in approaching BeyondBlue with me, and asking them to fund peer review of our better mood disorder articles? -- Anthonyhcole ( talk · contribs · email) 13:17, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
Keep me in the loop on this one please, guys. (Thanks for filing that Arbcom case, Cas, I was just dropping by to see if there was any spillover here ... glad to see there's not.) - Dank ( push to talk) 14:35, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
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What's with all the "zodiac" references in this? I was under the impression "zodiac" was strictly for the astrological devisions, and "constellations of the ecliptic" was the correct astronomical term. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 07:06, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
Cool....spoilt for choice on what to work on.... Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 04:39, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Cas, saw you getting pinged by Colonel Henry for doing an FAC review. If interested, I have a race horse article, Mucho Macho Man up, and Mike Cline has Cutthroat trout. Just saying. Montanabw (talk) 01:35, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
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1) Hi Casliber, excuse me for IP-based block evading on your talkpage, but I've been left with no other way to communicate with my fellow editors. I have asked other administrators to unblock in a manner similar to this, but this time I thought I'd ask a former arbitrator, because maybe he or she would feel less intimidated by hierarchy. That is to say, some administrators have said to me "Arbcom declined to unblock you, so I'm not touching it." The fact that Arbcom declined to lift my block does not transform it into an "Arbcom block." My reading of policy informs me that any administrator may lift my block in accordance with the provisions of WP:UNBLOCK.
2) Similarly, WP:AN/ANI did its group discussion of me in its chaotic style and declined to unblock. This does not mean I am "blocked by WP:AN/ANI." You'll find the fingerprints of various other administrators in my block log, but I still really consider myself as blocked by Timotheus Canens who alleged two years ago that I was in violation of WP:SOCK. By the way please do not read my long block log as if I were granted second chances and offended anew. A lot of that is procedural, or instances where I manage to get unblocked for a short time and my opponents scramble successfully to get me quickly reblocked.
3) The best way for you to overview my case is to read the RFC/U, here: [1]. However this takes about 15 minutes. If you read that, please do read the actual RFC/U, and don't rely overmuch on the opinion commentary, which is dominated by my long-time critics. In other words, several of those leaving negative remarks are not regular RFC/U readers, rather they tracked me there from my talkpage that they've watchlisted in order to criticize me once again in a new venue.
4) I didn't sock. I never socked Wikipedia. I had a single prior account that I abandoned for privacy purposes, never going back. It may have been a strategic error looking back, because it gave Timotheus an excuse to label me sock and claim "illegitimate alternate accounts," but I felt the need to honestly and upfrontly describe that in my very first edit ( [2]) as Colton Cosmic. WP:CLEANSTART explicitly authorizes moving to a sequential account to "avoid harassment" and it's no leap at all to apply that to a privacy-based switch, as in for example the person who decides he or she shouldn't have used his or her real name as username.
5) In my prior account I wasn't prolific by any means, but I did create at least a few articles and substantially contributed to many more. As Colton Cosmic I only had three months before I was blocked, but I at least authored Rain City Superhero Movement. If you consider my case, do not let my critics define me by a singular edit where I criticized Nomoskedasticity. Wormthatturned particularly has sought to distill me down to that single remark. I am not wanting to criticize him behind his back, and he is welcome to read this if he happens to, but I feel he has made a disturbing and peculiar series of both outright misrepresentations and incredibly misleadingly selective portrayals of the editing record to argue his ingrained suspicion that I had a relationship with Nomo. in my prior account.
6) I had no relationship to Nomo. in my prior account. The editing history clearly shows our differences arising organically in this account, for instance Nomo. responded to my query at the BLP noticeboard and then edited Phoenix Jones where I had been editing and Nomo. never had before. It requires a fantastic warping of reality to make Worm's case that I must have had a conflict with Nomo. in my prior account. But he's influencing others to believe this, such as Dheyward who said my "mannerisms" betray a prior familiarity to Nomo.
