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He RTV'd last week. A bot resurrected his talk page. I will delete and salt, I guess, it can be undone if he returns.--
Wehwalt
(
talk
) 00:52, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
US collaborations
have been resurrected this year. Going ok, and one (
George Washington
) has made GA. I reckon these need someone really interested in something to give an article and almighty push to GA or FA. Now I figured you'd be keen to get
the big one
, so I nominated it there - with a bunch of folks rolling up their sleeves it might get the momentum to get over the line...?
Casliber
(
talk
·
contribs
) 11:44, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are
Adabow
(
submissions
) (Pool A, 189 points) and
PresN
(
submissions
) (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on
Thatgamecompany
related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (
White-bellied Sea Eagle
, from
Casliber
(
submissions
)) and two featured lists (
Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
, from PresN and
Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album
, from
Another Believer
(
submissions
)). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!
There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on
Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews
, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen
here
and
here
. As ever, questions are welcome on
Wikipedia talk:WikiCup
and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck!
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J Milburn
and
The ed17
11:46, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Since all of the issues have been addressed, I feel confident putting this article in good article status. Congratulations and keep up the good work. -
Rp0211
(
talk2me
)
18:34, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
I'm not sure what difference it makes if Time uses polls in making its lists. Are the poll results publicly available, or is there a description of how they are incorporated into the process? If poll data is simply used to inform the editorial selections, then the list is still fundamentally subjective and could have enough creativity for copyright protection. As Dragons flight explained in the discussion way back when, the lists that are excluded from protection are "lists which are derived
solely
from facts, statistics, or polling data". Time's use of categories already requires editorial decisions to invent the categories and assign who should go in which category, so it's pretty hard to see an argument that the use of polls undermines the potential copyright. --
Michael Snow
(
talk
) 23:09, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Tony, I have reviewed your nominations for
Carly Foulkes
and
Powers (FX TV series)
and there are some problems that need to be addressed before I approve it. Could you see my comments at
T:TDYK
? Thanks.
Crisco 1492
(
talk
) 01:26, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
I think I've fixed the reference. I'm working on the rest of the refs at the moment.
Novice7
(
talk
) 04:34, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
- Hi Tony. Sorry forgot to leave a message on your talk page. I really can't do much on weekdays. I'm in the office. Thanks for the patience. --
Efe
(
talk
) 12:44, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
- The article has gone major revamp. Its quite good. I'll do a re-reading. The other opposes? How is it going? --
Efe
(
talk
) 13:33, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
- Hi Tony. I left comments on the page. --
Efe
(
talk
) 03:15, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
- How many weeks usually candidates with opposes stay at FAC? Most of the opposes bank on the usage of non-free media. --
Efe
(
talk
) 03:27, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
- Okay. But its getting better. Good luck. You have endured lots of FACs. This one should be easy for you. --
Efe
(
talk
) 03:33, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
- Sure. But we met before and you know your writing is far better than mine. Perhaps I could spot errors but still you write well than me. hihi. --
Efe
(
talk
) 03:44, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
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File:Tree of Life - Domenge.JPG
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Skier Dude
(
talk
) 06:12, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
I scanned through the category of possible FOUR candidates looking for WP:USRD and other highway articles. None were eligible, as most highway articles of some age were created by a different set of editors than the active USRD editing community that is GAN-ing and FAC-ing articles now.
In other constructive criticism, I suggest that you alter your signature to stop linking to your associated pet projects and that you remove your "trophy case" from your talk page. It's completely unnecessary to promote projects like that in your signature (which makes it overly long both in code and in display) and frankly, it's a bit tacky. The list of your awards and credits is more appropriate for your user page. When editors arrive at a user's talk page, the last thing they want to do is scroll down four screenfuls of junk that has nothing to do with leaving you a message, or duplicates a substantial portion of your user page. User pages and talk pages have two separate functions, and I don't care how many baubles and trinkets you've accumulated around here when I'm leaving you a message; if I wanted to know more about you, I'd have clicked on the link to your user page.
Imzadi?1979
→
17:35, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Since you built the initial core of that article around info and links I supplied on the image description page
File:Four Freedoms Flag or United Nations Honour Flag ca 1943-1948.svg
, under some views it would have been courteous for you to inform me that you were starting the article...
