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By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews for the period 1 April-30 September 2010, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. Roger Davies talk 08:18, 7 October 2010 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste |
Hello! Your submission of Kenneth North 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! — Rlevse • Talk • 00:03, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi there Ktr101! You may be wondering, what have I done to sound the alarm this time? Nothing. I'm messaging you in regards to the adopt-a-user program, which currently has a backlog of users wishing to be adopted. This doesn't make much sense, as we have a considerable list of users offer adoption, so there shouldn't be any backlog. I've begun to eliminate this backlog myself through a matching program, but I need your help to make it work. Of course, adoptees and adopters don't have to go through there, but I believe it helps eliminate the backlog because someone is actively matching pairs.
On the list of adopters, I have modified the middle column to say "Interests." It's easier working with other users that have similar interests, so if it's not too much to ask, could you add your interests in the middle column? For example, if I was interested in hurricanes, computers, business, and ... reptiles? I would place those in the middle column. Counter-vandalism and the like can also be included (maintenance should be used as the general term). The more interests, the better, since adoptees can learn more about you and choose the one they feel most comfortable working with. The information about when you're most active and other stuff can go into the "Notes" section to the right.
Finally, I've gone around and asked adoptees (and will in the future) to fill in a short survey so adopters can take the initiative and contact users they feel comfortable working with. We all know that most adoptees just place the adopt me template on their user page and leave it - so it's up to us to approach them and offer adoption. So, please take a look at the survey, adopt those that fit your interests, and maybe watchlist it so you can see the interests of adoptees and adopt one that fits your interests in the future.
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— Rlevse • Talk • 00:02, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi. Category:Wikipedians_open_to_whale_squishing, which you created, has been nominated for deletion. Your comments at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2010_October_14#Category:Wikipedians_open_to_whale_squishing would be appreciated. Why did you create it? --SmokeyJoe (talk) 12:28, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
The problem is that you're not going about it correctly; you need to leave the articles in the categories until CFD says that they should be deleted. Nyttend (talk) 00:53, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
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The DYK project (nominate) 18:04, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Another Massachusetts question for you: I was preparing to do a "Health" section similar (but probably smaller) than Virginia's, and I was wondering which, if any, hospitals should be specifically mentioned. I was going to mention Massachusetts General Hospital, as it is well known and seems to be near the top of many "Best Hospital" lists, but I wasn't sure if Boston Medical Center also deserved a mention. Perhaps there are other institutions I'm missing as well. AlexiusHoratius 15:30, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
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Hi there, as there haven't been any comments on the peer review for over a month, shall I archive it? I was going to comment a while ago, but I was waiting to see what you did in response to EA's comments, to avoid me commenting on things that were about to be changed anyway (and I'm not sure what's been done). If you still want feedback, it's no problem: you can either keep this one going, or come back again when you've got more time, but an update either way would help keep the page up-to-date. Regards, BencherliteTalk 21:32, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Template:Infobox drive-in theater has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. WOSlinker (talk) 18:43, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I saw you added the recent death template but didn't add any thing to support it, have you got a citation, I have googled and found only reports that it is delayed? Iranian woman's execution delayed amid backlash - Off2riorob (talk) 20:19, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I removed your addition the "Mt. Pleasant, New York" category from this article, because the aqueduct passes through three four towns and the city of Yonkers, so it's not a part of any of those political entities in toto. Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:28, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
My apologies for switching categories. Since Schmitz went to high school in Marquette County, Wisconsin it was more practical to list him from the county he had lived in Wisconsin instead of making one category that Greg Dean Schmitz may be the only one that would be listed in for quite some time. Thank youRFD (talk) 19:58, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi-Just a quick note you might find this article Political subdivisions of Wisconsin informative and interesting. Many thanks-RFD (talk) 12:02, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hello, I'm curious why you're adding redlinked categories. Do you plan on creating them later? Thanks --CutOffTies (talk) 18:51, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your support at my RfA last week. I'll do everything I can to live up to your expectations and if you ever need help from a janitor please feel free to drop me a line! PanydThe muffin is not subtle 21:00, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi there, I have nominated Category:People from Washington, Maine to be merged into Category:People from Knox County, Maine. Feel free to comment. Thanks--TM 06:41, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
First off welcome to Articles for Creation. I noticed a couple of cases where the submitter resubmitted after the submission being declined. Please know that the submissions are permitted to be resubmitted and should not be declined until after a new review. Thank you, Alpha Quadrant talk 14:27, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I am here to inform you as an experienced AfC editor that you are declining AfC Articles without actually reviewing them. We have had many complaints in IRC today about submissions being declined that should not have been. Most of which have been reviewed by you. I would like to kindly ask you to take a minute to read the reviewing instructions located here. You should be putting a majority of them on hold instead of declining to give the users a chance to fix the mistakes. Before you go on reviewing I need you to look at those and tell me you understand them. Then I as well as the other editors expect you to follow those guidelines and think before you review. Do not just skim, you need to FULLY read the article. As you said, you have this down to a science, you do not. You are still making mistakes constantly. You need to take the above advice and if you cannot get it right you will need to remove yourself from the process. We appreciate your help but we need editors who can do it right. Thank you. JoeGazz ▲ 17:43, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Kevin, thanks again for reviewing this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/SouthWest_Community_Credit_Union I have gone back and corrected several issues with the article. I have cited quite a few sources throughout the article, and fixed some links that were not accurate. I have worked hard to ensure everything is factual and that I have good references. Would you be willing to review this again? This is my first real article and I have learned a lot. Regards, Roger — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rogerjdutah (talk • contribs) 01:25, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
