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Season's Greetings, HJ Mitchell! At this wonderful time of year, I would like to give season’s greetings to all the fellow Wikipedians I have interacted with in the past! May you have a wonderful holiday season! MarnetteD | Talk 20:58, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

• Also best wishes for your 2013 and happy editing whenever possible :-) MarnetteD | Talk 20:58, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
  • Thanks. Merry Christmas to you and yours. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:09, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!!

For all you do. We need more Wikipedians like you :)

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Thank you, Sue. Very kind of you. Best wishes for the festive season, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:10, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Season's tidings!

To you and yours, Have a Merry ______ (fill in the blank) and Happy New Year! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 01:19, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

And to you, my friend. Thanks, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:11, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Holiday cheer

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		Michael Q. Schmidt my talk page is wishing you Season's Greetings! This message celebrates the holiday season, promotes WikiLove, and hopefully makes your day a little better. Spread the seasonal good cheer by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Share the good feelings.

Thanks, Michael (long time no see!). Best wishes to you too, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:17, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Happy...

	Best wishes
	for the holidays and 2013 from a warmer place than where you are ;) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 21:20, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Hope you enjoy the festive period yourself. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:29, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War

Gatoclass 00:02, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Season's Greetings!!

	Merry Christmas!
	Have a great Christmas!! 5 albert square (talk) 03:19, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXI, December 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Simon Harley on British battleships and Nick-D on the French Resistance Interview: Five editors discuss some less-represented areas of military history Op-ed: Ian Rose looks back on 2012

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Season's Greetings

	Merry Christmas!
	I hope you have a very Merry Christmas. :) JuneGloom Talk 00:12, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

	Happy Holidays!
	From the frozen wasteland of Nebraska, USA! MONGO 12:15, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

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Hello HJ Mitchell! Wishing you a very Happy Merry Christmas :) TheGeneralUser (talk) 14:10, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Merry Christmas from 'Oz'

"And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold,

I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."

Luke 2:10-11 (King James Version)

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May Santa bring you an internet connection! - 220 of ^Borg 23:14, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

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As one of my wikifriends, I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas. I hope you had a great one.—cyberpower _Online^{Merry Christmas} 02:01, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 December 2012

• News and notes: Debates on Meta sparking along—grants, new entities, and conflicts of interest
  As part of its new focus on core responsibilities, the Wikimedia Foundation is reforming its grant schemes so that they are more accessible to individual volunteers. The community is invited to look at proposals for a new scheme—for now called Individual engagement grants (IEGs)—which is due to kick off on January 15. On Meta, the community is once again debating the two new offline participation models—user groups (open membership groups designed to be easy to form) and thematic organizations (incorporated non-profits representing the Wikimedia movement and supporting work on a specific theme within or across countries). In a consultation process on Meta that will last until January 15, the community will be discussing WMF proposals for a new guideline on conflicts of interests concerning Wikimedia resources. The draft covers COI issues for both volunteers and organizations across the movement.

• WikiProject report: A Song of Ice and Fire
  This week, we spent some time with WikiProject A Song of Ice and Fire, which focuses on the eponymous series of high fantasy literature, the television series Game of Thrones, and related works by George R. R. Martin. The project was started in July 2006 and has grown to include 11 Good Articles maintained by a small yet enthusiastic band of editors.

• Featured content: Battlecruiser operational
  Seven articles and two lists were promoted to 'featured' status this week, including List of battlecruisers. The article covers all of the battlecruisers—which were a type of warship similar in size to a battleship but with several defining characteristics—ever planned or constructed. The last British battlecruiser built, HMS Hood, is pictured at right.

• Technology report: Efforts to "normalise" Toolserver relations stepped up
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• EdwardsBot (talk) 07:47, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Peter Penfold

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Request to create-unprotect Chrishan

Hi, on 12 September 2010 the article for Chrishan was create-protected by you. The subject has since gained significance (international album release, music chating internationally, signing of major label) and I feel the article may be created due to this gain of notability over the past 2 years. --2nyte (talk) 04:16, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Happy New Year HJ!

Hello, HJ Mitchell! First of all, I wish you a Happy New Year! I'm Heymid, and I think you recognize me from my tough period in 2010. It's been a while since we last heard from each other; I think the most recent time was almost two years ago. I would like to share my experiences on Wikipedia from back then.

