Thank you many times over for your devotion to doing source reviews at FAC. Your latest comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Seacology/archive1 raised a couple questions, and I would appreciate clarification or your general reply. Best, – VisionHolder « talk » 09:44, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello! If you're planning to be an active Online Ambassador for the upcoming academic term, now is the time to join one or more pods. (A pod consists of the instructor, the Campus Ambassadors, and the Online Ambassadors for single class.) The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) explains the expectations for being part of a pod as an Online Ambassador. (The MOU for pods in Canada is essentially the same.) In short, the role of Online Ambassadors this term consists of:
This replaces the 1-on-1 mentoring role for Online Ambassadors that we had in previous terms; rather than being responsible for individual students (some of whom don't want or help or are unresponsive), Online Ambassadors will be there to help whichever students in their class(es) ask for help.
You can browse the upcoming courses here: United States; Canada. More are being added as new pods become active and create their course pages.
Once you've found a class that you want to work with—especially if you some interest or expertise in the topic area—you should sign the MOU listing for that class and get in touch with the instructor. We're hoping to have at least two Online Ambassadors per pod, and more for the larger classes.
If you're up for supporting any kind of class and would like me to assign you to a pod in need of more Online Ambassadors, just let me know.
-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 16:34, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
PS: There are still a lot of student articles from the last term that haven't been rated. Please rate a few and update the list!
Hi there, thank you for taking the time to review the Glenrothes article. In light of your comments i have spent considerable time trying to amend the article in ordets to comply with the FA requirements. I believe I have now managed to address all of the bullet points you raised following your initial assessment. There should no longer be any errors in format or citations of the notes or bibliography. Would it be possible to gauge your view on whether you are satisfied I have acheived this please?
Many thanks Yoostar ( talk) 12:43, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, thanks for the spotchecks. I really appreciate it.-- Tærkast ( Discuss) 14:57, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
I took a shot at addressing your concerns. One minor point of confusion (volume vs. issue) remains, but it should be easy to clear up. Thanks for the review. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 20:55, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
I have to go offline shortly and trust you had solid reasons for removing Tadeusz Szeligowski from Q5. Could you please elaborate them at the article talk? What you mentioned there is a close paraphrasing of a short sentence stating simple facts. The article author(s) might not understand why this triggered demotion. Thanks. Materialscientist ( talk) 14:07, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
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Many thanks for the c/e Nikki :) Very kind of you and much appreciated!-- CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 17:58, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria. I've been asked to ping those who have opposed on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Moonrise (novel)/archive1. Any further comments would be appreciated. Bramble claw x 14:33, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria. I have put " Rehab (Rihanna song)" for a PR, cause I want to later nominate it for a FA. However, can you go on the peer review page and give me some brief comments about the article and it's issues. Thanks Tomica1111 ( talk) 11:35, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on September 4, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 4, 2011. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article directors Raul654 ( talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 ( talk · contribs), or at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch. ™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 01:24, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
The Eastbourne manslaughter was an 1860 legal case in Eastbourne, England, concerning the death of 15-year-old Reginald Cancellor at the hands of his teacher, Thomas Hopley. Hopley intended to use corporal punishment to overcome what he perceived as stubbornness on Cancellor's part, but instead he beat the boy to death. An inquest into Cancellor's death began when his brother requested an autopsy. As a result of the inquest Hopley was arrested and charged with manslaughter. He was found guilty at trial and sentenced to four years in prison, although he insisted that his actions were justifiable and that he was not guilty of any crime. The trial was sensationalised by the Victorian press, and incited debate over the use of corporal punishment in schools. After Hopley's release and subsequent divorce trial, he largely disappeared from the public record. The case became an important legal precedent in the United Kingdom for discussions of corporal punishment in schools and reasonable limits on discipline. ( more...)
Hello Nikkimania, if you got some time, could you please have another look at the citations of the "Glenrothes" article and offer some advice on the FA talk? The main editors put a lot of work in this article and are motivated to fix issues, but formatting of citations (aside from general prose, which is currently checked) seems to be problematic - especially the use of "work=" and "publisher=", when and how to use those parameters. As i am no expert in citations myself (i generally copy/paste examples from other texts as format template ...), any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. GermanJoe ( talk) 08:57, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
A long while back you reviewed Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/HMS Hood (51)/archive1. Can you revisit it to see if your concerns have been addressed.-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 01:40, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
Wow. I see that not only are the British insane, but they always were insane. Great article, congratulations! Bishonen | talk 16:42, 4 September 2011 (UTC).
Hi Nikki. Hope you still remember me. Do you know someone who can coy-edit 1+1 (song)? It is quite urgent. Please reply. Jivesh • Talk2Me 07:00, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
I am editing the List of Rihanna songs to become a FL, but I'm not really sure what is expected of the Lead info. I haven't found any of other List of Songs articles which is an FL, so I don't have anything to do by in terms of what content is expected. I was wondering if you could give me a few pointers as to what this Lead should include please? Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon! 13:09, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
How does the Lead look now? ( List of Rihanna songs). Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon! 15:55, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
For your consideration (or amusement). - Dank ( push to talk) 21:08, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, Nikki. I'm sorry, but what does it exactly means "Check grammar of EN A". Whats the "EN A"? -- Lecen ( talk) 00:10, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria
My seminar sections are meeting today for the first time and I shall be introducing them to some of the basics of Wikipedia and our assignments, etc. I look forward to providing them with your information as well. I am new to this, so it is a learning curve for me as well. Thank you so much for volunteering to help us and be our online ambassador.
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Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon! 14:06, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
Assuming the style is consistent throughout an article, is wiki-linking necessary for author, location, publisher, or work parameters in a reference? « ₣M₣ » 21:09, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
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Hope that helps, let me know if you have any questions. Nikkimaria ( talk) 01:51, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
HI hi, I am Trish Fancher, and you are assigned as the online ambassador for a Freshman Composition course I teach. I'm very happy to meet you! I'm certain that I'll need your assistance at different points this semester. I have copy edited WP occasionally, but have never spent much time adding content. The students have never edited wikipedia, and many are not super comfortable learning new technologies. I'm sure we'll all get the hang of it before to long. But while we get our 'wikipedia legs' I'm going to encourage the students to call on you frequently.
Just so you have an idea of the game plan. In total, the class includes 38 Freshman students. They are allowed to choose any topic, but I have to approve of the topic first. I will be introducing the project tomorrow morning. My goal is to have all the students create a user page, talk page, sandbox, and make 5 edits before the end of class. I am also going to have them add their user names to the course page. I would also like each of them to send you a short message to say 'hi' in this section.
Please let me know if you have any questions at all. You may also email me if you like at fancher@clemson.edu. Thanks again for helping us out!
Here is my course page Wikipedia:United_States_Education_Program/Courses/Accelerated_Composition_(Patricia_Fancher)
Pfancher ( talk) 22:39, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
HI nice to meet you. Lionel555 ( talk) 12:55, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
'Tis a pleasure to to meet your acquaintance. Krondorx ( talk) 12:57, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Nice to meet you and I will thank you in advance for helping us! Galatians ( talk) 15:15, 19 September 2011 (UTC) Hi, Nikkimaria Just saying Hi and thanks for helping us Plannan ( talk) 19:50, 18 September 2011 (UTC) hey 14:01, 15 September 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.127.255.224 ( talk) Cippy12 ( talk) 12:58, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Hey Nikkimaria! Nice to meet you :) S.brad.18 ( talk) 12:59, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello, what lovely weather we are having Mab546 ( talk) 13:02, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello! It is very nice to meet you! Tigerears27 ( talk) 13:03, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, thanks for offering your help with kicking off our Wikipedia project. Ggisawesome ( talk) 13:04, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi hi, I'm from Trish's 9:30 class. Surrey3601 ( talk) 14:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi. It is nice to meet you! Lflemin ( talk) 15:34, 15 September 2011 (UTC) ````Hi Nikkimaria thanks for agreeing to help us! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Serendipity23411 ( talk • contribs) 21:33, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I'm going to need your help! Clemsonwikier ( talk) 20:56, 17 September 2011 (UTC) Serendipity23411 ( talk) 21:35, 17 September 2011 (UTC) Hi its nice to meet you, thanks for agreeing to help us!
