User talk:Davumaya

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Kilkenny

For info on Kilkenny, there are still several Byrnes(+variations) families living in Kilkenny. Put an advertisment in the "Kilkenny People" Michael O' Carroll (talk) 21:55, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 11 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Minneapolis Police Department, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Royalbroil 04:58, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

County names for townships

Omnedon and I have begun moving Minnesota townships to include their county names in order to make the townships more understandable: as a township is a subdivision of the county, it helps to explain what county it's a part of, somewhat similarly to the way in which it helps to have a state's name attached to all communities. We've (until your comment now) not received any comments (positive, negative, or neutral) from any MN project members.

Of the thirteen states nationwide with civil townships (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota), nine of them have the county's name attached to all articles on townships. Of these nine, only Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, and Ohio have all township articles created; Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and the Dakotas have varying numbers, but all have a significant number of townships without articles. Michigan, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania have all townships with articles, most of which are named "_____ Township, Statename"; the only exceptions are (1) the few Minnesota townships that Omnedon and I have moved recently; (2) some charter townships in Michigan, which are often named "_____ Charter Township, Michigan"; and (3) townships in all three states that share their name with another township: for example, Washington Township, Pennsylvania is a disambiguation page, because there are twenty-two Washington Townships in Pennsylvania, all of which have the county name attached to their articles. Finally, New Jersey is different because its townships are altogether equal with other types of municipalities; at least one township (I don't remember which one) became another type of municipality in recent years to receive federal funding, and AFAIK the only changes were (1) the name of the municipality, and (2) the increase in cash. Because NJ townships aren't any different, therefore, it's not that important that they always be at "_____ Township, New Jersey". Ask Alansohn if you want to know more; to my knowledge, s/he is Wikipedia's top authority (knowledge-wise) on NJ local government.

Now that this essay is done, I'll go back to your comments :-) Aside from what I mentioned above, about attaching the county's name to tell what it's a part of, it's also helpful to attach the county name to put MN townships in line with those of most other township-using states. It surely doesn't hurt to do it, and we believe that it can help. Since anyone that types "_____ Township, Minnesota" will either get a disambiguation page (e.g. Balsam Township, Minnesota) or a redirect to the article, so it doesn't impact navigation.

Finally, to your question: yes, an incorporated Hassan would lose the county name. There's somewhat of precedent in other states: for example, Kelleys Island Township, Erie County, Ohio is a redirect to Kelleys Island, Ohio. The general idea is that, as Minnesota's cities are not subsets of the county (i.e. they can extend into multiple counties), we don't generally attach the county name (if we do, it's for disambiguation purposes, such as with McKinley, St. Louis County, Minnesota), unlike townships which are subsets and can't be in multiple counties. Nyttend (talk) 13:06, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Population estimates

Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/Guideline says that the intro for a city article should include information, among other things, about "City proper population (US Census numbers only). As far as estimates: thanks for including the link, but I've had tons of trouble with that set of Census Bureau pages (see Omnedon's talk page for my problems!). I've put in a Census Bureau estimate with another page, which I found because Acntx was using one of the same set. Nyttend (talk) 00:02, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

re:Saskatchewan

Ok, I've amplified it as much as Audacity would do it (it's pretty loud now). I was trying to be consistent with other pronunciations by only doing it once (like Quebec did). I guess I could just loop it if would be better to say it more than once. -Royalguard11(T·R!) 20:54, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Floods

I am aware of 3RR, but in this case I've only reverted once, and that was responding to an editor who reverted me beforehand. His rationale was that there was no consensus for a move, yet almost two days passed without anybody objecting to the move on the talkpage, yet he decided to revert anyway. My response was the same as his... there is no consensus to leave off U.S. in the title. I am American and of course I don't need to have U.S. in the title to know which Midwest we are talking about. But not every reader comes from this country and as WP guidelines point out, avoid local biases. --Tocino 02:54, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Links to businesses

In an edit summary you wrote:

I'm going to have to say no to MinnPost.com, we don't link any profit or non-profit generating business or LLC)

Are you under an impression that Wikipedia does not link to web sites of businesses? That's certainly not true. Michael Hardy (talk) 20:21, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Defer to User talk:Michael_Hardy

Picture question

Sorry I didn't get back to you right away. I don't have any pictures of Tim Pawlenty. I've only seen him up close and in person once, at the St. Paul Inline Marathon a few years ago, and I didn't get his picture.

