I left a note for User:Gatoclass as well, but I am not sure if he saw it. User:Mbz1 requested that the DYK for Parc naturel régional d'Armorique, which is now in Queue 3, be run in an image slot, even if that means its run gets delayed a bit, since the image is very important to the article. Is there anything gthat can be done about that? Rlendog ( talk) 02:34, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Art, there's an image in Queue 4 that was taken from Flickr and that is a very low resolution. It should have been uploaded to Commons and not to English Wikipedia. I believe it will be better to replace this with the image for this hook:... that the top of the Chapel of Saint-Michel at Parc naturel régional d'Armorique is the highest point in Brittany? File:Mont Saint-Michel de Brasparts1.jpg. Thank you for your time.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 04:26, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Although not my first DYK article, Austrått is my first self nomination. Appreciated your constructive comments here. Thanks - Williamborg ( Bill) 01:42, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Noticed you have edited American Civil War articles before. Could you take a look at this article I wrote. I am working to improve it to G.A. status. Thanks.-- Doug Coldwell talk 23:52, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello. Thank you very much for your comment about the length of the first sentance (hook?). I have now changed it to something shorter. I am sorry for the many edits to achieve this. I am very new to Wiki and feel I keep making mistakes, then try to correct them! Hope it is OK now, regards, Wfm495 ( talk) 15:10, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Got approval for my first self-nominated DYK today. Appreciate your review pointing out the need to adjust the hook length. Thanks - Williamborg ( Bill) 05:01, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Art LaPella
My DYK hook is pending clearnce. You have reviewed it. I have made some changes as suggested. Will you please tell me what more changes are to be made to accept the article? Thanks-- Nvvchar ( talk) 10:29, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
It's probably best not to even bother responding to Ottava. I thought of saying the same thing (about how everyone at DYK exercises judgment, and yada yada) but I figured it's better off just to let it drop. Everyone knows that Ottava has it out for Dravecky for some reason or another, and therefore none of Ottava's fire-and-brimstone speeches about him will be taken seriously anyway, so I'd rather just not give him the satisfaction of a response. rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 00:21, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
Not to mention Ottava is the last person who has any right to complain about people " disrespecting DYK reviewers." Haha. rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 00:23, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
Your rewrite is very organized and more efficently detailed then current rules- thank you! Since I assume you're looking for feedback, one thing that could be added would be a collection of essays on DYK. Sorry for the belated response; I've been busy and didn't want to respond until I'd finished reading. I especially like the lore section. Res Mar 16:43, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
In queue 1, I don't think Battleship was also nominated for DYK. It's tricky because "Nassau" should be italicized but the rest shouldn't be. Can you find a way around it? We could just link "Nassau". Shubinator ( talk) 02:33, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Aha, I've got it! (Look at the source to see what I did)
Nassau-class battleships
Shubinator (
talk) 02:46, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Improved check it now. User:Yousaf465 ( talk)
Double "in" in Overland Trail hook. My bad; I think I assembled that one. From WP:ERRORS. Shubinator ( talk) 07:16, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
Ack, another error: extra (pictured) in the Charlie Chaplin hook. Shubinator ( talk) 05:16, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Seems I made a mistake in the hook. User talk:Jibco pointed out the mistake. Seems there was a loss in translation and the subject taught baseball to the wrong King of England. The reference stated that Tener taught baseball to the Prince of Wales. What it didn't say was who the prince of Wales was. In this case the PoW at the time was Edward VII of the United Kingdom rather than George V as I had stated when I proposed the DYK. George V's title at the time was Prince George of Wales which is apparently not the same thing. Is it possible to change the hook on the main page or delete it entirely given the mistake? TastyPoutine talk (if you dare) 07:21, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
Please don't use Science Apologist's talk page to have long and involved discussions with users that are not SA. This has caused problems in the past. Thanks. Hipocrite ( talk) 12:48, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
I realize you are not a Civil War buff, however we probably need a good proofreader for the article. In the GA review we recently received this comment from the person reviewing the article: The article could be improved by a copyedit, however, I don't make that a passing argument for GA.. IF you have time, could you look over the article for any possible copyediting. We are still working on it, however I believe we need an expert in that part. Thanks.-- Doug Coldwell talk 13:30, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
I am not sure what's a list. There is a quite a bit of interesting/useful material on the page, especially all the notable papers (with complete references). Igorpak ( talk) 21:53, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
Oh, I didn't know about the inserting thing; I guess I just have to look at it to see if it's a normal dash, endash, or emdash?
By the way, I found a method to quickly check disambiguation links in the queues. User:Splarka has already made a DAB finder. Like almost all other scripts, you can use this one too without installing or logging in; insert the line below into your URL on a specific page, hit enter, then click on the "Find disambiguations" link in your toolbox (it'll appear once you enter the URL).
javascript:importScript('User:Splarka/dabfinder.js'); findDABs();
Even though the individual queues are transcluded onto the master queue page, the DAB finder will still find all the links that need to be fixed. It also works on the nominations page; right now though it keeps finding one that I can't see. It's pretty handy. Shubinator ( talk) 03:51, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
A DAB in queue 5; second hook from the bottom, watchlist. I believe the intended one is the No Fly List. Shubinator ( talk) 03:48, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
I added a bit on links to dab pages in this page; does that look ok? I remember this issue coming up sometimes, and I couldn't remember if you have it mentioned somewhere else in your pages or not. If it is already mentioned somewhere else, feel free to revert this. rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 04:25, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
I've made the changes. Now the error message says "Article has not been created or expanded 5x within the past 10 days (n days) DYKcheck does not account for previous versions with splits or copyright violations." I don't want to give people too many ideas though...I've recently seen both merged articles and copyvios nominated (unintentionally). The tougher part to explain is that DYKcheck finds one edit where the prose was below 1/5x before the edit, and above after it, but there might be multiple of these edits if the article length has fluctuated. It happens maybe 1 in 100 noms that the script finds the "wrong" solution. One example on the nom page now is Happy99 – it has been expanded 5x since March 26, but there is only one revision under 1/5x; before that the article was larger. The tool reports that the article has not been expanded 5x since creation. Shubinator ( talk) 06:15, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
I left two hooks at the DYK page. Here is a link [2]. Thanks for checking the hook, my last one lasted near 4 or 5 days before getting checked so I'm grateful this one was earlier.-- Will C 03:08, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, regarding this q., I answered on DYK nom page. Cya, M.K. ( talk) 11:53, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing my ITN hyphen issue]. Curiosity brought me to your page, and just wanted to say that I liked the Devil's Dictionary, but even more, the avoid-PC attitude vs. truth, esp. "If we can't talk about racial differences honestly, we can't investigate what probably caused the current (2008) financial crisis for example, although the ACORN article hints at it."