Hello! Thanks for agreeing to help us. DD-ENGL103-41 ( talk) 21:54, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Thank you for helping our class out!!! WGENGLISH ( talk) 21:56, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
HI! Thanks for helping us, i know I'll definitely need some! Riffraff520 ( talk) 00:48, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Yo. OneThousandTwentyFour ( talk) 17:41, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Hey thanks for helping us with the project! Pdyoung ( talk) 00:31, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Pbjellytime17 ( talk) 12:13, 20 September 2011 (UTC)Looking forward to telling Mom that I edit Wikipedia pages. :)
yo. thanks for helping us! Zizou12 ( talk) 14:26, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Would you mind revisiting WP:Featured article candidates/Ecology/archive1? Ucucha ( talk) 14:03, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I have done everything currently on the review page, can you give me an update please? Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon! 13:43, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi -- I'd like to add a separate sources section to Hugo Award, and I was hoping you could give me some feedback on best practices, since I know you look at a lot of sources sections. I have a draft here, and one thing that bothers me is that there are a lot of different citations to what is essentially the same site -- hugoawards.com. What would be a sensible way to condense this to a single line in the sources, while still saving space in the footnotes themselves?
I haven't seen webcitation.org before, and it looks useful; but if I condense those lines to a single one in sources, I assume the webcitation pieces would go into the footnotes, and the sources list would not need them -- correct?
Thanks for any help. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 17:07, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Greetings,
My name is John-Paul and I am a student with the University of Alberta specializing in Communications and Technology.
I would like to include your Wikipedia user page in a study I am doing about how people present themselves online. I am interested in whether people see themselves in different ways, online and offline. One of the things I am looking at is how contributors to Wikipedia present themselves to each other through their user pages. Would you consider letting me include your user page in my study?
With your consent, I will read and analyze your user page, and ask you five short questions about it that will take about ten to fifteen minutes to answer. I am looking at about twenty user pages belonging to twenty different people. I will be looking at all user pages together, looking for common threads in the way people introduce themselves to other Wikipedians.
I hope that my research will help answer questions about how people collaborate, work together, and share knowledge. If you are open to participating in this study, please reply to this message, on your User Talk page or on mine. I will provide you with a complete description of my research, which you can use to decide if you want to participate.
Thank-you,
John-Paul Mcvea
University of Alberta
jmcvea@ualberta.ca
Johnpaulmcvea ( talk) 17:42, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Yes, I have been contacted. I still contend that their are multiple questionable sources in the article which have never been directly addressed. They have been pushed aside (those that remain) as notable = reliable and that most are used in reception, so what does it matter? This is in spite being brought up by not only myself, but others who came by. I've posted a list at the bottom of the section of which ones I feel still need addressing. 陣 内 Jinnai 22:00, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi. You gave some feedback a few weeks ago at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/United States v. Wong Kim Ark/archive1, and I was wondering if you would be willing to take another look now at the article (and the still-open FAC discussion) and let people know if you have any additional thoughts, or if you are prepared to say that the article is (or is not) ready for promotion. Thanks. Richwales ( talk · contribs) 04:00, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
...at this Nikki? Is the lead too long and the refs, are they okay? I'll be nominating the list for a[n] FL. Should I write "an FA/FL" or "a FA/FL"? Thanks :-) Novice7 ( talk) 14:47, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, just made my first edits ever. I enjoyed making them to better the content and knowledge of Nikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mab546 ( talk • contribs) 19:23, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I'm Selin Lee, a student for the course SMC315H1F (The Newspaper in Canadian Society) at the University of Toronto. You're our online ambassador for the course, and I'm apparently the first one to leave a message! Hopefully I did everything right! Nice to meet you! -- Selin Lee ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:44, 19 September 2011 (UTC).
Thanks for helping our class out as we enter the unfamiliar environment of Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srhanle18 ( talk • contribs) 02:10, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I'm a student at Clemson University. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Funkymonkey021993 ( talk • contribs) 12:07, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Hey! I'm a student in Trish Fancher's class at Clemson University. Thanks for helping us out with our projects this semester! Amn1417 ( talk) 13:19, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello Nikkimaria- I have read and responded to your points in the Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/The_Kingston_Trio/archive1. I've been directed by Karanacs to check with you and see if the changes meet with your approval - would appreciate your taking a second look. Sensei48 ( talk) 18:25, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Thank-you for agreeing to participate in my study, entitled “Online Self-presentation among Wikipedians.” I appreciate it.
As I indicated before, here are five questions that I would like you to answer. Please be as brief or as thorough as you like.
5 QUESTIONS
1. Are you a member of social networks such Facebook or MySpace?
2. In addition to maintaining a user page in Wikipedia, have you also written or edited articles? If so, about how many times?
3. What are the key messages about yourself that you hope to convey with your user page?
4. Have your Wikipedia contributions ever received feedback, such as being edited by others or commented on? Have you received a message from another Wikipedia user? If so, do you think your user page positively or negatively affected what other people said and how they said it?
5. Do you see your “online self” as being different from your “offline self?” Can you elaborate?
Please indicate your answers to these questions on your talk page, or on mine. If you like, you can email your answers to me instead (jmcvea@ualberta.ca).
Thank you again : )
Johnpaulmcvea ( talk) 00:00, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
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Background • I am asking you to participate in a research project that is part of my MA degree. • I am asking you because you have created a user page in Wikipedia that other people can use to learn about you.
• My research is about how people present themselves online. • I will look at how people present themselves when presenting themselves to the Wikipedia community.
• With your consent, I will analyze the language of your user page and gather basic statistics such as the count of words, the frequency of words, the number of sections, and so on. • I will also read the text of your user page, looking for elements in common with ads posted by other people. I will note whether you include a picture, or links to other content on the internet, • I ask you to answer my five questions, above. This will take about ten to fifteen minutes to complete. I will ask you to answer the questions within a week, and send your answers to me. • Throughout my research, I will adhere to the University of Alberta Standards for the Protection of Human Research Participants, which you can view at http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/gfcpolicymanual/policymanualsection66.cfm
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• If you have any further questions regarding this study, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Stanley Varnhagen, my research advisor for this project. If you have concerns about this study, you may contact the University of Alberta Research Ethics Committee at 780-492-2615. This office has no affiliation with the study investigators. Thank-you again! |
I would like to request a copy of your final report, as you offer above. I would also like to make a comment about your project and approach here. I don't know how familiar you are with Wikipedia, nor how you selected the participants in your study. However, I can tell you that unless you've queried some fairly new contributors, the answers to questions 2 and 4 parts 1-2 will almost certainly be yes, as these are fundamental aspects of Wikipedia. More generally, it might be helpful for you to contact the Research Committee regarding your efforts here, or to scan through the Recent research columns (hit "previous" to see more) in our newspaper. Feel free to ask if you have any further questions. Nikkimaria ( talk) 03:49, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for moving James Cook. Sorry about putting him in the RAF Uxbridge section, my mistake.-- Harkey ( talk) 12:56, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Would you be able to give me feedback as to whether I need page numbers for newspaper articles? I won't be able to get them over the weekend so it would be great to know for today or tomorrow. Thanks for taking the time to review it, Popeye191 ( talk) 06:19, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Hey. Would you be able to do an image review of Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Rogers Hornsby/archive1? Thanks, Wizardman Operation Big Bear 18:44, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello! I'm Abbi and I'm taking part in Wikipedia's Canadian Education Program, just introducing myself and trying to get familiar with the inner workings of Wikipedia! Abbisparling ( talk) 05:20, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria! My name's Bernice Cheng and I just wanted to drop by and say thank you for being our class's online ambassador. I'm a newbie at this, so all comments and advices are greatly appreciated. ( BerniceCheng ( talk) 19:10, 24 September 2011 (UTC))
Hi Nikki. Hope you had a pleasant journey. As you know (i think), " Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" has already failed its FAC twice. I found something that can help me expand the recording sections etc but fist i have to ask you a question. How far are this, this and this reliable? ★Jivesh 1205★ ( talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 10:11, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi there Nikkimaria! I too am a participant in Wikipedia's Canadian Education programme. I'm still a little bit disoriented in this Wikipedia-setting, but I hope to get the hang of it quickly. I look forward to working with you! ( Kathleenmcleod ( talk) 20:20, 25 September 2011 (UTC))
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I found a direct link to the Nell Gwynn piccy at the National Portrait Gallery (Tin Eye search FTW!), so I updated the link you found. I've also tracked down the info for Erik XIV - would you believe Commons has a commons:Category:Eric XIV of Sweden! All is quiet again. Cheers -- RexxS ( talk) 16:09, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
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Hello, Ambassadors!
