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See Talk:William the Conqueror and the recent changes ... I guess I don't know anything at all about how a featured article should look. Ealdgyth - Talk 00:45, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
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Hi. Thanks for reviewing my GA nominations for 2013 CECAFA Cup and 2012 Kagame Interclub Cup. I think I'll be able to take care of the issues you raised on both articles, but due to my busy schedule I think I'll need more than seven days to try and make both articles GA material. Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 14:26, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
I have reverted a statement in England that it was a vassal of the Holy Roman Empire, and then of the Pope. The editor reverted back. So far as I can see there is no source for the first claim, and only early nineteenth century ones for the second - although it is presumably technically correct that King John made England a fief of the Pope. Can you take a look. Dudley Miles ( talk) 15:52, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
I review one of your SF articles and you have the 'gall to nominate another! I never!! (heh, all teasing aside, cool. Will try to review eventually. Am trying to review a bit more at FAC this year. Also getting FACs of my own back up... (hint hint) Ealdgyth - Talk 19:22, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
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Hi. I've finished fixing the Mud Creek article and responded to your comments at the GA review. It'd be good if you could take another look. Thanks, -- Jakob ( talk) 16:06, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Strange Stories you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Curly Turkey -- Curly Turkey ( talk) 02:02, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
Hey, Mike. Are you available for three more quick GA reviews? You're familiar with the subject matter (U.S. Olympic medalist swimmers), all three articles are in good shape, and I've tried to incorporate your comments from your previous GA reviews of the Catie Ball and Tracy Caulkins articles. One of the subjects ( Dara Torres) has been in the news in the last four years, and the other two are pretty straightforward ( Nicole Haislett, Mary Wayte). Given our history, I can't imagine anyone better than you to do these reviews. Please let me know if you have the time in the near term. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 11:53, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
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I think I've found a better copy of the lead image. And I do have a fondness for old-school Sci-fi art, as much as I might poke fun of it at times. Watch this space. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 22:15, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi. I posted another message on the article's talk page regarding this but I think all the issues you raised have been ironed out sufficiently and it's ready to move to GA-class. Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 18:41, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
Finally done, and nominated. Let me know if you see more I can do on it. Interior art: One of the images is stretched over two pages, but is obviously meant to be one image, despite the guttering between them. Should I reassemble it? Adam Cuerden ( talk) 12:32, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Ignoring the adverts, it looks like HWESSO for "Tomorrow" and Alex Schomburg for Newscast. Obviously HWESSO is a somewhat stylized signature. It's also the split artwork. Both are quite good, although I suppose the Schomburg being good should be no surprise. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 13:11, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Here's a sample of the guttering issue on the Wesso. As you can (probably) see, the two images obviously fit without a gap if put together. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 16:09, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
And here's the Schomburg. Nearly done. Your call as to whether you want to use it in
Marvel Science Stories.
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If you can scan anything at 600dpi, I'll gladly restore it. I do insist on double-checking copyright (I've lost days of work before to having missed something), but otherwise. =) Adam Cuerden ( talk) 03:31, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi Mike Christie! After your comment at the first FA nomination for City of Angels (Thirty Seconds to Mars song), the article underwent a copyediting treatment and has been improved in the prose area. Would you like to comment at the current nomination? Your help would be very much appreciated.-- Earthh ( talk) 14:29, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
A summary of a Featured Article you nominated at WP:FAC will appear on the Main Page soon. I had to squeeze the text down to a little over 1200 characters; was there anything I left out you'd like to see put back in? - Dank ( push to talk) 17:06, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Mike. I've just opened a peer review for Texas Revolution as the final step before we try for FA status. I'd very much appreciate your opinion and/or your copyediting skills. Thanks! Karanacs ( talk) 14:44, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
