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Hi i have seen your review of this article for Good Article standard. And i have done some work on it. Could you please check it out and tell me what you think. I personally think that most of the sourcing issues are far gone by now. Cheers.--MarkusBJoke (talk) 20:11, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks a bunch for enlightening me and letting me know what needs to be done in order to achieve the GA status. I will definitely remove sources that are not considered to be reliable. I am proud to be speaking to someone who has already bagged a medal. Hats off to you. I also needed to know what steps are to be taken to ensure that the article that I am editing reaches the FA status. I would personally want you to give me some tips. I'll be grateful. Nefirious (talk) 07:38, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
The Mini Mathur article has been revised to remove extraneous and NPOV content, consistent with Wikipedia standards. You tagged this article for clean up in January 2008. Please see my edits. --John Kronenwetter (talk) 16:27, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi! I've been working on Dominant white for a little bit, and I'm hoping to get it closer to GA-ready by getting some fresh eyes on it. If you get the chance to have a look, I'd be really grateful. All the best, Countercanter (talk) 13:38, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
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Have followed your directions to the best of my ability and have now re-nominated Oba Chandler for GA.--Judo112 (talk) 14:47, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
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Sigh. Why is it that horse terminology is "jargon," when weird words in other genres are terms of art? Thanks for the fix! Montanabw(talk) 02:11, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Hey, I nominated Dominant white for GA today. Thanks for all your help! Countercanter (talk) 15:07, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Congrats, dah-ling!!! Way to go!!! Montanabw(talk) 01:56, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dana. Thanks for your comments about the article of Bolko I; I really appreciate if you let me know how improved the article. Thanks again and sorry for my bad english!!! Aldebaran69 (talk) 18:33, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dana. Thanks for volunteering to review the article.I am sorry that I got caught in stuff so could not see the article. I will start working on your comments. Vinay84 (talk) 06:16, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Dana regarding some of the citations, many of them are sourced from the references and further reading section.Should each of those statements be referenced or is there some other simpler way to cite them? Guidance to any wiki templates or articles on this topic will also be useful. Vinay84 (talk) 13:02, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Dana the paragraph you specified has been referenced.
You may want to eyeball this one, which is getting some attention, and if you note edit history, there appears to be two political factions. Nokota horse. May be right up your alley with your access to the books on world horse breeds. I'm keeping out of it unless things get heated, seems to be mostly a "no one is sourcing anything" situation. Montanabw(talk) 23:50, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
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Many thanks, Roger Davies talk 04:24, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
I looked it over, and did one small MOS edit on dashes as well as checking the sources. The sourcing looks fine to me. Trust Malleus' copyedits and queries, he's much better at the whole non-horse thing than I am. I spent the weekend hanging out with sailors, and that was interesting. They are almost as jargon heavy as horse people, and three-quarters of the time I had no freaking clue what the hell they were talking about! Certainly put a new perspective on the poor folks who have to read our horse articles! Ealdgyth - Talk 01:18, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
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Thanx for letting me know. I was thinking that it actually blocks all the vandals. I din't realise that I had no power or authority to block the users from editing. I will inform the administrator if I feel that some article has been vandalised or is being vandalised. Nefirious (talk) 20:02, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
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That article totally appalls me. See my comments there. I personally think it isn't even worth working on, and should be merged with Andalusian. Montanabw(talk) 18:35, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Why there is a political spat over Nokota Horse, I wonder? Oh well. Montanabw(talk) 22:09, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Dana!
