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Hello again! I hope that you are having a wonderful week so far. I was wondering if you could possibly help me with my current FAC? I would be more than happy to review anything in return for your help. Either way, good luck with your current work and your future projects. Aoba47 ( talk) 04:22, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi J Milburn, I hope you're well. I just wanted to say a big thank you for the copyediting you've done on this, it's really appreciated. However: I must apologise too, as I was adding stuff to it myself over a period of a few hours this afternoon, and when I saved it, it / I over-wrote your edits (I think). I can't do anything about it now, as I'm stepping away from the PC—it's rather dispiriting really—but I'll redo all your edits tomorrow AM, UTC. Hope that's OK with you. Sorry and thanks again! Cheers, —SerialNumber54129 paranoia / cheap sh*t room 17:45, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
Which you had some hand in commenting on previously is now at PR; if you still believe it's a worthy candidate for future promotion, please feel free to look in. If you know anyone else who may be interested in medieval transvestite-prostitutes, also feel free to invite them. Take care! Cheers, —SerialNumber54129 paranoia / cheap sh*t room 11:45, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Josh! We haven't met before, but I found your name on the FA mentoring page and I am hoping you will be willing to take a look at Biblical criticism and decide to help me improve it to FA status. I have only been on Wikipedia about a year, this is my first GA article and my first attempt at FA. I'm guessing I am going to need a lot of help. :-) I look forward to hearing from you. Jenhawk777 ( talk) 18:31, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
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On those references, I used multiple chapters out of those anthologies--what should I do? Jenhawk777 ( talk) 05:18, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
Err...guess this you forgot about? (nudge) cheers, Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 20:45, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
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Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on The Bill (Inside No. 9). Usernameunique ( talk) 19:43, 15 July 2018 (UTC) |
Hey Josh, just wondering if you might consider taking another look at this article at its FAC nomination? I hesitate to ask, but your GA review and related edits were quite thorough, and the article is at a point where I think it's essentially complete. I've also taken a close look at consistency among references, your remaining point at the GA review, both before and during FAC. Of course, no worries if you have other things on your plate! Thanks, -- Usernameunique ( talk) 19:31, 15 July 2018 (UTC) (BTW, the timing of the below Four Award is an unrelated coincidence; just happened to check WP:Four Award after making the Doubleday post.) -- Usernameunique ( talk) 19:46, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Josh, it's been a few days since I've heard from you--not long in the real world--I know, but it seems long when you don't know what's going on! :-) I Just need to know if I should keep waiting. I am ready to be done with 'Biblical criticism' and can try someone else if you prefer! Jenhawk777 ( talk) 15:07, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
Hey Josh! I have a question. The peer review page said don't make changes to the article after it's been posted here because it will move it off the list. Someone went through with the citation bot and put in a bunch of url's but it also made a change in one citation that created a problem. I had to fix it, so I did do something to the article. Have I screwed anything up?
There's also some new info I wanted to put into text criticism--just a sentence--can I not do that now? Jenhawk777 ( talk) 22:24, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you Ewitch51 ( talk) 20:22, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi Josh, hope you are well. I had a couple questions if you have time. Gerda Arendt said something about not having templates, and I don't know what she's talking about. Since I have already looked stupid to you several times, I thought I could keep that to a minimum with other people by asking you... :-) I also wanted to know if you thought having a timeline would improve this page. I've never done one but I can probably figure it out. Is the timeline actually another page with links in the article or does it show up on the article page? Or do you know? I guess I could just try it and see! I probably won't do anything before getting your input though. Jenhawk777 ( talk) 18:39, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
[https://example.com Biblical criticism] at the [[Encyclopedia of Examples]]
. With both the further reading and the external links, don't be nervous to trim mercilessly. Once you've had a go over them, let me know and I'll have a look and perhaps play around with the formatting a little. Again, this is the kind of silly stuff that could end up holding up a FAC, so it's worth sorting it now!
