Casliber, are you coming back to finish this review? I suspect it fell off your radar, since it isn't like you to wait a month. If you aren't interested in pursuing it, though, please let me know, and I'll add it to the list of articles needing review. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:34, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) currently leads; if that lead is held, she will become the first person to have won the WikiCup twice. Sasata (submissions), Hawkeye7 (submissions)—who has never participated in the competition before—and Casliber (submissions) follow. The majority of points in this round have come from a mix of good articles and bonus points. This final round is seeing contributions to a number of highly important topics; recent submissions include Phoenix (constellation) (FA by Casliber), Ernest Lawrence (GA by Hawkeye7), Pinniped, and red fox (both GAs by Sasata).
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The Blue-faced Honeyeater is a passerine bird of the Honeyeater family Meliphagidae and is common in northern and eastern Australia and southern New Guinea. A large honeyeater at around 29.5 cm (11.6 in) in length, it has distinctive plumage, with olive upperparts, white underparts and a black head and throat with white nape and cheeks. Males and females are similar in external appearance. Adults have a blue area of bare skin on each side of the face readily distinguishing them from juveniles, which have yellow or green patches of bare skin. Found in open woodland, parks, and gardens, it appears to be sedentary in parts of its range and locally nomadic in other parts; however, the species has been little studied since it was first described by the ornithologist John Latham in 1802. Its diet is mostly composed of invertebrates, supplemented with nectar and fruit. Its propensity for feeding on the flowers and fruit of bananas in north Queensland has given it the common name of "Bananabird". Blue-faced Honeyeaters often take over and renovate old babbler nests, in which the female lays and incubates two or rarely three eggs. Three subspecies are recognised. (Full article...)
UcuchaBot (talk) 23:02, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello Casliber! I see you have edited a lot of ant-related articles, including the FA Ant. You may be interested in the recently created ant task force. Check out the task force's subpage and see if you're able to help out with any of the open tasks (or add new tasks). This list of ant-related open access may prove useful for expanding stubs and DYKs. If you're interested in copy editing future GA/FA nomination, please add your username including a short comment like "copy editing" in the Participants list and someone will ((ping)) you when needed. Cheers, jonkerz ♠talk 21:53, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
Cas, could you please peer review article "Fluorine". If it's too long, just hit the bio section.71.127.137.171 (talk) 07:26, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
On 8 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Calcariidae, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that genetic studies revealed birds of the family Calcariidae, namely longspurs and snow buntings (pictured), are more closely related to tanagers, New World warblers and cardinals than they are to buntings? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Calcariidae. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi Casliber, I'm seeking additional opinions on what appears to be a sticking point for the GA review for the Hope Solo article. If you have time, please see the discussion in the "In popular culture" section of the review. Any feedback you can provide is much appreciated. Thank you. Hmlarson (talk) Hmlarson (talk) 00:11, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
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As you participated in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Breeze Barton, you may be interested to learn that I have opened a discussion to propose merging the article's contents to List of Marvel Comics characters: B. Feel free to comment. Taylor Trescott - my talk + my edits 20:55, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
Hey doc:
Check out this podcast: [1] Shows two things.
1. (I think) They read my article and got some insights from it. Not every coincidence is derived. Periodic Table of the Videos had a lot of similarities, but it was GMTA, not aping. But...I just kind of sniff a few places. Kind of cool actually that a pretty professional piece like this got good ideas from me.
2. Oh...and they sure don't call it fluoxetine or whatever. (Had a gf who took that, no snapback jokes please. ;-))
208.44.87.91 (talk) 23:37, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
P.s. Thanks for engaging with the piece. And with me.
