Thanks for participating in my RFA! I appreciate your support. Zagalejo ^^^ 06:22, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch - after the last edit I am completely confused about the hyphen and capitalisation of the bird's name, the article name doesn't go with the first bold name, and perhaps the lowercase "finch" was intentional as an alternative ??? I care about the bird pictured in my archive ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 05:31, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Re: Wiki=Malurus grayi # IOC=Chenorhamphus grayi ## Wiki=IOC= Broad-billed Fairywren
Can sockpupper or meatpuppet nominate or votes on RfA? If no, what are the solution? Best regards. -- Dede2008 ( talk) 16:13, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
On 5 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Circinus, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the constellation of Circinus depicts a pair of drafting compasses? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Circinus. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk)) 08:04, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, can you please review the tammar article for MOS and comprehensiveness? LittleJerry ( talk) 17:10, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello. You have a new message at User talk:Keilana's talk page. Keilana| Parlez ici 16:43, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Secret account 03:01, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
This issue has come up in the peer review for the giant anteater article. Do you think this is a good enough source for a FA article? LittleJerry ( talk) 03:31, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Keilana| Parlez ici 04:47, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
I noted your note on my talk page. I have no "primary" account. Furthermore, without being rude, I must say that I have no disputes, so the services of the arbitration committee seem to be unneeded by me. But have a nice day! Cookies93 ( talk) 09:10, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
I was going to post this at ANI and then thought maybe I shouldn't. Please look at this edit and do what you think best. Thanks.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 09:17, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Since you have listed yourself as a peer review volunteer interested in food and drink articles, would you like to support the quest to counter systemic bias on Wikipedia by giving a thorough review of the short, but interesting, article about Ya Kun Kaya Toast, a multinational kaya toast chain and Singaporean cultural icon? Thanks! 谢谢!Terima kasih! நன்றி! -- J.L.W.S. The Special One ( talk) 09:47, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Please see: Talk:Bipolar disorder#cite regression. Br'er Rabbit ( talk) 13:46, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Some small referencing issues. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 14:32, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Re big wheels' keep on churning -- I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be turning Nobody Ent 19:40, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
The Paul McCartney article has now been thoroughly copyedited top-to-bottom by numerous editors including User:Lfstevens, who is a member of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors. If you can find the time in your busy schedule, please consider stopping by and taking a look, and hopefully, !voting. ~ GabeMc ( talk| contribs) 03:47, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
On 10 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chrysophyllum oliviforme, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the satinleaf tree is endangered in its native Florida, but an invasive weed in Hawaii? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chrysophyllum oliviforme. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Yngvadottir ( talk) 08:03, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Re: Pheasant Coucal. This Australian bird looks rather distinctive, and I was pleased to find an Creative Commons image of it on Flickr earlier today. Is there anything about it that you could make a DYK for it? Snowman ( talk) 13:42, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I added some stuff to the mythology of Corona Australis from Julius D.W. Staal's The New Patterns in the Sky. Hope it helps! I'll add anything else I can find. :) Keilana| Parlez ici 21:43, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
On 11 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Corona Australis, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the constellation of Corona Australis contains one of the closest star-forming regions (pictured) to the solar system? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Corona Australis. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:02, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Great job!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:00, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:
It also asks some basic questions about what you like about the Credo program and what you might want to improve.
At this time only the initial 400 editors have accounts, but even if you do not have an account, you still might want to weigh in on which resources would be most valuable for the community (for example, through WikiProject Resource Exchange).
Also, if you have an account but no longer want to use it, please leave me a note so another editor can take your spot.
If you have any other questions or comments, drop by my talk page or email me at wikiocaasi@yahoo.com. Cheers! Ocaasi t | c 17:11, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Casliber! I have one question about editors involved in cases. To be precise, I saw this case where initially there only 5 editors listed under List of users affected by or involved in this amendment. Later on, few editors added other names following few statements. So my question is that if a case has begun, then is it possible to add names later like this? Or was this addition not proper? Also, can anyone remove their name from the list himself? Please clarify. Thanks! — TheSpecialUser ( TSU) 15:17, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
This is an amendment request not a case and the list also includes users which may be affected, hence has different criteria to setting out a case. Hence they are not "parties" as such. I have no reason to consider the subsequent adding of names as problematic in this (or any) amendment/clarification issue. The most likely action will not be editor-specific anyway. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 20:52, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Acrolepia oxyglypta, Acrolepia niphosperma, Acrolepia nodulata, and several others in the Acrolepia genus are being created, with no substantial information provided, and I've seen this with other species. IMO this is a cheap way to rack up edits, and I think these articles could be merged into something like List of species in the genus Acrolepia, we currently have a list in the Acrolepia article, which itself is a one sentence stub. Thoughts? And thoughts on creating these stubs in the first place, when to be honest these moths (and several other subspecies of various other genus I'm assuming) vary very little from one another? Albacore ( talk) 01:45, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
Tireless contribution or, as some might say, cheeky cheating for e-fame. — Tom Morris ( talk) 14:09, 13 July 2012 (UTC) |
Going for an Australian 4 millionth article? Good luck :) I'm at Wikimania in Washington DC at the moment with a couple of others, madly monitoring the statistics page! -- Chuq (talk) 14:10, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
On 13 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hydnora triceps, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the fruit of the rare subterranean parasitic plant Hydnora triceps smell and taste of coconut? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hydnora triceps. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 16:03, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. I hope you do not mind my contacting you here. I noticed your comment on one of the proposed finding of fact for ARBFLG2, and wrote up some thoughts in reply here. I hope this is of some value. Regards, Homunculus ( duihua) 19:23, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
I have left the review. I'll again take a look at it once these are addressed. Happy editing! — TheSpecialUser ( TSU) 06:54, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Casliber, I've reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Microscopium and left a comment/suggestion in relation to the hook's wording. Regards, Nick-D ( talk) 11:06, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
I was too lazy to photoshop the Reviewer's barnstar and the Space barnstar together, so this will have to do. You've reviewed a whole bunch of my constellation articles and gotten hooked on writing them also, and I wanted to thank you for being a wonderful fellow constellation |
I can be reached at this address: gtownhoyasdc@gmail.com. I'll probably add and remove citations where needed tomorrow. LeftAire ( talk) 01:20, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
You seem to have skipped voting on this remedy, perhaps because of the messiness of the PD ... Roger Davies talk 09:14, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
I would like to submit a DYK hook for Deception: Betraying the Peace Process. Seeing as it is a controversial topic, I could do with some assistance in writing a neutral submission. Thanks. Ankh. Morpork 11:59, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
I noticed that you were a checkuser, and since several editors are currently having an issue with an ip that surfaced recently and went straight ahead to the task of disruption and harassment. Is there anything that can be done sans the massive amount of evidence required to suggest an ip be checked as a potential sock/disruption account? I have two or three editors who I think may be good candidates for the master, but I won't name them here until I here back from you with your advice. Thanks. ~ GabeMc ( talk| contribs) 22:59, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
Of course, thanks Casliber. They have been most active at Talk:The Beatles, Talk:Paul McCartney and User talk:Andreasegde. This and this, where they filed an AN/I report within 70 lifetime edits. They are just two of dozens of examples I could dig up in terms of their imtimidating editing habits. Thanks for taking the time to help, its much appreciated. ~ GabeMc ( talk| contribs) 03:19, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
Thanks for the ideas and help with the snowberry page! Jgreeter ( talk) 23:34, 19 July 2012 (UTC) |
Thank you for asking me to be a co-nominator; however, I would decline the offer of being one of the nominators at this time, partly because I would like to focus on images and making small semi-automated edits to a number of pages and partly because I might not have much spare time for editing on the Wiki over the next few weeks. The artwork on the pelican page looks good. Actually, the short video of the pelicans diving into the water is one of my favourite video illustrations. Snowman ( talk) 10:32, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Have you made any progress on it? The FAR's growing mold. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 15:27, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
On 21 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Microscopium, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the constellation of Microscopium can't be seen from locations affected by light pollution? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Microscopium. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:03, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
I've done all of the editing that I could for the article that I felt needed it. You can assess the article now, and I'll be around to make changes. LeftAire ( talk) 19:29, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Ankh. Morpork 21:28, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey bro,
How are you? Long time no see. :D
Regards,
Spawn Man ( talk) 12:51, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Re: Shining Bronze Cuckoo. A bird found in Australia. Unreferenced text in the article says it lives further south than any other brood parasite. If this is true, is it interesting enough for a DYK? Snowman ( talk) 14:03, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Some people recently complaining that my English is not good enough.Can I consult you from time to time how is best to present certain sources in proper english?-- Shrike ( talk)/ WP:RX 07:25, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas, Don't worry about the fugue article. It exists already as fugue state. I don't know how I missed it before but I have now made the link to it from Shell shock that was necessary. Cheers, Whiteghost.ink ( talk) 07:33, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas, I was wondering if you'd be interested in being interviewed for the Signpost by me and Crisco 1492. We're trying to revive the practice of interviewing prolific/prominent FA writers, and you definitely fit the bill! Thanks for your consideration. Keilana| Parlez ici 16:54, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi again! We've written up some questions here. Wanna take a crack? We may add a few more, but that's if either of us come up with any. Thanks! :) Keilana| Parlez ici 14:42, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
~ GabeMc ( talk| contribs) 21:39, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
There is a ongoing discussion about content in the Australian Cattle Dog article that suggests salient information about the dangerousness and aggressiveness of the breed is being left out of the article -- while a significant amount of thinly-sourced, anecdotal puffery regarding the breed's temperament is advanced (e.g., "When on home ground, the Australian Cattle Dog is a happy, affectionate, and playful pet."). In the discussion, the article's FA status is being used to defend the current status of the article as fixed... and to remove new content citing the breed's dangerousness from the intro and even the Temperment section of the article. This seems completely backwards. Editors of a FA article should be open to improving the article. It's my understanding that in order for an article to reach FA status, it needs to reflect a neutral point of view. One may debate whether Pitbulls are in fact dangerous, but it would be remiss for an article on pitbulls to bury vetted information that throws a more complete light on its history. How can an article on a dog breed such as the ACD reach FA status when it fairly minimizes the breeds salient tendency toward aggressiveness, while highlighting the it's "happy, affectionate, playfulness." Can you please review the recent edit history and the recent discussion -- and re-evaluate the FA status. Perhaps your independent viewpoint can be useful here. I appreciate your feedback. 842U ( talk) 03:23, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
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I just wanted to say thanks for the assistance along the way on the process of the article becoming GA! It probably won't be the last article dealing with birds that I'll edit for GA/FA status, so you might see an article I significantly contributed to as a nomination again! LeftAire ( talk) 21:18, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
Pointing out that what I posted here included some criticism of what you said (or rather what you didn't say). I don't normally get frustrated over things like this, but you did ask me a direct question, and I thought you were willing to listen to what I said and reply. Anyway, I thought it was only fair to let you know in case you had genuinely forgotten to check back on that page. Carcharoth ( talk) 00:58, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Is it okay for editors to partner up and share the work and "prizes"? What are the prizes? If they're in EUROs and not easily sent and converted to another currency in Paypal account, they don't do people in non-Euro countries much good. I'm really not interested in the prizes anyway, must making an article better. PumpkinSky talk 02:38, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
Ed - I know zip about military stuff, but I would point out that one gets greater kudos and more points for improving articles in a shoddier state, and battlecruiser is starting to shape up ok maybe (??? - formatting looks ok at first glance)....for instance, look at gun, weapon, Soldier (christ, that one you could get a 5x DYK expansion!). In fact.... Casliber ( talk · contribs) 11:23, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
It's been two weeks since you posted that you'd get to this one "soon". Can you please respond on the template page to let us know where this stands? Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 02:44, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
On 30 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pheasant Coucal, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the eggs and young of the Pheasant Coucal (pictured) are predominantly cared for by the male parents? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pheasant Coucal. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 00:02, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
...my latest edits to your submission page. I'm muddling my months. J Milburn ( talk) 15:31, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Casliber. I just wanted thank you for your observations and support with the History of Mars observation article. It has been promoted to FA. Regards, RJH ( talk) 18:11, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi.^^ I got a lil´ problem: the article is candidating for a "good"-nomination. During this week I had planned to work down the critics (as seen on discussion page), but - phew! - itz a lot! And my English is possibly not good nuff to clean ALL up. Therefor I wanna beg for yer help. Regards;-- Nephiliskos ( talk) 15:41, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
Can you run a check for sleepers on Jarryn2012? This user vandalised {{ PREVIOUSMONTH.YEAR}} ( permalink) with an admission of being Earth Exploding Live. I just found similar vandalism to another template (which one it was I don't know), which was performed after Jarryn was blocked; see WP:AN for other comments. Nyttend backup ( talk) 16:18, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
While I was editing St. John, Indiana, someone vandalised a template that's on the page to blank the entire page. Since I was only on the page for a few minutes, it's definitely one of the template edits below, which I copied from RecentChanges:
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Please fix it and block/protect/everything else necessary, since I'm busy and don't have the time right now. Note a recent thread at WP:HD ("What's going on over at Current Events?") and the recent protection of {{ PREVIOUSMONTH.YEAR}}. Nyttend backup ( talk) 16:20, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees Grapple X ( submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees Muboshgu ( submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's Ruby2010 ( submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.
Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 22:19, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
If the work is that daunting, wouldn't it make sense just to let it de-FA instad of running yourself ragged trying to keep it FA? Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 00:15, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
[6] Ncmvocalist ( talk) 15:46, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
On 3 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eucalyptus rhodantha, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that fewer than 1000 mature plants of the endangered rose mallee remain in the wild? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eucalyptus rhodantha. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Yngvadottir ( talk) 00:03, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
Need another judge for the Core Contest? I could help with that. Binksternet ( talk) 01:52, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Fungi for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. - Mabeenot ( talk) 00:57, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
[7] ... but then so have you. My idea quite literally was that whatever I did couldn't make things worse, but I struggled for a structure. What I decided on was to deal with each of the elements of IT separately (information storage, retrieval etc.), try and pull the whole thing together later, and add aspects such as ethics that were simply ignored. I have no idea whether it's all going to come together or not, but any suggestions you have would be very welcome. Malleus Fatuorum 03:40, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
I learned a new word today which is very funny considering what I'm trying to do. I started on the flora section first but to be honest I don't really know any of it except the history, so will be very interesting. I laughed when I saw your comment - orogeny, huh? Truthkeeper ( talk) 04:02, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hello! Your submission of Little Black Cormorant at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Peter.C • talk • contribs 19:21, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
A gentle reminder. — Vensatry (Ping me) 08:08, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
Dear Casliber,
We seem to have an endless fight over RD's article on whether to keep/remove criticisms in general and in the special case, Dawkin's statement after 9/11. You may take a look at what each side says in the last two sections of the article's talk page. Your help is appreciated.-- Kazemita1 ( talk) 01:52, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey Cas, in your FA recipe box, you say "See in GA reviewer suggested "bonus stuff" to work on before FAC". Do you mean "See in GAN if reviewer suggested "bonus stuff" to work on before FAC"? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:29, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the mention in the article- it's appreciated :) J Milburn ( talk) 11:43, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
I fix up the right whale article some more. All thats needed is the lede to be expanded. LittleJerry ( talk) 23:37, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
I noticed that you have Betelgeuse "on the radar". I’d be interested in taking the article to "FA status" with you. In reviewing it briefly, I notice that nomenclature is an issue. In fact, pursuant to your feedback on Talk:Pleione (star), I realized that nomenclature is an issue in the design of all star articles. So I decided to invest the time to fully research it. If you have a moment, I’d be interested in your reaction to the ideas put forth. And let me know when you’re ready to start with Betelgeuse. I’m ready when you are. Sadalsuud ( talk) 13:23, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
I've managed to come up with two new sections that are ready for transport to the main article. You can review them here: at the "New Visibility Section". I put them in context, so you can see what the article looks like. As I indicated a few days ago, I won't make the transfer until you've had a chance to review first. Let me know what you think.
My main concern is the ESA copyrighted information at the bottom of the Visibility section. Let me know if that is handled appropriately. There is still much more work to do. I have quite a few more sections planned, but decided to at least get these two ready for prime time. If you think they work, I can copy them over later today. I await your thoughts. Sadalsuud ( talk) 19:41, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi Calisber. I've got a new section for you to look at. To be honest it's not quite finished. But given my commitment to have something ready within a day or two, I've produced a "condensed" version for prime time. There are two more additional paragraphs that I am still working on. I will try to include them soon.
Like last time, I have imported the most recent version of Betelgeuse into my User page so you can see the new section in context. It can be found by clicking: HERE!. That will take you to a new Visibility sub-section which I've entitled "Rhytmic dance" — an effective metaphor, I think, for the star's oscillating character. Consistent with comments made a few weeks ago at Talk:Pleione (star), I'm using standardized terminology for "major headings" and descriptive terminology for "sub-headings". I think it works. Let me know your thoughts.
If you wish to see the other sub-sections I'm working on, you can click: Here!. You will notice an extensive Contents Box and think I've possibly gone mad! No need for alarm however. I just found that I needed to bring some organization to the drafting of these sections, so I'm using the Contents Box as a kind of outline tool. That way, when I read an article, I have an idea where the new information fits, I can cut and paste for future editing, and then come back to it later. I hope you find this Contents Box helpful in understanding how I'm trying to tackle this project. If you have any idea as to how it can be improved, let me know.
The two additional paragraphs I'm working on for Rhythmic Dance you will find by clicking on the Rhythmic dance sub-section. I gave them an olive colored font, so they stand out.
The scope of this project has turned out to be far more than I ever imagined. There is so much information to absorb — kind of like putting together a giant jig-saw puzzle with 10,000 pieces. What I'm finding is you can't just work on one section at a time, as every piece is interconnected, and you need to have a sense as to where all the pieces fit. In any event, you'll see how each section is coming along. Some sections are more advanced than others.
I'm enjoying the challenge of it. I believe the goal of completing the different sub-sections by mid-August is still achievable. Let me know if you think the condensed version is ready to be transported over to the main article. Sadalsuud ( talk) 03:55, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi Calisber. When you have a chance, I've got a few new "chunks" for you to look at. Click HERE to see comments.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 06:08, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Calisber. In notice you've been busy the last few days. When you have a moment and have been able to review the "chunks" enumerated above, your thoughts on what to do here would be really helpful. Click HERE to see comments. Thanks again.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 12:04, 13 August 2010 (UTC) -- Sadalsuud ( talk) 15:21, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
I finally got most of those "chucks" cleaned up over the weekend and, pursuant to your suggestions imported them into the main article. Also, I've posted some observations related thereto for your insight and comment. When you have a moment, click HERE to see comments. To see recent changes, simply go to the Betelgeuse article. I look forward to your thoughts and any ideas you have for GA review submission.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 15:21, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. When you have a chance, I've posted some recent thoughts on the future direction of the Betelgeuse article, and would value your insights. Click HERE to see comments.---- Sadalsuud ( talk) 00:33, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. The "Star system" section is close to complete. Just needs a few refs and xrefs, I think. Click HERE to review and post any comments or concerns. Thanks again for your focused attention. -- Sadalsuud ( talk) 12:15, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Just completed the import if you'd like to make any changes. Click HERE to view.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 17:08, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
I've reworked the Angular anomalies section to create a more balanced argument. When you have a chance, please review HERE and let me know your thoughts.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 15:20, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
I've gone ahead and included the revised "Angular anomalies" sub-section with a few additional improvements. When you have a chance, your insights on a few other issues would be helpful. You can find them HERE.-- 24.203.198.172 ( talk) 17:49, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. Your suggestion to post a question at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy produced a very useful result but also triggered a copyright violation requiring some attention. Your insights as always would be valuable. You can see my comments by clicking HERE.---- Sadalsuud ( talk) 17:19, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. I think this section is finally done. Though it's a bit of a rush job, I think it will stand up. Click HERE to see comments and get to the latest version in the sandbox. Thanks again for your on-going support of this project. I'm pooped! Fortunately, we're almost there.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 12:22, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Getting close to the finish line. There are a couple of concerns, however. When you have a moment, can you review comments HERE? Thanks again.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 14:12, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. Just a short note to say that I've had to divert my attention to the Pleione article, as you probably guessed. I noticed your contributions, and in fact, provided some xrefs, which I believe are accurate. I hope to have all the GA improvements done by Saturday. If you have a chance to give it a quick lookover in a few days, that would be great. This weekend, I'll try to get the "Organizational history" section up to standard, get your thoughts, and then propose the article for GA review.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 15:35, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
I've now turned my attention back to Betelgeuse and decided to post a new section on the talk page Major surgery on Observational history section?. Given that this section was the focus of early contributions, I have intentionally avoided editing "other people's work", focusing as you know on adding new sections. But as I point out, the job needs to be done for various reasons and I thought it would be useful to put everyone on notice and invite comments. The last thing I want to do is create an edit war. Any thoughts?-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 08:46, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
Ok, I've gotten started. Check out Herschel's discovery section for recent edits. As I point out on the Talk page, I'm trying to keep most of the early contributions while giving the whole section a "historical" focus. I think it works. Your insights however would be useful.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 10:04, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. Just a short note to let you know that Betelgeuse has finally been nominated for GA review. Updated observations HERE! Thanks again for your on-going participation in this process.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 19:54, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
I noticed you were able to make a few corrections pursuant to the GA Review. The review was clearly quite favorable. I made a few other changes and responded. Let me know if you see anything missing. You can see my comments Here!. Thanks again. We're finally getting there.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 03:17, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Noticed that Puerto Rican Amazon is Todays Featured Article. Congrats! Getting Sasata to participate in taking Betelgeuse to FA was a real coup. Thanks. Nothing like detailed insights.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 04:41, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
OK. I've been able to get to most of the issues raised at FAC readiness and Betelgeuse redux. I liked your idea of color coding. So I expanded it a little to distinguish between 1) done, points that were relatively straightforward and I believe have been adequately addressed (though you might some other ideas here), 2) Discuss, points where I would appreciate your advice and possibly Iridia's help if needed, and finally 3) need to research, items that will require more work to complete. When you have a moment, can you look over some of the Discussion points upon which we can put these items to bed. Thanks. Once we have them out of the way, I'll be free to focus on the research questions, after which I'd like to address a few remaining issues, which I've been compiling. Almost there... huff, puff. Thanks again for your continued effort on this. It's been a big project.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 10:19, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
It seems like most of the issues at FAC readiness have been addressed. Just to update you, my focus has now shifted to the following: 1) Complete FAC Readiness. I'm researching the need to research tags, of which there were three and making appropriate changes, 2) Starbox research. I want to make sure that all the info in the Starbox and the Properties section are up to date, 3) Final issues. I'm compiling a list of what I think are the final issues that need to be addressed in the article, which I will post, once I've finished my research. Hopefully, I'll have that done in a week. Hope you're doing well. I notice you've been quite active with the star's mythology. Impressive!!! Found some interesting info on Deneb. Looks like it's got a luminosity of 196,000 instead of the 54,000 that Wikipedia and Kaler were reporting. I was pretty surprised by this, so if you have a chance you might want to look at the article's abstract here, just to make sure.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 13:58, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
OK. Looks like we're almost done. You can see the list of final changes here. If you have time, your review of these items would be great. I'm just finishing up the Notes section right now, but everything else is done. As soon as I'm 100% complete, I'll post you here. In the meantime, you'll notice that the Ravi/Townes ref produced some meaningful changes to the article.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 05:03, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
Couldn't for the effing life of me find that vol which contained the info on star names in Japanese dialect you asked about until I stumbled across it this morning while cleaning up where my disrespectful cat cocked its leg, on a pile of TLS's near my desk. I tremble to add these details because, with my rotten reputation as someone who is always looking for a political angle, it ain't going to help that Obama must be mentioned.
In Japanese dialects Betelgeuse or α Orionis is configured with Rigel β Orionis as the opposite sides of Orion's Belt
Thus, in the dialect of the coastal village of Obama in Fukui prefecture, the two were called wakiboshi or 'sidestars' because they lie on either side of the belt. In the dialect of Ikishima (壱岐島) island in Nagasaki Prefecture, the pair were known as ēte-boshi (相手星, standard Japanese = aiteboshi or ‘opposing stars’) in the phrase kanatsuki no ēteboshi. Here kanatsuki is equivalent to karatsuki, and thus the phrase meant the 'opposing stars of the Belt of Orion'. The same idiom existed in Wajima (輪島) dialect further north in Ishikawa Prefecture.
