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I have copied your comment about BLPs from Jimbo's talk page to mine. If you have a problem with this, just delete it, or let me know and I will delete it. (And as an aside: your instructions above the Edit box are way too long. With the best faith one can imagine, I got to the third line and thought: I'll take my chances; the worst Sceptre can do is revert. :-) Thanks for an excellent statement of the problem. Bielle ( talk) 20:29, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
That's a really quite offensive thing to say and given that its in an edit summary it cannot even be struck out. Good to know what your prejudicies are though. Tiamut talk 22:59, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, I think it's very nearly FA-ready right now. I did want to check a few other books and sources to see if anything else could be added, and I also wanted to put it up for a peer review, as I've had a few recent FACs fail due to prose reasons, even though I had previously gotten good feedback on the writing. I've been meaning to get around to this, but I've been distracted by the WP:Wikicup, and sort of been concentrating on finishing up the season 1 featured topic, which is so nearly ready. Another problem is a new rule only allows nominators to have one FAC at a time, and I currently have one out. Maybe I should list it for a peer review now and then push Big Gay's Al to FAC when it's done? — Hun ter Ka hn 16:15, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
Much appreciated. Thanks. DGG ( talk ) 21:00, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
I apologise for anything that may have been construed as a personal attack.-- Kudpung ( talk) 21:27, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
With due respect, your recent edits are badly motivated emotional overreaction to a topic you hate. I can understand this (having been mightly frustrated by an article on failed religious predictions recently), but you've crossed the line. You removed an entire section claiming it was unsourced when it was plainly sourced. You removed another section because its fucking stupid to talk about divine intervention in this day and age. These edits are damn near vandalism and will serve no purpose for you.
Please consider calming down and editing the article in a constructive manner. Remove (or, better, tag and later remove) individual unsourced claims. Discuss notability of various other claims. Trim the article to a sensible size, but don't try to singlehandedly delete (via redirect) an article that has recently passed AfD. Phiwum ( talk) 16:46, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed you have the fourth series of Doctor Who to become a featured list on the agenda, I thought I'd help out a little concerning " The Sontaran Stratagem", namely I have explanded the lead and reception. It could to with a little more work and copy-edis here and there, but I was just if your willing for you and me to co-nominate it for GA together anytime soon. Thanks. -- Matthew R Dunn ( talk) 16:14, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
You recently participated in a discussion here. This issue has been raised again here, where you may wish to comment. Best regards, – xeno talk 15:26, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi Sceptre, this is in regard to the ANI subthread you started. A new template was created last night for use on complaints that are outside of ANI scope but not suitable for a simple "moved discussion" flag. Sometimes a more nuanced approach is needed.
In this instance the deleting administrator wasn't willing to reverse himself, but it would be wheel warring for another administrator to intervene unless a valid consensus formed. A valid consensus over image deletion could form at DRV but not at ANI.
Your point is well taken about the undesirability of inverting the consensus burden through out of process administrative action. After you restarted the ANI subthread, another editor raised a similar point within the DRV in an articulate way. DRV has dealt with out of process deletions before; any experienced DRV closer understands the distinction and should take that into account.
This will probably get resolved within the DRV itself. If not, the Village Pump and admin conduct RfC are alternatives (you've been around long enough to know this). I did my best to express that succinctly in the thread closure note. If you can suggest a better way to craft this new template so it handles this sort of situation better, please advise. Durova 412 20:00, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
Hello, Sceptre! Just reminding you that you are listed as a member of the Random Picture of the Day! It would be great if you could add a picture or too! Put the template on your user page with {{User:Presidentman/potd/template}}, and encourage other users to add pictures. You can also put our userbox on your userpage using: {{User:Presidentman/Ubx/RPOTD}}. Hopefully you'll help out! Talk to you later, Presidentman ( talk) Random Picture of the Day 21:56, 25 March 2010 (UTC) - Talk to you later, Presidentman ( talk) Random Picture of the Day 21:56, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
We are a group working on this article as part of a coursework assignment to improve a wiki page designated as poor by our lecturer . We edited it recently on 22/03/2010 under the IP address 130.159.17.136. Recently the article was reverted to its original form by yourself. The problem seemed to be related to verifiability issues in the referencing. We are not disputing this, but as we are not experienced Wikipedia users, we would appreciate any feedback on both our version of the page and previous edit. What do you think could be done to improve the quality of the article? 130.159.17.136 ( talk) 10:42, 29 March 2010 (UTC)uery
Hi Sceptre! You commented at the FAR for Dalek (located here), early on in the FAR process. The review has since moved to the FARC section, where editors enter keep/delist declarations. Your opinion and any further comments you have on the article would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance! Dana boomer ( talk) 21:52, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
I was confused. I did not mean to revert out your changes. -- PBS ( talk) 22:34, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
Forgive me for replying to your article talk comments here, but this sort of rant isn't appropriate for article talk. Don't waste your time arguing with these people, Sceptre. Rich Republicans have been hoodwinking poor Republicans into doing their bidding for decades, with the latter group being too stupid to realize it. The Republican way is to make the rich richer by making the poor poorer. Republicans destroyed the economy with financial deregulation, massive spending and tax cuts for the rich. I would describe myself as a "fiscal conservative", but I don't recognize anything about the GOP that says "fiscal responsibility" to me. Now these rich Republicans are using the poor Republicans to attack Obama and the Democratic Congress by getting them to whine about a gigantic national debt they themselves created. They are being fed revisionist claptrap and outright lies by FOX News (essentially GOP TV) and they're buying it because they haven't made the effort to learn the truth. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has finally halted the Republican Recession and paved the way for future growth. The health care bill, despite it being crippled by a foolish attempt to appeal to Republican lawmakers, is deficit neutral rather than an example of "uncontrolled spending". But the Republican sheeple will never accept this reality if all they do is sit in front of the TV, in their gun-rack-equipped Lay-Z-Boys, watching Glenn Beck and those other gibbering idiots. -- Scjessey ( talk) 15:46, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
Hello again Sceptre! I know that you said at the beginning of the Dalek FAR ( Wikipedia:Featured article review/Dalek/archive2) that you did not have the time to work on improving the article. Josiah has done quite a bit of work on it in the meantime, but has RL concerns that prevent him from finishing the improvements that are needed. Would you or other project members have the time to finish the work? Otherwise, it looks like the article may be delisted, as multiple editors have entered delist declarations and the article has been at FAR/FARC for quite a while. It would be great to see the last bit of work finished and the article kept, which is why I'm giving you another ping! Dana boomer ( talk) 00:36, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
--Apologies for the delay, I missed the posting with later edits to the template. If you think I've missed someone, feel free to template them (templates here!) Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:06, 17 April 2010 (UTC)"It is always sad to forget a friend. Not everyone has had a friend."
