This is an archive of User talk:Michael Devore for late 2008 and all of 2009.
Michael Devore (Talk | contribs) (15,972 bytes) (rv editorial remark in article. Please don't do this again, you can revert changes in an article that are incorrect. You cannot publish editorial remarks in an article, use the talk page.)
It said "You cannot undo", I swear. The Talk page was unattended. A formal report to cluelessbot was totally ignored. Explain that. Double Think ( talk) 20:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I'll see if I can do it correctly next time. As for formally reporting the problem via the Cluebot ref# mechanism, I guess you don't know why it wasn't responded to. How about locking the page, since it has a high percentage of vandalism? At least require a logged in user for edits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Double Think ( talk • contribs) 04:46, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for everything. You can delete this section. Double Think ( talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 01:16, 7 October 2008 (UTC).
Hello. Thanks for the contributions to "List of Puerto Rican boxing world champions" Your work there is awesome and great. Let talk one day about boxeo. Su amigo, IoWiki2007
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Hi Micheal. Just to say you've done a wonderful job with your edits to the article over the past few weeks - it flows much more smoothly now, and is a much better article for the work you've done. Arulmozhivarman smiles in delight. Taprobanus ( talk) 02:11, 10 October 2008 (UTC) |
Hi Michael, you have been helping me for a long time now, and I forgot to ask you if you want to be added as a co-nominator for a FAC (the one you have been copy editing for me now). Are you interested?. This issue came up during my comm with Dan55 a short while back. Dineshkannambadi ( talk) 01:10, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
No, I don't get involved in the FA or GA reviewing processes other than working on articles if requested and occasionally making a comment there. -- Michael Devore ( talk) 19:53, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
You know, I don't remember giving you the thanks for all the work done in this article. We landed some of the most demanding reviewers out there, without your copyedit it wouldn't have passed the second nomination, kudos! - Caribbean~H.Q. 04:39, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
...for fixing typos in USS Puerto Rico (CB-5) and USS Samoa (CB-6). Your help is greatly appreciated. :D Cheers! —Ed 17 for President Vote for Ed 05:26, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for the fixes to Hard Justice (2008). Before you do anymore I just wanted to tell you that what is in the article right now is not the finished product. I'm doing a copyedit in my sandbox. The article is ready for GAN but I need to cut it down in a sandbox and it is going to wait for a long time on GAN so I thought to just place it up now since I'll have it ready tomorrow. Long story short, thanks.-- Will C 04:28, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
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For your help on Roman Catholic Church. I know you spent a decent amount of time copyediting this page for FAC. I am sorry to inform you that we failed FAC but will again be at peer review in a few weeks to sort things out again. I hope you will come back to help and I thank you for all your past efforts to improve this article. Thanks. NancyHeise talk 00:58, 9 November 2008 (UTC) |
I just noticed your name on a few articles on my watchlist. Mony thunks far tedying ap me tarrible toping! -- Philcha ( talk) 10:24, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Nice to see you around. I request you to keep the article in your watchlist and point any other problems. -- Redtigerxyz ( talk) 13:20, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Heya, I just want to drop in a line of thanks over the corrections you did to Half-Life: Blue Shift. I managed to miss them entirely. Thanks! -- Sabre ( talk) 01:00, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
This is still about 2-3 weeks from a initial copy edit. However, since it is pushing 56K of data and I have another 10K of data coming, do you think we need to initial paragraph in "Overview section" called "Literature prior to 16th century". I though of including it to give context. Dineshkannambadi ( talk) 15:08, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
If you can think of something more sutiable, please feel free to recommend. Dineshkannambadi ( talk) 00:21, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for catching the typo at Canadian Heraldic Authority! // roux 05:48, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing the typos in the River Irwell article. There I was copyediting other articles and while I'm not looking someone's fixing typos in stuff that I've written - I'm gutted! Why is it so much easier to see the mistakes in other people's work? I suppose that's one of the great mysteries of life :) Richerman ( talk) 00:54, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
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Thank you for a year of great copyediting. I always appreciate your assistance in keeping/making my articles clean.
