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Cool, count me in. For the record, I hate them too! I've just gotta finish this essay, then I'll join you. J Milburn ( talk) 23:02, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, it's fine. However, I will be busy for Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Irreplaceable and I'll be out for days to observe Holy Week. I commented there about the references and I'll try to go over the article once I can have free time from today to Thursday. Is it ok?-- Efe ( talk) 00:51, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't expecting it to be promoted so soon. Thanks for the star. Now to get some more FAs, good to see Opeth is doing well. M3tal H3ad ( talk) 01:59, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
As a nominator, you may want to vote before voting ends as soon as I get to it after the end of the day on the 20th.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTD) 04:39, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Many thanks for the recommendations. I took care of them. Tenacious D Fan ( talk) 12:09, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
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Yeah dude, enjoy it! I have!!! And thanks for refering me to Mr. Zorn... I'll let you know if he's any help with the music sample thing! Dark Executioner ( talk) 23:23, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Backing you to the hilt. :) indopug ( talk) 05:12, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I'm too busy in real life to give a detailed PR, but I'll tell you this: you've used the word "stated" ten times in the article, mix it up a bit. I really don't see why you use it anyway, its a boring and formal word that can replaced nearly always by "said". And that pesky Opeth logo is back, please get rid of it and watch the page for others adding it; the logo's artwork isn't discussed in the article making it not satisfy fair-use conditions. indopug ( talk) 08:56, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Wheeeee! dihydrogen monoxide ( H2O) 01:16, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Moved feedback to Peer review please reply there. Buc ( talk) 12:01, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
hey thanks, I finaly figured our Flickr and there ins't much for Opeth that has the usable copyright stuff, but these 2 defenetly help. Hopefully this thing is close to passing, another support from Laserbrain! \m/ Skeletor2112 ( talk) 17:42, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
The only real solution to this dilemma is to get your admin friend involed again, so I can plead my case to him once again (and win- again). At least this time the solution to this is simple. The Lamentations live album physicaly exists. I can even take some photos of myself holding it and send it to any admin on wikipedia and I'm sure they would side with me in an instant
Hey, I just went through the article with a fine-toothed comb and removed anything that I saw that could be misinterpreted as POV. Will you read the article again, and notify me if there is still anything that sticks out? This thing is getting closer to GA... Dark Executioner ( talk) 18:46, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
I've just promoted Opeth; congratulations. Now that it's been promoted, I'd like to respond to your old query about restarting. I don't restart noms solely because the nominator and reviewers have gotten into long, off-topic debates and arguments; I restart a nom when I can't tell if valid opposes have been resolved or if the status wrt WP:WIAFA is unclear. Since this is now the second lengthy FAC you've had ( Alice in Chains), I have two suggestions: 1) don't argue with reviewers (it will only prolong the FAC), and 2) consider the information here about how to take better advantage of peer review, so that your articles will be better prepared for FAC. In both cases, I noted that reviewers mentioned that issues remained unresolved after peer review, that the articles came to FAC unprepared, and that causes a FAC backlog. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 19:34, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations! Godsmack discography was selected as a List of the Day for April. Let me know if you have a strong preference for a date.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTD) 07:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
What did I do that wasn't correct per MOS? WP:DATE says that a hard space should be used in between a number and a word (e.g., 18 years of age), WP:DASH says that en dashes should be used for ranges of years, hyphens should be used between mid and a year in general practice, and I thought that using "signed to" rather than "signed on to" eliminated some redundancy. Could you explain? -- Kakofonous ( talk) 01:35, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
) is a little piece of code that causes the series of characters it is positioned between to stay together when there is a new line, rather than breaking apart. For some reason
WP:DATE is very particular about using them instead of a regular space, as it's apparently useful to use them for units. One thing I wish they would standardize (or maybe they have?) is the use of – versus a regular
Unicode dash. Thanks for the explanation anyway :) --
Kakofonous (
talk)
