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I only had a brief skim through this, but unless there are some criteria for inclusion that I missed, it looks like you have a couple missing: Carl Chun's German Deep Sea Expedition 1898-99 and John Lachlan Cope's (of the Ross Sea party) 1920 fiasco: the "British Imperial Antarctic Expedition". Yomangani talk 01:37, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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Nothing more needs to be written beyond this link: [1] — Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 19:05, 11 December 2008 (UTC) |
Brian, I'm very sorry about the events at TFA/R and I regret that were so put off that you withdrew a worthy and legitimate request after following the instructions correctly. I've left several responses at WT:TFAR, and I hope you'll come over and help us sort the issues that led to the situation. In the past, most of the page input has been from people who had a vested interest in promoting a certain set of rules that favored their own request, so achieving consensus to work within the broader and longer-term constraints, with editors fighting for a slot for more than 1,000 FAs and gaming any rules we put in place, has been a problem. Karanacs and I try to weigh in often, as we have no vested interest in promoting our own articles at TFA, but there are very few long-term contributors to the page to help design a stable system. We can't fix it unless editors like you understand the long-term issues and weigh in consistently to help make the page work optimally. I would like to re-add Nimrod eventually, because it is not a given that Raul knows about the date or knows the request was on the page; there are many requests to sort through, and I'm really unaware of how much he knows. Again, I'm sorry for how that evolved, and I hope you'll consider adding the page to your watchlist to help us make it function better. Even if you decide not to return to the page, I hope you'll feel encouraged to share ideas for improvement with me (I'll follow your page). Best regards, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 08:44, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
I centered the gallery and fixed a link in it. Every FL I have been a main editor on has galleries, so feel free to refer to them if anyone gives you trouble. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 15:18, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
No, published anywhere in the world before 1923 is PD according to US law (it was published in 1905 in the US anyway by F.A. Stokes & Co) If there are copyright notices for the images you will have to to comply with the life+70 year rule though. I see the image situation is getting worse. The gallery looks poor, in my opinion the half empty list is better, but I think you can fill most of the list with PD images. Unfortunately I'm not going to have much time to investigate, but from what I remember, good starting places are:
Hey, I was wondering if you had any further comments about the article. If you don't want to support it yet, that's fine. I'm just trying to keep the FAC alive. Thanks for the comments you've made already. ♬♩ Hurricanehink ( talk) 02:14, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
<font=3> Thanks for your support and helpful comments – Sonestown Covered Bridge made featured article today! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:40, 14 December 2008 (UTC) |
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Thanks, there are 174 covered bridges in Pennsylvania that are still listed on the National Register of Historic Places (assuming I can count right, plus another 9 that were once listed and are now removed - see List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania). I am working to get FAs on the seven bridges listed together on the NRHP as Covered Bridges of Bradford, Sullivan and Lycoming Counties. I have enough well-sourced information for FAs on 6 of the 7, so my next at FAC will be Buttonwood Covered Bridge and Knapp's Covered Bridge, but I am not sure if I can get Lairdsville Covered Bridge to better than GA status (just not that much information). Once I get them all to FA or GA and work on the list for FL, I will try for a FT.
Between the NRHP forms and the two books on the Pennsylvania bridges, there is enough information to get all of them on the NRHP to GA, although most are sadly red links now. The bridges themselves are also slowly disappearing - Gudgeonville Covered Bridge burned recently, not sure if it will be rebuilt, and even if it is, if it will remain listed on the NRHP. User:Ram-Man has done a nice job with the List of covered bridges in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (not all on the NRHP) and User:Dtbohrer is working on the covered bridges in the northwest part of the state.
