Hi, please see:
User:Otheus/preview/Oklahoma City bombing. My changes have now been merged to the main article.
I see another of you places is up for review for GA. I informed User:DoomsDay349 who said he would review articles for GA for us. He has done a bunch in the past. Let me know if you have other articles that are up for B status, and I can pass those along also. or you going to take them straight from stub to GA?-- Kranar drogin 14:36, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Yo, would you be interested in actually joining WP:AWARDS? It would be nice to get some fresh blood in. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 23:07, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
-- BigHaz - Schreit mich an 02:19, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
As you have probably seen, the page had an overhaul removing some information and improving the quality of the grammar within the article. Could you please look it over again and see if there is anything else that needs to be fixed before passing it as GA? I will be adding new information to some of the sections, but nothing as large as the current revamp. -- Nehrams2020 08:22, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
It has been a rough week. Does or did the Antartic Highway Project really exist? I bet there are a couple of ghost towns down there. BTW, I was in town this week and caught the local station's report on Bodie, CA. There is a HD copy of the report on News10 California Postcard under the Bodie link. It's a pretty good report. Someone added a Bodie pic from this PD Photo site. Thanks for your thoughts. Ronbo76 13:34, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
Most welcome - I'll leave some comments on the articles talk page.Good effort there - Peripitus (Talk) 07:05, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks so much for helping me on this page as well :) I really appreciate it. Calineed 17:10, 5 March 2007 (UTC) (PS That WikiCookie looks delicious :))
An editor taking a look at Gold rush claimed that the paragraph on Bodie, CA was incorrect. This has been previously deleted in that gold rush article. Being familar with the Bodie article, I reverted and discussed on the article's talkpage.
I also found a reference to the Bodie article but did not want to include it as it might appear that I am on an edit war. It is for Rosa May who is mentioned in the Bodie article. The Rosa May, Rosa Olague or Rosa May Olague???? is backed by a book on her ( Prostitution in the West). Unfortunately the book's description appears on a booksite which is not the best link for a backup reference per WP:EL.
Rosa May is listed twice on www.bodie.com at Rosa May and Rosa May Oalaque (besides a link for the book onsite as a third reference).
The article on Bodie is one that I would like to seen brought to a B class article for the Ghost town project. Ronbo76 20:24, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
its all right buddy. im sorry too. JazzButcher 23:07, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Well, article is looking good. The Major thing for me is that when I am reading an article, as you have stated, pictures make it 1000% better. SO, having just stated the obvious, I would say you need a picture of the gang. Maybe a map showing which counties they hit or operated in, with what towns/cities they hit. Any picture that does exist of them, should be beyond copyright now and should be free to use. Maybe photos of their graves even? A photo of the judge Thomas Ford found here would be nice [1]. I think you need an info box also. Oh, HERE WE GO! [2] Took me awhile to find that. Here is some more info [3], [4] Hope those help some more for you. -- Kranar drogin 05:26, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for a fantastic peer review on the Flag of the Yukon article. I'm going to start working on your suggestions as soon as I can. Funny that you mention "what about a flag before 1968", I was looking very hard into that and even e-mailed the Yukon government archives, but they said there was no flag before 1968, just a coat of arms since 1956. I found this hypothetical flag: [5] but the archives knew nothing about it, and thus I'm not sure whether to even bring it up in the article as a hypothetical example. A hypothetical example sounds like a non-verifiable fact. Any ideas? Thanks again for your helpful input. Bobo is soft 05:53, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Will do after an appointment I have in 40 minutes. Will be back in about two to three hours if the clowns in fancy suits don't bog me down with legalese. Ronbo76 15:22, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
You have tagged the Sunderland article as failed GA because the time for carrying out the changes had expired. I am the person who was trying to get the article up to GA status. I spoke to the GA reviewer on his talk page to state that I was willing to make the changes, but due to personal problems it would be a week or two longer than stated. I will make the changes within the next week. It's up to you whether to leave it as failed, or revert the failure. Elysium 73 16:46, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
I have attempted to address the concerns of your review. I have renominated Hull House. TonyTheTiger ( talk/ cont/ bio) 19:51, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey honey I went home to study some while you're sleeping. Message me when you get up and I'll come over. <3 <3 <3!!! SebastianBean 20:53, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
I would like to why you put Timeline of Plantation, Florida up for speedy deletion. -- Death Star III 22:30, 6 March 2007 (UTC) Thank you i realize my mistake i have also corrected my userpage please see the notice board -- Death Star III 02:29, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
I am wondering if you could clarify your quick fail of this article for good article status. I can't seem to find any information about "quick fail" on WP, which is part of my problem, so maybe you could help by pointing me in the right direction! I am a bit confused by the decision, because none of the criteria listed on the tag apply to this article, and as part as I read the Good Article criteria, images are not desireable but not required: "It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic" WP:GA?. The information that you suggest is missing would require original research to provide, which I am sure you would not advise!! As you will have noted, the article is very well cited, which has been part a concerted effort in the last few months by a number of editors (including myself) to remove unattributeable information material, and we wouldn't want to go in reverse, surely! -- Slp1 22:58, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Well, my goal was to get the five major cities done, major meaning population excluding Chicago. Hey, they have their own wiki project! Anyways, I am not sure I really want to work on the colleges, but they prolly would be easier to do. I picked Springfield, so you can pick the next one. Eventually I am just going to start working on Rockford, that one really needs to be cleaned up. I will keep an eye on that city you were talking about also. There are a lot of edits going on right now.-- Kranar drogin 23:46, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your peer review. However, I have already reviewed the good article criteria and compared it to Percy Henn. I believe it meets all of the criteria? Aurora north ( WikiDesk) 10:23, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
but you didn't answer... you are also not on MSN... :( go on an message me when you are up! SebastianBean 00:12, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning up the redlinks in the Wall framing article. Much better.... — ERcheck ( talk) 05:56, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
So did you get an interview? SebastianBean 16:42, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
It's been two days (Well, by my time, Wiki time often makes me confused) and I saw your note about failing that article if a day passed without a comment, and I don't see any comment. I was just wondering if you remembered it was there since i've been looking for on hold type situations that can be easily resolved. Homestarmy 17:06, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
The Brown Daily Herald is the the only daily, has the highest circulation, is delivered to the most locations and has the highest endowment of all campus publications. This is difficult to cite, but empirically true. 216.224.48.67 04:51, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for your recent review of Igor González de Galdeano - I just wondered if you could answer a couple of questions? You made a couple of points about the Palmarès section. Is it appropriate to have such a section (renamed into Major achievements or Teams and victories or something) at all, or any listing of victories and teams represented, or is this better all placed within the prose of the article? Mk3severo 10:48, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
-- Carabinieri 17:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
I appreciate the barnstar, buddy. Thank you very much. I'm glad that we both are not angry about all of this still and through it all, I guess I learned a lot about wikipedia and editing it. Thanks for the knowledge and once again, I apologize for being so ignorant and insistent. JazzButcher 23:45, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
That's quite a list. A lot of these are outdoor shots that require better weather (at least to get the shots that will live up to my standards). I'll have time later this spring and most of the summer, so I'll see what I can do. Rklawton 03:00, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Nope, that's news to me. I'll check it out in a bit. I've got a lot of work this weekend. Rklawton 14:15, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
I am working on it intermittently. I began writing yesterday, spending over an hour writing some stuff that covers the period up to the founding of the city based on the site we already discussed.
