Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Outstanding. Thank you! --Pine✉ 07:04, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply] |
Cas, I'm pinging you and all your responsible talk page stalkers about a race horse article, California Chrome, which is GA- class now, to ask that anyone who does vandal patrol please watchlist it for the next two weeks. I have been the lead editor on the article, but I need all the eyes I can get to help. The horse is to run for the Triple Crown at the 2014 Belmont Stakes on June 7. The article is getting very high traffic for a horse article (over 250K hits this month) and we had some real PITA vandalism on both Derby day (where some troll posted - obviously inaccurately - that the horse died) and Preakness day (where someone who should know better went in and erased half the article in random places) plus the usual kiddie nonsense; due to the nature of horse racing, the vandalism hits fast and because several people are also trying to legitimately update the article at the same time, reversions can become tricky. I was turned down for a request to give it temporary semi through Belmont day, but the problem is that the vandalism problem will hit in about a 3-hour period, so after the fact protection will be rather useless. I'm going to try again to get semi for at least 24 hours on either side of the race, but in the meantime, I need human eyes. Also, if anyone wants to do an informal peer review along the way, I'm probably going to take it to FAC after the Belmont. Many thanks in advance. Montanabw(talk) 18:11, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The BLP policy is intended to protect people from defimation or negative misrepresentation. It is not intended to "protect" an article from being filled with true but promotionally-toned or other positive but unencyclopedic material.
This page needs heavy watchlisting (I've asked WikiProject Medicine participants to watchlist the page) but I don't think it needs semi-protection, particularly indefinite semi-protecting.
If you think it needs protecting, I would ask you to consider shortening the time to a few weeks and I would ask you to consider replacing the protection with PC1 protection so non-logged in editors and new editors can edit the article, even if their changes aren't immediately visible. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 22:02, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
![]() | On31 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Macrozamia spiralis, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the roots of the cycad Macrozamia spiralis contain cyanobacteria, which assist their hostbyfixing nitrogen? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Macrozamia spiralis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:50, 31 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
For the amazing milestone of 100 FAs. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 14:05, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I could leave you the usual {{FA congrats}} template for Grus (constellation) and point you politely in the direction of TFAR, but in your case it would be both inadequate and superfluous! A hearty congratulations for reaching this milestone and many thanks for your nominations at TFAR. Very best wishes, BencherliteTalk 18:23, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Awarded for reaching one hundred featured articles. Nebulae, as you no doubt know, are areas of high star formation. Adam Cuerden (talk) 21:40, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply] |
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This is a note to let the main editors of Boletus luridus know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on June 20, 2014. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at present, please ask Bencherlite (talk · contribs). You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 20, 2014. If it needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. The blurb as it stands now is below:
Boletus luridus, commonly known as the lurid bolete, is a fungus of the bolete family, found in deciduous woodlandsonchalky soils in Asia, Europe, and eastern North America. Fruit bodies arise in summer and autumn and may be abundant. It is a solid bolete with an olive-brown cap up to 20 cm (8 in) in diameter, with small reddish pores on the underside. The stout ochre stem reaches dimensions of 8–14 cm (3–6 in) tall and 1–3 cm (0.4–1.2 in) wide, and is patterned with a reddish meshwork. Like several other red-pored boletes, it stains blue when bruised or cut. Though edible when cooked, it can cause gastric upset when eaten raw and can be confused with the poisonous Boletus satanas. Hence some guidebooks recommend avoiding consumption altogether. Boletus luridus has been implicated in causing adverse reactions when eaten with alcohol similar to those caused by the compound coprine, though laboratory testing has not revealed any evidence of coprine in the mushroom. Boletus luridusismycorrhizal, forming a symbiotic association with deciduous trees such as oak, birch and beech, and has been found to have a growth-enhancing effect with conifers in experiments. (Full article...)
