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Hi Nikkimaria,
I have included the references in Sno Balls. I can see that you include things which have no references but delete posted by others even if they have some reference. Looks like double standards and unfair. Jayeshrchinchole (talk) 08:41, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
Whatever beliefs you have, merry New Year! We all mark that with new calendars, whether we like it or not! Regards, Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 14:43, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi Nikki, any chance you could do a source review for this article's FAC. Tks/cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:19, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Given that there was no consensus to delist, I'm curious as to your unilateral decision to delist it. What was the reasoning behind the unilateral move without consensus? - Knight of BAAWA (talk) 14:24, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
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I am curious why you'd remove the BMETWIki and flag it as WP:ELNO when it. It falls under #12. Open wikis, except those with a substantial history of stability and a substantial number of editors. It doesnt mirro or fork Wikipedia. Please explain why in further detail. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Virusunknown (talk • contribs)
Nikkimaria, last week you pointed out close paraphrasing in this nomination: the professor fixed a couple of the issues the next day, and the student appears to have done a significant amount of editing the day after that to address these problems.
Can you please give this another check and see whether the close paraphrasing has all been addressed, or if there's enough work left to stop the nomination. (The professor appeared to be ready to withdraw the nomination, but if everything's been fixed, it seems a shame to do so.) Many thanks, and happy holidays. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:37, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
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Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Snuggums (talk / edits) 06:34, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, more work was presumably done, and it's now over two months old. If it isn't ready now, perhaps it's time to close, or at least to mark the article with an appropriate template or templates. Please take another look if you're willing. Many thanks, and Happy New Year. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:25, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
Hey Nikki-- Taiko is up for FAC again, and it has changed a bit since the last one; there have been some additional images added, for instance. Any feedback you have to offer would be appreciated here. Thanks, I, JethroBT drop me a line 11:51, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, a fairly new reviewer believes there is close paraphrasing in the Plot section, though the nominator disagrees. Can you please check? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:45, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I'm sorry to bother you, but I remember that you often reviewed images on FACs, so I was hoping that I could ask for your opinion. Do you think that the images here would be considered PD? I know that two-dimensional recreations of PD works are also PD, but what about a photograph taken inside of a Post Office building? The murals were created by an artist working for the Section of Fine Arts, so the mural itself (referring to the one with the birds) should be PD, as it was created by someone in employ of the U.S. government in the course of their official duties. However, I'm not sure how something like that works when the painting is on a wall in a public building. Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide into this.-RHM22 (talk) 04:44, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Nikkimaria,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. NorthAmerica1000 17:21, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
I have expanded the articles and addressed your concerns. Please check. Thanks. --Redtigerxyz Talk 16:47, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
I withdrew from Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Savile Row/archive1 when Savile Row became unstable. The article has now been stable since August so I am considering nominating it again. You did a detailed source review in the FAC; do you feel your concerns have been addressed, or should I be paying more attention to the sources before re-nominating? Regards SilkTork ✔Tea time 18:21, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
Nikkimaria,
What do you think of my updates, based on your comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Elliott Fitch Shepard/archive1? Any other help would be much appreciated.
