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DYK for Spratt's

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Orlady (talk) 23:22, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for The Snowman (fairy tale)

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JamieS93 16:00, 23 May 2009 (UTC) 06:56, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

You and your Productiveness

• shakes fist* Why do you have to be so good so quickly at what you do! >_<

I was planning of making a Harald Scharff article the other day, but you beat me to it by a few hours. XP So, if you don't mind, i'm going to go and expand it a bit and submit it to DYK, with you as the creator, of course. Silverseren 22:49, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Hmm...I had thought I would be able to, but all of the news sources i've found are junk. They don't say anything new, really. The ones I really want, that i'm sure have all the information, are restricted.Silverseren 12:20, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for The Most Incredible Thing

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Victuallers (talk) 14:29, 28 May 2009 (UTC) 02:22, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Charles Carroll the Settler

Thanks for your GA review and suggestions for improvements to the article. They were extremely helpful, and I'll definitely be using them as I prep the article for an FA nom. Geraldk (talk) 17:44, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

RE: Moolah

Thanks for the note! I'll start work on it later tonight. Nikki♥311 19:27, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

I've finished everything, so I was hoping you could take another look at the article (and hopefully pass it!). Nikki♥311 00:01, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Re:Puss in Boots at DYK

Thank you for the notice, but I'm about to leave home for some matters. I will catch up your DYK nom about 3 hours later. I've appreciated your contribution to the all-time favorite fairy tale in the world. See you.--Caspian blue 22:27, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Puss in Boots

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Awadewit 14:35, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Flora and Zephyr

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BorgQueen (talk) 20:35, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Your GA reviews

Hi, and thanks for your GA reviews. When you pass an article for GA, such as in this edit, could you use "GA" in your edit summary? It makes maintenance a lot easier. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 14:35, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Of course! I'm so sorry. I simply forgot. Thanks for the reminder! Kathyrncelestewright (talk) 15:11, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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• Thnk you! I forgot and will be more careful in the future. Thanks! Kathyrncelestewright (talk) 01:59, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Keats

I've begun overhauling some of the problems that I've missed since the original creation of the ode set. I have cut quite a bit and added quite a bit more. Right now, I am working on the reception - there may be a problem finding 19th-century responses, as such reproductions are valuable but hard to come by. Googlebooks is cluttered but I am digging through. I have exhausted a lot of my personal books for the critical reception (with about 9 books left and a few essays to look through, plus JSTOR). Ottava Rima (talk) 21:22, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Good eye with the Reynolds. Joshua Hamilton Reynolds was his friend. I just wikilinked without looking. I couldn't find a disambig or anything to suggest he has a page. I guess he is like Woodhouse - another notable person without anything on Wiki. Sigh, I guess I have a lot of work to add to my list. :) Good call on the illustration. I was hoping to find one on Keats that would fit. I am also looking for a free image of "Winchester to London along the River Itchen". Ottava Rima (talk) 01:08, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

• Thank you! You've been doing great work on the article. I understand what you mean with the neglected Woodhouse and Reynolds. More work! How sweet it is! The last two sections (Themes and Critical reception) in my opinion are "set" and need no further work. Expand the lead and develop the following three sections slightly and the work is done! GA coming your way! Kathyrncelestewright (talk) 01:16, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

• I felt kinda bad for you after looking at the page - I meant to nominate one of the others instead (there were 7 in the set, and this one was in poor shape). I expanded the background section some. The Structure section might just need some definitions thrown in (probably in parentheses). I condensed the second and third paragraph in the lead for balance and I added actual publication details (how that was missing, I don't know). Ottava Rima (talk) 02:50, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

I just added quite a bit more to the page for the top sections. Ottava Rima (talk) 01:34, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Since you put in a lot of work for the GA review, and since GA recommends that you take an active role in the page - would you like to nominate To Autumn at FAC? I would only request that you add User:Mrathel and myself as co-noms. I would provide you anything that you would need for the sources and the like. I've been meaning to nominate it myself (with you and Mrathel as co-noms). However, I will be busy working on some clean up on other pages (I have over 30 DYKs that I am working on and some GAs), so I wont be as focused on To Autumn if there are any clarity problems that are discovered. You have definitely proven your understanding of clarity and wording, so I would trust you in position to deal with the majority of concerns if there are even any at all. What do you think? Ottava Rima (talk) 22:26, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

If you want to list it sometime soon, just do so and drop me a note after you do. :) Ottava Rima (talk) 17:38, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

I have listed it with you and Ottava as conoms. This should be a fun project to help me get back into action:) Mrathel (talk) 21:31, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Did You Know problem

Hello! Your submission of Les Fêtes Chinoises at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Art LaPella (talk) 01:46, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

• Thank you! I've reduced the number of characters and hope the entry meets the DYK requirements! Kathyrncelestewright (talk) 01:47, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

