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My last post before this one. wp:consensus is pathetically easy to game under the current regime/system.... Then as a private homework assignment, make a table and keep score win-lose- draw- not on wiafa (that's four columns) for every oppose reason on the Bengal fac You don't need to share your results with anyone else,ever. It's personal. But you might wanna do it just to consider the possibility that I may be in the right....Cheers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Axylus.arisbe (talk • contribs) 08:48, 1 July 2018 (UTC) Oh ps I deleted my ling.nut email acct and scrambled lingzhi password NOT because the fac failed. If you had examined the merits of the arguments and said which oppose reasons were pathetic, but then said we need an outside review, I would have very cheerfully accepted a Fail. But since you didn't, all those Oppose reasons ill be recycled and reargued next time around, with the comment "nothing has been changed". If you were me, would you be discouraged Axylus.arisbe (talk) 08:57, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi Ian, is this a RS for date of death of 6 April 1997 to fix Peter Jeffrey (RAAF officer) article and for tomorrow's TFA blurb? Thanks, JennyOz (talk) 07:29, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded these stripes for reviewing a total of five Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period April to June 2018. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes. AustralianRupert (talk) 06:51, 6 July 2018 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste |
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Vance Drummond 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 Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 10:21, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, you closed the Gallimimus FAC, but it is stll waiting for a source review? FunkMonk (talk) 12:13, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
The article Vance Drummond you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Vance Drummond for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 10:01, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
It is a shame that the nomination for Saving Light failed, but regarding re-nominations, would I be allowed to re-nominate the article now (or soon as possible) as it failed because of only having only one (supporting) vote and that all issues listed were fixed and addressed? Micro (Talk) 07:48, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi Ian,
[This] isn't the first time one of my FACs have stalled. Aside from reaching out to related wikiprojects and specific editors I think might be interested, do you have any suggestions for attracting commenters? Argento Surfer (talk) 13:06, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for archiving my previous FAC. I believe that I would have to wait the standard two-week period before putting up another FAC, but I wanted to clarify that with you. Hope you are having a wonderful week so far. Aoba47 (talk) 02:04, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
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On 21 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Vance Drummond, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that New Zealand-born Vance Drummond won the South Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry as a Royal Australian Air Force pilot serving with the United States Air Force? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vance Drummond. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Vance Drummond), 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.
Ian (and Laser brain and Sarastro1), I don't want to nag the regulars at WT:FAC for more comments on my last post there, but given that the few comments made have been positive, how would you feel about opposes on prose that are not revisited? It seems justifiable to me, but it goes against a long-standing expectation that an opposer who does not revisit when asked may find their oppose taken at lower value. If I were a coord I wouldn't like to see suggestions that make it harder to determine consensus, but you're all reviewers too, and you've seen the kind of loop I'm referring to. I can continue as I have in the past -- not reviewing, if I'm not prepared to revisit any oppose that might result -- but if you think there is a niche for opposes that are not returned to, on the basis that the prose is not FAC-ready, then I may oppose in that way in the future. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:41, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi Ian. I saw you closed the FAC nomination of San Junipero. I must admit that I'm quite confused by this. If I'm understanding correctly, you closed it because you think it will take at least two months to gather consensus (or enough responses to pass/fail). But there are plenty of FAC nominations open which were nominated in June (2–3 months ago) and are still open.
I have tried contacting people and WikiProjects about the nomination—see 1, 2, 3. I've also got a response from someone who planned to review the nomination imminently (). These were all quite recent requests as I didn't anticipate that the nomination would gather no responses in three weeks.
If you re-open the nomination, I have three or four more people in mind I could contact (and a couple of active talk pages) and I can start doing some "here's an FAC review; I'd love it if you reviewed mine", though I've refrained until now because I dislike the practice. I hope you can understand that it's very disheartening to get no responses for a month, finally get a comment and within two hours (before I've even seen the comment) be notified that the FAC is closed. I have no interest in taking the page through a Peer Review or FAC mentorship, because (a) they're both optional processes, (b) I don't want this to take another four months, and (c) in my opinion, the article is ready for FA status now.
Thanks! — Bilorv(c)(talk) 11:15, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
The article No. 33 Squadron RAAF is scheduled to be on the main page on 19 September. I don't know if there's any procedure to change this for a new FA with a significant connection to this date, but I've asked about it at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests#Newly-promoted article. I have nothing against the scheduled article, and have no problem if you wish to oppose my challenge. I realise you have waited for years to get this article on the main page.-gadfium 21:47, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
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Soory about.mistake-muddled.up guoldfish.and.puppy Qwerty number1 (talk) 07:25, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
.....if I sling up another nom as mine has 3 supports, image and source review but lacks a spot check. I'll go read some more FACs in the meantime....cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:21, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
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The FACBot added this notice to the article TP after I withdrew the nom. Can't we simply state the nominator "withdrew it as a candidate"? The template also states that Morgan le Fay is a former featured article, but I can't find when or why. Thanks in advance....Atsme📞📧 00:22, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
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Hi there, you seem to have added Bulgaria to the September Featured Article log by mistake. It's also already on the star chart, but I don't think the nomination is over yet. Maybe that's why the bot can't run through. RetiredDuke (talk) 20:32, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
Ian (and Laser brain and Sarastro1), can I ask what, if anything, you're planning to do about the FQSR workshop page? I was imagining that the coordinators would close nominations as successful, or unsuccessful, or prod for more details; I don't want to do any prodding myself since the point of the workshop is to see how the process might work in practice. Two of the reviews seem closable as successful, and one looks like it might be a fail; another might require a nudge.
