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Hello! As a previous reviewer of Primate at FAC it would be great if you could have another look at the article. The FAC has been restarted, and any comments would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Jack ( talk) 17:24, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
BorgQueen ( talk) 19:34, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
I see that Mandrax has sniffed out this location and is stirring up trouble by reverting back to the date links and autoformatting. Tony (talk) 15:58, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for all of your help with this FLC nomination. It got there in the end! ArtVandelay13 ( talk) 09:28, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi there! Please, give a copy-edit on this current GA nominee. Canniba loki 01:19, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
I need your help. For some days I've been re-writing and shortening up Dickinson's article. here I'm working with the "Samson" section. I'm not here to ask you to copy-edit it or anything (maybe in the future). The article seems to be full of quotes by Dickinson. I got the most important one from that section and quoted it (yu'll see it quickly). But I can't find a place with the citation, a ref, except for this one. On the section "IV Samson", first paragraph appears the citation. Do you think that's a reliable source. Could you help me, or gimme a suggestion on how to find that citation?
Here's what I've done with the sections "solo career" and "Iron Maiden". Rockk3r Spit it Out! 02:38, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I'm not bothered by the fact that you're following me around, but surely there must be a better strategy for finding biographical articles? I mean, think of all the ones I look at but don't edit. How are you going to find them? Deb ( talk) 21:53, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
I removed the most recent query you inserted. Technically, a catastrophic eruption is caused by a large explosion. I meant any other type of explosions. — C eranthor 03:08, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Your comments have been addressed. Thanks for reviewing! -- S R X 18:17, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Per WP:DASH, it meets "As a substitute for some uses of and, to or versus for marking a relationship involving independent elements in certain compound expressions (Canada–US border, blood–brain barrier, time–altitude graph, 4–3 win in the opening game, male–female ratio, 3–2 majority verdict, Lincoln–Douglas debate, diode–transistor logic; but a hyphen is used in Sino-Japanese trade, in which Sino-, being a prefix, lacks lexical independence.)"
It can be considered the "AFL and NFL merger". Gary King ( talk) 22:13, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Mind peer reviewing when you've got time? Thanks! Gary King ( talk) 23:10, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
← Initially I didn't plan on submitting this one since it was peer reviewed seven months ago, but I figured that was such a long time ago that it should be brought up to standards, too: Wikipedia:Peer review/List of Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coaches/archive2 Gary King ( talk) 00:19, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
I think I've addressed your concerns on the article. Thanks a bunch for reviewing! -- Nomader ( Talk) 00:53, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
You seem to be good with words. Mind copyediting Ponticelli? ~the editorofthewiki ( talk/ contribs/ editor review)~ 01:29, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Greetings,
In this age of video-game-zipping quickness, too many people are too quick to make changes without first considering the rationales behind them. You have not shown any attempt so far in the date-linking debate to be fair, rational, or reasonable in the current debate about year linking. Rather, you appear to be little more than a storm-trooper operative supporting a coup d-etat of User Tony1, whose objection to year and date linking was founded on an attempt to make Wikipedia an old-fashioned paper encyclopedia. Well, guess what, it isn't. The entire point of WIKIpedia is the WIKIlinks...without them, the system doesn't work. Your overpruning of links is detestable, as is your apparent lack of understanding and attempt to apply a "one-size-fits all" policy.
Too many people today think in terms of current events; they lack the dimensions of time past and time future. Your deletion of relevant Wikilinks is akin to destroying a known time-travel machine "because it doesn't look pretty."
Please develop some complex reasoning and rationale here before continuing on with this crusade. Ryoung122 04:10, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
http://erstarnews.com/content/view/4963/26/
We see a life-history timeline that features life events of this person.