I will look at your sources once I get to a library with access. I had planned to do so anyway to look at that article you found on the race riots, and to try to find some other references. It looks like you will have saved me some time in finding these other sources though.
In the interests of expediency, I will start the article with what I can based on the one source I already have. This will make easier for you to contribute (which I am very pleased that you seem eager to do). I probably will not get around to finishing it today, but will aim for Sunday. David H. Flint 15:21, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your contributions! — ERcheck ( talk) 03:40, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the comments. I hope I have addressed them. Can you rereview the article? PS. Why wasn't the nomination put on hold but failed right away?-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 16:11, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Anon IPs are chipping away from this article. The last rewrite is heavy-handed IMHO. Would look at it? The best part was the possible identification of the Division of Mines line. Looks like the anon IP registered after the last edit as Bodiehistory. Ronbo76 23:21, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
-- Carabinieri 13:11, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks again for your comments on Wikipedia:Peer review/List of Pennsylvania state parks, they were extremely helpful. We cut the individual refs out for each park and added more former parks and former names and a detailed note expaining these. If you have the chance, would you mind looking it over once more, especially the former parks list and new note (f)? Thanks, and congrats on the DYK, Ruhrfisch 16:00, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
GA on hold — Notes left on
talk page.. By the way, I borrowed your idea of the subpage you created for GA reviews. Thanks!
Nehrams2020
00:56, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Blocks are not to be used as punishment, but to protect the Wiki from further damage. That's exactly what being done. To be frank, I can't see him catching on any time soon. There's no doubt he's a bright boy but he just operates on a different wavelength to the rest of the people here. You have to ask yourself: are we here to coach schoolkids or to write an encyclopaedia. I know what I'm here for. — Moondyne 12:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
On another note, any opinion on my comment on the Ghost Towns talk page? I regret the way I opened that discussion, but the core issue remains. Hesperian 11:41, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
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Have to run as I have an appointment I am late for. Please see Agua Fria, California and Dogtown, California. Of the two, I like Agua Fria and will do some more work on it when time permits. Ronbo76 15:33, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
-- ALoan (Talk) 10:13, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
You may want to keep an eye on this page. Might be something to work towards is getting these unstubbed. Category:Rockford-Freeport-Rochelle geography stubs-- Kranar drogin 14:14, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Ebyabe placed an class B assessment tag on Postage stamps of Ireland and I asked him for some advise on bringing it up to GA or possibly even FA status. He suggested I ask for your advise on this topic, so if you have any constructive advise on improving it I would appreciate that. I did a lot of work on this article last year. It might also be a great boost to the philately project to get an article to a higher rating. Ebyabe even suggested that he might have rated it a start class but I wonder what size article he expect if this was just a start. It is already over 30kb and IMHO gives a very balanced view of the topic. Anyway, I'll wait for your comments here (not on my talk page unless you want to move it over there specifically). ww2censor 04:41, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
I had a quick look and did some bitty-fixes and will try and give it some attention in the next few days; US-side frontier history's not my forte but as you've gathered I'm a stickler on language, assumptions, repeated but unsubstantiated claims that are actually opinions or POV in nature to start with, and outright POVism masquerading as correctness. But I better read the article and try and appraise myself of the topic before I look at or at least before I comment on the peer review, so I understand the immediate subject matter.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Skookum1 ( talk • contribs) 06:25, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
I am going to stick to this one, since basicallly Springfield is just clean-up which is more your field than mine. I did get in touch through e-mail with someone who gave me someone who can get us a full list of names for the Mayors list. Have to use the phone, but there is a specific book it is in that we can cite. So that is good. Also, e-mail me at kranar (at) housedreadnaught (dot) net and I will give you my real e-mail. Thanks guy.-- Kranar drogin 22:00, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Regarding the delayed review of the above article, it really doesn't bother me how long it takes, but could you hold off posting it for three weeks? As in one week's time I will depart for Italy for two weeks, and will be unable to carry out your suggestions if they are posted then. I shall let you know when I return; the review will be welcome anytime then. Regards, Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 13:01, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
See this edit. It doesn't really bother me; it can stay failed for now and go back on hold immediatly when I return and get the review, but I thought I'd give you a heads-up about it anyway. Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 17:18, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
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Just checked that article out, very impressive. Do you know who did that map of Penn like that? I would love to have something like that for the Illinois list.-- Kranar drogin 20:00, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, Daysville is on Daysville road. Here is a link [6] and a satellite [7].-- Kranar drogin 10:29, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
If you have to go through a committee to get GA or FA status for an article, what's the process for getting an article to an A. 'Cause I can't find anything. I'm just sayin'. :) -- Ebyabe 12:26, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi, you left a comment on User:Badlydrawnjeff's talk page on this, I'll respond here so as not to fill up his page with discussion he might not be interested in. You said, "IMO articles about words are pretty much awesome, but there isn't much of a point in stubbing every word in existence, that's crazy. To me, they should be added as users are willing to create them and expand them beyond a simple dictionary def (etymology etc, usage etc.), that way they avoid the deletionists".
The problem with this is that it violates one of the basic process that a huge percentage of our best articles follow: low quality stub becomes ok quality stub becomes ok quality article becomes good quality article becomes good quality well sourced article becomes excellent quality sourced article. If we auto-delete a certain category of articles half way through the process, claiming that the problem is the process isn't finished yet, then how is the process ever supposed to get finished?
This is, in fact, what we do now. We only keep good or excellent quality articles on words, anything less than that is deleted, which means it never has a chance to get better. While this doesn't make sense to me, I don't really know how we should be handling articles on words, because I don't know how we go about determining which words are "notable", or which words can have full high quality articles written about them.