You (and your talk-page stalkers) may also be interested to hear that there have been some changes at the TFA requests page recently. Nominators no longer need to calculate how many "points" an article has, the instructions have been simplified, and there's a new nomination system using templates based on those used for DYK suggestions. Please consider nominating another article, or commenting on an existing nomination, and leaving some feedback on your experience. Thank you. UcuchaBot (talk) 23:02, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
![]() | On4 June 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nirmala (novel), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1928 Hindi novel Nirmala uses fiction to promote social reform of the dowry system in India? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nirmala (novel). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:08, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Please accept this modest token of everyone's admiration, in lieu of an unwieldy 100 Natural History Barnstars! I held off from giving you the award before as I felt you were too senior for that, but 100 FAs can't be ignored. Chiswick Chap (talk) 05:52, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply] |
Talk:American Paint Horse#Requested moves - where we're now moving on from species to breeds. Ealdgyth - Talk 12:25, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the compliment. I'd prefer to remain one of the foot soldiers for now. Best, Yoninah (talk) 19:16, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
To: Casliber; In reference to your page protection of Sigmund Freud, there appears to be a claim made by a previous editor that Freud was a regular professor in Europe, which does not match with the biography of Freud written by Prof Peter Gay. I have tried to explain this on the Talk page there, but another editor appears to disagree, and is apparently moving in the direction of "adapting" Prof Peter Gay to state matters never stated in his book. Misquotation of a living author creates other issues as well. Could you glance at this? FelixRosch (talk) 20:29, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Heya
Read you are a regular quiz show contestant. I've been on a few in my time (Sale of the Century, Flashbacks(?)- ABC Quiz Show c. 2000, and Temptation) so we might have come across each other, knowing what such a small world the professional quiz show contestant circuit is. And a big "well done" for all your work here. --Roisterer (talk) 22:45, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
![]() | On7 June 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article House From Hell, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that House From Hell was a 1998 precursor to Big Brother Australia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/House From Hell. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:02, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
...for taking care of the ref desk tonight. That one troll has been persistent, so it may turn out that two weeks is not enough. But we'll see. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:48, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hey man! Would you mind doing a peer review for "Sleeping Dogs (video game)"? I just finished polishing it and would really appreciate any feedback you could give, specially on the front section, develoment and dlc tabs. URDNEXT (talk) 18:23, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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— Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:02, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to be a pest, but could I trouble you for a revisit of your initial comments at the Reculver FAC? Things have moved on quite a bit, I think. Apologies if you're still watching and waiting! Cheers. Nortonius (talk) 13:39, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Great, thank you! :o) Nortonius (talk) 14:45, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Casliber. You forgot to properly template this user when you blocked him. - Hoops gza (talk) 22:58, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I just thought that every blocked user is supposed to have a template because they should be able to see that they have the right to request to be unblocked, that's all. - Hoops gza (talk) 15:45, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
What’s going on here please, regarding the Palmeria plant genus article, and what was in this article beforehand?
Handy APNI Palmeria genus listing reference. —--Macropneuma 23:59, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, I made a lot of changes to the Winnipeg introduction, and am wondering if I did more harm than good, or is it okay/better (as of 9:44pm Winnipeg time)? Is the Winnipeg article still looking like a featured article?
