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Hi, I have a feeling that you did not get my last message. I have some questions that I left for you on the template. Thanks again for your source review.-- Ishtar456 ( talk) 02:06, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
only one "p" now.-- Ishtar456 ( talk) 16:04, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for helping remove a sandbox error from an article page, earlier. Owleye769 ( talk) 00:58, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
I have brought our dispute to the edit war noticeboard to see if we can get a resolution. Canuck My page 89 (talk), 01:48, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
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Your contributions at FAC are valued. Thank you for taking time out of your day to check so many nominations. It's always a relief to look at a nomination and see that you've been there. Laser brain (talk) 14:45, 19 March 2012 (UTC) |
Hi, I have given the Steamtown, USA citations one more shot per your review. If you are satisfied, could you please mention that on the template. I am afraid no one else will review it if they think that there are unresolved source issues. Thanks-- Ishtar456 ( talk) 21:10, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki, I'm wondering if in the article about the Cottingley Fairies, the book THE FAIRY RING, OR ELSIE AND FRANCES FOOL THE WORLD could be listed under "further reading"? It's from a major publisher, Candlewick, and has been given starred reviews by The Horn Book and Booklist. It's also a Junior Library Guild Selection. Although it's written for children aged ten and up, it's based entirely on primary sources, including never-before-published letters and documents. I think it would be a valuable source of information for anybody interested in the topic. Thanks! Fireflea55 ( talk) 20:49, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
I wonder if I might trouble you for some advice, if you have a moment? At Pierre Monteux I have included an online reference as one of four bundled references (ref 83) and then in the next reference it occurs again, on its own this time. On its second appearance I have repeated the full publication details but omitted the url and "subscription required". Is that the best approach, do you think, or is there a better? Grateful for your expert view. Tim riley ( talk) 17:25, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey Nikkimaria. I've got a favour to ask. One of the UBC students has a reference formatting issue over at Hell's Gate, British Columbia. Here's her message: [1]. I'm really overstretched with RL stuff and other OA requests. Do you have time to field this one, maybe give her some of your ref expertise? If not, no worries, let me know. Hope all is well with your own classes. The Interior (Talk) 01:55, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
I have nominated the article May Revolution for FAC at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/May Revolution/archive4. As you made a review of the article in the past, it would be useful if you could check it again, as it is an obscure topic outside of Argentina and previous nominatons did not atract enough reviewers. All comments are welcome. Cambalachero ( talk) 01:58, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria. Would you look at the possible close paraphrasing concerns I raised at Template:Did you know nominations/Players of color in the NBA and provide a second opinion? Thanks, Cunard ( talk) 11:43, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
A 9 times Olympic Champion figure skater with no prior article and nothing in google News? It was marked as test page, and you declined it. I'd have deleted it as hoax. DGG ( talk ) 21:24, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I have suggested an alternative hook for DYK, in response to the comments received. Can you please have a look? Regards.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 03:02, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki, I've responded to your comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Air raids on Japan/archive1, but I couldn't spot the problems with quotations you identified: could you please point these out? Thanks again, Nick-D ( talk) 06:35, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
The article on Dan Leno has been nominated for Featured Article consideration here. Leno was a leading star of music hall, Victorian burlesque and pantomime. Since you commented on the Holloway article, I thought you might be willing to look at this one too. We would welcome your comments, if you have time. Happy editing! -- Ssilvers ( talk) 00:35, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello Nikkimaria, my name is Vernetta .and this is my first time using wikipedia. Tanet23 ( talk) 13:07, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Pfancher ( talk) 13:00, 27 March 2012 (UTC) Hola!! Bwchest ( talk) 13:06, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Roll Tigers! Pebaile ( talk) 13:06, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Awc32 ( talk) 13:07, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello from Clemson! Nmathia ( talk) 13:09, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi! Clemcar29 ( talk) 13:10, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Go Tigers! Jwrigh9 ( talk) 13:10, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria! Glad to have your help! Pbritt ( talk) 13:15, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi hi, Thanks for skyping in today! Pfancher ( talk) 14:39, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello Hamm9 ( talk) 14:40, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for skyping today Andybolin ( talk) 14:42, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to give my class and I advice on writing our wiki articles. DLAT1001 ( talk) 14:43, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for talking to us today in class Chuck0210 ( talk) 14:43, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello, thanks for helping. Geneticrebel ( talk) 14:43, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello! Aprose793 ( talk) 14:43, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki! Tigerpride3 ( talk) 14:43, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi! thanks for your help! Tsybes ( talk) 14:43, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi! Thank you for your help! Ballerina311 ( talk) 14:44, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi! Ajdu93 ( talk) 14:45, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
hi hi! Rajahsrider ( talk) 14:46, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki! Thank you so much for your help with our class! If you wouldn't mind taking a few minutes out of your day to take a look at my edits to a Wikipedia article, I would greatly appreciate it. My main concerns are just that my writing is unbiased and that I'm including notable information. Not all of the writing is mine but the main body part is. Thanks! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Briggs_Myers Kadamso cu ( talk) 06:26, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice! Kmc908 ( talk) 18:13, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Nikki, Thank you for taking time out of your day to help us with our Wikipedia articles. If you wouldn't mind, please take a look at my sandbox and give me some feedback. I'm new to Wikipedia so I can use all the help I can get. Thanks! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Awc32/sandbox Awc32 ( talk) 22:12, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki! Thanks for you advice today concerning writing our Wikipedia articles. Could you please look at my sandbox article about the Manistique Lakes in Michigan. I would really appreciate any feedback you could provide. Thank you so much! The link is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Clemcar29/sandbox.
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Hi Nikki! Thanks so much for all the help! Ktutts15 ( talk) 01:57, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey Nikki! Thanks for chatting with us in class today. You helped out a lot. :) BeNiceMurphy( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:53, 30 March 2012 (UTC).
Hey Nikki. I just wanted to have some feedback on my wikipedia article. I am a newby to this whole editing experience so I just would like a little advice to help in the process. Note that I am far from finished with my editing of my article, but I just want your thoughts of the direction I am going with it. Here is the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Iaconelli DLAT1001 ( talk) 15:52, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello Nikki. You can assume that I too am asking you the same questions as the others. Can you review my article to see how my writing is going? I could use some advice for knowing how I should edit and actually make the article itself. I greatly appreciate it! Thanks! The actual article I am working on is under wikipedia article. Here is the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nmathia/sandbox Nmathia ( talk) 17:09, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey Nikki could you please look over my article and give me some feedback? Thank you!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jport13/sandbox Jport13 ( talk) 20:48, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey Nikki!! Could you take a few seconds to review my page???? (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Basin_Ranch) Thanks so much!! — Preceding
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Hi Nikki!Thank you for chatting with us in class on Thursday,it was really helpful! Could you please take a look at the article that i created Clemson Tigers women's tennis? I would really appreciate any comments or suggestions that you may have! Thank you! Ykoroleva ( talk) 17:07, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey Nikkin!! I'm so sorry to be adding another to you list but I was wondering if you could look over my article as well. :) Mine is on the feral horses found on Cumberland Island, Georgia. I have a lot more content that I'm planning on adding but I was just wondering if you could give me some pointers on formatting. Thanks!