I started editing in the beginning of 2010. I mostly edited at the Swedish Wikipedia, where I eventually was long-term blocked in May that year. I felt disappointed because I believed my intentions were good and that I was not trying to play around the wiki and piss other people off. Things didn't get better when I got really active at the English Wikipedia as a result, and I also felt provoked at the same time by a user I knew from the Swedish wiki. I was stressed and basically it was all about me trying to convince everybody that I was not intending to play around. Things only got worse during the summer and the autumn, over a span of four months, and I was blocked a number of times for disruptive behavior.

HJ, what I mainly want to say is, I am really thankful that you supported me during this difficult period. It was really hard for me but in the end I do think you and your input helped me get on the right track. TFOWR was also nice as well, he was also very supportive of me. But I was stressed, not only on Wikipedia but in real life as well. 2010 was one of the toughest periods of my life, but I'm glad that it's now history – and now I'm only looking forward in real life and in my Wikipedia adventure. Whatever happened back in 2010 I have laid behind me. Today I don't edit a lot, however; I've begun losing interest in Wikipedia and am focusing more on real life and other things. I would like to deeply apologize for my disruptive behavior back then, but I can assure you I've matured a lot since then.

Happy New Year! Best regards. HeyMid (contribs) 23:33, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 December 2012

• From the editor: Wikipedia, our Colosseum
  In the impersonal, detached Colosseum that is Wikipedia, people find it much easier to put their thumbs down. As such, many people active in the Wikimedia movement have witnessed a precipitous decline in civil discourse. This is far from a new trend, yet many people would agree that it all seemed somehow worse in 2012.

• In the media: Is the Wikimedia movement too 'cash rich'?
  A recent, poorly researched and poorly written story in the Register highlighted the perceived "cash rich" status of the Wikimedia movement. ... The Telegraph and Daily Dot, among others, have alleged that there are multiple links between the WMF, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, and Kazakhstan's government, which is, for all intents and purposes, a one-party non-democratic state.

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation fundraiser a success; Czech parliament releases photographs to chapter
  On 27 December the Wikimedia Foundation announced the conclusion of their ninth annual fundraiser, which attracted more than 1.2 million donors. The appeal reached its goal of US$25 million, even though fundraising banners ran for only nine days.

• Technology report: Looking back on a year of incremental changes
  In the first of two features, the Signpost this week looks back on 2012, a year when developers finally made inroads into three issues that had been put off for far too long (the need for editors to learn wiki-markup, the lack of a proper template language and the centralisation of data) but left all three projects far from finished.

• Discussion report: Image policy and guidelines; resysopping policy
  Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include ...

• Interview: Interview with Brion Vibber, the WMF's first employee
  Brion Vibber has been a Wikipedia editor for nearly 11 years and was the first person officially hired to work for the Wikimedia Foundation. He was instrumental in early development of the MediaWiki software and is now the lead software architect for the foundation's mobile development team.

• Featured content: Whoa Nelly! Featured content in review
  At the beginning of the year, we began a series of interviews with editors who have worked hard to combat systemic bias through the creation of featured content; although we haven't seen six installments yet, we've also had some delightful interviews with people who write articles on some of our most core topics. Now, as we close the year, I would like to present some of my own musings on the state of featured content—especially as it pertains to systemic bias and core topics.

• WikiProject report: New Year, New York
  This week, we're celebrating the New Year from Times Square by interviewing WikiProject New York City. Since December 2004, WikiProject NYC has had the difficult task of maintaining articles about the largest city in the United States, many of which are also among the the most viewed articles on Wikipedia. The project is home to 22 Featured Articles, 7 Featured Lists, 32 pieces of Featured Media, and a lengthy list of Did You Know? entries.

• Recent research: Wikipedia and Sandy Hook; SOPA blackout reexamined
  Northeastern University researcher Brian Keegan analyzed the gathering of hundreds of Wikipedians to cover the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy. ... A First Monday article reviews several aspects of the Wikipedia participation in the 18 January 2012, protests against SOPA and PIPA legislation in the USA. The paper focuses on the question of legitimacy, looking at how the Wikipedia community arrived at the decision to participate in those protests.

