If I may suggest, it's high time you do so. The 1st delegate, User:Marskell is not active on the wiki at all, and the 2nd, User:Joelr31, appears to have very little to spare for this activity as well. I think that articles that are showing no improvements should be moved to the FARC phase in the two-week timeframe rather than dragging them on for a month or more. Perhaps User:YellowMonkey could be appointed? He seems very active in that area, and has a long track record on the wiki (I've never interracted with him, so this isn't a plug for a wiki friend.) Xasodfuih ( talk) 10:38, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
There was talk of reviving this, so I temporarily reactivated it to see if it would fly. I fiugred it was a good place to gather folks to improve articles which were not covered by wikiprojects and possibly underrepresented at WP:FA. I threw up a few ideas of articles able to be improved by a wide range of people (non-esoteric in scope and pretty general), that were in a fair condition to get to GA without too much fuss and maybe FA.
I figured given you'd stared at a screen of Featured Articles longer than most of us, you'd have a few ideas about what was underrepresented and may want to throw a few comments on the page or talk page (eg some articles of manageable scope and fairly good condition within an underrepresented area). Casliber ( talk · contribs) 10:50, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
Could you look into User talk:Roostafari and provide WP:IPEXEMPT as needed if this user is actually collateral damage. If they are actually Scibaby, feel free to decline his/her request. Thanks. -- Jayron32. talk. contribs 03:36, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
(Sorry, I posted the previous message in the wrong section) Hello their. Curious to why my access was "blocked" until 2014. Seriously? My communication regarding court (state/federal documents) being a reliable source if infact sufficient. I guess their not on here which doesnt seems right. I was told a "news" agency is reliable but a federal/state web-site that has public court documents to view are not....? Doesnt seem right but yet I was blocked for that? I would like this removed please. Thanks Greystone36 (talk) 03:39, 1 April 2009 (UTC)greystoneGreystone36 (talk) 03:39, 1 April 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greystone36 ( talk • contribs)
http://wbztv.com/watercooler/pets/ugly.cat.scary.2.949524.html <-- Best cat ever? —Preceding unsigned comment added by LuciferTiger ( talk • contribs) 19:24, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Raul, I've sent you an e-mail about the FAC delegate position; when the work starts becoming less fun and rewarding, it's time to evaluate options. I'll support whatever you decide. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 19:06, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
cross-posted from my talk page I'm sorry I haven't responded more quickly, but I've had computer problems and a nasty cold and am just now feeling semi-human again. I would be happy to help with FAC promotions/archives (I don't visit FAR at all), but I cannot commit to even half of the time that Sandy currently spends on the process. Some months I'm online a lot, and some months I barely seem to reach FAC. (I also have no way of estimating how much time I'll spend on-wiki this summer when baby arrives - I'll either be so desperate to have any conversation with a human who doesn't cry that I'll be online all the time or I'll be sleeping all the time.) If you think it will be enough for me to share a small portion of the responsibility with Sandy (and possibly YellowMonkey?), then I'll be happy to help; if you need someone who is sure they can consistently handle a larger percentage of the workload, then I'll be content with my current activities. Karanacs ( talk) 19:20, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Cough! and certainly not the ADD princess ----> Moni3 ( talk) 20:03, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
I've created a centralized discussion here. Raul654 ( talk) 20:32, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 18, 2009: Opera (web browser) is at FAR. Gimmetrow 01:33, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
Actually, the Pi article itself is quite good. It wouldn't take much to get it up to FA status. Raul654 ( talk) 17:56, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
I forget if there is somewhere to discuss this but if you want a free image for The Log from the Sea of Cortez this map is PD. Might look crap of course; I leave it to your better judgement. Yomangani talk 18:41, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
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The AfD that you cited ( Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change) was about the NIPCC, which came out of the ICCC but is not the same thing. It was also a year ago and ended with no consensus and a "recommendation" to redirect. If you look at most of the non-keep arguments, they either claim that there is no notability or that there's no evidence that it's notable outside of the conference. This year's conference has been covered in many news outlets, as you can see here and in the large number of sources in the article, certainly enough to meet WP:N IMO. The other concern doesn't apply to this article because the conference clearly existed, was attended by numerous notable people in both science and politics, and was well-covered by sources. If you think this shouldn't be an article, another AfD is in order. Oren0 ( talk) 07:45, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
I am fully prepared to take this user to ANI for purposeful disruption ala point violation. You can get a sense of it here.