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I think I'm done now Mike. It's a very nice piece of work, good luck at FAC. Eric Corbett 19:47, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Mike. I am reviewing for FL List of scheduled monuments in Sedgemoor at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of scheduled monuments in Sedgemoor/archive1 nominated by Rod. A date of 12,500 BP is given for horse bones in Gough's Old Cave, which I think must be wrong as it is in the Younger Dryas ice age and there is no evidence of human occupation then. The English Heritage source at [1] cites a 1986 paper. Would you agree that C14 dating has moved on so much in the last 30 years that a source that old is not RS? Dudley Miles ( talk) 21:01, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
Hey, Mike. I got your talk page message, and I did not want you to think I was ignoring you. I know the primary writer/editor behind the 1921 and 1922 Vandy CFB season articles, and I have helped him with much smaller CFB bio articles in the past. I looked at the two when they were nominated last fall, and having looked at them again, I can guess why other reviewers are avoiding them. They are too long by a factor of two or greater, and the level of detail/trivia defies the basic concept of WP:SUMMARYSTYLE. Both require a lot of editing, as well as the active cooperation of the principal writer-editor to get them close to encyclopedic articles that satisfy the GA standard, and I' m not sure how my critical comments would be received. The CFB national championship article requires work, too, but I think it is much closer to providing an encyclopedia treatment of its subject. I'll try to take a look at it this coming weekend, and start outlining a plan for a constructive GA review. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 15:58, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, Mike - I was just looking at the latest edit to Radiocarbon dating and skimming the article, and I read the caption in the image of the sheep on the beach in North Ronaldsay, in the section Radiocarbon dating#Isotopic fractionation, and I didn't understand δ13C, so I read the first two paragraphs of that section where it explains what it is. I now understand (generally) what it is, but I don't know how to say it. I even clicked on the link (at the end of the second paragraph in "Isotopic fractionation") and read the article δ13C, but nowhere does it indicate how it is to be said. For the non-expert who doesn't already know, is there any chance you could indicate (at the end of the second paragraph in Radiocarbon dating#Isotopic fractionation and/or in δ13C) how to say it? I figure δ is a Greek lower-case letter, but I don't know which one. CorinneSD ( talk) 22:38, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Mike - I'm just wondering whether "fossil forest" needs to be capitalized in this subheading:
The phrase is in lower case in that section, and is not part of the official name of the location. What do you think? CorinneSD ( talk) 21:27, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
Many thanks for the review. The suggestions were very good, and frankly needed :) I dont miss the Denner portrait much, the link was always teneous. Ceoil ( talk) 18:29, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi Mike. I have commented at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Stephen I of Hungary/archive2 saying that I think the quotation of primary sources in Stephen I of Hungary is OR, and the nominator disagrees. If you have the time and inclination, could you take a look at it. Dudley Miles ( talk) 15:45, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi Mike. Any chance you can review Ancestry of the Godwins at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ancestry of the Godwins/archive1? Dudley Miles ( talk) 16:03, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
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I've replied to your page-creation bug with the next step, but I want to add: Come get me on my talk page when you encounter work-stopping problems. Send me e-mail. Ping me in GChat. Ask someone in #mediawiki-visualeditor connect to track me down. I would have cheerfully escaped yesterday's Meeting That Would Not Die to talk to you. Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 15:05, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
Any further problems? There's a suggestion about how to get more information in the bug at phab:T96115. If it's all cleared up though, then it might have been coincidentally fixed through some of the other work. Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 03:08, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
Mike, I've agreed to do the GA review for Talk:Vratislav Lokvenc/GA1. I've put together a little team to help me (Gerda Arendt to check the German footnote sources, GiantSnowman to check the football references and terminology -- still recruiting someone to czech the Czech footnote sources). I see that I am supposed to check for potential copyvio problems -- what's the best way to do that? I understand that we have online software for that, right? Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 11:58, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
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Hello. I noticed your name on the list of prolific FA writers, and I wondered if you would be interested in taking a look at Wikipedia:Peer review/Chetro Ketl/archive1. Thanks! RO (talk) 20:33, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
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Mike, a summary of a Featured Article you nominated at WP:FAC will appear on the Main Page soon. I used all of your lead, and then some. - Dank ( push to talk) 02:40, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Good to see/read today, thank you! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:07, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