Hello, Sceptre/Will. It's been quite a while, over three years, in fact, and yet I have never quite forgotten anyone from Wikipedia... how are you? ♥ Fr edil 18:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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Kudos for trying to engage with a difficult IP editor, but please don't encourage it. [1] If someone decides to edit war a fringe theory while calling the regular editors partisans, etc., there's not much likelihood of it turning out well. Per WP:DENY you're encouraging edit warring if, after 8-9 tries, they finally get their way posting this. Best, - Wikidemon ( talk) 00:34, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
Q1: Why isn't Barack Obama's Muslim heritage or education included in this article?
A1: Barack Obama was never a practitioner of the Muslim faith. His biological father having been "raised as a Muslim" but being a "confirmed atheist" by the time Obama was born is mentioned in the article. Please see this article on Snopes.com for a fairly in-depth debunking of the myth that Obama is Muslim. Barack Obama did not attend an Islamic or Muslim school while living in Indonesia age 6-10, but Roman Catholic and secular public schools. See [2], [3], [4] The sub-article Public image of Barack Obama addresses this issue.
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I can't get proper alignment for Template:Infobox ice hockey game for "previous" and "next". For ex., 2000 IIHF World Championship Final, the "<-1999" should be at the far left of the infobox, not the middle. Can you help? thanks. Slaja ( talk) 01:17, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Heya, yes sorry, it was a hectic last term for me in particular. Ended up taking some medical leave. Anyway, I'll try a hand at the Reception section I promise but I do find those hard. I've never written one for a person before -- to what extent can I comment on his works' reception, or should I limit that to where said reception praises him? The key TV episodes that come to mind would be Queer as Folk's premiere, "Rose", "Doomsday", then skipping everything until "Midnight" (for its play-like qualities), "Turn Left" (for being, well, good) and then "The Stolen Earth", Children of Earth and MAYBE The End of Time. Perhaps mentions of the Slitheen episodes, Torchwood season one and "Love & Monsters" if I can find negative criticisms. And what about the fan hatred? The closest I [could, potentially] find would be that godawful Save Ianto Jones controversy thing. Uh, the synthesis bit would be hard.
I'm touched you should come to me but I've yet to successfully get an FA all by myself. I'm OK at whipping fictional character articles up from in-universe lists and dregs to barely acceptable things, but hell, I'm still waiting on them to give Imperial Bedrooms a bloody GA. So, anyway, I'll give it a go in the day; it's 4.30AM and for no reason at all I have yet to sleep.~ Zythe Talk to me! 03:34, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
Having an article means it is notable, it doesn't mean it is reliable. Those are two different concepts. A source being reliable means that other sources regarded as reliable often cite it as a source of information and as an authority in the field (not simply talking about it), sources need to say stuff like "According to Gallifrey Base...".Have reliable sources done that?-- Crossmr ( talk) 05:23, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Don't take the oppose too hard, if you go through the other FACs there are plenty of Neutral and Oppose that have been stricken, most articles change through the FA process as do most of the assessments. Placing the oppose means the default status is set and if something changes, then so too can the assessment Fasach Nua ( talk) 15:16, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Just wanted to stop by and thank you for the barnstar. I appreciate it :) EricLeb01 ( Page | Talk) 22:00, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
Would you be so kind as to hold off on the AWB run until this is settled properly? Thanks. -- SarekOfVulcan ( talk) 16:49, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
I've been bold. I hope you don't mind. (If you do mind, then please take up the matter on my own user talk page, rather than on that talk page.) -- Hoary ( talk) 04:13, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
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Greetings! I saw your name listed at the UPDC help page. I'm working on my user page and I need some help. I'd appreciate if you can have a look at User:Orionist/Style, which is a draft for my main user page. All I need is to make a floating sidebar to the right for userboxes, something I failed to do miserably with my meager HTML knowledge . Please have a look if you have the time, if you don't, I'd appreciate if you can guide me to someone who can help. Either way I'm grateful. Thanks in advance! regards, -- Orionist ★ talk 04:24, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks very much - that means a lot to me. It's felt at times like I've been ploughing a rather lonely furrow, so it's nice to know that there are others who who disagree with Jimbo's stance on this issue. -- ChrisO ( talk) 07:23, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
I was just reuploading the previous version of File:Samesex marriage in USA.svg as well, I guess it's redundant now :/ Btw why is your Commons userpage so mean spirited? Hekerui ( talk) 20:13, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Will. I could really use your copy-editing skills on the above article. I've spent the past month or so improving it from nothing more than a stub really but I can't see the wood through the trees with it now, I've looked at it that many times. I know its a complete mess in places, but wherever you could help tweaking and checking for MOS compliance would be much appreciated. Tom ( talk) 09:19, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
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I wasn't trying to give you too hard of a time. I think we agree for the most part actually. Would you mind taking a look at Wikipedia:Video links and letting me know if it is not worded strongly enough? No problem if you don't have the time but thanks if you do. Cptnono ( talk) 05:37, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
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Again with the false equivalences. I'm going to admit I took the bait, but seriously? There's no personal attack there. It's perfectly justifiable to call a spade a spade. Vexorg's views and actions are abhorrent, and to me, offensive, and I should not be sanctioned for making such comments on a page where vast leeway with behavioural policies is given. I mean, I quote Article 19 of the UNDHR on my userpage. I support the right of fascists to speak at my university. So when I call someone a Nazi? I'm not attacking them, I'm just making a salient observation. Sceptre ( talk) 06:15, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
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Just a comment about American law. One of your quotes in the RfC was, "We made no attempt to check the accuracy of the story before publication and did not contact Rockstar Games prior to publishing the story". This happens all the time and American Law almost encourages this type of behavior. (I could cite numerous other news papers/tv programs that have made similar disclaimers.) The reason why is simple. The news wants to get the stories out fast to ride the wave and catch people's attention. Thus, it is easier to trust another source than to verify it for oneself.
