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adminship
Hey. I've seen you help around at DYK a lot. As we all know, we badly need more admin hands and the like available to help update. I was surprised to see you weren't one, and was wondering if you'd like to run at WP:RFA; I'd gladly nominate you. Let me know of your decision. Wizardman 22:05, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- While leaving a message at Wizardman's talk about CAT:AOTR I happened to see your reply. What you say may be true, although I certainly hope not. If you do decide to stand you can count on my strong support. You may have to remind me though, as I don't often comment on RfAs and sometimes miss them entirely. Happy editing. ++Lar: t/c 20:59, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Ditto - quite a few of us would vote who recognise the main aim here is 'pedia building and not some arbitrary schism between builders and admins. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Ditto here. I was surprised to learn you weren't one, since you knew so much more about it all than me. Though I can understand that if you got that nervous on my RfA why you might not want to stand yourself. Rigadoun (talk) 05:52, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- My response on their various pages was 'thank you, but not for now and maybe not then either.' --JayHenry (talk) 05:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Ditto here. I was surprised to learn you weren't one, since you knew so much more about it all than me. Though I can understand that if you got that nervous on my RfA why you might not want to stand yourself. Rigadoun (talk) 05:52, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- Ditto - quite a few of us would vote who recognise the main aim here is 'pedia building and not some arbitrary schism between builders and admins. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Greetings
It was nice of you to link to my reply to Rjgibb on talk:FAC, but I felt bad because it probably sounded harsh. I stand by the essence of what I said, though. People surely can tell from my previous work that I appreciate (and did) copy-editing, and I appreciate well-styled articles. It's the approach to these issues at FAC that incited my original comment. The approach is easy to mimic, too, requiring little engagement, as opposed to substantive review commentary, so it just takes off. I'm not the first person to say that you can find something wrong with any article when you're out to do so. And that seems to be what some FACs turn into; it's taken way too seriously in the name of "wikipedia's best". While the "judging" readers are looking for lucid writing, maybe, they aren't going to consider Misplaced Pages a failure because the FA writer said "as well as" instead of "and", or because a measurement broke across a line. These are nice-to-haves, but the amount of push behind them seems more agenda-driven than a service to the reader. (Yes, I still read around here!) TTYL, –Outriggr § 03:01, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- We have similar reading habits - I finished that page about 8 minutes ago. :) And felt a little ... icky. –Outriggr § 03:43, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Someone needs to intervene with Awadewit and stop this 'substandard' work! –Outriggr § 03:44, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
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| Thank you SO MUCH for your support in my unanimous RFA. Take this cookie as a small token of my appreciation.--Jayron32|talk|contribs 05:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC) |
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99%
You know what I mean, but yeah I'd say I haven't interacted with about 100 of those 111 who have supported. Rudget. 22:59, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Hemingway
Hi there. While I am not an expert on Hemingway, I do have a BA in English and have read his novels and short stories. I have read two Hemingway biographies, and by virtue of having an English degree I can do research. What I mean to say is that I can help with future articles on Hemingway and his works. Let me know... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lavery789 (talk • contribs) 01:24, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Nielsen BookScan
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Thanks
A belated thank you for your RFA support! Archtransit (talk) 21:14, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Re: Signpost tutorial
Go ahead and help! We encourage all who know to contribute to our tutorials. The Placebo Effect (talk) 05:07, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
- The intended audience, at least for that article, would be an editor who has never created an article from scratch. The Placebo Effect (talk) 05:25, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Ryan White
Good luck on the featured article candidacy!! Wildhartlivie (talk) 10:59, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Hippos and Balzac
Did you know that the Egyptian god Set is sometimes depicted as a hippopotamus? (In at least one telling of his battle with Horus, Set is said to have taken the form of a hippo.) When we did that part of our Egyptian mythology unit this year, I thought of you.
But that's not why I'm here! Le Père Goriot, often called Balzac's most important book, is on its way to FAC. First stop: peer review. Care to have a look? Cheers! – Scartol • Tok 22:02, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Vampire is now featured!
