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[edit] roa-rup.wikt

Welcome to roa-rup.wikt, Bastique! --0 º 16:53, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcome! Cary Bass demandez 22:52, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User Lerdsuwa from th wiki

Hi. I got your note from my talk page. The preference in my account doesn't have "Enable e-mail from other users" set so your email produce error. It should work now. Alternately you can also mail me directly at lerdsuwa @ truemail.co.th --Lerdsuwa 12:23, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikigeography

Hi Bastique, hope I'm not canvassing here, but please take a moment to look at my new proposed Wikimedia project in the header above. If you have any feedback about it this would be welcomed on the talk page. --Kelsington 20:57, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia Brasil

Hi Bastique, Could you please send a message to our chapter's mailing list to confirm the aproval of our bylaws from the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation? Thanks a lot, TSB 04:55, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey TSB. Is this something that you've already heard about? While I know that it was approved, I've yet to see the resolution or the board announcing anything. I made my change based on changes to the Chapters page. Cary Bass demandez 14:53, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Emesee

Steward_requests/Permissions#Emesee.40en.wikiversity --mikeu 15:48, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanto-Vikipedio

Hallo, I translated your message to Esperanto, Martin, Esperantst

[edit] Corporate contributions

Dear Bastique, Alex Pereira told me you about you. He said you probabile could help me. I work in Banco do Brasil, one of the largest bank in my country. We here are developing an learning environment tool based on wiki software and I was wondering about how making a donation on behalf of the corporation. I haven´t got the decision last word but i am willing to make it on its way. Could you give me any hint? Sorry for my poor english writing skills. Sincerely, Nevinho 18:43, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The banner

Hi Bastique :) Sorry to bug you, but could you please check on Talk:Fundraising_2008/design_drafts? Is that the place - or is there another, which is more suitable? Cheers ;) Noorse 20:46, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

That seems like a good page. bastique demandez! 21:15, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Thank you :) Noorse 21:19, 5 November 2008 (UTC)


[edit] OTRS Permissions ticket

Hi, hope you may be able to help, or find me someone who can. There is a discussion as to the copyright status of wikipedia:AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes. On the talk page is a claim that OTRS ticket 2007041310002766 resolved this issue, but there's no formal confirmation of that, and I can't see into the inner workings of OTRS. Please can you take a look at that ticket and provide a suitable confirmation on the talk page? Otherwise the list may be deleted and restored ad infinitum. Many thanks, 86.147.113.107 19:32, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, the above (and this) is from wikipedia:User:TrulyBlue, no account on wikimedia.
I've confirmed the ticket and left a note on the articles talk page. Let me know if you have any other questions. - Rjd0060 20:26, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My vote

Please explain to me what the point is in waiting to vote? What will change between now and Monday? I am not able to return to vote over the next few weeks and given that I have voted in almost every round and that I have long complained about how unnecessarily long this voting has been I think my vote should remain. Please correct me if you think there is a valid reason why voting must wait until Monday.--Xania 00:40, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fundraising banner

Hi Bastique,
User:Cbrown1023 had told me that you will be creating the banner/buttons for the fund-raising site for different languages.
What is the procedure for that?
If needed I have created the banners for Marathi (mr), but I haven't yet uploaded them on wiki
Please let me know what needs to be done
Thanks,
Padalkar.kshitij 18:31, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, missed reading this today while I had the resources. Will take a look tomorrow at this. bastique demandez! 02:34, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
See also, wmf:User:Cbrown1023/Fund2008/status. Cbrown1023 talk 02:42, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rights at en.labs.wikimedia