Thanks --Jd.101 (talk) 02:45, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
My editor review should not have been about identifying my mistakes, although that is what it turned out to be. It should have been a proper assessment of what I do, the good points and the bad. I have no objection to you correcting any errors I make but there was no need to make a great song and dance about it. In the articles Salt and Sugar, it was not so much that I had got the medical aspects wrong, but that the studies I found and referred to had been superseded by others, and I had no idea how touchy WikiProject Medicine was about such things. I'm not even sure what terrible faults I committed in Anatomy because I was pretty fed up with your part of the review by then and just switched off. Nor did I agree with all the comments made by Af...... in her blog, some of which were just bunkum. When I joined the Wikipediocracy forum and started pointing out her errors there, she closed the thread down pretty quickly. As for why I mentioned the editor review on your talk page yesterday, that was because you were annoying another editor. I hoped that by collaborating with me now on a GAN, you could move away from the course of conduct that led LT910001 to complain at An/I. So, what about working together on a parrot or some other bird article, in between your bouts of enjoying the summer sunshine. I guess Casliber is lucky, I see the winter temperature in Sydney yesterday was 19°C, much the same as it is in the UK as we approach the longest day. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:40, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Please strongly consider removing the semiprotection on the Wikipedia:Reference Desks. Perhaps something changed when I wasn't looking, but in my experience, we've never protected any of the desks for that long. (Typical protections, it seems to me, have been measured in hours.) Very many of the questioners at the desks are unregistered or brand-new, not-yet-autoconfirmed users. Yes, there's some trolling, but we have got be able to deal with that some other way; semiprotecting a desk for days or weeks leads to way too much collateral damage. Thank you. --Steve Summit (talk) 22:30, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Neat news: BMJ is offering 25 free, full-access accounts to their prestigious medical journal through The Wikipedia Library and Wiki Project Med Foundation (like we did with Cochrane). Please sign up this week: Wikipedia:BMJ --Cheers, Ocaasi via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:14, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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It's hard work, finding the answers to other editors' questions, isn't it?! Thanks for all the work you do. hamiltonstone (talk) 01:52, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply] |
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I'm very happy with your many achievements. Keep up the good work! (=D) |
I had a look at your suggestion, the "Human skull" article, and some literature. My book has 57 pages of intense osteology alone, and it is not going to be easy to summarize that in one article. On the other hand, finger is quite a popular article, but it would need a lot of animal stuff. What about Henry Gray, Gray's Anatomy, or a new article "List of editions of Gray's Anatomy", see the list of the talk page for Gray's Anatomy. CGJung is a very popular article, but I would not find expanding that easy. A student has expanded an article on Cranial nerves, which at first glance looks very good and is awaiting GA review. Snowman (talk) 21:02, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Casliber, (cc. @Binksternet:, @Secret:, @Sven Manguard:, @Coren:), when you have a moment please provide a report for the Core Contest (4) as you did previously for Core Contest (3). The template report format is available here. Thanks -- Katie Chan (WMUK) (talk) 14:42, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I was wondering if you had any further thoughts on what needs to be done at Talk:Hestercombe House/GA1?— Rod talk 16:08, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, I'm A.Minkowiski. I'm fighting against vandalism and my main focus is to revert vandal edits and reporting them. I would be very happy if I become an admin to fight against vandals directly. First I was an long term IP editor and now, few months before I created my account and started fighting against vandalism. I have requested same message to others if some one look at my work. I hope to hear from you soon. Plus, I'm familiar with blocking policy and other policies too. Thank you. A.Minkowiski _Lets t@lk 12:14, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello Casliber. I have decided to withdraw my nomination of esophagus. I am feeling like an underclass of citizen, one who is allowed to spend hours researching and editing articles to bring them up to GA standards, as independently verified by other editors, yet who is too "amateurish" to determine the final prose, layout, or style of an article. This is not an issue of WP:OWN. This is an issue of WP:ETIQUETTE. There is one user (me) who has done the majority of researching and information-building for these articles, and another set of users who decide to rewrite these articles, preserving the research which I have done, but removing any trace of my involvement.