Also, by the way, I blocked Ogranut (talk · contribs) for causing disruption at I-35W Mississippi River bridge (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). From his first edit, where he said the bridge was "not" maintained by MNDOT, it looks like he was just vandalizing the article, but then he invented a story to get around it. --Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 05:57, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Tim Pawlenty

Meet us at Rrius's page; that's where I'm at (best to centralize this thing). GoodDay (talk) 20:23, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Rrius (talk) 21:15, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Now, that's the Wiki spirit. PS- and ya's didn't need my help. GoodDay (talk) 21:32, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

St. Paul neighborhoods

Although Image:Saint Paul Planning Districts Wards.png is a good and useful image, I don't understand why uploading it is not a copyright violation. What is your rational for doing so?--Appraiser (talk) 16:10, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Um.... actually I just checked their website [1] and it says I need to ask for permission so I sent an email to the guy. I guess the rationale would be its public data and an informative map. But anyway I was going to redo the image eventually in Illustrator so I could eliminate the copyright ambiguity. .:DavuMaya:. 17:55, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

See

[2] and [3] and [4] and [5]. Badagnani (talk) 03:09, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Many thanks for your kindness in awarding me a star. Badagnani (talk) 07:47, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Saint Jean Baptiste Day

• Thanks for your contribution. I've asked the dissenting editors to acknowledge the Wikipedia naming conventions that emphasize that article titles should be the ones that are most recognizable to English-speakers[6]. If they do not, I think we should ask for a Request for comment as the next step in solving this dispute, as such a refusal could constitute bad faith. It will require at least two editors to start the process. Thank you. --soulscanner (talk) 19:25, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

SUL Bar

Hi! You had commented on the Village pump a while ago about a Unified Login navigation bar. I've made an attempt at a javascript gadget, please see the new VP thread for details. I know you said you dislike dropdowns, but please give it a try anyway! :-) Bonus points if you figure out a fix for any of the display bugs! --_{tiny plastic} Grey Knight ⊖ 12:28, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Whoops, I must have misformatted this. --_{tiny plastic} Grey Knight ⊖ 06:45, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

fabulous now how exactly do I implement this? :) Do i paste it into something or what do i do. .:davumaya:. 07:01, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I just realised it is slowing up page loading times... I know how to fix that, will do it later. You can use it by copying the loading code from User:Tiny plastic Grey Knight/monobook.js into User:Davumaya/monobook.js, and then changing the layout of the setupSULDropDownMenu() part there if you want a different organization in your menu. I'm thinking about an alternate way of doing this by having a sidebar box that expands itself into a list, which would avoid dropdown menus. --_{tiny plastic} Grey Knight ⊖ 08:55, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

You can replace that ugly set of three lines at the top with just the below; sorry, I didn't realise about this earlier! Again, please see my monobook.js for clarity. I've also fixed that page-loading time problem. I'll do something about that sidebar-box alternate approach later on! --_{tiny plastic} Grey Knight ⊖ 16:33, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

   importScript("User:tiny_plastic_Grey_Knight/scripts/suldropdown.js");

Smørrebrød

Hi Davumaya!

You were looking for smørrebrød. I have now released some nice photos - sorry about the flags... (-: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Smørrebrød Have fun! User:Nillerdk (talk) 20:42, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the barnstar and your nice note, DavuMaya. You voice actors know it all by heart. Good luck! —SusanLesch (talk) 01:39, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

July 16 DYK

On 16 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bedford ^Pray 05:49, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Request a map to be made?

Is there a place to request a map to be made for a project? I want a clean SVG map of Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area to use for various Infoboxes. Considering Google is copyrighted how are people suppose to implement maps? .:davumaya:. 12:42, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

You might want to see Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps. Spencer^T♦C 14:03, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, the user seems to have a request at User:Seth_Ilys/Dot_Project#Minnesota. -- SEWilco (talk) 15:20, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

lol

I know, but I can only add what they give me. Calebrw (talk) 19:30, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Saint Paul

Hey, thanks for fixing what I broke. Also, I liked your version of linking the Cathedral very much. Atom (talk) 22:54, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Great work

		The Original Barnstar
		To Davumaya, for outstanding main page preparation, comments, oversight and editing Minneapolis, Minnesota. Happy 150th anniversary of the city becoming a town. -SusanLesch (talk) 18:56, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Tanx suZ!