Yep, the CRA and the push for everyone to own a home, regardless of whether they had the income, employment history, financial management skills (debt/income ratio and credit history) to afford one, was the First Cause of the crisis, from which all else grew/multiplied. But try saying that in the media... And as for the part about "civil disobedience" -- staying in the house you occupy regardless of the fact that you aren't paying for it -- I missed the part of the Declaration of Independence that declared the unalienable rights of "life, liberty, and owning your own home at either the lender's or taxpayers' expense". I wish ACORN could point out this phrase I'm missing.
I log in only sporadically and unpredictably -- came here to look something up, not intending to login, but saw the glaring (to me, anyway) error on ITN, so if you have the urge to reply, probably better on my talk page than yours, so that I'll see it eventually. Regards, Unimaginative Username ( talk) 05:06, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Here's a first: the article title points to a disambiguation page! I didn't realize dab pages counted for DYKs :P It's the third hook from the bottom, Tully. I think it should point to Tully (film). Shubinator ( talk) 05:22, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your copyedit. We used a fine sieve when we wrote it, but it never ceases to amaze me how errors still stay in. Your finer sieve was appreciated. qp10qp ( talk) 18:00, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Whoops, I'll have to watch more carefully where I'm putting them. Do you think a nbsp is appropriate for the aortic arches nom? Shubinator ( talk) 18:27, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Does DYK have an "article stability" rule like GAs and FAs against articles that are in an edit-war or dispute? I thought we had a similar rule, but I can't find it. Shubinator ( talk) 16:45, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your help in my self nomination. I really appreciate it.-- Amore Mio ( talk) 15:45, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I'm want to nominate this page for a DYK, and I'm not sure if I'm supposed to add it to May 1, when I started expanding it, or May 5, right now. Since you obviously know a lot about DYKs, I thought I'd ask you. I asked Aboutmovies first, but he's not online right now... Thanks, LITTLE MOUNTAIN 5 review! 01:03, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Maybe? They're certainly not sourced, for one thing. Anyway, the problem I have with it is that using a single full stop/period creates ambiguity and misrepresents the game's name, i.e. people may interpret it as "Super Mario Bros", which is incorrect. I don't think the Manual of Style differentiates either way on the issue, though. Haipa Doragon ( talk • contributions) 02:40, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
Sure thing. Thanks. GARDEN 08:19, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
Talk:Government of Nepal, which refers questions to you, discusses Outline of Nepal. So why isn't that discussion at Talk:Outline of Nepal, so its editors will see it? Government of Nepal is a new redirect to Politics of Nepal, so I would think anything on its talk page should be about the redirect. Art LaPella ( talk) 20:09, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for the updating work relating to the next update → prep area changes. :-) Jamie ☆ S93 02:06, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I have emailed you to ask whether you would agree to participate in a short survey on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies in articles pertaining to global warming and climate change (survey described here). If interested, please email me Encyclopaedia21 ( talk) 14:08, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the proof read on Lingam Alatari ( talk) 05:39, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
Is the diff given in A2 correct? It seems to be about something different than "older" noms (rather, it's about removing already-rejected ones)...I recall several discussions have happened about the issue of how old noms are not automatically removed, but this discussion was not one of them...did you mean to put this diff somewhere else and accidentally get it mixed in here? I didn't want to just remove it without checking. rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 20:55, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
-- Giants27 ( t| c| r| s) 21:22, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your note. That's my second stuff up with DYK hooks in 24 hrs. No, I had not intended to promote the original hook for Lauritz Sand. My intention had been to use:
The hooks have now been uploaded to a queue. I'm not across how to correct things at this point. Are you able to assist? regards.