That sounds really exciting. I'll have a muse on it today and drop by with some thoughts at some point. J Milburn (talk) 07:26, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
Continued on from the intro on Jmh649's talk page
Yep, I knew those drugs were TGA approved, Cas. I'm Aussy too, proud to be Aussy too seeing how the Americans are a little short of psychotropics in my opinion, although in a few ways we're a little short (e.g. lurasidone, vilazodone and vortioxetine haven't reached the Aussy market as you may be aware. Oddly trazodone isn't used 'ere either). Agomelatine, moclobemide, amisulpride and zuclopenthixol are all invaluable psychotropic drugs in my opinion (I realise there's a few others like sertindole, mianserin and reboxetine but seeing how they're nothing worth boasting about in turns of efficacy and tolerability I felt like conveniently ignoring them). I've just been trying to find a nice uniform and accurate way of determining whether a drug is approved by the Canadian regulator because I already 'ave a way for doing the same with the TGA (i.e. TGA eBusiness services). Fuse809 (talk) 13:22, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
The article Hydrus you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Hydrus for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sasata -- Sasata (talk) 16:02, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of GD 61 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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! Chris857 (talk) 20:31, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
Hey there -- you just reverted my edit to the DYK nomination page. Did I put something in the wrong place? A hint or two would be appreciated, thanks: Jwrosenzweig (talk) 04:19, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
Please take a look at the schizophrenia article. There is an edit request waiting for your aproval — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.10.231.249 (talk) 17:20, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
Don't let anyone drag you down on the Core Contest not fixing the Wiki. It's good stuff. Except the award should be out in days. Psych will back uo that time of reward and punishement need to be close to events. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.127.137.171 (talk) 05:10, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi. Could you mark the request as answered each time you respond to the requester? This causes the request not to appear on the list of edit requests requiring attention over at CAT:SPER and avoids having multiple volunteers go to talk:Schizophrenia only to find that the request is being handled. Thanks, Celestra (talk) 21:39, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi Casliber, I'm just about to make a request that Amanda Bynes (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) be semi protected due to long term vandalism and BLP vios. Since you PC protected it I thought I'd let you know. Regards, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 03:02, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi. The FAC is getting long, so I have commented here to help you to focus. If you do not agree, then at least you will have thought about it. In the redback spider article the clinical effects of its bite are not well presented, it seem so me. It does not give a clear picture of a mild to moderate case. It lists a lot of symptoms and signs. It does not give the slightly different presentation in children, so it is not balanced. The comparison the the American spider is too early in the paragraph. Separate paragraphs of mild cases and severe cases might be helpful. I still think that most of this could be dealt with on a linked article, but it looks like a lengthy section is there to stay and so it should give the correct impression and have appropriate balance. There are so many reference points and so it is difficult for me to edit. To speed things up, I have been making direct edits to the article, which I hope has reduced the work of discussion on the FAC. Looks like A Clinician’s Guide to Australian Venomous Bites and Stings: incorporating the updated CSL Antivenom Handbook, 2013, would be useful, partly because it deals with the ante-venom controversies; see Doctors get guide to venomous bites and stings. Apparently Australian doctors can get a free copy. Snowman (talk) 13:56, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
The fluorine barnstar | |
For your comments in the peer review. -TCO17:50, 26 October 2013 (UTC) |
I'm starting to ratchet up the work on Cygnus (constellation), in case you're interested in helping. I think the most important thing will be keeping the objects section to a reasonable size, given how much stuff is in Cygnus. By the way, sorry to hear about the accident, get better soon! StringTheory11 (t • c) 05:53, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
Just wanted to drop by to note a couple of things (without wanting to go into the specific block or civility discussion here). First, I know that people like Eric Corbett and others provide more and better content than I do. I have no problem acknowledging that, it would be hard to claim otherwise. What I do have a problem with is people dismissing everything that isn't up to these high standards as insignificant, or that other contributions (maintenance, coding, whatever) is not worthwhile, or that only the major content contributors should be allowed to judge their peers.
You haven't said any of these things, and implied only some of them to some extent, but your comments are (in my opinion) refelctive of a common trait between some of the people now defending Eric Corbett, and this rather artificial division between content editors and others is not helpful to find compromise or to get a good functioning community.
To give an example of a much more extreme comment in this regard (which may help you understand my reaction to this aspect): in a long and rather acrimonious discussion, Epipelagic gave his apparent definition of what a content builder is: "substantial articles, say over 40K, for which you are the primary content builder?" (changed to 30K in a subsequent edit[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=prev&oldid=548210793) This already excludes everyone who researches and builds 5-10K C-class articles but doesn't bring them to B or GA or FA class, like Achilles on Skyros, or higher quality articles like Winnie Winkle or collaborations like Lilian Faithfull. After discovering that at the time I was working on a long (40+ K) list that was nominated for featured list, he changed his criteria to "over 30 or 40K and not just lists". So apparently even the creation of something like Leuchtenberg Gallery doesn't qualify me as a content builder in the eyes of some people.
