User talk:Dabomb87/Archive 8

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Barnstar

I really appreciate your help in what is to be the last article that I will nominate for "GA". If only there were more understanding people around here like you, it would great. Thank you. Tony the Marine (talk) 06:12, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

see barnstar page

Peer review request

Hey, if you've got time, could you review Wikipedia:Peer review/The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks/archive1? It's for the Zelda FT. Gary King (talk) 16:02, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Dabomb87. You have new messages at MBK004's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

-MBK₀₀₄ 04:16, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

And again. -MBK₀₀₄ 04:24, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. I'm just glad that my first FLC (I've collaborated on some Featured content before but not as the primary content contributor) has five supports and looks like it is all but over. -MBK₀₀₄ 04:29, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Re:Another potential fork

Possibly, although there appear to still be some unaddressed comments. -- Scorpion ⁰⁴²² 12:08, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Take another look...

Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:51, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Re:Nice job

I suppose, but I'll wait a week or so before doing it to give more changes a chance for discussion (you can do it if you like though, I wouldn't mind). -- Scorpion ⁰⁴²² 16:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

USNA alum topic

Input appreciated here: Wikipedia:Featured_topic_candidates#Lists_of_United_States_Naval_Academy_alumni — Rlevse • Talk • 19:35, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Opinion

Hello Dabomb87, I believe that List of Hispanic Medal of Honor recipients may have a chance at "FLC" once the referencing format is taken care of. I would like your opinion. Tony the Marine (talk) 22:25, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Looks pretty good. I will work on the referencing. Just a reminder, dates should not be linked. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:50, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

You did an excellent job. I delinked the dates and decided to try my hand at the ref. formatting thing. Would you say that it looks like an "FL" candidate now? Tony the Marine (talk) 00:24, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Looks good except for one important detail, which I will bring up on your talk page. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

You are right!: I replaced http://www.homeofheroes.com/e-books/mohE_hispanic/index.html with one from the U.S. ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY, now http://www.mishalov.com/Versace.html is a website which completely cites excerpts from the Washington Post and Washington Times, which I think would make it reliable. Tony the Marine (talk) 02:05, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice, I'll see what can be done about the images. I know that the military image thing has become a pain. Tony the Marine (talk) 02:25, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- I hate to bother you so much, but I would like your opinion if an added rationle would work before I continue to do the same to the others. ex:File:Lucian Adams.jpg. Thank you once more. Tony the Marine (talk) 05:58, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
  - Are you sure the image is copyrighted? Dabomb87 (talk) 00:04, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Hum.. I see what you mean. I'm just experimenting, therefore I removed the "non-Free" tag, however I figured that the addition of a "rationsle" for use won't hurt. Tony the Marine (talk) 00:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: That was fast!

Heh, I was doing a bit of recent changes patrolling, and I saw your edit on the top of the list. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:32, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Funny how that works... :) Dabomb87 (talk) 00:32, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:56, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:56, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Sure thing. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:08, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Fixed, after quite a bit of failing... –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:25, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm being rather dense; what exactly needs to be moved, and where? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:38, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Ahh, I see. Done. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:43, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:44, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

No problem, I love easy tasks. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:49, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

It's nice, isn't it? :D –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:01, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Duffy discography

I've noticed you have reviewed several articles and was wondering whether you'd be able to help me out with this one? See Wikipedia:Peer review/Duffy discography/archive1. Many thanks! Dt128 (talk) 21:13, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

FLC nominations and reviews

Hi, Dabomb. You may not be aware, but the new Featured list criteria was implemented Sunday 5 April, 00:56 (UTC) following two weeks of discussion at Wikipedia talk:Featured list criteria#New criterion discussion.

I've gone through the nominations and have noticed you have !voted Support, Oppose or Neutral at the following nominations:

Please could you take the time to revisit the articles and candidate pages, and check them against the new Featured list criteria, and confirm/revise your !vote; any !vote made against the old criteria that is not confirmed against the new criteria will be ignored when the nomination is closed.

Additionally, the following nominations have received reviews from you, but no indication whether or not you support or oppose their promotion to WP:FL; if you could revisit these too, that would be much appreciated as the nomination will not have to be kept open any longer than necessary.

