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I didn't want to clog up [User:Filll]'s discussion page with our stuff. So let me continue:
Oh those evil UU types!! Wash your mouth out with soap for even saying their name!!-- Filll 04:07, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
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I keep reading this article, and although I can't even explain to you how appalled I am by this group, why all the arguing? I'm a very biased bystander, and it seems like a reasonable article. No one calls them Nazis (I am not a fan of using that label anyways, given that a Nazi is pretty way down the evolutionary scale of humans--couldn't resist, sorry--but these people are anti-semetic). Do you think you could give me a blow by blow of why this is so contentious? I've read the discussion, and you seem to be one of the voices of reason, but I could be confused. Orangemarlin 22:15, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your GA passing of Shaw and Crompton - it has been hard work, but well worth it, it seems! I'll try to make the ammendments you recommended to improve the article further. Thanks again, Jhamez84 16:21, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
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Why do you do so? Are you a credophile? -- Taraborn 23:55, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing Hamersley - you've brought up some good points which we can address. And your talk page is far more interesting than mine! Mine is chatter and random frog discussions at the moment. Orderinchaos78 15:24, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
This is still on the GA/R but with improvement now has 4 keep votes, but ChrisMari delisted it on its talk page on 2 Jan. What to do? Pls repsond on GA/R page. Rlevse 14:15, 11 January 2007 (UTC)...Same deal with Katie Melua. People are delisted as soon as they put them on the GA/R page.???? Rlevse 14:17, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Please look at it and give me your comments: User talk:Filll/AllAboutGod-- Filll 03:03, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Of course. Notability, NPOV, grammar, etc. -- Filll 04:28, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Hrm, one of those interesting things of Wikipedia, I guess. I'd never happened across your userpage before, and had no idea I was working with one of those damnable fundamentalists. (This is meant quite tongue-in-cheek, of course, so please don't take offense. :) ) I'm used to it enough being called a hellbound atheist, so it's interesting for me to see that I'm working with a very religious person in one case, and a quite real-life pastor on another article I recently came across. Seraphimblade 11:41, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Believe it or not, things are quiet over here. We've gotten the article down to fighting weight and we're in shooting range of FA quality. I've opened a discussion on the talk page about what is still needed in the article. I'd love to have you opine. -- CTSWyneken (talk) 14:23, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Homestarmy -- just curious if you had another suggestion for permissions to continue editing the JfJ article. Ramsquire and I both made alternative suggestions, but if you had another idea, we'd probably agree. Best, Mackan79 18:41, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Why not campaign against linguistics? And the teaching of many aspects of linguistics in colleges and high schools? Grammar? Etymologies? A lot of information taught and studied in linguistics disagrees with the biblical account, after all.-- Filll 03:15, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
It is hypocritcal to be offended by evolution and not to be offended by the field of Historical linguistics.-- Filll 03:19, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
If you and editors with similar views started your wikipedia, the living wikipedia or whatever, you may find more benefit than having to constantly lock horns with the unilluminated. Your community has achieved a lot on WP, it would be a shame if most of it became lost in edits. This has been the solution to the interests of a group being achieved. Just a suggestion. Fred 03:31, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
I would direct anyone interested to CreationWiki or ResearchID Wiki. There are probably more out there too.-- Filll 05:28, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
I am a member of CreationWiki myself. I have not contributed anything yet however. I did not yet join the intelligent design one. I am of course a member of EvoWiki. I also contribute to some other Wikis. I do not want to "get rid" of you. It is just useful to know of other good wikis. For example, I think WikiTravel is far underused.-- Filll 16:42, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
If an article has a majority o f pass in it's GA/R does it mean that it becomes a GA. Thanks. Kyriakos 21:25, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Dear Homes: I tell people call me anything but late-for-dinner! 8-) The big boy on the block is Kenneth Scott Latourette, A history of the expansion of Christianity 7 v. New York ; London : Harper & Brothers, 1937-1945. Christian History, a magazine, also does a nice job in a more popular tone. They are on the web. If you have a little more specific question, let me know, and I'll tickle the keyboard. It's what I do. (Think of me as a wired reference librarian). -- CTSWyneken (talk) 12:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Robertson Quote: “The fact that [the courts] are trying to ignore this country’s religious heritage is just horrible. They are taking our religion away from us under the guise of separation of church and state. There was never any intention that our government would be separate from God Almighty. Never, never, never in the history of this land did the founders of this country or those who came after them think that was the case.”
Sears Quote: “One by one, more and more bricks that make up the artificial ‘wall of separation’ between church and state are being removed and Christians are once again being allowed to exercise their constitutional right to equal access to public facilities and funding.” (January 2004 e-mail alert)
Donald Wildmon: Wildmon, 68, has flirted with anti-Semitism, suggesting that Jews control the entertainment industry. The AFA’s Journal has also reprinted articles from The Spotlight, an anti-Semitic newspaper. In December, Wildmon said evangelicals may stop supporting Israel if Jewish leaders don’t stop criticizing the Religious Right.
Wildmon Quote: “Anti-prayer/Anti-Christian groups – like the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State – have teamed up with liberal judges on the U.S. Supreme Court and are stripping away our religious freedom.” (Fall 2000 fund-raising letter)
Quote: “The [Supreme] Court has become increasingly hostile to Christianity. It represents more of a threat to representative government than any other force – more than budget deficits, more than terrorism.” (“Confronting the Judicial War on Faith” conference, March 7, 2005)
Falwell Quote: “Separation of Church and State has long been the battle cry of civil libertarians wishing to purge our glorious Christian heritage from our nation’s history. Of course, the term never once appears in our Constitution and is a modern fabrication of discrimination.” (“Falwell Fax,” April 10, 1998)
Sheldon Quote: “A dangerous Marxist/Leftist/Homosexual/Islamic coalition has formed – and we’d better be willing to fight it with everything in our power. These people are playing for keeps. Their hero, Mao Tse Tung, is estimated to have murdered upwards of 60 million people during his reign of terror in China. Do we think we can escape such persecution if we refuse to fight for what is right?” (“The War on Christianity,” column, TVC Web site, Dec. 13, 2005)
Source: [2] -- Filll 16:42, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
I appreciate your contributions in closing GARs, but I noticed that you closed one when only 1 person other than the nominator had voted. Please remember that the GAR is really more about consensus than about voting. When a unanimous 4-0 vote comes around, then that could be declared consensus, but 2-0 is rather low. Also, please do not count the nominator as a vote when you post the results of the GAR. Thank you, and I hope that you can continue to help in closing GARs. Diez2 03:37, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I noticed you took part in the straw poll. Please visit the talk page to engage in the discussion, so we may build consensus. Vassyana 00:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
I was reviewing HiPER and noticed that it had a lack of inline citations. The editors noted that there are sources but they aren't published could you help and possibly give suggestions on how this can be resolved. Tarret 22:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed that you were trying to run Cedars bot. Perhaps you could take a look at this proposal and leave comments. Thanks, Walkerma 05:39, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
I notice that you renominated those articles for Good Article reviews after I had already passed them and noted that they met the criteria. I've relisted them as GA. Apparently I didn't include the form on the talk page outlining that they had met those criteria. There seems to be a glut of other nominees already, so I don't want to leave articles there that have already passed GA. -- Bookworm857158367 15:36, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
I've agreed to take on the large task of trying to improve this article, and hence checked out the GA review. You mentioned that most of the references are in Spanish. While I do not dispute that this article needs a lot of work doing on it, I cannot accept that it should not be referenced in the local language (most of the references are actually in Catalan). You might like to take a look at WP:CSB: whatever the defects of that page might be, it is a useful reminder of the problems facings the compilers of a "universal" encyclopedia! Best wishes, Physchim62 (talk) 12:18, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Go ahead and fail it. I totally forgot about it. IvoShandor 17:09, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Here is an article that could use your attention.-- Filll 17:28, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Come on we need some scholarship and assistance here on this important subject !-- Filll 18:14, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I didnt say it would be easy to get good information on this. It sounds like a fascinating topic.-- Filll 22:40, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments. I am fairly new to Wikipedia and, having added quite a lot to a stub, I decided to test the waters for a Good Article assessment. While I accept your conclusion I should like to query some of your comments. My references are to a single author source because in recent times no one else has written anything about Hall Caine in any depth and Allen has I think been the first person to study the primary source material which is held in archives in the Isle of Man and in Canada. The only other book about Hall Caine held by the British Library was published in the 1901, only half way through his career, and it is not available to me. You question whether there should be an article at all but as the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography considers he merits an article, I should think that is a good enough reason for one in Wikipedia.
I accept that much of it needs to be re-written, and if I do come across any more sources, they will be included, but if they don’t exist, they can’t. Allen’s point of view is not always favourable; indeed it is in many places quite critical (in a negative sort of way). Caine’s popularity is not a value judgement; it is measured by the sales of his books and by the degree of adulation shown by his fans (this objective evidence is in the text). I am not sure what you mean by “ classical language” – it is certainly not what Wikipedia means. Are we in the area of American v. British use of English here? An example is your comment on “discovery”. “I discovered Wikipedia four months ago” is perfectly acceptable usage in England, even though Wikipedia has been around for a little longer!