Having created a few hundred articles (really created, I'm not counting the creations from public domain sources here), including a few GAs and one FL, most of them after I became an admin, it is not really encouraging to be dismissed as someone who is not a content builder. It is not the only thing I do, and it comes and goes in waves, but dividing people between content builders and non-content builders (usually admins), and judging people solely on their content additions (and not also on e.g. their hoax removals or other constructive edits), doesn't help to resolve conflicts and ease tensions. I am also wary of the few people who spent 95% of their time on noticeboards, but these are truly the exceptions.
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to clarify my position a bit, away from AN. Fram (talk) 13:18, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
Addendum: you asked for some evidence of collaborative editing. As an example, I often get "thanks" notices for my disabling of mainspace cats in AfC submissions (edits like this one). Another example is Bosworth Tennis, which looked like this when I noticed it. My initial edit, apart from my regular tagging, corrected a redlink[2]. But I felt that more could be done with this, so a few days later I turned it into a real article[3]. A slightly older example is this one, where I declined the speedy, and turned it into a DYK the next week. Dr. Blofeld then turned it into GA.
I don't do this often enough though, I no longer have the time I used to have to edit here at length, and currently it is more convenient for me to do gnoming. Fram (talk) 13:31, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
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Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. Brainstorming and discussion remains open for how next year's competition will work, and straw polls will be opened by the judges soon. Those interested in friendly competition may also like to keep an eye on the stub contest, being organised by Casliber. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:39, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
In this edit, I think you have made it ambiguous about which "length" you are talking about. The length of the entire spider including the legs, or just the body? The ones I've seen have a body length about 1cm and a total length ~3cm. --99of9 (talk) 03:29, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
On 3 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article GD 61, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the white dwarf star GD 61 was once likely orbited by a rocky planet or asteroid with water? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/GD 61. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
You recently added "1 death" to the spider bite article. Could you please supply a citation to document this fact? Thanks. P0M (talk) 18:22, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello Cas. I have just written this biography. Owing to there being an event in Canberra next week that will give her some (minor art world) prominence, I was wondering if you are free to do an urgent GAN review with editorial suggestions? Also planning then to take it to FAC. If not, just let me know. Cheers, hamiltonstone (talk) 13:19, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
On 7 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hadronyche macquariensis, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the venomous spider Hadronyche macquariensis was only described in 2010? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hadronyche macquariensis. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 21:53, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
Historical pages aren't normally edited after they're marked historical.
In the AfD discussion, there was no consensus for the "More Detailed Proposal" which prescribed "[moving] all bounty offers to Wikipedia:Bounty board/Expired and claimed bounties#Expired bounties". The closing admin did not do this.
The editorial you added near the top of the page doesn't necessarily express the consensus from the AfD discussion.
Please undo the edits you've made since the page was marked historical. —rybec 16:43, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
While you were creating the "As we are going to keep this, do we need to tighten the criteria a bit?" thread, I was creating the "Proposed revised introduction" thread. Since they both address the same issues, perhaps a merge is in order? Sven Manguard Wha? 05:34, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
Four Award | ||
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Chalciporus piperatus. TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 10:37, 9 November 2013 (UTC) |
--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 10:37, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I had a DYK approved a few days ago, but the hook has yet to be promoted (with other stuff promoted in the meantime), at T:TDYK, see Katherine Ritvo. Not sure who is promoting hooks these days, but looks like a labor shortage over at DYK generally, so I'm pinging a few people about this. Help? Thanks! Montanabw(talk) 21:08, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
There is a notice on the FAC about the WikiCup, which I presume can be deleted now. Snowman (talk) 21:36, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Chalciporus piperatus to FA status recently. If you would like to see this (or any other FA you may have helped to write) appear as "Today's featured article" soon, please nominate it at the requests page; if you'd like to see an FA on a particular date in the next year or so, please add it to the "pending" list. In the absence of a request, the article may end up being picked at any time (although with 1,324 articles in Category:Featured articles that have not appeared on the main page at present, there's no telling how long – or short! – the wait might be). If you'd got any TFA-related questions or problems, please let me know. BencherliteTalk 11:38, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
On 14 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lagerpeton, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the early dinosaur-like animal Lagerpeton was only 70 cm (28 in) long? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lagerpeton. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Tucana 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 Astrocog -- Astrocog (talk) 14:41, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
On 14 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lythronax, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the king of gore and the monstrous murderer lived in Utah 80 and 75 million years ago respectively? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lythronax. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
On 14 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Teratophoneus, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the king of gore and the monstrous murderer lived in Utah 80 and 75 million years ago respectively? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:05, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi Casliber,
I stumbled across your idea for a stub improvement contest today, and I think it's great. I have a whole bucket of articles that I'd like to improve. In fact, I was just thinking, "Gah! Look at the state of Wikipedia. Sure, we've created some 20,000 so-called Good Articles, but how many untold millions still sit in the muck?" And as my brain was pondering all that, my fingers were bringing me to you.