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Hello again Nikki! If you don't mind, I'd really appreciate you looking at my article as well. I'm so sorry there's so many of us, but I hope you're having a great day and thank you for working with us! Here's the link to my page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_Fight Rkprinc ( talk) 00:59, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello! Kenz21 ( talk) 17:20, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello Nikkimaria! I had a question about citing whole paragraphs. Especially in my "Theories" section of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_W._Fox . Is it understood that the last citation covers the whole paragraph or would it be better to cite each sentence? Thank you for your help! Pbritt ( talk) 19:33, 3 April 2012 (UTC) Oh, okay. Phew! Thanks for telling me that! I'll change it right away. Pbritt ( talk) 20:13, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
I want to add a table to my article, but am not sure how to do that. Could you help me please? Thanks Kenz21 ( talk) 23:53, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey Nikki. I have one question. I have at least six sources in my article but it continues to say my article needs more reliable sources. Exactly how many do I need? My wikipedia article is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Iaconelli DLAT1001 ( talk) 01:35, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello again Nikki. I don't know if an image I have found is copyrighted or not. It is from a government website, but could you take a look? The image can be found at http://www.nist.gov/mml/surface/polymer-microspheres.cfm Please and thank you for your help! Pbritt ( talk) 02:10, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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I wanted to say thank you for your source and image reviews to Stephen_Hawking - thank you very much! The article is all the better for you help :) Fayedizard ( talk) 21:52, 28 March 2012 (UTC) |
I see that you commented at the Files for deletion proceeding here. Please note that now the proponents have placed a Speedy Delete tag on the image: File:EvanchoPresSanta.jpg. Can you comment, or find anyone that can help us explain that this image satisfies the Non-free content criteria? -- Thanks for any help. -- Ssilvers ( talk) 01:48, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hiya, I've long considered putting Henry Wrigley up for FAC but had an issue with a 20-year gap in his post-military career, namely 1946 to 1966. I've now found an interview conducted by the Australian War Memorial that briefly addresses this gap, however the transcript of the interview is only available on the web at the No. 3 Squadron Association site. I'd not normally consider a squadron association page as reliable for FAC purposes, however the interview certainly exists at the AWM, and the transcription is by an AWM person and not the association (her name appears on a number of transcripts that are available on the AWM site). Presumably the transcript was once on the AWM website and the association downloaded it, or else they ordered a copy of it. Given these circumstances, what do you think of it as an RS at FAC? Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 00:58, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey nikkimaria, I need an expert wikipedian to review my article. I am not sure how to find expert wikipedian's but I reviewed your page, and I feel like you would be able to help me out. I am writing my first wikipedia article for my english class at clemson, and I would appreciate any input you may have on how to improve. My article is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Jazz_Flute. Thank you! Raelynn22 ( talk) 03:34, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you so much! I completely agree on the issues you have discussed about my article, and will get right to changing them. I appreciate you overlooking it, and moving it into the right space. I do feel like I need more "jazz" content as opposed to "flute" content. I see what you are saying about overlapping the Flute article...Thank you Again!
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One more thing...I read that you said I'm short on sources...I do feel like I need to find some more reliable ones-but as for how many i'm having a bit of a problem. I'm not sure where to put my source link within the text if a bulk of information comes from that one source. Should I put it after every paragraph, sentence, or after all of the information from that source (which is the way i have it now)? Raelynn22 ( talk) 18:27, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! Much Appreciated! Raelynn22 ( talk) 03:32, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
I have rectified the problem. Please review again. -- SupernovaExplosion Talk 01:06, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
The author of the R. J. Hackett (steamer) article has just made changes to address the problems you noted in the review. Can you please check to see whether the article is okay to proceed under DYK? Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 12:54, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
HI Nikki,
A student created a new article, but moved it to the wrong place. Here is the article. Wikipedia:Freeman_Store_and_Museum_(Vienna,_Virginia) How do we move this to the main article space of wikipedia?
74.177.126.181 ( talk) 16:21, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks so much for your help! I think a couple of other students did this. So thanks for letting me know how to fix it.
Pfancher ( talk) 11:23, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Serious scholarship from RS is not likely to be trivia. Somebody passing by stuck on a poorly chosen tag with no justification. It's a serious matter for historians of Appalachia (like me--I work on Kentucky) because the media images have been so hostile for so long in TV, comics, novels, songs, movies (like "Hunger Games") etc. (even their religion gets linked to snake handlers!) Rjensen ( talk) 13:17, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks so much for taking a look at my Isabel Briggs Myers article. Yes I am absolutely expanding more. I kind of picked a middle section to start writing on, but will definitely incorporate the early life part. I didn't know how much to write on the MBTI since there is already a page on it. Once again, thank you... I will definitely add more sources! Kadamso cu ( talk) 02:07, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Could you respond here, please, regarding your reverts? [2] It's not clear what details can be set out first, as you asked, because it's already policy and the words have not been changed. SlimVirgin (talk) 04:09, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
HIHI, a student is working on this page Isabel_Briggs_Myers The info box was fine when she started working on it and now it is showing up as code. Can you help use figure out what is wrong?
Pfancher ( talk) 14:24, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but I feel a little overwhelmed by this whole mess. I've deleted the article, and I'm afraid you'll have to go to DRV if you want it restored. — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 05:56, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Nikki, a delegate has asked for the images to be reviewed on the above and I wondered if you would be in a position to review them? I envisage a quick and problem free review as all issues were ironed out at GAC. If you have the time could you oblige? I would be very appreciative. -- Cassianto ( talk) 18:50, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki! I'm Rosaria. I'm one of Trish Fancher's students at Clemson. I recently submitted my page for review, and they declined it because they said he wasn't a notable person. However, I've gone through and edited it, added a lot more content and sources, and rearranged the lead so that it is more relevant and shows his notability. If you would be willing to vouch for me so that the article might get accepted, I would really appreciate that. You can find it under review here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Tanner_Smith_(basketball_player) Thanks! BeNiceMurphy ( talk) 12:07, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
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Given how the WP:TPO you point to as justification explicitly states:
How do you justify the deletions? Further, you signed your deletion of my comment, but not Ceoil's---leaving the impression that Ceoil may have deleted his/her own comments, whereas mine appear to have be so disruptive to have needed administrator intervention. Further, you've labeled my comment:
as "irrelevent", whereas Ceoil's "Trouble making and vengeful prick" and "Also, your signature is a headace. Go back to editing comics and [3]" were removed without comment. The comment of mine that was removed may have been impolite, but it was certainly not irrelevant (I was asking TruthKeeper not to clutter the discussion with comments not aimed at moving the discussion forward---you can't deny that, if you go back and reread it), and further removes context from the rest of my comment, which you left. The comment is not irrelevent in the context. If it's irrelevant to the infobox issue itself, then so are the comments that I was responding to, which you left untouched. If you go back and look at this all in context, I think you'll see why WP:TPO recommends against removing comments. Doing so is only creating a bigger, less comprehensible mess. CüRlyTüRkey Talk Contribs 22:31, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
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Nikkimaria, I think it's probably time to address the remaining issues on this page and take it to peer review with an eye on FA in distant future. One problem I'm having is reconciling the ref styles, which I think need some tidying. Do you have any comments/feedback regarding the current style? The idea of putting a full bibliographic entry in the notes on first occurrence makes sense to me given the large number of refs here, and then repeat the bib entry in the sources. The cite bundling also seems to work well on large page such as this, but aside from those two points, there are a number of inconsistencies, I think, that need to be addressed. I'd prefer not to make another 1000 edits here and instead go about it as efficiently as possible, so your guidance would be much appreciated. Thanks. Truthkeeper ( talk) 14:38, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
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Nikkimaria, you were mentoring Fang Aili on this GA Review, but Fang hasn't been back to the review for three weeks, or on Wikipedia at all for two. Is there any chance you can take the review over, since you've already checked Fang's work? It would be a shame to send it back into the reviewer pool to await someone who would be starting from scratch. Thanks for your consideration. I'll be monitoring here and on the review page; let me know either place. BlueMoonset ( talk) 02:19, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Update at the Talk:Constitution of May 3, 1791 (painting)/GA1: requested c/e and other issues addressed. Thanks! -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 03:55, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
You commented at both of the prior FACs, so as a courtesy, I am notifying you of Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Here We Go Again (Ray Charles song)/archive3.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 12:37, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I'm rather puzzled at your declining a speedy deletion for VTB so that VTB Bank may be moved to that page. I'm even more puzzled at the way in which you then changed VTB from a redirect page to a disambiguation page.
VTB is the common name for the VTB Group and the VTB Group is overwhelmingly the primary topic for VTB. Beyond this, "VTB" is not the common name for either the VTB United League basketball league (the common name of which is arguably not even "VTB United League" but simply the "United League") or the VTB Arena (if you asked 1,000 people in Moscow what "VTB" is, I doubt a single one would answer a stadium as opposed to a bank).