I like alternating articles though, so User:Dincher and I are working on Pennsylvania state parks (120 of those, with Cherry Springs State Park next for a run at FAC (and at least 20 parks could be FAs). My true love here is working on creek articles (which is how I got writing about bridges in the first place) but they take a lot of work. So I have lots of topics to write about still! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 19:44, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello Brian, I mentioned your name here and am curious what you think. Yours truly, Opus33 ( talk) 20:23, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello BB. I have posted a note on your FAC. I suspect the "ton" measurement of both this vessel and Nimrod were actually tonnage measurments, i.e., volumes rather than displacements. (Were they warships the opposite likely would be true.) If you are unable to determine that exactly, you may want to avoid using "weight" or "displacement" or their variants. If a source says that a ship "measures" x tons, that would not indicate displacment. Regards, Kablammo ( talk) 22:15, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi Brian, I have created Toa Payoh Ritual Murders and have put it up for review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Toa Payoh Ritual Murders/archive1. The article tells of the child murders committed by a man and two women in Singapore. It was pretty sensational for the revelations on their lifestyle and the acts. I am planning to bring the article up for FAC; it is pretty much comprehensive and in good detail. If you have the time, could you help me brush up the language and offer opinions on where it is deficient? Thank you very much! Jappalang ( talk) 02:12, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
My understanding of the GNU Free Documentation license is that you have express permission to use it on Wikipedia, or the image has been published from a reliable source with a GNU license that you can link to. So, below the image it says GNU Free Documentation license on coolantartica.com. How reliable a source is that? Do you trust the information there enough to cite it at an FAC? Do you think Ealdgyth would be skeptical? If you're unsure of the reliability of the image, and it was taken in 1905, I think {{ PD-EU}} would suffice if you agree that that is accurate. -- Moni3 ( talk) 14:12, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
this source is being qutesioned. It was being used in two places in the article. I have swapped out one ref. The other seems to cite a fact no longer present in the current version of the source. How important do you think the remaining fact is?-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 20:22, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey Brian, regarding this, my first FAC has gained support (and is co-nommed with someone else), and my second was already nominated earlier. There was no consensus so I just renominated it—I think that enough reviewers have come across it to consider it sufficiently reviewed. For the third and fourth, they are split between User:Theleftorium and myself, so for simplicity's sake, I look at it as if one FAC is submitted by each of us in total. I hope that explains it a bit more. Gary King ( talk) 20:00, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
I made a map with Online Map Creation (OMC), added the supposed coastline in red and the points you asked for, and labeled it too. I also took the liberty of including South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and labeling them (since they are in the article too). I also labeled Tierra del Fuego as South America. I added the map to the New South Greenland article. If you prefer I can crop the map to remove the things I added at the top and make the map a little narrower too. Please let me know any changes you want made, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:28, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
P.S. I somehow did not reply to you previous post - congratulations on two featured stars in one day! Keep up the good work and enjoy the south of France, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:58, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the continued support for Edgar Speyer in the recent FA Candidacy. I was disappointed that the admins decided to close it down rather than wait for the issues to be resolved, but it seems that a limit of two weeks on the list is being imposed. I doubt anything more on his childhood is going to be found, although I might try polishing up my very rusty German and searching on German language sites to see if there's anything there. I'll have another go in the new year because I'm going to be working to finish another new London Underground article over Christmas (got two weeks off, so lots of time for research and writing).
Oh, and very well done for getting to your eighteenth featured article in one year.-- DavidCane ( talk) 19:37, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
Brian, is there any chance you would be able to find time for a copyedit? I have Wonder Stories at FAC, and it's down at the end of the page and has just attracted an oppose from Tony for prose. I've fixed Tony's specific points but would very much appreciate any time you can spare. If you're too busy, no worries. Either way, let me know if I can reciprocate with a peer review at some point -- I really enjoyed reviewing Rhinemaidens a little while ago. Thanks -- Mike Christie (talk) 11:51, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the careful attention to detail. Watch for upcoming politics FAC for Byron Brown, Jennifer Brunner and Jesse Jackson, Jr..