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It's done! I am afraid I have completely lost my mind and did this too soon and now I am wringing my hands--but it was time for me to sink or swim really--you did all you could for me. Now we will see how badly they shred me. I have a strong heart! Wish me luck! Jenhawk777 ( talk) 05:48, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Josh! No! Don't tell me you agree with him! I will feel compelled to go stick my head in the toilet for punishment! (humor!) I don't suppose it matters if I can quote a style guide? Should I comply and put all the thats he could ever want into the article? If you say so I will--I will weep copiously while doing it--but I will do it. Please tell me if you think I should do that or just leave it and see. Surely you know I always think I am being polite--I'm never rude knowingly or on purpose--honestly! I do actually care about that. I do have a very direct personality though. I sometimes think I'm funny and others just look at me weird. :-) I will go be part of the review Gerda asks for here--but it doesn't give me confidence in this process that it includes me!
Gerda Arendt Thank you. That helps. I will go look at Bulgaria just because you asked. I am becoming slightly more 'philosophical' about this whole thing--at least I am trying to be less emotionally invested in something I have so little control over. Your comments make me realize it will pass or it won't and then there will be another article or another attempt and there is always another day. Maybe I could get a reviewer who hates the word 'that.' :-) Jenhawk777 ( talk) 17:13, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello to all! I do not intend to write a regular peer review newsletter but there does occasionally come a time when those interested in contributing to peer review should be contacted, and now is one. I've mailed this out to everyone on the peer review volunteers list, and some editors that have contributed to past discussions. Apologies if I've left you off or contacted you and you didn't want it. Next time there is a newsletter / mass message it will be opt in ( here), I'll talk about this below - but first:
The list is here in case you've forgotten: WP:PRV. Kadane has kindly offered to create a bot that will ping editors on the volunteers list with unanswered reviews in their chosen subject areas every so often. You can choose the time interval by changing the "contact" parameter. Options are "never", "monthly", "quarterly", "halfyearly", and "annually". For example:
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I don't think we need a WikiProject with a giant bureaucracy nor all sorts of whiz-bang features. However over the last few years I've found there are times when it would have been useful to have a list of editors that would like to contribute to discussions about the peer review process (e.g. instructions, layout, automation, simplification etc.). Also, it can get kind of lonely on the talk page as I am (correct me if I'm wrong) the only regular contributor, with most editors moving on after 6 - 12 months.
So, I've decided to create " WikiProject Peer review". If you'd like to contribute to the WikiProject, or make yourself available for future newsletters or contact, please add yourself to the list of members.
We plan to do some advertising of peer review, to let editors know about it and how to volunteer to help, at a couple of different venues (Signpost, Village pump, Teahouse etc.) - but have been waiting until we get this bot + WikiProject set up so we have a way to help interested editors make more enduring contributions. So consider yourself forewarned!
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I wish you all well on your Wikivoyages, Tom (LT) ( talk) 00:31, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
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So Outriggr tells me the fact this topic is both broad and conceptual will work against it being approved for FA. He's been really cool, and he just explained the review could take 40-80 days for something this complex. I had no idea. I thought it was the same time frame as a good article review--like a week or so--and I'm already past that. Plus, I thought I was going to have to participate, like GA, so I've been putting off other things, and it's been pretty stressful. Finding this out means there's really nothing for me to do, which also means I should just leave it be and go work on something else. So that's what I'm going to do. I just wanted to thank you again. You have been amazing. I have learned a lot from you, and I will always be grateful. Thank you for everything Josh. What will be, will be. Jenhawk777 02:32, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for offering to review this - I had not checked the backlog, and you caught me completely off guard, because I am used to the process lasting some 6 months before anyone looks at it. So it may need some work - I will see what you think. -- Michael Goodyear ✐ ✉ 17:07, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
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Overspill from the FAC review page of Political animals. A friend of mine who lectures in journalism at Melbourne University won't let her students use any synonyms for "said", as every alternative has some nuance or overtone. Going a bit too far, I think, but I see her point. I'm with you on "assert", but my bête noire is "claim", which to me – though plainly not to many others – carries a strong hint that you think the bugger is lying. – Tim riley talk 12:57, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
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The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:
During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.