In 1950, a quite distinctive and archaic dialect term for the two stars was retrieved from the dialect of Yokokura village (横蔵村) in the Ibi district of Gifu Prefecture. There Betelgeuse and Rigel were denominated respectively by two famous clan names. The two clans were the Taira, otherwise known as the Heike, and the Minamoto, or Genji. These two clans conducted an epic struggle to wrest control over Japan during the historic Genpei war of the early medieval period, a devastating conflict that was memorialized in the The Tale of the Heike, an early masterpiece of Japanese literature. The crest of the Taira is red ( 揚羽蝶/Ageha-chō or ' swallowtail butterfly'). The crest of the Minamoto is gentian blue ( 笹竜胆/sasa-rindō, or 'bamboo gentian'). Thus, in Yokokura, the red supergiant Betelgeuse was called Heike-boshi (平家星, the Heike star) and the blue supergiant Rigel the Genji-boshi (源氏星, the Minamoto or Genji star), corresponding to the the respective colours of the two stars. The reference is Nojiri Hōei,Nihon no hoshi, Chūkō Bunko, Tokyo 1976 pp.243-245. Nishidunny aka Nishidani ( talk) 14:51, 12 April 2011 (UTC)This is really intresting!
Hey, so I was looking through your userpage like a good wikistalker, and noticed that you'd put Betelgeuse on your to-do list. I have a bunch of astronomy-related sources sitting around my room (thanks to the lovely Andromeda), and put 2 and 2 together. If you're not too busy, would you be interested in a collab? Keilana| Parlez ici 00:57, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi! So I found some stuff for you yesterday. Mostly consists of constellation names, but I did manage to turn up some mythology. There were a couple books (one on Andean astronomy/mythology and one on Polynesian astronomy/mythology) that I didn't get through, so I can give you those names if you want. I'll try to hunt them down elsewhere or go back to the Field to find them eventually, especially because I know (from a cursory look) that both catalog pretty much every constellation from each culture with lots of mythology and helpful things. I can either email you my notes and the bibliographic information, or just stick it in myself. Which would you prefer? Keilana| Parlez ici 15:39, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I've been working on the Rodrigues Solitaire article, getting it to GA, and I was thinking it could go to FA. J Milburn, who reviewed the GA, suggested I should ask you to look over it. Does it look alright? I see you're busy, so no hurry. Cheers, FunkMonk ( talk) 14:18, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for locking this article until the issue concerning the vulgar term "nigger goose" is resolved. I would, however, request that you revert to the page before where the term was reverted. I don't know the rules concerning locking pages that violate the three-revert rule but this page dodn't have the term in it for many years and it has only been added by a very new anonymous user in the past few days. Is this possible? If it is indeed deemed to be inappropriate why keep it there for any length of time? Cheers. Dger ( talk) 17:14, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Dger ( talk) 02:29, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
There was an edit conflict. It looks like your comments disappeared in the middle of it. My apologies. Obviously please feel free to place in chronological order. - jc37 14:00, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I know you're busy with all sorts of things, but a clear eye is desperately needed on Dissociative identity disorder! It would be so helpful. Best wishes, MathewTownsend ( talk) 01:28, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
Casliber,
DID is now at peer review: Wikipedia:Peer review/Dissociative identity disorder/archive1. However, I fear the scrutiny the article needs will not be forthcoming regarding content. I don't believe DID holds together as a diagnosis. But the article (to me) comes across as a sledgehammer against it, without actually explaining the psychodynamics, concentrating more on the political context. My mind is whirling trying to put together a plausible explanation but I don't have access to journals etc. I think the whole article should be hacked down to a brief description, rather than allowing what is there now.
Is there any way to get help? Best wishes, MathewTownsend ( talk) 19:52, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
I enjoyed reading the Signpost article about all you've contributed - thanks!!!! SPhilbrick (Talk) 12:02, 8 August 2012 (UTC) |
Hey there, after I finish periodic table, do you want to do a joint improvement of Canopus? I noticed it was listed on your userpage under things to do. StringTheory11 ( t • c) 00:36, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
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Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:02, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
I don't believe any consensus has been reached on which version of Tree to retain. Mark Marathon has returned the page to its original version. A helpful suggestion you made for resolving the matter has been edited out of the talk page. I can't help being amused that a statement that he keeps banging on about on the talk page, "A young tree is called a sapling", also appears in the original version. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 06:08, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
Partial unblock of Peter Damian at AN/I - since you're in charge of the thing. VolunteerMarek 16:14, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
I was actually already doing what you suggested, ironically. I've left out the WMUK stuff, the WMUK meetings stuff, the 2010 Signpost article, and the 2011 Signpost article. Uncle G ( talk) 22:36, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello Calisber. Thanks once again for the copy edit and the comments you left at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Dorset/archive1. We have taken them on board and done our best to incorporate them into the article. It appears that the review is drawing to a close now and I wondered if you had any further advice or comments to make? All the best-- Ykraps ( talk) 07:05, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
Heyya Casliber,
I'm working on a sandbox for the article Varied Thrush, and've gathered some sources on the talk page. Since you contribute a lot to this kind of area, what sections should be added to bird articles (i.e. taxonomy, range, ecology, and behavior)? The part at WP:BIRDS wasn't very specific. Thanks. Editio princeps ( talk) 17:01, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
Can you tell me the procedure for wrapping up the Core Contest at the end of August? Is there an on-wiki venue for judge discussion, or will emails be sent back and forth? Binksternet ( talk) 20:44, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
Much Delayed Thank you! I was on a wikibreak, hence replying now. Cheers, Around The Globe सत्यमेव जयते 16:51, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey! This nomination template has been looked over and since the reviewer suggested a hook, ONLY THE HOOK needs to be looked over by another new reviewer. The rest of the article has been surely taken care of. If you have the time to just check it out, please do so. Thanks. Khyati Gupta ( talk) 19:18, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas, I've been asked to throw some cold water over the dog-fight here, please have a look at my comment on the talk page and let me know what you think. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:55, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
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Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:02, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey Cas, I was wondering if you're at all interested in FA-ing Canis Minor. I just added some Inuit mythology I had found at the Field library, and did a little ref cleanup to standardize them all to your format. I would be happy to do more if you want me to; it's a little constellation with not that many stars or deep-sky objects, so I don't think it would take too long. If not, that's totally fine, just thought I'd ask. :) Anyways, happy editing/arbitrating! Best, Keilana| Parlez ici 00:48, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Hmm that makes sense. And yes, some are pretty difficult but still doable. I've found a bit of information from Astronomy so I'll keep going with that. Keilana| Parlez ici 20:35, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
What is WRT sourcing? 842U ( talk) 11:18, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
If you have a moment, could you please clarify which version you reference when you say, "This version." Many thanks. Ebikeguy ( talk) 13:51, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Casliber! If you have time, could you take a look at my request for file mover rights? Thank you, anyway! Felipe Menegaz 23:19, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Calisber. I sincerely apologize if I have unintentionally canvassed over at WT:FILM. It was a good faith mistake on my part, and I did not intend to be disruptive or break Wikipedia protocol in doing so. I promise that it never happens again. Lord Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 05:13, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
Casliber, I appreciate that you do the unpleasant and time-consuming job of moving Prepare areas into Queues, but please give those prep areas a minimum of a couple of hours for people to have a chance to see and edit them. I was just going to edit a hook in Prep 2, which I had finished assembling 40 minutes before, only to discover that it was already promoted. This means, unfortunately, that none of the usual crew (mostly non-admins such as myself) can do fixes on this set. Thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 03:28, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
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See my post to Fainites: [12] Subtly changing an article in tiny ways to say the opposite of what is meant - is this vandalism? e.g. [13] MathewTownsend ( talk) 14:40, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
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I think CrA is getting close. I found a bunch of sources for the Corona Australids and I'm going to go see what I can find in the new library today. I know there are several papers about the molecular cloud, so I'll be adding to that, along with a couple online sources about the Corona Australids. Basically...I haven't forgotten about it and will be doing some heavy duty work today. :) Keilana| Parlez ici 15:02, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
@Bluemoonset - [ http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_GUDis0bETgC&pg=PA521&lpg=PA521&dq=star+names+meaning+phoenix&source=bl&ots=6TZbKSSFOh&sig=hECg6uZfryd_FTKa4_PXDcnd9Fo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=onk5UOmNIe-4iAeY6YDoDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=star%20names%20meaning%20phoenix&f=false copyvio it indeed is - see para 2 on p. 336 of this book and compare with added and subtracted segment above. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 01:22, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you award triple crowns. I was told that the nominations page is pretty inactive. I nominated myself for the regular triple crown at Wikipedia:Triple Crown/Nominations, as I meet all the criteria. Can you take a look to see if I can be given the award? Thanks, TRLIJC19 ( talk • contribs) 18:43, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi again. I hate to bother you so quickly after you just awarded me the standard crown, but I just had a new piece of featured content promoted, and now qualify for an upgrade. Whenever you find the time, could you take a look at Wikipedia:Triple Crown/Nominations? Thanks again, TRLIJC19 ( talk • contribs) 18:52, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey Cas, I've been doing some work on CrA and I was wondering if you'd be interested in converting the refs to {{ sfn}}. I've used it on Andromeda, Aries, Auriga, and Bootes, and I think it's a pretty great format. You're the lead on this, so I wanted to ask before going all bold on your future FAC! I just think sfn would make the article a little more accessible. Keilana| Parlez ici 19:11, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
Cas, no one has posted to us about Kafka's article since you did in the beginning over at CORE#Entries. Can you give us some input before we run the last leg of the race? Thanks, PSKY und Gerda. PumpkinSky talk 20:48, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
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Are we supposed to be getting these ready for reviews? I'm seeing a lot of activity and it's making me very nervous. There's no way I'd ever think of going to a review without a strong collab with the geology department and that can't happen in the time-frame of the contest. Truthkeeper ( talk) 22:10, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your help with the Solitaire article, I will try to get Dodo to FAC next, but I'm currently waiting for a copyedit. I've expanded the article to many times the size of the original GA ( http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Dodo&oldid=179049346), so it could be nice to see what could be improved. Not asking you to read the entire thing, which is pretty long, just if you see any glaring issues at first look. Thanks. FunkMonk ( talk) 01:16, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
I am done with my stage one expansion. For more, I'll have to actually get a book or two :) I've nominated the article at WP:GA. Any comments would be appreciated (as would a proofreading by a native English editor :). -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 16:17, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Casliber. Since you've had some experience writing about big cats, I wonder if you'd take a look at this edit request which has been open for over two weeks. I'm afraid the subtleties of taxonomic nomenclature often elude me. Rivertorch ( talk) 19:48, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for tidying up Attachment theory. Fainites barley scribs 21:51, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Yes, thank you. I was afraid to! Sorry I made a mess Fainites - it was not on purpose - I just wanted to know more about the subject so it was calling me and when I read I just naturally edit!
Casliber, I know what you mean about doing the same sort of thing on WP that you do at work - it get's old. I write about nature all day, so I enjoy the change of pace here. I think you do exactly the opposite - you enjoy writing about nature for that change. You should enjoy what you do. There is a peer reviewer coming to work on the DID page and in the meantime everyone is finally being patient - more or less. Please don't feel obligated to work on something that you just don't want to get in the middle of. We all still think you are awesome. :) Tylas ✫ ♥♫ 20:48, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
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Wups, I wrote up a bunch of diffs assuming UTC when you specifically wrote at the top of the contest page that it was based on Sydney time. I'll take another stab at it tomorrow. Binksternet ( talk) 01:15, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
I accidentally rolled back your recent edit at WT:DND. I have a new smart phone and the rollback button is apparently the easiest thing for my fat fingers to hit on the touchscreen. Sorry about that. Also, congratulations on making to the next round of the WikiCup! Very impressive work. — Torchiest talk edits 03:42, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
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It's not terribly important, but do you know why I was credited twice for Autographa sansoni on my talk page?-- Gilderien Chat| List of good deeds 16:57, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
Just watching now. Jesus ye australians are fucked up. ps [14]..."I knew that prick was my fucking dad from a video of crime-watch my mother had". Ceoil ( talk) 14:04, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
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BURP ....cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 14:54, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
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MathewTownsend ( talk) 22:08, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
I commented. I'm sure it's not what you wanted to see, but frankly I've had enough of a lot of the people involved in this subject and given that I'm only semi-active at the moment due to IRL it would be pointless me volunteering my services. Closing the Muhammad Images RfC was chickenfeed compared to this shambles. Black Kite ( talk) 21:51, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for reviewing this article; it has been hanging around for a while now and I was starting to wonder of it would ever be reviewed. Much appreciated :) Meetthefeebles ( talk) 16:08, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi mate, I see you are a regular admin-contributor at WP:RPP. Was wondering if you might be able to give me some advice. Author and professor Karen Leigh King yesterday released details of the Gospel of Jesus' wife (I created the second page). Given the subject matter, I can see both very quickly becoming battlegrounds for non- NPOV contributors. We have already seen one vandalism edit to the first article and I'm sure we'll see more. I didn't want to jump the gun and go straight to RPP when there has been no significant vandalism and PP might actually be disruptive given subsequent edits to the second article have been from an IP editor who has made some very good edits. My concern is that both pages might be of interest to outside users, especially in the next few days, and any vandalism could have a very detrimental effect on outside readers. Would appreciate your advice. Cheers, Stalwart111 (talk) 03:08, 19 September 2012 (UTC).