Talk:Project Runway (season 5)

Thanks for your input on it. I posted a link to my userspace with 3 choices we have, to show what each looks (or would look) like. Seeing all 3, if you would like to respond with your opinion again. :D <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 00:00, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Laissez-faire

The ogg file is supposed to be a single pronunciation, not a 50 second explanation of what it is, that's what the article is for. Please change it. Wikidan829 (talk) 21:08, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

It's for the Wiktionary project, not Wikipedia. You are free to upload your own version and replace mine. .:davumaya:. 22:19, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

2008 Olympics attack on American nationals (2nd nomination)

I have re-nominated this article for deletion. Please provide your input to the discussion. --Elliskev 17:20, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

You will regret the day you messed with me.

It's only a matter of time.

Until we meet again...  :-P —Preceding unsigned comment added by Keepin ya busy (talk • contribs) 20:01, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

LLLLLOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL Sincerely, .:davumaya:. 20:04, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

August 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like to remind you not to attack other editors, as you did on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2008 Olympics attack on American nationals (2nd nomination). Please comment on the contributions and not the contributors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Let's try to keep the discussion civil. Rwiggum (^Talk/_Contrib) 23:24, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

He he there should be an user warning template called Uw-Snarky .:davumaya:. 23:29, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protection

FYI, I have semi-protected your page for a time because of the persistent personal attacks and disruption you've been getting. Let me know if you want me to reverse this.--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:01, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Regarding your recent AfD

There were at least 45 deaths with Spanair Flight JK 5022. '"I can name dozens of "air disasters" in the U.S. in the past year with more deaths..." Just curious. Can you name half a dozen? --Oakshade (talk) 17:14, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Concerns over the 2008 Summer Olympics page move

I have replied to the comments you left on my talk page here. Ohconfucius (talk) 11:09, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Are you listening? 2008 attack during the Olympics

I am about to file a complaint against you. I would advise you to leave the article alone, thank you!!! I have made an effort to be civil, but you are trying my patience. Thunderstruck45 (talk) 14:19, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Besides the fact you are engaging in a POV war, additional threats and sockpuppetry will not help you. Supplying valid sources, citations, and arguments within the talk page in a coherent manner is what I want. .:davumaya:. 18:30, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Sockpuppet case

I noticed you are attempting to call out crashingthewaves and his aliases as sockpuppets. One editor can not arbitrarily decide to label another editor as a sockpuppet, even if it seems apparently obvious. You need to file a report and have the fact proven before you can place those templates (which should actually only be placed by the closing administrator of a sock puppet case). You need to list and start the case at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets. Once the case has started, admins will evaluate the evidence and if necessary do a check user IP address to confirm that the accounts are in fact sockpuppets. If they are sockpuppets than appropriate action will be taken by the closing admin which could constitute anything from an official warning to a temporary block to a long term block depending on the severity of the offence. Nrswanson (talk) 23:59, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

• I went ahead and filed the report myself. See Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Crashingthewaves.Nrswanson (talk) 00:23, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

• Did you see the report I filed for you at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Crashingthewaves? In the future, when you believe sockpuppetry is going on make a report like that here before placing sockpuppet templates on talk pages.Nrswanson (talk) 23:13, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Ja ja ja, tusen takk mange. .:davumaya:. 05:58, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Closed MedCab request

Thunderstruck45 has been blocked indefinitely for sockpuppetry.[7] As such, I have closed Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2008-08-27 2008 attack during the Olympics. If you need further assistance on this issue, please let me know and I'll see how I can help. Vassyana (talk) 14:04, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Pawlenty article

The problem is that we really don't want to fill up space with minor stuff - it distracts the reader from the more important things. There is nothing wrong with having a shorter article; we don't have a quota for the number of words. I do appreciate all the work that went into the article; so far, my trimming is on the order of 1 percent or so.

As for deleted sources, those are still available in prior versions of the article. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 03:07, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Hasan, Florida

Just try to find some information about the origin of the name as you found before for the other town with almost the same name Hassan in Minnesota state. And also not on the second place try if you can to expand some of the sections. Thanks in advance.