- It really is poorly drawn. --JayHenry (talk) 05:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Emma Watson FAC
It would be lovely if you decided to return to the Emma Watson FAC. The article has been redrafted, but there are some slightly odd things afoot. Would love to hear your opinion. --Melty girl (talk) 03:23, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
- Hey back atcha! Agreed about the "little insight", but I commented exactly what you said about her being a young actor with a narrow career. I highly doubt that any publication has done an essay on the meaning of Emma Watson yet! I feel like "insight" is often beaten out of WP articles anyway. :( Oh, and totally agreed about Ellen Page and Juno! --Melty girl (talk) 03:46, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
- Did you know that even though Emma Watson has referred to herself as a feminist on a minimum of two (sourced) occasions, that we must not mention that she thinks of herself this way, because readers might think she's a bra-burner? Sigh. These are the things that make me think I should stay away from the FAC process. If you have time... --Melty girl (talk) 02:09, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
There's a new bear in town
Thanks for reverting the "trivia" on Knut's article; I'm not sure where these vandals are getting their info, but that's the third time I've seen someone add "dog" or "puppy" to the article. Bzuh? Granted, he does like to "fetch" (not so much with the bringing stuff back, though), but when was the last time you saw a 300 lb dog? On a similar note, have you heard of the newest polar bear star, little Flocke from Nuremberg? Cue the media circus and resultant Misplaced Pages article...! María (habla conmigo) 17:35, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
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<font=3> Thanks for your support, my request for adminship passed 60/0/0 yesterday!
I want to thank Mrs.EasterBunny and Royalbroil for nominating me, those who updated the RfA tally, and everyone for their support and many kind words. To paraphrase a president ... I wish my mum and dad could see the comments made. My dad would be so proud to see the comments ... and my mum would have believed them". I will do my best to use the new tools carefully and responsibly (and you may be surprised to find that I have not deleted all of the pages by accident..... yet). Thanks again, Victuallers (talk) 20:51, 22 January 2008 (UTC) |
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- I love those clicky maps! --JayHenry (talk) 05:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Hdt83's RfA
Oh wow, we agree again! Nice to see only one oppose so far. Dihydrogen Monoxide (party) 00:44, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
- ...*jaw drops* Wait, so why aren't you an admin? Dihydrogen Monoxide (party) 00:45, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
- Hdt deserves it more then anyone I've come across. Way overdue.
- Oh, thanks for the heads up. OrangeMike is slippin! --EndlessDan 01:02, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
- I'll answer in order. I understand your points, but I'm gonna guarantee myself RfA opposition from you forever in exchange for harassing you until you run ;) A) DYK seriously needs better helpers, and you rock. B) I promise to stalk you to ensure you don't - I'll hold you to this]. C) RfA participants opposing for you not answering optional questions are either not going to get noticed by the crat, or else get ignored via peer pressure. D) Yeah but you rock. Dihydrogen Monoxide (party) 09:33, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
19th-century novels task force
Hi, JayHenry. I'm starting up a 19th-century novels task force for WP:NOVELS. This would cover the works of many well-known authors, including Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Victor Hugo and Leo Tolstoy. If you think you'd be interested in supporting or participating in the task force, please let me know. Cheers. – Liveste 12:39, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
publishing threads on Talk:The Right Stuff (book)
Hi, we need to refactor the publishing threads on Talk:The Right Stuff (book). --Jtir (talk) 18:37, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
- Refactored. I put a strike-through on one of your sentences. I'm not sure if that was appropriate, having only rarely done refactors. --Jtir (talk) 19:01, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm shaking it, boss
Yeah, blocked. Incredibly lame, but eh, it happened. I'm not ashamed of it. I stood my ground and I'm glad it's over. That user you were refering to is still a richard in my book, but so long as he avoids me, I'll will avoid him. Mein Kauflin and B-Jac will not fail me. They will be hoisting up the Lombardi in less then 2 weeks. I believe! Si se puede! --EndlessDan 14:52, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Blah
That is all. --Milowent (talk) 16:52, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
My RfA
| Thanks for your support at my request for adminship, which passed today with 42/0/0!
