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During my current work interim position, I have found myself with not a lot of spare time that isn't consumed by family. I can go long periods without logging in to Wikipedia. If you have an urgent note for me here, please consider alerting me via email at mdennis@wikimedia.org. (This is my work email address, and I do not mix work and volunteering, but mailing that address makes sure I will see it promptly, usually within a day.) If not urgent, I'll come by as soon as I can, and I heartily welcome talk page stalkers. :) Oh, I have discovered that sometimes when people don't tell me it's a volunteer contact, I have handled it with the wrong hat on. Please make which "me" you want clear!


Protection on Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content

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Hello! I just wanted to quickly ask if you would object to lowering the protection on Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content from full protection down to a level that would allow others to make minor bold changes. In particular, the editnotice on the page even says "While you may be bold in making minor changes to this page, you should be extremely cautious about making substantive changes", but this is not possible due to full protection since 2009. EggRoll97 (talk) 03:01, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hello! I'm probably way too late to be useful to you here, EggRoll97. Sorry about that! I'm not sure if this has been considered by community or a decision made, but I think it probably ought to be a consensus consideration. My thought is simply this - that particular page is a contract between Wikipedia's editors and reusers, and serious errors can lead to very serious ramifications for people who take that page on good faith and think they are complying. The Wikipedia:General disclaimer is fully protected for a very similar reason, as explained at Wikipedia:Protection_policy#Permanent_protection. However, that policy does not say whether "Reusing Wikipedia content" IS among "Pages that should not be modified for legal reasons" - which is why I think consensus is appropriate. But I myself think it is. Again, very sorry for my delay. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:48, 30 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Do you remember User:GrahamBould?

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Hello Moonriddengirl,

You may be interested in this discussion at WP:CCI, involving edits by User:GrahamBould, whom you were involved with around 2009. A lot of their problematic edits had been dealt with by you and other volunteers at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Gastropods/Subpage for organizing CopyVio Cleanup, but some that you missed have now resurfaced. One article had most of its revision history deleted yesterday (1251 revisions spanning 18 years), and there are about 1700 articles that may be affected. [email protected] has been made aware, as suggested today at WP:AN, but maybe you can remember what happened back then (as you appear to be the only editor who was involved in 2009, and who is at least somewhat active as of 2024), and how to best proceed. Thank you! Renerpho (talk) 06:44, 30 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Nomination of Susan Alice Buffett for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Susan Alice Buffett is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Susan Alice Buffett until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Clarityfiend (talk) 12:04, 6 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Invitation to participate in a research

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Hello,

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:22, 23 October 2024 (UTC) Reply

Reminder to participate in Wikipedia research

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Hello,

I recently invited you to take a survey about administration on Wikipedia. If you haven’t yet had a chance, there is still time to participate– we’d truly appreciate your feedback. The survey is anonymous and should take about 10-15 minutes to complete. You may read more about the study on its Meta page and view its privacy statement.

Take the survey here.

Kind Regards,

WMF Research Team

BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 00:18, 13 November 2024 (UTC) Reply

ArbCom 2024 Elections voter message

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