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No trouble at all - happy to be of help. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 21:37, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
Was thinking about this and am going to try something-putting these photos through a photo reduction and then uploading the reduced sizes as derivatives. This might eliminate the slight "shrink" on the left side in the 2 sections where more than one photo is used. When I started with something like this, my first try was to put the montage template into the article one. That doesn't work at all, so then I went to making the montage as one photo. Let me see what I get when I reduce the photos presently used for the sandbox montage. We hope ( talk) 13:23, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
Can you please add the song "Virtual Friend" in Sophie Hunter's page. I don't know how to put it there as it only lists albums/EPs. Thank you very much. http://guychambers.com/music/armin-van-buuren (And the whole page needs updating/improvements, hope you can help) Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.191.150.67 ( talk) 13:26, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
Hello. Thanks for your comments at the Chetro Ketl peer review. The article is now a featured article candidate, and I'd like to invite you to comment there. Thanks! RO (talk) 17:55, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
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For approving Park Lane to good article status, and rolling a 3, collect £200 salary as you pass GA. Keep it up, and why not have a go at improving one yourself? (please note this currency is fictional and cannot be used as legal tender) Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:14, 6 July 2015 (UTC) |
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article MediEvil: Resurrection you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer ( talk) 14:40, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing Walton and Ivythorn Hills. Following your comment there about Bentworth I've done a bit of tidying. This checklinks report shows several deadlinks which will cause a problem at FAC. The article is looking good but I suspect some short paragraphs - particularly in the villages and hamlets section may cause comment (also why is Tickley excluded?). If I can help more let me know.— Rod talk 19:28, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
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31 articles! It's been a haul. As for the criteria, the topic is discrete: the compilation's thirty component games are each individually notable. I wasn't sure whether to include Perfect Dark (2010 video game), the Xbox remaster of the original Perfect Dark. While several of these games were remastered for the Xbox 360's high-definition output, the PD remaster is the only release with a separate article (and it was technically the version that bundled in the compilation...) Anyway, your call on that. We got through the majority of the entries late last year and I've dragged my feet on the last few until recently. Turns out that the hardest articles are the ones about which you care least. When I see this many GAs, though, I think about that many reviewers who have endured the articles as well: @ AdrianGamer, Rhain, J Milburn, Ritchie333, Moisejp, Tintor2, Anarchyte, Crisco 1492, Dank, David Fuchs, Electroguv, Famous Hobo, Gabriel Yuji, Hurricanehink, Indrian, It Is Me Here, New Age Retro Hippie, Swarm, Teancum, and Tezero Thank you. czar 09:27, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
We finally did it! Echoing on what czar said, the majority of the lesser-known titles in this topic were in fact the most difficult to write. Just like to add that
Solar Jetman was by far the most dull, tedious, and agonising thing I've ever done on here. It must have taken me longer to write that article than they did designing the game.
JAG
UAR 16:50, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
{{ User:Czar/topics/Rare Replay}} – czar 23:00, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
The article MediEvil: Resurrection you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:MediEvil: Resurrection for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer ( talk) 05:20, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Jaguar, I currently have Hitler Diaries up at FAC; should the topic be of interest I'd be delighted to hear any comments you have to make. Cheers - SchroCat ( talk) 14:32, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
After a wee bit of prodding and such, I've begun to work on the Thanhouser films again. It seems since my last work, some more sources have turned up for films I was considering merging together. Single reel releases will still be combined, but another 2000 pages of material have been added and Newspapers.com got some more useful tidbits for later films. Won't be clear until I finish checking for surviving copies of the orchestral scores that were composed - a very unusual rarity for the era. I'm also getting into the 1920s works after consulting with Dr. Blofeld - those major works are something which will probably be 8-10x longer and filled with dozens to hundreds of sources at a minimum. Unlike the independent Thanhouser run, by the 1920s the media and strong arm had resulted in a true media industry that didn't really take off big until 1912-1913.
