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Scorp—I raised what may be a useful issue there, and wrote this to TRM alone, since you're away. TONY (talk) 13:54, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I'm just curious, where do you usually go to find references for The Simpsons episode articles? Gary King (talk) 06:39, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
The FLC contest you and TRM had a while ago inspired me. I'm thinking of something similar, and would like to get your input on it. Thanks! Drewcifer (talk) 03:45, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi Scorpion, hope you had a great break. Things are moving along quite nicely at WP:FLC right now, the backlog is virtually under control and we're heading for the highest number of promotions in a single month. Let me know when you're back. Oh, we've also had a few little discussions on the talk page but nothing major has come out of it, but it's probably worth you casting your eyes over it. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:47, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
I am trying to resubmit the List of Korean War Medal of Honor recipients as an FLC. I think I fixed all the problems with it. I am not sure what to do to the articles talk page or to the archived fail log as noted in the resubmission procedures. Could you walk me through how to do that. --Kumioko (talk) 22:16, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
Good to see this list, I spent three weeks in Leamington and Windsor in May a few years back, great birding
Hope this helps, let me know if any queries, jimfbleak (talk) 05:28, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
It's been a subject of some debate and the conclusion was really that no actual "supports" were necessary for promotion, just that all major points have been addressed and one of the directors is happy with the list. I have been concerned for a while that we get plenty of comments and not enough !votes, but the general consensus was that a minimum number of supports isn't necessary. Welcome back, by the way. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:00, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi Scorpion! Good on ya — we always need more bird article editors! ; ) The only potential thing I can see with your new list is that most birders are used to seeing things in taxonomic order, which is the order your list starts in when someone first accesses it. However, if they then click one of the sortable column headers, there's no way to get the list back in taxonomic order. Is there a way to put numbers in a hidden column, which could be used to resort it taxonomically if someone wanted to see them in that order again (i.e. "Click here for taxonomic order")?
One other thing we (the WikiProject Birds folks) are slowly working on are a set of standard short paragraphs to run at the top of each subsection. Unfortunately, we're a long way from being done, but it's something you might want to incorporate into your list someday. The idea is to create three or four line summaries of the families (what they look like, what sort of habitat they prefer, etc.) so that someone unfamiliar with the birds—and potentially without a reference book to refer to—might still have a chance of narrowing down what they're looking at.
Hope that helps. I'm off to Costa Rica later this afternoon, but I should have access to the internet sporadically over the next few weeks. Feel free to drop me a line if you have more questions—but don't be surprised if you don't hear from me for days at a time! MeegsC | Talk 10:33, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
You had a couple comments on the FLC I submitted but I wasn't sure what they meant. You said numbers under ten should be spelled out but the only place I see numbers less than 10 are in unit names and in dates. What do I need to change? Also, in a few comments you said no full stop, what does that mean? Thanks--Kumioko (talk) 16:59, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
I do believe her middle or former last name is "Pai Gow" not Pigal. It makes sense that they would use a casino game as her name Ctjf83Talk 20:17, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
Some of the headings are still over-capitalised, eg first one should be "Ducks, geese and swans". The capitalisation in the TOC should match the article headings, otherwise the links don't work eg [[#New World quail|New World quail]] Otherwise looks pretty good. I'd tweak the intros a bit when you get time, The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized 'true petrels', characterised by united nostrils with medium septum, and a long outer functional primary. is a bit daunting. jimfbleak (talk) 07:20, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
This nomination currently has 3 supports and has been reviewed for over 10 days. Can you please promote or archive this nomination. Thanks! -- K. Annoyomous24 22:21, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
This nomination currently has 1 support and has been reviewed for over 10 days. Can you please promote or archive this nomination. Thanks! -- K. Annoyomous24 22:21, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Since you and CrzyCheetah are so concerned that my promotions are compromising the process, I'll leave it to you to promote lists once again. I was pretty pleased with reducing the backlog and increasing throughput but I completely understand the concerns that this may reduce quality. Right now, allowing lists to persist for 15–20 days will result in a permanent backlog of 20-odd lists. That'll kill FLC.
