User talk:BirgitteSB/2008 archive

User:DrussBot

Hi, I blocked quickly as soon as I noticed it running, but kept the block short as I wasnt sure what was going on, and its edits looked reasonable at first glance. I then asked lar to take a look. He agreed with an infinite block but suggested it stay as it was while he investigated. lar did get back to me, but I forgot to reblock. I have now done that. John Vandenberg 20:25, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Volapük cleanup proposal

Hi BirgitteSB, thanks for your enlightening comment in the discussion of the m:Proposals for closing projects/Radical cleanup of Volapük Wikipedia. For the time being, the opposers of the proposal seem to be winning, but the difference is small, so I wondered: should the supporters win the vote, can their plan be carried out? If, as you said, there are strong objections against this proposal from WMF principles (free as in freedom, etc.) and if it sets a dangerous precedent (cf. the Polish wikipedia cleanup fiasco), would a "yes" result be executed, or would it be stopped on the grounds that you mentioned? Thanks in advance! --83.85.142.49 11:18, 29 December 2007 (UTC) --Smeira 11:39, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

User:BirgitteSB/Page Moves

Greetings again. I was looking at User:BirgitteSB/Page Moves, and I'm not clear on what needs to be done. I write botscripts at the English Wikipedia, and if these are the sort of repetitive tasks that a bot can do, I could help out. But what needs to be moved, to where, and why? Quadell 17:54, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

JPS 1917

Hello,

I posted a bit of info on the status of the 1917 JPS translation on WS:COPYVIO#JPS 1917. Short summary: the etext is copyrighted, and some additions have been made; hope this helps. Hoshie 11:17, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Two statements by Mike Godwin

Two statements that may be of wider interest:

• Mike Godwin's take on speeches and copyright, as relayed by Anthère, September 27, 2007: makes a distinction between prepared and impromptu speeches.
• Mike Godwin's take on the U.S. and the "rule of the shorter term", as relayed by Anthère, November 28, 2007: the U.S. does not implement the rule of the shorter term. (But then, only Micheletb ever claimed otherwise :-) I'll let that one speak for itself, it came after a question from it-WS about works PD in the U.S., but not yet PD in Italy, or vice versa.

Lupo 12:30, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Very useful stuff! Of wider interest indeed. Quadell 15:20, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Those are the conclusions I was going with but is very nice to be able to support them with convincing diffs like this. Thank you very much for alerting me to this.--BirgitteSB 19:00, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

The Black Cat

Hey, congrats on getting The Black Cat featured and on the main page! Could you go ahead and close the nomination, per the instructions here? I'd do it myself, but I'm not an admin yet. (I did add it to Template:Featured schedule though.) All the best, Quadell 14:05, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I had never done the featured text before and didn't realize I had forgot so much.--BirgitteSB 17:32, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Bureaucrat

Hi, BirgitteSB,

You now have bureaucratic rights. I'm so glad someone else can take over these tasks now.  :) Good luck!—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 03:15, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you :)--BirgitteSB 14:13, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Aww! According to the logs, your very first bureaucratic act was to promote me to administrator. I'm so honored! —Quadell (talk/swapmeet) 15:33, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Congrats! and don't forget to update Wikisource:Administrators#Current_administrators with your new promotes (I updated it to reflect you :) ) ++Lar: t/c 00:27, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

congratulations! ThomasV 15:35, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

(ec) Congratulations, and thanks for clearing WS:ADMIN so I can add another one ;) John Vandenberg 16:02, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, congrats!! FloNight 19:37, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the promotion. Hesperian 11:04, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

And another clarification

from Mike and Anthere, Jan 17, 2008: all works hosted on WikiMedia projects must be legal to publish in the U.S., an that applies also to non-English projects. Lupo 11:12, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

different editions perhaps

Hi, an anon has extended "Who's for the Game?". A quick look shows that the additions are often part of this poem. (see here) so perhaps there are different editions. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 22:25, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Template:Portal:Scheme

This template has been listed at proposed deletion. It would be great to hear why it was created, and whether it was ever in use. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 23:31, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I responded there. I don't think it would be a big deal to delete that. Sorry for the slow response. I hardly have a computer at home anymore and am super busy at work. But I am buying a new laptop and will be on line a great deal more often when that arrives. Maybe even IRC ;) --BirgitteSB 22:31, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Collaboration project

