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I noticed that there are the two wikilinked dates in the DYK notification placed on the user's talk page, ex: "On [[30 December]], [[2008]], ..." and "<!-- [[{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}]], [[{{CURRENTYEAR}}]] -->. There have been several recent discussions with consensus on WP:MOSNUM that dates should no longer be linked. Do you think it's time to change the DYK template to match the WP:MOSNUM#Linking and autoformatting of dates guideline? Thanks. Truthanado ( talk) 03:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
How's the source-checking coming along? ~ EDDY ( talk/ contribs/ editor review)~ 01:28, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
Prod tag added to ad for a non-notable person. You indicated concerns before, and the ad remained basically untouched. Thanks! Collect ( talk) 12:02, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi Politizer, many thanks for DYK response. I knew there was a glitch when I clicked the preview button. Unfortunately I've now wrestled with the page you indicated for over an hour and it still looks like a wiki-mess. I fear my writing skills are ahead of my software expertise. Could you please give a hand and paste:
into the right box. Many thanks for your help :) Mick gold ( talk) 00:54, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi Politizer. If you have some time, can you revise the BLPunsourced template per Category:Possibly living people. Thanks. -- Suntag ☼ 15:25, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the fast reaction. There is also a talk on the page of Hagia // but maybe you have already seen that too.. Anyway, it would still be better if we use Hagia-Sophia-Laengsschnitt.jpg but I kept myself from being rude (by doing the change without talking) to those two. On a positive response that we can.
Regards.
-- Devenirchaud ( talk) 02:42, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
I really don't have any idea what you're talking about. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.12.119.98 ( talk) 09:32, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
I'm afraid I missed that as the page has now been deleted. Admins can see deleted edits so if you want to take this further I'd go to one - Kingpin13 ( talk) 11:39, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. I would usually revert, but I could sense an edit war so I just wanted to get the point accross to the user. I just decided to give him some hints on notability and etc. and 'familarise' the user with wiki policy as he/she was a new user. Thanks again Olly150 18:45, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
I'm guessing a clue is in the name. Extreme inclusionism is just as frustrating as extreme deletionism; even a certain pumpkiny user never got this pointed and mindless. Ironholds ( talk) 21:19, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
I recently tried to upload a new version of File:Icos_logo.png. The image that showed up was blurred though, so I quickly changed it back. What happened? Did I do something wrong? Oddly enough, now in the file history the thumbnail is crisp. This is my first time uploading. Shubinator ( talk) 22:48, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
The inappropriate references have now been changed as per your request. 128.214.205.5 ( talk) 17:00, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Please restore the third reference to the early selective attention paper that is now removed. 128.214.205.5 ( talk) 13:26, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
I'll just give you some impressions of mine which I would have written in a review. As you said, I expect a little more than some reviewers. Many people go ahead and take their article to FAC so I don't want them to have a false idea about the article. On the other hand, many things are ok for GA that would not be accepted at FAC.
Do read the articles on peacock terms and Wikipedia:Words to avoid. They are very helpful in letting you know how wikipedia wants articles to be written. In fact, really look at Wikipedia:Good article criteria. It will help you out in the long run if you want to write articles here. Regards, — Mattisse ( Talk) 01:18, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
…for the barnstar. It's not one I've seen, and one that makes me very happy. Glad you found my thoughts insightful. - Pete ( talk) 01:55, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Hey idiot. :) Funny stuff. Thanks for the laugh Politizer. It may be time for some chamomile tea, a white room with padded walls and big soft fluffy pillows and some nice soothing elevator music. The poor kid was agreeing with you too. :) But these are stressful times we live in, so don't worry. Just the other day some A-hole reverted one of my edits. :) On the other hand it might be a reality check to step away from the computer!!! But, I loved it just the same. Oh well, if it makes you feel any better it's sunny and 70 degrees where I am. Let me know if there's anything I can help you with. You and Artie La Pella are awesome. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 03:49, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
hi again
I noticed you just deleted one of my refs from the Stephen Chow page
I did post on the discussion page, but now I need to know if you are going to delete all the imdb refs (awards mainly as there don't seem to be any other sources and the e-mail addresses from the official Golden Horse FF page don't work) If so, can you wait till tomorrow and give me the chance to find other refs ?
thanks Chaosdruid ( talk) 05:38, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for tip about using side menu re User contributions, etc and going to bottom of page.... -- AlotToLearn ( talk) 07:16, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
-- AlotToLearn ( talk) 22:09, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
You may wish to also look at:
THF ( talk) 12:00, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Yes, that was exactly my question! It should work, but it doesn't... - theFace 21:13, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi Politizer, see Talk:List of tributaries of Larrys Creek for a FL that was also a DYK, but which seems not to be listed (yet) in the category. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:08, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
You very kindly answered a question I had posted on the Village Pump. Unfortunately, I did not express my question correctly and posted this, but no one has replied in nine hours. If you could reply here or at the Village Pump I would be very grateful. Basically, what I had not expressed correctly is that the link goes in the external links part of the article -- not a source. Thank you and I look forward to your reply. 80.126.66.106 ( talk) 16:25, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I have a stupid question. The timezones are confusing me and I was wondering if you knew what time Obama is inaugurated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.101.215.105 ( talk) 00:32, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for reverting Qwertyuiopasdghjklha's vandalism to my user page! — Athaenara ✉ 10:50, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
hey - i saw your post on my friend's talk page about the vandalism to my user page - the whole thing is a misunderstanding. don't figure him on the line - it was all a joke. he edited my page (we're friends IRL) and i was like "Haha, let's make an official-looking notice on his talk page" (cause he's a wiki noob) - and you came in and now it is official. he never really vandalised, don't consider him a vandal. :) Goosemanrocks ( talk) 22:37, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
I not a fan of counting, but I'd guess your table of DYKs that have become FAs is wildly off. I checked 7 articles I know that were DYKs and later became FAs and only one appears on the list. Try this one for starters. Yomangani talk 17:08, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
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On 22 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Air and Simple Gifts, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Let's work on improving the article. Providing Chinese terms is important, it is common with other Chinese language related articles, too common for Japanese. -- Anatoli ( talk) 23:38, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Take a look at American Involvement in Haiti. This article is a mess. Maybe an AfD candidate. -- J.Mundo ( talk) 02:42, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Politzer and Manadude2, I welcome the outside intervention in the problems in the William Rodriguez page. I admit that I have been provoked into incivility by Combatant and her allies--after a long history in which they have uncivilly accused me of racism and lying, and when some of her allies have attempted to intimidate by threatened outing. I have been skating on the edges of the 3RR rule because Combatant, apparently the only pro-Willie editor qualified to edit the William Rodriguez page, insists on reverting all my edits without any explanation of why she does so. Many of Combatant's edits can easily be refuted on factual grounds. I welcome a discussion of the issues; Combatant's position is not supported by the facts. Contrivance (talk) 08:27, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
I presumed you knew the File:Huangshan.JPG image ( logs) is now available as File:HuangshanTop.JPG ( Commons:File:HuangshanTop.JPG), because you uploaded both and tagged the local image for WP:CSD#I8 deletion as a duplicate of the Commons image, so I didn't think to notify you at first. The local image was still linked on two of your user pages, however, so I took the liberty of updating the image links. I'm not sure I did it properly, so please check these three edits of mine. Thanks. — Athaenara ✉ 11:26, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
Hey Buddy! Im sorry for blanking those talk pages. I just get a little angry sometimes. Thank you for trying to help me FI will try to be a better user on wikipedia. Nosebutton ( talk) 19:16, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
Tonghai's just been nominated for FAC. Noticed you just edited it, so could you give some feedback, possibly? Yes, it's short. Ceran →// forge 13:34, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I believe you understand French well? Perhaps you could help translate this core article into English? It will be gradual but any help would be much appreciated given other commitments. Dr. Blofeld White cat 18:20, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
I'll try to get it done within three days, is this unacceptable? If it is in the workspace and I feel more pressure to edit it it will get done. Already a lot has been translated but I must say I feel a little disheartened from your view on my wish for better French speakers to help with it. If in the future somebody tries to devlep the article to a higher standard the translation issue will become a major problem, this is why I wanted the assistance of Fluent speakers rather than doing the whole thing my google translate and common sense. People can clearly see that the bones of the article are being drawn up, I sincerely doubt somebody is going to never come to wikipedia again because of it. Dr. Blofeld White cat 21:56, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the help, yes in places the articles looks quite weak on French wikipedia. It obviously wouldn't have passed on here as the references alone are not done properly. I'll get a smuch done as I can today. Dr. Blofeld White cat 10:19, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
I think you and myself included may have underestimated me! the article has been virtually all translated within a few hours now, just a paragraph in the history and a little in the theatres section and a few captions to fix to finish. They didn't translate so well so it will be best to leave the remaining up to a fluent reader. Needs a great deal of work still as an article but at least the article is massively improved in content. Dr. Blofeld White cat 14:18, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
I've got only two questions at that link. If you answer them quickly and satisfactorily, I can pass this article without delay. Nice job, and continue the good work! Crystal whacker ( talk) 20:18, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
If I knew how to give you a barnstar, I totally would. Great work on improving the article and getting it up to GA status. I'll get the last fact tag gone when I check the book tomorrow (I keep it at my office now). LedRush ( talk) 00:57, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
I think I would forget about the default value. Pictures are often of something else entirely, and besides it will require more instructions and instruction creep is something we should be trying to avoid. Also people will probably make mistakes with it, as they did with the "creator" and "nominator" fields, best to let people just fill in the field manually IMO. Gatoclass ( talk) 01:40, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar | |
For your work on getting Mount Huang up to GA status. You also deserve barnstars for civility, for tirelessly working to improve citations, and for you work on China-related articles. Wikipedia is only good because of editors like you. LedRush ( talk) 01:37, 26 January 2009 (UTC) |
Thanks for your in depth analysis of A4 and copyright violations at Wikipedia talk:Did you know! Best, Cunard ( talk) 06:45, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
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The Helping Hand Barnstar | |
The Helping Hand Barnstar is to be awarded to users who frequently help new users. This barnstar is awarded to Politizer, for his tireless help to new users. Helping wikipedia become stronger with the retention of new users. Ikip ( talk) 12:09, 30 January 2009 (UTC) |
Yes I agree. Thanks for your help Politizer. Best regards Dr. Blofeld White cat 21:56, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Template:` is just a redirect to void, I only picked it as it was one of the only single characters left free. How ever it appears nothing is currently using it at the minute as it is subst. I notice is not being used . So you can have ` and I can use ^ Gnevin ( talk) 22:33, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
I know you contributed to one school that I edited on, so I thought maybe you could take a look at this one. The problems I am seeing are two-fold. Firstly, there is a "Hotchkiss in print" section. One editor keeps on adding negative quotes to the section. However, in other schools with sections like this ( Choate Rosemary Hall, Philips Academy, Harvard College), the list is usually just a list or a list with a very quick explanation (no quotes). This seems preferable because otherwise you could be searching for alumni that say the most positive or negative things and have flame fests. I think it's better to just stick to the facts.