hamiltonstone (
talk) 04:32, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi after so long time:) Can you please check my miserable English and the hook? Thank you. -- Aloysius ( talk) 18:45, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Um... I have heard things... and read them... or at least they sound a bit familiar... I saw him tear through Theleftorium's GAs in public last week... I believe that destroyed his RfA... ironically, I was again asked earlier this week why I'm not an admin... I find it interesting that Theleftorium was leading the WikiCup at the time... and that now I have just discovered that Ottava has drawn level on me with DYKs in the WikiCup... I suppose I should be grateful that my dressing down for contributing too much is not quite so public... I mean I don't want to assume bad faith so I'll say no more on that... I just find it a bit baffling... I don't even understand what I'm arguing for or against and when I try to explain in the most civil manner possible I am said to be taking it personally... is it all a test? Am I supposed to explode? I've never exploded before, not even when met with such difficult users. But anyway, ahem, hello - you do all the typos(!) :D, I'm babbling away (it's 04:30 am here) what exactly were you referring to? :D -- can dle • wicke 03:41, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
Sorry, I snuck an edit into Michael Jackson while {{ inuse}} was up; I didn't see it. Just added spaces around the dash in his death date. EVula // talk // ☯ // 01:19, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you have written material on and shown an interest in civility on wikipedia. I have created a poll page to gauge community feelings on how civility is managed in practice currently at Wikipedia:Civility/Poll, so input from as many people as possible is welcomed. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:05, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for working on the article. What's Floridaorida? Lovely this time of yearorida. Must have happened during a search and replace. Cheers.-- Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 05:51, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Also, the hook is almost verbatim from [4]. I couldn't find a good way to reword it, plus it was a reported quote. I hope that's okay.-- Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 05:56, 1 July 2009 (UTC
Also, I noticed you lower-cased the word red. Should I create [[red palm mite], move it over, and dump a redirect on Red palm mite?-- Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 06:02, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Sorry to keep bothering you: ...that the red palm mite is the biggest explosion... is flawed, right? A mite cannot be an explosion of mites. How about ...that the SPREAD of the red palm mite is the biggest explosion...? Better? Any suggestions?-- Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 06:08, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
You're thinking of the dreaded popcorn mite -- a big problem in movie theatres. Thank you kindly for taking the time. Good info and good advice.-- Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 06:44, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
I've reduced the characters in the hook. Thanks! Kathyrncelestewright ( talk) 01:58, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for teaching me the ways of the comma at 2006 Westchester County tornado. Eventually I will learn all those annoying little punctuation rules. Cheers! - RunningOnBrains( talk page) 19:09, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Text communication can be tough. Thanks for getting things back on track. :) Durova 279 03:12, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Art LaPella thank you for what you have done already. The problems that I have is that I can find the research papers, I can eventually read them and understand them, but i can not write what I understand. I can talk about it, and bore others to death doing so, but i have real problems trying to find the words i need to use when writing or typing. We have some paragraphs on the talk pages which have been withdrawn due to copyright issues which need to be copy-edited. And eventually there will be more text from other research papers which will need to be copy-edited. I suppose the real problem is the complexity of the topic and the need for multi-discipline understanding of all the issues involved. It is not that the content is new but it is new to me and most other dyslexics, and we need to build an editing team around the project to help explain all of the multi-discilpine aspects of the new content, and new articles. dolfrog ( talk) 03:23, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
But could you please tell me how can i separate a complex DYK hook with four articles [5] into each specific article after i nominated it because i changed my mind and ant to make four separate hooks. Thanks! Mario 1987 13:16, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
hey thanks for your help. I tell you when I need more help with this page.
I have little time for some of the niceties and intricacies of the MOS introduced by individual editors, particularly while it is still full-protected. Do what you think is right with regards to the TFA, I won't be offended. Regards, Woody ( talk) 15:18, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing that. I was thinking it might be more useful if larvae was to redirect to larva with a disambig link to a renamed larvae (Roman mythology). Would you agree? 212.20.228.226 ( talk) 14:16, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
The set that's about to go on the main page in about twenty minutes is missing (pictured) from the lead hook.-- Giants27 ( c| s) 18:49, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
Shouldn't it be retained at least as a redirect, since it's linked so much in old discussions? rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 19:15, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
In queue 2, " a treaty" goes to a dab page, which doesn't list the one described. Delink maybe?
There's another one in queue 3: pipeline. I think most readers know what a pipeline is, so maybe delink here too. Could also pipe to Pipeline transport no pun intended. Shubinator ( talk) 23:00, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
You wrote:
In case you missed it, (easy to do) this is the same argument raised at this location: Talk:Rorschach_test/images/2009-06_Arguments_Con#.237_-_Such_vandalism_defeats_the_purpose_of_an_encyclopedia. P.S. I also live near Seattle, WA. Danglingdiagnosis ( talk) 00:16, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Art, would you be kind enough to look over the comments for the DYK for Ken Major at T:TDYK#Articles created/expanded on August 5? I'd like this to either be approved or killed off once and for all. If the article is not going to be approved for DYK I will understand and not take offence. The reason I ask is that the next one of mine that appears will bring up the hundred (93 created/expanded and 7 nominated). I have another article that has been approved so will get the hundred one way or another. Mjroots ( talk) 18:49, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Art,
It's been more than two weeks since I've proposed "Multiple sources are generally preferred" to replace E3 at WT:DYK. What do you think about making it into a rule? Or should I ask again for more opinions? Shubinator ( talk) 01:15, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Any suggestion on how the hook and the article can be improved? Donnie Park ( talk) 10:06, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Your edit here broke the link to this article. Paul August ☎ 01:34, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
In our communication over the Society for Human Rights issue I think I've been polite and respectful. You at every turn have felt the need to be belittling and insulting. Do you really think that pissy comments about for example counting "fat" and "skinny" letters differently are of any use at all in resolving the issue? I have no idea why you feel the need to express such hostility over something ultimately so unimportant but I expect that should you reply again in that discussion that your conduct shows marked improvement. Otto4711 ( talk) 17:25, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
I'm reviewing Icos and I came across the following:
Should this have a hyphen, or a comma, after the Denmark? rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 06:16, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for the DYK help. Looking at the time stamp, looks like I made it with a whole 13 minutes to spare ... LOL. I didn't mean to cut it that close, but got held up with work today. ;). Appreciate your time. — Ched : ? 03:25, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi. You probably don't know me, but I've see you around the Wiki all the time. I just want to thank you for the little things that you do, whether it be proofreading TFAs and DYKs, typo fixing, or all sorts of little things that many (most) people don't bother about. Every improvement counts, even making articles conform to the oft-maligned WP:DASH, and here's one pedant to another saying thanks a lot! Cheers, Dabomb87 ( talk) 04:15, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
Not sure what's happening at Prep 1 - your edit summary mentioned a comma, but several hooks went missing, and a location I added went missing...? hamiltonstone ( talk) 04:12, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello Art, I hope that you are well this evening. Is there something that we need to be aware of in regards to the three hooks that you removed from the prep area here? Warmly, –Katerenka (talk • contribs) 04:33, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi - I noticed you have contributed recently to one or more of the decade articles ( 1990s, 1960s etc). I am proposing some major changes to these articles, as I have outlined in Talk:1990s/Archives/2012#Suggested_reform_of_decade_articles, and I would be interested in hearing your views in the first instance. Thanks. Kransky ( talk) 08:55, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
Today is Guru Nanak Jayanti in the Sikhism (one of the biggest Sikh festivals, Indian national holiday) , Shouldn't it be included in On this day...- Reference Reference-- Redtigerxyz Talk 06:54, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for pointing out the silly mistake from my side, I have reduced the character count of the hook :) trakesht ( talk) 10:12, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Art. I undid your last edit to the Prep 1 area because the edit summary said typo,; however, it reset 7 of the hooks and credits placed. Please feel free to correct any typos present or other issues you see and let me know f I misinterpreted anything. Thanks again. Kindly Calmer Waters 23:10, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Art, I see you made an earlier attempt to start some discussion on this topic at MS:CAPS but were ignored. Heeding the Wikipedia exhortation to "Be Bold", I tried editing Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(flora) and stirred up a hornet's nest. But a reasoned consensus for consistency seems to be emerging. Would you care to join in (or at least cast an eye over what's been said so far)? SiGarb | ( Talk) 12:05, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the fixes.
