User talk:Jaguar/Archive 23
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Jaguar, thanks for the brief c/e on Tamannaah filmography, which i guess is not complete yet. When you are done with it and are really free, can you please leave your comments there? I wish to make Eega a FA and i opine that your suggestions would help me improve it. Regards, Pavanjandhyala (talk) 09:50, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
- Sorry about that, I unexpectedly went out last night at didn't return until two in the morning! I'll finish the copyedit on Tamannaah filmography, and will take a look at Eega later. Sorry for the delay. JAGUAR 11:05, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
- All done with the copyedit now, Pavanjandhyala! Excellent work with the article. JAGUAR 11:17, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for the timely help, Jaguar. All the best for your current FAC. Pavanjandhyala (talk) 17:07, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
- All done with the copyedit now, Pavanjandhyala! Excellent work with the article. JAGUAR 11:17, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
Haven't been too lucky, Jaguar. The list has lost its stability within hours after your c/e, and it reached a conclusion today. So, rather than waiting and sitting idle, i've listed it at the GOCE. Hoping for the best. :) Pavanjandhyala (talk) 15:53, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
- Sorry to hear that, it must have been annoying. They should be reprimanded for disruptive editing. JAGUAR 17:06, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
- That user didn't even stop after a level III warning. When Oshwah gave a final one, he came down and threw a message making his intentions clear. If he would have conveyed the same to me much earlier, it would have been sorted out amicably. Now, a delay for at least one month. Still, its okay. I will concentrate on Eega meanwhile. Pavanjandhyala (talk) 17:09, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
- Perhaps you could revert to the last stable revision? It's up to you, but on the bright side, it's good that the GOCE can copyedit it. JAGUAR 17:18, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
- Oshwah did it for me. I made the required changes later before requesting at the GOCE. Till then, i shall focus on mu current plans (need to revisit those films again soon). As per Dr. Blofeld's barter deal (one for one), i am completing viewing The Naked Gun trilogy. Should do it soon before revisiting The Godfather. Pavanjandhyala (talk) 17:23, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
- I haven't forgot about Eega, I'll get on it soon. I've been set back lately! I watched all of the Naken Gun films when I was 11-12, I like films with a good sense of humour. I got so many films to watch that I never get to watching them at all... JAGUAR 22:28, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
- Oshwah did it for me. I made the required changes later before requesting at the GOCE. Till then, i shall focus on mu current plans (need to revisit those films again soon). As per Dr. Blofeld's barter deal (one for one), i am completing viewing The Naked Gun trilogy. Should do it soon before revisiting The Godfather. Pavanjandhyala (talk) 17:23, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
- Perhaps you could revert to the last stable revision? It's up to you, but on the bright side, it's good that the GOCE can copyedit it. JAGUAR 17:18, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
- That user didn't even stop after a level III warning. When Oshwah gave a final one, he came down and threw a message making his intentions clear. If he would have conveyed the same to me much earlier, it would have been sorted out amicably. Now, a delay for at least one month. Still, its okay. I will concentrate on Eega meanwhile. Pavanjandhyala (talk) 17:09, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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| For bringing Jumping Flash! to FA status. I know I'm a little late here. It's just that I never got the chance to congratulate you. :) Yashthepunisher (talk) 10:58, 2 May 2016 (UTC) |
- Thank you Yash! JAGUAR 11:15, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
- BTW, can you please leave your comments here ? Yashthepunisher (talk) 11:38, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
- Sure, I'll take a look later. JAGUAR 12:18, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
- BTW, can you please leave your comments here ? Yashthepunisher (talk) 11:38, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
2016 GA Cup-Round 3
WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Round 3
 Hello, GA Cup competitors! Thursday saw the end of Round 2. Sainsf once again took out Round 2 with an amazing score of 996 (a higher score then he received in Round 1!). In second place, MPJ-DK earned an astounding 541 points, and in third place, Carbrera received 419 points. In Round 2, 142 reviews were completed! At the beginning of April, there were 486 outstanding nominations in the GAN queue; by the end of Round 1, there were 384. Another demonstrable way in which this competition has made a difference is in the length of time articles languish in the queue. At the beginning of this GA Cup, the longest wait was over 9 months [1]; at the end of Round 2, the longest wait had decreased significantly, to a little over 5 months.[2] It's clear that we continue to make a difference at GAN and throughout Wikipedia, something we should all be proud of. Thanks to all our competitors for helping to make the GA Cup a continued success, and for your part in helping other editors improve articles. We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in Round 3 so we can keep lowering the backlog as much as possible. To qualify for the third round, contestants had to earn the two highest scores in each of the four pools in Round 2; plus, one wildcard. We had an unusual occurrence happen in Round 2: because only one contestant submitted reviews in one pool, we selected the contestant with the next highest score to move forward to Round 3. (There will be a rule change for future competitions in case something like this happens again.) For Round 3, users were placed in 3 random pools of 3. To qualify for the Final of the 3rd Annual GA Cup, the top user in each pool will progress, and there will also be one wildcard. This means that the participant who comes in 4th place (all pools combined) will also move on. Round 3 will start on May 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on May 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 3 and the pools can be found here. Good luck and have fun! Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.