Also, when I started having discussions with the one editor editing the above section, a new, SPA came by and took extra quotations out of the section and made a new culture section to chronicle the history of bigotry at the school. I find this completely inappropriate and unacceptable. It is poorly written, doesn't flow into the article, it is inflammatory, and it is also susceptible to the flame fest (pro and con) I described above. Additionally, I have never seen this for any school. If there was a notable incident, that's one thing. But a list of opinions seems completely unencyclopedic.
Anyway, as always, feel free to disagree, but I respect your opinion and would appreciate you taking a look. LedRush ( talk) 15:58, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
Just so you know, I moved the article to the authors userpage after you tagged it. I have removed the db tag. Sorry for the confusion. :) » \ / ( ⁂) 06:20, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
No, it's not being used (as far as I know) so I have no objection to it being MfDed. Cheers, Olaf Davis ( talk) 15:57, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi there! I appreciate your guardianship in South Korea article against some POV editors, especially Korean Protestant evangelists. Keep up your good work and have a nice day. Angelo De La Paz ( talk) 20:29, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi
I am trying to direct a request for assistance and thought of you ! The article is The Siege I just wondered if you could assist in directing me as to how to deal with this part of the article, in the controversy section.
"However it should be noted that as of 1980 over 90% of all terrorist related bombing attacks (suicide or conventional) are carried out by people of Muslim or Islamic faith or culture."
I am not concerned with whether or not it is factual per se, but rather whether it should be included at all as it is not really relevant to the film. It has been there for a very long time, and is causing problems as it keeps getting deleted.
I did think to remove it and leave a link to "Terrorism" or such. Could you spare some time to help me by telling me exactly what to put in its place and any reasons I should include to delete it ?
thanks-- Chaosdruid ( talk) 01:10, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Hiya. Those are templates; they belong at WP:TFD, not MFD. Cheers. // roux 06:01, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
It turns out that {{ UpdatedDYKNom}} isn't deprecated—it's at the hidden core of the template that Ameliorate! setup to create the nominator credit tags, manual or bot-driven. - Dravecky ( talk) 13:36, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
User_talk:Contrivance —Preceding unsigned comment added by Manadude2 ( talk • contribs) 19:00, 1 February 2009
It wouldn't hurt to have some assistance. I could some. I,m excited to start my first article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Snakeface ( talk • contribs) 20:57, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Here. Ottava Rima ( talk) 04:42, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Your user talk page edit summary is pretty fucking boring--look at mine in comparison. And, I tried real hard to find something in it, going through some 500 edits. Yes, you had a lot of holiday greetings, imo. Maybe I should post a warning to, well, not to wish people a happy holiday or allow it on your user page? Take care. -- KP Botany ( talk) 05:10, 2 February 2009 (UTC) PS I'm biased because I like the picture on your user page.
Heh, yes, I have caught up on the thread. Really, the fact that there aren't currently any penises visible on the main page should have been my first clue that there had to be a wire crossed somewhere. But thanks for the clarification! -- Vary Talk 06:16, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the note! I created an external links section, but it shouldn't be me who decides whether it passes GA. I'm going to close the review now. NCurse work 20:43, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your nice comments. I may need support in the immediate future. If there is anything I can do to help you, please don't hesitate to ask.
If you are interested in discussing the RfC in depth, I would love to. I helped convince A nobody to change his mind, but other editors, like GCC seemed annoyed at my messages. Maybe you can convince me to change my mind. It wouldn't be the first time. Let me know if you are interested in talking. Ikip ( talk) 14:41, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
According to this, the word you are looking for is "tendency", although it seems to be an unusual use of the word (one would normally say "tendency to...", rather than just have a general "tendency", but that's what the dictionary says...). -- Tango ( talk) 14:58, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar may be awarded to those that show a pattern of going the extra mile to be nice, without being asked.
This barnstar is awarded to Politizer, for always making wikipedia a welcoming place to visit, with his words of kindness and courteousy. Ikip ( talk) 18:28, 3 February 2009 (UTC) |
Hey there, long time-no-speak. I just dropped by to pop a little message. If you come across an IP or user vandalising articles (as you did here), remember to drop them a warning (try using provided templates at WP:RCP). That way, other members/admins can keep track of their actions, and appropriately warn/punish them next time he/she is caught.
Hope you're doing well, Blooded Edge ( T• C• A) 19:17, 3 February 2009 (UTC).
Just a quick thanks for the help with the footnote on Garfield Minus Garfield. I'm learning as fast as I can, and folks like you really help!
(No response to this needed, BTW.) Wikiwaterboy ( talk) 00:34, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Good point. :) AnyPerson ( talk) 01:30, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Something fairly detailed was written in "talk" concerning why the references removed are i)inappropriate, ii)incomplete and iii)typographically-inconsistent. I doubt this was received. Please revert to the previous edit that removed these references.
The attention and MMN question is somewhat stale, and the work mentioned neither entirely relevant nor seminal. There is some important relevant recent work by Marty Woldorff, that meets the description of work inconsistent with the view that MMN is attention-independent. However, the rest of such work defies publication, which is in part to do with the sociopolitics of science funding and the definition of attention. However, this is not the contention of the present edit. A better substitute reference concerning attention and MMN is clearly:
Näätänen, R., Gaillard, A.W.K., & Mäntysalo, S. (1978). Early selective-attention effect on evoked potential reinterpreted. Acta Psychologica, 42, 313-329.
This Acta Psychologica work was a reinterpretation of Hillyard et al's findings of an early selective attention effect, as was reported in Science. The Acta Psychologica isolated the processing negativity - an arguably endogenous attentional component - from MMN that is accordingly attention-independent. This view is still the consensus, which is not necessarily correct.
A little more quality control and respect for other contributors appears warranted. Threats and accusations of war are regarded as entirely imaginary.
128.214.205.5 ( talk) 15:49, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Greetings, please refrain from personal attacks when engaged with other editors. We try and maintain a environment that is free from hostility and attacks like those you made. The very first line in WP:CIVIL is Civility is one of Wikipedia's core principles and all editors are expected to maintain that principle when editing here. And if I can quote another line: Incivility consists of personal attacks, rudeness, and aggressive behaviors that disrupt the project and lead to unproductive stress and conflict... When this type of activity goes on long enough and is aggressive enough it becomes disruptive, and in some cases can lead to blocks. I'm sure this isn't going to go that far but you do need to tone it down. Thanks. RxS ( talk) 17:52, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
I would remove this entire thread. I think it's nonsense. If you do something wrong I'm sure someone "helpful" will be happy to file a report. There's no reason for these pointed comments about keeping Wikipedia's standards above most websites. There's no one I've come across who works harder or is more dedicated, to a fault, than Politizer. Maybe if he took more breaks and spent more time running he wouldn't get worked up by the nonsense and troublemaking distractions. But besides that, he needs a pat on the back, a kiss on the cheek and a big THANK YOU!!! for all his good efforts and kind consideration of others. RxS, your comments come across not as Miss Manners, but as condescending. As far as keeping Wikipedia civil how about dropping disputes when they're over instead of rehashing them and trying to instigate new disputes from the smoldering ashes. Let's give it a rest. Am I being too chatty? refactored slightly as the chatty comment is unrelated to this discussion and just an aside/ joke.
ChildofMidnight (
talk) 07:33, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
Politzer, the reference on the South Korean page saying that it's one of the world's oldest civilisations is NOT a good one. It merely goes to a museum brochure which repeats the same national myth.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.240.61.2 ( talk) 04:31, 3 February 2009
Men. This should boil up into something real fine, if people stop laughing at their own bad and obvious puns. -- KP Botany ( talk) 03:20, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Hey thanks for your info. I know its silly but the IP will again do the same thing. Anyways i'll revert them back. Wish i was an administrater to handle such things more effectively. Thanks again "Legolas" ( talk) 05:01, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your note; I appreciate the direct communication, though -- and I hope you don't mind my being somewhat blunt -- I'm not sure one editor can say to another editor that only punctuation editing will be tolerated; there are legitimate fancruft issues as well at Luck by Chance. Regardless, there is a larger issue here. I hope and believe you do not condone Legoals' clear incivility and breaches of Wiki etiquette; his rude and vicious language is inappropriate (his poor spelling and grammar notwithstanding), as is his expressed wish that he could use administrator powers to further his personal editing choices.
He has no right to bully, threaten, demean or insult other editors, or to take a rude tone with them. If you believe he does, I'm afraid we must disagree -- although I will, as you can see, do so with respectful language and a maturity that I'm happy to say that you, though not all editors, appear to possess. -- 207.237.223.118 ( talk) 18:18, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
- "Don't try to act high and mighty by wiki-linking as if you know everything. You are continuously removing information under the assumption of gossip when they are reported by authenticable sources. As i said before, if i do see you again removing info, I'll make sure your editing priviledges are blocked.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Ziggymaster
I strongly consider the above user to be one of many sockpuppets - some have already been blocked.
You might want to look at the articles this user has edited and see if there are any obvious patterns shared with other users.