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Why want you not to see the audiofile in the article "Germany"?--Unikalinho (talk) 05:39, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, any chance you could do a spotcheck for Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Josh Hutcherson/archive2?♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:39, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello Nikkimaria, Please help this page is being vandalized. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfriended Weeknd112 (talk) 20:53, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
Ok, Thank you for your answer. Is there a way where I can put some sort of stub to welcome people to expand an article? Weeknd112 (talk) 22:52, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Nick. And thank you for the Highbeam access! It's been since Jan. 6 when you said to expect an email, so I just wanted to follow up. Thank you again! --Tenebrae (talk) 20:08, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, the nominator says that the plot section you found problematic has been rejiggered. Before I call for a new reviewer, do you think you could check to see whether you're satisfied with the edits? If so, tell me here and I'll post for a reviewer; if not, of course, please post there. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:26, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for approving my request for access to HighBeam. I have already found one fact that I added to an existing article, and I want to be sure that I am formatting the citation correctly with regard to indicating use of HighBeam. Would you mind looking at the "Carter Sisters" section under "Notable personalities" in the WRNL article and checking the citation for "June 1, 1943"? I want to find out if I'm citing correctly before I proceed much further. Thanks! Eddie Blick (talk) 15:15, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for and per this (where a different editor is editing article in the opposite direction), could you point me to the MOS or guideline that verifies that your edit is the "right" way to do this? Muchas Gracias. Montanabw(talk) 00:15, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello Nikkimaria, Whilst I accept that the religion entry could be accepted as a "duplication", I see no reason for the deletion of the Hilaire Belloc paragraph. Re-reading WP:BURDEN does mention books as a source, as I see it on your reasoning all the book references could be taken out. Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 21:56, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Nikki...did you use some kind of bot to trim the refs on William F. Raynolds ...if it is a script or something can you show me where it is ? Oh and of course, thank you for that cleanup!--MONGO 21:14, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
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G'day Nikki, I've started drafting a section about the Quarterly Reviewing Awards here. Could you have a look and add any information about the easiest ways to tally the reviews? I'm going to ask Ian and Rupert to have look too. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 03:32, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, any chance you could improve the translation? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:56, 25 January 2015 (UTC) Bermicourt is a good translator too I believe but probably busy.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:11, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, since pings to you from templates don't seem to work, I thought I'd note that Piotrus has corrected the one example of close paraphrasing you gave and asked if there are any more... BlueMoonset (talk) 03:36, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Nikki,
It looks like all four of us have commented at Wikipedia:Featured article review/Pedro I of Brazil/archive1, all generally to the effect that a FAR is not warranted. I would be inclined to close it as a procedural keep. We usually skip recording FACs in articlehistory if actionable-WRT-criteria concerns were not raised on the nomination page, but I don't remember a precedent at FAR: would you still typically record a procedural close in articlehistory? Maralia (talk) 16:49, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello Nikkimaria,
I am trying to repair damage done by hackers overseas. Perhaps you can help me 'phrase' info about Mr. Jurgens, so that its not deleted before I get a chance to add cites?
thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janesaint (talk • contribs) 00:39, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Are we saying Amazon and its IMDB are no longer 'reliable sources?' --thx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janesaint (talk • contribs) 01:06, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, I hope all is well with you. Could I beg a review favour again please? I have Casino Royale (novel) now at FAC, and I hope you will have time to have another look through the references at some point. Once of these days I may finally get a clean bill of health from your review, but we shall see if this is the one! Cheers – SchroCat (talk) 12:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Nikki, this FAC's been awaiting a spotcheck of sources for a while -- could I trouble you...? Tks/cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:20, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi again, Nikki -- if you have a chance to source review and source spotcheck this long-running FAC, that'd also be great. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:36, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, Piotrus has removed the text associated with your latest example of close paraphrasing remaining in the article. Are there any more? If you find more than one, you might want to say that when giving the next example; otherwise, this could end up going on for a long time. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:53, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
Would you mind taking a look at Zeus FAC again? I believe I have addressed all your concerns, with the exception of ACCESS which I'll need some help on. Maury Markowitz (talk) 12:26, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, Sorry to be a pest, but a second article at FAC within a few days brings the begging bowl out once more, this time a joint op with Tim riley on the difficult to fathom Laurence Olivier, whose campaign for the gold star can be found here. If you're able to spare the time to pop by for your usual excellent source review, I'd be much obliged. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 18:42, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi Nikki. Sorry to bug you but you seem to be the expert on images and I don't know who else to ask. The article i'm currently focusing on is R.V.C. Bodley. While the article has an early photo of him, i've been looking for a later one. I found this image for sale on eBay . It is dated 3/5/1946 though listed as photographer unknown. If I purchased the photo, would I be able to upload it under fair use rationale (considering there is already a free image of him, albeit much older). Or has the copyright expired and is the image in the public domain now? I note the New York Public Library have the same image of him, if that makes any difference: . Any advice you could give would be appreciated, or if you could just refer me to where questions like this should be directed, that would be helpful too. Thanks. Freikorp (talk) 03:41, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
Big favour to ask: I've just created this article, but I'm worried that the architecture section follows the source (here too closely. Unfortunately, I basically have no idea what it is talking about, so I struggle to vary it much. I've seen you around DYK a fair bit on the topic of copyvio and close para-phrasing: I don't know if you might be able to have a look at this for me, and see if you think it is a bit too similar, and if you can offer any suggestions? Any help would be much appreciated. Harrias talk 22:26, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria,
I have included the references in Sno Balls. I can see that you include things which have no references but delete posted by others even if they have some reference. Looks like double standards and unfair. Jayeshrchinchole (talk) 08:38, 14 February 2015 (UTC)jayeshrchinchole
I have seen you remove |media_type=
from {{infobox book}} instances without elaborating in your edit summary, though the template documentation doesn't specify for such a removal. Why? czar ⨹ 04:07, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, there are a couple of nominations that are awaiting your attention:
Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:07, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
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Hi. Thanks for your edit to Fernando Gaviria, which is otherwise pretty much entirely my work. You've corrected a few Manual of Style points, for which I'm grateful (goodness knows how you can know the whole thing!). Could I ask, though, why you changed the Palmares section to use bolded year names, rather than `<dt>` tags using `;`? I'm not disagreeing; I just want to understand Wikipedia's guidelines, being a fairly new user! Many thanks. Relentlessly (talk) 09:21, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
1) What do you consider a reliable source for song lyrics?