01:56, 25 March 2008 (UTC)Thank you for cleaning up my Korn: Live in Montreux 2004 atricle. Thats my first article (Unless you count my Dear Future article which got deleted cause apparently they arent significant :-/ )
Once again much thanks and i'd like to keep in touch for further help possibly another time -- Kornography ( talk) 01:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Is not ready for GA. I just fixed about four spelling errors, one review for Ascendancy? "Trivium are a " again the problem with singular and plural, was re-released in 2006 with bonus tracks - how many bonus tracks? "vocals changed from a metalcore scream that was heard on Ascendancy, to more singing on this album" is poorly written. I don't understand what the rush is to nominate it. M3tal H3ad ( talk) 03:35, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Care to provide an actual rationale for this edit? The image has been reduced to a low resolution, as per the respective concerns raised in the article's FA review and with that having been addressed, I fail to see how an artwork that has been closely and consistently associated with a group for several years, much like the logo of a company, fails to merit inclusion. In regard to your edit summary: Judging from your user page, you seem experienced enough around Wikipedia and the web to be aware of both, WP:OWN and the significance of all-caps in connection with WP:CIVIL, but I'm going to assume good faith if you will. – Cyrus XIII ( talk) 21:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't April Fools' two days ago? – Cyrus XIII ( talk) 23:37, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
I do understand that it was released with the box set. But IMO I think it should stay there, just for a quick reference for others looking for information on that specific CD. —Preceding
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64.141.83.253 (
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Hey, man, sounds like a cool idea, I'd be down, Im not sure that it would be a very big project,(member wise) but there sure are a lot of articles that can be improved - all the bandmembers, albums, ect. Nice work with the Megadeth discog, I am not too up on those, but from the looks of other ones, it just needs a brief overview/history? I can try and put somthing together for that. I'm just a few sections away from finishing my first draft of the Sabbath history section, so I am gonna be knee deep in that for a bit, but anything else you wanna colabarate on, or if you need prose reworked or whatever, let me know - \m/ Skeletor2112 ( talk) 04:59, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Regarding your !vote at the WikiProjectBanners tfd, all banners in Category:WikiProject banners do have the nested functionality. And the default template new ones are created from also has it. Just FYI :) -- SatyrTN ( talk / contribs) 15:20, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Currently, we are running an experiment. The method was originally designed to solve what I see as a problem at WP:TFA with too many nominees vying for one space a day. Currently FA is producing more than two FAs a day and can only feature one. FL is approaching the same problem. However, in the experiment there is not the same demand to be experimental list of the day as there is to be main page article of the day. For the experiment to make the main page we have to be able to show it works. There are two levels of activity that are important. First when we are getting enough votes that more than 30 lists/month are getting votes the experiment will begin to show how it helps select from an abundance of nominees. The second level is a level I do not anticipate with an experimental procedure, but if there is a point when over 30 new lists are being nominated by others instead of me posting nominees to generate a valid menu of offerings for the voters we will truly be able say we have a successful experiment. In short, I would hesitate to renominate this procedure until we are getting over 30 different lists nominated per month.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTD) 22:13, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
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For Opeth. Congrats on getting an article about one of the pioneers in metal to FA. Gocsa ( talk) 17:44, 29 March 2008 (UTC) |
I saw that you said you were from Wisxonsin, and it seems youre a Packer fan (duh! anyone from WI has to be a cheesehead :-), so if you are interested, we would love to have your help over at WP:PACKERS! If you have any questions feel free to ask! « Gonzo fan2007 ( talk ♦ contribs) 03:02, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
We'll see if I can drop a review there. Cheers. -- Efe ( talk) 04:29, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I am posting here on Wikipedia for the last time today as this user. I have had fun editing pages here, and have met some cool people, but I'm afraid that if I didn't retire from Wikipedia today, then I'd be doing it either on or near June 26th, 2008. Why? Because I am leaving for boot camp on that day to join the U.S. Navy.
Do not feel abandoned if you are someone that I have gotten to know a little here. I'm not doing this to be a dick, only because I have to. I really don't have much time to edit here anymore, since I'm so busy getting prepared physically and taking care of the month and a half of schoolwork that I have left.
If I ever get the chance to resume editing here someday... then I will.