Far more than mere age, however, ANY article that deals with HISTORY should have a link to the relevant historical time period. I do have two degrees in history with a WORLD HISTORY endorsement. Ryoung122 04:17, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
(cur) (last) 04:55, 19 November 2008 Dabomb87 (Talk | contribs) (19,350 bytes) (if you have a problem with the MOS, bring it up on the MOS talk pages; as long as this is a featured list and as long as MOS says to not link dates, I will unlink them) (undo)
Correction: MOS says do not link dates for "autoformatting" reasons...it does not say that dates cannot be linked for HISTORICAL reasons. Show me the MOS policy you are citing. Ryoung122 04:19, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
P.S. Have you commented in the RfCs about date linking? Dabomb87 ( talk) 04:21, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Hopefully I've addressed your points at the FLC. Let me know if there's anything else. Cheers, -- JD554 ( talk) 09:00, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Dabomb87! I just wanted to thank you for your FLC review and to let you know that all of your comments have been taken into account. Regards. BomBom ( talk) 12:10, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
You recently commented on and registered support for the above FLC nomination, for which many thanks. Another reviewer has suggested that some of the images, in particular the FU one, "may have to go". The comments of an experienced image reviewer are awaited.
None of the images are essential to the table, but they add to its interest and aesthetics. Could you let me know whether it would affect your declared support if I was required to delete some images? It is important that this list gets featured status, because it is the future parent to a Featured Topic (seven of the expedition articles are FA so far). If in your view a loss of images would fatally impair its chances of becoming a Featured List, I have the option of withdrawing it and reformulating it as an article, along the lines of Farthest South (FA). That would enable a different approach to image selection. But I don't want to do this unless I have to. I'd welcome your comments on this matter, either here or on my talkpage. I have sent this message to other declared "supports". Brianboulton ( talk) 17:27, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments and support of my FLC. Much appreciated. On a sentimental note, the show's director, Bob Spiers, passed away yesterday. I would have expected this and it's parent article to have been viewed many times over the last 36 hours, so it's a good job it's in decent shape. Your copyediting remarks have helped that. The JPS talk to me 21:13, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello ! I've added a comment about eventually splitting tennis tournaments main articles into smaller articles –or, more exactly, put day by day summaries into individual draw pages– on Talk:2008 Tennis Masters Cup. Since that would be a rather important change to the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup article, I'd like to have your input on this. Thanks, -- Oxford St. ( talk) 15:39, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
Just curious. How exactly do you reason that "Dates should not be linked, unless there is a reason to do so" can be interpreted as meaning "Dates should never be linked under any circumstances, and all date links should be eradicated" as you appear to do? G-Man ? 00:29, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
That's a curious argument. As far as I can tell the date link usage on Featured Articles was implemented by people like you by default with bots without any discussion or consensus. Yet you claim that as a guideline. That is surely a circular argument. G-Man ? 01:10, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
Okay then, let me turn your argument around you say that people accepted the changes without argument. This to my mind is evidence of indifference/and or/apathy than anything else. Having looked at the history of the Winston Churchill article. The dates were linked on the article since the very first edit in 2001. They survived for seven whole years without anybody removing them or objecting to them. That hardly suggests that there was any public dissaproval of their presence, or any strong demand to get rid of them. The same applies to practically every other article, featured or not. So where is your evidence for the claim that there is any strong public demand for ALL date links to be removed outside of your small band of associates. G-Man ? 22:32, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
If perfection is the ultimate goal, perhaps you should try to change the good article criteria first and make the MOS mandatory instead of encouraging. As to my status, it is obvious and no clarification is needed. Tennis expert ( talk) 05:20, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
No worries. I put like a half dozen articles up, so it worked in my favor as they all were not reviewed at the same time. Thanks for taking the time to review Chloe. I'll get to work sprucing up the prose (I already took care of the lead section). BIGNOLE (Contact me) 01:36, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
Do you think
baseball-almanac.com is a reliable source of information? --
SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.