After a stretch of Thanhouser's probably to push over the "peak" period, I'll be dedicating several hundred hours to that list. Going to exhaust my sources and any "favors" I have with some people to get copies of the materials, but hopefully there will be more gems in the archives. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 19:38, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
@ ChrisGualtieri:, Yes, one like Metropolis and Phantom are landmark films in which you could find a lot of material, but for GA they don't have to be that comprehensive or as impeccably well researched/written as I think you're envisaging. They'll need more than some of the lost early 1910s ones though for sure, but will get at least 10 times more traffic and the attention of film scholars etc.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:30, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
Greetings, GA Cup competitors! Wednesday saw the end of Round 1. The Rambling Man, who was eliminated during the first round in our last competition, earned an impressive 513 points, reviewed twice as many articles (26) as any other competitor. It was a tight race for second for first-time competitors BenLinus1214 and Tomandjerry211, who finished second and third with 243 and 224 points, respectively. Close behind was Wugapodes, who earned 205 points. The change in our points system had an impact on scoring. It was easier to earn higher points, although the key to success didn't change from last time, which was choosing articles with older nomination dates. For example, most of the articles The Rambling Man reviewed were worth 18 points in the nomination date category, and he benefited from it. BenLinus1214 reviewed the longest article, A Simple Plan (at 26,536 characters, or 4,477 words), the 1994 film starring Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda and directed by Sam Raimi, and earned all possible 5 points in that category. After feedback from our participants, the judges slightly changed the rule about review length this time out. Shorter reviews are now allowed, as long as reviewers give nominators an opportunity to address their feedback. Shorter reviews are subject to the judges' discretion; the judges will continue their diligence as we continue the competition. Despite having fewer contestants at the beginning of Round 1 than last time, 132 articles were reviewed, far more than the 117 articles that were reviewed in Round 1 of the inaugural GA Cup. All of us involved should be very proud of what we've accomplished thus far. The judges are certain that Round 2 will be just as successful. 16 contestants have moved onto Round 2 and have been randomly placed in 4 groups of 4, with the top 2 in each pool progressing to Round 3, as well as the top participant ("9th place") of all remaining competitors. Round 2 has already begun and will end on August 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here. Good luck and remember to have fun! Cheers from Dom497, Figureskatingfan, 3family6 and Jaguar, and MrWooHoo. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to
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A little late, my GA nomination for Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei, BWV 46 which I would like to see on DYK on 9 August, but possibly not too late for you ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:18, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
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Tunisian Arabic is nominated for GA Status. Please review this work and adjust it if it involves several deficiencies.
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Hello Jaguar! As prolific article creator (and good article, etc. creator), I'd like to nominate you for Autopatrolled status. I gather you had it in the past, but lost it in some long-ago kerfuffle at WP:ANI. So, I just wanted to ask – is there anything that I should know about before I nominate you again? (Any info you can provide on how the ANI thing resolved will help me craft a nomination statement at WP:PERM/A...) Thanks in advance! -- IJBall ( contribs • talk) 16:28, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi Jaguar,
Thank you very much for your reviews of my past articles. You may have noticed that the JC's Girls article was recently promoted to featured status; there have been objections to it going up on the main page, but I'm glad to see that gold star there anyway. Might you be willing to review another article I have nominated for featured status? It is called Sisters at Heart and no one has commented at the discussion yet. Any thoughts you would be willing to provide there would be greatly appreciated.
Neelix ( talk) 19:55, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Atic Atac you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ritchie333 -- Ritchie333 ( talk) 19:40, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
Don't know if you remember Pang, was one of my favourites. I challenge you to get it to GA and I'll review it for you!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:26, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your PR and FAC comments and/or edits to Chetro Ketl, which is now a featured article. It was a long and interesting process, but thanks to a wealth of insights and suggestions the article is now among our best. Thanks for taking time out of your busy editing schedule to help me. RO (talk) 16:46, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
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I think I have addressed all your specific concerns listed in your GA review of Parent_management_training. Can you re-review it or should I renominate it? I am not exactly sure how the process has to work.
I thought you did a good job of reviewing the Tyrone Garland article so that it became GA-class. This article is currently listed as a featured article candidate. Could you please leave some comments? TempleM ( talk) 17:19, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi Jaguar, I was curious if you could offer some assistance for my question on the GA help page. Basically, I nominated Leo Frank for GA and the person who volunteered for reviewer had a content dispute with another user just hours before doing so, and has not responded with a full review in over two weeks, even though I posted on his talk page. I asked for a second opinion on the GA page, but another reviewer who I asked to take over instead said that they wouldn't do it because the article wasn't stable in their view, due to the fact that there was a content dispute. However, the member who started the dispute has not responded in over two weeks and I don't believe it should have much validity at this point.