There is no good reason why VTB should not follow standard WP policy, and be treated the same as companies such as HSBC (formal name "HSBC Holdings plc"), where there are many other articles prefaced by "HSBC" such as the HSBC Arena (Rio de Janeiro), HSBC Brazil Cup, HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship, as well as multiple HSBC subsidiaries and divisions. Rangoon11 ( talk) 16:03, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
Butting in is allowed, thank you for doing so. I am aware that I am autoconfirmed. But, I still don't have the smarts to gain access without some direction. Can you help? Thank you. Pendright ( talk) 23:09, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
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Russavia ( talk · contribs) didn't request those pages for deletion, did which MZMcBride, therefore it fails U1. See User talk:Russavia#Userpages to be deleted. Bidgee ( talk) 00:45, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing the fourth WP:CSD on this article and for declining it. Even though the article was written by a WP:COI editor to promote the school I did some digging and discovered that the school is actually notable, mostly for its part in a 2010 financial scandal. Instead of sending it to WP:AFD I rewrote and cleaned it up and added some real refs. I am guessing that the COI person who started it will probably not like the result, but as explained in WP:COI, that is one of the hazards of really wanting to have a Wikipedia article. - Ahunt ( talk) 14:07, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Can I ask what you thought the claim of significance was? I almost A7'd it myself but decided that as I'd just done the OTRS thing on it it was probably better to leave that to someone else. There's always going to be admin discretion when it comes to speedies so I'm not suggesting you were mistaken but I would be interested to know your reason. Dpmuk ( talk)
I'm confused: how can it have been kept at AfD if it was created just a few hours ago?? -- Guillaume2303 ( talk) 16:11, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
I just saw this, but every article of this editor I've looked at has copyvio. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 16:58, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
FYI. Nageh ( talk) 19:25, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
I saw what you wrote on my talk page, but cannot find the speedy deletion tab and cannot find the button that let's me contest the speedy deletion. Can you help? -Donald Crease — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donald Crease ( talk • contribs) 20:05, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Nikki, when you get time, could you just confirm if your happy with the images on Dan's FAC -- Cassianto ( talk) 21:35, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for commenting on my talk page. See responses there about Burnham. PumpkinSky talk 23:50, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Greetings Nikkimaria, this is a notice to let you know that 1740 Batavia massacre, which you have previously reviewed or copyedited, has been nominated at FAC. Should you be willing to review the article, feedback is welcome at the nomination page. Thank you. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 06:55, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
I was just looking at this article again after ignoring it for several months, and I think you were right back in October when you and I had our disagreement. This article is full of irrelevant, or only vaguely relevant examples, and burdened with excruciating details. Of course, that is the problem with articles of this type: they are easy targets for garbage. Generally, they are created by removing a "blank in popular culture" section from another article, and then the cruft just piles up. Alas... At any rate, I have taken the shears to it a bit, but more needs to be done, if you are interested in working on it. Cheers! --- RepublicanJacobite TheFortyFive 14:58, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you declined the CSD for the article. On further examination it appears to be lifted from http://www.iba-banktech.com/2009/supportgroup.htm and the author appears to be working for the Marketing Division of CtrlS. I wasn't sure if I was allowed to nominate it for a speedy delete so I nominated it for deletion. Please contribute to the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CtrlS Gsingh ( talk) 17:21, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
Nikki, the professor at Wikipedia:Canada Education Program/Courses/Present/Genetics in Everyday Life (Tom Haffie) doesn't seem to be tuned in, I've encountered issues on about half a dozen medical articles now, and at Talk:Brunner syndrome, the students have the impression that because their project has been "approved", they don't need to take on board advice :) Perhaps you can help? They've got an interesting article going at Brunner syndrome, but they're putting it in the wrong article-- they are writing about the broader issues of using genetic defects as a legal defense in criminal cases. Brunner syndrome is but one part of that ... so they need to find the right place to write their text, and then link that as a sub-article of Brunner syndrome. Best, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 21:03, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
Nikki, no hurry, but whenever you have time, I was hoping you could check my work. As a vocal critic of poor paraphrasing, I found it very hard to write Donald J. Cohen without extensive use of direct quotes, and I found numerous instances where there's just no other way to state non-creative information. When you have time, could you give it a close paraphrase check, just so I can put my money where my mouth is and see how I'm doing? All sources online except one sentence from one book I have. Best, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 21:05, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
Per WP:USERG, the subjects own website is not a reliable source, nor can you lend any weight to the pictures of articles on the website, none of which even gives any indication as to where it was supposedly published-- Jac16888 Talk 21:04, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi - please do not replace personal details and promotional claims without specifically clearly referencing it to reliable sources. - Youreally can 22:24, 16 April 2012 (UTC) As an Administrator, someone that should adhere closely to WP:POLICY - please explain your content addition in this diff - Youreally can 22:26, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
I have removed your uncited personal claim again - please stop replacing and edit warring uncited detail; to a BLP - Pease stop replacing and open a discussion - Youreally can 01:38, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
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I don't want to question your honesty, but why did you have to remove the Section "Sister cities" ( diff here), under the guise of a minor edit with the following edit summary -- "ce, org". Did you think that no one would notice? I find that rather unusual behavior for a so-called "Administrator". Please respond so I can have a clearer picture of your motives here. It is common practice among experienced editors to provide valid reasons for removing big chunks, like entire sections from an article. -- Skol fir ( talk) 05:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Please feel free to edit User:LauraHale/Wikipedia:Requests for comment/United States Education Program for substance issues to improve it, provide a more rounded perspective to give people a better idea of the situation, etc. It is still in draft stage and I've asked a few people already to help draft it. I've also asked a few people involved with support, especially from AfC, for their opinions.-- LauraHale ( talk) 20:51, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
So, again, get the assessment and content review processes to disallow nominations from them, and the profs will be forced to stop offering credit for DYKs, etc. Nowhere did I say get the WMF to kill the program-- they won't. We have to do things to make them stop making us miserable, and *we* (the community) control what we will review in content review processes like DYK, GAN, etc. Many good FAC reviewers refuse to review WIKICUP nominations, because they don't support the reward culture. That's why CUP participants overwhelm other processes like DYK, where they can get easy points and scanty review. The students don't want to be on Wikipedia-- they're forced there for a grade. If the DYK, GAN grade points stop working because we refuse to accept them, that part of the problem is solved at least. There are still boatloads of courses offering credit for DYKs. DYK has it within its power to refuse to accept nominations from class projects, just as FAC had it within its power to flag CUP nominations, and some reviewers won't touch 'em.
And even if the WMF were recruiting better ambassadors, 1) there aren't enough of us, and 2) even excellent editors like Nikkimaria can't make a difference-- students don't always listen, they just want their grade, and they're usually up against a deadline (which is why the last few weeks have been miserable). The ambassador program isn't working. We need to address the bad editing not by hoping we can do something from the top down, with added beaurocracy, but by denying these folks access to processes that will get them a better grade.
To succeed, the RFC has to be short, focused, and has to have a good deal of consensus before it goes live. Lots more talk will be needed ... I stink at writing, Colin is excellent, but the whole thing needs a lot of work so it will be framed in a way that has the best chance of success ... but DYK could nip a lot of the problems in the bud by saying they won't accept nominations from them. But since DYK is change-resistant, I hold out little hope for that happening, so how to improve the assessment and content review process aspect alone ... I dunno. Jbmurray, Colin, others may have ideas ... I'm still in the brainstorming phase on this, but when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's hard to drain the swamp-- and I've been up to my ass in really bad student articles all week. I may have clearer ideas later on.