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Thanks for copyediting this article. It is currently a Good Article candidate, and I was wondering if you would like to do the review. Johnfos ( talk) 01:02, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
Well, thanks for catching those typos in the material I added to the William Hazlitt article. It's been just over a year since I've seen your name in the history of any page to which I've made major contributions. When that happens, I know it's a sign I've been getting sloppy. Unlike some others around here, I'm generally pretty good with spelling, grammar, and so on, and, as I've mentioned, I used to make a living, at least in part, by doing what you're doing here. But this is a reminder, once again, that copy editors need their own copy editors, and proofreaders need their own proofreaders. Keep up the great work! And have a happy holiday season! -- Alan W ( talk) 03:24, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Thank for your edits to Port of Albany-Rensselaer, most of those grammatical errors were mine I must admit! Im grateful you caught them. I'd love to hear any critique or comments you may have about the page, anything to make it better, anything you thought was lacking or was too much. I'd like to make the page GA sometime soon, not much traffic goes there though, so getting feedback and someone to do a peer review is hard..
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I was wondering what your opinion of linking years is. I notice some articles link the first mention of each year that shows up, others link only certain years, others dont link years at all. Camelbinky ( talk) 22:47, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
I believe that all the issues on your peer review have been addressed (except for more information in the history section between 1932-2002) as have the issues in the semi-automated review on grammar and style. Your review was really helpful and appreciated, very thorough. If you find time to check out if everything was fixed right and if there are other issues that would be great to hear again. Best critique on an article I have seen in a long time. Thank you so much. Camelbinky ( talk) 21:47, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
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Thank you for the copyedit of USS Iowa turret explosion. I can't believe I missed that many. Thanks for the help. Cla68 ( talk) 14:18, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
Best wishes for the coming new year! Dineshkannambadi ( talk) 19:32, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
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I recently created 1989 Valvettiturai massacre and Jaffna hospital massacre, if you have time could u please take a look at the language. Thanks Taprobanus ( talk) 23:47, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for picking up those silly typos that everyone else (especially me) missed - Happy New Year! Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 14:20, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Oops. Thanks for removing those extra signatures. Peanut4 ( talk) 01:08, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
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For your copyedits to many of my GANs. :) TheLeft orium 23:25, 6 January 2009 (UTC) |
HelloM ichael Devore. I notice that you are a great copyeditor. I wish to nominate List of Governors of Bombay for FLC. Can you copyedit the prose of this list. Actually, there is hardly any prose since this is a List. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kensplanet T C 04:53, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
I keep seeing your name pop up on my watchlist, and every time it's because you've found niggling things that others have missed. You're a very productive editor in a role lots of people can't do; thank you very much. Mike Christie (talk) 01:12, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Michael. I know you are heavily overburdened with cpedit projects, but I do have to request you to copy edit this FAR article, if you have any time remaining. Regards, Dineshkannambadi ( talk) 15:18, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Dear Michael Devore, I'm disappointed both to see your post here and to see it copied on the FARC page.
I've taken you thus far to be a neutral and fair person, but I am surprised to see you inserting yourself in a situation, where, as a copy-editor, you should know better. You say, for example, "... the delist arguments made in the FAR because a copyedit is needed are not compelling." Who has argued for "delisting" on grounds of poor prose? I can't seem to find anyone. All that people have said is that in addition to issues of poor sourcing and factual accuracy, of lack of comprehensiveness and the presence of bias, it doesn't help the article any that the prose is so shabby. That's quite different from arguing for delisting because the article hasn't been copy-edited.
Many problems in the text that don't fall under bias, citations, or comprehensiveness, are in any case errors that a copy editor will likely not catch. The classic howler (which has since been removed) was, "The economy of the Kingdom of Mysore was based on agriculture, due to the majority of the population being villagers." Fixing the grammatical errors alone there won't do much, since the author has confused cause for effect!
Also, it is disingenuous, in my view, to characterize the FARC—in which the primary author of the article has been accused of bias—as a dispute between two equally biased parties which requires intervention by a neutral party (whatever that means). Perhaps you would like to do a Google Scholar search on each of user:Dineshkannambadi's sources and decide for yourself how obscure they are; contrast them then with the results for the major authors who have worked on the topic of Mysore.
