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Aw, Eddie, you shouldn't! Congrats on that article, but there is no way that my work is "invaluable" or "irreplaceable." Icy could have done a better job, and surely plenty of other c/e-rs out there could do the work faster, better, and...politer(?). Just thank me simply, if at all - it's nothing that merits any special treatment, hon. :) —
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Hi Guys! Well it's Thehelpfulone's first time properly looking at the scores as he made this newsletter and he's impressed on how much work you have all done. It's a shame to say that
RyanCross has withdrawn from the Cup. We have almost hit 200 DYKs, not far off from 100 GA's and
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97198 (240)
ThinkBlue (141)
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Sasata (412)
X! (211)
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Bedford (284)
the_ed17 (169)
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Sunderland06 (157)
Ceranthor (137)
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Juliancolton (582)
Tinucherian (110)
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Durova (1347)
Theleftorium (840)
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Mitchazenia (779)
Matthewedwards (503)
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Useight (396)
Bedford (284)
Catalan (254)
97198 (240)
Spencer (238)
Climie.ca (234)
J Milburn (216)
X! (211)
the_ed17 (169)
Sunderland06 (157)
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Why do some people devote themselves to deleting userpages when they could add to the encyclopdia. They have no need. Unless smething is harmful to people who don't want it then why delete it?
Chubbennaitor18:50, 23 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Every person finds different things to their liking. I like adding to articles about old warships,
J.delanoy loves to Huggle, La Pianista likes to copyedit (and occasionally contribute real stuff :P),
Icy likes to copyedit and contribute to cloud-related articles, and
MZMcBride likes to delete stale IP talk pages. Everyone has their niche that they like to be in—for example, don't ask me to Huggle, because simply editing isn't fun for me...it's the research behind ship classes and the finding of a good source that makes me love to contribute. Finding out why x class of ships was designed a certain way intrigues me. Working within MILHIST and reviewing articles isn't quite as fun, but reading the articles I review teaches me stuff, and it's the learning from researching and reading that keeps me here. Otherwise, I would have left lonnnng ago. :) —Ed 17(Talk /
Contribs)20:10, 23 February 2009 (UTC)reply
(@ Icy) - I love you. <3 :) Really, it's not that hard to review article, especially when you go through just looking for prose problems (don't have to know anything about the topic!). :)
(@ Julian) - not really...they are just in backwards chronological order on
the page. Just pick one (or three :-)))) that you think would be interesting to review...we just need reviews period. :/ 27 are on there, I think!
Meaning, of course, that I'll try one or two and see how it goes. (Oh, and I do believe you love too many people. Love that is rare is love that is cherished - treasure is treasure due to its elusiveness. :P) —
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It's more than adequate. Love you all! (well, not Julian....!) Anything helps...PR and A-class are both backlogged there. :( So many people are starting to use that A-class review page, it's scary (but also good!). There aren't so many PR requests, but that's prolly because they sit there for a month and garner only one, maybe two, reviews. :/ So, if you wanted somethingto do that was quick in your limited spurts on, milhist PRs could call your name if you want.... ;)
Yes, I will miss teh big blue Pianista, but it's for a good cause. I'm planning to take it up too. Oh, and your editnotice is still blue, by the way. ;)
QueenieTalk16:44, 24 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Why are articles under MySpace categories deleted? They don't destroy the encyclopedia. As long as they aren't offensive and open to the public then the problem is... If the user devotes themselves to the MySpace then they should be deleted. Only then.
Chubbennaitor16:55, 24 February 2009 (UTC)reply
(@ Ed, Queeneh): Yeah, I was thinking the same. Perhaps one of you (:D) can design a new one for me? Not too colorful please - and I would like to maintain the "Dolce ma non troppo" part (meaning "Sweetly, but not too much.").