And, note that we have articles on She, Thou, You, We, but no articles on Me, He, They. We have an article on But, but not on And or Or (the ones we don't have from the previous are disambig pages or redirects). Why is "she" a worthwile topic, while "he" is not? Why "but", but not "and" or "or"? -- Xyzzyplugh 20:21, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't want to bother with petty arguments between non-issues (I don't really give a shit if you're "rude" or not, I was just trying not to be rude myself). In fact, I don't want to bother with this argument as a whole. It would probably turn out like my Gundam AfD, with somewhat 20 consecutive people arguing different points I had already covered. If you feel so strongly about a "push" to a free encyclopedia, that's great, but the English Wikipedia needs to hurry up and fulfill that by banning them completely, not just slowly making "steps". -- Teggles 12:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
"In... February 1884, J.R. Tucker stated that Chinese population in the United States stood at 105,465, or around 0.2 percent of the total population. The U.S. Minister to China, George Seward, had asserted similar numbers in Scribner's Magazine five years earlier."
Does this mean that in 1879, Seward gave the same total for Chinese population? That would imply that it hadn't grown between 1879 and 1884, which seems unlikely. Or does it mean that the Chinese population was still around 0.2% of US, in which case it would be more clear to say that Seward asserted similar percentages five years earlier?
Also, I intend to change the "Tucker used numbers corroborated by Seward" passage to something like "Tucker, corroborating numbers given by Seward". If Seward spoke five years earlier, he can't corroborate something that wouldn't happen until five years into the future. Tucker, however, could corroborate what Seward had said earlier. Advise if this was the intent, or if something else was intended by this part. Unimaginative Username 18:34, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Wasn't sure what you wanted to do with the broken links - to remove the links or to have them as requests for articles on those topics. Completed all else. Unimaginative Username 01:10, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
You made some good outsider input here, which I do appreciate, but things like World Chief Guide are titles, not "jargon". As for Image:OurChalet.jpg, if you think it's so easily replaceable, find it, because I sure couldn't. Rlevse 10:02, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for the feedback! I left some comments on the articles talk page for you. --- eLeigh33 03:07, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Well, I do have access to a library, but I never go. So it would prolly be best if you do what you need to with it. I am going to try and finish up these townships, then move on the to parks.-- Kranar drogin 15:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Have you seen this page List of school districts in Illinois? I just happened to find it, kinda surprised me.-- Kranar drogin 05:55, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't really have any idea on what else to include in the article. Is there any possible fair use image you can add for the article at all? Unfortunately, I have not even seen the Ghostbusters movies, which I probably should, since I recently heard their having a remake done soon. It's currently in my Blockbuster queue, but since I haven't seen the movie, I don't really know what else the article should include. Maybe consider a peer review, and do for sure get the inline citations. I'm sure with maybe one or more sections of information (once you figure out what they are about), the article could reach GA. Let me know if the article does get a GA or I can look it over again once I watch the movie. Good work so far. -- Nehrams2020 00:13, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
I'd be glad to get you the photos you need. Just give me the list on my Talk page and I'll get them taken. -- David Shankbone 12:06, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
I've just had another look through this, and I think it is now effectively copy-edited. I'll be moving your requests for copy-editing assistance at the League of Copyeditors to "ready for final proofread". Just to let you know... If there's anything else I can help with, let me know! :) Cricketgirl 14:58, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your help! I have a question, though: you said "In general rivalry doesn't imply that comparison be made between every aspect of the schools and their athletic program." I'm not sure I understand what you mean. — Disavian ( talk/ contribs) 18:16, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I notice you've added a number of articles recently on American architects, using the {{ stub}} tag. It'd be helpful if you could use a specific stub tag, here {{ US-architect-stub}} instead - a fairly complete list can be found here. Thanks, Jeodesic 12:19, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
I looked over the article (sorry for taking so long, I had a busy day of classes) and found a few minor things, mostly grammar issues. I think once you fix the below suggestions you should nominate it (and then wait a month for it to be reviewed!). Let me know if you want any further clarification on these and thanks for the offer of reviewing an article of mine down the road. I want to work on the Leslie Nielsen article soon, but I'm waiting for some free time in my schedule.
-- Nehrams2020 03:55, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
I use the USGS maps (via Topozone if I do not own it) or the PennDOT county maps here for info on Pennsylvania geography. There are other branches of Tionesta, but the PA Gazzetter of Streams treats the West Branch as an extension of the main creek for length, so that is why I cited it in the stub. Hope that helps, Ruhrfisch 04:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
-- Andrew Levine 19:25, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
-- howcheng { chat} 23:29, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
-- howcheng { chat} 16:04, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Done. Ronbo76 16:43, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
That's some extensive thanks for such a minor little thing! But yes, all those links in one place like that would've been nice to have had a few weeks ago. You make the criteria sound kind of scary, though -- so picky! Makes me wonder if I should ask you to take a look at the one I nominated yesterday, so it gets such thorough feedback, or not, so it actually passes! :p (And wow you respond fast. Less than a minute after I posted about Our Chalet pictures?) - Bbik 04:24, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
So, as for whether or not it can all be fixed in a week, I'd like to (probably unrealistically) hope so and at least see what I can do. However, if having red links is that big a deal that it'll fail if it has a couple, might as well just fail it now. While I can make quick stubs for most (to get it down to "a couple" and because I only have enough info for a stub anyhow), the Babakaj and Peace of [pick a name] articles have more info, and I'd just assume make them half-decent or not bother at all, so they'll take longer. (And just in case you somehow didn't notice the string of edits I made to the page in your userspace, I've added a bunch of questions and such there.) - Bbik 06:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
(Up here again, but let me know if you'd rather I start a new section, since this one's getting stale.) I was mostly just wondering if you noticed the "I'm stuck, I think it's time for a read-through/assessment/somesuch again" bit that I added amidst all the rest of my comments/questions, since I haven't heard anything in response. If you don't have the time right away, that's fine, no real rush (aside form the whole hold deadline thing), just making sure it's not forgotten. And for what it's worth, if you ever want another set of eyes to copyedit or something for your articles, just let me know, and I'll do what I can. - Bbik 04:07, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
I did see the list and you can continue to create the articles. These last two weeks have been very busy; I will get the photos taken, but only for ones with articles (or if there is a building of particular note you want). But I don't know if it will be this weekend or next. Outdoor photographs look far better in warm weather. -- David Shankbone 11:18, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Whoa! No, it's fine. I've been busy today and your message wasn't last on my talk page so I missed it. Sorry about that.
