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SarahStierch ( talk) 22:16, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
I haven't been checking regularly lately, but I had seen a message that said you wanted to delay a little bit. If you're ready, I'll start work on the nomination statement and get it ready for next week. I think you'd be an excellent addition to the admin corps. And I'm very sorry for disappearing. Karanacs ( talk) 19:10, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
You have an unstarted RfA. Would you like me to start it for you? It seem everything is set and ready to put out there.— cyberpower ( Talk to Me)( Contributions) 10:39, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
— cyberpower ( Talk to Me)( Contributions) 20:44, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
First of all, I intend to support your RFA. Anyway, this is just an idea as your signature is being discussed, and as it's early days it might be overlooked in general anyway, but although there would be a couple of small obstacles to overcome, it's not impossible that you could obtain User:Christine. As I say, just an idea for your consideration. WilliamH ( talk) 22:10, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Howdy. I was reading your rfa, and saw Wifione's oppose. This revert was mentioned. In that revert, it appears that the spelling of only 2 words were changed. Just to clarify, you thought that you were fixing vandalism?-- Rockfang ( talk) 07:22, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Re [1]. Pending Changes. Reviewing. Banning IPs will never happen, I don't think, nor should it really need to. Anyway, why I really came here was to wish you the best for the rest of your RFA. I don't like to do what I did there, but it's something I can never stand to see - new or existing editors being upset by incorrect implications of maliciousness, intentionally or not. Your contributions are awesome, and my little girl (8) thinks Sam got a rough deal, too. See you around. Begoon talk 06:47, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
I am sorry for how it's turned out. I don't know how you'll take this note; but just wanted to mention out here that I'm sorry for what's going on at the RfA. Regards. Wifione Message 13:52, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
I'd just like to echo the statements above. I am personally sorry for what took place, and accept some blame myself. The reason I pointed out the WP:POINT!vote was because I think you will be a good Admin one day and I wanted your RfA to get a fair shake. My reasons for oppose (again, a very very weak oppose) was only the issue concerning WP:NLT. I know you commented on it, but unfortunately the whole discussion went to hell before I could respond. There are very few "bright line" policies on Wikipedia, at least the way I think about it. WP:Ignore all rules, IMO, means "Ignore all rules except WP:NLT, WP:BLP, and WP:3RR". As the admin that you are, frankly, destined to be, these are the strongest policies that you need to be aware of. If someone makes a legal threat, they are given an opportunity to recant the statement and (unless the statement is recanted) blocked. WP:NLT is about two huge issues: one concerning the Foundation and one concerning the encyclopedia. The first, and most important, is that continued interaction with someone who actually is pursuing legal channels against the Foundation is legally tricky and, well, without the WMF, there'd be no en.wikipedia. The second, and much more relevant to your work or mine, is that legal threats are far, far more likely to simply be an attempt to strong-arm on POV over another. It threatens the virtues of discussion, consensus, and the idea that we can all work together. All-over, I hope that my Oppose and this paragraph (that, I assure you, I did not intend to turn into a tl;dr tome) just serve to remind you that edititng on Wikipedia (and RfA and using the mop) are all open-book tests. If you are unsure the exact way to deal with an issue, it's easy enough to look at the relevant Poli-line and look at how the community wants you to handle it. You do good work, and I know you'll continue to do good work, better work. Show improvement, and I'm sure I won't be the only one who switches columns to Support. Cheers, Achowat ( talk) 18:39, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
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On 23 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now, Maya Angelou's first book of essays, has been called one of her "wisdom books"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 08:03, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
I've replied on my talk page to your comment. I wasn't sure if the page would be reverted so I kept it on my watchlist. Sure enough you reverted, and I don't mind. I also realize your recent RFA nomination didn't succeed. Don't worry, I've also had a couple of failed tries so you're in good company. :) – BuickCentury Driver 23:51, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
What happened to the lead? This version certainly isn't what the community voted as a featured list. I believe someone axed about 3Kb of the article in this edit. The Rambling Man ( talk) 15:22, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
I was wondering if there was a way for us to sort the principal human characters from the guest human characters. Rtkat3 ( User talk:Rtkat3) 1:09, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
I found this interesting blog entry about an unusual Sesame Street episode, and one man's (semi-)adult reactions to it. It's not even remotely encyclopedic, but I thought you might get a kick out of it. Against Big Bird, The Gods Themselves Contend In Vain. All the best,– Quadell ( talk) 11:59, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
If you are talking about the human characters, some of them had their bios up on the Muppet Wiki like Deena's caretaker Pearl. I have noticed that some of the Muppet characters either listed or deleted upon reverting don't have their bios up on the official Sesame Street website. I noticed one of the human characters doesn't have any bio info where I added what I knew. I just recently added a link to Fluffy's page on the official Sesame Street website. By the way, I'm thinking you might be right about sorting the regular characters from the guest characters yet we still have to let people know about anyone that was associated with the "Around the Corner" expansion in the 90's. What do you think? Rtkat3 ( talk) 4:14, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