24
[c] 20:28, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
I've already elaborated fully why the added text - on the article talk page, then removed by me and others, is a defamation of the Einstein's name. Please, avoid supporting this defamation further.-- 72.75.20.29 ( talk) 17:20, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Fixed the issues you mentioned. Thanks. Tintor2 ( talk) 22:40, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Before the band recorded their second album, Young was replaced by bassist Paolo Gregoletto, and Corey Beaulieu joined as the band's second guitarist. (?) Canniba loki 23:08, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Do you do GAN reviews, in addition to your FLC reviews? Gary King ( talk) 02:40, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
(outdent)Come to Central Texas, you will never need a snow blower! Dabomb87 ( talk) 23:04, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I have warned you before about the stalking, but it doesn't seem to have had any effect. I suggest you stop now because I really don't want to have to make a complaint against you. Deb ( talk) 12:21, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
Not sure if I'm entirely allowed to do this but.. The issues with the Sylvester Medal and Royal Medal were just about the same. I've dealt with the RM issues and you've ticked them off; could you take a look at the Sylvester Medal page and do the same or, if there are issues remaining, give me a poke as to what they are? Thanks. Ironholds ( talk) 14:51, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
SRE.K.A.L.24 suggested at this article's FLC that the page needs a copy-edit. If you have time, could you please take a look at this and provide some assistance? Even a simple review would be great. I can't see what's wrong with the text, and I'm not sure that the last round of comments made a big difference. Thanks for any help you can provide. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 19:38, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
This one should be much, much more challenging. I've listed it at FAPQ, it would be nice if it got some feedback from there. It's kind of a mess, it needs a lot of copyediting work. Ceran →( cheer→ chime → carol) 00:11, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
Excellent, thanks, I will get right on it now. I think it should be good enough to take to FAC soon, so any comments at all is appreciated. Gary King ( talk) 16:20, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Do you see some parts of this list that require Copyedit? Could you tell me? Thanks. Tintor2 ( talk) 21:29, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. That tag was added to attract more attention. Tintor2 ( talk) 21:49, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
If you've got time, could you take a look at Scene7 and copyedit any major issues there? It's currently at FAC, and a few issues were brought up; I tried my best to clean it up, and also expanded the article from 7 kb of prose to 12 kb right now (will try and add more if I can find anything), but perhaps I missed a few things. This is the article's second time at FAC, so I'm hoping it will pass this time around. Thanks in advance! Gary King ( talk) 22:24, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
(outdent) Will look at The Day the Violence Died today or tomorrow; I did a GA review of Two Dozen and One Greyhounds and can't help there much more unless there is something specific you want me to look at. Dabomb87 ( talk) 00:25, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for removing the disambiguation link from this article; however, I left that link in the article intentionally to distinguish the fact that the Cardinals also used the St. Louis Browns name, necessary because I said that they "adopted" the name. I'm going to change it back, but I just wanted to let you know why. Thanks! KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 00:32, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the heads up about Portal:Theatre, and also for fixing the date on the talk page at the link in the article history. Cirt ( talk) 00:41, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
I've been working on this discography for quite a while already. When I found it, it looked like this. I've been brain storming trying to find the best way to put a good lead for the article, but it's been really difficult. So I'm here again, to ask for your help, just like you did on Maiden's discog. Rockk3r Spit it Out! 22:40, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Oh, thanks for noting that. I dabbed it to Orange County, the city, as opposed to the town since a stadium is most likely located in a more popular city.-- S R X 02:05, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi. First of all, thank you for all your comments regarding my project for the Top Latin Albums. But I have a question about something else, do you know how to upload music samples? I have been working on Para Siempre by Vicente Fernández and I think the articles could be improved if I upload samples from the tracks included.
Thanks, Jaespinoza ( talk) 02:22, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! Yeah its been a while. Took a nice wikibreak to focus on school, but now I'm back. Thanks for the welcome! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 00:42, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Happy Holidays! I'm done with the raw info here. The lead needs expanded (which I'll try to work on), and there's some overlap in the business and expedition sections that I'm not sure what to do with. Also, it could use your brilliant touch before FAC. Any help is appreciated. — Rlevse • Talk • 20:54, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Check out Nishkid64's new lead (I ce'd a bit) and the move of a paragraph I just made (summaries are "move para" and "move para here". — Rlevse • Talk • 13:31, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
see barnstar page
Thank you for your efforts on the references on this page. I've made a few additions to information in #16-19 which necessitated changing the format of the reference you had created. Not sure how to insert things in that format, so you may wish to look at them. A few are producing odd results in punctuation and such: Vandenbosch cites don't always have a period after page number unless inserted manually, and author of #15 does not display in list although it is in the citation in the text. I'll clean up a few more in the next couple days when I have time. Again, thanks. It's looking much better (and shorter!). Mervyn Emrys ( talk) 03:50, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, you too! Gary King ( talk) 18:10, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
I believe that we have an issue that requires your clarification. Would you mind taking another look? I'd appreciate it. Thanks! KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 23:44, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
I purposely wrote Annoyomous. Just read the section, "My username" on my userpage. Happy holidays. -- signed by
SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.
