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Hello! Your submission of The Heart of a Woman at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 19:28, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Christine. I saw you recently reviewed and failed Chris Kempling for GA status, yet it is still listed as a good article nominee here and here. Additionally, you have not notified the nominator, Trystan of the review. Please address these issues for this and future reviews. Thanks, Airplaneman ✈ 11:41, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
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Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas. |
Great work! LittleMountain5 16:21, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Figureskatingfan,
I just noticed that you undid my alteration under 'Sesame Street' of..."Season 41 will debut in September 27, 2010" to "Season 42 will debut on September 27, 2010."
My alteration is correct, that 2010 will be the beginning of Season 42, and not Season 41. Yes, it will be 41 years since the show's 1969 debut, but that would mean it's the start of the 42nd year (Just as 'Sesame Street' wasn't 1 year old when Season 1 began.)
Think of a baby. When a baby turns one year old, it's beginning Year 2. Likewise, when a TV show turns one year old, it's beginning Season 2. When a TV show turns ten years old, it's beginning Season 11. So...when a TV show turns 41 years old, it's beginning Season 42.
Please consider: We agree that 1969 brought Season 1, right? And therefore 1970 brought Season 2. That can only mean that any year ending with a 9 would bring a Season ending with a 1 (if 1969 was Season 1, 1979 brought Season 11, 1989 brought Season 21, 1999 brought Season 31, 2009 brought Season 41)...and any year ending with a 0 brought a Season ending with a 2 (1970: Season 2...1980: Season 12...1990: Season 22...2000: Season 32...2010: Season 42.)
If you're still not sure you agree with me, one thing you can do is this: Make a list of the numbers 1-42...Then, next to those numbers, put '1969' next to 1 (representing that Season 1 was 1969), '1970' next to 2, '1971' next to 3, and keep going down the list...and you will find that 42, not 41, will come in next to 2010.
Pardon my obsessiveness on this, which I admit to. But I wouldn't have taken the time to explain this if you hadn't unfairly referred to my post as "vandalism." Please. That was grossly unfair. If I can't convince you that 2010 brings Season 42 and not Season 41, I hope I can at least convince you that I'm not a vandal.
But please know I don't mean any of this in anything other than friendly conversational explanation of why I believe my change was correct and why it should be changed back to the way I amended the page.
Thanks for reading. I did go on a bit, and I'm sorry. :>
-Best, Michael —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.246.171.10 (talk) 14:45, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
Re your message: You're welcome. =) The edit was kind of your run-of-the-mill kid vandalism. The editor stuck his friend's name in there, copying the reference from one of the other entries. Due to the unfortunate stigma attached to the list, I decided that it would be best to revision delete the edit. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 03:24, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
[from my talkpg. My 1st response 2 Spanglej is on his pg under maya(again), but u may have already read that.] Tnx 4 generous comments, both of you. Will do mbest 2 help, as i can. Ltd time/resources. I've had a passion for MA since reading "Caged Bird" in early '70's. Saw her speak in Memphis. The more i learn of her early life, the more amazed i am that she never became bitter or otherwise. Developing a passion 4 WP in general, as well. It's addictive! Have 2 take some time out to pay the rent, etc. tho. Cheers! Ragityman (talk) 23:51, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!
