plourde" on this project. I certify that I made an application on the English Wikiversity to rename "Geo.plrd" to "Geoff Plourde" to allow for usage of SUL.

Sincerely;

Geoff Plourde (talk) 02:46, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for telling me about the Providence meet-ups (Nov. 8, Dec. 13) but I don't think I'll be able to make it. Something closer to Boston would be a better place for me to start dipping my toes into this pond. But I'm glad to know about them. — Martha (talk) 05:04, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry I missed it

Hope you had a good time at the Providence meet up, sorry I missed it. I was actually looking forward to going but totally spaced it. Oh well. --Tom 14:01, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

2012 astronomical alignment

Per my query at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Astronomy, you removed a paragraph on an astronomical alignment from 2012. I'm curious to know just what the factual situation regarding this supposed alignment actually is. Neither http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:2012/Archive_2#Rewrite_of_Maya_Long_Count_info nor Galactic Alignment, which you referenced, seems to spell this out clearly (or perhaps "clearly, in lay-person's terms" :-) ).
As far as I can tell, you've deleted the John Major Jenkins version of this from 2012 twice already. It seems to me that unless we have something in the article on the actual astronomy involved (text or a link to appropriate article), we can expect people to keep adding the Jenkins version back in. -- 201.53.7.16 (talk) 21:34, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikiversity question

You mentioned on this page that the article may be a candidate for wikiversity. Apparently mathematical conclusions are considered OR by wikipedia admins as the article has been deleted.

I'll request a copy of it be provided for me (I've several older ones, but not the latest) if it would be allowed at wikiversity (even as an example of how not to write an article). Not to familiar with wikiversity policies, etc. If you have any interest in getting it up as a page at wikiversity I'll be around. I'm going to appeal the deletion as I don't feel mathematical conclusions are OR (is the conclusion 5*5=25 OR if it hasn't been posted yet?).

Thanks for your time, Matt —Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthew Benesi (talk • contribs) 21:10, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Undeletion of 7d Physics

Hi, I will temporarily undelete 7d Physics so that it can be imported into Wikiversity when you are ready. Just post a note on my talk page and I will do it immediately (hopefully). --Aqwis (talk – contributions) 14:59, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Done. --Aqwis (talk – contributions) 22:48, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Template for school projects

Re:Your question, yes, I made a draft of the template! I even posted a couple different versions of it on the userpages of the editors in question. It's here: User:Katr67/Sandbox#School project boilerplate sandbox (starting with the "Welcome" header). Feel free to copy it and fix it up, as I might not get around to posting it back on the project page. You can see I started with {{welcome}} as a base for it. Thanks for your interest! Katr67 (talk) 21:53, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

What does Topic outline of Big Science need?

Hi.

In its deletion discussion, you !voted to merge Topic outline of Big Science with the article Big Science (which has also been nominated for deletion, by the way).

The Topic outline of Big Science is a member of a set of outlines that together make up Wikipedia's outline of knowledge, one of Wikipedia's contents subsystems. These outlines used to be called "Lists of basic topics".

Merging the page into an article will remove it from Wikipedia's outline of knowledge.

I'm in the process of fixing the Topic outline of Big Science, but in order to address your concerns, I need to know what your concerns are...

Why do you feel the page should be removed from Wikipedia's outline of knowledge, and what needs to be done to it in order for it to remain a part of it?

What do I need to do to fix it?

Would you mind returning to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Topic outline of Big Science and explaining your reasons? That would sure help.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist    01:41, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Connecticut meetup

Hi! We invite you to the Hartford, Connecticut meetup, currently scheduled for January 24, as the previous meetup was lightly attended due to a snowstorm. You are being notified because your name is listed on Wikipedia:Meetup/Hartford/Invite list. Cheers, –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 02:45, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Pulsar

Nice catch there...thanks for fixing that redlink. Bob the Wikipedian (talk • contribs) 18:25, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Hartford Meetup: We need your help!

