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User:Brian New Zealand/message

Hi Briam, There is a user William de Berg who is commiting vandalism in the wickpedia. He is making false accusations against Adriana Ferreyrand citing references that do not prove the accuracy of his stamentes. Is there any way to prevent his behaviour which falls under the category of slander and are of a defamatory nature. Thank you, Jane. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jane77765 (talk • contribs) 15:14, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Adriana Ferreyr

Dear sir,

With regard to my contribution to the article of Ms Ferreyr. I have only quoted what she has submitted to the New York Supreme Court in her own testimony. You will understand that this is neither slander or defamatory. It is how Ms Ferreyr describes herself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by William de Berg (talk • contribs) 15:34, 17 September 2011 (UTC) (sorry forgot to sign) William de Berg (talk) 15:39, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Republic UK.PNG

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Orphaned non-free image File:NZCC Cdt uo.gif

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File:Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand.jpg listed for deletion

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Hello, Is this that should NOT have been deleted? -- Karl Stephens (Auckland, NZ) 09:20, 7 January 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sinesurfer (talk • contribs)

nzwikimedia

This discussion may be of interest to you. Ruslik_Zero 08:30, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Hey, Brian. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Birthday from the Misplaced Pages Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Ramesh Ramaiah 03:41, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Monarchy NZ

No worries. Is Simon still chair as an MP? --LJ Holden 01:57, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

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MSU Interview

Dear Brian,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Misplaced Pages administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 16:14, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Ichthus: January 2012

ICHTHUS

January 2012

In this issue...

Phil Lamason

Hey there, do you know how we alert Misplaced Pages that Phil Lamason has died, for placement onto the "In the News" section on the front page? Spy007au (talk) 06:38, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

WP:Anglican navbox colour discussion

Hullo, fellow WikiProject-er. We're having a discussion about the colours of Anglicanism navboxes. Please do come along and weigh in. DBD 17:47, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox New Zealand legislation

Template:Infobox New Zealand legislation has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. mabdul 21:35, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Hey, Brian. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Birthday from the Misplaced Pages Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Pratyya 10:00, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Suggested name change to Orders, decorations, and medals of New Zealand

I have suggested changing the name of page Orders, decorations, and medals of New Zealand to New Zealand Royal Honours System and see that you've edited this page in the past. Do you have an opinion on this change? Talk Page

Karl Stephens (talk) 14:07, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next month. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Misplaced Pages:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e., as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 00:30, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Notification of imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next several days. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Misplaced Pages:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e., as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 00:30, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

I'm still around :) Brian | (Talk)

File source problem with File:Queen Mother fishing.jpg

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Orphaned non-free image File:Queen Mother fishing.jpg

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Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next month. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Misplaced Pages:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 03:13, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Notification of imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next several days. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Misplaced Pages:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 00:30, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

I'm still around Brian | (Talk) 00:32, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Greetings Brian - I joined WP a couple of days ago, and am self teaching as quickly as possible. I live in Marahau,and would like to extend the Stub. I'm researching all the verifiable online information I can find. I guess I am just saying 'hi' and my question today is - can i just go ahead and extend the stub on my own, do I have to ask or check with anyone. Also, I would like to suggest another topic, can I just do it or do I need to run it past a committee. I am sure I can figure this out, but it would shortcut the processif you have the time to answer. Thanks in advance, BriarVagabond Rose (talk) 19:27, 28 August 2014 (UTC) (ps I am not sure how I will see your answer?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by VagabondRose (talk • contribs)

Spelling error in File:New Zealand Coat of Arms.PNG

Cook Straight is supposed to be Cook Strait. I don't know how to edit PNG files. WikiParker (talk) 22:17, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. That image was created so long ago I had forgotten about it. I don't have the original file anymore so it will need to be recreated Brian | (Talk) 22:20, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Happy birthday!

Just a happy Birthday message to you, Brian, from the Misplaced Pages Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Anastasia (talk) 02:24, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Common Cause.png

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 02:24, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

WikiNews admin needed

This is a forward from "user talk:Blood Red Sandman#WikiNews admin needed." Please see "user talk:Bawolff#resummation" for details. Essentially, I have been erroneously blocked on WikiNews by user @Pi zero: and have been unable to find a second admin to unblock me. @Pi zero: has refused to undo their block, which based on the history of what happened (see resummation on Bawolff's talkpage), I would define as meeting the Wikimedia Foundation's definition of content vandalism harassment from preventing me from constructively maintaining and updating my own userpage. Every WikiNews admin I have contacted so far has been inactive, hopefully you are not. If you or another WikiNews admin cannot help on this issue, I have been told to forward the issue to MetaWiki and the Wikimedia Foundation (more also on Bawolff's talkpage). If you can please help to get my WikiNews account unblocked as soon as possible, it will be much appreciated, thanks! Nicole Sharp (talk) 08:54, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Misplaced Pages arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:06, 23 November 2015 (UTC)