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Again you have failed to close AfC Submissions correctly, I am not the kind of person to sugar coat things. It is getting on multiple user's nerves and it needs to stop. We had a complaint by a user on IRC AGAIN about a AfC You closed, [2]. At this time I am going to have to ask you to remove yourself from the process for 1 week, re-read the guidelines and then only once you know the process, begin again. If this continues, we will be initiating a community consensus to place a Project Ban on you from AfC. Wikipedia has procedures that need to be followed, please review them and actually follow them. Thank you. JoeGazz ▲ 15:10, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, RE: Alison Smith-Squire submission. I am not happy that you again have again declined this submission. It might be it should be declined but I would prefer it to be dealt with by someone other than you. It's quite clear from the way you have declined this twice that you haven't looked at journalism in the UK or the British journalism submissions that already exist on Wiki. I don't find it fair that the same person keeps coming along and declining it - I think it would be much fairer if you asked someone else to look at this submission. I am going to seek help elsewhere and make a complaint about this as I don't find the way you have behaved to be helpful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.97.238.240 (talk • contribs) 05:47, December 14, 2010 (UTC)
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Template:Expand has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. 134.253.26.6 (talk) 22:47, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello i would like to ask for your input in what i should put on my introductions.--71.213.94.123 (talk) 08:23, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Like?--71.213.89.167 (talk) 04:26, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
I should thank you for starting this wikiproject- I'm also a student here at UMass, and have been disappointed by the lack of information out there about many of its departments and buildings. Although I can't blame UMass for wanting to move on to projects outside of agriculture, they've really been neglecting many of their older programs and some of the halls on campus are slated for demolition (I'm glad to hear Grinnell is still standing). I'm hoping by putting more of this information out there, the admins might think twice before tearing down some of these places and cutting off some of these programs. If you ever want to exchange information and get some more articles on the table just drop me a message. Happy Holidays and have a Happy New Year! Ken (talk) 18:22, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
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Terms of members of Congress begin & end on January 3. Even if the session begins/ends on a different date, their tenure is pegged to the Congress.—Markles 22:30, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
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Hi, my article was declined and im new to wiki but i believe it is better than many previous articles that have been allowed on wiki so i am wondering how i can get it to be published? thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by WillPokeDa (talk • contribs) 05:31, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
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Criteria 7 of notability for academics says:
"Criterion 7 may also be satisfied if the person has authored widely popular general audience books on academic subjects provided the author is widely regarded inside academia as a well-established academic expert and provided the books deal with that expert's field of study."
Head has authored the following popular general audience books on law:
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- Law in Perspective: Ethics, Society and Critical Thinking (with Scott Mann), UNSW Press 2005
- Administrative Law: Context and Critique, Federation 2005
Furthermore, these books deal with his field of study.
Please let me know what you think. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.185.193.165 (talk) 10:18, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
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Regarding my article submission, I believed the band to be of significance given that their vocalist is from the hugely popular band Ladytron.
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Just FYI, I have commented here on my concerns about your recent contributions to Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Grondemar.
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You held Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Gina DeVettori, saying "This article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please see tips on how to better format your article.", yet it clearly establishes context. Mono (talk) 18:55, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
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I got ahead of myself and nominated Robert Macauley for DYK even though I had only used a single source. I had a few other sources that I was going to ahead but I got caught up with errands and didn't get a chance to expand and further reference the article. Thanks for beating me to the punch. Alansohn (talk) 03:05, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
You recently declined Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/December 2010 Copenhagen Terrorist Plot Against Jyllands-Posten.
Hmm, are you sure about this? It does seem notable and well-sourced, even though being a still very recent news item, and written like a news release. I'm not going to reverse your decision, I already spoke with the author in the irc help channel and he agreed to hold off on it until more time has passed, so it's not a big deal or anything, but maybe you could take a second look at it? -- Ϫ 09:57, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
I saw your comments on DYK re PD sources. I find that if I find an article I want to put to DYK and there is a PD source then I first write the article using every reliable source I can to find key facts (without the "best reference") - at this point its normally quite a nice article . I then add in any missing facts from the PD source .... and it ready for DYK and there is no paraphrase issues. Pls ignore if this doesnt help Victuallers (talk) 13:51, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Racism in Film of the United States 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! Wasted Time R (talk) 12:13, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, and happy new year. I'll try and take a look later this week - things are busy here for the next few days as I get back to work after the holidays. Feel free to remind me if seven days pass without me doing anything! Regards, BencherliteTalk 10:57, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I've been trying to get this article accepted, and have been having a lot of difficulty. Although Im new to all of this, it seems as though you have been reviewing it so thought I would message directly to ask for some guidance on what needs to be done to the article. All the rejections tend to display the same message about how the article does not sufficiently explain the significance of the subject, but I have now put in an entire section doing just this. And in regards to the Speedy Deletion Criteria (A7), this criterion does not even seem to apply given that the article is neither about an individual/organisation/animal nor web content - it is legitimate academic research that just happens to be widely disseminated via the internet. Finally, regarding the notability criteria, the wiki guidelines state: 'if a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article'. Surely by listing an extensive list of independent external links which cover the subject, I am demonstrating just that? Please could you advise as to how I need to amend this, because I genuinely have no idea. One final point: perhaps the reason this is being rejected is because it is based on first hand research. But that doesn't explain why a subject of extremely close relation (The Bottom Billion - research by Paul Collier) has its own entry. Would you be able to draw the distinction between these two, because as far as I can make out there isn't one.
Sorry for the lengthy message, but I've hit a bit of a wall with this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.195.202 (talk) 12:10, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for this article Victuallers (talk) 21:02, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
I have been able to read the comments you made to my article. First of all, I am not an expert in wikipedia, but to show the "relevance" of "Sebastiane Award" I have included two references more.