Unable to resist bacon's temptations, rogue editors have kicked off the Bacon Challenge 2010 before the New Year even starts! This is a fun and collegial event and all are welcome. There are many non-pork articles for editors who enjoy some sizzle, but object to or don't like messing with pig products. This year's event also includes a Bacon WikiCup 2010 for those who may want to keep score and enjoy engaging in friendly competition. Given the critical importance of this subject matter, I know you will want to participate, so remember to sign up today and get started A.S.A.P. ALL ARE WELCOME!!! The more the merrier. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 02:52, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
I noticed your recent change to
Wikipedia:Manual of Style at 05:18, 6 December 2009. Each of those five pages uses a hyphen in its title bar.
--
Wavelength (
talk) 01:11, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks much for help with spelling, hypens, etc. It is noted and appreciated. -- Kevlar ( talk • contribs) 00:51, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Check my nomination. I addressed an issue that you brought up. ConCompS (Talk to me) 02:38, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up there. I wrote the article just before I moved back home from college, so I just got around to expanding it. Feel free to tear it apart right when you get the chance. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 15:03, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Per request, I changed Singing Christmas tree to Singing Christmas Tree. Chris ( talk) 19:24, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
User:Bobsleighstar has five contributions and all are vandalism. This user has been warned twice about their vandalism. Chris ( talk) 19:41, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
I just wanted to point out that changes you made to the NW Airlines article did not follow MOSNUM, though I see you were using AWB for guidance. In a series of numbers where the first is in the 200s, it is appropriate (as was the case) for the remaining numbers to be numerical, even if less than 11.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 08:44, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
Well, it goes on, saying in full "Comparable quantities should be all spelled out or all figures: we may write either 5 cats and 32 dogs or five cats and thirty-two dogs, not five cats and 32 dogs." That clarifies what they mean. The situation at hand was one in which the quantities were about the same item, as I recall. I can't see what would be gray about that.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 08:58, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Just wanted to thank you and provide some feedback. My removal of comma after Oregon was entirely inadvertent; I know that geographical comma rule, but don't know many others. I do not hide that I am not a native speaker; I am keen to learn at any opportunity, and please do not hesitate to leave a message. I've noted while ago that when I'm assembling the sets, my copyediting part of the brain is dormant and it only wakes up when I read queues prepared by another editor.
As long as I'm here .. do I understand it right that the phrase ".. suggested that the President Bush learn English" is acceptable and more polite than ".. suggested that the President Bush learns English", but both are correct? Best regards. PS. If you reply, it is entirely up to you where, I'm watching pages where I posted. Materialscientist ( talk) 23:33, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi Art, I wish you much luck in 2010. I have written a new article after a long time so I am here again to ask you if you can correct my English. The article is about Josef Hora. Thank you a lot! -- Aloysius ( talk) 20:22, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I think you are using an old version of AWB. Please update to 4.9.0.3 by downloading the latest snashot from http://toolserver.org/%7Eawb/snapshots Version 4.9.0.1 has critical bugs. Thanks, Magioladitis ( talk) 15:21, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
How do you calculate a 5x expansion? I understand how to get the correct number of characters using DYK check. However, something goes wrong with my calculations after than. For example, at Template_talk:Did_you_know#Bramble_Bay, my calculations say it is not a 5x expansion, but I don't think I am calculating correctly. Regards, — mattisse ( Talk) 20:56, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your tweaks. Never seem to find them all myself. You may be interested in the next , which concerns Alt text. You learn something every day? Colin° Talk 22:15, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Art, did we get Colitis-X straightened out? (I think consensus settled on Alt1 or my further minor tweak, Alt1-1) Is there anything else that needs to happen, or did all the intervening stuff delay it too long for it to be part of DYK now? Montanabw (talk) 05:21, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
I'm sending a message to myself 75.172.104.114 ( talk) 00:33, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Art LaPella. Would you take a look at Template talk:Did you know#Martín Alonso Pinzón ( Alonso Pinzón permalink). I know they exist but I can't find the rules that say that {{ who}} and {{ citation needed}} tags disqualify an article from being a DYK. Thanks, Cunard ( talk) 07:24, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
I think I have inadvertently cancelled out one of your edits to this page while I was reverting someone else's changes. My apologies. Jlsa ( talk) 04:28, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Thanks again from earlier. It is always appreciated Calmer Waters 21:18, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
I left a note for User:Gatoclass as well, but I am not sure if he saw it. User:Mbz1 requested that the DYK for Parc naturel régional d'Armorique, which is now in Queue 3, be run in an image slot, even if that means its run gets delayed a bit, since the image is very important to the article. Is there anything gthat can be done about that? Rlendog ( talk) 02:34, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Art, there's an image in Queue 4 that was taken from Flickr and that is a very low resolution. It should have been uploaded to Commons and not to English Wikipedia. I believe it will be better to replace this with the image for this hook:... that the top of the Chapel of Saint-Michel at Parc naturel régional d'Armorique is the highest point in Brittany? File:Mont Saint-Michel de Brasparts1.jpg. Thank you for your time.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 04:26, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Although not my first DYK article, Austrått is my first self nomination. Appreciated your constructive comments here. Thanks - Williamborg ( Bill) 01:42, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Noticed you have edited American Civil War articles before. Could you take a look at this article I wrote. I am working to improve it to G.A. status. Thanks.-- Doug Coldwell talk 23:52, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello. Thank you very much for your comment about the length of the first sentance (hook?). I have now changed it to something shorter. I am sorry for the many edits to achieve this. I am very new to Wiki and feel I keep making mistakes, then try to correct them! Hope it is OK now, regards, Wfm495 ( talk) 15:10, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Got approval for my first self-nominated DYK today. Appreciate your review pointing out the need to adjust the hook length. Thanks - Williamborg ( Bill) 05:01, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Art LaPella