AnonMoos
(
talk
) 02:45, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
- I'm not sulking or resentful. But, however good your intentions were, it's reasonably clear that ultimately you were motivated more by a desire to notch up another "DYK" than by any deep interest in or knowledge of the subject matter, and as a result I'll be slowly trying to improve the article for a fairly extended period... It probably would have been a quicker route to a better article to start out in a more collaborative mode.
AnonMoos
(
talk
) 14:17, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- Whatever dude, I am not "crying" about anything, and in fact you seem to be much more emotionally involved than I am, since you're conducting
opposition research
on me, while I remain somewhat indifferent as to your personal characteristics. Nevertheless, if you had been motivated by a more in-depth or lasting interest in the subject-matter for its own sake (as opposed to drive-by "Wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am" DYK personalistic glory-seeking), then there probably would have been a more productive way of going about things...
AnonMoos
(
talk
) 14:52, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- Unfortunately for you, your invocation of "WP:MERCILESS" was completely off-target, since I haven't offered the slightest objection in this context to having my writing be re-edited (and in fact, I thought at first that you were giving me permission to mercilessly re-edit what you had written!). I merely pointed out that if you had been trying to produce the best possible article and/or had been complying with certain norms of courtesy, then it would have been nice for you to give me a "heads-up" notification. Too bad that you let your egotistical glory-seeking desire for more "DYK" credits override all such considerations. With regards to the vainglorious boasting you left on my user talk page, competition for DYK credits etc. is only useful if it serves the goals of Wikipedia. If it doesn't end up serving the goals of Wikipedia, then it should go the way of Esperanza.
AnonMoos
(
talk
) 11:32, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
Good Article promotion
- thanks for the four award. It looks nice on my bling page. cheers ???
Ling.Nut
(talk)
11:41, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- My thanks too - a pleasant surprise and much appreciated.
Ruhrfisch
><>
°
°
11:53, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks again - I had no idea I had two Four Awards coming.
Ruhrfisch
><>
°
°
12:25, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
- I cleared out the entries under I (none were started by the FAC nominator(s), so all were no).
Ruhrfisch
><>
°
°
16:56, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
- I checked my own FAs and only
Clemuel Ricketts Mansion
appears to be a four award recipient that is not yet so recognized (I do not do GA often).
Ruhrfisch
><>
°
°
17:07, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks very much for the four awards and all your work on them,
Ruhrfisch
><>
°
°
12:18, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello TonyTheTiger, I have just made a comment/query at
Talk:Anne Hathaway (actress)/GA2
and am wondering what your thoughts are. I'm not involved, and I don't mean to poke my nose in, it just seemed a bit of a strange "quick fail". --
Beloved
Freak
15:23, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply; my hesitancy is basically because I have a time / resource problem at the moment. Real life has taken its toll on the amount of time and effort I can spend on WP. Good luck in your efforts.
Ben (Major Bloodnok)
(
talk
) 17:06, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- I will look over this and come back with a reply in a week or two. I think there may be a way to have at least one of the files on the article and remain a FS. --
Guerillero
|
My Talk
03:40, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
Panyd
The muffin is not subtle
00:03, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
Panyd
The muffin is not subtle
00:03, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
Yes
, there was. I'll try to work on it later tonight. ?
Andrew
s
talk
05:33, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
- Oops, I just saw it was uploaded by Vevo and assumed it was a video. I suppose not then. ?
Andrew
s
talk
05:44, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Panyd
The muffin is not subtle
16:05, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
You seem to be the guy who does all the Chicago stuff. I think that the Michael Jordan statue, at the United Center, warrants an article of its own, due to its artistic merit, as well as the fact that it was, in essence, created "prematurely". Would you consider creating it?
98.82.189.203
(
talk
) 05:52, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks!
98.82.189.203
(
talk
) 05:07, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
- So, what's the word?
98.82.189.203
(
talk
) 06:09, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for the update!
98.82.189.203
(
talk
) 07:51, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
Sorry you had to wait a ridiculous amount of time to have this reviewed. Just a few things I'd like you to address.?
Dr. Blofeld
11:43, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations
Shackleford (horse)
passed, unlikely to ever be a FAC though. Congrats also on your Top 40.?