(@ Chubb): MySpacey pages are disruptive. They detract from the real purpose of the project - writing articles. They aren't blatantly harmful, like vandalizing and POV-pushing are, but they can be distracting. Users who wish to use Wikipedia as MySpace should, well, look to MySpace. /
La PianistaDolce, ma non troppo17:02, 24 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Aaaaie! --Pwitty user page :D, Ice loves grey color schemes and her page sucks but she likes it that way anyways! Sry Ed, I had to hop off computer really soon yesterday, will try and look at more today.
Icy //
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Aaaaie! You are excited aren't you, considering that you are talking in run-on like I am right now. breathe...
Yes, but isn't it even more pointless to go round deleting them. I'm sorry. I stated that as soon as they get too distracting then I agree they should go on that users' pages. It doesn't affet anyone. What's wrong with this place being too myspacy. As long as we have users who contribute to the encyclopedia then the problem is...
Chubbennaitor20:41, 24 February 2009 (UTC)reply
affect ;)
An element of myspacey-ness is kind of unavoidable when you've got on your hands an enthusiastic community full of people who inevitably are going to make friendships. Even if it doesn't directly affect the project, it's going to distract from the focus. We can't have users running around the community who do nothing but chat all day - not that we have any, I'm just saying - though I stick around and talktalktalk, I pretend to make up for it by doing minor rewrites and copy-editing whatever I can. If pages that have nothing to do with the project pop up all over the project, then it's not Wikipedia anymore. And we can't have that on our hands, either.
Icy //
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@ Queenie - they're good, but I was thinking of some color schemes.
@ LM5 - Thanks, but the colors are a little too shocking, and the font is a bit unlike me. Besides, my page already looks like
EVula's - I don't want to adopt the double-slashes, either. :)
We have 31 days left, just one month left in the first round. The first two months have already produced spectacular results, and we're hoping to see a great race to the end of the round. Get those nominations in for them to count for this round, but remember that any nominations that are not promoted before the end of this round, will still count for round two if you make it. We unfortunately had another contestant, What!?Why?Who?, withdraw this week and we wish them the best.
We saw some big jumps in content upgrades this week! We saw 33 new good articles, 3 new featured articles and lists, 8 featured pictures, 5 featured sounds, and 24 did you know items. (Also note, there are 111 good articles and 222 did you know items as of this newsletter). Keep it up during the final push to round two. GARDEN, iMatthew //
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Spencer (292)
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Shoemaker's Holiday (566)
La Pianista (68)
Pool C
Scorpion0422 (580)
Candlewicke (580)
Pool D
97198 (313)
ThinkBlue (248)
Pool E
Sasata (480)
X! (211)
Pool F
the_ed17 (299)
Bedford (290)
Pool G
Ceranthor (177)
Sunderland06 (159)
Pool H
Juliancolton (604)
Tinucherian (112)
Pool I
Durova (1528)
Theleftorium (913)
Pool J
Mitchazenia (816)
Matthewedwards (625)
Wildcards
Useight (549)
Paxse (454)
Climie.ca (259}
Catalan (254)
J Milburn (232)
Rambo's Revenge (201)
Rlevse (129)
NapHit (99)
WereSpielChequers (92)
Howard the Duck (82)
Wrestlinglover (82)
Dendodge (78)
Steven Walling (69)
All scores are accurate as of 15:02, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
Contestants in italics are those crawling up behind the wildcards.
When is it coming up? You know, I felt angry and bitter enough that I could kick to the curb even the
good humor man but I fear you might be too much for my defenses.
Hello. This subject has been brought up before (see
this for one of multiple examples). Just FYI :-) If this is over something that I'm not aware of, feel free to ignore me.
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Yes. Let's say at some indefinite point in the future, shall we? A little beyond the horizon for now; I'm not so sure I'd fare well if I started as is, honestly.