Reason that AGF no longer applies: Would you like me to pick apart your "best FA" as well? You teach grammar to college students? In what language? English? Then (in addition to the howlers above) what explains: "I teach college students grammar?" Fowler&fowler«Talk» 23:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC) Found here.
As you can see, the early life is mostly that original Johnson biography that was split off to make room for 30k of new text added weeks into the Johnson FAC after it already received a thorough copyedit by a lot of people. This was even stated at the top. Then he takes grammatically correct sentences and says that they are wrong without any proof? His own understanding of syntactical terms is completely wrong. For example "parallel structure" does not mean words in a list. It means multiple sentences in a row that connect to the same thematic pattern. (i.e. saying "Love is great. Love is gentle. Love is nice." is a parallel structure). Then he asks what meaning of "dominate" is used.
Well, I suspect that the user is not a native standard English speaker, especially when their contributions are mostly based on Indian culture and literature that show a direct experience. Regardless, it is clear from the comment before that he doesn't understand FAC and is disruptive. I am taking this to you because you are the FA director and that you deserve the chance to settle matters at FA before it goes to a place like ANI. Ottava Rima ( talk) 14:35, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
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Please reply to my post at Orchestrated?. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 23:22, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
I'm delighted that you've appointed another delegate to share what is an arduous load. Well done. Tony (talk) 09:28, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
For what its worth, this was a sound close. It was going downhill. Ceoil ( talk) 23:27, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
Raul, I was out with a medical appointment almost all day yesterday; I'm going to start through FAC now, Sunday (just so we won't edit conflict). I'll be out again all day Tuesday, so that may be a good day for Karanacs to get her feet wet for the first time. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 15:18, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
Rough outline only, needs more eyes: Wikipedia:FCDW/FACFARdelegates. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:01, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi Raul, I wanted to ask your opinion on a issue that is holding up the RCC page from evolving toward FAC again. We are currently in mediation [1] over use of the word "officially" in the lead sentence. Some editors say that both Catholic Church and Roman Catholic Church are official names of the Church. Fifteen other editors and myself have disagreed with this argument because there are no good sources to support that suggestion and several expert sources that support only Catholic Church. The opposers have cited the website of the Church in Hawaii that uses the name "Roman Catholic Church in Hawaii" as the legal copyright on this website as evidence that Roman Catholic is an official name. I wrote to the Diocese of Hawaii and received an email from a very top official of that diocese who gave me a detailed explanation not only of the Hawaii diocese's name but also of the official name of the Church and why they used the term "Roman Catholic" in the web page copyright. I think this email could clear up a lot of misconceptions being tossed around at mediation and I want to know if this can be uploaded somehow and somewhere on Wikipedia to provided official guidance for Wikipedia users. Please let me know. Thanks. NancyHeise talk 16:22, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Quick work! I scoured the commons for that, to no avail. Thanks, JNW ( talk) 01:30, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
I uploaded a video of Modified racing that I converted from AVI format to OGG using ffmpeg2theora. For some reason, the audio doesn't come through. I've done this before ( here) but I don't remember how I did it. I know this wasn't the way. My O/S is XP. I've read Wikipedia:Creation_and_usage_of_media_files. You can respond here on your talk page. Royal broil 01:39, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi , Stephen Colbert on the The Colbert Report discussed something he called shmeat, and it’s a meat that is grown in a lab from real meat cells, so seeing that you made a redirect for shmeat to mock meat I thought you should check it out and maybe create a page about it.
