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Thanks for helping with the Foley Square trial article ... any improvements you can make are welcome. -- Noleander ( talk) 19:48, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi!
Thank you so much for taking this on! Best Regards, Sodacan ( talk) 03:34, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for taking the time to do such a thorough review on Talk:Foley Square trial/GA1. I've fixed all of the concerns I could. Would you mind going thru my replies and see if there are any remaining issues I need to take care of? Thanks. -- Noleander ( talk) 21:07, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
If you have time, I'd like to go over the concerns you mentioned in your review. I've been working on addressing the majority, but I would like to ask some questions about a few. Let me know when and where we can continue this conversation, thank you. Davejohnsan ( talk) 00:35, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
The Mormon article is undergoing a GA review, and has been put on hold to deal with concerns. More details at Talk:Mormons/GA1. Your input would be valued. SilkTork ✔Tea time 14:51, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
On 28 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bayshore Boulevard, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Tampa, Florida, is worried that the poorly paved Bayshore Boulevard will make a bad impression on TV when the Republican Convention is held there in August 2012? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bayshore Boulevard.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Hi again, I see you have been keeping pretty busy lately. Thanks for your help on Elias Abraham Rosenberg thus far, I got some help looking for sources and was able to add a bit to the article. If you have time/interest, feel free to check over the article again and/or weigh in at the peer review. Thanks! (totally not urgent, take your time) Mark Arsten ( talk) 20:08, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you so much for all the work you did for the Grand Palace article. The task was monumental and you carried it out with great diligence and skill. Thank you! Sodacan ( talk) 02:33, 29 January 2012 (UTC) |
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thanks for your interest on Folk Singer. You have a the Robert Palmer book, could you search why Willie Smith did not play on that album, but drummer Francis Clay? And why was bassist Jimmy Lee Morris replaced with Willie Dixon and Milton Rector? At the moment, the background section has too much unnecessary details, so it would be great if your book has this information. Thanks.-- ♫GoP♫ T C N 16:31, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
So those songs weren't all recorded at the same time with the same personnel. As you probably know, Muddy's bands were ever shifting. And there are many recordings on which the personnel is disputed or unclear. I've never read anywhere that he "had" to accept another guitarist. He always had at least one more guitarist, like Jimmy Rogers, Buddy Guy and Johnny Winter in the 1970s.
Hope this helps. MathewTownsend ( talk) 18:04, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
But there appears to be a bug in checklinks with regards to finding youtube links that are dead. The two that were tagged at death panel weren't dead. If you get a chance, maybe that could be reported. If not, I can do it later. You can reply here I'll put it your talk on my watchlist thanks. Jesanj ( talk) 19:59, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Not sure if you can take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sportsfan5000/Adam_Windsor I am trying to get someone to help edit it that knows a little about professional wrestling, but more than anything is a good editor and article reviewer. I am myself not great at using wikipedia, so not sure if you can help, or at least put me in touch with someone that can help?-- Sportsfan5000 ( talk) 02:48, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the help and also the review. I will continue to try and find people to help the article to get better. Would you be able to publish the article for me to the main article space (Adam Windsor) and also redirect (Adam Bryniarski) to it? I would much rather an administrator get it published and then it can keep on being worked on from there. I have looked at many articles on pro wrestlers now and this is far more in depth and has a lot more references and citations than a lot of them. Any reason why the article would have been deleted previously should be completly covered by now with all of the major edits and if I can find people to help me keep adding to it then I think it will keep going really well. Let me know if this is possible. Thanks for all your help! Sportsfan5000 ( talk) 01:05, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for moving it. Is there anyway that you can also help me get rid of the speedy deletion? I have contested it, however I think I need more help from someone than knows about speedy deletions. Compared to when this article was first deleted there are numerous improvments and I am also requesting help from the sources that you suggested to work on the article. Sportsfan5000 ( talk) 02:07, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
I read your comment, if you could help me move it back into my userspace I will continue working on it from there. I personally can't see why it doesn't fit the citation and reference guidline, however I will keep on searching for editors to help me get it to where it needs to be. Like you said, it may be better that I work on it from there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sportsfan5000 ( talk • contribs) 02:35, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
HI. Thank you for this. Jivesh1205 ( Talk) 06:57, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
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Meh no need to be. I thought it was cool I was recommended, it means I'm doing something right. I do have a request though, I'm working on the TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament in a subpage. I wish to add an infobox but I can't seem to find a directory to any that would fit the subject matter. Do you have any answers?-- Will C 19:32, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mathew. Thank you for offering a review of Doc Adams. I responded to your comments at Talk:Doc Adams/GA1 and did quite a bit of editing to the article. Please let me know if anything else needs to be done for GA standards to be met. Giants2008 ( Talk) 18:04, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:14, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I see that you're making quite a few edits on WP:GAN to try to correct bot errors. The bot gets all its information from the GAN template on the nominated article's talk page. If something isn't coming out right, it should be corrected on the article talk page, not the GAN page. – Muboshgu ( talk) 19:50, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mathew. Just though I would let you know that you can't change the bot by changing the WP:GAN page. You need to alter the template on the reviewed articles talk page. Moving the note parameter should have fixed FLIP. [2]
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I've fixed the dead link. oyasumi ( talk) 19:21, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the review, however it was the wrong one. It should have been Dan Leno - the article. I cant think why I added this instead. I will be adding Dan Leno tomorrow at some stage. -- Cassianto ( talk) 01:12, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks Matthew, it took me 4 noms but it finally did it. It was a pleasant surprise to get on today and see it had been moved over. Now I just got 11 more to go.-- Will C 04:57, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for the copyedits! :) Theleftorium (talk) 11:45, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mathew, I've made the changes discussed in the GA review, and I think the article is ready for you to take another look at it again. Cheers, Lemurbaby ( talk) 13:58, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks oyasumi! It was a pleasure. MathewTownsend ( talk) 17:27, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
What copyright issues are you talking about? Most of the so called "copying" are from quotes that have been duly referenced. So how can you fail a GA Review? Let other editors decide that. Having said that, if there are some copyright issues, then a copy edit can surely be done. But failing an article is not the answer. smaro! 04:28, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Cinebasti is not a reliable source. I have written the entire article myself, especially the two sections that have been labelled as a copyvio. Cinebasti has lifted the article directly from the Wikipedia page and not the opposite.