I'll go back to my pre-FL director role of just reviewing lists. The director position seem now seems pointless with us in conflict over minimum number of votes to support promotion (despite the community voting against the 4 vote promotion rule). So, just to let you know I'll be look into resigning my position as FL director shortly. I don't wish to waste the time of the community and do Wikipedia any harm. I think there's a tendency to migrate back to what is comfortable, i.e. that someone else will do our job for us - ie. blame the community if we promote something that isn't 100% perfect. I hope, in your absence, I didn't cause too much damage and I wish you much luck in the future. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:29, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
This nomination currently has 1 support and has been reviewed for over 10 days. Can you please promote or archive this nomination. Thanks! -- K. Annoyomous24 00:04, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if The Rambling Man is resigning as FL director and you shouldn't accept your own list as a FL, how are you supposed to have your list become a FL? -- K. Annoyomous24 00:49, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Hope you had a good holiday. As for TRM, I was looking to expand the reception section a bit, before I nominated it. It's not really necessary, but for such a "hyped" episode I can't actually find any more reviews. Not even viewing figures (apart from on Simpsons Channel). As for Oakley, any image is good, and he'll probably be able to get us a few more in the future, if we ask nicely. What about the questions? In theory he should have some more time on his hands to answer them, considering he isn't involved in Class Dismissed anymore. Anyway, the Comic-Con panel included alot of the current staff, so I should be able to get some more staff images off Flickr soon. Ah well, I think we need to make getting those three episode articles to FA our current main priority. Gran2 19:25, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Seems like 76.126.211.165 is really committed to calling the Eli Manning pass to David Tyree play a fluke and citing sources that are from blogs and not from respected news outlets. Any ideas on how to stop this besides just reverting what he's doing? Chengwes (talk) 12:03, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
I guess it was just a dream of mine then, I remember something about IGN.
Well, I'm not that crazy about the reception section of The Principal and the Pauper. I think we should be more selective the quotes we use. Not all of the quotes are particularly interesting an insightful. It seems like we just threw in whatever we could find. (I said something similar at the article talk page a while ago, but never got a response.)
In addition, I think the overall organization of the article can be better. There's no clear division betweeen "Controversy" and "Reception". "Controversy" should probably be a subsection of the latter (like in A Streetcar Named Marge.)
You're free to nominate The Principal and the Pauper, but I probably won't support it at this time. I'll take a look at the other two articles when I get a chance. Zagalejo^^^ 19:46, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
The backlog is well and truly back with nine lists now overdue without support or opposition (except for the usual Be Black Hole Sun supports which I'm tending to discount entirely because of the track record of supporting for supporting's sake) - what do you think we should do? The Rambling Man (talk) 07:08, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Have fun. I'll do my best to keep the process under control. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:37, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
A proposal at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Namespace for featured content pages to move some pages (unsure which) of the featured processes to portal pages. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:54, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Here is a source for the information: http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals/2008standings/index.html I can see what you mean but MSNBC is pretty reputable, and the newstation in question was owned by NBC. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:51, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
Unless, I'm mistaken, the IOC sorts alphabetically by their respective national codes. i.e., Spain (ESP) is ahead of Romania (ROU). See the IOC listing --Madchester (talk) 03:09, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Check your email. :) Cirt (talk) 11:26, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
The reason I added it was because I think NBC has only shown four medal events live (the four swimming from last night). Its fine like it is now. I just hope we don't have to go through the horror that we did last night. --CWY2190(talk • contributions) 23:51, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Fair deal - the license eluded my gaze. London, huh? And you're at Laurier? Shame! :D chicgeek talk 00:20, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Homer Simpson's jobs (3rd nomination) was closed as no consensus, default to keep. In its current state, List of Homer Simpson's jobs is nothing more than a redirect to Homer Simpson and there is no evidence of the information from List of Homer Simpson's jobs currently being merged into Homer Simpson. Therefore, for all intents and purposes, List of Homer Simpson's jobs is currently deleted and in its place is a redirect. If the discussion defaulted to keep (even if it was with no consensus) and the accepted merger was not completed, I find the current solution the least appropriate due to the fact that all of the information from List of Homer Simpson's jobs is now removed from any article and all that remains is this external link with the same list which can, and I'm afraid will, also be deleted in the near future. I would support the merger in this case but not as an excuse to make deletion of it easier by selectively transferring info into an article and then deleting all of its components until the same result is achieved as would be by deleting the nominated article in the first place. Also, a properly performed merger should be mentioned in the edit summary as well as contain #REDIRECT [[PAGENAME]] {{R from merge}}, such as WP:MERGE directs due to WP:GFDL requirements. This was not done either.