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Contest award
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Congratulations on finishing 10th in the April 2016 Awaken the Dragon contest!! Thankyou for the hard work you've put in during this, particularly with the GA reviewing!!, it is much appreciated! :-) ♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:16, 3 May 2016 (UTC) |
Hi Jaguar congratulations on completing the Awaken the Dragon contest! Could you please email me at karla.marte@wikimedia.org.uk from the email in which you want your prize to be sent to?. Thank you. Karla Marte(WMUK) —Preceding undated comment added 11:00, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
David Cameron article
Hi, I noticed that you are reviewing the Cameron article for GA and I took a look over it myself. I am quite interested in UK politics and have a lot of experience with biography articles. I've checked the referencing and I've found multiple issues. I've posted them below, and it might save you having to go through it in such detail. As a note, the full references are copied out with comments after them; the references have lost their formatting in the process, but that doesn't matter.
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The following is an unreliable source and it, and the text it supports, either needs a new source or needs to be removed:
The following is primary material, and I feel a better solution could be found:
Format correctly:
The following templates are showing some error(s): "Hall of Fame, David Cameron". BBC Wales. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010 201. Retrieved 7 August 2009. Further notes on references:
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These aren't exhaustive, but it's a start. They can all be fixed easily by the nominator. Anyway, hopefully I've helped out there. Cheers, —Noswall59 (talk) 22:31, 3 May 2016 (UTC).
- Thanks for that, Noswall! The broken formats could be fixed with ReFill I think, and the rest could be fixed by the nominator. It could take some time as I see additional comments have been left at the GAN. JAGUAR 16:54, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
David Cameron GA
Will get round to it tonight. Thank you for the feedback. --PatientZero talk 07:00, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
- You're welcome. I hadn't realised you changed your name! JAGUAR 16:54, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
WikiCup 2016 May newsletter
Round 2 is over and 35 competitors have moved on to Round 3.
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FAC
Hey Jaguar! I just re-nominated Kalki Koechlin's article for FAC, since you have been a part of the previous discussions I would appreciate your comments. Thank you! NumerounovedantTalk 12:47, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
GA Cup-Round 3 Clarification
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Your GA nomination of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. 
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer (talk) 06:40, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
GA review HMS Thunderer (1872)
Good article reassessment for HMS Thunderer (1872)
HMS Thunderer (1872) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.Andy Dingley (talk) 20:26, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
Resident Evil 6 and 1UP
For some reasons, I can't enter the 1UP sites used in Resident Evil 6 or even using archive sites. Maybe you should search other sources besides 1UP before the review. Anyway, Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 01:08, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads up, Tintor2. For some reason they worked before, and now they appear to be broken because of robot.txt. Yeah, I'll see what I can do. JAGUAR 13:41, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
- For some reason 1UP.com is still alive. If you want to avoid robots I would advise you to use www.webcitation.org Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 17:14, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks! Never used that. I wish IGN and co would turn off their robot.txt. JAGUAR 20:35, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
- For some reason 1UP.com is still alive. If you want to avoid robots I would advise you to use www.webcitation.org Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 17:14, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Resident Evil 6
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Your GA nomination of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
The article Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold 
. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer (talk) 07:00, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
The article Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer (talk) 12:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
I checked back recently on this article that I'd worked on for a while and was surprised to find it a good article. Thank you for completing the development section I had so much trouble with! And also for the making it GA as well!! I see that you didn't delete much of the work I'd done so thank you for that as well! NarSakSasLee (talk) 00:19, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
- No problem, NarSakSasLee! Thanks for building it up in the first place. I want to start with DKC3 next, but unfortunately nothing can be found for development so I'm stuck. JAGUAR 17:09, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
Anbe Sivam PR
Hello, Jaguar. I've listed the article for PR here as I wish to take it to FA. Feel free to leave comments. Thanks. 
