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Read [[WP:EW]]. Note you have performed three reverts in under five hours. I highly recommend you not perform any further reverts on the [[Steve Daines]] BLP for at least one full day, as any additional reverts will likely be reported at [[WP:AN/EW]], with possible sanctions including blocks or bans. I understand that you are actively interested in the particular political campaign, but that is a great reason to ''avoid'' editing on the topic. Cheers. [[User:Collect|Collect]] ([[User talk:Collect|talk]]) 08:14, 26 October 2014 (UTC) |
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- Louisa Venable Kyle wrote a children's book on The Witch of Pungo --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:50, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
- Precious translates to the PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:03, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
Today's Featured Article: Notification
This is to inform you that Mucho Macho Man , which you nominated at WP:FAC, will appear on the Wikipedia Main Page as Today's Featured Article on 1 October 2014. The proposed main page blurb is here; you may amend if necessary. Please check for dead links and other possible faults before the appearance date. Brianboulton (talk) 22:31, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
- precious again --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:54, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
New contest!
On my watchlist now. Dougweller (talk) 13:14, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
Rejection of the Mediation
Dear Montanabw,
The Mediation Committee has proposed to reject the Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Rondo in C minor (Bruckner) and Intermezzo in D minor (Bruckner), because "Primary opponent has declined mediation" and they recommend "Probably ought to go to lower-level dispute resolution first, after additional discussion on the article talk pages".
It is what I am doing, with long-lasting, strenuous, time-consuming discussions and eventually a not very positive outcome, because of Nikki's stiff-necked attitude.
Nikki has in the meantime drafted a few pages on Bruckner's motets, with again the same kind of discussions and again a not very positive outcome.
Please let me know what you would propose to come out of this situation unto a kind of gentlemen's agreement. --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 10:27, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
- Nikki never compromises, she can occasionally be convinced, and if there is about a 5:1 consensus against her she backs down. My advice is to focus on content over formatting (discography, for example), and make "friends" online. We are dealing with a very young and very literally-minded person here. Montanabw(talk) 19:04, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
- She replied to Francis Schonken's reaction on Formal mediation has been requested on my talk page. See my proposal, which indeed is focusing on the discography. --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 19:53, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
- Nikki never compromises, she can occasionally be convinced, and if there is about a 5:1 consensus against her she backs down. My advice is to focus on content over formatting (discography, for example), and make "friends" online. We are dealing with a very young and very literally-minded person here. Montanabw(talk) 19:04, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
Thank you for your support!
Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 09:37, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
The back and forth with SMcC on Corbett's page
Yup. Exactly what I mean. Exhibit A here
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I'm torn if you should keep at that. On the one hand it's an unnecessary dramafest, but on the other it is causing some clueless people to waste their time reading all of that. Sometimes TL;DR is a good thing. My question to SMcC before was sincere. I've never seen the guy before, nor know what you two have been arguing about but If everyone says the same thing, then you might just want to consider the possibility they are right.Two kinds of porkMakin'Bacon 04:18, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
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Kudos on some tweaks at Landrace
I sometimes forget that the "(thank)" feature requires a confirmation dialog, not just a click, so I'm not sure my "thank" attempts actually went through, about this or that. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 04:36, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
- The thank feature does have a confirmation feature - you have to also click "yes" on the bit that appears after you click the "thank" button. But thank you and you're welcome, nonetheless. I guess. Montanabw(talk)
Users using same abbreviations
Please notice that some users are using the same abbreviations such as "DL" and "DS".VictoriaGraysonTalk 13:06, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
- I small a whole drawer full of WP:SOCKs or maybe WP:MEATPUPPETs. Tag teaming is not OK, surf around the drama boards and see if thee is an appropriate venue to raise this issue. Perhaps my talk page stalkers can make recommendations. Montanabw(talk) 14:06, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
Copyright problems, other things
