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Military history coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 09:54, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 September 2012

  • From the editor: Signpost adapts as news consumption changes
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Thanks

Thank you for your third opinion at Talk:John Crosfield. It was useful and I'm sure the article's quality will improve as a result. --Drm310 (talk) 22:14, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Seeing how a massive wastage of time it is

Can I retract my DR??? It will save you a lot of time and energy. I want to formally withdraw my Dispute Resolution. Mrt3366(Talk?) (New thread?) 15:00, 12 September 2012 (UTC) I am withdrawing the DR. Close it. Mrt3366(Talk?) (New thread?) 15:02, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar!

The Barnstar of Justice
For your sustained effort in resolving disputes on Wikipedia, I, Fowler&fowler«Talk», award you this barnstar. 04:34, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Sri Lanka

Why did you close the Dispute resolution discussion - Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka ? It won't solve until all the parties agreed to the solution. I am not agree to the your final conclusion. --207.46.55.30 (talk) 05:31, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

My edit at Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Talk:Christian_right

I haven't been involved in a lot of DR, so if my hiding of some comments at Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Talk:Christian_right was unwelcome, feel free to undo. However, based upon comments at User_talk:Sphilbrick#Christian_right, I fear that the editor is refusing to participate. It may be that he or she is hoping someone will beg him or her to continue. I'm not so inclined, but if you want to, that's your call.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 20:06, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 September 2012

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Request for mediation rejected 

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Barnstar!

The Mediator Barnstar
For your ongoing hard work at DRN, I award you this barnstar :-) Steven Zhang Help resolve disputes! 21:08, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Psychotherapies ArbCom

I haven't named you as a party, but I think you might want to comment on Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Psychotherapies given your moderate involvement on ANI and DRN on this matter. Thanks, Tijfo098 (talk) 11:39, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Hot Cat discussion at VPP

Thank you for your interest in the discussion at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Proposal:_enable_HotCat_for_all_editors_by_default. Please note that I have now proposed 5 different, more nuanced versions of the original suggestion, to better gauge to what level (if any) we are willing to make Hot Cat more accessible. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 16:39, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of The Pharaoh Who Conquered the Sea

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The Signpost: 24 September 2012

  • In the media: Editor's response to Roth draws internet attention
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A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
For writing IBM Mira :). Ironholds (talk) 22:08, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
No problem :). Ironholds (talk) 12:22, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for The Pharaoh Who Conquered the Sea

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Changing a DR/N closing

It is generally the same as any other content dispute. Please disuss the change on the talkpage when you alter another volunteers closing. According to our limited guidelines: "Close" - This marks a discussion that has been closed, because the discussion is unsuitable for DRN. The 24 Game filing was at the right venue but failed to recieve any participation past the original filing. "Failed" - This marks a discussion that was not resolved successfully and has been closed because of inactivity. The latter is the prescribed closing template for this simple closing due to lack of participation.--Amadscientist (talk) 03:55, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Hello, and thank you for the notification. There was a previous discussion on the talk page over the ambiguity between closed and failed cases. The ambiguity may still persist, and if so, a new discussion would be appropriate. Ironically, I was the one that wrote the description for the new failed status and phrased both the closed status and failed status the way it is now. I apologise for the unintentional ambiguity of the wording, and if there was any confusion over the difference between the two, it was likely my fault.--sgcm (talk) 09:27, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Ambiguity in prose can be changed. I support your effort to make such changes as long as it doesn't change the current status criteria. However...the point is not the ambiguity in the prose, it is your chnaging another volunteers closing staus. That is not acceptable behavior for a DR/N volunteer without discussion and consensus. Is this something that has been discussed and agreed on? Perhaps I missed that part over the last few months.--Amadscientist (talk) 19:49, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Case status for requests are sometimes changed from closed back to open, so I did not think that my edit would be controversial. If it has been interpreted as a bold edit, then I apologise. As per WP:BRD, the next step is discussion on the talk page.--sgcm (talk) 21:38, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Card-carrying Communist

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The Signpost: 08 October 2012

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The Signpost: 15 October 2012

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