7) So what was my infamous, out-of-bounds, damning, and Hannibal Lecter-like remark to Nomo.? I said he or she was a provocateur whose Wikipedia activity mainly consisted of tattling on people to WP:AN/ANI with the desire to get them blocked, that this was symptomatic of the worst sort of sniping associated with Usenet in the 1990s, and I asked if he or she had ever actually created anything for Wikipedia. I said it in a mean way. Maybe a civility block for a couple days was warranted?
8) I did slip there, but I had just a day or so earlier read Youreallycan plaintively beseech Nomo. to just leave him alone after two years of wikihounding. Here is part of that: [3]. Nomo. also sarcastically (?) called Youreallycan "darling," and had said the same to me. And then
9) I see Nomo. arguing for his block and I slipped. Nomo. had also reported me at WP:AN/ANI on what I regarded as a flimsy charge of edit-warring. When that report met with no action, Nomo. actually followed up at the closer's talkpage saying he needed to at least issue a warning. Is my belief wholly unfounded and unreasonable then that Nomo regards getting others blocked and warned as a goal and a satisfaction, and that this is in fact the essential nature of his or her participation at Wikipedia? Whatever. I accept it was uncivil to say it like I did. I don't want any relationship with Nomo. It's only because people zero in on that when considering the propriety of my block that makes me discuss him or her.
10) None of the above makes me a sock, so that is why I ask you to unblock me. The RFC/U has furnished the requisite community discussion to inform your decision, should it be faulted at WP:AN/ANI (and rest assured any unblock will be). They just won't be able to say the question wasn't talked up sufficiently. Please do not hold my unblock hostage to the impossible concept of getting "consensus for unblocking" at WP:AN/ANI. I am not *blocked* by any consensus, I am blocked by Timotheus and his block button. WP:UNBLOCK says you can reverse that on your own consideration and authority. Thank you for reading. This is Colton Cosmic. 10:21, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Cas. I think I'm done with responding to your suggestions. Have another look and see what you think. I'm hoping to take it to FAC next month, so any other ideas you may have would also be gratefully received. Cheers, hamiltonstone ( talk) 11:26, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
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Any chance of eyes on this? It needs more than just two editors disagreeing. hamiltonstone ( talk) 03:18, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your review of Ashton Court which has definitely helped to improve the article.— Rod talk 07:38, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
You mentioned that you're the type of person who would be willing to sponsor someone as an administrator on Wikipedia. I tried nominating myself back in 2005 after I'd only been here a couple of years and that was shot down, mainly because I guess it was felt I hadn't taken it all that seriously.
Now, nine years later I think I've gone as far as I can as a regular editor and I think my behavior and the quality of my many thousands of edits and talents indicate I qualify to become an admin. I'll give you some examples.
This is just some of the things I have done to make Wikipedia a better place, and I think with Administrator privileges I can do more things to make things better. Like, say I have an idea for a really good improvement to the main page, I can discuss that - that is a big change that I wouldn't do without getting a consensus - and if there's no objection then I can implement it without having to beg someone to do it for me. For less important but otherwise protected pages where I can see there is room for a really good improvement, I can just offer it.