24 spell my name backwards on 00:05, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Oops, I must be seeing things, I was counting the days wrong, eh. Sorry.-- S R X 20:56, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Thankyou for participating in the FLC for Timeline of the Adriatic campaign, 1807–1814. The article has now passed and your assistance in the process was much appreciated. Regards-- Jackyd101 ( talk) 00:08, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
I just stumbled across this, never edited it. Is it worth taking a stab at? — Rlevse • Talk • 01:03, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Don't piss me off. You're pissing me off. Read yourself a book and stop misinterpreting policy like a donkey. Manhattan Samurai ( talk) 03:36, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
(outdent) Then we must agree to disagree here, because I find the old list openings as bad as you find the new ones. Look at Harvey Milk, a Featured Article. It doesn't start out: This is an article about Harvey Milk, an American politician... Why should FLs be different? To reply to your question ("You're doing this to every featured list's lede?"); no, have only changed the ledes on a couple lists to gauge opinion. Dabomb87 ( talk) 04:11, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I have some grammar questions for you. In this FLC, a question came up saying that the title "List of NBA All-Stars" is incorrect and should be replaced with "List of NBA all-stars." I just want to ask you which one is correct and should be used. Thanks.— Chris! c t 19:43, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I notice you removed the {{ Done-t}} templates on an FLC here. Just to let you know that these templates are allowed as they are not graphics. They are just templates with coloured text, which is why I use them instead of {{ done}}. I just thought i'd let you know that the templates appended with "-t" are allowed (it stands for text). Regards, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 21:54, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi White Cat. I noticed that you did the image review for Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates. I am a frequent FLC reviewer, and as part of the FL criteria, images should be properly licensed/attributed. I have held up a nomination because I am not sure if their images meet criteria and am not experienced enough in this area to check every image. Could I request you to look at one? It is Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Boston Latin School alumni. Thanks, Dabomb87 ( talk) 04:55, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Cunard ( talk) 01:45, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello!
I noticed that you've been converting some em-dashes to en-dashes (forgive me if my terminology is incorrect, I don't really know too much about things like these). I'm not sure if you're running a script or not but, in case you are, maybe you could look into tweaking it so that it does not convert these dashes in hyperlinks because that can render them inaccessible. Case in point, article Tomasz Kucharzewski has a reference that was changed from http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/story.html?id=21601e92-c90d-4a13-ab48-79fc1f68e915 to http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/story.html?id=21601e92-c90d-4a13-ab48–79fc1f68e915 on this edit. The link with the en-dash now doesn't work and it may become difficult and tedious to correct these things if they're being changed en-masse. Could you look into it, please?
Thanks! SWik78 ( talk • contribs) 18:33, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if you can copy-edit this article for me, which will be greatly appreciated. Thanks and happy holidays. -- signed by
SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.
24 spell my name backwards at 01:08, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
(outdent)OK, what about the ones whose copyright status is in doubt? Dabomb87 ( talk) 01:20, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
So stop doing it.