Will do; I was hoping you'd suggest that one -- I already glanced at it and it looks very interesting. I should be able to get to it today. Thanks again for the very helpful copyedit, and of course for the support. Mike Christie (talk) 19:10, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
<font=3> Happy Christmas and all the best for the New Year! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 12:04, 25 December 2008 (UTC) |
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Thanks for the New Year's wishes - may all your articles be promoted as well! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:58, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
Just letting you know I have another politics review going on at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Jack Kemp.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 07:13, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
Thankyou for participating in the FAC for Action of 13 January 1797. The article has now passed and your assistance in the process was much appreciated. Regards-- Jackyd101 ( talk) 11:43, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey there, would you mind reviewing this article? Thanks, ₪ Ceran →( cheer→ chime → carol) 17:00, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello Brian,
I believe I have addressed all of your valuable comments in the FAC review of this article. I'd apprecite if you could take a look and let me know. Thanks Perseus71 ( talk) 17:43, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi Brian, I've read your user page and you seem like a very experienced and kindly person. I wonder if you would care to do the GA review on this article please... Johnfos ( talk) 06:28, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey Brian, listen, I want to ask a favor. If you have time, do you think you can comment on Kirsten Dunst's PR, since I'm trying to get the article to FA status and I want to know what needs to be done first. If you have time, I would appreciate your comments a lot. :) -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 22:53, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Don't worry, I'm actually ... (gasp) editing again. More bishops to come! Ealdgyth - Talk 00:03, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
Happy new year to you as well. I'm back to Wikipedia - check out Polaris expedition, it's an interesting story. I've got a library book on order and intend to get it to at least GA status. I did take note of your suggestion on the Cherry-Garrard bio, I will eventually get to it... Zatoichi26 ( talk) 02:12, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
I had to make many errors before OMC worked for me. Let's see if I can recall most of them and apologies for pointing the things you already know. First off there are check boxes that need to be checked for displaying dots and connecting them with lines. Second, the order of the coordinates on Wikipedia (latitude, longitude) is the reverse of the order on OMC. Third, the coordinates need to use decimal degrees and minutes (so 12 degrees 47 minutes is 12.78333333). Fourth, I use print screen to capture the map and paste it into MS Paint or Paint.NET. Fifth, I still clean up the dots by pasting in a consistent dot in each place. The coordinates I used for File:Mozart family Grand Tour Map.png are given there if you want to try a test run. Hope this helps, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:53, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi Brian, thank you very much for the support. I have followed your "word replacement" suggestions and added the US$. I still have a query over the Catholic conversion part. Could you clarify what is "more specifically cited"? Is it an inline citation, or an expansion of the details of his conversion? Jappalang ( talk) 23:04, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
You left comments on the above article's second peer review. I want to say thanks for taking the time out to do that. I recently took the article to FAC and it passed. I'm sure those comments helped get it there, so thanks so much.-- Will C 05:08, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Yes that would be just great, thanks for help! Mohsin ( talk) 20:20, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Brian. I've set up an interview for the Signpost at Wikipedia:FCDW/WBFAN2008; I hope you'll participate if you have time. If possible, I'd like to aim for January 17. If there is a question that doesn't apply to you, feel free to skip it, or to suggest other questions. I'll probably edit it down a bit when all is in, and if you add some suggested (free) images on the talk page there, I'll work them in at the end. Thanks !! SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 01:12, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Brian, when you get a chance (no hurry, I know you're on the main page), can you add some (free) image suggestions for the article at Wikipedia talk:FCDW/WBFAN2008? We only need three to four; I'll add a selection to the article after I see the choices from the four of you. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 03:58, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
I tried editing the map you uploaded and had the same problem. I think the problem is from scanning it - although it looks like it is all white, there are subtle shades as it gets closer to the black lines.
The good news is this is not a problem with the map from Print Screen (directly from the OMC page). So if you have a file from OMC directly, Paint will fill right to the coastlines.
I also would make two versions of the map - one with the labels in (so you know which dot is which) and one without the labels. I then add the bold labels by hand. I use 9 point Tahoma and the text function in Paint. I write the words over a white background on the scratch map file (not over the map itself) and then paste them in. There are two options for copying and pasting and the lower one does not copy the background color, so if that is white and the label is black on a white background, you can just paste the balck words of the label.
I drew the arrows in by hand (does anal retentive have a hyphen)? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 05:29, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
I saw your comment at WP:FCDW/WBFAN2008, and I just wanted to let you know that a "sock" is a sockpuppet, which is a secret account of another user. Just FYI. Cheers,– Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 18:53, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Congrats on yet another TFA! (Really glad it made it!)-- Myosotis Scorpioides 21:44, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Per my source he joined the "'Inns of Court' cadet corps" which I assume refers to the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps. Not sure how he got in because from what I gather you had to be a university graduate to be admitted and he wasn't unless the Dudley School of Arts and Crafts counts. Otto4711 ( talk) 00:58, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Just to make sure, after you do control and print screen, you do then try to paste it into Paint (by pressing control and V simultaneously), right? I do not use Firefox Mozilla, so I am not sure if that is an issue. You could try asking at the Village Pump Technical.