カンチョーSennen Goroshi ! ( talk) 16:01, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
I shall halt on listing that thing in the IGN article. Thanks alot and we shall talk sometime -Snakeface. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Snakeface ( talk • contribs) 01:18, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello Rjanag, I'm sorry it took so long to get back to you about this. I've looked over the video and, unfortunately, there is no clear shot of McGill, or even a shot that does not crop out his left shoulder. There are few photos of McGill floating around online and all of them appear to be copyrighted promotional headshots. There is one amateur photo on flickr [2], I will inquire about the possibility of acquiring it under a free license. Regards, ˉˉ anetode ╦╩ 07:01, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
I don't see any pages in this category. What makes you think it's not empty? -- Stepheng3 ( talk) 07:17, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Do you have a handle on what this article is about? All the references are very technical and I would have to do some major learning to get this right. Do you think the article is actually combining more than one topic? Could you outline what I could be most helpful at doing? Regards, — Mattisse ( Talk) 01:11, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I just started following this article today based on a mention in the NY Times. If you need another view or citation the NYT article is Art Hoax Unites Europe in Displeasure. FWIW, and I'm not sure if I would stick my own neck out to defend the writer's statement, upon a rereading I was surprised to see "...while five Lithuanian soldiers are apparently urinating on Russia". Best, CliffC ( talk) 22:17, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
I added source for my claim, although it in Czech, the important information in article should be pretty obvious to understand internationaly. It is much more obvious than any svastica reference on Entropa. But I may be not good at using external citations on Wiki, please take a look at it. -- XChaos ( talk)
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CZECH HERE"<br />'''English''': epiction of Germany on Entropa sculpture by David Černý in Brusel doesn't have to show just motorways or maybe swastic, but directly nazi symbol - number 18, according to two historians. Numbers 1 a 8 symbolize alphabetical order of letters A a H, which are initals for Adolfa Hitler. ..... "It's utter nonsense", Aktuálně.cz was told by Černý. "If someone wants to see symbolism where there is none, he or she always finds some.", he added.</ref>
Well Pol.., er, Rjanag. Interesting decision. I can understand why, but why Rjanag? Seems like an odd name to choose. (And difficult to pronounce might I add!) Cheers, » \ / ( ⁂) 12:06, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
Why have you made this change? What does Rjanag mean? For that matter, what does Politizer mean? But I had gotten fond of you with that name! Now I must change? — Mattisse ( Talk) 01:22, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Byeonggwan. In this series of edits, it seems that you have been copying material from History of Korea into South Korea#History. Those are split into separate articles, however, for a reason. First of all, the History of Korea article describes the history of Korean culture in general, whereas the South Korea article should focus mainly on the South Korean nation/political entity. More importantly, the article would simply be too long if we included all of Korean history, which is why the article just has a brief summary of the history, with the {{ main}} templates linking to History of Korea and History of South Korea for readers who want a more in-depth history. If you intend to merge those history articles into this, please discuss it at Talk:South Korea before making any drastic edits. Thank you, rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 04:52, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Well, I think it is somewhat strange to divide South Korean history into 2 pieces cause of the matter of space, and what I don't understand is that the part before division of South Korean history is longer than the after division(since 1945) as you know, but it is too short obviously. Anyway, I left the part of After division because it can be South Korean history.
Why do you not answer and just undo it on South Korea page? South Korea is considered as a one country in international world, but just Korea is not considered for now. They can check Korean history but South Korea is South Korea which is more important. And, I said I changed before division part mainly. I don't think it is necesary to point them out dividing its history into before and after division.
> talk/ contribs 04:52, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
I wanted to have an other pair of eyes review it, but since nobody seemed to care enough I've protected the page because it was going out of hand, but technically this was an edit war. He's wrong, but not wrong enough to allow that. I know this can be frustrating because that's borderline. The protection will last 12 hours, after that we'll see how it goes. -- lucasbfr talk 08:04, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Rjanag. I saw your note at talk:Broca's area, which led me to look at your page. I had a sudden frisson of recognition when a vista of Huang Shan opened up before my eyes. I climbed there myself early in 2006 – through snow and mist (and none of yer funicular this and cable bloody that, thank you, but hard trudging all the way up and down). I took many photos that resemble yours. I'd love to go back when more can be seen. Blizzards are pretty atmospheric; but I'd like a longer view on the descent, next time.
I look forward to your work on Broca's. Related articles could do with a little freshening up, too. I'll probably do some myself.
– ⊥¡ɐɔıʇǝoNoetica! T– 09:13, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your interest in Wooly Willy. There are seven or eight links and considering the article's length that seems to me and appropraite number. The article was reviewed once and failed. It has been expanded and renominated. Short articles can win GA status. While some information about WW will never be known, that hardly seems reason to 'fail' and article that exhausts the topic with the information available. WP is about quality - not length of article compared with DYKs, and number of links. Thanks again for your interest! ItsLassieTime ( talk) 16:49, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
I've taken your advice on this and withdrawn the article with the hope of finding more material. Thanks! ItsLassieTime ( talk) 17:29, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi
I have been having problems as I don't speak/read Chinese.
There are several citations needed, as well as lots of info that has been removed and I would like to restore them.
One of the main problems is reading the credits to put peoples names next to characters.
If you read the chat page
Talk:Stephen_Chow the last two sections have most of the details.
Can you help with this ?
thanks -- Chaosdruid ( talk) 03:04, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
This article needs a lot of work if you are seriously thinking of FAC. As far as the "hoboes" quote, I would ditch it as hoboes and migratory workers are not the same thing, regardless that someone wrote that they were. I am certainly willing to help you with copy editing articles. I would advise stalking the FAC page, if that is your goal, so that you see the types if "issues" they consider important. One of the first I asked myself is if "street newspapers" is actually a term, but you did a good job of showing that it is commonly used for the meaning you intend. One thing about FAC, they are very particular about word use. I would advise checking out User:Tony1/Advanced editing exercises to get an idea of their values. Regards, — Mattisse ( Talk) 04:12, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
I like the elegance of this rewrite, but I'm not sure it quite captures the intention of the template. {{ Sections}} is for articles which don't have any sections in the first place. {{ Subsections}} is for sections which have gotten too long; the various paragraphs contained within might not vary much in topic, but nonetheless some headers would help with readability. Thoughts? Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 11:04, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
{{sections|section}}
in an article, and it didn't do what I expected.) I suppose I could make some further changes to {{sections}} so that in addition to just toggling "this article/this section" it would also change the wording to be closer to the original wording of {{subsections}}?
rʨanaɢ
talk/
contribs 14:46, 14 February 2009 (UTC)This included some attacks on Ottava - consider this a warning. Please do not use personal attacks anywhere on Wikipedia. GARDEN 15:49, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Comments like this are one of the reasons why collaboration is going to hell in so many areas of wikipedia. I really was appaled by this comment. I would really be ashamed if I made it.-- Patton t/ c 19:24, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Hassocks
5489 (tickets please!) has eaten your {{
cookie}}! The cookie made him
happy and he'd like to give you a great big hug for donating it. Spread the WikiLove by giving out more {{
cookie}}s, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Thanks again!
Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{ subst:cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat a cookie with {{ subst:munch}}!
That went nicely with a turkey and cucumber roll and a cup of tea at a desk-bound lunch! Anyway, I used the new template for the first time, having just finished that article I was talking about on the DYK talk page (the one with the missing images ... surprisingly I got all but four today), and "Status = New" didn't seem to work. I'm guessing that's because I should have put it in lower-case; if so, I think I'll add a note to the usage guidelines. Hassocks 5489 (tickets please!) 23:10, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Don't give the editor the pleasure of an answer. — Mattisse ( Talk) 01:40, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
I wanted to thank you for welcoming to DYK as I now consider it home. Please do look over my approvals/questions and let me know if there is anything that needs improvement. Again, thanks. This is an area that I've never really seen until recently, but is certainly a fun one! Law shoot! 07:03, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Please refrain from making completely and utterly unconstructive comments like "I hate Ottava Rima". That contributes absolutely nothing to the discussion, and is merely inflammatory; desist from making such comments in future. — neuro (talk) 19:33, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I saw your request for a nitpicker on the GAN page. Any interest in swapping reviews? I have 2 waiting for review now, one intended for eventual FA status ( Cyathus), and another shorter one ( Gomphus clavatus). If you're up for an arrangement like that I'll nitpick to the best of my abilities :) Sasata ( talk) 22:08, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
I'd go for the "old" version. I found the new one a bit difficult to use for copying-and-pasting; I found I was grappling with the layout and ended up deleting spaces to get it all on to one line. {{subst:NewDYKnom|article=|hook=... that ?|status=new|writer=|image=|rollover=}} and its variants are nice and efficient, and there's the advantage of having the commonest variants to hand in the edit window: especially useful for regular "non-self-nominators" like, er, me...! Hassocks 5489 (tickets please!) 23:19, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
"That user is one of the only people who's actually working to improve the article and address the problems " --> This is just nothing but youir opinion. How could you possibly judge someone who fit into your taste is the only group who make an effort to improve the South Korea article? And coincidently it seems that you're also a chinese just like the user you mentioned. I strongly recommend you to think about what is true patriotism for your country, China. 68.40.179.217 ( talk) 01:12, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. Yes, is a good translation. --
J.Mundo (
talk) 18:52, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
-- CostelloDc ( talk) 23:33, 17 February 2009 (CET)
Why exactly did you create this new template? I might be missing something, but you haven't said what was wrong with the old template. Please respond on my talk page. - Mgm| (talk) 12:45, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the message, the advice is really welcome and as a newcomer to Wikipedia I'll be happy to read up on the etiquette and add potential leads for article content into the talk page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CostelloDc ( talk • contribs) 13:40, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
You have every right in the world to be aggravated, but telling somebody to shut the fuck up is a violation of WP:CIV and WP:NPA. I hope you can understand that regardless of the situation, we need to be civil to all editors. – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 17:40, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Hey, I'm Hunter. I've conducted a GAN review for street newspaper. You've done a nice job, and I'm confident you'll address all my suggestions fairly quickly. Looking forward to getting this article up to GA shape!-- Hunter Kahn ( talk) 05:43, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Just a small error in the explanation of NORD in the first sentence of the article National_Organization_for_Rare_Disorders. NORD as correctly mentioned in the title stands for the National Organization for Rare Disorders as opposed to the National Organization for Rare Diseases. Congrats on the article! by the way. CostelloDc ( talk • contribs) 15:53, 18 February 2009 (CET)
Just wanted to say thanks for reviewing this article. I'll be adding more comments to the Neurolinguistics review later tonight, but probably won't be completely done for a couple more days. Hope you aren't in a rush! Sasata ( talk) 20:59, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
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Nice job with street newspaper, I really enjoyed reading it. The GA has passed. Congrats! -- Hunter Kahn ( talk) 05:23, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, thought it was odd to see that at the bottom of the main page. Thegreatdr ( talk) 18:12, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up, I linked to my user page. Keep up the good work and happy editing! -- Nehrams2020 ( talk) 19:58, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Since you're good with Parser functions, I was wondering if you could help fix a template I created: Template:Infobox choir. It's currently only in use on one of my sandbox pages, and for some reasons it's producing a bunch of extra code. Any help appreciated. -- Eustress ( talk) 01:45, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for all your work on the GA review - the review was very thorough, and helped me think through issues with the material in the article. John Jomeara421 ( talk) 11:35, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
I know you have reasons to suspect me since the version i reverted was the manmohit one, but out of all the versions I have looked at, that was precisely the one that looked best edited. The other ones have unncessary tags, have image downsized, captions removed and have some controversial facts and figures which were edited out on that version. All I can say is that i am NOT a sock. Mayamore ( talk) 00:36, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
HEy politzer, why did you change ur username? Nosebutton ( talk) 02:59, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Well, it is well known that Jupiter is Zeus and so on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology) "Jupiter was given many different names. 1. Jupiter Ammon (Jupiter was equated with the Egyptian deity Amun after the Roman conquest of Egypt)"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun "Much later, because of the evidence of the adoration given to Amun in many regions during the height of his cult, Greek travelers to Egypt would report that Amun—who they determined to be the ruler of the Egyptian pantheon—was similar to the leader of the Classical Greek pantheon, Zeus, and therefore they became identified by the Greeks as the same deity. Likewise, Amun's consort Mut became associated by these Greeks with Zeus's consort in the Classical pantheon, Hera."