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Paulini Curuenavuli discography/archive2 (Paulini Curuenavuli discography)

Finally, please accept my apologies for the brusqueness of this message; the same wording is being sent to everyone who has outstanding reviews, with only the names of lists being changed. Regards, Matthewedwards : Chat 04:55, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Help with Editor review

I want to create a preloaded message for WP:ER, so you the nominators can be more aware to add their name to the archive. I also want to make archiving an easier task, you think a bot can do this? Possibly extending the time limit or no?--Tru co 16:27, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

But how do you get it to preload?--Tru co 23:06, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

See Template:FLC. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:15, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Okay thanks. Now, is there a way to get the coding to appear (like the questions/review/edit count) when you initiate the nomination (like at FLC) instead of the substituted template? In this way, we can get rid of it from showing up under the preload message.--Tru co 23:53, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure about that since I didn't write that. I think that can be removed since editor really applies to all your contributions. But splendid job on your reorganization, did my changes to the preload and template look okay?--Tru co 17:20, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I made some more changes. I removed the sentence in question. Dabomb87 (talk) 17:22, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

That's even better. Do you think you can assist me in reviewing some requests, because right now its just me reviewing most ERs.--Tru co 17:26, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

(outdent) I'm better at articles, but I will try my best. Dabomb87 (talk) 17:27, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

If you can it'll be great, but if you can't I understand.--Tru co 17:29, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

FAC work

I left a followup note for you on my talk; there is NO need for an apology ! Have you considered adminship? If you're ever interested, pls let me know if you'd like for me to nom or co-nom. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:09, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Adminship? Please!!! I like things as they are. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:19, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Most intelligent people do :) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:17, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Hey! Karanacs (talk) 16:19, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry Karan, you're not one of the "cool kids" (snickers) Wish me luck, I'm off to Wally World for groceries... Ealdgyth - Talk 16:47, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

No, Karen is among the super intelligent, who can juggle everything! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:11, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Much better ;) Karanacs (talk) 17:13, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Everything's better in Texas :) Dabomb87 (talk) 21:10, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Dabomb87, thank you for leaving comments for List of TNA X Division Champions and List of TNA World Tag Team Champions and supporting both during their respective FLCs. Recently, TNA X Division Champions passed and I want to thank you for helping make that happen. Hopefully TNA World Tag Team Champions will pass as well. I thank you for taking the time out to review and support both.--WillC 00:43, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

So how would you format the general and specific refs?--Tru co 15:57, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Same way, but without {{refbegin}} and {{refend}}. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:14, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh okay, sorry.--Tru co 16:17, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

List of members of the Basketball Hall of Fame

Just to let you know, the list is done except for the lead. I know you are busy, but if you can help, it would be great. I will probably start writing it later. As soon as the lead is done, we can nominate it together. Cheers.—Chris! _ct 21:02, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Alright. I will start working on it in about an hour or so. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:03, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Need wordsmithing

List_of_United_States_Military_Academy_alumni_(Medal_of_Honor) is almost ready for FLC. But I need help with the second paragraph of the lead. Following the USNA MOH list layout, it's a summary of first/recent MOH recipients. But depending on how you determine that, it's rather awkward right now and doesn't flow well. IE, is the "first" determined by the date they are an alum (or would have been if they'd graduated) or by date of action that earned them the MOH? Following the USNA MOH model, we used date of action but the sitation with the USMA recipients is more awkward. Can you help out here? You may want to look at the summary list I put on the talk page and note I put in footnote 8. Thanks. — Rlevse • Talk • 14:51, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

You didn't change much. You think it's okay the way it is? — Rlevse • Talk • 15:54, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Did you see my note on the talk page? Dabomb87 (talk) 15:57, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I put a clause in the first paragraph to try to clarify. Thoughts? — Rlevse • Talk • 16:05, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Added one more to talk. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:09, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Let's just use the article talk page. I responeded there. — Rlevse • Talk • 16:15, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Check the paragraph out now. — Rlevse • Talk • 18:51, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Adding sections

I think actually there is a need for "so many sections" ! It's muchmore readable that way ! Lurulu (talk) 00:16, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

The Featured article criteria says that the Table of Contents should be "substantial but not overwhelming". Adding those unnecessary sections makes the TOC longer and unnecessarily disrupts the flow of the article. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:20, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

I don't agree ! However that may be, I think the Grammay Award section is far too long !