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Launch Time of the Kepler Mission

Why did you change the launch date/time to a time that is different from the time on the official Kepler Mission page? Do you know something that's not on that page? Vegasprof (talk) 19:42, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Connecticut Meetup: You are invited!

The 2nd Connecticute Meetup will take place on April 18th, 2009 at Real Art Ways cafe and arts center in Hartford, Connecticut. Please state whether or not you can attend on the meetup page.
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Papaloizou-Pringle instability

Hello. I created the article Papaloizou-Pringle instability because it seemed rather significant, but have no idea, beyond the scant understanding I have, what more can/should be done with it. Can you help? I found your name at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Astronomy. Many thanks! - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 18:34, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Updates on Providence Meetup?

Here. Are there any? Thanks.--Pharos (talk) 00:20, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Providence Crime Rate

Hi, I know you make edits in Providnece, so was wondering if you could join the discussion on the Crime Rate in Providence. We have reached a stale mate, and could use some more input. ThanksYou Can't Clap with One Hand (talk) 14:25, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikiversity Name Change

Hey. Just to say I confirmed it was me that requested this name change. Thanks - Gerardtalk 00:47, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

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You're invited: Ada Lovelace, STEM women edit-a-thon at Harvard

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Can you maybe help out with these articles...

They were created by a university class as part of their final grade/project, some of us were thinking the articles could maybe have a home at Wikiversity, but I need some guidance here. Can they be moved to Wikiversity, are they good enough, etc. (I understand the articles are now starting to be PROD'ed on WP, probably as 'subjects failing notability'.) Please see discussion on User talk:Dennis Brown at Curious about some new articles. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 17:48, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

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You're Invited: Ada Lovelace Day Edit-a-thon @ Brown University, Oct 15

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New England Wikipedia Day @ MIT: Saturday Jan 18

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Edit-a-thon invite

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Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial edit-a-thons

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New England Wikimedians summer events!

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This Friday: Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA

You are invited to join the Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA on October 16! (drop-in any time, 6-9pm)--Pharos (talk) 18:29, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Reference errors on 8 November

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Unsourced

So can I add anything and put that tag ? Where's the policy for this tag please. 86.190.207.115 (talk) 22:07, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

If you find a section missing sources it is best to put {{Unreferenced section}} at the top of the section rather than blanking it out. This draws attention to improve the sourcing. It would be trivial to find reliable sources to confirm that the information in the tables that you removed is correct and a list of awards could hardly be considered "Contentious material about living persons..." that "should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion" as described at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. If the material in those sections is incorrect add a message to the talk page and ask questions about it. Is the information wildly exaggerated? If so it should be reported at Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard --mikeu talk 22:23, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
But all the sections are unsourced ? 86.190.207.115 (talk) 22:40, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
Here I've placed {{unsourced section|date=January 2016|section=list of tables below}} below the opening paragraphs but above the first section header with a message stating that all sections below need sources. Just one edit to cover everything.
Are you concerned that the information is untrue/exaggerated or that it is lacking in sources? A suspicion that the information is false or wildly overstated would warrant blanking the sections. If the lists of awards looks reasonable but are in need of sources it would be best to go to Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard and post the names of the articles and explaining the problem. I'm not familiar with the awards, but it looks like this could be easily fixed with just a handful of reliable footnotes. I checked a few of them and they look legit. --mikeu talk 23:06, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
I also left a message on the talk page. --mikeu talk 23:09, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for the tag but I still belive this is misleading information published on Wikipedia since there's no direct access for verifibility via a source/ref. Isn't that Wikipedia all about ? 86.190.207.115 (talk) 23:12, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
The goal is to source the statements. But, if you see a statement without a source it would be best to check the facts and insert a footnote to a reliable source where it can be verified rather than just delete the whole thing. Blanking entire sections prevents progress towards sourcing and should only be done when the information is incorrect. Lacking sources and incorrect are not the same thing. I took a quick look at the sections on those pages and did not see any obvious errors. Does it make sense to remove a large amount of error free text just because it lacks a footnote? The templates call attention to the missing footnotes. But, you could also do that yourself to improve the article. I noticed that some of the award articles did have reference that included some of the info on the list. It just wasn't all on the same page. --mikeu talk 07:53, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
Thanks it makes sense now. 86.190.207.115 (talk) 14:30, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