Thanks for taking up the review. I've been waiting for so long I've simply forgotten about that article. I'll add the citations where they're needed soon. Cheers. --Sherif9282 (talk) 23:21, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
NW says it is OK to use the tolt picture. Hooray. Fainites barleyscribs 18:04, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
I do believe that all of the issues have now been dealt with. -MBK004 19:11, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dana,
Say, don't know how much time you've spent at the project that took fire while you were moving, but see Glossary of equestrian terms. Could you add it to the Portal in some significant and easy to find way? And add more words too, if you want...But Ealdgyth is making us source everything as we go, so beware! LOL! Montanabw(talk) 00:27, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Thank you much for your review! I fixed all the three issues. If the word "contested" is still unclear it may be removed. Flayer (talk) 08:53, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
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Congrats on the FA for Icelandic horse! My question: I don't want to glom onto your hard work, and you unquestionably did the FA push, but I did originally put hours into that article to clean up the base and do some (admittedly inadequate) sourcing. Would you object if I added the FA star to my user page as a "contributer" to the article's FA status? I don't want to claim credit where credit is not due, so it's your call, and I won't be "butt hurt" (grin) if you feel that you cleaned up a disaster that was my previous version. (Even though I cleaned up the disaster that was the version previous to that...) Let me know... Montanabw(talk) 01:44, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dana, I always meant to pop by and say thanks for the GA review you did for an article which I wrote (Joseph Dennie), but I just never got around to it. Anywho, thanks for the review and the kind words. :) Best, faithless (speak) 02:57, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
Instead of deletion, I'm considering simply redirecting Ponystars to Acclaim Games. Any objections? Marasmusine (talk) 16:17, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
GREAT JOB on the Featured Portal status for Portal:Horse! Hope you gave yourself a BIG pat on the back for that! Congrats! Congrats!
Also, here's hoping that the Andalusian article gets a good review. I have bookmarked the GA review page and will try to be around to offer techical support. I'll also see if I can find that book I used in the Appy article that needs pagination, I think that was mine...did you like that I found the license plate??
Overall, wanted to say thanks for all your cleanup efforts and just the general housekeeping of WPEQ that you are doing. It is much appreciated!
I am a little dubious about the prod tag on Road to the Horse. I don't care deeply about the article so will let it proceed as it will proceed, but it is a big deal with the Natural Horsemanship crowd and will undoubtably be recreated if we dump it. Arguably, it could be merged into Natural horsemanship if you think it's taking up bandwidth. But I hesitate to toss it altogether. In that world, it's the only real competition thing they have, even if blatently commercial. Anyhoo, no big deal to me either way, but a thought. I don't get why someone had a fit about tossing the list of books, I think it needs to go too. AFD, perhaps??? Montanabw(talk) 00:50, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
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Hey Dana!
Thank you very much for reviewing the article, and thanks again for being patient!
I was wondering if you had any suggestions on how I can improve the article to bring it up to FA-class. Any comments and criticisms are welcome.
Cheers! --Sherif9282 (talk) 23:04, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Will-do. Thanks for your help! --Sherif9282 (talk) 16:10, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
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Dana, I tweaked on Andalusian and Appaloosa a bit. I think I clarified things, but if I screwed them up instead, mea culpa in advance. Oh, and am I bad to say that I am ever more convinced that all factions of the Andalusian/PRE crowd seriously needs to get a life? (I'm just the editor, sigh) Montanabw(talk) 03:16, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
I put a note on Gwinva's talk page. She's not a horse person, but she IS a New Zealander, so maybe between her and CG, they'll spot anything really off. You'e been doing a lot of really good work on these, Wow!!! Montanabw(talk) 03:33, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dana, i fixed the issues you pointed out, could you please check again, let me know of unresolved stuff/new comments , thx for your time Eli+ 16:29, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dana. Thanks for very useful comments at Talk:Ahmad Hasan Dani/GA1. I have tried to address all your concerns. --IslesCapeTalk 20:02, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Hey, if you wanted to upgrade Kinsky horse, I'd be fascinated to see what you could find. (Details why via email). Montanabw(talk) 05:01, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I was quite surprised that you failed this GAN without even noticing the nominator on its talk page that you left any comments. As far as I know, when someone reviews an article he should announce the editor especially when he gets no response in a decent amount of days. Considering that I was a bit inactive in the past two weeks (though not completely inactive, usually made few edits per day), and my watchlist contains 1000+ pages, I haven't seen that you posted any comments on Swiss Air Force talk page - plus not counting that the GAN was placed two months ago and I completely forgot about it. However, if I'd knew of your comments I'd certainly address them since they weren't very serious issues. Best regards, --Eurocopter (talk) 09:18, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