This is an award equivalent to Teddy Award (International Film Festival of Berlin) or Lion Queer (International Film Festival of Venice) (both ot them in wikipedia), in english. Sebastiane Award has its equivalent in spanish (and bask) wikipedia ("Premio Sebastiane").
In the first reference I have included the official page of International Film Festival of San Sebastiane where it is mentioned the 2010 winner of Sebastiane Award.
Please let me know if this is enough. Thank you very much — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zinesebastiane (talk • contribs) 09:14, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. I have added more references (independent new sources) in order to improve the article as you have commented on
--Kumioko (talk) 21:23, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello Kevin, Thank you for reviewing my article on "Collapsing Opposites". You have said that my "suggestion doesn't sufficiently explain the importance or significance of the subject" and that I should see Wikipedia's "guidelines on music-related topics". I have looked at this link and I believe my suggestion does indeed explain the importance and significance of the subject. Wikipedia's guidelines for music-related topics states that:
"A musician or ensemble (note that this includes a band, singer, rapper, orchestra, DJ, musical theatre group, etc.) may be notable if it meets at least one of the following criteria:
1. Has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works appearing in sources that are reliable and are independent from the musician or ensemble itself.[note 1]
o Any reprints of press releases, other publications where the musician or ensemble talks about themselves, and all advertising that mentions the musician or ensemble, including manufacturers' advertising.[note 3]
o Works comprising merely trivial coverage, such as articles that simply report performance dates, release information or track listings, or the publications of contact and booking details in directories.
o Articles in a school or university newspaper (or similar) would generally be considered trivial but should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
2. Has had a single or album on any country's national music chart.
4. Has received non-trivial coverage in a reliable source of an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one sovereign country.[note 4]"
The third paragraph of my suggestion CLEARLY meets criteria items 1 and 2 on this list, with multiple independent reliable non-trivial sources cited to back it up. The fourth paragraph of my suggestion clearly meets criteria item #4 on this list with one independent reliable non-trivial source cited to back it up.
This suggestion is worthy of inclusion in wikipedia. Please give it another chance. Thank you, Naomi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naomibartz (talk • contribs) 08:09, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Okay... I didn't realize that stating something like that was such a faux pas. :) I have edited that part out to make it not so blatant. Could you approve the article now since it does clearly meet wikipedia's criteria for notability? thanks.Naomibartz (talk) 01:31, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Sorry to keep bugging you- just wondering if you've had a chance to think about it? Is it available for others to review? Thanks 96.49.46.92 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 08:03, 10 January 2011 (UTC).
Hi Kevin, it looks like it was not made available for someone else to review because it still says declined but when you click the page history you can see that you are the only one who has reviewed. Could you please undecline it or make it available for others to review? thanks Naomibartz (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 02:57, 12 January 2011 (UTC).
Hi, the creator of that submission came into IRC to ask for help with his article. As far as I can see, the submission is well-sourced, so may I know why did you decline the submission as unsourced or containing only unreliable sources? I checked and it seems that company websites can be used as sources in employees' articles. Bejinhan talks 12:43, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resturantuer
The correct spelling is Restaurateur. See this link:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restaurateur
Please correct this, thanks!98.151.53.27 (talk) 23:32, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
I suggested marking his page as something that would change based on current events due to recent Wikileaks. As an ambassador for the US, isn't he notable enough to require this? He already had a page, and he may have to be replaced which is significant in US foreign policy in that region. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vramasub (talk • contribs) 08:10, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
I have given up the will. It would have been so much easier if I was told in the first place that Hague was not good enough. Congratulations another Newbie bites the dust. Have a nice day.SusanWynneThomson (talk) 13:11, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
I question the disambiguation (musician) that you moved this article to [3] None of the sourced content in the article appears to refer to his musical accomplishments in any way. All of the coverage which makes him notable is related to his "exploits" within the virtual realms of the internet. Active Banana (bananaphone 00:04, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm a little concerned about the fact you placed this article on hold because of unreliable sourcing- it was sourced to a journal entry and a published book on medical science. J Milburn (talk) 21:51, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm almost terrified to look at your contributions, but I just came across this edit. How many reliable sources do you actually want? No way does that fail A7, and I strongly, strongly doubt it would be deleted at AfD. The article now has bordering on a ridiculous number of sources, and it was sitting there languishing because you'd declined it... J Milburn (talk) 02:14, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Just curious — what's the point of the (12) following the author's name in the first citation of Jenny Lind Tower? It looks like a typo to me, but I don't want to remove it and find that I mangled something. Nyttend (talk) 13:19, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Please can you tell me how to delete this article, and can I get rid of it on my contributions page? Thanks SusanWynneThomson (talk) 11:58, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, (newbie) please can you tell me how to delete this article, and is there any way I can delete it from my contributions page? SusanWynneThomson (talk) 12:01, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
((db-author))
on the page, which will put it in the category Candidates for speedy deletion. This code will also produce a template saying that the creator and main content contributor of a page wants it deleted. An administrator will review it and see if it is fit for deletion. Since db-author falls under WP:G7, it should be fairly non-controversial, and you can also just request that it be deleted like you did above. I don't think there are any restrictions on deleting AfC candidates (correct me if I'm wrong). I would be happy to delete it if you wish (I'm just not 100% positive what page you're referring to. For future reference, it'd be good to include a link to the page you mention.) Happy editing, Airplaneman ✈ 14:44, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
On 16 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Decatur County Courthouse (Indiana), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Decatur County Courthouse (pictured) in Greensburg, Indiana, has a tree growing on it? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
Materialscientist (talk) 18:17, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing my DYK nomination Coffin birth. As you may have noticed, that a first for me. I was just wondering, what happens now? Do I just wait until it's selected to be put on the main page? Also, I wondered if my hook was too tame. I almost wrote "...in Brussels, in 1633, a woman died in convulsions and three days later the fetus was spontaneously expelled in a rare event called coffin birth? Would that be too gory or offensive? Does the DYK people watch for that sort of thing? Boneyard90 (talk) 00:11, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
On 17 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article North Platte Canteen, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that despite wartime rationing during World War II, volunteers at the North Platte Canteen were able to hand out food to up to 8,000 servicemen and women a day for four and a half years? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:03, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
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The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal | ||