I wanted to give you one last update on where we are this term, before my role as Online Facilitator wraps up at the end of this week. Already, there are over 800 students in U.S. classes who have signed up on course pages this term. About 40 classes are active, and we're expecting that many more again once all the classes are up and running.
On a personal note, it's been a huge honor to work with so many great Wikipedians over the last 15 months. Thanks so much to everyone who jumped in and decided to give the ambassador concept a try, and double thanks those of you who were involved early on. Your ideas and insights and enthusiasm have been the foundation of the program, and they will be the keys the future of the program.
Still waiting to get involved with a class this term, or ready to take on more? We have seven classes that are already active and need OA support, and eleven more that have course pages started but don't have active students yet. Please consider joining one or more of these pods!
Active courses that really need Online Ambassadors:
Courses that may be active soon that need Online Ambassadors:
-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 23:13, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikki. I hope you are fine, as always. I found all
this information on
Sound on Sound. It is about the recording and mixing of a song. The information is very interesting but it is also very technical. so, i am not able to figure out how to begin or what to do. You know what i mean? So, i wanted to ask you whether you know someone who can help me? If i am asking for too much, some who is not rude amicable.
★Jivesh 1205★ (
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♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫)
05:22, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi hi Nikki, I've noticed you've chatted some of the students in my English 103 course. Thanks so much!! I wanted to give you a quick update on what we've covered thus far and what I'm working on next in class.
All students are set up with user pages and have had some time to practice editing. I don't have a Campus Ambassador, so I'm handling all the training myself. I spend about 15 minutes a week at the beginning of class and introduce something new. We covered creating headings, linking, citing, and some other odds and ends in class. I've assigned some out of class work, but I've noticed some students have completed the assignment and some haven't. I didn't frame it as 'graded' homework so I assume that not everyone took it seriously. I'll address that tomorrow in class. I get the sense that the students are not too nervous about learning the WP interface. I think slowly easing the training in on a weekly basis has taken away some of the intimidating edge off of the WP editing experience. So far so good.
What I need to do next is make sure that everyone choices an article that is notable and substantive enough to write 1500 words or so. By next week I'm going to require each student to post the title of the article they want to work on and a short description of the topic on their user page. Is that a good idea? Should I have them do that in their sandbox? At that point I will have them identify the article they are working on in my course page. I'll let you know when that happens.
The next thing I want to accomplish (in the next couple of weeks) is to get them more familiar with the Wikipedian community of practice. I also want to give them some guidance on how to avoid having new articles marked for deletion. That's where I'd really like your help. Would you be interesting/available to video chat with my class one morning? Please say 'no' if you're too busy. I don't want to impose on your generous spirit, but I do think the learning experience in Wikipedia will be richer if they can relate a friendly face to the wikipedian community. Let me know what you think.
Cheers, Pfancher ( talk) 19:58, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
HI hi Nikki, Sorry for the delay responding. I am not putting too many restrictions on what they choose to write about. Some have selected topics that do not yet have a page. Most have selected topics from starts or stubs. One quick update: someone on Clemson campus vandalized WP so all of us were unable to edit for a couple of days. That has since been resolved. Let's plan a time to video conference with the class!! my email is fancher.patricia@gmail.com I could fit you in on 10/25 or 11/1 or 11/8. One of the earlier dates would make more sense for my syllabus. Looking forward more communications via email.
Cheers Pfancher ( talk) 17:29, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
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If you have any questions about your work as a coordinator, or anything else, please don't hesitate to ask me directly. Kirill [talk] [prof] 02:02, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
I wonder if I may bother you with a question about referencing that is rather baffling me. I am quoting three different authors' sections of a single book edited by one of them, and I can't work out how to cite them. Using the cite book template would end up with my listing the same book several times under "sources", which would look a bit odd, thus:
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Hi Nikki - Congrats on your recent "promotion" to MILHIST coordinator! If you're not too busy with your new duties, I was wondering if you could do me a favor... I've been working on and off on American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (which I'm pretty sure you know, since I've seen you editing there a couple of times, but w/e). In June, before I got busy for the summer, Malleus and I were having a disagreement over whether or not the "Conservation Priority List" section placed undue weight on that topic. I ended up doing a fairly significant reorganization of the article, which included work on this section, but we still never came to a solution that was satisfactory for both of us. Would you have the time to take a look at the article (and possible the discussion on the talk page) and see what you think? I would like to take the article to FAC in the relatively near future, but would like to get another set of eyes on the discussion first. Thanks in advance, but no worries if you don't have the time/interest. Dana boomer ( talk) 18:44, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
You made comments to the FAC for this article, and in the meantime we did the MILHIST A-class review. Would you be so kind to revisit the article now and tell us if you think the issues you had previously reported are resolved? -- Joy [shallot] ( talk) 09:41, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
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For continually helping other editors improve references and citations, with eagle eye and mastery of technique. Tim riley ( talk) 19:10, 30 September 2011 (UTC) |
Congrats on your election as Coordinator of the Military history Project! In honour of your achievement, I present you with these stars. Parsecboy ( talk) 22:07, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Nikki. Can you please briefly explain to me why About.com is deemed as unreliable? ★Jivesh 1205★ ( talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 05:01, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks very much for all your help in the Battle of Vukovar A-class review. I've renominated it for FAC at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Battle of Vukovar/archive2. Please feel free to comment there. Prioryman ( talk) 18:38, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
Could you revisit Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/HMS Princess Royal (1911)/archive3 and see if I've fixed the issues that you identified to your satisfaction.-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 19:45, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
hello,
I saw you on FAC, PR, etc very often. Can you check the prose on Otis Redding? The nominator believes it currently fails #1 of WP:WIAGA. Thank you.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ Hey it's me 22:14, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
Hey Nikkimaria, I see you were a reviewer at one of Sevastopol's many reviews. As it's last FAC was closed due to low participation, I"d like you to come and review it for it's current FAC, in order to get a better picture of its current situation. Thanks, Buggie111 ( talk) 02:17, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
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For your copy-edit on Otis Redding :)! ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ Hey it's me 11:19, 4 October 2011 (UTC) |
All fixed. thanks again for your comments. Buggie111 ( talk) 00:09, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
Good clean-up of this mess. However, I would put back in the Jesse and Festus paragraph, if a good reference can be found. Bearian ( talk) 17:24, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
The article has undergone numerous edits while the A-Class review has been ongoing. Would you be willing to have another look to see how it has been progressing? Harrison49 ( talk) 18:11, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, if you have a spare moment would you be able to revisit the FAC for "Mothers of the Disappeared" to see if the spotcheck concerns you raised have been fixed? Cheers, Melicans ( talk, contributions) 21:53, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
Sorry about that bit. I'll admit I am not familiar with FARC. Thanks for helping the process out. --♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 03:45, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
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Giving you this after your amazing contributions to EastEnders in popular culture, if yor willing to try and make it to GA standard, go ahead!! :) Mayhem Mario 10:07, 8 October 2011 (UTC) |
Do you think Hard (song) could become an FA? Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon! 14:33, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikki. Do you do peer review? I am planning to take FS/LS to FAC and would want to straighten out things before doing so. Thanks. -- Efe ( talk) 15:38, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi, if it's not too much trouble, could you please expound on the rationale behind your recent edit to Sandman over at Talk:Sandman#Trivia section so I (and presumably others) can be un-confused? Thanks! -- ke4roh ( talk) 17:51, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
First time we have talked, and I'm sure we'll meet again on my first FAC, but I have a question. Would Huffington Post and its subsidiary, PopEater, meet WP:FACR's standards for reliability? They seem to satisfy GAN but I have doubt because I am planning to take an article to FAC during the holidays. — WP:PENGUIN · [ TALK ] 14:19, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikki! Just a quick note that I'm leaving delegate decisions on Wikipedia:Featured article review/Yom Kippur War/archive1 and Wikipedia:Featured article review/Homo floresiensis/archive3 up to you, since I've been involved in both. I've also dropped a note to Raul for him to close the League of Nations FAR, since we've both had our fingers in the pie there. Let me know if there's anything you need me to do, Dana boomer ( talk) 12:59, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
This one needs pulling. The article has two orange tags. -- Eraserhead1 < talk> 21:04, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Can the POV tag be removed now? Location ( talk) 21:40, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Just noticed that you and I come from the same general abode. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 15:28, 13 October 2011 (UTC).
