User talk:Sphilbrick

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Upcoming IdeaLab Events: IEG Proposal Clinics

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Hello, Sphilbrick! We've added Events to IdeaLab, and you're invited :)

Upcoming events focus on turning ideas into Individual Engagement Grant proposals before the March 31 deadline. Need help or have questions about IEG? Join us at a Hangout:

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Gender gap strategy/Toolkits

Hello Sphilbrick,

I see that you began gathering information for the Gender gap strategy/Toolkits. No offered to be lead on this topic so I volunteered. Would you be interested in joining me as co-lead? I want to organize a meeting for folks at are interested in working on this project in a week or two on skype or Hangout. We can discuss how to prioritize and organize work on a toolkit. Would you be available for a call? Sydney Poore/FloNight (talk) 17:25, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

@FloNight: Yes, very interested. At the moment, I am traveling, will be back home Wednesday. I will be at WMF offices Monday, and planned to bring up Gender issues among other things, but when I am on the road, I have a laptop with IE, and tend not to do too much Wikipedia stuff. I have a Skype account, I have never used Hangout, but should learn. I can be available for a call almost anytime. Well having said that, I have good availability 19-23 Nov, then teaching all-day class 24-25 Nov so not available then. I am traveling 28 Nov-2 dec - some availability for a call, but do not yet know my schedule.--Sphilbrick (talk) 23:14, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

@Sphilbrick: I'm going to be in WMF office on Monday, too. :-) The FDC is meeting from Saturday until Tuesday. I'm leaving mid day on Wed. Maybe we could have a brief meeting or at least say hello when you are there. Email me to work it out. Otherwise, I pretty flexible for times for a call. Why don't you suggest a few times, and we'll see if others can join us, too. Sydney Poore/FloNight (talk) 03:01, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Oh perfect. I'm in the middle of writing an email to James and Philippe. I plan to be in the office about 9 am, have lunch with James and Philippe, and plan to hang out in an empty office when they are tired of talking to me. I'll also send an email.--Sphilbrick (talk) 19:02, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

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OTRS admin

Very late, but I only now saw it. Congrats, new OTRS admin! Trijnstel_talk 22:41, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank-you!--Sphilbrick (talk) 12:16, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

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If you don't mind me asking

Who was the one that tagged all the pages as g5? StellarDrift (talk) 17:03, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Can you be more specific?--Sphilbrick (talk) 15:32, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

please

I'm koussayou003 in arabic wikipedia I'm blocked there because i ask to change an admistrator account password by E-mail, i'ts joke and i exuse but they blocked me for 3 mouth, is this عادل ???

@Koussayou003: I'm sorry, but I am not an administrator on the Arabic Wikipedia, so not sure how I can help.--Sphilbrick (talk) 19:29, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

@Sphilbrick: I just want to now , if you try to login with an admistrator account, they must block you for 3 mouths ???

@Koussayou003: That sounds strange to me but each language Wikipedia makes its own rules. You will either have to check with the admin who blocked you, other admin's in the Arabic Wikipedia or a steward. I have no authority at the Arabic Wikipedia.--Sphilbrick (talk) 13:34, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

@Sphilbrick: can you please ask an steward or give me name of an steward who may be see a problem like my own ??

Koussayou003 (talk) 19:53, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

@Koussayou003: Stewards has contact info.--Sphilbrick (talk) 22:28, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

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Watchlist Expiry Project Updates

Hello, Sphilbrick! The Community Tech team has posted an April update to the Watchlist Expiry project, and we would love your feedback. The update includes new mockups, which show how users can determine watch status when viewing/editing watched pages or the watchlist. In that case, we invite you to check out the update and share your feedback on the project talk page. Thank you! --IFried (WMF) (talk) 17:55, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Test and co-create a new feature for reusing references with different details

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