But I do think I would qualify and I'd like your input and whether you think I would be worth sponsoring as an administrator. I've asked a couple other people, not to try to play one off against the other, but so that if I'm not up to snuff you or they can give me some input into where I'm deficient. Paul Robinson (Rfc1394) ( talk) 21:01, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
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Cheers and thanks, hope you are having a good weekend Victuallers ( talk) 21:17, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
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I reckon I am the victim of harassment by AfadsBad and have made a complaint at the Administrators' noticeboard. I see you made a comment on the Wikipediocracy forum so know about the thread focussed on me. I was given the link by another editor but chose not to look at it until today. Of course, the real question is, are my articles the rubbish that AfadsBad makes them out to be? I find it difficult to understand AfadsBad's motivation. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 09:30, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you for this article Victuallers ( talk) 16:03, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
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I see that when your current FA nom and conom are promoted, you will become WP's second FA centurion – a remarkable achievement. When Wehwalt reached 100 FAs last year I wrote a short Signpost tribute based on a short q and a session. I'd like to do the same for you, if you are agreeable – please let me know. Brianboulton ( talk) 19:01, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
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In follow-up to your comment on Iridescent's talkpage: I don't know how you can stand to deal with the psychiatric literature. Of course, the oncology literature has its own set of problems, and the less said of the surgical literature the better, but psychiatry has always seemed to me to be on a level of its own. The first thing I look for in these papers is the disclosure of conflicts of interest; for the Trial 144 paper, we find that the first author "has received research support from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Abbott, AstraZeneca, Biovail, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Burroughs Wellcome, Cenerx, Cephalon, Ciba Geigy, CoMentis, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma America, Eisai, Eli Lilly, Forest, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Johnson & Johnson, Lundbeck, McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Medicinova, Merck, Neurochem, New River Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, Organon, Pfizer, Pharmacia, Repligen, Saegis, Sandoz, Sanofi, Sanofi-Synthelabo, Schwabe/Ingenix, Sepracor, Shire, Sunovion, Synaptic, Takeda, TAP, Transcept Pharma, UCB Pharma, Vela, and Wyeth; has served as a consultant to Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the NIMH, Abbott, AstraZeneca, Biovail, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cephalon, Corcept, Eli Lilly, Forest, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Medscape Advisory Board, Organon, Otsuka America Pharma, Pfizer, Pharmacia, Sanofi, Sanofi-Synthelabo, Shire, Solvay, Sunovion, Takeda, Transcept Pharma, TransTech, Validus, and Wyeth; has been on Speaker’s Bureaus of Abbott, AstraZeneca, Biovail, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Burroughs Wellcome, Cephalon, Ciba Geigy, Eli Lilly, Forest, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Organon, Pfizer, Sanofi, Sanofi-Synthelabo, Shire, Solvay, Sunovion, Validus, and Wyeth; and has held or holds stock in Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cortex, Merck, and Pfizer." It would probably be easier to list the conflicts of interest that he doesn't have.
On that subject, I recently read White Coat, Black Hat by Carl Elliot. I think you'd enjoy it, or be appalled by it, or maybe just nod in recognition. If you don't read the whole book, Elliott's piece on healthy volunteer research subjects ( "Guinea Pigging") is a worthwhile shorter (and online) read. He's written quite a bit about quetiapine in particular, and the ways in which it's been marketed. He's also confirmed, in passing, something I've long suspected: it's much easier to get a falsehood or error into print in the medical literature than in the New Yorker or Atlantic. MastCell Talk 21:38, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
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Could you check that this article's deletion proposed is correct? If not, let me know. -- Anton Talk 09:44, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello Cas, I've provided some points for your consideration at Grus. Meanwhile, languishing at the very bottom of FAC is Uncle David. It isn't a very pleasant subject (at least, that was my view), and the nominator was obviously a bit inexperienced, but it'd be a shame to see it die off at its third attempt at FAC for lack of scrutiny. Plus the article is quite short, so it isn't too much effort to check out. Do you think you might take a look? PS - there's a malfunction of some sort in its FAC entry - not all review comments are visible until you go to the actual review page. wierd. hamiltonstone ( talk) 12:50, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
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As my harassment complaint at AnI drags on, but on the mercifully shorter discussion on how to sanction me, I am pointing out what I consider to be a misinterpretation by another editor of what constitutes original research. I also mention that Boring clam, the subject of the first criticism by that editor, was in the process of expansion at the time. The content objected to was less than five hours old, and would have been revised as I found out more about the clam. Your opinion on the matter at AnI would be much appreciated. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 05:48, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
As you have discovered, I've just started working this up on the long road to FA. IS the map wrong where it shows it as introduced to OZ? I'm going to redo the map anyway, just checking while I think of it Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:00, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hello Casliber. Do you have some spare time to review Megadeth and make suggestions on what needs to be fixed at the review page? I'm planning to candidate the article for FA, and some thought about that would also be helpful. See you.-- Вик Ретлхед ( talk) 14:10, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