See WT:DATE#Delinking dates is being used as an excuse for improper format changes. Gene Nygaard ( talk) 14:43, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Cool. On a side note, I should probably mention in my GAN nominations that I am preparing for an FAC (for reviewers who don't usually review my articles), so I'd like reviews to be as critical as possible. I'll go do that now. Gary King ( talk) 00:29, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I have responded to your comment on my nomination's entry. If you have the time please respond. Thank you -- Fipplet ( talk) 21:16, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
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Hello! As a previous reviewer of Primate at FAC it would be great if you could have another look at the article. The FAC has been restarted, and any comments would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Jack ( talk) 17:24, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
BorgQueen ( talk) 19:34, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
I see that Mandrax has sniffed out this location and is stirring up trouble by reverting back to the date links and autoformatting. Tony (talk) 15:58, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for all of your help with this FLC nomination. It got there in the end! ArtVandelay13 ( talk) 09:28, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi there! Please, give a copy-edit on this current GA nominee. Canniba loki 01:19, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
I need your help. For some days I've been re-writing and shortening up Dickinson's article. here I'm working with the "Samson" section. I'm not here to ask you to copy-edit it or anything (maybe in the future). The article seems to be full of quotes by Dickinson. I got the most important one from that section and quoted it (yu'll see it quickly). But I can't find a place with the citation, a ref, except for this one. On the section "IV Samson", first paragraph appears the citation. Do you think that's a reliable source. Could you help me, or gimme a suggestion on how to find that citation?
Here's what I've done with the sections "solo career" and "Iron Maiden". Rockk3r Spit it Out! 02:38, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I'm not bothered by the fact that you're following me around, but surely there must be a better strategy for finding biographical articles? I mean, think of all the ones I look at but don't edit. How are you going to find them? Deb ( talk) 21:53, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
I removed the most recent query you inserted. Technically, a catastrophic eruption is caused by a large explosion. I meant any other type of explosions. — C eranthor 03:08, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Your comments have been addressed. Thanks for reviewing! -- S R X 18:17, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Per WP:DASH, it meets "As a substitute for some uses of and, to or versus for marking a relationship involving independent elements in certain compound expressions (Canada–US border, blood–brain barrier, time–altitude graph, 4–3 win in the opening game, male–female ratio, 3–2 majority verdict, Lincoln–Douglas debate, diode–transistor logic; but a hyphen is used in Sino-Japanese trade, in which Sino-, being a prefix, lacks lexical independence.)"
It can be considered the "AFL and NFL merger". Gary King ( talk) 22:13, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Mind peer reviewing when you've got time? Thanks! Gary King ( talk) 23:10, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
← Initially I didn't plan on submitting this one since it was peer reviewed seven months ago, but I figured that was such a long time ago that it should be brought up to standards, too: Wikipedia:Peer review/List of Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coaches/archive2 Gary King ( talk) 00:19, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
I think I've addressed your concerns on the article. Thanks a bunch for reviewing! -- Nomader ( Talk) 00:53, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
You seem to be good with words. Mind copyediting Ponticelli? ~the editorofthewiki ( talk/ contribs/ editor review)~ 01:29, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Greetings,
In this age of video-game-zipping quickness, too many people are too quick to make changes without first considering the rationales behind them. You have not shown any attempt so far in the date-linking debate to be fair, rational, or reasonable in the current debate about year linking. Rather, you appear to be little more than a storm-trooper operative supporting a coup d-etat of User Tony1, whose objection to year and date linking was founded on an attempt to make Wikipedia an old-fashioned paper encyclopedia. Well, guess what, it isn't. The entire point of WIKIpedia is the WIKIlinks...without them, the system doesn't work. Your overpruning of links is detestable, as is your apparent lack of understanding and attempt to apply a "one-size-fits all" policy.
Too many people today think in terms of current events; they lack the dimensions of time past and time future. Your deletion of relevant Wikilinks is akin to destroying a known time-travel machine "because it doesn't look pretty."
Please develop some complex reasoning and rationale here before continuing on with this crusade. Ryoung122 04:10, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
http://erstarnews.com/content/view/4963/26/
We see a life-history timeline that features life events of this person.