Peace! SWik78 (talk • contribs) 16:13, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for helping The Simpsons Ride article achieve the GA status. Would you mind helping me improve the articles on Back to the Future: The Ride and Kongfrontation achieve GA status as well? One of the most notable steps will be reliable references. Thanks once again.--Snowman Guy (talk) 20:15, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Haven't you seen any newspaper last eight months? Belgian man (talk) 20:32, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Do you really think the Taiwanese bear the People's Republic flag because they simply like it? I think it is absolutely clear that they at least have to (in fact they are forced to but you will find that even more subjective, I guess) bear the communist flag. This might sound subjective, certainly for supporters of the Chinese political system, but it is a fact, and I do not know how to say it in another way. Stop the censorship, Wikipedia! Belgian man (talk) 21:06, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Hey Scorpion, can you do me a favour and talk things over with the above user. I closed his FLC today as little interest had been shown in it, and no support at all was forthcoming. Subsequently he's made two joke supports (he calls them "fan supports" to justify them) at lists which are clearly (as my subsequent reviews show) sub-FL-standard. I've directed him to you for all future discussion about his list of Assyrian Kings because I feel I can no longer remain neutral about it. Incidentally I think there's plenty wrong with his list too but since we've got plenty of other lists to review, I'll just get on with those. Hope you don't mind and hope you're enjoying the 'lympics, particularly that absolutely incredible men's relay for Phelps' second gold. Wowee! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:27, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
How dare you revert my constructive edits to this article?? Everyone knows that season 9 was the last good season. If you think Homer trying to make friends with some b-list celebrities is good Simpsons material, then you sir, are sorely mistaken. Faethon Ghost (talk) 22:51, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Can you please take a look at the Pink Floyd discography to see if its ready for a Featured List nomination. I've done much work on it since its previous FL nomination. Why i'm asking you is because of your comment "Wow, it's nice to see a discography for a band that I'm actually familiar with". Thanks for your time. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 22:57, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Why do you think it is useful for this table to appear (someday) on articles like Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics? In WP:WikiProject Olympics, we've never done that on any of the other ~3000 articles for past Games. It strikes me as a kind of WP:recentism, and per that guideline, will it really provide "long-term historical perspective" for these articles to have these tables? It strikes me as a rather "crufty" addition to these articles. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 04:10, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
Please help in improving the article List of most wealthy historical figures that you opposed in Featured list candidates. Please provide as many references and sources as you can. Thanks! --Bugnot (talk) 04:23, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
Just FYI he nominated five articles at WP:FAC; they were all withdrawn because he was not the primary editor for any of them. I'm letting you know in case you would like to just withdraw his WP:FLC nominations, too, as those are similar situations. Gary King (talk) 05:04, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for correcting my oversight not adding the reflist to Yates Cup. Cheers! DoubleBlue (Talk) 22:24, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
Any particular reason you removed my trivia section on "Jazzy and the Pussycats"? Jstohler (talk) 17:21, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
I thought I'd bring this up with you, since you seem to be one of the more dedicated members who are editing the medal table; on the Beijing Olympics website it lists the last rank number as 48, but on here we have it as 49. I tried seeing what number was skipped on the Wiki table, but I was unable to do so. Maybe you can help. CoolKid1993 (talk) 02:39, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
That is incorrect, you will note that in the second reference noted at the part citing the 2020 bid time frame, Bill Montogomery, AOC second-in-charge, notes that 2020 will be the earliest that Brisbane can bid.Foundationexpo88 (talk) 10:09, 16 August 2008 (UTC)Foundationexpo88
The AOC and Reuters are reliable sources.Foundationexpo88 (talk) 10:15, 16 August 2008 (UTC)Foundationexpo88
Just a question, how did you become an FL director?--SRX 00:21, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
Perfect! I'll stick it in there. Zagalejo^^^ 04:28, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
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Please read the citation I put in the medal table article. It shows that I am correct. Smartyllama (talk) 19:23, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Your edits to Summer_Olympic_Games#List_of_modern_Summer_Olympic_Games seem to have corrupted the dates of all the Games, for example you show Beijing as being from August 08 to December 08 and Athens from January 08 to May 08. I tried to revert the edit but the first line was missformatted so I wonder whether you've changed a template somehere? I'll leave you to sort it out. David Biddulph (talk) 23:53, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, sorry I don't log in often enough to WP. Not to labour the point, but surely a few words mentioning the fact that U.S. news sources rank according to totals could be added (wihtout passing judgement). Surely this is noteworthy??? Would have saved your and my time? I have stated the same on the article talk page here: — Deon Steyn (talk) 12:29, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
As per our earlier communication, you reassured me that the deletion of James Clement, Eliza Orlins and Shii Ann Huang's articles were done out of a wider initiative to ensure that only contestants of Survivor who have done something truly noteworthy outside of the show should have a wikipedia article. So, as we discussed, other contestants' articles shall face deletion for the same reason. I have raised this clean-up issue on the Survivor contestants template discussion page. You should respond on that page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Survivor_contestants Kind regards, Yeldarb68 (talk) 17:36, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
Response to your response
There obviously isn't "consensus" that winners of the game are automatically worthy enough for having a wikipedia article if they haven't done anything noteworthy outside of the show, when evidently I do not agree with such a idea. Todd Herzog's article for instance looks like nothing more than a summary of the Survivor: China season; explaining how Peih-Gee got as far as she did, what strategic moves Amanda made, and the logic of why each person was voted out.