Until then, this is Dark Executioner's last stand. Dark Executioner ( talk) 19:06, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
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Ping! Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide ( H2O) 08:20, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Hey dude, sorry for the late reply, I have been busy in real life (recording new material with my band). I haven't really had a chance to work on stuff in a week or so, but I should have more time soon, and I will try to take a shot at the UA article. Do you still need a summary for the Megadeth discog page? I am still planning on doing somthing up for that, along with finishing my first draft of Black Sabbath (I am almost done with the history). Skeletor2112 ( talk) 04:49, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks again for the help in getting the discography article to FA class. I'm now trying to prep the D article for FA class over at the peer review. Would you be willing to take a look? Thanks. Tenacious D Fan ( talk) 12:00, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
responded on the article's talk page. thanks, Sushant gupta ( talk) 02:55, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Responded. Sushant gupta ( talk) 03:02, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Responded! Sushant gupta ( talk) 03:14, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
"The band started touring and gained a position on the second stage of Ozzfest, but were kicked off the tour because the stage was sponsored by Jägermeister, due to the fact some of the band members were under the legal drinking age. Although the band were no longer appearing on the second stage, Black Tide was able to be the opening act on the main stage in some areas, opening for Lordi, Static-X, Lamb of God, and Ozzy Osbourne.[2] After Ozzfest, the band toured with Avenged Sevenfold and All That Remains.[3][4]"
now tell me where it is written he is 15. he could have been 13 or 14 also. what do i know. anyway, leave it. i think i am not that capable that i can review this article. till date i only had experience with natural sciences and economics articles. this was my first music related article. i should have stuck to those articles only. i will suggest you to catch someone whom you think can review this page. i just failed it because i thought that the article doesn't meet the basic GA criteria. well, i don't want to discuss it anymore. i withdraw my comments. i lost, you win. Goodbye!
Sushant gupta (
talk)
03:53, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
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Cool, count me in. For the record, I hate them too! I've just gotta finish this essay, then I'll join you. J Milburn ( talk) 23:02, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, it's fine. However, I will be busy for Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Irreplaceable and I'll be out for days to observe Holy Week. I commented there about the references and I'll try to go over the article once I can have free time from today to Thursday. Is it ok?-- Efe ( talk) 00:51, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't expecting it to be promoted so soon. Thanks for the star. Now to get some more FAs, good to see Opeth is doing well. M3tal H3ad ( talk) 01:59, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
As a nominator, you may want to vote before voting ends as soon as I get to it after the end of the day on the 20th.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTD) 04:39, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Many thanks for the recommendations. I took care of them. Tenacious D Fan ( talk) 12:09, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
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Just wishing you a wonderful First Day of Spring {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}! ~~~~
Yeah dude, enjoy it! I have!!! And thanks for refering me to Mr. Zorn... I'll let you know if he's any help with the music sample thing! Dark Executioner ( talk) 23:23, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Backing you to the hilt. :) indopug ( talk) 05:12, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I'm too busy in real life to give a detailed PR, but I'll tell you this: you've used the word "stated" ten times in the article, mix it up a bit. I really don't see why you use it anyway, its a boring and formal word that can replaced nearly always by "said". And that pesky Opeth logo is back, please get rid of it and watch the page for others adding it; the logo's artwork isn't discussed in the article making it not satisfy fair-use conditions. indopug ( talk) 08:56, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Wheeeee! dihydrogen monoxide ( H2O) 01:16, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Moved feedback to Peer review please reply there. Buc ( talk) 12:01, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
hey thanks, I finaly figured our Flickr and there ins't much for Opeth that has the usable copyright stuff, but these 2 defenetly help. Hopefully this thing is close to passing, another support from Laserbrain! \m/ Skeletor2112 ( talk) 17:42, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
The only real solution to this dilemma is to get your admin friend involed again, so I can plead my case to him once again (and win- again). At least this time the solution to this is simple. The Lamentations live album physicaly exists. I can even take some photos of myself holding it and send it to any admin on wikipedia and I'm sure they would side with me in an instant