Also (and pinging Hawkeye7 for this question), I've been going through old FACs to harvest support/oppose data, and ran into something odd. The August 2015 archived noms page had one of the archives transcluded without the "archive1" at the end. I've fixed that, but something is still not right. If you go here you'll see that the article title is the section header, outside the "archived FAC" box; this is not how they usually appear, as you can see elsewhere on the page. Perhaps nothing needs to be done about it, but I thought I'd ask. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:40, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Lou Spence 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 Legobot, on behalf of Catrìona -- Catrìona (talk) 22:02, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The article Lou Spence you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Lou Spence for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Catrìona -- Catrìona (talk) 00:02, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
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I find it quite excruciating to watch ga/fa discussions where I have worked with the archival material (1942 and 1944), and am aware of the nuances of meanings for journalists and military officials of the time (1940s were a different age) - and the perceptions that this latter time and context have so little appreciation to nuances of then. Arrgghh. I think I should stay away from the discussion. JarrahTree 01:26, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for that. Look; I know the ink probably isn't even dry on the last one, but would there be any chance of receiving permission to put up another one? Hope all's well. ——SerialNumber54129 10:16, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi.
You reversed my edit requesting a reference to Shaw's preference regarding his name as it is mentioned further down in the article. You're right, but do you think it might be useful to add a note at the first place this preference is mentioned? I think it would. If you wouldn't mind, perhaps you could do it as I'm not terribly sure of the syntax. Thanks. Páraic Maguire 12:22, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Ian, with the Pierrepoint article pretty well advanced through FAC, would it be OK if I opened a second nom? Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 20:53, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Ian, as you were away the last few days I hatted the recent thread on FAC talk - although involved it seemed to be the best thing to do. It's a bad result all round and I hope Tony decides to return to FA reviews at some point. The thread, although hatted, is a little sensitive and doesn't reflect the best part of many of the contributors. Rather like happens at ANI, it may be worth archiving the thread. I'll leave it to your discretion (and that of @FAC coordinators: your fellow co-ords) as to whether you think this the best course of action. Cheers – SchroCat (talk) 07:42, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi Ian, taking your other commitments into account, will you have capacity to add the featured articles and awards to the November Bugle edition? Everything else should be good to go. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 09:41, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Ian, I spotted this photo on the Defence website today saying that No. 1 Flying Training School RAAF has been renamed. It's listed as an active unit on the RAAF page on RAAF Base East Sale , so presumably it was re-formed at some point recently and is now being redesignated? (which seems a shame). Nick-D (talk) 10:35, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
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Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:58, 18 December 2018 (UTC) |
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Hello IR, Early in A Child's Christmas in Wales the young Dylan and his friend Jim Prothero witness smoke pouring from Jim's home. After the conflagration has been extinguished Dylan writes that My thanks to you for your efforts to keep the 'pedia readable in case the firemen chose one of our articles :-) Best wishes to you and yours and happy editing in 2019. MarnetteD|Talk 22:50, 18 December 2018 (UTC) |
G'day Ian, I'm not usually into this Xmas wishes stuff, but I really wanted to say thanks for all your work on The Bugle this year. It is an critical thread in the tapestry of the project. Thanks very much, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:03, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
I find your decision to prematurely (in my opinion) close my FAC nomination extremely disappointing. I suppose that I'll only seek GAs, as is the unfortunate trend. I don't write about videogames, American TV shows or hurricanes. I suppose that means achieving an FA is impossible and I should just move on. What can I do? Asking for another peer review is absurd, the article has hardly changed since the last one and User:Yunshui's GA. Many experienced editors have helped improve the article such as User:Thnidu.
Deseret alphabet is really more about history than about the alphabet in any event. The idea that we need a linguistics professor to approve it just cements Wikipedia's systemic bias against certain types of articles. I'll not pursue this any further, I think I'll have much more luck getting Aglipayan Church to GA than ever getting a single FA unless I start writing about hurricanes. I should have listened to Yunshui. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 12:11, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
@Ian Rose: Just wanted to apologize for the above rant. I know it's not your fault the FAC system is how it is, you were just doing what the rules say to do. I was merely frustrated by the system itself, not necessarily your close. Cheers, Psiĥedelisto (talk) 09:09, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
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Tuck into this! We've made about three of these in the last few days for various festivities. Supermarkets are stuffed with cheap berries. Season's greetings! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:31, 24 December 2018 (UTC) |
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