Do you think Cinema of India can be unprotected yet? Jackmcbarn ( talk) 18:27, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for your fix to my link to Thomas Martyn at Scadoxus multiflorus. There seems to be some confusion in IPNI at Martyn – the date of birth is different from the sources in the Wikipedia article and there's an extra initial "M.", which misled me. Peter coxhead ( talk) 08:44, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
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Casliber, I have conducted an initial review, and have some concerns. Best regards. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 21:11, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Cas liber. I've put Sgt. Pepper up at peer review and I would appreciate any comments and/or suggestions you have for improving the article in preparation for FAC. Cheers! GabeMc ( talk| contribs) 16:40, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
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I've made a suggestion at the afc that I now close it--could you look, and say if you agree? DGG ( talk ) 04:49, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hi! Thanks for reviewing my FAC for Fishing Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River). I've addressed the comments you posted there, hopefully to your satisfaction. -- Jakob ( talk) (Please comment on my editor review.) 23:44, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi Cas. I've started working up Yellowhammer and I've come across an intriguing bit about song dialects in NZ. It's summarised here ( earlier posting) and here. All the authors are based at Czech universities and the BOU is a major ornithological society. My problem is that the BOU postings are on a page marked "Blog" and there's obviously no peer review of either. I can't find any journal articles on this. Do you think these will scrape through FAC as RS?... or do I just forget the dialects... or put the research in a footnote. Thanks for any advice you can give (and would Oz like some of these pretty little birds?) Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:55, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 27 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jack Charlton, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Jack Charlton was the first foreigner to to manage the Republic of Ireland national football team? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jack Charlton. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:02, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
![]() Fresh produce in a
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Cas Liber, it feels uncomfortable to see this rejected solely—it really is solely—because no one reviewed this for over two months. That "review again" icon went up on February 20, and no one touched it even after the nominator said that the issues mentioned had been dealt with two days later, despite it being featured at the top of the older nominations needing review posts in WT:DYK. It's like we're penalizing the nominator because no one was in the mood to review it, even though, reading through it now, I can see that it would need work and a good reviewer to bring it up to DYK level. BlueMoonset ( talk) 17:05, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
Funny, I was thinking about him the other day, wondering when and how he would be back. And I got your ping, but happened to be scrolling down the page at ANI and when I ran into this toxicology discussion I thought Hey! Sebastian! and then realized you were at the bottom of that discussion. Thanks for stepping in there; you saved admin face. Now let's wait for CU so we don't have to do all that behavioral stuff which, at first sight, suggests a match. Well done, my friend. Drmies ( talk) 01:42, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
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The DYK Medal | |
For helping to fill DYK prep areas and all the other work you do on DYK, I hereby award you this medal. Keep up the good work. -- ThaddeusB ( talk) 03:51, 2 May 2014 (UTC) |
I would be grateful if you could close my editor review, or get someone else to do so. I understand that I could close it myself, but I am hoping that whoever closes it will provide a brief statement that contradicts AfadsBad's assertions that there are "multiple mistakes in every article" and that "every one of these articles needs [to be] extensively rewritten to be accurate". I am looking for such a statement because I want to be able to use it in the Wikipediocracy forum thread devoted to me, "Cwmhiraeth, the greatest vandal of them all" in the hope that that thread will be terminated. You said that you would look at my latest article. I don't know if you have done so, but you can see here that AfadsBad has and that the harassment continues unabated. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 09:51, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of
Banksia montana at the
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath
your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
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ThaddeusB ( talk) 20:38, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
Cas Liber, I'm afraid I've had to mark this with the big orange DYK "X"; almost the entire Theme section was lifted from former FN6 (the Google play external link), and I found one sentence in Plot that was directly copied and others look suspicious. As I was aiming to work on a prep set for DYK, I don't have time to do more (barely an hour before we'll need a new set for the main page), but I'm hoping you'll be able to do cleanup on the article, or whatever is appropriate. Thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 03:39, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's
Adam Cuerden (
submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from
Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as
SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's
Godot13 (
submissions), whose featured list
Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's
ChrisGualtieri (
submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including
Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included
Cliftonian (
submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance
Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and
Caponer (
submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated
list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include
narwhal from
Reid,iain james (
submissions),
tiger from
Cwmhiraeth (
submissions) and
The Lion King from
Igordebraga (
submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to
Czar (
submissions) and
Red Phoenix (
submissions) for their work on the
Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.