Hey, I just went through the article with a fine-toothed comb and removed anything that I saw that could be misinterpreted as POV. Will you read the article again, and notify me if there is still anything that sticks out? This thing is getting closer to GA... Dark Executioner ( talk) 18:46, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
I've just promoted Opeth; congratulations. Now that it's been promoted, I'd like to respond to your old query about restarting. I don't restart noms solely because the nominator and reviewers have gotten into long, off-topic debates and arguments; I restart a nom when I can't tell if valid opposes have been resolved or if the status wrt WP:WIAFA is unclear. Since this is now the second lengthy FAC you've had ( Alice in Chains), I have two suggestions: 1) don't argue with reviewers (it will only prolong the FAC), and 2) consider the information here about how to take better advantage of peer review, so that your articles will be better prepared for FAC. In both cases, I noted that reviewers mentioned that issues remained unresolved after peer review, that the articles came to FAC unprepared, and that causes a FAC backlog. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 19:34, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations! Godsmack discography was selected as a List of the Day for April. Let me know if you have a strong preference for a date.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTD) 07:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
What did I do that wasn't correct per MOS? WP:DATE says that a hard space should be used in between a number and a word (e.g., 18 years of age), WP:DASH says that en dashes should be used for ranges of years, hyphens should be used between mid and a year in general practice, and I thought that using "signed to" rather than "signed on to" eliminated some redundancy. Could you explain? -- Kakofonous ( talk) 01:35, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
) is a little piece of code that causes the series of characters it is positioned between to stay together when there is a new line, rather than breaking apart. For some reason
WP:DATE is very particular about using them instead of a regular space, as it's apparently useful to use them for units. One thing I wish they would standardize (or maybe they have?) is the use of – versus a regular
Unicode dash. Thanks for the explanation anyway :) --
Kakofonous (
talk)
01:56, 25 March 2008 (UTC)Thank you for cleaning up my Korn: Live in Montreux 2004 atricle. Thats my first article (Unless you count my Dear Future article which got deleted cause apparently they arent significant :-/ )
Once again much thanks and i'd like to keep in touch for further help possibly another time -- Kornography ( talk) 01:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Is not ready for GA. I just fixed about four spelling errors, one review for Ascendancy? "Trivium are a " again the problem with singular and plural, was re-released in 2006 with bonus tracks - how many bonus tracks? "vocals changed from a metalcore scream that was heard on Ascendancy, to more singing on this album" is poorly written. I don't understand what the rush is to nominate it. M3tal H3ad ( talk) 03:35, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Care to provide an actual rationale for this edit? The image has been reduced to a low resolution, as per the respective concerns raised in the article's FA review and with that having been addressed, I fail to see how an artwork that has been closely and consistently associated with a group for several years, much like the logo of a company, fails to merit inclusion. In regard to your edit summary: Judging from your user page, you seem experienced enough around Wikipedia and the web to be aware of both, WP:OWN and the significance of all-caps in connection with WP:CIVIL, but I'm going to assume good faith if you will. – Cyrus XIII ( talk) 21:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't April Fools' two days ago? – Cyrus XIII ( talk) 23:37, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
I do understand that it was released with the box set. But IMO I think it should stay there, just for a quick reference for others looking for information on that specific CD. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
64.141.83.253 (
talk)
03:30, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Hey, man, sounds like a cool idea, I'd be down, Im not sure that it would be a very big project,(member wise) but there sure are a lot of articles that can be improved - all the bandmembers, albums, ect. Nice work with the Megadeth discog, I am not too up on those, but from the looks of other ones, it just needs a brief overview/history? I can try and put somthing together for that. I'm just a few sections away from finishing my first draft of the Sabbath history section, so I am gonna be knee deep in that for a bit, but anything else you wanna colabarate on, or if you need prose reworked or whatever, let me know - \m/ Skeletor2112 ( talk) 04:59, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Regarding your !vote at the WikiProjectBanners tfd, all banners in Category:WikiProject banners do have the nested functionality. And the default template new ones are