I have an offer. I can either make the Mozart travel map for you and try to write each step as I do it, or I can make the initial OMC maps and send them to you or upload them here for you to use. I have to finish a map of Millennium Park first, then could work on the Mozart map. Just let me know, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 22:26, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
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The Reviewers Award | ||
Given to Brian Boulton for all of your help with Peer review, especially reviewing items from the backlog. Given with respect and admiration, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:33, 14 January 2009 (UTC) |
Hey Brian, sorry to bother you again, but I was wondering is Kirsten Dunst's article is ready to go. I asked User:Cliff smith do a copy-edit and now I'm wondering if anything else needs a fixin', before the nomination. I would appreciate your comments, you know that. :) -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 22:26, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi Brian, I don't know if you've seen this conversation, but Ruhrfisch is getting burnt out from doing Peer reviews and is taking a break. I have volunteered to keep updating Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog/items for the next week or so, but I'm looking for people who would be interested in helping maintain this list in the longer term. I'm asking both you and User:Finetooth since you've both been active in reviewing articles from this list recently. I figure if a few people are willing to update it, then each person would only have to do it a few times a week. Interested? Dr pda ( talk) 07:47, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Brian, I am taking a look right now, although I might not finish it over the weekend (family matters). On the first glance, I have to say:
Cheers! Jappalang ( talk) 00:26, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
An interesting article, Brian. I have finished my review and left a few more comments on the review page.-- DavidCane ( talk) 02:01, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
I am sad to say that I had to decline your DYK nom as your submission was past the 5 day deadline (by only 10 hours). However, if you request a WP:IAR in this case I would support you. You would have to ask though at Wikipedia talk:Did you know. Nrswanson ( talk) 22:40, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
I'm sorry if my support comment on the Jack Kemp FAC was taken the wrong way. I wasn't trying to put down any articles, merely trying to state my support in the strongest way possible. I firmly believe it's one of the best Wikipedia biography articles I've read, and if I went overboard in stating that, I apologize. JKBrooks85 ( talk) 11:23, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi Brian. I find your comments very helpful especially that I'm not an English-native speaker. Kind of straightforward but nor hurting. Thanks. BTW, I have an FLC, Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (United States), maybe your not busy and would like to comment on; your input would be great. Thanks again. -- Efe ( talk) 12:59, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
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I only had a brief skim through this, but unless there are some criteria for inclusion that I missed, it looks like you have a couple missing: Carl Chun's German Deep Sea Expedition 1898-99 and John Lachlan Cope's (of the Ross Sea party) 1920 fiasco: the "British Imperial Antarctic Expedition". Yomangani talk 01:37, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | ||
Nothing more needs to be written beyond this link: [1] — Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 19:05, 11 December 2008 (UTC) |
Brian, I'm very sorry about the events at TFA/R and I regret that were so put off that you withdrew a worthy and legitimate request after following the instructions correctly. I've left several responses at WT:TFAR, and I hope you'll come over and help us sort the issues that led to the situation. In the past, most of the page input has been from people who had a vested interest in promoting a certain set of rules that favored their own request, so achieving consensus to work within the broader and longer-term constraints, with editors fighting for a slot for more than 1,000 FAs and gaming any rules we put in place, has been a problem. Karanacs and I try to weigh in often, as we have no vested interest in promoting our own articles at TFA, but there are very few long-term contributors to the page to help design a stable system. We can't fix it unless editors like you understand the long-term issues and weigh in consistently to help make the page work optimally. I would like to re-add Nimrod eventually, because it is not a given that Raul knows about the date or knows the request was on the page; there are many requests to sort through, and I'm really unaware of how much he knows. Again, I'm sorry for how that evolved, and I hope you'll consider adding the page to your watchlist to help us make it function better. Even if you decide not to return to the page, I hope you'll feel encouraged to share ideas for improvement with me (I'll follow your page). Best regards, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 08:44, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
I centered the gallery and fixed a link in it. Every FL I have been a main editor on has galleries, so feel free to refer to them if anyone gives you trouble. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 15:18, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
No, published anywhere in the world before 1923 is PD according to US law (it was published in 1905 in the US anyway by F.A. Stokes & Co) If there are copyright notices for the images you will have to to comply with the life+70 year rule though. I see the image situation is getting worse. The gallery looks poor, in my opinion the half empty list is better, but I think you can fill most of the list with PD images. Unfortunately I'm not going to have much time to investigate, but from what I remember, good starting places are:
Hey, I was wondering if you had any further comments about the article. If you don't want to support it yet, that's fine. I'm just trying to keep the FAC alive. Thanks for the comments you've made already. ♬♩ Hurricanehink ( talk) 02:14, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
<font=3> Thanks for your support and helpful comments – Sonestown Covered Bridge made featured article today! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:40, 14 December 2008 (UTC) |
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Thanks, there are 174 covered bridges in Pennsylvania that are still listed on the National Register of Historic Places (assuming I can count right, plus another 9 that were once listed and are now removed - see List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania). I am working to get FAs on the seven bridges listed together on the NRHP as Covered Bridges of Bradford, Sullivan and Lycoming Counties. I have enough well-sourced information for FAs on 6 of the 7, so my next at FAC will be Buttonwood Covered Bridge and Knapp's Covered Bridge, but I am not sure if I can get Lairdsville Covered Bridge to better than GA status (just not that much information). Once I get them all to FA or GA and work on the list for FL, I will try for a FT.