Inch by inch...... I'm closing in...... you better watch out..... MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (choke gasp wheeze cough cough cough) HAHAHAHAHAHA............ --
Spittlespat23:51, 5 March 2009 (UTC) (oh darn I forgot.... stupid sig. it always blows my cover!!! @#$%!!!)reply
And hey. None of you guys have ever done any article favors for me! (Except Icy, but she's interested, so that doesn't count). You have to be bored in what I'm writing to feel the same pains. :P —La PianistaSpeak ·
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Hi, just wanted to drop a note that I've begun work on the revamp. I've reworked
Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical music/Assessment and I have a modified version of the Project's mainpage at
my sandbox, but I had a few quick questions first. Is it just me, or is the existence of the
Wikipedia:WikiProject Contemporary music kind of pointless? I'm moderately annoyed that
Glenn Gould isn't even rated under Classical Music at all. While I can see the purpose of a
Wikipedia:WikiProject Composers, wouldn't it just be easier to break these into
work groups? I'm slightly disgusted by the raw amount of overlap with projects here and I'm sure this causes confusion for other users as well.
In any event, I've begun rereading Peter Oswald's Glenn Gould: the Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius, so expect some changes to that page in the near future.
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I think the work grouping is a good idea - we could centralize better that way. That part gets a sure nod of approval from me. :)
User:NocturneNoir/Sandbox/Nocturnes Op. 48 (Chopin) is ready for mainspacing on my end. The size requirement has been met. However, I think the article would benefit from more in the lead and possibly more info about the second nocturne (I didn't dig that hard in Google Books and will later when I get a chance). Could you take a look and finalize this for the DYK?
ɳOCTURNEɳOIR(
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I think it's safe to say that this week is probably your last chance to nominate anything for promotion to count in this round, so start planning that all-important final push. Bear in mind that anything not promoted this month will still count in the next round if you go through. It's looking very close in the Wildcards section, so if you don't see yourself there, don't panic—you may not be too far off the pace! GARDEN, iMatthew //
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Spencer (353)
Pool B
Shoemaker's Holiday (873)
Spittlespat (77)
Pool C
Scorpion0422 (788)
Candlewicke (658)
Pool D
ThinkBlue (386)
97198 (360)
Pool E
Sasata (581)
X! (215)
Pool F
Bedford (331)
the_ed17 (313)
Pool G
Sunderland06 (228)
Ceranthor (183)
Pool H
Juliancolton (632)
Dendodge (219)
Pool I
Durova (1932)
Theleftorium (1060)
Pool J
Mitchazenia (1167)
Matthewedwards (695)
Wildcards
Useight (648)
Paxse (468)
Rlevse (290)
J Milburn (288)
Climie.ca (262)
Catalan (255)
Rambo's Revenge (241)
Tinucherian (159)
Ottava Rima (159)
PeterSymonds (127)
Neurolysis (108)
WereSpielChequers (107)
NapHit (100)
All scores are accurate as of 12:12, 15 March 2009 (UTC).
Contestants in italics are just behind the wildcards.
Ha ha, the way the testing is shaking things up, it might be won by someone along the likes of Jenson or Rubens! If I wasn't such a die-hard Ferrari fan, BRAWN GP ALL THE WAY! Blooded Edge (
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Chubb: Have fun, then! Which reminds me of the Turkish Grand Prix article you asked me to c/e - I can't understand half of it. Mind clearing up a few sentences when you have the time?
Aww, thanks Pianista. I look forward to seeing you get back from your wikibreak in sound condition. (oh yeah, congrats Chubb, quite an achievment there!)
bloodededge Sign/Talk19:35, 17 March 2009 (UTC)reply
/facepalm, I completely forgot about St. Patrick's Day! Have fun all you Irish fellas out there. Anyway, moving on. To be fair, I usually change my signature ever few weeks/months depending on what kind of mood I'm in. It will probably be gone by the end of the week lol.
bloodededge Sign/Talk19:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Chubb: I just meant that I can't make heads or tails of most of the sentences here at. It's a bit too arcane, perhaps, for someone outside F1 to understand. I wouldn't trust myself with c/e-ing it now, since I might reword a few phrases the wrong way.