Thanks.
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Hi, Mathew, this is just to let you know that in defending myself at AN/I, I mentioned your name (as one of the victims of the mass revert by User:Montanabw). I hope and trust I mentioned you only in a neutral or positive light. Sorry about this, best regards. Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 21:39, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
"This was originally nominated due to stability issues, but the nominator [JLAN] was partly responsible for causing the instability...As this looks like a disruptive nomination and no solid arguments for delisting are presented I am closing it as keep." My timing was poor, but someone needs to look at this fellow. Montanabw (talk) 00:55, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
I've asked Worm to help us sort this out, but he's going home for the day. So let's give it a rest for 24 hours. If what I've posted makes no sense to you and you refuse to accept my apology as it sits, I've done all I can do. Maybe Worm can sort it out, he seems like a good egg. I'm not evil. I wish you understood that. Montanabw (talk) 17:17, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
I've decided to nominate the image we discussed at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hadji Ali if you wish to participate. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 06:28, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, Mathew Townsend. I know you have been very busy, but when you have time could you revisit your GA review on this article? Kierzek and I are at an impasse as we do not know what you think is still missing from the lead in particular and from the article in general. Thank you. -- Dianna ( talk) 05:36, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mathew, this article provides some detail on one of the cancer drugs derived from the Madagascar periwinkle: Vincristine Lemurbaby ( talk) 03:34, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mathew, this is just to let you know that I have uploaded a restored version of the image nominated at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hadji Ali. This notice is being delivered to you as you previously voted / commented at the nomination page. BTW, I will be pretty busy this week (moving house) so I'm not sure if I can do much at the Signpost. Saturday hopefully I can get it started if you haven't yet. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 09:30, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
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Do you still want this to go through a community reassessment? These are the current changes since the green dot was added and it looks stable enough judging from the talk page and article history. AIRcorn (talk) 04:10, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
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Sorry you walked into a mine-field at the pig GAN, but don't hold that against Dana (or myself or any other Wikiproject Equine editors). Most of us really don't like conflict or dealing with it, and would love for you to continue to review our articles. (Although I think I'll point out you probably want to stay away from my pre-1066 bishop articles... (grins)). I should have a pile of bishops and horse stuff going up at GAN in the next few days... you're input is always always welcome! Ealdgyth - Talk 16:26, 17 February 2012 (UTC) |
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I have asked User:Trust Is All You Need for an interview this week as s/he has done much work on Soviet politics. I will be in Bali for a seminar until Friday, so I don't know how much internet time I'll have. I've already started the page. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 07:22, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
As I stated at Maggie's talk page, it is inappropriate to continue conversation there. You should not have replied on her talk page. This is concerning. As a WMF staff member, she is restricted by law to participate or even look at the content. Mathew, I am uncomfortable with your manner of reviewing the article. The assumptions and accusations have been inappropriate. Ask questions. Don't accuse. I never stated that your review is being made in bad faith. I stated that your opening remark was made in bad faith and inappropriate. You didn't ask me if I wrote it off-wiki, but you asked me where it came from. And no, the article didn't spring into life on February 10, but in July, as I told you. You could have also checked the date yourself. There is a better way of communicating your concerns. As far as the Signpost, I never rely on the Signpost for interpretation of policy or guidelines, but review them directly. The Signpost is merely opinion of various editors. I would recommend that you review and point to policy and guidelines directly with editors, rather than point to the Signpost.
You stated on Moonriddengirl's talk page that you "pointed out this instance of odd language in the review: "The family lived financially conservative, yet never seemed to run out of money by the third week of the month, due to his mother's talent at stretching a meal." I asked what you meant by "lived financially conservative" combined with the "yet never seemed to run out of money" - the two clauses seem to clash, and "lived financially conservative" isn't really grammatical. I suggested alternatives and asked what you meant. You refused to change the wording and the odd language remains in the article.
The above statement is completely lacking in reality.
In reality, you questioned the content, "The family was rather conservative, with neither parent developing a habit of smoking or drinking." Changing it to "The family was rather conservative. Neither parent developing a habit of smoking or drinking." The first version when stating "rather conservative" was qualified with "neither parent developing a habit of smoking or drinking." Your change introduced additionally introduced an incomplete sentence. That said, I completely revised the content to "The family lived financially conservative, yet never seemed to run out of money by the third week of the month, due to his mother's talent at stretching a meal. Her son's favorite dish was a casserole using a mixture of onions, celery, rice, and mushroom soup over ground beef," since you were uncomfortable with it. The term "lived financially conservative" is grammatically correct.