Participation report — We have 71 participants in the September drive. 95 people signed up for the July drive, and in May we had 36. Progress report — We have been making solid progress in eliminating the 2008 articles from the backlog so far. If we continue to focus our firepower we can completely wipe out 2008 from the queue. Overall volumes are lower than expected though, with nearly a thousand articles yet to be done if we are to meet our overall target. If you have not yet participated in the drive, we recommend you do so. If each person who signed up edits one article per day from now till the end of the month we can eliminate another 1,065 articles from the backlog. All contributions are appreciated. Announcement: credit for 10k+ articles — Participants editing a 10k word article may claim credit for two 5k+ articles on the leaderboard. Those that edit a 15k word article may claim credit for three. Regardless, the article is still counted as a single article in the tallies. Reminder — Articles from the Requests page can be included in your tally, even if they do not have a copy edit tag. This is a great place to go if you are interested in finding a higher quality article to work on. This newsletter was prepared for the GOCE by Diannaa (Talk), S Masters (talk), HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK, and The Raptor Let's talk. |
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Hello, I have completed a general cleanup of the adopter information page for the adopt-a-user project, located here. During my cleanup, I have removed several inactive and retired users. In order to provide interested adoptees with an easy location to find adopters, it is essential that the page be up-to-date with the latest information possible. Thus:
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I see my misunderstood comment is still adorning your user page. My insomniac self thinks anyone that wakes up to do anything that doesn't pay is a little odd, but I wasn't really directing that at you. Or, let's put it this way, you're no weirder than any of the rest of us who thought writing an encyclopaedia sounded like fun. ;) Courcelles 03:46, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi there! A user that wishes to be adopted has indicated an interest in a subject area that you are interested in. When you have time, please review User:Netalarm/Survey#kenriolover789 and see if you would like to adopt this user. I'm aware you already have an adoptee, so feel free to focus on him - I can look for more matches. Thank you! Netalarmtalk 06:49, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks to all who participated! Several of our top editors were called away to real life concerns during the month (be careful out there, people!). This meant that once again, we did not meet all our lofty targets, but we did come close.
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Hi there Figureskatingfan! You may be wondering, what have I done to sound the alarm this time? Nothing. I'm messaging you in regards to the adopt-a-user program, which currently has a backlog of users wishing to be adopted. This doesn't make much sense, as we have a considerable list of users offer adoption, so there shouldn't be any backlog. I've begun to eliminate this backlog myself through a matching program, but I need your help to make it work. Of course, adoptees and adopters don't have to go through there, but I believe it helps eliminate the backlog because someone is actively matching pairs.
On the list of adopters, I have modified the middle column to say "Interests." It's easier working with other users that have similar interests, so if it's not too much to ask, could you add your interests in the middle column? For example, if I was interested in hurricanes, computers, business, and ... reptiles? I would place those in the middle column. Counter-vandalism and the like can also be included (maintenance should be used as the general term). The more interests, the better, since adoptees can learn more about you and choose the one they feel most comfortable working with. The information about when you're most active and other stuff can go into the "Notes" section to the right.
Finally, I've gone around and asked adoptees (and will in the future) to fill in a short survey so adopters can take the initiative and contact users they feel comfortable working with. We all know that most adoptees just place the adopt me template on their user page and leave it - so it's up to us to approach them and offer adoption. So, please take a look at the survey, adopt those that fit your interests, and maybe watchlist it so you can see the interests of adoptees and adopt one that fits your interests in the future.
Once again, thank you for participating in the adopt-a-user program! If you wish to respond to this post, please message me on my talk page.
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Would you take issue if I converted the references to {{cite book}} and related templates? Circéus (talk) 04:07, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
(de-indent) Two pieces of advices I might make to you, though: consider using more "global" ref names. "pageXX" is not very intuitive (hence why I renamed those that I merged), y'see... And maybe consider having the refs in order of refname instead of order that they appear in the article (easier to locate them). I use TextPad to sort them, but there are plenty options (WikEd has a line-sorting function too, but I've never tried it.). Circéus (talk) 06:13, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
On 4 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sesame Street research, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
I would appreciate comments from editors knowledgeable about sign language at Talk:Sign language#Animals' use of LANGUAGE, where an editor is trying to make an argument that animals such as apes, dogs, and horses use language. Thanks. Cresix (talk) 17:35, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
I certainly know the feeling of being disgusted with the level of ignorance that dominates some articles. It's even worse in some areas, such as science and medical related articles, which I sometimes take an extended break from. And it's more than ignorance; it's bull-headed, I'll-write-what-I-want ignorance. Sometimes I have to focus on fluff articles, such as pop-culture movie stars (where there's lots of silly fancruft to argue about). But I do occasionally drop in on the serious articles, which is how I got into the current battle. Anyway, thanks for your response, and my best wishes. Cresix (talk) 18:16, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
"Had you in the beginning provided a link to the transcript of the AOL discussion with Koko, papers showing flaws in the research and their methods, I think I would have come to agree with you sooner.": I understand your concern, but you also bear some responsibility. When something is challenged, you don't continue to revert; you discuss on the talk page. You did not do that until I forced the issue by starting the talk page discussion myself. Secondly, you might benefit from reading WP:BURDEN; it is not my responsibility to teach you the details about a topic that you don't understand. I don't edit some articles because I know little about the topic; I don't assume I understand enough simply because I read something or saw a video on the internet. I'm sorry that you had to learn to deal with that reality of editing, but we all learn from experience.