I'd like to know what you think I should do as I'd like to get it to GA but don't want to be put on hold indefinitely by one user who started a content dispute right before offering to review and then disappeared. Tonystewart14 ( talk) 06:08, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
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Hey, bro. It's been quite a while. How are things going? The article on the first talking picture in Tamil is at FAC (nominated by Kailash29792). Feel free to leave comments at its FAC page. Thank you. — Ssven2 Speak 2 me 09:23, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
I'm sorry for your frustration, but FAC is not the place to perform major fixes and updates to an article. Based on my extensive experience with FAC and with sourcing problems, I don't share your optimism that it's a small or quick undertaking. I'm also seeking clarification on a couple of your remarks. First: "some people don't understand the pace and severity of the situation" What are you implying, exactly? And: "I was hoping to have this pay off by the end of August least" I'm afraid I have no clue what this means or why it should influence my decision to archive the nomination. I really do not want you to have a bad experience at FAC, but I do expect you to be realistic about the amount of work needed here. -- Laser brain (talk) 00:40, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
Sorry to see it has been archived. Yes, it's frustrating, but I think the real reason, beyond the task needed to overhaul the sourcing was that people like Cassianto and Tim who've already supported it were placed in a difficult position as they weren't aware of the sourcing issue like myself. Rather than them turn to oppose in the time being I think it's probably the best solution to archive as the article might look quite different to the version which they supported once we go through them all. Still, part of me thinks we could get the sourcing wrapped up within a few days but Laser is right that major fixes shuldn't really be made during an FAC. Never mind. I do think a renom in a few weeks though will be more a continuity thing though and I'm sure the people who've supported to date will again be willing to offer their support once the sourcing is definitely sound. Remain positive, we can still do this. I must say though that this is something not many of us experience as most of us expand articles and then take them swiftly to FAC, fresh off the plate. It's a lesson learned for all of us if anything never to take an old article to FAC without checking the sourcing!♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:45, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
Just caught up on this conversation - I have to say that Brian was absolutely right to oppose; factual accuracy is one of the most important things on Wikipedia as it's too easy for the Admin Civility Enforcement Brigade not to notice, but very easy for the casual reader to spot it and think, "that's a pile of nonsense". This is why, if I've targeted an article for improvement, you might see a handful of changes and then a flood; the initial front end is reading all the main sources from top to bottom and having a good idea in my head of what to write about. You need to do this - it's too easy to mis-transcribe a source and say something that's factually wrong unless your brain's already trained to trip up on it. All that said, I think we can all agree that it's not personal - I've never had a good time at FAC, not because anyone else's comments were invalid, but the effort required to make what I personally think genuinely reflects Wikipedia's best work is too great for the spare time I can commit. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:10, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
The article Atic Atac you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Atic Atac for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ritchie333 -- Ritchie333 ( talk) 12:01, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Jetpac you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ritchie333 -- Ritchie333 ( talk) 15:00, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
The article Grabbed by the Ghoulies you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Grabbed by the Ghoulies for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of J Milburn -- J Milburn ( talk) 08:01, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
Bro, Doc's on a Wikibreak as you might have seen on his talk page and has asked me (if interested, which I most definitely am) to address your comments at Kubrick's GA as per this edit. — Ssven2 Speak 2 me 06:44, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
I have resolved your remaining comments at the GA review page. — Ssven2 Speak 2 me 14:06, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
The article Jetpac you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Jetpac for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ritchie333 -- Ritchie333 ( talk) 17:01, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
For the barnstar! Now, if you could just make the snippet searches for the 2 books listed on the Bentworth talk page come out right, that would be great! :-) I hope this time you'll have success with the article at FAC! If I only had more than 2 hands, I guess I could have finished this faster; right now it feels like I could use some transplants. :-D We hope ( talk) 15:23, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
A 2010 Bollywood film, the article is currently a GA nominee. If you're not too busy, can you review it? User Ssven2 asked me to ask you, regards. -- Frankie talk 15:41, 27 August 2015 (UTC) Frankie talk 15:41, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello Jaguar. I noticed when you promoted
Depression Quest as a GA in
this edit, you used the parameter |subtopic=