192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email), The ed17 ( talk • email) and Miyagawa ( talk • email) 17:56, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Filming of a
travel documentary
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Hi Cas,
Can you come along to the Tribute Editathon next Saturday (10 May) at the State Library? It would be great to have your participation. We now have a person from the newly-launched Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership which would in itself provide resources for articles in which you are interested.
Cheers, Whiteghost.ink
...or whenever you're around, assuming someone else doesn't get to it first. I just finished Prep 1, and it needs to go to Queue 1 so the bot can picked it up at 04:30 UTC. If you do, please take a quick look at the set first to make sure nothing jumps out at you. Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 04:21, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 6 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Banksia praemorsa, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the flower spikes of Banksia praemorsa (pictured) can reach 27 cm (11 in) high? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Banksia praemorsa. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 15:07, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Was working on the WikiCup Signpost article, needed a picture for your FA, remembered "Oh, crap!" so got it done. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 21:52, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I just wanted to let you know that the WINC (AM) article, which you did a GA review on, is currently up on FAC. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 21:57, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Could you take a look at Template:Did you know nominations/Rosemary's Baby (miniseries), which is an impending date request.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:38, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello Casliber, a moment of your time please. You said we shouldn't run this on the front page. It is claimed that, since you added your opinion, the article is seriously improved. I would like to ask you to revisit the discussion and, at the bottom, (briefly) state if you are still opposed. It is a matter of some contention, to put it mildly. Thanks in advance, Drmies ( talk) 22:14, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
I just wanted to say thank you for your contribution to the Albany, Oregon page. I have put a lot of time in to this article in the past to get it up from a start level article to the B-grade it is these days. With the edits you have made along with others it has helped put it a step closer to being able to be an A-Grade article.
MathewDill ( talk) 01:17, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
Cas Liber, I hate to stop anyone loading, but we have two special occasion hooks for May 11, both with images, in the holding area, and I really think one of them should be used in the lead slot in prep 2. It shouldn't be a problem, because the cathedral you've just loaded would be ideal for prep 1—it would actually run for the day and evening in Europe, instead of nighttime and early morning in prep 2.
I'll leave it to you whether you'd like me to move the cathedral, or if you'd prefer doing so. And also whether you want to decide which of the two special occasion hooks gets the lead slot in prep 2 once the one there has been moved.
Finally, I've just finished off prep 4, so it's ready to be promoted to queue 5, something that needs to happen in the next hour and a half. (One of your hooks is in it, so you may not want to do the promotion in that case.) Thanks, and sorry for the prep collision. BlueMoonset ( talk) 20:12, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
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Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 21:54, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
![]() Hopetoun Falls in Beech Forest, a
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
Canis Major you nominated for
GA-status according to the
criteria.
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by
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The article
Canis Major 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 needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See
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The ANI has been closed, appropriately, with consensus that there was no personal attack. I agree. That's definitely the consensus... though I don't agree with the consensus. In fact, I don't understand the consensus opinion about this at all. I mean, I agree it was not a personal attack of a particularly extreme nature, but it sure seemed like one to me, and therefore emblematic of the type of problem WP:NPA is trying to address.
As one of the people who declared (without explanation) that it was not a personal attack, I wonder how you reconcile that position with what is said WP:NPA#What is considered to be a personal attack?:
Surely you agree the comment in question was a criticism of personal behavior on a policy talk page. No? And if you agree it was that, how is that not a personal attack, by definition? Or do you disagree with that bullet at WP:NPA#What is considered to be a personal attack??
Thanks! -- В²C ☎ 21:44, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
I don't see how my behavior - which I admit has plenty of room for improvement - has anything to do with the question of whether the comment in question was an attack or not. The issue is not about whether the critical statement was accurate or not, it's whether the context makes it inappropriate to state there, and therefore an attack.
