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Have a great day! Phoebezz22 (talk) 01:25, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

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Since you disputed the file's deletion, I have listed this image for further discussion at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2024 October 10#File:Tenta-as-Sumotori.gif. ✗plicit 00:04, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

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Oh, you know, if it isn't just the most basic workshop ever needed, "Wikipedia Editing for Absolute Beginners" for those who haven't had the pleasure of diving into that simple process quite yet. Bless their hearts, they're just starting out, so we thought, why not put something together? Because, you know, it's not like it's rocket science or anything, but hey, we're always happy to lend a hand where we can. And just a little bit of Minnesota Nice to help along the way. 'Uff da!' you say? Well editing the Wikipedia is not hard at all! Join us at one of our three FREE workshops in Minnesota, where you can learn how to edit Wikipedia and add Minnesota's local history in a relaxed and supportive setting. Work alongside others and discover how easy editing Wikipedia can be. The workshops aim to enhance the ability of communities in Greater and rural Minnesota to edit and comprehend Wikipedia, as well as to expand Wikipedia's coverage of Minnesota's history. Already good at editing the Wikipedia? You're welcome to come and work on local history Minnesota Wikipedia articles alongside others. Learn more » Registration is required to be included for lunch. Event 1 @ Morris, MN Date & time: Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 11 am to 4 pm CDT Location: West Central Minnesota Historical Center, McGinnis Room, Briggs Library, University of Minnesota-Morris, Morris, Minnesota Event 2 @ Chisholm, MN Date & time: Thursday, November 14, 2024, 11 am to 4 pm CDT Location: MN Discovery Center, 1005 Discovery Drive, Chisholm, Minnesota Event 3 @ Mankato, MN Date & time: Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 11 am to 4 pm CDT Location: Room 2057, 601 Maywood Ave, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota Facilitator: Myotus | Joe Hoover These workshops are put on by the Minnesota Historical Society as part of their commitment to the Minnesota local history community and are led by Local History Services.

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Myotus (talk) 20:30, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

In the area? You're invited to the November 2024 Minnesota User Group Meeting The organizer of this soiree is Joe Hoover aka Myotus feel free to drop him a message. Okay its been a while since the Wikipedia Minnesota User Group has meet. Since the last time we meet there has been social upheaval, plague, etc... - no small thing to be sure. There has been some sad lonely discussions on the Minnesota Meetup page on getting together but little action. So here it is. Come and be seen. Talk about the future of the Minnesota User Group and see what nefarious plans we can hatch. Date: Sunday, November 3, 2024 Time: 1 to 3:30 pm (reminder - Daylight Saving Time ends) Place: Wild Mind Ales' 6031 Pillsbury Ave, Minneapolis, MN Look forward to seeing folks!

Myotus (talk) 01:49, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

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

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Tenta-as-Sumotori.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you.

174.128.153.62 (talk) 02:48, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi Bobak, any chance you'd have a better photo that we can use on Ben Herbstreit? Legoktm (talk) 05:49, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Alas I don't, I regret not getting a close photo of him after seeing him from across the field pregame. --Bobak (talk) 08:08, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Ended up getting a decent photo of Kirk & Peter though: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2025-0118_Kirk_and_Peter_Herbstreit.jpg --Bobak (talk) 01:16, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

In the area? You're invited to the 2025 Minnesota User Group Wikipedia Day Celebration The organizer of this feed is Joe Hoover aka Myotus feel free to drop him a message. Wednesday, January 15, 2025 is Wikipedia Day and the Minnesota User Group is meeting to celebrate the day with a Tater Tot Hotdish Dinner! When: Wednesday, January 15, 2025, from 6 to 7:30 pm CDT Where: Rondo Community Library, Meeting Room B 461 Dale Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota To ensure that a helping of Tater Tot Hotdish is waiting for you at the meeting please RVSP on the event page. Transit Metro Green Line | Dale St Station Bus 65 Look forward to seeing folks! Wear yer mittens!

Myotus (talk) 22:36, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for uploading File:2009-0617-HiawathaStatue-Ironwood.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this file on Wikipedia may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the file description page and adding or clarifying the reason why the file qualifies under this policy. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your file is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a non-free use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for files used under the non-free content policy require both a copyright tag and a non-free use rationale.

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The last time this came up someone apparently got permission? I wasn't involved. See: "The permission for use of this work has been archived in the Wikimedia VRTS system; it is available as ticket 2008051110026446 for users with a VRTS account. To confirm the permission, please contact VRTS volunteers at their noticeboard." -- Bobak (talk) 17:12, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		I don't ever give out barnstars, but I wanted to make sure you got some recognition for yet another year of wonderful photos improving the quality of our college football articles. The pictures at 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship are awesome. Thank you, as always - your work is very much appreciated! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 00:41, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Oh man, thank you so much! ❤️ I'm just glad I've been able to use my access to add to the public good. I only regret I don't take even more. --Bobak (talk) 01:47, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

In the area? You're invited to the April 2025 Minnesota User Group Meeting The organizer of this event is Joe Hoover aka Myotus feel free to drop him a message. Sunday, April 6, 2025 is New Beer's Eve and the Minnesota User Group is meeting to celebrate at Lake Monster Brewing Company! When: Sunday, April 6, 2025, from 1 to 3:30 pm CDT Where: Lake Monster Brewing Company, Taproom space 550 Vandalia St #160, St Paul, Minnesota Please RVSP on the event page. Transit Metro Green Line | Raymond Ave Station Buses: 63 & 67 Look forward to seeing folks! While there will be free snacky bits, there is a pizza restaurant next door, OG Zaza, that you can order food from.