See Colbert discussing it here [2] its the second part of the show
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I would like to nominate Protonk for a Common Sense Brick for this comment on why arguments against promoting admins because of the number of existing admins are needlessly destructive. Stifle ( talk) 11:35, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I'm going to have to ask you to stop tagging users as suspected socks of JarlaxleArtemis, because consensus was reached at an MFD to stop doing so. Could you delete the userpages for the users on this list ? Thanks-- DFS454 ( talk) 21:07 ,20 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi Raul654, and thanks for the work you do for Today's Featured Article ! I was pleasantly surprised to see First-move advantage in chess reaching the Main Page today. Unfortunately, due to my brain having taken a week off, I was not able to find out the discussion on its nomination, despite one hour of search in various edit histories of Wikipedia:Today's featured article, Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 2009, Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests, Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/pending and a few others. Could you please tell me on which page (even if it is only in the edit history) I can find the discussion about its nomination ? Thanks in advance ! SyG ( talk) 08:25, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
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Why aren't you interested in developing our own WikiMapia system? Wouldn't a WikiAtlas sister project be useful to wiki media? Dr. Blofeld White cat 15:57, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I did mention it at the Meta Wiki before but any discussion seems to get overidden with other discussions underneath and in the end it ends up being only two or three people commenting on it! I think that a WikiAtlas sister project would be a great idea and whereas with WikiMapia it is just a map with names, our own Atlas project could have the articles on wikipedia wiki linked on the atlas or at least a summary comes up when you hover over a place name etc so we take the maps a step further by actually providing information about these places by linking to wikipedia. Like WikiMini Atlas but obviously more professional looking maps and details, showing highways, towns and villages, evne landmarks like notable govenrment buildings and churches, airports etc with labels like wikimapia when you zoom in on them. It would also fit in with standard encyclopedias which always have a proper atlas for reference usually in the center. I just thinking that the information provided on maps should be part of our overall project goal to provide knowledge and the goal which WikiMapia is trying to achieve, "with the aim of describing the whole world" is pretty much our own philosophy within reason. I think the wiki project is large enough in scope to make it successful eventually. I know a great deal of people look for maps on the web of places for a reference but where we could differ from google and wikimapia in this respect we would have info summarised about these places too rather than just location. If given time to develop it might even help generate more traffic towards the site and project in the long term if more and more people use it for a reference when looking for maps too. I would very much like to help make something happen in this area, could you mention it to anybody on the board or suggest how we might start a fuller discussion on it? Thanks. Dr. Blofeld White cat 11:32, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
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-- Dravecky ( talk) 02:24, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
I have to admit I'm seriously surprised at how oddly this process is handled - I was told, in all seriousness, that because there are other music articles on pop music that an article on an opera does not count as underrepresented, for instance. (!!!) So what on earth does count as under-represented? Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 11:30, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi Raul. Sandy and I noticed that the warfare category of FAs has reached over 200 articles. We've started a discussion on whether the category should be subdivided. I've invited the WP MilHist coordinators who are active at FAC to weigh in, and, of course, we need your opinion. The discussion is at Wikipedia talk:FA#Warfare.3F. Thanks! Karanacs ( talk) 14:53, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
How does two weeks from now sound for a review draft for The Wikipedia Revolution? Since there will be multiple reviews, I suggest taking a particular focus and/or a personal approach rather than an exhaustive evaluation. Length would be up to you, but I suggested the ballpark of 400-1000 words to Durova and Steven Walling.-- ragesoss ( talk) 21:56, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for the semi on Kenneth Pinyan. I'd been considering requesting that for a while, but never quite got around to it. At this point it seems unlikely that there's much verifiable information which isn't already in the article. (Surprise of the day: It gets around 1000 hits per day on average.) Zetawoof( ζ) 11:47, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
Note: WP:3RR. Since my edit was good, I think you are trying to get me to undo a second time again. -- Chuck ( talk) 01:43, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
"Ain't no such thing" is equivalent to "Is not no such thing." Ain’t means aren’t, isn’t, or am not.-- Chuck ( talk) 17:55, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Raul, I'm going to talk to Marskell; can you hold off on decisions for a bit? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 19:36, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Back, alive and kicking, although I wouldn't be surprised if I get forcibly put into the transport... YellowMonkey ( cricket calendar poll!) 07:51, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Looks like it all worked just fine - I must have just done the promotion seconds before you! Warofdreams talk 20:58, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
You OK with this? Just checking. -- Rick Block ( talk) 14:53, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
I have no opinion on whether the blocking of LaraLove constitutes a funny or appropriate joke, but you should really be ashamed for this completely gratuitous ad hominem sideswipe. The user in question expressed a great deal of sincere (and very public) soul-searching and regret for the "white pride" remarks, and for you to dig it up--over a silly April Fool's joke--is petty and cynical. Consider that your prominent position on the project might require a certain level of class and dignity.-- The Fat Man Who Never Came Back ( talk) 20:40, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm really sorry about this - as you may know, I have health issues (feel tired a lot of the time), and one of my bad periods came just as this opened. =/ I'm trying to get in and deal with it. Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 08:53, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Just a reminder - if this isn't updated by midnight today, there will be no TFA tomorrow. Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 14:19, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
I just stumbled across Traumatic insemination, and wanted to say; nice work on improving it - it's an interesting article. Cheers! Chzz ► 16:14, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
um what were you thinking? putting that grotesque picture there for everyone to see? That sort of thing is not called for you probably offended millions of people today. unless i am mistaken it traces back to you. You should at least apologize for it on the main page discussion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.28.105.120 ( talk) 22:18, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
I've just noticed the huge list of sounds marked "Musopen has requested in-line attribution in any article this file is used in."