Am I asking too much? Am I missing something? Is appropriate criticism but not in an inappropriate context not an attack as long as it's accurate, despite what WP:NPA says to the contrary? -- В²C ☎ 22:35, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
FYI: Because of the outcome of the ANI discussion today, the person who criticized me on a policy talk page now apparently feels emboldened to continue engaging in such uncivil behavior. Please see User talk:In ictu oculi#Request per WP:NPA.
Suggestions/advice appreciated. Thanks. -- В²C ☎ 00:45, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
The science of anatomy is one of my favorite subjects. Recently, I have been starting discussions on the "Anatomy" article's talk page and editing the "Anatomy" article, a GA. Years ago, we had a series of lectures on the history of medicine at college, which was not an examination topic for us. However, with a formal training in human anatomy and some related topics, I have recently found that reading about the history of anatomy is quite interesting. I started reviewing the Anatomy article, partly because it was listed as one of the most popular articles that User Cwm contributed too in her editor review. I have communicated with User:Chiswick Chap on his talk page about two problematic additions he made to the article. I waited a while before sending him a second message until the possibility became clearer that that he might not have noticed one of my comments on the article's talk page about a citation, which I did not understand how he could have got it so apparently mixed up (wrong author and source not corresponding to the content in the line supported by the in-line ref). Today User Chiswich Chap wrote on my talk page and he asked me not to write on his talk page. I would have thought that most users would welcome feedback especially when possible mistakes are questioned. Have you got any ideas how I could precede from here, if I have any more questions to ask him about what he has put in science articles? Snowman ( talk) 21:59, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
I see from the Anatomy article's talk page that you are interested in working on the article and also User:Cwmhiraeth has also once again become interested in improving the article. I am delighted that editors have expressed an interest in the article and I hope that a team can be assembled or at least further editors co-opted to help with uncertainties as they arise. I am not a WikiCup participant, and my aim for the article would be help with the sections relevant to anything to do with human anatomy. I would say that I tend to understand concepts, but I find it somewhat more difficult to write about them, so I prefer to work in a team of editors with different skills when expanding "big" topics. I would not want FA reviewers to be overloaded with work nor be excessively concerned about complex science that they do not fully understand. I would hope that the article would look like a finished product when or if it is nominated to FAC. Snowman ( talk) 10:26, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
The article
Canis Major you nominated as a
good article has passed
; see
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Cas Liber, this is a bit awkward, but I have to confess I'm uncomfortable about this nomination. Right now the article is two-thirds plot and about a sixth "theme", and at least half of that theme, from the second sentence's first "and", reads very strangely: it reminds me of the sort of thing you might find in a study guide or background commentary in an edition intended for classroom use, and since it's cited to a single page in the Evergreen edition, I imagine that's where it came from. The problem is that when I had to remove the Theme section the first time, it was due to a copyvio; I can't help but wonder whether this is new material is a close paraphrase or copyvio. (I've gone looking, and I can't find that edition online anywhere, unfortunately.) Even if not, the phrase "and with the help of idioms and phrases" is certainly not encyclopedic, and has nothing to do with the theme. If this article was better fleshed out, with sections on reaction to the book and perhaps its place in Premchand's oeuvre (or whether he said anything on why he wrote it or what he wished to accomplish), it would be better balanced. As it is, I think it comes under
WP:DYKSG#D7: Articles that fail to deal adequately with the topic are also likely to be rejected.
BlueMoonset (
talk)
17:26, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
Protect this version. https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eternal_derby_%28Romania%29&oldid=608565285
Cupa Ligii was a friendly competition. Read this article.
http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/nae-si-onofras-umiliti-de-ciini-in-ghencea-povestea-celei-mai-dure-infringeri-a-stelei-in-fata-lui-dinamo-211247.html
After finishing the 1999-2000 season the Red and White (Dinamo) were crowned champions followed a nature friendly competition: Cupa Ligii.
Mihai Stere, Dinamo player: Mihai Stere recalled for gsp.ro Ghencea memorable game in which even managed to score the first goal: "I remember the match with Steaua. Demoted with Farul and went to Dinamo. Signed with them for 6 months and was first my match. Even if playing in the League Cup, a match between Steaua and Dinamo can never be considered friendly.