Between the NRHP forms and the two books on the Pennsylvania bridges, there is enough information to get all of them on the NRHP to GA, although most are sadly red links now. The bridges themselves are also slowly disappearing - Gudgeonville Covered Bridge burned recently, not sure if it will be rebuilt, and even if it is, if it will remain listed on the NRHP. User:Ram-Man has done a nice job with the List of covered bridges in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (not all on the NRHP) and User:Dtbohrer is working on the covered bridges in the northwest part of the state.
I like alternating articles though, so User:Dincher and I are working on Pennsylvania state parks (120 of those, with Cherry Springs State Park next for a run at FAC (and at least 20 parks could be FAs). My true love here is working on creek articles (which is how I got writing about bridges in the first place) but they take a lot of work. So I have lots of topics to write about still! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 19:44, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello Brian, I mentioned your name here and am curious what you think. Yours truly, Opus33 ( talk) 20:23, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello BB. I have posted a note on your FAC. I suspect the "ton" measurement of both this vessel and Nimrod were actually tonnage measurments, i.e., volumes rather than displacements. (Were they warships the opposite likely would be true.) If you are unable to determine that exactly, you may want to avoid using "weight" or "displacement" or their variants. If a source says that a ship "measures" x tons, that would not indicate displacment. Regards, Kablammo ( talk) 22:15, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi Brian, I have created Toa Payoh Ritual Murders and have put it up for review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Toa Payoh Ritual Murders/archive1. The article tells of the child murders committed by a man and two women in Singapore. It was pretty sensational for the revelations on their lifestyle and the acts. I am planning to bring the article up for FAC; it is pretty much comprehensive and in good detail. If you have the time, could you help me brush up the language and offer opinions on where it is deficient? Thank you very much! Jappalang ( talk) 02:12, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
My understanding of the GNU Free Documentation license is that you have express permission to use it on Wikipedia, or the image has been published from a reliable source with a GNU license that you can link to. So, below the image it says GNU Free Documentation license on coolantartica.com. How reliable a source is that? Do you trust the information there enough to cite it at an FAC? Do you think Ealdgyth would be skeptical? If you're unsure of the reliability of the image, and it was taken in 1905, I think {{ PD-EU}} would suffice if you agree that that is accurate. -- Moni3 ( talk) 14:12, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
this source is being qutesioned. It was being used in two places in the article. I have swapped out one ref. The other seems to cite a fact no longer present in the current version of the source. How important do you think the remaining fact is?-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 20:22, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey Brian, regarding this, my first FAC has gained support (and is co-nommed with someone else), and my second was already nominated earlier. There was no consensus so I just renominated it—I think that enough reviewers have come across it to consider it sufficiently reviewed. For the third and fourth, they are split between User:Theleftorium and myself, so for simplicity's sake, I look at it as if one FAC is submitted by each of us in total. I hope that explains it a bit more. Gary King ( talk) 20:00, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
I made a map with Online Map Creation (OMC), added the supposed coastline in red and the points you asked for, and labeled it too. I also took the liberty of including South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and labeling them (since they are in the article too). I also labeled Tierra del Fuego as South America. I added the map to the New South Greenland article. If you prefer I can crop the map to remove the things I added at the top and make the map a little narrower too. Please let me know any changes you want made, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:28, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
P.S. I somehow did not reply to you previous post - congratulations on two featured stars in one day! Keep up the good work and enjoy the south of France, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:58, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the continued support for Edgar Speyer in the recent FA Candidacy. I was disappointed that the admins decided to close it down rather than wait for the issues to be resolved, but it seems that a limit of two weeks on the list is being imposed. I doubt anything more on his childhood is going to be found, although I might try polishing up my very rusty German and searching on German language sites to see if there's anything there. I'll have another go in the new year because I'm going to be working to finish another new London Underground article over Christmas (got two weeks off, so lots of time for research and writing).