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I must apologise for my apparent lack of involvement in the current CORE contest. There are two reasons: first, some messy off-wiki business which is limiting my time here, and secondly my (over-)involvement with one of the candidate articles, namely Franz Kafka. The Kafka expansion has been huge and well worthy of recognition, but the article still has considerable problems that I am discussing with the main editors. This has left me little time to consider the merits of the other candidates. In the circumstances, given the article's importance I feel I should continue my efforts to improve Kafka, and that I should bow to your and the other judge's opinion as to the final rankings, with the plea that Kafka, if it is not thought actually prize-worthy, should get an honourable mention. Brianboulton ( talk) 14:51, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly. |
You have been trouted for: Telling me that my article got featured in Did You Know. I never guessed that the article I created would get to 7600 hits, or that it would explode so quickly. I guess that just happens. Right? That makes me want to make more articles.
Just a note that I've taken your name in vain here. – iridescent 00:22, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. Apologies for not responding sooner to the note you left on my page re the above RfC. I've had very little time for actively participating in Wikipedia over the last few months and that seems likely to continue to be the case over the short to medium term. I stand by an earlier commitment I made to stick with the RfC and I've been keeping up with the discussion on a periodic basis, but while things have been going round in circles I've felt that there would be little point in my contributing. My views are already on record - that I believed the best way forward was for the then-closers to draft a second RfC - but that never really took off. It does seem that opinion is moving towards a second RfC of some sort; I hope the focus will be the structure of the topic and scope of the articles, because until that's settled I believe choosing actual titles is irrelevant.
I've noted the general dissatisfaction with the previous close and ongoing comments about the closers, and accept that my mostly hands-off approach may have been the wrong way to go about things and has possibly given an impression of disinterest (not helped by my general lack of editing activity). Given my reluctance to actively interfere with the process, and the other calls on my time, it may be best if I recuse from further participation.
Best regards, EyeSerene talk 20:17, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Casliber,
I finally posted the bio on Rogelio Bernal Andreo that I had been working on for a month. Within minutes it got an ugly banner. Many of the tags just seem malicious and frankly lacking serious inquiry. What do you suggest?-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 05:15, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.
For reasons unknown to me my Arbitration appeal was archived as decline by a clerk. Even though I know that the clerk didn't follow the proper procedure as I learned about the closure 3 hours after when I saw it on my watchlist I have no hopes of it coming back. I have three issues that I'd like to consult you on. First one is a false accusation posted by an involved admin on my appeal. I was accused of calling someone "retarded" and when I pointed out this to be wrong I got no acknowledgement in return. I believe this to be a major disruption especially as it comes from an admin. Second one is also about false accusations. One of the arbitrators (not you) claimed that there is no evidence that I acknowledge the topic ban as a result of my actions when I explicitly word it in my appeal and comments that my actions were wrong and that I was not contesting the topic ban itself but it's duration. I can't make sense of this vote and personally feel unfair that such a misinformed vote is counted. Third one is the fact that I take some of the arbitrators and involved admins arguments as being completely unfair and out of line. I want to pursue this case further not because I'm dying to make an edit in that article topic but because I see this indefinite topic ban for a single incident that I caused when I was a very new editor as an injustice. I feel like I'm being treated as a mass murderer my crime was harassment. What other action can I take over this? Is there any higher authority?
In case you wonder, I'm not sending this message to you because you didn't outright declined my request (which you actually did initially) but because when I pointed out an issue that you were mistaken you acknowledged it and we moved on. TheDarkLordSeth ( talk) 03:45, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
I suggested Armillaria luteobubalina to be considered for TFA, please feel free to join the discussion, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:30, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Do you have an opinion on the notability of this guy? Tijfo098 ( talk) 10:45, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi mate, this one again. Has now been subject of multiple edits which are almost pure Synth OR - one particular editor introducing links to other theories and history completely unrelated to the subject based on their own opinions. Have reverted basically the same edit 2-3 times in 48 hours but am trying to steer clear of 3RR. Continued reintroduction of a claim that a 2008 source justifies a link to a subject that became public knowledge only a few days ago. The content comes with multi-para "citations" which repeat content from other articles the editor believes are related. Myself and another editor have left notes on his TP but they have been ignored. He has also refused to engage in any of the discussions on the article TP. Your attention would be appreciated. Cheers, Stalwart111 (talk) 13:06, 22 September 2012 (UTC).
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Orlady ( talk) 00:03, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
When I made my comment on the DYK thread, I didn't notice you had already nominated a preferred hook, so my apologies if my comment sounded inconsiderate. For the record, I wasn't keen on the last two hooks because they struck me as potentially divisive politically, and I thought it would be better for an important topic like the world's most threatened species if the political angle was omitted in the hook. I might have been wrong about that of course, but that's the issue that struck me at the time. Regards, Gatoclass ( talk) 06:53, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Good evening Casliber.
Having taken three days away from this place to reflect on how this review descended at the back end of last week and my own response/contribution to that, I'd like to apologise for my over-reaction and thank you for the forebearance you showed in dealing with that over-reaction. I don't think I've behaved like that for about twenty years. Thank you again for taking the time to comment and helping me improve the article. Meetthefeebles ( talk) 22:00, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
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Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:02, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hello Casliber, you promised some further input on Talk:Ahmad Shah Massoud about a week ago. Can we still expect some? The protection has expired in the meantime and, predictably, no further progress has been made. Fut.Perf. ☼ 06:11, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
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On 28 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Agastachys, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the white waratah, mountain and Mueller's geebungs are three members of the protea family found only in Tasmania? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Agastachys. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Yngvadottir ( talk) 00:04, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
On 28 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Persoonia gunnii, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the white waratah, mountain and Mueller's geebungs are three members of the protea family found only in Tasmania? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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On 28 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Persoonia muelleri, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the white waratah, mountain and Mueller's geebungs are three members of the protea family found only in Tasmania? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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On 2 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Telescopium, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the constellation Telescopium has shrunk since its creation in the 1750s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Telescopium. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:03, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Dear Casliber, there is no way a collaboration with Fut.Perf. is possible. He only knows his way or no way. We have had two objections to his changes (in the lead, removal of some quotes, etc.). The Webster University book has clearly been said to meet RS, yet he tagged it. You said explicitly disputed, complicated bits, to which the lead undoubtedly belongs, should be discussed on the talk first and you were yet to comment on my comments, so was DS who still wanted to provide further reasoning. Yet Fut.Perf. is again starting an edit war. He should be banned from editing that article. In fact, he never edited that article before he had a dispute with me on an image deletion discussion, in which consensus was against him and he was noted as "unecessarily bitter" towards me and making use of administrative rights in a way that questioned his ability to do so. [18] [19] After that he hounded me to the Massoud - and several other [20] - articles and ever since has created edit wars there, failing to accept opinions different than his own. He did the same with DS after DS had had a content dispute with him. When DS got a DYK promoted by several established editors reviewing it, Fut.Perf. hounded DS to the relevant article - which FP again had never edited before - and immediately discredited it including all those that had reviewed it. [21] [22] FP is interested in getting me and probably others like DS banned by starting edit wars, rather than being interested in that article. I am willing to work with you, Dennis Brown, or any other cooperating person on that article as I had already started to improve the article by rewriting the "Early Life" sections and other things - before Fut.Perf. started this recent edit war. [23] [24] [25] JCAla ( talk) 07:01, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Casliber, you semi-protected Jack Reacher (film) recently. There is a push to mention actor Alexander Rhodes, who plays an unnamed role in the film, prominently in the article. It's based on an Internet community's inflation in popularity of the actor's IMDb page. There is an IP who keeps trying to make a proposal to this extent on the article's talk page. I've removed it a couple of times as a joke discussion, but the person has restored it, insisting that it is a "serious" proposal. What do you think? Erik ( talk | contribs) 11:40, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
We're over half way through the final, and so it is less than a month until we know for certain our 2012 WikiCup champion. Grapple X ( submissions) currently leads, followed by Sasata ( submissions), Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) and Casliber ( submissions). However, we have no one resembling a breakaway leader, and so the competition is a long way from over. Next month's newsletter will feature a list of our winners (who are not necessarily only the finalists) and keep your eyes open for an article on the WikiCup in a future edition of The Signpost. The leaders are already on a par with last year's winners, but a long way from the huge scores seen in 2010. That said, a repeat of the competition from 2010 seems unlikely.
It is good to see that three-quarters of our finalists have already scored bonus points this round. This shows that, contrary to criticism that the WikiCup has received in the past, the competition does not merely incentivise the writing of trivial articles; instead, our top competitors are still spending their time contributing to high-importance articles, and bringing them to a high standard. This does a great service to the encyclopedia and its readers. Thank you, and good work!
The planning for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Some straw polls have been opened concerning the scoring, and you can now sign up for next year's competition. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) J Milburn ( talk) 19:49, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Can you please explain?-- Tznkai ( talk) 12:03, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
I advise against releasing the CORE deliberations. I think it would only lead to unececessary complaints and drama. You guys volunteered to make some tough calls and you made them. That the decision was 3 weeks late tells me it was not easy. Releasing them could even embarrass some people, potentially. Let the chips fall where they may. PumpkinSky talk 22:42, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
Holla. In the Civ rfc, you replied to my comment at section 11 with a question about percentages, but I'd mentioned "10%" further below in section 14, so I'm not sure if you were asking me about that?
To (perhaps) clarify: My only certainty is that "it's complicated", and "anyone who claims to have a simple solution is probably overlooking oodles of edge cases", type thing...
But i would be seriously worried if someone who had made 900 productive edits had also made 100 inflammatory comments... (I realize/assume you were using "90%" as a placeholder number, but numbers are tricky beasts, 'specially in rfcs..)