My DYK hook is pending clearnce. You have reviewed it. I have made some changes as suggested. Will you please tell me what more changes are to be made to accept the article? Thanks-- Nvvchar ( talk) 10:29, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
It's probably best not to even bother responding to Ottava. I thought of saying the same thing (about how everyone at DYK exercises judgment, and yada yada) but I figured it's better off just to let it drop. Everyone knows that Ottava has it out for Dravecky for some reason or another, and therefore none of Ottava's fire-and-brimstone speeches about him will be taken seriously anyway, so I'd rather just not give him the satisfaction of a response. rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 00:21, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
Not to mention Ottava is the last person who has any right to complain about people " disrespecting DYK reviewers." Haha. rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 00:23, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
Your rewrite is very organized and more efficently detailed then current rules- thank you! Since I assume you're looking for feedback, one thing that could be added would be a collection of essays on DYK. Sorry for the belated response; I've been busy and didn't want to respond until I'd finished reading. I especially like the lore section. Res Mar 16:43, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
In queue 1, I don't think Battleship was also nominated for DYK. It's tricky because "Nassau" should be italicized but the rest shouldn't be. Can you find a way around it? We could just link "Nassau". Shubinator ( talk) 02:33, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Aha, I've got it! (Look at the source to see what I did)
Nassau-class battleships
Shubinator (
talk) 02:46, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Improved check it now. User:Yousaf465 ( talk)
Double "in" in Overland Trail hook. My bad; I think I assembled that one. From WP:ERRORS. Shubinator ( talk) 07:16, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
Ack, another error: extra (pictured) in the Charlie Chaplin hook. Shubinator ( talk) 05:16, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Seems I made a mistake in the hook. User talk:Jibco pointed out the mistake. Seems there was a loss in translation and the subject taught baseball to the wrong King of England. The reference stated that Tener taught baseball to the Prince of Wales. What it didn't say was who the prince of Wales was. In this case the PoW at the time was Edward VII of the United Kingdom rather than George V as I had stated when I proposed the DYK. George V's title at the time was Prince George of Wales which is apparently not the same thing. Is it possible to change the hook on the main page or delete it entirely given the mistake? TastyPoutine talk (if you dare) 07:21, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
Please don't use Science Apologist's talk page to have long and involved discussions with users that are not SA. This has caused problems in the past. Thanks. Hipocrite ( talk) 12:48, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
I realize you are not a Civil War buff, however we probably need a good proofreader for the article. In the GA review we recently received this comment from the person reviewing the article: The article could be improved by a copyedit, however, I don't make that a passing argument for GA.. IF you have time, could you look over the article for any possible copyediting. We are still working on it, however I believe we need an expert in that part. Thanks.-- Doug Coldwell talk 13:30, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
I am not sure what's a list. There is a quite a bit of interesting/useful material on the page, especially all the notable papers (with complete references). Igorpak ( talk) 21:53, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
Oh, I didn't know about the inserting thing; I guess I just have to look at it to see if it's a normal dash, endash, or emdash?
By the way, I found a method to quickly check disambiguation links in the queues. User:Splarka has already made a DAB finder. Like almost all other scripts, you can use this one too without installing or logging in; insert the line below into your URL on a specific page, hit enter, then click on the "Find disambiguations" link in your toolbox (it'll appear once you enter the URL).
javascript:importScript('User:Splarka/dabfinder.js'); findDABs();
Even though the individual queues are transcluded onto the master queue page, the DAB finder will still find all the links that need to be fixed. It also works on the nominations page; right now though it keeps finding one that I can't see. It's pretty handy. Shubinator ( talk) 03:51, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
A DAB in queue 5; second hook from the bottom, watchlist. I believe the intended one is the No Fly List. Shubinator ( talk) 03:48, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
I added a bit on links to dab pages in this page; does that look ok? I remember this issue coming up sometimes, and I couldn't remember if you have it mentioned somewhere else in your pages or not. If it is already mentioned somewhere else, feel free to revert this. rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 04:25, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
I've made the changes. Now the error message says "Article has not been created or expanded 5x within the past 10 days (n days) DYKcheck does not account for previous versions with splits or copyright violations." I don't want to give people too many ideas though...I've recently seen both merged articles and copyvios nominated (unintentionally). The tougher part to explain is that DYKcheck finds one edit where the prose was below 1/5x before the edit, and above after it, but there might be multiple of these edits if the article length has fluctuated. It happens maybe 1 in 100 noms that the script finds the "wrong" solution. One example on the nom page now is Happy99 – it has been expanded 5x since March 26, but there is only one revision under 1/5x; before that the article was larger. The tool reports that the article has not been expanded 5x since creation. Shubinator ( talk) 06:15, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
I left two hooks at the DYK page. Here is a link [2]. Thanks for checking the hook, my last one lasted near 4 or 5 days before getting checked so I'm grateful this one was earlier.-- Will C 03:08, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, regarding this q., I answered on DYK nom page. Cya, M.K. ( talk) 11:53, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing my ITN hyphen issue]. Curiosity brought me to your page, and just wanted to say that I liked the Devil's Dictionary, but even more, the avoid-PC attitude vs. truth, esp. "If we can't talk about racial differences honestly, we can't investigate what probably caused the current (2008) financial crisis for example, although the ACORN article hints at it."