Yes on Mike Christie-- I'm not sure Awadewit is engaged enough any more to realize how really bad this has gotten since her WP:FAT initiative (which also caused problems at FAC IMO). SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 03:24, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
( edit conflict) Long in what sense? The preface material being pages? Or it takes months to close them? :) My concern is getting it right. I don't necessarily feel like I have a sense of ownership just so long as it gets done right. (And if it looks like I do, this often comes out of lack of competence in picking up when to leave something alone. Just a nudge to stop and that can be fixed.) The meat puppetry thing should probably be a second RfC, which says classes get ONE vote in an AfD. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dimensional approach to personality disorders where the student, the professor and the ambassador all show up. I think another student might have shown up. Or if meat puppetry is addressed, it should be a two issue. One is how they interact with assessment. Another with voting. (Wasn't there one class talking about having students run for administrators? Or am I imagining that?) -- LauraHale ( talk) 04:51, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
OK, I've thought more on this (things come to me in the middle of the night), and what I remembered (memory jogged because of dealing with disruptive editors elsewhere) was an RFC about one of Wikipedia's most disruptive editors that tried to do too much. It included so many wrongs and so many diffs that some people just didn't read it, and the worst of that editor's offenses escaped the attention of participants. The arbs face the same thing: evidence should include the most egregious examples, and be brief, to get folks to read it. I think the RFC needs to be completely reorganized (by issue, not by content review area), with most egregious diffs given, and then the rest of the discussions linked somewhere in a table, since most folks aren't going to read all that stuff at the top and won't get a sense of just what or how big the problem is. I'll add my suggestions for reorganization on the talk page over there. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 20:03, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I don't believe we've met, though you seem to be cropping up all over the place lately. I saw you did the Russavia subpage restores and now you've popped up at User talk:Sven Manguard. Please don't threaten good editors with blocks. It's very poor form. As I said to Sven, an essential part of a collaborative project like this is to be able to communicate effectively with other editors. If he can't do that, he needs to find another project. -- MZMcBride ( talk) 22:03, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Can you give me some clarification on the close paraphrasing concerns.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 15:30, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
You have lost all of my respect for these, clearly purposefully delaying, actions in regards to the DYK nomination. I'm sad that you would do something as low as this. Silver seren C 02:19, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
I've answered all inline questions in this. If you could do a plagiarism check and/or otherwise improve it, I'd really appreciate it. No rush,I know you're busy. PumpkinSky talk 22:44, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
I've replied to your hidden comment re: aluminium and clay rich shales in the mineralogy/geology section even though I find discussion via such hidden comments rather a cumbersome discussion method. Why is this discussion here and via hidden comments rather than on the article talk page where it belongs? Vsmith ( talk) 02:09, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Just a mention - to you personally, because over at the Policy pump may have been the wrong place. And no one said where is the correct place to address the aggregate cite templates on the toolbar. For me personally, I'll manually insert dates on future edits. That doesn't address all those unknowing editors out there who are just clicking "Insert date" and using the European style. However that works out, it does. But it needs to automatically work for everybody, straight across the board. I've been on WP over 5 years, created hundreds of articles, and done thousand of edits. This has never been addressed before. And I'm an experienced editor. Just think of the newbies on training wheels. Just my opinion of this. Thanks for listening. Maile66 ( talk) 21:39, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey there Nikkimaria,
Thank you for your help with sorting out the Soldiers in the 18th century page. Your help has been invaluable and I apologise for the lateness in getting it sorted (busy at uni).
Made as many edits as possible, but I'm finding it difficult to find more reliable sources to replace the one's taken from the more 'studenty' websites (I have removed all links to these websites for now and shall add in sources when found). On that note, when it comes to your point about elaborating on the wars that soldiers would have face, I have linked to the relevant page which discusses those wars (Napoleonic, American War of Independence etc). Do I still need to elaborate further?
Thanks once again,
( GemmaHist ( talk) 09:48, 23 April 2012 (UTC))
Suri 100 ( talk) 12:09, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm very close to bringing MZMcBride to AN and asking for a formal interaction ban that includes him not taking potshots at me on the talk pages of my friends (bottom line of the second to bottom box). Since you stepped in the first time that he didn't get the hint that it was time for him to drop it, would you be willing to step in the second time? Sven Manguard Wha? 19:37, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki - I'm hoping that you can help me out with an image question that I'm dealing with on a GAN review... On File:Shangani-memorial-panel-rho.jpg, we have an old postcard for which we know the author name, but not his death date. Do you have any thoughts on the proper licensing (if, in fact, it's free use)? Any help (from you or TPS) would be much appreciated. Thanks, Dana boomer ( talk) 01:55, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki, thanks for reducing KW's block last night, I agree 1 months was excessive. Just a quick note though, the consensus ended up at 2 weeks, which was to 7 May 2012, not 6 May 2012. Would you mind sorting that out? Cheers. WormTT · ( talk) 09:55, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Why did you edit the work I had done on the Greedy film wikipedia page.I just added a bit of trivia and a tagline for the movie and a bit more plot depth,because there was hardly anything.I,m new to editing wikipedia,so let me know.Thanks. HOTTUBGUY ( talk) 15:52, 24 April 2012 (UTC)HOTTUBGUY. HOTTUBGUY ( talk) 15:52, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
I added the names of the couples to Yogo sapphire, but what is the best way to do this "and...and" thing: "...two local married couples, Lanny and Joy Perry and Chuck and Marie Ridgeway, discovered...". PumpkinSky talk 22:40, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
This article's references amount to
Surely this does not prove notability? -- Greenmaven ( talk) 05:10, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
I rephrased some of the more general wording. I hope it is enough. Thank you.-- TriiipleThreat ( talk) 13:55, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, could you please be sure to leave a visible empty hook when you remove a problematic hook? At the moment, Queue 1 shows six hooks, but no sign that there really ought to be eight. It's an important visual cue to people that a new hook needs to be added. Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 14:20, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Are you OK with the Campus Ambassador for students passing their DYKs?
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 20:25, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Are any further improvements needed to Yogo sapphire? PumpkinSky talk 22:24, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki
The GEL Course page is a little messed, I can't seem to fix it. The Final Exam Popular Articles header has become separated from its following Table. Thanks TomHaffie ( talk) 22:27, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey Nikki,
I have seen you making quality contributions to DYK's by removing the passed DYK's due to many reasons. Tough you are involving yourself in making quality contributions by putting on hold the DYK's, it actually de-motivates the user (of-course
this and
this did de-motivated me). It would be great if you pick up the pending DYK's list rather than passed one, because once it passed in the early stage, it encourages the contributor to work more and more. Just wanted to let you know what i felt, Thank you. You can reply me here only! --
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It's outta control: now we have Personality and life outcomes. ending with a period. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 15:53, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi. I picked you out as one of the people who've edited the page and who presumably knows how it works. Could you possibly check to make sure that I put the bicentenary of the birth of Edward Lear in the right place on the page (i.e. in the Staging area, which I read somewhere is transcluded from somewhere else - but where? - sounds alarming!). In passing, an awful lot of WP lists of instructions are quite difficult to follow (how I've wrestled with DYK instructions), perhaps because they're written by computer people for computer people. And also while you're there, do you think that the Lear article is reasonably up to scratch for a possible listing on the Main Page? If not, I could make some time to titivate it - all suggestions gratefully received. Best. -- Guillaume Tell 18:03, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria, thanks a lot for the source review at the recent (successful) FAC for 1740 Batavia massacre; I know you do it all the time, in addition to great work with paraphrasing checks at DYK, but I don't think you get nearly enough recognition. In thanks, I'm giving you a collectible kris. The blade is iron with gold leaf and it has a twin naga design. Hopefully you don't have one yet! Crisco 1492 ( talk) 14:07, 6 May 2012 (UTC) |
Hi, twice today (May 7, 2012) you reversed multiple informative, reasonable, and referenced edits to the lead section of this article without discussion and only an edit summary of "cleanup" or "fmt". Perhaps you made a mistake and meant to reverse a different edit or a different article? Thanks and I'll keep an eye on this article. Facts707 ( talk) 03:24, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki - The Frederick Russell Burnham FAR is still ongoing and hasn't had any comments in the FARC section. Would you have a chance to drop by and give your thoughts? Also, there are a couple on the page (Azerbaijani people, Free will) that are up to you to close, as I'm involved, just FYI, although I'm sure you probably already knew :) Dana boomer ( talk) 12:35, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Wondering why the essay WP:BRIGHTLINE was deleted? Thanks! Woz2 ( talk) 02:30, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Oh, strange! Well then, why was the redirect deleted? It was in use in several places. Or maybe more important, was its original creation against policy? Cheers!