"Alexander the Great journeyed there after the battle of Issus and during his occupation of Egypt, where he was declared the son of Amun by the oracle. Alexander thereafter considered himself divine. Even during this occupation, Amun, identified by these Greeks as a form of Zeus, continued to be the principal local deity of Thebes during its decay." —Preceding unsigned comment added by UnionWorker ( talk • contribs) 15:30, 21 February 2009
Ok, thanks for the advice!!! Macromonkey ( talk) 21:15, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Sorry - I'm usually quite good with templates, so you know. In any case, the template seems to be working just fine now.
Thanks for setting up sounds in the new template - I created DYK Listen around the time of the first sound files in DYK, and rather like sounds in DYK, so figured... you know. =) The new one still needs documentation of the sound files, though - having a feature is no good if no-one knows it exists. Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 22:11, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the info on your user name. But,I didn't blank any talk pages. I haven't ever since those comments on it. Nosebutton ( talk) 22:22, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
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I recently saw your sig over on the technical VP, and noticed that it could use some trimming.
Here's your original sig:
'''[[User:Rjanag|r<font color="#8B0000"><span class="Unicode">ʨ</span></font>ana<span class="Unicode">ɢ</span>]]''' <sup><small>[[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]</small></sup>/<sub><small>[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|contribs]]</small></sub>
Here's a slightly reworked version:
<b class="Unicode">[[User:Rjanag|r<font color="#8B0000">ʨ</font>anaɢ]]</b> <small><sup>[[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|contribs]]</sub></small>
I combined some of the unnecessary tags together (and put the unicode class around the entire link). In my browser (Safari), they look nearly identical; the only difference is that the "/" is smaller, due to the <small> tag being applied on the entire "talk/contribs" portion, but it's not a big deal. Plus, it shaves 56 characters.
Anyway, feel free to keep your original sig and do nothing with this; I do it primarily as a mental exercise, to see how many characters I can shave off of lengthy sigs. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:29, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
I removed the personal attack at the AfD page...I REALLY wish more users would join this discussion though! Tom Danson ( talk) 18:15, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
The article looks very good. I hope it doesn't bother you that I've already thought of everything first. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 20:31, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
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For your expertise in Wiki syntax and for being an incredible asset to the community. Cheers! — Eustress talk 00:57, 23 February 2009 (UTC) |
And a special thanks for helping to fix that template! — Eustress talk 00:57, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi - Yes I basically want to know if its a reliable source for this article, but obviously I'd also like to know how and where else can it be accepted as a reliable source. Shiva (Visnu) 21:01, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the invitation to look at the new templates. Miscellaneous thoughts (take with grain of salt):
|creator=
and |expander=
parameters (which would also solve the problems you raised in your first point...it would be tedious for me to code, but oh well, that's my problem). Another would be to add something like |status=
, which could be set to "new" or "expanded"/"expansion", and depending on the setting would display "New article by ..." or "5x expansion by..." after the hook. That would be easy to code, and personally I would like it, but it does raise the problem of making the template a bit more complicated (as any addition of new parameters will do).
Politizer
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contribs 23:28, 31 January 2009 (UTC){{*mp}}... that this is an '''[[example]]'''? <small>Created/expanded by [[User:User|User]] ([[User talk:User|talk]]).</small> {{User:Politizer/Credits | credits= <!--Credits begin.--> *{{DYKmake|Example|User}} }} <!--Credits end.-->
Hi, thanks for the message. Since I didn't find a discussion about this on WT:DYK, and since I don't have much time to look for one, I'll reply here. The template looks fine to me. I'm not that confident about the status parameter - if people messed up with nominator and expander parameters, won't they mess up with this? - but I think we could go ahead with it. We can always switch back if there are any major problems. Let's try it and see. Nice work with it btw :) Chamal talk 15:27, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Sorry for my ignorance but I'm not entirely sure how this new template is any different or how it will affect me? Is it that comments/reviews must now be left inside the template? --➨♀♂ Candlewicke S T # :) 01:52, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
{{DYKsuggestion | hook = ... that...........? | creator=Politizer | creator2= | creator3= | creator4= | expander= | nominator= | image= | comment= ...etc.
{{*mp}} ... that........ <small>Created/expanded by [[User:Politizer|Politizer]] ([[User talk:Politizer|talk]]).</small> <div style="display:none;"> *{{DYKmake|Example|Politizer}} </div>
writer=Candlewicke
instead of creator=Candlewicke
or expander=Candlewicke
.
Politizer
talk/
contribs 02:02, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. A few issues I can think of offhand:
1. Why not just call it "NewDYKnom"? I'm in favour of anything that shortens the amount of typing :)
2. If the template is going to format alt hooks as well as the original hook, I suggest they appear at the top of the output text under the original hook, with the credit templates following.
3. I suggest you add to the "nominator" field in the template page a note that says something like Article nominator, if not the same as the creator/expander.
|nominator=
. Although, I suppose not many people will be cutting and pasting directly from the template page, so it might not be a big problem to add more stuff to that example.
Politizer
talk/
contribs 13:52, 3 February 2009 (UTC)4. No problem with the status field, that is a good idea.
- Other than that, I can't think of anything else right now that I'd like to see - although I'll probably think of something after you've finished it :) Gatoclass ( talk) 08:12, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
|creator=
also still work (although not be officially recognized in the instructions) just in case people accidentally enter "creator" out of habit...but that might be a pain to code.
Politizer
talk/
contribs 17:19, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
{{{writer}}}
(or author, depending on which one I make "primary"), leaving you with a bunch of ugly stuff like Created/expanded by [[{{{writer}}}]]
. So I guess we can't have our cake and eat it too; we'll just have to decide one to go with. "author=" is fine with me; I'll just have to sit down for a few minutes sometime and change them all in the template.Yes i am the owner of it, but I just placed the article for other people playing my game. I've had people type papers up on Itsy Produtions on other games I have played, So their for I believed that this would give people playing Saga Frontier a good opportunity to add what they notice about my company and what is good and bad about it. I like wise, with your consent was going to put a link to this article in my game on the special thanks. Please just give it a little while, and if nothing good comes (which will) then delete it.—Preceding unsigned comment added by James Robert Kain Waller ( talk • contribs)
It's my understanding that we want free images for the main page, including DYK. I was reviewing a candidate and came across this image. It appears to be the screenshot of a logo - is the license on this correct? It looks more like Fair Use. Your eyes would be appreciated. Law shoot! 02:49, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Listen! I didn't blank it! Maybe someone is on my account. But i didn't do it! TRUST ME! Nosebutton ( talk) 03:43, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Are you currently online? I could do it now, but since I'm not entirely sure I understand the instructions, it might help if you were available to tell me if I missed something.
If you're not currently online, just give me a nudge next time you see me active, and we'll get it done then. Gatoclass ( talk) 05:45, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
This edit confuses DYKsug with newDYKnomination (as I know now from trying to document this stuff). Although you tell us to use newDYKnomination, T:TDYK#Sample DYK suggestion strings still mentions DYKsug's creator and expander fields repeatedly, and says "Full details are at DYKsug". So, did you mean for this section to recommend newDYKnomination, DYKsug, or both? Art LaPella ( talk) 00:07, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Phoebe sings "A smelly cat~", well, while i think we can sing "smelly sock again~" [3]. I believe you catch the meaning. :)-- Caspian blue 06:11, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Nothing mysterious. I just forgot to fill out the nominator= parameter. I'm not used to that, I guess, and in addition I'm used to not filling out the last parameter (which used to be image=). Punkmorten ( talk) 23:10, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for all your good work at DYK. I'm a creature of habit, so changes throw me for a bit, but I'm reassured that it's all part of a plan. :) How's your mile time? ChildofMidnight ( talk) 19:11, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello Rjanag! I was just curious as to how you edit a signature to make it look different than the original? Thanks in advance for your help! --=BlueFish35!talk/user 01:50, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
I was attempting to create links using <a href=" http://website.wiki/">Visit Website.wiki</a>. By trying that, it was made apparent to me that some HTML markup cannot be used. If this is the case, do you know what HTML markup can and cannot be used?
I am most definately not trying to advertise using Wikipedia, I am aware that it is not a giant billboard for me to advertise on. However, the link is relevent to allowing users who need to contact me through my e-mail to do so by visiting my website. I prefer to keep my e-mail private, and so therefore a form on my website will allow users to contact me. If this is a big deal, I'd be more than happy to remove it.
Alright, I've enabled this, but is there a way that I can create a link to the form that will allow users to contact me? = BlueFish35! talk/ contribs 02:03, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
No, that is not an alternate account of mine. Another person in my household uses/used that account when editing Wikipedia. I'm not sure if that would be a problem, but nonetheless, if it is it can most certainly be deleted. I created my own account to avoid messages of switching IPs, and to be more individualized. = BlueFish35! talk/ contribs 02:07, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your note. I did indeed know about the templates, but my own personal philosophy is that most of what gets reverted is obviously vandalism, and a warning a vandal would be more work on my end that makes no difference. If it were up to me, bans would be handed out left and right, but apparently that's not the WP way... -- Bagatelle ( talk) 04:04, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
You were faster with your revert for this diff to South Korea. The name of the Sea of Japan is an accepted Wikipedia naming convention, see Wikipedia naming conventions (Korean) Sea of Japan (East Sea). I was about to GFE that IP, but you were first. When the problem happens again, and it will, let's say "revert per WP:NC-KO#Sea_of_Japan_(East_Sea)". Is good? -- Mtd2006 ( talk) 20:03, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi I hope I am at the right place. I followed the instructions on the http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Dynamic_Category_Map for our wiki but it does not display any list. Could you help? Please leave you response on this page and I will view it. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.195.23.134 ( talk) 20:45, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. I appreciate it.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.195.23.134 ( talk) 19:27, 27 February 2009
I removed it because it has links to other articles. For an article about a person from a non-English speaking african country to have two links on the english wikipedia so early is pretty good. How many links do you need to stop being an orphan...?. I assumed it was one. This is a "missing african" article created at the request of wikipedians, I'm not sure it is very helpful to note its lack of parents. Victuallers ( talk) 19:50, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
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The following is the archive of User talk:Rjanag for January and February 2009.