I understand that you may have some empathy for user:Dineshkannambadi since you have worked with him for some time now, but as a copy-editor you need to stay above these frays. user:Dineshkannambadi might be a very hard working editor, but the topic of history requires certain skills, not only of accurately paraphrasing a source and of clearly expressing oneself, but also of understanding historical methodology and perspective, skills that, in my view, user:Dineshkannambadi doesn't display on his pages, however much we may admire his hard work and drive in putting them together.
I would like to request that you ask him to remove your post from the FARC. If you would like to add something to the FARC, you should do it yourself. At the very least, you risk your message being misused unwittingly. If you choose not do this, I will be copying this post to the FARC as well. Regards, Fowler&fowler «Talk» 20:21, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for fixing the typo in Icos. I've read the article quite a few times and I'm surprised I missed that. Anyways, if you didn't know, Icos is being peer reviewed, and I'd like all the help I can get. In particular, there are some rough spots in the "Acquisition by Eli Lilly" section that I haven't been able to iron out. Thanks again! Shubinator ( talk) 01:44, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
Please take a look at Proposal. You don't have to respond there, but if you think your comments might be useful, you may want to. Thanks. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 01:57, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for finding so many typos in
Plunketts Creek Bridge No. 3 - one of these days I will learn to type ;-)
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Hello Michael Devore, what can I add to this list of thanks? Probably not much more than just another "thank you" for fixing my typos and spelling errors in the Randolph, Tennessee article just in time for its GA nomination.
Recently, I wrote something similar to a user who fixed some bad links in an article I was writing on, and I am going to repeat myself here. What I like most with Wikipedia is that at some point, when it is needed most, someone with knowledge who cares about the details comes along and fixes the errors you made. Wow, there is so much administration going on at Wikipedia; discussions, consensus, more discussions and so on, and so on ... neverending. I don't want to understate the importance of discussions and consensus, they are very important and of much value indeed. However, if a majority is busy administrating, the work is not done effectively or not at all. Have you ever paid attention to these roadside construction workscenes? Usually at least three people are busy discussing something, looking important and one guy is doing the work in the meantime.
Without users like you, Wikpedia would be a pretty poor place. Thank you! doxTxob \ talk 04:35, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for changing it's to its on the Launceston, Tasmania article. Aaroncrick ( Tassie Talk) 06:43, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Your edit is entirely fair, of course. It was my editorial word from some time ago, informal indeed, and i expected someone would get around to removing it, though i couldn't make myself do that when i recently revisited the article to update about that site. :) doncram ( talk) 23:27, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Ravenloft has been nominated again for FAC. :) BOZ ( talk) 23:27, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, If you really have an interest in this page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gigu%C3%A8re) and similar pages, I strongly suggest you get acquainted (and eventually intervene) with this link: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Demande_de_restauration_de_page#Robert_Gigu.C3.A8re.C2.A0.28d.C2.A0.C2.B7.C2.A0h.C2.A0.C2.B7.C2.A0j_.C2.A0.C2.B7.C2.A0.E2.86.B5.29
In short, Utilisateur:LPLT in the French Wikipedia eliminated the french version of the page 3 hours after I posted it.
What do you think if I cite page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability:
it is important to not just consider whether notability is established by the article, but whether it readily could be. Remember that all Wikipedia articles are not a final draft, and an article can be notable if such sources exist even if they have not been added at present. Merely asserting that such sources exist is seldom persuasive, especially as time passes and actual proof does not surface. If it is likely that significant coverage in independent sources can be found for a topic, deletion due to lack of notability is inappropriate unless active effort has been made to find these sources. For articles of unclear notability, deletion should be a last resort.
This guy apparently has not read that. He is on a rampage to eliminate all biographical pages he judges are only of a genealogical nature and his list includes the English page on Robert Giguère.
Thanks for your support, Alainr345 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alainr345 ( talk • contribs) 19:35, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Invariably, when I check the edit counts of my most recent WP:GAs, your name pops up for your consistent copyediting.
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High-pressure area is not the first article which I've submitted for GA of which you've corrected small issues. Therefore...
