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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

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. The Articles for deletion (AfD) discussion is where the concerns regarding each article are brought up and addressed. To be an effective member of the project you need to know how AfD works as well as how to improve articles. Introduction to deletion process gives a good overview and some good advice for newcomers to deletion. Our primary work is improving articles tagged for rescue. On this template you can see a drop-down list of current articles tagged. You can install it on your own page by putting {{ARS/Tagged}}. A more dynamic list with article links and description is on our current articles page. It is highly recommended you watchlist it. 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. Many important discussions take place on the project's main discussion page; it is recommended that you watchlist it. 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) Content News and announcements Want ads Feature: Article rescue as a team effort Featured editor: MichaelQSchmidt

Speedy Deletion of Mount Allison Students' Union

Thank you for your concern, however, I have reviewed the policy for speedy deletion. With regards to the other students' unions, the reason I created the page for the Mount Allison Students' Union is within the spirit of the following;

Canada: Education NA‑class

This page is within the scope of WikiProject Canada, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Canada on Misplaced Pages. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CanadaWikipedia:WikiProject CanadaTemplate:WikiProject CanadaCanada-related NA This page does not require a rating on Misplaced Pages's content assessment scale. This page is supported by WikiProject Education in Canada.

. Sjspence (talk) 04:18, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Oops

My bad, I thought the anon changed "deceased" into "diseased." AzureFury (talk | contribs) 09:18, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

No worries.--Stinging Swarm 09:22, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Corsham regis

Hello Stinging Swarm, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I declined the speedy deletion of Corsham regis - a page you tagged - because: A7 does not apply to schools. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know. decltype (talk) 13:56, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Ah. That's right. What was I thinking?--Stinging Swarm 14:02, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Userpage vandalism

Thanks for the revert! matt (talk) 15:45, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

No problem!--Stinging Swarm 15:55, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Whew!

Well, here I am. The first thing I am trying to grasp is: how to copy the template cite:news (I thinks that's kinda the name). I applied to the Help Desk. They sent me a link and told me to look under "users" at the top...somewhere. Couldn't find it.

I was kinda/hoping there's be a "template" I could use to write my article. I don't mean to offend but, I am extremely computer literate but, am having a terrible time navigating around, as an author. The toolbox doesn't contain things that I would categorise as tools. I have almost as much trouble trying to figure out where to write replies.....I imagine you'll help me on this. Just to let you know (did you read what limited info I put in my sandbox? What I briefly described on the Editor Help page, titled: Noteworthy Appropriateness?) on January 20, I am leaving town for a little more than a week but, I will be with the Mother, who has the actual documents, which I will reference in my article. She and I will work on it, using the links that were sent to me, to be of use (Gipsy Moth (yacht)...actually Gupsy Moth IV, Nancy Brackett and another...whose name escapes me). So, I thought she (who was also there) and I would prepare a wp file with the basic content, which (I hope) you will review and give me guidance on how to properly Wiki prepare, link and post. I will have access to the internet in my absence, Would it be appropriate for me to give you my personal email address? It seems to me, a lot easier than going through this site. I will understand if you prefer to not.

As an aside, this project is very important to me. My Father was an extremely talented, intellectual man and what he was able to accomplish, with minimal "dollars", is extraordinary....he died 8 years ago, next month.

Please, if I have been inappropriate in any way, please let me know and I will endeavour to reform. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Belleami (talk • contribs) 23:30, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Signing your messages: Let me just point out quickly-- at the end of your messages on talk pages, you should sign them by typing "~~~~" at the end of your message. You can do this easily by clicking (in the buttons above the text box). This identifies the user that wrote the message. If you don't do it, a bot will add the unsigned template.
Alright, now to your questions.

• Common citation templates can by found at Misplaced Pages:Citation_templates#Examples. Citing a news article is done with this template: {{Cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title = | newspaper = | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = | url = | accessdate = }}
• When you're citing information in an article, be sure to place the template between ref tags. For example: Some information<ref>Template here</ref>.
• Easier method of citation: There is a much easier way to cite sources. First, there's some links in the top right corner of your screen when you're logged in. Go to "my preferences", and click the "Gadgets" tab. Scroll to the section "Editing gadgets", and check the box for "refTools". Save your preferences, and when you edit articles, you'll now see two new buttons. Clicking the very last one (that says "CITE") will open a small menu underneath. Just select the type of template you need, fill out as much info as you can, and click "add citation".
• Where to reply: to keep things simple, I suggest keep conversations on one page. That way it will be easier to follow the conversation. So, if I leave a comment on your talk page, reply on your talk page. If you leave me a comment on my talk page, I'll reply on my talk page.
• Indenting on talk pages: When replying to messages on talk pages, or adding a comment in a discussion on a talk page, you should indent your comment by typing colons (":") before your message. Since my message isn't indented, you would just type one colon. Always indent once more than the message in front of yours. So if the message you're replying to has two colons (::), reply with three colons (:::) before your message. This will result in the discussion looking like this:

My statement

Your comment in response

My response to you

someone's comment to me

etc.

• About the article you're working on- it's great that you're working on creating an article. I would be happy to help you work on it. I did read it, and I'll put my suggestions for improving it on your sandbox's discussion page. Based on what you said on the Editor assistance page, I would say your article is completely noteworthy for inclusion. It certainly sounds like a very interesting story, and I look forward to helping you with it.
• About email, I would be perfectly fine with communicating through email. I have enabled email in my preferences, so if you go to my userpage you should see "email this user" in the toolbox. You can also click the envelope icon in the top right corner of my talk page. You can include your personal email address in the email.

I think I addressed all the questions, but if you have any more, feel free to ask. Oh, and don't worry, my messages won't always be this long. :)--Stinging Swarm 01:38, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Talkpage

Why did you remove "congratulations, you're funny" from my talkpage without using an edit summary? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 20:29, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

• Ah, I see. Still, refactoring other people's talk page comments = bad. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 20:30, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
  • Actually, I was refactoring my own comments. That's why when I thought the old header had too much of an unintended sarcastic tone (I mean, no one says "you're funny"), I decided to change it. While in the process of doing so, I got somewhat distracted and saved the page before I wrote a new header. I immediately went back to fix it, but you caught it right away, resulting in an edit conflict. So I just proceeded to change it as I planned.--Swarm 20:43, 12 January 2010 (UTC) Swarm 20:44, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
    • Whoops, didn't see that you were editing your own. The fact that you don't sign as "stinging swarm" fooled me. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 20:44, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
      • Yeah, that's what I suspected happened. Swarm 20:54, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism

How do I easily stop vandalism without Huggle/Twinkle?GoPeter452 (talk) 00:00, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

ACC registration

I wish to register for the account creation interface, and have registered. Swarm 03:42, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

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