First Presbyterian Church of Marcellus

Hi, please don't forget to list an article on Misplaced Pages:Good articles after finding it's a good article. Please follow the guideline on WP:GAN to, in the future, also add a date for when you finished the review by putting five tildes in the GA template when you replace the GA nominee template. You can also give the Wikiprojects a GA rating once the article is GA. Thank you. Hekerui (talk) 16:47, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

• Hi! I tried but was unable to "get into" the page on several attempts. I thought I would try again and again until I could access it. Thanks for the heads up on the tildes...I was wondering why the date wouldn't show and now I know! It takes five! Will alert the WP Projects associated with the article. Best, Kathyrncelestewright (talk) 01:49, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

• • I notified one or two of the associated WP Projects but was unable to access the others. I don't understand their formatting.Kathyrncelestewright (talk) 02:00, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

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DYK for Les Fêtes Chinoises

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BorgQueen (talk) 09:36, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Catherine Bernard

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Bencherlite 16:15, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Jason et Médée

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{{User0|Giants27 23:56, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Puss in Boots

Hi. The article you nominated for GA has been reviewed and put on hold. Please see the talk page for details. Kaguya-chan (talk) 13:18, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

The Dying Swan

Hi there. I saw you had put the above article in the queue for a GA review. I won't do a full review, but popped in to the article, and thought it didn't look like a good article candidate. It will probably be a few weeks before it gets properly reviewed, so i thought that, if i made a few comments here, you might have an opportunity to react before someone gets to it and fails it. So: it needs better organisation and structure.

• At the moment the "background" section is by far the longest and contains all sorts of material, beyond what i would call 'background' to this ballet. A section with such a name should contain only background material - the circumstances in which the ballet came to be created; the cultural content of ballet at that time into which this piece was introduced (for two examples). Material relating to its actual choreography; critical reviews and commentary - these should be in other sections.
• For 'plot summary', I symphathise with not trying to improve on someone else's prose, but no-one is likely to support having a section that contains just a big quote. Has no-one else written about the plot and/or is there no way of improving the summary?
• 'Performance history' should cover more than just the first performance. Some of the material from the section "Non-traditional interpretations and adaptations" may belong here.
• There should be a section on critical reception and legacy.

These are just some of the issues editors are likely to be asked to address. I will copy these notes to the article's talk page as well. Thanks for all your contributions. Regards. hamiltonstone (talk) 06:36, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Hello! Your submission of The Tale of Peter Rabbit at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Dylan620 (contribs, logs) 23:37, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Hello! Your submission of The Tale of Peter Rabbit at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! NW (Talk) 04:10, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Beatrix Potter

Hiya, you've done a great job on the Beatrix Potter articles! I just wanted to let you know that her illustrations (and book covers) should not be uploaded to commons as they are still under copyright in the UK. Rather, upload them straight to wikipedia. More info here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/Commons:Deletion_requests/Beatrix_Potter
Also, if you want to change Category:Books by Beatrix Potter to Category:Works by Beatrix Potter you should probably take it to Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion to get it renamed properly. I'd do it myself but I'm not familiar with the procedure. Siawase (talk) 07:12, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

From what I can tell, the information on the images you uploaded looks just right. If you have any other questions, I'd be happy to help out if I can. Good luck with the GAs! Siawase (talk) 09:03, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

I just happened to glance at the list and I saw that you nominated it. I am prepared to pass it without any major difficulties (I will look again later when I have a clearer head) but I wanted to note one thing - being more than 20k, it could have two paragraphs for a lead. Ottava Rima (talk) 02:33, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Also, you might want to move the image of Beatrix up into the Background section. By the way, your writing style is best summed up as "sweet" or "endearing" - it matches the tone of Peter Rabbit perfectly while setting a stage. It may not be as "encyclopedic" as most of the pages around here, but the style is definitely a plus. Ottava Rima (talk) 02:36, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Review of The Dying Swan

I have undertaken this review, if you want to look at making the minor changes involved. It is much improved: good job. Regards. hamiltonstone (talk) 06:05, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your revisions. Your approach to web citations was unusual, but accurate, and i have passed it at GA. Pretty soon my wife, a former dancer, is going to read The Dying Swan and tell me what's missing no doubt, but in the meantime I think you've been doing an excellent job here and on other cultural articles. Thank you for your contributions! hamiltonstone (talk) 22:30, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Jason et Medée

I am passing this article as GA. I left some comments about possible expansions if you want to complete the page to its fullest possible extent (for FAC if you are looking for that). I mention a few minor problems, but they are very minor. You use the phrase "based on the familiar myth". "Familiar" might be out of place in the context as it lacks a reference to who the play is familiar to. "his usurping uncle Creon" could be reworded slightly, as "usurping" would imply that he is still in the process of usurpation. "usurper-uncle" might be more appropriate or an additional reword could work. In "Production details" you forgot to put a citation directly following the quote. This one is the only real problem and once you fix it I will finalize passing it as GA. Ottava Rima (talk) 18:09, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Squirrel Nutkin images

