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Hi Keilana; how are you? I saw your name at the SPI area as a Clerk. Would you be kind enough to help me to open a sockpuppetry investigation? It is about redlink users Findblogging and IsrArmen. Their "contributions" speak for themselves; for me a very obvious case of sockpuppetry. As the first user is older here, we should suppose it is the master and the latter is the sockpuppet. (Although I suspect both accounts belong to a third user, I will not go that far for the moment. Sometimes killing the mosquitos instead of drying the swamp has the same effect as cutting the arms of a monster.) You can see an evaluation by DeltaQuad ]. Please do not try to teach me how to fish, because I cannot learn (others tried in vain :-).(Before contacting you and even before contacting Delta I tried to open an SPI case by myself without any success. In a similar case, before, another user opened a case "in my name" stating this at the application. I believe and hope you may kindly do the same. As justification of the case please write: "Same articles, same interests, similar POV, similar style and same grammar mistakes, acting simultaneously on the same issues, especially lately, since IsrArmen was signed up". Thank you very much in advance and with my best wishes. Cordially. --] (]) 20:43, 1 November 2012 (UTC) Hi Keilana; how are you? I saw your name at the SPI area as a Clerk. Would you be kind enough to help me to open a sockpuppetry investigation? It is about redlink users Findblogging and IsrArmen. Their "contributions" speak for themselves; for me a very obvious case of sockpuppetry. As the first user is older here, we should suppose it is the master and the latter is the sockpuppet. (Although I suspect both accounts belong to a third user, I will not go that far for the moment. Sometimes killing the mosquitos instead of drying the swamp has the same effect as cutting the arms of a monster.) You can see an evaluation by DeltaQuad ]. Please do not try to teach me how to fish, because I cannot learn (others tried in vain :-).(Before contacting you and even before contacting Delta I tried to open an SPI case by myself without any success. In a similar case, before, another user opened a case "in my name" stating this at the application. I believe and hope you may kindly do the same. As justification of the case please write: "Same articles, same interests, similar POV, similar style and same grammar mistakes, acting simultaneously on the same issues, especially lately, since IsrArmen was signed up". Thank you very much in advance and with my best wishes. Cordially. --] (]) 20:43, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
:Hey E4024, I'm doing pretty well. I just entered your SPI report, you can find it at ]. Let me know if you need any more help! Best, ]&#124;<sup>]</sup> 14:59, 2 November 2012 (UTC) :Hey E4024, I'm doing pretty well. I just entered your SPI report, you can find it at ]. Let me know if you need any more help! Best, ]&#124;<sup>]</sup> 14:59, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

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Bootes vs Canis Minor

Sigh - Bootes is getting there but it is so damn big - it's a tossup between these two as to go to GAN (or maybe both). Still scratching my head with Bootes and how to arrange the stars, but a bit sidetracked with other tasks....Betelgeuse is hitting a bit of turbulence :( Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:56, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