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Main page appearance: Richard Nixon

This is a note to let the main editors of Richard Nixon know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on January 9, 2013. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 9, 2013. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegates Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), Gimmetoo (talk · contribs), and Bencherlite (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you can change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Richard Nixon (1913–1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. He graduated from Whittier College in 1934 and Duke University School of Law in 1937, returning to California to practice law. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. Nixon was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946 and to the Senate in 1950. He served for eight years as vice president, from 1953 to 1961, and waged an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 1960, narrowly losing to John F. Kennedy. In 1968, Nixon ran again for president and was elected. He initially escalated the Vietnam War, but ended US involvement in 1973. Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China in 1972 opened diplomatic relations between the two nations. Though he presided over Apollo 11, he scaled back manned space exploration. He was re-elected by a landslide in 1972 despite a series of revelations in the Watergate scandal, which cost Nixon much of his political support in his second term, and on August 9, 1974 he resigned as president. In retirement, Nixon's work as an elder statesman, authoring several books and undertaking many foreign trips, helped to rehabilitate his public image. (Full article...)

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Reassessment

Hi HJ, I hope all is well. I know you are away, but if you get a chance to do this it would be great. One of the conditions of my return was that you would review the restrictions after six months. Since that time has elapsed, I was wondering if you would reassess. Thanks for your consideration. Instaurare (talk) 21:08, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Reassessment

Reposting since it got archived Hi HJ, I hope all is well. I know you are away, but if you get a chance to do this it would be great. One of the conditions of my return was that you would review the restrictions after six months. Since that time has elapsed, I was wondering if you would reassess. Thanks for your consideration. Instaurare (talk) 21:08, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Belated Happy New Year with a Toast!

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A Very Happy (belated) New Year to you Harry! Enjoy the Whisky ~TheGeneralUser (talk) 23:42, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. And I always enjoy my whisky! ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:08, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

J-Zone

Hi HJ. I think you made the right PROD deletion call here for the J-Zone article, but it's always helpful to have real life feed back on the impact of our actions. See J-Zone lost his Wikipedia page—and his interest in being a rapper. -- Jreferee (talk) 15:45, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry to hear that he was upset by the deletion (though I don't remember the article—it was almost two years ago), but of course deletion is never anything personal. As you know, it just means that a subject hasn't (or hasn't yet) received enough coverage to warrant inclusion, not that Wikipedia doesn't like them. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:17, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Alan Jones (diplomat)

Noted & Accepted - I was perhaps a little rash, but thanks for helping! :) NatalieBateman (talk) 00:00, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 07 January 2013

• Op-ed: Meta, where innovative ideas die
  Meta is the wiki that has coordinated a wide range of cross-project Wikimedia activities, such as the activities of stewards, the archiving of chapter reports, and WMF trustee elections. The project has long been an out-of-the-way corner for technocratic working groups, unaccountable mandarins, and in-house bureaucratic proceedings. Largely ignored by the editing communities of projects such as Wikipedia and organizations that serve them, Meta has evolved into a huge and relatively disorganized repository, where the few archivists running it also happen to be the main authors of some of its key documents. While Meta is well-designed for supporting the librarians and mandarins who stride along its corridors, visitors tend to find the site impenetrable—or so many people have argued over the past decade. This impenetrability runs counter to Meta's increasingly central role in the Wikimedia movement.

• WikiProject report: Where Are They Now? Episode IV: A New Year
  The dawning of a new year offers both a fresh slate and an opportunity to revisit our previous adventures. 2012 marked the fifth anniversary of the WikiProject Report and was the column's most productive year with 52 articles published. In addition to sharing the experiences of Wikipedia's many active projects, we expanded our scope to highlight unique projects from other languages of Wikipedia, and tracked down all of the former editors-in-chief of the Signpost for an introspective interview ... While last year's "Summer Sports Series" may have drawn yawns from some readers, a special report on "Neglected Geography" elicited more comments than any previous issue of the Report. Following in the footsteps of our past three recaps, we'll spend this week looking back at the trials and tribulations of the WikiProjects we encountered in 2012. Where are they now?

