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== Happy New Year to Misplaced Pages's Founder! ==
Please don't remove other people's messages from here, even if they are just being mean to me or complaining about something stupid. Yes, you're probably right that I don't need to see all that, but my concern is just that I might overlook something that ends up being important later. :-)


Happy New Year Jimbo Wales! Wish you luck in 2025! ] (]) 03:13, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
==]==
Hi Jimmy. I've quoted you at a proposed policy I've originated, ], an amendment/clarification of ]. I'd really appreciate any criticism or contribution. ] |] 04:28, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)


==]==
==Actual article about you?==
Happy New Year Jimbo!!! I hope all is well with you and your team.
Can we not have a real article in the mainspace about you? Modesty is one thing, but as USA Today said, you're an "Internet luminary". -- ]


Could you or your page watchers help me with ]? The draft has been declined and tagged up. It was then deleted years ago. I had it restored today after I came across one of his photos. I think he and his photography are fascinating for capturing aspects of New Zealand's transportation and industrial history. His work is in museum and library collections. At least one of his photographs has been used in a book. He photographed Maori sites.
I have always asked that we not have one, and it has always been done as a courtesy to me. Part of the reason is
that Misplaced Pages is not a vanity project, and this is not about my ego. However, there are articles about me in other
language Wikipedias and I agree that it is getting to be a little silly.


I'm sorry I haven't been able to work the draft up enough to get it admitted to mainspace. It does make me wonder about what we do and don't include, our notability criteria, Articles for Creation (AfC) process, and collaborative ethos. Thanks so much for any help or guidance you can offer! Have a great 2025 and beyond. Thanks again. ] (]) 17:57, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
I really really REALLY dread the edit wars with trolls, though.
:If Godber is not ], which is what the draft reviewers say, then Wikipedians can't fix that. ] (]) 09:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
::] is he "notable" and should we have an entry on him? ] (]) 17:26, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
:::I dunno, but ] wrote that the draft did not show significant coverage about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject at that point. ] (]) 19:37, 7 January 2025 (UTC)


== Just wanted to say ==
Perhaps it could be edited but left generally protected. I leave it to the community to decide, though, and drop my
opposition to the idea.


You have created something valuable to everyone on the Internet. I'm sure you get this a lot, but thank you. <br>It may sound weird, but Misplaced Pages has helped me through some tough times. We can never thank you enough for this sometimes infighting, sometimes peaceful, sometimes divided, but always united community You are the backbone of the <s>cabal of editors</s> <b>thriving community</b> that is Misplaced Pages.
] 02:44, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I wish I could give you a BarnMilkyWay but no one's come up with that, apparently. (]) &#124; (PS: Have a good day) 00:49, 6 January 2025 (UTC)


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:That's great news. I expect the trolls will come, and the page will probably have to be semipermenwntly protected eventually but in the meantime, I've listed it for collaboration of the week. ] ] 20:02, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)


For the interested. ] (]) 10:58, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
==Your Edit==


:Summary: {{tq|This document intends to show the problematic situation in Hebrew Misplaced Pages (hewiki), and provide evidence that it has been overtaken by a group of mostly religious and nationalist editors, who prevent others from achieving higher permissions while promoting their own allies.}} –] <small>(])</small> 22:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Regarding : Fearsome skills, there. Geez, Jimmy, can't you even wikify an article? :)


== Happy new year ==
Entirely in jest, -] ] 03:23, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)


Good days, Jimbo. I'd like to say that Chinese Misplaced Pages is introducing ARBCOM System currently, since Arbcom on this project, and in fact all the project is originated from the idea of yours, do you have any opinion for that? Any hints, advice or suggestions? ] 15:43, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
==Your visit to Geneva==
Hi Jimmy, I read on the UNCTAD website that you will participate in an expert meeting on open source in Geneva on 24 september. I guess this meeting is not open to the public? I hope that you'll also have some time to meet some of the swiss (and french) wikipedians. Nando (]) told me that he had written you about that, so I'm just saying that we'd appreciate to hear from your plans... --] <small>(] 10:31, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)


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] is my schedule. I'm going to start keeping my pubic talk and wikipedia meeting schedule there so that people can co-ordinate meetings. Not much information about Geneva yet, but of course I say "yes" to a meeting. ] 11:21, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)


That doesn't sound good. From '']''. ] (]) 09:37, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Pubic?--] 11:39, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)


:Being discussed at ]. ] (]) 10:08, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Btw, do you speak/understand french or german? --] <small>(] 21:13, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)
::Thanks! ] (]) 11:11, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

== Hey there Jimbo... ==

<h2><font color="red"><big>'''''YOU ARE A FUCKING IDIOT AND I COMMAND THAT YOU RELINQUISH YOUR AUTHORITY AND CONTROL OVER THIS WIKI. WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS!!!!'''''</BIG></font></h2>

<h3><font color="green"><big>'''''YOU ARE A GENIUS AND I BEG THAT YOU TAKE CONTROL OF EVERYTHING, YOUR WISDOM AND INSIGHT AND HELPFULNESS CLEARLY QUALIFY YOU AS A LEADER! PLEASE?''''</big></font></h3> ;-) Seriously, uh, relax a notch or two, huh? Not so much coffeee... ] 15:28, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