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Sunday July 16: New England Wiknic @ Cambridge, MA

Sunday July 16, 1-5pm: New England Wiknic

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New Years new page backlog drive

Hello Mu301, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

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Speedy deletion declined: WWRO-LP

Hello Mu301. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of WWRO-LP, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: a merge to List of radio stations in South Carolina is possible and preferable to deletion per WP:ATD-M. Thank you. SoWhy 12:04, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

That sounds better. --mikeu talk 03:06, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion contested: KCEI-LD

Hello Mu301. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of KCEI-LD, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Radio stations don't qualify for A7.Seek other deletion-alternatives. Thank you. Winged BladesGodric 02:55, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, I'll reread the criteria and the review the page in light of that. --mikeu talk 02:58, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Academic peer review

Hi Mu301, I noticed that you and Arianewiki1 (also noted in their talkpage) are the main writers of Alpha centauri page. Would you two be interested in submitting the article for academic peer review via the WikiJournal of Science? It appears that a while back it was submitted to to an early version of the journal (then called "Second Journal of Science") though it has changes a lot since then. See articles in prep for the first issue here & further info here. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)talk 12:03, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

@Evolution and evolvability: I have not made significant contributions to that article, but I did participate in the GA review a couple of years ago. A few issues were brought up that still have not been addressed. The entire View from this system section is overly long and given undue weight. Very little of that info is encyclopedic. There is a great deal of speculation in sections such as Theoretical planets (among others.) While some of this is sourced there appears to be some synthesis that goes beyond the original references. Overall, I would assess this as a weak candidate for GA. It does not stay focused on the topic and present the essential information in a concise and clear manner. IMHO, it would require a great deal of copyediting before it would be ready to be considered for any journal. My main interest in the article was that I thought the review might lead to collaborative improvements. However, the nominators were unresponsive and the nomination was essentially abandoned. --mikeu talk 13:03, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Ah, thank you for the explanation. I see what you mean about the article's shortfalls. Hopefully it will be updated some day. I might email a few astronomers to see if they'd be interested in updating it in collaboration with some more experienced wikipedians. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)talk 23:19, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
Good news, a set of 4-8 astronomers and physicists have agreed to help update the Alpha centauri article. Some got together at the EWASS2018 conference, and the others are from NASA Ames. I'll make a post on the Alpha centauri talk page so that there's a record there too. None have previously edited Wikipedia (to my knowledge), so if you happen to be able to help keep an eye on the page they conceivably may need help with formatting etc. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)talk 04:19, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
@Evolution and evolvability: did anything ever come of this? The article does look better though I woudn't rate it GA at this stage. Let me know if I can help. --mikeu talk 01:30, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
@Mu301: Sadly not really. There was initial enthusiasm, but it slipped down the priority list and fizzled out. I'll send a reminder email around just in case through. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)talk 22:50, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Tom_Barbalet

I am writing to ask for a review and reversal of the deletion of the wikipedia entry about me and my project, Noble Ape. The entries deleted were created by a series of listeners to my podcasts from 2007 through to about 2013. To be clear, I am only interested in the reversal for Noble Ape and Tom Barbalet on Wikipedia. The other two articles are less important to me.

While I appreciate the articles that were deleted were not ideal, the articles Tom Barbalet and Noble Ape did represent my work in a form which was comparable to others who have contributed a similar extent to the field of artificial life and still actively represented on Wikipedia - OpenWorm, Critterding, Avida, Boids, Polyworld.

They also show through Wikipedia and external academic references (http://www.nobleape.com/sim/#Academic) that my work is not a walled garden. It has contributed to a number of different areas and been used by Apple and Intel for their development.

As the article on Artificial life organizations also shows I have also fostered a community of developers and dialogue in the field of artificial life.