I'm not sure we should be doing this at all, and if so the wording should be changed. Currently, most if not all in-article instances say "courtesy of musopen". This is not really the case. Since the works are in the public domain, we could publish them with or without their courtesy. If we want to link to them to promote the cause of their operation, this should be decided separately, and is probably something of a WMF thing; but if we give them attribution in the guise of some requirement on their part, this is cause to question the validity of the public domain status.
It's worth noting that Musopen themselves are only a repository for this kind of material and didn't create any of it. Their only role is in helping us find it, and possibly providing the first means of downloading the material. The same could be said of Obama's oath of office were it sourced from YouTube, for example. If attribution is given, it needs to be a much more conscious decision to support this website's cause. Bigbluefish ( talk) 15:40, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Goddamn. We spend weeks trying to get this prepared for the main page so that there will be something up for the 250th anniversary of Handel's death, but all our points get argued away (no, you can't celebrate a 250th anniversary with one of the person's works and get any points beyond 1 for it... no, just because it's only the third opera FA doesn't make it underrepresented in our crazy moon logic - so it gets replaced.
WP:TFAR leaves me with nothing but a bad taste in my mouth. Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 19:45, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Shubinator ( talk) 04:18, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Barstoole -- Kim D. Petersen ( talk) 06:04, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Very good work, Nishkid. Thanks for keeping an eye out for him while I was away. Raul654 ( talk) 18:13, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
There is a good chance that the Joseph Priestley House may be permanently closed this summer. The Priestley House itself is fighting this. Ruhrfisch and I were wondering if it would be possible to put this article on the main page sometime soon - it might generate interest in the problem. However, if you feel that this overtly political use of the main page is problematic, I understand. Awadewit ( talk) 00:24, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
the "6 or 9" was nothing to do with Agrippina. That was the number of points that A Vindication of the Rights of Woman has according to the point scale. It's always been the 14th. Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 02:45, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Raul. I'd like to request a category switch for USMA. Currently its listed under "Warfare", but I believe that it is best categorized as "Education". Please see my post on the FA discussion page. Though it is a military institution, its an accredited four-year college and should be classified as such. Thanks! Ahodges7 talk 01:49, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
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A Real Live One. -- Kim D. Petersen ( talk) 09:45, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
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The discussion on the OTRS issue is here. Perhaps we could just delink his name from the turret explosion article while it's on the main page? Cla68 ( talk) 00:16, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Raul, don't know why you did this because it's a red link. — Rlevse • Talk • 11:48, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
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Would you mind keeping an eye on Versus22's RfA?
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are unquestionably socks, and I would expect to see a lot more.
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Hello - I received a request saying that I was “Vandalizing” an entry. I am not sure which entry is being referred to here. Any time I have ever edited any page (which I do very rarely) I just add PROVABLE FACTS that have been seemingly overlooked by the author of the entry. When there is something that is very pertinent to today’s current events, and I see that the WIKIPEDIA entry is lacking the full information, I add it. When WIKIPEDIA just parrots what is reported in the media, WIKIPEDIA ceases to be the source of truth that it once was.
Thanks for your time. JoeLoro ( talk) 19:15, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
At the beginning of this month I made an active push for Alleyway on Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests for the 21st. This was well prior to Riven's listing on the page, or my awareness it was going to be listed. For info the article was listed with 3 points on the request page (2 for date, 1 for first article from myself to ever be listed on the page). The date is important due to being the game's 20th anniversary and the Game Boy handheld's own 20th anniversary. The article was quickly removed however from the list before any support or oppose votes could even be given.
