Would you be so kind as to take a closer look at this? [1] Thanks in advance. -- Poeticbent talk 04:08, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
This is great. Thanks Art. I fixed the two things you mentioned. Please take a look. Perhaps you can improve on it further. Yes, there were two separate renovations mentioned at the end of third paragraph just like you thought. That particular piece of information was based on article in Polish Wikipedia. Apparently, one renovation was conducted in the late 19th century and than there was the next "unfortunate" one. However, no dates were given and no references for me to confirm anything. For now I decided to edit it out. -- Poeticbent talk 06:50, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for correction of my English. Be patient, it's not over of this story yet. I will adding text in portions so I'm asking for checking them. Thanks again :) Radomil talk 23:48, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
"reviled" - I want ed to say that pilots of the 1st Fighter Reg. saw launchers and transfer coordinates to the 3rd Ground-Attack Reg. that attacked them. Radomil talk 19:27, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
To the list of "UK-English country" You can add Poland. Our educational system recognises only ESOL exams. As for discusion style AFAIK prefered is anserwing on other users page due to technicalk reasons. Your counterpart in discussion recive message from wikimedia that someone edited his talk page. Regards :) Radomil talk 18:11, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
"Chessboard" is traditional name of Polish Air Force national mark
[3]:
. As for proportion of sections... mayby someone would expand world war II section... who knows... it's Wiki :) I don't think that cutting informations for correction of proportion is good idea :)
Radomil
talk
21:34, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Oh, great! Thanks a lot for taking the time out of your day to let me know, and also thank you for that link! I'm sure it'll provide very useful in my future editing forays. Thanks again! gaillimh Conas tá tú? 01:30, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm confused. What is the proper way of introducing dates in the English language article? Do all exact dates get hotlinked in English Wikipedia? What if the year is mentioned, but without commas, neither before nor after? - I'm talking about this edit.-- Poeticbent talk 21:48, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Please take a look at my comment there. I have no problem accepting the links, but there’s the question of omitting all commas, which is a bit harder for me to swallow. -- Poeticbent talk 22:23, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Please read my reply there. My computer at home does not show what you suggest it should. The numbers remain "17 February 1945" with no commas, like it is written in the text. -- Poeticbent talk 23:11, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Would you like to take a look at this [4]? Thanks. -- Poeticbent talk 22:04, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the proofread. Much appreciated in both, the article and in the hook for DYK. The quote from Jordan was borowed from Polish Wikipedia so it might have originated in any language since Jordan was a polyglot. I think we should give it an English sound. -- Poeticbent talk 01:51, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
I see what he meant to do now...I suppose I jumped the gun on calling the edit disruptive. Pretty sure it's our same user though, IP resolves to Brazil.-- Xnuala ( talk)( Review) 02:53, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
May I ask you to take a closer look at these two before it's too late? [5] [6] Thanks in advance. -- Poeticbent talk 03:07, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Done
Art LaPella
05:14, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Would you be so kind as to take a look at this? [7] Thanks. -- Poeticbent talk 14:33, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for all this. And yes, you were right about the coordinates leading to Jagiellonian University instead. If you know how to get to the right place with ease, please go right ahead and change it. Thanks for linking the dates according to Manual of Style. Much appreciated. -- Poeticbent talk 02:05, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for all the trouble. I searched for Agricultural University at http://www.uk.map24.com/ and found its address there, however, the name of the university was not shown. There are two universities on Aleja Adama Mickiewicza (avenue) just nine doors from each other. I was born and raised in Kraków, but I never visited either of them. I suppose the coordinates would work for both if I could only find the coordinates on that map. Here are the two universities with their respective addresses.
-- Poeticbent talk 14:55, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Marvelous! Now, may I ask you to take an equally discerning look at another new article? [9] Thanks. -- Poeticbent talk 02:27, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
That was fast! Thanks a million! There’s an old Polish saying, “those who give quickly, give on the double”. Cheers. -- Poeticbent talk 04:11, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I think you have edited this article on St. Joseph's College, Hong Kong some time ago, thanks for your help. I've rewrited the article quite substantially, can you kindly give some comments especially on the language? Thanks a lot. sctonyling 16:05, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for proof-reading the Political Ideology in the U.S., I really appreciate it! Regards, Signature brendel 05:53, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
I responded to your remarks over on the DYK Template. This is my first time ever recommending an article--I assume that your comments referred to the suggestion being over the 200+ character limit, and the term "heroic wounding" being a suggested fact. I am still a little murky on what 'character hook' meant. If you could elaborate further, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks! MrPrada 03:55, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
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Would you be so kind as to take a look at this? [11] Thanks. -- Poeticbent talk 15:08, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks Art. You never fail to impress me. The article should read "Jordan's Garden" when referring to the original Jordan Park in Kraków, and "Jordan's Gardens" in plural for all spin-offs throughout Poland, combined. And of course, I thought about archery there, not arching. Thanks. -- Poeticbent talk 22:04, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
May I ask you to take a closer look at this [12]? Thanks. -- Poeticbent talk 15:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Done
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21:49, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
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Hi is it better now? -- Vonones 05:33, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Please take a more discerning look at my copy. [13] And, thanks in advance. -- Poeticbent talk 16:05, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
I've been working on this thing for months, with the intention of upgrading its overall status. I suppose, it would take you a bit longer to perfect it. Nevertheless, this is a matter of greater importance to me, so please, get your hands dirty. -- Poeticbent talk 17:30, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
For proofreading Tower Mounted Amplifier -- Figarema | Talk 00:40, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
I replied to your reply at DYK suggestions, but I realize that the clutter on that page makes it unlikely folks will notice many new comments. So I posted it below, in a slightly altered form.