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You're right, I did sorta tag-spam that article. I've reined back on most of the {{fact}} tags, but I think the other inline tags should stand, as some might say that there might be many weasel words in it. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 01:19, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Added my comment for your List of Olympic medalists in equestrian featured list nomination. Thanks. Joey80 (talk) 02:06, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your GA review of Ruby Laffoon. I think I have addressed all the issues now. Acdixon (talk • contribs • count) 14:44, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for dropping me a line; I hadn't noticed. I addressed your concerns the best I could. Let me know what you think. upstateNYer 01:26, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks very much for the review. I appreciate your comments, and your fresh eye! (nothing left on the Ostrach talk page for you, just that this is easier to leave a message with....: Auntieruth55 (talk) 00:54, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dana. Thank you very much for your comments in the A-Class review of Walter Peeler. I think I have addressed all of your issues, so, if you are not too busy, would you please be able to check back in to see if everything has been remedied to your satisfaction? :) Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 00:17, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Congrats on your Olympic article going FL status! Montanabw(talk) 06:00, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I have responded to your concerns on the 7th Infantry Division FA and was wondering if you had any more. Thank you! —Ed!(talk) 19:50, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
The uploader hasn't been active in the French wikipedia since summer 2006. He has a history of images with dubious copyright here. Greetings Wandalstouring (talk) 09:09, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dana, Our new WPEQ member, Pitke, is working up a storm on Finnhorse and doing an astonishing job. Only problem is that Pitke is in Finland, as are all the source materials, and they are in Finnish. So while his/her sources are pretty good (I think Pitke has access to a university library for this), and unquestionably the best available sources, they aren't in English, which may someday cause some heartache. I was wondering if you could check your breed books and see if some of the material in the article can be sourced to English language materials. If your sources contradict what's in there, I would put that content on the talk page rather than editing the article itself, as I suspect the Finnish sources will be more accurate, but hard for us to verify. But anything that is consistent would do well with English sources. Anyway, I really am impressed with the way Pitke is coming along as an English wiki editor, I believe all this started because of his/her efforts to translate English articles to Finnish wiki...and I am finding this editor really willing to discuss issues, find sources, etc... I'm just way impressed, and I'd like us all to see if we can lend a hand on the Finnhorse article, which is clearly becoming a labor of love for Pitke. And really interesting, to boot! Montanabw(talk) 19:22, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
Please weigh in on Monty Roberts and the merge tag you put on the article about one of his books. My merge, per your tag, which seemed noncontroversial at the time, seems to have stirred up a minor shitstorm, Could you weigh in on the Monty Roberts talk page with your views? Montanabw(talk) 22:01, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
On the 22nd with Icelandic horse ... you're on the main page! Ealdgyth - Talk 00:16, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
I created a page on my user page (if that makes sense) in prep for a real page on wikipedia. could you help with editing?? Go to it at User:Taylor Lane/Authentic (horse) . Thank you SO much!! *dream on*dance on* 20:23, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for the heads up Dana boomer. I did see the FLC when it went up and mean to comment then, but I've recently moved house so I've been a little busy! Sorry 'bout that. I'll give it a final look tonight or tomorrow, but I'm already erring towards support! Merry Christmas! Ranger Steve (talk) 18:23, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your help, suggestions and good wishes. Cgoodwin (talk) 05:35, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
Santa is on his way, I guess, so I discussed the merge of Mallein test at the talk page, but also did add the material from the article into glanders, because it seemed useful to do so. But I didn't merge or remove the other article. So now I'm being good, and if no one seems to care, I'll let you do the honors of creating the actual merge this time. LOL! Montanabw(talk) 07:34, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Dana, i noticed the GA review you made for the Warwickshire article and was impressed by the fair way you summarised it. I have nominated Malvern, Worcestershire for GA review a while ago but I don't think anyone has got round to it yet. Perhaps you are just the person who would be interested in doing this. The page is now complete. There is just some on-going work to introduce a new Wikipedia form of presenting references in the reflist, but this has no effect on the overall content, presentation, or quality of the article. Kind regards, --Kudpung (talk) 03:12, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
should be okay now. Auntieruth55 (talk) 21:41, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
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Dana, thanks for all the help at FAR ... reviews there are really lagging, so your good work is appreciated! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:47, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Good luck on your new project, let me know if you want a second set of eyes. And this one is a MUCH needed effort! Montanabw(talk) 02:37, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
I left a review at Talk:Horses in World War I/GA1. NVO (talk) 03:23, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Dana boomer. Perhaps I could make some observations.