Dr. Blofeld
17:31, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
Tony, I'll see what I can do about finishing up the revisions you suggested in the GA nomination. It would be a shame to let the thing fail when TCO did so much work. --
Coemgenus
(
talk
) 12:08, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
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File:Here We Go Again (Strait) sample.ogg
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Sfan00 IMG
(
talk
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Sorry if I contacted you folks at the wrong page (sometimes wikimeetup groups are closely identified with their local wikiprojects, and sometimes not). Anyway, would be great to see Chicago join in on this one too, it looks like your Wiknic was a lot of fun?:)--
Pharos
(
talk
) 11:29, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Good Article promotion
|
You did it again!
|
Another round of congratulations are in order for all the work you did in making
Shackleford (horse)
a certified "Good Article"! Thank you; your work is much appreciated. All the best, ?
Quadell
(
talk
)
|
Hey Tony! I noticed that you created
A Star Is Born (2012 film)
back at the beginning of this year. I have not found any sources that say the film has started principal photography and I don't think the film quite meets
WP:Planned films
. Would you consider an incubation of the article until the film has entered filming so it will meet
WP:NFF
? Thanks.
BOVINEBOY
2008
19:29, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Crystal Clear x3
06:26, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
I've adressed the additional comments
Crystal Clear x3
01:21, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
+
Crystal Clear x3
23:07, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
+
Crystal Clear x3
03:15, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
I
recently rescued
this image
from deletion, and I thought of you. It's a guest and a resident of
Tiger Temple
in Thailand.
I now give it to you
for your extremely thorough and patient work
reviewing the GA nom
of
United States Declaration of Independence
. Thanks for doing this review, and for sticking with it after the original nominator left. It was great working with you! ?
Quadell
(
talk
)
15:12, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Apparently you are in dire need of a dictionary. "Mark as inactive" and "delete" are not synonyms.
Ten Pound Hammer
,
his otters
and a clue-bat ?
(
Otters want attention
)
02:07, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
I have promoted Carly Foulkes to GA. Nice job!
Mike
2
8
9
19:01, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
Eagles
24/7
(C)
22:35, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
The difference between the AFI lists and the Time 100 lists is that AFI has explicitly granted permission and said that it considers the lists to be public domain. See
Talk:AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies
. --
Michael Snow
(
talk
) 19:59, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Tony. I've added a brief section of 'Sample activities for the day' to
WP:WLL
, and also linked to the helpful British Library Edit-a-thon example.--
Pharos
(
talk
) 23:00, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
Sorry for late reply. I just logged in to Wikipedia after a break (no internet) and saw that "Here We Go Again" did not make it through the FAC. I'll try to find a source for that statement.
Novice7
(
talk
) 12:49, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
- Hi, I'm an editor living in Chicago interested in the meetup. Was there a specific branch you had in mind, such as the
Harold_Washington_Library
?
I, Jethrobot
drop me a line
(note: not a
bot
!)
18:46, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
- I've been thinking a little bit about the meetup. I see that you are part of
the WikiProject for Chicago
, and I'm actually interested in writing about a few buildings in my neighborhood that have historical significance. Could we use some of the time during the meetup learning how to look up historical records on Chicago buildings, or more generally, spend time starting/improving Chicago-relevant articles?
I, Jethrobot
drop me a line
(note: not a
bot
!)
22:45, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
- It is likely to be a edit-a-thon. Thus, there will be lots of time devoted to starting/improving Chicago-relevant articles.--
TonyTheTiger
(
T
/
C
/
BIO
/
WP:CHICAGO
/
WP:FOUR
)
22:49, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
Tony, I'm not sure you properly understand
why
you were topic-bannned from FS. Your constant posting to Guerillero's talk page is also somewhat of a problem. I'm going to limit you to three posts to a user talk page, per 24-hour period. (The exception is
your own
user talk, of course).
You're a good person, and I fully accept that you want what's best for the project.
Please understand that this is for your own good.
DS
(
talk
) 03:20, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
I proposed a resolution at
the discussion
that I suggest you look at.