Thanks for your comment at Talk:Guoxia; that's a puzzle. So, I started looking at that editor's contribs; it seems from the user talk page that this problem was identified at the time, but not, unfortunately, dealt with. I don't (so far) think it is big enough to justify a CCI, but there are extensive probems. Question: would you prefer that I do not slap a {{cclean}} notice on Talk:Banker Horse? I'd normally do so, as this version was substantially copied from here. Though the copied stuff is all long gone, it seems sensible to note that the issue has been seen and dealt with; but I don't want to seem (or be) unduly heavy-handed, hence this note. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:53, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
- I don't think there is really any worry that the 2007 version would be restored. But if you wanted to put a clean tag on it, I'd suggest nesting it inside the other project boxes and then collapsing it so it's very discreet. I would not view that as heavy-handed. I also appreciate your courtesy in asking. I was one of a team of about 4 people who helped User:Yohmom, who was a high school student at the time, bring that article to FAC for a school project. Amazing student and a great teacher supervising the class. What WP can be at its best. As for Guoxia, there were a ton of breed articles created a long time ago (many before my time or at least before I started going through the breed articles with the attentionto detail I have now) that were basically copied and pasted. On that one, I posted an inquiry at the WikiProject China page to see if anyone bites. There is also an editor of a lot of Chinese history articles I might ping if I can remember his user name (Timmy somebody...) Would be nice to find "real" sources like I did with Riwoche horse. Montanabw(talk) 22:52, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
- So, just so's you know, I've now listed Latvian horse at WP:CP; that's not because I couldn't or didn't want to clean it up, but to put an example of the kind of problem there for others to see. The whole thing was copy-pasted from equinekingdom. There seem to be just over 60 articles that'll need checking, so my initial idea of just working through them on my tod was not a good one. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:04, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
- Ah, horse poop. But oh well, a copyvio problem is a copyvio problem and has to be addressed. @Justlettersandnumbers:, we can all pul together and get 'er done, I hope!? Montanabw(talk) 23:14, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
- So, just so's you know, I've now listed Latvian horse at WP:CP; that's not because I couldn't or didn't want to clean it up, but to put an example of the kind of problem there for others to see. The whole thing was copy-pasted from equinekingdom. There seem to be just over 60 articles that'll need checking, so my initial idea of just working through them on my tod was not a good one. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:04, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
- I don't think there is really any worry that the 2007 version would be restored. But if you wanted to put a clean tag on it, I'd suggest nesting it inside the other project boxes and then collapsing it so it's very discreet. I would not view that as heavy-handed. I also appreciate your courtesy in asking. I was one of a team of about 4 people who helped User:Yohmom, who was a high school student at the time, bring that article to FAC for a school project. Amazing student and a great teacher supervising the class. What WP can be at its best. As for Guoxia, there were a ton of breed articles created a long time ago (many before my time or at least before I started going through the breed articles with the attentionto detail I have now) that were basically copied and pasted. On that one, I posted an inquiry at the WikiProject China page to see if anyone bites. There is also an editor of a lot of Chinese history articles I might ping if I can remember his user name (Timmy somebody...) Would be nice to find "real" sources like I did with Riwoche horse. Montanabw(talk) 22:52, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for mail and other questions. I haven't given you any answers because I don't have any to give. I have no interest whatsoever in the sort of argumentation and confrontation some people enjoy; nor do I have any inclination to stand by and watch another project get walked all over like the bird one did (that discussion should probably be re-opened, too). So it's the classic rock/hard place. As for Landrace, that seems to be wall-to-wall fork, synth and OR, trying to create a topic out of thin air. It should probably be a dab, with links to Breed and Cultivar; AfD might be the way to get it there. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:53, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
- OoooooH! If you wanted to do an AfD like that, I'd not just buy popcorn to watch the show, I'd buy preferred stock in Jiffy Pop! Maybe proposing a merge to those two articles, though we do have a lot of links to landrace in various articles (but maybe there could also be a resurrection of Autochthon (nature)) The not getting walked all over thing is another thing we agree on. I can't take point on everything, but I'm willing to lead a team effort, at least within the confines of not "canvassing" and all that. Montanabw(talk) 22:52, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
Enough for SPI?