Hi, there. On the LW entry, the entire section on the b.g. of the director and his film was deleted. Rather than just getting rid of pertinent data - and therefore taking away from the article's informative qualities - it is better to include it into the body of the text.
You have a very excellent resume (sic) here, congrats! Your diligence in keeping up so many articles is highly laudable.
All the best, SS Cricketsnapper ( talk) 17:08, 13 October 2011 (UTC) Cricketsnapper ( talk) 17:07, 13 October 2011 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cricketsnapper ( talk • contribs)
Hi, you were one of the FA reviewers. Could you take a look at this discussion and consder weighing in? All substantive FA reviewers are being asked.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 18:18, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
I've issued a warning to my students, promising wrath and retribution :) Please do notify me on my talk page if any other issues are detected; and I'd suggest you notify other instructors if that happens through their talk pages to warrant quick action (I doubt that few are as active as I and watchlist and check other pages so often). -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 05:14, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
Dear Nikkimaria, You put up a couple of templates. Taking them to heart, I made changes as you suggested. I don't think they are warranted any longer. Please take a look. If you have specific concerns, of course, please make the changes, indicate them, or let me know so I can address them. This is a little like having someone 'key' the hood of my new Bentley. Cheers. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 16:48, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
I've removed your tags. But if you don't like it, put them back, or delete the whole article. Have at it. If this is beneath your standards, there are millions of articles in Wikipedia that you should be deleting. You'll have a lot of work to do. Might want to enlist a bot. Best regards. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 19:12, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I have once again reverted your edits to Kecak. I believe all three references you removed (an iconic series of erotic movies and works by two groups whose careers span 3-4 decades) are at least as notable as the bulk of other entries. Please reply either here or on the talk page of Kecak as my IP address is dynamic. 89.133.130.234 ( talk) 22:54, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments, Nikki. I believe that I have addressed the points raised. If you have time to take another look, I would appreciate that. Jezhotwells ( talk) 22:41, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
You appear to have ignored criteria 1(d) one of the main reasons for bringing it to FAR. Wee Curry Monster talk 07:49, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for removing 18 kilobytes of trivia from Greek mythology in popular culture. It's something that's been on my to-do list for a while, and every so often I have nibbled at it.
You might be interested in the discussion on inclusion criteria at Talk:Greek mythology in popular culture#Revision 2. As a first cut, I proposed including only entries entries that (a) have a parent article; (b) the parent article must mention the Greek name; and (c) the connection to mythology must be clear, not just a by virtue of having a Greek name. As far as I can tell, most of what you removed from the article failed to meet those criteria.
After pruning based on those criteria is done, more stringent criteria can be applied, like requiring sources that mention the Greek mythology connection of each entry. ~ Amatulić ( talk) 22:17, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
I think I've fixed all the issues that you identified at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi. Can you check to see if there are any I missed or misunderstood?-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 03:33, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Nikki. I hope you are in good health. Remember last time, you showed me all those discussions about About.com. Well, i have a new question. Can it at least be used for Composition like i did here? His review was so detailed that i will really feel sad if it has to be removed because of FAC. ★Jivesh 1205★ ( talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 05:58, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Regarding Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hard (song)/archive1 I need you to explain something. Why are you claiming WP:SPS on About.com. Bill Lamb is not a self-published source if you read the description: "Anyone can create a personal web page or pay to have a book published, then claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason, self-published media, such as books, patents, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, personal or group blogs, Internet forum postings, and tweets, are largely not acceptable as sources" he does not fall under this. He is paid and works for About.com, under The New York Times. This is not a SPS so why are you claiming this policy? Thanks. - (CK)Lakeshade - talk2me - 23:14, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
I made changes to the example that you gave. I would like examples of all the other sections in our page that you feel are to close to the copyright information. Thanks-- Nas132 ( talk) 00:35, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
Is my advice and example here sound? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 16:08, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
Hello again Nikkimaria, I'm sure you remember peer reviewing Djungarian hamster for me. Thank you for that again. If it's not too much trouble, would it be possible for you to review Phodopus? I would really appreciate it. Thank you Puffin Let's talk! 08:18, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Nikkimaria. You recently removed an {{ In popular culture}} maintenance tag from the page Shinto in popular culture. Thank you for helping to re-organize the page's content. However, as the page still consists primarily of a list of appearances and does not discuss the impact of Shinto on Japanese popular culture beyond two sentences in the lead, I feel that the tag is still appropriate. I have therefore re-added the tag with it's original October 2009 date. If you disagree with this change, discussion may be appropriate at Talk:Shinto in popular culture. Thanks and Happy editing, Cnilep ( talk) 11:53, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
Can you please check my sections? I made changes this weekend. If you still need me to make changes can you please post examples so I know where changes need to be made. Thanks-- Nas132 ( talk) 22:42, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
With the examples you provided I did make the changes. Can you please check again to see if more corrections are needed providing examples. Thanks-- Nas132 ( talk) 04:14, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
I went through every single sentence. Looking at the reference links, and using an old reference sheet I had so that I did not make the same mistake or so that I can change them. I value the time that you have put into checking my mistakes. You have taught me alot over this past weekend. If their is still mistakes in my paragraphs it was by accident. So thank you again for your time. -- Nas132 ( talk) 14:47, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments, can you see my replies and tell me if I have resolved most of the issues? Puffin Let's talk! 09:04, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
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Why are you so fast to support Malleus Fatuorum, regardless of how many insults he gave and to how many people but at the same time you were able to censor an user page? -- Lecen ( talk) 03:24, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I replied to your comments on the FAC [4]. Could you please reply wrt page numbers so that I can start the massive amount of work if you convince me it is really useful? I can also offer to give you exact sources for specific things you want to spotcheck, maybe that's easier.. HMallison ( talk) 10:00, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
Hey there, I recently completed my first-ever article edit on Moral rights (copyright law) as part of an assignment for a class that is taking part in the Canada Education Program. Would you be so kind as to review and provide feedback, if you have the time? Many thanks. -- Cgriffioen ( talk) 13:10, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
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Could you please comment on our edit and indicate your opinion of the edit? Any commentary is useful. The assignment is due oct.31 so it would be great if you could give us some input before that thank you, (Kanesham 14:40, 28 October 2011 (UTC)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kanesham ( talk • contribs)
The nom and I have tried to address your concerns; did we succeed? - Dank ( push to talk) 16:07, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
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Hi there, thank you for taking the time to review the Glenrothes article. In light of your comments i have spent considerable time trying to amend the article in ordets to comply with the FA requirements. I believe I have now managed to address all of the bullet points you raised following your initial assessment. There should no longer be any errors in format or citations of the notes or bibliography. Would it be possible to gauge your view on whether you are satisfied I have acheived this please?