2) I don't understand why you feel the need to delete useful, interesting, and utterly noncontroversial information. Anyone can find the song on Youtube and a dozen other websites and see that the lyrics sung by Tori Amos are the earlier lyrics. (For the record, I didn't add that info myself. I cite sources when I add info.) (See also: Dealing with unsourced material )
3) If you consider a source unreliable, why not get off your metaphorical butt and look for a better one? That's what I and other editors do all the time. Do you think it's beneath your dignity to do a little Googling and add a citation where there was none before, thereby confirming useful information for others' benefit?
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Hi, I got your email about Elsevier access. However I still don't know what my username and password are so I can log in to ScienceDirect. I tried my Wikipedia username and password but it didn't work. Can you tell me how I would log in? Everymorning talk 15:47, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
You might be interested to see that I'm reopening the issue of duplicate links at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Linking#Relax_duplicate_linking_rule. --Slashme (talk) 21:41, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
Why did you delete so much material from that page? The edit summary "rm OR" is not very informative... --Erel Segal (talk) 06:04, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria. I'm sorry to be a bother, but I wonder if you could assist me with my current FAC, American Arts Commemorative Series medallions. One of the coordinators has requested a check of the sources since I haven't been active at FAC for a while. I was wondering, if you've got the time, could you please take a look? Most of the sources are online, but there are a few offline ones as well. I can provide scans of the offline ones if you'd like. One or two of my offline sources are currently in my storage unit, so I can't access them right away, but if you'd like scans of those I can get them as well once I'm able to retrieve the books and magazines. Thanks in advance for your time.-RHM22 (talk) 18:41, 22 February 2015 (UTC) Actually, I now have access to the major offline reference (Gilkes, 2010), so I can show you the pages if you'd like.-RHM22 (talk) 19:25, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, can you add a bit more from German wiki? He's mentioned in Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/20.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:26, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
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Nikkimaria, the article appears to have had significant close paraphrasing issues, and I was wondering whether they had been adequately addressed, since it's been over two weeks since the last comment there. Thanks for anything you can do here. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:21, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your note in Remember and enjoy. Would you be willing to word some agreement that we alleged infobox warriors could sign, better than my (a little sloppy, a little provoking) "Think twice before reverting the same thing a second time, and think three times before making a third comment in the same matter." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:26, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
I think it just comes down to personal preference and how you view articles. I remember in the old days on here if I saw a biography without an infobox I'd add one simply because I thought it looked bare and inconsistent without one. I really don't think it's worth the continued arguments and conflict over them though. I think it's time infoboxes were controlled by wikidata and then editors given options to suppress them in their own preferences. Often I've worked on biographies with Rosie, Nvvchar or Aymatth and they've added an infobox and didn't contest it, but I do ideally prefer the look nowadays with just a nice photo.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:05, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
Looks so bare without that infobox!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:05, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, I've recently been working on the Great Stink - an odd and obscure event in London's history that led to a massive set of of civil engineering projects that lasted 15 years. The article is now at FAC. Can I persuade you to do your usual excellent job on the sources? Many thanks! - SchroCat (talk) 16:25, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
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Hello Nikkimaria,
Could you be so kind as to do spotcheck at the Battle of Malvern Hill FAC? I know the Coordinators usually ask for one for first-time FAers, so I guessed I'd be proactive. Furthermore, can you do a source review. Auntieruth55 did one, but I'd like to get more input on that front. Thank you kindly, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 22:30, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
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Nikkimaria, I was taking a look at this GA review to see why it was stalled, and noticed a disturbing comment in the notes at the bottom, in the additional notes, about the potential for copyvio, and why the reviewer thought it probably wasn't copyvio (which I think is mistaken, as did, apparently, the nominator). I just put that globalsecurity.org source (which is copyright) and the article in Duplication Detector, and the first three matches alone total over 100 words. (This is FN47.)