It rather seems that everything has to be included in the ‘lead’ – you say, “why wait until the rest of the article…”. Surely the lead has to have some limits. What “type of nervous breakdown”? – well, psychiatric diagnosis was not particularly precise in 1870 and I doubt we shall ever know unless a psychiatrist does some research on it. You refer to my “western bias” – how about your sexist bias? The “fellow” Allen is a woman – note her first name in the References. I too could ramble on….
About the single critic, this comment was added by a different editor and I am reluctant to delete it. I and other editors have not yet come across any other quotes; when we do they will be included if relevant. I placed this in the postscript to indicate that not much weight should be placed on it in the context of the whole article – a sort of light-hearted ending to it.
Having made your point at length about the language and “bias”, I should have welcomed some positive comment about other aspects of the article. You say nothing about the layout, images, citation, bibliography etc. Some comments in these areas (such as whether you consider them to be perfect or not) would have been useful in re-writing the material. You did not advise for example that all the citations were placed wrongly - before the full stop (this has now been corrected). Advice on matters such as this would have been helpful to an inexperienced editor. Peter I. Vardy 13:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi. Do you remember where this vote was held? I've been searching the archives of just about every page of the GA system. Thanks. / Fred- Chess 09:46, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi Homestarmy,
I found you via the Christianity article. I am currently working on the Nero article and was wondering if we could get some outside help on the section concerning Nero in Christian Tradition. Your input would be greatly appreciated!
Best regards,
Djma12 (
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19:53, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Sigh...
If you are ready to abandon your ridiculous allegiance to fabricated, non-Biblical, counter-historical, counter-logical, anti-semitic/misojudaic, antinomian, pagan Constantinian doctrines that represent the diametric opposite of the authentic 1st-century Ribi Yehoshua (Aramaic, Yeshua, Greek translation Iesous=>Jesus), and follow the authentic Torah-teaching 1st-century Messiah (Mashiakh) Ribi Yehoshua as his 1st-century disciples prior to the dispersion of 135 AD did, according to every detail of reliable historic scholarship, the gate for you is very narrow. Contact the Netzarim in Ra'anana, Israel.
Noogster 00:48, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment on the Saprang Kalayanamitr article. I've responded on the Talk page. Patiwat 22:51, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
I am inviting all recent editors of Joseph McCarthy to comment on a current dispute. User:KarlBunker, in his stated view out of concern for WP:NPOV#Undue weight, has reverted, deleted, and selectively reinstated factually accurate sourced information that I have added. I contend he is in error. Please see the discussion at Talk:Joseph McCarthy. Thank you. Kaisershatner 17:28, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Hiya,
Long time no chat. My hiatus from Wikipedia was interrupted by Spring Break.. so I've been editing much more than I would have otherwise. But taking time off from WP has cleared my head tremendously. I feel the bitterness draining from my soul. :-)
Now Spring Break is over and so is my heavier WP editing. As I close up shop again, I have a favor to ask.. a big one in some ways. Taiwanese aborigines is up for GA and I would love a very thorough review by an experienced reviewer... I think another guy is gonna be working on it for the next couple days, but.. maybe after that...could you? If you can, I'd wanna know if any sections seem POV, if any facts seem irrelevant (and can be cut), etc... and suggestions for future FA... Thanks! (But only do it if you feel like you have the time & the inclination). -- Ling.Nut 04:34, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
You are invited to participate in Lutheranism WikiProject, a project dedicated to developing and improving articles about Lutheranism. We are currently discussing prospects for the project. Your input would be greatly appreciated! |
-- CTSWyneken (talk) 01:52, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Please revisit the discussion. Uncle G 10:44, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
It's been for ever since I nominated Pennsylvania Route 145 and still no review. You reviewed I-476, could you please review this article becuase If it passes I wanted on the story of the Newsletter for U.S. Roads. Thanks a lot. -- J-A10 T · C 0:55, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
I did a review, however as I did not bother posting anything on the DMC page as I felt it adequately met all requirements of a GA article. If there had been issues, I would have posted on the talk page. There are still some things people might take issue with, but those would pro'lly be for a FA review. Dåvid Fuchs ( talk / frog blast the vent core!) 20:27, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
You mentioned some things about the Civil War article for the GA review. Instead of adding too many comments there, how about mentioning some ideas on either my discussion page or the discussion page for the Civil War, whichever you'd prefer. Let me know what you think. Jimmuldrow 18:18, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
The article looks good so I passed it I was very busy so I forgot to mention some in talk pages, do you have second thoughts on the article? if so which are the problems, if you may state them. Or you can take it out and let another user review if it would satisfy you, cheers. Lakers 21:31, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
I'll go and add some comments this evening. I passed it because I could not find any GA criterion shortcomings... Pete.Hurd 21:48, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey there. I've had a few different IPs and usernames delete that section over the course of times. People don't seem to fully read it to realize that it is an "ironic" section. -- Avery W. Krouse
I honestly have no clue what's going on there. I think it roots from an edit I did a while back to revert somebody's innane statements on some page or another. It may very well be this person logging out and vandalizing my page. Go figure. I will do some further research. Thanks for your help! -- Avery W. Krouse 13:10, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Do you think Gordon Griffith should remain a good article? I am not that knowledgeable at the review process as you are, but do you think this would be a candidate for review? It's lacking an infobox, has no heading organizations, and no fair use rationale on the first image (but then again, the image is from a 1918 film which no longer under copyright, so maybe the license needs to be chnaged). Let me know what you think. -- Nehrams2020 07:15, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Can you take a fresh look at the article and give your thoughts? Thanks. LuciferMorgan 21:56, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Bad bot! IvoShandor 13:55, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Hiya,
GA nom Banat Bulgarians has about 30 (slightly more than half the total) of its references from a single source. Do we care?
BTW, your talk page is over 150KB. May be about time to archive again.. ;-)
-- Ling.Nut 23:49, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
(undent) I passed it as GA. There doesn't seem to be any controversy regarding its content, and there are a couple FAs with almost no English-language refs. WP:V says English-lang refs are strongly preferred but not absolutely required.... thanks! -- Ling.Nut 20:47, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar | ||
Whether we get FA status or not at Jesus, you have not only put in a ton of work in the past few days, you have been with the article for years now. Thanks for all your help and good work. Andrew c 01:38, 16 April 2007 (UTC) |
The citation template citeweb always links the title with the webpage, so I was mimicing that style. I personally believe that seeing an unformatted URL in a reference is ugly, and some of the unformatted URLs were so long that they broke the two column design (they were longer than the column width). The citation templates, and the MLA and the Harvard style manuals suggest to always put the author's name first (last name first). So my edits just moved unformatted URLs to associate them with the article title (per the citation templates) and to move the last name first. Sorry if I caused any edit conflicts or confusion. - Andrew c 13:47, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
hey. You've been doing a amasing amount of good work on the Jesus article since it was nominated for FA, and i just wanted to say good job. You've been putting a lot of effort into this i wanted you to know it's not gone unnoticed. Keep up the great work :D
peace out- Three ways round 19:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
You may wanna look in on Talk:Phil Mitchell. I'm done with it. :-) -- Ling.Nut 22:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
The Good Article Medal of Merit | ||
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Homestarmy, the Venerable Shepherd of
WP:GA. -- Ling.Nut 16:36, 28 April 2007 (UTC) |
Should be very stable for a while. - Roy Boy 800 23:27, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Still waiting for those suggestions regarding the lead. It's never too late. =) Thegreatdr 13:18, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
title says it all EliminatorJR Talk 02:10, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
I don't really care anymore about the GA review, but I wonder if it's still a GA nominee. I hope so, because the article has greatly improved since it failed. I was wondering if you could review it for GA if its still a nominee. Thanks. -- JA10 T · C 19:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
The GA review was started after I failed the article about a week ago. After that I rewrote and fixed most of the article, and Johnny has done the same, after which he nominated it again. I believe that the article deserves a "fair chance" now, and should not have been removed from GA candidates because of the result of the review on its old state. -- NE2 01:05, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I noticed you are a frequent contributor to WP:GA/R. There are a few discussion threads that are floundering and need additional comments from other editors. I would like to act on these soon, as they have been up for discussion for several weeks, but so few people have commented that I can't even archive as "no consensus" since we have a near null-set of comments. If you have the time, could you take a peek at the following articles and make any comments at WP:GA/R as you see fit? The articles needing additional comment are: Jeremy Clarkson, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Anaximander, and Syncaris pacifica. Thanks in advance for your help with this! -- Jayron32| talk| contribs 18:27, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing Cullacabardee... Like anything new I got a bit mixed up by the template :) Orderinchaos 05:16, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
This form message is being sent to you either due to your membership with WikiProject Good Articles and/or your inclusion on the Wikipedia:Good article candidates/List of reviewers. A new drive has been started requesting that all members review at least one article (or more, if you wish!) within the next two weeks at GAC to help in removing the large backlog. This message is being sent to all GA members and even members who have been recently reviewing articles. There are almost 130 members in this project and about 180 articles that currently need to be reviewed. If each member helps to review just one or two articles, the majority of the backlog will be cleared. Since the potential amount of reviewers may significantly increase, please make sure to add :{{ GAReview}} underneath the article you are reviewing to ensure that only one person is reviewing each article. Additionally, the GA criteria may have been modified since your last review, so look over the criteria again to help you to determine if a candidate is GA-worthy. If you have any questions about this drive or the review process, leave a message on the GAC talk page. -- Nehrams2020 23:48, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
-- A WikiThanks, for your polite demeanor and helpful suggestions in improving the article Large Group Awareness Training up to Good Status. Thank you for your time. Yours, Smee 02:58, 27 May 2007 (UTC).