This weeks collaboration project is G. W. Bush. Please take the time this week to identify and/or transcribe one important work by, or involving, this very prominent person who is relevant to us all. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 02:35, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

two admins awaiting promotion

Hi, WS:ADMIN has two more admins that the community has approved. Please promote or discuss with Zhaladshar. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 22:15, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

The Call of Cthulhu

The Call of Cthulhu has the original publishing details in the notes field. That is the ideal edition for us to have page scans of. I've also asked User:Atomicsteve as it is close the the genre he is working on. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 02:30, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Kipling's Verse

Thanks for your helpful comments. I don't think we need to worry about copyright as I have yet to find a difference between the 1918 and 1940 editions.--Poetlister 12:31, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Please go ahead. I am concentrating on Arthur Hugh Clough at present.--Poetlister 14:54, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Username rename

Please rename my account User:Cool Cat to User:White Cat. Thanks. -- Cat ^chi? 12:51, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

I renamed you. Let me know if there are any issues.--BirgitteSB 03:22, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! -- Cat ^chi? 16:58, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Bot flag request for User:Computer

• Bot operator: User:White Cat (Commons:User:White Cat) - En-N, Tr-4, Ja-1
• List of botflags on other projects: Bot has a flag on wikimedia (meta,commons) wikipedia (ar, az, de, en, es, et, fr, is, ja, ku, nn, no, ru, sr, tr, uz, simple...) (See: m:User:White Cat#Bots)
• Purpose: Interwiki linking, double redirect fixing, commons delinking (for cases where commonsdelinker fails)

-- Cat ^chi? 18:21, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

see WS:BOT#Community_authorisation; requests for bot flag should be made at WS:S to allow community discussion. fwiw, I would prefer interwiki linkages to be visible on recentchanges, we dont have major problems with Special:DoubleRedirects (and most of those a best fixed by the person who was working on those pages), and I flat out definitely do not want to see another bot doing commons delinking here. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 22:23, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

responded there--BirgitteSB 03:19, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

• I have taken a similar approach to the request on oldwikisource. Eclecticology 20:41, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikisource as a whole

Hi, this is being very stressful for me. It is either because people treat me like the enemy or something I don't quite get.

I noticed you got involved with the -jkb- situation. I was considering abandoning all wikisource as it seems like I wont be allowed to contribute anyways. Since I made an enemy out of -jkb- everybody on all languages of Wikisource will hate me making my already difficult job unbearable. They show complete apathy towards the challenges I put on myself to serve them. I do not expect them to greet me with open arms. I also do not want them to greet me with torches and pitchforks.

I would prefer to avoid all that. You seem to understand what I am trying to do and was wondering if you could relay it properly. There is much for me to learn as I experienced with the bible issue and as we discussed it on IRC. There is also a very serious lack of interwiki link discipline. Many wikis link to the wrong page or even namespace.

In addition to seeking bot flags, I make an effort to standardize certain key policies on all wikis. These policies are policies that concerns non-regulars as much as regulars: usernames (imperative for SUL), username rename, usurption, bot flags. While on occasions I was treated unpleasantly in the past for suggesting a change I never ever faced this kind of treatment. I am not even asking anything remotely controversial.

cs.wikisource feels like a wiki one should not step into due to its hostile and unforgiving nature. I do not expect to be ever allowed to edit there. I do not know if you could change that at all.

-- Cat ^chi? 04:00, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi. my notice is [here], -jkb- (cs.source) 08:48, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

White Cat do you remember my involvement in the non-latin usernames at en.WP? For two months my contributions at en.WP have to do with nothing except that one specific issue. That was a very stressful experience and I even expected things to go somewhat slowly. You are trying to do many thing at once and move much more quickly than I did on that issue. And you do not even understand why your actions are controversial. I will try to help you understand the issues better and help others better understand you. But first you need to slow down. Walk away from this for a day and try no to even read about it. I am going to be very busy at work today so I will try and post a few things tonight or tommorrow.--BirgitteSB 12:11, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Username Change

Hi, Is it possible for you to change my username from User:Reedy Boy to User:Reedy, as i am having it changed on the english wikipedia, and want to get the rest of my accounts inline for the single user login