Many thanks Yoostar ( talk) 12:43, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, thanks for the spotchecks. I really appreciate it.-- Tærkast ( Discuss) 14:57, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
I took a shot at addressing your concerns. One minor point of confusion (volume vs. issue) remains, but it should be easy to clear up. Thanks for the review. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 20:55, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
I have to go offline shortly and trust you had solid reasons for removing Tadeusz Szeligowski from Q5. Could you please elaborate them at the article talk? What you mentioned there is a close paraphrasing of a short sentence stating simple facts. The article author(s) might not understand why this triggered demotion. Thanks. Materialscientist ( talk) 14:07, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
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Many thanks for the c/e Nikki :) Very kind of you and much appreciated!-- CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 17:58, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria. I've been asked to ping those who have opposed on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Moonrise (novel)/archive1. Any further comments would be appreciated. Bramble claw x 14:33, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria. I have put " Rehab (Rihanna song)" for a PR, cause I want to later nominate it for a FA. However, can you go on the peer review page and give me some brief comments about the article and it's issues. Thanks Tomica1111 ( talk) 11:35, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
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The Eastbourne manslaughter was an 1860 legal case in Eastbourne, England, concerning the death of 15-year-old Reginald Cancellor at the hands of his teacher, Thomas Hopley. Hopley intended to use corporal punishment to overcome what he perceived as stubbornness on Cancellor's part, but instead he beat the boy to death. An inquest into Cancellor's death began when his brother requested an autopsy. As a result of the inquest Hopley was arrested and charged with manslaughter. He was found guilty at trial and sentenced to four years in prison, although he insisted that his actions were justifiable and that he was not guilty of any crime. The trial was sensationalised by the Victorian press, and incited debate over the use of corporal punishment in schools. After Hopley's release and subsequent divorce trial, he largely disappeared from the public record. The case became an important legal precedent in the United Kingdom for discussions of corporal punishment in schools and reasonable limits on discipline. ( more...)
Hello Nikkimania, if you got some time, could you please have another look at the citations of the "Glenrothes" article and offer some advice on the FA talk? The main editors put a lot of work in this article and are motivated to fix issues, but formatting of citations (aside from general prose, which is currently checked) seems to be problematic - especially the use of "work=" and "publisher=", when and how to use those parameters. As i am no expert in citations myself (i generally copy/paste examples from other texts as format template ...), any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. GermanJoe ( talk) 08:57, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
A long while back you reviewed Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/HMS Hood (51)/archive1. Can you revisit it to see if your concerns have been addressed.-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 01:40, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
Wow. I see that not only are the British insane, but they always were insane. Great article, congratulations! Bishonen | talk 16:42, 4 September 2011 (UTC).
Hi Nikki. Hope you still remember me. Do you know someone who can coy-edit 1+1 (song)? It is quite urgent. Please reply. Jivesh • Talk2Me 07:00, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
I am editing the List of Rihanna songs to become a FL, but I'm not really sure what is expected of the Lead info. I haven't found any of other List of Songs articles which is an FL, so I don't have anything to do by in terms of what content is expected. I was wondering if you could give me a few pointers as to what this Lead should include please? Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon! 13:09, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
How does the Lead look now? ( List of Rihanna songs). Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon! 15:55, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
For your consideration (or amusement). - Dank ( push to talk) 21:08, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, Nikki. I'm sorry, but what does it exactly means "Check grammar of EN A". Whats the "EN A"? -- Lecen ( talk) 00:10, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria
My seminar sections are meeting today for the first time and I shall be introducing them to some of the basics of Wikipedia and our assignments, etc. I look forward to providing them with your information as well. I am new to this, so it is a learning curve for me as well. Thank you so much for volunteering to help us and be our online ambassador.
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Hope that helps, let me know if you have any questions. Nikkimaria ( talk) 01:51, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
HI hi, I am Trish Fancher, and you are assigned as the online ambassador for a Freshman Composition course I teach. I'm very happy to meet you! I'm certain that I'll need your assistance at different points this semester. I have copy edited WP occasionally, but have never spent much time adding content. The students have never edited wikipedia, and many are not super comfortable learning new technologies. I'm sure we'll all get the hang of it before to long. But while we get our 'wikipedia legs' I'm going to encourage the students to call on you frequently.
Just so you have an idea of the game plan. In total, the class includes 38 Freshman students. They are allowed to choose any topic, but I have to approve of the topic first. I will be introducing the project tomorrow morning. My goal is to have all the students create a user page, talk page, sandbox, and make 5 edits before the end of class. I am also going to have them add their user names to the course page. I would also like each of them to send you a short message to say 'hi' in this section.
Please let me know if you have any questions at all. You may also email me if you like at fancher@clemson.edu. Thanks again for helping us out!
Here is my course page Wikipedia:United_States_Education_Program/Courses/Accelerated_Composition_(Patricia_Fancher)
Pfancher ( talk) 22:39, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
HI nice to meet you. Lionel555 ( talk) 12:55, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
'Tis a pleasure to to meet your acquaintance. Krondorx ( talk) 12:57, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Nice to meet you and I will thank you in advance for helping us! Galatians ( talk) 15:15, 19 September 2011 (UTC) Hi, Nikkimaria Just saying Hi and thanks for helping us Plannan ( talk) 19:50, 18 September 2011 (UTC) hey 14:01, 15 September 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.127.255.224 ( talk) Cippy12 ( talk) 12:58, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Hey Nikkimaria! Nice to meet you :) S.brad.18 ( talk) 12:59, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello, what lovely weather we are having Mab546 ( talk) 13:02, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello! It is very nice to meet you! Tigerears27 ( talk) 13:03, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, thanks for offering your help with kicking off our Wikipedia project. Ggisawesome ( talk) 13:04, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi hi, I'm from Trish's 9:30 class. Surrey3601 ( talk) 14:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi. It is nice to meet you! Lflemin ( talk) 15:34, 15 September 2011 (UTC) ````Hi Nikkimaria thanks for agreeing to help us! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Serendipity23411 ( talk • contribs) 21:33, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I'm going to need your help! Clemsonwikier ( talk) 20:56, 17 September 2011 (UTC) Serendipity23411 ( talk) 21:35, 17 September 2011 (UTC) Hi its nice to meet you, thanks for agreeing to help us!
Hello! Thanks for agreeing to help us. DD-ENGL103-41 ( talk) 21:54, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Thank you for helping our class out!!! WGENGLISH ( talk) 21:56, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
HI! Thanks for helping us, i know I'll definitely need some! Riffraff520 ( talk) 00:48, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Yo. OneThousandTwentyFour ( talk) 17:41, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Hey thanks for helping us with the project! Pdyoung ( talk) 00:31, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Pbjellytime17 ( talk) 12:13, 20 September 2011 (UTC)Looking forward to telling Mom that I edit Wikipedia pages. :)
yo. thanks for helping us! Zizou12 ( talk) 14:26, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Would you mind revisiting WP:Featured article candidates/Ecology/archive1? Ucucha ( talk) 14:03, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I have done everything currently on the review page, can you give me an update please? Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon! 13:43, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi -- I'd like to add a separate sources section to Hugo Award, and I was hoping you could give me some feedback on best practices, since I know you look at a lot of sources sections. I have a draft here, and one thing that bothers me is that there are a lot of different citations to what is essentially the same site -- hugoawards.com. What would be a sensible way to condense this to a single line in the sources, while still saving space in the footnotes themselves?
I haven't seen webcitation.org before, and it looks useful; but if I condense those lines to a single one in sources, I assume the webcitation pieces would go into the footnotes, and the sources list would not need them -- correct?
Thanks for any help. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 17:07, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Greetings,
My name is John-Paul and I am a student with the University of Alberta specializing in Communications and Technology.
I would like to include your Wikipedia user page in a study I am doing about how people present themselves online. I am interested in whether people see themselves in different ways, online and offline. One of the things I am looking at is how contributors to Wikipedia present themselves to each other through their user pages. Would you consider letting me include your user page in my study?
With your consent, I will read and analyze your user page, and ask you five short questions about it that will take about ten to fifteen minutes to answer. I am looking at about twenty user pages belonging to twenty different people. I will be looking at all user pages together, looking for common threads in the way people introduce themselves to other Wikipedians.
I hope that my research will help answer questions about how people collaborate, work together, and share knowledge. If you are open to participating in this study, please reply to this message, on your User Talk page or on mine. I will provide you with a complete description of my research, which you can use to decide if you want to participate.