It is extremely demoralising to be treated this way. I'd ask you to strongly reconsider your planned edits of Parathyroid gland, which is already a GA, and instead pick one of the 5,065 other anatomical articles to improve -- they sure as heck need it, and a lot more than articles that are already at GA. --LT910001 (talk) 22:18, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I truly appreciate all the times when I have seen you mediate conflict and make Wikipedia a better place. I appreciate your commitment to training so many people on Wikipedia and being so friendly to so many people. Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:12, 17 June 2014 (UTC)[reply] |
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Epacris impressa you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Wilhelmina Will -- Wilhelmina Will (talk) 02:40, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Cas, I am not in any hurry with the editing of the Cervix article or I do not mind moving on to consider and enhance other articles. In fact, the weather forecast is good here this week, so I am planning doing some out-door work, and I might only be near my computer in the mornings, midday, or evenings. There is quite a lot of editing to be done on the "cervix" article, as I assume you must be aware, but it is shaping up and I can almost visualize the final layout now, except for the "other animals" stuff. Could you give me some idea of the timeline of your plans with the cervix article, if any. Incidentally, I hope that I can call you Cas (rather than the more formal term User Casliber), after all these years of collaborating on various projects on the wiki, and I include nominators and reviewers as collaborators. Call me Snow or Snowman, if you prefer this to the more formal version. Snowman (talk) 12:18, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Keeping in the mind that there are long FAs (Ian Smith, Ronald Reagan, Benjamin Disraeli), would you recommend splitting this article or keeping it intact? I would rather not split it. Mohamed CJ (talk) 18:41, 21 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Mohamed CJ - Can the Treaties_with_Britain be moved to the parent article and then a trimmed version be here? Does it need all the detail here to focus on the 20th century reforms? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:46, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'd review all the background material actually and make sure that the more detailed information was in History of Bahrain (1783–1971) and less detailed here. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:49, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I do not see the reason why you closed the discussion on the introduction of the cervix article, because I had added a comment on 2O June 2014 at 11:48 am and no one had replied prior to your putting a closing box around the discussion on 21 June 2014. I presented references of definitions that cancer and invasive cancer are different. I feel that by closing off this discussion, you have stifled discussion on this topic, without asking all of the participants of the discussion and without allowing the discussion to run its course. Have you seen the definition of carcinoma in situ in the Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary? This sort of reference is the sort of thing, which would advance the discussion on that topic? There is a very famous carcinoma in situ at the cervix, so the term "invasive cancer" had particular clarity here. Snowman (talk) 21:58, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Do you know what caused this? --99of9 (talk) 06:01, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
This is a note to let the main editors of Banksia dentata know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on July 9, 2014. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at present, please ask Bencherlite (talk · contribs). You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 9, 2014. If it needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. The blurb as it stands now is below:
Banksia dentata, commonly known as the tropical banksia, is a species of tree in the genus Banksia. It occurs across northern Australia, southern New Guinea and the Aru Islands. Growing as a gnarled tree to 7 m (23 ft) high, it has large green leaves up to 22 cm (8.7 in) long with toothed margins. The cylindrical yellow flower spikes, up to 13 cm (5 in) high, appear over the cooler months, attracting honeyeaters, sunbirds, the sugar glider and a variety of insects. Flowers fall off the ageing spikes, which swell and develop follicles containing up to two viable seeds each. Banksia dentata is one of the four original Banksia species collected by Sir Joseph Banks in 1770 (1773 depiction shown), and one of four species published in 1782 as part of Carolus Linnaeus the Younger's original description of Banksia. Within the genus, it is classified in the series Salicinae, a group of species from Australia's eastern states. Genetic studies show it is an early offshoot within the group. Banksia dentata is found in tropical grassland known as savanna, associated with Pandanus and Melaleuca. It regenerates from bushfire by regrowing from its woody base, known as a lignotuber. (Full article...)
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![]() | On24 June 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Butyriboletus, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the butter boletes, such as B. appendiculatus (pictured), are so named for their butter-yellow stalks and pores? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Butyriboletus. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Gatoclass (talk) 16:17, 24 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Recently, I've come across a few problems where I have needed admin tools to fix an issue regarding our articles. For example, I recently had to make a post to AN so that somebody else could fix a cut-and-paste move I noticed. There are also times when I've had to do uncontroversial moves over redirects with history and have been unable to, and, in passing at RPP, PROD, and AfD, have seen backlogs over 24 hours. In addition, for the work I am currently doing on wiki, being able to view deleted history would be a great help.
As a result, I have been thinking of running for RfA, but I don't know whether or not I'd stand a chance at passing. Do you think that I would have a chance at the moment? I admit that I may not be the most frequent user of the tools, but I believe that I would be a net positive with them, and would not abuse them. A recall process would definitely be set up, since I believe in accountability.