Firstly, on the mix of embedded and List-defined references, as I now know they are called. They sit quite unproblematically side-by-side, and create no problems for the readability of the article. Nor do they create any problems for the editing.
Indeed there are featured articles with mixed styles, such as the recent M249 light machine gun. This contains a type of list-defined style (Harvard templates, which result in a list-defined style), and embedded reference, analogous to that which you refer to for Malven. And today's featured article Splendid Fairywren contains both "cite xyz" and "citation" templates, with no problems. For example, Schodde R (1975) (a "citation" ref) has sat alongside other ref templates without issue since 23 September 2007. One can find other examples, such as Jerry Voorhis, or Elwood Haynes. Differing styles can and do co-exist. Probably the most common reason for the same style in any given article is simply that new editors copy the format of previous editors - and this applies to me as well as anyone else. That's more about group dynamics than the physical inability to make differing styles co-exist.
In the Malvern, Worcestershire article, I don't see any evidence that "citation" and "cite xyz" screwed up the formatting. They sat quite well alongside each other, as they continue to do in some other articles, along with the simple <ref> </ref> style, with or without <ref name="myRefName"> . They showed up in the References section in the fashion intended, no problem.
Indeed, the mere fact that references such as <ref name=rsre>{{cite journal |....</ref>, and <ref name=SmallTheatre>{{Cite web|...</ref>, and this <ref name=Smith1978p2>{{Citation|...</ref> sat alongside each other without causing problems either for each other or the referencing layout, is all the proof that is needed that the template co-existence is not a genuine issue.
In the end, it's how the reference displays that matters. What one does behind the scenes to make it work is less relevant. One can get the same effect with 'free-hand' references between ref tags, or using the various templates available. In my experience to date trying to get various templates to work, what I have found sometimes is that it is the "xyz" that causes the problem, preventing the reference from showing up in the fashion desired. In some such cases, I found removing "xyz" and exchanging for "citation" fixed it. It doesn't always work. Sometimes the problem appears to be whether you're using "cite x", when "cite y" will give the desired display. Here it's a matter of trial and error, checking previews along the way.
In other words, sometimes the utilisation of ever more specific templates creates more problems than solutions. Certainly GyroMagician and I found this in trying to implement the Harvard style templates in an article probably not suited to to that layout, and thus not benefiting from the templates, which of course are not the style, but tools for the style.
The creation of more problems than solutions by the implementation of ever more 'sophisticated', or at least ever more specific templates is the crux of one of Kudpung's points, which is easy to acknowledge, as I have in our discussions. One can find examples of my earlier citations, where I simply placed free-hand information between the ref tags. Later, once I was familiar with templates, I 'upgraded' to template format. But in some cases, this added no new information, apart from say, ISBN, which could have been placed free-hand anyway. The point? There's no point trying to impose the ever-increasing use of templates on someone if they're using a method that is compatible with more recent developments - it may well be those people who are showing the greater sense!
Thus there was unambiguously no serious disagreement as such among the editors. Certainly nothing that of itself created a problem for the article. We tried a referencing layout style (like a phenotype, or visible layout), and while in the process of doing that, we had some very good, rational discussion about the pros and cons, which serves as a good example, not a bad one (we've all seen bad ones, probably you more than me with your experience and role). I for one had my doubts about the new layout (not the templates - it was always a question of the referencing layout), and as a courtesy, I elaborated them as best I could formalise my thoughts, as soon as I could, to give people time to ponder on it as we beavered away. I could have been wrong. The referencing exercise would have been completed just the same, with help from me as I could. So the discussion was far from an indicator of anything problematic.