Yep, the CRA and the push for everyone to own a home, regardless of whether they had the income, employment history, financial management skills (debt/income ratio and credit history) to afford one, was the First Cause of the crisis, from which all else grew/multiplied. But try saying that in the media... And as for the part about "civil disobedience" -- staying in the house you occupy regardless of the fact that you aren't paying for it -- I missed the part of the Declaration of Independence that declared the unalienable rights of "life, liberty, and owning your own home at either the lender's or taxpayers' expense". I wish ACORN could point out this phrase I'm missing.
I log in only sporadically and unpredictably -- came here to look something up, not intending to login, but saw the glaring (to me, anyway) error on ITN, so if you have the urge to reply, probably better on my talk page than yours, so that I'll see it eventually. Regards, Unimaginative Username ( talk) 05:06, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Here's a first: the article title points to a disambiguation page! I didn't realize dab pages counted for DYKs :P It's the third hook from the bottom, Tully. I think it should point to Tully (film). Shubinator ( talk) 05:22, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your copyedit. We used a fine sieve when we wrote it, but it never ceases to amaze me how errors still stay in. Your finer sieve was appreciated. qp10qp ( talk) 18:00, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Whoops, I'll have to watch more carefully where I'm putting them. Do you think a nbsp is appropriate for the aortic arches nom? Shubinator ( talk) 18:27, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Does DYK have an "article stability" rule like GAs and FAs against articles that are in an edit-war or dispute? I thought we had a similar rule, but I can't find it. Shubinator ( talk) 16:45, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your help in my self nomination. I really appreciate it.-- Amore Mio ( talk) 15:45, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I'm want to nominate this page for a DYK, and I'm not sure if I'm supposed to add it to May 1, when I started expanding it, or May 5, right now. Since you obviously know a lot about DYKs, I thought I'd ask you. I asked Aboutmovies first, but he's not online right now... Thanks, LITTLE MOUNTAIN 5 review! 01:03, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Maybe? They're certainly not sourced, for one thing. Anyway, the problem I have with it is that using a single full stop/period creates ambiguity and misrepresents the game's name, i.e. people may interpret it as "Super Mario Bros", which is incorrect. I don't think the Manual of Style differentiates either way on the issue, though. Haipa Doragon ( talk • contributions) 02:40, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
Sure thing. Thanks. GARDEN 08:19, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
Talk:Government of Nepal, which refers questions to you, discusses Outline of Nepal. So why isn't that discussion at Talk:Outline of Nepal, so its editors will see it? Government of Nepal is a new redirect to Politics of Nepal, so I would think anything on its talk page should be about the redirect. Art LaPella ( talk) 20:09, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for the updating work relating to the next update → prep area changes. :-) Jamie ☆ S93 02:06, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I have emailed you to ask whether you would agree to participate in a short survey on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies in articles pertaining to global warming and climate change (survey described here). If interested, please email me Encyclopaedia21 ( talk) 14:08, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the proof read on Lingam Alatari ( talk) 05:39, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
Is the diff given in A2 correct? It seems to be about something different than "older" noms (rather, it's about removing already-rejected ones)...I recall several discussions have happened about the issue of how old noms are not automatically removed, but this discussion was not one of them...did you mean to put this diff somewhere else and accidentally get it mixed in here? I didn't want to just remove it without checking. rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 20:55, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
-- Giants27 ( t| c| r| s) 21:22, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your note. That's my second stuff up with DYK hooks in 24 hrs. No, I had not intended to promote the original hook for Lauritz Sand. My intention had been to use:
The hooks have now been uploaded to a queue. I'm not across how to correct things at this point. Are you able to assist? regards.