Hi there! I'm working with the group that's attempting to construct a workable implementation of FlaggedRevisions on en.wiki, and so I'm interested in experimenting with all the rights and options that are available. I made a steward request for sysop rights on en.labs.wikimedia, but was told to ask one of the local bureaucrats directly, so here I am. Would you be willing to grant me sysop status on en.labs? As I mentioned in the steward request, I'm an active sysop at en.wiki and there isn't really a community (or indeed content!) to consult at en.labs. I'm not on meta very often so if you wouldn't mind either replying at en:User talk:Happy-melon, or just dropping a note there after responding here, I would be hugely greatful. Many thanks in advance, Happymelon 15:47, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Done. bastique demandez! 02:33, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! Happymelon 12:49, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] copyright permission

hey there. sorry to bother you, this has become rather long and complicated, but hopefully you can help :) i want to use a radio interview as a source for an article, but the only copy of the interview is hosted on a blacklisted site. an admin has said that it is suitable for whitelisting so long as the site has permission to host the interview (like it says in wp:copyrights). now, as the site owner is the guy being interviewed, i was pretty sure that he must have permission. but another admin seems to have a personal history with this guy so he won't accept this and said that confirmation from the radio DJ was required. so i emailed the DJ and he confirmed that the site owner had permission to host it and even gave me permission to use it how i wanted so long as it wasn't for profit. but the admin doesn't believe me about the DJ's email and says that i need to forward it to otrs. i'm not really sure what otrs is or how it works (actually i'm not really sure that all this is necessary as wp:copyrights simply says to avoid linking to "known" copvios) but anyway, maybe you can tell me what to do or where to forward the email. thanks :) Jessi1989 15:44, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

What does a blacklisted site have to do with copyright? And what do we care about another sites copyright violation? bastique demandez! 17:17, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
hey, yeah, to be honest i'm not sure. i need to link to a radio interview recording hosted on that site. so i requested whitelisting, and it looks like the whitelisting should be ok. however, one admin wants me to "prove" that the site owner is not violating copyright by hosting this file and has explicitly told me to contact otrs about it. i don't think it's really necessary either. i'm happy to go back and tell them that you said it's not needed, if you think that's best? Jessi1989 19:19, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Our OTRS agents have no way of verifying whether the owner of another website is violating copyright or not. So that was bad advice. bastique demandez! 20:21, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
hey, sorry to keep bothering you, i don't think i explained the situation properly. the interview was done on kerrang radio (a uk radio station). the person who was being interviewed is hosting a copy of the interview on his own website. the admin wants proof that he has copyright permission, so i emailed the radio station, who obviously own the interview. they replied confirming that the interviewee had permission to host their interview on his site. the admin wants me to forward this email to otrs to confirm what the radio station told me, as he doesn't seem to trust me (like i said he has a history with the interviewee). so otrs will not have to verify whether this recording is copyvio directly, just verify the radio station's email confirming copyright permission. sorry if you already understood this. if you still think otrs is not required here i'll say so in the whitelisting request. thanks for your time :) Jessi1989 05:24, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Song

I need your help in a basic Wikimedia question. Please contact me in the chat if possible. I also try to get in contact to Frank because of the languabe barriere ;-) Thanks --ST 19:49, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

I will point Frank at your request. bastique demandez! 20:52, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
ok. --ST 22:11, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
At the moment he's in a meeting. We'll chat tomorrow then. --ST 23:22, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I'm in the same meeting. bastique demandez! 23:37, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Email sent

Just a quick note to confirm that I've sent an email with copy ID to secure-info@wikimedia.org. I've appointed to en:wiki ArbCom on 20 December 2008. All the best, Roger Davies 11:59, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Received and noted. bastique demandez! 17:19, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New mailing lists

Hey Cary. I'm pretty sure you're in charge of mailing list creations and I didn't want to assign you to these bugs without asking you first if that's what you preferred. There are two mailing lists that have been requested: bugzilla:16369 and bugzilla:16987. Cheers. --MZMcBride 09:37, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Loves Art project: San Francisco museums

Hi, Cary,

Is there a list to sign up to get more information about this?

Wikipedia Loves Art
Facebook group

I love this idea and want to participate.

Best wishes,
--Mariva 05:02, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Mariva! Thanks for your inquiry. I don't have much more information yet today, but I do suggest you join the Wikimedia-SF email list, which can be found here: Wikimedia SF. bastique demandez! 19:48, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Input needed on a Wikiversity project

Hi Bastique. I'm trying to get a project started on Wikiversity: Wikipedia and the 2008 US elections‎, which is a research project on how Wikipedia articles are created and improved, particularly when the topic is the subject of strong sentiments and relates to events that change over the time period in the study (probably January 2008 through January 2009, but there's some question about when the campaign actually "began").