So what reasons would you like to become an admin? That way I can help fine tune specific areas. Nice to meet you by the way. James086 Talk | Email 12:25, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
It was just a one-off joke between me and my friends. -- Candy-Panda 12:29, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
It's cool, don't worry. :) I really do try to improve Wikipedia for the most part. I enjoy creating and editing articles. Sometimes I like to have a little fun with it, but occasionally I do get a bit carried away... ^^; I promise it wont happen again! -- Candy-Panda 12:53, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
-- howcheng { chat} 22:43, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I've responded on the PR page. JHMM13 23:43, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Hello, and welcome to WikiProject Journalism - I'm sure your input there will be valued! In particular, User:Wiki Wistah has proposed a guideline for editing articles about newspapers, and although I've responded with comments of my own, WW rightly suggested that it should be more than just a two-way conversation. Any suggestions would certainly be appreciated. Otherwise, if this is not of interest to you, or if you've already got a plateful of editing, feel free to ignore this message! - Tobogganoggin talk 02:06, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar! I was happy to assist. Anything that gets IL more GA articles!-- Kranar drogin 10:19, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Awesome, Springfield deserves to go FA. I'll keep an eye on it, and when the checklist comes up I will go through it as soon as possible if you don't get to it first. Good luck with going Admin. EVentually, I am going to stub out List of Registered Historic Places in Illinois, but that is down the road yet. I figure, having stubs are important so people can expand upon them. I'm up for a WikiIL meetup.-- Kranar drogin 10:48, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
HA! You ask, and you shall receive! It is actually in the discussion archives Wikipedia:WikiProject Illinois/Collaboration/archives/Springfield, Illinois, do a search on charter on that page. Which then points you to this page [9]. GA, here we come!-- Kranar drogin 10:48, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Hello Ivo, thanks very much for your message to my talk page. Naturally, I am unhappy that the article is nominated for deletion. I put hard work into it, and I did so largely because of suggestions that the other article needed (first) expansion and then to be re-written into Summary Style. However, the main reason I am unhappy about the article being nominated for AfD is not that I put a lot of work into, but just that I think the article should be kept. There is valuable information here for a fan of either of these two sports programs or for someone interested in college football in general.
However, I am not mad at you. I know this was not a personal attack, and I know that you are only doing what you felt was best. I just happen to disagree with you (rather strongly in fact) but that does not make it personal. I do appreciate the barnstar in recognition of other work that I have done. I will proudly display it on my user page, however this turns out.
I do have a question for you, if you don't mind. At AfD, you say that you did not suggest writing an individual article about a specific game. However, I believe your exact statement was "This article seems unusably long, consider breaking it up per WP:SUMMARY". WP:SUMMARY states, right at the top, "When articles grow too long, longer sections should be spun off into their own articles and a several paragraph summary should be left in its place." It continues "Longer articles are split into sections, each about several good-sized paragraphs long. Subsectioning can increase this amount. Ideally many of those sections will eventually provide summaries of separate articles on the subtopic covered in that section..." (emphasis mine) Do you have any other suggestions for how to re-write the article in Summary Style besides the way I am doing it? To me, splitting out the more detailed games is the logical way to proceed. Also, the College Football WikiProject has a specific Header Template for just such, single game articles. Following the WP:SS of the WP:MOS and following the precedent and established format set by the WikiProject, I created the article as I did. Therefore, you nomination does confuse me somewhat.
I hope that you will consider switching your vote to supporting the existence of this article. Best regards, Johntex\ talk 17:39, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Well, Springfield attained its GA. There are a few things we will have to fix to go beyond to FA. Congrats! Now for Peoria I guess.-- Kranar drogin 22:45, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey Ivo, I am certainly open to photo requests with no guarantees. I live in the metropolitan area of NYC, and as a high school student, get in once usually every other weekend or so, so it depends on what the place is. If you tell me what it is, I could probably give you an estimate on number of weeks until I get it. Best, Fbv 65 e del / ☑t / ☛c || 03:41, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
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Hi, just a note to let you know I'm back and ready anytime for your review on Crossair Flight 498. Thanks in advance, Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 22:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
I know you aren't excited about doing this one, but lets just try and get it to GA and move on to Ogle. It shouldn't take too long. If you could, could you stub out these historical buildings in the article here [10]. I am going to start to look into finding information on this city.-- Kranar drogin 23:37, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't know if you would have more time during the day, but I work 7-5 most days, and it doesn't allow me time to make a phone call. I was wondering if you could follow up on this. I sent an e-mail to the Springfield website about getting a list of the mayors together, here is the response I got back:
I would suggest you try the Sangamon Valley Collection at Lincoln Library. Curtis Mann should be able to help you. He can be reached at 217-753-4900.
That is their number on their website. Would you be able to get ahold of them? I was going to pass this to you by e-mail, but since it is all on their website I don't think it will be a problem to post it here. Thanks.-- Kranar drogin 10:55, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for getting those done. What do you have left with University of Illinois Experimental Dairy Farm Historic District. Peer Review?-- Kranar drogin 02:44, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
I noticed you run your own GA criteria template. You might want to change it a bit, because some of the criterion have been consolidated in the recent revision of the criteria. Just a heads up. — Deckill er 08:57, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi, please can you tell me why you failed this article for GA. All of the points were fixed. The reviewer hasnt been back to assess it since, but that isnt the contributers fault. Gungadin 12:20, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
The article
Rock Springs Massacre you nominated as a
good article has passed
, see
Talk:Rock Springs Massacre for eventual comments about the article. Good luck in future nominations.
LordHarris
13:27, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
You're welcome, I did so at the behest of Kranar Drogin, he and I talk off wiki a lot, so I get some requests from him at times. I'll look at the others in a little bit. Dooms Day349 20:23, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi.
Really? I have always been told that perfect citation of references was a requirement for GA status and it has been part of my submissions and reviews!
Nonetheless, the GA candidate list is loooong and I've been looking at helping reduce it. The way I see it is that if Cheshire Mammoth Cheese hasn't been fixed in the specified 7 days it should fail. Time to be brutal....! But, it seems that someone has got there first.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by IvoShandor ( talk • contribs) 09:02, 26 April 2007 (UTC).
I'm sorry I wasn't able to give it more attention; I'm a multi-tasker outside of Wiki was well as within and have been caught up in certain matters, including preparing to go offline (not just Wiki, 'cepting email) for the summer, so will be parting pathts from Wikiepedia....perhaps never to return; so I've been busying myself these last few days left with writing all the articles and organizational stuff I've beeen meaning to get to while dealing with everybody else's agendas ;-0. Oh well, so much information, so little time. Anyway, glad I was of some help; I might have been more if it hadn't been for "that damned AFD", which given the contexts of my assistance on your article vs the things I was being called over there.....ah well, there is life beyond the sandbox, one supposes..... Skookum1 07:44, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Glad to hear all your hard work paid off! I'm in revision mode at the moment (scary exams coming up in 2 months), but if you want more copy-editing done, you know where to find me... might be a little slow in the response, that's all.
I love the fact that Woo hoo has its own page!
Hi, please see:
User:Otheus/preview/Oklahoma City bombing. My changes have now been merged to the main article.