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I've finished the PR at Wikipedia:Peer review/Maya Angelou/archive1. Great article! Thanks for taking the time to improve WP. -- Noleander ( talk) 15:09, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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On 17 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Themes in Maya Angelou's autobiographies, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Maya Angelou uses themes in her autobiographies to connect all six of them organically, beginning in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Themes in Maya Angelou's autobiographies.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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The review now appears done. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 04:42, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
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I've move the comments from my talk page to Talk:The Wiggles#Capitalisation of references. Your response (on the article talk page, please) to my objection would be appreciated. Mitch Ames ( talk) 03:19, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
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I, Sarah, hereby award you, Figureskatingfan, the Original Barnstar for your excellent contributions related to children's subjects such as The Wiggles. Your work has been inspiring for me, and your positive attitude towards the challenges and tribulations of editing has not gone unnoticed. Thank you for your contributions - they are imperative to making Wikipedia the encompassing educational space that it is. Sarah ( talk) 19:55, 8 June 2012 (UTC) |
Thanks, Sarah! What an honor, coming from you!
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Ionutzmovie ( talk) 17:21, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
I heard on the news that Judy Freudberg has died, she was a writer for Sesame Street. I'm thinking about doing an expansion of her article. I thought of you! Sarah ( talk) 17:47, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
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First off, I wanted to say thank you for the peer-review. Second, I made the changes you suggested. I just wanted to make sure I understood your ideas for improvement. Cheers!-- Gen. Quon (Talk)02:50, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
You guys sound like you have good tastes! I'm currently starting season 7 of Smallville and love it. I want to work a bit on those pages one of these days too. As for Buffy, I think you'll like it. It's got the feel of The X-Files with more humor and some great characters.-- Gen. Quon (Talk) 00:40, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
I have reviewed Format of Sesame Street, an article you nominated to become a GA. Cheers, Statυs ( talk) 13:57, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, i remembered a while back, you were interested in improving the articles about the muppets. It was my intention to start working on the articles months ago, but i wasn't able to find time (life, right?). I just wanted to let you know that i will be working on the Muppet related articles to improve and add to them. Some of the articles that i decided to start with are
Annie Sue (Muppet)
Beauregard (Muppet)
Bobo the Bear
Johnny Fiama
Foo-Foo
Yolanda the Rat
Mildred Huxtetter
Mr. Poodlepants
Pops (Muppet)
I was wondering if you kew any good sources I could use to find out more information about these characters. Please let me know if you have any suggestions, or want to hale me with this. thank you.
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Hope this helps! I can keep an eye on these articles if you want. Let me know how else I can help. Christine (Figureskatingfan)( talk) 20:08, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for all the help. It's funny i have all those books and have been waiting to read them. Thanks, again.
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I was wondering where this review stood. Your last comment is from a month ago, and there was a response eight days later. Since then, nothing in the review, and there haven't been any significant edits made to the article in well over a year. Can you please take another look? One way or another, something needs to happen. Thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 22:33, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
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Yngvadottir ( talk) 08:02, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey. I'm usually not one to do this, but would you be able to review Mercedes McQueen at GAN? I ask you since not only is it the longest-waiting GAN possibly ever, but since you reviewed the previous article nominated by the user so I imagine you would know what to look for. If you can't that's fine, just thought I'd ask. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 18:05, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Just thought I'll drop by and ask how's it going with your editing. Best regards. Wifione Message 20:11, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hi. I thought Leon's review at FAC was very helpful, but I didn't agree with one of Leon's comments, as I set out here. Do you know if any of the sources make the particular point at issue? hamiltonstone ( talk) 07:38, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Congratulations for driving Maya Angelou to FA status! I wanted to dig in and review it further but I never found the time. At the FAC I showed my disappointment about not having more visibility about Angelou's singing career because I truly like the Miss Calypso album. My dad owned the LP when I was born and I bought a CD of it in the 1990s. Angelou is pretty good; she even wrote some of the songs on it. Other people have ridiculed the album, or said it was an indication of how she was being used by the record industry, but that is not my stance. Binksternet ( talk) 17:31, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for your quality work on Maya Angelou, her background, her works, the themes in her autobiographies, "The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough." - you are an awesome Wikipedian! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:35, 30 July 2012 (UTC) |
For your hard work on the Maya Angelou article. :)