. This parameter has been deprecated for at least a year now (
Special:Diff/619511961), and doesn't work (meaning the pages in question end up at
Category:Good articles without topic parameter); |topic=
should be used instead. I've fixed the parameter in question
here but I think I've seen you use |subtopic= before, so I thought it might be worth dropping you a note. —
Bilorv
(talk)
(c)
(e) 17:18, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
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No trouble at all - happy to be of help. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 21:37, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
Was thinking about this and am going to try something-putting these photos through a photo reduction and then uploading the reduced sizes as derivatives. This might eliminate the slight "shrink" on the left side in the 2 sections where more than one photo is used. When I started with something like this, my first try was to put the montage template into the article one. That doesn't work at all, so then I went to making the montage as one photo. Let me see what I get when I reduce the photos presently used for the sandbox montage. We hope ( talk) 13:23, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
Can you please add the song "Virtual Friend" in Sophie Hunter's page. I don't know how to put it there as it only lists albums/EPs. Thank you very much. http://guychambers.com/music/armin-van-buuren (And the whole page needs updating/improvements, hope you can help) Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.191.150.67 ( talk) 13:26, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
Hello. Thanks for your comments at the Chetro Ketl peer review. The article is now a featured article candidate, and I'd like to invite you to comment there. Thanks! RO (talk) 17:55, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
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For approving Park Lane to good article status, and rolling a 3, collect £200 salary as you pass GA. Keep it up, and why not have a go at improving one yourself? (please note this currency is fictional and cannot be used as legal tender) Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:14, 6 July 2015 (UTC) |
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article MediEvil: Resurrection you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer ( talk) 14:40, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing Walton and Ivythorn Hills. Following your comment there about Bentworth I've done a bit of tidying. This checklinks report shows several deadlinks which will cause a problem at FAC. The article is looking good but I suspect some short paragraphs - particularly in the villages and hamlets section may cause comment (also why is Tickley excluded?). If I can help more let me know.— Rod talk 19:28, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
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31 articles! It's been a haul. As for the criteria, the topic is discrete: the compilation's thirty component games are each individually notable. I wasn't sure whether to include Perfect Dark (2010 video game), the Xbox remaster of the original Perfect Dark. While several of these games were remastered for the Xbox 360's high-definition output, the PD remaster is the only release with a separate article (and it was technically the version that bundled in the compilation...) Anyway, your call on that. We got through the majority of the entries late last year and I've dragged my feet on the last few until recently. Turns out that the hardest articles are the ones about which you care least. When I see this many GAs, though, I think about that many reviewers who have endured the articles as well: @ AdrianGamer, Rhain, J Milburn, Ritchie333, Moisejp, Tintor2, Anarchyte, Crisco 1492, Dank, David Fuchs, Electroguv, Famous Hobo, Gabriel Yuji, Hurricanehink, Indrian, It Is Me Here, New Age Retro Hippie, Swarm, Teancum, and Tezero Thank you. czar 09:27, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
We finally did it! Echoing on what czar said, the majority of the lesser-known titles in this topic were in fact the most difficult to write. Just like to add that
Solar Jetman was by far the most dull, tedious, and agonising thing I've ever done on here. It must have taken me longer to write that article than they did designing the game.
JAG
UAR 16:50, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
{{ User:Czar/topics/Rare Replay}} – czar 23:00, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
The article MediEvil: Resurrection you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:MediEvil: Resurrection for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer ( talk) 05:20, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Jaguar, I currently have Hitler Diaries up at FAC; should the topic be of interest I'd be delighted to hear any comments you have to make. Cheers - SchroCat ( talk) 14:32, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
After a wee bit of prodding and such, I've begun to work on the Thanhouser films again. It seems since my last work, some more sources have turned up for films I was considering merging together. Single reel releases will still be combined, but another 2000 pages of material have been added and Newspapers.com got some more useful tidbits for later films. Won't be clear until I finish checking for surviving copies of the orchestral scores that were composed - a very unusual rarity for the era. I'm also getting into the 1920s works after consulting with Dr. Blofeld - those major works are something which will probably be 8-10x longer and filled with dozens to hundreds of sources at a minimum. Unlike the independent Thanhouser run, by the 1920s the media and strong arm had resulted in a true media industry that didn't really take off big until 1912-1913.