Thanks

Reedy Boy 13:59, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Since you don't have any contributions here; just go ahead and register User:Reedy--BirgitteSB 14:44, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. No way of me persuading you otherwise? ;) (just so there is no "Reedy Boy" left?) Reedy Boy 21:39, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Done.--BirgitteSB 22:43, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou! Much appreciated. Reedy 23:27, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Another request

Hi, can you possibly rename User:Nick in order that I may "claim" the username with my global account. Thanks in advance. 172.214.47.190 01:03, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Can you verify your other account? Post on my talk page in another wiki where you have that account and let me know which wiki to check.--BirgitteSB 01:07, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikisource as a whole

Can you detail for me what your goals are in regard to Wikisource as a whole? You have said general things such as you want to help, or standardize policy. But what specific things do you wish to achieve? --BirgitteSB 18:48, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for the late response. I have been busy IRL.

I wouldn't call it a goal... I feel it would be better for all wikimedia projects (not just wikisource) to have a standard on issues concerning interwiki. Of course each wiki will have its own flavor. But for example policy and issues concerning usernames in general, policy and issues concerning bots in general are issues best to have an interwiki standard. Local policy should be as restrictive or freer than this standard.

Consider the case of en.wikipedia policy banning non-latin charred usernames for example. Imagine how useless SUL would be... A user from Japanese wikipedia or any other non-latin charactered wiki would not be able to edit en.wikipedia had the username policy were not standardized. This is a mere example why such changes are particularly helpful. There is no reason to have a rule, polic or guideline for the sake of having one.

Like all volunteer projects I expect neither pay nor services for my contribution. It wouldn't be voluntary otherwise... :) As for spesific tasks I want to take care of, I would like to operate my bot for three major tasks.

• Double redirects: I wish to take care of double redirects on all wikis operated by the foundation. This is a mindless task redirect.py can easily handle. One does not need to pay any attention while the bot processes this task. Despite this I frequently check what the bot is up to. This way I report redirect loops (redirects that form an infinite redirect loop with no end point) to the admins on local wikis.
• Interwiki linking: This is also a mindless task for the most part yet interwiki links seems to be a complicated problem. This is not a technical problem but instead a cultural problem seemingly unique to wikibooks and wikisource alike. From what I can tell people are unsure how to use interwiki links. Since you know the problem so well, I wont bore you off with the details. The solution to this problem should be agreed on an interwiki level. This standardized consensus will need to be applied by an interwiki bot approved by each and every community. This is the function I hope to fulfill.
• Commons delinking: When the toolserv dies, commons delinker dies. Us in commons have issues without commonsdelinker. You see when a commons administrator decides to delete an image officially he or she is neither expected nor required to remove every instance that image is used. But unofficially commons admins are expected not delete heavy use images unless there is a delinker bot ready to delink. It is very poor publicity to have zillions of red linked image links infesting a wiki. They will easily get out of control if left unattended. It is very difficult for a human to find and remove an image on tens or hundereds of wikis of which a good number has a special character set. It is not fun to hunt for a phrase among millions of "?"'s. Because the services of the bot is this vital, I decided to request permission to handle this task for cases where commonsdelinker becomes inoperable. I have no intention of running this function unless commons delinker dies.
• I would be more than happy to deal with additional tasks.

Smaller wikis like wikisource do not need a whole lot of bot work. I am sure a human or twenty can handle these tasks manually but I feel rather than dealing with a task a mindless bot can handle, such people are better of working on something else. A bot cannot write articles for example.

I guess my ultimate goal is to take care of as many tasks from the hands of 'humans' so they have more time working on something else where bots cannot venture in. It is a waste to use human power for tasks cpu power can handle.