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I noticed that there are the two wikilinked dates in the DYK notification placed on the user's talk page, ex: "On [[30 December]], [[2008]], ..." and "<!-- [[{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}]], [[{{CURRENTYEAR}}]] -->. There have been several recent discussions with consensus on WP:MOSNUM that dates should no longer be linked. Do you think it's time to change the DYK template to match the WP:MOSNUM#Linking and autoformatting of dates guideline? Thanks. Truthanado ( talk) 03:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
How's the source-checking coming along? ~ EDDY ( talk/ contribs/ editor review)~ 01:28, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
Prod tag added to ad for a non-notable person. You indicated concerns before, and the ad remained basically untouched. Thanks! Collect ( talk) 12:02, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi Politizer, many thanks for DYK response. I knew there was a glitch when I clicked the preview button. Unfortunately I've now wrestled with the page you indicated for over an hour and it still looks like a wiki-mess. I fear my writing skills are ahead of my software expertise. Could you please give a hand and paste:
into the right box. Many thanks for your help :) Mick gold ( talk) 00:54, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi Politizer. If you have some time, can you revise the BLPunsourced template per Category:Possibly living people. Thanks. -- Suntag ☼ 15:25, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the fast reaction. There is also a talk on the page of Hagia // but maybe you have already seen that too.. Anyway, it would still be better if we use Hagia-Sophia-Laengsschnitt.jpg but I kept myself from being rude (by doing the change without talking) to those two. On a positive response that we can.
Regards.
-- Devenirchaud ( talk) 02:42, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
I really don't have any idea what you're talking about. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.12.119.98 ( talk) 09:32, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
I'm afraid I missed that as the page has now been deleted. Admins can see deleted edits so if you want to take this further I'd go to one - Kingpin13 ( talk) 11:39, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. I would usually revert, but I could sense an edit war so I just wanted to get the point accross to the user. I just decided to give him some hints on notability and etc. and 'familarise' the user with wiki policy as he/she was a new user. Thanks again Olly150 18:45, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
I'm guessing a clue is in the name. Extreme inclusionism is just as frustrating as extreme deletionism; even a certain pumpkiny user never got this pointed and mindless. Ironholds ( talk) 21:19, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
I recently tried to upload a new version of File:Icos_logo.png. The image that showed up was blurred though, so I quickly changed it back. What happened? Did I do something wrong? Oddly enough, now in the file history the thumbnail is crisp. This is my first time uploading. Shubinator ( talk) 22:48, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
The inappropriate references have now been changed as per your request. 128.214.205.5 ( talk) 17:00, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Please restore the third reference to the early selective attention paper that is now removed. 128.214.205.5 ( talk) 13:26, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
I'll just give you some impressions of mine which I would have written in a review. As you said, I expect a little more than some reviewers. Many people go ahead and take their article to FAC so I don't want them to have a false idea about the article. On the other hand, many things are ok for GA that would not be accepted at FAC.
Do read the articles on peacock terms and Wikipedia:Words to avoid. They are very helpful in letting you know how wikipedia wants articles to be written. In fact, really look at Wikipedia:Good article criteria. It will help you out in the long run if you want to write articles here. Regards, — Mattisse ( Talk) 01:18, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
…for the barnstar. It's not one I've seen, and one that makes me very happy. Glad you found my thoughts insightful. - Pete ( talk) 01:55, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Hey idiot. :) Funny stuff. Thanks for the laugh Politizer. It may be time for some chamomile tea, a white room with padded walls and big soft fluffy pillows and some nice soothing elevator music. The poor kid was agreeing with you too. :) But these are stressful times we live in, so don't worry. Just the other day some A-hole reverted one of my edits. :) On the other hand it might be a reality check to step away from the computer!!! But, I loved it just the same. Oh well, if it makes you feel any better it's sunny and 70 degrees where I am. Let me know if there's anything I can help you with. You and Artie La Pella are awesome. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 03:49, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
hi again
I noticed you just deleted one of my refs from the Stephen Chow page
I did post on the discussion page, but now I need to know if you are going to delete all the imdb refs (awards mainly as there don't seem to be any other sources and the e-mail addresses from the official Golden Horse FF page don't work) If so, can you wait till tomorrow and give me the chance to find other refs ?
thanks Chaosdruid ( talk) 05:38, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for tip about using side menu re User contributions, etc and going to bottom of page.... -- AlotToLearn ( talk) 07:16, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
-- AlotToLearn ( talk) 22:09, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
You may wish to also look at:
THF ( talk) 12:00, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Yes, that was exactly my question! It should work, but it doesn't... - theFace 21:13, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi Politizer, see Talk:List of tributaries of Larrys Creek for a FL that was also a DYK, but which seems not to be listed (yet) in the category. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:08, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
You very kindly answered a question I had posted on the Village Pump. Unfortunately, I did not express my question correctly and posted this, but no one has replied in nine hours. If you could reply here or at the Village Pump I would be very grateful. Basically, what I had not expressed correctly is that the link goes in the external links part of the article -- not a source. Thank you and I look forward to your reply. 80.126.66.106 ( talk) 16:25, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I have a stupid question. The timezones are confusing me and I was wondering if you knew what time Obama is inaugurated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.101.215.105 ( talk) 00:32, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for reverting Qwertyuiopasdghjklha's vandalism to my user page! — Athaenara ✉ 10:50, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
hey - i saw your post on my friend's talk page about the vandalism to my user page - the whole thing is a misunderstanding. don't figure him on the line - it was all a joke. he edited my page (we're friends IRL) and i was like "Haha, let's make an official-looking notice on his talk page" (cause he's a wiki noob) - and you came in and now it is official. he never really vandalised, don't consider him a vandal. :) Goosemanrocks ( talk) 22:37, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
I not a fan of counting, but I'd guess your table of DYKs that have become FAs is wildly off. I checked 7 articles I know that were DYKs and later became FAs and only one appears on the list. Try this one for starters. Yomangani talk 17:08, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
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Let's work on improving the article. Providing Chinese terms is important, it is common with other Chinese language related articles, too common for Japanese. -- Anatoli ( talk) 23:38, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Take a look at American Involvement in Haiti. This article is a mess. Maybe an AfD candidate. -- J.Mundo ( talk) 02:42, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Politzer and Manadude2, I welcome the outside intervention in the problems in the William Rodriguez page. I admit that I have been provoked into incivility by Combatant and her allies--after a long history in which they have uncivilly accused me of racism and lying, and when some of her allies have attempted to intimidate by threatened outing. I have been skating on the edges of the 3RR rule because Combatant, apparently the only pro-Willie editor qualified to edit the William Rodriguez page, insists on reverting all my edits without any explanation of why she does so. Many of Combatant's edits can easily be refuted on factual grounds. I welcome a discussion of the issues; Combatant's position is not supported by the facts. Contrivance (talk) 08:27, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
I presumed you knew the File:Huangshan.JPG image ( logs) is now available as File:HuangshanTop.JPG ( Commons:File:HuangshanTop.JPG), because you uploaded both and tagged the local image for WP:CSD#I8 deletion as a duplicate of the Commons image, so I didn't think to notify you at first. The local image was still linked on two of your user pages, however, so I took the liberty of updating the image links. I'm not sure I did it properly, so please check these three edits of mine. Thanks. — Athaenara ✉ 11:26, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
Hey Buddy! Im sorry for blanking those talk pages. I just get a little angry sometimes. Thank you for trying to help me FI will try to be a better user on wikipedia. Nosebutton ( talk) 19:16, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
Tonghai's just been nominated for FAC. Noticed you just edited it, so could you give some feedback, possibly? Yes, it's short. Ceran →// forge 13:34, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I believe you understand French well? Perhaps you could help translate this core article into English? It will be gradual but any help would be much appreciated given other commitments. Dr. Blofeld White cat 18:20, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
I'll try to get it done within three days, is this unacceptable? If it is in the workspace and I feel more pressure to edit it it will get done. Already a lot has been translated but I must say I feel a little disheartened from your view on my wish for better French speakers to help with it. If in the future somebody tries to devlep the article to a higher standard the translation issue will become a major problem, this is why I wanted the assistance of Fluent speakers rather than doing the whole thing my google translate and common sense. People can clearly see that the bones of the article are being drawn up, I sincerely doubt somebody is going to never come to wikipedia again because of it. Dr. Blofeld White cat 21:56, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the help, yes in places the articles looks quite weak on French wikipedia. It obviously wouldn't have passed on here as the references alone are not done properly. I'll get a smuch done as I can today. Dr. Blofeld White cat 10:19, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
I think you and myself included may have underestimated me! the article has been virtually all translated within a few hours now, just a paragraph in the history and a little in the theatres section and a few captions to fix to finish. They didn't translate so well so it will be best to leave the remaining up to a fluent reader. Needs a great deal of work still as an article but at least the article is massively improved in content. Dr. Blofeld White cat 14:18, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
I've got only two questions at that link. If you answer them quickly and satisfactorily, I can pass this article without delay. Nice job, and continue the good work! Crystal whacker ( talk) 20:18, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
If I knew how to give you a barnstar, I totally would. Great work on improving the article and getting it up to GA status. I'll get the last fact tag gone when I check the book tomorrow (I keep it at my office now). LedRush ( talk) 00:57, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
I think I would forget about the default value. Pictures are often of something else entirely, and besides it will require more instructions and instruction creep is something we should be trying to avoid. Also people will probably make mistakes with it, as they did with the "creator" and "nominator" fields, best to let people just fill in the field manually IMO. Gatoclass ( talk) 01:40, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar | |
For your work on getting Mount Huang up to GA status. You also deserve barnstars for civility, for tirelessly working to improve citations, and for you work on China-related articles. Wikipedia is only good because of editors like you. LedRush ( talk) 01:37, 26 January 2009 (UTC) |
Thanks for your in depth analysis of A4 and copyright violations at Wikipedia talk:Did you know! Best, Cunard ( talk) 06:45, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
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The Helping Hand Barnstar | |
The Helping Hand Barnstar is to be awarded to users who frequently help new users. This barnstar is awarded to Politizer, for his tireless help to new users. Helping wikipedia become stronger with the retention of new users. Ikip ( talk) 12:09, 30 January 2009 (UTC) |
Yes I agree. Thanks for your help Politizer. Best regards Dr. Blofeld White cat 21:56, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Template:` is just a redirect to void, I only picked it as it was one of the only single characters left free. How ever it appears nothing is currently using it at the minute as it is subst. I notice is not being used . So you can have ` and I can use ^ Gnevin ( talk) 22:33, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
I know you contributed to one school that I edited on, so I thought maybe you could take a look at this one. The problems I am seeing are two-fold. Firstly, there is a "Hotchkiss in print" section. One editor keeps on adding negative quotes to the section. However, in other schools with sections like this ( Choate Rosemary Hall, Philips Academy, Harvard College), the list is usually just a list or a list with a very quick explanation (no quotes). This seems preferable because otherwise you could be searching for alumni that say the most positive or negative things and have flame fests. I think it's better to just stick to the facts.