OK, sorry to direct the comment at you, but random comments at DYK aren't really helpful, especially to new users, a lot of new users don't even realize there is a hook length requirement (I know this is not a new user, but as much as we want everyone to read instructions, not everyone does, even established editors, this case being an example). I would say, that DYK hooks are like any material published to Wikipedia, if you don't want someone to edit it, don't publish it. IvoShandor 06:48, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you Art for correcting my Dyk nomination. I was reading your user page a bit and really liked it when you said, dishonesty in religion is called faith, and dishonesty in science is called political correctness-spot on. Anyway, don't fix those mistakes I've already done in this message :) Regards -- Tarif from Bangladesh 06:33, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Hello, sir. I sincerely appreciate your copyedit in the article Asahiyama Zoo! For I'm not proficient in English as you (I'm such a ignoramus Asian dude!), I'll have lots of mistakes specially the way to put articles such as "the". Perhaps you might find other grammatical mistakes and typos in the articles I've written, so I'll be happy if you keep checkin me out, though I'll also keep attention not to have mistakes.
BTW, Asahikawa, Hokkaidō have been labeled so that it's cleaned up using prose. Perplexed at meaning of using "prose", but I'll just try to expand it next. The article would be smashing one if you cooperate after I write some.
With kindest regards -- Daigaku2051 18:03, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Greetings, Art,
You helped me on my first posting (when I was Mycroft Watson) and have done so on subsequent questions.
I have asked for help (using "helpme") on "My Talk" regarding the following from the article Philo Vance:
User talk:Marshall H. Pinnix From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search
Judging by the time you've spent on Wikipedia, I'm going to assume that blanking the Philo Vance article was an accident... not to worry, I've put it back. Accounting4Taste 01:09, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Or perhaps not, the second time. Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Philo Vance, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Accounting4Taste 01:12, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Why have you blanked the Philo Vance page three times in the last ten minutes? You haven't given an edit summary to explain to anyone why you're doing this, and it sure looks like deliberate vandalism. I'd appreciate an explanation. Accounting4Taste 01:18, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
helpme
Please see my explanation in "Discussion" for the article "Philo Vance" as to what I have done. I strongly deny that my additions were "original research"--they were reasonable additions to text normally found in encyclopedias. (I learned about "original research" from my exercise with "Blood Done Sign My Name" earlier this year.)
Accounting4Taste's accusation of "deliberate vandalism" is insulting without any justification. (I recall seeing in Wikipedia's rules that courtesy should be shown between editors.) My understanding is that any Wikipedia editor can make revisions to any article within the bounds of Wikipedia's guidelines and restrictions. If not, no articles would ever be improved from their original text. (I haven't complained when revisions were made to my previous postings other than "Blood Done Sign My Name.")
Finally, I add that Accounting4Taste has said in "Discussion" that he doesn't possess copies of all the Philo Vance books; I do.
Thanks for your help.
Marshall H. Pinnix 05:00, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I have removed the helpme template because you have not posted any questions. Feel free to readd it if you have a question about using Wikipedia. Thank you. - Rjd0060 03:50, 5 October 2007 (UTC) I am looking for help!
Ask your question below. You can look at the Help Contents, ask at the Help desk, or search the FAQ. Note to helpers: once you have offered help, please remove this template.
As you suggest, I am putting the "helpme" template back because I do have questions, stated above and below.
Marshall H. Pinnix 03:58, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Anytime, but
Items that are unverifiable or original research are not welcome here. Instead, what you might want to do, you may want to search Google or The Internet Movie Database. These two may help. And you may want to organize the talk sections a little so, next time, when you need help, I (or other people) will be able to help you. I'm not done yet, so I'll keep the {{
helpme}} template on, for now. -Goodshoped35110sMy Talk!Contribs 03:23, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, -Goodshoped35110sMy Talk!Contribs
The Internet Movie Database. was not my doing. It was put there by Accounting4Taste in the original article (in the "Movies" section). I left it there out of respect to Accounting4Taste, the original author.