(Ronron101010 (talk) 05:13, 29 August 2008 (UTC))

Your need to impose your Arabic view of the world, is strange to me. It is like if anything that sounded remotely like an English word needed to be "Englishized" into a default definition. This is wrong to simply insert something and expect someone to come along and find a citation. In effect you are establishing a WP:Hoax. It is even more proving that in nearly all instances, I have found a citation proving that the "Hassan" similarity derives from completely different languages. The whole world did not evolve from the Middle East (though it may very well derive influence). The linguistic expression of haa and saa is not confined to any language. .:davumaya:. 17:12, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

I think you did not understand me. I am not trying to make the name Hassan only Arabic. This name as you see in the article about Hassan is also Irish or Hebrew (Jewish) last name. There is a clear evidance about this. Especially for the Hebrew (Jewish) last name Hassan, which is found among the Sephardi Jews who are originating from Spain, as you know. You can say that the Hebrew and Arabic variantions are from the same Semitic origin. But what about the Irish variation of the name. Is Irish part of the Semitic language family. Of course NOT. Is there an Irish migration in North America. Yes, there is. Then why not this name to come from the Irish? And also you found before that the name of the town of Hassan in your state Minnesota was from a different origin. (I forgot from what exactly native language was.) What I wanted from you was to keep it as it was which means not to delete it and if you can to try to find some information about the origin of the name Hasan as you already did with the previous one. It will be intresting to see what is the real origin of that new town named Hasan from Florida state.

"Asan derives its name from the word hassan, meaning scarce or rare." That's what I found about one very similar name but with different origin and meaning.

btw. (revert vandalism) where did you find that vandalist? I hope you understand my point. (Ronron101010 (talk) 19:42, 29 August 2008 (UTC))

Not be rude but maybe you should continue your studies in the English language as to better communicate and read other people's comments. My point being do not insert your ASSUMPTION in an article if there is no citation to back it up to begin with. No content is better than your own research. .:davumaya:. 19:52, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

It seems you are living in front of the PC. It's just a joke. Do not worry about my English. The level of my English is more than good for some one who was not born and grew up in an English-speaking country like you. But even with my low level as you said I understood your point. But the purpose of my previous posting was only to oppose your strange to me point that I am a great supporter of the idea that the name is only and only of Arabic root.

Btw I do not have any ethnic or religious (except that I am a Christian and as you know the Christian religion comes from that area) connection to the area so-called Middle East.

Have a good day and keep reading and writing in wikipedia.

(Ronron101010 (talk) 20:24, 29 August 2008 (UTC))

I'm sure Canada has English classes they can offer you good sir. .:davumaya:. 17:58, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Correct capitalization of "federal"

In the Sarah Palin article, you changed the capitalization of "federal" to "Federal". Your capitalization change was incorrect. When referring to the U.S. federal government, it should be lowercase. --JHP (talk) 06:48, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Oops sorry, it's a bad habit. .:davumaya:. 06:50, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Palin

Hi there, for practical rasons a bot has been set up to sort out the archiving, but it wont work if archiving is done manually, so please be patient, wait till at least 2am UTC before you create new archives. Thanks. --Hapsala (talk) 18:57, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Request please

Hi, I saw that you did the audio files for Shen Kuo, Kiekergaard and I was wondering if it's possible for you do one for Hou Yifan, a chess player but just for her name only, not for the whole article. For example: Stockholm, Stockholm^ⓘ - not the whole page just the name. Thanks. --Artepnem (talk) 02:28, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

UGH I can't believe you gave me an example of Peter Isolato. He's a "native speaker" of Swedish now? He happens to also be a "native speaker" of Chinese, Russian, English with noooooo accents intertwining. Pure multilinguist he touts himself. UGH what a douche, but I mean we can't filter the douches for sake of a Wiki user making effort.

end rant

Sure! I'd love to record her name for her. .:davumaya:. 05:48, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you so much! 20:55, 9 September 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Artepnem (talk • contribs)

Hi, it's me again! :) Sorry to trouble you but when do you think the audio file will be completed. Is there anything extra that I should do? Thanks. Artepnem (talk) 17:15, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

2008 stabbings at Beijing Drum Tower

Hi. Yobot just runs though Category:2008 deaths using AWB. I forgot to turn-off "bypass redirects". I think this caused the problem. I fixed it now. -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:27, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

2008 meetup

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Minnesota Meetup

Saturday, 2008-10-11 noon (12:00)

Please pass this on! RSVP here.