I appreciate Derrick's contributions and manner of interaction. If you are unable to function without continually referring to your mentor, you may want to reconsider your involvement in the GA process. Again, while I welcome your participation, if you are uncomfortable or unable to proceed, please consider requesting an official second opinion. Best regards, Cind. amuse (Cindy) 23:09, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
I seen that the review failed because of multiple lists? There are multiple lists because either; they fall under different categories shops, theaters, rides. or they are ride lists that are located is separate sections of the park. how do you suggest that the list should be re-organized to meet a pass?-- Nickvet419 ( talk) 21:40, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
moin Mathew, thanks for your great contributions to the upcoming news and notes :). i proposed to combine the two current main stories, because they are heavily interlinked and (hopefully) there is some additional stuff to be added later. please take a look, regards -- Jan eissfeldt ( talk) 09:58, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I've noticed U're a very avid GA reviewer and we've come across in some of those. I am very impressed with your work and I would like you to take a moment to check this article: Don 2 for any copy vio and WP:MoS problems. Thanks :D -- Meryam90 ( talk) 10:02, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi again, I was wondering if you'd be interested/have time to read over William S. Sadler and point out any obvious issues you can see. It was just passed as a Good Article, but there may be some lingering prose issues. It's a pretty interesting case, not as over the top as Hensley though. Speaking of whom, the Featured Article nomination for Hensley got archived over the weekend--they do that if there are no supports for three weeks (even if there are no opposes. Thanks for all your help on it, we'll probably renominate in a few weeks. Mark Arsten ( talk) 21:32, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Apologies Mathew, I think I may have edit-conflicted with you on News and notes just now. Pleas feel free to re-add any changes still needed. Cheers, Skomorokh 21:45, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Matthew, the above is now listed as a FAN. Are you in a position to give it a review? I would love to know your thoughts on it having improved it further... (Oh! and I'm also keen to shake off the embarrassment at having submitted the discog a few weeks ago). All the best! -- Cassianto ( talk)
Hi, I left you a comment on the signpost talk. There are several ways that individual editors have a voice into what the WMF does. Comments on and getting involved in specific initiatives (software features, programs, etc) are always important; you can follow specific RfCs on meta (for instance the recent terms of service, or this funding discussion); if you are truly interested in foundation affairs you can join foundation-l; and we are trying to make it easier to submit proposals for fellowships, grants etc so that individuals can sway what directions are focused on in these areas. There is also a proposal on the table to open up funding review decisions for the whole of Wikimedia to a community-based committee. There is always room for improvement and ideas like this; the main problem is it can be hard to keep up (but I recommend the WMF monthly reports if you are curious what the WMF does). Regardless... the WMF tries hard to keep the perspective of individual editors in mind, and many of us come from the editing community. -- phoebe / ( talk to me) 21:19, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
Perhaps a different poster, if possible. I'd much rather not have pictures of the Klan Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:25, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
I wasn't sure if you wanted to be involved in this or not, so i'm a little late in informing you, but there is a new peer review up for Cracker Barrel that is focused on the FA criteria. If there's anything you think could be improved in the article, feel free to let me know in the peer review. Silver seren C 19:32, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mathew,
I've just posted the article on Prime Minister
Rainilaiarivony, husband of the last three queens of Madagascar, at FAC
here. Your comments would be helpful. Although it's a level four Vital Article, I suspect the PM's name alone is going to put a lot of people off from looking at this and offering their supports or opposes! Cheers,
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Thanks to all of you who have commented on the New Page Triage talkpage. If you haven't had a chance yet, check it out; we're discussing some pretty interesting ideas, both from the Foundation and the community, and moving towards implementing quite a few of them :).
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Do you mind, I'm still working on it. Paul MacDermott ( talk) 20:07, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Some good news on the Irish Times link. Somebody managed to find the original article, though I'm not sure how he actually did it. I've also managed to archive it with WebCite. Viewing it seems to work best for me via Chrome as I can't get it to focus in Explorer. Was getting a bit vexed the other day wondering why nobody else could see it apart from me, but at least it's there now. :) Paul MacDermott ( talk) 13:06, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Do you think Maria Ulfah Santoso would be worth nominating for GA? It's fairly well developed. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 15:05, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
So, how did we do on the Sacrifice copyedit? Do you think the prose shines yet? It's good to have backup like that when I'm copyediting, thanks. Mark Arsten ( talk) 01:39, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, Dave recommended you for asking questions about Good Article criteria and quality. Do you have the time to give a quick opinion on this article i have been working on? Thanks Jenova 20 16:32, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks to everyone who attended our first office hours session; the logs can be found here, if you missed it, and we should be holding a second one on Thursday, 22 March 2012 at 18:00 UTC in #wikimedia-office. I hope to see you all there :).
In the meantime, I have greatly expanded the details available at Wikipedia:New Page Triage: there's a lot more info about precisely what we're planning. If you have ideas, and they aren't listed there, bring them up and I'll pass them on to the developers for consideration in the second sprint. And if you know anyone who might be interested in contributing, send them there too!
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Sorry for the radio silence, guys :). I just wanted to let you know that we're planning on starting a new round of hand coding, which you can sign up for here. This will be the final round (honest!), and is basically because we found some really interesting results from the last round that blew our collective mind. It's important to check that they weren't a fluke, though, and so a bit more work is needed.
