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You have a reply. --George Ho (talk) 07:00, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
Did you know nomination
Are there still any problems with Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Ellison? Not sure if there is more I need to do, it's been ages since I nominated something for DYK. Thanks, - Shudde talk 08:40, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
That album
Support, but very small tentative request, isn't there a better word than "bastardization" - that's pretty strong language outside US. Cheers. In ictu oculi (talk) 18:44, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
- Done I didn't realize that. I've changed it to better reflect my intent for non-US users. --BDD (talk) 18:47, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
- Ta, not too strong in itself but has a ring because the B-word itself is fighting talk and a strong insult in Aus/NZ/UK. Cheers. In ictu oculi (talk) 18:58, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
Join the discussion!--Dipralb (talk) 12:28, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Duane Nellis
On 9 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Duane Nellis, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that University of Idaho president Duane Nellis initially withdrew from consideration for his current position, and has been offered the presidency of Texas Tech University without applying? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Duane Nellis. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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. |
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FWIW, TB
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Tofutwitch11 (TALK) 01:44, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
Properly repersented
We're talking about the title where it specifically says must be in English. Must be the most common name, and WP diacritics states they must not be used when the most common version of the name given in most English RS's are accent free. It is not wrong to suggest a move, but it is certainly wrong as you state to exclude the proper title from the article (note not the title just the article). But as the way others edit it is also wrong to exclude the common/proper English name, as we are after all on the English Wikipedia (again not the title just the article). GAtechnical (talk) 18:45, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
- My question on your talk page was genuine. I'm sorry you interpreted it otherwise. --BDD (talk) 19:19, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
- Ah sorry dude I thought you were taking the piss. GAtechnical (talk) 22:38, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
Good close, here - but when you do Non-admin close something simple like this, don't forget to remove the AFD tag. Thanks for helping out! UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 13:23, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
Article Feedback deployment
Hey BDD; I'm dropping you this note because you've used the article feedback tool in the last month or so. On Thursday and Friday the tool will be down for a major deployment; it should be up by Saturday, failing anything going wrong, and by Monday if something does :). Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 22:11, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi there. I noticed you had nominated Throp, Washington for good article status after I just nominated the article Omak, Washington there as well. Perhaps I could review Throp and you could review Omak if possible. Take care! TBrandley (review) 06:23, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
- I don't see why not. I'm completely new to the GA process, however. I just happened across the Thorp article and thought it deserved recognition; I've never edited it myself. But sure, I'll take a look at Omak. --BDD (talk) 07:17, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks. TBrandley (review) 07:19, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
Jan z Jani
Greetings. I saw that You have redirected the article to Jan z Jani and added this: its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. First, could You define what sources are unclear so I can help? Second, it is completely ignorant to not take to account correct spelling of the name on en:wiki. It have to be clear that those that voted for Jan z Jani have very poor knowledge about the subject which they prooved by thinking that de in Jan de Jani is french spelling, the lack of knowledge is almost embarrising. I will of course start discussion again about this again and then write to administrators to change to "Jan of Janie" as it is only correct (except latin spelling) spelling, unless You or someone else make necessary correction. Best regards, camdan (talk) 16:23, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
- Hi camdan, first of all, you should know that my having the article moved/renamed was not a matter of opinion for me. I closed the discussion as an uninvolved editor because the consensus was clear; you were the only one who favored the "Jan de Jani" spelling, and unanimity is not required for consensus. While I have no doubt you feel your position was stronger than the five editors who favored the move, a legitimate lack of sources for the old title meant their arguments were legitimate. While you are welcome to start a new RM with new information, if you can only restate your position, you're very unlikely to be successful, and the RM may be quickly closed on procedural grounds since the issue had just been discussed. If you think my close was procedurally invalid, you can take the case to move review, though please note that that is not a forum for re-arguing the initial question.