I would like to thank Wizardman for nominating me, ] and everyone else for their support and comments. I'll continue with contributing to the encyclopedia's content (hopefully writing an FA here and there :) and will help out with admin-related tasks which you just entrusted me with. If you need any help, don't hesitate to ask! Thanks again, —dima/talk/ 01:39, 26 January 2008 (UTC) |
Live for nothing or die for something
That's one of the great lines from the new Rambo movie. Thanks for the WP article – his comparison of himself to Shakespeare is stunning. – Scartol • Tok 19:33, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
RfA
No problem with that at all, I take your point completely; but if I'm asked general questions, I will give general answers, as it seems unnecessary to go into detail beyond what is asked. I thank you for your neutrality- at least that tells me that I may not have got all of it wrong. I said up front that I'd made mistakes. I will take responsibility for anything I've done, as I will take responsibility for anything I will do as an admin, should my application succeed. Thanks for your comments, and regards. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 02:39, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
- I do have an unfortunate tendency sometimes to take things at face value and miss the subtext; that's why I answer as asked. But if I am successful, I won't block you unless you do something gross. Which I don't imagine you would. Thanks again. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 18:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Heroes peer review
I noticed that your user name was on the Misplaced Pages:Peer review/volunteers list. I was wondering if you could take some time out of your schedule to head over to the Heroes (TV series) talkpage and give us an honest peer review. The page has gone through some major changes in the last few months, and it would be fantastic if a prominent editor/contributor like yourself, could head over and give us at the Heroes Wikiproject some sound opinion and ideas on improvements for the page. We have all worked very hard at improving the page, and we need great outside, reliable and trustworthy users to come over and help us improve. I you are interested in joining the peer review discussion with other prominent users/contributors, much like yourself, please follow the link. Thank you very much for your help and your continued effort to improve Misplaced Pages and its quality! Misplaced Pages:Peer review/Heroes (TV series)--Chrisisinchrist (talk) 05:42, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
WikiProject Academic Journals
Hi there. Things have gone a bit quiet over at Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Academic Journals (I didn't check in for a long time myself). I've started up two new subpages at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Academic Journals/Images and Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Academic Journals/Scope (please see the talk pages as well), in the hope that this might generate some comment or activity. I've notified three other active contributors, but what about the others on the members list? A newsletter seems overkill at the moment, but is there a way to keep things more active? The weekly collaborations seemed to work well for a while, but maybe a monthly one is better? Carcharoth (talk) 14:42, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
references
Please don't add references to articles without either adding information from those sources, or attributing existing information to those sources. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:03, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Ryan White FAC concern
Hi JayHenry. The way the section and link are formatted now are perfect. Thank you for addressing my concern :). I'll look over the article once more, but from the improvements, I'm leaning toward support. -Fsotrain 13:48, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
ENGVAR
I can't? Damn! :) --ROGER DAVIES 16:35, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
- A list of things I don't care about includes: WP:ENGVAR, WP:DASH, invertebrates, WP:UAA, WP:UCFD, Family Guy, Pokemon. --JayHenry (talk) 05:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
re: Zombies
Hi Bugbear, I've been here awhile so I've certainly seen WP:CABAL linked before... I'm not sure what point you hoped to get across, and I'm disappointed if my line of questioning seemed either ignorant or abstruse. Is your point: the editor is criticizing the Cabal, which is obviously valid criticism? Is your point: the editor is calling a certain group of people Cabalists, which is afoul of NPA? Or that criticizing cabalism is unfair, pointless, incorrect, etc. I asked a very specific question and "WP:CABAL" wasn't really an answer at all. I'm curious what you hoped to convey with the link. --JayHenry (talk) 02:59, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry if my answer seemed obtuse. Whether or not they actually feel this way, the editor in question (whose name I removed from the page) and the author of the page seem to feel that there is a sizable coalition of SPAs here on Misplaced Pages to spread their homeopathic agenda. (Having mediated and been backseated in an ArbCom case relating to alternative medicine, I would stake that this group are neither a sizable number nor particularly coordinated.) They, and a larger group of supporters, seem to be under the impression that these alternative-medicine SPAs are trying to drive out well-meaning defenders of the wiki, including (perhaps especially) the editor whose name I excised. What's more, they have vocalized the opinion -- and have gotten at least one admin to back them up -- that anyone who does not share or at least sympathize with their view of this troublesome cabal is either in cahoots with them or too cowardly to stand up to them. There is an implicit corollary to this argument that the rules do not apply to those trying to stop this cabal; i.e., "zombies" in this sense are people who do not believe that things that have wide community consensus such as the need for civility and the enforceability of ArbCom decisions are less important than defending the wiki against SPAs. In this sense this essay is at least partially targeted at me -- I blocked the editor in question in connection with an ArbCom ruling for gross incivility, and was berated for "condoning" the SPAs' efforts to drive him away. - Revolving Bugbear 17:32, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Empire of Atlantium
Hi, I placed Empire of Atlantium on the peer review page. I think this article can be a good or featured article, especially since Atlantium's website has more than enough information and User:Gene Poole is the emperor. The peer review page states that you can help with international organisations and world leaders - could you please help us improve the article?
Thanks,
Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 21:12, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
AC mail
Received. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 23:25, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Ryan White
Hey, Jay. I made one change to the article to reflect WP:MOSDATE precise language; in case my prose isn't optimal, you might want to tweak. I also added some URLs on some of the sources, but was frustrated by the stupid date formatting in the cite templates. They don't correctly accept the date format you've used elsewhere, so I didn't know how to solve it. <grrr ...> SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:57, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
- Yep, that's why I cite manually ... darn things. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:26, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations!!