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Thanks for supplying some feedback at Wikipedia:Peer review/Foley Square trial/archive2. I'm planning on nominating this article for WP:FA status soon, and I'd like to resolve all open issues before I start the nomination process. I posed a couple of questions for you at Wikipedia:Peer review/Foley Square trial/archive2, so I can get more guidance on the steps that need to be taken ... could you take a look and reply? Thanks. -- Noleander ( talk) 18:36, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for your (extremely patient!) review of that article Mathew. Have a nice day, Steven Walling • talk 16:33, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
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There was a little database maintenance - that may have been the cause of your problems, although it wasn't suppose to affect anybody. - Jarry1250 Deliberation needed 20:25, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
If you want to nominate File:Condesa de chinchon.jpg, feel free. I'll support. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 01:02, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
For all the copyediting on Hensley. The FAC seems to be going better this time... I just reviewed Georg Solti at FAC, it was brilliantly written--made me realize how much lot of the writing around here could be improved. Mark Arsten ( talk) 01:23, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
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I was trying to show how the film is historically significant. Note how in all our previous signpost articles we have included historical context. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 13:19, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
(od) The write ups for FA and FLs aren't finished. I just started them so they are not complete. MathewTownsend ( talk) 14:46, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
The Bolo article looks nice. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 01:04, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
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moin Mathew, thanks for your help. as always really appreciated and in this week, were we have to manage without ResMa, especially. i would like to look at two questions:
1) why are the bid by volunteers to hold the wikimania 2013 in naples, as such publicly documented since october last year (and they didn't got backup by the city, the chapter or some sort of institution this week (afaik)), and the wmf jobs, advertised all year round, notable this week?
2) if i'm trying to frame the RfC as the last episode of the wider controversial content debate (the label used for every sub-debate centered around files that are problematic in terms of law, etc. somewhere (not necessarily the U.S.)), a.k.a. "saga", wouldn't it be better to still write _the_ saga and change the second part of the sentence instead? alternatively we could figure out a different terminology.
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Hi Mathew,
Saw your question on the Teahouse Hosts' lounge re: metrics. Wanted to let you know that I just posted them! Let me know if you have any questions, or if there's anything else you want to see. - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 00:17, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I was wondering if I could get your opinion on something. On William S. Sadler and Hiram Wesley Evans I structured the articles more or less the same way, including a section on their views/ideology. Do you think I should leave the views in a separate section or get rid of the "views" section and try to integrate its content into the rest of the article? Mark Arsten ( talk) 14:07, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
One of the best wiki biography writers (mostly political) is Wehwalt. Looking at some of his FAs, he seems to weave beliefs/views in the general narrative, e.g.:
That way the person and his "views" are presented as part of a whole, not separate categories. So I think I would work toward some sort of integration as much as is feasible. Hope this helps. (I'd have to read the articles more closely and see how he does it!) MathewTownsend ( talk) 00:13, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. :) The film is indeed very interesting. Smarojit ( talk) 04:30, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
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No problem on the blurb. Is there a reason why you are not a rollbacker, btw?-- Wehwalt ( talk) 22:48, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
This GA review is now the longest outstanding review at 42 days, and there has been no action on the review in four weeks, with no significant editing to the article itself for longer than that. Can it be concluded in some way? Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 14:06, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
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Do you think we could include The Dog? It seems to draw a strong emotional response Crisco 1492 ( talk) 13:27, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
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We've got a pair of new mockups to comment on that deal with the filtering mechanism; this is a slightly updated mockup of the list view, and this is what the filtering tab is going to look like. All thoughts, comments and suggestions welcome on the NPT talkpage :). I'd also like to thank the people who came to our last two office hours sessions; the logs will be shortly available here.
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Thanks for helping with the Foley Square trial article ... any improvements you can make are welcome. -- Noleander ( talk) 19:48, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you so much for taking this on! Best Regards, Sodacan ( talk) 03:34, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for taking the time to do such a thorough review on Talk:Foley Square trial/GA1. I've fixed all of the concerns I could. Would you mind going thru my replies and see if there are any remaining issues I need to take care of? Thanks. -- Noleander ( talk) 21:07, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
If you have time, I'd like to go over the concerns you mentioned in your review. I've been working on addressing the majority, but I would like to ask some questions about a few. Let me know when and where we can continue this conversation, thank you. Davejohnsan ( talk) 00:35, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
The Mormon article is undergoing a GA review, and has been put on hold to deal with concerns. More details at Talk:Mormons/GA1. Your input would be valued. SilkTork ✔Tea time 14:51, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
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Hi again, I see you have been keeping pretty busy lately. Thanks for your help on Elias Abraham Rosenberg thus far, I got some help looking for sources and was able to add a bit to the article. If you have time/interest, feel free to check over the article again and/or weigh in at the peer review. Thanks! (totally not urgent, take your time) Mark Arsten ( talk) 20:08, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
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hello,
thanks for your interest on Folk Singer. You have a the Robert Palmer book, could you search why Willie Smith did not play on that album, but drummer Francis Clay? And why was bassist Jimmy Lee Morris replaced with Willie Dixon and Milton Rector? At the moment, the background section has too much unnecessary details, so it would be great if your book has this information. Thanks.-- ♫GoP♫ T C N 16:31, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
So those songs weren't all recorded at the same time with the same personnel. As you probably know, Muddy's bands were ever shifting. And there are many recordings on which the personnel is disputed or unclear. I've never read anywhere that he "had" to accept another guitarist. He always had at least one more guitarist, like Jimmy Rogers, Buddy Guy and Johnny Winter in the 1970s.