In other words, please do let me know when the contest is on. I'm on to win it or at least give a damn good effort. Thank, Bobnorwal (talk) 04:31, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
The E=mc² Barnstar | ||
For your continuing work on astronomy related articles, particularly on improving constellation articles to GA status, I award you this barnstar. Cheers, AstroCog (talk) 15:02, 15 November 2013 (UTC) |
The article Tucana you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Tucana for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Astrocog -- Astrocog (talk) 15:02, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
On 16 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Xinjiangtitan, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Xinjiangtitan is a 32 metre sauropod dinosaur from Xinjiang in China? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Xinjiangtitan. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
Casliber, the nominator asked you to pass final judgment over two weeks ago; any chance you can finish this soon? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:58, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
Would you be able to GA review Crocodilia? LittleJerry (talk) 00:34, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for clarifying some of that, but i'm still hoping you'll respond telling me what 32s is! hamiltonstone (talk) 10:07, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
On 18 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tucana, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the constellation Tucana was the site of the Hubble Deep Field South in 1998? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tucana. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar | |
Thanks for the heads up about Tucana--you are right about Brazil being the origin of the word, rather than the constellation itself. BenEsq (talk) 03:24, 19 November 2013 (UTC) |
Casliber--I have the book by Chartrand and am quoting from it directly (I can send you a pdf of the page). I used the direct quote regarding Pavo rather than a paraphrase to make sure it was clear that I was not adding my two cents. Given Chartrand's (apparent) credentials and his expertise in the history of constellations, I find this to be a fascinating footnote. As to whether the ancient Greeks would have been able to see Pavo, this is a fair point. I would simply note that Pavo roughly lies along the same celestial path as Crux, just slightly more toward the south, although I believe its more "northern" stars are technically higher than those of Crux. -Ben
A flickre user kindly changed the licence of a photograph of Hooded Parrots, which I have shown in the infobox. The species is only found in Northern Australia. I wonder if you can made a DKY out of it. Snowman (talk) 19:37, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
This is a note to let the main editors of Common Raven know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on December 10, 2013. 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 all, please ask Bencherlite (talk · contribs). You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 10, 2013. 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:
The Common Raven is a large, all-black passerine bird. Found across the northern hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. There are at least eight subspecies with little variation in appearance, although there are significant genetic differences among populations from various regions. It is possibly the heaviest passerine; at maturity, the Common Raven averages 63 centimetres (25 inches) in length and 1.2 kilograms (2.6 pounds) in mass. Common Ravens can live up to 21 years in the wild, a lifespan exceeded among passerines by only a few Australasian species. Young birds may travel in flocks but later mate for life, with each pair defending a territory. The Common Raven has coexisted with humans for thousands of years and in some areas is considered a pest. Part of its success comes from its omnivorous diet; Common Ravens are extremely versatile in finding sources of nutrition. Some notable feats of problem-solving have been observed in the species, leading to the belief that it is intelligent. Over the centuries, it has been the subject of mythology, folklore, art, and literature. In many indigenous cultures, it has been revered as a spiritual figure or god. (Full article...)