I don't understand what you suggest I go to Google for--there is nothing in my text that is unverifiable. When I quote or make reference to content of the adventures, I identify the particular novel from which directly taken. I can't vouch for the comments in the "Criticisms" section--except for the "Catalogue of Crime" one, which came directly from that book, page 520-- because the rest are those of the original author, Accounting4Taste.
Marshall H. Pinnix 03:47, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Ok. I'll send someone else to help you. Please put the {{ helpme}} template back on, as I will search for another person. -Goodshoped35110sMy Talk!Contribs I am looking for help!
Ask your question below. You can look at the Help Contents, ask at the Help desk, or search the FAQ. Note to helpers: once you have offered help, please remove this template.
Doing what you say immediately above.
Marshall H. Pinnix 04:05, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Marshall_H._Pinnix" Category: Wikipedians looking for help
Back to you, Art,
I'll greatly appreciate your help.
Best regards,
Marshall H. Pinnix 05:00, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the note about the hook length at WP:DYK (6th October). I shortened it, but I was momentarily confused by the "310 character" bit. I thought you were asking me to reduce it to a limit of 310 characters. Could you possible put the "less than 200" bit in the initial link, as I had to scan the page to find what the limit was. I think the new one is 199, but that excludes wiki-mark-up (which isn't visible on the page for readers anyway). Thanks again. Carcharoth 10:04, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
There's no active arbitration case right now, so it can go on WP:RCU. --Akhilleus ( talk) 23:04, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi Art,
Thanks for your input on my DYK nomination. I answered your remark here:
Di you know:Articles created on October 18
Alberto Fernandez Fernandez 16:20, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
This is weird. No edit conflict? As I was writing it, I was thinking "This really is Art's thing" so maybe it's the result of some cosmic misalignment resulting from me taking on a grammar question. ;) Cheers, - Banyan Tree 03:58, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for all your work there. Rarely an error goes by without your comment or resolution. -- Step hen 09:29, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
I got a note from you that it appears I am engaged in an edit war, which I was not aware of. I have searched related changes and can't find even my own entries (although my entries show up on the page in question), much the less any entries that removed my edits. So, not knowing who changed my entries, I can't engage in Talk with the conflicting editor. What am I missing? Ordovico 19:15, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
I've updated it so it is definitely passed 1500. and the DYK has been subst for dedicated, which is what some sources do say instead of segregated. Simply south ( talk) 14:38, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
(hm....am i doing this right by answering you on your 'talk' page?) Thanks for fixing my comment about the Atom page. you asked what happens when i try to click on the Atom page's 'edit' tab, but the thing is, the 'edit this page' tab is suppressed when i go to that page, i don't see it as an option. anyhow, thanks for fixing the typo. Supineny ( talk) 04:52, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
Excellent job. You caught many errors that previous copy editors missed ;). Kmarinas86 ( talk) 06:30, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi Art LaPella. Please consider adding your admin username to the growing list at Classification of admins. Best! -- Jreferee t/ c 23:04, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Yes, it is that kind of facility where is no treatment. I was unable to find better translation anywhere, it is called "zachytka" or "protialkoholni zachytna stanice" which is hard to translate, but vocabulary showed me sobering-up station. When you are really drunken and you are for example injured or you fall asleep somewhere in the city completely drunken or there exists a danger you can be harmed by you drunken state you with the high probability end up in the sobering-up station. It is a special kind of medical facility that is able to handle with drunken people and suit them proper medical care if necessary. ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 12:43, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
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Hello Art LaPella. Thanks for your contributions to the article Samuel Cony. Regards, Masterpiece2000 ( talk) 02:57, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
...for fixing the error on the St Barnabas Church, Hove DYK hook. Hassocks5489 ( talk) 20:05, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello Art LaPella! How are you? Thank you for your contributions to the article Samuel Cony. Regards, Masterpiece2000 ( talk) 02:52, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
While I see a fair number of "thanks you" on your talk page, you deserve another pat on the back for all the hard work you put into DYK. You certainly help keep the gears running. Agne Cheese/ Wine 05:31, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
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Hi. Regarding your comment that my expansion of Sai Baba of Shirdi for DYK-nomination consisted of only "10%", I was wondering how you came to that figure. Did you use a specific tool? Thanks, Ekantik talk 02:22, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
I left a comment on the Template talk:Did you know page, which may not get noticed because it is so crowded. So here it is below:
You seem to hang out around the DYK noms quite a bit, so I thought I'd ask you this: Is what I've been doing (posting reviews of the noms) helpful? For some reason, I was under the impression that only admins could move the articles to the template, and I just found out that that is incorrect. Do you think there is any value in doing what I have been doing? Thingg ( talk) 22:14, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
I notice you're active ATM. Are you planning to post the next DYK update? It's running late already and we have something of a backlog right now. Gatoclass ( talk) 19:09, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
DYK is often late. Another adminstrator who is interested in DYK would help. Would you like to be that new administrator? Mrs.EasterBunny ( talk) 22:49, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi. could you please change the word "white" to the word "American"? This is in accordance with the current revisuion of the article. thanks.
Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Today%27s_featured_article/January_4%2C_2008" -- Steve, Sm8900 ( talk) 18:47, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Would you kindly review the DYK for Edward Kennon? I tried to reduce it in length, but it is hard to do so to get the unique point across. Thanks, Billy Hathorn ( talk) 20:37, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Does counting hooks just mean the spaces of something? Thanks for shortening this: I could not seem to reduce its length accordingly.
Billy Hathorn ( talk) 01:12, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for you comment. If I understand you, you do not distinguish between in-the-news article links and any other article. I, however, seek to simplify determining which link goes to the news article referenced by linking it to a meaningful phrase such as "Services are disrupted" to prevent persons from clicking through to an article about the world wide web. I didn't anticipate the subject to involve much discussion but I am interested in hearing what thoughts you are putting forward, and coming to a consensus if that is a possibility. SideJob ( talk) 05:02, 6 February 2008 (UTC) If you do agree with changing the presentation of this link, I would greatly appreciate your backing on the Wikipedia:Main_Page/Errors#Errors_in_In_the_news talk page.
Regarding the accent, that's 101 Google hits v. the official Library of Congress file. Durova Charge! 05:42, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I was not sure, but my DYK suggestion on this article has not been reviewed as yet. I was wondering if you could review it before it gets expired? Thanks, Mspraveen ( talk) 06:14, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello - can you explain something to me: I recently nominated Port of Mainz as a DYK. Then today I come back and find that it has been placed on the main page and all, but that I missed it. Looked a pretty short period to miss it (I am usually on way to much for a 24 h period to simply slip through like that, but ok.
But then I check the nomination archive (where you commented on this) and not only did someone simply change my hook (from a hook talking about staple rights to one talking about the Roman port), I also get:
Well, I see now that I forgot to bold the main entry - but why do you guys think there was another hook? I assume that someone else simply changed my hook and copied it in again??? Did it actually END up on the main page at all? I am quite confused Ingolfson ( talk) 07:25, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Image:Bubonic plague map 2.png has been fixed. Thanks for bringing that to our attention! Cheers, Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 05:00, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
Nice edits to EVP. Hopefully we can keep people from trying to force changes into the article. You see on the talk page some of the false interpretations of policy which could lead to that. I have nothing against sourced skeptical material, only to articles which sound like they are promoting or are derogatory to the subject. And of course, we can fill the thing out with whatever sources are relevant, with ATT. —— Martinphi ☎ Ψ Φ—— 02:19, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I saw that you’ve reviewed my submission of Chelembra Bank Robbery. Is there any other formality from my side in order to approve it to DYK? Is there any cleanup required in the main article? Please leave your comments here. Thanks. -- Avinesh Jose T 05:01, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
-- Maxim (talk) 21:15, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Could you tell me if Invicta (locomotive) is long enough to nominate please? Mjroots ( talk) 19:44, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Art, I am not sure that I can claim to have completely understood the terminology of the guideline on dashes, so as to give an accurate and explanatory definition. However, there are examples there, and I think it is these that help one understand the guideline the most. It would appear, as I see it, that the relationships referred to in the guideline more or less are:
As long as both are independent, and there is a relation like these (just look at the page's examples, and it will probably come to you if it is a similar case or not), an em en-dash is fine. Besides, it is often likely that a hyphen will simply look wrong in this usage; an en-dash shows disjunction well (key-word independent), while a hyphen is more connecting. I don't know if I can express myself better. I do know, however, that I am usually rather confident about the usage of en-dashes, unclear as the guideline might sometimes appear.
Waltham,
The Duke of
23:12, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Love the Bill Gates joke. I escaped and survived his empire and am thankfully still alive. ∞☼ Geaugagrrl (T)/ (C) 03:33, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
There is no escaping the Curse of the Duke, Mr LaPella. It was attentive enough on your part to change the hyphen to an en dash, but what you did not know is that it should also be spaced, as the first part of the compound had a space. Unfortunately, I was quite late and my suggestion was not implemented, but that is not why I am here. I just wanted to be all smug and taunting, and remind you that you shall never be free of my presence.
You are doomed.