Feel free to clarify (and/or move) your question, or other action. I'll respond wherever you prefer :) — Quiddity ( talk) 01:57, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Rs chen 7754 06:08, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Hey Casliber, given your FA efforts and your interest in music would you be interested in giving the OK Computer FAC some feedback? It's got two supports right now and I'm close to supporting myself, but another perspective wouldn't hurt, be it positive, negative, or simply constructive. WesleyDodds ( talk) 08:49, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Franz Kafka/archive1. Since you were the CORE lead, I thought you'd like to know. Comments and improvements welcome. Thanks for the work at CORE. PumpkinSky talk 22:33, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I made a entry, normaly I´m only on the german wiki and I´m realy shocked, what is going on here. I such things never happen to me on the german site and this is realy insulting. here please. I´m not a nativ speaker so it not always so easy for me to find the right words. Thanks a lot. -- Brainbug666 ( talk) 05:03, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello C. You protected the List of incomplete or partially lost films on Sept 28. The IP hopping editor from California, rather than engage in discussion on the talk page, waited until the protection expired and went right back to adding the incorrect info. Looks like we might need to protect it again. I came to you first since you are familiar with the situation but if you would rather that I file another report at RFPP just let me know and I will be happy to do so. Thanks for your time. MarnetteD | Talk 20:12, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi there, Casliber. I just reviewed your DYK nomination for your expansion of Pyxis. You did great work, but it's not quite past the 5x threshold. (It's a little above 4x right now.) Maybe a little more content could be added? (For example, the history section is intriguing and could definitely be expanded if there's more information out there.) Salaam, groupuscule ( talk) 02:41, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Shepherd CJ, Totterdell CJ. 1988. Mushrooms and Toadstools of Australia. Melbourne: Inkata Press. Would appreciate you checking something for me if you do. Thanks, Sasata ( talk) 19:45, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Certainly Assessment boxes like the one for the cardiology task force are made by User:WP 1.0 bot. Just post to talk there and it can make your box easily. — Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 18:37, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for participating in my RFA! I appreciate your support. Zagalejo ^^^ 06:22, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch - after the last edit I am completely confused about the hyphen and capitalisation of the bird's name, the article name doesn't go with the first bold name, and perhaps the lowercase "finch" was intentional as an alternative ??? I care about the bird pictured in my archive ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 05:31, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Re: Wiki=Malurus grayi # IOC=Chenorhamphus grayi ## Wiki=IOC= Broad-billed Fairywren
Can sockpupper or meatpuppet nominate or votes on RfA? If no, what are the solution? Best regards. -- Dede2008 ( talk) 16:13, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
On 5 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Circinus, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the constellation of Circinus depicts a pair of drafting compasses? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Circinus. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk)) 08:04, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, can you please review the tammar article for MOS and comprehensiveness? LittleJerry ( talk) 17:10, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello. You have a new message at User talk:Keilana's talk page. Keilana| Parlez ici 16:43, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Secret account 03:01, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
This issue has come up in the peer review for the giant anteater article. Do you think this is a good enough source for a FA article? LittleJerry ( talk) 03:31, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Keilana| Parlez ici 04:47, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
I noted your note on my talk page. I have no "primary" account. Furthermore, without being rude, I must say that I have no disputes, so the services of the arbitration committee seem to be unneeded by me. But have a nice day! Cookies93 ( talk) 09:10, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
I was going to post this at ANI and then thought maybe I shouldn't. Please look at this edit and do what you think best. Thanks.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 09:17, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Since you have listed yourself as a peer review volunteer interested in food and drink articles, would you like to support the quest to counter systemic bias on Wikipedia by giving a thorough review of the short, but interesting, article about Ya Kun Kaya Toast, a multinational kaya toast chain and Singaporean cultural icon? Thanks! 谢谢!Terima kasih! நன்றி! -- J.L.W.S. The Special One ( talk) 09:47, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Please see: Talk:Bipolar disorder#cite regression. Br'er Rabbit ( talk) 13:46, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Some small referencing issues. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 14:32, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Re big wheels' keep on churning -- I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be turning Nobody Ent 19:40, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
The Paul McCartney article has now been thoroughly copyedited top-to-bottom by numerous editors including User:Lfstevens, who is a member of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors. If you can find the time in your busy schedule, please consider stopping by and taking a look, and hopefully, !voting. ~ GabeMc ( talk| contribs) 03:47, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
On 10 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chrysophyllum oliviforme, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the satinleaf tree is endangered in its native Florida, but an invasive weed in Hawaii? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chrysophyllum oliviforme. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Yngvadottir ( talk) 08:03, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Re: Pheasant Coucal. This Australian bird looks rather distinctive, and I was pleased to find an Creative Commons image of it on Flickr earlier today. Is there anything about it that you could make a DYK for it? Snowman ( talk) 13:42, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I added some stuff to the mythology of Corona Australis from Julius D.W. Staal's The New Patterns in the Sky. Hope it helps! I'll add anything else I can find. :) Keilana| Parlez ici 21:43, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
On 11 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Corona Australis, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the constellation of Corona Australis contains one of the closest star-forming regions (pictured) to the solar system? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Corona Australis. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:02, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Great job!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:00, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Casliber! I have one question about editors involved in cases. To be precise, I saw this case where initially there only 5 editors listed under List of users affected by or involved in this amendment. Later on, few editors added other names following few statements. So my question is that if a case has begun, then is it possible to add names later like this? Or was this addition not proper? Also, can anyone remove their name from the list himself? Please clarify. Thanks! — TheSpecialUser ( TSU) 15:17, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
This is an amendment request not a case and the list also includes users which may be affected, hence has different criteria to setting out a case. Hence they are not "parties" as such. I have no reason to consider the subsequent adding of names as problematic in this (or any) amendment/clarification issue. The most likely action will not be editor-specific anyway. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 20:52, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Acrolepia oxyglypta, Acrolepia niphosperma, Acrolepia nodulata, and several others in the Acrolepia genus are being created, with no substantial information provided, and I've seen this with other species. IMO this is a cheap way to rack up edits, and I think these articles could be merged into something like List of species in the genus Acrolepia, we currently have a list in the Acrolepia article, which itself is a one sentence stub. Thoughts? And thoughts on creating these stubs in the first place, when to be honest these moths (and several other subspecies of various other genus I'm assuming) vary very little from one another? Albacore ( talk) 01:45, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
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Tireless contribution or, as some might say, cheeky cheating for e-fame. — Tom Morris ( talk) 14:09, 13 July 2012 (UTC) |
Going for an Australian 4 millionth article? Good luck :) I'm at Wikimania in Washington DC at the moment with a couple of others, madly monitoring the statistics page! -- Chuq (talk) 14:10, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
On 13 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hydnora triceps, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the fruit of the rare subterranean parasitic plant Hydnora triceps smell and taste of coconut? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hydnora triceps. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 16:03, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. I hope you do not mind my contacting you here. I noticed your comment on one of the proposed finding of fact for ARBFLG2, and wrote up some thoughts in reply here. I hope this is of some value. Regards, Homunculus ( duihua) 19:23, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
I have left the review. I'll again take a look at it once these are addressed. Happy editing! — TheSpecialUser ( TSU) 06:54, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Casliber, I've reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Microscopium and left a comment/suggestion in relation to the hook's wording. Regards, Nick-D ( talk) 11:06, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
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I was too lazy to photoshop the Reviewer's barnstar and the Space barnstar together, so this will have to do. You've reviewed a whole bunch of my constellation articles and gotten hooked on writing them also, and I wanted to thank you for being a wonderful fellow constellation |
I can be reached at this address: gtownhoyasdc@gmail.com. I'll probably add and remove citations where needed tomorrow. LeftAire ( talk) 01:20, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
You seem to have skipped voting on this remedy, perhaps because of the messiness of the PD ... Roger Davies talk 09:14, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
I would like to submit a DYK hook for Deception: Betraying the Peace Process. Seeing as it is a controversial topic, I could do with some assistance in writing a neutral submission. Thanks. Ankh. Morpork 11:59, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
I noticed that you were a checkuser, and since several editors are currently having an issue with an ip that surfaced recently and went straight ahead to the task of disruption and harassment. Is there anything that can be done sans the massive amount of evidence required to suggest an ip be checked as a potential sock/disruption account? I have two or three editors who I think may be good candidates for the master, but I won't name them here until I here back from you with your advice. Thanks. ~ GabeMc ( talk| contribs) 22:59, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
Of course, thanks Casliber. They have been most active at Talk:The Beatles, Talk:Paul McCartney and User talk:Andreasegde. This and this, where they filed an AN/I report within 70 lifetime edits. They are just two of dozens of examples I could dig up in terms of their imtimidating editing habits. Thanks for taking the time to help, its much appreciated. ~ GabeMc ( talk| contribs) 03:19, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for the ideas and help with the snowberry page! Jgreeter ( talk) 23:34, 19 July 2012 (UTC) |
Thank you for asking me to be a co-nominator; however, I would decline the offer of being one of the nominators at this time, partly because I would like to focus on images and making small semi-automated edits to a number of pages and partly because I might not have much spare time for editing on the Wiki over the next few weeks. The artwork on the pelican page looks good. Actually, the short video of the pelicans diving into the water is one of my favourite video illustrations. Snowman ( talk) 10:32, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Have you made any progress on it? The FAR's growing mold. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 15:27, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
On 21 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Microscopium, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the constellation of Microscopium can't be seen from locations affected by light pollution? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Microscopium. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 08:03, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
I've done all of the editing that I could for the article that I felt needed it. You can assess the article now, and I'll be around to make changes. LeftAire ( talk) 19:29, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Ankh. Morpork 21:28, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey bro,
How are you? Long time no see. :D
Regards,
Spawn Man ( talk) 12:51, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Re: Shining Bronze Cuckoo. A bird found in Australia. Unreferenced text in the article says it lives further south than any other brood parasite. If this is true, is it interesting enough for a DYK? Snowman ( talk) 14:03, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Some people recently complaining that my English is not good enough.Can I consult you from time to time how is best to present certain sources in proper english?-- Shrike ( talk)/ WP:RX 07:25, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas, Don't worry about the fugue article. It exists already as fugue state. I don't know how I missed it before but I have now made the link to it from Shell shock that was necessary. Cheers, Whiteghost.ink ( talk) 07:33, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas, I was wondering if you'd be interested in being interviewed for the Signpost by me and Crisco 1492. We're trying to revive the practice of interviewing prolific/prominent FA writers, and you definitely fit the bill! Thanks for your consideration. Keilana| Parlez ici 16:54, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi again! We've written up some questions here. Wanna take a crack? We may add a few more, but that's if either of us come up with any. Thanks! :) Keilana| Parlez ici 14:42, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
~ GabeMc ( talk| contribs) 21:39, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
There is a ongoing discussion about content in the Australian Cattle Dog article that suggests salient information about the dangerousness and aggressiveness of the breed is being left out of the article -- while a significant amount of thinly-sourced, anecdotal puffery regarding the breed's temperament is advanced (e.g., "When on home ground, the Australian Cattle Dog is a happy, affectionate, and playful pet."). In the discussion, the article's FA status is being used to defend the current status of the article as fixed... and to remove new content citing the breed's dangerousness from the intro and even the Temperment section of the article. This seems completely backwards. Editors of a FA article should be open to improving the article. It's my understanding that in order for an article to reach FA status, it needs to reflect a neutral point of view. One may debate whether Pitbulls are in fact dangerous, but it would be remiss for an article on pitbulls to bury vetted information that throws a more complete light on its history. How can an article on a dog breed such as the ACD reach FA status when it fairly minimizes the breeds salient tendency toward aggressiveness, while highlighting the it's "happy, affectionate, playfulness." Can you please review the recent edit history and the recent discussion -- and re-evaluate the FA status. Perhaps your independent viewpoint can be useful here. I appreciate your feedback. 842U ( talk) 03:23, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
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I just wanted to say thanks for the assistance along the way on the process of the article becoming GA! It probably won't be the last article dealing with birds that I'll edit for GA/FA status, so you might see an article I significantly contributed to as a nomination again! LeftAire ( talk) 21:18, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
Pointing out that what I posted here included some criticism of what you said (or rather what you didn't say). I don't normally get frustrated over things like this, but you did ask me a direct question, and I thought you were willing to listen to what I said and reply. Anyway, I thought it was only fair to let you know in case you had genuinely forgotten to check back on that page. Carcharoth ( talk) 00:58, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Is it okay for editors to partner up and share the work and "prizes"? What are the prizes? If they're in EUROs and not easily sent and converted to another currency in Paypal account, they don't do people in non-Euro countries much good. I'm really not interested in the prizes anyway, must making an article better. PumpkinSky talk 02:38, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
Ed - I know zip about military stuff, but I would point out that one gets greater kudos and more points for improving articles in a shoddier state, and battlecruiser is starting to shape up ok maybe (??? - formatting looks ok at first glance)....for instance, look at gun, weapon, Soldier (christ, that one you could get a 5x DYK expansion!). In fact.... Casliber ( talk · contribs) 11:23, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
It's been two weeks since you posted that you'd get to this one "soon". Can you please respond on the template page to let us know where this stands? Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 02:44, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
On 30 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pheasant Coucal, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the eggs and young of the Pheasant Coucal (pictured) are predominantly cared for by the male parents? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pheasant Coucal. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 00:02, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
...my latest edits to your submission page. I'm muddling my months. J Milburn ( talk) 15:31, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Casliber. I just wanted thank you for your observations and support with the History of Mars observation article. It has been promoted to FA. Regards, RJH ( talk) 18:11, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi.^^ I got a lil´ problem: the article is candidating for a "good"-nomination. During this week I had planned to work down the critics (as seen on discussion page), but - phew! - itz a lot! And my English is possibly not good nuff to clean ALL up. Therefor I wanna beg for yer help. Regards;-- Nephiliskos ( talk) 15:41, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
Can you run a check for sleepers on Jarryn2012? This user vandalised {{ PREVIOUSMONTH.YEAR}} ( permalink) with an admission of being Earth Exploding Live. I just found similar vandalism to another template (which one it was I don't know), which was performed after Jarryn was blocked; see WP:AN for other comments. Nyttend backup ( talk) 16:18, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
While I was editing St. John, Indiana, someone vandalised a template that's on the page to blank the entire page. Since I was only on the page for a few minutes, it's definitely one of the template edits below, which I copied from RecentChanges:
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Please fix it and block/protect/everything else necessary, since I'm busy and don't have the time right now. Note a recent thread at WP:HD ("What's going on over at Current Events?") and the recent protection of {{ PREVIOUSMONTH.YEAR}}. Nyttend backup ( talk) 16:20, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees Grapple X ( submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees Muboshgu ( submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's Ruby2010 ( submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.
Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 22:19, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
If the work is that daunting, wouldn't it make sense just to let it de-FA instad of running yourself ragged trying to keep it FA? Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 00:15, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
[6] Ncmvocalist ( talk) 15:46, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
On 3 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eucalyptus rhodantha, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that fewer than 1000 mature plants of the endangered rose mallee remain in the wild? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eucalyptus rhodantha. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Yngvadottir ( talk) 00:03, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
Need another judge for the Core Contest? I could help with that. Binksternet ( talk) 01:52, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Fungi for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. - Mabeenot ( talk) 00:57, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
[7] ... but then so have you. My idea quite literally was that whatever I did couldn't make things worse, but I struggled for a structure. What I decided on was to deal with each of the elements of IT separately (information storage, retrieval etc.), try and pull the whole thing together later, and add aspects such as ethics that were simply ignored. I have no idea whether it's all going to come together or not, but any suggestions you have would be very welcome. Malleus Fatuorum 03:40, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
I learned a new word today which is very funny considering what I'm trying to do. I started on the flora section first but to be honest I don't really know any of it except the history, so will be very interesting. I laughed when I saw your comment - orogeny, huh? Truthkeeper ( talk) 04:02, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hello! Your submission of Little Black Cormorant at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Peter.C • talk • contribs 19:21, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
A gentle reminder. — Vensatry (Ping me) 08:08, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
Dear Casliber,
We seem to have an endless fight over RD's article on whether to keep/remove criticisms in general and in the special case, Dawkin's statement after 9/11. You may take a look at what each side says in the last two sections of the article's talk page. Your help is appreciated.-- Kazemita1 ( talk) 01:52, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey Cas, in your FA recipe box, you say "See in GA reviewer suggested "bonus stuff" to work on before FAC". Do you mean "See in GAN if reviewer suggested "bonus stuff" to work on before FAC"? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:29, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the mention in the article- it's appreciated :) J Milburn ( talk) 11:43, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
I fix up the right whale article some more. All thats needed is the lede to be expanded. LittleJerry ( talk) 23:37, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
I noticed that you have Betelgeuse "on the radar". I’d be interested in taking the article to "FA status" with you. In reviewing it briefly, I notice that nomenclature is an issue. In fact, pursuant to your feedback on Talk:Pleione (star), I realized that nomenclature is an issue in the design of all star articles. So I decided to invest the time to fully research it. If you have a moment, I’d be interested in your reaction to the ideas put forth. And let me know when you’re ready to start with Betelgeuse. I’m ready when you are. Sadalsuud ( talk) 13:23, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
I've managed to come up with two new sections that are ready for transport to the main article. You can review them here: at the "New Visibility Section". I put them in context, so you can see what the article looks like. As I indicated a few days ago, I won't make the transfer until you've had a chance to review first. Let me know what you think.
My main concern is the ESA copyrighted information at the bottom of the Visibility section. Let me know if that is handled appropriately. There is still much more work to do. I have quite a few more sections planned, but decided to at least get these two ready for prime time. If you think they work, I can copy them over later today. I await your thoughts. Sadalsuud ( talk) 19:41, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi Calisber. I've got a new section for you to look at. To be honest it's not quite finished. But given my commitment to have something ready within a day or two, I've produced a "condensed" version for prime time. There are two more additional paragraphs that I am still working on. I will try to include them soon.
Like last time, I have imported the most recent version of Betelgeuse into my User page so you can see the new section in context. It can be found by clicking: HERE!. That will take you to a new Visibility sub-section which I've entitled "Rhytmic dance" — an effective metaphor, I think, for the star's oscillating character. Consistent with comments made a few weeks ago at Talk:Pleione (star), I'm using standardized terminology for "major headings" and descriptive terminology for "sub-headings". I think it works. Let me know your thoughts.
If you wish to see the other sub-sections I'm working on, you can click: Here!. You will notice an extensive Contents Box and think I've possibly gone mad! No need for alarm however. I just found that I needed to bring some organization to the drafting of these sections, so I'm using the Contents Box as a kind of outline tool. That way, when I read an article, I have an idea where the new information fits, I can cut and paste for future editing, and then come back to it later. I hope you find this Contents Box helpful in understanding how I'm trying to tackle this project. If you have any idea as to how it can be improved, let me know.
The two additional paragraphs I'm working on for Rhythmic Dance you will find by clicking on the Rhythmic dance sub-section. I gave them an olive colored font, so they stand out.
The scope of this project has turned out to be far more than I ever imagined. There is so much information to absorb — kind of like putting together a giant jig-saw puzzle with 10,000 pieces. What I'm finding is you can't just work on one section at a time, as every piece is interconnected, and you need to have a sense as to where all the pieces fit. In any event, you'll see how each section is coming along. Some sections are more advanced than others.
I'm enjoying the challenge of it. I believe the goal of completing the different sub-sections by mid-August is still achievable. Let me know if you think the condensed version is ready to be transported over to the main article. Sadalsuud ( talk) 03:55, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi Calisber. When you have a chance, I've got a few new "chunks" for you to look at. Click HERE to see comments.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 06:08, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Calisber. In notice you've been busy the last few days. When you have a moment and have been able to review the "chunks" enumerated above, your thoughts on what to do here would be really helpful. Click HERE to see comments. Thanks again.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 12:04, 13 August 2010 (UTC) -- Sadalsuud ( talk) 15:21, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
I finally got most of those "chucks" cleaned up over the weekend and, pursuant to your suggestions imported them into the main article. Also, I've posted some observations related thereto for your insight and comment. When you have a moment, click HERE to see comments. To see recent changes, simply go to the Betelgeuse article. I look forward to your thoughts and any ideas you have for GA review submission.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 15:21, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. When you have a chance, I've posted some recent thoughts on the future direction of the Betelgeuse article, and would value your insights. Click HERE to see comments.---- Sadalsuud ( talk) 00:33, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. The "Star system" section is close to complete. Just needs a few refs and xrefs, I think. Click HERE to review and post any comments or concerns. Thanks again for your focused attention. -- Sadalsuud ( talk) 12:15, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Just completed the import if you'd like to make any changes. Click HERE to view.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 17:08, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
I've reworked the Angular anomalies section to create a more balanced argument. When you have a chance, please review HERE and let me know your thoughts.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 15:20, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
I've gone ahead and included the revised "Angular anomalies" sub-section with a few additional improvements. When you have a chance, your insights on a few other issues would be helpful. You can find them HERE.-- 24.203.198.172 ( talk) 17:49, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. Your suggestion to post a question at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy produced a very useful result but also triggered a copyright violation requiring some attention. Your insights as always would be valuable. You can see my comments by clicking HERE.---- Sadalsuud ( talk) 17:19, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. I think this section is finally done. Though it's a bit of a rush job, I think it will stand up. Click HERE to see comments and get to the latest version in the sandbox. Thanks again for your on-going support of this project. I'm pooped! Fortunately, we're almost there.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 12:22, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Getting close to the finish line. There are a couple of concerns, however. When you have a moment, can you review comments HERE? Thanks again.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 14:12, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. Just a short note to say that I've had to divert my attention to the Pleione article, as you probably guessed. I noticed your contributions, and in fact, provided some xrefs, which I believe are accurate. I hope to have all the GA improvements done by Saturday. If you have a chance to give it a quick lookover in a few days, that would be great. This weekend, I'll try to get the "Organizational history" section up to standard, get your thoughts, and then propose the article for GA review.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 15:35, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
I've now turned my attention back to Betelgeuse and decided to post a new section on the talk page Major surgery on Observational history section?. Given that this section was the focus of early contributions, I have intentionally avoided editing "other people's work", focusing as you know on adding new sections. But as I point out, the job needs to be done for various reasons and I thought it would be useful to put everyone on notice and invite comments. The last thing I want to do is create an edit war. Any thoughts?-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 08:46, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
Ok, I've gotten started. Check out Herschel's discovery section for recent edits. As I point out on the Talk page, I'm trying to keep most of the early contributions while giving the whole section a "historical" focus. I think it works. Your insights however would be useful.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 10:04, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. Just a short note to let you know that Betelgeuse has finally been nominated for GA review. Updated observations HERE! Thanks again for your on-going participation in this process.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 19:54, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
I noticed you were able to make a few corrections pursuant to the GA Review. The review was clearly quite favorable. I made a few other changes and responded. Let me know if you see anything missing. You can see my comments Here!. Thanks again. We're finally getting there.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 03:17, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Noticed that Puerto Rican Amazon is Todays Featured Article. Congrats! Getting Sasata to participate in taking Betelgeuse to FA was a real coup. Thanks. Nothing like detailed insights.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 04:41, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
OK. I've been able to get to most of the issues raised at FAC readiness and Betelgeuse redux. I liked your idea of color coding. So I expanded it a little to distinguish between 1) done, points that were relatively straightforward and I believe have been adequately addressed (though you might some other ideas here), 2) Discuss, points where I would appreciate your advice and possibly Iridia's help if needed, and finally 3) need to research, items that will require more work to complete. When you have a moment, can you look over some of the Discussion points upon which we can put these items to bed. Thanks. Once we have them out of the way, I'll be free to focus on the research questions, after which I'd like to address a few remaining issues, which I've been compiling. Almost there... huff, puff. Thanks again for your continued effort on this. It's been a big project.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 10:19, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
It seems like most of the issues at FAC readiness have been addressed. Just to update you, my focus has now shifted to the following: 1) Complete FAC Readiness. I'm researching the need to research tags, of which there were three and making appropriate changes, 2) Starbox research. I want to make sure that all the info in the Starbox and the Properties section are up to date, 3) Final issues. I'm compiling a list of what I think are the final issues that need to be addressed in the article, which I will post, once I've finished my research. Hopefully, I'll have that done in a week. Hope you're doing well. I notice you've been quite active with the star's mythology. Impressive!!! Found some interesting info on Deneb. Looks like it's got a luminosity of 196,000 instead of the 54,000 that Wikipedia and Kaler were reporting. I was pretty surprised by this, so if you have a chance you might want to look at the article's abstract here, just to make sure.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 13:58, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
OK. Looks like we're almost done. You can see the list of final changes here. If you have time, your review of these items would be great. I'm just finishing up the Notes section right now, but everything else is done. As soon as I'm 100% complete, I'll post you here. In the meantime, you'll notice that the Ravi/Townes ref produced some meaningful changes to the article.-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 05:03, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
Couldn't for the effing life of me find that vol which contained the info on star names in Japanese dialect you asked about until I stumbled across it this morning while cleaning up where my disrespectful cat cocked its leg, on a pile of TLS's near my desk. I tremble to add these details because, with my rotten reputation as someone who is always looking for a political angle, it ain't going to help that Obama must be mentioned.
In Japanese dialects Betelgeuse or α Orionis is configured with Rigel β Orionis as the opposite sides of Orion's Belt
Thus, in the dialect of the coastal village of Obama in Fukui prefecture, the two were called wakiboshi or 'sidestars' because they lie on either side of the belt. In the dialect of Ikishima (壱岐島) island in Nagasaki Prefecture, the pair were known as ēte-boshi (相手星, standard Japanese = aiteboshi or ‘opposing stars’) in the phrase kanatsuki no ēteboshi. Here kanatsuki is equivalent to karatsuki, and thus the phrase meant the 'opposing stars of the Belt of Orion'. The same idiom existed in Wajima (輪島) dialect further north in Ishikawa Prefecture.