• News and notes: 2012—the big year
  The past 12 months have seen a multitude of issues and events in the Wikimedia foundation, the movement at large, and the English Wikipedia. The movement, now in its second decade, is growing apace in its international reach, cultural and linguistic diversity, technical development, and financial complexity; and many factors have combined to produce what has in many ways been the biggest, most dynamic year in the movement's history. Looking back at 2012, we faced a difficult task in doing justice to all of the notable events in a single article; so the Signpost has selected just a few examples from outside the anglosphere, from the English Wikipedia, and from the Wikimedia Foundation, rather than attempting to cover every detail that happened.

• Featured content: Featured content in review
  Over the past year, 963 pieces of featured content were promoted. The most active of the featured content programs was featured article candidates (FAC), which promoted an average of 31 articles a month. This was followed by featured picture candidates (FPC; 28 a month). Coming in third was featured list candidates (FLC; 20 a month). Featured topic and featured portal candidates remained sluggish, each promoting fewer than 20 items over the year.

• Technology report: Looking ahead to 2013
  Following on from last week's reflections on 2012, this week the Technology report looks ahead to 2013, a year that will almost certainly be dominated by the juggernauts of Wikidata, Lua and the Visual Editor.

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 13:56, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

The Stars My Destination

Hi. Just checking to see if your removal of the plot section was on your own initiative or the result of the OTRS ticket filed by the e-book publisher. Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 19:28, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

It wouldn't be proper of me to answer that because OTRS tickets are confidential. What I will say is that there is nothing I can see that prevent you or anybody else adding a properly sized summary. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:40, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Ah, sorry, didn't realize the confidential nature of OTRS, since the only time I've been involved in one it was on Commons, to get a copyright holder's permission for a photograph of his sculpture. In any case, thanks for the response, I'll see what I can do regarding a plot summary. Beyond My Ken (talk) 19:45, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

No problem. It's a bit different on Commons, because permissions tickets inherently require some sort of disclosure, but emails to most other queues are treated as being confidential. You'd be doing the encyclopaedia a service if you could turn that plot section into something more sensible. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:54, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: December 2012

This Month in GLAM – Volume II, Issue XII, December 2012 Headlines France report: Wikipedia Club at École du Louvre Italy report: WikiAfrica and Share Your Knowledge welcome 2013 with great achievements Netherlands report: 500,000+ monument photos by RCE being uploaded to Wikimedia Commons Spain report: QRpedia at Science Museum of Valladolid UK report: UK events in December 2012 USA report: GLAM-Wiki presence at Museum Computer Network Open Access report: 1 year Open Access File of the Day Tool testing report: BaGLAMa is back Calendar: January's GLAM events Read this edition in full • Single-page To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

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Environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Hi, HJ Mitchell. According to the page editing statistics you have been among the most active editors of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill article. There is a request for comments if the Environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was split correctly from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and if it should be merged back there. Related sections for this discussion are also this and this. Your comments are appreciated. Thank you. Beagel (talk) 16:17, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Protection of User talk:Reaper Eternal

I agree with the protection, but you protected it indef]. Maybe a 24 hour protection? Indef is a bit... long... infinitely. Vacation9 17:10, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

No I didn't; I protected it for three hours. It was already indefinitely move-protected (which is fairly standard—you'll notice this page is indefinitely move-protected). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:17, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Oh wow - how did I not see that? Sorry, that new dual protection thing confused me. Vacation9 17:19, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Heh. No problem. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:21, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Alan Jones (diplomat)

(X! · talk)  · @224  ·  08:03, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

October to December 2012 Milhist Peer, A-class and FAC reviews

		The Content Review Medal of Merit
		By order of the Military History WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted work on the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured Article Candidate reviews for the period Oct–Dec 2012, I am delighted to award you this Content Review Medal. AustralianRupert (talk) 10:21, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Rupert. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:39, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

WP:AE#Lazyfoxx

Hello HJ. Someone has made an ARBPIA complaint about Lazyfoxx at AE. I am having trouble deciding whether this is a real problem or not, but am leaning toward a topic ban of some duration. You closed a previous AE last March at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive110#Lazyfoxx. Perhaps you feel like adding your own comment to the present AE. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 17:41, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