The sourcing does also include government material; the beginning of the bibliography section includes the following statement: This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
I'm not familiar with whether this is sufficient for the copied material (FN11).
Thanks for anything you can do here. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:52, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, Nikkimaria. Would you have time to do a source review for Gary Cooper? The last resolved comments were over two weeks ago, and Tim riley recently completed a spot-check. Thank you for doing the image review for the article last month. Regards, Bede735 (talk) 14:37, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
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Nikkimaria, can I ask you to take a look at this one and determine whether the article needs a close paraphrasing or other template, and also whether the given sources are adequate? Meegs17 did the original review and did a little work with the nominator/creator, who is fairly new and is also in an academic course that may or may not be related the article. But it looks like only the sections given as an example were looked at; there are several quite significant stretches in each of the two online sources that show up in Duplication Detector. I suspect what we have here is someone who is unclear on how paraphrasing should work, since this is far too close and verges on (if not goes over the line into) copyvio. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:28, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
what you found at Florence Wyle that was unsourced? Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 20:25, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Nikkimaria, despite the consensus at WP:CANSTYLE#Infoboxes recently being reconfirmed, I'm puzzled why you continue to remove "official_name" parameters. I recognize by no means are you doing this in large masses. I think it is just a few over the last month or two. Is this just being done with a configured bot that you employ? Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 22:48, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
I've left comments here Snuggums (talk / edits) 17:41, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
Are pictures like this one, File:Chaco Canyon Chetro Ketl great kiva plaza NPS.jpg, which was taken by a National Park Service employee while in the service of their duties and published by the NPS, really PD? How about brochure content or official park maps? Thanks. Rationalobserver (talk) 21:18, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
I notice that you have twice removed this category from Sandra Bromley. Why are you doing this? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:38, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, as requested on the article about Michel Ducros, I'm currently work on the page in order to synthesize and summarize all the passages that are too long or not really relevant with a biography. It would be great if you could have a look and let me know if you have any suggestions about those modifications. Thanks a lot MrBeBe (talk) 10:37, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Thank you very much for this feedback, I will proceed like this : first finish to summarize the over-detailed or poorly-sourced passages and then rewrite the peacock terms and try to give a more neutral tone (at first, the first line with "renown" French businessman). Would you like to put this page in your watchlist, to have your opinion on the modifications ? Thanks again, MrBeBe (talk) 15:30, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria, can you pause from changing the suffix (USA) to (US) on thoroughbred horse names, please. Although the MOS defines US as the abbreviation for the United States, the breeding suffix (USA) is part of the horse's name, showing where it was bred, and shouldn't be changed. Similarly horses bred in Britain are suffixed (GB) and Ireland (IRE), although these aren't standard abbreviations. Thanks. --Bcp67 (talk) 15:31, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Re: your reverts to the Louisa Murray article.
My edits are supported by Wikipedia guidelines, viz:
A subpage/section of WP:MOS (specifically, WP:EDITORIAL) talks about words that could potentially mislead the reader. To quote it:
Since the term "However" can incorrectly lead the reader to believe that the previous sentence may not be totally true, it was removed. The sentence, without the "however", makes a factual and encyclopedic statement.
WP:CAT talks about the order that categories should appear. To quote it:
When a person was born or dies is generally not of great importance to our readers. More important is what the person is known for. That's why the birth/death cats were moved to the end of the category list.