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Update: It seems the principle contributor moved the material to Jimbo's discussion. Woz2 ( talk) 10:48, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
BlueBonnet is offering help with a couple of FAC reviews, and I'm giving feedback on the copyediting parts. I'm not sure how to evaluate most comments on sourcing, though ... perhaps you'll have a minute to look. It's the last comment in the linked thread. - Dank ( push to talk) 02:51, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Perhaps you could respond to the updates on Template:Did you know nominations/Indian People's Tribunal and Template:Did you know nominations/Wyman-Gordon. Give them a tick or say what else needs changing. Thanks, Aymatth2 ( talk) 19:36, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki, can I just confirm you did a full image check here and you're satisfied with the result? Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 09:36, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
At the moment, this is waiting on your approval of the changes made to mitigate the close paraphrasing you found. I expect the recent addition of a complaint of hook dullness will be much easier to address, and am happy to look into that once the paraphrasing issue is cleared up. Many thanks! BlueMoonset ( talk) 18:55, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria: I noticed that you volunteer to do Canadian History peer reviews. I was wondering if I could get your feedback on the Alexa McDonough article. I've listed this article for peer review because the article is stable, seems to be stuck at B-level, and I would like to get it to at least a Good-level article, in preparation for a Feature-level article. Looking for comments on tone, style, and anything else that needs fixing. Thanks, Abebenjoe ( talk) 19:46, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, I have a feeling that you did not get my last message. I have some questions that I left for you on the template. Thanks again for your source review.-- Ishtar456 ( talk) 02:06, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
only one "p" now.-- Ishtar456 ( talk) 16:04, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for helping remove a sandbox error from an article page, earlier. Owleye769 ( talk) 00:58, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
I have brought our dispute to the edit war noticeboard to see if we can get a resolution. Canuck My page 89 (talk), 01:48, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, I have given the Steamtown, USA citations one more shot per your review. If you are satisfied, could you please mention that on the template. I am afraid no one else will review it if they think that there are unresolved source issues. Thanks-- Ishtar456 ( talk) 21:10, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki, I'm wondering if in the article about the Cottingley Fairies, the book THE FAIRY RING, OR ELSIE AND FRANCES FOOL THE WORLD could be listed under "further reading"? It's from a major publisher, Candlewick, and has been given starred reviews by The Horn Book and Booklist. It's also a Junior Library Guild Selection. Although it's written for children aged ten and up, it's based entirely on primary sources, including never-before-published letters and documents. I think it would be a valuable source of information for anybody interested in the topic. Thanks! Fireflea55 ( talk) 20:49, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
I wonder if I might trouble you for some advice, if you have a moment? At Pierre Monteux I have included an online reference as one of four bundled references (ref 83) and then in the next reference it occurs again, on its own this time. On its second appearance I have repeated the full publication details but omitted the url and "subscription required". Is that the best approach, do you think, or is there a better? Grateful for your expert view. Tim riley ( talk) 17:25, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey Nikkimaria. I've got a favour to ask. One of the UBC students has a reference formatting issue over at Hell's Gate, British Columbia. Here's her message: [1]. I'm really overstretched with RL stuff and other OA requests. Do you have time to field this one, maybe give her some of your ref expertise? If not, no worries, let me know. Hope all is well with your own classes. The Interior (Talk) 01:55, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
I have nominated the article May Revolution for FAC at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/May Revolution/archive4. As you made a review of the article in the past, it would be useful if you could check it again, as it is an obscure topic outside of Argentina and previous nominatons did not atract enough reviewers. All comments are welcome. Cambalachero ( talk) 01:58, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria. Would you look at the possible close paraphrasing concerns I raised at Template:Did you know nominations/Players of color in the NBA and provide a second opinion? Thanks, Cunard ( talk) 11:43, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
A 9 times Olympic Champion figure skater with no prior article and nothing in google News? It was marked as test page, and you declined it. I'd have deleted it as hoax. DGG ( talk ) 21:24, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I have suggested an alternative hook for DYK, in response to the comments received. Can you please have a look? Regards.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 03:02, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki, I've responded to your comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Air raids on Japan/archive1, but I couldn't spot the problems with quotations you identified: could you please point these out? Thanks again, Nick-D ( talk) 06:35, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
The article on Dan Leno has been nominated for Featured Article consideration here. Leno was a leading star of music hall, Victorian burlesque and pantomime. Since you commented on the Holloway article, I thought you might be willing to look at this one too. We would welcome your comments, if you have time. Happy editing! -- Ssilvers ( talk) 00:35, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello Nikkimaria, my name is Vernetta .and this is my first time using wikipedia. Tanet23 ( talk) 13:07, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Pfancher ( talk) 13:00, 27 March 2012 (UTC) Hola!! Bwchest ( talk) 13:06, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Roll Tigers! Pebaile ( talk) 13:06, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Awc32 ( talk) 13:07, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello from Clemson! Nmathia ( talk) 13:09, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi! Clemcar29 ( talk) 13:10, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Go Tigers! Jwrigh9 ( talk) 13:10, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey Nikki!!
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Hi Nikkimaria! Glad to have your help! Pbritt ( talk) 13:15, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi hi, Thanks for skyping in today! Pfancher ( talk) 14:39, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, thanks for skyping today Andybolin ( talk) 14:42, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to give my class and I advice on writing our wiki articles. DLAT1001 ( talk) 14:43, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for talking to us today in class Chuck0210 ( talk) 14:43, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello, thanks for helping. Geneticrebel ( talk) 14:43, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello! Aprose793 ( talk) 14:43, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki! Tigerpride3 ( talk) 14:43, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi! thanks for your help! Tsybes ( talk) 14:43, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi! Thank you for your help! Ballerina311 ( talk) 14:44, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi! Ajdu93 ( talk) 14:45, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
hi hi! Rajahsrider ( talk) 14:46, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki! Thank you so much for your help with our class! If you wouldn't mind taking a few minutes out of your day to take a look at my edits to a Wikipedia article, I would greatly appreciate it. My main concerns are just that my writing is unbiased and that I'm including notable information. Not all of the writing is mine but the main body part is. Thanks! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Briggs_Myers Kadamso cu ( talk) 06:26, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice! Kmc908 ( talk) 18:13, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Nikki, Thank you for taking time out of your day to help us with our Wikipedia articles. If you wouldn't mind, please take a look at my sandbox and give me some feedback. I'm new to Wikipedia so I can use all the help I can get. Thanks! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Awc32/sandbox Awc32 ( talk) 22:12, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki! Thanks for you advice today concerning writing our Wikipedia articles. Could you please look at my sandbox article about the Manistique Lakes in Michigan. I would really appreciate any feedback you could provide. Thank you so much! The link is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Clemcar29/sandbox.
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Hi Nikki! Thanks so much for all the help! Ktutts15 ( talk) 01:57, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey Nikki! Thanks for chatting with us in class today. You helped out a lot. :) BeNiceMurphy( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:53, 30 March 2012 (UTC).
Hey Nikki. I just wanted to have some feedback on my wikipedia article. I am a newby to this whole editing experience so I just would like a little advice to help in the process. Note that I am far from finished with my editing of my article, but I just want your thoughts of the direction I am going with it. Here is the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Iaconelli DLAT1001 ( talk) 15:52, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello Nikki. You can assume that I too am asking you the same questions as the others. Can you review my article to see how my writing is going? I could use some advice for knowing how I should edit and actually make the article itself. I greatly appreciate it! Thanks! The actual article I am working on is under wikipedia article. Here is the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nmathia/sandbox Nmathia ( talk) 17:09, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey Nikki could you please look over my article and give me some feedback? Thank you!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jport13/sandbox Jport13 ( talk) 20:48, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey Nikki!! Could you take a few seconds to review my page???? (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Basin_Ranch) Thanks so much!! — Preceding
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Hi Nikki!Thank you for chatting with us in class on Thursday,it was really helpful! Could you please take a look at the article that i created Clemson Tigers women's tennis? I would really appreciate any comments or suggestions that you may have! Thank you! Ykoroleva ( talk) 17:07, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey Nikkin!! I'm so sorry to be adding another to you list but I was wondering if you could look over my article as well. :) Mine is on the feral horses found on Cumberland Island, Georgia. I have a lot more content that I'm planning on adding but I was just wondering if you could give me some pointers on formatting. Thanks!