RevanFan
(
talk
) 15:05, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello! If you're planning to be an active Online Ambassador for the upcoming academic term, now is the time to join one or more pods. (A pod consists of the instructor, the Campus Ambassadors, and the Online Ambassadors for single class.) The
Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) explains the expectations for being part of a pod as an Online Ambassador. (The
MOU for pods in Canada
is essentially the same.) In short, the role of Online Ambassadors this term consists of:
- Working closely with the instructor and Campus Ambassadors, providing advice and perspective as an experienced Wikipedian
- Helping students who ask for it (or helping them to find the help they need)
- Watching out for the class as a whole
- Helping students to get community feedback on their work
This replaces the 1-on-1 mentoring role for Online Ambassadors that we had in previous terms; rather than being responsible for individual students (some of whom don't want or help or are unresponsive), Online Ambassadors will be there to help whichever students in their class(es) ask for help.
You can browse the upcoming courses here:
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Canada
. More are being added as new pods become active and create their course pages.
Once you've found a class that you want to work with?especially if you some interest or expertise in the topic area?you should sign the MOU listing for that class and get in touch with the instructor. We're hoping to have at least two Online Ambassadors per pod, and more for the larger classes.
If you're up for supporting any kind of class and would like me to assign you to a pod in need of more Online Ambassadors, just let me know.
--
Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation
(
talk
) 16:37, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
PS: There are still a lot of
student articles from the last term
that haven't been rated. Please rate a few and update the list!
- Thanks Tony! I'll pair you with a pod next week. --
Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation
(
talk
) 14:23, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Tony, I have reviewed your nomination at
Template talk:Did you know/2011?12 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
and there is a small problem that should be addressed before I approve it. Could you please read my comments and reply on the nomination page? Thank you.
Crisco 1492
(
talk
) 09:15, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
Guerillero
|
My Talk
05:29, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
Guerillero
|
My Talk
05:29, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
Materialscientist
(
talk
) 00:03, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Heartiest congratulations on this mammoth achievement! Well done! ?
SMasters
(
talk
) 03:10, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
- How was your talk? I put in a little something about this in this week's
Signpost
News and notes
. ?
SMasters
(
talk
) 09:40, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Little
Mountain
5
15:07, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
User talk:Martin tamb#Template:NBA roster footer
. This is regarding your request for changes recently. ?
Bagumba
(
talk
) 15:58, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
The article
Shandi Finnessey
you nominated as a
good article
has passed
; see
Talk:Shandi Finnessey
for comments about the article. Well done! ?
Darkwind
(
talk
) 02:48, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
The
Harold Washington Cultural Center
article hasn't gotten much attention since 2007. The article suggests that things haven't been going very well for the center, but that's based on figures that are several years old. How is the center doing today? Also, whatever became of the catering controversy?
Zagal
e
jo
^^^
02:35, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for looking into that. I suppose you didn't find any updates for the Catering section?
Zagal
e
jo
^^^
17:20, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
Template:MLB roster footer
has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page
. ??
Muboshgu
(
talk
) 20:36, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
Tony:
Thanks for recognizing one of my favorite articles, but I'm almost certain I did not make the first edit to the article; my DYK was for expansion. With my Nixon project brought to a successful conclusion with the promotion of the main article!--
Wehwalt
(
talk
) 00:35, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
Preceded/Followed
The film infobox no longer uses these parameters. Just some cleanup. --01:43, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment.
The seventh bullet point in
WP:CAT#Categorizing pages
states "Normally the most essential, significant categories appear first." Since what a person does is more important to when they lived, their birth and death date categories should typically not be at the top of the list, and are more appropriate at the end of the category list.
Truthanado
(
talk
) 00:40, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
- It's more than opinion and fairly common. As I copyedit new and random articles, I see it on a fairly regular basis. See, for example,
Hermes Franca
and
Aage Indahl
, both of which I stumbled on while randomly patrolling. Perhaps the discussion in
WP:CAT
should be more precise so that it becomes policy?
Truthanado
(
talk
) 09:47, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
The article
Edward Scissorhands (dance)
you nominated as a
good article
has passed
; see
Talk:Edward Scissorhands (dance)
for comments about the article. Well done!
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) 02:04, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Tony, Thanks for the GA review you undertook recently on
For Your Eyes Only
. Good call on the grave headstone: see
Wikipedia:Media copyright questions
for details, but essentially too close to call whether it is protectable or not, so have to err on the side of safety. I'll not be putting it back up and will ensure that it remains off the page. Thanks again. -
SchroCat
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Was reading the signpost and had to blink a few times when I saw your contributions. Please enjoy this cute picture of a kitten as thanks for your awesome articles. DFTBA
Ajbpearce
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) 19:57, 31 August 2011 (UTC)