- As for the tag on the article, I placed that because there are many sources listed in the External links section, though I suspect some of them are being used as references. If so, they should be converted to inline citations. If not, the section could use trimming, per WP:EL; it's taking up enough space as the entire body of the article. I've taken a first step on that. There were book sources listed as external links without actual links, so I moved them to a new Further reading section. I also noticed one of these sources was already used as an inline reference, so I removed it from the Further reading section. If you'd like any help working to convert these sources to inline citations, just let me know. --BDD (talk) 16:21, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
- I totally missed Your responce because You did not write back on my page as You should, so I would get notification of Your respond. As I did not see any respond from You, I judged it as ignorance. Reading Your responce now, I would never put in on the board like I did. Now I understand why Your reaction, I hope that You understand mine. So lets go back to the issue, I start with saying that Im greatfull for Your offer to help and I appologize for my strong reaction, it origin from that Im to tired of all errors in publications and of people that vote not having relevant knowledge. I have been reading subject of medieval history for 27 years and past 2 years, I had to come to conclusion that it will take 10 years to correct all errors I learn from publications, incl professors to go forward. What a waste of time but also what a good lesson! I study philosophy on Oxford whre they teach me to be open minded and critic and still Im so stupid! Two day ago I was arguing with PhD that was researching certain medieval matter for5 years and I gave him reference to 3 professors in Poland and asked him to confront - he gave me 4 hours of reading original sources and that I surrendered and again was stupid to trust 3 professors that stated nonsens. I cannot make any changes jet on several questions on wiki because the publication under supervision of prof. Piech, the absolute authority on the subject, will be published in 3-4 month time, so after that I will make more correctons on several subjects. I hope that this message will make You forgive me for my reaction, maybee I became allergic to errors ;) Thank You for taking time to answer and taking time for reading this! Sincerely, camdan (talk) 04:36, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
I requested end of discussion on the board since I found Your respond and also finally received answer from Piotrus. I will now discuss matter in order way to find some general consensus that is also according to wiki rules so we will not have this kind of discussions again. If any question, You are most welcome, I also kindly ask You to write on my talk page whe You answer so I can see it, otheriwse I might not see Your respond and You also would maybe feel that there is no responce from my side which could possibly make You think that I ignore Your point of view. Sincerely, camdan (talk) 04:33, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
- I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. Like many editors, I prefer to keep discussion centralized instead of going back and forth between talk pages, so I left you a {{talkback}}, a form of notification that I had responded to you here. --BDD (talk) 22:38, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
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Paul Frampton cleanupHi BDD. I saw that you did a ref cleanup of the conviction section I rewrote at Paul Frampton. Thanks a lot for your help in working to improve the article. I assume you're aware of all the problems we had with an editor at BLP/N (Tramadul), who ended up permanently blocked following reports at AN/I and then SPI, which revealed he was using more than 10 accounts. Anyway, I just wanted to ask you something. As you're obviously aware, I attached the NY Times cite to every sentence in that section because I thought it was necessary, particuarly in light of the fact that (1) it's a BLP, (2) the content is contentious, and (3) we just got finished stopping all the vandalism that was going on. I just don't want any future editors to look at any unsourced sentences in that section and challenge or even remove them simply because no source is attached. I'm assuming they may not even look at the cite at the end of each paragraph and therefore not realize that it verifies the entire paragraph, not just the last sentence of each paragraph. I just wanted to let you know my concern and see if you can alleviate my concerns. Is there a rule that every sentence cannot or should not be cited? Fortunately, that NY Times article is extremely detailed and well-researched, so it's great to have such a solid reliable source. Anyway, thanks again for your help in maintaining the integrity of the article. Several editors have worked very hard over the past few days to stop all the problem editing. I notified all three admins involved in the original AN/I block of the editor about the rewrite I did, and then one of them protected the article for one year, which I was happy to see (even though I can no longer edit it as an IP haha). Hopefully, great editors like yourself can keep an eye on it. Have a great evening! --76.189.111.2 (talk) 23:46, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
TalkbackHello, BDD. You have new messages at Talk:Omak, Washington/GA1.
