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Durova gives evidence before the Salem ArbCom.

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The first editor to write a featured article while sitebanned newly posted to my blog.

My edit count, a good example of why automated tools should be filtered through common sense. Although only about 30% of edits have been to Wikipedia namespace, that averages to one featured content credit for every 61 mainspace edits over 3.5 years.

Geocities: Yahoo has announced plans to shut down Geocities later this year. So in anticipation of the change I am reducing the number of outgoing links to Geocities within our articles. If you disagree with a removal I will not edit war, but please be aware that alternative sourcing will probably become necessary within a few months. Durova^Charge! 02:09, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Uncle Tom

On April 24, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Uncle Tom, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Chamal ^talk 08:00, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Durova^Charge! 17:47, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FPC

MER-C seems to have forgotten to notify co-nominators again, so, from my talk page:

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:B'nai B'rith membership certificate 1876.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 02:54, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 19:15, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Durova^Charge! 19:25, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm

		The 50 DYK Medal
		Looks like I have the pleasure of awarding you this medal Durova. :) Great work, and I know you will exceed this soon enough. The main page is calling. ;) Synergy 21:43, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! :) Durova^Charge! 22:37, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations. Jehochman ^Talk 00:05, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Durova^Charge! 00:06, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Abd and JzG

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened, and is located here. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Abd and JzG/Evidence. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Abd and JzG/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 02:10, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the notice. Durova^Charge! 02:12, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Borobudur

re: [1]

Nah, I believe I noticed Borobudur pop-up on my watchlist. fyi, I got busy and lost the other thread... Cheers, Jack Merridew 16:09, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, that's cool. Btw Jack, I've stumbled upon a couple of older FAs that really don't seem up to snuff. Do you ever have a look at that sort of thing? I left a message on the talk page, might FAR them if no response. Durova^Charge! 16:11, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I can see how FAs could degrade; anybody editing, and all. I'm not sure where you message is, but I'll have a look-see if you leave a link here. It'll be tomorrow, as I'm hours way-ahead of you.

You have any idea just how many temples there are here? One per family compound; three per neighborhood. There are 14 neighborhoods in my small town.

Cheers, Jack Merridew 16:21, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kammerlader and Krag-Jørgensen. Both list-heavy, citation-short 2005 promotions that appear to have been abandoned. Krag-Jørgensen contained several citations to what appear to be a Norwegian collector's Geocities page and another non-notable homepage. Very surprising for an FA, and the other one has been tagged for lack of citations for nearly two years. I figure I'll give a reasonable time for the original editor to respond (he's not quite completely inactive). Thoughts? Durova^Charge! 16:25, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Standards were far lower back then. I know nothing about rifles, extra-nothing about Norwegian ones. Have they needed them since The Moon Is Down? I'll take a peek tomorrow.

Seen this: Mother Temple of Besakih? Just one sentence. It's by far the biggest deal temple on Bali. I've not gone because it's also the biggest tourist trap.

Cheers, Jack Merridew 16:39, 25 April 2009 (UTC) (+Goodnight)[reply]

Yep, back in 2005 that probably was the best this site had. So much to do... Durova^Charge! 16:41, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Really gotta go, but just noticed a new user helping out: Special:Contributions/Mara Lover. Cheers, Jack Merridew 16:51, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup Newsletter XIV

Delivered for the WikiCup by ROBOTIC GARDEN at 14:26, 26 April 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.[reply]

Evidence

Is there any new evidence for the JzG case, or will it just be a summary of what's already been presented elsewhere? To answer your question, I proceed to the workshop because I've already seen the stuff that's been presented to date. I don't need to see it presented again. Jehochman ^Talk 23:29, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My general request to arbitrators has been to wait one week for evidence before moving to a proposed decision. There's no particular reason why things should be different here. You requested this case at your convenience. It may not be equally convenient to other parties. Durova^Charge! 23:35, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. I am not in any rush. I did not think my proposals would elicit so many responses! Normally people pretty much ignore my amateurish workshop proposals. Jehochman ^Talk 23:37, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification

Hi Durova,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Ijazah3.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 28, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-04-28. howcheng {chat} 03:43, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Beautiful caption, I wouldn't change a thing. Thanks! Durova^Charge! 03:44, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Abd and JzG

Hi. I answered to your talkpage message, I think we basically agree, though I feel that the evidence I present hooks into a different part of the situation. Also, I believe that I recused to 'decide' on the de-blacklisting request, but that to me does not mean that I am not allowed to expand on the issues involved if I believe that those issues were fully presented in the case.