Also, when I started having discussions with the one editor editing the above section, a new, SPA came by and took extra quotations out of the section and made a new culture section to chronicle the history of bigotry at the school. I find this completely inappropriate and unacceptable. It is poorly written, doesn't flow into the article, it is inflammatory, and it is also susceptible to the flame fest (pro and con) I described above. Additionally, I have never seen this for any school. If there was a notable incident, that's one thing. But a list of opinions seems completely unencyclopedic.
Anyway, as always, feel free to disagree, but I respect your opinion and would appreciate you taking a look. LedRush ( talk) 15:58, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
Just so you know, I moved the article to the authors userpage after you tagged it. I have removed the db tag. Sorry for the confusion. :) » \ / ( ⁂) 06:20, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
No, it's not being used (as far as I know) so I have no objection to it being MfDed. Cheers, Olaf Davis ( talk) 15:57, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi there! I appreciate your guardianship in South Korea article against some POV editors, especially Korean Protestant evangelists. Keep up your good work and have a nice day. Angelo De La Paz ( talk) 20:29, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi
I am trying to direct a request for assistance and thought of you ! The article is The Siege I just wondered if you could assist in directing me as to how to deal with this part of the article, in the controversy section.
"However it should be noted that as of 1980 over 90% of all terrorist related bombing attacks (suicide or conventional) are carried out by people of Muslim or Islamic faith or culture."
I am not concerned with whether or not it is factual per se, but rather whether it should be included at all as it is not really relevant to the film. It has been there for a very long time, and is causing problems as it keeps getting deleted.
I did think to remove it and leave a link to "Terrorism" or such. Could you spare some time to help me by telling me exactly what to put in its place and any reasons I should include to delete it ?
thanks-- Chaosdruid ( talk) 01:10, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Hiya. Those are templates; they belong at WP:TFD, not MFD. Cheers. // roux 06:01, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
It turns out that {{ UpdatedDYKNom}} isn't deprecated—it's at the hidden core of the template that Ameliorate! setup to create the nominator credit tags, manual or bot-driven. - Dravecky ( talk) 13:36, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
User_talk:Contrivance —Preceding unsigned comment added by Manadude2 ( talk • contribs) 19:00, 1 February 2009
It wouldn't hurt to have some assistance. I could some. I,m excited to start my first article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Snakeface ( talk • contribs) 20:57, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Here. Ottava Rima ( talk) 04:42, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Your user talk page edit summary is pretty fucking boring--look at mine in comparison. And, I tried real hard to find something in it, going through some 500 edits. Yes, you had a lot of holiday greetings, imo. Maybe I should post a warning to, well, not to wish people a happy holiday or allow it on your user page? Take care. -- KP Botany ( talk) 05:10, 2 February 2009 (UTC) PS I'm biased because I like the picture on your user page.
Heh, yes, I have caught up on the thread. Really, the fact that there aren't currently any penises visible on the main page should have been my first clue that there had to be a wire crossed somewhere. But thanks for the clarification! -- Vary Talk 06:16, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the note! I created an external links section, but it shouldn't be me who decides whether it passes GA. I'm going to close the review now. NCurse work 20:43, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your nice comments. I may need support in the immediate future. If there is anything I can do to help you, please don't hesitate to ask.
If you are interested in discussing the RfC in depth, I would love to. I helped convince A nobody to change his mind, but other editors, like GCC seemed annoyed at my messages. Maybe you can convince me to change my mind. It wouldn't be the first time. Let me know if you are interested in talking. Ikip ( talk) 14:41, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
According to this, the word you are looking for is "tendency", although it seems to be an unusual use of the word (one would normally say "tendency to...", rather than just have a general "tendency", but that's what the dictionary says...). -- Tango ( talk) 14:58, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar may be awarded to those that show a pattern of going the extra mile to be nice, without being asked.
This barnstar is awarded to Politizer, for always making wikipedia a welcoming place to visit, with his words of kindness and courteousy. Ikip ( talk) 18:28, 3 February 2009 (UTC) |
Hey there, long time-no-speak. I just dropped by to pop a little message. If you come across an IP or user vandalising articles (as you did here), remember to drop them a warning (try using provided templates at WP:RCP). That way, other members/admins can keep track of their actions, and appropriately warn/punish them next time he/she is caught.
Hope you're doing well, Blooded Edge ( T• C• A) 19:17, 3 February 2009 (UTC).
Just a quick thanks for the help with the footnote on Garfield Minus Garfield. I'm learning as fast as I can, and folks like you really help!
(No response to this needed, BTW.) Wikiwaterboy ( talk) 00:34, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Good point. :) AnyPerson ( talk) 01:30, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Something fairly detailed was written in "talk" concerning why the references removed are i)inappropriate, ii)incomplete and iii)typographically-inconsistent. I doubt this was received. Please revert to the previous edit that removed these references.
The attention and MMN question is somewhat stale, and the work mentioned neither entirely relevant nor seminal. There is some important relevant recent work by Marty Woldorff, that meets the description of work inconsistent with the view that MMN is attention-independent. However, the rest of such work defies publication, which is in part to do with the sociopolitics of science funding and the definition of attention. However, this is not the contention of the present edit. A better substitute reference concerning attention and MMN is clearly:
Näätänen, R., Gaillard, A.W.K., & Mäntysalo, S. (1978). Early selective-attention effect on evoked potential reinterpreted. Acta Psychologica, 42, 313-329.
This Acta Psychologica work was a reinterpretation of Hillyard et al's findings of an early selective attention effect, as was reported in Science. The Acta Psychologica isolated the processing negativity - an arguably endogenous attentional component - from MMN that is accordingly attention-independent. This view is still the consensus, which is not necessarily correct.
A little more quality control and respect for other contributors appears warranted. Threats and accusations of war are regarded as entirely imaginary.
128.214.205.5 ( talk) 15:49, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Greetings, please refrain from personal attacks when engaged with other editors. We try and maintain a environment that is free from hostility and attacks like those you made. The very first line in WP:CIVIL is Civility is one of Wikipedia's core principles and all editors are expected to maintain that principle when editing here. And if I can quote another line: Incivility consists of personal attacks, rudeness, and aggressive behaviors that disrupt the project and lead to unproductive stress and conflict... When this type of activity goes on long enough and is aggressive enough it becomes disruptive, and in some cases can lead to blocks. I'm sure this isn't going to go that far but you do need to tone it down. Thanks. RxS ( talk) 17:52, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
I would remove this entire thread. I think it's nonsense. If you do something wrong I'm sure someone "helpful" will be happy to file a report. There's no reason for these pointed comments about keeping Wikipedia's standards above most websites. There's no one I've come across who works harder or is more dedicated, to a fault, than Politizer. Maybe if he took more breaks and spent more time running he wouldn't get worked up by the nonsense and troublemaking distractions. But besides that, he needs a pat on the back, a kiss on the cheek and a big THANK YOU!!! for all his good efforts and kind consideration of others. RxS, your comments come across not as Miss Manners, but as condescending. As far as keeping Wikipedia civil how about dropping disputes when they're over instead of rehashing them and trying to instigate new disputes from the smoldering ashes. Let's give it a rest. Am I being too chatty? refactored slightly as the chatty comment is unrelated to this discussion and just an aside/ joke.
ChildofMidnight (
talk) 07:33, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
Politzer, the reference on the South Korean page saying that it's one of the world's oldest civilisations is NOT a good one. It merely goes to a museum brochure which repeats the same national myth.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.240.61.2 ( talk) 04:31, 3 February 2009
Men. This should boil up into something real fine, if people stop laughing at their own bad and obvious puns. -- KP Botany ( talk) 03:20, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Hey thanks for your info. I know its silly but the IP will again do the same thing. Anyways i'll revert them back. Wish i was an administrater to handle such things more effectively. Thanks again "Legolas" ( talk) 05:01, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your note; I appreciate the direct communication, though -- and I hope you don't mind my being somewhat blunt -- I'm not sure one editor can say to another editor that only punctuation editing will be tolerated; there are legitimate fancruft issues as well at Luck by Chance. Regardless, there is a larger issue here. I hope and believe you do not condone Legoals' clear incivility and breaches of Wiki etiquette; his rude and vicious language is inappropriate (his poor spelling and grammar notwithstanding), as is his expressed wish that he could use administrator powers to further his personal editing choices.
He has no right to bully, threaten, demean or insult other editors, or to take a rude tone with them. If you believe he does, I'm afraid we must disagree -- although I will, as you can see, do so with respectful language and a maturity that I'm happy to say that you, though not all editors, appear to possess. -- 207.237.223.118 ( talk) 18:18, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
- "Don't try to act high and mighty by wiki-linking as if you know everything. You are continuously removing information under the assumption of gossip when they are reported by authenticable sources. As i said before, if i do see you again removing info, I'll make sure your editing priviledges are blocked.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Ziggymaster
I strongly consider the above user to be one of many sockpuppets - some have already been blocked.
You might want to look at the articles this user has edited and see if there are any obvious patterns shared with other users.
カンチョーSennen Goroshi ! ( talk) 16:01, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
I shall halt on listing that thing in the IGN article. Thanks alot and we shall talk sometime -Snakeface. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Snakeface ( talk • contribs) 01:18, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello Rjanag, I'm sorry it took so long to get back to you about this. I've looked over the video and, unfortunately, there is no clear shot of McGill, or even a shot that does not crop out his left shoulder. There are few photos of McGill floating around online and all of them appear to be copyrighted promotional headshots. There is one amateur photo on flickr [2], I will inquire about the possibility of acquiring it under a free license. Regards, ˉˉ anetode ╦╩ 07:01, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
I don't see any pages in this category. What makes you think it's not empty? -- Stepheng3 ( talk) 07:17, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Do you have a handle on what this article is about? All the references are very technical and I would have to do some major learning to get this right. Do you think the article is actually combining more than one topic? Could you outline what I could be most helpful at doing? Regards, — Mattisse ( Talk) 01:11, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I just started following this article today based on a mention in the NY Times. If you need another view or citation the NYT article is Art Hoax Unites Europe in Displeasure. FWIW, and I'm not sure if I would stick my own neck out to defend the writer's statement, upon a rereading I was surprised to see "...while five Lithuanian soldiers are apparently urinating on Russia". Best, CliffC ( talk) 22:17, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
I added source for my claim, although it in Czech, the important information in article should be pretty obvious to understand internationaly. It is much more obvious than any svastica reference on Entropa. But I may be not good at using external citations on Wiki, please take a look at it. -- XChaos ( talk)
{{{ }}}
instead of two {{ }}
. Thanks for adding your source!