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Christine - I am happy to award you the Mind the Gap Award for your amazing contributions on subjects related to women's history and culture, such as Maya Angelou, and your further contributions to things related to childhood and parenting - amazing children's programming! Thank you so much for being a double whammy - a woman editing about subjects of interest to women. Thank you for your continued contributions to making Wikipedia the inclusive and amazing resource it is. SarahStierch ( talk) 18:26, 1 August 2012 (UTC) |
Hey Christine! I'd love your input on the project I am in the process of starting. If you have time to take a look, especially at the questions on the talk page, that'd be fabulous. Thank you! SarahStierch ( talk) 21:50, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
Congrats on your new FL. Sorry I didn't get back to you, guess I forgot to watchlist it :-( Way to go with the main article too, btw. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:00, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I hope you are well, I have finaly tracked down where a copy might be located. IBA sent the stuff to a uni, I shall enquire and report back with further details. -- Crazyseiko ( talk) 21:04, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hey there Figureskatingfan, I noticed you've listed yourself as a volunteer at the dispute resolution noticeboard but you haven't been very active there lately - I was hoping if you had some spare time if you could take a look there and offer some assistance. Thanks again for your help :-) Steven Zhang Help resolve disputes! 11:27, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
I have read your message. Unfortunately for those whose references linked to that website, the official Sesame Street website doesn't have bio pages for them despite the fact that the official Sesame Street website had released a YouTube video of Chicago the Lion having the jungle "brought to him" by Zap Mama. Rtkat3 ( talk) 5:29, August 30 2012 (UTC)
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Talk:Monty Hall problem#Conditional or Simple solutions for the Monty Hall problem?
This dispute has been going on for over ten years and there have been over 1,300,000 words posted on the article talk page (by comparison, all of the Harry Potter books together total 1,084,170 words). Over the years the dispute has been through multiple noticeboards, mediators, and even the Arbitration Committee without resolving the conflict, so a lot of wisdom is needed here. -- Guy Macon ( talk) 00:44, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
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I wast told by Ruby2010 on Grapple's talk page that you may be interested in reviewing Dostoyevsky. The article is currently on GAN and a team review may be reasonable, according to Crisco. Regards.-- Kürbis ( ✔) 13:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
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SarahStierch ( talk) 22:16, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
I haven't been checking regularly lately, but I had seen a message that said you wanted to delay a little bit. If you're ready, I'll start work on the nomination statement and get it ready for next week. I think you'd be an excellent addition to the admin corps. And I'm very sorry for disappearing. Karanacs ( talk) 19:10, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
You have an unstarted RfA. Would you like me to start it for you? It seem everything is set and ready to put out there.— cyberpower ( Talk to Me)( Contributions) 10:39, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
— cyberpower ( Talk to Me)( Contributions) 20:44, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
First of all, I intend to support your RFA. Anyway, this is just an idea as your signature is being discussed, and as it's early days it might be overlooked in general anyway, but although there would be a couple of small obstacles to overcome, it's not impossible that you could obtain User:Christine. As I say, just an idea for your consideration. WilliamH ( talk) 22:10, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Howdy. I was reading your rfa, and saw Wifione's oppose. This revert was mentioned. In that revert, it appears that the spelling of only 2 words were changed. Just to clarify, you thought that you were fixing vandalism?-- Rockfang ( talk) 07:22, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Re [1]. Pending Changes. Reviewing. Banning IPs will never happen, I don't think, nor should it really need to. Anyway, why I really came here was to wish you the best for the rest of your RFA. I don't like to do what I did there, but it's something I can never stand to see - new or existing editors being upset by incorrect implications of maliciousness, intentionally or not. Your contributions are awesome, and my little girl (8) thinks Sam got a rough deal, too. See you around. Begoon talk 06:47, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
I am sorry for how it's turned out. I don't know how you'll take this note; but just wanted to mention out here that I'm sorry for what's going on at the RfA. Regards. Wifione Message 13:52, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
I'd just like to echo the statements above. I am personally sorry for what took place, and accept some blame myself. The reason I pointed out the WP:POINT!vote was because I think you will be a good Admin one day and I wanted your RfA to get a fair shake. My reasons for oppose (again, a very very weak oppose) was only the issue concerning WP:NLT. I know you commented on it, but unfortunately the whole discussion went to hell before I could respond. There are very few "bright line" policies on Wikipedia, at least the way I think about it. WP:Ignore all rules, IMO, means "Ignore all rules except WP:NLT, WP:BLP, and WP:3RR". As the admin that you are, frankly, destined to be, these are the strongest policies that you need to be aware of. If someone makes a legal threat, they are given an opportunity to recant the statement and (unless the statement is recanted) blocked. WP:NLT is about two huge issues: one concerning the Foundation and one concerning the encyclopedia. The first, and most important, is that continued interaction with someone who actually is pursuing legal channels against the Foundation is legally tricky and, well, without the WMF, there'd be no en.wikipedia. The second, and much more relevant to your work or mine, is that legal threats are far, far more likely to simply be an attempt to strong-arm on POV over another. It threatens the virtues of discussion, consensus, and the idea that we can all work together. All-over, I hope that my Oppose and this paragraph (that, I assure you, I did not intend to turn into a tl;dr tome) just serve to remind you that edititng on Wikipedia (and RfA and using the mop) are all open-book tests. If you are unsure the exact way to deal with an issue, it's easy enough to look at the relevant Poli-line and look at how the community wants you to handle it. You do good work, and I know you'll continue to do good work, better work. Show improvement, and I'm sure I won't be the only one who switches columns to Support. Cheers, Achowat ( talk) 18:39, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