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Thanks for your important work copyediting articles nearly ready for GA. It likely saves the reviewers a bit of time and heartburn during GA reviews. Thegreatdr ( talk) 20:09, 17 February 2009 (UTC) |
Hey, could you check Hurricane Bonnie (1998) for typos and doubled words that I might have missed? No worries if you don't have time. Thanks, – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 14:51, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Would you mind looking at Kinzua Bridge for typos? I just finished a copyedit and User:Dtbohrer wants to take it to FAC soon. Thanks in advance, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:37, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Good catch! Really bad to have such a glaring error on the mainpage.--- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 06:23, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing those spellings on the 2008 German Grand Prix. I obviously had a bad day spelling "offical"... oh, sorry official! Darth Newdar (talk) 20:41, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm GA reviewing homosexual transsexual. Greetings Wandalstouring ( talk) 18:57, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
For your help on The Ten Commandments in Roman Catholic theology. I certainly need it after seeing the list left for me at the FAC. Do you have any suggestions regarding the name of the article? Sandy doesn't like the word "The" in the title. I was thinking of maybe "Ten Commandments (Roman Catholic Church)" but I am very open to other suggestions. NancyHeise talk 02:46, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I just saw your wonderful typo error catching work on the " Live to Tell" article. Could you please do the same for my La Isla Bonita" article. I'm developing it for GA. Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee. --Legolas (talktome) 08:52, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I was snooping around in Loihi and Hawaii hotspot's edit history, looking for a good copyeditor- and you showed up prominently. I need another set of eyes to look over Loihi for FA technical criterea compliance, and get it ready for the FA process. Sorry to bombard you, but I also need someone to tell me how well Hawaii hotspot looks...please? Res Mar 13:49, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
By the way, I use your "Sort words" tool. The one thing is, once you see a misspelled word, how do you find it in the article?
Thank you!
Hi Michael. Can you please check the article " 4 Minutes (Madonna song)" for any error which I did while enhancing it? I believe there are plenty thats why I am asking for your help. Pleaseeeeeeeeeeee. --Legolas (talk2me) 12:32, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
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I apologized to the user. I thought he was vandalizing the article by changing a letter in "means", because I must've been tired and could not see the difference. It was a mistake. Giant Blue Anteater ( talk) 20:01, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
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I Seek To Help & Repair! ( talk) 22:07, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
Trying again. Res Mar 00:06, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Michael. I have come to ask your help again shamelessly. Please can you copyedit Hung Up and The Fame (album) articles? Will really appreaciate it as both are GA quality. --Legolas (talk2me) 12:13, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
I have started a discussion on possibly moving Nazi plunder. As you are currently a reasonably active editor, as well as a past contributor to the article, I hope you can find some time to make comments at renaming Nazi plunder. Un sch ool 17:47, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Shamelessly looking for your help in copy editing, when and if you have time. Many thanks as usual. Taprobanus ( talk) 12:41, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your copy edits to this article. It is now at featured status! Bradley0110 ( talk) 11:56, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
Hullo copy-editor extraordinaire. I'm hoping to put this one up for FA soon. (It's a different oen by the way) Delldot's peer-reviewed it and highlighted my dodgy grammar and convoluted sentences. I'd love you to give it the once over if you have the time. Fainites barley scribs 10:50, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
Would you please peer review the article for FA criteria, like you once did for FA Vithoba? Thanks. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 06:17, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Your largely unsung efforts to catch typos and misspellings, most recently on by hehalf in Nansen's Fram expedition, are much appreciated. Brianboulton ( talk) 12:56, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Please comment about Kanhopatra, in in consideration FA criteria. Your comments about Vithoba (now FA) were very useful. Thanks. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 05:42, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
I have done a pretty involved copy edit of Jay Pritzker Pavilion and have lost my critical distance for seeing typos and the like. If you are able and have the inclination, could you please spell check it? (Any other copy edits would also be welcome). Thanks as always, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:24, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for grabbing those type-os at Qwest Field! Cptnono ( talk) 06:43, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
This is an archive of User talk:Michael Devore for late 2008 and all of 2009.
Michael Devore (Talk | contribs) (15,972 bytes) (rv editorial remark in article. Please don't do this again, you can revert changes in an article that are incorrect. You cannot publish editorial remarks in an article, use the talk page.)