But it doesn't stop there, American libel/slander laws almost encourage that type of behavior! Let me explain, in order to prove libel/slander you have to prove two things. First, that the person libeled/slandered was hurt by the statement. If I say you are from Ohio, that won't hurt you. If, however, I call your prospective employer and say "Sceptre is a deadbeat dad who owes thousands in child support." That MIGHT hurt you if you could show that my statement was the reason that you didn't get the job. Which leads us to the second part of the law. In order to prove slander/libel, you have to show that I knew I was lying at the time I made the statement. E.G. if I am told by your ex-wife that you owed her thousands in child support, I might believe her and repeat the statement believing what she said was true--even if it wasn't. In this case, eventhough I cost you a job, I would not be guilty of slander/libel because at the time that I made the statement I BELIEVED the statement was true. The fact that it wasn't true doesn't matter, if I believed it was at the time I made the statement. This, carries over to the news media as well. If source X says something, many media sources will jump on what source X says as being reliable---even if it is questionable. If it later turns out to be untrue, they will point to source X and say "I am innocent, I trusted source X." Many news sources would rather jump on the story and report something that is untrue to get the scoop than to risk somebody else breaking the news. If the media source starts to do some investigation, they might not be able to confirm/deny the story, but might get enough info that they have to pull it. Thus, it is easier to trust source X than do their own due dilligence. This is true of Fox News (and recently bit them in the butt) and it is true of basically every other media outlet out there. It's why Americans are becoming disillusioned with our mainstream news programs and moving more towards alternative news sources.--- Balloonman NO! I'm Spartacus! 06:29, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
is now featured. Thanks for starting it and helping a bit in the process to FPO! — fetch · comms 01:54, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
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Hi. As you just participated in discussions on a closely related topic (also a current AfD re a Jewish list), which may raise some of the same issues, I'm simply mentioning that the following are currently ongoing: AfDs re lists of Jewish Nobel laureates, entertainers, inventors, actors, cartoonists, and heavy metal musicians. Best.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 09:18, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
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We're currently voting in the discussion - several people are trying to take out highly noteworthy and impeccably sourced material that you said should be included, and your input would be really valued. David r from meth productions ( talk) 23:56, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Will, I have a favour to ask you. I was looking at the page on the Time War, and it references a video at the BBC website (here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/S0_09?episode=S0_09&character=&action=videostream&playlist=/doctorwho/playlists/s0_09/video/s0_10_sce_01.xml&video=1&date=&summary=&info=&info2=&info3=&tag_file_id=s0_10_scene_01). It has a video clip which is only accessible in the UK. Living in the US, this is highly inconvenient for me. Is there any way you can save that video on your computer and email it to me? Or something? (Btw I'm contacting you because you're the most recent editor of the Doctor Who WP whom I could find lives in the UK). Thanks for anything you can do, and happy new year! carl bunderson (talk) (contributions) 05:35, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
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Could you please email me? I have some things I need to ask you but it involves giving out personal information which I'd rather not do on-wiki. Thanks for your sign up and hope to hear from you soon! Panyd The muffin is not subtle 13:32, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing that. Simply south.... .. 10:58, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
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This was a nice bit of copyediting, but you've lost that reference and the revealing quote that goes with it. Was that an accident? -- Dweller ( talk) 14:09, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, I think that in the CTB page, since refs are not allowed, we should stick to the facts, the article CTB v News Group Newspapers clearly lays out how the name was found out. VER Tott 10:21, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
In case you weren't aware, there is a proposal to give featured lists their own slot on the main page. As you were the original FL nominator of List of Doctor Who serials, I just thought I'd let you know that the list has been nominated to potentially go on the main page in future, at Wikipedia:Today's featured list/submissions. Regards, — W F C— 21:04, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Sceptre. Just to let you know there is a Wikimedia meetup being planned in York for Tuesday. — Tom Morris ( talk) 17:01, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
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" Doomsday" is the thirteenth and final episode in the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on 8 July 2006 and is the conclusion of a two-part story; the first part, " Army of Ghosts", was broadcast on 1 July 2006. The two-part story features the Daleks, presumed extinct after the events of the 2005 series' finale; and the Cybermen, who appeared in " Rise of the Cybermen" and " The Age of Steel". Both species unexpectedly arrived on Earth at the conclusion of "Army of Ghosts". The plot consists mostly of the Daleks and Cybermen waging a global war with humanity caught in the crossfire. The Doctor and his companions fight for their lives trying to revert the situation. The episode was filmed in December 2005 and January 2006. One of the most popular Doctor Who episodes since the show's revival, "Doomsday" is favoured by critics for both the Cybermen–Dalek conflict and the farewell scene between the Doctor and his companion, Rose Tyler. ( more...)