Myotus (talk) 23:25, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

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See live action shots of the event! In the area? You're invited to the Wiknic July 2025 Minnesota User Group Meeting Saturday July 19, 2025 the Minnesota User Group is having a Wiknic at the Minnesota State Capitol! We will be picnicing in the shade near the Minnesota Woman Suffrage Memorial, so bring a picnic blanket, lawn chairs and a hot dish for the picnic if you like! We'll also be providing sandwiches for everyone but we encourage you to bring your own favorite dishes to share. All Minnesota Wikipedia editors and wanna-be editors are welcome! Also... The new "Wikimedians of Minnesota User Group" (DBA: Minnesota User Group) is up and running! If you are a legacy member and already have joined, please reregister using the code in the Participants section of the page. If you have not yet joined please consider joining and helping out in Minnesota based Wikipedia projects! When: Saturday, July 19, 2025 Time: 10 to 1:30 pm Place: Minnesota State Capitol near the Minnesota Woman Suffrage Memorial Please RVSP on the event page. Transit Metro Green Line | LRT Stations: Capitol/Rice St. & Robert St. Buses: 3,62,67,21,68 Look forward to seeing folks!

Myotus (talk) 21:05, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Bobak! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 02:42, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

Wow, a 2fer, thank you! ❤️ --Bobak (talk) 04:14, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:56, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

You're invited to both events
	ONLINE Minnesota Wikipedia User Group Meeting	TRIVIA NIGHT! with the Trivia Mafia	IN-PERSON Minnesota Wikipedia User Group Meeting
	Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025		Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
	Time: 7 to 8:30 PM		Time: 6 to 8:30 PM Location: Surly Brewing Co. 520 Malcolm Ave SE, Minneapolis
	Meet and converse online with your fellow Wikipedians from across Minnesota. Help is available for new users, and all guests are welcome.		This in-person meeting will be at Surly Brewing We will be meeting a wee bit early and will go over the agenda items. The rest of the night we will be cleaning up in Trivia using our Wikipedia Super Powers!
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:22, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello, Bobak. This message is being sent to remind you of significant upcoming changes regarding logged-out editing.

Starting 4 November, logged-out editors will no longer have their IP address publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account (TA) associated with their edits. Users with some extended rights like administrators and CheckUsers, as well as users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will still be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.

How do temporary accounts work?

• When a logged-out user completes an edit or a logged action for the first time, a cookie will be set in this user's browser and a temporary account tied with this cookie will be automatically created for them. This account's name will follow the pattern: ~2025-12345-67 (a tilde, year of creation, a number split into units of 5).
• All subsequent actions by the temporary account user will be attributed to this username. The cookie will expire 90 days after its creation. As long as it exists, all edits made from this device will be attributed to this temporary account. It will be the same account even if the IP address changes, unless the user clears their cookies or uses a different device or web browser.
• A record of the IP address used at the time of each edit will be stored for 90 days after the edit. Users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will be able to see the underlying IP addresses.
• As a measure against vandalism, there are two limitations on the creation of temporary accounts:
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Temporary account IP viewer user right

• Administrators may grant the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right to non-administrators who meet the criteria for granting. Importantly, an editor must make an explicit request for the permission (e.g. at WP:PERM/TAIV)—administrators are not permitted to assign the right without a request.
• Administrators will automatically be able to see temporary account IP information once they have accepted the Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy via Special:Preferences or via the onboarding dialog which comes up after temporary accounts are deployed.

Impact for administrators

• It will be possible to block many abusers by just blocking their temporary accounts. A blocked person won't be able to create new temporary accounts quickly if the admin selects the autoblock option.
• It will still be possible to block an IP address or IP range.
• Temporary accounts will not be retroactively applied to contributions made before the deployment. On Special:Contributions, you will be able to see existing IP user contributions, but not new contributions made by temporary accounts on that IP address. Instead, you should use Special:IPContributions for this (see a video about IPContributions in a gallery below).

Rules about IP information disclosure

• Publicizing an IP address gained through TAIV access is generally not allowed (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 previously edited as 192.0.2.1 or ~2025-12345-67's IP address is 192.0.2.1).
• Publicly linking a TA to another TA is allowed if "reasonably believed to be necessary". (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 and ~2025-12345-68 are likely the same person, so I am counting their reverts together toward 3RR, but not Hey ~2025-12345-68, you did some good editing as ~2025-12345-67)
• See Wikipedia:Temporary account IP viewer § What can and can't be said for more detailed guidelines.

Useful tools for patrollers

• It is possible to view if a user has opted-in to view temporary account IPs via the User Info card, available in Preferences → Appearance → Advanced options → Enable the user info card
  • This feature also makes it possible for anyone to see the approximate count of temporary accounts active on the same IP address range.
• Special:IPContributions allows viewing all edits and temporary accounts connected to a specific IP address or IP range.
• Similarly, Special:GlobalContributions supports global search for a given temporary account's activity.
• The auto-reveal feature (see video below) allows users with the right permissions to automatically reveal all IP addresses for a limited time window.

Videos

• How to use Special:IPContributions
• How automatic IP reveal works
• How to use IP Info
• How to use User Info

Further information and discussion

• For more information and discussion regarding this change, please see the announcement from the Wikimedia Foundation at Wikipedia:Village pump (WMF) § Temporary accounts rollout.

Most of this message was written by Mz7 (source). Thanks, 🎃 SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 02:48, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi☺️ TaylirB (talk) 11:37, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:24, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		Thank you for all your great photos covering the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship game. OceanGunfish (talk) 14:23, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much, it's my pleasure! --Bobak (talk) 14:41, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

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	Celebrate Women's History Month at the Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon! Macalester College Library will be hosting and all are encouraged to attend. Join this global campaign to connect, have fun, and help improve Wikipedia’s coverage of women, art, and feminism.
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Myotus (talk) 02:15, 17 March 2026 (UTC)