— Ssven2 Speak 2 me 01:18, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- I haven't forgotten! I'll take a look at it soon. JAGUAR 19:09, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Nightshade (1985 video game)
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Your GA nomination of Nightshade (1985 video game)
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Encouraged to try again
Thank you for your helpful comments in the first FAC of Reger's Requiem. Please look if any concerns are left, I try again, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:07, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
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Thank you for helpful comments in the FAC! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:45, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Resident Evil 6
The article Resident Evil 6 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Resident Evil 6 for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer (talk) 07:40, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi Jaguar, i was recently looking at the above article and noticed that you added the British Overseas Territories project to its talkpage last year. just wondering what the relevance is, thanks. Coolabahapple (talk) 13:18, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for pointing that out. It seems to be a mistake from months ago, as I added tags that were included in the "British Overseas Territories" category. Not sure why that article is in that category, but I've removed it. JAGUAR 13:20, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
- thanks for your promptness, heres a kitten
Coolabahapple (talk) 13:25, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
- thanks for your promptness, heres a kitten
This comes close
Hello J. The COI report about Dr. Blofeld is, as you so rightly point out, laughable. It can't even be an April 1st prank since we are weeks beyond that date :-) Dr B's post about Sofana D is a great response. FYI last year I was part of one moment almost as silly. Here is a link to it Talk:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar#Height Identity so you can have a chuckle. Cheers and happy (but not silly) editing! MarnetteD|Talk 21:28, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for that, MarnetteD! I can't believe that some people here do throw silly COI accusations at others, but I'm glad to know that I'm not alone. Misery loves company! I did chuckle at that. :-P JAGUAR 21:41, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Resident Evil 6
The article Resident Evil 6 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Resident Evil 6 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer (talk) 12:41, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
- Congrats jaguar.Tintor2 (talk) 14:29, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks! I guess some credit goes to good ol' Niemti too. :-P JAGUAR 15:53, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Wipeout Pure
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Your GA nomination of Wipeout Pure
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Allen Walker
In the past weeks, me and other users have been trying make Allen Walker into adding a GA. I might have nominated the article to GA, but I've gotta share the credits with other users. If by any chance you could review I'd be grateful. My main concern is that if people not familiar with the series could understand the article. Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 23:25, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
- Sure, I'll be happy to review it. It looks well written overall. JAGUAR 10:33, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks. I already tried doing some edits.Tintor2 (talk) 22:13, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
- Cool! I'll keep an eye on it, if you'd let me know when you're done... JAGUAR 22:22, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks. I already tried doing some edits.Tintor2 (talk) 22:13, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
- I already did some like removing minor info. Can't tell if it's still passable.Tintor2 (talk) 18:34, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
- It should be good to go now, Tintor2. I've read through it again and I think it meets the criteria. Nice work! JAGUAR 18:37, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review.Tintor2 (talk) 18:42, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
- It should be good to go now, Tintor2. I've read through it again and I think it meets the criteria. Nice work! JAGUAR 18:37, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
- I already did some like removing minor info. Can't tell if it's still passable.Tintor2 (talk) 18:34, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for commenting at the now archived peer review for Eega. The article is currently at FAC and i look forward for constructive comments from you. Yours friendly, Pavanjandhyala (talk) 03:03, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
- I will take a look at it soon. JAGUAR 20:19, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
Rossini
Would you have time to review Rossini's Petite messe solennelle for GA soon, - expanded from a strangely detailed version, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:07, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
- Sure, opened. JAGUAR 20:19, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