Fuck, has it been five years since that episode? I can make a few tweaks to the referencing before it goes live on Friday. Sceptre ( talk) 01:39, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
A minor tea before you go to sleep! ;) The Helpful One 22:41, 6 July 2011 (UTC) |
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Thank you very much for the barnstar! When I clicked on your userpage, I was astonished to be visiting one of the best I've seen on Wikipedia. Nice work! BTW, I've modeled some of my Fringe articles on your own excellent Lost articles! I'm happy to finally meet their author. :) Ruby2010 comment! 20:59, 8 July 2011 (UTC) |
Hello, I think I was talking to you about the (possible) image on " Amy's Choice". While I'm still not sure if I'll even try to upload one, I was wondering if you could please check out the page and maybe give me some advice to boost it to GA. I know you've had a lot of experience. My main problem right now is that I'm not sure what to do about references in the "Continuity" section. I would also like to add more to the "Filming" section, but I'm not sure where to get the information. I mainly modeled the article after " The Curse of the Black Spot" and chose to work on it after finding an interview with the writer. I've also just found another review that I will hopefully add soon. I'm not in a hurry, so please don't feel like you have to reply right away. Just whenever you can fit it in. Thanks, Glimmer721 talk 01:58, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
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I have copied your comment about BLPs from Jimbo's talk page to mine. If you have a problem with this, just delete it, or let me know and I will delete it. (And as an aside: your instructions above the Edit box are way too long. With the best faith one can imagine, I got to the third line and thought: I'll take my chances; the worst Sceptre can do is revert. :-) Thanks for an excellent statement of the problem. Bielle ( talk) 20:29, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
That's a really quite offensive thing to say and given that its in an edit summary it cannot even be struck out. Good to know what your prejudicies are though. Tiamut talk 22:59, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, I think it's very nearly FA-ready right now. I did want to check a few other books and sources to see if anything else could be added, and I also wanted to put it up for a peer review, as I've had a few recent FACs fail due to prose reasons, even though I had previously gotten good feedback on the writing. I've been meaning to get around to this, but I've been distracted by the WP:Wikicup, and sort of been concentrating on finishing up the season 1 featured topic, which is so nearly ready. Another problem is a new rule only allows nominators to have one FAC at a time, and I currently have one out. Maybe I should list it for a peer review now and then push Big Gay's Al to FAC when it's done? — Hun ter Ka hn 16:15, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
Much appreciated. Thanks. DGG ( talk ) 21:00, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
I apologise for anything that may have been construed as a personal attack.-- Kudpung ( talk) 21:27, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
With due respect, your recent edits are badly motivated emotional overreaction to a topic you hate. I can understand this (having been mightly frustrated by an article on failed religious predictions recently), but you've crossed the line. You removed an entire section claiming it was unsourced when it was plainly sourced. You removed another section because its fucking stupid to talk about divine intervention in this day and age. These edits are damn near vandalism and will serve no purpose for you.
Please consider calming down and editing the article in a constructive manner. Remove (or, better, tag and later remove) individual unsourced claims. Discuss notability of various other claims. Trim the article to a sensible size, but don't try to singlehandedly delete (via redirect) an article that has recently passed AfD. Phiwum ( talk) 16:46, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed you have the fourth series of Doctor Who to become a featured list on the agenda, I thought I'd help out a little concerning " The Sontaran Stratagem", namely I have explanded the lead and reception. It could to with a little more work and copy-edis here and there, but I was just if your willing for you and me to co-nominate it for GA together anytime soon. Thanks. -- Matthew R Dunn ( talk) 16:14, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
You recently participated in a discussion here. This issue has been raised again here, where you may wish to comment. Best regards, – xeno talk 15:26, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi Sceptre, this is in regard to the ANI subthread you started. A new template was created last night for use on complaints that are outside of ANI scope but not suitable for a simple "moved discussion" flag. Sometimes a more nuanced approach is needed.
In this instance the deleting administrator wasn't willing to reverse himself, but it would be wheel warring for another administrator to intervene unless a valid consensus formed. A valid consensus over image deletion could form at DRV but not at ANI.
Your point is well taken about the undesirability of inverting the consensus burden through out of process administrative action. After you restarted the ANI subthread, another editor raised a similar point within the DRV in an articulate way. DRV has dealt with out of process deletions before; any experienced DRV closer understands the distinction and should take that into account.
