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Hi Mike!
Hi Mike, my name is Laura and I am part of the Wikimedia Public Policy Initiative on Grassroots Lobbying. I'm happy to have you as our mentor and begin working on our project! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laurnicole17 (talk • contribs) 04:40, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Also, if I could email you what we have done so far as with begining to create our page that would be great. Seems silly but I'm not quite sure where to locate your email? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laurnicole17 (talk • contribs) 04:53, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Springdales
Hi, Thanks for your earlier help. I think that the wiki page for Springdales School is written like a Advertisment. hen I edited it, I got a message. It as like this:
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Springdales School, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you! -- 43?9enter (talk) 07:06, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Can you please explain! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vibhijain (talk • contribs) 11:22, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
NO, NO! This was the earlier content. When I edited it, I got a message that my article needs to be wikified and your content has to be reverted. The text which you read was the earlier content which I edited but still It was not acceptable instead it matched with Wikipedia Standards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vibhijain (talk • contribs) 12:18, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You are right. I have notified the mistaken user. Also, please sign your talk page messages using four tildes (~~~~). Yes Michael? •Talk 12:28, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
sorry for disturbing you again. I want to request a new logo for Wikipedia Hindi http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_logos
because the current logo contains a word which is basically a Urdu word. I want to know which type of licence i need to choose in commons to protect the logo created by me and how can i Ask for switch to be done by a developer on bugzilla? And this time i will not forget to sign.
--Vaibhav Jain 12:47, 13 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vibhijain (talk • contribs)
Looks like you have forgotten to sign again :). Not an issue. I'm sure you'll get the hang of it. About the logo, To be frank, I'm not so sure about the technical part. It would be great if you could contact a person in Hindi Wikipedia for that. You may contact Mayur here. He is one person whom I know on Hindi Wiki. If you still have some queries that he cannot answer satisfactorily, then I will ask another Hindi editor to help you out. Regards, Yes Michael? •Talk 12:56, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
But i signed this time. Ok, lets leave it. Thanks for your continuous help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vibhijain (talk • contribs) 13:00, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You have to sign by typing four tildes (~~~~). :) Yes Michael? •Talk 13:04, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
NO HELP
Unfortunately, I didn't got any reply from the person you referred to. I would love if you can give me the link of any person who knows meta well. Regards
Vaibhav Jain 14:36, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Please wait for a day or two :) . If he still doesn't reply, I will direct you to someone else. Regards, Yes Michael? •Talk 15:31, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Courtesy call
Hi Mike, how's it going...since you're in college I presume exam season's coming close. Do well. cheers!!ImperiumCaelestis 18:25, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That's another problem with Engineering college. Especially with these 'elite' colleges. They always have exams! :) . Taking small wikibreaks these days. Need to complete assignments, etc. Yes Michael? •Talk 18:28, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
hahaha..join my gang thereafter. become a pilot. In view of current news, there's bound to be demand for genuine flyboys. ImperiumCaelestis 18:33, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Check your mail. Probably too private for a talk page :P Yes Michael? •Talk 18:48, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Marking articles students are working on
Howdy, Online Ambassador!
This is a quick message to all the ambassadors about marking and tracking which articles students are working on. For the classes working with the ambassador program, please look over any articles being worked on by students and make sure these things are taken care of (especially for classes that aren't working with mentors):
Add {{WAP assignment | term = Spring 2011 }} to the articles' talk pages. (The other parameters of the {{WAP assignment}} template are helpful, so please add them as well, but the term = Spring 2011 one is most important.)
If the article is related to United States public policy, make sure the article the WikiProject banner is on the talk page: {{WikiProject United States Public Policy}}
Add Category:Article Feedback Pilot (a hidden category) to the article itself. The second phase of the Article Feedback Tool project has started, and this time we're trying to include all of the articles students are working on. Please test out the Article Feedback Tool, as well. The new version just deployed, so any bug reports or feedback will be appreciated by the tech team working on it.
And of course, don't forget to check in on the students, give them constructive feedback, praise them for positive contributions, award them {{The WikiPen}} if they are doing excellent work, and so on. And if you haven't done so, make sure any students you are mentoring are listed on your mentor profile.
Hi Mike! My name is Courtney and I am working on the Wikimedia Public Policy Initiative on Grassroots Lobbying. Thank you for being our mentor! --Courthoulds (talk) 19:44, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Request
Hi Mike, i hope you wouldn't mind offering your views in the following discussion currently going on in the Konkani language article's talk page. The discussion is about whether Kannada and other scripts should be used in the article as well.
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Got a message about an hour ago from Professor Obar of the Media and Telecommunication Policy project and I think it is viewed best in full:
Can you please communicate to the online mentors that I DO NOT want them moving student material into the main space for them. This is a big problem. I have noticed that this has happened with a number of the projects already, for example, in the broadband.gov article and the media cross-ownership article. We need the students to be doing this on their own, of course so they can learn how to do it, and also so that I can grade what they've done. How am I supposed to follow student submissions if the data is associated with online mentors? A BIG PROBLEM ALREADY... please help me with this. None of you responded to my post about this on the discussion page. This is about to get out of hand. Jaobar (talk) 05:27, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
With that, of course, please only give instructions on how to move, don't do it for them. Please only let them know what to do and let them do it themselves. If they run into problems, provide further instructions. Do not it for them. This seems to be making a mess of Prof. Obar's grading system and I would like to avoid that. Thanks. - Neutralhomer • Talk • Coor. Online Amb'dor • 06:15, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 21 March 2011
This is the third issue of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter, with details about what's going on right now and where help is needed.
Where the courses are - A brief summary of how each of the 31 Public Policy Initiative courses are faring so far in the Spring 2011 term, as of 9-11 March. Feel free to add more detail.
Tracking students' articles - Make sure students' articles are tagged with {{WAP assignment}} on the talk pages, and have the newly improved Article Feedback Tool active.
Online Ambassadors logistics - If you don't have a Wikipedia Ambassador sweatshirt, now's your chance to get one! (Also, some other more mundane, but important, details.)
Steering committee preparing proposals - Look for discussions about two major proposals about the future ambassador program soon: the "Regional Ambassador" role, and elections for a new committee.