After a stretch of Thanhouser's probably to push over the "peak" period, I'll be dedicating several hundred hours to that list. Going to exhaust my sources and any "favors" I have with some people to get copies of the materials, but hopefully there will be more gems in the archives. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 19:38, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
@ ChrisGualtieri:, Yes, one like Metropolis and Phantom are landmark films in which you could find a lot of material, but for GA they don't have to be that comprehensive or as impeccably well researched/written as I think you're envisaging. They'll need more than some of the lost early 1910s ones though for sure, but will get at least 10 times more traffic and the attention of film scholars etc.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:30, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
Greetings, GA Cup competitors! Wednesday saw the end of Round 1. The Rambling Man, who was eliminated during the first round in our last competition, earned an impressive 513 points, reviewed twice as many articles (26) as any other competitor. It was a tight race for second for first-time competitors BenLinus1214 and Tomandjerry211, who finished second and third with 243 and 224 points, respectively. Close behind was Wugapodes, who earned 205 points. The change in our points system had an impact on scoring. It was easier to earn higher points, although the key to success didn't change from last time, which was choosing articles with older nomination dates. For example, most of the articles The Rambling Man reviewed were worth 18 points in the nomination date category, and he benefited from it. BenLinus1214 reviewed the longest article, A Simple Plan (at 26,536 characters, or 4,477 words), the 1994 film starring Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda and directed by Sam Raimi, and earned all possible 5 points in that category. After feedback from our participants, the judges slightly changed the rule about review length this time out. Shorter reviews are now allowed, as long as reviewers give nominators an opportunity to address their feedback. Shorter reviews are subject to the judges' discretion; the judges will continue their diligence as we continue the competition. Despite having fewer contestants at the beginning of Round 1 than last time, 132 articles were reviewed, far more than the 117 articles that were reviewed in Round 1 of the inaugural GA Cup. All of us involved should be very proud of what we've accomplished thus far. The judges are certain that Round 2 will be just as successful. 16 contestants have moved onto Round 2 and have been randomly placed in 4 groups of 4, with the top 2 in each pool progressing to Round 3, as well as the top participant ("9th place") of all remaining competitors. Round 2 has already begun and will end on August 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here. Good luck and remember to have fun! Cheers from Dom497, Figureskatingfan, 3family6 and Jaguar, and MrWooHoo. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to
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A little late, my GA nomination for Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei, BWV 46 which I would like to see on DYK on 9 August, but possibly not too late for you ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:18, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
Dear User,
Tunisian Arabic is nominated for GA Status. Please review this work and adjust it if it involves several deficiencies.
Yours Sincerely,
-- Csisc ( talk) 12:43, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
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Hello Jaguar! As prolific article creator (and good article, etc. creator), I'd like to nominate you for Autopatrolled status. I gather you had it in the past, but lost it in some long-ago kerfuffle at WP:ANI. So, I just wanted to ask – is there anything that I should know about before I nominate you again? (Any info you can provide on how the ANI thing resolved will help me craft a nomination statement at WP:PERM/A...) Thanks in advance! -- IJBall ( contribs • talk) 16:28, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi Jaguar,
Thank you very much for your reviews of my past articles. You may have noticed that the JC's Girls article was recently promoted to featured status; there have been objections to it going up on the main page, but I'm glad to see that gold star there anyway. Might you be willing to review another article I have nominated for featured status? It is called Sisters at Heart and no one has commented at the discussion yet. Any thoughts you would be willing to provide there would be greatly appreciated.
Neelix ( talk) 19:55, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Atic Atac you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ritchie333 -- Ritchie333 ( talk) 19:40, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
Don't know if you remember Pang, was one of my favourites. I challenge you to get it to GA and I'll review it for you!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:26, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your PR and FAC comments and/or edits to Chetro Ketl, which is now a featured article. It was a long and interesting process, but thanks to a wealth of insights and suggestions the article is now among our best. Thanks for taking time out of your busy editing schedule to help me. RO (talk) 16:46, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Grabbed by the Ghoulies you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of J Milburn -- J Milburn ( talk) 17:40, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
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I think I have addressed all your specific concerns listed in your GA review of Parent_management_training. Can you re-review it or should I renominate it? I am not exactly sure how the process has to work.
I thought you did a good job of reviewing the Tyrone Garland article so that it became GA-class. This article is currently listed as a featured article candidate. Could you please leave some comments? TempleM ( talk) 17:19, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi Jaguar, I was curious if you could offer some assistance for my question on the GA help page. Basically, I nominated Leo Frank for GA and the person who volunteered for reviewer had a content dispute with another user just hours before doing so, and has not responded with a full review in over two weeks, even though I posted on his talk page. I asked for a second opinion on the GA page, but another reviewer who I asked to take over instead said that they wouldn't do it because the article wasn't stable in their view, due to the fact that there was a content dispute. However, the member who started the dispute has not responded in over two weeks and I don't believe it should have much validity at this point.