I would appreciate it, though, if you could try and clarify some paragraphs there. Please? :)
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Icy //
♫21:58, 22 March 2009 (UTC)reply
In detail, it's the opposite of active voice. For example, "The cat ate the mouse" is in active voice. Passive would be "The mouse was eaten by the cat." At 1047, you have a lot of "was drawn up" and "was written." If you could add a subject towards the front of these phrases, that would be great. —La Pianista♫ ♪03:12, 25 March 2009 (UTC)reply
What a brilliant finale to Round 1. With so little in it it was always going to be a tight contest, particularly in the all-important wildcard places. Congratulations to all those who have made it to Round 2, an commiserations to all who have been eliminated. I hope you continue to contribute as fully as you have been in the tournament, if not better!
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Well, yeah. Things are a bit crazy here today; just take a look at the main page. It started with
this discussion (which someone later removed from that page and brought us back to this world), and then
this, and finally
this. There's probably a lot more happening, but this are the most ridiculous ones. Chamal :
Chat 12:44, 1 April 2009 (UTC)reply
Indeed. Queenie, one would think you have been disillusioned by your years of IE usage. There is no cabal, except in the imaginations of the puny. Pianista :
Chat 04:21, 2 April 2009 (UTC)reply
IMHO, don't expect respect. Try to earn it, but don't expect to get it all the time. When you get into a conflict with a user more experienced than you, he is naturally going to have the upper edge. That has nothing to do with you, it's just how things work here and in this world. The gravity of the problem depends on how you take it too. Either you go "OMG accusation!" or you can go "Oh wow, opportunity for improvement" (at least that's the way I see it, but I might be weird). It's always good to make sure that you leave no chance for others to see a fault in the way you act. Anyway, problem here seems to be about re-reverting without discussing first. Looks to me like both parties have missed that point and started arguing about some edit notice and respected editors. Discussion should have been about the edit and why it was reverted and the reason that no discussion was needed for it, and not about the accusation or each other's faults :(
Chamaltalk00:24, 3 April 2009 (UTC)reply
Indeed. Chamal's right. I can say no more; if I did, it would only be a pointless reiteration. Take what he said to heart, Chubby. —La Pianista♫ ♪03:14, 3 April 2009 (UTC)reply
Happy La Pianista's Day!
La Pianista has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, so I've officially declared today as
La Pianista's Day! For being an excellent user who is dedicated to the English Wikipedia, enjoy being the star of the day, dear La Pianista!
After all the humor I've seen surround you, I couldn't help but give this to you. Your track record as a great contributor and excellent adoptee isn't too bad, either. :) Dylan620 :
Chat 00:17, 2 April 2009 (UTC)reply
What in the name of...?! I can't even thank you guys enough. Dylan! Chamal! Eddie! What is this for? I haven't done anything awesome recently. —La Pianista♫ ♪05:00, 2 April 2009 (UTC)reply
Haven't done anything awesome recently other than being awesome... Look, you're awesome if we say so. If you complain you will be taken to ANI or someplace (yeah, I know April1 is over, but the mood's still there. Which reminds me I have to change my sig again). BTW, how many people declare awesome Wikipedians? Biblio, Rlevse, Dylan... Chamal :
Chat 11:20, 2 April 2009 (UTC)reply
Oh, gosh, you've even changed your sig, LM? Srsly. I'm blushing now. You people. :P
Thanks ever so much Dylan. I was far from expecting something like this. (And I would insert a humble rant here, if it were not for the apparent way it ticks you fellas off whenever I do that. But then, if it annoys you, I should...) —La Pianista♫ ♪03:07, 3 April 2009 (UTC)reply
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The start of Round 2 has been in some respects an explosive one, with one user in particular almost in the triple figures after just a week. There are obviously contestants with no points or very few, but as it is so early in the round this can probably be excused. Keep it up everyone!
Note that due to unforeseen circumstances, Mitchazenia has been eliminated from the contest. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
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Ottava Rima (30)
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Matthewedwards (22)
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Before my rant, I'd like to make a couple of things clear. Don't worry, it's not dangerous to read. :) I've pledged not to defer compliments because it is, to be frank, annoying. In real life, as matter of fact, I'm tired of getting scolded for denying compliments. So, for once, I thank you, Eddie for the note, and Panda for your help! Beautiful article, as Ed has said.