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I enjoyed chatting with you at the last meetup, so I wanted to make sure you knew about this one. Hope we'll see you there. Jonathunder (talk) 17:28, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Burnsville

Why did you remove the demographic data about married couples and the average family size? And why did you mark that large deletion as a minor edit? MarcusMaximus (talk) 20:22, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Sorry I marked that minor. I removed the demo data that I feel is out of date or not really informative or weightful. This is similar to Minneapolis and Saint Paul articles where we have trimmed down unnecessary Census data that was inserted during page creation. If you notice the default page for all Minnesota cities is a generic Census 2000 dump. You're welcome to return the information you feel is still relevant, I just think lots of statistical data is not very encyclopedic. People can just go to the Census page themselves. .:davumaya:. 21:48, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

You make good points. That makes sense. MarcusMaximus (talk) 22:28, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Upgrade1/crashingthewaves/Assuredly/thunderstruck45/etc/etc

I had a feeling. Thanks; I'll keep an eye on it. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 20:36, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Have you looked at Notatallyouknow (talk · contribs)? This user has had input at the Beijing Drum Tower attack article and the talk page of Hurricane Ike. And not much else; just a few innocuous edits. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 20:45, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Extended content

User talk:Assuredly Slings and arrows It is disheartening to have oneself stalked and called off the internet for such reasons as Wikipedia. I purposefully link up my usernames and accounts and make no effort to "hide my trail" or block who I am in real life nor access to my contact information. Wikipedia is not a hidden dungeon seeking to rule itself. I am as transparent as the WP offices and the founder and legitimately people have contacted me IRL (in real life) for such articles as Barack and Palin. Which is great, personal communication offers the ability to share information that does not happen in WP time. However, I do not appreciate being called from a private number and not even introducing oneself. Don't you think I'll be a little more responsive to "Hello this is (insert first name at least so I know what to call you) also known as the sockpuppeteer on Wikipedia. I have some issues." That sounds a little more smart, educated, and frankly "genious" as you call yourself to have a proper introduction. To assume you've somehow won a cookie by "finding" me is silly. I'm left wondering if you're going to come to my house with a hatchet because I caught you as a sockpuppeteer. There are by far more serious debates I've had on here that would warrant such attention, not the kind you've offered. Of which I am not dismissive of your concerns. But sockpuppetry is not something that WP condones, its behavior which creates false Consensus. And you have to admit you have not acted very proper in debate. Only once in a while when you've calmed down that I've seen some clarity to your argument. Your concerns are very valid but they are outweighed by Consensus. I'm sorry but I cannot help you if Consensus does not go your way. That is not my doing, I am not causing other people to agree with me by calling them with private numbers and threatening to "take them off the internet forever." Reality just doesn't work that way -- unless the Police are involved. We should continue this discussion if you feel necessary on IM. I really don't want to talk to you anymore because you came so threatening to me, even if you are simply upset, you insulted me several times on things that have nothing to do with Wikipedia. That wouldn't fly in a Senate debate nor a neighborhood forum. You should be very appreciative how patient I am (for once) with you and I think you need to be heard in some way in order to resolve for yourself the problems you find with related WP articles. As for the outcome of such WP articles going your way, I am not responsible for that and I'm sorry not even my lobbying in favor of your concerns will do much. No you may not IM me on AIM anymore, I consider this issue fully resolved and beyond needing any more discussion, case closed.* .:davumaya:. 03:34, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

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Overmoon/Crashingthewaves/etc.