I still am going to fight to get it into the article(Without breaking the policies). I believe that there is not enough of a balance in the article and there needs to be one. I have started a thread on the talk page about it. Have a nice week and god bless.-- James, La gloria è a dio 02:54, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
So how did that test go? I was so hoping you'd realize the error of your ways and take the test knowing that it requires a belief in Evolution, but I can only hope so much! :) Orangemarlin 03:20, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
It's okay that you took it out - but what I was trying to do there was actually prevent vandalism to the Einstein and alpaca pages by idiots. The idea there was to show people there is and isn't a way to mention things in Wikipedia: An appropriate place for this sort of obscure but well-footnoted reference would be the Colbert Report and not on the alpaca page. Notice that the alpaca page is still protected. I guess they just don't get it. I really think btw that Jimmy Wales and Stephen Colbert both "set up" the viewers with the "oxygen is a poison" reference, as that had it's oxygen toxicity already in Wikipedia.
I figured out another way to head off the vandalism that's sure to occur when the episode is rebroadcast: show a link to the history of the alpaca page that demonstrates that vandalism can easily be undone, and also link to the Pp-vandalism template to show that pages can be easily protected from vandalism. I think that may actually work!
As is my usual complaint, I really must get to my schoolwork. :-) Have I addressed enough of the POV & referencing issues? Thanks Ling.Nut 19:01, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
You may wish to rephrase; Calhoun was never President (except, some would say, in his own mind ;->); calling him Senator and VP was intended as a gentle hint. But again, this is not aimed at you; there are many worse reviewers; you are merely unusually candid.
Also, I wasn't actively engaged with the article when you reviewed it; it seems to have improved markedly. How much of this is your review I do not know. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 20:50, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
I have raised some concern about the lack of a NPOV in a certain paragraph of the Alliance Defense Fund article, and having noted that you have shown interest in previous talk page discussions on this topic would invite you to input at Talk:Alliance_Defense_Fund#Referencing_and_NPOV. thanks Keylay31 hablame 08:11, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
As recommended to me by Jayron, we should just ignore the comments of the mathematics project folks. Let them waste their days getting wound up over all this nonsense and let's just go about our business as usual. Let them make their little proposals for change. We can support what we like and oppose what we don't. At the end of the day, we're not doing anything wrong. They're goal is obviously to frustrate and annoy us, so the best bet is to just ignore it. What do you think? LaraLove T/ C 05:56, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Hey. I've seen your work at WP:GAR. From that, I was wondering if you would like to consider running for adminship at WP:RFA. From the loks of it you should pass no problem, and i'd gladly nominate you. Let me know of your decision.-- Wizardman 16:35, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Stopping by at your talk page was surely long overdue, but I just wanted to thank you for your sensible approach to the recent stresses there have been, and also for clarifying a different aspect of the "delisted" template. I actually think that little alterations like these do have the potential to shift the mood and generate more good will. Best wishes Geometry guy 18:12, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
You recently commented at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cradle of Humanity, which closed with no consensus. The article has been re-nominated for deletion, and you may care to comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cradle of humanity (2nd nomination). --Akhilleus ( talk) 16:31, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your support in my recent, unsuccessful RfA. It's much appreciated. IvoShandor 16:08, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Try this one: [3]-- Filll 18:15, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
This is what I got this time, looks like a perfect score :D. Beliefnet apparently groups most Christian or Pseudo-Christian classifications together, that really misses alot of the distinction I think.... Homestarmy 19:44, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Its pretty untrue of what you think about islam. I Muhammad didn't attack any cities and didn't kill anybody. But the pope, he started the crusades and killed millions of innocent people. talk about bad religion.
Since your talking about AP exams, I might just you a tad bit of advice, they don't arrive until July. http://collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/exgrd.html and whats the point to making an account? Wasn't it a goal of the Wikipedia founders to allow you to edit anonymously? I understand someone with out an account is more likely to vandalize, but should you review their material before you revert? And Homes, go visit a mosque just as I visited synagogues and churches to ask insightful questions so I can learn about their religions. and I hope you made 5 on the AP chem, take any of the others? 70.244.52.244 06:05, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
On second thought, I always thought the jews murdered jesus(and wanna rule the world) and the trinity was stupid. 70.244.52.244 01:02, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
and orange, not houston, so so close. Try Bellaire, Texas.
So the bible is absolute fact? i'm taking the atheist POV. can you prove its not some bullshit written my some hobo? how about dinosaurs? Bible come tell me the truth!! I assume Pat robertson must be your next door neighbor 70.248.186.93 08:17, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
You seem to be more involved with Creationism related pages than I am, and I was wondering if you could answer a question I have about the Kitzmiller case. Jim62sch won't allow me to even indicate on the Creationism article page that there's a dispute at all about the current, well, dispute i'm in on the Creationism talk page, and I was wondering, do federal District Courts have authority to have their rulings apply throughout the entire United States, instead of just inside their districts? Jim62sch just gave me a "Go study the US court system" response when I asked him about this on the talk page, and I have a feeling there's actually an increadibly easy answer to this question that nobody really wants to tell me. So far, nobody is actually told me why i'm wrong, and i've been getting a feeling that there's some unspoken idea that the Kitzmiller case actually makes teaching Intelligent Design in public schools as an idea on equal footing with evolution illegal in the entire U.S., instead of just the Pennsylvania Middle District, and i'd really like to get to the bottom of this without having to waste the next few days studying the entire U.S. Court System. (The Wikipedia articles don't seem to have an explanation on where these District Court rulings can apply) Homestarmy 02:59, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
<undent>I might not have this correct, but my understanding is that a teacher can teach intelligent design on his or her own in public school science class. However, they would then have to deal with the complaints of parents, the students, the school board, the principal, etc. And there could be trouble as a result. If there were no complaints, then there would be probably be no problem (but I would sure want to check with a lawyer first before I tried it). However, a school board that tries to force teachers to teach intelligent design in science class is asking for legal trouble, and probably would not be likely to attempt it. I think that the precedent of the Dover case would probably have some bearing, unless it becomes overruled by some higher court. I think that schools can require the teaching of intelligent design in other classes, as long as they do not favor one religion over another (of course, this is not the way in which these proponents want it taught, since they want to illegally recruit people to their religion with public money). A class on comparative religions would probably be fine as long as no one religion was singled-out for special treatment. The other problem with a teacher attempting to take time away to teach this material is that it would likely detract from their student's performance on various exams, and therefore reflect badly on the teacher. There is also a danger that the student's from that school might not be welcome in further education in that state because of bad preparation, especially if the situation becomes widely known. So if a parent is dead-set on this, they should go to a private school where they can have whatever they want taught, as long as some very minimal standards are met.-- Filll 20:05, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment on my talk page regarding the GA criteria on images.
I noticed that you have renominated I Not Stupid for GA status "as per the GA/R". I know there was a 3-0 consensus to renominate the article, and I respect the consensus. However, as I noted in the GA/R (read the fourth paragraph of my post), I intended make further improvements to the article before renominating it. The Plot section needs a complete rewrite, the Production section should be expanded and the Political satire section may also need expanding. The good news is that I have recently found a couple of references which contain valuable information that I will need for the expansions I have wanted to make for a long time.
Should a GA reviewer read the article before the planned improvements have been completed, the nomination is likely to fail. Since it will take about two weeks to complete the planned improvements, I had planned to renominate the article on 8 July.
Owing to my conflict of interest as the primary contributor to the article, I am not allowed to review and fail the GA nomination. However, as the primary contributor to the article, am I allowed to withdraw the GA nomination? If not, could you, the nominator, please consider withdrawing the article's GA nomination? I promise to complete my planned improvements within two weeks and subsequently renominate the article.