It said "You cannot undo", I swear. The Talk page was unattended. A formal report to cluelessbot was totally ignored. Explain that. Double Think ( talk) 20:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I'll see if I can do it correctly next time. As for formally reporting the problem via the Cluebot ref# mechanism, I guess you don't know why it wasn't responded to. How about locking the page, since it has a high percentage of vandalism? At least require a logged in user for edits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Double Think ( talk • contribs) 04:46, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for everything. You can delete this section. Double Think ( talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 01:16, 7 October 2008 (UTC).
Hello. Thanks for the contributions to "List of Puerto Rican boxing world champions" Your work there is awesome and great. Let talk one day about boxeo. Su amigo, IoWiki2007
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Hi Micheal. Just to say you've done a wonderful job with your edits to the article over the past few weeks - it flows much more smoothly now, and is a much better article for the work you've done. Arulmozhivarman smiles in delight. Taprobanus ( talk) 02:11, 10 October 2008 (UTC) |
Hi Michael, you have been helping me for a long time now, and I forgot to ask you if you want to be added as a co-nominator for a FAC (the one you have been copy editing for me now). Are you interested?. This issue came up during my comm with Dan55 a short while back. Dineshkannambadi ( talk) 01:10, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
No, I don't get involved in the FA or GA reviewing processes other than working on articles if requested and occasionally making a comment there. -- Michael Devore ( talk) 19:53, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
You know, I don't remember giving you the thanks for all the work done in this article. We landed some of the most demanding reviewers out there, without your copyedit it wouldn't have passed the second nomination, kudos! - Caribbean~H.Q. 04:39, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
...for fixing typos in USS Puerto Rico (CB-5) and USS Samoa (CB-6). Your help is greatly appreciated. :D Cheers! —Ed 17 for President Vote for Ed 05:26, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for the fixes to Hard Justice (2008). Before you do anymore I just wanted to tell you that what is in the article right now is not the finished product. I'm doing a copyedit in my sandbox. The article is ready for GAN but I need to cut it down in a sandbox and it is going to wait for a long time on GAN so I thought to just place it up now since I'll have it ready tomorrow. Long story short, thanks.-- Will C 04:28, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
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For your help on Roman Catholic Church. I know you spent a decent amount of time copyediting this page for FAC. I am sorry to inform you that we failed FAC but will again be at peer review in a few weeks to sort things out again. I hope you will come back to help and I thank you for all your past efforts to improve this article. Thanks. NancyHeise talk 00:58, 9 November 2008 (UTC) |
I just noticed your name on a few articles on my watchlist. Mony thunks far tedying ap me tarrible toping! -- Philcha ( talk) 10:24, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Nice to see you around. I request you to keep the article in your watchlist and point any other problems. -- Redtigerxyz ( talk) 13:20, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Heya, I just want to drop in a line of thanks over the corrections you did to Half-Life: Blue Shift. I managed to miss them entirely. Thanks! -- Sabre ( talk) 01:00, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
This is still about 2-3 weeks from a initial copy edit. However, since it is pushing 56K of data and I have another 10K of data coming, do you think we need to initial paragraph in "Overview section" called "Literature prior to 16th century". I though of including it to give context. Dineshkannambadi ( talk) 15:08, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
If you can think of something more sutiable, please feel free to recommend. Dineshkannambadi ( talk) 00:21, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for catching the typo at Canadian Heraldic Authority! // roux 05:48, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing the typos in the River Irwell article. There I was copyediting other articles and while I'm not looking someone's fixing typos in stuff that I've written - I'm gutted! Why is it so much easier to see the mistakes in other people's work? I suppose that's one of the great mysteries of life :) Richerman ( talk) 00:54, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
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For copyediting 82nd Sustainment Brigade (United States) within minutes of my nominating it for GA. You've helped edit a number of my GAs and been a great service to mine, and everyone else's efforts, as evidenced by many people thanking you for copyediting so much over the past few months. Thank you very much! - Ed! (talk) (Hall of Fame) 20:37, 6 December 2008 (UTC) |
Thank you for a year of great copyediting. I always appreciate your assistance in keeping/making my articles clean.