So all the while we made the effort to make the style work, and see how it panned out. There came a point where, of hs own volition, GyroMagician reached the same conclusion as me about the style we were trying. At that point, we reverted to the style we'd had previously, and carried on. There was no one-upmanship, coercion, ingroup-outgroup, dominance-submission stuff, or edit-warring, as one sees when people get irrational with each other or pursue secondary agendas. Rather, we all realised that no matter what, progress was occurring, and that we could all learn from the exercise, and from each other. Which we did, remarkably well.
During this process, Kudpung's style remained unchanged, placing embedding references within the text. This worked, and works, for him, and was certainly not an issue for either GyroMagician or myself. The references show up just the same, and did not affect the attempt to find a suitable layout or make the templates work. Someone else could format them into template if they wanted, but if they didn't the net effect on the article would be zero, as long as the referencing details were spelled out correctly between the ref tags.
As you doubtless know, not all editors are familiar with, or comfortable with, or can see much gain, from the use of templates. Some get a better return for effort by simply using the <ref name="myRefName">free-hand insertion of references in the appropriate citation style.</ref>, while others do well using templates. Some of us have no strong opinion either way.
The main function of the list-defined references is to declutter the article text to make editing easier. I saw this in User:Chienlit's implementation of a reference update for the Vincent Priessnitz article on 15 November 2009, and knew immediately that I was looking at a useful tool. I find it particularly useful for articles that are heavily referenced, or have long references, and/or clusters of references. When I came to the Malvern article, GyroMagician was, as I understand it, approaching the same conclusion, from a different direction. At that point, the main objective was implementation of templates, which were embedded in the text. But the templates were deliberately spread vertically (rather than collapsed horizontally) to try to make the task of reading and editing easier. But I could see it was slow going.
I already knew from previous trials that by grouping the references at the end, and reducing the clutter WITHIN the article, the task of editing both the body and the references could be made easier. GyroMagician, who was working on the templates, could see this too, but suggested we try another way of achieving the same thing. I had my doubts, and gave others the courtesy of outlining them at the earliest time that I could formalise them (per discussion pages). But on its own, that was no reason not to see if we could make it work. No matter what, we'd achieve something useful, and no matter what, we'd learn something useful. So we proceeded. GyroMagician eventually reached the same conclusion as me, of his own volition, albeit making the effort to see what I was on about. And of course I now know the history of that idea.
I sum, I don't see the evidence that the behind-the-scenes referencing formats as were used caused any conflict. Errors occurring during editing are quite normal business, and it's always the solution that counts. We sorted those as we went, as one does. The dialogue accompanying that is not evidence of anything other than good problem solving dialogue.
My impression was that the overall readability of the article was the aim, and in this I had the impression that the progress was in the right direction. Regards Wotnow (talk) 04:12, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Dana boomer - a slightly belated thank you from me as well. I was sceptical about the WP review process, having had some less than helpful interactions with reviewers previously. Your specific, detailed comments have restored my confidence in the process! Thank you for taking the time to not just say "it's wrong", but to explain what was wrong/missing/repeated (we had a few of those), and how we might address the problem. Your regular updates on our progress were also very helpful. If such a thing existed, I would give you a FR (fine reviewer) rating :-) GyroMagician (talk) 11:32, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
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Have you checked in every case that they were not notable subsequently for something else? (If you have, it helps to say so on prod listings. ) DGG ( talk ) 01:42, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
] Here is a decent photo, been used on other wikis. Sometimes surfing those interwiki links to see what the other language articles have is a good place to surf images. Montanabw(talk) 03:54, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
By a somewhat convoluted route I've just stumbled over http://horseinculture.blogspot.com/, an academic group blog which does what it says on the tin. They also have the following group library online https://www.zotero.org/groups/horses_in_history_and_culture/items which might identify some additional sources. David Underdown (talk) 15:54, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Dana. The editor I had in mind was Eurocopter. He had originally asked me if I was interested in reviewing the article as it would be one of the more important topics to be promoted during the WWI Contest period, so may be interested in reviewing it himself. I just left him a little note on his talk page here asking him if he was willing to do so. :) Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 00:03, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
I'll have a look ASAP. Sounds like an interesting article. RB88 (T) 15:16, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for asking for my help, but I don't know about the subject, and have no experience in FA reviews. Best of luck in your endeavours. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 15:10, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
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You prodded George F. Engel; however, the article was prodded and contested by the author in September 2009. I have opened an AfD, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George F. Engel, and copied your prod rationale. —KuyaBriBriTalk 15:24, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
I've been through Marwari horse as you asked; hopefully I haven't wrecked your article. I do have a couple of queries though, things I couldn't resolve myself:
Overall though it's another nice little article. Shouldn't have much trouble with it at FAC I wouldn't have thought. --Malleus Fatuorum 22:04, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for looking at Texas Oil Boom.