According to me, the Table of Contents is not enough "substantial" ! Lurulu (talk) 00:23, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Use paragraph breaks instead of new section headers. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:11, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

No Country list

I wouldn't have an issue with wikitable if I could find a way to use a different background color in the title line, but I'm not finding a way to do this. Do you have an idea of how to code it? Wildhartlivie (talk) 01:00, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

What do you mean by "title line"? Dabomb87 (talk) 01:12, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

The titles line of the table that includes Award, Category, Recipients and nominees and Outcome. Wildhartlivie (talk) 01:14, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

One of those "easier to show than to explain" things, huh? Thanks. Wildhartlivie (talk) 01:27, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

No problem. Help:Table is a handy link. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:30, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your kind words - it is a beautiful creek and one of my favorite places. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:11, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Bruce Dickinson discography

Could you take a quick look at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Bruce Dickinson discography/archive1. I recently nominated it. Rockk3r Spit it Out! 15:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Getting there. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:48, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Take another look. IMDb is not a reliable source? Why not? Rockk3r Spit it Out! 12:29, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

I fixed all the mistakes you found. Look again please and give your opinion. Rockk3r Spit it Out! 02:45, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Is there anything else you'd like me to fix? Rockk3r Spit it Out! 17:36, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

FAC

It is the few who in my opinion spoil the experience for the many. I have great respect for many people at FAC, there are some I unforunately do not respect. Seddσn ^talk 02:55, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Hey! Could you please check Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Veronica Mars (season 3)/archive1 again? Thanks, Corn.u.co.pia • Disc.us.sion 06:09, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your support, and thank you for your comments on all three season pages. Your work is much appreciated, so... thank you, thank you, thank you!!! :D Corn.u.co.pia • Disc.us.sion 05:23, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's road race

I was working on the Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's road race article when I saw that some references had no publisher, and I saw in the code that there was an agency, which was not displayed in the final result, so I changed it back. I just saw that you changed it from publisher to agency earlier... Don't be mad at me for my revert. I am now going to look at the cite web template, to see if I can learn something which you know and I do not know. Your changes to the artciel have been great sofar, so I assume you know better!--EdgeNavidad (talk) 16:04, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

No, you are right, "agency" belongs to {{cite news}}. Blast those cite templates! Dabomb87 (talk) 16:06, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Basketball HOF list

All the pictures are pushing the tables down. Placement needs checking.
There are multiple fair-use photos that probably can't be justified.
I think it's odd to have an achievements column for coaches when there is nothing similar for contributors and such.
Are there any third-party references that could be used in the lead? Right now, there is only one general reference not from the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Cites needed for 2009 inductees. Perfect spot for a third-party news story.

Prose looks good. The photos are my big concern, but I have no doubt that this will get my support at some point. Giants2008 (17-14) 17:18, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Can fair use images be used if they have proper license and fair use rationale?—Chris! _ct 19:03, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

The thing is, we have so many free images that we don't need to add a fair use image to the article also. No one image is indispensable, except perhaps for the Dr. Naismith one. Dabomb87 (talk) 19:05, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Ok—Chris! _ct 19:14, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

I think there is too much inconsistency in the achievement column. (eg. championship vs. Championship) We should decide on that before adding more stuff to the column.—Chris! _ct 21:12, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Nice work

Thanks for the reviews, I'll get to work fixing up the articles. MBisanz ^talk 05:08, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Question

I would ask this on the FLC but thought I would get a quicker answer asking you here. You want the #, Wrestlers, Reign, Date, Days held, and the Successful defenses columns all centered in List of ROH World Champions right?--WillC 23:57, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Yep. I am watching the FLC, so you don't have to worry. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:58, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I'm working on it then. Should be done in a bit. I'm on the fourth champion.--WillC 00:01, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/List of longest suspension bridge spans/archive1

There's a lot of problems that need to be addressed, but could you revisit and outline what problems are still standing? I'm inclined to delist, but I'll leave this open until Sunday (when GimmeBot next runs). — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 01:05, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:FCDW/FLCChanges

I've added a small skeleton outline of the dispatch. It's extremely rough and needs to be expanded, so feel free to add what you like. Could you do the part about the build to the new criteria (I'm not good at writing about myself), then I'll expand on the changes and delegate section? -- Scorpion ⁰⁴²² 02:11, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Genesis (band)

Checking John Mayhew's article, it seems he has really died. Per the reference added in the article. [1] Have a good day! :) CarpetCrawler^{message me} 04:08, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Grade I listed buildings in North Somerset/archive1

Hi, On 11 April you kindly added some comments at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Grade I listed buildings in North Somerset/archive1 which I've acted on - I wonder if you would be kind enough to take another look & see if there is anything else you feel needs improving?— Rod ^talk 10:17, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Note

I've addressed the ones you mentioned on the nomination page but I'm waiting for two other users which I have asked to look through the article according your comments. Cyclone biskit 23:56, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ROH World Champions

All your concerns have been addressed at the above FLC.--WillC 01:06, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

My tumble

Thx for your get-well comment! Now I know what it's like to be 100 years old. Tony (talk) 07:56, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Metroid II

"I'll return for development and reception tomorrow". It's been five days since. Can you please analyze those sections and comment? Thanks. igordebraga ≠ 02:01, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Q?