I'm leaving you (and a few other folks) this note because you've had some interest in Wikiversity's studies of Wikipedia in the past, I wanted to get a few more eyes on the project before announcing it on Wikipedia: I hope to do that over the next few days on the talk pages of the 4 "beta test" articles: w:Barack Obama, w:John McCain, w:Sarah Palin, and w:Joe Biden, with a broader announcement later after the initial kinks are worked out. I was also hoping you would know people who would be interested in this, as well as knowing people with a few "special skills", including:

  1. Data collection and sorting from the article histories (how many edits and what sorts of edits over a given time period, etc.)
  2. People who can make good graphs and charts from that data
  3. people who can help develop guidelines for whether and how to discuss individual editors if they are felt to be "notable"

I think this could be a very fruitful study: Wikipedia's model of content creation is quite complicated, but it works! --SB_Johnny|talk|books 14:06, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Erik Zachte already has a lot of this data, see his website and blog (specifically this post). Cbrown1023 talk 22:12, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks Cbrown... big huggle to you! That's definitely the sort of graphics I had in mind, but I'm more interested in how the "communal creative process" works, so the data would need a more subtle analysis. Does Erik Zachte have a talk page I could leave a message on? I'd like to keep the whole process of organizing the process "on wiki" as well, as much as I can. --SB_Johnny|talk|books 20:25, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
He has an e-mail address: :-) erikzachteatinfodisiac.com. Cbrown1023 talk 21:25, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikibooks favicon

Hi,

Could you change the favicon of the french (and probably the other projets, but I’m not aware of the situation on the other projects) Wikibooks projets ? I don’t know how to do it and it’s weird to have a favicon different from the logo. Cdlt, VIGNERON * discut. 17:01, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

HI! The bug is in: bugzilla:17049. bastique demandez! 18:12, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Request

Hi there, Bastique. There is a spambot over on the Simple English Wiktionary that needs a block and there are very few active administrators on the Simple English Wikipedia. Can you please go over there and block the IP address that just created a page? Thanks, Razorflame 18:24, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

It is also an open proxy. Razorflame 18:25, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Never mind. My RfA just ended as successful, so I was able to deal with it. Cheers, Razorflame 18:32, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Scientific images

Hello Cary, so here is a page, I have promised to you: Wikimedia Czech Republic/Project: Scientific and Special Photograph. And if you can help with correction of English language we will be glad.--Juan de Vojníkov 19:53, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Kreyol outreach

How is this project coming, by the way? ht is growing at a healthy pace -- are there any active contributors who edit on meta / read f-l ? -- sj | help translate |+ 01:35, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] ID

Dear Bastique, I want to let you know that I have already sent the requested proof of identification in order to have checkuser access. Kind regards, --Góngora (TES) 19:27, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Equinox

Would you mind chiming in at wikt:Wiktionary:Votes/sy-2009-03/User:Equinox for admin#Discussion? Thanks.—msh210 15:57, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

I have absolutely no idea how I can help there. If you want to see if someone has identified, check the Identification noticeboard. Thanks. bastique demandez! 16:19, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Thank you, That is what was wanted.—msh210 18:32, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] "Established chapters"

Hey Bastique, I was wondering how you determine if a chapter is "established" or not? I thought recognition of "official" chapters was per Board approval. cheers --pfctdayelise 06:52, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] G'day Cary

hope you're good 'n all - we thought summer had left down under, but it's come back the last couple of days beautifully :-) Anywhoo... I recently put in a request to the english wikipedia's arbitration committee, and as you'll see, an arb has indicated that they need your input - perhaps to navigate the grey areas between OTRS and arbcom jurisdiction etc. (I'm not sure there are any, but some are being perceived anyways) - your input would be appreciated :-) Privatemusings 08:09, 15 April 2009 (UTC)ping me if a real time catch up would be at all useful too...