Steaua used only player who was in trial (like Daniel Munteanu from Universitatea Cluj, Alin Savu from CSM Resita or Alin Biţiş) at Steaua, they have never signed with Steaua, or signed contracts in future years (Mirel Rădoi next year, and Marius Onofraş in 2010).
These players have never had signed contracts with Steaua, automatically were unable to play in a official competitive match, because they had no license to play for Steaua, and the referee had no way to start the game in this situation.
Cupa Ligii was an friendly competition in 2000, not a official, because in an official competitive match a player is unable to play if he have no signed contract, Steaua used only players arrive in trial. Cupa Ligii is a official competition organized from 2014-15 season.
The article posted by you does not refer to the friendly competition from year 2000, he refers to new competition from 2014-15 season. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FCSTEAUABUCURESTISA ( talk • contribs) 11:06, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
In an official competion a team are unable to use player arrived in trial, You konow that? Then, if it was a official competition, those players how they played for Steaua if they have never have signed contract with Steaua? Understand?
Read this article. "After finishing the 1999-2000 season the Red and White (Dinamo) were crowned champions followed a nature friendly competition: Cupa Ligii. Mihai Stere, Dinamo player: Mihai Stere recalled for gsp.ro Ghencea memorable game in which even managed to score the first goal: "I remember the match with Steaua. Demoted with Farul and went to Dinamo. Signed with them for 6 months and was first my match. Even if playing in the League Cup, a match between Steaua and Dinamo can never be considered friendly." — Preceding unsigned comment added by FCSTEAUABUCURESTISA ( talk • contribs) 11:32, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
Why you don't read this article? http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/nae-si-onofras-umiliti-de-ciini-in-ghencea-povestea-celei-mai-dure-infringeri-a-stelei-in-fata-lui-dinamo-211247.html
Daniel Munteanu, Alin Savu, Alin Biţiş those players never played for Steaua in a official game, they never signed contracts with Steaua, they was unable to play in an official match, do you understand? Cupa Ligii from 2000 was a friendly competition, read this article. http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/nae-si-onofras-umiliti-de-ciini-in-ghencea-povestea-celei-mai-dure-infringeri-a-stelei-in-fata-lui-dinamo-211247.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by FCSTEAUABUCURESTISA ( talk • contribs) 11:44, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 16 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Grevillea laurifolia, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Grevillea laurifolia was so named for the resemblance of its leaves to those of laurel? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Grevillea laurifolia. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 12:03, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
I'll wait. Jinkinson talk to me 00:12, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
Right, back now. Create an editor review subpage and answer the three questions. I have nominated a few people but would only do so if I think there is a good chance of them passing. Failing RfA is not only a highly unpleasant experience but sets one back for trying in the future. I haven't looked much into your contributions but recommend the following regardless: Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 01:58, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
More homework later. Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 01:58, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
I guess you are beyond barnstars now! Admire your solid body of work on TOL articles.
AshLin (
talk)
02:03, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
With your help, the WINC (AM) was just promoted to Featured Article status. Together, we took a C-Class article, edited, added and made it a Good Article. We didn't stop there, we made it better and now it is a Featured Article. Whether you made one edit or twenty, you still helped and I thank you. :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 10:03, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hi there. This is a message for CasLiber, HamiltonStone, SturmVogel and Crisco. Thanks for your help and feeback re: the Singora article. It achieved FA status on Saturday.
I got a message today saying the article will now appear on Wikipedia's home page on June 4. This surprised me. I read somewhere that it usually takes several months for featured articles to make it to the home page.
I've cleaned things up a bit. CasLiber and Crisco noted that the section about Persians in 17th century Siam looked out of place. I've deleted this paragraph.
I've also re-jigged the lead and added:
If you have time to briefly glance through it again, please do. I still feel the article can be improved prior to June 4.
Thanks again for your help. I've enjoyed doing this. I finished Oxford University almost exactly 30 years ago, so this has been an opportunity to cast aside some of the rust and dust that's built up over the years. Perhaps I'm not as good as I was, but I think I'm still just about okay!