I know you have selected an article already for that date, but it was suggested on the request talk page I ask for you to reconsider. Like I said I know this is probably a wasted effort and I might very well be wasting your time (and if so I'm very sorry), but I'd rather know I at least tried all I could rather than not at all. Thank you for your time and patience.-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 23:01, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Mark we can't find a private way to contact you. Could you please contact me? you are being trolled at another site and we think you should know about it, even if we succeed in controlling them. E-Mail me through the message system here. (KoolerStill). KoolerStill ( talk) 07:31, 17 April 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by KoolerStill ( talk • contribs) 07:18, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Raul, your name and bio details from your user page are on Yahoo answers on a profile dropping browser hijack links as "answers". We can handle that part of it; only you can make an impersonation complaint. I've set up email open on this site, drop me a line. KoolerStill ( talk) 23:53, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
For some reason, ever since May 5th, the featured article system seems to think it is still May 5, 11:29. This is quite annoying to me, as I subscribe to the xml feed, and have not gotten anything new since the May 5 article. I can still get new stuff by clicking on the May 5 article, then changing the URL to reflect the current date, but it would be good to have the problem fixed.
The latest is he's changed to be "Eric Moller"supposedly a wikimedia director. I think this discussion if better off public pages. KoolerStill ( talk) 00:27, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Raul654, sorry to bother you but I have question concerning this FAC [4]. If FAC reviewers ask for the article to include material not covered by modern scholarship and oppose the article because it is not included - do you still fail the article for FA? This happened also on Roman Catholic Church when a reviewer wanted the article to include mention of a theory that she said some scholars supported - that the Catholic Church did not exist before the 4th or 5th Century. Zero scholars say this and all scholars (even the ones to which she referred) made mention of the Church of Rome as an entity in existence in the 1st century. If I could have found wording to support her assertions (and even she could not find wording), then I would have included that POV. The same situation exists now on Ten Commandments in Roman Catholicism where reviewers are asking me to include a history of the Ten Commandments that is not covered in any books of modern scholarship on the subject of developement of Catholic Doctrine or the subject of Ten Commandments in RCC other than what I have already included in the article. Sandy once told me she is just a "bean counter" I think making the point that she just counts supports and opposes. Is this how FAC works? Can I just go to any FAC and place the most unreasonable demand upon it (or else it gets failed)? That does not seem like a very good way to improve Wikipedia or encourage people to write FA's. NancyHeise talk 13:00, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
RedRose333 ( talk · contribs) - lots of contribs, some good, some v bad; has been warned, blocked, etc...is also a useful contributor. Has never responded to any message, ever. Also no edit summary.
I mentioned this to an admin here, and they told me of a similar case; they did a CU to work out the users native lingo, and then pasted a message in Spanish, or whatever it was. Viola, prob solved, another useful addition to the proj.
So...would that be a constructive idea in this case? See, I'm unsure if it's a suitable CU request; it did work before; I wondered if you might consider it, and just give an indication of the country - or speak to the user, or whatever.
tb me or someth, I don't watch. Kthxbai, Chzz ► 02:16, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Raul654. I was looking at File:Iridium logo.jpg, which you added conditions to based on talking with Iridium's corporate communications director. I just wanted to know why that is included with the file, as the conditions listed are even more restrictive than the usual fair use rationale. In addition, strictly speaking, the file does not abide by one of those conditions--the logo lacks the registered trademark symbol. I will probably upload a new version of the logo, and I don't think there's any sense in keeping the conditions stated by the Iridium employee for the new version; a fair use rationale would be exactly the same, if not less restrictive. Or is there something I'm missing? - Gump Stump ( talk) 15:55, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
This edit wouldn't be worth mentioning, except that I have needed to make a similar edit to Tomorrow's Featured Article Main Page summary about 30 times. So when you (or whoever does this task) condenses "(William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837)" to "(1765 – 1837)", please remove the spaces to make it "(1765–1837)". Rightly or wrongly, Wikipedia's WP:ENDASH guideline says:
Raul,
A little known (and even less used) feature of the title blacklist allows us to create protected pseudo namespaces based on matching a specified stem. Specifically, one could prohibit non-admins from editing all pages starting "Wikipedia:Today's featured article/"... Such protection would apply to all current and not yet created pages, would not appear in the log, and could not be revoked on a case-by-case basis.