The article is a Fantastic job in every sense of the word. Thank you for all of your efforts. Regards, Newyorkbrad ( talk) 01:51, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Mike, it's good to see you fully active at FAC again, and I am getting some pleasure reading your articles as I trawl for likely TFAs. My particular reason for contacting you now is to ask if you could look at my current FAC offering, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold? The reason I ask is that you have more book-type featured articles to your credit than any current editor, and I would greatly value your opinion on this effort. Brianboulton ( talk) 23:00, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
Hey Mike, since I often see your name at FAC, I thought to give you a call on Kill 'Em All. It would be great if you do an image & source review, or post some other comments at the nomination page. If you're busy at the moment, please notify me so I can contact another editor to do these duties. Appreciate your time.-- Retrohead ( talk) 22:03, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
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I was planning to nominate this for TFA but I put it off as you have one on 30 June, but I see that Brian Boulton has nominated Radiocarbon dating for 8 July. So you have two in just over a week! Dudley Miles ( talk) 14:47, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
Congratulations, Mike, on getting Radiocarbon dating to Featured article status. It's really an excellent article. CorinneSD ( talk) 15:27, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
Just to thany you for sending me the NYT review. I have incorporated its essence into the article. Brianboulton ( talk) 21:27, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
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Is VisualEditor still crashing when you try to create a new page? Our last theory was that the process might be something like going to a red link like randomgarbage, and then trying to "Create" the page in VisualEditor. The bugwrangler is hoping that you can try out his debugging suggestions at phab:T96115 – assuming, of course, that you can get it to crash, because we never did figure out how to reliably reproduce the problem in the first place. Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 17:28, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
Hey Mike, I saw that in your application for WP:OUP you mentioned access to Opera Quarterly. That journal isn't included in our OUP partnership, but it is partially accessible through WP:Project MUSE - you may want to apply there as well. Nikkimaria ( talk) 17:07, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
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I've just renominated Battle of Malvern Hill for FAC. You commented last time. Mind taking a look again. It's been through a copyedit and an A-Class review over at the Military History WikiProject. Thank you, -- ceradon ( talk • contribs) 07:28, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
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Read this and thought of you. Think you'll like it! Protonk ( talk) 14:16, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
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You just need to check the Common era for more precise information on how important is the use of BCE/CE standard (more secular) in scientific notations rather than BC/AD. Frozenprakash ( talk) 18:22, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
I am reading Andrew Lawson's Chalkland, about Stonehenge and its region, and he has an interesting comment on reporting C14 dates on p. 10. "To be strictly accurate when citing a radiocarbon determination, it is necessary to quote various important details from the laboratory report, not least the span of the estimate and the degree of probability. However...for the sake of simplicity in this book I have applied my own judgment and use approximate dates based on the calibrated laboratory determinations. For example, instead of saying 'using OxCal (v3.10: Bronk Ramsey 2001) and data from IntCal04 (Reimer et al 2004) and applying a Bayesian statistical framework, there is a 95% probability that the site was constructed between 2,580-2,470calBC', I would say that 'it was probably built about 2,500 BC."
Is this worth quoting as an illustration of the problems of explaining C14 dates for non-specialist readers? Dudley Miles ( talk) 21:17, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Mike - I'm just re-reading Radiocarbon dating. I'm wondering what you think of a minor word change in the following sentence at the end of the second paragraph in the lead:
I'd like to substitute the word "attaining" for "to" after "atmosphere". It would then read:
I think the "to" is rather abrupt, and doesn't convey enough. It is, of course, up to you. Corinne ( talk) 17:30, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
If you prefer "to", I would remove the comma just before it so it's more connected to the verb "increased". Corinne ( talk) 17:34, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
Marine isotope stage has two sets of MIS dates, an older and newer version. However the new dating looks to me as if it is just taken from a listing which uses uncalibrated dates - it puts the end of the Younger Dryas at 14kya. I think it should therefore be deleted. Do you agree? Dudley Miles ( talk) 22:49, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with Æthelwulf. Did you get my email of 9 September on MIS? Dudley Miles ( talk) 14:37, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your wise input, I will take your words to heart and be more verbose and thoughtful in future FAC comments. Though I may still take some time on my own to look over candidates in the list first, I'll certainly try my best to give some more depth to my suggestions and try to provide helpful recommendations to the nominators.