Do you think for for this table that I need to keep linking "singles match" for that unsortable column despite the table being small enough IMO to avoid doing that?--Tru co 15:21, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, to keep everything consistent. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:22, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh, okay then. Another question. I'm trying to make a different set up for this list unlike its predecessor by having the summary of the draft in the lead, and how the draft worked during the television portion and how it worked via the Internet, do you think it works?--Tru co 15:25, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I like the 2009 version better. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:27, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. --Tru co 15:34, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

One more thing, do you think if I put the background section in the lead it won't be a problem?--Tru co 15:43, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

I don't know, does it make sense to have a separate Aftermath section but to have a merged background section? Dabomb87 (talk) 15:49, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Hmm. Well, I guess not. But the thing is that the background has things already stated in the lead. Okay, if I link some things in the lead, should I link them again in the BG section?--Tru co 18:35, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes. Dabomb87 (talk) 18:36, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Alright. Is this site reliable for ratings? I was planning on using it.--Tru co 19:33, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

No, there is no indication of reputation for fact-checking ("Gorman and Seidman acknowledge that they’re still total newbies (even after being at it for a year and a half now!), but with your help, they hope to learn."). Dabomb87 (talk) 20:48, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

I took a quick look through the FLCs yesterday and there were only a couple that were promotable (and in those cases they were young), so I figured I'd wait until next Tuesday to do promotions. -- Scorpion ⁰⁴²² 21:32, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

I know you might not be able to, but if you can, care to give 2009 WWE Draft a pre-review? Thanks if you can, or if you can't.--Tru co 02:27, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, not today. I will be offline until Monday, if you can wait that long :) Dabomb87 (talk) 02:27, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Cool cool, nah :D. We'll see how it goes at FLC then.--Tru co 02:30, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Samus Aran peer review

If you have time, could you peer review Samus Aran at Wikipedia:Peer review/Samus Aran/archive1? It's my first video game character article and I'd like to receive some more feedback on it. Thanks. Gary King (talk) 15:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ROH World Tag Team Champions and Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ROH World Champions

All your concerns have been met at the above FLCs, would you please return to them.--WillC 08:39, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Jorge Luis Borges/GA1

Yes, have closed. Although it's an individual reassessment because there wasn't any disagreement, I hadn't wanted to unilaterally delist and believed an open review might attract editors to work on article. Tom B (talk) 10:22, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

FLC

I will do some closures today, but I am about to take off for a few hours. Would you mind leaving a reminder on my talk page in about 3 or 4 hours (at around 3 or 4 PM EST (GMT-5)) Thanks, Scorpion ⁰⁴²² 15:37, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping, but I guess Matty beat me to it. -- Scorpion ⁰⁴²² 22:27, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

List of Spice and Wolf episodes

Hey. You commented on the peer review of List of Spice and Wolf episodes, so I was wondering if you could take another look at it to see if the prose still has any significant issues. I'm thinking of nominating this at WP:FLC some time in the near future of Juhachi (talk · contribs) doesn't have any objections. I'm in no rush (in fact, I'll probably be out of town for the rest of this week) so this is not urgent. ɳOCTURNEɳOIR _{talk // contribs} 19:20, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

List of Olympic medalists in basketball

LOL, I actually thought it was going to fail because of the redirects and correct names problem. I will definitely try to fix the redirects sometime soon. Sorry for not fixing those during the nomination. It was just that I was kind of lazy. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 02:57, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/List of London Underground stations

Hey, I know that you left some comments on this FLRC, but could you leave a comprehensive review? It's actively being worked on, and I'd like someone besides Rambo to list the remaining issues, as the nomination as it stands is horribly muddled with discussion over a content dispute. Thanks, — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 06:31, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry

...that I have to leave you the burden of reviewing and being the deciding factor for many future FLCs, as I'm leaving Wiki for a while until probably the summer. I hope that you have it easy until then, thanks for the great times :)--Tru co 03:10, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

see barnstar page 06:01, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Susan Boyle

Hi, I have completely rewritten the Susan Boyle article in the last 2/3 days. I would ask you please to have a quick look at the article, and give me your comments (without a full-blown review). Thanks, Ohconfucius (talk) 06:41, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Basketball Association#NBA awards - nationality

I hope you won't mind commenting on this... -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 03:39, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Script?

I took a look in your monobook because I wanted to find the script that you used to changed to dates from Year-Month-Date to Month-Date-Year, but I couldn't find it. Could you please provide me with the script? It would really come in handy, thanks. 月 (Moon)と暁 (Sunrise) 12:28, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

User:Plastikspork/monobook.js/script.js. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:32, 30 April 2009 (UTC)