[edit] en-wiki RFAR

An arbitration request relating to OTRS has been filed at w:Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Request_to_take_a_look_at_:_The_Alastair_Haines_situation. If you could comment at it and direct relevant OTRS-personnel to comment, it would be most appreciated. MBisanz talk 10:18, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

  • Cary, I have commented. I don't think this is an OTRS issue, I think someone has the wrong end of the stick. JzG 13:38, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] usability wiki

There is a request on Talk:Main Page on the usability wiki to change the incorrect "Stanton Foundation" on its Main Page to "Ruth and Frank Stanton Fund". As the request has been there for two months with no attention, I am spamming this to all administrators in the hope someone sees it. Gurch 14:51, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Scholarships

Hi Bastique. I've applied for a Wikimania Scholarship, but unfortunately I didn't get one. I found a company in my country, South Africa, who is willing to sponsor me for the Wikimania. They just want to know how many South Africans applied, and how good my application was. I've talked with Girl2k and she said I need to talk with you. I really appreciate all the trouble! I would just love to attend the Wikimania. Kind regards, Slapsnot 13:24, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi Slapsnot: I sent you an email. --bastique demandez! 00:00, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Hi!

I was asked to forward a photo ID to you for the trustee elections, but the email address I was given bounced back to me. Can you send me the correct one so I can take care of this?

Thanks!--CastAStone//₵₳$↑₳₴₮ʘ№€ 13:58, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Please see this page for established instructions on identification. --bastique demandez! 15:13, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] adware spam in the wikipedia pages

I am a new user and encountered adware while using wikipedia. The following pages have links to ez-tracks.com The site links to ringtone vendors that obfuscate subscription sign up and/or terms and conditions for free ringtones with flashy promotional content. In our tests, we found downloads on this site that some people consider adware, spyware or other potentially unwanted programs. ez-tracks force adware downloads and hijack browsers. Please tell me where the right place is to reoprt spam..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_patriotic_music http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avril_Lavigne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avril_Lavinge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonce_Knowles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boney_M http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandi_Glenn_Cyrus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Adams http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celine_Dion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_Yankee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donda_West http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Montana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Montana?redirect=no http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsong_United http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Lopez http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_G http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Pausini http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Avril_Lavigne_concert_tours http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Akon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miley_Cyrus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miley_Cyrus?redirect=no http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MileyWorld http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelback http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Clayderman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Martin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakira http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakira?redirect=no http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_traditions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weddings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlife

If you're just concerned with the English Wikipedia's use of these links then visit w:MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist. For concerns about the site on any Wikimedia project see Talk:Spam blacklist. - Rjd0060 15:17, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary logo 2009 refresh voting

Hello there, I just would like to inform you that the Wiktionary logo 2009 refresh voting should start now, but so far we haven't come up with any rules yet. Since it seems that you started the refresh, would you like to help out? Thanks in advance. Wyvernoid 03:15, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Volunteering

Hi there. Is there some sort of information page you can point me to that explains in more detail what kind of volunteer work is available, what I would/could be doing etc.? I live in Vancouver, BC. Could I volunteer somehow locally or would I have to travel to San Fran? Thanks. -- OlEnglish 17:12, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Hello. At this time we have no specific project-related "Calls for Volunteers"; and the Wikimedia Foundation office is presently at capacity. However, as much of the project work is self-regulated, you can do plenty of work here on your own. One way to help out is with the customer service system known as OTRS (see m:OTRS). Are there any specific areas of interest you have? --bastique demandez! 15:28, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Well I was hoping to explore what my options were. OTRS sounds like something I'm capable of. But I'm not an admin? Looks like I'll just have to stick to wikignoming for now. :) -- OlEnglish 19:22, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Update: volunteer.wikimedia.org

Looks like my question has been answered, http://volunteer.wikimedia.org/ is just what I was looking for! ..oh and I'm an admin now too ;)

-- OlEnglish 20:42, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Abuse of non-free content on the English Wikipedia

I would greatly appreciate your assistance with the issue described at Wikimedia_Forum#A_serious_non-free_content_problem_on_the_English_Wikipedia. Thank you. Erik9 01:21, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Pengguna:Ampon

Bonjour,

Je suis enregistré sur le wiki fr sous le pseudo de Ampon et j'ai effectué toutes les migrations de mes autres comptes pour pouvoir l'unifier. Seul souci, quelqu'un l'a déjà ouvert en indonésien. Comme il a un compteur d'édition à zéro, je me demandais s'il était possible de le récupérer pour que je puisse unifier entièrement mon compte une fois pour toute. je ne parle par contre pas un mot d'indonésien pour leur en faire la demande sur place. Merci par avance au cas où vous pourriez faire quelque chose.