Congrats for hitting the 25 DYK mark. Keep up the good work and keep 'em coming! - The Bushranger One ping only 17:25, 18 January 2011 (UTC) |
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Hi there, letting you know that I declined your speedy tag on 861st Radar Squadron. It's a reasonable search term and the redirect destination is also reasonable. Please remember to use one of the speedy deletion rationales when you're tagging. Cheers, Danger (talk) 07:01, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi KTR101, What is a "covered part"? Thanks Bongomatic 06:03, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the explanation. Bongomatic 08:11, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
I saw the quality of your contributions at DYK and clicked on over to your user page and was pretty impressed. Would you be interested in helping with the WP:Online_Ambassadors program? It's really a great opportunity to help university students become Wikipedia contributers. I hope you apply to become an ambassador, Sadads (talk) 21:12, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
On 24 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tropolis, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Tropolis has been called an attempt to "snackify" beverages? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:04, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
I see that you closed his RfA. I agree with the closure, but you don't seem to have made any comments on the RfA, or its talkpage to justify the closure (except stating WP:NOTNOW). More importantly, you don't seem to have left Reenem a note on his talk page. I think the latter would be a nice thing to do. Also, isn't it customary to mention that it is a non-admin closure? — Fly by Night (talk) 16:44, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Greetings, please see the most recent discussion on the talk page for McChord when you have a moment and followup if you could. Thanks Srobak (talk) 23:28, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
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Hi there, regarding the Jenny Lind Tower DYK nomination, I guess what the reviewer wants from you is to use proper citation templates, so that others can go back to the sources if they want to. On the editing toolbar, click on the 'Cite' item. A toolbar underneath opens, and choose 'cite book' from the 'Templates' dropdown menu. Then fill out as much as you can about the Vuilleumier and Vuilleumier reference. When you ok this, it inserts a proper book cite template into the text. Schwede66 00:07, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I am a student at Montana State University and one of my classes is Native American Studies. For a project we are working with Wikipedia and will be working on editing or adding to current articles dealing with the study of Indian Law and Policy. Part of the requirements is that we pick someone that has experience in the world of Wiki. I saw your pic and read your small intro about yourself, and was wondering if you would be willing to work with me as an online mentor with editing documents and such. I have used wikipedea before, but never to this depth. Let me know if this will work for you...I am sure you have a pretty busy life. Kawasak.kid (talk) 17:58, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Hey man, how's it goin? I'm a student at James Madison University in VA, and for my technical editing class we're doing the wikiproject for US public policy. Would you be my mentor for this semester in case I run into any problems or get stuck somewhere?
Thanks,
Brian
BrianTaylor241 (talk) 20:40, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
Hey Kevin, hope all is well.
I have started editing for the article titled The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, and through some research have discovered some graphs that explain the act pretty well from the American Hospital Association. I was wondering if you know what the process would be to use these images on a Wikipedia page. Would that be considered fair use, or would it violate copyright?
Thanks, Brian BrianTaylor241 (talk) 21:04, 23 February 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by BrianTaylor241 (talk • contribs) 20:55, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
ktr101-feel free to change the mentor for those msu students. I am one of the campus ambassadors for the msu students and am trying to get all their user pages up to speed. Your support is welcome. Thanks --Mike Cline (talk) 23:15, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
You're awesome. Tommy! 02:31, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
On 3 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jenny Lind Tower, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that although it is thought that the Jenny Lind Tower was moved to its present location by an admirer of the late singer, the admirer was born 17 years after Lind toured the United States? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
Materialscientist (talk) 06:02, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
On 3 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pogonomyrmex californicus, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Milton Levine founded Uncle Milton's Toys, best known for its ant farm, with ants from the species Pogonomyrmex californicus? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
Materialscientist (talk) 12:04, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
On 3 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Milton Levine, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Milton Levine founded Uncle Milton's Toys, best known for its ant farm, with ants from the species Pogonomyrmex californicus? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
Materialscientist (talk) 12:05, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello and thank you for your feedback re. this submission. Your comment was "suggestion doesn't sufficiently explain the importance or significance of the subject," and I am curious as to whether you feel our addition of materials supporting the subject's cultural impact will result in the article's acceptance, or do you simply feel the subject is just not significant enough? Please advise, as we have received various comments from several editors pertaining to the entry reading like an advertisement, and we've stripped the article down and tried to cite sources. Thanks so much --Ekubany (talk) 15:06, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
On 6 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Never Miss a Super Bowl Club, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that one member of the Never Miss a Super Bowl Club, which consists of four men who have never missed a Super Bowl in forty four years, will not be able to attend Super Bowl XLV? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:04, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Hey Kevin, I expanded the article. Please have another look, and consider helping me tweak the hook (see the remark I made at DYK). Thanks, Drmies (talk) 19:12, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
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Making edits is one thing, placing personal comments with them is both childish and immature.. please keep them to yourself and then you won't be irritating.... enjoy :)Bwmoll3 (talk) 06:10, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I was wondering if I could explain my redirect of the article. Basically, it duplicates the other article in the crucial ways. On top of this, I feel as though having one good article is better than two separate articles. Finally, the real reasoning behind my merger is that this is the same unit. If you look at my reasoning on T:TDYK, you will see what I mean since I am not going to say all of this again. I would also like to continue discussion there but I am honestly suprised that The Bushranger didn't merge it before I did. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:58, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
This DYK I nominated seemed to get passed up. would you please review it. cheers --Guerillero | My Talk 01:21, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for finding this. It's a superb recording. Shame about the ambiguous copyright status on the later ones, but, meh, it happens. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:37, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
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--Guerillero | My Talk 00:25, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi. Sorry for removing those image links - I read it wrong and didn't see that you'd only just added them and were probably still working on them. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 00:12, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
Hey KTR101, sorry I have been so busy with my classes at MSU...the topic I have chosen for my project is Idaho State VS. Tinno, 1972. Basically it was a ruling against the tribe that they couldn't fish...just a quick glimpse of what its about. I am going to start working on my writing in my sandbox. Will keep you posted with my progress..