created from also has it. Just FYI :) -- SatyrTN ( talk / contribs) 15:20, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Currently, we are running an experiment. The method was originally designed to solve what I see as a problem at WP:TFA with too many nominees vying for one space a day. Currently FA is producing more than two FAs a day and can only feature one. FL is approaching the same problem. However, in the experiment there is not the same demand to be experimental list of the day as there is to be main page article of the day. For the experiment to make the main page we have to be able to show it works. There are two levels of activity that are important. First when we are getting enough votes that more than 30 lists/month are getting votes the experiment will begin to show how it helps select from an abundance of nominees. The second level is a level I do not anticipate with an experimental procedure, but if there is a point when over 30 new lists are being nominated by others instead of me posting nominees to generate a valid menu of offerings for the voters we will truly be able say we have a successful experiment. In short, I would hesitate to renominate this procedure until we are getting over 30 different lists nominated per month.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTD) 22:13, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
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For Opeth. Congrats on getting an article about one of the pioneers in metal to FA. Gocsa ( talk) 17:44, 29 March 2008 (UTC) |
I saw that you said you were from Wisxonsin, and it seems youre a Packer fan (duh! anyone from WI has to be a cheesehead :-), so if you are interested, we would love to have your help over at WP:PACKERS! If you have any questions feel free to ask! « Gonzo fan2007 ( talk ♦ contribs) 03:02, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
We'll see if I can drop a review there. Cheers. -- Efe ( talk) 04:29, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I am posting here on Wikipedia for the last time today as this user. I have had fun editing pages here, and have met some cool people, but I'm afraid that if I didn't retire from Wikipedia today, then I'd be doing it either on or near June 26th, 2008. Why? Because I am leaving for boot camp on that day to join the U.S. Navy.
Do not feel abandoned if you are someone that I have gotten to know a little here. I'm not doing this to be a dick, only because I have to. I really don't have much time to edit here anymore, since I'm so busy getting prepared physically and taking care of the month and a half of schoolwork that I have left.
If I ever get the chance to resume editing here someday... then I will.
Until then, this is Dark Executioner's last stand. Dark Executioner ( talk) 19:06, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Issue 12 - March 2008 | |
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NewMarqueeDayMoonRising, Thundermaster, and SuperNeek joined the alternative music fold during March.
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Ping! Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide ( H2O) 08:20, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Hey dude, sorry for the late reply, I have been busy in real life (recording new material with my band). I haven't really had a chance to work on stuff in a week or so, but I should have more time soon, and I will try to take a shot at the UA article. Do you still need a summary for the Megadeth discog page? I am still planning on doing somthing up for that, along with finishing my first draft of Black Sabbath (I am almost done with the history). Skeletor2112 ( talk) 04:49, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks again for the help in getting the discography article to FA class. I'm now trying to prep the D article for FA class over at the peer review. Would you be willing to take a look? Thanks. Tenacious D Fan ( talk) 12:00, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
responded on the article's talk page. thanks, Sushant gupta ( talk) 02:55, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Responded. Sushant gupta ( talk) 03:02, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Responded! Sushant gupta ( talk) 03:14, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
"The band started touring and gained a position on the second stage of Ozzfest, but were kicked off the tour because the stage was sponsored by Jägermeister, due to the fact some of the band members were under the legal drinking age. Although the band were no longer appearing on the second stage, Black Tide was able to be the opening act on the main stage in some areas, opening for Lordi, Static-X, Lamb of God, and Ozzy Osbourne.[2] After Ozzfest, the band toured with Avenged Sevenfold and All That Remains.[3][4]"
now tell me where it is written he is 15. he could have been 13 or 14 also. what do i know. anyway, leave it. i think i am not that capable that i can review this article. till date i only had experience with natural sciences and economics articles. this was my first music related article. i should have stuck to those articles only. i will suggest you to catch someone whom you think can review this page. i just failed it because i thought that the article doesn't meet the basic GA criteria. well, i don't want to discuss it anymore. i withdraw my comments. i lost, you win. Goodbye!
Sushant gupta (
talk)
03:53, 11 April 2008 (UTC)