UcuchaBot (talk) 00:03, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for this bird! "Deine Raben beide" (Wotan's two ravens) are featured twice in The Ring, in Waltraute's warning and the final scene of Götterdämmerung. Worth mentioning? Did you know that Jahrhundertring was my most successful DYK? Pictured (almost) on top of my talk, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:06, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
Many thanks for taking the time to review the Spanish conquest of Petén FAC - and, of course, for supporting - the article was recently promoted. Best regards, Simon Burchell (talk) 11:39, 22 November 2013 (UTC) |
On 26 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hooded Parrot, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Hooded Parrot shares its nesting holes with a moth that eats the nestlings' feces? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hooded Parrot. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
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This page was barely edited before protection, and it has been barely edited since. Lower to "pending changes"? --George Ho (talk) 01:24, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
On 26 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Kongouro from New Holland, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the paintings The Kongouro from New Holland and Portrait of a Large Dog were barred from being taken to Australia by the British Department of Culture on the grounds of their national importance? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Kongouro from New Holland. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:14, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Super AIDS is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Super AIDS until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
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Thanks for your GA review of Brislington House.— Rod talk 20:09, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Thopha saccata 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 Yzx -- Yzx (talk) 04:11, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your GA review of Great Eastern Highway! - Evad37 [talk] 06:31, 28 November 2013 (UTC) |
On 28 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Slim Newton, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1972 hit song "The Redback on the Toilet Seat" was written by Slim Newton, not Slim Dusty? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Slim Newton. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Nikkimaria (talk) 08:02, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
On 29 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Thopha sessiliba, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the northern double drummer is the second largest cicada in Australia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thopha sessiliba. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
Still looking for a judge? If you do, I'm more than openly qualified personally. I'd write myself for it, but I got enough writing projects to do. I can definitely help judge, even with finals in a few weeks. Mitch32(New digs, new life, same old stubborn.) 22:18, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
Howdy. I think we need to seriously make changes next time around. It's been just short of 3 days, and Sasata has 516 points, courtesy 316 reassignments. Also, I would highly suggest try emphasizing the expansions over reassignments. Mitch32(New digs, new life, same old stubborn.) 23:23, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
Hey. I saw you listed at Wikipedia:Peer review/volunteers and was wondering if you'd be willing to give any feedback on the article at Wikipedia:Peer review/Arthur Gould (rugby union)/archive1? Thanks! –Shudde talk 10:29, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
Sven Manguard Wha? 20:18, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
You might just have the absolutely coolest user page anywhere in the Wikiverse!!! Bddmagic (talk) 22:15, 30 November 2013 (UTC) |
On 1 December 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tsintaosaurus, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the Chinese hadrosaur Tsintaosaurus was previously incorrectly thought to have a unicorn-like protuberance (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tsintaosaurus. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
Hey, I really love the stub contest! I have an idea: You make a chart/table that has all of the participants in the contest, and users can manually add on their points (like a scoreboard). You can choose to view the table either by most points, alphabetical order of name, or order of who joined. I'd be willing to do the layout and chart.
Thanks for the contest! Newyorkadam (talk) 02:31, 1 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam
On 2 December 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Macrotristria angularis, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the red nose-like structure of the cherrynose cicada contains muscles that help it suck xylem out of trees? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Macrotristria angularis. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYKUpdateBot (talk) 05:33, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi can you comment on this nomination. —Vensatry (Ping me) 04:02, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello. You semi-protected Ötzi over two years ago (when the article was known as Ötzi the Iceman). The reason you cited was "Persistent vandalism: perpetual target"
As recommended at WP:UNPROTECT, I thought I'd check to see if you are willing to remove the protection now that two years have passed. Thanks in advance. 67.100.127.160 (talk) 22:39, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
The article Thopha saccata you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Thopha saccata for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Yzx -- Yzx (talk) 22:52, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Hey,
Where did you submit the request to hold the Stub Contest? Is there a place to request to hold a contest? I was looking through your contribution history and didn't see anything about a request. I was thinking about holding a typo correction contest. I found the Ideas for new contests page, but that seems to be covered in dust, and I didn't see any request by you on that page.