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BTW someone created Louis Silberkleit. I know you were excited to tackle that so I figured I'd let you know. Protonk ( talk) 13:30, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
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I really appreciated your efforts on the AI Mk. IV article. Whereas most comments were dotting the i's, yours truly improved the resulting article - it's certainly more logical and easy to read. Would you have the time (and interest) in doing the same for the AI Mk. VIII radar article? It's also long and, IMHO, an interesting story, but I'm finding it difficult to gather comments for any longer article. Maury Markowitz ( talk) 11:46, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
Ok, I finally got around to working in your suggestions. There's one left dangling and one question, but all the rest are in. Maury Markowitz ( talk) 20:40, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
I saw you reverted my edit to Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine, because it is not a "comic". You're right, but all comics publications are categorized by year at the moment. That's what the name of the category refers to: "comics", the plural (it has recently even been changed from "comic" to "comics" to avoid such misconceptions). Since "Flash Gordon" is a comics magazine it also fits in the "1936 comics debuts" and "1936 comics endings" categories, which refer to any publications in the field of comics that happened that particular year. - User:Knudde Kjell, October 19, 2015 (17:03)
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Tim Riley just pinged me that the Andrew Sledd article has been promoted to Feature Article. It was a much improved article for your review and wordsmithing, and I look forward to our next GA/FA collaboration in the new year. Thank you once again for periodically poking me to go through the FA process -- I probably would not have done so without your prodding. Best wishes for a Merry Christmas. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 16:42, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
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If I did the math right (please check), we are approaching the 1400th anniversary of Æthelberht's death. What do you think of this nomination to place his article on the Main Page? Jonathunder ( talk) 01:59, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Mike, I'm teaching a class on Byzantine Art History that will have a Wikipedia assignment component and wondered if you'd be willing to be the Online Ambassador? Your background in medieval history made me think you might be a good fit. Thanks, Anne
A full run of If (magazine) (which you wrote!) is now up at the Internet Archive. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:05, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi Mike
You reverted my addition of Guyana to the category Small Island Developing States, I understand why you did this but confusingly Guyana is actually part of the SIDS group, you can find out more information here, I've added it back into the category.
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No problem :), its not exactly the most accurate name........ John Cummings ( talk) 20:38, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
Hello, I am from the talk page of Final Fantasy Type-0. Sometimes I get carried away, and this particular group was being especially difficult. I didn't want to give into their trifle demands and put too much effort countering what should be a clear case of product advertisement, among other very serious issues with that article and the people (and some admins) involved with this subject. The discussion was also covering a much deeper topic of journalistic fraud, real commercial interests, and many other things which have been going on for quite some time. I didn't recognize you as someone who wasn't a part of the circle of people I was dealing with. Again I apologize. I also have a disability, which makes things difficult for me to express, which is why I put so many edits to clarify my statements. Typically you will see the edit history in talk filled with minor edits from me. This is not deliberate. Writing is very tedious for me. The entire discussion was taken down before I had a chance to correct things, but in order to understand the nature of the situation you probably would have to read the entire discussion. There are some legitimate concerns which need to be addressed here, which may be difficult because many things follow within the scope of policy, who are also being devious under the protection of policy, but none-the-less are serious issues which effect Wikipedia and the internet. As far as being a featured article (you mentioned you were from FAC?) yes, there very well may be grounds for removing it. Please read the conversation and excuse my questionable attitude within that conversation. Thanks. Andiar.rohnds ( talk) 05:55, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
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You reverted my effort to avoid jargon, noting that, inter alia, "some variation is necessary to avoid it sounding repetitious". I understand where you're coming from, and suggest capitalizing the abbreviation (which otherwise looks rather like a typo) as reasonable middle ground. -- Piledhigheranddeeper ( talk) 18:57, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
I have nominated the Anthony Anderson (basketball) article to possibly have it be promoted to a featured article. Could you please leave some comments on areas that you would want to fix so that it meets the FA criteria? If so, add your opinion on the article on the nomination page. TempleM ( talk) 00:09, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi Mike, I'll start work on this one today. You nominated the article at WP:FAC. - Dank ( push to talk) 14:19, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