I haven't seen much of Lazyoxx since I blocked him ~10 months ago, but the sanctions just handed down seem reasonable after a skim of the discussion. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:21, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 14 January 2013

• Investigative report: Ship ahoy! New travel site finally afloat
  After six years without creating a new class of content projects, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) has finally expanded into a new area: travel. Wikivoyage was formally launched—though without a traditional ship's christening—on 15 January, having started as a beta trial on 10 November. Wikivoyage has been taken under the WMF's umbrella on the argument that information resources that help with travel are educational and therefore within the scope of the foundation's mission.g

• News and notes: Launch of annual picture competition, new grant scheme
  On January 16, voting for the first round of the 2012 Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year contest will begin. Wikimedia editors with 75 edits or one project are eligible to vote to select their favorite image featured in 2012. ... On January 15, the foundation launched its latest grant scheme, called Individual Engagement Grants (IEG).

• WikiProject report: Reach for the Stars: WikiProject Astronomy
  This week, we set off for the final frontier with WikiProject Astronomy. The project was started in August 2006 using the now-defunct WikiProject Space as inspiration. WikiProject Astronomy is home to 101 pieces of Featured material and 148 Good Articles maintained by a band of 186 members. The project maintains a portal, works on an assortment of vital astronomy articles, and provides resources for editors adding or requesting astronomy images.

• Discussion report: Flag Manual of Style; accessibility and equality
  Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...

• Special report: Loss of an Internet genius
  Comforting those grieving after the loss of a loved one is an impossible task. How then, can an entire community be comforted? The Internet struggled to answer that question this week after the suicide of Aaron Swartz, a celebrated free-culture activist, programmer, and Wikipedian at the age of 26.

• Featured content: Featured articles: Quality of reviews, quality of writing in 2012
  Continuing our recap of the featured content promoted in 2012, this week the Signpost interviewed three editors, asking them about featured articles which stuck out in their minds. Two, Ian Rose and Graham Colm, are current featured article candidates (FAC) delegates, while Brian Boulton is an active featured article writer and reviewer.

• Arbitration report: First arbitration case in almost six months
  The opening of the Doncram case marks the end of almost 6 months without any open cases, the longest in the history of the Committee.

• Technology report: Intermittent outages planned, first Wikidata client deployment
  The Wikidata client extension was successfully deployed to the Hungarian Wikipedia on 14 January, its team reports. The interwiki language links can now come from wikidata.org, though "manual" interwiki links remain functional, overriding those from the central repository.

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 15:25, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

In Aménas hostage crisis

I agree with many of the things you wrote about the NOTNEWS point. Would you please remove the fatalities number (inluding numbers of people who might have escapted) in the infobox of the article. They are just speculations. And the infobox is not the right place for such speculations. I don´t want to revove the numbers myself as I have removed similar numbers twice earlier today and don´t want to be accused of edit warring. With regards, Iselilja (talk) 17:49, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

I've removed it just this once, but generally it's better to go to the talk page and wait. I only made the edit because I think people are too busy trying to report each development the second it happens to pay attention to the talk page. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:00, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I see. I might have crossed the line for canvassing instead of edit warring. Sorry for that. With regards, Iselilja (talk) 19:20, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Oxford Meetup 3

Thank you for attending the second Oxford Meetup, and it was a pleasure meeting you. We hope to keep this as a regular event, every two months, on the first Sunday of the month (in order not to clash with London [second Sunday] and Reading [third Sunday]). I have created a page about the third Oxford Meetup; please sign up if you think that you are able to attend - if the date or venue are unsuitable, please comment at its discussion page.

Please spread the word to anybody else who you think might be interested. The next UK meetup is Reading, 20 January 2013. --Redrose64 (talk) 19:36, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

It was a great pleasure to meet you, too. Perhaps I'll see you in Reading. We'll see. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:40, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

• Hi, just to let you know, the third Reading Meetup has been cancelled because of the weather. To make up for this, the fourth Reading Meetup will be one month early, 17 February 2013. --Redrose64 (talk) 15:37, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Ivor Ichikowitz