Thank-you,
John-Paul Mcvea
University of Alberta
jmcvea@ualberta.ca
Johnpaulmcvea ( talk) 17:42, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Yes, I have been contacted. I still contend that their are multiple questionable sources in the article which have never been directly addressed. They have been pushed aside (those that remain) as notable = reliable and that most are used in reception, so what does it matter? This is in spite being brought up by not only myself, but others who came by. I've posted a list at the bottom of the section of which ones I feel still need addressing. 陣 内 Jinnai 22:00, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi. You gave some feedback a few weeks ago at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/United States v. Wong Kim Ark/archive1, and I was wondering if you would be willing to take another look now at the article (and the still-open FAC discussion) and let people know if you have any additional thoughts, or if you are prepared to say that the article is (or is not) ready for promotion. Thanks. Richwales ( talk · contribs) 04:00, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
...at this Nikki? Is the lead too long and the refs, are they okay? I'll be nominating the list for a[n] FL. Should I write "an FA/FL" or "a FA/FL"? Thanks :-) Novice7 ( talk) 14:47, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, just made my first edits ever. I enjoyed making them to better the content and knowledge of Nikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mab546 ( talk • contribs) 19:23, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I'm Selin Lee, a student for the course SMC315H1F (The Newspaper in Canadian Society) at the University of Toronto. You're our online ambassador for the course, and I'm apparently the first one to leave a message! Hopefully I did everything right! Nice to meet you! -- Selin Lee ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:44, 19 September 2011 (UTC).
Thanks for helping our class out as we enter the unfamiliar environment of Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srhanle18 ( talk • contribs) 02:10, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I'm a student at Clemson University. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Funkymonkey021993 ( talk • contribs) 12:07, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Hey! I'm a student in Trish Fancher's class at Clemson University. Thanks for helping us out with our projects this semester! Amn1417 ( talk) 13:19, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello Nikkimaria- I have read and responded to your points in the Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/The_Kingston_Trio/archive1. I've been directed by Karanacs to check with you and see if the changes meet with your approval - would appreciate your taking a second look. Sensei48 ( talk) 18:25, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Thank-you for agreeing to participate in my study, entitled “Online Self-presentation among Wikipedians.” I appreciate it.
As I indicated before, here are five questions that I would like you to answer. Please be as brief or as thorough as you like.
5 QUESTIONS
1. Are you a member of social networks such Facebook or MySpace?
2. In addition to maintaining a user page in Wikipedia, have you also written or edited articles? If so, about how many times?
3. What are the key messages about yourself that you hope to convey with your user page?
4. Have your Wikipedia contributions ever received feedback, such as being edited by others or commented on? Have you received a message from another Wikipedia user? If so, do you think your user page positively or negatively affected what other people said and how they said it?
5. Do you see your “online self” as being different from your “offline self?” Can you elaborate?
Please indicate your answers to these questions on your talk page, or on mine. If you like, you can email your answers to me instead (jmcvea@ualberta.ca).
Thank you again : )
Johnpaulmcvea ( talk) 00:00, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
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INDICATING CONSENT By answering these questions, you indicate your agreement with the following statements: • That you understand that you have been asked to be in a research study. • That you have read and received a copy of the Information Sheet, attached below (“Additional Information”). • That you understand the benefits and risks involved in taking part in this research study. • That you have had an opportunity to ask questions and discuss this study. • That you understand that you are free to refuse to participate, or to withdraw from the study at any time, without consequence, and that your information will be withdrawn at your request. • That the issue of confidentiality been explained to you and that you understand who will have access to your information (see “Additional Information”). • That you agree to participate.
Background • I am asking you to participate in a research project that is part of my MA degree. • I am asking you because you have created a user page in Wikipedia that other people can use to learn about you.
• My research is about how people present themselves online. • I will look at how people present themselves when presenting themselves to the Wikipedia community.
• With your consent, I will analyze the language of your user page and gather basic statistics such as the count of words, the frequency of words, the number of sections, and so on. • I will also read the text of your user page, looking for elements in common with ads posted by other people. I will note whether you include a picture, or links to other content on the internet, • I ask you to answer my five questions, above. This will take about ten to fifteen minutes to complete. I will ask you to answer the questions within a week, and send your answers to me. • Throughout my research, I will adhere to the University of Alberta Standards for the Protection of Human Research Participants, which you can view at http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/gfcpolicymanual/policymanualsection66.cfm
• There is no direct benefit to you for participating in this research. You may, however, find it interesting to read my perspective on how you present yourself online. • I hope that the information I get from doing this study will help understand how technology affects the way people come together into a society. • There is no reward or compensation for participating in this research.
• There is no direct risk for participating in this research.
• You are under no obligation to participate in this study. Participation is completely voluntary. • You can opt out of this study at any time before October 10, 2011, with no penalty. You can ask to have me withdraw any data that I have collected about you. Even if you agree to be in the study, you can change your mind and withdraw. • If you decline to continue or you wish to withdraw from the study, your information will be removed from the study at your request.
• This research will be used to support a project that is part of my MA degree. • A summary of my research will be available on the University of Alberta website. • Your personally identifiable information will be deleted and digitally shredded as soon as I have finished gathering data about you. • Data will be kept confidential. Only I will have access to the computer file containing the data. It will be password protected. I will not be sent by email or stored online. • I will always handle my data in compliance with University of Alberta standards. • If you would like to receive a copy of my final report, please ask.
• If you have any further questions regarding this study, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Stanley Varnhagen, my research advisor for this project. If you have concerns about this study, you may contact the University of Alberta Research Ethics Committee at 780-492-2615. This office has no affiliation with the study investigators. Thank-you again! |
I would like to request a copy of your final report, as you offer above. I would also like to make a comment about your project and approach here. I don't know how familiar you are with Wikipedia, nor how you selected the participants in your study. However, I can tell you that unless you've queried some fairly new contributors, the answers to questions 2 and 4 parts 1-2 will almost certainly be yes, as these are fundamental aspects of Wikipedia. More generally, it might be helpful for you to contact the Research Committee regarding your efforts here, or to scan through the Recent research columns (hit "previous" to see more) in our newspaper. Feel free to ask if you have any further questions. Nikkimaria ( talk) 03:49, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for moving James Cook. Sorry about putting him in the RAF Uxbridge section, my mistake.-- Harkey ( talk) 12:56, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Would you be able to give me feedback as to whether I need page numbers for newspaper articles? I won't be able to get them over the weekend so it would be great to know for today or tomorrow. Thanks for taking the time to review it, Popeye191 ( talk) 06:19, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Hey. Would you be able to do an image review of Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Rogers Hornsby/archive1? Thanks, Wizardman Operation Big Bear 18:44, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello! I'm Abbi and I'm taking part in Wikipedia's Canadian Education Program, just introducing myself and trying to get familiar with the inner workings of Wikipedia! Abbisparling ( talk) 05:20, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria! My name's Bernice Cheng and I just wanted to drop by and say thank you for being our class's online ambassador. I'm a newbie at this, so all comments and advices are greatly appreciated. ( BerniceCheng ( talk) 19:10, 24 September 2011 (UTC))
Hi Nikki. Hope you had a pleasant journey. As you know (i think), " Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" has already failed its FAC twice. I found something that can help me expand the recording sections etc but fist i have to ask you a question. How far are this, this and this reliable? ★Jivesh 1205★ ( talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 10:11, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi there Nikkimaria! I too am a participant in Wikipedia's Canadian Education programme. I'm still a little bit disoriented in this Wikipedia-setting, but I hope to get the hang of it quickly. I look forward to working with you! ( Kathleenmcleod ( talk) 20:20, 25 September 2011 (UTC))
Holobowj ( talk) 01:49, 26 September 2011 (UTC)Hi there! I wanted to take the opportunity to introduce myself as one of the participants in UofT's Wikipedia Canadian Education Project. I really look forward to learning some of the ways I can be a bigger part of the wiki community and am looking forward to getting things started in class. Thanks you for being a part of our project, hopefully you'll be able to help me and everyone else involved throughout the semester!