PS: Don't you archive? Waltham, The Duke of 23:10, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Art LaPella. Thank you for catching my mistake! I've included the link to the actual article now. Thanks again, Kafka Liz ( talk) 02:40, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Would you be so kind as to take a closer look at this? [1] Thanks in advance. -- Poeticbent talk 04:08, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
This is great. Thanks Art. I fixed the two things you mentioned. Please take a look. Perhaps you can improve on it further. Yes, there were two separate renovations mentioned at the end of third paragraph just like you thought. That particular piece of information was based on article in Polish Wikipedia. Apparently, one renovation was conducted in the late 19th century and than there was the next "unfortunate" one. However, no dates were given and no references for me to confirm anything. For now I decided to edit it out. -- Poeticbent talk 06:50, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for correction of my English. Be patient, it's not over of this story yet. I will adding text in portions so I'm asking for checking them. Thanks again :) Radomil talk 23:48, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
"reviled" - I want ed to say that pilots of the 1st Fighter Reg. saw launchers and transfer coordinates to the 3rd Ground-Attack Reg. that attacked them. Radomil talk 19:27, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
To the list of "UK-English country" You can add Poland. Our educational system recognises only ESOL exams. As for discusion style AFAIK prefered is anserwing on other users page due to technicalk reasons. Your counterpart in discussion recive message from wikimedia that someone edited his talk page. Regards :) Radomil talk 18:11, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
"Chessboard" is traditional name of Polish Air Force national mark
[3]:
. As for proportion of sections... mayby someone would expand world war II section... who knows... it's Wiki :) I don't think that cutting informations for correction of proportion is good idea :)
Radomil
talk
21:34, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Oh, great! Thanks a lot for taking the time out of your day to let me know, and also thank you for that link! I'm sure it'll provide very useful in my future editing forays. Thanks again! gaillimh Conas tá tú? 01:30, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm confused. What is the proper way of introducing dates in the English language article? Do all exact dates get hotlinked in English Wikipedia? What if the year is mentioned, but without commas, neither before nor after? - I'm talking about this edit.-- Poeticbent talk 21:48, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Please take a look at my comment there. I have no problem accepting the links, but there’s the question of omitting all commas, which is a bit harder for me to swallow. -- Poeticbent talk 22:23, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Please read my reply there. My computer at home does not show what you suggest it should. The numbers remain "17 February 1945" with no commas, like it is written in the text. -- Poeticbent talk 23:11, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Would you like to take a look at this [4]? Thanks. -- Poeticbent talk 22:04, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the proofread. Much appreciated in both, the article and in the hook for DYK. The quote from Jordan was borowed from Polish Wikipedia so it might have originated in any language since Jordan was a polyglot. I think we should give it an English sound. -- Poeticbent talk 01:51, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
I see what he meant to do now...I suppose I jumped the gun on calling the edit disruptive. Pretty sure it's our same user though, IP resolves to Brazil.-- Xnuala ( talk)( Review) 02:53, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
May I ask you to take a closer look at these two before it's too late? [5] [6] Thanks in advance. -- Poeticbent talk 03:07, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Done
Art LaPella
05:14, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Would you be so kind as to take a look at this? [7] Thanks. -- Poeticbent talk 14:33, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for all this. And yes, you were right about the coordinates leading to Jagiellonian University instead. If you know how to get to the right place with ease, please go right ahead and change it. Thanks for linking the dates according to Manual of Style. Much appreciated. -- Poeticbent talk 02:05, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for all the trouble. I searched for Agricultural University at http://www.uk.map24.com/ and found its address there, however, the name of the university was not shown. There are two universities on Aleja Adama Mickiewicza (avenue) just nine doors from each other. I was born and raised in Kraków, but I never visited either of them. I suppose the coordinates would work for both if I could only find the coordinates on that map. Here are the two universities with their respective addresses.
-- Poeticbent talk 14:55, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Marvelous! Now, may I ask you to take an equally discerning look at another new article? [9] Thanks. -- Poeticbent talk 02:27, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
That was fast! Thanks a million! There’s an old Polish saying, “those who give quickly, give on the double”. Cheers. -- Poeticbent talk 04:11, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I think you have edited this article on St. Joseph's College, Hong Kong some time ago, thanks for your help. I've rewrited the article quite substantially, can you kindly give some comments especially on the language? Thanks a lot. sctonyling 16:05, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for proof-reading the Political Ideology in the U.S., I really appreciate it! Regards, Signature brendel 05:53, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
I responded to your remarks over on the DYK Template. This is my first time ever recommending an article--I assume that your comments referred to the suggestion being over the 200+ character limit, and the term "heroic wounding" being a suggested fact. I am still a little murky on what 'character hook' meant. If you could elaborate further, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks! MrPrada 03:55, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
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Would you be so kind as to take a look at this? [11] Thanks. -- Poeticbent talk 15:08, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks Art. You never fail to impress me. The article should read "Jordan's Garden" when referring to the original Jordan Park in Kraków, and "Jordan's Gardens" in plural for all spin-offs throughout Poland, combined. And of course, I thought about archery there, not arching. Thanks. -- Poeticbent talk 22:04, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
May I ask you to take a closer look at this [12]? Thanks. -- Poeticbent talk 15:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Done
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Hi is it better now? -- Vonones 05:33, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Please take a more discerning look at my copy. [13] And, thanks in advance. -- Poeticbent talk 16:05, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
I've been working on this thing for months, with the intention of upgrading its overall status. I suppose, it would take you a bit longer to perfect it. Nevertheless, this is a matter of greater importance to me, so please, get your hands dirty. -- Poeticbent talk 17:30, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
For proofreading Tower Mounted Amplifier -- Figarema | Talk 00:40, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
I replied to your reply at DYK suggestions, but I realize that the clutter on that page makes it unlikely folks will notice many new comments. So I posted it below, in a slightly altered form.