-- Cat ^chi? 15:05, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh I answered you on this before... :) -- Cat ^chi? 15:06, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Personally I find standardizing bot policies more similar to standardizing admin policies than username policies. I have lost my train of thinking on this from March. I'm not sure where you replied earlier but I never saw it. I am honestly having trouble remembering how I thought I could be helpful to you at the time. Because reading what you say above; I largely disagree with you that any of this is important enough to demand the attention needed to alter bot policies. While I think there are issues that should be eventually standardized (very basic things you have not listed). The issues you are interested in seem either trivial (bot naming when the programing easily allows for differing names) or actually problamatic to me (bot interwikis). I am sorry but I am seeing very little I can support in what you are looking to do. I suppose I expected you would have more of a compromise position after the difficulty you encountered with this at first.--BirgitteSB 19:29, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Rename

Please rename my account User:Twilight survivor to User:Freddy eduardo. Thanks
--Twilight survivor 22:39, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

• Done--BirgitteSB 00:49, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Post-Interview

So how's the project after the interview? More participants? More people registering? Or it remains the same? OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 16:50, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

There are a few new people from the interview. How are the sister projects coming?--BirgitteSB 10:15, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Coming along alright. Ral turned down the first Meta interview because it's too short. Then it got delayed by 2 weeks due to my exams. And now the interviewee gone on MIA for last 2 weeks so I have to resort to my backup plan, pushing everything else one week ahead. So next week should be Wikiversity. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 03:36, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

By the way, do you mind if you provide some editor names that you believe came as a result of the interview? I might want to ask them a few questions regarding how the interview attracted their attention. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 03:42, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

usurpation request

See WS:AN#Username usurpation (Ev). --John Vandenberg ^(chat) 12:53, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Rename Request

Hi, we made a mistake while registering this account, could you please rename it from »Fellow readers« to »Fellow Readers«. Thanks a lot. --Fellow readers 08:36, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

thank you--Fellow Readers 14:09, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Usurpation request

Please, see WS:AN#SUL usurp request (Ratchet). Thanks, EsRatchet 11:21, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Your request

Please see Wikisource:Scriptorium#Request for usurp User Jeroen. --Jeroenvrp 15:06, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

I notified the current account holder and am giving him a week to object.--BirgitteSB 16:17, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Birgitte,

Did he object?

--Jeroenvrp 21:46, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

I have renamed him to Jeroen-91, but I cannot rename you to Jeroen. It says "Cannot rename user Jeroen as this username is reserved for a global account." I am not sure what the solution to that is.--BirgitteSB 11:04, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Blocks

Thanks for blocking User:TonyToddToo. User:MilkmanDan looks like a sock. Suicidalhamster 14:29, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

User:JoshLovestheRange still needs blocking I think! Thanks. Suicidalhamster 14:33, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

I think he's blocked. Also User:REDYVA. But they seem to be able to post on their own pages when blocked. (And I came here today to work on Montaigne's essays. :-( [1]) Stratford490 14:37, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

User:66.162.207.21 is obviously the same person, but hasn't been blocked. Sorry to nag. Stratford490 14:38, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks this has been going on across several wikis. I think we have done all we can for now without a checkuser.--BirgitteSB 14:53, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

PDFs

There is a discussion at the Scriptorium about PDF files, and I'd like your input. I'd also like to know how you made the PDF file for Early Settlers Along the Mississippi. Thanks. Psychless 20:03, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

User name change

Brigitte, I would like to change my user name from User:AndreasJ to User:AndreasJS in order to have a Unified login. Thanks, AndreasJ 14:23, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

• Done--BirgitteSB 15:17, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Changing username

Hello! I would like to change my bot user name User:Albambot to User:Albamhandaebot. --Albamhandae 11:30, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

• Done, but please see my note on the new talkpage.--BirgitteSB 14:17, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for this usurpation. I'm almost done unifying as many accounts as I'm likely to ever use (12 so far). Look me up on Wikipedia if you need anything. Regards - Frank 03:45, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

ACLU v. NSA pagination

I've finished the pagination and it's ready to be re-locked. Thank you much. Theophobic 18:42, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

You are welcome--BirgitteSB 23:38, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

German Instrument of Surrender FT Nom

Hey, sorry for taking so long to respond. Please see the nom - I've uploaded the images on Commons. diego_pmc 18:43, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Deleted pages

Hello, Could you let me a message before deleting works so that I can copy them to Wikisource? i.e. The Bolshevik Myth. Thanks, Yann 07:34, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Bot username rename

Hi, I'd like my bot User:Computer to be renamed to User:タチコマ robot. This rename request is per my wikimedia wide bot username rename. I have decided to have a single username to more efficiently use SUL. Thanks.

• If this is not the right place to make this request, please move it to the right place.