Nonetheless, if the intention is for each of these to be permanently protected forever, we could do that automatically. Would that be a good thing? Dragons flight ( talk) 09:25, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
I've gone ahead and done this. All pages of the form "Wikipedia:Today's featured article/<word> <number>, <number>" are now automatically restricted so only admins can edit them. So you don't need to add protection anymore. Dragons flight ( talk) 02:00, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
I seemed to get two different versions of the review for this. Using {{subst:FARMessage|Solar System}}. I was confused by the "/ArchiveN" the instructions say to add to the end of the article_name. Are there cleared instructions available which describe what this archive number is, and where to obtain it for a specific article?. Hope you can tidy up? Please? Cheers HarryAlffa ( talk) 13:36, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Raul, here I go forum shopping again! ;) I've initiated some discussion about nominating this hockey player's article as a FA despite knowing there will be several major status changes to Tavares' career within the next six months. The goal of this little project was to make an attempt at having Tavares' article serve as TFA on June 26, when he is expected to be the first player selected at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Because of these expected changes to his status, I've been seeking opinions on whether it is worthwhile to nominate this article at FAC now. Mike Christie makes a very good point at WT:FAC about wasting reviewers time, but otherwise opinion on the validity of a nomination seems divided.
Ultimately, I think the question of whether Nurmsook and I should attempt FA status comes down to whether you are willing to consider this article as being TFA on that date. I am not asking you to let me jump the request queue here, but if you aren't willing to entertain the notion of putting this article on the front page, knowing that Tavares' will reach a significant point in his hockey career and life on the very day it appears, then I think Mike Christie's point is spot on and we should hold off on a nomination. Otherwise, if you are open to the idea, then I think we may look for a couple good copyeditors to help ensure quality, then make the attempt, as I would love to see a topical hockey article featured in the middle of the summer! Thanks, Reso lute 23:37, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Raul, i spent hours working on a page and it was instantly deleted... I posted references, links, etc. this other guy noted it as 'attack' only, which is false. It points out facts with direct references. In contrast, how come the 'Intelligent Design' page, with 90% criticism of the ID as a 'movement', debunked by 'almost all' scientists, etc. ,etc., etc. how come THAT page isn't instantly deleted?
Thanks for looking into this... Rob —Preceding unsigned comment added by ImaPatriot ( talk • contribs) 00:59, 26 April 2009 (UTC) ImaPatriot ( talk) 01:03, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
How about these two as a DUAL TFA? They're both FAs and are world wide known. — Rlevse • Talk • 16:46, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Featured_article_candidates#Images_2
that comment in the link provided above this line is specifically for you
WhatisFeelings? ( talk) 23:25, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Ikip ( talk) 04:59, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
On May 8, 2009, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement celebrates the internationally recognized World Red Cross Red Crescent Day. This year is quite special as well as it marks 150 years since the Battle of Solferino – a battle that made Henry Dunant found the Red Cross. I would like to see the article about the Movement as a "featured article" in the English as well as French version of Wikipedia on May 8. Can you please point me in the right direction to make this happen? Thanks a million! Isaac Griberg ( Isaac Griberg) 11:41, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
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I was attempting to learn how to convert video formats to OGG, but I'm afraid that I've run into a bit of a wall. I don't use the command line function on my Linux system (I know, I know), so I'm having problems with the recommended processes. Do you know of a program that can convert FLV to OGG for Fedora Linux? Thanks! Awadewit ( talk) 20:30, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
O wise and benevolent TFA fixer-guy, I notice there are no TFA's set so far for May 7 or 8. Star Trek is to be released in limited locations on the 7th and for a full release on the 8th... d'ya think that one of the Star Trek film FAs might be a good fit on either of those dates? ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the most thematically linked, but hey, we'd take anything...) Humbly, your faithful FA servants. -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk) 16:14, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
I hope you don't mind, but I'm coming here directly to ask you to consider Talyllyn Railway as TFA for 14 May, as it's the anniversary of the first train in preservation. I've been looking at this date for the article for some time, and tried running it through the TFA requests page. Unfortunately, due to SkyTrain (Vancouver) being featured last month, it didn't have enough points to sustain it. I see you were sympathetic to a similar request to place Alleyway on the front page recently, so I'm hoping you could consider this request. Many thanks, and keep up the good work :-) — Tivedshambo ( t/ c) 20:20, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi, the article, Feature model, has been edited by experts in the field and cites research conducted by themselves. As such it has been reported to the conflict of interest noticeboard: Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Feature_model. Could you take a look at and make suggestions to whether it is notable to the COI discussion as I (and others) have absolutely no idea what the article is about? Thanks a lot. Smartse ( talk) 15:34, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Hey, I removed this because it was a bit misplaced in the article and didn't have a reference from a reliable source. Has this been mentioned in any of the relevant literature about the lake? Regards, - Francis Tyers · 21:11, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