<ref>{{cite web | ........... }} "
CZECH HERE"<br />'''English''': epiction of Germany on Entropa sculpture by David Černý in Brusel doesn't have to show just motorways or maybe swastic, but directly nazi symbol - number 18, according to two historians. Numbers 1 a 8 symbolize alphabetical order of letters A a H, which are initals for Adolfa Hitler. ..... "It's utter nonsense", Aktuálně.cz was told by Černý. "If someone wants to see symbolism where there is none, he or she always finds some.", he added.</ref>
Well Pol.., er, Rjanag. Interesting decision. I can understand why, but why Rjanag? Seems like an odd name to choose. (And difficult to pronounce might I add!) Cheers, » \ / ( ⁂) 12:06, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
Why have you made this change? What does Rjanag mean? For that matter, what does Politizer mean? But I had gotten fond of you with that name! Now I must change? — Mattisse ( Talk) 01:22, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Byeonggwan. In this series of edits, it seems that you have been copying material from History of Korea into South Korea#History. Those are split into separate articles, however, for a reason. First of all, the History of Korea article describes the history of Korean culture in general, whereas the South Korea article should focus mainly on the South Korean nation/political entity. More importantly, the article would simply be too long if we included all of Korean history, which is why the article just has a brief summary of the history, with the {{ main}} templates linking to History of Korea and History of South Korea for readers who want a more in-depth history. If you intend to merge those history articles into this, please discuss it at Talk:South Korea before making any drastic edits. Thank you, rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 04:52, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Well, I think it is somewhat strange to divide South Korean history into 2 pieces cause of the matter of space, and what I don't understand is that the part before division of South Korean history is longer than the after division(since 1945) as you know, but it is too short obviously. Anyway, I left the part of After division because it can be South Korean history.
Why do you not answer and just undo it on South Korea page? South Korea is considered as a one country in international world, but just Korea is not considered for now. They can check Korean history but South Korea is South Korea which is more important. And, I said I changed before division part mainly. I don't think it is necesary to point them out dividing its history into before and after division.
> talk/ contribs 04:52, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
I wanted to have an other pair of eyes review it, but since nobody seemed to care enough I've protected the page because it was going out of hand, but technically this was an edit war. He's wrong, but not wrong enough to allow that. I know this can be frustrating because that's borderline. The protection will last 12 hours, after that we'll see how it goes. -- lucasbfr talk 08:04, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Rjanag. I saw your note at talk:Broca's area, which led me to look at your page. I had a sudden frisson of recognition when a vista of Huang Shan opened up before my eyes. I climbed there myself early in 2006 – through snow and mist (and none of yer funicular this and cable bloody that, thank you, but hard trudging all the way up and down). I took many photos that resemble yours. I'd love to go back when more can be seen. Blizzards are pretty atmospheric; but I'd like a longer view on the descent, next time.
I look forward to your work on Broca's. Related articles could do with a little freshening up, too. I'll probably do some myself.
– ⊥¡ɐɔıʇǝoNoetica! T– 09:13, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your interest in Wooly Willy. There are seven or eight links and considering the article's length that seems to me and appropraite number. The article was reviewed once and failed. It has been expanded and renominated. Short articles can win GA status. While some information about WW will never be known, that hardly seems reason to 'fail' and article that exhausts the topic with the information available. WP is about quality - not length of article compared with DYKs, and number of links. Thanks again for your interest! ItsLassieTime ( talk) 16:49, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
I've taken your advice on this and withdrawn the article with the hope of finding more material. Thanks! ItsLassieTime ( talk) 17:29, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi
I have been having problems as I don't speak/read Chinese.
There are several citations needed, as well as lots of info that has been removed and I would like to restore them.
One of the main problems is reading the credits to put peoples names next to characters.
If you read the chat page
Talk:Stephen_Chow the last two sections have most of the details.
Can you help with this ?
thanks -- Chaosdruid ( talk) 03:04, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
This article needs a lot of work if you are seriously thinking of FAC. As far as the "hoboes" quote, I would ditch it as hoboes and migratory workers are not the same thing, regardless that someone wrote that they were. I am certainly willing to help you with copy editing articles. I would advise stalking the FAC page, if that is your goal, so that you see the types if "issues" they consider important. One of the first I asked myself is if "street newspapers" is actually a term, but you did a good job of showing that it is commonly used for the meaning you intend. One thing about FAC, they are very particular about word use. I would advise checking out User:Tony1/Advanced editing exercises to get an idea of their values. Regards, — Mattisse ( Talk) 04:12, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
I like the elegance of this rewrite, but I'm not sure it quite captures the intention of the template. {{ Sections}} is for articles which don't have any sections in the first place. {{ Subsections}} is for sections which have gotten too long; the various paragraphs contained within might not vary much in topic, but nonetheless some headers would help with readability. Thoughts? Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 11:04, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
{{sections|section}}
in an article, and it didn't do what I expected.) I suppose I could make some further changes to {{sections}} so that in addition to just toggling "this article/this section" it would also change the wording to be closer to the original wording of {{subsections}}?
rʨanaɢ
talk/
contribs 14:46, 14 February 2009 (UTC)This included some attacks on Ottava - consider this a warning. Please do not use personal attacks anywhere on Wikipedia. GARDEN 15:49, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Comments like this are one of the reasons why collaboration is going to hell in so many areas of wikipedia. I really was appaled by this comment. I would really be ashamed if I made it.-- Patton t/ c 19:24, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Hassocks
5489 (tickets please!) has eaten your {{
cookie}}! The cookie made him
happy and he'd like to give you a great big hug for donating it. Spread the WikiLove by giving out more {{
cookie}}s, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Thanks again!
Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{ subst:cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat a cookie with {{ subst:munch}}!
That went nicely with a turkey and cucumber roll and a cup of tea at a desk-bound lunch! Anyway, I used the new template for the first time, having just finished that article I was talking about on the DYK talk page (the one with the missing images ... surprisingly I got all but four today), and "Status = New" didn't seem to work. I'm guessing that's because I should have put it in lower-case; if so, I think I'll add a note to the usage guidelines. Hassocks 5489 (tickets please!) 23:10, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Don't give the editor the pleasure of an answer. — Mattisse ( Talk) 01:40, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
I wanted to thank you for welcoming to DYK as I now consider it home. Please do look over my approvals/questions and let me know if there is anything that needs improvement. Again, thanks. This is an area that I've never really seen until recently, but is certainly a fun one! Law shoot! 07:03, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Please refrain from making completely and utterly unconstructive comments like "I hate Ottava Rima". That contributes absolutely nothing to the discussion, and is merely inflammatory; desist from making such comments in future. — neuro (talk) 19:33, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I saw your request for a nitpicker on the GAN page. Any interest in swapping reviews? I have 2 waiting for review now, one intended for eventual FA status ( Cyathus), and another shorter one ( Gomphus clavatus). If you're up for an arrangement like that I'll nitpick to the best of my abilities :) Sasata ( talk) 22:08, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
I'd go for the "old" version. I found the new one a bit difficult to use for copying-and-pasting; I found I was grappling with the layout and ended up deleting spaces to get it all on to one line. {{subst:NewDYKnom|article=|hook=... that ?|status=new|writer=|image=|rollover=}} and its variants are nice and efficient, and there's the advantage of having the commonest variants to hand in the edit window: especially useful for regular "non-self-nominators" like, er, me...! Hassocks 5489 (tickets please!) 23:19, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
"That user is one of the only people who's actually working to improve the article and address the problems " --> This is just nothing but youir opinion. How could you possibly judge someone who fit into your taste is the only group who make an effort to improve the South Korea article? And coincidently it seems that you're also a chinese just like the user you mentioned. I strongly recommend you to think about what is true patriotism for your country, China. 68.40.179.217 ( talk) 01:12, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. Yes, is a good translation. --
J.Mundo (
talk) 18:52, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
-- CostelloDc ( talk) 23:33, 17 February 2009 (CET)
Why exactly did you create this new template? I might be missing something, but you haven't said what was wrong with the old template. Please respond on my talk page. - Mgm| (talk) 12:45, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the message, the advice is really welcome and as a newcomer to Wikipedia I'll be happy to read up on the etiquette and add potential leads for article content into the talk page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CostelloDc ( talk • contribs) 13:40, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
You have every right in the world to be aggravated, but telling somebody to shut the fuck up is a violation of WP:CIV and WP:NPA. I hope you can understand that regardless of the situation, we need to be civil to all editors. – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 17:40, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Hey, I'm Hunter. I've conducted a GAN review for street newspaper. You've done a nice job, and I'm confident you'll address all my suggestions fairly quickly. Looking forward to getting this article up to GA shape!-- Hunter Kahn ( talk) 05:43, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Just a small error in the explanation of NORD in the first sentence of the article National_Organization_for_Rare_Disorders. NORD as correctly mentioned in the title stands for the National Organization for Rare Disorders as opposed to the National Organization for Rare Diseases. Congrats on the article! by the way. CostelloDc ( talk • contribs) 15:53, 18 February 2009 (CET)
Just wanted to say thanks for reviewing this article. I'll be adding more comments to the Neurolinguistics review later tonight, but probably won't be completely done for a couple more days. Hope you aren't in a rush! Sasata ( talk) 20:59, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
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Nice job with street newspaper, I really enjoyed reading it. The GA has passed. Congrats! -- Hunter Kahn ( talk) 05:23, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, thought it was odd to see that at the bottom of the main page. Thegreatdr ( talk) 18:12, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up, I linked to my user page. Keep up the good work and happy editing! -- Nehrams2020 ( talk) 19:58, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Since you're good with Parser functions, I was wondering if you could help fix a template I created: Template:Infobox choir. It's currently only in use on one of my sandbox pages, and for some reasons it's producing a bunch of extra code. Any help appreciated. -- Eustress ( talk) 01:45, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for all your work on the GA review - the review was very thorough, and helped me think through issues with the material in the article. John Jomeara421 ( talk) 11:35, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
I know you have reasons to suspect me since the version i reverted was the manmohit one, but out of all the versions I have looked at, that was precisely the one that looked best edited. The other ones have unncessary tags, have image downsized, captions removed and have some controversial facts and figures which were edited out on that version. All I can say is that i am NOT a sock. Mayamore ( talk) 00:36, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
HEy politzer, why did you change ur username? Nosebutton ( talk) 02:59, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Well, it is well known that Jupiter is Zeus and so on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology) "Jupiter was given many different names. 1. Jupiter Ammon (Jupiter was equated with the Egyptian deity Amun after the Roman conquest of Egypt)"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun "Much later, because of the evidence of the adoration given to Amun in many regions during the height of his cult, Greek travelers to Egypt would report that Amun—who they determined to be the ruler of the Egyptian pantheon—was similar to the leader of the Classical Greek pantheon, Zeus, and therefore they became identified by the Greeks as the same deity. Likewise, Amun's consort Mut became associated by these Greeks with Zeus's consort in the Classical pantheon, Hera."