Thanks, KK — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kawasak.kid (talk • contribs) 01:02, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
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Hi. nice charts you've added at WP:EDITS, I've moved them slightly and it would be helpful to add a date in the captions. However I suspect the Pie slices are wrong. The editors in the 3001 to 4,000 group all have roughly 11,000 to 14,000 edits, whilst the 2001 - 3,000 group have between 14 and 20 thousand. So the pie slice for the 3001 to 4,000 group must be more than half the size of the 2001 - 3,000 group. I suspect the ratio is closer to 5-7 but your pie chart is more like 1-7. Would you mind checking that your systems successfully loaded all 4,000 records and didn't some how discard the editors who were between circa 3,200 and 4,000 on the list? Thanks ϢereSpielChequers 13:24, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Kev, the graphs don't render very well (as a result of being bitmap images embedded in vectors!); could you please either upload them as .png (which they should be) or convert to .svg? I'd be happy to do either for you if you like. sonia♫ 22:51, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Kevin! I'm currently trying to assign mentors to all the remaining groups in Professor Obar's class. Would you be the mentor for the group of students working on Direct lobbying (not yet created)? Since you have a political science background, I thought the topic might be of interest. If you can do it, thanks! If not, please let me know.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 00:56, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Please take a look at this project page and see if you can be a mentor to one of the many Areas of Study. If you can, please put your name in the "Online Mentor" area of the Area of Study of your choice and then contact the students you will be working with. As the Coordinating Online Ambassador for this project, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Take Care...Neutralhomer • Talk • 04:22, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
On 9 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pleasure Dissociative Orgasmic Disorder, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that people who suffer from Pleasure Dissociative Orgasmic Disorder are unable to feel pleasure from an orgasm? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
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In principle, according to Wikipedia:Speedy_keep#What_is_not_a_speedy-keep, it seems to me that you should have closed with WP:SNOW in the Libya NFZ AfD. The case for WP:SNOW seems overwhelming, about 24 keep to 3 delete + a few "other". Now that you've done it, i'm not sure there's any point changing - unless there's a worry about the precedent of a non-admin applying speedy keep when it should be snow. i'm not complaining here, i'm just pointing out what i read in the guideline. It's the first time i've seen a non-admin AfD closure (AFAIR), so i clicked on the link that you kindly provided. :) Boud (talk) 19:09, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
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FYI, virtually all of the moves you have made to CFB articles (Canadian Forces Base ___) have been reverted. I prefer Official names most of the time, but only when WP:COMMONNAME doesn't take precedence. Ng.j (talk) 00:08, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
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Regarding South Coast Rail, I just wanted to point out that "South Coast Rail" is not the name of a new line, it is just the name of the project to extend the Commuter Rail from Stoughton south. Grk1011 (talk) 19:37, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
Just curious as to what you meant in the edit summary by 'preparation to move'. The article has been moved back and forth several times in the past few years, and the current location is where I moved it to the last time it was moved somewhere else. Since this has been a rather contentious issue in the past -- requiring, among other things, mediation -- I would ask that before moving it anywhere, you bring the issue up on here. Thank you. Ryecatcher773 (talk) 06:45, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Actually, not only are abbreviations perfectly suitable for Wikipedia articles, that's how the Administrators who mediated the case two years ago agreed the article was best named. As a former member of The Old Guard, the abbreviation '(TOG)' is normally what appears as part of the official name. It doesn't need to be moved again, and this is a unique title. I realize that you're relatively new to this particular article, but there's a group of editors who have been maintaining this page for several years now and have gone through long drawn out discussions on the naming conventions. It's a unique unit in the US Army, so there is a certain latitude for such conventions. Please leave it where it's at. Ryecatcher773 (talk) 19:03, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi there, I was reviewing your new article at WP:DYN and I think we have a problem. To me, it seems like the article is a close paraphrasing of the Cape Cod Times obituary. The order of sentences are identical, just a few words here and there have been changed. It is virtually impossible to "cut and paste" and then change an article - you really have to start from scratch your self. Please review the WP:COPYVIO and WP:PARAPHRASE guidelines and rewrite the article to avoid infringing on the copywrite status. I will check again in a couple of days, but I don't think it qualifies for DYK in it's current state. Regards, The-Pope (talk) 16:31, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Bosnian Genocide#ktr101 invitation. You made a bold edit that was reverted. As it was reverted, the page "International response to the Bosnian Genocide " was a content fork of the information contained in the Bosnian Genocide article, so I speedily deleted it under "A10 Recently created article that duplicates an existing topic". If after discussion on Talk:Bosnian Genocide there is a consensus move the information out into another article only then should such an article be created. -- PBS (talk) 22:51, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
As you have already found out, PBS is the self-appointed authority on what is or is not a content fork at Bosnian Genocide. He does not always bother to check that there is a consensus before he reaches his decisions. You have probably realised that you have found yourself in a situation which is almost an impasse but in which as Fairview360 notes, there are signs of slow progress. If you have the stomach to stick it out your presence and contributions will be appreciated. And the situation's not entirely negative. Encountering persistent intractability does push you into pursuing a closer understanding of the issues. Opbeith (talk) 20:32, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
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Hey, just a happy reminder to make sure that you are regularly checking in on your mentees work for JMU'S Technical editing class, Sadads (talk) 11:14, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
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In your edit summary, your citation includes 'subject appears to be a non-notable person'. May I suggest a more neutral & less off-putting 'subject's notability has not been established'? Article creators are less likely to take offense, and the AfD process they're likely to face is stressful enough. Cheers. Dru of Id (talk) 16:51, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Kevin..any chance you could start articles on Richard T. Swope and Chester L. Eby? I'd do it myself, but I'm limited in time at the moment. Swope Bio [4] Death Notices [5] [6]/ Eby info: [7] [8]. Thanks! Connormah (talk) 04:10, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that you have been stripping categories off USAF articles. Most of these are undercategorized, so I am a bit puzzled. It looks like you are untagging USAF units that are no longer active, but I don't recall any prior discussion or consensus to that effect. Ng.j (talk) 16:29, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, Kevin. Just thought you would like to know that you have a typo in the header of File:Top_Wikipedians_compared_to_the_rest_of_the_community.png. It says "Compated," not "Compared."--Mike Selinker (talk) 09:44, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ktr, Do you know about Man of I-Mages? That's actully my account. But since it was created during my blocked period, it's obviously a sockpuppet. I know what I did what foolish and I am sorry for it. I know the penalty of a sockpuppet is indefinite block, but can I at least be forgiven for what wrong I did? If not, don't put any pressure on yourself, there are better sites then Wikipedia I can work for. Regards, Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 01:56 26 April 2011 (UTC)