I have English Benedictine Reform at PR. Comments gratefully received. Dudley Miles ( talk) 18:50, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
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See Talk:William the Conqueror and the recent changes ... I guess I don't know anything at all about how a featured article should look. Ealdgyth - Talk 00:45, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
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Hi. Thanks for reviewing my GA nominations for 2013 CECAFA Cup and 2012 Kagame Interclub Cup. I think I'll be able to take care of the issues you raised on both articles, but due to my busy schedule I think I'll need more than seven days to try and make both articles GA material. Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 14:26, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
I have reverted a statement in England that it was a vassal of the Holy Roman Empire, and then of the Pope. The editor reverted back. So far as I can see there is no source for the first claim, and only early nineteenth century ones for the second - although it is presumably technically correct that King John made England a fief of the Pope. Can you take a look. Dudley Miles ( talk) 15:52, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
I review one of your SF articles and you have the 'gall to nominate another! I never!! (heh, all teasing aside, cool. Will try to review eventually. Am trying to review a bit more at FAC this year. Also getting FACs of my own back up... (hint hint) Ealdgyth - Talk 19:22, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
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Hey, Mike. Are you available for three more quick GA reviews? You're familiar with the subject matter (U.S. Olympic medalist swimmers), all three articles are in good shape, and I've tried to incorporate your comments from your previous GA reviews of the Catie Ball and Tracy Caulkins articles. One of the subjects ( Dara Torres) has been in the news in the last four years, and the other two are pretty straightforward ( Nicole Haislett, Mary Wayte). Given our history, I can't imagine anyone better than you to do these reviews. Please let me know if you have the time in the near term. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 11:53, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
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I think I've found a better copy of the lead image. And I do have a fondness for old-school Sci-fi art, as much as I might poke fun of it at times. Watch this space. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 22:15, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi. I posted another message on the article's talk page regarding this but I think all the issues you raised have been ironed out sufficiently and it's ready to move to GA-class. Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 18:41, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
Finally done, and nominated. Let me know if you see more I can do on it. Interior art: One of the images is stretched over two pages, but is obviously meant to be one image, despite the guttering between them. Should I reassemble it? Adam Cuerden ( talk) 12:32, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Ignoring the adverts, it looks like HWESSO for "Tomorrow" and Alex Schomburg for Newscast. Obviously HWESSO is a somewhat stylized signature. It's also the split artwork. Both are quite good, although I suppose the Schomburg being good should be no surprise. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 13:11, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Here's a sample of the guttering issue on the Wesso. As you can (probably) see, the two images obviously fit without a gap if put together. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 16:09, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
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If you can scan anything at 600dpi, I'll gladly restore it. I do insist on double-checking copyright (I've lost days of work before to having missed something), but otherwise. =) Adam Cuerden ( talk) 03:31, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
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A summary of a Featured Article you nominated at WP:FAC will appear on the Main Page soon. I had to squeeze the text down to a little over 1200 characters; was there anything I left out you'd like to see put back in? - Dank ( push to talk) 17:06, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Mike. I've just opened a peer review for Texas Revolution as the final step before we try for FA status. I'd very much appreciate your opinion and/or your copyediting skills. Thanks! Karanacs ( talk) 14:44, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
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I think I'm done now Mike. It's a very nice piece of work, good luck at FAC. Eric Corbett 19:47, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Mike. I am reviewing for FL List of scheduled monuments in Sedgemoor at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of scheduled monuments in Sedgemoor/archive1 nominated by Rod. A date of 12,500 BP is given for horse bones in Gough's Old Cave, which I think must be wrong as it is in the Younger Dryas ice age and there is no evidence of human occupation then. The English Heritage source at [1] cites a 1986 paper. Would you agree that C14 dating has moved on so much in the last 30 years that a source that old is not RS? Dudley Miles ( talk) 21:01, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