Thanks! Newyorkadam (talk) 23:30, 3 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam
Hi, when you have a moment, could you please fill out a quick report based on wmuk:Microgrants/Template/Report for the Core Contest. Thanks -- Katie Chan (WMUK) (talk) 12:27, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello, Casliber:
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection. Posted by: Northamerica1000(talk) 18:33, 5 December 2013 (UTC) |
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Hello. I saw that you began reviewing Treblinka extermination camp at FAC on 19 November but seem to not have finished your review. I understand why you would do so, seeing as PoeticBent has been busy addressing Squemish Ossifrage's lengthy list of concerns and has forgotten about the two you've posted. Anyway, I will remind PoeticBent to address your two comments by posting on his talk page, and I hope that you "will take a look soon [and] make straightforward copyedits as [you] go and jot queries below". PoeticBent and I have put a lot of work into the article between the two of us and would greatly appreciate it if you would take the time to do a thorough review. AmericanLemming (talk) 03:17, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
On 8 December 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nankangia, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that it is unknown whether the dinosaur Nankangia was carnivorous or herbivorous? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nankangia. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:19, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
On 8 December 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Europelta, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the remains of the armoured dinosaur Europelta were uncovered in a coal mine in Spain in 2011? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Europelta. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Gatoclass (talk) 20:33, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
This is a note to let the main editors of redback spider know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on December 19, 2013. 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 all, please ask Bencherlite (talk · contribs). You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 19, 2013. 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:
The redback spider is a species of venomous spider indigenous to Australia. It is a member of the cosmopolitan genus Latrodectus, the widow spiders. The adult female has a black body with a prominent abdominal red stripe (pictured). Females have a body length of about 1 centimetre (0.4 in), while the male is much smaller, being only 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long. Mainly nocturnal, the female redback lives in an untidy web in a warm sheltered location near or inside human residences. It preys on insects, spiders and small vertebrates that become ensnared in its web. Male spiders and spiderlings often live on the periphery of the female spiders' web and steal leftovers. The redback is one of few arachnids which usually display sexual cannibalism while mating. It has a widespread distribution in Australia, and inadvertent introductions have led to established colonies in New Zealand, Japan and in greenhouses in Belgium. The redback is one of the few spider species that can be seriously harmful to humans. An antivenom has been available since 1956, although there are disputes about its effectiveness, and there have been no deaths directly due to redback bites since its introduction. (Full article...)
UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Samwalton9 (talk) 13:31, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
I don't think I told you that I first remember hearing the English pronunciation of the star before the FA nom, because I'd only ever read the word and pronounced it like it is in German, which is like this. I found it fascinating how different it sounds, and that it is male, for some reason. Crazy right? Also, your plants articles inspired me: next year I will try to grow a snow gum from seed and put it in the garden, I bought some seeds from an exotic seed seller which were gathered on Mt. Hotham, and they weren't even that expensive. Perhaps a plant or two will survive with good winter protection. They may grow in England but I need good luck in zone 7. It would probably be good to get some images of Eucalyptus seedling of ssp. niphophila for Wikipedia. I haven't seen any. Best regards Hekerui (talk) 15:39, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
About the scoreboard, shouldn't Gobonobo have 15 points instead of 10? He has 5 re-rates. Chris857 (talk) 15:07, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Casliber,
I got the grant! It got approved, thanks for all of your help with that :D
I am going to start advertising now. I am wondering if I am allowed to post messages to users talk pages inviting them to join the contest. I know this might be considered canvassing, but I disagree. It is merely a contest to contribute the overall quality of Wikipedia. Can you please contribute your insight onto this situation?
Thanks! Newyorkadam (talk) 03:56, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
P.S. The contest is here :)
I promised Adam I would help out in organizing this event, (I'm officially mentoring him) if you need reassurance. Thanks Secret account 03:58, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
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On 16 December 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Theta Muscae, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the star Theta Muscae turned out to be a triple system whose central star has blown off its outer hydrogen layer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Theta Muscae. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 15:18, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
Cas, are you going to be able to keep up there? I've been begging folks to update the DSM5 articles for months, and now this Moyers fellow has gone all over Wikipedia recruiting people who aren't familiar with FA standards to edit the article. I'm tired of babysitting that article; if you aren't able to give it a significant effort, I'm going to unwatch and let it go to FAR. Tired of babysitting it by myself. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:17, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
Right - getting to work on the editnotices. I could always nominate you for adminship - this is the reason I became an admin - to facilitate content editing. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:29, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
Schizophrenia is a Featured article. While it is open for editing like any other, it has gone through a community review process at Featured article candidates, where it was checked for high quality sources, a thorough survey of the relevant literature, and compliance with the criteria for Featured articles. It is considerate to discuss significant changes of text or images on the talk page first. This article must comply with Wikipedia's medical content guidelines, medical sourcing guidelines, and the Featured article standards, including a consistent citation style.