Hi HJ, hope that you're well. Back in December 2011 you deleted Ivor Ichikowitz's Wikipedia article for G11. I've reworked the article to ensure that it's factual and cites reliable sources. The article is saved in my user space, User:Vivj2012/Ivor_Ichikowitz
Could you review the article please and let me know whether it's of an acceptable standard for publication? NB Ivor Ichikowitz is a client of mine and, as you know, I work at Bell Pottinger. Thanks Vivj2012 (talk) 15:11, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

OK, kudos, it's neutral enough to avoid deletion as an advert. However, I'm not seeing that he's notable—the company he founded is easily notable but he himself doesn't seem to be the subject of much coverage. The FT blog is good, but it's an interview about the company and doesn't say much about Ichikowitz himself. It's telling that the "Philanthropic Interests" section (which doesn't contain a single reliable, independent source) is almost as long as the "Business Life" section because there's so little written about his career. In my experience, most living people of your client's notability prefer not to have articles, because the article gets filled with crap as soon as one of the tabloids manufactures a scandal around your client. In my opinion, the article would be unlikely to survive an AfD, but there may be scope for some coverage of Ichikowitz in the Paramount Group article (which itself is in a bit of a sorry state, but there's enough written about it to turn it into a reasonable article). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:16, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

HJ, thanks for your feedback regarding the article. I’d like to tackle the issue of Ivor Ichikowitz’s notability first and then see if I can develop the other areas that you mentioned.
There are a number of print articles that have been published by major news titles – including Forbes and the Huffington Post – that focus specifically on Ichikowitz. I can add these as references to the draft article, but what is the easiest way of you reviewing these print articles and verifying them?
I’m happy to upload PDF copies to a file sharing website if that’s easier.Thanks again Vivj2012 (talk) 15:31, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Sure. If you can scan them in and email them to me (hjmitchell at ymail dot com), I'll be happy to look at them to see if they contain enough detail. It's not my place, but did you mention my comment about potential tabloid scandals to your client? I've dealt with many subjects unhappy at the prominence of a minor scandal in their (otherwise thin) article. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:13, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. The scanned copies of the news articles have been emailed to you. I've talked through the risks of having a personal Wikipedia article with my client, specifically the creation of a Controversies section by other Wiki contributors, and he's happy to proceed. Let me know your thoughts on the articles. Thanks again Vivj2012 (talk) 11:03, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

I've got them. I'll have a look at them and get back to you in a few days. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:19, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

forgotten item in legend Birdmorphology.svg file

In the Bird article, the legend misses the explanation of item 23, which should be "eyestripe". Regards, Dwergenpaartje (talk) 10:33, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

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In the Bird article, the legend misses the explanation of item 23, which should be "eyestripe". Regards, Dwergenpaartje (talk) 10:33, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXII, January 2013

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Regarding this block you just made, it appears that you accidentally gave wrong reason in the block log (violations of BLP?) and also, the blocked user made just one edit. I could be wrong, but that edit did not seem like vandalism to me. If anything, Carrot Lord has inappropriate anti-Wikipedia content on his user page and it should be removed. I suppose I may be mistaken and I'd like to hear your opinion on it. Regards, AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 18:14, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

(tps) Looks like a username block to me. –anemoneprojectors– 18:49, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Okay, that makes sense. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 18:58, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

(ec) I meant to select "vandalism-only account" and evidently misclicked. You can take the userpage to MfD if you want, but personally I'd let him have his rant. Regardless, somebody with the username "Farty farty poopfarts" whose only edit was unhelpful is extremely unlikely to become a useful Wikipedian. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:00, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

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Ivor Ichikowitz

Hi HJ, hope that you're well. Back in December 2011 you deleted Ivor Ichikowitz's Wikipedia article for G11. I've reworked the article to ensure that it's factual and cites reliable sources. The article is saved in my user space, User:Vivj2012/Ivor_Ichikowitz
Could you review the article please and let me know whether it's of an acceptable standard for publication? NB Ivor Ichikowitz is a client of mine and, as you know, I work at Bell Pottinger. Thanks Vivj2012 (talk) 15:11, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