You might want to sign this. ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:44, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history#Abbreviations_of_USAF_units
Need your help here. Ng.j (talk) 21:42, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Why in the world would you remove the categories related to American special forces, CIA operations and Naval special forces, etc., from Death of Osama bin Laden? As such a well established editor you should know better! AlaskaMike (talk) 05:55, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
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I didn't realize you had gone in and replaced all the links, or I would have waited before reverting. Someone had since reduced the list to 15, and someone commented on why it wasn't just 10, so there seems to be some opposition to having all 25 deadliest tornadoes on every page, instead of two separate templates, The top 10 for 1-10, and The top 25 for 11-25. I don't see why there can't be two...I like the idea of less clutter. Regardless, there's discussion at Template talk:10 deadliest US tornadoes about this template. -RunningOnBrains(talk) 14:00, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I'm moving the CCI pages back where they originally were placed. They were not placed under those numbers randomly, but in sensitivity to those who edited under their real names. I appreciate your assistance in the area, but before changing established practices, we do need to reach consensus for that. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:03, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
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I have added 1995 Great Barrington tornado to your nomination and stricken your original, single-article hook. However, you need to do another review for the new article. Cheers! Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:02, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
I just wanted to take a minute to thank you very much for supporting me in my recent RfA. Even though it was unsuccessful, I appreciate your trust. With much gratitude, jsfouche ☽☾Talk 02:30, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
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On 8 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Angel Delgadillo, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Angel Delgadillo helped inspire the film Cars and has been called the "guardian angel of Route 66"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
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On 10 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2011 New England tornado outbreak, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 2011 New England tornado outbreak (EF3 in Springfield pictured) resulted in Massachusetts' first tornado fatalities since the 1995 Great Barrington tornado? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
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On 10 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1995 Great Barrington tornado, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 2011 New England tornado outbreak (EF3 in Springfield pictured) resulted in Massachusetts' first tornado fatalities since the 1995 Great Barrington tornado? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
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On 13 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles River Speedway, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the racing track Charles River Speedway (pictured) was designed by a firm co-founded by Frederick Law Olmsted? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
Materialscientist (talk) 06:28, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
You don't explain what happened to this plane. Was it forced to land? Shot down? Crashed? Would be good to clarify. Buckshot06 (talk) 01:18, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Greetings, It was recently suggested that WikiProject United States History might be inactive or semiactive and that it might be beneficial to include it in the list of projects supported by WikiProject United States.
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Left you a note at Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection#.7B.7Bla.7CConnectU.7D.7D. Drmies (talk) 05:05, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
On 27 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Cape Cod, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Cape Cod was founded when the original owner left his family's successful spring water company? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it 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, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
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On 3 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Norma Lyon, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that although Norma Lyon studied animal science at Iowa State University, she ended up sculpting butter at state fairs? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Are you still adopting? I'm new to wikipedia and looking to be adopted so i can make some useful edits without them being removed! Help appreciated :) KerioBerry (talk) 13:19, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
That's great! Thank you KerioBerry (talk) 07:57, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
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Hi thanks for getting back to me! Basically I made my first edit on the Olswang wiki page and it was removed y two editors. One stated the reason was because of a broke citation? I'm not really sure what that means. The other because the point was purely promotional and not sourced. (I was unaware you could source back to the business' website at this point which was why I hadn't referenced the point he referred to) I made what I thought were appropriate seconday links and wiki links to make it as unpromotional as possible!? So i'm not sure how to correct the posts? Do they need re-writing to not be 'promotional', the citation links and sourcing? As the editors just removed the posts instead of correcting them and didn't giver me detail as to how do correct them i'm not sure what to do! Thanks KerioBerry (talk) 10:47, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
The article Apiary Laboratory you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Apiary Laboratory for things which need to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:29, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Many thanks, and you may also be interested in this yourself. Not GA quality, but it's one more for project UMass.--Ken (talk) 23:38, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
This was about as close as I could get to ice cream... – GorillaWarfare (talk) 03:58, 9 July 2011 (UTC) |
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On 11 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jeff Mellinger, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that when Jeff Mellinger, the last active-duty draftee in the U.S. Army from the Vietnam War era, received his draft papers, he thought that they were written to him by then-President Richard Nixon? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
Thanks for this contribution to free knowledge Victuallers (talk) 16:03, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
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Hi to you too; thanks for the virtual beer. I stayed on for several days in Boston, so don't worry, I managed to find time for bars - especially Cheers!