I see another of you places is up for review for GA. I informed User:DoomsDay349 who said he would review articles for GA for us. He has done a bunch in the past. Let me know if you have other articles that are up for B status, and I can pass those along also. or you going to take them straight from stub to GA?-- Kranar drogin 14:36, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Yo, would you be interested in actually joining WP:AWARDS? It would be nice to get some fresh blood in. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 23:07, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
-- BigHaz - Schreit mich an 02:19, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
As you have probably seen, the page had an overhaul removing some information and improving the quality of the grammar within the article. Could you please look it over again and see if there is anything else that needs to be fixed before passing it as GA? I will be adding new information to some of the sections, but nothing as large as the current revamp. -- Nehrams2020 08:22, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
It has been a rough week. Does or did the Antartic Highway Project really exist? I bet there are a couple of ghost towns down there. BTW, I was in town this week and caught the local station's report on Bodie, CA. There is a HD copy of the report on News10 California Postcard under the Bodie link. It's a pretty good report. Someone added a Bodie pic from this PD Photo site. Thanks for your thoughts. Ronbo76 13:34, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
Most welcome - I'll leave some comments on the articles talk page.Good effort there - Peripitus (Talk) 07:05, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks so much for helping me on this page as well :) I really appreciate it. Calineed 17:10, 5 March 2007 (UTC) (PS That WikiCookie looks delicious :))
An editor taking a look at Gold rush claimed that the paragraph on Bodie, CA was incorrect. This has been previously deleted in that gold rush article. Being familar with the Bodie article, I reverted and discussed on the article's talkpage.
I also found a reference to the Bodie article but did not want to include it as it might appear that I am on an edit war. It is for Rosa May who is mentioned in the Bodie article. The Rosa May, Rosa Olague or Rosa May Olague???? is backed by a book on her ( Prostitution in the West). Unfortunately the book's description appears on a booksite which is not the best link for a backup reference per WP:EL.
Rosa May is listed twice on www.bodie.com at Rosa May and Rosa May Oalaque (besides a link for the book onsite as a third reference).
The article on Bodie is one that I would like to seen brought to a B class article for the Ghost town project. Ronbo76 20:24, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
its all right buddy. im sorry too. JazzButcher 23:07, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Well, article is looking good. The Major thing for me is that when I am reading an article, as you have stated, pictures make it 1000% better. SO, having just stated the obvious, I would say you need a picture of the gang. Maybe a map showing which counties they hit or operated in, with what towns/cities they hit. Any picture that does exist of them, should be beyond copyright now and should be free to use. Maybe photos of their graves even? A photo of the judge Thomas Ford found here would be nice [1]. I think you need an info box also. Oh, HERE WE GO! [2] Took me awhile to find that. Here is some more info [3], [4] Hope those help some more for you. -- Kranar drogin 05:26, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for a fantastic peer review on the Flag of the Yukon article. I'm going to start working on your suggestions as soon as I can. Funny that you mention "what about a flag before 1968", I was looking very hard into that and even e-mailed the Yukon government archives, but they said there was no flag before 1968, just a coat of arms since 1956. I found this hypothetical flag: [5] but the archives knew nothing about it, and thus I'm not sure whether to even bring it up in the article as a hypothetical example. A hypothetical example sounds like a non-verifiable fact. Any ideas? Thanks again for your helpful input. Bobo is soft 05:53, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Will do after an appointment I have in 40 minutes. Will be back in about two to three hours if the clowns in fancy suits don't bog me down with legalese. Ronbo76 15:22, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
You have tagged the Sunderland article as failed GA because the time for carrying out the changes had expired. I am the person who was trying to get the article up to GA status. I spoke to the GA reviewer on his talk page to state that I was willing to make the changes, but due to personal problems it would be a week or two longer than stated. I will make the changes within the next week. It's up to you whether to leave it as failed, or revert the failure. Elysium 73 16:46, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
I have attempted to address the concerns of your review. I have renominated Hull House. TonyTheTiger ( talk/ cont/ bio) 19:51, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey honey I went home to study some while you're sleeping. Message me when you get up and I'll come over. <3 <3 <3!!! SebastianBean 20:53, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
I would like to why you put Timeline of Plantation, Florida up for speedy deletion. -- Death Star III 22:30, 6 March 2007 (UTC) Thank you i realize my mistake i have also corrected my userpage please see the notice board -- Death Star III 02:29, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
I am wondering if you could clarify your quick fail of this article for good article status. I can't seem to find any information about "quick fail" on WP, which is part of my problem, so maybe you could help by pointing me in the right direction! I am a bit confused by the decision, because none of the criteria listed on the tag apply to this article, and as part as I read the Good Article criteria, images are not desireable but not required: "It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic" WP:GA?. The information that you suggest is missing would require original research to provide, which I am sure you would not advise!! As you will have noted, the article is very well cited, which has been part a concerted effort in the last few months by a number of editors (including myself) to remove unattributeable information material, and we wouldn't want to go in reverse, surely! -- Slp1 22:58, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Well, my goal was to get the five major cities done, major meaning population excluding Chicago. Hey, they have their own wiki project! Anyways, I am not sure I really want to work on the colleges, but they prolly would be easier to do. I picked Springfield, so you can pick the next one. Eventually I am just going to start working on Rockford, that one really needs to be cleaned up. I will keep an eye on that city you were talking about also. There are a lot of edits going on right now.-- Kranar drogin 23:46, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your peer review. However, I have already reviewed the good article criteria and compared it to Percy Henn. I believe it meets all of the criteria? Aurora north ( WikiDesk) 10:23, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
but you didn't answer... you are also not on MSN... :( go on an message me when you are up! SebastianBean 00:12, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning up the redlinks in the Wall framing article. Much better.... — ERcheck ( talk) 05:56, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
So did you get an interview? SebastianBean 16:42, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
It's been two days (Well, by my time, Wiki time often makes me confused) and I saw your note about failing that article if a day passed without a comment, and I don't see any comment. I was just wondering if you remembered it was there since i've been looking for on hold type situations that can be easily resolved. Homestarmy 17:06, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
The Brown Daily Herald is the the only daily, has the highest circulation, is delivered to the most locations and has the highest endowment of all campus publications. This is difficult to cite, but empirically true. 216.224.48.67 04:51, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for your recent review of Igor González de Galdeano - I just wondered if you could answer a couple of questions? You made a couple of points about the Palmarès section. Is it appropriate to have such a section (renamed into Major achievements or Teams and victories or something) at all, or any listing of victories and teams represented, or is this better all placed within the prose of the article? Mk3severo 10:48, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
-- Carabinieri 17:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
I appreciate the barnstar, buddy. Thank you very much. I'm glad that we both are not angry about all of this still and through it all, I guess I learned a lot about wikipedia and editing it. Thanks for the knowledge and once again, I apologize for being so ignorant and insistent. JazzButcher 23:45, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
That's quite a list. A lot of these are outdoor shots that require better weather (at least to get the shots that will live up to my standards). I'll have time later this spring and most of the summer, so I'll see what I can do. Rklawton 03:00, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Nope, that's news to me. I'll check it out in a bit. I've got a lot of work this weekend. Rklawton 14:15, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
I am working on it intermittently. I began writing yesterday, spending over an hour writing some stuff that covers the period up to the founding of the city based on the site we already discussed.