I am sorry but I don't know this user's real name or contact info. All I have is an e-mail address, but that isn't likely to help you much as e-mail accounts are easy to set up and then drop. I wouldn't be surprised if he no longer uses that account. Regardless, I don't feel comfortable getting in the middle of this. I'm sorry it happened to you and I hope everything works out. I hope you will be more careful with your personal information in future, not just for issues like these but also things like identity theft etc. Sadly we live in a world where things like this can't be taken for granted.Nrswanson (talk) 18:16, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Minneapolis Meetups

Town Hall Brewery
maps.google.com
1430 Washington Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55454
(612) 339-8696
October 11, 2008
Saturday at 12:00 noon (midday)
Meetup RSVP

Muddy Waters
maps.google.com
2401 Lyndale Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55405
(612) 872-2232
October 10, 2008
Friday at 10:00 PM (at night)
Alternate meetup RSVP

Just updating the calendar for all your lurkers. Feel free to pass along these invitations. -SusanLesch (talk) 18:01, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Edit summary

1. A perfectly good bit of info was deleted without explanation. I was commenting that it needed to be explained (while clarifying that the detail itself mattered little to me personally). 2. There was a consensus that a town of 8,000 is just that, a town, and not a city. LamaLoLeshLa (talk) 04:46, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Minneapolis maps

If you want to create new maps, go for it. Eco84 | Talk 15:06, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Editing & references

Thanks for the constructive criticism & encouragement. Though I have 40 years of experience writing & reporting, Wikipedia's coding and other new issues present a bit of a challenge for an old dog. Now that I've accumulated 90 days of cell phone text messaging under my belt, I thought I'd move on to Wikipedia. Kinda reminds me of learning to fly -- there are lots of things to learn, remember and apply immediately. Thankfully, this is a more forgiving environment. Namaste //Don K. (talk) 05:21, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

AfD on 2008 attack at Beijing Drum Tower during Olympics

You have previously contributed to the debate on the article, and may like to express your views on the deletion of this article here. Ohconfucius (talk) 01:53, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

More appropriate title for 2008 attack at Beijing Drum Tower during Olympics

• I have set up a poll to vote on the new name of the article. Please go to the talk page. Ohconfucius (talk) 06:49, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Chicago Image

Since you requested, please check this one out:

J. Crocker (talk) 19:51, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Lacking reference

I saw you substantial addition to Elko New Market, Minnesota. This section

New Market is named for the town near Cambridge, England though it was first named Jackson until its establishment in 1858.

includes a link with a missing url, probably from this site. Could you provide it, please? Thank you. Debresser (talk) 10:52, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Debresser (talk) 09:59, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Minnesota Meetup

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2009

Proposed date: Saturday, October 10.
Details under discussion.

Please share this with anyone who may be interested.

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Delivered by Jonathunder (talk) 15:20, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Update: the meetup will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, October 11, in St. Paul. Click here for more details and to R.S.V.P. Jonathunder (talk)

Barack Obama article

Hello Davumaya, we have a request on the Talk:Barack Obama page to remove the spoken language portion of the Obama article, because it is outdated. Can you make a new version of the file and replace the older version? If you could, it would be much appreciated. I will put any removal on hold until we get an answer. Thank you. DD2K (talk) 23:04, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah I can, possibly this weekend. davumaya 02:18, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, and thanks also for the quick response. DD2K (talk) 02:39, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

THE GARAGE

Hi Davumaya, I have been working my way through the backlog of Copy-Edit articles and happened to come across THE GARAGE. I have had a go at copy-editing it as well as trying to deal with the other problems flagged. As you seem to be the lead author I thought I would give you a look at what I have come up with here before I put it in the public domain. Let me know what you think. Cheers AIRcorn (talk) 05:56, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Looks good. Thank you very much for improving it! You're free to edit how you like no need to ask me. davumaya 08:02, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Done AIRcorn (talk) 01:59, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Meetup

Hello. Discussion of a 2010 Minnesota Wikipedia Meetup has begun. Please see the talk page. Jonathunder (talk) 23:19, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

In the area? You're invited to the
May 2018 Minnesota User Group Meeting
	Date: 31 October 2010
	Time: noon
	Place: Midtown Exchange Global Market, East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 44.9493°N 93.2612°W / 44.9493; -93.2612

Support

Hello.

This isn't a request, I was wondering if you could give me a hand. I want to record a wiki article, but I can't find where I am supposed to go in order to do so. Do I have to be some kind of special wiki user?

I hope you read this. Have a good day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hyyrynen (talk • contribs) 09:36, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Suggestions for next Minnesota meetup?