This will probably get resolved within the DRV itself. If not, the Village Pump and admin conduct RfC are alternatives (you've been around long enough to know this). I did my best to express that succinctly in the thread closure note. If you can suggest a better way to craft this new template so it handles this sort of situation better, please advise. Durova 412 20:00, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
Hello, Sceptre! Just reminding you that you are listed as a member of the Random Picture of the Day! It would be great if you could add a picture or too! Put the template on your user page with {{User:Presidentman/potd/template}}, and encourage other users to add pictures. You can also put our userbox on your userpage using: {{User:Presidentman/Ubx/RPOTD}}. Hopefully you'll help out! Talk to you later, Presidentman ( talk) Random Picture of the Day 21:56, 25 March 2010 (UTC) - Talk to you later, Presidentman ( talk) Random Picture of the Day 21:56, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
We are a group working on this article as part of a coursework assignment to improve a wiki page designated as poor by our lecturer . We edited it recently on 22/03/2010 under the IP address 130.159.17.136. Recently the article was reverted to its original form by yourself. The problem seemed to be related to verifiability issues in the referencing. We are not disputing this, but as we are not experienced Wikipedia users, we would appreciate any feedback on both our version of the page and previous edit. What do you think could be done to improve the quality of the article? 130.159.17.136 ( talk) 10:42, 29 March 2010 (UTC)uery
Hi Sceptre! You commented at the FAR for Dalek (located here), early on in the FAR process. The review has since moved to the FARC section, where editors enter keep/delist declarations. Your opinion and any further comments you have on the article would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance! Dana boomer ( talk) 21:52, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
I was confused. I did not mean to revert out your changes. -- PBS ( talk) 22:34, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
Forgive me for replying to your article talk comments here, but this sort of rant isn't appropriate for article talk. Don't waste your time arguing with these people, Sceptre. Rich Republicans have been hoodwinking poor Republicans into doing their bidding for decades, with the latter group being too stupid to realize it. The Republican way is to make the rich richer by making the poor poorer. Republicans destroyed the economy with financial deregulation, massive spending and tax cuts for the rich. I would describe myself as a "fiscal conservative", but I don't recognize anything about the GOP that says "fiscal responsibility" to me. Now these rich Republicans are using the poor Republicans to attack Obama and the Democratic Congress by getting them to whine about a gigantic national debt they themselves created. They are being fed revisionist claptrap and outright lies by FOX News (essentially GOP TV) and they're buying it because they haven't made the effort to learn the truth. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has finally halted the Republican Recession and paved the way for future growth. The health care bill, despite it being crippled by a foolish attempt to appeal to Republican lawmakers, is deficit neutral rather than an example of "uncontrolled spending". But the Republican sheeple will never accept this reality if all they do is sit in front of the TV, in their gun-rack-equipped Lay-Z-Boys, watching Glenn Beck and those other gibbering idiots. -- Scjessey ( talk) 15:46, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
Hello again Sceptre! I know that you said at the beginning of the Dalek FAR ( Wikipedia:Featured article review/Dalek/archive2) that you did not have the time to work on improving the article. Josiah has done quite a bit of work on it in the meantime, but has RL concerns that prevent him from finishing the improvements that are needed. Would you or other project members have the time to finish the work? Otherwise, it looks like the article may be delisted, as multiple editors have entered delist declarations and the article has been at FAR/FARC for quite a while. It would be great to see the last bit of work finished and the article kept, which is why I'm giving you another ping! Dana boomer ( talk) 00:36, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
--Apologies for the delay, I missed the posting with later edits to the template. If you think I've missed someone, feel free to template them (templates here!) Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:06, 17 April 2010 (UTC)"It is always sad to forget a friend. Not everyone has had a friend."
Hello, Sceptre/Will. It's been quite a while, over three years, in fact, and yet I have never quite forgotten anyone from Wikipedia... how are you? ♥ Fr edil 18:55, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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Kudos for trying to engage with a difficult IP editor, but please don't encourage it. [1] If someone decides to edit war a fringe theory while calling the regular editors partisans, etc., there's not much likelihood of it turning out well. Per WP:DENY you're encouraging edit warring if, after 8-9 tries, they finally get their way posting this. Best, - Wikidemon ( talk) 00:34, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
Q1: Why isn't Barack Obama's Muslim heritage or education included in this article?
A1: Barack Obama was never a practitioner of the Muslim faith. His biological father having been "raised as a Muslim" but being a "confirmed atheist" by the time Obama was born is mentioned in the article. Please see this article on Snopes.com for a fairly in-depth debunking of the myth that Obama is Muslim. Barack Obama did not attend an Islamic or Muslim school while living in Indonesia age 6-10, but Roman Catholic and secular public schools. See [2], [3], [4] The sub-article Public image of Barack Obama addresses this issue.
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I can't get proper alignment for Template:Infobox ice hockey game for "previous" and "next". For ex., 2000 IIHF World Championship Final, the "<-1999" should be at the far left of the infobox, not the middle. Can you help? thanks. Slaja ( talk) 01:17, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Heya, yes sorry, it was a hectic last term for me in particular. Ended up taking some medical leave. Anyway, I'll try a hand at the Reception section I promise but I do find those hard. I've never written one for a person before -- to what extent can I comment on his works' reception, or should I limit that to where said reception praises him? The key TV episodes that come to mind would be Queer as Folk's premiere, "Rose", "Doomsday", then skipping everything until "Midnight" (for its play-like qualities), "Turn Left" (for being, well, good) and then "The Stolen Earth", Children of Earth and MAYBE The End of Time. Perhaps mentions of the Slitheen episodes, Torchwood season one and "Love & Monsters" if I can find negative criticisms. And what about the fan hatred? The closest I [could, potentially] find would be that godawful Save Ianto Jones controversy thing. Uh, the synthesis bit would be hard.