And how does one even define "winner". Does Rupert count as a winner, since he won America's tribal council? If so, shouldn't James Clement have his article reinstated, considering he won a similar sort of thing twice?
I believe the criteria for what makes an article legitimate and illegitimate as it stands is not clearly defined, to say the least. Maybe it should be placed on the actual contestants template discussion page, rather than you trying to explain it to me as an individual. It should be made clear to everyone somewhere so that people know how to implement policy correctly when an article is nominated for deletion. So do you think you could please state the outlines what makes an article appropriate to exist for a contestant on the contestant template discussion page? It would be helpful to everyone.
Well, I don't know which article specifically should next be targeted for clean-up purposes. However, I agree with your stance that it should be done one by one so as to avoid chaos.
Best wishes and kind regards, Yeldarb68 (talk) 18:08, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
Response to your response 2
I cannot nominate Todd Herzog's article for deletion, as you have clearly liaised to me that there was at some point in time a 'consensus' that winners should automatically have an article just for being winners. And I can't nominate Rupert either, because "winner" has not been clearly defined. Now, to keep in line with wikipedia's policies, the proper thing to do when there is disagreement on the criteria for having an article is discussion. Which is why I have requested that you state on the contestants template discussion page the current criteria for why a contestant can or cannot have their own article. Thus, there may be discussion the very criteria that I am contending. I will not break wikipedia's rules. So in regard to this issue, I am pushing for discussion. That is the proper way in line with wikipedia's guidelines. One does not nominate an article for deletion in defiance of the status-quo criteria. That is against the rules, as you probably know.
Yeldarb68 (talk) 18:31, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
Well, this is [User:Whippletheduck|Whippletheduck]] (talk • contribs) 03:22, 11 September 2008 (UTC) and I want you to know that I already archived the entire SHII ANN page a few weeks ago. Maybe I will wait a few month's before I put it right back up, with of course my own spin on Shii Ann. Or maybe I will wait a few days. Who knows? But I will put it back up eventually.....
RE: "my own spin on Shii Ann"
- Do you STILL not understand that wikipedia articles are not a place for your "own spin"? It's supposed to be objective. Yeldarb68 (talk) 20:53, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
To my knowledge, we've always listed managers, valets and enforcers. Your edit summary didn't really give me much of an explanation. Gavyn Sykes (talk) 23:58, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
It seemed like something was missing (perhaps it was deleted before - I haven't had the time to check) between "promoted these Games" and "invested heavily" so I added what I was able to glean from the source. If you disagree with this suggest something else. I am editing for fluency and proper grammar. Nirvana888 (talk) 04:33, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Why not include Homer's musical talent? That's pretty much the only real talent he has and just for that is noteworthy. Homer has displayed over and over he is musically inclined (I even included the episodes as reference), so please reconsider putting that back in.