OK, sorry to direct the comment at you, but random comments at DYK aren't really helpful, especially to new users, a lot of new users don't even realize there is a hook length requirement (I know this is not a new user, but as much as we want everyone to read instructions, not everyone does, even established editors, this case being an example). I would say, that DYK hooks are like any material published to Wikipedia, if you don't want someone to edit it, don't publish it. IvoShandor 06:48, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you Art for correcting my Dyk nomination. I was reading your user page a bit and really liked it when you said, dishonesty in religion is called faith, and dishonesty in science is called political correctness-spot on. Anyway, don't fix those mistakes I've already done in this message :) Regards -- Tarif from Bangladesh 06:33, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Hello, sir. I sincerely appreciate your copyedit in the article Asahiyama Zoo! For I'm not proficient in English as you (I'm such a ignoramus Asian dude!), I'll have lots of mistakes specially the way to put articles such as "the". Perhaps you might find other grammatical mistakes and typos in the articles I've written, so I'll be happy if you keep checkin me out, though I'll also keep attention not to have mistakes.
BTW, Asahikawa, Hokkaidō have been labeled so that it's cleaned up using prose. Perplexed at meaning of using "prose", but I'll just try to expand it next. The article would be smashing one if you cooperate after I write some.
With kindest regards -- Daigaku2051 18:03, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Greetings, Art,
You helped me on my first posting (when I was Mycroft Watson) and have done so on subsequent questions.
I have asked for help (using "helpme") on "My Talk" regarding the following from the article Philo Vance:
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Judging by the time you've spent on Wikipedia, I'm going to assume that blanking the Philo Vance article was an accident... not to worry, I've put it back. Accounting4Taste 01:09, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Or perhaps not, the second time. Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Philo Vance, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Accounting4Taste 01:12, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Why have you blanked the Philo Vance page three times in the last ten minutes? You haven't given an edit summary to explain to anyone why you're doing this, and it sure looks like deliberate vandalism. I'd appreciate an explanation. Accounting4Taste 01:18, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
helpme
Please see my explanation in "Discussion" for the article "Philo Vance" as to what I have done. I strongly deny that my additions were "original research"--they were reasonable additions to text normally found in encyclopedias. (I learned about "original research" from my exercise with "Blood Done Sign My Name" earlier this year.)
Accounting4Taste's accusation of "deliberate vandalism" is insulting without any justification. (I recall seeing in Wikipedia's rules that courtesy should be shown between editors.) My understanding is that any Wikipedia editor can make revisions to any article within the bounds of Wikipedia's guidelines and restrictions. If not, no articles would ever be improved from their original text. (I haven't complained when revisions were made to my previous postings other than "Blood Done Sign My Name.")
Finally, I add that Accounting4Taste has said in "Discussion" that he doesn't possess copies of all the Philo Vance books; I do.
Thanks for your help.
Marshall H. Pinnix 05:00, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I have removed the helpme template because you have not posted any questions. Feel free to readd it if you have a question about using Wikipedia. Thank you. - Rjd0060 03:50, 5 October 2007 (UTC) I am looking for help!
Ask your question below. You can look at the Help Contents, ask at the Help desk, or search the FAQ. Note to helpers: once you have offered help, please remove this template.
As you suggest, I am putting the "helpme" template back because I do have questions, stated above and below.
Marshall H. Pinnix 03:58, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Anytime, but
Items that are unverifiable or original research are not welcome here. Instead, what you might want to do, you may want to search Google or The Internet Movie Database. These two may help. And you may want to organize the talk sections a little so, next time, when you need help, I (or other people) will be able to help you. I'm not done yet, so I'll keep the {{
helpme}} template on, for now. -Goodshoped35110sMy Talk!Contribs 03:23, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, -Goodshoped35110sMy Talk!Contribs
The Internet Movie Database. was not my doing. It was put there by Accounting4Taste in the original article (in the "Movies" section). I left it there out of respect to Accounting4Taste, the original author.