Hope this helps. MathewTownsend ( talk) 18:04, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
But there appears to be a bug in checklinks with regards to finding youtube links that are dead. The two that were tagged at death panel weren't dead. If you get a chance, maybe that could be reported. If not, I can do it later. You can reply here I'll put it your talk on my watchlist thanks. Jesanj ( talk) 19:59, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Not sure if you can take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sportsfan5000/Adam_Windsor I am trying to get someone to help edit it that knows a little about professional wrestling, but more than anything is a good editor and article reviewer. I am myself not great at using wikipedia, so not sure if you can help, or at least put me in touch with someone that can help?-- Sportsfan5000 ( talk) 02:48, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the help and also the review. I will continue to try and find people to help the article to get better. Would you be able to publish the article for me to the main article space (Adam Windsor) and also redirect (Adam Bryniarski) to it? I would much rather an administrator get it published and then it can keep on being worked on from there. I have looked at many articles on pro wrestlers now and this is far more in depth and has a lot more references and citations than a lot of them. Any reason why the article would have been deleted previously should be completly covered by now with all of the major edits and if I can find people to help me keep adding to it then I think it will keep going really well. Let me know if this is possible. Thanks for all your help! Sportsfan5000 ( talk) 01:05, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for moving it. Is there anyway that you can also help me get rid of the speedy deletion? I have contested it, however I think I need more help from someone than knows about speedy deletions. Compared to when this article was first deleted there are numerous improvments and I am also requesting help from the sources that you suggested to work on the article. Sportsfan5000 ( talk) 02:07, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
I read your comment, if you could help me move it back into my userspace I will continue working on it from there. I personally can't see why it doesn't fit the citation and reference guidline, however I will keep on searching for editors to help me get it to where it needs to be. Like you said, it may be better that I work on it from there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sportsfan5000 ( talk • contribs) 02:35, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
HI. Thank you for this. Jivesh1205 ( Talk) 06:57, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
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Meh no need to be. I thought it was cool I was recommended, it means I'm doing something right. I do have a request though, I'm working on the TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament in a subpage. I wish to add an infobox but I can't seem to find a directory to any that would fit the subject matter. Do you have any answers?-- Will C 19:32, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mathew. Thank you for offering a review of Doc Adams. I responded to your comments at Talk:Doc Adams/GA1 and did quite a bit of editing to the article. Please let me know if anything else needs to be done for GA standards to be met. Giants2008 ( Talk) 18:04, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
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Hi. I see that you're making quite a few edits on WP:GAN to try to correct bot errors. The bot gets all its information from the GAN template on the nominated article's talk page. If something isn't coming out right, it should be corrected on the article talk page, not the GAN page. – Muboshgu ( talk) 19:50, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mathew. Just though I would let you know that you can't change the bot by changing the WP:GAN page. You need to alter the template on the reviewed articles talk page. Moving the note parameter should have fixed FLIP. [2]
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I've fixed the dead link. oyasumi ( talk) 19:21, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the review, however it was the wrong one. It should have been Dan Leno - the article. I cant think why I added this instead. I will be adding Dan Leno tomorrow at some stage. -- Cassianto ( talk) 01:12, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks Matthew, it took me 4 noms but it finally did it. It was a pleasant surprise to get on today and see it had been moved over. Now I just got 11 more to go.-- Will C 04:57, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for the copyedits! :) Theleftorium (talk) 11:45, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mathew, I've made the changes discussed in the GA review, and I think the article is ready for you to take another look at it again. Cheers, Lemurbaby ( talk) 13:58, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks oyasumi! It was a pleasure. MathewTownsend ( talk) 17:27, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
What copyright issues are you talking about? Most of the so called "copying" are from quotes that have been duly referenced. So how can you fail a GA Review? Let other editors decide that. Having said that, if there are some copyright issues, then a copy edit can surely be done. But failing an article is not the answer. smaro! 04:28, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Cinebasti is not a reliable source. I have written the entire article myself, especially the two sections that have been labelled as a copyvio. Cinebasti has lifted the article directly from the Wikipedia page and not the opposite.
Thanks.