If 2 NKT accounts a) use the same abbreviations "DS" and "DL" b) make a big deal about being a new account c) complain about being treated badly by older accounts is that enough for SPI? Or is that a Quantum leap over Manhattan?VictoriaGraysonTalk 00:11, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
- Worth a shot. Make your case carefully and provide diffs and such. You never know. Montanabw(talk) 00:12, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Regarding user HighWindows
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.VictoriaGraysonTalk 00:42, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Oh dear
Don't know if you've seen this story [1]. The comments give you a hint of the sheer incomprehension we feel on this side of the pond at the response of US racing authorities to doping offences. Tigerboy1966 20:55, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
- Yeah. And over here, well, the bullshit just keeps piling up. That said, this search gets a lot of matches. and Paulick and others favor tighter rules. Over here, everyone is making a big deal out of Tonalist winning the Jockey Club Gold Cup while running with "no medication" - but by "no medication" that meant only running on lasix and no other meds. I'm kind of an anti-medication person in general and what strikes me is how no one over here seems to be asking the Europeans how they answer a lot of the usual nonsense like "we don't want horses to start bleeding" or "all those Europeans use Lasix in training as much as we do", and so on. But then, we had to pass federal legislation to stop even sicker and more creepy abuse - and it's still happening. I really don't know WTF is wrong with some people. =:-O
Kelsang Jangdom Strikes Again
Please see Audrey37's latest edits, especially to the 14th Dalai Lama page. Pinging @Cullen328: as well. VictoriaGraysonTalk 22:57, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender Gap Task Force. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender Gap Task Force/Evidence. Please add your evidence by October 17, 2014, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender Gap Task Force/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 14:36, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
- If it is not uncivil, is it OK (stalkers?) if I declare, on my own talk page, "oh dear! not more f--king drahmahz on teh wiki?" Montanabw(talk) 23:23, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
Barry Williams
Hi,
I've just put Barry Williams (spree killer) up for GA (my first attempt), if you're interested. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:41, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) I wonder if these events have made Peter Gabriel wish he'd called this song something else ... DBaK (talk) 17:55, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
- (watching also) what do you think of Barry Williams (born 1944)? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:26, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Bayern (horse)
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you! It's also featured on Portal:Germany. If you have more DYK related to Germany, you feel free to add it there yourself, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:10, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
arbitration evidence
I'm putting together some of carols greatest hits as it were for the ARB page. Where did she acuse you of being a man? I didn't find this, though I more likely missed it. Thanks. Two kinds of porkMakin'Bacon 00:02, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry, no. I'm not really wanting to push that case at ArbCom; having been a person giving evidence in the infobox case, which is like watching law or sausage being made, I fear that their usual solution is to give detention to as many parties as they can, and usually sanction the "wrong" side harder than the side that did the baiting. Then they scold everyone, tell them to be nice, but do ZERO to change the underlying problems that gave rise to the issue in the first place. The problem at GGTF, as far as I am concerned, is that one very thin-skinned individual has chosen to engage in combat with another thin-skinned individual, and the ensuing chaos has attracted a bunch of anti-faminist (and even some flat-out misogynistic) trolls who are egging on one side and bashing the other. Then when ArbCom inevitably decides to sanction both thin-skinned individuals "equally" (which will have a very unequal impact, given that one is a content creator and the other is primarily a drama queen), then the trolls score another victory and some decent people get run off wikipedia. I'm not a fan of CMDC and I've made my views on that matter clear elsewhere, but I'm merely annoyed, I'm not out to get her. I just wish she'd remember DFTT. And on that note, I find the use of "nigga" in an edit summary to be inappropriate, so I'd suggest you not use it here, thank you. Montanabw(talk) 17:23, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
- Ah, sorry bout that. BTW, I believe we are all anti-faminists. Well, I don't think people want to starveTwo kinds of porkMakin'Bacon 17:28, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
- Also, I'm curious as to where anti-feminists (or just anti-women) are on the GGTF? Or are you referring to Gamergate et al stuff?Two kinds of porkMakin'Bacon 17:32, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
- Ah, sorry bout that. BTW, I believe we are all anti-faminists. Well, I don't think people want to starveTwo kinds of porkMakin'Bacon 17:28, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
- The Gamergate/Anita Sarkeesian/Zoe Quinn situation is the most egregious. The folks who are at the GGTF are mostly baiting and engaging in low-level trolling (including the use of things like offensive custom user signatures, by the way) The whole situation is a good example of how Jimbo is full of nice talk about peace and love, but is a complete paper tiger. And an example of how the system is not set up to do anything but give in to whoever yells the loudest and longest, which is, as the Guardian puts is, the world according to the young white western male with a slight personality defect. Montanabw(talk) 17:46, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
Travois trails