I just got back to the UK yesterday.
So...yes, I'm sure we'll be in touch again, re. either Educational things, or alcoholic things. Or, best of all, both.
Nice to have met you. Take care - Chzz ► 23:37, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
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On 29 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Middle Georgia Raceway, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Middle Georgia Raceway, featured on a 2011 Dodge Durango commercial, was the location of a 300,000-person concert in which artists including Jimi Hendrix performed? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it 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) 06:57, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
I have seen your notice in the 'Adopt a user' page. I am wondering if you still accept adoptions. If so, can you please adopt me? I am a bit of an inexperienced editor of Wikipedia, with only about 300 edits to date. I am yet to make a complete, major article by myself. I generally make edits only to expand articles and to do copyediting. Miguel AG (talk) 16:12, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Kevin. I am nearly comatose as a contributor in some respects, especially when it involves roads. I left the roads project and don't bother with the roads pages much at all, in spite of having started a few, and mapped many, article topics. You on the other hand have a very active recent editing history as you mention on your page, so I am not here to do any challenging, far from it. I only want to point out one thing, which involves the template I created, ((Boston Road Transportation)). Please, see the talk page regarding the scope of that template. It was and is restricted to only roads, streets and structures within Boston, with the exceptions of Memorial Drive and Route 128/I-95 and some of the "see also" articles which are so integral to "Boston Road Transportation" and close enough that they really should be included. However, the scope of what you changed the title to, "Greater Boston", presents so much room for interpretation, and so much room for debate, that it was purposefully not used as the title or scope of that particular template when it was formed. Immediately, due in part to the varying definitions of "greater", the template scope becomes overly large and ambiguous with the addition of the word "greater". In my view, and that of many involved in the creation of the template and consensus surrounding it, the focus should remain on the bridges, streets, parkways, history and limited number of state highways within the city proper, again with those two exceptions. So, I have undone your edit of the template title. My previous comments on the template talk page suggested that the highways of Boston's "Technology Belt" could receive a template, or "Eastern Massachusetts" could have one which dealt specifically with the dozens of state highways and other notable roads here. However, that template is not about anything other than the city itself and its immediate road infrastructure. Thank you for taking the time to read this, I hope you will agree with me that the template should maintain a Boston city proper focus. Thanks – Sswonk (talk) 02:37, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
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Hi KTR, I have expanded the list a bit (as has Neutrality). Could you give the result a quick once over and leave some comments at Template talk:Did you know/List of the largest libraries in the United States? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:10, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
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Hello Mr.Ktr101
This is Skylark2008.A few weeks back I had started crooning on Wikipedia for creating a portal to Itelligence [information-collection] topics.Fortunately Mr Sven-Manguard took it up and through his able mediation it is now a part of the Military-history project.I appreciate the effort put together by so many smart people to prepare this important section[especially,given how much raw material we have here].However,I still believe that this topic ,while being an obvious sub-topic of Military history still merits its own portal or a least an outlines article where one can find the links to all the relevant articles under that heading.I am not well-conversant with the methods of doing these things.Could you or any other kind member be so good as to help me on this?At the same time ,I wish to be a part of the collaborative effort here.Also,please let me know what you gentlemen think on my proposals to-
Once again,thank you very much for this collaborative effort towards evolving this interesting topic on Wikipedia.Thanks and regards. Skylark2008 (talk) 16:40, 16 August 2011 (UTC)Skylark2008
Thank you all for the efforts.Skylark2008 (talk) 16:44, 18 August 2011 (UTC)Skylark2008
Hello. I was pinged to come to this thread. It seems that the title "Outline of intelligence" (if it were to be created) should correspond with the subject intelligence. This raises the issue of what the outline for gathering information should be called. It also raises the question of where on Wikipedia's tree of knowledge this topic belongs — that is, what is its path? For example Outline of Algeria's path is Outline of geography/Outline of Africa/Outline of Algeria. Outline of cell biology is Outline of science/Outline of natural science (not created yet)/Outline of biology/Outline of cell biology.
"Outline of intelligence (information gathering)" would be an odd name for an outline, as we (so far) have been able to almost entirely avoid the use of parenthetical disambiguators in outline titles. But that title's subject {intelligence (information gathering)} doesn't even exist as an article name, and outlines usually correspond to an article on the same subject. The subject in question redirects to intelligence assessment. The actual subject, "intelligence gathering" itself redirects to List of intelligence gathering disciplines.
"Intelligence (information gathering)" and "intelligence gathering" mean the same thing. Their redirects should not lead to 2 different destinations!
If I'm not mistaken, "intelligence assessment" isn't the same thing as "intelligence gathering".
Why isn't there an article entitled "Intelligence gathering"?