However. Panda, why did you do that?! I don't need that nom. I barely touched the article four times. Anyone looking through the history can see that. I don't mean to be ungrateful, as I am very happy with the DYK. But please. I find it unsettling that I am taking credit for something to which I hardly contributed. It is not for the points - it's for my own conscience. From now on, whenever you are starting any "Nocturnes" articles, I wish not to take the credit unless I wrote up a section or two.
This may make you mad, and though provoking that might bring me regret somewhat, at least I have said what I believe. I am not playing the humble card, and I am certainly not trying to be artificially sweet or deferential. I'm simply speaking my mind. :) —La Pianista♫ ♪22:25, 8 April 2009 (UTC)reply
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Aw, Eddie, you shouldn't! Congrats on that article, but there is no way that my work is "invaluable" or "irreplaceable." Icy could have done a better job, and surely plenty of other c/e-rs out there could do the work faster, better, and...politer(?). Just thank me simply, if at all - it's nothing that merits any special treatment, hon. :) —
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Hi Guys! Well it's Thehelpfulone's first time properly looking at the scores as he made this newsletter and he's impressed on how much work you have all done. It's a shame to say that
RyanCross has withdrawn from the Cup. We have almost hit 200 DYKs, not far off from 100 GA's and
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Catalan (254)
Pool B
Shoemaker's Holiday (419)
La Pianista (66)
Pool C
Scorpion0422 (530)
Candlewicke (502)
Pool D
97198 (240)
ThinkBlue (141)
Pool E
Sasata (412)
X! (211)
Pool F
Bedford (284)
the_ed17 (169)
Pool G
Sunderland06 (157)
Ceranthor (137)
Pool H
Juliancolton (582)
Tinucherian (110)
Pool I
Durova (1347)
Theleftorium (840)
Pool J
Mitchazenia (779)
Matthewedwards (503)
Wildcards
Useight (396)
Bedford (284)
Catalan (254)
97198 (240)
Spencer (238)
Climie.ca (234)
J Milburn (216)
X! (211)
the_ed17 (169)
Sunderland06 (157)
All scores are accurate as of 17:15, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Why do some people devote themselves to deleting userpages when they could add to the encyclopdia. They have no need. Unless smething is harmful to people who don't want it then why delete it?
Chubbennaitor18:50, 23 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Every person finds different things to their liking. I like adding to articles about old warships,
J.delanoy loves to Huggle, La Pianista likes to copyedit (and occasionally contribute real stuff :P),
Icy likes to copyedit and contribute to cloud-related articles, and
MZMcBride likes to delete stale IP talk pages. Everyone has their niche that they like to be in—for example, don't ask me to Huggle, because simply editing isn't fun for me...it's the research behind ship classes and the finding of a good source that makes me love to contribute. Finding out why x class of ships was designed a certain way intrigues me. Working within MILHIST and reviewing articles isn't quite as fun, but reading the articles I review teaches me stuff, and it's the learning from researching and reading that keeps me here. Otherwise, I would have left lonnnng ago. :) —Ed 17(Talk /
Contribs)20:10, 23 February 2009 (UTC)reply
(@ Icy) - I love you. <3 :) Really, it's not that hard to review article, especially when you go through just looking for prose problems (don't have to know anything about the topic!). :)
(@ Julian) - not really...they are just in backwards chronological order on
the page. Just pick one (or three :-)))) that you think would be interesting to review...we just need reviews period. :/ 27 are on there, I think!
