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I was wondering, what is the likelihood that [[Michael Jackson|this]] article would be able to appear on the main page in the future? It's something I have been reluctant about for some time, but I'm warming to the idea you see. — [[User:Realist2|<span style="color:#4173E4">'''''Realist'''''</span>]][[User_talk:Realist2|<span style="color:#D80B0B"><sup>'''''2'''''</sup></span>]] 00:56, 25 November 2008 (UTC) |
I was wondering, what is the likelihood that [[Michael Jackson|this]] article would be able to appear on the main page in the future? It's something I have been reluctant about for some time, but I'm warming to the idea you see. — [[User:Realist2|<span style="color:#4173E4">'''''Realist'''''</span>]][[User_talk:Realist2|<span style="color:#D80B0B"><sup>'''''2'''''</sup></span>]] 00:56, 25 November 2008 (UTC) |
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:I don't object to featuring that on the main page (It hasn't appeared for the same reason lots of others haven't -- because there's a large backlog.) [[User:Raul654|Raul654]] ([[User talk:Raul654#top|talk]]) 16:41, 2 December 2008 (UTC) |
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== Megalictis == |
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Hey Raul, just wanted to let you know that a few editors have requested your opinion here. Cheers, –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 04:07, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
Re:Cat gap
Glad it was appreciated :) Grutness...wha? 22:07, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
two new "old" friends?
Sam Yi and Kheshian - exhibits the usual pattern (and most of the same edits) --Kim D. Petersen (talk) 06:43, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
- I just spent the better part of an hour going back, blocking his old sockpuppets, etc. Remember when I said I wasn't going to do this anymore and that I wanted to protected these articles? And everyone else said it was OK because they could take care of them without my constantly using checkuser to monitor them? That's starting to look transparently false. I don't want to have to keep doing scibaby cleanup on these articles. Raul654 (talk) 12:21, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
- Yes i remember it - it would be nice if we could delegate it to someone else. Unfortunately i think he is too persistent and single minded to be much affected by a protection, whereas the collateral damage would be high.
- On that note - here's another: Istrill --Kim D. Petersen (talk) 23:01, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
- And another possible Tession (not as obvious though). --Kim D. Petersen (talk) 23:08, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
- And another possible... Instrin. --Kim D. Petersen (talk) 23:10, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
- I just spent the better part of an hour going back, blocking his old sockpuppets, etc. Remember when I said I wasn't going to do this anymore and that I wanted to protected these articles? And everyone else said it was OK because they could take care of them without my constantly using checkuser to monitor them? That's starting to look transparently false. I don't want to have to keep doing scibaby cleanup on these articles. Raul654 (talk) 12:21, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
Confirmed - all Scibaby, along with several others too. Raul654 (talk) 16:38, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
City TFAs
Hi Raul. Wehwalt approached me with the idea of nominating Washington, D.C. as TFA on Jan. 20. I would like to formally proceed with that nomination around New Year's. We believe we can get a total of 3 points (date, basic subject, and first-time nom); however, I would like to know if there is anyway to keep city articles from becoming a TFA in the month before the inauguration (for obvious reasons). Wehwalt suggested I contact you to see if that is possible. Thank you for your help. Best, epicAdam(talk) 17:32, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
- In the unlikely event that I schedule it, you'll see someone tag the talk page. When you see that, just drop me a note here asking me to reschedule. Raul654 (talk) 16:39, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Question
I was wondering, what is the likelihood that this article would be able to appear on the main page in the future? It's something I have been reluctant about for some time, but I'm warming to the idea you see. — Realist2 00:56, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
- I don't object to featuring that on the main page (It hasn't appeared for the same reason lots of others haven't -- because there's a large backlog.) Raul654 (talk) 16:41, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Megalictis
Thanks for the impetus! It was rather fun to do - I'd not done any species articles before, and it was refreshing to have an entirely new set of avenues of research to pursue. Shimgray | talk | 13:08, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Do you think this should be moved to FARC yet? I think it's still very well below FA status and should be delisted, myself, but the FAR hasn't been touched in a while. I'd say just move it to FARC. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 21:29, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
DYK for Cat gap
BorgQueen (talk) 08:05, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
TFA
I am very sorry to bother you, but I just wondered how far in advance you might be planning to schedule the TFAs around Christmas? I would very much like to nominate an article for December 22, and was just a little worried (sorry - my first nomination!) that you might schedule earlier than usual because of the festive period.-- Myosotis Scorpioides 12:07, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
User talk pages with the most edits
As of October 2008. Dragons flight (talk) 21:04, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
1 | OrphanBot | 34634 |
2 | Jimbo Wales | 26347 |
3 | SandyGeorgia | 13766 |
4 | Alison | 13295 |
5 | Raul654 | 13006 |
6 | Bishonen | 12621 |
7 | Tony Sidaway | 12135 |
8 | RickK | 11578 |
9 | Durova | 10407 |
10 | Keeper76 | 10114 |
Minor edit to Angus L. Macdonald
I disagree with your edit at line 22 in the Angus Lewis Macdonald entry, specifically, the words Nova Scotian government which replace Nova Scotia government.
Macdonald's more than 15 years as premier brought fundamental changes. Under his leadership, the Nova Scotian government spent more than $100 million paving roads, building bridges, extending electrical systems and improving public education.
Although it would be correct to write Canadian government and incorrect to write Canada government, this rule doesn't apply to the provinces. One would never write, for example, the Ontarian government or the New Brunswickian government. Admittedly Nova Scotian government doesn't seem as outlandish, but it's standard practice in Canada to write Nova Scotia government. Bwark (talk) 13:02, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
Anglo-Zanzibar War TFA
Hi Raul. I noticed that you scheduled the above FA, to which I was a major contributor, for November 30 which is great (as this is my first TFA). However I read through the blurb and wanted to suggest an improvement. The penultimate sentence currently reads "The British quickly placed Sultan Hamud in power at the head of a puppet government; he abolished slavery within a few months.".
I would like to suggest that it be changed to "That afternoon the British declared Hamud bin Mohammed the new Sultan at the head of a puppet government. Within a few months this government announced the abolition of slavery in the country, which had long been a British objective." which provides links to the new sultan and explains why the abolition of slavery is relevant. In the case that this makes the blurb too long it may be better to replace both ending sentences with "The British quickly placed Sultan Hamud in power at the head of a puppet government, marking the end of Zanzibar as a sovereign state and the start of a period of heavy British influence." which removes the reference to slavery altogether. Many thanks - Dumelow (talk) 18:07, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
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- And featured on the front page of Slashdot for the same blog entry (see Improving Wikipedia Coverage of Computer Science). Emw2012 (talk) 16:54, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
FAC I think would benefit from your opinion
Unusual request from me. Please do take a look at the chatter at WT:FAC, here. --Dweller (talk) 14:52, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Main page vandal
Got another one for you to CU -- User:4jh4jkkjjnb. NawlinWiki (talk) 16:21, 2 December 2008 (UTC)