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Hi, Mathew, this is just to let you know that in defending myself at AN/I, I mentioned your name (as one of the victims of the mass revert by User:Montanabw). I hope and trust I mentioned you only in a neutral or positive light. Sorry about this, best regards. Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 21:39, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
"This was originally nominated due to stability issues, but the nominator [JLAN] was partly responsible for causing the instability...As this looks like a disruptive nomination and no solid arguments for delisting are presented I am closing it as keep." My timing was poor, but someone needs to look at this fellow. Montanabw (talk) 00:55, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
I've asked Worm to help us sort this out, but he's going home for the day. So let's give it a rest for 24 hours. If what I've posted makes no sense to you and you refuse to accept my apology as it sits, I've done all I can do. Maybe Worm can sort it out, he seems like a good egg. I'm not evil. I wish you understood that. Montanabw (talk) 17:17, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
I've decided to nominate the image we discussed at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hadji Ali if you wish to participate. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 06:28, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, Mathew Townsend. I know you have been very busy, but when you have time could you revisit your GA review on this article? Kierzek and I are at an impasse as we do not know what you think is still missing from the lead in particular and from the article in general. Thank you. -- Dianna ( talk) 05:36, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mathew, this article provides some detail on one of the cancer drugs derived from the Madagascar periwinkle: Vincristine Lemurbaby ( talk) 03:34, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mathew, this is just to let you know that I have uploaded a restored version of the image nominated at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hadji Ali. This notice is being delivered to you as you previously voted / commented at the nomination page. BTW, I will be pretty busy this week (moving house) so I'm not sure if I can do much at the Signpost. Saturday hopefully I can get it started if you haven't yet. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 09:30, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
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Do you still want this to go through a community reassessment? These are the current changes since the green dot was added and it looks stable enough judging from the talk page and article history. AIRcorn (talk) 04:10, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
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I have asked User:Trust Is All You Need for an interview this week as s/he has done much work on Soviet politics. I will be in Bali for a seminar until Friday, so I don't know how much internet time I'll have. I've already started the page. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 07:22, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
As I stated at Maggie's talk page, it is inappropriate to continue conversation there. You should not have replied on her talk page. This is concerning. As a WMF staff member, she is restricted by law to participate or even look at the content. Mathew, I am uncomfortable with your manner of reviewing the article. The assumptions and accusations have been inappropriate. Ask questions. Don't accuse. I never stated that your review is being made in bad faith. I stated that your opening remark was made in bad faith and inappropriate. You didn't ask me if I wrote it off-wiki, but you asked me where it came from. And no, the article didn't spring into life on February 10, but in July, as I told you. You could have also checked the date yourself. There is a better way of communicating your concerns. As far as the Signpost, I never rely on the Signpost for interpretation of policy or guidelines, but review them directly. The Signpost is merely opinion of various editors. I would recommend that you review and point to policy and guidelines directly with editors, rather than point to the Signpost.
You stated on Moonriddengirl's talk page that you "pointed out this instance of odd language in the review: "The family lived financially conservative, yet never seemed to run out of money by the third week of the month, due to his mother's talent at stretching a meal." I asked what you meant by "lived financially conservative" combined with the "yet never seemed to run out of money" - the two clauses seem to clash, and "lived financially conservative" isn't really grammatical. I suggested alternatives and asked what you meant. You refused to change the wording and the odd language remains in the article.
The above statement is completely lacking in reality.
In reality, you questioned the content, "The family was rather conservative, with neither parent developing a habit of smoking or drinking." Changing it to "The family was rather conservative. Neither parent developing a habit of smoking or drinking." The first version when stating "rather conservative" was qualified with "neither parent developing a habit of smoking or drinking." Your change introduced additionally introduced an incomplete sentence. That said, I completely revised the content to "The family lived financially conservative, yet never seemed to run out of money by the third week of the month, due to his mother's talent at stretching a meal. Her son's favorite dish was a casserole using a mixture of onions, celery, rice, and mushroom soup over ground beef," since you were uncomfortable with it. The term "lived financially conservative" is grammatically correct.
I appreciate Derrick's contributions and manner of interaction. If you are unable to function without continually referring to your mentor, you may want to reconsider your involvement in the GA process. Again, while I welcome your participation, if you are uncomfortable or unable to proceed, please consider requesting an official second opinion. Best regards, Cind. amuse (Cindy) 23:09, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
I seen that the review failed because of multiple lists? There are multiple lists because either; they fall under different categories shops, theaters, rides. or they are ride lists that are located is separate sections of the park. how do you suggest that the list should be re-organized to meet a pass?-- Nickvet419 ( talk) 21:40, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
moin Mathew, thanks for your great contributions to the upcoming news and notes :). i proposed to combine the two current main stories, because they are heavily interlinked and (hopefully) there is some additional stuff to be added later. please take a look, regards -- Jan eissfeldt ( talk) 09:58, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I've noticed U're a very avid GA reviewer and we've come across in some of those. I am very impressed with your work and I would like you to take a moment to check this article: Don 2 for any copy vio and WP:MoS problems. Thanks :D -- Meryam90 ( talk) 10:02, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi again, I was wondering if you'd be interested/have time to read over William S. Sadler and point out any obvious issues you can see. It was just passed as a Good Article, but there may be some lingering prose issues. It's a pretty interesting case, not as over the top as Hensley though. Speaking of whom, the Featured Article nomination for Hensley got archived over the weekend--they do that if there are no supports for three weeks (even if there are no opposes. Thanks for all your help on it, we'll probably renominate in a few weeks. Mark Arsten ( talk) 21:32, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Apologies Mathew, I think I may have edit-conflicted with you on News and notes just now. Pleas feel free to re-add any changes still needed. Cheers, Skomorokh 21:45, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Matthew, the above is now listed as a FAN. Are you in a position to give it a review? I would love to know your thoughts on it having improved it further... (Oh! and I'm also keen to shake off the embarrassment at having submitted the discog a few weeks ago). All the best! -- Cassianto ( talk)
