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Happy First Edit Day

Happy First Edit Day, Journalist, from the Misplaced Pages Birthday Committee! Have a great day! :) LovelyEdit edits 19:28, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi Orane/Journalist

In case you didn't know, I have nominated "S&M" for FAC once again. It is the tenth nomination. I have collaborated with the co-nominator on the article, and it has been through a Peer Review, of which several people who are experienced with the process gave help. As you opposed my sixth nomination, I would appreciate it if you would re-read the article and give your opinion on how you feel about the article now over at Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates/S&M (song)/archive10. Thank you.  — AARON • 10:25, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you

Hey Orane. How's it going? I'm once again extremely grateful for your help on "Love the Way You Lie". Better late than never with that article becoming an FA, but it couldn't have happened without you! Once again, thanks. —WP:PENGUIN · 18:19, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Oh heyyy1!!! I wasn't even aware that it was nominated. I've been so out of touch with Misplaced Pages hahah. Congratulations. It is a great article and well-deserved and I know you worked hard! Orane (talk) 01:32, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

4

Hello, some copy-editing by fresh eyes has been done to 4 in the past few months since the FAC closed and I have also started looking over the sections again in the hope of putting it up for nomination again. Do you have any time to look at the page and see if there are any outstanding prose issues that need to be resolved? Regards —JennKR | ☎ 22:09, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Yep, will take a look as soon as I can. Orane (talk) 01:33, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Sherlock502

I just had a minor run-in with Sherlock502, and editor I noticed you blocked recently. He made a personal threat when I removed a genre descriptor from the infobox for Person of Interest (TV series). POI is one of those shows that tends to collect a lot of genre descriptors depending on which editor sees what, so it's become easier to use the simplest and most obvious descriptor: crime drama. I recently removed thriller, which CBS uses in one of its descriptions of the show on its website (although not in its press releases, and not consistently.) He responded with a threat that "something would happen" to any editor who removes it. I've put a gentle warning on his talk page, allowing for his being new, but thought I'd give you a heads up since you have already blocked him once, and seemed to take an interest in correcting his behavior afterward. Hopefully the warning will do the job. --Drmargi (talk) 19:20, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Listen. I just want to say I am so sorry. You know I will never make personal threats or hurting anyone. All I am doing is set something right for the greater good. Hopefully you'll forgive me for what I did. What do you say? Can you accept my apology? Sherlock502 (talk) 22:05, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I accept your apology, and I want you to recognize that statements such as you made are a problem that you should not repeat. I know you can't hurt anyone because you don't know who we are. What I'm less confident about is that you won't make threats again. You've edited here less than a month and already have been blocked once, plus you've demonstrated an aggressive editing style several times. That's just not acceptable, and you're going to have to show the community that you're capable of editing that is collaborative, civil and without giving other editors an ultimatum or by making threats. You are not the final word regarding content, and need to accept that. --Drmargi (talk) 22:45, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

You know I may be a bit rebellious regarding rules around here on Misplaced Pages, but I don't like when criticism hits abroad my shoulders. I just want you to understand what I am saying. Sherlock502 (talk) 23:04, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

If that is a case, I'll try to work on my part on being "civil" in talk page discussions. Now if there is nothing to be said, I bid you good day. Sherlock502 (talk) 23:30, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

4/Beyoncé

Thank you for your work on 4 which was promoted to FA last week—you helped considerably in salvaging content I removed when I condensed the article down from its previous state and key in ensuring the prose of that article was brilliant. I've been working on the "Recording" section of Beyoncé (album) and was wondering if you had any ideas of how I can improve this section? There are even less sources this time round and as a result, I think the content lacks the structure 4 had in terms of information on how and where things were recorded. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Cheers, —JennKR | ☎ 16:44, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Congrats on the promotion. I know you worked hard on it. Glad I could help out, however small. As for the new article: give me a bit of time. I'll provide some feedback when I can, on the article talk page. Orane (talk) 23:28, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I was going to notify you soon as I still think it could do with some refining. Also, what do you think of the "Recording" section? The lack of sources has made it difficult to give it the structure 4 had. —JennKR | ☎ 02:44, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

A couple refining here and there may be in order, but it's nothing that pops out at you. I am very impressed by it. I'll take a look at the recording section as soon as I have the chance. Orane (talk) 23:28, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

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Happy First Edit Day

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Beyoncé (album)

Hello Journalist, I managed to get Beyoncé up to GA with a view to taking it to FA at some point. Do you think you could take a look over it? I found the Visuals section particularly difficult to write and I feel like it's lacking something—do you know what it could be? Best, —JennKR | ☎ 00:00, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Celine Dion FAR

I have nominated Celine Dion for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 10:21, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

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A new user right for New Page Patrollers

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Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries

• JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Misplaced Pages seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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Mediator emeritus

PMSL How pretentious. Looking through your old comments and discussions you come across like Donald Trump. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:A23:6400:D8A8:7297:303B:9F43 (talk) 23:48, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

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Your Jwelcome template

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