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I've replied on my talk page to your comment. I wasn't sure if the page would be reverted so I kept it on my watchlist. Sure enough you reverted, and I don't mind. I also realize your recent RFA nomination didn't succeed. Don't worry, I've also had a couple of failed tries so you're in good company. :) – BuickCentury Driver 23:51, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
What happened to the lead? This version certainly isn't what the community voted as a featured list. I believe someone axed about 3Kb of the article in this edit. The Rambling Man ( talk) 15:22, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
I was wondering if there was a way for us to sort the principal human characters from the guest human characters. Rtkat3 ( User talk:Rtkat3) 1:09, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
I found this interesting blog entry about an unusual Sesame Street episode, and one man's (semi-)adult reactions to it. It's not even remotely encyclopedic, but I thought you might get a kick out of it. Against Big Bird, The Gods Themselves Contend In Vain. All the best,– Quadell ( talk) 11:59, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
If you are talking about the human characters, some of them had their bios up on the Muppet Wiki like Deena's caretaker Pearl. I have noticed that some of the Muppet characters either listed or deleted upon reverting don't have their bios up on the official Sesame Street website. I noticed one of the human characters doesn't have any bio info where I added what I knew. I just recently added a link to Fluffy's page on the official Sesame Street website. By the way, I'm thinking you might be right about sorting the regular characters from the guest characters yet we still have to let people know about anyone that was associated with the "Around the Corner" expansion in the 90's. What do you think? Rtkat3 ( talk) 4:14, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
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I've finished the PR at Wikipedia:Peer review/Maya Angelou/archive1. Great article! Thanks for taking the time to improve WP. -- Noleander ( talk) 15:09, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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On 17 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Themes in Maya Angelou's autobiographies, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Maya Angelou uses themes in her autobiographies to connect all six of them organically, beginning in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Themes in Maya Angelou's autobiographies.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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The review now appears done. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 04:42, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
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I've move the comments from my talk page to Talk:The Wiggles#Capitalisation of references. Your response (on the article talk page, please) to my objection would be appreciated. Mitch Ames ( talk) 03:19, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
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I, Sarah, hereby award you, Figureskatingfan, the Original Barnstar for your excellent contributions related to children's subjects such as The Wiggles. Your work has been inspiring for me, and your positive attitude towards the challenges and tribulations of editing has not gone unnoticed. Thank you for your contributions - they are imperative to making Wikipedia the encompassing educational space that it is. Sarah ( talk) 19:55, 8 June 2012 (UTC) |
Thanks, Sarah! What an honor, coming from you!
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Ionutzmovie ( talk) 17:21, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
I heard on the news that Judy Freudberg has died, she was a writer for Sesame Street. I'm thinking about doing an expansion of her article. I thought of you! Sarah ( talk) 17:47, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
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First off, I wanted to say thank you for the peer-review. Second, I made the changes you suggested. I just wanted to make sure I understood your ideas for improvement. Cheers!-- Gen. Quon (Talk)02:50, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
You guys sound like you have good tastes! I'm currently starting season 7 of Smallville and love it. I want to work a bit on those pages one of these days too. As for Buffy, I think you'll like it. It's got the feel of The X-Files with more humor and some great characters.-- Gen. Quon (Talk) 00:40, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
I have reviewed Format of Sesame Street, an article you nominated to become a GA. Cheers, Statυs ( talk) 13:57, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, i remembered a while back, you were interested in improving the articles about the muppets. It was my intention to start working on the articles months ago, but i wasn't able to find time (life, right?). I just wanted to let you know that i will be working on the Muppet related articles to improve and add to them. Some of the articles that i decided to start with are
Annie Sue (Muppet)
Beauregard (Muppet)
Bobo the Bear
Johnny Fiama
Foo-Foo
Yolanda the Rat
Mildred Huxtetter
Mr. Poodlepants
Pops (Muppet)
I was wondering if you kew any good sources I could use to find out more information about these characters. Please let me know if you have any suggestions, or want to hale me with this. thank you.