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Hello again Nikki! If you don't mind, I'd really appreciate you looking at my article as well. I'm so sorry there's so many of us, but I hope you're having a great day and thank you for working with us! Here's the link to my page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_Fight Rkprinc ( talk) 00:59, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello! Kenz21 ( talk) 17:20, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello Nikkimaria! I had a question about citing whole paragraphs. Especially in my "Theories" section of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_W._Fox . Is it understood that the last citation covers the whole paragraph or would it be better to cite each sentence? Thank you for your help! Pbritt ( talk) 19:33, 3 April 2012 (UTC) Oh, okay. Phew! Thanks for telling me that! I'll change it right away. Pbritt ( talk) 20:13, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
I want to add a table to my article, but am not sure how to do that. Could you help me please? Thanks Kenz21 ( talk) 23:53, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey Nikki. I have one question. I have at least six sources in my article but it continues to say my article needs more reliable sources. Exactly how many do I need? My wikipedia article is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Iaconelli DLAT1001 ( talk) 01:35, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello again Nikki. I don't know if an image I have found is copyrighted or not. It is from a government website, but could you take a look? The image can be found at http://www.nist.gov/mml/surface/polymer-microspheres.cfm Please and thank you for your help! Pbritt ( talk) 02:10, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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I wanted to say thank you for your source and image reviews to Stephen_Hawking - thank you very much! The article is all the better for you help :) Fayedizard ( talk) 21:52, 28 March 2012 (UTC) |
I see that you commented at the Files for deletion proceeding here. Please note that now the proponents have placed a Speedy Delete tag on the image: File:EvanchoPresSanta.jpg. Can you comment, or find anyone that can help us explain that this image satisfies the Non-free content criteria? -- Thanks for any help. -- Ssilvers ( talk) 01:48, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hiya, I've long considered putting Henry Wrigley up for FAC but had an issue with a 20-year gap in his post-military career, namely 1946 to 1966. I've now found an interview conducted by the Australian War Memorial that briefly addresses this gap, however the transcript of the interview is only available on the web at the No. 3 Squadron Association site. I'd not normally consider a squadron association page as reliable for FAC purposes, however the interview certainly exists at the AWM, and the transcription is by an AWM person and not the association (her name appears on a number of transcripts that are available on the AWM site). Presumably the transcript was once on the AWM website and the association downloaded it, or else they ordered a copy of it. Given these circumstances, what do you think of it as an RS at FAC? Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 00:58, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey nikkimaria, I need an expert wikipedian to review my article. I am not sure how to find expert wikipedian's but I reviewed your page, and I feel like you would be able to help me out. I am writing my first wikipedia article for my english class at clemson, and I would appreciate any input you may have on how to improve. My article is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Jazz_Flute. Thank you! Raelynn22 ( talk) 03:34, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you so much! I completely agree on the issues you have discussed about my article, and will get right to changing them. I appreciate you overlooking it, and moving it into the right space. I do feel like I need more "jazz" content as opposed to "flute" content. I see what you are saying about overlapping the Flute article...Thank you Again!
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One more thing...I read that you said I'm short on sources...I do feel like I need to find some more reliable ones-but as for how many i'm having a bit of a problem. I'm not sure where to put my source link within the text if a bulk of information comes from that one source. Should I put it after every paragraph, sentence, or after all of the information from that source (which is the way i have it now)? Raelynn22 ( talk) 18:27, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! Much Appreciated! Raelynn22 ( talk) 03:32, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
I have rectified the problem. Please review again. -- SupernovaExplosion Talk 01:06, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
The author of the R. J. Hackett (steamer) article has just made changes to address the problems you noted in the review. Can you please check to see whether the article is okay to proceed under DYK? Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 12:54, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
HI Nikki,
A student created a new article, but moved it to the wrong place. Here is the article. Wikipedia:Freeman_Store_and_Museum_(Vienna,_Virginia) How do we move this to the main article space of wikipedia?
74.177.126.181 ( talk) 16:21, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks so much for your help! I think a couple of other students did this. So thanks for letting me know how to fix it.
Pfancher ( talk) 11:23, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Serious scholarship from RS is not likely to be trivia. Somebody passing by stuck on a poorly chosen tag with no justification. It's a serious matter for historians of Appalachia (like me--I work on Kentucky) because the media images have been so hostile for so long in TV, comics, novels, songs, movies (like "Hunger Games") etc. (even their religion gets linked to snake handlers!) Rjensen ( talk) 13:17, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks so much for taking a look at my Isabel Briggs Myers article. Yes I am absolutely expanding more. I kind of picked a middle section to start writing on, but will definitely incorporate the early life part. I didn't know how much to write on the MBTI since there is already a page on it. Once again, thank you... I will definitely add more sources! Kadamso cu ( talk) 02:07, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Could you respond here, please, regarding your reverts? [2] It's not clear what details can be set out first, as you asked, because it's already policy and the words have not been changed. SlimVirgin (talk) 04:09, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
HIHI, a student is working on this page Isabel_Briggs_Myers The info box was fine when she started working on it and now it is showing up as code. Can you help use figure out what is wrong?
Pfancher ( talk) 14:24, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but I feel a little overwhelmed by this whole mess. I've deleted the article, and I'm afraid you'll have to go to DRV if you want it restored. — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 05:56, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Nikki, a delegate has asked for the images to be reviewed on the above and I wondered if you would be in a position to review them? I envisage a quick and problem free review as all issues were ironed out at GAC. If you have the time could you oblige? I would be very appreciative. -- Cassianto ( talk) 18:50, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki! I'm Rosaria. I'm one of Trish Fancher's students at Clemson. I recently submitted my page for review, and they declined it because they said he wasn't a notable person. However, I've gone through and edited it, added a lot more content and sources, and rearranged the lead so that it is more relevant and shows his notability. If you would be willing to vouch for me so that the article might get accepted, I would really appreciate that. You can find it under review here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Tanner_Smith_(basketball_player) Thanks! BeNiceMurphy ( talk) 12:07, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
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Given how the WP:TPO you point to as justification explicitly states:
How do you justify the deletions? Further, you signed your deletion of my comment, but not Ceoil's---leaving the impression that Ceoil may have deleted his/her own comments, whereas mine appear to have be so disruptive to have needed administrator intervention. Further, you've labeled my comment:
as "irrelevent", whereas Ceoil's "Trouble making and vengeful prick" and "Also, your signature is a headace. Go back to editing comics and [3]" were removed without comment. The comment of mine that was removed may have been impolite, but it was certainly not irrelevant (I was asking TruthKeeper not to clutter the discussion with comments not aimed at moving the discussion forward---you can't deny that, if you go back and reread it), and further removes context from the rest of my comment, which you left. The comment is not irrelevent in the context. If it's irrelevant to the infobox issue itself, then so are the comments that I was responding to, which you left untouched. If you go back and look at this all in context, I think you'll see why WP:TPO recommends against removing comments. Doing so is only creating a bigger, less comprehensible mess. CüRlyTüRkey Talk Contribs 22:31, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
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Nikkimaria, I think it's probably time to address the remaining issues on this page and take it to peer review with an eye on FA in distant future. One problem I'm having is reconciling the ref styles, which I think need some tidying. Do you have any comments/feedback regarding the current style? The idea of putting a full bibliographic entry in the notes on first occurrence makes sense to me given the large number of refs here, and then repeat the bib entry in the sources. The cite bundling also seems to work well on large page such as this, but aside from those two points, there are a number of inconsistencies, I think, that need to be addressed. I'd prefer not to make another 1000 edits here and instead go about it as efficiently as possible, so your guidance would be much appreciated. Thanks. Truthkeeper ( talk) 14:38, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
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Nikkimaria, you were mentoring Fang Aili on this GA Review, but Fang hasn't been back to the review for three weeks, or on Wikipedia at all for two. Is there any chance you can take the review over, since you've already checked Fang's work? It would be a shame to send it back into the reviewer pool to await someone who would be starting from scratch. Thanks for your consideration. I'll be monitoring here and on the review page; let me know either place. BlueMoonset ( talk) 02:19, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Update at the Talk:Constitution of May 3, 1791 (painting)/GA1: requested c/e and other issues addressed. Thanks! -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 03:55, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
You commented at both of the prior FACs, so as a courtesy, I am notifying you of Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Here We Go Again (Ray Charles song)/archive3.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 12:37, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I'm rather puzzled at your declining a speedy deletion for VTB so that VTB Bank may be moved to that page. I'm even more puzzled at the way in which you then changed VTB from a redirect page to a disambiguation page.
VTB is the common name for the VTB Group and the VTB Group is overwhelmingly the primary topic for VTB. Beyond this, "VTB" is not the common name for either the VTB United League basketball league (the common name of which is arguably not even "VTB United League" but simply the "United League") or the VTB Arena (if you asked 1,000 people in Moscow what "VTB" is, I doubt a single one would answer a stadium as opposed to a bank).
