User talk:Cavie78/Archive 7

Ysbeidiau Heulog

Hi Cavie78. Done - but I'll get it checked since this is not my strongpoint. Lfh (talk) 15:10, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Cavie78 (talk) 16:34, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

TEE

Hey Cavie, Feline1 and I can not seem to agree but he only seems to argue with one thing with my new intro for the Trans-Europe Express article. Could you take a look at it again? I think everything else I've cleared up since your review. Thanks for sticking it out with us so long! Andrzejbanas (talk) 02:55, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Andrzejbanas, no problems about waiting just glad we're a bit nearer. I'm currently off work sick with a horrible bout of flu but I'll look at the article in the next few days once my head feels a bit less like cotton wool! Cavie78 (talk) 14:05, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry to hear! Get well soon! Andrzejbanas (talk) 00:22, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for helping out the review. That felt quite exhausting. If any more Kraftwerk information comes forward, I'll try to add more to boost it to a GA level. Cheers! Great work again with the Super Furry Animals articles. What do you plan to do after finish your work on the Super Furries? Andrzejbanas (talk) 20:05, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, glad it's finally passed! When I've done with the Furries I'm going to work my way through some classic albums that aren't covered very well on Wikipedia... although I'm probably still a few years away from that yet! Cavie78 (talk) 21:28, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Cavie78! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 3 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 474 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

1. Francis MacDonald - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
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Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 05:17, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

GAN - Trans-Europe Express (album)

Hi, is this review Talk:Trans-Europe Express (album)/GA1 ready to be closed? (It has been on hold quite a long time.) Thanks! —mattisse (Talk) 18:45, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Mattisse, I've been ill but will close the review this week. Cavie78 (talk) 11:43, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Crazy Naked Girls

I found out an issue of Uncut (from last year, I believe) a friend gave me has one of those discography overview pieces on Super Furry Animals, where Gruff Rhys gives his commentary on the lot of them. Do you have that article, or do you need me to source from it? WesleyDodds (talk) 12:02, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Wesley, I've got that issue thanks, it's kinda what started me off working on the album articles! Unfortunately it doesn't include Dark Days/Light Years though and I'm struggling to find the usual "track by track" guide the band tend to give so if you come across anything please let me know. Cavie78 (talk) 12:05, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

By the way, I suggest e-mailing me. I might be able to help you with SFA articles in another way. WesleyDodds (talk) 12:09, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Ok cool, is your address lurknig about somewhere on your userpage? Cavie78 (talk) 12:13, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Go to my user page and click on the "E-mail this user" link in the Toolbox box on the left. WesleyDodds (talk) 12:14, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

By the way, didn't you say a while ago you were interested in working on the Stone Roses' debut? If so, let me know. I've been meaning to start another project, but I don't have to drive to do it alone. WesleyDodds (talk) 12:06, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Rings Around the World/GA1

On hold. Very pleasing article. A joy to read. Some quibbles regarding amount of quotation used, and closer citing of quotes, and the long listing of session musicians. Otherwise it's fine. Give me a ping when you've done the quibbles, or if you wish to dispute my assessment. Regards SilkTork *^YES! 15:41, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

This user helped promote Rings Around the World to good article status.

. I still have reservations about the long list of session musicians, but not enough to fail the article. The DVD Infobox is not helpful, so I have removed it. If you decide to later replace it as you personally prefer it, that is your choice, but I see no guidelines to support including it, and its presence was distracting from an otherwise very fine article. I think you are able to research and present material in such a way that you should be looking at taking articles, such as this one, up to FA. Ask for a Peer Review on this article and see what people say needs to be done before submitting it to FA.

You are an assert to Wikipedia. Well done. SilkTork *^YES! 21:16, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

For Outstanding Work on writing Well Researched and Well Presented articles.
Presented by SilkTork

You deserve an award for what you have done. SilkTork *^YES! 21:20, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Peer review

I commented on the PR page - thanks for an enjoyable read. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 22:13, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Audio samples

Hiya, I'm back on WP. Thanks for your kind offer to assist with the potential inclusion of an audio sample in Kala (album). What do I need to do? Do I need to get hold of some specific software....? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 22:10, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm happy to create the sample(s) for you if you let me know the specific portions of songs that you want. To do it yourself you need some music editing software that will allow you to save as ogg vorbis files. I think there's a freeware program around but I can't remember the name of it for the life of me. Cavie78 (talk) 16:59, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Cool, cheers, I'll figure out what I need and let you know. Ta very much!!! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:44, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

I think the first 20 seconds of the song "Bird Flu" would be perfect (20 secs is 10% of the track, which I believe is permissible) - should I send you an MP3 of it.......? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:13, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

No it's ok I've got the album, will get on it now. Cavie78 (talk) 22:11, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Cool, cheers! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 22:29, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

I've added the clip to the Composition and recording section but you might want to move it (think it fits better in Music and lyrics but that section already has an image and quote box. I started the clip about 10 seconds into the song so it includes some of M.I.A.'s singing as well as the drum beat which I think is better than it starting from the very start, hope that's ok. Anymore help with song clips let me know and good work with the article. Cavie78 (talk) 22:31, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Absolutely perfect, thanks for your help! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 22:34, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive

WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.

–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:22, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

U2 reviews...