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Think I fixed the image issues... Ealdgyth - Talk 15:17, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
I found a direct link to the Nell Gwynn piccy at the National Portrait Gallery (Tin Eye search FTW!), so I updated the link you found. I've also tracked down the info for Erik XIV - would you believe Commons has a commons:Category:Eric XIV of Sweden! All is quiet again. Cheers -- RexxS ( talk) 16:09, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for resolving an image issue :) Sfan00 IMG ( talk) 16:53, 27 September 2011 (UTC) |
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Hello, Ambassadors!
I wanted to give you one last update on where we are this term, before my role as Online Facilitator wraps up at the end of this week. Already, there are over 800 students in U.S. classes who have signed up on course pages this term. About 40 classes are active, and we're expecting that many more again once all the classes are up and running.
On a personal note, it's been a huge honor to work with so many great Wikipedians over the last 15 months. Thanks so much to everyone who jumped in and decided to give the ambassador concept a try, and double thanks those of you who were involved early on. Your ideas and insights and enthusiasm have been the foundation of the program, and they will be the keys the future of the program.
Still waiting to get involved with a class this term, or ready to take on more? We have seven classes that are already active and need OA support, and eleven more that have course pages started but don't have active students yet. Please consider joining one or more of these pods!
Active courses that really need Online Ambassadors:
Courses that may be active soon that need Online Ambassadors:
-- Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation ( talk) 23:13, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikki. I hope you are fine, as always. I found all
this information on
Sound on Sound. It is about the recording and mixing of a song. The information is very interesting but it is also very technical. so, i am not able to figure out how to begin or what to do. You know what i mean? So, i wanted to ask you whether you know someone who can help me? If i am asking for too much, some who is not rude amicable.
★Jivesh 1205★ (
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Hi hi Nikki, I've noticed you've chatted some of the students in my English 103 course. Thanks so much!! I wanted to give you a quick update on what we've covered thus far and what I'm working on next in class.
All students are set up with user pages and have had some time to practice editing. I don't have a Campus Ambassador, so I'm handling all the training myself. I spend about 15 minutes a week at the beginning of class and introduce something new. We covered creating headings, linking, citing, and some other odds and ends in class. I've assigned some out of class work, but I've noticed some students have completed the assignment and some haven't. I didn't frame it as 'graded' homework so I assume that not everyone took it seriously. I'll address that tomorrow in class. I get the sense that the students are not too nervous about learning the WP interface. I think slowly easing the training in on a weekly basis has taken away some of the intimidating edge off of the WP editing experience. So far so good.
What I need to do next is make sure that everyone choices an article that is notable and substantive enough to write 1500 words or so. By next week I'm going to require each student to post the title of the article they want to work on and a short description of the topic on their user page. Is that a good idea? Should I have them do that in their sandbox? At that point I will have them identify the article they are working on in my course page. I'll let you know when that happens.
The next thing I want to accomplish (in the next couple of weeks) is to get them more familiar with the Wikipedian community of practice. I also want to give them some guidance on how to avoid having new articles marked for deletion. That's where I'd really like your help. Would you be interesting/available to video chat with my class one morning? Please say 'no' if you're too busy. I don't want to impose on your generous spirit, but I do think the learning experience in Wikipedia will be richer if they can relate a friendly face to the wikipedian community. Let me know what you think.
Cheers, Pfancher ( talk) 19:58, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
HI hi Nikki, Sorry for the delay responding. I am not putting too many restrictions on what they choose to write about. Some have selected topics that do not yet have a page. Most have selected topics from starts or stubs. One quick update: someone on Clemson campus vandalized WP so all of us were unable to edit for a couple of days. That has since been resolved. Let's plan a time to video conference with the class!! my email is fancher.patricia@gmail.com I could fit you in on 10/25 or 11/1 or 11/8. One of the earlier dates would make more sense for my syllabus. Looking forward more communications via email.
Cheers Pfancher ( talk) 17:29, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
I am pleased to inform you that you have been elected as a coordinator of the Military history WikiProject. Congratulations on your achievement, and thank you for volunteering!
Discussions of our plans for the coming year will no doubt begin in the next few days. In the meantime, please make sure that you have the coordinators' discussion page on your watchlist, as most of the relevant activity happens there. If you have not already done so, you may want to read the relevant courses in the project academy, as well as the discussion page and its recent archives.
If you have any questions about your work as a coordinator, or anything else, please don't hesitate to ask me directly. Kirill [talk] [prof] 02:02, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
I wonder if I may bother you with a question about referencing that is rather baffling me. I am quoting three different authors' sections of a single book edited by one of them, and I can't work out how to cite them. Using the cite book template would end up with my listing the same book several times under "sources", which would look a bit odd, thus:
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Hi Nikki - Congrats on your recent "promotion" to MILHIST coordinator! If you're not too busy with your new duties, I was wondering if you could do me a favor... I've been working on and off on American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (which I'm pretty sure you know, since I've seen you editing there a couple of times, but w/e). In June, before I got busy for the summer, Malleus and I were having a disagreement over whether or not the "Conservation Priority List" section placed undue weight on that topic. I ended up doing a fairly significant reorganization of the article, which included work on this section, but we still never came to a solution that was satisfactory for both of us. Would you have the time to take a look at the article (and possible the discussion on the talk page) and see what you think? I would like to take the article to FAC in the relatively near future, but would like to get another set of eyes on the discussion first. Thanks in advance, but no worries if you don't have the time/interest. Dana boomer ( talk) 18:44, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
You made comments to the FAC for this article, and in the meantime we did the MILHIST A-class review. Would you be so kind to revisit the article now and tell us if you think the issues you had previously reported are resolved? -- Joy [shallot] ( talk) 09:41, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar | |
For continually helping other editors improve references and citations, with eagle eye and mastery of technique. Tim riley ( talk) 19:10, 30 September 2011 (UTC) |
Congrats on your election as Coordinator of the Military history Project! In honour of your achievement, I present you with these stars. Parsecboy ( talk) 22:07, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
The WikiChevrons | ||
By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured article reviews for the period Jul-Sept 2011, I am delighted to award you the WikiChevrons. Cheers, Buggie111 ( talk) 20:50, 1 October 2011 (UTC) |
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Wikipedia. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Housewatcher ( talk) 04:15, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikki. Can you please briefly explain to me why About.com is deemed as unreliable? ★Jivesh 1205★ ( talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 05:01, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks very much for all your help in the Battle of Vukovar A-class review. I've renominated it for FAC at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Battle of Vukovar/archive2. Please feel free to comment there. Prioryman ( talk) 18:38, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
Could you revisit Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/HMS Princess Royal (1911)/archive3 and see if I've fixed the issues that you identified to your satisfaction.-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 19:45, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
hello,
I saw you on FAC, PR, etc very often. Can you check the prose on Otis Redding? The nominator believes it currently fails #1 of WP:WIAGA. Thank you.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ Hey it's me 22:14, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
Hey Nikkimaria, I see you were a reviewer at one of Sevastopol's many reviews. As it's last FAC was closed due to low participation, I"d like you to come and review it for it's current FAC, in order to get a better picture of its current situation. Thanks, Buggie111 ( talk) 02:17, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar | |
For your copy-edit on Otis Redding :)! ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ Hey it's me 11:19, 4 October 2011 (UTC) |
All fixed. thanks again for your comments. Buggie111 ( talk) 00:09, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
Good clean-up of this mess. However, I would put back in the Jesse and Festus paragraph, if a good reference can be found. Bearian ( talk) 17:24, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
The article has undergone numerous edits while the A-Class review has been ongoing. Would you be willing to have another look to see how it has been progressing? Harrison49 ( talk) 18:11, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, if you have a spare moment would you be able to revisit the FAC for "Mothers of the Disappeared" to see if the spotcheck concerns you raised have been fixed? Cheers, Melicans ( talk, contributions) 21:53, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
Sorry about that bit. I'll admit I am not familiar with FARC. Thanks for helping the process out. --♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 03:45, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar | |
Giving you this after your amazing contributions to EastEnders in popular culture, if yor willing to try and make it to GA standard, go ahead!! :) Mayhem Mario 10:07, 8 October 2011 (UTC) |
Do you think Hard (song) could become an FA? Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon! 14:33, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikki. Do you do peer review? I am planning to take FS/LS to FAC and would want to straighten out things before doing so. Thanks. -- Efe ( talk) 15:38, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi, if it's not too much trouble, could you please expound on the rationale behind your recent edit to Sandman over at Talk:Sandman#Trivia section so I (and presumably others) can be un-confused? Thanks! -- ke4roh ( talk) 17:51, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
First time we have talked, and I'm sure we'll meet again on my first FAC, but I have a question. Would Huffington Post and its subsidiary, PopEater, meet WP:FACR's standards for reliability? They seem to satisfy GAN but I have doubt because I am planning to take an article to FAC during the holidays. — WP:PENGUIN · [ TALK ] 14:19, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Nikki! Just a quick note that I'm leaving delegate decisions on Wikipedia:Featured article review/Yom Kippur War/archive1 and Wikipedia:Featured article review/Homo floresiensis/archive3 up to you, since I've been involved in both. I've also dropped a note to Raul for him to close the League of Nations FAR, since we've both had our fingers in the pie there. Let me know if there's anything you need me to do, Dana boomer ( talk) 12:59, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
This one needs pulling. The article has two orange tags. -- Eraserhead1 < talk> 21:04, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Can the POV tag be removed now? Location ( talk) 21:40, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Just noticed that you and I come from the same general abode. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 15:28, 13 October 2011 (UTC).