StringTheory11 (t • c) 02:44, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I've nominated Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah for DYK and I've derived a hook from this article. But, it is not reviewed yet! Please consider reviewing it for possible presentation in the main page. Thanks Mhhossein (talk) 12:37, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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For your work in Nirmala... The herald 12:02, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply] |
This is a note to let the main editors of Leo Minor know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on July 21, 2014. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at present, please ask Bencherlite (talk · contribs). You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 21, 2014. If it needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. The blurb as it stands now is below:
Leo Minor is a small and faint constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. Its name is Latin for "the smaller lion", in contrast to Leo, the larger lion (19th-century illustration of both pictured). It lies between the larger and more recognizable Ursa Major to the north and Leo to the south. Leo Minor was not regarded as a separate constellation by classical astronomers; it was designated by Johannes Hevelius in 1687. There are 37 stars brighter than apparent magnitude 6.5 in the constellation; three are brighter than magnitude 4.5. 46 Leonis Minoris, an orange giant of magnitude 3.8, is located some 95 light years from Earth. At magnitude 4.4, Beta Leonis Minoris is the second brightest star and the only one in the constellation with a Bayer designation. It is a binary star, the brighter component of which is an orange giant and the fainter a yellow-white main sequence star. The third brightest star is 21 Leonis Minoris, a rapidly rotating white main sequence star of average magnitude 4.5. The constellation also includes two stars with planetary systems, two pairs of interacting galaxies, and the unique deep-sky object Hanny's Voorwerp. (Full article...)
You (and your talk-page stalkers) may also be interested to hear that there have been some changes at the TFA requests page recently. Nominators no longer need to calculate how many "points" an article has, the instructions have been simplified, and there's a new nomination system using templates based on those used for DYK suggestions. Please consider nominating another article, or commenting on an existing nomination, and leaving some feedback on your experience. Thank you. UcuchaBot (talk) 23:02, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I filled most of those two preps, so would you like to promote them to the Queue? Gatoclass (talk) 05:38, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I had recently expanded a filmography and nominated it for FL. 9 days have passed since it was nominated but no one has commented yet. This is my first FL candidate. I would be glad if you leave a comment on the nomination page. If you don't want to comment, then no problem.--Skr15081997 (talk) 06:50, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
![]() | On27 June 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Momba Station, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Charles Dickens' son was sent to Momba Station in Australia before his 16th birthday? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Momba Station. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:04, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Here [1] you said "to Q5" but I don't think it got there.
While you're at it, "ace the" doesn't make sense in
-- howzabout either
or
-- the latter being what it was before Gatoclass tinkered with it. [2] EEng (talk) 18:26, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
![]() | On28 June 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article BH Crucis, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the star BH Crucis has become redder and (on average) brighter since it was discovered in 1969? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/BH Crucis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:34, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hey man, I'm working on the Super Mario Bros. 3's page and I was wondering what you think of it, considering I'm planning on taking it to FA. Cheers! URDNEXT (talk) 16:03, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's Godot13 (submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C,
Casliber (submissions) finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's , whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.
The round saw this year's first featured portal, with Sven Manguard (submissions) taking Portal:Literature to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to
12george1 (submissions) and the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. This means that all content types have been claimed this year. Other contributions of note this round include a featured topic on Maya Angelou's autobiographies from
Figureskatingfan (submissions), a good article on the noted Czech footballer Tomáš Rosický from
Cloudz679 (submissions) and a now-featured video game screenshot, freely released due to the efforts of
Sven Manguard (submissions).
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23!!! Ye gods, laddie! How many species are there in that genus? Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:37, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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— Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:32, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I am requesting a peer review for Hamish Peacock. Peacock is an Australian javelin thrower who has competed at: Senior, Junior and Youth World Championships and is competing in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in the coming weeks. I would greatly appreciate if you could review this article.