I'm touched you should come to me but I've yet to successfully get an FA all by myself. I'm OK at whipping fictional character articles up from in-universe lists and dregs to barely acceptable things, but hell, I'm still waiting on them to give Imperial Bedrooms a bloody GA. So, anyway, I'll give it a go in the day; it's 4.30AM and for no reason at all I have yet to sleep.~ Zythe Talk to me! 03:34, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
Having an article means it is notable, it doesn't mean it is reliable. Those are two different concepts. A source being reliable means that other sources regarded as reliable often cite it as a source of information and as an authority in the field (not simply talking about it), sources need to say stuff like "According to Gallifrey Base...".Have reliable sources done that?-- Crossmr ( talk) 05:23, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Don't take the oppose too hard, if you go through the other FACs there are plenty of Neutral and Oppose that have been stricken, most articles change through the FA process as do most of the assessments. Placing the oppose means the default status is set and if something changes, then so too can the assessment Fasach Nua ( talk) 15:16, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Just wanted to stop by and thank you for the barnstar. I appreciate it :) EricLeb01 ( Page | Talk) 22:00, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
Would you be so kind as to hold off on the AWB run until this is settled properly? Thanks. -- SarekOfVulcan ( talk) 16:49, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
I've been bold. I hope you don't mind. (If you do mind, then please take up the matter on my own user talk page, rather than on that talk page.) -- Hoary ( talk) 04:13, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
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Why doesn't the article describe it as far-right? Dougweller ( talk) 07:54, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
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Greetings! I saw your name listed at the UPDC help page. I'm working on my user page and I need some help. I'd appreciate if you can have a look at User:Orionist/Style, which is a draft for my main user page. All I need is to make a floating sidebar to the right for userboxes, something I failed to do miserably with my meager HTML knowledge . Please have a look if you have the time, if you don't, I'd appreciate if you can guide me to someone who can help. Either way I'm grateful. Thanks in advance! regards, -- Orionist ★ talk 04:24, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks very much - that means a lot to me. It's felt at times like I've been ploughing a rather lonely furrow, so it's nice to know that there are others who who disagree with Jimbo's stance on this issue. -- ChrisO ( talk) 07:23, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
I was just reuploading the previous version of File:Samesex marriage in USA.svg as well, I guess it's redundant now :/ Btw why is your Commons userpage so mean spirited? Hekerui ( talk) 20:13, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Will. I could really use your copy-editing skills on the above article. I've spent the past month or so improving it from nothing more than a stub really but I can't see the wood through the trees with it now, I've looked at it that many times. I know its a complete mess in places, but wherever you could help tweaking and checking for MOS compliance would be much appreciated. Tom ( talk) 09:19, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
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I wasn't trying to give you too hard of a time. I think we agree for the most part actually. Would you mind taking a look at Wikipedia:Video links and letting me know if it is not worded strongly enough? No problem if you don't have the time but thanks if you do. Cptnono ( talk) 05:37, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
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Again with the false equivalences. I'm going to admit I took the bait, but seriously? There's no personal attack there. It's perfectly justifiable to call a spade a spade. Vexorg's views and actions are abhorrent, and to me, offensive, and I should not be sanctioned for making such comments on a page where vast leeway with behavioural policies is given. I mean, I quote Article 19 of the UNDHR on my userpage. I support the right of fascists to speak at my university. So when I call someone a Nazi? I'm not attacking them, I'm just making a salient observation. Sceptre ( talk) 06:15, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
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Just a comment about American law. One of your quotes in the RfC was, "We made no attempt to check the accuracy of the story before publication and did not contact Rockstar Games prior to publishing the story". This happens all the time and American Law almost encourages this type of behavior. (I could cite numerous other news papers/tv programs that have made similar disclaimers.) The reason why is simple. The news wants to get the stories out fast to ride the wave and catch people's attention. Thus, it is easier to trust another source than to verify it for oneself.
But it doesn't stop there, American libel/slander laws almost encourage that type of behavior! Let me explain, in order to prove libel/slander you have to prove two things. First, that the person libeled/slandered was hurt by the statement. If I say you are from Ohio, that won't hurt you. If, however, I call your prospective employer and say "Sceptre is a deadbeat dad who owes thousands in child support." That MIGHT hurt you if you could show that my statement was the reason that you didn't get the job. Which leads us to the second part of the law. In order to prove slander/libel, you have to show that I knew I was lying at the time I made the statement. E.G. if I am told by your ex-wife that you owed her thousands in child support, I might believe her and repeat the statement believing what she said was true--even if it wasn't. In this case, eventhough I cost you a job, I would not be guilty of slander/libel because at the time that I made the statement I BELIEVED the statement was true. The fact that it wasn't true doesn't matter, if I believed it was at the time I made the statement. This, carries over to the news media as well. If source X says something, many media sources will jump on what source X says as being reliable---even if it is questionable. If it later turns out to be untrue, they will point to source X and say "I am innocent, I trusted source X." Many news sources would rather jump on the story and report something that is untrue to get the scoop than to risk somebody else breaking the news. If the media source starts to do some investigation, they might not be able to confirm/deny the story, but might get enough info that they have to pull it. Thus, it is easier to trust source X than do their own due dilligence. This is true of Fox News (and recently bit them in the butt) and it is true of basically every other media outlet out there. It's why Americans are becoming disillusioned with our mainstream news programs and moving more towards alternative news sources.--- Balloonman NO! I'm Spartacus! 06:29, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
is now featured. Thanks for starting it and helping a bit in the process to FPO! — fetch · comms 01:54, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi. As you recently commented in the straw poll regarding the ongoing usage and trial of Pending changes, this is to notify you that there is an interim straw poll with regard to keeping the tool switched on or switching it off while improvements are worked on and due for release on November 9, 2010. This new poll is only in regard to this issue and sets no precedent for any future usage. Your input on this issue is greatly appreciated. Off2riorob ( talk) 23:47, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors
Backlog Elimination Drive!