Sincerely, The Transhumanist 22:33, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello! If you're planning to be an active Online Ambassador for the upcoming academic term, now is the time to join one or more pods. (A pod consists of the instructor, the Campus Ambassadors, and the Online Ambassadors for single class.) The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) explains the expectations for being part of a pod as an Online Ambassador. (The MOU for pods in Canada is essentially the same.) In short, the role of Online Ambassadors this term consists of:
This replaces the 1-on-1 mentoring role for Online Ambassadors that we had in previous terms; rather than being responsible for individual students (some of whom don't want or help or are unresponsive), Online Ambassadors will be there to help whichever students in their class(es) ask for help.
You can browse the upcoming courses here: United States; Canada. More are being added as new pods become active and create their course pages.
Once you've found a class that you want to work with—especially if you some interest or expertise in the topic area—you should sign the MOU listing for that class and get in touch with the instructor. We're hoping to have at least two Online Ambassadors per pod, and more for the larger classes.
If you're up for supporting any kind of class and would like me to assign you to a pod in need of more Online Ambassadors, just let me know.
--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 16:33, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
PS: There are still a lot of student articles from the last term that haven't been rated. Please rate a few and update the list!
Friendly note Just so you know, User:Ktr101/Articles is styled "top:-50px;", so some of these top icons are cut off at the top (on Firefox 3.x on Vista.) Maybe this is what you want, but it seems like you probably didn't want that... —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:56, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ktr101: Could you please take a look at the "discussion" at User talk:IZAK#File source problem with File:Pres GW Bush mounting jet.jpg concerning File:Pres GW Bush mounting jet.jpg, perhaps you could add your learned opinion in this matter and help resolve it in some way. Thanks in advance. IZAK (talk) 05:13, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Kevin, in May 2010 you contributed the article Assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr. Unfortunately most of the important content in the article isn't properly sourced, and recently, most sections have been tagged for lack of references. Owing to a recent history of (what I consider to be damaging) edits to the article Benigno Aquino, Jr. I want to use some of the material that you've added to support the historical impact of Aquino's assassination, but I can't because AoBAJ isn't properly sourced. I lack the background to find the citations without spending far more time on it than I have available. So basically I'm just asking whether you would have the time to do some further work on your article, and perhaps even help to get Benigno Aquino, Jr. into a more resilient state. I fully understand that you may not have the time to do so. Best regards. Rubywine . talk 14:59, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Addiction to Mountain Dew is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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...there's a bunch of redlinks at List of United States Navy four-star admirals. (thought I'd ask you as you did this for Air Force Generals last year) – Connormah (talk) 18:27, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
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Hey - wanted to leave you a link to the course page Debaser42 (talk) 03:08, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:102nd Intelligence Wing emblem.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Sven Manguard Wha? 06:22, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello Kevin,
My name is Joanne Joujoute. I am a junior transfer student transferring into the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I am a student in Prof. Zach McDowell Writing As Communication course. I am a fairly new member to the Wikipedia family, and I would like to open a window opportunity to form a relationship with any and all Online Ambassadors regarding my contribution to the Wikipedia family. I look forward to hearing from you all!
Best,
Joujoute
Just a heads up, when removing the merge tag on Battle of Monmouth, you should have removed the corresponding tag on Monmouth order of Battle as well. This means the merge categories get cleared up of old merge discussions. JoshuaJohnLee talk softly, please 18:00, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ktr101, I hope you're well. My name is Aaron and I'm one of the Storytellers working on the 2011 fundraiser for the Wikimedia Foundation. For this year's campaign, we're interviewing as many of the very active and productive Wikipedians as we can to broaden the range of appeals we run come November. I wonder if you would want to tell me more about your experiences editing and writing here? If so, I'll ask you your personal story and I'll ask you some general questions about Wikipedia. Please let me know if you're interesting by emailing amuszalskiwikimedia.org. Thanks! user:Aaron (WMF)
Um. Clearly going to be kept, but it might have been best to let a non-GEP related editor close that. There was enough evidence of a "cabal", so to speak, in the huge number of votes in a short period of time and the assertions of biting the newbies (well, apparently only the student newbies matter, since a lot of AfDs are much more bitey) without having a campus ambassador (and a non-admin to boot) close it. Just a thought. sonia♫ 23:12, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Ambassadors!
I wanted to give you one last update on where we are this term, before my role as Online Facilitator wraps up at the end of this week. Already, there are over 800 students in U.S. classes who have signed up on course pages this term. About 40 classes are active, and we're expecting that many more again once all the classes are up and running.
On a personal note, it's been a huge honor to work with so many great Wikipedians over the last 15 months. Thanks so much to everyone who jumped in and decided to give the ambassador concept a try, and double thanks those of you who were involved early on. Your ideas and insights and enthusiasm have been the foundation of the program, and they will be the keys the future of the program.
Still waiting to get involved with a class this term, or ready to take on more? We have seven classes that are already active and need OA support, and eleven more that have course pages started but don't have active students yet. Please consider joining one or more of these pods!
Active courses that really need Online Ambassadors:
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--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 23:12, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Please revert your close of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/College dating, allow it to run for the full 7 days, and don't even consider closing it yourself. You can't speedy close something based on WP:SNOW when you know full well that all but one of the !votes was canvassed offsite via the Ambasssador's email list. Furthermore, you should not be the one to close the AfD, because you are yourself a part of the Ambassador program. This smacks of WP:INVOLVED every which way. Hell, one of the people !voting is the professor of the student who wrote the article! While the WMF has created the GEO to acquire more editors on university campuses, I never saw any indication that they intended to suspend all of the normal procedural and behavioral rules for editing done by students in these programs. If you do not revert your close and relist the AfD, I will take this to deletion review. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:48, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your involvement with the article. Please see my comment about the pictures. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 03:21, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Kevin, come on--that image is totally trivial! Drmies (talk) 20:50, 29 September 2011 (UTC)