I will look at your sources once I get to a library with access. I had planned to do so anyway to look at that article you found on the race riots, and to try to find some other references. It looks like you will have saved me some time in finding these other sources though.
In the interests of expediency, I will start the article with what I can based on the one source I already have. This will make easier for you to contribute (which I am very pleased that you seem eager to do). I probably will not get around to finishing it today, but will aim for Sunday. David H. Flint 15:21, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your contributions! — ERcheck ( talk) 03:40, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the comments. I hope I have addressed them. Can you rereview the article? PS. Why wasn't the nomination put on hold but failed right away?-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 16:11, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Anon IPs are chipping away from this article. The last rewrite is heavy-handed IMHO. Would look at it? The best part was the possible identification of the Division of Mines line. Looks like the anon IP registered after the last edit as Bodiehistory. Ronbo76 23:21, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
-- Carabinieri 13:11, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks again for your comments on Wikipedia:Peer review/List of Pennsylvania state parks, they were extremely helpful. We cut the individual refs out for each park and added more former parks and former names and a detailed note expaining these. If you have the chance, would you mind looking it over once more, especially the former parks list and new note (f)? Thanks, and congrats on the DYK, Ruhrfisch 16:00, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
GA on hold — Notes left on
talk page.. By the way, I borrowed your idea of the subpage you created for GA reviews. Thanks!
Nehrams2020
00:56, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Blocks are not to be used as punishment, but to protect the Wiki from further damage. That's exactly what being done. To be frank, I can't see him catching on any time soon. There's no doubt he's a bright boy but he just operates on a different wavelength to the rest of the people here. You have to ask yourself: are we here to coach schoolkids or to write an encyclopaedia. I know what I'm here for. — Moondyne 12:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
On another note, any opinion on my comment on the Ghost Towns talk page? I regret the way I opened that discussion, but the core issue remains. Hesperian 11:41, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
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Have to run as I have an appointment I am late for. Please see Agua Fria, California and Dogtown, California. Of the two, I like Agua Fria and will do some more work on it when time permits. Ronbo76 15:33, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
-- ALoan (Talk) 10:13, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
You may want to keep an eye on this page. Might be something to work towards is getting these unstubbed. Category:Rockford-Freeport-Rochelle geography stubs-- Kranar drogin 14:14, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Ebyabe placed an class B assessment tag on Postage stamps of Ireland and I asked him for some advise on bringing it up to GA or possibly even FA status. He suggested I ask for your advise on this topic, so if you have any constructive advise on improving it I would appreciate that. I did a lot of work on this article last year. It might also be a great boost to the philately project to get an article to a higher rating. Ebyabe even suggested that he might have rated it a start class but I wonder what size article he expect if this was just a start. It is already over 30kb and IMHO gives a very balanced view of the topic. Anyway, I'll wait for your comments here (not on my talk page unless you want to move it over there specifically). ww2censor 04:41, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
I had a quick look and did some bitty-fixes and will try and give it some attention in the next few days; US-side frontier history's not my forte but as you've gathered I'm a stickler on language, assumptions, repeated but unsubstantiated claims that are actually opinions or POV in nature to start with, and outright POVism masquerading as correctness. But I better read the article and try and appraise myself of the topic before I look at or at least before I comment on the peer review, so I understand the immediate subject matter.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Skookum1 ( talk • contribs) 06:25, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
I am going to stick to this one, since basicallly Springfield is just clean-up which is more your field than mine. I did get in touch through e-mail with someone who gave me someone who can get us a full list of names for the Mayors list. Have to use the phone, but there is a specific book it is in that we can cite. So that is good. Also, e-mail me at kranar (at) housedreadnaught (dot) net and I will give you my real e-mail. Thanks guy.-- Kranar drogin 22:00, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Regarding the delayed review of the above article, it really doesn't bother me how long it takes, but could you hold off posting it for three weeks? As in one week's time I will depart for Italy for two weeks, and will be unable to carry out your suggestions if they are posted then. I shall let you know when I return; the review will be welcome anytime then. Regards, Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 13:01, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
See this edit. It doesn't really bother me; it can stay failed for now and go back on hold immediatly when I return and get the review, but I thought I'd give you a heads-up about it anyway. Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 17:18, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
-- Carabinieri 09:36, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
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Just checked that article out, very impressive. Do you know who did that map of Penn like that? I would love to have something like that for the Illinois list.-- Kranar drogin 20:00, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, Daysville is on Daysville road. Here is a link [6] and a satellite [7].-- Kranar drogin 10:29, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
If you have to go through a committee to get GA or FA status for an article, what's the process for getting an article to an A. 'Cause I can't find anything. I'm just sayin'. :) -- Ebyabe 12:26, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi, you left a comment on User:Badlydrawnjeff's talk page on this, I'll respond here so as not to fill up his page with discussion he might not be interested in. You said, "IMO articles about words are pretty much awesome, but there isn't much of a point in stubbing every word in existence, that's crazy. To me, they should be added as users are willing to create them and expand them beyond a simple dictionary def (etymology etc, usage etc.), that way they avoid the deletionists".
The problem with this is that it violates one of the basic process that a huge percentage of our best articles follow: low quality stub becomes ok quality stub becomes ok quality article becomes good quality article becomes good quality well sourced article becomes excellent quality sourced article. If we auto-delete a certain category of articles half way through the process, claiming that the problem is the process isn't finished yet, then how is the process ever supposed to get finished?
This is, in fact, what we do now. We only keep good or excellent quality articles on words, anything less than that is deleted, which means it never has a chance to get better. While this doesn't make sense to me, I don't really know how we should be handling articles on words, because I don't know how we go about determining which words are "notable", or which words can have full high quality articles written about them.