The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invites you to participate in the November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 November at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November at 23:59 (UTC). The goal for this drive is to reduce the backlog by 10% (approximately 500 articles). We hope to focus our efforts on the oldest three months (January, February, and March 2009) and the newest three months (September, October, and November 2010) of articles in the queue. Sign-up has already begun at the November drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page. Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style. Awards and barnstars A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants, some of which are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page. Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive! |
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Backlog Elimination Drive!
We have reached the midway point in our backlog elimination drive, so here is an update. Participation report — The November drive has 53 participants at this point. We had 77 participants in the September drive. In July, 95 people signed up for the drive, and in May we had 36. If you are not participating, it is not too late to join! Progress report — The drive is quite successful so far, as we have already almost reached our target of a 10% reduction in the number of articles in the backlog. We are doing very well at keeping our Requests page clear, as those articles count double for word count for this drive. Please keep in mind the possibility of removing other tags when you are finished with an article. If the article no longer needs {{ cleanup}}, {{ wikify}}, or other similar maintenance tags, please remove them, as this will make the tasks of other WikiProjects easier to complete. Thanks very much for participating in the Drive, and see you at the finish line!
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Elections are currently underway for our inaugural Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days: 00:01 UTC, Friday 1 December – 23:59 UTC, Tuesday 14 December. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. There are six candidates vying for four positions. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! Cast your vote today. |
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Hi. As you just participated in discussions on a closely related topic (also a current AfD re a Jewish list), which may raise some of the same issues, I'm simply mentioning that the following are currently ongoing: AfDs re lists of Jewish Nobel laureates, entertainers, inventors, actors, cartoonists, and heavy metal musicians. Best.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 09:18, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
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Backlog Elimination Drive!
We have reached the end of our fourth backlog elimination drive. Thanks to all who participated. Stats
Barnstars If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the September 2010 backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering these barnstars within the next couple of weeks. Our next drive is scheduled for January 2011. In the meantime, please consider helping out at the Wikification drive or any of the other places where help with backlogs is needed. Thank you for participating in the last 2010 backlog elimination drive! We look forward to seeing you in January! Your drive coordinators – The Utahraptor Talk to me/ Contributions, S Masters ( talk), and Diannaa ( Talk) |
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We're currently voting in the discussion - several people are trying to take out highly noteworthy and impeccably sourced material that you said should be included, and your input would be really valued. David r from meth productions ( talk) 23:56, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
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We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2010. Read all about these in the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report.
Get your copy of the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report here
On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. See you in 2011!
– Your Coordinators: S Masters (lead), Diannaa, The Utahraptor, and Tea with toast. |
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Hi Will, I have a favour to ask you. I was looking at the page on the Time War, and it references a video at the BBC website (here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/S0_09?episode=S0_09&character=&action=videostream&playlist=/doctorwho/playlists/s0_09/video/s0_10_sce_01.xml&video=1&date=&summary=&info=&info2=&info3=&tag_file_id=s0_10_scene_01). It has a video clip which is only accessible in the UK. Living in the US, this is highly inconvenient for me. Is there any way you can save that video on your computer and email it to me? Or something? (Btw I'm contacting you because you're the most recent editor of the Doctor Who WP whom I could find lives in the UK). Thanks for anything you can do, and happy new year! carl bunderson (talk) (contributions) 05:35, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 backlog elimination drive
Greetings from the
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January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! The drive is halfway over, so here are some mid-drive stats.
So far, 43 people have signed up for this drive. Of these, 25 have participated. If you signed up for the drive but haven't participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you haven't signed up for the drive yet, you can
sign up now.
We have eliminated two months from the backlog – January and February 2009. One of our goals is to eliminate as many months as possible from the 2009 backlog. Please help us reduce the size of this part of the backlog if you haven't already. Another goal is to reduce the entire backlog by 10%, or by 515 articles. Currently, we have eliminated 375 articles from the queue, so if each participant copy edits four more articles, we will reach that goal. Thank you for participating in the January 2011 drive. We anticipate it will be another big success! Your drive coordinators – S Masters ( talk), Diannaa ( Talk), The Utahraptor Talk to me, and Tea with toast ( Talk) |
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Hi! I saw your wonderful London collage. I was wondering if you would be able to make me one of those too. I would like to use a collage in one of the articles I'm working on. Here are the pictures ->
—Thank you. Novice7 | Talk 07:14, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 Backlog elimination drive
Greetings from the January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! We have reached the end of the month and the end of another successful drive; thanks to all who participated.