-- J.L.W.S. The Special One 07:14, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for helping reverting some of the pages vandalised by 68.94.98.93. In case you didn't know, that IP was one of almost 100 (yes, 100) handpuppets of Mmbabies, who was community-banned for shenannigans just like these. I suggest you take a look at his rap sheet. Thanks again. -- azumanga 02:24, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
In here I did list Operation Gibraltar for GA review but I assumed it was passed by one person so it was automatically given a GA status by one user. Idleguy 10:10, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
There's some discussion here about the accuracy of the first paragraph of the abortion article, and you're invited to participate. Ferrylodge 19:51, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
All of your relevant criticism per WP:WIAGA has been addressed [ [4]]. Do you plan on changing your vote? Wikidudeman (talk) 16:18, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
Because I panicked on finding something that I'd consider a copyvio/plagiarism, and thought the whole article might be stuffed with copyvio, and have to be deleted, so I did. However, it turned out it was probably isolated, so the article was restored, but in the meantime, if the article was being restarted, the template needed removed, as it'd apply to a different article. Adam Cuerden talk 23:17, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi I am quite aware of the general wikipedia rules. I am also not affiliated with this site (as you can see from my editing record I am more involved in other areas).. however I AM puzzled. I checked the other criticism sites, and they were actually less relevant, extensive and equally "personal" as the one I added.. so please enlighten me.. what was the difference with the link/site I added and the other links that can specifically be found under the "criticism" chapter at the bottom of that page
Thanks
Gem-fanat 16:41, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
PLease stop citing the Horus section in Jesus as an advertisement. Please assume good faith WP:AGF Vexorg 00:14, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
further:
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I'm still a little confused why the last FA failed. Most FAC get more feedback, and when someone addresses their concern, the concern is striked. So at the end of the FAC, either you have a FA, or a good laundry list of concerns that need to be addressed. I felt that we had addressed everything, and the critics never got around to striking their comments or making further comments after our changes, yet we still failed FA. So, I'm not exactly sure what can be done. I'll check out the new apocrypha section, and see if any of my sources I have at home could help. And if nominated again, I'd be glad to participate and try to address any future concerns raised at the nomination. Thanks for your persistent work on this article, and I'm sure one day it will be featured (hopefully sooner than later).- Andrew c [talk] 03:25, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Here is a list of articles with GA on the talk page not listed on the WP:GA page. The list has grown enough that it might be good to resolve these. I don't have time to look at them. Gimmetrow 19:38, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
I have copyedited the article on Cooch Behar to the best of my abilities and i think it can be re-nominated. All the issues raised by you while failing the article for GA have been addressed to the best of my abilities.....just wanted u to go thru it once again and let me know if anything else needs to be done. Gprince007 12:18, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
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Hey there Homestarmy! Well...honestly you were that last person I was expecting to revert that . But I'm not gonna force it, even though I take issue with "historical existence" as it has a different meaning than " historicity". I mean, that IS the name of the article and I can't help it that people would not understand it. I'd suggest that there is a Simple English Wikipedia for those people who have a problem with the wording. As a matter of fact, I have a problem with the entire sentence and its mostly placement in the article (as the fourth sentence - it drives me nuts). I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I have the general impression that you do too. I seriously question the credibility of statements that elevate conspiracy theories (or whatever you want to call it) to high levels of publicity. I consider this a serious glitch, if you will, in Wikipedia that this sentence remains protected from edits (by admins too) and seems to be carved in stone. I really don't have any hidden agenda, but common sense just tells me that this sentence is out of place. Just because it has been there for a long time doesn't mean it should remain there. Well...anyways, just thought I'd explain my rationale to you. Good luck. aNubiSIII ( T / C) 02:00, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Come on fess up. I know the scores are out. Orangemarlin 02:46, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Yes I will Dagomar 21:20, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
In relation to your response to my question on the GA Candidate talk page, what do you suggest doing with the two sections that warn about future projects on the Institut Le Rosey article? Thanks, -- AJ24 22:55, 25 July 2007 (UTC).
Can you or one of your friends help me edit User talk:Filll/christiananswers ?-- Filll 01:54, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
You should know Filll by now. DGG ( talk) 06:05, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
At Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force there are many suggestions about fixing many of the inconsistencies and other items to make the GA process less confusing. Your ideas, suggestions and comments would be welcome. Tarret 17:03, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
(undent) I don't think it matters whether the reviews are good or no. This complaint has become iconic. It is impervious to facts & figures; it is also intuitively appealing to suggest that one drive-by reviewer can pass an article for a buddy without even providing a review (I"ve seen it happen... among well-known admins, no less!) or a POV person.. or someone making a WP:POINT.. or.. or.. no, I don't think facts & figures will help at all. Sorry. -- Ling.Nut 20:11, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps you might like to comment on my stance over here? -- Joopercoopers 15:31, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
In the spirit of Prov. 12:15, am in need of your wise counsel. I requested and received a full block on Christian views about women until 9/30/07. The problem: User:A B Pepper, aka User:75.132.95.79 lack of WP.CIV and disruption. P;ease glance at beginning at "Man was created in Gods' [sic] image, woman was not" ff., and Articles for deletion/Christian views about women. An "executive summary" by User:Oberlin 21:01, 23 September 2007 says it well. His paranoic name-calling and rages continue on [[User_talk:A_B_Pepper] where he calls a user a stalker, tells him to "Open up your fly and take a look," and a "pansy ass." How much vulgarity and personal attack will "they" allow before they ban him? On the article's Talk page, he says among other things: "Welcome to my dominion of humiliation," wrote of me "afaprof01 speak for herself. I think the little woman can defend herself and doesn't need macho man to come to her rescue. If she does need protection then let her get back underneath the covering of her husband" (wrong gender. Guess he thinks no Christian men feel strongly about Christian views of woman!). He will certainly run off greatly needed competent editors for the article. Bro, I need your wise counsel please via afaprof01@aol.com. Thanks very much, Afaprof01 03:46, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
I have noticed that you are a frequent reviewer at that Good Articles project. good article reassessment is experiencing a considerable backlog problem. There are several articles dating from August that still have not generated enough discussion to close. Could you please take a look at the oldest article and make some fresh comments on them? Please note that some of these have undergone signigicant changes since they first came to GA/R; please judge the article only on its merits as of its current version. If you reviewed an earlier version of any of these articles, please also consider re-reading them and either revise or endorse any earluer comments you have made. Thanks for your help with this! -- Jayron32| talk| contribs 02:36, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
A few editors who support homeopathy seem to be under the impression that the Homeopathy article is somehow bias because it contains too much criticism of homeopathy while opponents of homeopathy seem to think the article doesn't contain enough criticism. In my opinion it's formulated perfectly neutral. The article is always improving and this shouldn't mean it should no longer be GA status. Once an article is nominated to GA and is on the road to becoming an FA, should it not improve only to stay stable so that it can maintain it's GA status? How could it improve while still maintaining it's GA status? Improvements and stability can't co-exist therefore it only makes sense to suspend the stability requirement because it's improving itself on a daily basis. Wikidudeman (talk) 16:07, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
If you take a look at the changes that have occurred in the actual article since it was nominated to GA status, you will see that they have all been constructive improvments on grammar, prose, additional references etc. Here is the Diff. Notice that the only changes are additional references, switching around of paragraphs and improvments on prose and grammar. Wikidudeman (talk) 16:36, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
So, what AP classes this year? Evolution? Biology? :) OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 21:22, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
I see you fell to the temptation to take the Quizfarm test. ;-> You're right, though; whoever designed it doesn't understand much of what they're assessing! -- profg Talk 20:13, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Hey there. I miss you. What have you been up to lately? Arch O. La Grigory Deepdelver 18:14, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting my RfA, which unfortunately didn't succeed. The majority of the opposes stated that I needed more experience in the main namespace and Wikipedia namespace, so that is what I will do. I will go for another RfA in two month's time and I hope you will be able to support me then as well. If you have any other comments for me or wish to be notified when I go for another RfA, please leave them on my talk page. If you wish to nominate me for my next RfA, please wait until it has been two months. Thanks again for participating in my RfA! -- Cobi( t| c| b| cn) 01:33, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Since you are a frequent reviewer at GA, I thought you might be interested in some preliminary discussions about overhauling some of the various review processes at Wikipedia. The relevent page is Wikipedia:Content review/workshop and there is a lot of discussions going on on that project's talk page. We are still hammering out the goals, but there are some good ideas there, and I think you may have a lot to offer. -- Jayron32| talk| contribs 06:05, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
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As I've noticed that you had also reverted the anon's changes, I think you may be interested to note that he has reported me to a user (who does not appear to be an administrator) with a rather disingenuous presentation of the matter. I've made my point clear, but as you seem to see the same problems with the changes, I decided to notify you. Considering the language, editing habits and the message to me on my talk page, I suspect that this user is Biblical1 (who made edits from another IP as well), who is presenting his case as an "observer" in the matter. I don't know you, but I think that a short look at my editing history shows that comment left by the anon is a gross misrepresentation. I've taken the steps to email the user of the identity of the anon (and his warped picture of things), but I would appreciate if you could comment on the material as well. The anon is making it seem like there is a general agreement for inclusion, where there is absolutely none (and to that point, the information is still against policy). See the post here. Thanks for your time.-- C.Logan 04:55, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