Message added 05:20, 21 March 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Thanks for the review; addressed or replied to all of your concerns. TBrandley 05:20, 21 March 2013 (UTC) Thank you for the heads-up; the article appears to be ok now, after the intervention of another admin. It is not clear to me what happened; the page history appears to show that I made the same move three times, which I am fairly certain I did not!--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 11:13, 21 March 2013 (UTC) ThanksThank you for your help on my rollover issues :p Mathijsvs (talk) 17:50, 22 March 2013 (UTC) Jan z Jani controversyTwo things:
Copyedit from 2010The article Hazrat Najeeb Sultan just popped up in the list of articles needing copyedit. The page is a copy of a user page that was created in 2010, and the template moved along with the article. Here is what I have found: User:Luckyaim same as Hazrat Najeeb Sultan User talk:Luckyaim same as Talk:Hazrat Najeeb Sultan There is a link on the article talk page that points to User:Luckyaim's user page. Something is messed up here. Any ideas? Buster40004 Talk 21:31, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
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SPIGreat minds think alike :P IRWolfie- (talk) 22:17, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
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Concerns with User:FoCuSandLeArNI've raised some concerns with FoCuSandLeArN's copy edits over at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2013. I don't know the best way to handle this, but I think all of his copy edits will need to be reviewed and the template either replaced or the article fixed. Ryan Vesey 22:38, 31 March 2013 (UTC) Happy Easter!!!TalkbackHello, BDD. You have new messages at Talk:Thorp, Washington/GA1.
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?Hi, you're a good good editor, but is this the best response? if you hadn't left text there I would have contacted an admin to close it. A single edit user who can capably go straight to WP:RM is obviously either a banned editor or a sock, and a banned editor or sock who finds antisemitism funny isn't the sort of banned editor or sock we need to feed. Could you perhaps pull your support, then it's easier to ask it to be closed as in bad faith. Just a suggestion... In ictu oculi (talk) 17:29, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
Help for Calico DomeI have recently created new article on Calico Dome and listed it at DYK nominations. I am not so good at english so request you to copyedit whole article. It is a small article on a geodesic dome situated at Ahmedabad, India. Thanks in advance. Cheers. --Nizil (talk) 19:02, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
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John Wilmot moveHello BDD. I see you already opened a move discussion at Talk:John Wilmot, so I removed your proposal from the technical move list. I don't see any problem with it myself. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 22:00, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
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Please stop... tagging articles as unreferenced when they're full of references. It's disruptive, and is wasting my time reverting you. — kwami (talk) 21:41, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
Long story short...Are you ready to be nominated at WP:RFA? Steel1943 (talk) 01:17, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
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It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. at any time by removing the Radamel FalcaoHi BDD. I see you've closed the move request but the article is still at the old title; are you able to make the move? As it was previously at the the title Radamel Falcao I think an admin may need to make the move, is there a procedure for notifying one, or wait until they see the closed discussion where one will move it? Cheers. Zarcadia (talk) 19:54, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
RfA
BDD, I hope you accept. I look forward to supporting you. Ryan Vesey 21:30, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
After supporting you where it counts :-), I just wanted to wish you the very best of luck. It's a stressful week, but try to keep busy with other stuff and you'll get through it fine. All the best, Miniapolis 01:01, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I've mentioned you in a discussion on ANIhere. Best regards LittleBen (talk) 07:52, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
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Congratulations!Thought I would say congrats before it became official. You're sure to forget the existence of {{RMnac}} soon enough! Steel1943 (talk) 23:04, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
Congratulations, BDD! There is a lot of talk about what an ordeal RfA's have become, but they can also be an opportunity to collect a lot of compliments. I imagine you enjoyed yours. RockMagnetist (talk) 00:21, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
TalkbackHello, BDD. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2013 April 16.
Message added 11:50, 27 April 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Northamerica1000(talk) 11:50, 27 April 2013 (UTC) Taiwan relations moves doneHey BDD. Congratulations on your new responsibilities! Don't go crazy. While I'm here, I closed that move discussion at Talk:Belize–Taiwan relations which you opened. The articles are now moved, but their text may need updating to go with the new title. Also, the move dialog asks me if I want to update Wikidata. Not sure whether ignoring that will have good results or not. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 17:05, 29 April 2013 (UTC) XF MovesThat's fine, I'll be able to move the rest of the pages in the morning. WikiRedactor (talk) 00:43, 30 April 2013 (UTC) TalkbackHello, BDD. You have new messages at Northamerica1000's talk page.
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