hamiltonstone (
talk) 04:32, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi after so long time:) Can you please check my miserable English and the hook? Thank you. -- Aloysius ( talk) 18:45, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Um... I have heard things... and read them... or at least they sound a bit familiar... I saw him tear through Theleftorium's GAs in public last week... I believe that destroyed his RfA... ironically, I was again asked earlier this week why I'm not an admin... I find it interesting that Theleftorium was leading the WikiCup at the time... and that now I have just discovered that Ottava has drawn level on me with DYKs in the WikiCup... I suppose I should be grateful that my dressing down for contributing too much is not quite so public... I mean I don't want to assume bad faith so I'll say no more on that... I just find it a bit baffling... I don't even understand what I'm arguing for or against and when I try to explain in the most civil manner possible I am said to be taking it personally... is it all a test? Am I supposed to explode? I've never exploded before, not even when met with such difficult users. But anyway, ahem, hello - you do all the typos(!) :D, I'm babbling away (it's 04:30 am here) what exactly were you referring to? :D -- can dle • wicke 03:41, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
Sorry, I snuck an edit into Michael Jackson while {{ inuse}} was up; I didn't see it. Just added spaces around the dash in his death date. EVula // talk // ☯ // 01:19, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you have written material on and shown an interest in civility on wikipedia. I have created a poll page to gauge community feelings on how civility is managed in practice currently at Wikipedia:Civility/Poll, so input from as many people as possible is welcomed. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:05, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for working on the article. What's Floridaorida? Lovely this time of yearorida. Must have happened during a search and replace. Cheers.-- Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 05:51, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Also, the hook is almost verbatim from [4]. I couldn't find a good way to reword it, plus it was a reported quote. I hope that's okay.-- Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 05:56, 1 July 2009 (UTC
Also, I noticed you lower-cased the word red. Should I create [[red palm mite], move it over, and dump a redirect on Red palm mite?-- Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 06:02, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Sorry to keep bothering you: ...that the red palm mite is the biggest explosion... is flawed, right? A mite cannot be an explosion of mites. How about ...that the SPREAD of the red palm mite is the biggest explosion...? Better? Any suggestions?-- Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 06:08, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
You're thinking of the dreaded popcorn mite -- a big problem in movie theatres. Thank you kindly for taking the time. Good info and good advice.-- Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 06:44, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
I've reduced the characters in the hook. Thanks! Kathyrncelestewright ( talk) 01:58, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for teaching me the ways of the comma at 2006 Westchester County tornado. Eventually I will learn all those annoying little punctuation rules. Cheers! - RunningOnBrains( talk page) 19:09, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Text communication can be tough. Thanks for getting things back on track. :) Durova 279 03:12, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Art LaPella thank you for what you have done already. The problems that I have is that I can find the research papers, I can eventually read them and understand them, but i can not write what I understand. I can talk about it, and bore others to death doing so, but i have real problems trying to find the words i need to use when writing or typing. We have some paragraphs on the talk pages which have been withdrawn due to copyright issues which need to be copy-edited. And eventually there will be more text from other research papers which will need to be copy-edited. I suppose the real problem is the complexity of the topic and the need for multi-discipline understanding of all the issues involved. It is not that the content is new but it is new to me and most other dyslexics, and we need to build an editing team around the project to help explain all of the multi-discilpine aspects of the new content, and new articles. dolfrog ( talk) 03:23, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
But could you please tell me how can i separate a complex DYK hook with four articles [5] into each specific article after i nominated it because i changed my mind and ant to make four separate hooks. Thanks! Mario 1987 13:16, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
hey thanks for your help. I tell you when I need more help with this page.
I have little time for some of the niceties and intricacies of the MOS introduced by individual editors, particularly while it is still full-protected. Do what you think is right with regards to the TFA, I won't be offended. Regards, Woody ( talk) 15:18, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing that. I was thinking it might be more useful if larvae was to redirect to larva with a disambig link to a renamed larvae (Roman mythology). Would you agree? 212.20.228.226 ( talk) 14:16, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
The set that's about to go on the main page in about twenty minutes is missing (pictured) from the lead hook.-- Giants27 ( c| s) 18:49, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
Shouldn't it be retained at least as a redirect, since it's linked so much in old discussions? rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 19:15, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
In queue 2, " a treaty" goes to a dab page, which doesn't list the one described. Delink maybe?
There's another one in queue 3: pipeline. I think most readers know what a pipeline is, so maybe delink here too. Could also pipe to Pipeline transport no pun intended. Shubinator ( talk) 23:00, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
You wrote:
In case you missed it, (easy to do) this is the same argument raised at this location: Talk:Rorschach_test/images/2009-06_Arguments_Con#.237_-_Such_vandalism_defeats_the_purpose_of_an_encyclopedia. P.S. I also live near Seattle, WA. Danglingdiagnosis ( talk) 00:16, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Art, would you be kind enough to look over the comments for the DYK for Ken Major at T:TDYK#Articles created/expanded on August 5? I'd like this to either be approved or killed off once and for all. If the article is not going to be approved for DYK I will understand and not take offence. The reason I ask is that the next one of mine that appears will bring up the hundred (93 created/expanded and 7 nominated). I have another article that has been approved so will get the hundred one way or another. Mjroots ( talk) 18:49, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Art,
It's been more than two weeks since I've proposed "Multiple sources are generally preferred" to replace E3 at WT:DYK. What do you think about making it into a rule? Or should I ask again for more opinions? Shubinator ( talk) 01:15, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Any suggestion on how the hook and the article can be improved? Donnie Park ( talk) 10:06, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Your edit here broke the link to this article. Paul August ☎ 01:34, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
In our communication over the Society for Human Rights issue I think I've been polite and respectful. You at every turn have felt the need to be belittling and insulting. Do you really think that pissy comments about for example counting "fat" and "skinny" letters differently are of any use at all in resolving the issue? I have no idea why you feel the need to express such hostility over something ultimately so unimportant but I expect that should you reply again in that discussion that your conduct shows marked improvement. Otto4711 ( talk) 17:25, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
I'm reviewing Icos and I came across the following:
Should this have a hyphen, or a comma, after the Denmark? rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 06:16, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for the DYK help. Looking at the time stamp, looks like I made it with a whole 13 minutes to spare ... LOL. I didn't mean to cut it that close, but got held up with work today. ;). Appreciate your time. — Ched : ? 03:25, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi. You probably don't know me, but I've see you around the Wiki all the time. I just want to thank you for the little things that you do, whether it be proofreading TFAs and DYKs, typo fixing, or all sorts of little things that many (most) people don't bother about. Every improvement counts, even making articles conform to the oft-maligned WP:DASH, and here's one pedant to another saying thanks a lot! Cheers, Dabomb87 ( talk) 04:15, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
Not sure what's happening at Prep 1 - your edit summary mentioned a comma, but several hooks went missing, and a location I added went missing...? hamiltonstone ( talk) 04:12, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello Art, I hope that you are well this evening. Is there something that we need to be aware of in regards to the three hooks that you removed from the prep area here? Warmly, –Katerenka (talk • contribs) 04:33, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi - I noticed you have contributed recently to one or more of the decade articles ( 1990s, 1960s etc). I am proposing some major changes to these articles, as I have outlined in Talk:1990s/Archives/2012#Suggested_reform_of_decade_articles, and I would be interested in hearing your views in the first instance. Thanks. Kransky ( talk) 08:55, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
Today is Guru Nanak Jayanti in the Sikhism (one of the biggest Sikh festivals, Indian national holiday) , Shouldn't it be included in On this day...- Reference Reference-- Redtigerxyz Talk 06:54, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for pointing out the silly mistake from my side, I have reduced the character count of the hook :) trakesht ( talk) 10:12, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Art. I undid your last edit to the Prep 1 area because the edit summary said typo,; however, it reset 7 of the hooks and credits placed. Please feel free to correct any typos present or other issues you see and let me know f I misinterpreted anything. Thanks again. Kindly Calmer Waters 23:10, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Art, I see you made an earlier attempt to start some discussion on this topic at MS:CAPS but were ignored. Heeding the Wikipedia exhortation to "Be Bold", I tried editing Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(flora) and stirred up a hornet's nest. But a reasoned consensus for consistency seems to be emerging. Would you care to join in (or at least cast an eye over what's been said so far)? SiGarb | ( Talk) 12:05, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the fixes.