Just logged in for the first time in a while (didn't realize I was logged out) and noticed a reversion of yours that I think is mistaken. I don't know the best etiquette for these discussions. I posted to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Travois and now drop you a line here. Cheers! Claudia (talk) 00:23, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
GA Cup - Round 1 Newsletter #2
Hello GA Cup competitors! The judges have learned a great deal in this first part of the competition, and we appreciate your patience with us as we've figured out what works and what doesn't work. As we reported in our last newsletter, an inadequacy in the scoring system has been illuminated in the past 15 days, which has resulted in a major change in the rules. It has also resulted in one withdrawal. To ensure fairness, we've decided to further increase the number of participants moving onto Round 2. Everyone who has reviewed at least one article will automatically be moved forward, and will be placed in pools. You have until October 29 to take advantage of this opportunity. It is our hope that this will make up for the unforeseen glitch in our scoring system. Best of wishes to all of you as you continue to help improve articles and make Wikipedia a better place. Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, 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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Shugden rides horses in older images
What type of horse does Shugden ride in older images? Thoroughbred?VictoriaGraysonTalk 21:54, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
- Not likely a Thoroughbred, as that was a race horse breed developed primarily in England! Show me an image and I might be able to give you some notion - did the Shugden concept originate in China or in India and in what century? You might want to compare to things like Ferghana horse and other ancient types... horse breeding in China dates to antiquity... Montanabw(talk) 00:28, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
- Shugden is a Buddha. So he must be riding a fancy thoroughbred. You must be mistaken.VictoriaGraysonTalk 03:24, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
- LOL! A Thoroughbred is a specific breed; you may be intending to say a purebred - but a purebred what? "Breeds" as we understand them today (written pedigrees and stud book, did not exist until the 1300s at the earliest, and the Thoroughbred until the 1700s. Seriously, show me a photo! ;-) Montanabw(talk) 07:13, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
- Here is an image.VictoriaGraysonTalk 16:30, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
- LOL! A Thoroughbred is a specific breed; you may be intending to say a purebred - but a purebred what? "Breeds" as we understand them today (written pedigrees and stud book, did not exist until the 1300s at the earliest, and the Thoroughbred until the 1700s. Seriously, show me a photo! ;-) Montanabw(talk) 07:13, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
Its interesting that Prasangika37 inserted a NPOV tag right before major NKT protests were commencing.VictoriaGraysonTalk 19:58, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
A truly shocking proposal
So, the CCI is open. I was very impressed that you'd got to Java Pony, as it wasn't on the list (explanation here) and I'd forgotten about the talk page notices. So that was a total coincidence, but a nice catch. There don't seem to be many useful sources for those Indonesian horses (and there are a lot of them), and they really desperately need some. It looks as if Breeds of empire: the 'invention' of the horse in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa, 1500-1950, by Greg Bankoff and Sandra Swart, 2007, might have some useful stuff. Which brings me to the shocking proposal: what if you get that book on library loan and we collaborate on writing a few lines of referenced text for each of them? I can't believe I wrote that; if you don't want to or have other stuff to do, NP. There's one too many of them, BTW - I'll ping you there. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:09, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
- I am immensely entertained by the proposal! Are we talking ISBN 9788776940218? Also, have already located two reviews of that book in pdf. If you email, I will send those Montanabw(talk) 00:46, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
- 978-87-7694-014-0 is another ISBN. Anyway, ILL request is in, could be a few weeks before I hear anything; ping me if you don't hear anything from me. Montanabw(talk) 00:56, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, that's the one. Of course, if you can preview it on G-books there's no need for the library - I only get snippet.
- On the CCI: thanks for checking them, but ... please go slowly and carefully – I think you were a bit hasty with Vyatka horse. Once you've identified where it was copied from you can run the DupDet to see if there's any left, as well as doing a visual comparison. But, please, only check them off if you are sure they're clear, otherwise it sort of defeats the object. (BTW, check for copyvio, cross for no copyvio, ? for not sure). If in doubt, leave them, I'll get there sooner or later. Bad news: I'm pretty sure that Jutland Horse will need major rewriting; I'll check again tomorrow (going to sleep now), but it looks as if a lot of work was done without dealing with the underlying problem. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 02:21, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
- Jutland horse went GA and is now fully cited. Vyatka also is cited - to Hendricks - may be worth checking if eaquinekingdom is a mirror of Hendricks! Also, well worth making sure the number of words filter is set to about four, not two... "and sometimes" or "a dorsal stripe" is kind of hard to rephrase (technical language in particular) But go for it and check anything you want. Montanabw(talk) 03:31, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
Oy
I think this is unhelpful and a violation of WP:UP#OWN. VQuakr (talk) 06:33, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
- I'm on a wait and see status. IF that user creates a POV fork, then that user may have to be brought to the attention of others. But for now, I'm hoping they cool down and drop the stick. What they said to be at the article talk was even worse. Sigh... Montanabw(talk) 07:06, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