And, note that we have articles on She, Thou, You, We, but no articles on Me, He, They. We have an article on But, but not on And or Or (the ones we don't have from the previous are disambig pages or redirects). Why is "she" a worthwile topic, while "he" is not? Why "but", but not "and" or "or"? -- Xyzzyplugh 20:21, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't want to bother with petty arguments between non-issues (I don't really give a shit if you're "rude" or not, I was just trying not to be rude myself). In fact, I don't want to bother with this argument as a whole. It would probably turn out like my Gundam AfD, with somewhat 20 consecutive people arguing different points I had already covered. If you feel so strongly about a "push" to a free encyclopedia, that's great, but the English Wikipedia needs to hurry up and fulfill that by banning them completely, not just slowly making "steps". -- Teggles 12:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
"In... February 1884, J.R. Tucker stated that Chinese population in the United States stood at 105,465, or around 0.2 percent of the total population. The U.S. Minister to China, George Seward, had asserted similar numbers in Scribner's Magazine five years earlier."
Does this mean that in 1879, Seward gave the same total for Chinese population? That would imply that it hadn't grown between 1879 and 1884, which seems unlikely. Or does it mean that the Chinese population was still around 0.2% of US, in which case it would be more clear to say that Seward asserted similar percentages five years earlier?
Also, I intend to change the "Tucker used numbers corroborated by Seward" passage to something like "Tucker, corroborating numbers given by Seward". If Seward spoke five years earlier, he can't corroborate something that wouldn't happen until five years into the future. Tucker, however, could corroborate what Seward had said earlier. Advise if this was the intent, or if something else was intended by this part. Unimaginative Username 18:34, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Wasn't sure what you wanted to do with the broken links - to remove the links or to have them as requests for articles on those topics. Completed all else. Unimaginative Username 01:10, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
You made some good outsider input here, which I do appreciate, but things like World Chief Guide are titles, not "jargon". As for Image:OurChalet.jpg, if you think it's so easily replaceable, find it, because I sure couldn't. Rlevse 10:02, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for the feedback! I left some comments on the articles talk page for you. --- eLeigh33 03:07, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Well, I do have access to a library, but I never go. So it would prolly be best if you do what you need to with it. I am going to try and finish up these townships, then move on the to parks.-- Kranar drogin 15:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Have you seen this page List of school districts in Illinois? I just happened to find it, kinda surprised me.-- Kranar drogin 05:55, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't really have any idea on what else to include in the article. Is there any possible fair use image you can add for the article at all? Unfortunately, I have not even seen the Ghostbusters movies, which I probably should, since I recently heard their having a remake done soon. It's currently in my Blockbuster queue, but since I haven't seen the movie, I don't really know what else the article should include. Maybe consider a peer review, and do for sure get the inline citations. I'm sure with maybe one or more sections of information (once you figure out what they are about), the article could reach GA. Let me know if the article does get a GA or I can look it over again once I watch the movie. Good work so far. -- Nehrams2020 00:13, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
I'd be glad to get you the photos you need. Just give me the list on my Talk page and I'll get them taken. -- David Shankbone 12:06, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
I've just had another look through this, and I think it is now effectively copy-edited. I'll be moving your requests for copy-editing assistance at the League of Copyeditors to "ready for final proofread". Just to let you know... If there's anything else I can help with, let me know! :) Cricketgirl 14:58, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your help! I have a question, though: you said "In general rivalry doesn't imply that comparison be made between every aspect of the schools and their athletic program." I'm not sure I understand what you mean. — Disavian ( talk/ contribs) 18:16, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I notice you've added a number of articles recently on American architects, using the {{ stub}} tag. It'd be helpful if you could use a specific stub tag, here {{ US-architect-stub}} instead - a fairly complete list can be found here. Thanks, Jeodesic 12:19, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
I looked over the article (sorry for taking so long, I had a busy day of classes) and found a few minor things, mostly grammar issues. I think once you fix the below suggestions you should nominate it (and then wait a month for it to be reviewed!). Let me know if you want any further clarification on these and thanks for the offer of reviewing an article of mine down the road. I want to work on the Leslie Nielsen article soon, but I'm waiting for some free time in my schedule.
-- Nehrams2020 03:55, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
I use the USGS maps (via Topozone if I do not own it) or the PennDOT county maps here for info on Pennsylvania geography. There are other branches of Tionesta, but the PA Gazzetter of Streams treats the West Branch as an extension of the main creek for length, so that is why I cited it in the stub. Hope that helps, Ruhrfisch 04:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
-- Andrew Levine 19:25, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
-- howcheng { chat} 23:29, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
-- howcheng { chat} 16:04, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Done. Ronbo76 16:43, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
That's some extensive thanks for such a minor little thing! But yes, all those links in one place like that would've been nice to have had a few weeks ago. You make the criteria sound kind of scary, though -- so picky! Makes me wonder if I should ask you to take a look at the one I nominated yesterday, so it gets such thorough feedback, or not, so it actually passes! :p (And wow you respond fast. Less than a minute after I posted about Our Chalet pictures?) - Bbik 04:24, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
So, as for whether or not it can all be fixed in a week, I'd like to (probably unrealistically) hope so and at least see what I can do. However, if having red links is that big a deal that it'll fail if it has a couple, might as well just fail it now. While I can make quick stubs for most (to get it down to "a couple" and because I only have enough info for a stub anyhow), the Babakaj and Peace of [pick a name] articles have more info, and I'd just assume make them half-decent or not bother at all, so they'll take longer. (And just in case you somehow didn't notice the string of edits I made to the page in your userspace, I've added a bunch of questions and such there.) - Bbik 06:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
(Up here again, but let me know if you'd rather I start a new section, since this one's getting stale.) I was mostly just wondering if you noticed the "I'm stuck, I think it's time for a read-through/assessment/somesuch again" bit that I added amidst all the rest of my comments/questions, since I haven't heard anything in response. If you don't have the time right away, that's fine, no real rush (aside form the whole hold deadline thing), just making sure it's not forgotten. And for what it's worth, if you ever want another set of eyes to copyedit or something for your articles, just let me know, and I'll do what I can. - Bbik 04:07, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
I did see the list and you can continue to create the articles. These last two weeks have been very busy; I will get the photos taken, but only for ones with articles (or if there is a building of particular note you want). But I don't know if it will be this weekend or next. Outdoor photographs look far better in warm weather. -- David Shankbone 11:18, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Whoa! No, it's fine. I've been busy today and your message wasn't last on my talk page so I missed it. Sorry about that.