Hi, Davumaya, do you have any suggestions for a next date or place for a Minnesota meetup? I was disappointed to miss last Sunday's meetup once a work meeting coincided with the time announced for the meetup. I would be happy to arrange a meetup soon. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 14:43, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

New meetup

In the area? You're invited to the
May 2018 Minnesota User Group Meeting
	Date: 20 November 2010
	Time: 1:00-3:30 (click here for full agenda) R.S.V.P. by Nov. 17 for free lunch + parking
	Place: Minnesota History Center 345 Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, Minnesota 44.95°N 93.1055°W / 44.95; -93.1055

Culpeper, Virginia

Please if you could do my hometown of Culpeper, that would be awesome —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.73.33.96 (talk) 23:58, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

Hello, Davumaya! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 04:07, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Edit-a-thon at Hennepin County Library

Minneapolis History edit-a-thon

The Minnesota Wikipedia community and local historians are invited to edit entries in Wikipedia on Minneapolis history. Please help increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by utilizing materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own Minneapolis History topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections Librarians.

Where: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
When: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 10-5 pm
10 am - 11 am Orientation to Minneapolis Collection
11 am - 5 pm Edit-a-thon
Website: Hennepin County Library, Special Collections, Map & Directions
Parking: Metered street parking or pay ramp in basement, enter on 4th Ave

For more information see Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Minnesota#2012. —innotata 00:32, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Request for sound...

Hello, I would love to see the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Wikipedia page be spoken. I am very interested in politics, and I recently heard your laissez-faire article, and I loved it.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.19.73.59 (talk) 03:50, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Hey

Could you do a voiced article for Theodore Roosevelt? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.19.79.5 (talk) 00:47, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Sure I suppose I'll find some time to record it out. davumaya 01:42, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Great American Wiknic

In the area? You're invited to the Great American Wiknic.

Place: near Minnehaha Falls at Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis
Date: Saturday, July 7, 2012 (rain date July 8)
Time: 12–3 pm

• Accessible from the Minnehaha Park light rail station, bus, walk, bike, or car
• If driving, free parking available at 46th Ave. S, and pay parking in the park
• Food and drink options nearby, or bring your own... maybe even to share!

See the meetup talk page for more. —innotata 00:03, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank You Chiliagono (talk) 16:38, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Loves Libraries event

In the area? You are invited to Wikipedia Loves Libraries in Minneapolis.

Hennepin County Library's Special Collections is hosting a Minneapolis history editathon on November 3. Help increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by using materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections librarians.

There will also be an intro for people new to Wikipedia, and tours of Special Collections.

Where: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
Special Collections (4th floor)
When: 10am-4:30pm, Saturday, November 3, 2012

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page. —innotata 14:45, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Douche apology

Sorry for being a douche. Honest mistake, nothing else. Hope we can get past it.

Peter ^Isotalo 01:57, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Minneapolis police related article for deletion

Hi, I see you have worked on the article Minneapolis Police Department. One of the most famous unsolved crimes of the MPD is the murder of Anne Barber Dunlap. I am the main author of that article, and it has been proposed for deletion. I argue that the case has national significance because it led Pillsbury to stop advertising on violent TV; it was the first case where a victim's family member used the Internet to ferret out witnesses; and it led police to change their policies on sharing case files after a federal court ruled that MPD had to share with the prime suspect anything they shared with his insurance company. I would appreciate it if you would vote to keep the article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Murder_of_Anne_Barber_Dunlap Bundlesofsticks (talk) 02:16, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Upcoming Wikipedia meetups

In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota meetups.

To kick-off monthly meetups in the Twin Cities, two events will be held in Special Collections at Minneapolis Central Library this summer. These are mostly planned as opportunities for Wikipedians to discuss editing, but all are welcome!

Special Collections contains many valuable historical resources, including the Minneapolis Collection, consisting of files on hundreds of topics related to Minneapolis from neighborhoods to politicians (it's best to call or email in advance to request materials). Free wifi and several public computers are available.

Place: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
Special Collections (4th floor)
Dates: Saturday, June 1
Saturday, July 6
Time: 12:30pm–2:30pm+

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. —innotata 14:05, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Great American Wiknic

In the area? You're invited to the Great American Wiknic.

Place: north of Minnehaha Falls in Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis
Date: Saturday, June 22, 2012
Time: 12–4 pm

• Accessible from the Minnehaha Park METRO station, bus, walk, bike, or car
• If driving, free parking available on 46th Ave. S, and pay parking in the park
• Food and drink options nearby, or bring your own... maybe even to share!