Question/advice: I took a look at 102 329 nobel oilwells.jpg (I had been remiss in not checking this more thoroughly before). I found the exact place it was copied from (though that was a copy from another credited source that I don't have direct access to). I have found copies of this image around different locations on the web but have seen no specific info on the photographer or the date it was taken. Since the photo is specifically described as the "Nobel wells" and the Nobels abandoned this site in 1920 (which would be the cutoff for the public domain justification) it seems likely the photo was taken before that year. However, I don't believe the wells were destroyed in any fashion after the Soviet takeover so it is not inconceivable that the photo was taken after that but is still described to credit the men who first created the structures. I hate to take the photo out but I'm not sure how else to pursue establishing with certitude the dates/rights. Suggestions?
I've leeft comments at Talk:Horses in World War I/GA1. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 22:08, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
Ack, sorry for misplaced FAC. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Aepryus (talk) 00:12, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
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You need to sort out the preferences, and make them logical! If they had followed a sensible consistent order, I would not have bought into it.
Three points here:
Amandajm (talk) 09:11, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Hello, Dana boomer. I have been reviewing Lusitano, and so far I have found it to be well written; however, I noticed several problems with the article that need to be addressed before the article can pass the review. I have noted the issues here: Talk:Lusitano/GA1. I will be watching for the articles revisions, and please feel free to ask questions or give your concerns on the talk page. --Tea with toast (talk) 22:59, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I'd love to trot over for a look. I've been insanely busy in real life in the last couple of months but I may have a moment tomorrow and/or Wednesday when I can stop being a headless chicken for a bit. Fainites barleyscribs 22:23, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
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You might want to take a look at this site. I haven't read it through yet, but it looks useful. Kulystab (talk) 22:20, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
I never said the article was copyvio, so I would appreciate it if you would stop misrepresenting my views by bringing up copyvio. If you have an opinion about the article's quality then say it, but quit wasting time by changing the topic to copyright when that was never the topic to begin with. rʨanaɢ (talk) 02:47, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Yellowmonkey has told me we need another FAR delegate and recommended you for the job. Is that something you're willing to do? Raul654 (talk) 05:56, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
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Welcome, Dana (hope you don't regret it :) If you ever need any help, drop a note on my talk. One thing you might be aware of is that Gimmetrow (Gimmebot) runs the bot on Tuesdays and Saturdays, and prefers that we archive on those days. Let me know if you have any questions! I'd love to see FAR get back to a higher save percentages, and pinging people in to work in their specialty areas might help. Have fun, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:05, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
The apathy on the two Australian FARs is a bit depressing, with the article fix-up that is. The two FARs you just pinged Tony for, I'm still wondering if Malleus will respond. Maybe a second nag will work YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 06:40, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Are you thinking of closing Biman and Dalek soon? I was thinking about it and didn't want a edit conflict or anything, since the result may not be obvious YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 09:15, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
Bitten on Dalek, so that's for you YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 01:12, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Dana, I'd prefer not to get involved for two reasons. First, when I did earlier try to help at the Israel FAR stage, I ended up being attacked by one of the main writers because I didn't agree with him over something, so I'd prefer not to expose myself to that again. Secondly, I'm so sick of the whole Israel-Palestine situation on Wikipedia that I've vowed not to get involved in it again, apart from one article I brought to FA which I'd like to help maintain. I'm sorry! Good luck with sorting it out. SlimVirgin talk contribs 21:56, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
By "move it to FARC stat," I obviously meant "within the minimum time the process calls for." Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 14:59, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
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