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We are always looking for new members to assist with the remaining articles, so if you are interested or know of anybody that can assist, please visit the GA sweeps page. In addition, for every member that reviews 100 articles or has a significant impact on the process, s/he will get an award when they reach that threshold. If only 14 editors achieve this feat starting now, we would be done with Sweeps! Of course, having more people reviewing less articles would be better for all involved, so please consider asking others to help out. Feel free to stop by and only review a few articles, something's better than nothing! Take a look at the list, and see what articles interest you. Let's work to complete Sweeps so that efforts can be fully focused on the backlog at GAN. If you have any questions about the process, reviewing, or need help with a particular article, please contact me or OhanaUnited and we'll be happy to help. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 08:16, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Re to do list: Talk:RGS Worcester and The Alice Ottley School- an article you have been involved with. As a local person, I have just read the entire article with great interest. It has obviously been prepared with much care and research, and I hesitate to tag it; however, I feel it still reads partly like an essay and that some passages may contain subjective wording that might conflict with Wikipedia's MOS.-- Kudpung ( talk) 02:49, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! — Knowledge Seeker দ 18:24, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I didn't want to clog up [User:Filll]'s discussion page with our stuff. So let me continue:
Oh those evil UU types!! Wash your mouth out with soap for even saying their name!!-- Filll 04:07, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
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I keep reading this article, and although I can't even explain to you how appalled I am by this group, why all the arguing? I'm a very biased bystander, and it seems like a reasonable article. No one calls them Nazis (I am not a fan of using that label anyways, given that a Nazi is pretty way down the evolutionary scale of humans--couldn't resist, sorry--but these people are anti-semetic). Do you think you could give me a blow by blow of why this is so contentious? I've read the discussion, and you seem to be one of the voices of reason, but I could be confused. Orangemarlin 22:15, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your GA passing of Shaw and Crompton - it has been hard work, but well worth it, it seems! I'll try to make the ammendments you recommended to improve the article further. Thanks again, Jhamez84 16:21, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
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Why do you do so? Are you a credophile? -- Taraborn 23:55, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing Hamersley - you've brought up some good points which we can address. And your talk page is far more interesting than mine! Mine is chatter and random frog discussions at the moment. Orderinchaos78 15:24, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
This is still on the GA/R but with improvement now has 4 keep votes, but ChrisMari delisted it on its talk page on 2 Jan. What to do? Pls repsond on GA/R page. Rlevse 14:15, 11 January 2007 (UTC)...Same deal with Katie Melua. People are delisted as soon as they put them on the GA/R page.???? Rlevse 14:17, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Please look at it and give me your comments: User talk:Filll/AllAboutGod-- Filll 03:03, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Of course. Notability, NPOV, grammar, etc. -- Filll 04:28, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Hrm, one of those interesting things of Wikipedia, I guess. I'd never happened across your userpage before, and had no idea I was working with one of those damnable fundamentalists. (This is meant quite tongue-in-cheek, of course, so please don't take offense. :) ) I'm used to it enough being called a hellbound atheist, so it's interesting for me to see that I'm working with a very religious person in one case, and a quite real-life pastor on another article I recently came across. Seraphimblade 11:41, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Believe it or not, things are quiet over here. We've gotten the article down to fighting weight and we're in shooting range of FA quality. I've opened a discussion on the talk page about what is still needed in the article. I'd love to have you opine. -- CTSWyneken (talk) 14:23, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Homestarmy -- just curious if you had another suggestion for permissions to continue editing the JfJ article. Ramsquire and I both made alternative suggestions, but if you had another idea, we'd probably agree. Best, Mackan79 18:41, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Why not campaign against linguistics? And the teaching of many aspects of linguistics in colleges and high schools? Grammar? Etymologies? A lot of information taught and studied in linguistics disagrees with the biblical account, after all.-- Filll 03:15, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
It is hypocritcal to be offended by evolution and not to be offended by the field of Historical linguistics.-- Filll 03:19, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
If you and editors with similar views started your wikipedia, the living wikipedia or whatever, you may find more benefit than having to constantly lock horns with the unilluminated. Your community has achieved a lot on WP, it would be a shame if most of it became lost in edits. This has been the solution to the interests of a group being achieved. Just a suggestion. Fred 03:31, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
I would direct anyone interested to CreationWiki or ResearchID Wiki. There are probably more out there too.-- Filll 05:28, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
I am a member of CreationWiki myself. I have not contributed anything yet however. I did not yet join the intelligent design one. I am of course a member of EvoWiki. I also contribute to some other Wikis. I do not want to "get rid" of you. It is just useful to know of other good wikis. For example, I think WikiTravel is far underused.-- Filll 16:42, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
If an article has a majority o f pass in it's GA/R does it mean that it becomes a GA. Thanks. Kyriakos 21:25, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Dear Homes: I tell people call me anything but late-for-dinner! 8-) The big boy on the block is Kenneth Scott Latourette, A history of the expansion of Christianity 7 v. New York ; London : Harper & Brothers, 1937-1945. Christian History, a magazine, also does a nice job in a more popular tone. They are on the web. If you have a little more specific question, let me know, and I'll tickle the keyboard. It's what I do. (Think of me as a wired reference librarian). -- CTSWyneken (talk) 12:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Robertson Quote: “The fact that [the courts] are trying to ignore this country’s religious heritage is just horrible. They are taking our religion away from us under the guise of separation of church and state. There was never any intention that our government would be separate from God Almighty. Never, never, never in the history of this land did the founders of this country or those who came after them think that was the case.”
Sears Quote: “One by one, more and more bricks that make up the artificial ‘wall of separation’ between church and state are being removed and Christians are once again being allowed to exercise their constitutional right to equal access to public facilities and funding.” (January 2004 e-mail alert)
Donald Wildmon: Wildmon, 68, has flirted with anti-Semitism, suggesting that Jews control the entertainment industry. The AFA’s Journal has also reprinted articles from The Spotlight, an anti-Semitic newspaper. In December, Wildmon said evangelicals may stop supporting Israel if Jewish leaders don’t stop criticizing the Religious Right.
Wildmon Quote: “Anti-prayer/Anti-Christian groups – like the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State – have teamed up with liberal judges on the U.S. Supreme Court and are stripping away our religious freedom.” (Fall 2000 fund-raising letter)
Quote: “The [Supreme] Court has become increasingly hostile to Christianity. It represents more of a threat to representative government than any other force – more than budget deficits, more than terrorism.” (“Confronting the Judicial War on Faith” conference, March 7, 2005)
Falwell Quote: “Separation of Church and State has long been the battle cry of civil libertarians wishing to purge our glorious Christian heritage from our nation’s history. Of course, the term never once appears in our Constitution and is a modern fabrication of discrimination.” (“Falwell Fax,” April 10, 1998)
Sheldon Quote: “A dangerous Marxist/Leftist/Homosexual/Islamic coalition has formed – and we’d better be willing to fight it with everything in our power. These people are playing for keeps. Their hero, Mao Tse Tung, is estimated to have murdered upwards of 60 million people during his reign of terror in China. Do we think we can escape such persecution if we refuse to fight for what is right?” (“The War on Christianity,” column, TVC Web site, Dec. 13, 2005)
Source: [2] -- Filll 16:42, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
I appreciate your contributions in closing GARs, but I noticed that you closed one when only 1 person other than the nominator had voted. Please remember that the GAR is really more about consensus than about voting. When a unanimous 4-0 vote comes around, then that could be declared consensus, but 2-0 is rather low. Also, please do not count the nominator as a vote when you post the results of the GAR. Thank you, and I hope that you can continue to help in closing GARs. Diez2 03:37, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I noticed you took part in the straw poll. Please visit the talk page to engage in the discussion, so we may build consensus. Vassyana 00:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
I was reviewing HiPER and noticed that it had a lack of inline citations. The editors noted that there are sources but they aren't published could you help and possibly give suggestions on how this can be resolved. Tarret 22:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed that you were trying to run Cedars bot. Perhaps you could take a look at this proposal and leave comments. Thanks, Walkerma 05:39, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
I notice that you renominated those articles for Good Article reviews after I had already passed them and noted that they met the criteria. I've relisted them as GA. Apparently I didn't include the form on the talk page outlining that they had met those criteria. There seems to be a glut of other nominees already, so I don't want to leave articles there that have already passed GA. -- Bookworm857158367 15:36, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
I've agreed to take on the large task of trying to improve this article, and hence checked out the GA review. You mentioned that most of the references are in Spanish. While I do not dispute that this article needs a lot of work doing on it, I cannot accept that it should not be referenced in the local language (most of the references are actually in Catalan). You might like to take a look at WP:CSB: whatever the defects of that page might be, it is a useful reminder of the problems facings the compilers of a "universal" encyclopedia! Best wishes, Physchim62 (talk) 12:18, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Go ahead and fail it. I totally forgot about it. IvoShandor 17:09, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Here is an article that could use your attention.-- Filll 17:28, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Come on we need some scholarship and assistance here on this important subject !-- Filll 18:14, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I didnt say it would be easy to get good information on this. It sounds like a fascinating topic.-- Filll 22:40, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments. I am fairly new to Wikipedia and, having added quite a lot to a stub, I decided to test the waters for a Good Article assessment. While I accept your conclusion I should like to query some of your comments. My references are to a single author source because in recent times no one else has written anything about Hall Caine in any depth and Allen has I think been the first person to study the primary source material which is held in archives in the Isle of Man and in Canada. The only other book about Hall Caine held by the British Library was published in the 1901, only half way through his career, and it is not available to me. You question whether there should be an article at all but as the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography considers he merits an article, I should think that is a good enough reason for one in Wikipedia.
I accept that much of it needs to be re-written, and if I do come across any more sources, they will be included, but if they don’t exist, they can’t. Allen’s point of view is not always favourable; indeed it is in many places quite critical (in a negative sort of way). Caine’s popularity is not a value judgement; it is measured by the sales of his books and by the degree of adulation shown by his fans (this objective evidence is in the text). I am not sure what you mean by “ classical language” – it is certainly not what Wikipedia means. Are we in the area of American v. British use of English here? An example is your comment on “discovery”. “I discovered Wikipedia four months ago” is perfectly acceptable usage in England, even though Wikipedia has been around for a little longer!
It rather seems that everything has to be included in the ‘lead’ – you say, “why wait until the rest of the article…”. Surely the lead has to have some limits. What “type of nervous breakdown”? – well, psychiatric diagnosis was not particularly precise in 1870 and I doubt we shall ever know unless a psychiatrist does some research on it. You refer to my “western bias” – how about your sexist bias? The “fellow” Allen is a woman – note her first name in the References. I too could ramble on….