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The DYK? came out yesterday and so far not a single extra view. FAC has been up over three weeks and only one vote. As you said, didn't stand much of a chance but it seemed important enough to try. Thanx for all your in put and support Josh. I hope we have a chance to meet again. I learned a lot about what to do--and what not to do--from you and this experience! Jenhawk777 ( talk) 17:00, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
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.Since you're familiar with the FA process and have worked on television articles in the past, I thought you might be interested in my FA nomination of " San Junipero", an episode of anthology series Black Mirror. The nomination can be found here. If you're not interested or don't have time, don't worry – I won't be offended if you ignore or delete this message. — Bilorv (c) (talk) 21:48, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
On 7 September 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dinesh Wadiwel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the social and political theorist Dinesh Wadiwel argues that humans are waging a war on animals? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dinesh Wadiwel. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Dinesh Wadiwel), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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This is to let you know that the Political Animals and Animal Politics article has been scheduled as today's featured article for October 17, 2018. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 17, 2018, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1100 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:36, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
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Since there has been no activity on this for some time, I need to ask if this review is still planned.
The reason I ask, is that earlier another reviewer grabbed a review straight out of the gate and then disappeared and an administrator had to cancel the review and I had to go back to the end of a long line and start the nomination all over again. In the mean time I am taking the opportunity to flesh the article out a bit more. -- Michael Goodyear ✐ ✉ 16:31, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
Was stumbling through Horror articles and came across an episode from the series. Looking through the episodes, I realized some of them are not part of the topic. Have you thought of making a Supp nom for the topic to include them? GamerPro64 00:30, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
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-- Megalibrarygirl ( talk) 18:40, 14 October 2018 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Hey, thanks for the edit, but the blurb text is up to 1122 characters now, way over the max limit of 1075, and we aim for 1000 when we can get it. Give it another shot? - Dank ( push to talk) 13:20, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for the "2014 book about animals in political theory. According to one of the leading names in the subdiscipline, it was the first ever edited collection on the topic (at least two others have been published since), and the first book-length effort to map the shape of the field. Whether it is successful in that regard or not, it's going to retain a place in the bibliographies of scholars of "animal politics" (myself included!) for its trailblazing nature.", for this blaze! - Btw, I have a FAC open ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:27, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for all your efforts on this topic here! I've really enjoyed reading a lot of your articles over the years.
I may get a chance to ask Martha Nussbaum a question this Friday about nonhuman animals and political theory—is there anything you'd be interested in hearing her answer to? I have one in mind about the implications of "hidden" animal capabilities undeveloped in the state of nature (e.g. cross-species companionship) on questions like the predation problem, but I'd be happy to ask one for you instead if there's something you're burning to know. Or will you be at the conference yourself by any chance? FourViolas ( talk) 22:35, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
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This is to let you know that Connie Talbot has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 20 November 2018. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 20, 2018. Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 17:06, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
@ Ealdgyth: I nominated at FAR as you suggested ( Wikipedia:Featured article review/Connie Talbot/archive1) but the nomination has not attracted any attention, and it's still listed as forthcoming on the MP. Do you have any suggestions? Josh Milburn ( talk) 08:20, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you for Connie Talbot, and good luck with the review! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:21, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
Since there has been no activity on Hannah Arendt's GA review in a month, you will understand that I am concerned that this article may never get promoted. Its importance is reflected in its page hits, so it deserves to be taken to at least GA status at some stage. -- Michael Goodyear ✐ ✉ 21:01, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