I uploaded a clearer/larger version of File:Squireel Nutkin 2.jpeg sourced from project gutenburg. I don't know if you intended the facsimile of the full page, but from what I could see the article text was about the contents of the image, not the layout of the page. Feel free to just revert to the old version if you prefer.
I also restored one more image in the The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin article. It's rather lengthy now and since it's about a picture book (and there are no copyright issues), I think it's good to include more than just one or two images. Again, feel totally free to revert if you disagree.
Oh, and nice work, once again! Siawase (talk) 13:57, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

DYK for The Tale of Peter Rabbit

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WP:DYK 02:14, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Congrats

To Autumn is now FA level, thanks in part to your skillful GA review. You should be happy with your first star. :) Ottava Rima (talk) 19:12, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Without your skillful review it would never have gotten far enough to warrant FA. You should be proud and I hope it is a first of many stars that you will receive. :) Ottava Rima (talk) 01:49, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Userpage note

I noticed that on your userpage, the good articles you have contributed to have a GA image, using Template:FA-star, the featured article will do this too. Just letting you know, in case you didn't. ceranthor 15:39, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

There is also and Ottava Rima (talk) 16:19, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire#Merge?

Perhaps you'd like to clarify? Killiondude (talk) 23:47, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

DYK for The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

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Wikiproject: Did you know? 17:00, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

A suggestion

Hi, I bumped into 'Squirrel Nutkin' on the main page, very nice. I saw the Rene Zellweger film a while ago and was captured by the story. I see that there are a great number of Beatrix Potter books, they are linked by category but not easily accessible in each individual article. A great way of linking them is a 'Navbox', I have created quite a few for the aircraft project, here is an example Template:British Aviation Museums and an example of its use at Shuttleworth Collection. If you copy the template to a sandbox you can play with it and see how it looks. If you need any help please shout although I will watch your talk page for a while if you want to reply here. Cheers Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 22:52, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Thumbelina

FYI - Cheers, --Scott Free (talk) 13:54, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Ode on Indolence

Would you care to look over Ode on Indolence for grammar errors and any comprehension problems? You seem to have a keen eye for readability and there may be some things that I have missed. It is up for FAC, so I would like to get quite a few people with a strong grasp of grammar and comprehension to give it a read through. I know you can be tough and demanding, which is good. :) If you decide to make any suggestions or whatever, feel free to make any direct changes, or leave comments on talk page, FAC page, my user talk, or even yours. If not, that is fine too. Ottava Rima (talk) 01:23, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Did You Know problem

Hello! Your submission of Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Art LaPella (talk) 03:56, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection.

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Les Fêtes Chinoises and Jason et Médée

		The Minor Barnstar
		Awarded for Les Fêtes Chinoises and Jason et Médée. — Robert Greer (talk) 21:52, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Curly Top

Please see the discussion re: your additions to this article at . In addition to making other changes, I have removed the biographical section for Temple you added to the article because it was not in keeping with film project guidelines. Still of concern are the sections that sound like they were written as a thesis for a film course. Thank you. LiteraryMaven (talk • contrib) 20:04, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Curly Top (film)

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Wikiproject: Did you know? 05:15, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Flore et Zéphire

I would pass this now, as it is aesthetically pleasing and a good read. However, there is a original research template: "The half-French, half-Swedish Charles-Louis Didelot worked with and was the student of the greatest ballet innovators of the eighteenth century:". I assume this could be found in Greskovic 2005, pp. 28–30? Does the language say something about "greatest" or anything close? If so, could you produce a short quote. That way, I could verify the comment. The only other things are very minor: 1. commas to separate off "however" in "Flore et Zéphire however was dancing", 2. "Speculation suggests" Speculation by who? 3. "success brought Didelot" Brought might not be the best thing, as it would attribute sentient motion to success. You could try "Following the ballet's success, the Francophile Russian monarchy in 1799 invited...". Minor things. I just need the one issue cleaned up before this can be passed. Ottava Rima (talk) 18:10, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Ottava makes some useful points, however there is a more serious problem: the article contains quoted phrases from Kirstein that are not in quote marks and relies overwhelmingly on that one source. It will need careful revision, to include quote marks, and / or to move away from Kirstein's text, if it is to pass GA. Ottava, if you are popping by at all, see here, and click through to p. 130. I have tagged the article for possible copyright violation until the issue is addressed. Kathryn, ping me at my talk page if you need further guidance. Regards, hamiltonstone (talk) 00:24, 7 September 2009 (UTC)