-- Cat ^chi? 12:42, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

• Done--BirgitteSB 23:14, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Birgitte, just taking a look in on all of the old crowd and thought I'd say hi! -Jude (posting anonymously because I can't be bothered the fuss of logging in, and the temptation might be too great to start the age-old timesink of editing once more). 203.213.7.136 12:27, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for stopping by! I am glad to hear from you. I must say I have found my own way to edit without sinking all my free time in it. The key is to have small goals rather then expect to finish a large task. Hope all goes well with you.--BirgitteSB 21:00, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Alas! They've sucked me in. Jude (talk) 09:47, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

I saw you sleeping on IRC and figured it was a matter of time :D--BirgitteSB 23:41, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Yes; I must admit, I keep doing things then forget that I've no admin bit any more. Strange! Either way, I've started proofing Studies in the Scriptures. It's strange, but I seem to get very focused on all of the religious topics! I noticed there are also a few Mormon-related items that we don't have... Jude (talk) 02:37, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Archiving

We may want to have a consistent method for archiving documented somewhere; since we've done it recently, this seems like a reasonable place to discuss it, but feel free to move the thread.

Generally, I've created an archive at the end of the next month; i.e. in the last week of July, move everything that hadn't been discussed in 3 weeks to the June archive, so the names line up with the timestamps. Although It's pretty much automated now, I was thinking to run it a few more times or maybe get some feedback before letting it go completely unsupervised; but unless we merge some of the recent archives, I can't push the button again on that scheme until late September. -Steve Sanbeg 21:18, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

OK I got rid that page. Let know when you run the archive and I will merge those items back in. Sorry for messing it up.--BirgitteSB 19:42, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

OK, that helps. I undid your edit to help keep things consistent, and archived to the /2008-8; normally, I would've called it /2008-07, but it's no problem to change it if that makes more sense to everyone. -Steve Sanbeg 04:39, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I am all for automating this once you are confident it is reliable.--BirgitteSB 23:44, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Admin bit

According to Pathoschild, there's no policy; but seeing as I willingly requested the removal of my admin status (as I had no time for Wikisource), I could ask if you would reinstate it. Of course, it is your own decision, and if you'd rather I asked for a vote on WS:ADMINS again, I'm happy to do so. Jude (talk) 03:44, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

As it has been long enough for that a confirmation would have taken place if you had never had the flag removed, I think there should be vote. There is also sort of a precedent with Ec for new votes after long wikibreaks.--BirgitteSB 01:57, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Giggy

WS:ADMIN#Giggy is ripe. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 01:28, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Bookofjude

WS:ADMIN#Bookofjude is ripe. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 10:51, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Hooray! Thanks, Birgitte. :-) Jude (talk) 21:29, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

SUL

This is Obelix from Swedish Wikipedia. I want to usurp this account for SUL. I want to usurp this account for SUL. Here is confirmation /83.178.28.69 11:30, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Paragraphs in bulleted comments

Hello BirgitteSB. Did you forgo separate paragraphs in your post to Sherurcij's confirmation discussion because normal paragraph syntax doesn't work, or because you just didn't want paragraphs? If the former, you can do it using <p></p> tags. :) —{admin} Pathoschild 04:57:20, 07 September 2008 (UTC)

I just didn't "feel" a paragraph anywhere when writing it. I will look at it agian when I get a chance.--BirgitteSB 02:54, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

re: real of forged document

Thanks for that concise explanation over the 'Greek document' copyright, it was cristal clear and to the point. Politis (talk) 08:31, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Please rename me

Hi, I have changed my username at my homewiki and want to to it here to. Please rename me to Calandrella. Here is confirmation. Thanks, Leo Johannes (talk) 19:23, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

BirgitteSB, I've taken care of this (Leo Johannes left a message on both of our talk pages).—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 19:52, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Template:CodeFedReg

Hi Birgitte. I copied English Wikipedia's Template:CodeFedReg into Template:CodeFedReg. It doesn't seem to work well in wikisource. See its use in Badasa v. Mukasey. If you know a template guru on wikisource, please contact them to fix Template:CodeFedReg. Thanks. -- Suntag ☼ 17:19, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Re:

Yes, I was just getting to that. You are incorrect. -- Kendrick7 (talk) 20:49, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Template talk:PD-manifesto