I was actually thinking the same thing myself. I would be okay with both going to GAN, let me get through this week (midterms D:) and then maybe nominate? If there's anything I can do with Betelgeuse please let me know. I'll keep working on Bootes in the meantime. Keilana| 04:11, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Okay, Canis Minor and Triangulum Australe are now GAs and I think TrA will be next up for FAC. I was practicing on some of these smaller constellations before tackling a biggie, so am just buffing Leo Minor. I feel a bit lost with Bootes. I do have an idea for Orion, which is a constellation I am a lot more familiar with than Bootes..so watch this space...Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:09, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
That's fantastic! I've been busy with school lately and will be trying this weekend to wring everything useful out of a couple sources before I lose access to them, but next week I could easily help out. If you want, I could look over TrA and add anything I can find, ditto for CMi. I'm at a loss with Bootes too, perhaps we could start work on Orion and let Bootes go for awhile... Keilana| 14:53, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
Essentially what I have found is this - the Motz/Nathanson book divides Orion into sub-bits (head, club, belt etc.) and discusses all the objects in a regional manner which gives it a nice structure, and it is fascinating as lots of the objects interact with each other (eg Rigel possibly illuminates the Witchs Head Nebula etc.). I'll get this on wiki soon. TrA is looking in better shape than CMi I think, so just some buffing of the former before FAC would be good. I am getting more intrigued by Rigel and the idea it might have a shell and have already been an RSG...in which case it is a candidate to go supernova before Betelgeuse....whoa...........Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:37, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
I love that structure, that'll be an easy way to subdivide the article and then we don't have to try to split up stars and DSOs. Yay. If only we could do that for Bootes... I'll take a look at TrA for sure too, and I'd of course help out with the FAC if you needed it. :) Rigel is totally awesome, there's so much we have yet to figure out! Keilana| 00:57, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
Ok, so your vote would be to keep the DSOs in the segments....ok, that's cool. I was undecided about that....will continue. Been a bit swamped with stuff - got Leo Minor at GAN too, still sifting thru some stuff. Gotta get off the keyboard for a bit...if you have a few spare minutes to continue the TrA ref formatting that'd be great. Glad you started it but I got anxious and am scrambling to complete :P Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:54, 29 October 2012 (UTC) done it now so nevermind. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:40, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 01 October 2012

GOCE September 2012 drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up

Participation: Out of 41 people who signed up this drive, 28 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing July, August, September and October 2011 from the backlog. This means that, for the first time since the drives began, the backlog is less than a year. At least 677 tagged articles were copy edited, although 365 new ones were added during the month. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2341 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 54 requests outstanding before September 2012 as well as eight of those made in September.

Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the August 2012 competition, and prizes will be issued soon. The September 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The October 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote.

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Talkback

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SarahStierch (talk) 00:08, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

California Chess Congress of 1858

Hi, could you please provide a copy of deleted article California Chess Congress of 1858 to me? You deleted it after an AFD, back in 2008. I am working to restore some other work by the main contributor there, and I think this article could likely be salvaged. --doncram 14:36, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Association of Graduate Recruiters

Hi Keilana, please could you send me a copy of the deleted article Association of Graduate Recruiters, which was deleted in 2008. I would like to review and amend this content for publication. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EmmGodd (talk • contribs) 08:34, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative

WikiWomen Unite!
Hi Keilana! Women around the world who edit and contribute to Misplaced Pages are coming together to celebrate each other's work, support one another, and engage new women to also join in on the empowering experience of shaping the sum of all the world's knowledge - through the WikiWomen's Collaborative.

As a WikiWoman, we'd love to have you involved! You can do this by:

We can't wait to have you involved, and feel free to drop by our meta page (under construction) to see how else you can participate!

Can't wait to have you involved! SarahStierch (talk) 19:31, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 08 October 2012

Email notifications from my watch list?

Hi Keilana. I'm in Lisa Lu's Brain & Behavior class at Roosevelt University, and I am not receiving email notifications of changes to the articles on my watch list. I'm checking the list regularly, so I am finding the changes. It would be nice, though, to be notified. Do you have any idea what I can do to rectify this situation? Thanks! FutureSocialNeuroscientist (talk) 01:37, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 October 2012

Message moved from userpage

Hello! Im part of Dr. Lu's neuroscience course. I have a question for you. How do I go about citing references a few times in the article? For example, I want to cite 1 and 2 a few times in my paragraph but instead of 1 and 2 appearing again it is now 3 and 4 instead of 1 and 2. And all my other references are counting up instead of correlating to the actual reference I need. thanks R.EEGbrittry (talk) 21:18, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

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GOCE fall newsletter

Fall Events from the Guild of Copy Editors

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events:

  • The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best October copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC).
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  • NEW!! In the week from Sunday 21 October to Saturday 27 October, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}} belonging to selected project(s). For the first blitz, we'll start with WikiProject Olympics and WikiProject Albums and add more Projects to the blitz as we clear them. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded.
  • November 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on November 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in 2011 and to complete all requests placed before the end of October. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.
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Ada Lovelace Day