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-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 17:48, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for copyediting this article. It is currently a Good Article candidate, and I was wondering if you would like to do the review. Johnfos ( talk) 01:02, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
Well, thanks for catching those typos in the material I added to the William Hazlitt article. It's been just over a year since I've seen your name in the history of any page to which I've made major contributions. When that happens, I know it's a sign I've been getting sloppy. Unlike some others around here, I'm generally pretty good with spelling, grammar, and so on, and, as I've mentioned, I used to make a living, at least in part, by doing what you're doing here. But this is a reminder, once again, that copy editors need their own copy editors, and proofreaders need their own proofreaders. Keep up the great work! And have a happy holiday season! -- Alan W ( talk) 03:24, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Thank for your edits to Port of Albany-Rensselaer, most of those grammatical errors were mine I must admit! Im grateful you caught them. I'd love to hear any critique or comments you may have about the page, anything to make it better, anything you thought was lacking or was too much. I'd like to make the page GA sometime soon, not much traffic goes there though, so getting feedback and someone to do a peer review is hard..
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talk) has bought you a pint! Sharing a pint is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the
WikiLove by buying someone else a pint, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Cheers!
Camelbinky ( talk) 06:02, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering what your opinion of linking years is. I notice some articles link the first mention of each year that shows up, others link only certain years, others dont link years at all. Camelbinky ( talk) 22:47, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
I believe that all the issues on your peer review have been addressed (except for more information in the history section between 1932-2002) as have the issues in the semi-automated review on grammar and style. Your review was really helpful and appreciated, very thorough. If you find time to check out if everything was fixed right and if there are other issues that would be great to hear again. Best critique on an article I have seen in a long time. Thank you so much. Camelbinky ( talk) 21:47, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
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Thank you for the copyedit of USS Iowa turret explosion. I can't believe I missed that many. Thanks for the help. Cla68 ( talk) 14:18, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
Best wishes for the coming new year! Dineshkannambadi ( talk) 19:32, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
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I recently created 1989 Valvettiturai massacre and Jaffna hospital massacre, if you have time could u please take a look at the language. Thanks Taprobanus ( talk) 23:47, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for picking up those silly typos that everyone else (especially me) missed - Happy New Year! Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 14:20, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Oops. Thanks for removing those extra signatures. Peanut4 ( talk) 01:08, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
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For your copyedits to many of my GANs. :) TheLeft orium 23:25, 6 January 2009 (UTC) |
HelloM ichael Devore. I notice that you are a great copyeditor. I wish to nominate List of Governors of Bombay for FLC. Can you copyedit the prose of this list. Actually, there is hardly any prose since this is a List. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kensplanet T C 04:53, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
I keep seeing your name pop up on my watchlist, and every time it's because you've found niggling things that others have missed. You're a very productive editor in a role lots of people can't do; thank you very much. Mike Christie (talk) 01:12, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Michael. I know you are heavily overburdened with cpedit projects, but I do have to request you to copy edit this FAR article, if you have any time remaining. Regards, Dineshkannambadi ( talk) 15:18, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Dear Michael Devore, I'm disappointed both to see your post here and to see it copied on the FARC page.
I've taken you thus far to be a neutral and fair person, but I am surprised to see you inserting yourself in a situation, where, as a copy-editor, you should know better. You say, for example, "... the delist arguments made in the FAR because a copyedit is needed are not compelling." Who has argued for "delisting" on grounds of poor prose? I can't seem to find anyone. All that people have said is that in addition to issues of poor sourcing and factual accuracy, of lack of comprehensiveness and the presence of bias, it doesn't help the article any that the prose is so shabby. That's quite different from arguing for delisting because the article hasn't been copy-edited.
Many problems in the text that don't fall under bias, citations, or comprehensiveness, are in any case errors that a copy editor will likely not catch. The classic howler (which has since been removed) was, "The economy of the Kingdom of Mysore was based on agriculture, due to the majority of the population being villagers." Fixing the grammatical errors alone there won't do much, since the author has confused cause for effect!