Oh, and very well done for getting to your eighteenth featured article in one year.-- DavidCane ( talk) 19:37, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
Brian, is there any chance you would be able to find time for a copyedit? I have Wonder Stories at FAC, and it's down at the end of the page and has just attracted an oppose from Tony for prose. I've fixed Tony's specific points but would very much appreciate any time you can spare. If you're too busy, no worries. Either way, let me know if I can reciprocate with a peer review at some point -- I really enjoyed reviewing Rhinemaidens a little while ago. Thanks -- Mike Christie (talk) 11:51, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the careful attention to detail. Watch for upcoming politics FAC for Byron Brown, Jennifer Brunner and Jesse Jackson, Jr..
Will do; I was hoping you'd suggest that one -- I already glanced at it and it looks very interesting. I should be able to get to it today. Thanks again for the very helpful copyedit, and of course for the support. Mike Christie (talk) 19:10, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
<font=3> Happy Christmas and all the best for the New Year! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 12:04, 25 December 2008 (UTC) |
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Thanks for the New Year's wishes - may all your articles be promoted as well! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:58, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
Just letting you know I have another politics review going on at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Jack Kemp.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 07:13, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
Thankyou for participating in the FAC for Action of 13 January 1797. The article has now passed and your assistance in the process was much appreciated. Regards-- Jackyd101 ( talk) 11:43, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey there, would you mind reviewing this article? Thanks, ₪ Ceran →( cheer→ chime → carol) 17:00, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello Brian,
I believe I have addressed all of your valuable comments in the FAC review of this article. I'd apprecite if you could take a look and let me know. Thanks Perseus71 ( talk) 17:43, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi Brian, I've read your user page and you seem like a very experienced and kindly person. I wonder if you would care to do the GA review on this article please... Johnfos ( talk) 06:28, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey Brian, listen, I want to ask a favor. If you have time, do you think you can comment on Kirsten Dunst's PR, since I'm trying to get the article to FA status and I want to know what needs to be done first. If you have time, I would appreciate your comments a lot. :) -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 22:53, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Don't worry, I'm actually ... (gasp) editing again. More bishops to come! Ealdgyth - Talk 00:03, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
Happy new year to you as well. I'm back to Wikipedia - check out Polaris expedition, it's an interesting story. I've got a library book on order and intend to get it to at least GA status. I did take note of your suggestion on the Cherry-Garrard bio, I will eventually get to it... Zatoichi26 ( talk) 02:12, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
I had to make many errors before OMC worked for me. Let's see if I can recall most of them and apologies for pointing the things you already know. First off there are check boxes that need to be checked for displaying dots and connecting them with lines. Second, the order of the coordinates on Wikipedia (latitude, longitude) is the reverse of the order on OMC. Third, the coordinates need to use decimal degrees and minutes (so 12 degrees 47 minutes is 12.78333333). Fourth, I use print screen to capture the map and paste it into MS Paint or Paint.NET. Fifth, I still clean up the dots by pasting in a consistent dot in each place. The coordinates I used for File:Mozart family Grand Tour Map.png are given there if you want to try a test run. Hope this helps, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:53, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi Brian, thank you very much for the support. I have followed your "word replacement" suggestions and added the US$. I still have a query over the Catholic conversion part. Could you clarify what is "more specifically cited"? Is it an inline citation, or an expansion of the details of his conversion? Jappalang ( talk) 23:04, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
You left comments on the above article's second peer review. I want to say thanks for taking the time out to do that. I recently took the article to FAC and it passed. I'm sure those comments helped get it there, so thanks so much.-- Will C 05:08, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Yes that would be just great, thanks for help! Mohsin ( talk) 20:20, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Brian. I've set up an interview for the Signpost at Wikipedia:FCDW/WBFAN2008; I hope you'll participate if you have time. If possible, I'd like to aim for January 17. If there is a question that doesn't apply to you, feel free to skip it, or to suggest other questions. I'll probably edit it down a bit when all is in, and if you add some suggested (free) images on the talk page there, I'll work them in at the end. Thanks !! SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 01:12, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Brian, when you get a chance (no hurry, I know you're on the main page), can you add some (free) image suggestions for the article at Wikipedia talk:FCDW/WBFAN2008? We only need three to four; I'll add a selection to the article after I see the choices from the four of you. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 03:58, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
I tried editing the map you uploaded and had the same problem. I think the problem is from scanning it - although it looks like it is all white, there are subtle shades as it gets closer to the black lines.