Meaning, of course, that I'll try one or two and see how it goes. (Oh, and I do believe you love too many people. Love that is rare is love that is cherished - treasure is treasure due to its elusiveness. :P) —
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It's more than adequate. Love you all! (well, not Julian....!) Anything helps...PR and A-class are both backlogged there. :( So many people are starting to use that A-class review page, it's scary (but also good!). There aren't so many PR requests, but that's prolly because they sit there for a month and garner only one, maybe two, reviews. :/ So, if you wanted somethingto do that was quick in your limited spurts on, milhist PRs could call your name if you want.... ;)
Yes, I will miss teh big blue Pianista, but it's for a good cause. I'm planning to take it up too. Oh, and your editnotice is still blue, by the way. ;)
QueenieTalk16:44, 24 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Why are articles under MySpace categories deleted? They don't destroy the encyclopedia. As long as they aren't offensive and open to the public then the problem is... If the user devotes themselves to the MySpace then they should be deleted. Only then.
Chubbennaitor16:55, 24 February 2009 (UTC)reply
(@ Ed, Queeneh): Yeah, I was thinking the same. Perhaps one of you (:D) can design a new one for me? Not too colorful please - and I would like to maintain the "Dolce ma non troppo" part (meaning "Sweetly, but not too much.").
(@ Chubb): MySpacey pages are disruptive. They detract from the real purpose of the project - writing articles. They aren't blatantly harmful, like vandalizing and POV-pushing are, but they can be distracting. Users who wish to use Wikipedia as MySpace should, well, look to MySpace. /
La PianistaDolce, ma non troppo17:02, 24 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Aaaaie! --Pwitty user page :D, Ice loves grey color schemes and her page sucks but she likes it that way anyways! Sry Ed, I had to hop off computer really soon yesterday, will try and look at more today.
Icy //
♫20:09, 24 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Aaaaie! You are excited aren't you, considering that you are talking in run-on like I am right now. breathe...
Yes, but isn't it even more pointless to go round deleting them. I'm sorry. I stated that as soon as they get too distracting then I agree they should go on that users' pages. It doesn't affet anyone. What's wrong with this place being too myspacy. As long as we have users who contribute to the encyclopedia then the problem is...
Chubbennaitor20:41, 24 February 2009 (UTC)reply
affect ;)
An element of myspacey-ness is kind of unavoidable when you've got on your hands an enthusiastic community full of people who inevitably are going to make friendships. Even if it doesn't directly affect the project, it's going to distract from the focus. We can't have users running around the community who do nothing but chat all day - not that we have any, I'm just saying - though I stick around and talktalktalk, I pretend to make up for it by doing minor rewrites and copy-editing whatever I can. If pages that have nothing to do with the project pop up all over the project, then it's not Wikipedia anymore. And we can't have that on our hands, either.
Icy //
♫20:45, 24 February 2009 (UTC)reply
@ Queenie - they're good, but I was thinking of some color schemes.
@ LM5 - Thanks, but the colors are a little too shocking, and the font is a bit unlike me. Besides, my page already looks like
EVula's - I don't want to adopt the double-slashes, either. :)
We have 31 days left, just one month left in the first round. The first two months have already produced spectacular results, and we're hoping to see a great race to the end of the round. Get those nominations in for them to count for this round, but remember that any nominations that are not promoted before the end of this round, will still count for round two if you make it. We unfortunately had another contestant, What!?Why?Who?, withdraw this week and we wish them the best.
We saw some big jumps in content upgrades this week! We saw 33 new good articles, 3 new featured articles and lists, 8 featured pictures, 5 featured sounds, and 24 did you know items. (Also note, there are 111 good articles and 222 did you know items as of this newsletter). Keep it up during the final push to round two. GARDEN, iMatthew //
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Paxse (454)
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Catalan (254)
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When is it coming up? You know, I felt angry and bitter enough that I could kick to the curb even the
good humor man but I fear you might be too much for my defenses.
Hello. This subject has been brought up before (see
this for one of multiple examples). Just FYI :-) If this is over something that I'm not aware of, feel free to ignore me.
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♫22:32, 2 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Yes. Let's say at some indefinite point in the future, shall we? A little beyond the horizon for now; I'm not so sure I'd fare well if I started as is, honestly.