Probably unknown to you through this process is that a number of the external references to Noble Ape are currently being suppressed through payment to Google and other search sources by a comedian who aggressively promoted a comedy tour and album under the same name from 2016 to the present. This has lowered any chance of finding external references to Noble Ape.

I continue to work on Noble Ape to this day totaling more than ten hours per week on average. This is a voluntary effort to further ideas in social evolution, philosophy and open source software. I appreciate that working on Wikipedia is also a voluntary effort. I thank you for your time and considering my request to appeal this deletion.

Barbalet (talk) 23:44, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

M87*

Looking through the reference, I don't see that M87* is an actual name - it's just the shorthand used in that particular article. Is there some reason to believe the naming extends or will extend beyond that article? Tarl N. (discuss) 15:52, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Ah, I see there is a discussion of some sort already on User talk:AhmadLX, I'll take the discussion there. Tarl N. (discuss) 15:56, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Astrometric_solving

Hello Mu301, I marked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Astrometric_solving for deletion since I created the article already. A assume i didn't place the delete mark correctly. Can you delete the draft? sorry for the double entry. Han.k1959 (talk) 18:35, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

November 2019

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Please stop your disruptive editing at BNC connector and Audio and video interfaces and connectors. A court document (which is different to your claim anyway is not a valid cite for the name of the connector. BNC connector contains reliable references for the correct name. 86.132.158.101 (talk) 18:23, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

"Baby Neill Constant" listed at Redirects for discussion

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December 2019

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WP:3RR allegation

Reverts including 3rd within 24 hours is not against the rules. Your allegation that I'm gaming is unjustified. Reverting the FOURTH time just outside of 24 hours would be something else but no fourth reversion occurred, so why are you alleging I have gamed the system? Graywalls (talk) 08:17, 18 December 2019 (UTC)


DYK nomination of Charles E. Apgar

Hello! Your submission of Charles E. Apgar at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Morgan695 (talk) 16:05, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

File talk:HamRadioGirl.jpg

Hi! What are we trying to do here? I deleted it thinking that the file page had been deleted (yes, I should have checked), then released that it had not been so restored the status ante quem. If the aim is to delete the local copy of the file, I think the way to go about it is to add a {{Now Commons}} template to it. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:50, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

@Justlettersandnumbers: I don't see the file there and the log shows that it was deleted in 2008 less than a week after copying to commons.[1] Am I missing something? Adding the Now Commons tl would just recreate the page.[2] --mikeu talk 22:31, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
You're right of course – the system successfully fooled me (File talk:HamRadioGirl.jpg shows the File tab as a blue link even now). Anyway, on to the next ... Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:05, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

The academic nature of Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective

Hi. This is not just a book review on a blog, but a review article on a highly-professional, peer-reviewed, open access forum for intellectual inquiry. Please see who is behind it: https://social-epistemology.com/who-we-are/ and also - what is this forum: https://social-epistemology.com/about/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.175.33.164 (talk) 10:14, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Please followup at Talk:Philosophy of conspiracy theories. --mikeu talk 17:29, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Charles E. Apgar

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Charles E. Apgar you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 16:20, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Charles E. Apgar

The article Charles E. Apgar you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Charles E. Apgar for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 23:01, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in Movement Learning and Leadership Project

Hello @Mu301:,

Thank you for completing the participation form for the Wikimedia Foundation Learning and Leadership Development project. We have been emailing you with further instructions to set up your interview. Please check your email for further details. We look forward to speaking with you! LMiranda (WMF) (talk) 17:15, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Request on 22:06:43, 13 June 2020 for assistance on AfC submission by T.pranto10


Because I am a job holder at this company. T.pranto10 (talk) 22:06, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

@T.pranto10: Thanks for your contributions and welcome to Wikipedia. I'll take at thi look at this draft in the next couple of days. --mikeu talk 11:52, 14 June 2020 (UTC)


Reviewing academics

I've made a comment concerning the review of Draft:Mitchell Green. DGG ( talk ) 23:40, 22 June 2022 (UTC) User talk:Mu301/Archive 9

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