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Are we not able to use snpp.com for cultural references? Just respond here...I'll watch it. Ctjf83Talk 20:53, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing the priority at Talk:1968 Olympics Black Power salute. I realised afterwards what i'd done and went back to change it but you'd beaten me to it. Basement12 (T.C) 22:40, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello. I am currently working on List of Carnivàle awards and nominations to get it to FL, and it seems you have done some work in related areas for other shows. Since the number of FLs for such lists is increasing, do you think it's time to create {{Infobox TV Show Awards}} similar to {{Infobox Musician Awards}}? – sgeureka t•c 13:00, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Matthew said he'd be able to take over full time in about three weeks from 22 August - he's on holiday. I don't think there needs to be any pageantry associated with the hand-over - just change the FLC instructions as of, say, 12 Sept to remove me and include Matthew. I'm happy to keep going until we get his 100% say-so... The Rambling Man (talk) 18:29, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Just seen your message. I think Matthew can handle the whole shebang on his own. There's not much trade there, to be honest, and he handles it very well indeed. --Dweller (talk) 10:37, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Thank so much for your help with this article, especially the Production info. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 02:21, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
As virtually the entire article is unsourced, and the article is a WP:BLP, it should be trimmed down to only the sourced info and further any addition of unsourced info is indeed a problem. Cirt (talk) 02:30, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
Fair enough, but what about information that anyone whom watched SURVIVOR can access via having watched the show? There is plenty of information available that will dispute or confirm much of what was said directly on the show; and there are plenty of interviews that Survivors make that are available only when the show was aired and was never really 'online'? I am considering a seperate section called "ACCLAIMS AND CRITICISMS" where people will be able to post directly stuff that was seen in favor or against her. The fact that it has gotten to this point is rather laughable a —Preceding unsigned comment added by Whippletheduck (talk • contribs) 07:41, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
After Garry left em a message I actually checked the second's nomination history before nominating it, but I seriously did not see your name in more than ~10 of the edits. Anyways I'll do as you wish. Nergaal (talk) 03:35, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Ah, and one more thing: I was planing to working on these three topics but I don't think I will be able to enjoy working on them since Garry will keep pissing on my talkpage. Keep an eye on the season ones ones once the Good Topics are implemented:
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Sorry, but I don't have time for it right now. Perhaps some time at the end of September. --Maitch (talk) 08:32, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Pop on IRC for a minute? Gary King (talk) 15:12, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Re : If it's not a quote, then how come The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" is cited as a reference? According to the quotation, it's either a literal quote or an indirect quote. Either way, it's meta-commentary by the creator and we cannot legitimately pass it off as canon based on that source. user:Everyme 00:52, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Good stuff, thanks. user:Everyme 06:57, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
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Wanted to say congratulations for helping to get The Simpsons Ride up to GA status. Well done! --McDoobAU93 (talk) 17:18, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
I don't see anything that is "missing", so to speak. It's an interesting structure, might not be one that I would use but I don't do any fictional, cartoon, TV characters. I would change "biography". It doesn't really meet WP:MOSTV, plus it leaves it open to people coming in and adding tons of IU info since biographies are typically comprehensive. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 21:15, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I guess in all fairness I nominated a bit prematurely. In my other two (The Telltale Head, Homer's Odyssey) I did do that, but I guess I nominated a bit quickly. I'll renominate soon, with the article built like the other two. Cheers.--LAAFan 03:51, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I noticed that the plots are extremely brief so I went on to bulk them up. Is it ok what i have been adding for the first ~4 episodes? Nergaal (talk) 04:27, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
Aren't those reigns unofficial? If so, I would think they shouldn't even be listed. Gavyn Sykes (talk) 00:32, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering why didn't you submit 2008 Summer Olympics medal table for FLC already? Nergaal (talk) 01:54, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
You claim that an episode article must have a date to be an article; that doesn't explain why Treehouse of Horror XIX is its own article. "The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly" and "Four Great Women and a Manicure" both have vague airdates (early 2009), while ToHXIX doesn't. Unless I'm assuming the reason ToHXIX has a page is because it has significant amount of information? Please clarify for me. A (Reply!,Contribs) 00:36, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
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As your one of the FLC directors can you take a look at the Pink Floyd discography. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 14:18, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
I was just browsing through the DYK suggestions page, and noticed you had written an article on Homer Groening. But now it's been deleted! I actually would have liked to read that. :) Zagalejo^^^ 19:29, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
Hey Scorpion, could you revisit this and let me know where I stand please? Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:48, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I was wondering why you deleted 'Demonstration sports have not been allowed in the Olympics since 1992, so any inclusion of netball as such will likely require permission from the IOC' from this article? Although slightly erroneous (I beleive demonstration sports were removed in from the '96 games) I would argue that this is a valid point which warrents inclusion. Currently the article does not explain that demonstration sports are disallowed. RaseaC (talk) 18:06, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