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Is there any way that the FAC for Ralph Bakshi could be extended? I felt that the last FAC ended too quickly, and the current FAC is being opposed by an editor whose main concern seems to be that I am not focusing on individual episodes of a television series, which is hardly a major issue considering how extensively the article has been researched. ( Ibaranoff24 ( talk) 01:11, 9 May 2009 (UTC))
List of paintings by Hans Holbein the Younger would be a good model to follow. Nice work though. Ceoil ( talk) 11:55, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Please visit Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#David_Weber. Debresser ( talk) 19:36, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Just a question: Are those lists that you have for prunning? I noticed a lot of blue links there (page 23 in particular) so was not sure if you were keeping the blue links intact or actually letting people remove them? Otherwise if it is cool to remove them, at the end of me removing the blue links I would be willing to add up the values and give some sort of total (via copy/pasting the lists and placing them on excell, I wont count them individually haha!) just to give a bit of incentive perhaps? Cheers! Calaka ( talk) 04:23, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
A user you have blocked is now asking to be unbocked, wait here a second and I will find the page as he requested you take a look at his statement. 'The Ninja lemming' 15:12, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
hi Raul. All these FAs need closing. I initiated 1/3 and rewrote 2 so I can't obviously. Joelito appears to have gone on an unannounced Wikibreak for the alst 10 days. The first is 22 days old in FARC, no work done, unanimous. The others are both over a month old and unanimous so far YellowMonkey ( cricket calendar poll!) 00:17, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
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I fixed a quote that was at the very beginning of the Intelligent Design article. You said my edit "was harmful". Yet all I did was correct a quote. I thought Wikipedia was all about accuracy. Apparently not. Your change is in violation of policy (No Original Research (WP:NOR) and given that you claim to have a phd, it must have been intentional censorship.
Given that the article is locked down, it appears that you are not interested in the truth.
I will give you 3 days for you to unlock the article and fix the quote. If not, I will be contacting the media and who ever else I feel is necessary.
And don't bother censoring this comment either. I have a screen shot.
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Hi Raul, The previous specification 'In neurophysiology' in the very introduction of the 'action potential' article was logically necessary, because electrical excitation takes place in non-neuronal cells as well, e.g. in heart and plant cells. Simple deletion of this specification from the existing text promotes messy ideas, such as 'nerve pulses' in nerve-free organisms such as protists. Well, from a historical point of view, action potential research does focus on neuronal action potentials. However from an evolutioanary point of view, electrical excitation existed way before neurons. Please notice and revise. Solfiz ( talk) 10:16, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for sorting these out! I'm sure un-zoomified works will work out very well for us. Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 06:25, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
I have nominated It Happened to Alexa Foundation, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/It Happened to Alexa Foundation. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Showtime2009 ( talk) 22:37, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
Hello, Raul, I hope you are doing well. Do you remember dealing with user a few months back? If so, and if you have the time, could you help out again? They have returned once again. This time using the account User:Felix 12 22. You uncovered several sleeper-socks last time, and was able to block the account he was using as well. By all rights he should be blocked per wp duck, but one has to be pretty familiar with this user to see the connection. Seicer used to deal with this guy, but has since retired. Anyways, I hate to bother you with this, I know you are busy. Thank you, and have a good day. Landon1980 ( talk) 06:24, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
You might be interested in eliminating a few of the red links here. And somebody recently said there were few articles left to create? There is about 2 years work here. Ceoil ( talk) 15:33, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
WHere is that essay that lists the pros and cons of protecting/not protecting the main page? I thought it was part of WP:PEREN but it's not. We should add it there. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:10, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Raul, I noticed that I never received a response to my e-mail to you and wondered if it was lost. It contained instructions for your request about those two images. Dcoetzee 06:12, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Gamma-ray burst/archive1. Jehochman Talk 20:25, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