"This distinction is one that I believe the majority of the population does not make because the majority of the population is not familiar with linguistics.": Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Accuracy is more important than placing misinformation in an article simply because "the majority of the population" doesn't understand something.
""Animals do NOT use language, regardless of what a source might say" and "Please familiarize yourself with the linguistics of sign language (start by reading every article related to American Sign Language) before adding outrageous information about animals using sign language" are not helpful in furthering the education of people on this subject. I urge you both to not become discouraged if a person does not agree with you immediately, it may be that you are introducing them to a new perspective and therefore it takes time for a person to change their mind": That comment from me was not made "immediately"; only after you continued to revert instead of discussing on the talk page.
"I feel it would have been more productive for those more knowledgeable on the subject to incorporate their knowledge/expertise to the information I was trying to include along with deleting, rather than only deleting.": That is excactly what happened on the talk page after I began the discussion. It wasn't simply a matter of deleting. I began discussion. There is nothing wrong with deleting inaccurate information, and I did not "only delete". I started the discussion after you reverted more than once.
"unfortunately, in our society, finding peer reviewed journals that are free and easily accessible (i.e. online) are hard to come by. I think if you provide sources for your position with research from the journals you have at the beginning of the discussion, rather than only when someone asks for it, it will help those who want to learn about the topic, such as myself.": I agree online access is not always possible, but that does not justify reverting to inaccurate information. And once again, read WP:BURDEN: the burden of sourcing is on the editor who wishes to add or restore information. I eventually provided it, but don't think I didn't have to go to some trouble to get it simply because I did so. Please don't chastise me because you did not, could not, or would not find information that was your responsibility to find.
"I hope there is a place for me to help contribute to this topic": There is almost always a place for anyone to edit on Wikipedia. But I ask you to edit on topics with which you have some knowledge beyond the superifical level. As I have said, I never edit some article because I know nothing about the topic. That does not mean you cannot be involved in deaf-related topics. But work collaborately with editors who have the expertise, rather than assuming something is accurate simply because you read it on the internet.
I continue to say I mean no personal offense to you. I want an accurate encyclopedia, and I do not hesitate to remove or change something that I know to be inaccurate. If you had acknoweldged your limited knowledge on my talk page and asked for help rather than continuing to revert, or if you had raised the issue on the article's talk page instead of continuing to revert, I would have gladly discussed with you. Thank you for your message. Cresix (talk) 03:05, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Is there any reason to doubt the entries that you are removing? - jc37 00:07, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!
We have reached the midway point in our backlog elimination drive, so here is an update. Participation report — The November drive has 53 participants at this point. We had 77 participants in the September drive. In July, 95 people signed up for the drive, and in May we had 36. If you are not participating, it is not too late to join! Progress report — The drive is quite successful so far, as we have already almost reached our target of a 10% reduction in the number of articles in the backlog. We are doing very well at keeping our Requests page clear, as those articles count double for word count for this drive. Please keep in mind the possibility of removing other tags when you are finished with an article. If the article no longer needs {{cleanup}}, {{wikify}}, or other similar maintenance tags, please remove them, as this will make the tasks of other WikiProjects easier to complete. Thanks very much for participating in the Drive, and see you at the finish line!
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... for the barnstar! You deserve one as much or more than I. There aren't many people with much knowledge of ASL around here, so I greatly value your presence, not only for your comments but for just being there when I feel overwhelmed. "True business!!" Cresix (talk) 17:34, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
Mail call! Scartol • Tok 18:36, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
yes your Right... and yes it would have ben Reverted anyway so Thank you --Jena (talk) 18:02, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
On 28 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Format of Sesame Street, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the format of the children's TV show Sesame Street was changed due to the success and popularity of the segment "Elmo's World"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
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Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!