Would you please reconsider your reverts. Cheers. Truthanado (talk) 19:47, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Jc37, your closure of Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2015_January_2#Category:American_colonial_women included the renaming of Category:North American colonial women in warfare to Category:Colonial American women in warfare. However, because not all North American women are American women, this has resulted in the miscategorization of several individuals from Canada and the Caribbean. While I am recategorizing those as Category:Women in warfare in North America just so they aren't wrong, I think the colonial designation would be useful, particularly in Canada. Could you re-examine the situation? Nikkimaria (talk) 03:25, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
Greetings and felicitations. I noticed that you reverted my edit of the maple syrup article. I deleted the Commons and Book links because they were literally redundant—the links to both already exist in the infobox at the top of the article (they are standard parts of the Infobox food template). Would you please be so kind as to restore my edit?—DocWatson42 (talk) 06:04, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
On 17 March 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Eleanor Cripps Kennedy, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Eleanor Cripps Kennedy led a clothing club during the grasshopper plagues? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eleanor Cripps Kennedy. 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. |
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:03, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
You have no proof those images are copyrighted, you can't keep doing this! It has already gone through the DR process and was determined to be PD. If you think otherwise, go nominate them again, but you're holding Wikipedia hostage with your silly little "I don't think they're free so I get to decide all by myself they can't be used anywhere" game. You're not an admin anymore, I will pursue this if I have to. Fry1989 eh? 20:46, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hello Nikkimaria! I was wondering if you could do a peer review Romance (Luis Miguel album) as I could benefit from a reviewer who is not familiar with the subject of the article. Thanks in advance, Erick (talk) 00:49, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
Hey, Nikkimaria! I was wondering if you could do a peer review of "All Is Full of Love". I'd love for it to become a Good Article in the future and your help would be amazing. Thanks in advance! --Bleff (talk) 06:13, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Nikkimaria, would you be interested in conducting an MoS review on this article as it was recommended by editors in its first FAC. You can leave your comments at the article's 2nd peer review. Thanks. — Ssven2 Speak 2 me 02:20, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hi, I created 3 Canadian bios late yesterday -- Bertha Allen, Jeannette Vivian Corbiere Lavell, Jean Cuthand Goodwill -- and left them quite stuby for the moment so that I can continue with the Pan-American Conference of Women article and its redlinks. Thought I'd mention them in case they interest you, but no worries if you're busy with other things. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:59, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hi, Nikki, just wanted to thank you for your efforts managing the Highbeam project. I've noticed with myself and others in the requester list that you are really helpful and keep on top of it, and I'm sure this helps expand the use of Highbeam as a resource here. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 18:27, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Flag of Winnipeg.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Fry1989 eh? 20:22, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, I wasn't sure whether you wanted to check this one to see whether the close paraphrasing and copyedit were adequately addressed, since it's been a week since the most recent post. It doesn't look like there have been many changes, but maybe they're enough. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:25, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
I have been thinking about nominating Visby city wall for GA, but I honestly don't know which category to put it in. I have been looking at similar constructions and I'm none the wiser. I saw that you reviewed the Tower of London for GA, so maybe you have some better insight in the different categories. Where would you suggest I nominate it? All the best, w.carter-Talk 23:02, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, an independent copyeditor came through and appears to have fixed prose issues with the article, but I wanted to be sure that you were satisfied that the close paraphrasing has been dealt with before calling in a new reviewer. Thanks again for checking, both before and now. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:23, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
Heh. Can't say I'm impressed with the whole nonsense. Whatever. Ealdgyth - Talk 02:13, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I've re-inserted the wikilinks on Operation Eastern Exit for Somalia, Lebanon, and Kenya. You used "mos fixes" as the edit summary for both edits, but I don't understand why these should not be wikilinked. In fact, the article is undergoing a good article review and the reviewer specifically requested the links to Somalia and Lebanon in the "Background" section of the article (see Talk:Operation Eastern Exit/GA1). AHeneen (talk) 02:15, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Nikkimaria. I'm considering volunteering to do Wikipedia Library coordination, but I wanted to ask if I'll still be eligible for the account accesses. For example, can I still use Newspapers.com, HighBeam, Project MUSE, etc. if I'm a coordinator? Also, would I still be eligible for the Visiting Scholar program, if another spot opens up? Thanks in advance for your assistance.-RHM22 (talk) 20:17, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
On 28 March 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jean Cuthand Goodwill, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that as a nurse in rural Saskatchewan, Jean Cuthand Goodwill often reached emergency patients via bush plane or dog team? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jean Cuthand Goodwill. 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. |
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