There is no good reason why VTB should not follow standard WP policy, and be treated the same as companies such as HSBC (formal name "HSBC Holdings plc"), where there are many other articles prefaced by "HSBC" such as the HSBC Arena (Rio de Janeiro), HSBC Brazil Cup, HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship, as well as multiple HSBC subsidiaries and divisions. Rangoon11 ( talk) 16:03, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
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Russavia ( talk · contribs) didn't request those pages for deletion, did which MZMcBride, therefore it fails U1. See User talk:Russavia#Userpages to be deleted. Bidgee ( talk) 00:45, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing the fourth WP:CSD on this article and for declining it. Even though the article was written by a WP:COI editor to promote the school I did some digging and discovered that the school is actually notable, mostly for its part in a 2010 financial scandal. Instead of sending it to WP:AFD I rewrote and cleaned it up and added some real refs. I am guessing that the COI person who started it will probably not like the result, but as explained in WP:COI, that is one of the hazards of really wanting to have a Wikipedia article. - Ahunt ( talk) 14:07, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Can I ask what you thought the claim of significance was? I almost A7'd it myself but decided that as I'd just done the OTRS thing on it it was probably better to leave that to someone else. There's always going to be admin discretion when it comes to speedies so I'm not suggesting you were mistaken but I would be interested to know your reason. Dpmuk ( talk)
I'm confused: how can it have been kept at AfD if it was created just a few hours ago?? -- Guillaume2303 ( talk) 16:11, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
I just saw this, but every article of this editor I've looked at has copyvio. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 16:58, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
FYI. Nageh ( talk) 19:25, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
I saw what you wrote on my talk page, but cannot find the speedy deletion tab and cannot find the button that let's me contest the speedy deletion. Can you help? -Donald Crease — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donald Crease ( talk • contribs) 20:05, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Nikki, when you get time, could you just confirm if your happy with the images on Dan's FAC -- Cassianto ( talk) 21:35, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for commenting on my talk page. See responses there about Burnham. PumpkinSky talk 23:50, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Greetings Nikkimaria, this is a notice to let you know that 1740 Batavia massacre, which you have previously reviewed or copyedited, has been nominated at FAC. Should you be willing to review the article, feedback is welcome at the nomination page. Thank you. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 06:55, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
I was just looking at this article again after ignoring it for several months, and I think you were right back in October when you and I had our disagreement. This article is full of irrelevant, or only vaguely relevant examples, and burdened with excruciating details. Of course, that is the problem with articles of this type: they are easy targets for garbage. Generally, they are created by removing a "blank in popular culture" section from another article, and then the cruft just piles up. Alas... At any rate, I have taken the shears to it a bit, but more needs to be done, if you are interested in working on it. Cheers! --- RepublicanJacobite TheFortyFive 14:58, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you declined the CSD for the article. On further examination it appears to be lifted from http://www.iba-banktech.com/2009/supportgroup.htm and the author appears to be working for the Marketing Division of CtrlS. I wasn't sure if I was allowed to nominate it for a speedy delete so I nominated it for deletion. Please contribute to the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CtrlS Gsingh ( talk) 17:21, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
Nikki, the professor at Wikipedia:Canada Education Program/Courses/Present/Genetics in Everyday Life (Tom Haffie) doesn't seem to be tuned in, I've encountered issues on about half a dozen medical articles now, and at Talk:Brunner syndrome, the students have the impression that because their project has been "approved", they don't need to take on board advice :) Perhaps you can help? They've got an interesting article going at Brunner syndrome, but they're putting it in the wrong article-- they are writing about the broader issues of using genetic defects as a legal defense in criminal cases. Brunner syndrome is but one part of that ... so they need to find the right place to write their text, and then link that as a sub-article of Brunner syndrome. Best, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 21:03, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
Nikki, no hurry, but whenever you have time, I was hoping you could check my work. As a vocal critic of poor paraphrasing, I found it very hard to write Donald J. Cohen without extensive use of direct quotes, and I found numerous instances where there's just no other way to state non-creative information. When you have time, could you give it a close paraphrase check, just so I can put my money where my mouth is and see how I'm doing? All sources online except one sentence from one book I have. Best, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 21:05, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
Per WP:USERG, the subjects own website is not a reliable source, nor can you lend any weight to the pictures of articles on the website, none of which even gives any indication as to where it was supposedly published-- Jac16888 Talk 21:04, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi - please do not replace personal details and promotional claims without specifically clearly referencing it to reliable sources. - Youreally can 22:24, 16 April 2012 (UTC) As an Administrator, someone that should adhere closely to WP:POLICY - please explain your content addition in this diff - Youreally can 22:26, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
I have removed your uncited personal claim again - please stop replacing and edit warring uncited detail; to a BLP - Pease stop replacing and open a discussion - Youreally can 01:38, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
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I don't want to question your honesty, but why did you have to remove the Section "Sister cities" ( diff here), under the guise of a minor edit with the following edit summary -- "ce, org". Did you think that no one would notice? I find that rather unusual behavior for a so-called "Administrator". Please respond so I can have a clearer picture of your motives here. It is common practice among experienced editors to provide valid reasons for removing big chunks, like entire sections from an article. -- Skol fir ( talk) 05:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Please feel free to edit User:LauraHale/Wikipedia:Requests for comment/United States Education Program for substance issues to improve it, provide a more rounded perspective to give people a better idea of the situation, etc. It is still in draft stage and I've asked a few people already to help draft it. I've also asked a few people involved with support, especially from AfC, for their opinions.-- LauraHale ( talk) 20:51, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
So, again, get the assessment and content review processes to disallow nominations from them, and the profs will be forced to stop offering credit for DYKs, etc. Nowhere did I say get the WMF to kill the program-- they won't. We have to do things to make them stop making us miserable, and *we* (the community) control what we will review in content review processes like DYK, GAN, etc. Many good FAC reviewers refuse to review WIKICUP nominations, because they don't support the reward culture. That's why CUP participants overwhelm other processes like DYK, where they can get easy points and scanty review. The students don't want to be on Wikipedia-- they're forced there for a grade. If the DYK, GAN grade points stop working because we refuse to accept them, that part of the problem is solved at least. There are still boatloads of courses offering credit for DYKs. DYK has it within its power to refuse to accept nominations from class projects, just as FAC had it within its power to flag CUP nominations, and some reviewers won't touch 'em.
And even if the WMF were recruiting better ambassadors, 1) there aren't enough of us, and 2) even excellent editors like Nikkimaria can't make a difference-- students don't always listen, they just want their grade, and they're usually up against a deadline (which is why the last few weeks have been miserable). The ambassador program isn't working. We need to address the bad editing not by hoping we can do something from the top down, with added beaurocracy, but by denying these folks access to processes that will get them a better grade.
To succeed, the RFC has to be short, focused, and has to have a good deal of consensus before it goes live. Lots more talk will be needed ... I stink at writing, Colin is excellent, but the whole thing needs a lot of work so it will be framed in a way that has the best chance of success ... but DYK could nip a lot of the problems in the bud by saying they won't accept nominations from them. But since DYK is change-resistant, I hold out little hope for that happening, so how to improve the assessment and content review process aspect alone ... I dunno. Jbmurray, Colin, others may have ideas ... I'm still in the brainstorming phase on this, but when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's hard to drain the swamp-- and I've been up to my ass in really bad student articles all week. I may have clearer ideas later on.
Yes on Mike Christie-- I'm not sure Awadewit is engaged enough any more to realize how really bad this has gotten since her WP:FAT initiative (which also caused problems at FAC IMO). SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 03:24, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
( edit conflict) Long in what sense? The preface material being pages? Or it takes months to close them? :) My concern is getting it right. I don't necessarily feel like I have a sense of ownership just so long as it gets done right. (And if it looks like I do, this often comes out of lack of competence in picking up when to leave something alone. Just a nudge to stop and that can be fixed.) The meat puppetry thing should probably be a second RfC, which says classes get ONE vote in an AfD. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dimensional approach to personality disorders where the student, the professor and the ambassador all show up. I think another student might have shown up. Or if meat puppetry is addressed, it should be a two issue. One is how they interact with assessment. Another with voting. (Wasn't there one class talking about having students run for administrators? Or am I imagining that?) -- LauraHale ( talk) 04:51, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
OK, I've thought more on this (things come to me in the middle of the night), and what I remembered (memory jogged because of dealing with disruptive editors elsewhere) was an RFC about one of Wikipedia's most disruptive editors that tried to do too much. It included so many wrongs and so many diffs that some people just didn't read it, and the worst of that editor's offenses escaped the attention of participants. The arbs face the same thing: evidence should include the most egregious examples, and be brief, to get folks to read it. I think the RFC needs to be completely reorganized (by issue, not by content review area), with most egregious diffs given, and then the rest of the discussions linked somewhere in a table, since most folks aren't going to read all that stuff at the top and won't get a sense of just what or how big the problem is. I'll add my suggestions for reorganization on the talk page over there. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 20:03, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I don't believe we've met, though you seem to be cropping up all over the place lately. I saw you did the Russavia subpage restores and now you've popped up at User talk:Sven Manguard. Please don't threaten good editors with blocks. It's very poor form. As I said to Sven, an essential part of a collaborative project like this is to be able to communicate effectively with other editors. If he can't do that, he needs to find another project. -- MZMcBride ( talk) 22:03, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Can you give me some clarification on the close paraphrasing concerns.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 15:30, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
You have lost all of my respect for these, clearly purposefully delaying, actions in regards to the DYK nomination. I'm sad that you would do something as low as this. Silver seren C 02:19, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
I've answered all inline questions in this. If you could do a plagiarism check and/or otherwise improve it, I'd really appreciate it. No rush,I know you're busy. PumpkinSky talk 22:44, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
I've replied to your hidden comment re: aluminium and clay rich shales in the mineralogy/geology section even though I find discussion via such hidden comments rather a cumbersome discussion method. Why is this discussion here and via hidden comments rather than on the article talk page where it belongs? Vsmith ( talk) 02:09, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Just a mention - to you personally, because over at the Policy pump may have been the wrong place. And no one said where is the correct place to address the aggregate cite templates on the toolbar. For me personally, I'll manually insert dates on future edits. That doesn't address all those unknowing editors out there who are just clicking "Insert date" and using the European style. However that works out, it does. But it needs to automatically work for everybody, straight across the board. I've been on WP over 5 years, created hundreds of articles, and done thousand of edits. This has never been addressed before. And I'm an experienced editor. Just think of the newbies on training wheels. Just my opinion of this. Thanks for listening. Maile66 ( talk) 21:39, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey there Nikkimaria,
Thank you for your help with sorting out the Soldiers in the 18th century page. Your help has been invaluable and I apologise for the lateness in getting it sorted (busy at uni).
