User talk:Avenue of Covina

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Ok I will!
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Bugs!
Just have to say I so admire the Wikijunior pages compared to some stuff on here. Also I mentioned to User:Urbane_User yesterday I run AWB on a bot account so if I can help with categorisation or cleanup etc I happily will - regards -- Herby talk thyme 08:08, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Ants Page
Great work on the ants page today Avenue of Covina.

UserTalk 10:31, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!Avenue of Covina 19:11, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi
As I have been in touch with you about some bits I hope you won't mind me approaching you about something specific. While vandalism is not the issue here that it is on Wikipedia we do still have a level of vandalism that needs tackling often by Admins as there are fewer users here than Wikipedia. One of the tools that allows us to tackle vandals more easily is Checkuser. This means that we can see the IP address a registered user has vandalised from and see if this may have happened before (it often has). To get these rights required 25 affirmative votes which on a small wiki is not easy. A hard working Admin is looking for just two more votes to get this. If you would like to look at this then go here Requests_for_adminship and you are welcome to vote. I must stress that you are under no pressure at all to do so and if you decide not to that is fine. I do hope you do not mind me contacting you in this way - thanks and regards -- Herby talk thyme 18:07, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikijunior Bugs
Avenue of Covina,

I would like to propose an alternate layout for the wikijunior bugs page. As you are one of the named authors, i have come to you directly to see what you think of the idea. I have made a mock-up of the proposed layout on my personal sandbox which can be accessed by clicking this link or through my user page. All of the existing articles and other pages will remain unaltered by this as the only page that will change will be the main bugs page, if it is accepted that is.

I have proposed this new design to increase efficiency and reduce the amount of time that is spent moving articles from the stub list into the developing articles list and so on...

Please take a look and tell me what you think.

Regards, Urbane User

Thanks
Thanks for the support re: the bugs page. I was unsure whether or not my changes would be to the liking of other editors and im glad that the changes are beneficial.

Thanks again. Urbane User (Talk)   (Contributions)  10:20, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

What is Wikijunior
What is Wikijunior" is proposed as a policy and has been included on the Wikibooks Policies and Guidelines Voting page. Please take time to comment and express your opinion in the referendum. -- xixtas talk 02:21, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikijunior Study
Hello, Avenue of Covina, I read the Wikijunior Bug. I'm very impressed and interested to know more about your experience related to this particular book project (Wikijunior Bug) I'm current a doctoral student at Indiana University. My advisor and I, we are starting a Wikibook study regarding to online authors' beliefs and perceptions (motivation to write a Wikibook, beliefs about the knowledge of the topic, previous experience and success in writing a Wikibook, and ability to help coordinate the Wikibook project and interact with other authors). We would love to invite you to participate in this study. Your input to this study will be greatly appreciated. If you agree to participate, please leave me a message or send me an email. (My email is cl17@indiana.edu.) We'll schedule a one hour interview with you at your convenience by phone or by email (email interview). Thank you very much again. Inkeys

Name
Hi Avenue of Covina

I'm just writing to let you know that I've changed my name from Urbane to Reece. Hope this doesnt cause too much confusion.

Reece  (Talk)   (Contributions)  15:08, 13 February 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, thanks for the notification Reece. Avenue of Covina (talk) 03:21, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

New Contributor
Hello, Avenue of Covina. I'm writing to tell you that I've begun contributing to the Wikijunior Bugs project. I was wondering if you were still working on it. I've updated the millipede page and plan on working on and cleaning up other articles.

Thanks,

Wes


 * Hi Wes, lately I've been busy with many other things so I only check up on Wikibooks in general about every month or two months. I'm glad to hear that you've help contribute to the Wikijunior Bugs! Maybe in time, I might have enough free time to contribute at least a page or two but we'll see what the future holds. Avenue of Covina (talk) 03:18, 28 May 2008 (UTC)