User talk:Estarriol

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March 2006 – June 2006

Foreign words style -- thanks!

Thanks for your quick and supportive reply on my New Contributors' query! I'm starting to work more with bibliographies and bios of musicians/authors, so figured I'd better familiarize myself with the style guidelines (or get started, at least). I know my strengths & weaknesses as a copyeditor (pre-Wikipedia): that I can be consistent (even without a spell checker; I'm also a demon proofreader) but have to make a concerted effort to assimilate (read: accept ;-) and substitute a new rule for the old tried-and-true.

Given what I suppose is your level of activity, you probably don't remember: but the first time you responded to one of my Help queries was also the first time I discovered what an Esperanzan is -- and to me, you truly exemplify the spirit :-) This place could be kind of overwhelming for the likes of me, were it not for the ministrations of you and your kind, and I just want to express that explicitly here. [[Best regards, Deborahjay 09:17, 9 June 2006 (UTC)]]

Thanks, I'm blushing here.  :-) Actually I've only been here in any serious fashion for a few months longer than you have, I just happen to learn — and assimilate in the sense you used it — very quickly. My strengths that help in Wikipedia are all in the social/admin/structure line of work, my major weakness is that I'm not diligent enough to work on any one article for a long time (consistently). I envy people such as yourself who can create substantial new articles from scratch, and perform major content updates consistently. I try to work on that weakness, but I've realised that my strengths are useful to Wikipedia too, albeit behind the scenes supporting others. Trust me, I remember every single time I speak to a fellow editor, and it's nice to be appreciated.

Perhaps you should consider joining Esperanza yourself; I'm not very active on the project, I just believe in its goals wholeheartedly. Yes, we're building an encyclopedia here, but we're not robots — it's being built by humans, for humans — and I truly believe the way we treat our fellow editors on here is as important as the knowledge revolution itself. One day humanity will have to wise up enough to handle the awesome power and knowledge we now have, but that's something we need to work on every day lest ignorance allows terrible things (such as you and I are familiar with) to happen once again. In summary, I see Wikipedia as a microcosm of humanity.

Anyways, enough philosophising for now, thanks again. :-) — Estarriol ^talk 10:27, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Incidentally, regarding the italicisation issue, if there's nothing in the MoS, you may wish to amend the relevant section to include your notes, and justify them in the edit summary. MoS guidelines should not lightly be changed, but we shouldn't be timid about filling gaps in the guidelines either. — Estarriol ^talk 10:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Estarriol! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Xyrael ^T 16:47, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Floo Network Authority

Since you have it on your user page, I thought I'd let you know, I have merged the Floo Network Authority article with the Department of Magical Transport section of the Ministry of Magic article. The Floo Network itself remains an article on its own. Lgriot 17:00, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Life is Beautiful -- thanks for the guidance

You really performed a great assist in helping me track down the source of the problematic statement in that article, and explaining how to do this effectively on my own, plus highlighting some of the considerations involved in deleting questionable material. (Considering the subjects I edit, this is all too likely to be necessary again and again :-/

See the latest on the Discussion page there for current and projected developments. (Oh, one more thing -- how do I write an internal link directly to a "Talk" page? I seem to have got the syntax wrong when I tried just now...) Thanks again! -- Deborahjay 08:03, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

The Bielski Brothers - remedies in stages

Further to your reply at the NCH page -- I've done a preliminary restore of the neutral content, i.e. Further reading, an interwiki link, and a stub template. Haven't touched the others (External links and another, can't recall quite what), that might be part of the POV material, nor have I "treated" the latter in the commented discussion and what was deleted from previous versions' content. (I'm still thinking about it while doing neglected "real" work, e.g. KP and my ongoing regular pro bono editing).

My inclination is to write a concise, NPOV synopsis of the contended content, re: allegations (though not "charges" -- believe me, I've put some thought into the connotations of that language!!) of atrocities. Thanks for being supportive of my "sensible" judgment -- upon which I ought to rely more -- and for everything, really.  :-D Deborahjay 21:01, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Update: I followed through on the above (while I was thinking about it...) and am going to give it a rest for now. Your review and comments are welcome, as always. ---later, Deborahjay 21:22, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)