- And done, thank you! - Congrats for your latest FA star! When you nominate at TFAR, please fill also the chart there, - I trust you can do it yourself ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:22, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks Gerda! Did I fill out the TFA form correctly? I hope I did, because it just got promoted in time for its 20th anniversary! (And on that note, mine is coming up a week before). JAGUAR 20:43, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
- You filled the template well, placed it well in the calendar, but it also needs to go to the summary chart, above. If you need help, let me know. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:47, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
- Done, thanks! I'm still new to being successful with FAs. JAGUAR 20:49, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
- You filled the template well, placed it well in the calendar, but it also needs to go to the summary chart, above. If you need help, let me know. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:47, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks Gerda! Did I fill out the TFA form correctly? I hope I did, because it just got promoted in time for its 20th anniversary! (And on that note, mine is coming up a week before). JAGUAR 20:43, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
- And done, thank you! - Congrats for your latest FA star! When you nominate at TFAR, please fill also the chart there, - I trust you can do it yourself ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:22, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
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2016 GA Cup-Finals
| WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Round 3
Hello, GA Cup competitors! Tuesday saw the end of Round 3. Sainsf, for the third time, won with a sizable 487 points and a shocking 29 articles reviewed. In second, MPJ-DK had 168 points and 7 reviewed articles. In second place, MPJ-DK earned 168 points with just 7 articles, and in third place, Carbrera received 137 points with just 9 articles. Our two wildcard slots went to J Milburn with 122 points and Sturmvogel 66 with 101 points. In Round 3, 65 reviews were completed! At the beginning of the GA Cup, there were 595 outstanding nominations in the GAN queue; by the end of Round 3, there were 394. Another demonstrable way in which this competition has made a difference is in the length of time articles languish in the queue. At the beginning of the GA Cup, the longest wait was over 9 months [3]; at the end of Round 3, the longest wait had decreased significantly, to a little over 5 months [4]—nothing before 2016. It's clear that we continue to make a difference at GAN and throughout Wikipedia, something we should all be proud of. Thanks to all our competitors for helping to make the GA Cup a continued success, and for your part in helping other editors improve articles. We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in the Finals for the GA Cup so that are successes continue. To qualify for the Finals, contestants had to earn the highest scores in each of the three pools in Round 3; plus, as well as the top 2 of all remaining users in all of the pools. For the Finals, users were placed in one pool of the remaining five users. To win the GA Cup, you must have the most points. The Finals started on June 1 at 0:00:01 UTC' and end on June 30 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about the Finals and the pools can be found here. A clarification: in order for the points to count, you must mark your reviews as completed; it's not up to the judges to ensure that all reviews are completed by the end of a round. We wish all the contestants the best of luck! Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.
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The Anglesey/Gwynedd Challenge
Planning on runnng this without prizes on June 13-20. If you're interested in contributing put your name down at the bottom of Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wales/Awaken the Dragon. Thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:10, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| For your efforts in making Nights into Dreams... a featured article. Remarkable feat! Congratulations! Pavanjandhyala (talk) 11:28, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
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Thank you Pavan! It was a lot of hard work but I'm glad it paid off. JAGUAR 19:17, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
- Working on a FAC about a complex article from February to June should have been very frustrating, wasn't it? I am truly amazed at your perseverance. What kept you pushing? Pavanjandhyala (talk) 16:59, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
- @Pavanjandhyala: I'm not sure to come to think of it, I wasn't aware that the FAC would drag out for so long! I thought it was going to fail at one point due to the lack of Japanese coverage, but after spending many hours of searching I finally found some. My ultimate goal was to promote before its 20th anniversary, and am overjoyed that I made in time. Sorry for the late reply, I'm taking some time off wikipedia at the moment! JAGUAR 16:26, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
- Hardwork did pay richly. As for the wikibreak, i know. Anti-EU demonstrations. All the best. :) Pavanjandhyala (talk) 16:31, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
- @Pavanjandhyala: I'm not sure to come to think of it, I wasn't aware that the FAC would drag out for so long! I thought it was going to fail at one point due to the lack of Japanese coverage, but after spending many hours of searching I finally found some. My ultimate goal was to promote before its 20th anniversary, and am overjoyed that I made in time. Sorry for the late reply, I'm taking some time off wikipedia at the moment! JAGUAR 16:26, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