Also, it is disingenuous, in my view, to characterize the FARC—in which the primary author of the article has been accused of bias—as a dispute between two equally biased parties which requires intervention by a neutral party (whatever that means). Perhaps you would like to do a Google Scholar search on each of user:Dineshkannambadi's sources and decide for yourself how obscure they are; contrast them then with the results for the major authors who have worked on the topic of Mysore.
I understand that you may have some empathy for user:Dineshkannambadi since you have worked with him for some time now, but as a copy-editor you need to stay above these frays. user:Dineshkannambadi might be a very hard working editor, but the topic of history requires certain skills, not only of accurately paraphrasing a source and of clearly expressing oneself, but also of understanding historical methodology and perspective, skills that, in my view, user:Dineshkannambadi doesn't display on his pages, however much we may admire his hard work and drive in putting them together.
I would like to request that you ask him to remove your post from the FARC. If you would like to add something to the FARC, you should do it yourself. At the very least, you risk your message being misused unwittingly. If you choose not do this, I will be copying this post to the FARC as well. Regards, Fowler&fowler «Talk» 20:21, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for fixing the typo in Icos. I've read the article quite a few times and I'm surprised I missed that. Anyways, if you didn't know, Icos is being peer reviewed, and I'd like all the help I can get. In particular, there are some rough spots in the "Acquisition by Eli Lilly" section that I haven't been able to iron out. Thanks again! Shubinator ( talk) 01:44, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
Please take a look at Proposal. You don't have to respond there, but if you think your comments might be useful, you may want to. Thanks. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 01:57, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for finding so many typos in
Plunketts Creek Bridge No. 3 - one of these days I will learn to type ;-)
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Hello Michael Devore, what can I add to this list of thanks? Probably not much more than just another "thank you" for fixing my typos and spelling errors in the Randolph, Tennessee article just in time for its GA nomination.
Recently, I wrote something similar to a user who fixed some bad links in an article I was writing on, and I am going to repeat myself here. What I like most with Wikipedia is that at some point, when it is needed most, someone with knowledge who cares about the details comes along and fixes the errors you made. Wow, there is so much administration going on at Wikipedia; discussions, consensus, more discussions and so on, and so on ... neverending. I don't want to understate the importance of discussions and consensus, they are very important and of much value indeed. However, if a majority is busy administrating, the work is not done effectively or not at all. Have you ever paid attention to these roadside construction workscenes? Usually at least three people are busy discussing something, looking important and one guy is doing the work in the meantime.
Without users like you, Wikpedia would be a pretty poor place. Thank you! doxTxob \ talk 04:35, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for changing it's to its on the Launceston, Tasmania article. Aaroncrick ( Tassie Talk) 06:43, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Your edit is entirely fair, of course. It was my editorial word from some time ago, informal indeed, and i expected someone would get around to removing it, though i couldn't make myself do that when i recently revisited the article to update about that site. :) doncram ( talk) 23:27, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Ravenloft has been nominated again for FAC. :) BOZ ( talk) 23:27, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, If you really have an interest in this page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gigu%C3%A8re) and similar pages, I strongly suggest you get acquainted (and eventually intervene) with this link: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Demande_de_restauration_de_page#Robert_Gigu.C3.A8re.C2.A0.28d.C2.A0.C2.B7.C2.A0h.C2.A0.C2.B7.C2.A0j_.C2.A0.C2.B7.C2.A0.E2.86.B5.29
In short, Utilisateur:LPLT in the French Wikipedia eliminated the french version of the page 3 hours after I posted it.
What do you think if I cite page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability:
it is important to not just consider whether notability is established by the article, but whether it readily could be. Remember that all Wikipedia articles are not a final draft, and an article can be notable if such sources exist even if they have not been added at present. Merely asserting that such sources exist is seldom persuasive, especially as time passes and actual proof does not surface. If it is likely that significant coverage in independent sources can be found for a topic, deletion due to lack of notability is inappropriate unless active effort has been made to find these sources. For articles of unclear notability, deletion should be a last resort.
This guy apparently has not read that. He is on a rampage to eliminate all biographical pages he judges are only of a genealogical nature and his list includes the English page on Robert Giguère.
Thanks for your support, Alainr345 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alainr345 ( talk • contribs) 19:35, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Invariably, when I check the edit counts of my most recent WP:GAs, your name pops up for your consistent copyediting.