Far more than mere age, however, ANY article that deals with HISTORY should have a link to the relevant historical time period. I do have two degrees in history with a WORLD HISTORY endorsement. Ryoung122 04:17, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
(cur) (last) 04:55, 19 November 2008 Dabomb87 (Talk | contribs) (19,350 bytes) (if you have a problem with the MOS, bring it up on the MOS talk pages; as long as this is a featured list and as long as MOS says to not link dates, I will unlink them) (undo)
Correction: MOS says do not link dates for "autoformatting" reasons...it does not say that dates cannot be linked for HISTORICAL reasons. Show me the MOS policy you are citing. Ryoung122 04:19, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
P.S. Have you commented in the RfCs about date linking? Dabomb87 ( talk) 04:21, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Hopefully I've addressed your points at the FLC. Let me know if there's anything else. Cheers, -- JD554 ( talk) 09:00, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Dabomb87! I just wanted to thank you for your FLC review and to let you know that all of your comments have been taken into account. Regards. BomBom ( talk) 12:10, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
You recently commented on and registered support for the above FLC nomination, for which many thanks. Another reviewer has suggested that some of the images, in particular the FU one, "may have to go". The comments of an experienced image reviewer are awaited.
None of the images are essential to the table, but they add to its interest and aesthetics. Could you let me know whether it would affect your declared support if I was required to delete some images? It is important that this list gets featured status, because it is the future parent to a Featured Topic (seven of the expedition articles are FA so far). If in your view a loss of images would fatally impair its chances of becoming a Featured List, I have the option of withdrawing it and reformulating it as an article, along the lines of Farthest South (FA). That would enable a different approach to image selection. But I don't want to do this unless I have to. I'd welcome your comments on this matter, either here or on my talkpage. I have sent this message to other declared "supports". Brianboulton ( talk) 17:27, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments and support of my FLC. Much appreciated. On a sentimental note, the show's director, Bob Spiers, passed away yesterday. I would have expected this and it's parent article to have been viewed many times over the last 36 hours, so it's a good job it's in decent shape. Your copyediting remarks have helped that. The JPS talk to me 21:13, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello ! I've added a comment about eventually splitting tennis tournaments main articles into smaller articles –or, more exactly, put day by day summaries into individual draw pages– on Talk:2008 Tennis Masters Cup. Since that would be a rather important change to the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup article, I'd like to have your input on this. Thanks, -- Oxford St. ( talk) 15:39, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
Just curious. How exactly do you reason that "Dates should not be linked, unless there is a reason to do so" can be interpreted as meaning "Dates should never be linked under any circumstances, and all date links should be eradicated" as you appear to do? G-Man ? 00:29, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
That's a curious argument. As far as I can tell the date link usage on Featured Articles was implemented by people like you by default with bots without any discussion or consensus. Yet you claim that as a guideline. That is surely a circular argument. G-Man ? 01:10, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
Okay then, let me turn your argument around you say that people accepted the changes without argument. This to my mind is evidence of indifference/and or/apathy than anything else. Having looked at the history of the Winston Churchill article. The dates were linked on the article since the very first edit in 2001. They survived for seven whole years without anybody removing them or objecting to them. That hardly suggests that there was any public dissaproval of their presence, or any strong demand to get rid of them. The same applies to practically every other article, featured or not. So where is your evidence for the claim that there is any strong public demand for ALL date links to be removed outside of your small band of associates. G-Man ? 22:32, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
If perfection is the ultimate goal, perhaps you should try to change the good article criteria first and make the MOS mandatory instead of encouraging. As to my status, it is obvious and no clarification is needed. Tennis expert ( talk) 05:20, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
No worries. I put like a half dozen articles up, so it worked in my favor as they all were not reviewed at the same time. Thanks for taking the time to review Chloe. I'll get to work sprucing up the prose (I already took care of the lead section). BIGNOLE (Contact me) 01:36, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
Do you think
baseball-almanac.com is a reliable source of information? --
SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.