Hello there. Thanks for your review of the JT. It's very thorough, and you're promising more which is fantastic. Whether it passes or fails GAN is less important than opportunity for outside eyes, which are always helpful rather than the small handful of U2 regulars. I've put The Unforgettable Fire up for a peer review - would be great if you accepted the challenge as you did for JT. cheers --Merbabu (talk) 14:02, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

No problem, will have a look. Sorry that I haven't finished my GA review of Joshua Tree - I've been ill for the past few days. Cavie78 (talk) 09:19, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

The Joshua Tree GAN

Most of the points seem to have been addressed. There are a few more left which might take a few more days. What do you think overall now? And, when does the “on-hold” expire? Cheers --Merbabu (talk) 23:06, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Will have a look tomorrow - seems to be progressing well. I'm more bothered about getting the article to GA full stop rather than placing time limits so don't worry about the 'on hold' thing. Cavie78 (talk) 23:10, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

OK, cheers. Nice approach. --Merbabu (talk) 23:19, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Crawl (Chris Brown song) GA review

Just letting you know, I fixed the errors to the best of my ablity and left comments on the talk page. Thanks for your help! Candyo32 (talk) 19:45, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I've had another look through and there are some minor points outstanding that need to be dealt with but nothing that can't be fixed pretty quickly. Good work with the article to this point! Cavie78 (talk) 10:35, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Checking in, fixed things again. Thanks for the help! Candyo32 (talk) 06:23, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Good work, have promoted the article. Cavie78 (talk) 11:15, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

GAN backlog elimination drive - 1 week to go

First off, on behalf of myself and my co-coordinator Wizardman, I would like to thank you for the efforts that you have made so far in this GAN backlog elimination drive. It has been nothing short of a success, and that is thanks to you. See this Signpost article about what this drive has achieved so far. We're currently heading into the final week of the drive. At this time, if you have any GANs on review or on hold, you should be finishing off those reviews. Right now, we have more GANs on review or on hold than we do unreviewed. If you're going to start a GA review, please do so now so you can complete it by the end of the month and so that the nominator has a full 7-day window to address any concerns. See you at the finish!

–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 16:12, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your participation in the April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive

GAN backlog elimination drives chart up to 1 May On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, I'd like to especially thank you for your efforts over this past month's GAN backlog elimination drive. It has been nothing short of a complete success, which hopefully results in more expedient good article reviews, increasing users' confidence in the good article nomination processes. Even if you made just a small contribution, it still helped contribute to the success of this drive. Here is what we have accomplished this last month in this drive. 661 total nominations were reviewed. 541 of them passed (~81.8%), 97 (~14.7%) failed, and 23 (~3.5%) ended on hold. The WP:GAN page started at 110,126 bytes length on 1 April and ended at 43,387 bytes length at the end of 30 April (a 66,739 byte reduction in the page, about 60.6% less). Excluding extremes, the longest wait for someone's GAN to be review was about 11.5 weeks at the beginning. (I mistook the figure when I reported to the Signpost that it was 13.) At the end, with the exception of one that was relisted, the longest wait is now at 10 days. 63 different users participated, each having completed at least one GAN, with others also having helped out behind-the-scenes in making the drive a success. The drive started with 463 GA nominations remaining and 388 unreviewed. At the end of the month, we ended with 89 remaining (374 or about 80.8% less) and 47 unreviewed (341 or about 87.9% less). For those who have accomplished certain objectives in the drive, awards will be coming shortly. Again, thank you for your help in the drive, and I hope you continue to help review GA nominations and overall improve the quality of articles here on Wikipedia.

–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:40, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

GAN backlog elimination drive award

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	For reviewing 6 good article nominations during the April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive, I hereby present you The Working Man's Barnstar. Nice job! –MuZemike 23:13, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Can you...

...leave some comments at the FA candidacy for "Speechless (Michael Jackson song)"? Me and User:Pyrrhus16 would appreciate if you could comment on the article. Thanks, Crystal Clear x3 00:46, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Grab some glory, and a barnstar

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Note

When you start new threads on talk pages, please add the new section to the bottom of the talk page, not the top. Cheers, Dabomb87 (talk) 00:32, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

I know, just a mistake when I was posting my comment.Cavie78 (talk) 00:39, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

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Hey

I've been largely absent the last few months. How's it been on your end? WesleyDodds (talk) 11:15, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi Wes, how's it going? I've been really busy with real world stuff so haven't been too active on Wiki myself recently. Cavie78 (talk) 13:01, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Covers in discographies

Per long standing practice and WP:NFC, the use of covers in discographies is not supported. I understand these come from articles that were merged into a rollup article. It doesn't matter. This debate has been repeated many times over the last few years with the result that every time the covers remain off of the discography article in question. Nevertheless, if you insist that we debate it again you may wish to raise it at WT:NFC. --Hammersoft (talk) 12:21, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Surely the point of not allowing covers in discographies is to discourage galleries? Discographies are usually just lists which don't provide any critical commentary but this article is different as many of the singles have reasonably detailed info and this could be expanded. Cavie78 (talk) 13:07, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

• The "this article is different" argument has been debated many times as well. It fails every time. You're welcome to try again though at WT:NFC. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:12, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm not interested in having a 'debate' with people who've already made up their minds. Cavie78 (talk) 14:18, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

• If every time a subject comes up and the same result happens, eventually minds are made up on a subject. That's quite true. There's nothing different about this article that hasn't been debated before. I was hoping to educate you on that, not get into a meta debate on whether it's appropriate to debate this issue. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:30, 3 August 2010 (UTC)