Ada Lovelace Award
Hi Keilana,
I'm presenting you with the Ada Lovelace Award for creating the Ann Bishop (biologist) article during the Ada Lovelace Day editathon. Your contributions are much appreciated.
Cheers, Gobōnobō 15:04, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
Aww, thanks! Glad I could help out. :) Keilana| 05:00, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ann Bishop (biologist)

Updated DYK queryOn 23 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ann Bishop (biologist), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ann Bishop, an early female protozoologist, studied treatments for parasitic diseases including amoebic dysentery and malaria? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ann Bishop (biologist). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 October 2012

Thank you.

Thanks for standing up for me. I really appreciate that. I was just trying to be creative on my talk page. Example: They're being so critical. It's as ridiculous as if I was a teacher and I said, "No homework for today." Then the kids start throwing pencils and text books at me! What's the point of doing that?! I was just trying to be nice. But everyone is soooo judgemental around here. Thanks for understanding me Keilana. I might need your support here and there. I've also been looking for an adopter. How long have you been on Misplaced Pages? DEIDRA C. (talk) 21:54, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

This is for you for tanding up for me.

Here you go!

— Preceding unsigned comment added by RAIDENRULES123 (talk • contribs) 22:09, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Should User:RAIDENRULES123 and User talk:RAIDENRULES123 be moved to User:Deidra C. and User talk:Deidra C. per this? I'm confident that Deidra C. is the same person per this. Ryan Vesey 22:29, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
Thanks Deidra! Ryan, I'm not sure, I would ask a 'crat or something. Try BN, they're much better with that sort of question than I am! =] Keilana| 22:32, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
IM RAIDENRULES123! Thank goodness that I found you! Please go to User talk:RAIDENRULES123 NOT this account. I forgot my password and it logged out on me. So I'm using this one. PLEASE CONTINUE TO POST AT RAIDENRULES123 NOT THIS ACCOUNT. Thanks. ALSO- please adopt me. Thanks. I really need an adopter! DEIDRA C. (talk) 22:52, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Hello, would you be interested in copy editing the evolution part of this article that I created? Biodiversity of Wales. The section has been commented out. I have tried to rewrite it but didn't want to mess up the original data any further to mislead people, thank you!

RexRowanTalk 07:29, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Rex, I'd be interested but it may take me a couple days to get to. I'm a little swamped with work right now, both on- and off-line. I will get to it when I can though! Best, Keilana| 07:33, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much, no hurry :D --RexRowanTalk 07:34, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Keilana. You have new messages at User_talk:Keilana/Deidra Adoption.
You can remove this notice at any time.

DEIDRA C. (talk) 18:44, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Test

Can I take the test? DEIDRA C. (talk) 20:57, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Yep, I'll get that started for you in a few minutes. :) Keilana| 23:06, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
I took the test. How did I do!? DEIDRA C. (talk) 21:39, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Your adoptee needs advice