Cas, Laser brain made me a template editor: don't tell Drmies or my dh, but I'm in love. I redid Template:Editnotices/Page/Schizophrenia. Woohoo ! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:47, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for getting that ball rolling. Hea, Cas, you seemed to get on well with Vaughan (talk · contribs · logs), while I found him to be quite the pain in the petusky and doubt that he cared much for me. So, what ever became of him? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:09, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Cas - Over the past couple of days, I've made these changes to Fort Larned National Historic Site. In the midst of my changes, another user upgraded the article from stub to start class on the talk page. Should I claim the article for points? I'm not fussed either way, but wanted to ask for an official opinion on this one :) Thanks in advance, Dana boomer (talk) 03:04, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
This is a note to let the main editors of Phoenix (constellation) know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on January 1, 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 all, please ask Bencherlite (talk · contribs). You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 1, 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:
Phoenix is a constellation in the southern sky, stretches from roughly −39° to −57° declination, and from 23.5h to 2.5h of right ascension. Named after the mythical phoenix, it was first depicted on a celestial atlas by Johann Bayer in his 1603 Uranometria. The French explorer and astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille charted the brighter stars and gave their Bayer designations in 1756. The brightest star, Alpha Phoenicis, or Ankaa, is an orange giant of apparent magnitude 2.4. Nu Phoenicis has a dust disk, while the constellation boasts ten star systems with planets, and HE0107-5240, possibly one of the oldest stars yet discovered. It has around 1/200,000 the metallicity that the Sun has and hence must have formed very early in the history of the universe. The recently discovered galaxy clusters El Gordo and the Phoenix Cluster—located 7.2 and 5.7 billion light years away respectively, are two of the largest objects in the visible universe. Phoenix is the radiant of two annual meteor showers: the Phoenicids in December, and the July Phoenicids. (Full article...)
UcuchaBot (talk) 00:01, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Casliber - I'm loving the stub contest, and it seems to be having a really positive effect on enwiki as a whole (hundreds of stubs expanded, thousands re-rated etc.). I just have one quick question - I initially wrote and was credited for Luzula nivalis before I expanded it to it's current size, and it is now at 4951 B of readable prose size. Am I still eligible for the +5 bonus? Thank you very much in advance and keep up the good work! :) Acather96 (click here to contact me) 14:36, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
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[4]...Modernist (talk) 03:35, 25 December 2013 (UTC) Merry Christmas too and thanks for the Banskia article at TFA the other day!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:38, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Here is the thread I made for requests for help. Mitch32(New digs, new life, same old stubborn.) 04:09, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Cas. Somewhat belated best wishes for Christmas and the New Year. Good intentions yesterday were submerged in turkey, Chateauneuf du Pape and Laphroaigh (spelling may not be correct) Cheers!!! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:42, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Happy New Year, Casliber, thanks for all the help these past few months. Enjoy the pie :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 20:25, 26 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam |
Belated happy christmas and a tolerable new year. | ||
Wishing you all the best for 2014.[5]. Ceoil (talk) 23:08, 26 December 2013 (UTC) |
Looks to me that we're dealing with a nationalistic editor using either sockpuppets or meatpuppets - see JanHusCz and Sumatro. Can someone please do SOMETHING??? This is the sort of crap that drives good content editors away... Ealdgyth - Talk 14:11, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
Good morning! We've replaced Casliber's IRL coffee with Wiki crystals. Let's see if he notices! – Quadell (talk) 19:49, 27 December 2013 (UTC) |
you may have noticed a couple of edits in your history by User:Fceefyahoo.ca. Now blocked by User:Rjd0060 and talk page editing removed by me Jimfbleak - talk to me? 19:55, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
Hey Cas, this is me asking something of you again! Hope you're having a happy New Year. So—are you ready to kick my butt again in this year's Wikicup? This year, I'm determined to at least get into the finals. Anyway, since you reviewed this article's previous FAC, would you mind taking the time to look at this one, please? [6] Thanks, I'd appreciate it muchly. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 23:14, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I was looking at the second ref on W Cygni, and it appears to me as though you linked the wrong page, as it links to R Muscae information, at least for me. I would fix it, but I'm not familiar with how to navigate that site. StringTheory11 (t • c) 05:09, 31 December 2013 (UTC)