About the single critic, this comment was added by a different editor and I am reluctant to delete it. I and other editors have not yet come across any other quotes; when we do they will be included if relevant. I placed this in the postscript to indicate that not much weight should be placed on it in the context of the whole article – a sort of light-hearted ending to it.
Having made your point at length about the language and “bias”, I should have welcomed some positive comment about other aspects of the article. You say nothing about the layout, images, citation, bibliography etc. Some comments in these areas (such as whether you consider them to be perfect or not) would have been useful in re-writing the material. You did not advise for example that all the citations were placed wrongly - before the full stop (this has now been corrected). Advice on matters such as this would have been helpful to an inexperienced editor. Peter I. Vardy 13:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi. Do you remember where this vote was held? I've been searching the archives of just about every page of the GA system. Thanks. / Fred- Chess 09:46, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi Homestarmy,
I found you via the Christianity article. I am currently working on the Nero article and was wondering if we could get some outside help on the section concerning Nero in Christian Tradition. Your input would be greatly appreciated!
Best regards,
Djma12 (
talk)
19:53, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Sigh...
If you are ready to abandon your ridiculous allegiance to fabricated, non-Biblical, counter-historical, counter-logical, anti-semitic/misojudaic, antinomian, pagan Constantinian doctrines that represent the diametric opposite of the authentic 1st-century Ribi Yehoshua (Aramaic, Yeshua, Greek translation Iesous=>Jesus), and follow the authentic Torah-teaching 1st-century Messiah (Mashiakh) Ribi Yehoshua as his 1st-century disciples prior to the dispersion of 135 AD did, according to every detail of reliable historic scholarship, the gate for you is very narrow. Contact the Netzarim in Ra'anana, Israel.
Noogster 00:48, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment on the Saprang Kalayanamitr article. I've responded on the Talk page. Patiwat 22:51, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
I am inviting all recent editors of Joseph McCarthy to comment on a current dispute. User:KarlBunker, in his stated view out of concern for WP:NPOV#Undue weight, has reverted, deleted, and selectively reinstated factually accurate sourced information that I have added. I contend he is in error. Please see the discussion at Talk:Joseph McCarthy. Thank you. Kaisershatner 17:28, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Hiya,
Long time no chat. My hiatus from Wikipedia was interrupted by Spring Break.. so I've been editing much more than I would have otherwise. But taking time off from WP has cleared my head tremendously. I feel the bitterness draining from my soul. :-)
Now Spring Break is over and so is my heavier WP editing. As I close up shop again, I have a favor to ask.. a big one in some ways. Taiwanese aborigines is up for GA and I would love a very thorough review by an experienced reviewer... I think another guy is gonna be working on it for the next couple days, but.. maybe after that...could you? If you can, I'd wanna know if any sections seem POV, if any facts seem irrelevant (and can be cut), etc... and suggestions for future FA... Thanks! (But only do it if you feel like you have the time & the inclination). -- Ling.Nut 04:34, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
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-- CTSWyneken (talk) 01:52, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Please revisit the discussion. Uncle G 10:44, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
It's been for ever since I nominated Pennsylvania Route 145 and still no review. You reviewed I-476, could you please review this article becuase If it passes I wanted on the story of the Newsletter for U.S. Roads. Thanks a lot. -- J-A10 T · C 0:55, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
I did a review, however as I did not bother posting anything on the DMC page as I felt it adequately met all requirements of a GA article. If there had been issues, I would have posted on the talk page. There are still some things people might take issue with, but those would pro'lly be for a FA review. Dåvid Fuchs ( talk / frog blast the vent core!) 20:27, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
You mentioned some things about the Civil War article for the GA review. Instead of adding too many comments there, how about mentioning some ideas on either my discussion page or the discussion page for the Civil War, whichever you'd prefer. Let me know what you think. Jimmuldrow 18:18, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
The article looks good so I passed it I was very busy so I forgot to mention some in talk pages, do you have second thoughts on the article? if so which are the problems, if you may state them. Or you can take it out and let another user review if it would satisfy you, cheers. Lakers 21:31, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
I'll go and add some comments this evening. I passed it because I could not find any GA criterion shortcomings... Pete.Hurd 21:48, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey there. I've had a few different IPs and usernames delete that section over the course of times. People don't seem to fully read it to realize that it is an "ironic" section. -- Avery W. Krouse
I honestly have no clue what's going on there. I think it roots from an edit I did a while back to revert somebody's innane statements on some page or another. It may very well be this person logging out and vandalizing my page. Go figure. I will do some further research. Thanks for your help! -- Avery W. Krouse 13:10, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Do you think Gordon Griffith should remain a good article? I am not that knowledgeable at the review process as you are, but do you think this would be a candidate for review? It's lacking an infobox, has no heading organizations, and no fair use rationale on the first image (but then again, the image is from a 1918 film which no longer under copyright, so maybe the license needs to be chnaged). Let me know what you think. -- Nehrams2020 07:15, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Can you take a fresh look at the article and give your thoughts? Thanks. LuciferMorgan 21:56, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Bad bot! IvoShandor 13:55, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Hiya,
GA nom Banat Bulgarians has about 30 (slightly more than half the total) of its references from a single source. Do we care?
BTW, your talk page is over 150KB. May be about time to archive again.. ;-)
-- Ling.Nut 23:49, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
(undent) I passed it as GA. There doesn't seem to be any controversy regarding its content, and there are a couple FAs with almost no English-language refs. WP:V says English-lang refs are strongly preferred but not absolutely required.... thanks! -- Ling.Nut 20:47, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar | ||
Whether we get FA status or not at Jesus, you have not only put in a ton of work in the past few days, you have been with the article for years now. Thanks for all your help and good work. Andrew c 01:38, 16 April 2007 (UTC) |
The citation template citeweb always links the title with the webpage, so I was mimicing that style. I personally believe that seeing an unformatted URL in a reference is ugly, and some of the unformatted URLs were so long that they broke the two column design (they were longer than the column width). The citation templates, and the MLA and the Harvard style manuals suggest to always put the author's name first (last name first). So my edits just moved unformatted URLs to associate them with the article title (per the citation templates) and to move the last name first. Sorry if I caused any edit conflicts or confusion. - Andrew c 13:47, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
hey. You've been doing a amasing amount of good work on the Jesus article since it was nominated for FA, and i just wanted to say good job. You've been putting a lot of effort into this i wanted you to know it's not gone unnoticed. Keep up the great work :D
peace out- Three ways round 19:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
You may wanna look in on Talk:Phil Mitchell. I'm done with it. :-) -- Ling.Nut 22:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
The Good Article Medal of Merit | ||
For
Homestarmy, the Venerable Shepherd of
WP:GA. -- Ling.Nut 16:36, 28 April 2007 (UTC) |
Should be very stable for a while. - Roy Boy 800 23:27, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Still waiting for those suggestions regarding the lead. It's never too late. =) Thegreatdr 13:18, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
title says it all EliminatorJR Talk 02:10, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
I don't really care anymore about the GA review, but I wonder if it's still a GA nominee. I hope so, because the article has greatly improved since it failed. I was wondering if you could review it for GA if its still a nominee. Thanks. -- JA10 T · C 19:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
The GA review was started after I failed the article about a week ago. After that I rewrote and fixed most of the article, and Johnny has done the same, after which he nominated it again. I believe that the article deserves a "fair chance" now, and should not have been removed from GA candidates because of the result of the review on its old state. -- NE2 01:05, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I noticed you are a frequent contributor to WP:GA/R. There are a few discussion threads that are floundering and need additional comments from other editors. I would like to act on these soon, as they have been up for discussion for several weeks, but so few people have commented that I can't even archive as "no consensus" since we have a near null-set of comments. If you have the time, could you take a peek at the following articles and make any comments at WP:GA/R as you see fit? The articles needing additional comment are: Jeremy Clarkson, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Anaximander, and Syncaris pacifica. Thanks in advance for your help with this! -- Jayron32| talk| contribs 18:27, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing Cullacabardee... Like anything new I got a bit mixed up by the template :) Orderinchaos 05:16, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
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-- A WikiThanks, for your polite demeanor and helpful suggestions in improving the article Large Group Awareness Training up to Good Status. Thank you for your time. Yours, Smee 02:58, 27 May 2007 (UTC).
I still am going to fight to get it into the article(Without breaking the policies). I believe that there is not enough of a balance in the article and there needs to be one. I have started a thread on the talk page about it. Have a nice week and god bless.-- James, La gloria è a dio 02:54, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
So how did that test go? I was so hoping you'd realize the error of your ways and take the test knowing that it requires a belief in Evolution, but I can only hope so much! :) Orangemarlin 03:20, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
It's okay that you took it out - but what I was trying to do there was actually prevent vandalism to the Einstein and alpaca pages by idiots. The idea there was to show people there is and isn't a way to mention things in Wikipedia: An appropriate place for this sort of obscure but well-footnoted reference would be the Colbert Report and not on the alpaca page. Notice that the alpaca page is still protected. I guess they just don't get it. I really think btw that Jimmy Wales and Stephen Colbert both "set up" the viewers with the "oxygen is a poison" reference, as that had it's oxygen toxicity already in Wikipedia.
I figured out another way to head off the vandalism that's sure to occur when the episode is rebroadcast: show a link to the history of the alpaca page that demonstrates that vandalism can easily be undone, and also link to the Pp-vandalism template to show that pages can be easily protected from vandalism. I think that may actually work!