GA Review
Hey Jaguar, if you find some time would you mind reviewing Waiting for GA? It's a relatively small article. It would be greatly appreciated! NumerounovedantTalk 12:08, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
- Never mind. NumerounovedantTalk 12:38, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
- @Numerounovedant: I understand, let me know if you want to have it reviewed and I'll be happy to do so. JAGUAR 19:17, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
- Whenever you back I would appreciate you could find some time to have a look at the GAR. NumerounovedantTalk 17:33, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
- @Numerounovedant: I understand, let me know if you want to have it reviewed and I'll be happy to do so. JAGUAR 19:17, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
Cary Grant problems remain
Please note the ones I point out at the GA review page, I would hate to have to contest this for sure, but I suggest that it is not ready for prime-time. Collect (talk) 15:41, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
Neither are you ready for prime time Collect, in fact you wouldn't make a 4 am slot on the Price Drop channel. You represent everything wrong with wikipedia and the snivelling, tedious little oiks which operate here sneaking around and trying to hamper the efforts of others to promote their own agenda. If you "contest" the promotion, you'll have proved me and eveyrbody else here who thinks you a tedious bore right...
Oh and happy 7th birthday Jaguar!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:55, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
Wow - what an erudite examination of the problems pointed out. By the way, I have been around for ten years as well, but I guess you did not notice. A GA review which takes under two full hours, I suppose, is your idea of adequate time. Neither of mine were anywhere near as rapid. Oh - you probably should turn spell check "on". y the way, my "agenda" is clear in the Joseph Widney article. Collect (talk) 16:30, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
- I executed the review quickly; I initiated it and immediately began reviewing it. I didn't wait 24 hours like I usually do, as I know Dr. Blofeld spent a lot of time on the article and I wanted his hard work to pay off. If people think there are issues with the article, I want it done in a neutral manner. JAGUAR 16:49, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
- It's not in my nature to drop
{{Uw-civil-qa1}}on user talk pages, but telling another editor to "extract your head from your arse" is not going to win you any friends. There was no need to say that. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:19, 16 June 2016 (UTC)- @Ritchie333: It was this which did it for me. I had no issue with his concerns at the GA review but to do ask to take me down as a judge (which requires you marking scores for reviews based on only their lengths and dates) was out of order. When I wrote that message I sat there for a couple of minutes and wondered if it was a good idea to hit save, but I did it any way. If he apologises to me then I will apologise also, but I don't know if it will happen. I had nothing but respect for him and it shocked me that he did that. Thanks for taking a look at the Grant review. I'm trying to take a short break and refresh myself in the mean time. JAGUAR 15:29, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
- I think you've over-reacted. I don't think Eric knows anything about the cup and just expressing his view. In your shoes I probably wouldn't have replied as no direct reply is necessary - I would see what the other judges think. I don't know anything about Collect or what on earth he's done to Blofeld (or vice versa), but he makes two good points; the "Rumours about sexual orientation" and "Use of LSD" are controversial enough to require close examination and would benefit from a wider range of sources, and the quotation boxes may be overlong and invite claims of close-paraphrasing. It's best just to take the comments on content as they are, and ignore the "wrapping" of how they are delivered - you'll go mad otherwise. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:50, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for the advice. I've deleted my comment at the GAN, if it's true that Eric wasn't aware of the GA Cup's focus. If the judges think that I haven't done a good job, then I'll step down. Even though the review was executed in two hours, I spent the whole time giving the article my undivided attention. I didn't have anything else open in my tabs and I spent almost two hours straight reading through the article for prose errors, and for me that's a long time to do something in a straight run. I think I'm going to stop doing GA reviews for a while now. JAGUAR 15:58, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
- Good idea. I think it would be as well if you stopped doing GA reviews. Eric Corbett 16:00, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for the advice. I've deleted my comment at the GAN, if it's true that Eric wasn't aware of the GA Cup's focus. If the judges think that I haven't done a good job, then I'll step down. Even though the review was executed in two hours, I spent the whole time giving the article my undivided attention. I didn't have anything else open in my tabs and I spent almost two hours straight reading through the article for prose errors, and for me that's a long time to do something in a straight run. I think I'm going to stop doing GA reviews for a while now. JAGUAR 15:58, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