- And here I thought this was going to be a Yiddish related post. Montanabw a mensch I might add, was very polite in her message, and more importantly she is correct. The additions you are trying to add to the article are undue. There is much more to Walsh's life than the plagiarism. It's in the article and will remain, however only in a neutral fashion and balanced with what has been reported to other aspects of his life. At a glance of the contributors to the article I see several editors whom I have the utmost respect for with respect to the BLP policy. If they are disagreeing with you, then chances are you are probably incorrect in how BLP policy should be adhered. If you still disagree, then you should seek the advice from the BLP/N noticeboard and get the opinions of uninvolved editors. But I rather suspect an incident report has already been opened there. In short, I suggest you take Montana's advice and let it go.Two kinds of porkMakin'Bacon 07:08, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
- Ooops, I thought VQuakr was the one with the ownership issue. Scuse meTwo kinds of porkMakin'Bacon 07:09, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
How dare you revert my edit to revert vandalism!!!! Sadly, I got that message this week on an undo. I don't know what it is, but every time I see your name, I smile. I need to see your name more often. You are one of the people who makes this enjoyable. Thank You. Bgwhite (talk) 08:16, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
Revert
Hi. You reverted me here. Your edit (reverting my own revert of myself) resulted in a link to a dab page. I don't believe we should be linking to a dab page. Tx. --Epeefleche (talk) 21:32, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
- OK, will fix. Sorry. Montanabw(talk) 21:35, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
- No worries. I made the same error myself, first time. I didn't see a good link in that dab list, or would have directed it there. --Epeefleche (talk) 21:38, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
- Epeefleche, that evil Montanabw reverted me too (see message just above this one). She supposedly did it to revert "vandalism". Montanabw has become a reverting menace. She must be stopped!!!!!! Bgwhite (talk) 21:49, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
- You know, I'm now just waiting for the next troll to grab this thread and claim it as proof that I need to somehow be completely written out of the book of wiki-life or something. You two are just having way too much fun over here! Montanabw(talk) 22:41, 22 October 2014 (UTC) (evilly laughing... bwahahahahahahahahaaaaa!)
- RFC! RFC! Epeefleche (talk) 23:25, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
GA review, getting started
So how does one ease into reviewing nominated articles? I'd like to help, but I think the job would be a bit too much to review everything in a nominated article. Do people work in conjunction like an assembly line, focusing on one element at a time?Two kinds of porkMakin'Bacon 02:27, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
- (watching) No, unfortunately not, - one reviewer does it all, that's why I don't do it, but go to FA instead where several reviewers add there points of interest to one article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:23, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
- Read WP:GA for the basics. Gerda has a good point that FAC is more collaborative, you can follow a couple of those reviews to see the higher level of scrutiny, then maybe lurk on a GA review done by a solid reviewer. You could see the review I did for Barry Williams (spree killer) for an example of how someone who knows little about a topic might cnduct a reasonably adequate review. That or any of The Rambling Man's zillion GAs for his assorted Boar Race articles (see his talk...). Montanabw(talk) 18:28, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you bothTwo kinds of porkMakin'Bacon 18:57, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
- Read WP:GA for the basics. Gerda has a good point that FAC is more collaborative, you can follow a couple of those reviews to see the higher level of scrutiny, then maybe lurk on a GA review done by a solid reviewer. You could see the review I did for Barry Williams (spree killer) for an example of how someone who knows little about a topic might cnduct a reasonably adequate review. That or any of The Rambling Man's zillion GAs for his assorted Boar Race articles (see his talk...). Montanabw(talk) 18:28, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
Ifi
Montana, you can put a nice infobox on Auguste Bonheur if you want, You know how dagerous you are. Actually, I would like to have one of your infoboxes if possible. Infobox artist is terribly boring. This guy is Rosa Bonheur's little brother, we found him recently. Hafspajen (talk) 19:10, 23 October 2014 (UTC) Might misunderstod that one. Hafspajen (talk) 07:13, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
- User:Hafspajen, I usually just use infobox person unless there is something more specific. I'm not super good at infoboxes, I just copy what other people do, or ask more techie folks to clean up the ones I insert. But incidentally, I wouldn't mind if you were to find just a few very high quality horse portraits that I may add to my User page in a rotation akin to the one that Sagaciousphil uses. The fine fellow who neighs at the start of my talk would like others to join the stable. However, he and I are rather fussy; he is of outstanding quality, and seeks similar company. ;-) Montanabw(talk) 02:46, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
edit war warning
Read WP:EW. Note you have performed three reverts in under five hours. I highly recommend you not perform any further reverts on the Steve Daines BLP for at least one full day, as any additional reverts will likely be reported at WP:AN/EW, with possible sanctions including blocks or bans. I understand that you are actively interested in the particular political campaign, but that is a great reason to avoid editing on the topic. Cheers. Collect (talk) 08:14, 26 October 2014 (UTC)