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You maybe interested in the Article Rescue Squadron

I noticed that you are part of Category:Wikipedians against notability.

I would like to invite you to join the Article Rescue Squadron. Although Rescue Squadron members do not share any official position on notability, and are simply focused on rescuing articles for deletion, you may find our project matches your vision of Misplaced Pages.

Caveat: I am writing this as a wikipedian, not as a representative of Article Rescue Squadron. Ikip (talk) 19:51, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for the very late welcome

Here to help articles tagged for rescue!
Articles tagged for
deletion and rescue
Category Articles tagged for deletion and rescue not found

Hi, Swarm, welcome to the Article Rescue Squadron! We are a growing community of Misplaced Pages editors dedicated to identifying and rescuing articles that have been tagged for deletion. Every day hundreds of articles are deleted, many rightfully so. But many concern notable subjects and are poorly written, ergo fixable and should not be deleted. We try to help these articles quickly improve and address the concerns of why they are proposed for deletion. This covers a lot of ground and your help is appreciated!

Some points that may be helpful:
  • Our main aim is to help improve articles, so if someone seeks help, please try to assist if you are able. Likewise feel free to ask for help, advice and clarification.
  • Many times we are asked to help rescue articles by people new to our notability and sourcing policies. If the article is not fixable we can help explain why and offer alternatives. Many of these editors are also new to Misplaced Pages so may see deleting "their" article as "bitey". Encourage civility and maybe even {{welcome}} them if they have only been templated with deletion messages.
  • If you have another language besides English, please consider adding yourself to the list of translators available. Articles and sources that use non-English languages often need translation for those of us who cannot translate for ourselves.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the talk page, and we will be happy to help you.

And once again - Welcome! Ikip (talk) 10:58, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

The Article Rescue Squadron Newsletter (September 2009)

The Misplaced Pages:Article Rescue Squadron Newsletter
The Article Rescue Squadron Newsletter
Issue 1 (September 2009)

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Your username

Hello, and welcome to Misplaced Pages. I noticed that your username, Abusing, may not meet Misplaced Pages's username policy because connotations of abuse may be disturbing to some. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you. Draftydoor (talk) 13:37, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

What is the purpose of this message? Is it a warning that I may be punished, a vague concern that my username may violate policy, or a direct request that I change my username for the given reason? I understand it's a template, but it relies on reasoning to support it, and in this case the reasoning seems pretty vague...
Okay, I don't think my username violates the username policy because it is not offensive. I do not feel it suggests any negative connotation of the word "abusing", and no one has ever suggested such to me. Furthermore, no user has ever suggested to me in any way that my username is, or can be offensive, and I do not believe it has ever, directly or indirectly, interfered with any action or discussion I have ever taken part in on Misplaced Pages, making it apparent to me, that as of right now, it is not taken offensively by Wikipedians, as it is simply a word stated in a completely neutral and meaningless sense. With respect, the reasoning given (that it may be considered offensive to some users based on "connotations") seems like a stretch, and I have never seen any evidence that suggests that may be true.
However, to be clear, I'm not trying to be difficult -- I simply have never heard this from anyone before. If you or any other user genuinely requested that I file for a change of username because they personally find it disturbing or offensive, I would not hesitate to do so. If you find my username offensive, please say so. However, a base template with only vague speculation to support it does not convince me that it is offensive, and based on my argument above, gives me no reason to change the username.--Abusing (talk) 04:55, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
On second thought, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to file for a name change. Personally, I stand by what I said, but if I'm getting templated I guess I should take that as a sign.--Abusing (talk) 02:04, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion of Mount Allison Students' Union

Hi, I was just wondering how the Mount Allison Students' Union was any different from any other student union. I undestand that Mount Allison is a small university, but it is quite a notable one no less.

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