== My earlier reversion of this page ==
My apologies for reverting the above earlier: I didn't read the small print at the top. Somebody's undone it now so that's alright. -- ] | ] 12:48, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:No problem. Sometimes I guess there will be judgment calls. In this case yours was a good one, because simple vandalism isn't really someone trying to get in touch with me. Basically the point is if a banned user leaves a message here, even if it's sort of a rant, they deserve to be at least heard. But if someone leaves a giant FUCK YOU JIMBO, I guess the world of wiki governance can still proceed usefully if I happen to not see that. :-)

:For now I left the message there just to poke fun at it. ;-)
] 15:28, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Glad you cleared that up. Just thought I'd say hi by the way, I'm one of the sysops of this here project but I've never had the opportunity to speak to you before. Don't you ever get stressed out at all the personal attacks on you as a person? -- ] | ] 17:15, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

::Mostly I just find it amusing. I've reached a point in my life where I'm comfortable with myself and what I'm doing. The world can like it or not. Most people, good people, like it a lot. The rest, well, I hope they learn something from our work, but to attack me with curse words is just sad for them. It's not about me, it's about their own demons, about which I can do nothing. ] 19:28, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

==Talking about you==
Just wanted to admit that we've been ] with regards to some proposed changed to the arbitration policy which may exclude board members from arbitration. ] ] 14:46, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

==Hello==

Would you know any wikipedian Communists? I can't find any here--] 01:26, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

==Goodbye==

Jimbo, the B-Movie Bandit has sent me 'round to the dark side of the Psycho Moon for the very last time. No sooner does he get unblocked when boom! He's back for more, twice reverting an article and leaving messes for others to clean up.

You have a truly marvelous site, but I'm tired of trying to help it along when the very people who use it just blindly pick up this troll's mess...and I'm the one who catches hell. I am taking a vacation from this site, perhaps this time for good. There are a lot of nice people here and brilliant contributors, but between the B-Movie Bandit and that goddamned vandal bot that hoses this site down on a 24/7 basis my Wiki-sanity is teetering on the brink. Six featured articles and no one seems to give a damn what I think or what I have to offer.

Perhaps we'll talk again soon. Sincerely yours, ] 01:57, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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    Happy New Year to Misplaced Pages's Founder!

    Happy New Year Jimbo Wales! Wish you luck in 2025! Gooners Fan in North London (talk) 03:13, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

    Albert Percy Godber

    Happy New Year Jimbo!!! I hope all is well with you and your team.

    Could you or your page watchers help me with Draft:Albert Percy Godber? The draft has been declined and tagged up. It was then deleted years ago. I had it restored today after I came across one of his photos. I think he and his photography are fascinating for capturing aspects of New Zealand's transportation and industrial history. His work is in museum and library collections. At least one of his photographs has been used in a book. He photographed Maori sites.

    I'm sorry I haven't been able to work the draft up enough to get it admitted to mainspace. It does make me wonder about what we do and don't include, our notability criteria, Articles for Creation (AfC) process, and collaborative ethos. Thanks so much for any help or guidance you can offer! Have a great 2025 and beyond. Thanks again. FloridaArmy (talk) 17:57, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

    If Godber is not WP:NOTABLE, which is what the draft reviewers say, then Wikipedians can't fix that. Polygnotus (talk) 09:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
    user:Polygnotus is he "notable" and should we have an entry on him? FloridaArmy (talk) 17:26, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
    I dunno, but User:Sulfurboy wrote that the draft did not show significant coverage about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject at that point. Polygnotus (talk) 19:37, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

    Just wanted to say

    You have created something valuable to everyone on the Internet. I'm sure you get this a lot, but thank you.
    It may sound weird, but Misplaced Pages has helped me through some tough times. We can never thank you enough for this sometimes infighting, sometimes peaceful, sometimes divided, but always united community You are the backbone of the cabal of editors thriving community that is Misplaced Pages. I wish I could give you a BarnMilkyWay but no one's come up with that, apparently. (3OpenEyes's talk page. Say hi!) | (PS: Have a good day) 00:49, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

    Requests for comment/Severe Problems in hewiki

    For the interested. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:58, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

    Summary: This document intends to show the problematic situation in Hebrew Misplaced Pages (hewiki), and provide evidence that it has been overtaken by a group of mostly religious and nationalist editors, who prevent others from achieving higher permissions while promoting their own allies. –Novem Linguae (talk) 22:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

    Happy new year

    Good days, Jimbo. I'd like to say that Chinese Misplaced Pages is introducing ARBCOM System currently, since Arbcom on this project, and in fact all the project is originated from the idea of yours, do you have any opinion for that? Any hints, advice or suggestions? -Lemonaka 15:43, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

    Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Misplaced Pages editors

    That doesn't sound good. From The Forward. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:37, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

    Being discussed at Misplaced Pages:Village pump (miscellaneous)#Heritage Foundation intending to "identify and target" editors. CMD (talk) 10:08, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
    Thanks! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:11, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
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