We have reached the end of our fourth backlog elimination drive. Thanks to all who participated. Stats
Barnstars If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the September 2010 backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering these barnstars within the next couple of weeks. Our next drive is scheduled for January 2011. In the meantime, please consider helping out at the Wikification drive or any of the other places where help with backlogs is needed. Thank you for participating in the last 2010 backlog elimination drive! We look forward to seeing you in January! Your drive coordinators –The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk) |
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On 3 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Music of Sesame Street, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Joe Raposo, first musical director of the children's show Sesame Street, won four Grammys for writing much of the show's music? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
Just informing you that I have replied to your copyedit request and would be willing to take a look at it if you would like. --Skamecrazy123 (talk) 12:45, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
:::Excellent :) I have a question though and that is, do you use serial commas in the article? --Skamecrazy123 (talk) 16:49, 9 December 2010 (UTC) Sorry, let me rephrase that. Would you mind if I took out the serial commas in the article? --Skamecrazy123 (talk) 23:45, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Educational goals of Sesame Street at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! The Interior(Talk) 02:49, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi Zanimum,
I've seen that you've contributed some to a few Sesame Street articles. I must tell you, I am shocked--shocked! I mean, I'm usually the only person in the whole of Wikipedia working on them, so to see someone actually start to do something substantial with them...well, I don't know what to think about that! ;)
I'm surprised that you put up Sesame Street research up for GA. I mean, I'm very proud of that article, but I get a little nervous about submitting "my" articles for GA and FA. The whole process can be somewhat painful, especially an FAC. I appreciate that you think well of it to nominate it, though. Sometimes I need a kick in the behind to go the next step in the improvement process. I also noticed that you made some additions to International co-productions of Sesame Street, which is probably my favorite SS article I've written. (Do you think it has the potential to move on from GA to an FAC?) None of your additions are supported by an outside source. Did you know that you can use episodes, DVDs, and even YouTube clips as sources? You just have to cite it. Where did you get the information you added? One thing I'm trying to avoid is for editors to add content from their memory, the whole "I saw that on Sesame Street when I was three!" kind of thing. That OR, and not allowed here, ya know.
Anyway, thanks for your input. I've felt kind of lonely in working on these articles, although I can attest that it's been loads of fun. See ya around! Christine (talk) 14:09, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
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Just letting you know I am more than half way going through your article. I will let you know when the changes have been made so you can take a look at them :). --Skamecrazy123 (talk) 01:36, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
On 15 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Educational goals of Sesame Street, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that one of the educational goals of the children's television show Sesame Street was to prepare young children for school? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Christine. I chanced upon the Sesame Street history article via the current backlog drive and was curious as to why this article was singled out. I've carefully read more than half of it and found exceptionally few grammatical errors. (I'll point out one or two with a correction as soon as I post this.) I do have a few dozen stylistic changes worth making, but for the most part, these are minor, ones that could be made to any article. By and large, this is an exceptionally thorough and informative account. You should be proud of your efforts. If you will, please post a response on my talk page, so that I can get a better handle on what might be needed. Thanks. Allreet (talk) 20:24, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
On 22 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Influence of Sesame Street, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a survey conducted in 1993 on the influence of the children's television program Sesame Street found that by the age of three, 95% of all American children had watched the show? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
Something has occurred to me- it's possible that File:Joanganzoldschool.jpg and File:300px-Lesser2.jpg could be considered public domain, if the promotional reel lacks an explicit copyright notice. Where did you get the images from? Do you know where there is a full version of the reel? J Milburn (talk) 22:54, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
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Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 backlog elimination drive
Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! The drive is halfway over, so here are some mid-drive stats.
So far, 43 people have signed up for this drive. Of these, 25 have participated. If you signed up for the drive but haven't participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you haven't signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now.