I'll login from time to time. If you'd like a review, do please feel free to let me know.
Singora ( talk) 18:08, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
Hey, Cas! Could you review my descriptions for Caelum and Grus? No removing the praise, though: You two do good work. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 22:50, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 20 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Acacia denticulosa, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the threatened sandpaper wattle (pictured) is extinct at the site it was first collected? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Acacia denticulosa. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 07:02, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
Sorry about your review on Titanoceratops. I had actually forgotten that it was not completed, and was away for just over the entire May Long Weekend, so I could not reply to your comments. I am not asking you to re-open the review, but yes please, could you send me the articles and give me feedback on my progress. The "Distinguishing Characteristics" section I find tough to modify, as there are extremely specific features that distinguish an animal, and sometimes those features cannot be described a different way from what the author has written. Any help with that section would be greatly appreciated.
On Zanabazar, I have pasted the article in my sandbox with a new modified version of the discovery section, and with the "Distinguishing Characteristics" section removed. How closely paraphrased is it now, and if it is better could you comment on the DYK page where the discussion was, at least, being held (There have been no comments for about a week or more last I checked). Thanks for your help - IJReid ( talk) 14:00, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
Because you participated in the most recent discussion regarding the proposed move of Hillary Rodham Clinton, you are hereby notified per Wikipedia:Canvassing#Appropriate notification that the administrative determination of consensus from that discussion is being challenged at Wikipedia:Move review/Log/2014 May. Please feel free to comment there. Cheers! bd2412 T 19:20, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
This is a note to let the main editors of Thopha saccata know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on June 9, 2014. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at present, please ask Bencherlite ( talk · contribs). You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 9, 2014. If it needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. The blurb as it stands now is below:
Thopha saccata, commonly known as the double drummer, is the largest Australian species of cicada and reputedly the loudest insect in the world. Documented by the Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius in 1803, it was the first described and named cicada native to Australia. Its common name comes from the large dark red-brown sac-like pockets that the adult male has on each side of its abdomen—the "double drums"—that are used to amplify the sound it produces. The adult double drummer is the largest Australian species of cicada. Broad-headed compared with other cicadas, the double drummer is mostly brown with a black pattern across the back of its thorax, and has red-brown and black underparts. The sexes are similar in appearance, though the female lacks the male's tymbals and sac-like covers. Found in sclerophyll forest in Queensland and New South Wales, adult double drummers generally perch high in the branches of large eucalypts. They emerge from the ground where they have spent several years as nymphs from November until March, and live for another four to five weeks. They appear in great numbers in some years, yet are absent in others. ( Full article...)
You (and your talk-page stalkers) may also be interested to hear that there have been some changes at the TFA requests page recently. Nominators no longer need to calculate how many "points" an article has, the instructions have been simplified, and there's a new nomination system using templates based on those used for DYK suggestions. Please consider nominating another article, or commenting on an existing nomination, and leaving some feedback on your experience. Thank you. UcuchaBot ( talk) 23:01, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
Would you be able to review Kentrosaurus? Thank you. LittleJerry ( talk) 15:05, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of
T Ursae Minoris at the
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![]() | On 22 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Canis Major, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Canis Major (depicted) contains the brightest star in the night sky? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Canis Major. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 00:47, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 22 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Urodacus yaschenkoi, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the inland robust scorpion can move 200–400 times its own weight in sand when building its burrow? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Urodacus yaschenkoi. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 12:36, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
Congratulations on becoming Wikipedia's second FA centurion, a truly magnificent achievement. I will work up the material you've given me with a view to next week's Signpost. Great work! Brianboulton ( talk) 22:17, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 24 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Banksieaeformis, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the leaves of two species of the fossil plant genus Banksieaeformis resemble those of the living Banksia serrata? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Banksieaeformis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 01:58, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
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![]() | On 26 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article T Ursae Minoris, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the star T Ursae Minoris is thought to have undergone a helium flash in 1979? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/T Ursae Minoris. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:22, 25 May 2014 (UTC) 00:58, 26 May 2014 (UTC)