Hey, Mike. I got your talk page message, and I did not want you to think I was ignoring you. I know the primary writer/editor behind the 1921 and 1922 Vandy CFB season articles, and I have helped him with much smaller CFB bio articles in the past. I looked at the two when they were nominated last fall, and having looked at them again, I can guess why other reviewers are avoiding them. They are too long by a factor of two or greater, and the level of detail/trivia defies the basic concept of WP:SUMMARYSTYLE. Both require a lot of editing, as well as the active cooperation of the principal writer-editor to get them close to encyclopedic articles that satisfy the GA standard, and I' m not sure how my critical comments would be received. The CFB national championship article requires work, too, but I think it is much closer to providing an encyclopedia treatment of its subject. I'll try to take a look at it this coming weekend, and start outlining a plan for a constructive GA review. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 15:58, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, Mike - I was just looking at the latest edit to Radiocarbon dating and skimming the article, and I read the caption in the image of the sheep on the beach in North Ronaldsay, in the section Radiocarbon dating#Isotopic fractionation, and I didn't understand δ13C, so I read the first two paragraphs of that section where it explains what it is. I now understand (generally) what it is, but I don't know how to say it. I even clicked on the link (at the end of the second paragraph in "Isotopic fractionation") and read the article δ13C, but nowhere does it indicate how it is to be said. For the non-expert who doesn't already know, is there any chance you could indicate (at the end of the second paragraph in Radiocarbon dating#Isotopic fractionation and/or in δ13C) how to say it? I figure δ is a Greek lower-case letter, but I don't know which one. CorinneSD ( talk) 22:38, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Mike - I'm just wondering whether "fossil forest" needs to be capitalized in this subheading:
The phrase is in lower case in that section, and is not part of the official name of the location. What do you think? CorinneSD ( talk) 21:27, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
Many thanks for the review. The suggestions were very good, and frankly needed :) I dont miss the Denner portrait much, the link was always teneous. Ceoil ( talk) 18:29, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi Mike. I have commented at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Stephen I of Hungary/archive2 saying that I think the quotation of primary sources in Stephen I of Hungary is OR, and the nominator disagrees. If you have the time and inclination, could you take a look at it. Dudley Miles ( talk) 15:45, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi Mike. Any chance you can review Ancestry of the Godwins at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ancestry of the Godwins/archive1? Dudley Miles ( talk) 16:03, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
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I've replied to your page-creation bug with the next step, but I want to add: Come get me on my talk page when you encounter work-stopping problems. Send me e-mail. Ping me in GChat. Ask someone in #mediawiki-visualeditor connect to track me down. I would have cheerfully escaped yesterday's Meeting That Would Not Die to talk to you. Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 15:05, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
Any further problems? There's a suggestion about how to get more information in the bug at phab:T96115. If it's all cleared up though, then it might have been coincidentally fixed through some of the other work. Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 03:08, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
Mike, I've agreed to do the GA review for Talk:Vratislav Lokvenc/GA1. I've put together a little team to help me (Gerda Arendt to check the German footnote sources, GiantSnowman to check the football references and terminology -- still recruiting someone to czech the Czech footnote sources). I see that I am supposed to check for potential copyvio problems -- what's the best way to do that? I understand that we have online software for that, right? Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 11:58, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Mike,
I don’t know how closely you’ve followed the research project about VisualEditor, but since they’ll be moving into the data analysis phase before long, I wanted to personally ask a few “regulars” at WP:VEF to let me know if they’d seen anything unusual during the last week or two. (You’re in the top 10 all-time editors at WP:VEF, if you exclude inactive editors and staff.) Anyway, if you’ve seen anything or have any thoughts on it, then please let me know. There’s a thread open at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback#Test feedback if you want, or you can always leave a note at my talk page or send me e-mail. Thanks, Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 06:17, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I noticed your name on the list of prolific FA writers, and I wondered if you would be interested in taking a look at Wikipedia:Peer review/Chetro Ketl/archive1. Thanks! RO (talk) 20:33, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
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I have nominated Ace Books for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Crispulop ( talk) 08:39, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
Mike, a summary of a Featured Article you nominated at WP:FAC will appear on the Main Page soon. I used all of your lead, and then some. - Dank ( push to talk) 02:40, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Good to see/read today, thank you! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:07, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