If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the November 2010 Backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering the barnstars within the next couple of weeks. Thank you for participating in this year's first Backlog elimination drive! We hope to see you in March. Your drive coordinators – S Masters ( talk), Diannaa ( talk), The Utahraptor ( talk), and Tea with toast ( talk) |
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Could you please email me? I have some things I need to ask you but it involves giving out personal information which I'd rather not do on-wiki. Thanks for your sign up and hope to hear from you soon! Panyd The muffin is not subtle 13:32, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing that. Simply south.... .. 10:58, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Happy Birthday, Sceptre, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a nice day! |
Hello, My name is Natalia Olaru and I am a final year master student in the Corporate Communication programme at the Aarhus School of Business in Denmark. I am currently working on my final paper on the topic of the motivation of users to create content on collaborative media websites, the focus being Wikipedia. As a sample I chose the English and Danish portals. I would like to invite you for an online interview on the topic of what motivates you, as a user, to participate in editing and creating articles for this platform. Your real identity, and wikipedia account will be kept confidential through the paper. I plan on doing the actual interviews in the period between 6st and the 15th of May via Skype, MSN, Google Talk or Yahoo Messenger. I am, however, open to other channels of communication too. Please let me know if you would like to participate in this interview and the preferred channel. Thank you, Natalia Olaru Email: natalia.ioana.olaru@gmail.com -- MulgaEscu ( talk) 12:56, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
The Guild of Copy Editors – May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive The Guild of Copy Editors invite you to participate in the May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive began on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this backlog elimination drive are to eliminate as many articles as possible from the 2009 backlog and to reduce the overall backlog by 15%. ! NEW ! In an effort to encourage the final elimination of all 2009 articles, we will be tracking them on the leaderboard for this drive. Awards and barnstars We look forward to meeting you on the drive! Your GOCE coordinators: SMasters, Diannaa, Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest |
You are receiving a copy of this newsletter as you are a member of the Guild of Copy Editors, or have participated in one of our drives. If you do not wish to receive future newsletters, please add you name here. Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 08:02, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
This was a nice bit of copyediting, but you've lost that reference and the revealing quote that goes with it. Was that an accident? -- Dweller ( talk) 14:09, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
This is a message from Wikiproject British TV channels. Please visit the main project page to reconfirm if you are actively taking part in the project and update your details. Many thanks. Auntie Beeb ( talk) 00:23, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I think that in the CTB page, since refs are not allowed, we should stick to the facts, the article CTB v News Group Newspapers clearly lays out how the name was found out. VER Tott 10:21, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
In case you weren't aware, there is a proposal to give featured lists their own slot on the main page. As you were the original FL nominator of List of Doctor Who serials, I just thought I'd let you know that the list has been nominated to potentially go on the main page in future, at Wikipedia:Today's featured list/submissions. Regards, — W F C— 21:04, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Sceptre. Just to let you know there is a Wikimedia meetup being planned in York for Tuesday. — Tom Morris ( talk) 17:01, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
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Guild of Copy Editors
Elections are currently underway for our Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days and ends on June 30, 23:59 UTC. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! There is also a referendum to appoint a Coordinator Emeritus. Cast your vote today. |
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Category:Wikipedia Featured Article contributors is being moved to Category:Wikipedia featured article contributors. Category:Wikipedia Featured list contributors is being moved to Category:Wikipedia featured list contributors. Category:Wikipedia Featured Topic contributors is being moved to Category:Wikipedia featured topic contributors. It has not been possible to move your userpage as the relevant template(s) cannot be located. Please can you make the necessary amendment yourself. TIA. Timrollpickering ( talk) 10:38, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Greetings from the
Guild of Copy Editors
The latest GOCE backlog elimination drive is under way! It began on 1 July and so far 18 people have signed up to help us reduce the number of articles in need of copyediting. This drive will give a 50% bonus for articles edited from the GOCE requests page. Although we have cleared the backlog of 2009 articles there are still 3,935 articles needing copyediting and any help, no matter how small, would be appreciated. We are appealing to all GOCE members, and any other editors who wish to participate, to come and help us reduce the number of articles needing copyediting, as well as the backlog of requests. If you have not signed up yet, why not take a look at the current signatories and help us by adding your name and copyediting a few articles. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". |
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Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on July 8, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 8, 2011. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch. ™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 19:19, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
" Doomsday" is the thirteenth and final episode in the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on 8 July 2006 and is the conclusion of a two-part story; the first part, " Army of Ghosts", was broadcast on 1 July 2006. The two-part story features the Daleks, presumed extinct after the events of the 2005 series' finale; and the Cybermen, who appeared in " Rise of the Cybermen" and " The Age of Steel". Both species unexpectedly arrived on Earth at the conclusion of "Army of Ghosts". The plot consists mostly of the Daleks and Cybermen waging a global war with humanity caught in the crossfire. The Doctor and his companions fight for their lives trying to revert the situation. The episode was filmed in December 2005 and January 2006. One of the most popular Doctor Who episodes since the show's revival, "Doomsday" is favoured by critics for both the Cybermen–Dalek conflict and the farewell scene between the Doctor and his companion, Rose Tyler. ( more...)
Fuck, has it been five years since that episode? I can make a few tweaks to the referencing before it goes live on Friday. Sceptre ( talk) 01:39, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
A minor tea before you go to sleep! ;) The Helpful One 22:41, 6 July 2011 (UTC) |
The Excellent User Page Award | ||
Thank you very much for the barnstar! When I clicked on your userpage, I was astonished to be visiting one of the best I've seen on Wikipedia. Nice work! BTW, I've modeled some of my Fringe articles on your own excellent Lost articles! I'm happy to finally meet their author. :) Ruby2010 comment! 20:59, 8 July 2011 (UTC) |
Hello, I think I was talking to you about the (possible) image on " Amy's Choice". While I'm still not sure if I'll even try to upload one, I was wondering if you could please check out the page and maybe give me some advice to boost it to GA. I know you've had a lot of experience. My main problem right now is that I'm not sure what to do about references in the "Continuity" section. I would also like to add more to the "Filming" section, but I'm not sure where to get the information. I mainly modeled the article after " The Curse of the Black Spot" and chose to work on it after finding an interview with the writer. I've also just found another review that I will hopefully add soon. I'm not in a hurry, so please don't feel like you have to reply right away. Just whenever you can fit it in. Thanks, Glimmer721 talk 01:58, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
Invitation from the
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The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their September 2011 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy editing backlog. The drive will begin on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). We will be tracking the number of 2010 articles in the backlog, as we want to copy edit as many of those as possible. Please consider copy editing an article that was tagged in 2010. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". See you at the drive! – Your drive coordinators: Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02, and SMasters. |
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