Review Page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Peer review/Hamish Peacock NickGibson3900 (Talk - Cont.) 19:10, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
![]() | On6 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Slowly pulsating B star, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that slowly pulsating B stars change in shape, not volume, as they pulsate? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Slowly pulsating B star. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
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Thank you for the minor leo! - Nich zu glauben. - I remember a simple sign on the coast of Australia: "Steep cliffs. You have been warned" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:58, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you also for the white ibis of today, reminding me of the white stork, the TFA that I scheduled ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:02, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi! my hook is in Queue 4 and will be in the main page in 2 hours. But I hadn't proposed this hook. in fact my hook was changed before moving to prep area. The current hook is not suitable and attractive. Can it be changed? Mhhossein (talk) 18:48, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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![]() | On11 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article W Serpentis, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that W Serpentis is a binary star system in which one star is transferring large amounts of material to the other? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/W Serpentis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:48, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The image doesn't look appropriately licensed to me. Gatoclass (talk) 09:33, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
![]() | On12 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Epacris impressa, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Victoria became the first Australian state to adopt a floral emblem when it adopted the pink heath, a form of Epacris impressa? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Epacris impressa. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:38, 12 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Cas Liber. I would like to have access to the full articles of those papers you have to improve Titanoceratops your help would be greatly appreciated, as it should be fairly easy for someone else to review it. I have modified the Distinguishing anatomical features section, and once the articles are added it should be ready for another Ga review. Thanks for your help, IJReid (talk) 02:46, 14 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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While I genuinely welcome the discussion you have started here, it would also have been nice, given that we have worked together the odd time, if you could have joined the existing discussion at my talk page about the same matter. You are still very welcome to do so. --John (talk) 22:53, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
![]() | On17 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article BL Telescopii, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the runaway binary star system BL Telescopii is 11,000 light-years off the galactic plane? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/BL Telescopii. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Gatoclass (talk) 15:44, 17 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It appears all my sarcasm today (most of it anyway) was pointed in your direction. It's always meant light-heartedly so I hope I didn't upset you by poking fun at your stars (I do go thermonuclear occasionally, you'll know it when you see it and then be thankful that it's virtual here). Belle (talk) 23:49, 17 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
![]() | On18 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article S Antliae, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that at the time of its discovery, S Antliae had the shortest period of any known variable star? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/S Antliae. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Gatoclass (talk) 04:10, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
As you may know, I write for the Signpost, basically Wikipedia's newsletter. I'd like to do a feature on the semifinalists, would you be willing to provide, say, 250 to 500 words saying: (1.) Why did you join the Wikicup? (2.) What you you hope to get out of it? and (3.) Which of your contributions to the Wikicup are your favourites?
Not quite sure how I'll order them - I'll probably make the ed17 decide, as, you know, Conflict of Interest: I am a semifinalist. I'd imagine point order or alphabetical or the like.
Can you please reply at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-07-30/Wikicup#Casliber? Thanks! Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:26, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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![]() | On21 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Acacia parramattensis, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Sydney green wattle can grow to 8 metres (26 ft) tall in five years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Acacia parramattensis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 19:43, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You are very much welcomed to observe, participate or opine on my methods there. It is based on my own similar situation User talk:Dennis Brown/CSD. Since he and I share this same distinction, I'm hoping my experience will help him over the hump. His attitude about it has been good and I'm confident the mentoring will help. I've also invited DGG, who has indicated he will at least observe as well. Personally, I think this is a good thing as we need good admin, and it is better to promote someone that is highly skilled and deal with a singular weakness via mentoring, crash course style. Putting them off for a year usually means forever, so while unorthodox, this is a better solution. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 21:56, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Do you think Sigmund Freud can be unprotected yet? Jackmcbarn (talk) 19:30, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I left a note at DYK but they mainly get ignored because they're too difficult to quickly fix or there's a general perception that facts don't matter. But in the queue you've just "promoted", the hook says『that the Toungoo Dynasty's decisive victory over Ava and its allies in the Toungoo–Ava War (1538–45) cemented the upstart kingdom's emergence...』but it's completely unclear what or who is the "upstart kingdom". Hopefully you can fix this or remove the dubious hook before it hits main page. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:18, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, I just found it confusing, hopefully my tweaks will help prevent ERRORS. Sorry to bother you Cas. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:16, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Slight error in one of the DYK's on the main page: do think you could correct ...that a rough cut of "Deep Breath", the first episode of the eighth series of Doctor Who, was leaked online six weeks before the episode was due to air?
to...that a rough cut of "Deep Breath", the first episode of the eighth series of Doctor Who, was leaked online six weeks before the episode is due to air?