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Hi Scorpion. Hope you're well. Are you now back on "full-time" FLC director duty after the various commitments and holidays you had? Matthew is unable to take over from me for another week but I need to start winding down my contributions to the process a little so I was hoping you could confirm that it wouldn't be a major problem. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:42, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
FoxFlash has released the official info, do you want add it? Or me? click here A (Reply!,Contribs!) 00:33, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
When you get a chance, you wanna update the proj box that appears on the page under participants. Ctjf83Talk 16:44, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
Don't do it, as it's not needed. I'm in reference to your edit here: Talk:List_of_World_Wrestling_Entertainment_employees#Carlito_.26_Primo_Col.C3.B3n. If you are that bugged about unsourced things, just ask the person what his source is. RobJ1981 (talk) 18:37, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
I must say "no" to any more new copyediting for a while. I'm deep into a couple of research/writing projects; I'm trying to do at least one peer review a week, and I've promised another editor that I'd copyedit his/her long, complicated article. You might be able to find someone through the volunteer list at WP:PRV. Finetooth (talk) 02:50, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
A fun read. I left some comments on the talk page. Hope this helps a bit. Giggy (talk) 03:40, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
Not sure if you followed Fasach's behaviour on the Calgary Flames article, but I can say you are pretty much wasting your time trying to discuss the images with him. He's not going to listen to you, he's not going to justify his actions, and I would not be surprised if he tries to throw the images up at IfD when he doesn't get his way. I'd say you've done more than enough to justify the images. He simply won't be appeased as he believes his opinion is policy. Resolute 15:07, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
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Sounds good to me. Zagalejo^^^ 23:35, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed with a count of (166/43/7). I appreciate your comments and in my actions as an administrator I will endeavor to maintain the trust you have placed in me. I am honored by your trust and your support. Thank you for your kind words during my RfA and even for saying you would have been my nominator I am honored by that. Thank you, Cirt (talk) 02:35, 16 September 2008 (UTC) |
I'll take a look. If there's anything I can't immediately fix, I'll post a note on the article's talk page. Zagalejo^^^ 18:24, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
To be honest, I don't think that's substantially different than what we have now. Even if you put the episode name in parentheses, you'd still need to explicitly state, in the body of the text, that those details are held to be true only in certain episodes. (Although admittedly, it is difficult to do that without weighing down the prose with repetitive expressions. I put together a few drafts late last night, but wasn't satisfied with any of them.)
In truth, I don't really see the need to go into so much detail about Homer's backstory in the first place. First because most of it has been totally contradicted, and second because we don't attempt to chronicle Homer's wacky adventures that occurred in the fictional "present", like the trip to outer space or the climbing of the Murderhorn. If it were up to me, all I'd say about Homer's past would be the following:
"Past episodes have provided details about Homer's youth and young adulthood, though the series does not maintain perfect continuity. In earlier episodes, it was established that Homer fell in love with Marge while they were high schoolers in the 1970s, and that he married her a few years later when she was pregnant with Bart. However, the recent episode "That 90's Show" asserts that Homer and Marge lived together without children in the 1990s."
Maybe we could also throw in something about his mother somewhere. At the beginning of the section, we could say that both of Homer's parents are living, but that his mother went into hiding when he was a child. Zagalejo^^^ 00:00, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
I think you should focus a little more back on being an FL director as there are articles deserving a promotion to FL. -- K. Annoyomous24[c] 04:04, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Sorry if I hastened into this. I did not mean to distract editors. The only reason I did it it was because I saw that there is a season 10 drive which has few GAs already. I thought that the two I added are significantly closer to completion and I thought users might want to focus on those instead of the 10 one. Nergaal (talk) 00:47, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
Is even this notable for mention? link A (Reply!,Contribs!) 01:59, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
It's not the MOS--references can be done pretty much any way you'd like, as long as it's somewhat sensible. That template isn't used much, but I think it is useful in articles like this one where there are only a few book references, so it doesn't make as much sense to separate out the books into a separate section (at least in my view, since they're not qualitatively different, and make up only a small portion of the references overall). You're free to change it back, but I think it makes the references perhaps a little bit easier to use, since you're not jumping between sections? Calliopejen1 (talk) 18:47, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
Well you'd better check with Matthew. Last time we spoke he had trouble with his web access. It was a couple of weeks ago so perhaps it's better now. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:48, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
Is the image good like that or is there something else you want me to edit? --TheLeftorium 16:20, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed with a count of (154/3/2). I appreciate the community's trust in me, and I will do my best to be sure it won't regret handing me the mop. I am honored by your trust and your support. Again, thank you. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 18:49, 27 September 2008 (UTC) |
Hi, I am wondering if you can close this FLC for me as a reviewer suggested me to bring the article to peer review. Thanks—Chris! ct 00:56, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
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