Hello Raul. I've seen the huge numbers of music files you've added – tremendous work. Do you know of any way of getting Smetana's signature piece, the Bartered Bride Overture, as a public domaim music file? This would be a great addition. Brianboulton ( talk) 21:37, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
This article has just been promoted. Please keep it in mind for 1 April 2010. (In other words, please don't schedule a main page appearance before then.) — David Levy 15:46, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
For the record, are you willing to allow the Gropecunt Lane article on the main page (not necessarily on April Fools' Day, but on some future date), or does it fall into the same category as the Jenna Jameson article? — David Levy 16:45, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
Thoughts? — David Levy 16:22, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
I just read the article in its entirety. Very interesting and amusing. I'm sure there are going to be some people offended, but I don't think it's in the same league as Jenna. I'm OK with putting it on the main page. Raul654 ( talk) 05:09, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
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I might be attending the Kennedy Galleries tomorrow and taking the requested pictures. Have any other information for me to go on, besides for taking pictures of Thomas Eakin's works (and the art descriptions)? blurred peace ☮ 01:44, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
En dash in the opening year range should be unspaced. Thanks. Dabomb87 ( talk) 20:02, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Raul. Just wanted to let you know that I changed the image for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 1, 2009; hope you don't mind. Cheers, – Juliancolton | Talk 00:11, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I have emailed you to ask whether you would agree to participate in a short survey on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies in articles pertaining to global warming and climate change. If interested, please email me Encyclopaedia21 ( talk) 18:34, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
blurred peace ☮ 19:30, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I've noticed lately that the IP range 24.205.64.0/18 is blocked, due to sockpuppetry by someone named Scibaby. This is the range of my usual institutional ISP, and the block is actually useful for me, as it reminds me to log in when I forget (or to re-login when I don't notice I've timed-out).
However, I am working through a network at IPAC (the NASA/ Caltech Infrared Processing and Analysis Center) which has a lot of extremely competent astronomers and technical support people (as well as a certain famously mischievous and/or opinionated element...). I know Wikipedia is generally reluctant to block IP's, and based on the duration ("...set to expire: 05:43, 4 December 2013") I suppose the case of Scibaby et al must have been fairly serious.
Anyhow, I wonder if WP really wants to block this IP range for so long, from such a generally eminent institution.
Cheers, Wwheaton ( talk) 02:52, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi Raul, thanks very much for scheduling this. Is there any chance of using this image of the Milky Way galaxy taken from the park as the Main Page image instead? The Milky Way photo is the lead image in the article. People go to the park to see the stars there, so the rationale is to show a view from the park (which the lead image is). When we asked the photographer to license his astrophotos we said we hoped the article would become FA and that one of his astrophotos would be used on the Main Page some day. If not, that's OK too, it is nice to have it as TFA. Thanks again, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:14, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Hello, regretfully an editor for unkown reasons has decided to try and sabotage the benzodiazepine article review. Unfortunately as wikipedia policies for dealing with WP:DISRUPT and trolling behaviour are inadequate and because it is difficult to prove it is not good faith and ecause the standard advice is enter into dispute resolution (when it is not a dispute but an attack) there is nothing that can be done but to request that the article be delisted. I can only speculate that perhaps I disagreed with an edit or something and they took it personally and tried to ruin the nomination? I don't know but I feel I have no choice but to request that the article is delisted and let them win their games. I make this post to you as someone who has had experience in these situations with disruptive editors. I am currently involved in an arbcom regarding similar behaviour of another editor and know the situation that I am in and how difficult it is to prove their intentions and prove bad faith etc etc.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 04:07, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
...is back. See User:Tedeshi. -- Stephan Schulz ( talk) 14:18, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Thank you. Totally unexpected. You do me too much honor.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 17:14, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
I've unblocked this range due to collateral damage. You may wish to monitor it and re-block if necessary. - Rjd0060 ( talk) 16:46, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Looking forward to getting all those listed red links with you! Those lists must be from the mid-90's, since I know way too many of the pop-culture references! I'd be in big trouble today... I'll be back to do a few each day. See ya! Jokestress ( talk) 16:53, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
m:DFTT. Unless you're just having fun with him... ;-) cheers - Short Brigade Harvester Boris ( talk) 04:27, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
I've just locally uploaded and protected the image used in the blurb- have I done that correctly? I saw that it wasn't protected and just did what seemed obvious... J Milburn ( talk) 08:54, 6 June 2009 (UTC)