The article is a Fantastic job in every sense of the word. Thank you for all of your efforts. Regards, Newyorkbrad ( talk) 01:51, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Mike, it's good to see you fully active at FAC again, and I am getting some pleasure reading your articles as I trawl for likely TFAs. My particular reason for contacting you now is to ask if you could look at my current FAC offering, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold? The reason I ask is that you have more book-type featured articles to your credit than any current editor, and I would greatly value your opinion on this effort. Brianboulton ( talk) 23:00, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
Hey Mike, since I often see your name at FAC, I thought to give you a call on Kill 'Em All. It would be great if you do an image & source review, or post some other comments at the nomination page. If you're busy at the moment, please notify me so I can contact another editor to do these duties. Appreciate your time.-- Retrohead ( talk) 22:03, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
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I was planning to nominate this for TFA but I put it off as you have one on 30 June, but I see that Brian Boulton has nominated Radiocarbon dating for 8 July. So you have two in just over a week! Dudley Miles ( talk) 14:47, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
Congratulations, Mike, on getting Radiocarbon dating to Featured article status. It's really an excellent article. CorinneSD ( talk) 15:27, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
Just to thany you for sending me the NYT review. I have incorporated its essence into the article. Brianboulton ( talk) 21:27, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
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Is VisualEditor still crashing when you try to create a new page? Our last theory was that the process might be something like going to a red link like randomgarbage, and then trying to "Create" the page in VisualEditor. The bugwrangler is hoping that you can try out his debugging suggestions at phab:T96115 – assuming, of course, that you can get it to crash, because we never did figure out how to reliably reproduce the problem in the first place. Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 17:28, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
Hey Mike, I saw that in your application for WP:OUP you mentioned access to Opera Quarterly. That journal isn't included in our OUP partnership, but it is partially accessible through WP:Project MUSE - you may want to apply there as well. Nikkimaria ( talk) 17:07, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
Hello,
I've just renominated Battle of Malvern Hill for FAC. You commented last time. Mind taking a look again. It's been through a copyedit and an A-Class review over at the Military History WikiProject. Thank you, -- ceradon ( talk • contribs) 07:28, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
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Read this and thought of you. Think you'll like it! Protonk ( talk) 14:16, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello! I work with the non-profit Wiki Education Foundation. We're creating a handbook for student editors in higher ed who are assigned to write biographies on Wikipedia. I hoped you might be willing to spare some time to review the text of that brochure and offer comments on its Talk page? You can find it here. Thanks in advance! Eryk (Wiki Ed) ( talk) 20:00, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
You just need to check the Common era for more precise information on how important is the use of BCE/CE standard (more secular) in scientific notations rather than BC/AD. Frozenprakash ( talk) 18:22, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
I am reading Andrew Lawson's Chalkland, about Stonehenge and its region, and he has an interesting comment on reporting C14 dates on p. 10. "To be strictly accurate when citing a radiocarbon determination, it is necessary to quote various important details from the laboratory report, not least the span of the estimate and the degree of probability. However...for the sake of simplicity in this book I have applied my own judgment and use approximate dates based on the calibrated laboratory determinations. For example, instead of saying 'using OxCal (v3.10: Bronk Ramsey 2001) and data from IntCal04 (Reimer et al 2004) and applying a Bayesian statistical framework, there is a 95% probability that the site was constructed between 2,580-2,470calBC', I would say that 'it was probably built about 2,500 BC."
Is this worth quoting as an illustration of the problems of explaining C14 dates for non-specialist readers? Dudley Miles ( talk) 21:17, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Mike - I'm just re-reading Radiocarbon dating. I'm wondering what you think of a minor word change in the following sentence at the end of the second paragraph in the lead:
I'd like to substitute the word "attaining" for "to" after "atmosphere". It would then read:
I think the "to" is rather abrupt, and doesn't convey enough. It is, of course, up to you. Corinne ( talk) 17:30, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
If you prefer "to", I would remove the comma just before it so it's more connected to the verb "increased". Corinne ( talk) 17:34, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
Marine isotope stage has two sets of MIS dates, an older and newer version. However the new dating looks to me as if it is just taken from a listing which uses uncalibrated dates - it puts the end of the Younger Dryas at 14kya. I think it should therefore be deleted. Do you agree? Dudley Miles ( talk) 22:49, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with Æthelwulf. Did you get my email of 9 September on MIS? Dudley Miles ( talk) 14:37, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your wise input, I will take your words to heart and be more verbose and thoughtful in future FAC comments. Though I may still take some time on my own to look over candidates in the list first, I'll certainly try my best to give some more depth to my suggestions and try to provide helpful recommendations to the nominators.