Unable to resist bacon's temptations, rogue editors have kicked off the Bacon Challenge 2010 before the New Year even starts! This is a fun and collegial event and all are welcome. There are many non-pork articles for editors who enjoy some sizzle, but object to or don't like messing with pig products. This year's event also includes a Bacon WikiCup 2010 for those who may want to keep score and enjoy engaging in friendly competition. Given the critical importance of this subject matter, I know you will want to participate, so remember to sign up today and get started A.S.A.P. ALL ARE WELCOME!!! The more the merrier. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 02:52, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
I noticed your recent change to
Wikipedia:Manual of Style at 05:18, 6 December 2009. Each of those five pages uses a hyphen in its title bar.
--
Wavelength (
talk) 01:11, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks much for help with spelling, hypens, etc. It is noted and appreciated. -- Kevlar ( talk • contribs) 00:51, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Check my nomination. I addressed an issue that you brought up. ConCompS (Talk to me) 02:38, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up there. I wrote the article just before I moved back home from college, so I just got around to expanding it. Feel free to tear it apart right when you get the chance. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 15:03, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Per request, I changed Singing Christmas tree to Singing Christmas Tree. Chris ( talk) 19:24, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
User:Bobsleighstar has five contributions and all are vandalism. This user has been warned twice about their vandalism. Chris ( talk) 19:41, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
I just wanted to point out that changes you made to the NW Airlines article did not follow MOSNUM, though I see you were using AWB for guidance. In a series of numbers where the first is in the 200s, it is appropriate (as was the case) for the remaining numbers to be numerical, even if less than 11.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 08:44, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
Well, it goes on, saying in full "Comparable quantities should be all spelled out or all figures: we may write either 5 cats and 32 dogs or five cats and thirty-two dogs, not five cats and 32 dogs." That clarifies what they mean. The situation at hand was one in which the quantities were about the same item, as I recall. I can't see what would be gray about that.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 08:58, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Just wanted to thank you and provide some feedback. My removal of comma after Oregon was entirely inadvertent; I know that geographical comma rule, but don't know many others. I do not hide that I am not a native speaker; I am keen to learn at any opportunity, and please do not hesitate to leave a message. I've noted while ago that when I'm assembling the sets, my copyediting part of the brain is dormant and it only wakes up when I read queues prepared by another editor.
As long as I'm here .. do I understand it right that the phrase ".. suggested that the President Bush learn English" is acceptable and more polite than ".. suggested that the President Bush learns English", but both are correct? Best regards. PS. If you reply, it is entirely up to you where, I'm watching pages where I posted. Materialscientist ( talk) 23:33, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi Art, I wish you much luck in 2010. I have written a new article after a long time so I am here again to ask you if you can correct my English. The article is about Josef Hora. Thank you a lot! -- Aloysius ( talk) 20:22, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I think you are using an old version of AWB. Please update to 4.9.0.3 by downloading the latest snashot from http://toolserver.org/%7Eawb/snapshots Version 4.9.0.1 has critical bugs. Thanks, Magioladitis ( talk) 15:21, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
How do you calculate a 5x expansion? I understand how to get the correct number of characters using DYK check. However, something goes wrong with my calculations after than. For example, at Template_talk:Did_you_know#Bramble_Bay, my calculations say it is not a 5x expansion, but I don't think I am calculating correctly. Regards, — mattisse ( Talk) 20:56, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your tweaks. Never seem to find them all myself. You may be interested in the next , which concerns Alt text. You learn something every day? Colin° Talk 22:15, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Art, did we get Colitis-X straightened out? (I think consensus settled on Alt1 or my further minor tweak, Alt1-1) Is there anything else that needs to happen, or did all the intervening stuff delay it too long for it to be part of DYK now? Montanabw (talk) 05:21, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
I'm sending a message to myself 75.172.104.114 ( talk) 00:33, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Art LaPella. Would you take a look at Template talk:Did you know#Martín Alonso Pinzón ( Alonso Pinzón permalink). I know they exist but I can't find the rules that say that {{ who}} and {{ citation needed}} tags disqualify an article from being a DYK. Thanks, Cunard ( talk) 07:24, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
I think I have inadvertently cancelled out one of your edits to this page while I was reverting someone else's changes. My apologies. Jlsa ( talk) 04:28, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Thanks again from earlier. It is always appreciated Calmer Waters 21:18, 1 February 2010 (UTC)