"Alexander the Great journeyed there after the battle of Issus and during his occupation of Egypt, where he was declared the son of Amun by the oracle. Alexander thereafter considered himself divine. Even during this occupation, Amun, identified by these Greeks as a form of Zeus, continued to be the principal local deity of Thebes during its decay." —Preceding unsigned comment added by UnionWorker ( talk • contribs) 15:30, 21 February 2009
Ok, thanks for the advice!!! Macromonkey ( talk) 21:15, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Sorry - I'm usually quite good with templates, so you know. In any case, the template seems to be working just fine now.
Thanks for setting up sounds in the new template - I created DYK Listen around the time of the first sound files in DYK, and rather like sounds in DYK, so figured... you know. =) The new one still needs documentation of the sound files, though - having a feature is no good if no-one knows it exists. Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 22:11, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the info on your user name. But,I didn't blank any talk pages. I haven't ever since those comments on it. Nosebutton ( talk) 22:22, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
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I recently saw your sig over on the technical VP, and noticed that it could use some trimming.
Here's your original sig:
'''[[User:Rjanag|r<font color="#8B0000"><span class="Unicode">ʨ</span></font>ana<span class="Unicode">ɢ</span>]]''' <sup><small>[[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]</small></sup>/<sub><small>[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|contribs]]</small></sub>
Here's a slightly reworked version:
<b class="Unicode">[[User:Rjanag|r<font color="#8B0000">ʨ</font>anaɢ]]</b> <small><sup>[[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|contribs]]</sub></small>
I combined some of the unnecessary tags together (and put the unicode class around the entire link). In my browser (Safari), they look nearly identical; the only difference is that the "/" is smaller, due to the <small> tag being applied on the entire "talk/contribs" portion, but it's not a big deal. Plus, it shaves 56 characters.
Anyway, feel free to keep your original sig and do nothing with this; I do it primarily as a mental exercise, to see how many characters I can shave off of lengthy sigs. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:29, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
I removed the personal attack at the AfD page...I REALLY wish more users would join this discussion though! Tom Danson ( talk) 18:15, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
The article looks very good. I hope it doesn't bother you that I've already thought of everything first. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 20:31, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
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For your expertise in Wiki syntax and for being an incredible asset to the community. Cheers! — Eustress talk 00:57, 23 February 2009 (UTC) |
And a special thanks for helping to fix that template! — Eustress talk 00:57, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi - Yes I basically want to know if its a reliable source for this article, but obviously I'd also like to know how and where else can it be accepted as a reliable source. Shiva (Visnu) 21:01, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the invitation to look at the new templates. Miscellaneous thoughts (take with grain of salt):
|creator=
and |expander=
parameters (which would also solve the problems you raised in your first point...it would be tedious for me to code, but oh well, that's my problem). Another would be to add something like |status=
, which could be set to "new" or "expanded"/"expansion", and depending on the setting would display "New article by ..." or "5x expansion by..." after the hook. That would be easy to code, and personally I would like it, but it does raise the problem of making the template a bit more complicated (as any addition of new parameters will do).
Politizer
talk/
contribs 23:28, 31 January 2009 (UTC){{*mp}}... that this is an '''[[example]]'''? <small>Created/expanded by [[User:User|User]] ([[User talk:User|talk]]).</small> {{User:Politizer/Credits | credits= <!--Credits begin.--> *{{DYKmake|Example|User}} }} <!--Credits end.-->
Hi, thanks for the message. Since I didn't find a discussion about this on WT:DYK, and since I don't have much time to look for one, I'll reply here. The template looks fine to me. I'm not that confident about the status parameter - if people messed up with nominator and expander parameters, won't they mess up with this? - but I think we could go ahead with it. We can always switch back if there are any major problems. Let's try it and see. Nice work with it btw :) Chamal talk 15:27, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Sorry for my ignorance but I'm not entirely sure how this new template is any different or how it will affect me? Is it that comments/reviews must now be left inside the template? --➨♀♂ Candlewicke S T # :) 01:52, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
{{DYKsuggestion | hook = ... that...........? | creator=Politizer | creator2= | creator3= | creator4= | expander= | nominator= | image= | comment= ...etc.
{{*mp}} ... that........ <small>Created/expanded by [[User:Politizer|Politizer]] ([[User talk:Politizer|talk]]).</small> <div style="display:none;"> *{{DYKmake|Example|Politizer}} </div>
writer=Candlewicke
instead of creator=Candlewicke
or expander=Candlewicke
.
Politizer
talk/
contribs 02:02, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. A few issues I can think of offhand:
1. Why not just call it "NewDYKnom"? I'm in favour of anything that shortens the amount of typing :)
2. If the template is going to format alt hooks as well as the original hook, I suggest they appear at the top of the output text under the original hook, with the credit templates following.
3. I suggest you add to the "nominator" field in the template page a note that says something like Article nominator, if not the same as the creator/expander.
|nominator=
. Although, I suppose not many people will be cutting and pasting directly from the template page, so it might not be a big problem to add more stuff to that example.
Politizer
talk/
contribs 13:52, 3 February 2009 (UTC)4. No problem with the status field, that is a good idea.
- Other than that, I can't think of anything else right now that I'd like to see - although I'll probably think of something after you've finished it :) Gatoclass ( talk) 08:12, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
|creator=
also still work (although not be officially recognized in the instructions) just in case people accidentally enter "creator" out of habit...but that might be a pain to code.
Politizer
talk/
contribs 17:19, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
{{{writer}}}
(or author, depending on which one I make "primary"), leaving you with a bunch of ugly stuff like Created/expanded by [[{{{writer}}}]]
. So I guess we can't have our cake and eat it too; we'll just have to decide one to go with. "author=" is fine with me; I'll just have to sit down for a few minutes sometime and change them all in the template.Yes i am the owner of it, but I just placed the article for other people playing my game. I've had people type papers up on Itsy Produtions on other games I have played, So their for I believed that this would give people playing Saga Frontier a good opportunity to add what they notice about my company and what is good and bad about it. I like wise, with your consent was going to put a link to this article in my game on the special thanks. Please just give it a little while, and if nothing good comes (which will) then delete it.—Preceding unsigned comment added by James Robert Kain Waller ( talk • contribs)
It's my understanding that we want free images for the main page, including DYK. I was reviewing a candidate and came across this image. It appears to be the screenshot of a logo - is the license on this correct? It looks more like Fair Use. Your eyes would be appreciated. Law shoot! 02:49, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Listen! I didn't blank it! Maybe someone is on my account. But i didn't do it! TRUST ME! Nosebutton ( talk) 03:43, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Are you currently online? I could do it now, but since I'm not entirely sure I understand the instructions, it might help if you were available to tell me if I missed something.
If you're not currently online, just give me a nudge next time you see me active, and we'll get it done then. Gatoclass ( talk) 05:45, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
This edit confuses DYKsug with newDYKnomination (as I know now from trying to document this stuff). Although you tell us to use newDYKnomination, T:TDYK#Sample DYK suggestion strings still mentions DYKsug's creator and expander fields repeatedly, and says "Full details are at DYKsug". So, did you mean for this section to recommend newDYKnomination, DYKsug, or both? Art LaPella ( talk) 00:07, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Phoebe sings "A smelly cat~", well, while i think we can sing "smelly sock again~" [3]. I believe you catch the meaning. :)-- Caspian blue 06:11, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Nothing mysterious. I just forgot to fill out the nominator= parameter. I'm not used to that, I guess, and in addition I'm used to not filling out the last parameter (which used to be image=). Punkmorten ( talk) 23:10, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for all your good work at DYK. I'm a creature of habit, so changes throw me for a bit, but I'm reassured that it's all part of a plan. :) How's your mile time? ChildofMidnight ( talk) 19:11, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello Rjanag! I was just curious as to how you edit a signature to make it look different than the original? Thanks in advance for your help! --=BlueFish35!talk/user 01:50, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
I was attempting to create links using <a href=" http://website.wiki/">Visit Website.wiki</a>. By trying that, it was made apparent to me that some HTML markup cannot be used. If this is the case, do you know what HTML markup can and cannot be used?
I am most definately not trying to advertise using Wikipedia, I am aware that it is not a giant billboard for me to advertise on. However, the link is relevent to allowing users who need to contact me through my e-mail to do so by visiting my website. I prefer to keep my e-mail private, and so therefore a form on my website will allow users to contact me. If this is a big deal, I'd be more than happy to remove it.
Alright, I've enabled this, but is there a way that I can create a link to the form that will allow users to contact me? = BlueFish35! talk/ contribs 02:03, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
No, that is not an alternate account of mine. Another person in my household uses/used that account when editing Wikipedia. I'm not sure if that would be a problem, but nonetheless, if it is it can most certainly be deleted. I created my own account to avoid messages of switching IPs, and to be more individualized. = BlueFish35! talk/ contribs 02:07, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your note. I did indeed know about the templates, but my own personal philosophy is that most of what gets reverted is obviously vandalism, and a warning a vandal would be more work on my end that makes no difference. If it were up to me, bans would be handed out left and right, but apparently that's not the WP way... -- Bagatelle ( talk) 04:04, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
You were faster with your revert for this diff to South Korea. The name of the Sea of Japan is an accepted Wikipedia naming convention, see Wikipedia naming conventions (Korean) Sea of Japan (East Sea). I was about to GFE that IP, but you were first. When the problem happens again, and it will, let's say "revert per WP:NC-KO#Sea_of_Japan_(East_Sea)". Is good? -- Mtd2006 ( talk) 20:03, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi I hope I am at the right place. I followed the instructions on the http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Dynamic_Category_Map for our wiki but it does not display any list. Could you help? Please leave you response on this page and I will view it. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.195.23.134 ( talk) 20:45, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. I appreciate it.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.195.23.134 ( talk) 19:27, 27 February 2009
I removed it because it has links to other articles. For an article about a person from a non-English speaking african country to have two links on the english wikipedia so early is pretty good. How many links do you need to stop being an orphan...?. I assumed it was one. This is a "missing african" article created at the request of wikipedians, I'm not sure it is very helpful to note its lack of parents. Victuallers ( talk) 19:50, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
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