As is my usual complaint, I really must get to my schoolwork. :-) Have I addressed enough of the POV & referencing issues? Thanks Ling.Nut 19:01, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
You may wish to rephrase; Calhoun was never President (except, some would say, in his own mind ;->); calling him Senator and VP was intended as a gentle hint. But again, this is not aimed at you; there are many worse reviewers; you are merely unusually candid.
Also, I wasn't actively engaged with the article when you reviewed it; it seems to have improved markedly. How much of this is your review I do not know. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 20:50, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
I have raised some concern about the lack of a NPOV in a certain paragraph of the Alliance Defense Fund article, and having noted that you have shown interest in previous talk page discussions on this topic would invite you to input at Talk:Alliance_Defense_Fund#Referencing_and_NPOV. thanks Keylay31 hablame 08:11, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
As recommended to me by Jayron, we should just ignore the comments of the mathematics project folks. Let them waste their days getting wound up over all this nonsense and let's just go about our business as usual. Let them make their little proposals for change. We can support what we like and oppose what we don't. At the end of the day, we're not doing anything wrong. They're goal is obviously to frustrate and annoy us, so the best bet is to just ignore it. What do you think? LaraLove T/ C 05:56, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Hey. I've seen your work at WP:GAR. From that, I was wondering if you would like to consider running for adminship at WP:RFA. From the loks of it you should pass no problem, and i'd gladly nominate you. Let me know of your decision.-- Wizardman 16:35, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Stopping by at your talk page was surely long overdue, but I just wanted to thank you for your sensible approach to the recent stresses there have been, and also for clarifying a different aspect of the "delisted" template. I actually think that little alterations like these do have the potential to shift the mood and generate more good will. Best wishes Geometry guy 18:12, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
You recently commented at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cradle of Humanity, which closed with no consensus. The article has been re-nominated for deletion, and you may care to comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cradle of humanity (2nd nomination). --Akhilleus ( talk) 16:31, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your support in my recent, unsuccessful RfA. It's much appreciated. IvoShandor 16:08, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Try this one: [3]-- Filll 18:15, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
This is what I got this time, looks like a perfect score :D. Beliefnet apparently groups most Christian or Pseudo-Christian classifications together, that really misses alot of the distinction I think.... Homestarmy 19:44, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Its pretty untrue of what you think about islam. I Muhammad didn't attack any cities and didn't kill anybody. But the pope, he started the crusades and killed millions of innocent people. talk about bad religion.
Since your talking about AP exams, I might just you a tad bit of advice, they don't arrive until July. http://collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/exgrd.html and whats the point to making an account? Wasn't it a goal of the Wikipedia founders to allow you to edit anonymously? I understand someone with out an account is more likely to vandalize, but should you review their material before you revert? And Homes, go visit a mosque just as I visited synagogues and churches to ask insightful questions so I can learn about their religions. and I hope you made 5 on the AP chem, take any of the others? 70.244.52.244 06:05, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
On second thought, I always thought the jews murdered jesus(and wanna rule the world) and the trinity was stupid. 70.244.52.244 01:02, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
and orange, not houston, so so close. Try Bellaire, Texas.
So the bible is absolute fact? i'm taking the atheist POV. can you prove its not some bullshit written my some hobo? how about dinosaurs? Bible come tell me the truth!! I assume Pat robertson must be your next door neighbor 70.248.186.93 08:17, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
You seem to be more involved with Creationism related pages than I am, and I was wondering if you could answer a question I have about the Kitzmiller case. Jim62sch won't allow me to even indicate on the Creationism article page that there's a dispute at all about the current, well, dispute i'm in on the Creationism talk page, and I was wondering, do federal District Courts have authority to have their rulings apply throughout the entire United States, instead of just inside their districts? Jim62sch just gave me a "Go study the US court system" response when I asked him about this on the talk page, and I have a feeling there's actually an increadibly easy answer to this question that nobody really wants to tell me. So far, nobody is actually told me why i'm wrong, and i've been getting a feeling that there's some unspoken idea that the Kitzmiller case actually makes teaching Intelligent Design in public schools as an idea on equal footing with evolution illegal in the entire U.S., instead of just the Pennsylvania Middle District, and i'd really like to get to the bottom of this without having to waste the next few days studying the entire U.S. Court System. (The Wikipedia articles don't seem to have an explanation on where these District Court rulings can apply) Homestarmy 02:59, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
<undent>I might not have this correct, but my understanding is that a teacher can teach intelligent design on his or her own in public school science class. However, they would then have to deal with the complaints of parents, the students, the school board, the principal, etc. And there could be trouble as a result. If there were no complaints, then there would be probably be no problem (but I would sure want to check with a lawyer first before I tried it). However, a school board that tries to force teachers to teach intelligent design in science class is asking for legal trouble, and probably would not be likely to attempt it. I think that the precedent of the Dover case would probably have some bearing, unless it becomes overruled by some higher court. I think that schools can require the teaching of intelligent design in other classes, as long as they do not favor one religion over another (of course, this is not the way in which these proponents want it taught, since they want to illegally recruit people to their religion with public money). A class on comparative religions would probably be fine as long as no one religion was singled-out for special treatment. The other problem with a teacher attempting to take time away to teach this material is that it would likely detract from their student's performance on various exams, and therefore reflect badly on the teacher. There is also a danger that the student's from that school might not be welcome in further education in that state because of bad preparation, especially if the situation becomes widely known. So if a parent is dead-set on this, they should go to a private school where they can have whatever they want taught, as long as some very minimal standards are met.-- Filll 20:05, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment on my talk page regarding the GA criteria on images.
I noticed that you have renominated I Not Stupid for GA status "as per the GA/R". I know there was a 3-0 consensus to renominate the article, and I respect the consensus. However, as I noted in the GA/R (read the fourth paragraph of my post), I intended make further improvements to the article before renominating it. The Plot section needs a complete rewrite, the Production section should be expanded and the Political satire section may also need expanding. The good news is that I have recently found a couple of references which contain valuable information that I will need for the expansions I have wanted to make for a long time.
Should a GA reviewer read the article before the planned improvements have been completed, the nomination is likely to fail. Since it will take about two weeks to complete the planned improvements, I had planned to renominate the article on 8 July.
Owing to my conflict of interest as the primary contributor to the article, I am not allowed to review and fail the GA nomination. However, as the primary contributor to the article, am I allowed to withdraw the GA nomination? If not, could you, the nominator, please consider withdrawing the article's GA nomination? I promise to complete my planned improvements within two weeks and subsequently renominate the article.
-- J.L.W.S. The Special One 07:14, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for helping reverting some of the pages vandalised by 68.94.98.93. In case you didn't know, that IP was one of almost 100 (yes, 100) handpuppets of Mmbabies, who was community-banned for shenannigans just like these. I suggest you take a look at his rap sheet. Thanks again. -- azumanga 02:24, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
In here I did list Operation Gibraltar for GA review but I assumed it was passed by one person so it was automatically given a GA status by one user. Idleguy 10:10, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
There's some discussion here about the accuracy of the first paragraph of the abortion article, and you're invited to participate. Ferrylodge 19:51, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
All of your relevant criticism per WP:WIAGA has been addressed [ [4]]. Do you plan on changing your vote? Wikidudeman (talk) 16:18, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
Because I panicked on finding something that I'd consider a copyvio/plagiarism, and thought the whole article might be stuffed with copyvio, and have to be deleted, so I did. However, it turned out it was probably isolated, so the article was restored, but in the meantime, if the article was being restarted, the template needed removed, as it'd apply to a different article. Adam Cuerden talk 23:17, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi I am quite aware of the general wikipedia rules. I am also not affiliated with this site (as you can see from my editing record I am more involved in other areas).. however I AM puzzled. I checked the other criticism sites, and they were actually less relevant, extensive and equally "personal" as the one I added.. so please enlighten me.. what was the difference with the link/site I added and the other links that can specifically be found under the "criticism" chapter at the bottom of that page
Thanks
Gem-fanat 16:41, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
PLease stop citing the Horus section in Jesus as an advertisement. Please assume good faith WP:AGF Vexorg 00:14, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
further:
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I'm still a little confused why the last FA failed. Most FAC get more feedback, and when someone addresses their concern, the concern is striked. So at the end of the FAC, either you have a FA, or a good laundry list of concerns that need to be addressed. I felt that we had addressed everything, and the critics never got around to striking their comments or making further comments after our changes, yet we still failed FA. So, I'm not exactly sure what can be done. I'll check out the new apocrypha section, and see if any of my sources I have at home could help. And if nominated again, I'd be glad to participate and try to address any future concerns raised at the nomination. Thanks for your persistent work on this article, and I'm sure one day it will be featured (hopefully sooner than later).- Andrew c [talk] 03:25, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Here is a list of articles with GA on the talk page not listed on the WP:GA page. The list has grown enough that it might be good to resolve these. I don't have time to look at them. Gimmetrow 19:38, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
I have copyedited the article on Cooch Behar to the best of my abilities and i think it can be re-nominated. All the issues raised by you while failing the article for GA have been addressed to the best of my abilities.....just wanted u to go thru it once again and let me know if anything else needs to be done. Gprince007 12:18, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
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Hey there Homestarmy! Well...honestly you were that last person I was expecting to revert that . But I'm not gonna force it, even though I take issue with "historical existence" as it has a different meaning than " historicity". I mean, that IS the name of the article and I can't help it that people would not understand it. I'd suggest that there is a Simple English Wikipedia for those people who have a problem with the wording. As a matter of fact, I have a problem with the entire sentence and its mostly placement in the article (as the fourth sentence - it drives me nuts). I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I have the general impression that you do too. I seriously question the credibility of statements that elevate conspiracy theories (or whatever you want to call it) to high levels of publicity. I consider this a serious glitch, if you will, in Wikipedia that this sentence remains protected from edits (by admins too) and seems to be carved in stone. I really don't have any hidden agenda, but common sense just tells me that this sentence is out of place. Just because it has been there for a long time doesn't mean it should remain there. Well...anyways, just thought I'd explain my rationale to you. Good luck. aNubiSIII ( T / C) 02:00, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Come on fess up. I know the scores are out. Orangemarlin 02:46, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Yes I will Dagomar 21:20, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
In relation to your response to my question on the GA Candidate talk page, what do you suggest doing with the two sections that warn about future projects on the Institut Le Rosey article? Thanks, -- AJ24 22:55, 25 July 2007 (UTC).