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Hope this helps! I can keep an eye on these articles if you want. Let me know how else I can help. Christine (Figureskatingfan)( talk) 20:08, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for all the help. It's funny i have all those books and have been waiting to read them. Thanks, again.
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I was wondering where this review stood. Your last comment is from a month ago, and there was a response eight days later. Since then, nothing in the review, and there haven't been any significant edits made to the article in well over a year. Can you please take another look? One way or another, something needs to happen. Thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 22:33, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
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Yngvadottir ( talk) 08:02, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey. I'm usually not one to do this, but would you be able to review Mercedes McQueen at GAN? I ask you since not only is it the longest-waiting GAN possibly ever, but since you reviewed the previous article nominated by the user so I imagine you would know what to look for. If you can't that's fine, just thought I'd ask. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 18:05, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Just thought I'll drop by and ask how's it going with your editing. Best regards. Wifione Message 20:11, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hi. I thought Leon's review at FAC was very helpful, but I didn't agree with one of Leon's comments, as I set out here. Do you know if any of the sources make the particular point at issue? hamiltonstone ( talk) 07:38, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Congratulations for driving Maya Angelou to FA status! I wanted to dig in and review it further but I never found the time. At the FAC I showed my disappointment about not having more visibility about Angelou's singing career because I truly like the Miss Calypso album. My dad owned the LP when I was born and I bought a CD of it in the 1990s. Angelou is pretty good; she even wrote some of the songs on it. Other people have ridiculed the album, or said it was an indication of how she was being used by the record industry, but that is not my stance. Binksternet ( talk) 17:31, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for your quality work on Maya Angelou, her background, her works, the themes in her autobiographies, "The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough." - you are an awesome Wikipedian! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:35, 30 July 2012 (UTC) |
For your hard work on the Maya Angelou article. :)
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Christine - I am happy to award you the Mind the Gap Award for your amazing contributions on subjects related to women's history and culture, such as Maya Angelou, and your further contributions to things related to childhood and parenting - amazing children's programming! Thank you so much for being a double whammy - a woman editing about subjects of interest to women. Thank you for your continued contributions to making Wikipedia the inclusive and amazing resource it is. SarahStierch ( talk) 18:26, 1 August 2012 (UTC) |
Hey Christine! I'd love your input on the project I am in the process of starting. If you have time to take a look, especially at the questions on the talk page, that'd be fabulous. Thank you! SarahStierch ( talk) 21:50, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
Congrats on your new FL. Sorry I didn't get back to you, guess I forgot to watchlist it :-( Way to go with the main article too, btw. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:00, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I hope you are well, I have finaly tracked down where a copy might be located. IBA sent the stuff to a uni, I shall enquire and report back with further details. -- Crazyseiko ( talk) 21:04, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hey there Figureskatingfan, I noticed you've listed yourself as a volunteer at the dispute resolution noticeboard but you haven't been very active there lately - I was hoping if you had some spare time if you could take a look there and offer some assistance. Thanks again for your help :-) Steven Zhang Help resolve disputes! 11:27, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
I have read your message. Unfortunately for those whose references linked to that website, the official Sesame Street website doesn't have bio pages for them despite the fact that the official Sesame Street website had released a YouTube video of Chicago the Lion having the jungle "brought to him" by Zap Mama. Rtkat3 ( talk) 5:29, August 30 2012 (UTC)
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Talk:Monty Hall problem#Conditional or Simple solutions for the Monty Hall problem?
This dispute has been going on for over ten years and there have been over 1,300,000 words posted on the article talk page (by comparison, all of the Harry Potter books together total 1,084,170 words). Over the years the dispute has been through multiple noticeboards, mediators, and even the Arbitration Committee without resolving the conflict, so a lot of wisdom is needed here. -- Guy Macon ( talk) 00:44, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
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I wast told by Ruby2010 on Grapple's talk page that you may be interested in reviewing Dostoyevsky. The article is currently on GAN and a team review may be reasonable, according to Crisco. Regards.-- Kürbis ( ✔) 13:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
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