Inch by inch...... I'm closing in...... you better watch out..... MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (choke gasp wheeze cough cough cough) HAHAHAHAHAHA............ --
Spittlespat23:51, 5 March 2009 (UTC) (oh darn I forgot.... stupid sig. it always blows my cover!!! @#$%!!!)reply
And hey. None of you guys have ever done any article favors for me! (Except Icy, but she's interested, so that doesn't count). You have to be bored in what I'm writing to feel the same pains. :P —La PianistaSpeak ·
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Just wanted to stop by and say thanks for your contributions. I've seen you around for a while now, and really support your adminship. -download |
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Hi, just wanted to drop a note that I've begun work on the revamp. I've reworked
Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical music/Assessment and I have a modified version of the Project's mainpage at
my sandbox, but I had a few quick questions first. Is it just me, or is the existence of the
Wikipedia:WikiProject Contemporary music kind of pointless? I'm moderately annoyed that
Glenn Gould isn't even rated under Classical Music at all. While I can see the purpose of a
Wikipedia:WikiProject Composers, wouldn't it just be easier to break these into
work groups? I'm slightly disgusted by the raw amount of overlap with projects here and I'm sure this causes confusion for other users as well.
In any event, I've begun rereading Peter Oswald's Glenn Gould: the Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius, so expect some changes to that page in the near future.
ɳOCTURNEɳOIR(
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I think the work grouping is a good idea - we could centralize better that way. That part gets a sure nod of approval from me. :)
User:NocturneNoir/Sandbox/Nocturnes Op. 48 (Chopin) is ready for mainspacing on my end. The size requirement has been met. However, I think the article would benefit from more in the lead and possibly more info about the second nocturne (I didn't dig that hard in Google Books and will later when I get a chance). Could you take a look and finalize this for the DYK?
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I think it's safe to say that this week is probably your last chance to nominate anything for promotion to count in this round, so start planning that all-important final push. Bear in mind that anything not promoted this month will still count in the next round if you go through. It's looking very close in the Wildcards section, so if you don't see yourself there, don't panic—you may not be too far off the pace! GARDEN, iMatthew //
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Paxse (468)
Rlevse (290)
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Climie.ca (262)
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PeterSymonds (127)
Neurolysis (108)
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NapHit (100)
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Ha ha, the way the testing is shaking things up, it might be won by someone along the likes of Jenson or Rubens! If I wasn't such a die-hard Ferrari fan, BRAWN GP ALL THE WAY! Blooded Edge (
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Chubb: Have fun, then! Which reminds me of the Turkish Grand Prix article you asked me to c/e - I can't understand half of it. Mind clearing up a few sentences when you have the time?
Aww, thanks Pianista. I look forward to seeing you get back from your wikibreak in sound condition. (oh yeah, congrats Chubb, quite an achievment there!)
bloodededge Sign/Talk19:35, 17 March 2009 (UTC)reply
/facepalm, I completely forgot about St. Patrick's Day! Have fun all you Irish fellas out there. Anyway, moving on. To be fair, I usually change my signature ever few weeks/months depending on what kind of mood I'm in. It will probably be gone by the end of the week lol.
bloodededge Sign/Talk19:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Chubb: I just meant that I can't make heads or tails of most of the sentences here at. It's a bit too arcane, perhaps, for someone outside F1 to understand. I wouldn't trust myself with c/e-ing it now, since I might reword a few phrases the wrong way.
I would appreciate it, though, if you could try and clarify some paragraphs there. Please? :)
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Icy //
♫21:58, 22 March 2009 (UTC)reply
In detail, it's the opposite of active voice. For example, "The cat ate the mouse" is in active voice. Passive would be "The mouse was eaten by the cat." At 1047, you have a lot of "was drawn up" and "was written." If you could add a subject towards the front of these phrases, that would be great. —La Pianista♫ ♪03:12, 25 March 2009 (UTC)reply
What a brilliant finale to Round 1. With so little in it it was always going to be a tight contest, particularly in the all-important wildcard places. Congratulations to all those who have made it to Round 2, an commiserations to all who have been eliminated. I hope you continue to contribute as fully as you have been in the tournament, if not better!