I don't understand what you suggest I go to Google for--there is nothing in my text that is unverifiable. When I quote or make reference to content of the adventures, I identify the particular novel from which directly taken. I can't vouch for the comments in the "Criticisms" section--except for the "Catalogue of Crime" one, which came directly from that book, page 520-- because the rest are those of the original author, Accounting4Taste.
Marshall H. Pinnix 03:47, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Ok. I'll send someone else to help you. Please put the {{ helpme}} template back on, as I will search for another person. -Goodshoped35110sMy Talk!Contribs I am looking for help!
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Doing what you say immediately above.
Marshall H. Pinnix 04:05, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Marshall_H._Pinnix" Category: Wikipedians looking for help
Back to you, Art,
I'll greatly appreciate your help.
Best regards,
Marshall H. Pinnix 05:00, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the note about the hook length at WP:DYK (6th October). I shortened it, but I was momentarily confused by the "310 character" bit. I thought you were asking me to reduce it to a limit of 310 characters. Could you possible put the "less than 200" bit in the initial link, as I had to scan the page to find what the limit was. I think the new one is 199, but that excludes wiki-mark-up (which isn't visible on the page for readers anyway). Thanks again. Carcharoth 10:04, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
There's no active arbitration case right now, so it can go on WP:RCU. --Akhilleus ( talk) 23:04, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi Art,
Thanks for your input on my DYK nomination. I answered your remark here:
Di you know:Articles created on October 18
Alberto Fernandez Fernandez 16:20, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
This is weird. No edit conflict? As I was writing it, I was thinking "This really is Art's thing" so maybe it's the result of some cosmic misalignment resulting from me taking on a grammar question. ;) Cheers, - Banyan Tree 03:58, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for all your work there. Rarely an error goes by without your comment or resolution. -- Step hen 09:29, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
I got a note from you that it appears I am engaged in an edit war, which I was not aware of. I have searched related changes and can't find even my own entries (although my entries show up on the page in question), much the less any entries that removed my edits. So, not knowing who changed my entries, I can't engage in Talk with the conflicting editor. What am I missing? Ordovico 19:15, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
I've updated it so it is definitely passed 1500. and the DYK has been subst for dedicated, which is what some sources do say instead of segregated. Simply south ( talk) 14:38, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
(hm....am i doing this right by answering you on your 'talk' page?) Thanks for fixing my comment about the Atom page. you asked what happens when i try to click on the Atom page's 'edit' tab, but the thing is, the 'edit this page' tab is suppressed when i go to that page, i don't see it as an option. anyhow, thanks for fixing the typo. Supineny ( talk) 04:52, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
Excellent job. You caught many errors that previous copy editors missed ;). Kmarinas86 ( talk) 06:30, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi Art LaPella. Please consider adding your admin username to the growing list at Classification of admins. Best! -- Jreferee t/ c 23:04, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Yes, it is that kind of facility where is no treatment. I was unable to find better translation anywhere, it is called "zachytka" or "protialkoholni zachytna stanice" which is hard to translate, but vocabulary showed me sobering-up station. When you are really drunken and you are for example injured or you fall asleep somewhere in the city completely drunken or there exists a danger you can be harmed by you drunken state you with the high probability end up in the sobering-up station. It is a special kind of medical facility that is able to handle with drunken people and suit them proper medical care if necessary. ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 12:43, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
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Hello Art LaPella. Thanks for your contributions to the article Samuel Cony. Regards, Masterpiece2000 ( talk) 02:57, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
...for fixing the error on the St Barnabas Church, Hove DYK hook. Hassocks5489 ( talk) 20:05, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello Art LaPella! How are you? Thank you for your contributions to the article Samuel Cony. Regards, Masterpiece2000 ( talk) 02:52, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
While I see a fair number of "thanks you" on your talk page, you deserve another pat on the back for all the hard work you put into DYK. You certainly help keep the gears running. Agne Cheese/ Wine 05:31, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
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Hi. Regarding your comment that my expansion of Sai Baba of Shirdi for DYK-nomination consisted of only "10%", I was wondering how you came to that figure. Did you use a specific tool? Thanks, Ekantik talk 02:22, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
I left a comment on the Template talk:Did you know page, which may not get noticed because it is so crowded. So here it is below:
You seem to hang out around the DYK noms quite a bit, so I thought I'd ask you this: Is what I've been doing (posting reviews of the noms) helpful? For some reason, I was under the impression that only admins could move the articles to the template, and I just found out that that is incorrect. Do you think there is any value in doing what I have been doing? Thingg ( talk) 22:14, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
I notice you're active ATM. Are you planning to post the next DYK update? It's running late already and we have something of a backlog right now. Gatoclass ( talk) 19:09, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
DYK is often late. Another adminstrator who is interested in DYK would help. Would you like to be that new administrator? Mrs.EasterBunny ( talk) 22:49, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi. could you please change the word "white" to the word "American"? This is in accordance with the current revisuion of the article. thanks.
Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Today%27s_featured_article/January_4%2C_2008" -- Steve, Sm8900 ( talk) 18:47, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Would you kindly review the DYK for Edward Kennon? I tried to reduce it in length, but it is hard to do so to get the unique point across. Thanks, Billy Hathorn ( talk) 20:37, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Does counting hooks just mean the spaces of something? Thanks for shortening this: I could not seem to reduce its length accordingly.
Billy Hathorn ( talk) 01:12, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for you comment. If I understand you, you do not distinguish between in-the-news article links and any other article. I, however, seek to simplify determining which link goes to the news article referenced by linking it to a meaningful phrase such as "Services are disrupted" to prevent persons from clicking through to an article about the world wide web. I didn't anticipate the subject to involve much discussion but I am interested in hearing what thoughts you are putting forward, and coming to a consensus if that is a possibility. SideJob ( talk) 05:02, 6 February 2008 (UTC) If you do agree with changing the presentation of this link, I would greatly appreciate your backing on the Wikipedia:Main_Page/Errors#Errors_in_In_the_news talk page.
Regarding the accent, that's 101 Google hits v. the official Library of Congress file. Durova Charge! 05:42, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I was not sure, but my DYK suggestion on this article has not been reviewed as yet. I was wondering if you could review it before it gets expired? Thanks, Mspraveen ( talk) 06:14, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello - can you explain something to me: I recently nominated Port of Mainz as a DYK. Then today I come back and find that it has been placed on the main page and all, but that I missed it. Looked a pretty short period to miss it (I am usually on way to much for a 24 h period to simply slip through like that, but ok.
But then I check the nomination archive (where you commented on this) and not only did someone simply change my hook (from a hook talking about staple rights to one talking about the Roman port), I also get:
Well, I see now that I forgot to bold the main entry - but why do you guys think there was another hook? I assume that someone else simply changed my hook and copied it in again??? Did it actually END up on the main page at all? I am quite confused Ingolfson ( talk) 07:25, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Image:Bubonic plague map 2.png has been fixed. Thanks for bringing that to our attention! Cheers, Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 05:00, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
Nice edits to EVP. Hopefully we can keep people from trying to force changes into the article. You see on the talk page some of the false interpretations of policy which could lead to that. I have nothing against sourced skeptical material, only to articles which sound like they are promoting or are derogatory to the subject. And of course, we can fill the thing out with whatever sources are relevant, with ATT. —— Martinphi ☎ Ψ Φ—— 02:19, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I saw that you’ve reviewed my submission of Chelembra Bank Robbery. Is there any other formality from my side in order to approve it to DYK? Is there any cleanup required in the main article? Please leave your comments here. Thanks. -- Avinesh Jose T 05:01, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
-- Maxim (talk) 21:15, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Could you tell me if Invicta (locomotive) is long enough to nominate please? Mjroots ( talk) 19:44, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Art, I am not sure that I can claim to have completely understood the terminology of the guideline on dashes, so as to give an accurate and explanatory definition. However, there are examples there, and I think it is these that help one understand the guideline the most. It would appear, as I see it, that the relationships referred to in the guideline more or less are:
As long as both are independent, and there is a relation like these (just look at the page's examples, and it will probably come to you if it is a similar case or not), an em en-dash is fine. Besides, it is often likely that a hyphen will simply look wrong in this usage; an en-dash shows disjunction well (key-word independent), while a hyphen is more connecting. I don't know if I can express myself better. I do know, however, that I am usually rather confident about the usage of en-dashes, unclear as the guideline might sometimes appear.
Waltham,
The Duke of
23:12, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Love the Bill Gates joke. I escaped and survived his empire and am thankfully still alive. ∞☼ Geaugagrrl (T)/ (C) 03:33, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
There is no escaping the Curse of the Duke, Mr LaPella. It was attentive enough on your part to change the hyphen to an en dash, but what you did not know is that it should also be spaced, as the first part of the compound had a space. Unfortunately, I was quite late and my suggestion was not implemented, but that is not why I am here. I just wanted to be all smug and taunting, and remind you that you shall never be free of my presence.
You are doomed.
PS: Don't you archive? Waltham, The Duke of 23:10, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Art LaPella. Thank you for catching my mistake! I've included the link to the actual article now. Thanks again, Kafka Liz ( talk) 02:40, 18 April 2008 (UTC)