24
[c] 20:28, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
I've already elaborated fully why the added text - on the article talk page, then removed by me and others, is a defamation of the Einstein's name. Please, avoid supporting this defamation further.-- 72.75.20.29 ( talk) 17:20, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Fixed the issues you mentioned. Thanks. Tintor2 ( talk) 22:40, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Before the band recorded their second album, Young was replaced by bassist Paolo Gregoletto, and Corey Beaulieu joined as the band's second guitarist. (?) Canniba loki 23:08, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Do you do GAN reviews, in addition to your FLC reviews? Gary King ( talk) 02:40, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
(outdent)Come to Central Texas, you will never need a snow blower! Dabomb87 ( talk) 23:04, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I have warned you before about the stalking, but it doesn't seem to have had any effect. I suggest you stop now because I really don't want to have to make a complaint against you. Deb ( talk) 12:21, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
Not sure if I'm entirely allowed to do this but.. The issues with the Sylvester Medal and Royal Medal were just about the same. I've dealt with the RM issues and you've ticked them off; could you take a look at the Sylvester Medal page and do the same or, if there are issues remaining, give me a poke as to what they are? Thanks. Ironholds ( talk) 14:51, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
SRE.K.A.L.24 suggested at this article's FLC that the page needs a copy-edit. If you have time, could you please take a look at this and provide some assistance? Even a simple review would be great. I can't see what's wrong with the text, and I'm not sure that the last round of comments made a big difference. Thanks for any help you can provide. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 19:38, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
This one should be much, much more challenging. I've listed it at FAPQ, it would be nice if it got some feedback from there. It's kind of a mess, it needs a lot of copyediting work. Ceran →( cheer→ chime → carol) 00:11, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
Excellent, thanks, I will get right on it now. I think it should be good enough to take to FAC soon, so any comments at all is appreciated. Gary King ( talk) 16:20, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Do you see some parts of this list that require Copyedit? Could you tell me? Thanks. Tintor2 ( talk) 21:29, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. That tag was added to attract more attention. Tintor2 ( talk) 21:49, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
If you've got time, could you take a look at Scene7 and copyedit any major issues there? It's currently at FAC, and a few issues were brought up; I tried my best to clean it up, and also expanded the article from 7 kb of prose to 12 kb right now (will try and add more if I can find anything), but perhaps I missed a few things. This is the article's second time at FAC, so I'm hoping it will pass this time around. Thanks in advance! Gary King ( talk) 22:24, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
(outdent) Will look at The Day the Violence Died today or tomorrow; I did a GA review of Two Dozen and One Greyhounds and can't help there much more unless there is something specific you want me to look at. Dabomb87 ( talk) 00:25, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for removing the disambiguation link from this article; however, I left that link in the article intentionally to distinguish the fact that the Cardinals also used the St. Louis Browns name, necessary because I said that they "adopted" the name. I'm going to change it back, but I just wanted to let you know why. Thanks! KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 00:32, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the heads up about Portal:Theatre, and also for fixing the date on the talk page at the link in the article history. Cirt ( talk) 00:41, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
I've been working on this discography for quite a while already. When I found it, it looked like this. I've been brain storming trying to find the best way to put a good lead for the article, but it's been really difficult. So I'm here again, to ask for your help, just like you did on Maiden's discog. Rockk3r Spit it Out! 22:40, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Oh, thanks for noting that. I dabbed it to Orange County, the city, as opposed to the town since a stadium is most likely located in a more popular city.-- S R X 02:05, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi. First of all, thank you for all your comments regarding my project for the Top Latin Albums. But I have a question about something else, do you know how to upload music samples? I have been working on Para Siempre by Vicente Fernández and I think the articles could be improved if I upload samples from the tracks included.
Thanks, Jaespinoza ( talk) 02:22, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! Yeah its been a while. Took a nice wikibreak to focus on school, but now I'm back. Thanks for the welcome! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 00:42, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Happy Holidays! I'm done with the raw info here. The lead needs expanded (which I'll try to work on), and there's some overlap in the business and expedition sections that I'm not sure what to do with. Also, it could use your brilliant touch before FAC. Any help is appreciated. — Rlevse • Talk • 20:54, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Check out Nishkid64's new lead (I ce'd a bit) and the move of a paragraph I just made (summaries are "move para" and "move para here". — Rlevse • Talk • 13:31, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
see barnstar page
Thank you for your efforts on the references on this page. I've made a few additions to information in #16-19 which necessitated changing the format of the reference you had created. Not sure how to insert things in that format, so you may wish to look at them. A few are producing odd results in punctuation and such: Vandenbosch cites don't always have a period after page number unless inserted manually, and author of #15 does not display in list although it is in the citation in the text. I'll clean up a few more in the next couple days when I have time. Again, thanks. It's looking much better (and shorter!). Mervyn Emrys ( talk) 03:50, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, you too! Gary King ( talk) 18:10, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
I believe that we have an issue that requires your clarification. Would you mind taking another look? I'd appreciate it. Thanks! KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 23:44, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
I purposely wrote Annoyomous. Just read the section, "My username" on my userpage. Happy holidays. -- signed by
SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.