Lien pour ma page de discussion sur le fr

Cordialement --Ampon 15:59, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Identification of Hersfold and Hmwith

Hello Cary. Can you confirm that Hersfold and Hmwith are identified with the Foundation, for the identification noticeboard diff links? —Pathoschild 13:04:56, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Identification Martin H.

Hi Bastique, I identified myself to secure-info on August 18, can you confirm that on identification noticeboard? If the identification with my w:de:Personalausweis is not sufficient please let me know in response to my email. Regards, --Martin H. 16:05, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Martin, I did not receive that email; but I was on vacation during that time and those emails were going to someone else, who would have by now deleted it. In which case, I suggest that you send it again, and I will be the one to receive it. bastique demandez! 20:26, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you, Bastique, I will send it again. Regards, --Martin H. 12:35, 11 September 2009 (UTC)


[edit] Spanish Wiki and English Wiki

Hi there Bastique. I'm an editor from the English Wikipedia project, but I read and sometime edit the Spanish Wikipedia pages. I've noticed on the Spanish Wikipedia that they have several links to several tools on a page's history page. You can click to get a list of editors, contribution details, search the history, get general statistics on an article, or check the number of visits to a page. Check out this page. The Herramientas are tools (list of editors, contribution details, and history search), the Estadísticas are statistics (general stats and number of visits). We should add this to our pages too. Declan Davis 19:00, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary vote

Bonjour Bastique! I noticed that you are a Translator from English to French. Could you then translate Wiktionary/logo/refresh/voting to French, s'il vous plaît? —AugPi 03:52, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

I could, but unfortunately, my obligations have me in other places at present. bastique demandez! 21:03, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
I believe Mglovesfun speaks French, maybe you could ask him? Razorflame 22:51, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit]

Hi. Semi-annual nudge. I was wondering if you had any info/updates on the Wikipedia logo situation?

It's been a year since your post at Talk:Errors in the Wikipedia logo (which got archived, sadly), and a while since any developments at Talk:Wikipedia/Logo. It's also been over 2 years since the nytimes article. There were a few mentions on the mailing list, eg this thread. But this from Brion Vibber was the last "official" word I know of. There might be more clues in this en:WP:VP thread or at en:User_talk:Ambuj.Saxena/Wikipedia-logo.

I just wanted to add a straw to the camel's back, or encourage things to start rolling again. ;) Quiddity 06:40, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi Quiddity. The ball is rolling already :) . But thanks for pointing this out. bastique demandez! 22:31, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] OTRS for Esperanto ("info-eo")

Hi there.

I'd like to start a queue in the Esperanto language. (According to the page OTRS, you are one to contact about it. I am an administrator in the Esperanto Wikipedia, and I am monitoring and cleaning up the images there. Some of the people I contact, our only common language is Esperanto. Is this something you could please set up? Thanks... -- Yekrats 12:38, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

^--- * ping *  ;-) -- Yekrats 02:41, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm not in charge of setting up OTRS queues. Please make the request at Talk:OTRS. bastique demandez! 17:29, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the response! -- Yekrats 10:45, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted images

Hello, I recently uploaded an image and it was automatically categorized for speedy deletion. I don't understand why because I used the proper licensing. I contacted the company directly via email ticket #2009100210033461 and they agreed to release the image, and other, under CC-by-SA 3.0. Skier Dude (talk) deleted my page and he recommended me to contact an admin to verify the email and to have the image restored. You can reply to this image on my talk page Elmatamoskas (talk)


-Elmatamoskas (talk) 16:50, 27 October 2009 (UTC)