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-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 07:03, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
High-pressure area is not the first article which I've submitted for GA of which you've corrected small issues. Therefore...
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Thanks for your important work copyediting articles nearly ready for GA. It likely saves the reviewers a bit of time and heartburn during GA reviews. Thegreatdr ( talk) 20:09, 17 February 2009 (UTC) |
Hey, could you check Hurricane Bonnie (1998) for typos and doubled words that I might have missed? No worries if you don't have time. Thanks, – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 14:51, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Would you mind looking at Kinzua Bridge for typos? I just finished a copyedit and User:Dtbohrer wants to take it to FAC soon. Thanks in advance, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:37, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Good catch! Really bad to have such a glaring error on the mainpage.--- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 06:23, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing those spellings on the 2008 German Grand Prix. I obviously had a bad day spelling "offical"... oh, sorry official! Darth Newdar (talk) 20:41, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm GA reviewing homosexual transsexual. Greetings Wandalstouring ( talk) 18:57, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
For your help on The Ten Commandments in Roman Catholic theology. I certainly need it after seeing the list left for me at the FAC. Do you have any suggestions regarding the name of the article? Sandy doesn't like the word "The" in the title. I was thinking of maybe "Ten Commandments (Roman Catholic Church)" but I am very open to other suggestions. NancyHeise talk 02:46, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I just saw your wonderful typo error catching work on the " Live to Tell" article. Could you please do the same for my La Isla Bonita" article. I'm developing it for GA. Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee. --Legolas (talktome) 08:52, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I was snooping around in Loihi and Hawaii hotspot's edit history, looking for a good copyeditor- and you showed up prominently. I need another set of eyes to look over Loihi for FA technical criterea compliance, and get it ready for the FA process. Sorry to bombard you, but I also need someone to tell me how well Hawaii hotspot looks...please? Res Mar 13:49, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
By the way, I use your "Sort words" tool. The one thing is, once you see a misspelled word, how do you find it in the article?
Thank you!
Hi Michael. Can you please check the article " 4 Minutes (Madonna song)" for any error which I did while enhancing it? I believe there are plenty thats why I am asking for your help. Pleaseeeeeeeeeeee. --Legolas (talk2me) 12:32, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
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I apologized to the user. I thought he was vandalizing the article by changing a letter in "means", because I must've been tired and could not see the difference. It was a mistake. Giant Blue Anteater ( talk) 20:01, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
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I Seek To Help & Repair! ( talk) 22:07, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
Trying again. Res Mar 00:06, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Michael. I have come to ask your help again shamelessly. Please can you copyedit Hung Up and The Fame (album) articles? Will really appreaciate it as both are GA quality. --Legolas (talk2me) 12:13, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
I have started a discussion on possibly moving Nazi plunder. As you are currently a reasonably active editor, as well as a past contributor to the article, I hope you can find some time to make comments at renaming Nazi plunder. Un sch ool 17:47, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Shamelessly looking for your help in copy editing, when and if you have time. Many thanks as usual. Taprobanus ( talk) 12:41, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your copy edits to this article. It is now at featured status! Bradley0110 ( talk) 11:56, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
Hullo copy-editor extraordinaire. I'm hoping to put this one up for FA soon. (It's a different oen by the way) Delldot's peer-reviewed it and highlighted my dodgy grammar and convoluted sentences. I'd love you to give it the once over if you have the time. Fainites barley scribs 10:50, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
Would you please peer review the article for FA criteria, like you once did for FA Vithoba? Thanks. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 06:17, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Your largely unsung efforts to catch typos and misspellings, most recently on by hehalf in Nansen's Fram expedition, are much appreciated. Brianboulton ( talk) 12:56, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Please comment about Kanhopatra, in in consideration FA criteria. Your comments about Vithoba (now FA) were very useful. Thanks. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 05:42, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
I have done a pretty involved copy edit of Jay Pritzker Pavilion and have lost my critical distance for seeing typos and the like. If you are able and have the inclination, could you please spell check it? (Any other copy edits would also be welcome). Thanks as always, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:24, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for grabbing those type-os at Qwest Field! Cptnono ( talk) 06:43, 14 December 2009 (UTC)