We have eliminated two months from the backlog – January and February 2009. One of our goals is to eliminate as many months as possible from the 2009 backlog. Please help us reduce the size of this part of the backlog if you haven't already. Another goal is to reduce the entire backlog by 10%, or by 515 articles. Currently, we have eliminated 375 articles from the queue, so if each participant copy edits four more articles, we will reach that goal. Thank you for participating in the January 2011 drive. We anticipate it will be another big success! Your drive coordinators –S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), The UtahraptorTalk to me, and Tea with toast (Talk) |
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Hi -- just a note to say that since I didn't complete the FAC review before the FAC was archived, I'd be glad to follow up with you and do a more thorough review before you take the article back to FAC, if you want me to. You've put a lot of work in and I'd be happy to do what I can to make the next FAC smoother. Just let me know when you are ready for me to take another look. Mike Christie (talk – library) 14:28, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Christine, just doing my nightly few minutes over at History of Sesame Street, and I noticed you were indenting in a way that implied you hadn't been initiated into one of the secrets of wiki markup. (Geometry guy had to explain this to me, some time back.) In case you find it useful, here's the rule: if someone does some combination of colons and asterisks, and you want to indent from it, you repeat the whole sequence and add a colon; if you want a bullet, you repeat the whole sequence and add an asterisk. If you do anything else, the markup decides that you've given up on the previous indentation pattern and are starting over. A mistake a lot of people make is to follow a line like ":*" with "***" to get another bullet, but what that gives you is this:
If you follow ":*" with ":**", you get this:
Hope that makes sense. Back to the article ... Mike Christie (talk – library) 01:45, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 Backlog elimination drive
Greetings from the January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! We have reached the end of the month and the end of another successful drive; thanks to all who participated.
If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the November 2010 Backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering the barnstars within the next couple of weeks. Thank you for participating in this year's first Backlog elimination drive! We hope to see you in March. Your drive coordinators –S Masters (talk), Diannaa (talk), The Utahraptor (talk), and Tea with toast (talk) |
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Hi,
I know you didn't nominate it, but on the talk page you seem to have taken an interest, so I just thought I'd let you know that I have reviewed Sesame Street research and placed the nomination on hold for seven days to allow you to address a few issues I raised. My comments can be found transcluded onto the talk page. Good luck.--KorruskiTalk 14:35, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
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Hi,
I have now passed Sesame Street research as a GA. Congratulations! It's a really interesting and unique article, and has clearly had a lot of hard work put into it.--KorruskiTalk 09:59, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
Shouldn't Business Review Weekly be italicized since it's the title of a periodical? WP:MOST Erianna (talk) 05:20, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
You previously nominated the article Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas to appear on the main page on April 4th, but the nomination was removed because there were already 5 other nominations and there was confusion on how many points it should get (3 or -1 depending on if it's too similar to this article). I encourage you to nominate the article again now that there are open spots on the requests page. If this is the first time you're requesting to have one of the FAs you've worked on appear on the main page, you can add one point to the point total. --SkotyWATC 16:33, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
You might be interested in a discussion at Talk:Dumb#"Dumb" as pejorative. Hope you're doing well. Best wishes. Cresix (talk) 17:45, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
Think I've done it all.--andreasegde (talk) 20:03, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on April 2, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 2, 2011. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article director, Raul654 (talk · contribs). If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch* ۩ ۞ 01:12, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas is the third book of Maya Angelou's six-volume autobiography series. Set between 1949 and 1955, the book largely spans Angelou's twenties. In this volume, Angelou describes her struggles to support her young son, form meaningful relationships and forge a successful career in the entertainment world. The work's 1976 publication was the first time an African American woman had expanded her life story into a third volume. Scholar Dolly McPherson called the book "a graphic portrait of the adult self in bloom", while critic Lyman B. Hagen called it "a journey of discovery and rebirth". In Swingin' and Singin, Angelou examines many of the same subjects and themes in her previous autobiographies, including travel, music, race, conflict, and motherhood. Angelou depicts the conflict she felt as a single mother, despite her success as a performer as she travels Europe with the musical Porgy and Bess. Her depictions of her travels, which take up 40 percent of the book, have roots in the African American slave narrative. (more...)
I originally scheduled William Henry Harrison for April 2 and Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas for April 4, but swapped them after someone asked me to. Can you weigh in here whether you object to this or not. Raul654 (talk) 03:00, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
Ok I get it I'm sorry thats not right you are right I won't do it again — Preceding unsigned comment added by ANTONIOROCKS (talk • contribs) 02:21, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Feel free to give the article a copyedit now, if you still want to. Brambleclawx 00:26, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | ||
Thank you for all your great work. Span (talk) 11:24, 19 April 2011 (UTC) |
Hi Christine. The list nomination stalled, and it was no doubt due to our discussion over d/Deaf. So, I've restarted it as I think it stands a very good chance, just the existing comments had put a few people off commenting. Just wanted to let you know. I'll also let the other reviewers know. Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:28, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
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