For more, and to sign up (encouraged, not required) go to the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. —innotata 03:09, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Minnesota Wikipedia Meetup on August 3

In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota monthly meetup on August 3.

Place: Lavvu Coffee House
813 4th St SE, Minneapolis 55414
Date: Saturday, August 3
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm+

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list.

—innotata 23:39, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Meetup on January 18

In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota meetup in commemoration of Wikipedia Day.

• Place: Seward Cafe
  

2129 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404

• Date: Saturday, January 18, 2014
  
• Time: noon

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. —innotata 04:09, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Question about wikipedia spoken articles project

Hey I'm just sending this message because I couldn't find another contact to ask a couple questions to. They are quick ones! If you're not sure of the answers, think you could direct me to the correct place to ask them?

1. Is there anyway to search through only spoken articles using the wikipedia search? I realized I could go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spoken_articles and just ctrl/cmd-f through but I was hoping there was another way to utilize the wiki search engine and filter to only articles that are spoken

2. What is the best way for me to get involved in recording articles if you guys would like some help?

Thanks for any help you can give! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scatchell (talk • contribs) 18:48, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Invite to the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minneapolis Institute of Art edit-a-thon

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2015, 12pm–4pm Location: Minneapolis Institute of Art Friends Community Room, 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis Sponsor: Minneapolis Institute of Art You are invited to attend an Art+Feminism edit-a-thon at Minneapolis Institute of Art which will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2015. This editing event is dedicated to improving and increasing the presence of cultural, historic, and artistic information on Wikipedia pertaining to women artists. For more information and to RSVP: → click here ←, you may register online for the event or call (612) 870-6323 --gobonobo + c 20:28, 21 October 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 Wikipedia 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) 13:05, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Invite to an edit-a-thon at the Loft Literary Center

The Loft Literary Center edit-a-thon

Date: Thursday, February 11, 2016, 6–8pm Location: Loft Literary Center, 1011 S Washington Ave, Room 203, Minneapolis Sponsor: The Loft Literary Center Hello Davumaya! You are invited to attend an edit-a-thon at the Loft Literary Center which will be held on Thursday, February 11, 2016. This editing event is dedicated to improving and increasing the presence of cultural, historic, and artistic information on Wikipedia pertaining to artists from marginalized communities. Please bring a laptop. Refreshments will be provided. For more information and to RSVP: → click here ←

We have also recently formed a user group for Minnesota editors. If you would like to join, please add your name to our page on meta. Thank you, gobonobo ^{+ c} 22:56, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Invite to Wiki Loves Pride MN!

Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2016

Date: Saturday, June 18, 2016 Location: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall Sponsor: Minneapolis Central Library Hello Davumaya! You are invited to attend an Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2016/Minnesota at the Minneapolis Central LIbrary which will be held on Saturday, June 18, 2016. This editing event is dedicated to improving and increasing the presence of LGBT-related articles on Wikipedia. Please bring a laptop. Refreshments will be provided. For more information and to RSVP: → click here ←

We have also recently formed a user group for Minnesota editors. If you would like to join, please add your name to our page on meta. Thank you, RachelWex Talk ^c 21:23, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Congrats!

I just listened to the Frankin D. Roosvelt bio, thanks for a job very well done. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.132.163.208 (talk) 01:06, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge

You are invited to participate in the 50,000 Challenge, aiming for 50,000 article improvements and creations for articles relating to the United States. This effort began on November 1, 2016 and to reach our goal, we will need editors like you to participate, expand, and create. See more here!

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:40, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Possible removal of AWB access due to inactivity

Hello! There is currently a request for approval of a bot to manage the AutoWikiBrowser CheckPage by removing inactive users, among other tasks. You are being contacted because you may qualify as an inactive user of AWB. First, if you have any input on the proposed bot task, please feel free to comment at the BRFA. Should the bot task be approved, your access to AWB may be uncontroversially removed if you do not resume editing within a week's time. This is purely for routine maintenance of the CheckPage, and is not indicative of wrongdoing on your part. You will be able regain access at any time by simply requesting it at WP:PERM/AWB. Thank you! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:36, 8 November 2016 (UTC)