Can you or one of your friends help me edit User talk:Filll/christiananswers ?-- Filll 01:54, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
You should know Filll by now. DGG ( talk) 06:05, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
At Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force there are many suggestions about fixing many of the inconsistencies and other items to make the GA process less confusing. Your ideas, suggestions and comments would be welcome. Tarret 17:03, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
(undent) I don't think it matters whether the reviews are good or no. This complaint has become iconic. It is impervious to facts & figures; it is also intuitively appealing to suggest that one drive-by reviewer can pass an article for a buddy without even providing a review (I"ve seen it happen... among well-known admins, no less!) or a POV person.. or someone making a WP:POINT.. or.. or.. no, I don't think facts & figures will help at all. Sorry. -- Ling.Nut 20:11, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps you might like to comment on my stance over here? -- Joopercoopers 15:31, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
In the spirit of Prov. 12:15, am in need of your wise counsel. I requested and received a full block on Christian views about women until 9/30/07. The problem: User:A B Pepper, aka User:75.132.95.79 lack of WP.CIV and disruption. P;ease glance at beginning at "Man was created in Gods' [sic] image, woman was not" ff., and Articles for deletion/Christian views about women. An "executive summary" by User:Oberlin 21:01, 23 September 2007 says it well. His paranoic name-calling and rages continue on [[User_talk:A_B_Pepper] where he calls a user a stalker, tells him to "Open up your fly and take a look," and a "pansy ass." How much vulgarity and personal attack will "they" allow before they ban him? On the article's Talk page, he says among other things: "Welcome to my dominion of humiliation," wrote of me "afaprof01 speak for herself. I think the little woman can defend herself and doesn't need macho man to come to her rescue. If she does need protection then let her get back underneath the covering of her husband" (wrong gender. Guess he thinks no Christian men feel strongly about Christian views of woman!). He will certainly run off greatly needed competent editors for the article. Bro, I need your wise counsel please via afaprof01@aol.com. Thanks very much, Afaprof01 03:46, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
I have noticed that you are a frequent reviewer at that Good Articles project. good article reassessment is experiencing a considerable backlog problem. There are several articles dating from August that still have not generated enough discussion to close. Could you please take a look at the oldest article and make some fresh comments on them? Please note that some of these have undergone signigicant changes since they first came to GA/R; please judge the article only on its merits as of its current version. If you reviewed an earlier version of any of these articles, please also consider re-reading them and either revise or endorse any earluer comments you have made. Thanks for your help with this! -- Jayron32| talk| contribs 02:36, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
A few editors who support homeopathy seem to be under the impression that the Homeopathy article is somehow bias because it contains too much criticism of homeopathy while opponents of homeopathy seem to think the article doesn't contain enough criticism. In my opinion it's formulated perfectly neutral. The article is always improving and this shouldn't mean it should no longer be GA status. Once an article is nominated to GA and is on the road to becoming an FA, should it not improve only to stay stable so that it can maintain it's GA status? How could it improve while still maintaining it's GA status? Improvements and stability can't co-exist therefore it only makes sense to suspend the stability requirement because it's improving itself on a daily basis. Wikidudeman (talk) 16:07, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
If you take a look at the changes that have occurred in the actual article since it was nominated to GA status, you will see that they have all been constructive improvments on grammar, prose, additional references etc. Here is the Diff. Notice that the only changes are additional references, switching around of paragraphs and improvments on prose and grammar. Wikidudeman (talk) 16:36, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
So, what AP classes this year? Evolution? Biology? :) OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 21:22, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
I see you fell to the temptation to take the Quizfarm test. ;-> You're right, though; whoever designed it doesn't understand much of what they're assessing! -- profg Talk 20:13, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Hey there. I miss you. What have you been up to lately? Arch O. La Grigory Deepdelver 18:14, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting my RfA, which unfortunately didn't succeed. The majority of the opposes stated that I needed more experience in the main namespace and Wikipedia namespace, so that is what I will do. I will go for another RfA in two month's time and I hope you will be able to support me then as well. If you have any other comments for me or wish to be notified when I go for another RfA, please leave them on my talk page. If you wish to nominate me for my next RfA, please wait until it has been two months. Thanks again for participating in my RfA! -- Cobi( t| c| b| cn) 01:33, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Since you are a frequent reviewer at GA, I thought you might be interested in some preliminary discussions about overhauling some of the various review processes at Wikipedia. The relevent page is Wikipedia:Content review/workshop and there is a lot of discussions going on on that project's talk page. We are still hammering out the goals, but there are some good ideas there, and I think you may have a lot to offer. -- Jayron32| talk| contribs 06:05, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
The November 2007 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter has been published. Comments are welcome on this, as well as suggestions or offers of assistance for the December 2007 issue. Dr. Cash 01:13, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
As I've noticed that you had also reverted the anon's changes, I think you may be interested to note that he has reported me to a user (who does not appear to be an administrator) with a rather disingenuous presentation of the matter. I've made my point clear, but as you seem to see the same problems with the changes, I decided to notify you. Considering the language, editing habits and the message to me on my talk page, I suspect that this user is Biblical1 (who made edits from another IP as well), who is presenting his case as an "observer" in the matter. I don't know you, but I think that a short look at my editing history shows that comment left by the anon is a gross misrepresentation. I've taken the steps to email the user of the identity of the anon (and his warped picture of things), but I would appreciate if you could comment on the material as well. The anon is making it seem like there is a general agreement for inclusion, where there is absolutely none (and to that point, the information is still against policy). See the post here. Thanks for your time.-- C.Logan 04:55, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
The December 2007 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter has been published. Comments are welcome on this, as well as suggestions or offers of assistance for the January 2008 issue. Dr. Cash 01:02, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Happy New Year! Here is the latest edition of the WikiProject GA Newsletter! Dr. Cash ( talk) 03:59, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
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hi there, i just nominated the article British Bangladeshi as a Good Article and I think it is really good!, but I have no one to peer review with (only 1 who contributed to it), please can you help find any errors, and see whether it can fall into the list as a good article. Thanks! Moshin 16:48, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about the delay. AWB has been having a few issues lately. Here is the august issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter! Dr. Cash ( talk) 20:35, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
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Ron Paul has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured quality. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. -- Andrew Kelly ( talk) 05:19, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Robert V. Gentry, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert V. Gentry. Thank you.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Borock ( talk) 06:25, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. I would like to invite you to consider helping with the GA sweeps process. Sweeps helps to ensure that the oldest GAs still meet the criteria, and improve the quality of GAs overall. Unfortunately, last month only two articles were reviewed. This is definitely a low point after our peak at the beginning of the process when 163 articles were reviewed in September 2007. After nearly two years, the running total has just passed the 50% mark. In order to expediate the reviewing, several changes have been made to the process. A new worklist has been created, detailing which articles are left to review. All exempt and previously reviewed articles have already been removed from the list. Instead of reviewing by topic, you can consider picking and choosing whichever articles interest you.
We are always looking for new members to assist with the remaining articles, so if you are interested or know of anybody that can assist, please visit the GA sweeps page. In addition, for every member that reviews 100 articles or has a significant impact on the process, s/he will get an award when they reach that threshold. If only 14 editors achieve this feat starting now, we would be done with Sweeps! Of course, having more people reviewing less articles would be better for all involved, so please consider asking others to help out. Feel free to stop by and only review a few articles, something's better than nothing! Take a look at the list, and see what articles interest you. Let's work to complete Sweeps so that efforts can be fully focused on the backlog at GAN. If you have any questions about the process, reviewing, or need help with a particular article, please contact me or OhanaUnited and we'll be happy to help. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 08:16, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Re to do list: Talk:RGS Worcester and The Alice Ottley School- an article you have been involved with. As a local person, I have just read the entire article with great interest. It has obviously been prepared with much care and research, and I hesitate to tag it; however, I feel it still reads partly like an essay and that some passages may contain subjective wording that might conflict with Wikipedia's MOS.-- Kudpung ( talk) 02:49, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
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In the past you have been involved in reviewing this article for GA class. I am afraid it is not up to modern standards, and begun a discussion at the page listed above. Your input would be appreciated. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:10, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
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