Prod

Hey, I don't mean to cause any hassle, but my request for adminship is due for closure. It'd be appreciated if you could get to that at some point, but no hassles. I'm easy. :) —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:22, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Sorry I had forgot yours was ongoing with all the action further down the page, but it looks like Z took care of you. I need to get more organized once I move.--BirgitteSB 20:48, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Recent changes

On recent change patrol found this http://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Comunicado_del_combate_naval_de_Santiago_de_Cuba_del_almirante_don_Pascual_Cervera&rcid=751156 Which would seem to be related to this http://es.wikisource.org/wiki/Comunicado_del_combate_naval_de_Santiago_de_Cuba_del_almirante_don_Pascual_Cervera. Marked it as patrolled but no idea what should happen to it. This Wikisource:Administrators says you do Spanish, so... Jeepday (talk) 00:59, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

I am going to delete it. It seems just to be comment related to Spanish doucment (from the Spanish-American War) My rusty Spanish would say "Typical stategy used by USA in order to attack". Doesn't seem to be anything important to me.--BirgitteSB 18:52, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Hey

Can I ask, is Birgitte a gal's name? I ask because not many gals on wiki. And you are a crat here?JoJo (talk) 13:07, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes I am both female and 'crat.--BirgitteSB 01:42, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Wow. very cool. — Jojo • Talk • 11:27, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Request Name Change

Rlevse told me to post here: I would like to change from Henrydoktorski to Henry_Doktorski. 71.253.43.17 20:57, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Please log in as Henrydoktorski and confirm the requesr so I know you are really the account holder.--BirgitteSB 01:41, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

I would like to change from Henrydoktorski to Henry_Doktorski. I hope this is better. Henrydoktorski (talk) 19:52, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

• Done--BirgitteSB 08:39, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Saw these two entries; how are they legitimate?

Birgitte, I just saw the following two entries:

LDS Endowment 1984 at Wikisource

LDS Endowment 1990 at Wikisource

The articles state that they are recordings, but that is all. How can they be verified to be an accurate recording or just made up? The the LDS Church does not publish them because they say the endowment is sacred. I assume it is copyrighted, but that would need to be clarified with the LDS Church legal department. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Cheers. --67.183.129.82 20:29, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

I have raised these two to be discussed at WS:COPYVIO#LDS_Endowment --John Vandenberg ^(chat) 21:06, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

I commented there.--BirgitteSB 00:18, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Politicaljunkie's confirmation

Hello BirgitteSB. The result of Politicaljunkie's confirmation is up to the bureaucrats, now that the October confirmation period is over. Support for continued adminship is precisely 50%, which fails the simple majority needed for confirmation (but is right on the borderline). —Pathoschild 00:17:47, 05 November 2008 (UTC)

I am liking the particulars of the Restricted access policy less and less. It really does not describe things very well in terms of how we actually do thing. Desysoping for inactivity is described as automatic and voting is only described under the terms of a call for no confidence. I don't have any great ideas for alternatives however.--BirgitteSB 03:08, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

USURP

Hello. I noticed you were a crat from the WS:ADMIN page, and I was wondering how I would request that my Username on this wiki be changed from SynergeticMaggot to Synergy. Thank you in advance for your time. SynMag (talk) 23:03, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Done--BirgitteSB 23:50, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. It doesn't appear to have occurred. When I logged in as User:Synergy (my main account now on all wikis), the contribs from the account I am editing under now, are not there. Perhaps I should have stated this before. :) Sorry (or is this not possible?). SynMag (talk) 01:29, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Sorry I don't know what I did wrong before but it is showing up in the logs now. You may have re-do the unification. I am not sure how that works.--BirgitteSB 20:19, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem at all. I added wikisource to my SUL. Thank you again. :) Synergy 05:32, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

rename account

I would like to rename my account to a new name; "Niduzzi", as my current name ("Izzudin") is already in use in id: and ar: by others. So I can't unify my account. Thanks! Izzudin (talk) 06:26, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Renaming

Hi, could you please rename my account from "Thebainer" to "Stephen Bain"? I'm changing on all projects to use my real name. --bainer (talk) 05:46, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and done it for you.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 13:42, 7 December 2008 (UTC)