- I think you've over-reacted. I don't think Eric knows anything about the cup and just expressing his view. In your shoes I probably wouldn't have replied as no direct reply is necessary - I would see what the other judges think. I don't know anything about Collect or what on earth he's done to Blofeld (or vice versa), but he makes two good points; the "Rumours about sexual orientation" and "Use of LSD" are controversial enough to require close examination and would benefit from a wider range of sources, and the quotation boxes may be overlong and invite claims of close-paraphrasing. It's best just to take the comments on content as they are, and ignore the "wrapping" of how they are delivered - you'll go mad otherwise. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:50, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
- @Ritchie333: It was this which did it for me. I had no issue with his concerns at the GA review but to do ask to take me down as a judge (which requires you marking scores for reviews based on only their lengths and dates) was out of order. When I wrote that message I sat there for a couple of minutes and wondered if it was a good idea to hit save, but I did it any way. If he apologises to me then I will apologise also, but I don't know if it will happen. I had nothing but respect for him and it shocked me that he did that. Thanks for taking a look at the Grant review. I'm trying to take a short break and refresh myself in the mean time. JAGUAR 15:29, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
- It's not in my nature to drop
- I think it's not so much the time you spent, but what you did during it. Admittedly, I had the advantage of seeing Collect's comments up-front, but a GA claiming Cary Grant is gay in the lead and a section in the body had better be backed up with a Google search showing sources to match. I am crestfallen. So in about five minutes, I have a major red flag to put in the review - sorry. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:11, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
Ritchie, please stop commenting on things you know little about. I've read seven books and heavily researched this. The article did no such thing as claim he was gay, not even the lede. Every major biography of Cary Grant extensively discusses Grant and Scott's relationship bringing up the nature of it, even the neutral biographers think it was worth mentioning in quite some detail, so much so that there was some weight placed on it in the article discussion quite rightly as we report what reputable sources extensively disucss. I didn't name headers "rumors", other people did that. At the time I wrote the lede I simply summarised the article fully. Now I've condensed it to barely a few lines then it's not worth mentioning. The lede did summarize what is widely documented in dozens of reputable sources. SImilarly the use of LSD is covered extensively with chapters devoted to it even in all the major biographies, and even his own daughter verifies that. So please stop talking about red flags and have some respect for me.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:56, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
DKC3 Citations
Hello. I noticed that, while you really beefed up the Donkey Kong Country 3 article, you also removed many of the citations I added. I don't edit Wikipedia that often, and it's even rarer when I make big edits like I myself did for DKC3, but I thought that having more citations was a good thing, especially since it said the article needed more citations. When does it become too much? Condontdoit296 (talk) 23:03, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Condontdoit296, I'm sorry about that! I didn't realise, when I bring articles to GA I usually nuke them or rebuild them from the bottom up. The citations I removed from that article were either dead, unformatted or I replaced them with newer links or new citations entirely. If they were relevant to the prose I would have kept them. Do you want me to go through the history and try to add them back? JAGUAR 13:44, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
- I mean, a lot of them were in the Plot section as just quotes from the game, and there were some other sources elsewhere. Adding them back would be nice, I guess, but the formatting I put on them may be off. I also thought the information about the GBA port was relevant, especially how they wanted to include both soundtracks. So if you have much time to spare, unlike me, then help yourself! Condontdoit296 (talk) 17:07, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
Break
Enjoy your break. Much needed I think. Yes at the moment with the hostility and the peak of the hayfever season feels head feels pretty bunged up at the moment! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:26, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
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| ... you were recipient no. 1243 of Precious, a prize of QAI! |
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:25, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
Today we enjoy Nights into Dreams..., thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:29, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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| Thank you all the help you offered with your edits ad comments on Kalki Koechlin's article. NumerounovedantTalk 14:55, 19 June 2016 (UTC) |
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