The good news is this is not a problem with the map from Print Screen (directly from the OMC page). So if you have a file from OMC directly, Paint will fill right to the coastlines.
I also would make two versions of the map - one with the labels in (so you know which dot is which) and one without the labels. I then add the bold labels by hand. I use 9 point Tahoma and the text function in Paint. I write the words over a white background on the scratch map file (not over the map itself) and then paste them in. There are two options for copying and pasting and the lower one does not copy the background color, so if that is white and the label is black on a white background, you can just paste the balck words of the label.
I drew the arrows in by hand (does anal retentive have a hyphen)? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 05:29, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
I saw your comment at WP:FCDW/WBFAN2008, and I just wanted to let you know that a "sock" is a sockpuppet, which is a secret account of another user. Just FYI. Cheers,– Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 18:53, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Congrats on yet another TFA! (Really glad it made it!)-- Myosotis Scorpioides 21:44, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Per my source he joined the "'Inns of Court' cadet corps" which I assume refers to the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps. Not sure how he got in because from what I gather you had to be a university graduate to be admitted and he wasn't unless the Dudley School of Arts and Crafts counts. Otto4711 ( talk) 00:58, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Just to make sure, after you do control and print screen, you do then try to paste it into Paint (by pressing control and V simultaneously), right? I do not use Firefox Mozilla, so I am not sure if that is an issue. You could try asking at the Village Pump Technical.
I have an offer. I can either make the Mozart travel map for you and try to write each step as I do it, or I can make the initial OMC maps and send them to you or upload them here for you to use. I have to finish a map of Millennium Park first, then could work on the Mozart map. Just let me know, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 22:26, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
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Given to Brian Boulton for all of your help with Peer review, especially reviewing items from the backlog. Given with respect and admiration, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:33, 14 January 2009 (UTC) |
Hey Brian, sorry to bother you again, but I was wondering is Kirsten Dunst's article is ready to go. I asked User:Cliff smith do a copy-edit and now I'm wondering if anything else needs a fixin', before the nomination. I would appreciate your comments, you know that. :) -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 22:26, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi Brian, I don't know if you've seen this conversation, but Ruhrfisch is getting burnt out from doing Peer reviews and is taking a break. I have volunteered to keep updating Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog/items for the next week or so, but I'm looking for people who would be interested in helping maintain this list in the longer term. I'm asking both you and User:Finetooth since you've both been active in reviewing articles from this list recently. I figure if a few people are willing to update it, then each person would only have to do it a few times a week. Interested? Dr pda ( talk) 07:47, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Brian, I am taking a look right now, although I might not finish it over the weekend (family matters). On the first glance, I have to say:
Cheers! Jappalang ( talk) 00:26, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
An interesting article, Brian. I have finished my review and left a few more comments on the review page.-- DavidCane ( talk) 02:01, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
I am sad to say that I had to decline your DYK nom as your submission was past the 5 day deadline (by only 10 hours). However, if you request a WP:IAR in this case I would support you. You would have to ask though at Wikipedia talk:Did you know. Nrswanson ( talk) 22:40, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
I'm sorry if my support comment on the Jack Kemp FAC was taken the wrong way. I wasn't trying to put down any articles, merely trying to state my support in the strongest way possible. I firmly believe it's one of the best Wikipedia biography articles I've read, and if I went overboard in stating that, I apologize. JKBrooks85 ( talk) 11:23, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi Brian. I find your comments very helpful especially that I'm not an English-native speaker. Kind of straightforward but nor hurting. Thanks. BTW, I have an FLC, Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (United States), maybe your not busy and would like to comment on; your input would be great. Thanks again. -- Efe ( talk) 12:59, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
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