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BTW someone created Louis Silberkleit. I know you were excited to tackle that so I figured I'd let you know. Protonk ( talk) 13:30, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
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I really appreciated your efforts on the AI Mk. IV article. Whereas most comments were dotting the i's, yours truly improved the resulting article - it's certainly more logical and easy to read. Would you have the time (and interest) in doing the same for the AI Mk. VIII radar article? It's also long and, IMHO, an interesting story, but I'm finding it difficult to gather comments for any longer article. Maury Markowitz ( talk) 11:46, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
Ok, I finally got around to working in your suggestions. There's one left dangling and one question, but all the rest are in. Maury Markowitz ( talk) 20:40, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
I saw you reverted my edit to Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine, because it is not a "comic". You're right, but all comics publications are categorized by year at the moment. That's what the name of the category refers to: "comics", the plural (it has recently even been changed from "comic" to "comics" to avoid such misconceptions). Since "Flash Gordon" is a comics magazine it also fits in the "1936 comics debuts" and "1936 comics endings" categories, which refer to any publications in the field of comics that happened that particular year. - User:Knudde Kjell, October 19, 2015 (17:03)
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Mike, I finally decided it was time to take the plunge with the Andrew Sledd article, and I have nominated it as a Feature Article candidate. Please let me know what I else I should be doing while it is pending. Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 19:56, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
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Tim Riley just pinged me that the Andrew Sledd article has been promoted to Feature Article. It was a much improved article for your review and wordsmithing, and I look forward to our next GA/FA collaboration in the new year. Thank you once again for periodically poking me to go through the FA process -- I probably would not have done so without your prodding. Best wishes for a Merry Christmas. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 16:42, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
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If I did the math right (please check), we are approaching the 1400th anniversary of Æthelberht's death. What do you think of this nomination to place his article on the Main Page? Jonathunder ( talk) 01:59, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
Precious again, your Anglo-Saxon king Æthelberht of Kent!
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Hi Mike, I'm teaching a class on Byzantine Art History that will have a Wikipedia assignment component and wondered if you'd be willing to be the Online Ambassador? Your background in medieval history made me think you might be a good fit. Thanks, Anne
A full run of If (magazine) (which you wrote!) is now up at the Internet Archive. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:05, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi Mike
You reverted my addition of Guyana to the category Small Island Developing States, I understand why you did this but confusingly Guyana is actually part of the SIDS group, you can find out more information here, I've added it back into the category.
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No problem :), its not exactly the most accurate name........ John Cummings ( talk) 20:38, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
Hello, I am from the talk page of Final Fantasy Type-0. Sometimes I get carried away, and this particular group was being especially difficult. I didn't want to give into their trifle demands and put too much effort countering what should be a clear case of product advertisement, among other very serious issues with that article and the people (and some admins) involved with this subject. The discussion was also covering a much deeper topic of journalistic fraud, real commercial interests, and many other things which have been going on for quite some time. I didn't recognize you as someone who wasn't a part of the circle of people I was dealing with. Again I apologize. I also have a disability, which makes things difficult for me to express, which is why I put so many edits to clarify my statements. Typically you will see the edit history in talk filled with minor edits from me. This is not deliberate. Writing is very tedious for me. The entire discussion was taken down before I had a chance to correct things, but in order to understand the nature of the situation you probably would have to read the entire discussion. There are some legitimate concerns which need to be addressed here, which may be difficult because many things follow within the scope of policy, who are also being devious under the protection of policy, but none-the-less are serious issues which effect Wikipedia and the internet. As far as being a featured article (you mentioned you were from FAC?) yes, there very well may be grounds for removing it. Please read the conversation and excuse my questionable attitude within that conversation. Thanks. Andiar.rohnds ( talk) 05:55, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
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You reverted my effort to avoid jargon, noting that, inter alia, "some variation is necessary to avoid it sounding repetitious". I understand where you're coming from, and suggest capitalizing the abbreviation (which otherwise looks rather like a typo) as reasonable middle ground. -- Piledhigheranddeeper ( talk) 18:57, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
I have nominated the Anthony Anderson (basketball) article to possibly have it be promoted to a featured article. Could you please leave some comments on areas that you would want to fix so that it meets the FA criteria? If so, add your opinion on the article on the nomination page. TempleM ( talk) 00:09, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi Mike, I'll start work on this one today. You nominated the article at WP:FAC. - Dank ( push to talk) 14:19, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
I have English Benedictine Reform at PR. Comments gratefully received. Dudley Miles ( talk) 18:50, 5 May 2016 (UTC)