I am a bit troubled by your "The one alteration I actually encouraged has not been made: removal of the ambiguous suggestion that I share Abd's content POV.". I do not see where I make that ambiguous suggestion. If I do so, could you please point me how I do that, as I have no reason to suggest that. I have also responded to your sentence where you suggest I have altered evidence, I hope there that you meant that I altered the representation of the evidence, there is for me no way I can alter evidence, that is in the diffs. I don't want us to go into dispute over these things, and I'd rather remove the response as it is not part of the case. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 10:30, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I will be really away for the approx. next two days, may not respond quickly to other concerns and remarks or be able to adapt evidence. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 12:04, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough: I hadn't seen your query to the talk page when I wrote that. Will amend. Durova^Charge! 16:12, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification

Hi Durova,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Red Jacket 2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 29, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-04-29. howcheng {chat} 23:10, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, looks fine. Durova^Charge! 23:15, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/A Midsummer Night's Dream

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Midsummer Night's Dream Henry Fuseli2.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 11:56, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Durova^Charge! 15:16, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

B'nai B'rith membership certificate

I don't know if you saw, but this has passed on commons. I shoved it into the POTY queue for the first day of Rosh Hashanah, 19 September, since Shavuot was already filled. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 12:16, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In other news, kind of annoyed at FPC: The stupidity of opposing the Grant image for using a Victorian format, combined with having to practically beg people to review any literature-related FPCs are starting to annoy me. Thinking of taking a long break. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 12:18, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't pass, probably because this had recently been promoted.

One of the things I discovered long ago is that FPC reviewers like variety. The provenance on the image at right is incredible: embroidered by Elizabeth I herself in her youth as a gift for Queen Catherine Parr. But it didn't pass FPC because reviewers didn't want too many embroidered book covers. Wikipedia has exactly one embroidered book cover FP, which had recently passed when this was nominated. I fail to see the logic is assigning a quota system to prevent more than one example of a medium from getting promoted (could you imagine if people tried that with oil paintings? with digital photography?) but there's the way them folks thinks. Change it up. Ultimately it is a good thing to learn more styles and media. Durova^Charge! 15:13, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOR

I note that you reverted Bob's removal of a paragraph at WP:NOR (saying that it was a long standing concept in the policy). Please note that Bob had discussed the reasoning behind his edit on the NOR talk page. While you are absolutely within your rights to object and revert, please do him the courtesy of explaining why you reverted on the talk page. Blueboar (talk) 15:34, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I see you already have... thanks. Blueboar (talk) 15:36, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's a concept that's been very useful for years, when interacting with difficult newcomers. Durova^Charge! 15:46, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Image restoration request

Hi! I stumbled upon File:Nagasakibomb.jpg, which was featured in August 2007, and includes a number of scratches and dust particles. I'm sure WP:GL could handle it, but given that you have such expertise in this sort of restoration, and it's already featured, I thought I'd ask if you could please clean it up. Thanks!--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 19:21, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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 I see you already have... thanks. [[User:Blueboar|Blueboar]] ([[User talk:Blueboar|talk]]) 15:36, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 :It's a concept that's been very useful for years, when interacting with difficult newcomers. <font face="Verdana">[[User:Durova|<span style="color:#009">Durova</span>]]</font><sup>''[[User talk:Durova|Charge!]]''</sup> 15:46, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
+== Image restoration request ==
+Hi! I stumbled upon [[:File:Nagasakibomb.jpg]], which was featured in August 2007, and includes a number of scratches and dust particles. I'm sure [[WP:GL]] could handle it, but given that you have such expertise in this sort of restoration, and it's already featured, I thought I'd ask if you could please clean it up. Thanks!--[[User:HereToHelp|HereToHelp]] <sup>([[User talk:HereToHelp|''talk to me'']])</sup> 19:21, 29 April 2009 (UTC)