Hi, I left you a comment on the signpost talk. There are several ways that individual editors have a voice into what the WMF does. Comments on and getting involved in specific initiatives (software features, programs, etc) are always important; you can follow specific RfCs on meta (for instance the recent terms of service, or this funding discussion); if you are truly interested in foundation affairs you can join foundation-l; and we are trying to make it easier to submit proposals for fellowships, grants etc so that individuals can sway what directions are focused on in these areas. There is also a proposal on the table to open up funding review decisions for the whole of Wikimedia to a community-based committee. There is always room for improvement and ideas like this; the main problem is it can be hard to keep up (but I recommend the WMF monthly reports if you are curious what the WMF does). Regardless... the WMF tries hard to keep the perspective of individual editors in mind, and many of us come from the editing community. -- phoebe / ( talk to me) 21:19, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
Perhaps a different poster, if possible. I'd much rather not have pictures of the Klan Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:25, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
I wasn't sure if you wanted to be involved in this or not, so i'm a little late in informing you, but there is a new peer review up for Cracker Barrel that is focused on the FA criteria. If there's anything you think could be improved in the article, feel free to let me know in the peer review. Silver seren C 19:32, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mathew,
I've just posted the article on Prime Minister
Rainilaiarivony, husband of the last three queens of Madagascar, at FAC
here. Your comments would be helpful. Although it's a level four Vital Article, I suspect the PM's name alone is going to put a lot of people off from looking at this and offering their supports or opposes! Cheers,
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Don't worry about it. You're not the first person to not "get" templates - I just keep including it becasue it's such a powerful tool. If you'd like to chat about it more in future, then we can, but for now, shall we move on to the next lesson? I've included the answers to questions 1-3 on the page by the way. WormTT · ( talk) 11:03, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
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Some good news on the Irish Times link. Somebody managed to find the original article, though I'm not sure how he actually did it. I've also managed to archive it with WebCite. Viewing it seems to work best for me via Chrome as I can't get it to focus in Explorer. Was getting a bit vexed the other day wondering why nobody else could see it apart from me, but at least it's there now. :) Paul MacDermott ( talk) 13:06, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Do you think Maria Ulfah Santoso would be worth nominating for GA? It's fairly well developed. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 15:05, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
So, how did we do on the Sacrifice copyedit? Do you think the prose shines yet? It's good to have backup like that when I'm copyediting, thanks. Mark Arsten ( talk) 01:39, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
The Education report is very much intended to cover both real life and on-wiki activities. There will indeed be some emphasis on the English Wikipedia, but other languages and Wikimedia projects will be covered as well (as is in fact the general scope of the Signpost, which does serve the broader Wikimedia community also). As to the specific issue of the Online Ambassador selection team, that group is not really active currently, and we will be looking (as WASC) into reformulating it.-- Pharos ( talk) 12:07, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Dave recommended you for asking questions about Good Article criteria and quality. Do you have the time to give a quick opinion on this article i have been working on? Thanks Jenova 20 16:32, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hey all!
Thanks to everyone who attended our first office hours session; the logs can be found here, if you missed it, and we should be holding a second one on Thursday, 22 March 2012 at 18:00 UTC in #wikimedia-office. I hope to see you all there :).
In the meantime, I have greatly expanded the details available at Wikipedia:New Page Triage: there's a lot more info about precisely what we're planning. If you have ideas, and they aren't listed there, bring them up and I'll pass them on to the developers for consideration in the second sprint. And if you know anyone who might be interested in contributing, send them there too!
Regards, Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 00:25, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
Sorry for the radio silence, guys :). I just wanted to let you know that we're planning on starting a new round of hand coding, which you can sign up for here. This will be the final round (honest!), and is basically because we found some really interesting results from the last round that blew our collective mind. It's important to check that they weren't a fluke, though, and so a bit more work is needed.
If you have any questions, drop a note on my talkpage - and if you know anyone who would be interested in participating, please tell them about it! We'll be holding an IRC training session in #wikimedia-office at 18:00 UTC on the 21st of March to run through the tool and answer any questions you may have. Thanks! :) Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 00:42, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for all the good work you did on the Assassination of William McKinley article. It is very much appreciated. Wehwalt ( talk) 16:20, 14 March 2012 (UTC) |
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Thank you (again) for reviewing Noel F. Parrish! If you have time please turn to the PumpkinSky CCI, 7 left of 729. I have been labelled an "absolute supporter of the copyright violator" and would live happier without that. Quoting you: It has been stressful, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:12, 24 February 2012 (UTC) |
Thanks for supplying some feedback at Wikipedia:Peer review/Foley Square trial/archive2. I'm planning on nominating this article for WP:FA status soon, and I'd like to resolve all open issues before I start the nomination process. I posed a couple of questions for you at Wikipedia:Peer review/Foley Square trial/archive2, so I can get more guidance on the steps that need to be taken ... could you take a look and reply? Thanks. -- Noleander ( talk) 18:36, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
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Mathew, just to make sure you see it - can you please respond here also I noticed you never tried to resolve things with Cindy outside of the public forum here which may be a good venue to get some of the bad blood out between the both of you. Epistemophiliac ( talk) 18:08, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for your (extremely patient!) review of that article Mathew. Have a nice day, Steven Walling • talk 16:33, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello! You've placed a {{ citation not found}} in this edit on DragonFly BSD article. Could you please explain the concern you wanted to highlight in this edit? — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk) 20:58, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey guys.
I appreciate this isn't quite what you signed up for, but I figured as people who are already pretty good at evaluating whether material is useful or not useful through Special:NewPages, you might be interested :). Over the last few months we've been developing the new Article Feedback Tool, which features a free text box. it is imperative that we work out in advance what proportion of feedback is useful or not so we can adjust the design accordingly and not overwhelm you with nonsense.