Hi, there. On the LW entry, the entire section on the b.g. of the director and his film was deleted. Rather than just getting rid of pertinent data - and therefore taking away from the article's informative qualities - it is better to include it into the body of the text.
You have a very excellent resume (sic) here, congrats! Your diligence in keeping up so many articles is highly laudable.
All the best, SS Cricketsnapper ( talk) 17:08, 13 October 2011 (UTC) Cricketsnapper ( talk) 17:07, 13 October 2011 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cricketsnapper ( talk • contribs)
Hi, you were one of the FA reviewers. Could you take a look at this discussion and consder weighing in? All substantive FA reviewers are being asked.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 18:18, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
I've issued a warning to my students, promising wrath and retribution :) Please do notify me on my talk page if any other issues are detected; and I'd suggest you notify other instructors if that happens through their talk pages to warrant quick action (I doubt that few are as active as I and watchlist and check other pages so often). -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 05:14, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
Dear Nikkimaria, You put up a couple of templates. Taking them to heart, I made changes as you suggested. I don't think they are warranted any longer. Please take a look. If you have specific concerns, of course, please make the changes, indicate them, or let me know so I can address them. This is a little like having someone 'key' the hood of my new Bentley. Cheers. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 16:48, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
I've removed your tags. But if you don't like it, put them back, or delete the whole article. Have at it. If this is beneath your standards, there are millions of articles in Wikipedia that you should be deleting. You'll have a lot of work to do. Might want to enlist a bot. Best regards. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 19:12, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I have once again reverted your edits to Kecak. I believe all three references you removed (an iconic series of erotic movies and works by two groups whose careers span 3-4 decades) are at least as notable as the bulk of other entries. Please reply either here or on the talk page of Kecak as my IP address is dynamic. 89.133.130.234 ( talk) 22:54, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments, Nikki. I believe that I have addressed the points raised. If you have time to take another look, I would appreciate that. Jezhotwells ( talk) 22:41, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
You appear to have ignored criteria 1(d) one of the main reasons for bringing it to FAR. Wee Curry Monster talk 07:49, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for removing 18 kilobytes of trivia from Greek mythology in popular culture. It's something that's been on my to-do list for a while, and every so often I have nibbled at it.
You might be interested in the discussion on inclusion criteria at Talk:Greek mythology in popular culture#Revision 2. As a first cut, I proposed including only entries entries that (a) have a parent article; (b) the parent article must mention the Greek name; and (c) the connection to mythology must be clear, not just a by virtue of having a Greek name. As far as I can tell, most of what you removed from the article failed to meet those criteria.
After pruning based on those criteria is done, more stringent criteria can be applied, like requiring sources that mention the Greek mythology connection of each entry. ~ Amatulić ( talk) 22:17, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
I think I've fixed all the issues that you identified at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi. Can you check to see if there are any I missed or misunderstood?-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 03:33, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
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Many thanks for the very helpful feedback on the article I nominated for FA review. Marj ( talk) 04:40, 21 October 2011 (UTC) |
Hi Nikki. I hope you are in good health. Remember last time, you showed me all those discussions about About.com. Well, i have a new question. Can it at least be used for Composition like i did here? His review was so detailed that i will really feel sad if it has to be removed because of FAC. ★Jivesh 1205★ ( talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 05:58, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Regarding Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hard (song)/archive1 I need you to explain something. Why are you claiming WP:SPS on About.com. Bill Lamb is not a self-published source if you read the description: "Anyone can create a personal web page or pay to have a book published, then claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason, self-published media, such as books, patents, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, personal or group blogs, Internet forum postings, and tweets, are largely not acceptable as sources" he does not fall under this. He is paid and works for About.com, under The New York Times. This is not a SPS so why are you claiming this policy? Thanks. - (CK)Lakeshade - talk2me - 23:14, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
I made changes to the example that you gave. I would like examples of all the other sections in our page that you feel are to close to the copyright information. Thanks-- Nas132 ( talk) 00:35, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
Is my advice and example here sound? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 16:08, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
Hello again Nikkimaria, I'm sure you remember peer reviewing Djungarian hamster for me. Thank you for that again. If it's not too much trouble, would it be possible for you to review Phodopus? I would really appreciate it. Thank you Puffin Let's talk! 08:18, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Nikkimaria. You recently removed an {{ In popular culture}} maintenance tag from the page Shinto in popular culture. Thank you for helping to re-organize the page's content. However, as the page still consists primarily of a list of appearances and does not discuss the impact of Shinto on Japanese popular culture beyond two sentences in the lead, I feel that the tag is still appropriate. I have therefore re-added the tag with it's original October 2009 date. If you disagree with this change, discussion may be appropriate at Talk:Shinto in popular culture. Thanks and Happy editing, Cnilep ( talk) 11:53, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
Can you please check my sections? I made changes this weekend. If you still need me to make changes can you please post examples so I know where changes need to be made. Thanks-- Nas132 ( talk) 22:42, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
With the examples you provided I did make the changes. Can you please check again to see if more corrections are needed providing examples. Thanks-- Nas132 ( talk) 04:14, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
I went through every single sentence. Looking at the reference links, and using an old reference sheet I had so that I did not make the same mistake or so that I can change them. I value the time that you have put into checking my mistakes. You have taught me alot over this past weekend. If their is still mistakes in my paragraphs it was by accident. So thank you again for your time. -- Nas132 ( talk) 14:47, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments, can you see my replies and tell me if I have resolved most of the issues? Puffin Let's talk! 09:04, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria! I was wondering if you'd be able to review the edits I have made to the article Modernization of Investigative Techniques Act. It is my first time editing a Wikipedia article and I am interested in getting some feedback. Thank you very much for your time! Nikasho ( talk) 03:07, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
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Why are you so fast to support Malleus Fatuorum, regardless of how many insults he gave and to how many people but at the same time you were able to censor an user page? -- Lecen ( talk) 03:24, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I replied to your comments on the FAC [4]. Could you please reply wrt page numbers so that I can start the massive amount of work if you convince me it is really useful? I can also offer to give you exact sources for specific things you want to spotcheck, maybe that's easier.. HMallison ( talk) 10:00, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
Hey there, I recently completed my first-ever article edit on Moral rights (copyright law) as part of an assignment for a class that is taking part in the Canada Education Program. Would you be so kind as to review and provide feedback, if you have the time? Many thanks. -- Cgriffioen ( talk) 13:10, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
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Could you please comment on our edit and indicate your opinion of the edit? Any commentary is useful. The assignment is due oct.31 so it would be great if you could give us some input before that thank you, (Kanesham 14:40, 28 October 2011 (UTC)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kanesham ( talk • contribs)
The nom and I have tried to address your concerns; did we succeed? - Dank ( push to talk) 16:07, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
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