OK, kudos, it's neutral enough to avoid deletion as an advert. However, I'm not seeing that he's notable—the company he founded is easily notable but he himself doesn't seem to be the subject of much coverage. The FT blog is good, but it's an interview about the company and doesn't say much about Ichikowitz himself. It's telling that the "Philanthropic Interests" section (which doesn't contain a single reliable, independent source) is almost as long as the "Business Life" section because there's so little written about his career. In my experience, most living people of your client's notability prefer not to have articles, because the article gets filled with crap as soon as one of the tabloids manufactures a scandal around your client. In my opinion, the article would be unlikely to survive an AfD, but there may be scope for some coverage of Ichikowitz in the Paramount Group article (which itself is in a bit of a sorry state, but there's enough written about it to turn it into a reasonable article). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:16, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

HJ, thanks for your feedback regarding the article. I’d like to tackle the issue of Ivor Ichikowitz’s notability first and then see if I can develop the other areas that you mentioned.
There are a number of print articles that have been published by major news titles – including Forbes and the Huffington Post – that focus specifically on Ichikowitz. I can add these as references to the draft article, but what is the easiest way of you reviewing these print articles and verifying them?
I’m happy to upload PDF copies to a file sharing website if that’s easier.Thanks again Vivj2012 (talk) 15:31, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Sure. If you can scan them in and email them to me (hjmitchell at ymail dot com), I'll be happy to look at them to see if they contain enough detail. It's not my place, but did you mention my comment about potential tabloid scandals to your client? I've dealt with many subjects unhappy at the prominence of a minor scandal in their (otherwise thin) article. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:13, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. The scanned copies of the news articles have been emailed to you. I've talked through the risks of having a personal Wikipedia article with my client, specifically the creation of a Controversies section by other Wiki contributors, and he's happy to proceed. Let me know your thoughts on the articles. Thanks again Vivj2012 (talk) 11:03, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

I've got them. I'll have a look at them and get back to you in a few days. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:19, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Okay, I've had a look at the articles you sent me. Business Day contains very little about the man—it's just an editorial written by him. Much the same could be said of the Huffington Post piece. The Forbes, Toronto Star, and Monocle pieces, on the other hand, are brilliant. That's exactly the sort of in-depth coverage that establishes notability and should form the framework of an article. There's plenty in there about his background, his upbringing, his politics, why he does what he does for a living, and what he thinks of the issues of the day. I would almost go so far as to say it was gold dust. If you extrapolated all the information in those articles, you could turn it into a quality encyclopaedia article. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:55, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

HJ thanks for your feedback. I'll update the article as per your instructions and get back in contact when finished. Thanks again Vivj2012 (talk) 14:28, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War

Hi, I've just noticed - to my embarrassment - that for some reason I didn't get around to supporting this article's A class nomination, despite all my main comments being addressed - sorry about that. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 00:08, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

No worries; it had the minimum three supports. I was just about to drop you a note actually to say that if there was something you thought I'd overlooked, you'd be welcome to raise it at the FAC. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:09, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

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Trade African topic FAC reviews?

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Don't forget me—if I hadn't locked it to you, you might never have known you were a millionaire in waiting! ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:04, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

I'll give you your fair share, and your tagline even makes a suggestion.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:21, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

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Manis Friedman

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Football records in spain

Hi, thanks for protecting the page. Before it was protected, you can see that the IP that has been playing with the article since a few days managed to remove a lot of referenced information. Could you please revert them back? Thanks! 49.244.146.211 (talk) 02:04, 23 February 2013 (UTC) This revision: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Football_records_in_Spain&oldid=539676874.. the user removes a significant amount from the article.

Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University article

Hello, HJ Mitchell. Regarding this, he's back...except now as a registered editor. Flyer22 (talk) 08:21, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Indef'd. Let me know if they come back. I'm loathe to protect the article if I can help it but there might not be much choice. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:07, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. And I understand about not wanting to protect the article simply because of this editor. I only became aware of this article due to the edits he has been making on that article. Flyer22 (talk) 12:40, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Move request

Hi HJ, hope you're well. I was wondering if you could move User:JuneGloom07/Rani to Rani Kapoor for me, please? - JuneGloom Talk 20:18, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Hey. No problem at all. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:25, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you so much. :) - JuneGloom Talk 20:37, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Harry

Thanks Harry. This Oldhouse2012 thing is getting tiresome, but it's good to have some backup when needed to ease the burden. Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 12:49, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome. It would have been nice if the rangeblocks had worked, but alas. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:53, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIII, February 2013

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