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J Milburn, it's been about eight weeks since you last posted here, and there are a couple of comments from the nominator(s?) that would seem to indicate that the issues raised have been (or have partially been) addressed. Please stop by as soon as you return; if you can't pursue the review any further, please let me know and I'll try to find a new reviewer to finish up here. Thank you. BlueMoonset ( talk) 06:16, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
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Hello again! I hope that you are having a wonderful week so far. I was wondering if you could possibly help me with my current FAC? I would be more than happy to review anything in return for your help. Either way, good luck with your current work and your future projects. Aoba47 ( talk) 04:22, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi J Milburn, I hope you're well. I just wanted to say a big thank you for the copyediting you've done on this, it's really appreciated. However: I must apologise too, as I was adding stuff to it myself over a period of a few hours this afternoon, and when I saved it, it / I over-wrote your edits (I think). I can't do anything about it now, as I'm stepping away from the PC—it's rather dispiriting really—but I'll redo all your edits tomorrow AM, UTC. Hope that's OK with you. Sorry and thanks again! Cheers, —SerialNumber54129 paranoia / cheap sh*t room 17:45, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
Which you had some hand in commenting on previously is now at PR; if you still believe it's a worthy candidate for future promotion, please feel free to look in. If you know anyone else who may be interested in medieval transvestite-prostitutes, also feel free to invite them. Take care! Cheers, —SerialNumber54129 paranoia / cheap sh*t room 11:45, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
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Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.
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Hi Josh! We haven't met before, but I found your name on the FA mentoring page and I am hoping you will be willing to take a look at Biblical criticism and decide to help me improve it to FA status. I have only been on Wikipedia about a year, this is my first GA article and my first attempt at FA. I'm guessing I am going to need a lot of help. :-) I look forward to hearing from you. Jenhawk777 ( talk) 18:31, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
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On those references, I used multiple chapters out of those anthologies--what should I do? Jenhawk777 ( talk) 05:18, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
Err...guess this you forgot about? (nudge) cheers, Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 20:45, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
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Hey Josh, just wondering if you might consider taking another look at this article at its FAC nomination? I hesitate to ask, but your GA review and related edits were quite thorough, and the article is at a point where I think it's essentially complete. I've also taken a close look at consistency among references, your remaining point at the GA review, both before and during FAC. Of course, no worries if you have other things on your plate! Thanks, -- Usernameunique ( talk) 19:31, 15 July 2018 (UTC) (BTW, the timing of the below Four Award is an unrelated coincidence; just happened to check WP:Four Award after making the Doubleday post.) -- Usernameunique ( talk) 19:46, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Josh, it's been a few days since I've heard from you--not long in the real world--I know, but it seems long when you don't know what's going on! :-) I Just need to know if I should keep waiting. I am ready to be done with 'Biblical criticism' and can try someone else if you prefer! Jenhawk777 ( talk) 15:07, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
Hey Josh! I have a question. The peer review page said don't make changes to the article after it's been posted here because it will move it off the list. Someone went through with the citation bot and put in a bunch of url's but it also made a change in one citation that created a problem. I had to fix it, so I did do something to the article. Have I screwed anything up?
There's also some new info I wanted to put into text criticism--just a sentence--can I not do that now? Jenhawk777 ( talk) 22:24, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Josh, hope you are well. I had a couple questions if you have time. Gerda Arendt said something about not having templates, and I don't know what she's talking about. Since I have already looked stupid to you several times, I thought I could keep that to a minimum with other people by asking you... :-) I also wanted to know if you thought having a timeline would improve this page. I've never done one but I can probably figure it out. Is the timeline actually another page with links in the article or does it show up on the article page? Or do you know? I guess I could just try it and see! I probably won't do anything before getting your input though. Jenhawk777 ( talk) 18:39, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
[https://example.com Biblical criticism] at the [[Encyclopedia of Examples]]
. With both the further reading and the external links, don't be nervous to trim mercilessly. Once you've had a go over them, let me know and I'll have a look and perhaps play around with the formatting a little. Again, this is the kind of silly stuff that could end up holding up a FAC, so it's worth sorting it now!