This is being done through the Feedback Evaluation System (FES), a tool that lets editors run through a stream of comments, selecting their value and viability, so we know what type of design should be promoted or avoided. We're about to start a new round of evaluations, beginning with an office hours session tomorrow at 18:00 UTC. If you'd like to help preemptively kill poor feedback, come along to #wikimedia-office and we'll show you how to use the tool. If you can't make it, send me an email at okeyeswikimedia.org or drop a note on my talkpage, and I'm happy to give you a quick walkthrough in a one-on-one session :).
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MathewTownsend, consider yourself a graduate of Worm That Turned's adoption. You have been an excellent student, and have a very good knowledge of policy. You're always welcome to come back to me for help, but I think you're ready to face the big wide world of wikipedia! WormTT · ( talk) 14:56, 21 March 2012 (UTC) |
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There was a little database maintenance - that may have been the cause of your problems, although it wasn't suppose to affect anybody. - Jarry1250 Deliberation needed 20:25, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
If you want to nominate File:Condesa de chinchon.jpg, feel free. I'll support. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 01:02, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
For all the copyediting on Hensley. The FAC seems to be going better this time... I just reviewed Georg Solti at FAC, it was brilliantly written--made me realize how much lot of the writing around here could be improved. Mark Arsten ( talk) 01:23, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
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I was trying to show how the film is historically significant. Note how in all our previous signpost articles we have included historical context. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 13:19, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
(od) The write ups for FA and FLs aren't finished. I just started them so they are not complete. MathewTownsend ( talk) 14:46, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
The Bolo article looks nice. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 01:04, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Mathew Townsend,
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moin Mathew, thanks for your help. as always really appreciated and in this week, were we have to manage without ResMa, especially. i would like to look at two questions:
1) why are the bid by volunteers to hold the wikimania 2013 in naples, as such publicly documented since october last year (and they didn't got backup by the city, the chapter or some sort of institution this week (afaik)), and the wmf jobs, advertised all year round, notable this week?
2) if i'm trying to frame the RfC as the last episode of the wider controversial content debate (the label used for every sub-debate centered around files that are problematic in terms of law, etc. somewhere (not necessarily the U.S.)), a.k.a. "saga", wouldn't it be better to still write _the_ saga and change the second part of the sentence instead? alternatively we could figure out a different terminology.
all best, -- Jan eissfeldt ( talk) 11:02, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mathew,
Saw your question on the Teahouse Hosts' lounge re: metrics. Wanted to let you know that I just posted them! Let me know if you have any questions, or if there's anything else you want to see. - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 00:17, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I was wondering if I could get your opinion on something. On William S. Sadler and Hiram Wesley Evans I structured the articles more or less the same way, including a section on their views/ideology. Do you think I should leave the views in a separate section or get rid of the "views" section and try to integrate its content into the rest of the article? Mark Arsten ( talk) 14:07, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
One of the best wiki biography writers (mostly political) is Wehwalt. Looking at some of his FAs, he seems to weave beliefs/views in the general narrative, e.g.:
That way the person and his "views" are presented as part of a whole, not separate categories. So I think I would work toward some sort of integration as much as is feasible. Hope this helps. (I'd have to read the articles more closely and see how he does it!) MathewTownsend ( talk) 00:13, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. :) The film is indeed very interesting. Smarojit ( talk) 04:30, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the review of La Blanca, Peten. Much appreciated, have a beer on me! Best regards, Simon Burchell ( talk) 19:06, 30 March 2012 (UTC) |
No problem on the blurb. Is there a reason why you are not a rollbacker, btw?-- Wehwalt ( talk) 22:48, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
This GA review is now the longest outstanding review at 42 days, and there has been no action on the review in four weeks, with no significant editing to the article itself for longer than that. Can it be concluded in some way? Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 14:06, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
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Do you think we could include The Dog? It seems to draw a strong emotional response Crisco 1492 ( talk) 13:27, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Some stroopwafels for you! All your great contributions are not going unnoticed, believe me. Regards, Dianna ( talk) 03:24, 3 April 2012 (UTC) |
Hey! Big update on what the developers have been working on, and what is coming up:
coding
All other elements are either undergoing research, or about to have development started. I appreciate this sounds like we've not got through much work, and truthfully we're a bit disappointed with it as well; we thought we'd be going at a faster pace :(. Unfortunately there seems to be some 24-72 hour bug sweeping the San Francisco office at the moment, and at one time or another we've had several devs out of it. It's kind of messed with workflow.
Stuff to look at
We've got a pair of new mockups to comment on that deal with the filtering mechanism; this is a slightly updated mockup of the list view, and this is what the filtering tab is going to look like. All thoughts, comments and suggestions welcome on the NPT talkpage :). I'd also like to thank the people who came to our last two office hours sessions; the logs will be shortly available here.
I've also just heard that the first functional prototype for enwiki will be deployed mid-April! Really, really stoked to see this happening :). We're finding out if we can stick something up a bit sooner on prototype.wiki or something.
I appreciate there may be questions or suggestions where I've said "I'll find out and get back to you" and then, uh. not ;p. I sincerely apologise for that: things have been a bit hectic at this end over the last few weeks. But if you've got anything I've missed, drop me a line and I'll deal with it! Further questions or issues to the usual address. Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 17:10, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
I just revised the lead (after I got an oppose based on a shoddy lead), how do you think I did? Mark Arsten ( talk) 00:35, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
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