Please see User talk:SarahStierch#Adoption and provide assistance. Any other stalkers are invited. Your adoptee, User talk:RAIDENRULES123, is insisting on adopting other "fresh from the incubator" new users. Considering assorted factors it can only lead to the detriment of the New Users she adopts. What can be done? This issue deals directly with Editor Retention and how New Editors should be protected from factors they know nothing about. They dont know but they are being fed poisoned food. That may be extreme but only to express my alarm and fear. The new users this editor adopts are, without a doubt, in harms way. I have left a similar message @ Ryan Vessey and Dennis Brown's Talk page. I assume good faith on the part of Deidra. I also assume poor judgement.```Buster Seven Talk 05:52, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Buster, no worries, I think she's gotten the message that she shouldn't be adopting anyone right now. I do think you could be a bit calmer and less apocalyptic in tone though, it's not the end of the world (or the encyclopedia) if a new editor is just a bit too enthusiastic. :) Keilana| 19:42, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
Can you perform a history merge of her user talk page? Either that or archive and redirect the RAIDENRULES123 one? The existence of two userpages is becoming too confusing. Ryan Vesey 20:15, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
Maybe I over-reacted. Maybe. I just wanted to stop it before it effected dozens of new editors. The one thing I'm sure of is that she is in good hands. I have copied your 5 Pillars test and moved it to a sandbox. If you have the time, maybe you could check out my answers. See User:Buster7/sandbox#Five Pillars test from User:Keilana. BTW, I live in Rogers Park. Small world. ```Buster Seven Talk 20:40, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
Ryan - yes I can, I just want to let her know what I'm doing and make sure she understands how it all works before I actually do it.
Buster - It's not a huge deal, editor retention is super important and your heart is definitely in the right place. :) I'll take a look at your answers when I get back to Chicago tonight. That's awesome, we should meet up at a library (Loyola's is lovely :P) and collaborate sometime! All the best, Keilana| 20:55, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi Buster. I just want to say, "I can't believe a person could over react as much as you did." Please, realize that it is not the end of the world. No one is dying. No one died. No one is being hurt, so stop over reacting. Please Buster. You are a great Wikipedian, you have made many results, you have influenced me, but please. Please, realize that it is my business and you don't have to spread it to other people's talk page if you don't mind. That makes me feel threatend and very uncomfortable. I appreciate the advice, but don't try to fix my business. Please continue to lend me advice and what I should do and consider, but please don't "alert the media." Thanks Buster7, I hope you understand the situation I'm in right now. Sorry if you disagree with my opinion. DEIDRA C. (talk) 21:14, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
I do disagree, but that's alright. Collaborators don't always agree. Please realize that your business is open for all to see. If other editors don't think what your doing is appropriate, they will take action. Many days ago I and many other editors asked you to be patient and not adopt other editors because you were not ready. When you did anyway, I felt that I needed to take action. I can see that you may not understand that but that's OK too. You are young. My advice is too continue to listen to veteran editors and do what they suggest. They will not lead you astray. ```Buster Seven Talk 04:54, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Dippin' Dots!
I absolutely love dippin' dots (vanilla is my favorite). To express the love, here's some for you, too. Thank you so very much for adopting me. I can't thank you enough. DEIDRA C. (talk) 22:17, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
Aww, you're welcome! You're doing great so far, keep up the good work! :) Keilana| 01:53, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Helen Porter

Updated DYK queryOn 30 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Helen Porter, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Helen Porter helped to pioneer the use of radioactive tracers in botany? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Helen Porter. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 October 2012

Talkback

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SarahStierch (talk) 03:50, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Help request

Hi Keilana; how are you? I saw your name at the SPI area as a Clerk. Would you be kind enough to help me to open a sockpuppetry investigation? It is about redlink users Findblogging and IsrArmen. Their "contributions" speak for themselves; for me a very obvious case of sockpuppetry. As the first user is older here, we should suppose it is the master and the latter is the sockpuppet. (Although I suspect both accounts belong to a third user, I will not go that far for the moment. Sometimes killing the mosquitos instead of drying the swamp has the same effect as cutting the arms of a monster.) You can see an evaluation by DeltaQuad here. Please do not try to teach me how to fish, because I cannot learn (others tried in vain :-).(Before contacting you and even before contacting Delta I tried to open an SPI case by myself without any success. In a similar case, before, another user opened a case "in my name" stating this at the application. I believe and hope you may kindly do the same. As justification of the case please write: "Same articles, same interests, similar POV, similar style and same grammar mistakes, acting simultaneously on the same issues, especially lately, since IsrArmen was signed up". Thank you very much in advance and with my best wishes. Cordially. --E4024 (talk) 20:43, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Hey E4024, I'm doing pretty well. I just entered your SPI report, you can find it at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Findblogging. Let me know if you need any more help! Best, Keilana| 14:59, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Merci beaucoup, Kei!

An edible prize for you: Turkish rice pudding
This is not for only for helping me but also for being a sweet girl... E4024 (talk) 17:06, 2 November 2012 (UTC)