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It's done! I am afraid I have completely lost my mind and did this too soon and now I am wringing my hands--but it was time for me to sink or swim really--you did all you could for me. Now we will see how badly they shred me. I have a strong heart! Wish me luck! Jenhawk777 ( talk) 05:48, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Josh! No! Don't tell me you agree with him! I will feel compelled to go stick my head in the toilet for punishment! (humor!) I don't suppose it matters if I can quote a style guide? Should I comply and put all the thats he could ever want into the article? If you say so I will--I will weep copiously while doing it--but I will do it. Please tell me if you think I should do that or just leave it and see. Surely you know I always think I am being polite--I'm never rude knowingly or on purpose--honestly! I do actually care about that. I do have a very direct personality though. I sometimes think I'm funny and others just look at me weird. :-) I will go be part of the review Gerda asks for here--but it doesn't give me confidence in this process that it includes me!
Gerda Arendt Thank you. That helps. I will go look at Bulgaria just because you asked. I am becoming slightly more 'philosophical' about this whole thing--at least I am trying to be less emotionally invested in something I have so little control over. Your comments make me realize it will pass or it won't and then there will be another article or another attempt and there is always another day. Maybe I could get a reviewer who hates the word 'that.' :-) Jenhawk777 ( talk) 17:13, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello to all! I do not intend to write a regular peer review newsletter but there does occasionally come a time when those interested in contributing to peer review should be contacted, and now is one. I've mailed this out to everyone on the peer review volunteers list, and some editors that have contributed to past discussions. Apologies if I've left you off or contacted you and you didn't want it. Next time there is a newsletter / mass message it will be opt in ( here), I'll talk about this below - but first:
The list is here in case you've forgotten: WP:PRV. Kadane has kindly offered to create a bot that will ping editors on the volunteers list with unanswered reviews in their chosen subject areas every so often. You can choose the time interval by changing the "contact" parameter. Options are "never", "monthly", "quarterly", "halfyearly", and "annually". For example:
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I don't think we need a WikiProject with a giant bureaucracy nor all sorts of whiz-bang features. However over the last few years I've found there are times when it would have been useful to have a list of editors that would like to contribute to discussions about the peer review process (e.g. instructions, layout, automation, simplification etc.). Also, it can get kind of lonely on the talk page as I am (correct me if I'm wrong) the only regular contributor, with most editors moving on after 6 - 12 months.
So, I've decided to create " WikiProject Peer review". If you'd like to contribute to the WikiProject, or make yourself available for future newsletters or contact, please add yourself to the list of members.
We plan to do some advertising of peer review, to let editors know about it and how to volunteer to help, at a couple of different venues (Signpost, Village pump, Teahouse etc.) - but have been waiting until we get this bot + WikiProject set up so we have a way to help interested editors make more enduring contributions. So consider yourself forewarned!
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I wish you all well on your Wikivoyages, Tom (LT) ( talk) 00:31, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
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So Outriggr tells me the fact this topic is both broad and conceptual will work against it being approved for FA. He's been really cool, and he just explained the review could take 40-80 days for something this complex. I had no idea. I thought it was the same time frame as a good article review--like a week or so--and I'm already past that. Plus, I thought I was going to have to participate, like GA, so I've been putting off other things, and it's been pretty stressful. Finding this out means there's really nothing for me to do, which also means I should just leave it be and go work on something else. So that's what I'm going to do. I just wanted to thank you again. You have been amazing. I have learned a lot from you, and I will always be grateful. Thank you for everything Josh. What will be, will be. Jenhawk777 02:32, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for offering to review this - I had not checked the backlog, and you caught me completely off guard, because I am used to the process lasting some 6 months before anyone looks at it. So it may need some work - I will see what you think. -- Michael Goodyear ✐ ✉ 17:07, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
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Overspill from the FAC review page of Political animals. A friend of mine who lectures in journalism at Melbourne University won't let her students use any synonyms for "said", as every alternative has some nuance or overtone. Going a bit too far, I think, but I see her point. I'm with you on "assert", but my bête noire is "claim", which to me – though plainly not to many others – carries a strong hint that you think the bugger is lying. – Tim riley talk 12:57, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
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The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:
During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.