I'd like to know what you think I should do as I'd like to get it to GA but don't want to be put on hold indefinitely by one user who started a content dispute right before offering to review and then disappeared. Tonystewart14 ( talk) 06:08, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
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Hey, bro. It's been quite a while. How are things going? The article on the first talking picture in Tamil is at FAC (nominated by Kailash29792). Feel free to leave comments at its FAC page. Thank you. — Ssven2 Speak 2 me 09:23, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
I'm sorry for your frustration, but FAC is not the place to perform major fixes and updates to an article. Based on my extensive experience with FAC and with sourcing problems, I don't share your optimism that it's a small or quick undertaking. I'm also seeking clarification on a couple of your remarks. First: "some people don't understand the pace and severity of the situation" What are you implying, exactly? And: "I was hoping to have this pay off by the end of August least" I'm afraid I have no clue what this means or why it should influence my decision to archive the nomination. I really do not want you to have a bad experience at FAC, but I do expect you to be realistic about the amount of work needed here. -- Laser brain (talk) 00:40, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
Sorry to see it has been archived. Yes, it's frustrating, but I think the real reason, beyond the task needed to overhaul the sourcing was that people like Cassianto and Tim who've already supported it were placed in a difficult position as they weren't aware of the sourcing issue like myself. Rather than them turn to oppose in the time being I think it's probably the best solution to archive as the article might look quite different to the version which they supported once we go through them all. Still, part of me thinks we could get the sourcing wrapped up within a few days but Laser is right that major fixes shuldn't really be made during an FAC. Never mind. I do think a renom in a few weeks though will be more a continuity thing though and I'm sure the people who've supported to date will again be willing to offer their support once the sourcing is definitely sound. Remain positive, we can still do this. I must say though that this is something not many of us experience as most of us expand articles and then take them swiftly to FAC, fresh off the plate. It's a lesson learned for all of us if anything never to take an old article to FAC without checking the sourcing!♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:45, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
Just caught up on this conversation - I have to say that Brian was absolutely right to oppose; factual accuracy is one of the most important things on Wikipedia as it's too easy for the Admin Civility Enforcement Brigade not to notice, but very easy for the casual reader to spot it and think, "that's a pile of nonsense". This is why, if I've targeted an article for improvement, you might see a handful of changes and then a flood; the initial front end is reading all the main sources from top to bottom and having a good idea in my head of what to write about. You need to do this - it's too easy to mis-transcribe a source and say something that's factually wrong unless your brain's already trained to trip up on it. All that said, I think we can all agree that it's not personal - I've never had a good time at FAC, not because anyone else's comments were invalid, but the effort required to make what I personally think genuinely reflects Wikipedia's best work is too great for the spare time I can commit. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:10, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
The article Atic Atac you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Atic Atac for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ritchie333 -- Ritchie333 ( talk) 12:01, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Jetpac you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ritchie333 -- Ritchie333 ( talk) 15:00, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
The article Grabbed by the Ghoulies you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Grabbed by the Ghoulies for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of J Milburn -- J Milburn ( talk) 08:01, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
Bro, Doc's on a Wikibreak as you might have seen on his talk page and has asked me (if interested, which I most definitely am) to address your comments at Kubrick's GA as per this edit. — Ssven2 Speak 2 me 06:44, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
I have resolved your remaining comments at the GA review page. — Ssven2 Speak 2 me 14:06, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
The article Jetpac you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Jetpac for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ritchie333 -- Ritchie333 ( talk) 17:01, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
For the barnstar! Now, if you could just make the snippet searches for the 2 books listed on the Bentworth talk page come out right, that would be great! :-) I hope this time you'll have success with the article at FAC! If I only had more than 2 hands, I guess I could have finished this faster; right now it feels like I could use some transplants. :-D We hope ( talk) 15:23, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
A 2010 Bollywood film, the article is currently a GA nominee. If you're not too busy, can you review it? User Ssven2 asked me to ask you, regards. -- Frankie talk 15:41, 27 August 2015 (UTC) Frankie talk 15:41, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello Jaguar. I noticed when you promoted
Depression Quest as a GA in
this edit, you used the parameter |subtopic=
. This parameter has been deprecated for at least a year now (
Special:Diff/619511961), and doesn't work (meaning the pages in question end up at
Category:Good articles without topic parameter); |topic=
should be used instead. I've fixed the parameter in question
here but I think I've seen you use |subtopic= before, so I thought it might be worth dropping you a note. —
Bilorv
(talk)
(c)
(e) 17:18, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
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