Made as many edits as possible, but I'm finding it difficult to find more reliable sources to replace the one's taken from the more 'studenty' websites (I have removed all links to these websites for now and shall add in sources when found). On that note, when it comes to your point about elaborating on the wars that soldiers would have face, I have linked to the relevant page which discusses those wars (Napoleonic, American War of Independence etc). Do I still need to elaborate further?
Thanks once again,
( GemmaHist ( talk) 09:48, 23 April 2012 (UTC))
Suri 100 ( talk) 12:09, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm very close to bringing MZMcBride to AN and asking for a formal interaction ban that includes him not taking potshots at me on the talk pages of my friends (bottom line of the second to bottom box). Since you stepped in the first time that he didn't get the hint that it was time for him to drop it, would you be willing to step in the second time? Sven Manguard Wha? 19:37, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki - I'm hoping that you can help me out with an image question that I'm dealing with on a GAN review... On File:Shangani-memorial-panel-rho.jpg, we have an old postcard for which we know the author name, but not his death date. Do you have any thoughts on the proper licensing (if, in fact, it's free use)? Any help (from you or TPS) would be much appreciated. Thanks, Dana boomer ( talk) 01:55, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki, thanks for reducing KW's block last night, I agree 1 months was excessive. Just a quick note though, the consensus ended up at 2 weeks, which was to 7 May 2012, not 6 May 2012. Would you mind sorting that out? Cheers. WormTT · ( talk) 09:55, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Why did you edit the work I had done on the Greedy film wikipedia page.I just added a bit of trivia and a tagline for the movie and a bit more plot depth,because there was hardly anything.I,m new to editing wikipedia,so let me know.Thanks. HOTTUBGUY ( talk) 15:52, 24 April 2012 (UTC)HOTTUBGUY. HOTTUBGUY ( talk) 15:52, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
I added the names of the couples to Yogo sapphire, but what is the best way to do this "and...and" thing: "...two local married couples, Lanny and Joy Perry and Chuck and Marie Ridgeway, discovered...". PumpkinSky talk 22:40, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
This article's references amount to
Surely this does not prove notability? -- Greenmaven ( talk) 05:10, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
I rephrased some of the more general wording. I hope it is enough. Thank you.-- TriiipleThreat ( talk) 13:55, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, could you please be sure to leave a visible empty hook when you remove a problematic hook? At the moment, Queue 1 shows six hooks, but no sign that there really ought to be eight. It's an important visual cue to people that a new hook needs to be added. Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 14:20, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Are you OK with the Campus Ambassador for students passing their DYKs?
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 20:25, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Are any further improvements needed to Yogo sapphire? PumpkinSky talk 22:24, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki
The GEL Course page is a little messed, I can't seem to fix it. The Final Exam Popular Articles header has become separated from its following Table. Thanks TomHaffie ( talk) 22:27, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey Nikki,
I have seen you making quality contributions to DYK's by removing the passed DYK's due to many reasons. Tough you are involving yourself in making quality contributions by putting on hold the DYK's, it actually de-motivates the user (of-course
this and
this did de-motivated me). It would be great if you pick up the pending DYK's list rather than passed one, because once it passed in the early stage, it encourages the contributor to work more and more. Just wanted to let you know what i felt, Thank you. You can reply me here only! --
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It's outta control: now we have Personality and life outcomes. ending with a period. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 15:53, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
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Nikkimaria, can you please check to see whether your concerns have been addressed on this DYK nom? Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 17:34, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I think the article on Reliance Infrastructure is a major copyright violation. Please clean it up. It's notable enough, but needs clean up. You can post a message on the talk page of one of the recent contributors and ask them for help. 59.161.254.21 ( talk) 08:57, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hi. I picked you out as one of the people who've edited the page and who presumably knows how it works. Could you possibly check to make sure that I put the bicentenary of the birth of Edward Lear in the right place on the page (i.e. in the Staging area, which I read somewhere is transcluded from somewhere else - but where? - sounds alarming!). In passing, an awful lot of WP lists of instructions are quite difficult to follow (how I've wrestled with DYK instructions), perhaps because they're written by computer people for computer people. And also while you're there, do you think that the Lear article is reasonably up to scratch for a possible listing on the Main Page? If not, I could make some time to titivate it - all suggestions gratefully received. Best. -- Guillaume Tell 18:03, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria, thanks a lot for the source review at the recent (successful) FAC for 1740 Batavia massacre; I know you do it all the time, in addition to great work with paraphrasing checks at DYK, but I don't think you get nearly enough recognition. In thanks, I'm giving you a collectible kris. The blade is iron with gold leaf and it has a twin naga design. Hopefully you don't have one yet! Crisco 1492 ( talk) 14:07, 6 May 2012 (UTC) |
Hi, twice today (May 7, 2012) you reversed multiple informative, reasonable, and referenced edits to the lead section of this article without discussion and only an edit summary of "cleanup" or "fmt". Perhaps you made a mistake and meant to reverse a different edit or a different article? Thanks and I'll keep an eye on this article. Facts707 ( talk) 03:24, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki - The Frederick Russell Burnham FAR is still ongoing and hasn't had any comments in the FARC section. Would you have a chance to drop by and give your thoughts? Also, there are a couple on the page (Azerbaijani people, Free will) that are up to you to close, as I'm involved, just FYI, although I'm sure you probably already knew :) Dana boomer ( talk) 12:35, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Wondering why the essay WP:BRIGHTLINE was deleted? Thanks! Woz2 ( talk) 02:30, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Oh, strange! Well then, why was the redirect deleted? It was in use in several places. Or maybe more important, was its original creation against policy? Cheers!
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Update: It seems the principle contributor moved the material to Jimbo's discussion. Woz2 ( talk) 10:48, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
BlueBonnet is offering help with a couple of FAC reviews, and I'm giving feedback on the copyediting parts. I'm not sure how to evaluate most comments on sourcing, though ... perhaps you'll have a minute to look. It's the last comment in the linked thread. - Dank ( push to talk) 02:51, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Perhaps you could respond to the updates on Template:Did you know nominations/Indian People's Tribunal and Template:Did you know nominations/Wyman-Gordon. Give them a tick or say what else needs changing. Thanks, Aymatth2 ( talk) 19:36, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikki, can I just confirm you did a full image check here and you're satisfied with the result? Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 09:36, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
At the moment, this is waiting on your approval of the changes made to mitigate the close paraphrasing you found. I expect the recent addition of a complaint of hook dullness will be much easier to address, and am happy to look into that once the paraphrasing issue is cleared up. Many thanks! BlueMoonset ( talk) 18:55, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria: I noticed that you volunteer to do Canadian History peer reviews. I was wondering if I could get your feedback on the Alexa McDonough article. I've listed this article for peer review because the article is stable, seems to be stuck at B-level, and I would like to get it to at least a Good-level article, in preparation for a Feature-level article. Looking for comments on tone, style, and anything else that needs fixing. Thanks, Abebenjoe ( talk) 19:46, 13 May 2012 (UTC)