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The DYK? came out yesterday and so far not a single extra view. FAC has been up over three weeks and only one vote. As you said, didn't stand much of a chance but it seemed important enough to try. Thanx for all your in put and support Josh. I hope we have a chance to meet again. I learned a lot about what to do--and what not to do--from you and this experience! Jenhawk777 ( talk) 17:00, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
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On 7 September 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dinesh Wadiwel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the social and political theorist Dinesh Wadiwel argues that humans are waging a war on animals? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dinesh Wadiwel. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Dinesh Wadiwel), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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This is to let you know that the Political Animals and Animal Politics article has been scheduled as today's featured article for October 17, 2018. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 17, 2018, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1100 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:36, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
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Since there has been no activity on this for some time, I need to ask if this review is still planned.
The reason I ask, is that earlier another reviewer grabbed a review straight out of the gate and then disappeared and an administrator had to cancel the review and I had to go back to the end of a long line and start the nomination all over again. In the mean time I am taking the opportunity to flesh the article out a bit more. -- Michael Goodyear ✐ ✉ 16:31, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
Was stumbling through Horror articles and came across an episode from the series. Looking through the episodes, I realized some of them are not part of the topic. Have you thought of making a Supp nom for the topic to include them? GamerPro64 00:30, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
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-- Megalibrarygirl ( talk) 18:40, 14 October 2018 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Hey, thanks for the edit, but the blurb text is up to 1122 characters now, way over the max limit of 1075, and we aim for 1000 when we can get it. Give it another shot? - Dank ( push to talk) 13:20, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for the "2014 book about animals in political theory. According to one of the leading names in the subdiscipline, it was the first ever edited collection on the topic (at least two others have been published since), and the first book-length effort to map the shape of the field. Whether it is successful in that regard or not, it's going to retain a place in the bibliographies of scholars of "animal politics" (myself included!) for its trailblazing nature.", for this blaze! - Btw, I have a FAC open ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:27, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for all your efforts on this topic here! I've really enjoyed reading a lot of your articles over the years.
I may get a chance to ask Martha Nussbaum a question this Friday about nonhuman animals and political theory—is there anything you'd be interested in hearing her answer to? I have one in mind about the implications of "hidden" animal capabilities undeveloped in the state of nature (e.g. cross-species companionship) on questions like the predation problem, but I'd be happy to ask one for you instead if there's something you're burning to know. Or will you be at the conference yourself by any chance? FourViolas ( talk) 22:35, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
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This is to let you know that Connie Talbot has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 20 November 2018. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 20, 2018. Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 17:06, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
@ Ealdgyth: I nominated at FAR as you suggested ( Wikipedia:Featured article review/Connie Talbot/archive1) but the nomination has not attracted any attention, and it's still listed as forthcoming on the MP. Do you have any suggestions? Josh Milburn ( talk) 08:20, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you for Connie Talbot, and good luck with the review! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:21, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
Since there has been no activity on Hannah Arendt's GA review in a month, you will understand that I am concerned that this article may never get promoted. Its importance is reflected in its page hits, so it deserves to be taken to at least GA status at some stage. -- Michael Goodyear ✐ ✉ 21:01, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
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J Milburn, it's been about eight weeks since you last posted here, and there are a couple of comments from the nominator(s?) that would seem to indicate that the issues raised have been (or have partially been) addressed. Please stop by as soon as you return; if you can't pursue the review any further, please let me know and I'll try to find a new reviewer to finish up here. Thank you. BlueMoonset ( talk) 06:16, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
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