Emphasis added to show what needs fixing. The episode is yet to air, so the current wording isn't quite correct. Thanks. G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 15:32, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
...that a rough cut of "Deep Breath", the first episode of the eighth series of Doctor Who, was leaked online six weeks before the episode's intended release date?
instead? Avoids the issue. LeadSongDog come howl! 21:38, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Let me pick your brain a bit, as you are a much more content experienced editor than I. I ran across this while patrolling the back side of the NewPages log. I don't see how the subject as defined is "notable", at least not as sourced. It links up to Cuban immigration to Mexico, which is problematic but my guess is that sources could be found. I'm curious to learn your perspective, as I don't want to just skip it but a bit out of my element with it. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 20:07, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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![]() | On25 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article FF Aquilae, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the main star of FF Aquilae is a pulsating supergiant 39 times the diameter of the Sun? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/FF Aquilae. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 09:57, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
Would you be able to create a cladgram of the living equines? The graph can be found here. LittleJerry (talk) 16:50, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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![]() | On28 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article RY Sagittarii, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the star RY Sagittarii is periodically dimmed by clouds of carbon dust most likely ejected by the star itself? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/RY Sagittarii. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 03:23, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
"A VampireorVampires" sounds better? Jonas Vinther (talk) 10:45, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"^FWIW I'd call Eric's comment and exasperated and glib comment" I assume you mean "an" rather than the first "and". I would normally not mention it but as it is a bit high profile right now ...--Wehwalt (talk) 19:28, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your GA review of nuckelavee, much appreciated. One day we really must do something about fairy rings, assuming Jimbo doesn't ban me first. Eric Corbett 00:30, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
This looks like a nice quiet, tranquil little corner to camp out ... I think I would emphatically second Eric's comment re: nothing going anywhere near FAC - don't get me wrong, nothing really against the FA process, it's the [*/insert suitable adjective of your choice] that follows. Now, Eric - did you realise that Cas has [kindly?] added our Sea Mither to the DYK nom, so it will need your input soon, please (as these are all a team effort) especially as someone has already approved it? And Cas will also need to add you to the credit ... SagaciousPhil - Chat 13:33, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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![]() | On6 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sea Mither, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the Orcadian Sea Mither confines the nuckelavee? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:25, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Turquoise parrot you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- FunkMonk (talk) 13:41, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The article Telescopium you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Telescopium for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Gilderien -- Gilderien (talk) 21:42, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Why not? :) Mitch32(Protection is not a principle, but an expedient.) 14:32, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Cas -- I just read the latest exchanges on the Peer Review page. I'd like to make changes to two sentences in that section (the one with Clapton Nursery). Would you mind if I just make the changes in the article? If you don't like them, you can change them. Or, if you change them, would our changes contribute to undesirable instability -- I read that stability was one of the criteria for Featured Article status. Would you prefer I suggest the alternatives on the Peer Review page? CorinneSD (talk) 15:26, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The article Turquoise parrot you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Turquoise parrot for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- FunkMonk (talk) 21:04, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hope you don't mind, but I have a question with regards to the stub contest. If someone makes a stub they feel qualifies for points, how do they go about keeping a record of this for the judges' perusal? I do apologise, but I've never entered any contests on Wikipedia. LuciferMorgan (talk) 23:36, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Casliber, there are four preps awaiting promotion, no queues filled, and it's been well over a day since a queue has been promoted to the main page. I have no idea whether you'll be around today, but if so, please take a look and, if needed, promoted at least one prep. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:38, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 07:21, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Casliber, In the present Q3, my name is not listed in credits list for the last hook (self-nomination). Could you kindly fix that. --Vigyanitalkਯੋਗਦਾਨ 12:06, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It's been over a month since anyone worked on Selle Français and three weeks since you said you'd finish up the review. Does it have remaining issues? --erachima talk 22:47, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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