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Well, yeah. Things are a bit crazy here today; just take a look at the main page. It started with
this discussion (which someone later removed from that page and brought us back to this world), and then
this, and finally
this. There's probably a lot more happening, but this are the most ridiculous ones. Chamal :
Chat 12:44, 1 April 2009 (UTC)reply
Indeed. Queenie, one would think you have been disillusioned by your years of IE usage. There is no cabal, except in the imaginations of the puny. Pianista :
Chat 04:21, 2 April 2009 (UTC)reply
IMHO, don't expect respect. Try to earn it, but don't expect to get it all the time. When you get into a conflict with a user more experienced than you, he is naturally going to have the upper edge. That has nothing to do with you, it's just how things work here and in this world. The gravity of the problem depends on how you take it too. Either you go "OMG accusation!" or you can go "Oh wow, opportunity for improvement" (at least that's the way I see it, but I might be weird). It's always good to make sure that you leave no chance for others to see a fault in the way you act. Anyway, problem here seems to be about re-reverting without discussing first. Looks to me like both parties have missed that point and started arguing about some edit notice and respected editors. Discussion should have been about the edit and why it was reverted and the reason that no discussion was needed for it, and not about the accusation or each other's faults :(
Chamaltalk00:24, 3 April 2009 (UTC)reply
Indeed. Chamal's right. I can say no more; if I did, it would only be a pointless reiteration. Take what he said to heart, Chubby. —La Pianista♫ ♪03:14, 3 April 2009 (UTC)reply
Happy La Pianista's Day!
La Pianista has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, so I've officially declared today as
La Pianista's Day! For being an excellent user who is dedicated to the English Wikipedia, enjoy being the star of the day, dear La Pianista!
After all the humor I've seen surround you, I couldn't help but give this to you. Your track record as a great contributor and excellent adoptee isn't too bad, either. :) Dylan620 :
Chat 00:17, 2 April 2009 (UTC)reply
What in the name of...?! I can't even thank you guys enough. Dylan! Chamal! Eddie! What is this for? I haven't done anything awesome recently. —La Pianista♫ ♪05:00, 2 April 2009 (UTC)reply
Haven't done anything awesome recently other than being awesome... Look, you're awesome if we say so. If you complain you will be taken to ANI or someplace (yeah, I know April1 is over, but the mood's still there. Which reminds me I have to change my sig again). BTW, how many people declare awesome Wikipedians? Biblio, Rlevse, Dylan... Chamal :
Chat 11:20, 2 April 2009 (UTC)reply
Oh, gosh, you've even changed your sig, LM? Srsly. I'm blushing now. You people. :P
Thanks ever so much Dylan. I was far from expecting something like this. (And I would insert a humble rant here, if it were not for the apparent way it ticks you fellas off whenever I do that. But then, if it annoys you, I should...) —La Pianista♫ ♪03:07, 3 April 2009 (UTC)reply
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Before my rant, I'd like to make a couple of things clear. Don't worry, it's not dangerous to read. :) I've pledged not to defer compliments because it is, to be frank, annoying. In real life, as matter of fact, I'm tired of getting scolded for denying compliments. So, for once, I thank you, Eddie for the note, and Panda for your help! Beautiful article, as Ed has said.
However. Panda, why did you do that?! I don't need that nom. I barely touched the article four times. Anyone looking through the history can see that. I don't mean to be ungrateful, as I am very happy with the DYK. But please. I find it unsettling that I am taking credit for something to which I hardly contributed. It is not for the points - it's for my own conscience. From now on, whenever you are starting any "Nocturnes" articles, I wish not to take the credit unless I wrote up a section or two.
This may make you mad, and though provoking that might bring me regret somewhat, at least I have said what I believe. I am not playing the humble card, and I am certainly not trying to be artificially sweet or deferential. I'm simply speaking my mind. :) —La Pianista♫ ♪22:25, 8 April 2009 (UTC)reply