In 1950, a quite distinctive and archaic dialect term for the two stars was retrieved from the dialect of Yokokura village (横蔵村) in the Ibi district of Gifu Prefecture. There Betelgeuse and Rigel were denominated respectively by two famous clan names. The two clans were the Taira, otherwise known as the Heike, and the Minamoto, or Genji. These two clans conducted an epic struggle to wrest control over Japan during the historic Genpei war of the early medieval period, a devastating conflict that was memorialized in the The Tale of the Heike, an early masterpiece of Japanese literature. The crest of the Taira is red ( 揚羽蝶/Ageha-chō or ' swallowtail butterfly'). The crest of the Minamoto is gentian blue ( 笹竜胆/sasa-rindō, or 'bamboo gentian'). Thus, in Yokokura, the red supergiant Betelgeuse was called Heike-boshi (平家星, the Heike star) and the blue supergiant Rigel the Genji-boshi (源氏星, the Minamoto or Genji star), corresponding to the the respective colours of the two stars. The reference is Nojiri Hōei,Nihon no hoshi, Chūkō Bunko, Tokyo 1976 pp.243-245. Nishidunny aka Nishidani ( talk) 14:51, 12 April 2011 (UTC)This is really intresting!
Hey, so I was looking through your userpage like a good wikistalker, and noticed that you'd put Betelgeuse on your to-do list. I have a bunch of astronomy-related sources sitting around my room (thanks to the lovely Andromeda), and put 2 and 2 together. If you're not too busy, would you be interested in a collab? Keilana| Parlez ici 00:57, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi! So I found some stuff for you yesterday. Mostly consists of constellation names, but I did manage to turn up some mythology. There were a couple books (one on Andean astronomy/mythology and one on Polynesian astronomy/mythology) that I didn't get through, so I can give you those names if you want. I'll try to hunt them down elsewhere or go back to the Field to find them eventually, especially because I know (from a cursory look) that both catalog pretty much every constellation from each culture with lots of mythology and helpful things. I can either email you my notes and the bibliographic information, or just stick it in myself. Which would you prefer? Keilana| Parlez ici 15:39, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I've been working on the Rodrigues Solitaire article, getting it to GA, and I was thinking it could go to FA. J Milburn, who reviewed the GA, suggested I should ask you to look over it. Does it look alright? I see you're busy, so no hurry. Cheers, FunkMonk ( talk) 14:18, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for locking this article until the issue concerning the vulgar term "nigger goose" is resolved. I would, however, request that you revert to the page before where the term was reverted. I don't know the rules concerning locking pages that violate the three-revert rule but this page dodn't have the term in it for many years and it has only been added by a very new anonymous user in the past few days. Is this possible? If it is indeed deemed to be inappropriate why keep it there for any length of time? Cheers. Dger ( talk) 17:14, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
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There was an edit conflict. It looks like your comments disappeared in the middle of it. My apologies. Obviously please feel free to place in chronological order. - jc37 14:00, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I know you're busy with all sorts of things, but a clear eye is desperately needed on Dissociative identity disorder! It would be so helpful. Best wishes, MathewTownsend ( talk) 01:28, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
Casliber,
DID is now at peer review: Wikipedia:Peer review/Dissociative identity disorder/archive1. However, I fear the scrutiny the article needs will not be forthcoming regarding content. I don't believe DID holds together as a diagnosis. But the article (to me) comes across as a sledgehammer against it, without actually explaining the psychodynamics, concentrating more on the political context. My mind is whirling trying to put together a plausible explanation but I don't have access to journals etc. I think the whole article should be hacked down to a brief description, rather than allowing what is there now.
Is there any way to get help? Best wishes, MathewTownsend ( talk) 19:52, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
I enjoyed reading the Signpost article about all you've contributed - thanks!!!! SPhilbrick (Talk) 12:02, 8 August 2012 (UTC) |
Hey there, after I finish periodic table, do you want to do a joint improvement of Canopus? I noticed it was listed on your userpage under things to do. StringTheory11 ( t • c) 00:36, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
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I don't believe any consensus has been reached on which version of Tree to retain. Mark Marathon has returned the page to its original version. A helpful suggestion you made for resolving the matter has been edited out of the talk page. I can't help being amused that a statement that he keeps banging on about on the talk page, "A young tree is called a sapling", also appears in the original version. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 06:08, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
Partial unblock of Peter Damian at AN/I - since you're in charge of the thing. VolunteerMarek 16:14, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
I was actually already doing what you suggested, ironically. I've left out the WMUK stuff, the WMUK meetings stuff, the 2010 Signpost article, and the 2011 Signpost article. Uncle G ( talk) 22:36, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello Calisber. Thanks once again for the copy edit and the comments you left at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Dorset/archive1. We have taken them on board and done our best to incorporate them into the article. It appears that the review is drawing to a close now and I wondered if you had any further advice or comments to make? All the best-- Ykraps ( talk) 07:05, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
Heyya Casliber,
I'm working on a sandbox for the article Varied Thrush, and've gathered some sources on the talk page. Since you contribute a lot to this kind of area, what sections should be added to bird articles (i.e. taxonomy, range, ecology, and behavior)? The part at WP:BIRDS wasn't very specific. Thanks. Editio princeps ( talk) 17:01, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
Can you tell me the procedure for wrapping up the Core Contest at the end of August? Is there an on-wiki venue for judge discussion, or will emails be sent back and forth? Binksternet ( talk) 20:44, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
Much Delayed Thank you! I was on a wikibreak, hence replying now. Cheers, Around The Globe सत्यमेव जयते 16:51, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey! This nomination template has been looked over and since the reviewer suggested a hook, ONLY THE HOOK needs to be looked over by another new reviewer. The rest of the article has been surely taken care of. If you have the time to just check it out, please do so. Thanks. Khyati Gupta ( talk) 19:18, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas, I've been asked to throw some cold water over the dog-fight here, please have a look at my comment on the talk page and let me know what you think. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:55, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hey Cas, I was wondering if you're at all interested in FA-ing Canis Minor. I just added some Inuit mythology I had found at the Field library, and did a little ref cleanup to standardize them all to your format. I would be happy to do more if you want me to; it's a little constellation with not that many stars or deep-sky objects, so I don't think it would take too long. If not, that's totally fine, just thought I'd ask. :) Anyways, happy editing/arbitrating! Best, Keilana| Parlez ici 00:48, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Hmm that makes sense. And yes, some are pretty difficult but still doable. I've found a bit of information from Astronomy so I'll keep going with that. Keilana| Parlez ici 20:35, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
What is WRT sourcing? 842U ( talk) 11:18, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
If you have a moment, could you please clarify which version you reference when you say, "This version." Many thanks. Ebikeguy ( talk) 13:51, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Casliber! If you have time, could you take a look at my request for file mover rights? Thank you, anyway! Felipe Menegaz 23:19, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Calisber. I sincerely apologize if I have unintentionally canvassed over at WT:FILM. It was a good faith mistake on my part, and I did not intend to be disruptive or break Wikipedia protocol in doing so. I promise that it never happens again. Lord Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 05:13, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
Casliber, I appreciate that you do the unpleasant and time-consuming job of moving Prepare areas into Queues, but please give those prep areas a minimum of a couple of hours for people to have a chance to see and edit them. I was just going to edit a hook in Prep 2, which I had finished assembling 40 minutes before, only to discover that it was already promoted. This means, unfortunately, that none of the usual crew (mostly non-admins such as myself) can do fixes on this set. Thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 03:28, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
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See my post to Fainites: [12] Subtly changing an article in tiny ways to say the opposite of what is meant - is this vandalism? e.g. [13] MathewTownsend ( talk) 14:40, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
(edit conflit)
I think CrA is getting close. I found a bunch of sources for the Corona Australids and I'm going to go see what I can find in the new library today. I know there are several papers about the molecular cloud, so I'll be adding to that, along with a couple online sources about the Corona Australids. Basically...I haven't forgotten about it and will be doing some heavy duty work today. :) Keilana| Parlez ici 15:02, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
@Bluemoonset - [ http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_GUDis0bETgC&pg=PA521&lpg=PA521&dq=star+names+meaning+phoenix&source=bl&ots=6TZbKSSFOh&sig=hECg6uZfryd_FTKa4_PXDcnd9Fo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=onk5UOmNIe-4iAeY6YDoDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=star%20names%20meaning%20phoenix&f=false copyvio it indeed is - see para 2 on p. 336 of this book and compare with added and subtracted segment above. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 01:22, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you award triple crowns. I was told that the nominations page is pretty inactive. I nominated myself for the regular triple crown at Wikipedia:Triple Crown/Nominations, as I meet all the criteria. Can you take a look to see if I can be given the award? Thanks, TRLIJC19 ( talk • contribs) 18:43, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi again. I hate to bother you so quickly after you just awarded me the standard crown, but I just had a new piece of featured content promoted, and now qualify for an upgrade. Whenever you find the time, could you take a look at Wikipedia:Triple Crown/Nominations? Thanks again, TRLIJC19 ( talk • contribs) 18:52, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey Cas, I've been doing some work on CrA and I was wondering if you'd be interested in converting the refs to {{ sfn}}. I've used it on Andromeda, Aries, Auriga, and Bootes, and I think it's a pretty great format. You're the lead on this, so I wanted to ask before going all bold on your future FAC! I just think sfn would make the article a little more accessible. Keilana| Parlez ici 19:11, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
Cas, no one has posted to us about Kafka's article since you did in the beginning over at CORE#Entries. Can you give us some input before we run the last leg of the race? Thanks, PSKY und Gerda. PumpkinSky talk 20:48, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
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Are we supposed to be getting these ready for reviews? I'm seeing a lot of activity and it's making me very nervous. There's no way I'd ever think of going to a review without a strong collab with the geology department and that can't happen in the time-frame of the contest. Truthkeeper ( talk) 22:10, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your help with the Solitaire article, I will try to get Dodo to FAC next, but I'm currently waiting for a copyedit. I've expanded the article to many times the size of the original GA ( http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Dodo&oldid=179049346), so it could be nice to see what could be improved. Not asking you to read the entire thing, which is pretty long, just if you see any glaring issues at first look. Thanks. FunkMonk ( talk) 01:16, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
I am done with my stage one expansion. For more, I'll have to actually get a book or two :) I've nominated the article at WP:GA. Any comments would be appreciated (as would a proofreading by a native English editor :). -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 16:17, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for tidying up Attachment theory. Fainites barley scribs 21:51, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Yes, thank you. I was afraid to! Sorry I made a mess Fainites - it was not on purpose - I just wanted to know more about the subject so it was calling me and when I read I just naturally edit!
Casliber, I know what you mean about doing the same sort of thing on WP that you do at work - it get's old. I write about nature all day, so I enjoy the change of pace here. I think you do exactly the opposite - you enjoy writing about nature for that change. You should enjoy what you do. There is a peer reviewer coming to work on the DID page and in the meantime everyone is finally being patient - more or less. Please don't feel obligated to work on something that you just don't want to get in the middle of. We all still think you are awesome. :) Tylas ✫ ♥♫ 20:48, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
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I commented. I'm sure it's not what you wanted to see, but frankly I've had enough of a lot of the people involved in this subject and given that I'm only semi-active at the moment due to IRL it would be pointless me volunteering my services. Closing the Muhammad Images RfC was chickenfeed compared to this shambles. Black Kite ( talk) 21:51, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for reviewing this article; it has been hanging around for a while now and I was starting to wonder of it would ever be reviewed. Much appreciated :) Meetthefeebles ( talk) 16:08, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi mate, I see you are a regular admin-contributor at WP:RPP. Was wondering if you might be able to give me some advice. Author and professor Karen Leigh King yesterday released details of the Gospel of Jesus' wife (I created the second page). Given the subject matter, I can see both very quickly becoming battlegrounds for non- NPOV contributors. We have already seen one vandalism edit to the first article and I'm sure we'll see more. I didn't want to jump the gun and go straight to RPP when there has been no significant vandalism and PP might actually be disruptive given subsequent edits to the second article have been from an IP editor who has made some very good edits. My concern is that both pages might be of interest to outside users, especially in the next few days, and any vandalism could have a very detrimental effect on outside readers. Would appreciate your advice. Cheers, Stalwart111 (talk) 03:08, 19 September 2012 (UTC).