24 spell my name backwards on 00:05, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Oops, I must be seeing things, I was counting the days wrong, eh. Sorry.-- S R X 20:56, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Thankyou for participating in the FLC for Timeline of the Adriatic campaign, 1807–1814. The article has now passed and your assistance in the process was much appreciated. Regards-- Jackyd101 ( talk) 00:08, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
I just stumbled across this, never edited it. Is it worth taking a stab at? — Rlevse • Talk • 01:03, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Don't piss me off. You're pissing me off. Read yourself a book and stop misinterpreting policy like a donkey. Manhattan Samurai ( talk) 03:36, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
(outdent) Then we must agree to disagree here, because I find the old list openings as bad as you find the new ones. Look at Harvey Milk, a Featured Article. It doesn't start out: This is an article about Harvey Milk, an American politician... Why should FLs be different? To reply to your question ("You're doing this to every featured list's lede?"); no, have only changed the ledes on a couple lists to gauge opinion. Dabomb87 ( talk) 04:11, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I have some grammar questions for you. In this FLC, a question came up saying that the title "List of NBA All-Stars" is incorrect and should be replaced with "List of NBA all-stars." I just want to ask you which one is correct and should be used. Thanks.— Chris! c t 19:43, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I notice you removed the {{ Done-t}} templates on an FLC here. Just to let you know that these templates are allowed as they are not graphics. They are just templates with coloured text, which is why I use them instead of {{ done}}. I just thought i'd let you know that the templates appended with "-t" are allowed (it stands for text). Regards, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 21:54, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi White Cat. I noticed that you did the image review for Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates. I am a frequent FLC reviewer, and as part of the FL criteria, images should be properly licensed/attributed. I have held up a nomination because I am not sure if their images meet criteria and am not experienced enough in this area to check every image. Could I request you to look at one? It is Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Boston Latin School alumni. Thanks, Dabomb87 ( talk) 04:55, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Cunard ( talk) 01:45, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello!
I noticed that you've been converting some em-dashes to en-dashes (forgive me if my terminology is incorrect, I don't really know too much about things like these). I'm not sure if you're running a script or not but, in case you are, maybe you could look into tweaking it so that it does not convert these dashes in hyperlinks because that can render them inaccessible. Case in point, article Tomasz Kucharzewski has a reference that was changed from http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/story.html?id=21601e92-c90d-4a13-ab48-79fc1f68e915 to http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/story.html?id=21601e92-c90d-4a13-ab48–79fc1f68e915 on this edit. The link with the en-dash now doesn't work and it may become difficult and tedious to correct these things if they're being changed en-masse. Could you look into it, please?
Thanks! SWik78 ( talk • contribs) 18:33, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if you can copy-edit this article for me, which will be greatly appreciated. Thanks and happy holidays. -- signed by
SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.
24 spell my name backwards at 01:08, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
(outdent)OK, what about the ones whose copyright status is in doubt? Dabomb87 ( talk) 01:20, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
So stop doing it.
See WT:DATE#Delinking dates is being used as an excuse for improper format changes. Gene Nygaard ( talk) 14:43, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Cool. On a side note, I should probably mention in my GAN nominations that I am preparing for an FAC (for reviewers who don't usually review my articles), so I'd like reviews to be as critical as possible. I'll go do that now. Gary King ( talk) 00:29, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I have responded to your comment on my nomination's entry. If you have the time please respond. Thank you -- Fipplet ( talk) 21:16, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
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