Please accept my sincere congratulations for the work you did & the accomplishment of making this article a featured article!! I'm so happy for you. Wildhartlivie (talk) 18:51, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks to Wildhartlivie for the impossible to find photo! --JayHenry (talk) 05:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
RfA
I am not one for sending round pretty pictures, but after my recent RfA, which passed 68/1/7, I am now relaxed and this is to thank you for your comments, which I will take on board. I look forward to wielding the mop with alacrity. Or two lacrities. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 21:44, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Mammal collab
OK, I'll set this up here - feel free to nominate and foraward to any other editor interested in furry critters. We'll see how it flies and I'll drop a note in the signpost.
Nominating key articles is ok, even if you can't work on them. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:04, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
RfA thanks from Happy-melon
I just wanted to say thanks for your support for my RfA, which closed (74/2/0) this morning. Your comment and support was very much appreciated. Happy‑melon 15:42, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Kenyagiveme some advice?
Would it be a safe bet to assume that Kenyapotamus would have resembled Hexaprotodon?--Mr Fink (talk) 07:52, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
- In that case, it seems I'm temporarily up a river without a paddle.--Mr Fink (talk) 18:49, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
- I said I don't think enough is known about Kenyapotamus to draw a reconstruction. If someone knows more about the topic please set me straight. BTW, while I'm on the subject: I don't have access to the original 1983 Geobios paper by Pickford where he described Kenyapotamus, nor the 1989 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology paper by Stuenes where she describes the varying species of Malagasy Hippopotamus. I would love to see those papers... --JayHenry (talk) 05:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
That IHASABUCKET link killed me
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Somebody...
...wasn't paying attention, and that sucks. Samsara (talk • contribs) 22:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you spam
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| Thank you very much, JayHenry, for your support in my RfA which I really appreciate. It closed at 83/0/0. I was surprised by the unanimity and will do my best to live up to the new role. All the best, --ROGER DAVIES 16:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
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No problem
The secret of imagemaps was contained in this email O got on wikimedia commons
here. Do investigate commons if you havent recently. I'm trying to get another imagemap enthusiasts to start a category there. Do send me a link to the work (on commons?). Cheets Oh and Ive enclosed the latter as it shows the template technique... that way you can use the same work in a dozen places. Victuallers (talk) 17:21, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Street Children
Greetings,
I recently embarked on a complete re-write of the Misplaced Pages article on street children: http://en.wikipedia.org/Street_children Before I did this I made a few contributions on the article's talk page (the three at the bottom of the page): http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Street_children However, I had a growing feeling that I had so many quibbles with the article that I should attempt a completely new version rather than trying to fix what was there. The new article is about 90% finished but I suspect there is a lot wrong with it. And while I worry away at what remains to be written I would appreciate any criticism that can help me to make this a better and more Wikipedian article. My version of the article may be found at User talk:Almudo/Streetchildren. Thanks Almudo (talk) 18:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)Almudo
Hey
I remember you from lgpedia. What do you think of a WikiProject Breeniverse. Just wondering.--Baitt (talk) 06:21, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
- Your right i was just thinking of adding like pages for list of videos and stuff.--Baitt (talk) 07:23, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
You made me smile
Thank you for your supportive comments on my RfA! I hope that one day, Wikipedians will be allowed to become deleters, protectors, and blockers without having to prove worthy of full-fledged adminship. It would make the process so much easier and eliminate much of the politics. —Remember the dot 05:47, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Re: "It takes a green thumb to know what to prune..."
Thanks for writing this, it encapsulated my thoughts on the candidate. (And thanks also for your comment of 24 Dec, which I seem never to have got around to answering. Sorry!) Cheers, Espresso Addict (talk) 16:32, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
- Ahaa, what a choice expression/neo-wiki-saying/proverb/aphorism-typw thingie...(you know what I mean)! :) cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 18:59, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Reservoir Dogs
Hey, I put this article up for peer review and was wondering whether you could help me pinpoint the spots that need sources and the spots that are pure OR and need to be removed, any help with locating sources would be greatly appreciated, thanks.--The Dominator (talk) 02:36, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
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So, are you going to start WikiProject The New York Times :-)?--Daniel Case (talk) 06:11, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
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align="bottom"
Hi, I just popped over to you page to see who I was replying to at Seresin's RfA. I noticed that many of your userspace pages include align="bottom" which is invalid; use center, left, right if you must use align. Mebbe you meant valign. CSS style are always preferred. I considered tweaking you pages, but figured talk first. I like the tabbed look you're using. Cheers, Jack Merridew 11:56, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
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