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I must apologise for my apparent lack of involvement in the current CORE contest. There are two reasons: first, some messy off-wiki business which is limiting my time here, and secondly my (over-)involvement with one of the candidate articles, namely Franz Kafka. The Kafka expansion has been huge and well worthy of recognition, but the article still has considerable problems that I am discussing with the main editors. This has left me little time to consider the merits of the other candidates. In the circumstances, given the article's importance I feel I should continue my efforts to improve Kafka, and that I should bow to your and the other judge's opinion as to the final rankings, with the plea that Kafka, if it is not thought actually prize-worthy, should get an honourable mention. Brianboulton ( talk) 14:51, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly. |
You have been trouted for: Telling me that my article got featured in Did You Know. I never guessed that the article I created would get to 7600 hits, or that it would explode so quickly. I guess that just happens. Right? That makes me want to make more articles.
Just a note that I've taken your name in vain here. – iridescent 00:22, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. Apologies for not responding sooner to the note you left on my page re the above RfC. I've had very little time for actively participating in Wikipedia over the last few months and that seems likely to continue to be the case over the short to medium term. I stand by an earlier commitment I made to stick with the RfC and I've been keeping up with the discussion on a periodic basis, but while things have been going round in circles I've felt that there would be little point in my contributing. My views are already on record - that I believed the best way forward was for the then-closers to draft a second RfC - but that never really took off. It does seem that opinion is moving towards a second RfC of some sort; I hope the focus will be the structure of the topic and scope of the articles, because until that's settled I believe choosing actual titles is irrelevant.
I've noted the general dissatisfaction with the previous close and ongoing comments about the closers, and accept that my mostly hands-off approach may have been the wrong way to go about things and has possibly given an impression of disinterest (not helped by my general lack of editing activity). Given my reluctance to actively interfere with the process, and the other calls on my time, it may be best if I recuse from further participation.
Best regards, EyeSerene talk 20:17, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Casliber,
I finally posted the bio on Rogelio Bernal Andreo that I had been working on for a month. Within minutes it got an ugly banner. Many of the tags just seem malicious and frankly lacking serious inquiry. What do you suggest?-- Sadalsuud ( talk) 05:15, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
On 21 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Syzygium fullagarii, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the scalybark gives its name to an ecological community found only on 126 hectares (310 acres) of Lord Howe Island? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Syzygium fullagarii. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.
For reasons unknown to me my Arbitration appeal was archived as decline by a clerk. Even though I know that the clerk didn't follow the proper procedure as I learned about the closure 3 hours after when I saw it on my watchlist I have no hopes of it coming back. I have three issues that I'd like to consult you on. First one is a false accusation posted by an involved admin on my appeal. I was accused of calling someone "retarded" and when I pointed out this to be wrong I got no acknowledgement in return. I believe this to be a major disruption especially as it comes from an admin. Second one is also about false accusations. One of the arbitrators (not you) claimed that there is no evidence that I acknowledge the topic ban as a result of my actions when I explicitly word it in my appeal and comments that my actions were wrong and that I was not contesting the topic ban itself but it's duration. I can't make sense of this vote and personally feel unfair that such a misinformed vote is counted. Third one is the fact that I take some of the arbitrators and involved admins arguments as being completely unfair and out of line. I want to pursue this case further not because I'm dying to make an edit in that article topic but because I see this indefinite topic ban for a single incident that I caused when I was a very new editor as an injustice. I feel like I'm being treated as a mass murderer my crime was harassment. What other action can I take over this? Is there any higher authority?
In case you wonder, I'm not sending this message to you because you didn't outright declined my request (which you actually did initially) but because when I pointed out an issue that you were mistaken you acknowledged it and we moved on. TheDarkLordSeth ( talk) 03:45, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
I suggested Armillaria luteobubalina to be considered for TFA, please feel free to join the discussion, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:30, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Do you have an opinion on the notability of this guy? Tijfo098 ( talk) 10:45, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi mate, this one again. Has now been subject of multiple edits which are almost pure Synth OR - one particular editor introducing links to other theories and history completely unrelated to the subject based on their own opinions. Have reverted basically the same edit 2-3 times in 48 hours but am trying to steer clear of 3RR. Continued reintroduction of a claim that a 2008 source justifies a link to a subject that became public knowledge only a few days ago. The content comes with multi-para "citations" which repeat content from other articles the editor believes are related. Myself and another editor have left notes on his TP but they have been ignored. He has also refused to engage in any of the discussions on the article TP. Your attention would be appreciated. Cheers, Stalwart111 (talk) 13:06, 22 September 2012 (UTC).
On 23 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Acacia riceana, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the wattle Acacia riceana, native to Tasmania, was named after the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time of its discovery? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Acacia riceana. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady ( talk) 00:03, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
When I made my comment on the DYK thread, I didn't notice you had already nominated a preferred hook, so my apologies if my comment sounded inconsiderate. For the record, I wasn't keen on the last two hooks because they struck me as potentially divisive politically, and I thought it would be better for an important topic like the world's most threatened species if the political angle was omitted in the hook. I might have been wrong about that of course, but that's the issue that struck me at the time. Regards, Gatoclass ( talk) 06:53, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Good evening Casliber.
Having taken three days away from this place to reflect on how this review descended at the back end of last week and my own response/contribution to that, I'd like to apologise for my over-reaction and thank you for the forebearance you showed in dealing with that over-reaction. I don't think I've behaved like that for about twenty years. Thank you again for taking the time to comment and helping me improve the article. Meetthefeebles ( talk) 22:00, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
On 25 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cenarrhenes, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the leaves of the Port Arthur plum smell like stale cabbage when crushed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cenarrhenes. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:02, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Rogelio Bernal Andreo at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
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Hello Casliber, you promised some further input on Talk:Ahmad Shah Massoud about a week ago. Can we still expect some? The protection has expired in the meantime and, predictably, no further progress has been made. Fut.Perf. ☼ 06:11, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
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On 28 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Agastachys, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the white waratah, mountain and Mueller's geebungs are three members of the protea family found only in Tasmania? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Agastachys. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Yngvadottir ( talk) 00:04, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
On 28 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Persoonia gunnii, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the white waratah, mountain and Mueller's geebungs are three members of the protea family found only in Tasmania? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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On 28 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Persoonia muelleri, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the white waratah, mountain and Mueller's geebungs are three members of the protea family found only in Tasmania? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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On 2 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Telescopium, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the constellation Telescopium has shrunk since its creation in the 1750s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Telescopium. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:03, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Dear Casliber, there is no way a collaboration with Fut.Perf. is possible. He only knows his way or no way. We have had two objections to his changes (in the lead, removal of some quotes, etc.). The Webster University book has clearly been said to meet RS, yet he tagged it. You said explicitly disputed, complicated bits, to which the lead undoubtedly belongs, should be discussed on the talk first and you were yet to comment on my comments, so was DS who still wanted to provide further reasoning. Yet Fut.Perf. is again starting an edit war. He should be banned from editing that article. In fact, he never edited that article before he had a dispute with me on an image deletion discussion, in which consensus was against him and he was noted as "unecessarily bitter" towards me and making use of administrative rights in a way that questioned his ability to do so. [18] [19] After that he hounded me to the Massoud - and several other [20] - articles and ever since has created edit wars there, failing to accept opinions different than his own. He did the same with DS after DS had had a content dispute with him. When DS got a DYK promoted by several established editors reviewing it, Fut.Perf. hounded DS to the relevant article - which FP again had never edited before - and immediately discredited it including all those that had reviewed it. [21] [22] FP is interested in getting me and probably others like DS banned by starting edit wars, rather than being interested in that article. I am willing to work with you, Dennis Brown, or any other cooperating person on that article as I had already started to improve the article by rewriting the "Early Life" sections and other things - before Fut.Perf. started this recent edit war. [23] [24] [25] JCAla ( talk) 07:01, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Casliber, you semi-protected Jack Reacher (film) recently. There is a push to mention actor Alexander Rhodes, who plays an unnamed role in the film, prominently in the article. It's based on an Internet community's inflation in popularity of the actor's IMDb page. There is an IP who keeps trying to make a proposal to this extent on the article's talk page. I've removed it a couple of times as a joke discussion, but the person has restored it, insisting that it is a "serious" proposal. What do you think? Erik ( talk | contribs) 11:40, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
We're over half way through the final, and so it is less than a month until we know for certain our 2012 WikiCup champion. Grapple X ( submissions) currently leads, followed by Sasata ( submissions), Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) and Casliber ( submissions). However, we have no one resembling a breakaway leader, and so the competition is a long way from over. Next month's newsletter will feature a list of our winners (who are not necessarily only the finalists) and keep your eyes open for an article on the WikiCup in a future edition of The Signpost. The leaders are already on a par with last year's winners, but a long way from the huge scores seen in 2010. That said, a repeat of the competition from 2010 seems unlikely.
It is good to see that three-quarters of our finalists have already scored bonus points this round. This shows that, contrary to criticism that the WikiCup has received in the past, the competition does not merely incentivise the writing of trivial articles; instead, our top competitors are still spending their time contributing to high-importance articles, and bringing them to a high standard. This does a great service to the encyclopedia and its readers. Thank you, and good work!
The planning for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Some straw polls have been opened concerning the scoring, and you can now sign up for next year's competition. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) J Milburn ( talk) 19:49, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Can you please explain?-- Tznkai ( talk) 12:03, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
I advise against releasing the CORE deliberations. I think it would only lead to unececessary complaints and drama. You guys volunteered to make some tough calls and you made them. That the decision was 3 weeks late tells me it was not easy. Releasing them could even embarrass some people, potentially. Let the chips fall where they may. PumpkinSky talk 22:42, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
Holla. In the Civ rfc, you replied to my comment at section 11 with a question about percentages, but I'd mentioned "10%" further below in section 14, so I'm not sure if you were asking me about that?
To (perhaps) clarify: My only certainty is that "it's complicated", and "anyone who claims to have a simple solution is probably overlooking oodles of edge cases", type thing...
But i would be seriously worried if someone who had made 900 productive edits had also made 100 inflammatory comments... (I realize/assume you were using "90%" as a placeholder number, but numbers are tricky beasts, 'specially in rfcs..)
Feel free to clarify (and/or move) your question, or other action. I'll respond wherever you prefer :) — Quiddity ( talk) 01:57, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Rs chen 7754 06:08, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Hey Casliber, given your FA efforts and your interest in music would you be interested in giving the OK Computer FAC some feedback? It's got two supports right now and I'm close to supporting myself, but another perspective wouldn't hurt, be it positive, negative, or simply constructive. WesleyDodds ( talk) 08:49, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Franz Kafka/archive1. Since you were the CORE lead, I thought you'd like to know. Comments and improvements welcome. Thanks for the work at CORE. PumpkinSky talk 22:33, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I made a entry, normaly I´m only on the german wiki and I´m realy shocked, what is going on here. I such things never happen to me on the german site and this is realy insulting. here please. I´m not a nativ speaker so it not always so easy for me to find the right words. Thanks a lot. -- Brainbug666 ( talk) 05:03, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello C. You protected the List of incomplete or partially lost films on Sept 28. The IP hopping editor from California, rather than engage in discussion on the talk page, waited until the protection expired and went right back to adding the incorrect info. Looks like we might need to protect it again. I came to you first since you are familiar with the situation but if you would rather that I file another report at RFPP just let me know and I will be happy to do so. Thanks for your time. MarnetteD | Talk 20:12, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi there, Casliber. I just reviewed your DYK nomination for your expansion of Pyxis. You did great work, but it's not quite past the 5x threshold. (It's a little above 4x right now.) Maybe a little more content could be added? (For example, the history section is intriguing and could definitely be expanded if there's more information out there.) Salaam, groupuscule ( talk) 02:41, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Shepherd CJ, Totterdell CJ. 1988. Mushrooms and Toadstools of Australia. Melbourne: Inkata Press. Would appreciate you checking something for me if you do. Thanks, Sasata ( talk) 19:45, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Certainly Assessment boxes like the one for the cardiology task force are made by User:WP 1.0 bot. Just post to talk there and it can make your box easily. — Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 18:37, 12 August 2012 (UTC)