So what reasons would you like to become an admin? That way I can help fine tune specific areas. Nice to meet you by the way. James086 Talk | Email 12:25, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
It was just a one-off joke between me and my friends. -- Candy-Panda 12:29, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
It's cool, don't worry. :) I really do try to improve Wikipedia for the most part. I enjoy creating and editing articles. Sometimes I like to have a little fun with it, but occasionally I do get a bit carried away... ^^; I promise it wont happen again! -- Candy-Panda 12:53, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
-- howcheng { chat} 22:43, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I've responded on the PR page. JHMM13 23:43, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Hello, and welcome to WikiProject Journalism - I'm sure your input there will be valued! In particular, User:Wiki Wistah has proposed a guideline for editing articles about newspapers, and although I've responded with comments of my own, WW rightly suggested that it should be more than just a two-way conversation. Any suggestions would certainly be appreciated. Otherwise, if this is not of interest to you, or if you've already got a plateful of editing, feel free to ignore this message! - Tobogganoggin talk 02:06, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar! I was happy to assist. Anything that gets IL more GA articles!-- Kranar drogin 10:19, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Awesome, Springfield deserves to go FA. I'll keep an eye on it, and when the checklist comes up I will go through it as soon as possible if you don't get to it first. Good luck with going Admin. EVentually, I am going to stub out List of Registered Historic Places in Illinois, but that is down the road yet. I figure, having stubs are important so people can expand upon them. I'm up for a WikiIL meetup.-- Kranar drogin 10:48, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
HA! You ask, and you shall receive! It is actually in the discussion archives Wikipedia:WikiProject Illinois/Collaboration/archives/Springfield, Illinois, do a search on charter on that page. Which then points you to this page [9]. GA, here we come!-- Kranar drogin 10:48, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Hello Ivo, thanks very much for your message to my talk page. Naturally, I am unhappy that the article is nominated for deletion. I put hard work into it, and I did so largely because of suggestions that the other article needed (first) expansion and then to be re-written into Summary Style. However, the main reason I am unhappy about the article being nominated for AfD is not that I put a lot of work into, but just that I think the article should be kept. There is valuable information here for a fan of either of these two sports programs or for someone interested in college football in general.
However, I am not mad at you. I know this was not a personal attack, and I know that you are only doing what you felt was best. I just happen to disagree with you (rather strongly in fact) but that does not make it personal. I do appreciate the barnstar in recognition of other work that I have done. I will proudly display it on my user page, however this turns out.
I do have a question for you, if you don't mind. At AfD, you say that you did not suggest writing an individual article about a specific game. However, I believe your exact statement was "This article seems unusably long, consider breaking it up per WP:SUMMARY". WP:SUMMARY states, right at the top, "When articles grow too long, longer sections should be spun off into their own articles and a several paragraph summary should be left in its place." It continues "Longer articles are split into sections, each about several good-sized paragraphs long. Subsectioning can increase this amount. Ideally many of those sections will eventually provide summaries of separate articles on the subtopic covered in that section..." (emphasis mine) Do you have any other suggestions for how to re-write the article in Summary Style besides the way I am doing it? To me, splitting out the more detailed games is the logical way to proceed. Also, the College Football WikiProject has a specific Header Template for just such, single game articles. Following the WP:SS of the WP:MOS and following the precedent and established format set by the WikiProject, I created the article as I did. Therefore, you nomination does confuse me somewhat.
I hope that you will consider switching your vote to supporting the existence of this article. Best regards, Johntex\ talk 17:39, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Well, Springfield attained its GA. There are a few things we will have to fix to go beyond to FA. Congrats! Now for Peoria I guess.-- Kranar drogin 22:45, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey Ivo, I am certainly open to photo requests with no guarantees. I live in the metropolitan area of NYC, and as a high school student, get in once usually every other weekend or so, so it depends on what the place is. If you tell me what it is, I could probably give you an estimate on number of weeks until I get it. Best, Fbv 65 e del / ☑t / ☛c || 03:41, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
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For your work at Good Article Candidates and Good article review, helping to clear the backlog, thanks :) M3tal H3ad 07:34, 14 April 2007 (UTC) |
Hi, just a note to let you know I'm back and ready anytime for your review on Crossair Flight 498. Thanks in advance, Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 22:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
I know you aren't excited about doing this one, but lets just try and get it to GA and move on to Ogle. It shouldn't take too long. If you could, could you stub out these historical buildings in the article here [10]. I am going to start to look into finding information on this city.-- Kranar drogin 23:37, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't know if you would have more time during the day, but I work 7-5 most days, and it doesn't allow me time to make a phone call. I was wondering if you could follow up on this. I sent an e-mail to the Springfield website about getting a list of the mayors together, here is the response I got back:
I would suggest you try the Sangamon Valley Collection at Lincoln Library. Curtis Mann should be able to help you. He can be reached at 217-753-4900.
That is their number on their website. Would you be able to get ahold of them? I was going to pass this to you by e-mail, but since it is all on their website I don't think it will be a problem to post it here. Thanks.-- Kranar drogin 10:55, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for getting those done. What do you have left with University of Illinois Experimental Dairy Farm Historic District. Peer Review?-- Kranar drogin 02:44, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
I noticed you run your own GA criteria template. You might want to change it a bit, because some of the criterion have been consolidated in the recent revision of the criteria. Just a heads up. — Deckill er 08:57, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi, please can you tell me why you failed this article for GA. All of the points were fixed. The reviewer hasnt been back to assess it since, but that isnt the contributers fault. Gungadin 12:20, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
The article
Rock Springs Massacre you nominated as a
good article has passed
, see
Talk:Rock Springs Massacre for eventual comments about the article. Good luck in future nominations.
LordHarris
13:27, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
You're welcome, I did so at the behest of Kranar Drogin, he and I talk off wiki a lot, so I get some requests from him at times. I'll look at the others in a little bit. Dooms Day349 20:23, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi.
Really? I have always been told that perfect citation of references was a requirement for GA status and it has been part of my submissions and reviews!
Nonetheless, the GA candidate list is loooong and I've been looking at helping reduce it. The way I see it is that if Cheshire Mammoth Cheese hasn't been fixed in the specified 7 days it should fail. Time to be brutal....! But, it seems that someone has got there first.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by IvoShandor ( talk • contribs) 09:02, 26 April 2007 (UTC).
I'm sorry I wasn't able to give it more attention; I'm a multi-tasker outside of Wiki was well as within and have been caught up in certain matters, including preparing to go offline (not just Wiki, 'cepting email) for the summer, so will be parting pathts from Wikiepedia....perhaps never to return; so I've been busying myself these last few days left with writing all the articles and organizational stuff I've beeen meaning to get to while dealing with everybody else's agendas ;-0. Oh well, so much information, so little time. Anyway, glad I was of some help; I might have been more if it hadn't been for "that damned AFD", which given the contexts of my assistance on your article vs the things I was being called over there.....ah well, there is life beyond the sandbox, one supposes..... Skookum1 07:44, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Glad to hear all your hard work paid off! I'm in revision mode at the moment (scary exams coming up in 2 months), but if you want more copy-editing done, you know where to find me... might be a little slow in the response, that's all.
I love the fact that Woo hoo has its own page!