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Contents
- 1 Fairly inactive
- 2 Next assignment
- 3 January
- 4 Good news
- 5 The Beat's gone on
- 6 BN
- 7 It's Welsh week at FAC...
- 8 Re: "Not patronising"
- 9 we thank you
- 10 When you're less busy...
- 11 User:Dank/Sandbox/5
- 12 Thanks. Still useful.
- 13 Ramsey refs
- 14 Next up
- 15 Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat
Fairly inactive
I'm afraid I'm likely to be not very active for a while. See the notice above. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:56, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
- I see, understand. I you have a moment, check out User:Gerda Arendt/Images 2019 (formerly Christmas), for a smile, and sharing (a Nobel Peace Prize), and resolutions. I wanted that for 1 January, but then wasn't sad about having our music pictured instead. Not too late for resolutions, New Year or not. DYK that he probably kept me on Wikipedia, back in 2012? By the line (which brought him to my attention, and earned the first precious in br'erly style) that I added to my editnotice, in fond memory? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:08, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
- Dweller, just as a point of curiosity I noticed that you haven't performed any global renames as yet. Was wondering if you need a quick primer on renames in the global system, or perhaps want to think about relinquishing the privileges if they're not going to be used to reduce attack surfaces. –xenotalk 14:23, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- I think I gained that permission just before being forced by RL into some hefty inactivity and haven't thought about it since. I'm reasonably inactive just at the moment again. I'll take a look when I reemerge. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 17:02, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
Next assignment
Okay, "busy" notice notwithstanding, we're reaching the tumultuous climax of Beattie's achingly slow FAC. I wondered if you had any interest in seeing what we could do with Dickie Bird? I have his autobiography and will be doing lots of long-haul travel over the next two or three months.... The Rambling Man (talk) 14:48, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
- Ian Rose has left some suggestions relating to the myriad quotes in the Beattie article, fancy taking a look? The Rambling Man (talk) 11:16, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
Onwiki time very limited and I'm sticking to trivialities. I've barely scanned the suggestions but Ian is a good FA participant and knows what he's talking about if you're happy, I'd accept all his suggestions. It's possible my growing admiration for Beattie skewed my judgement, though I've always been a sucker for a quote, because real people's voices are interesting and overcome the tendency towards vanilla that NPOV and PEACOCK push us to --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 11:48, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
- Okeydokes. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:50, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
January
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Thank you for improving articles! Did you know that Precious began 7 years ago? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:37, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:46, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
Good news
I finally got a book about South Australian cars for the Hammer article. It got a lot more information and even a picture of the car! --Vauxford (talk) 18:47, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
- Brilliant! --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 09:35, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
The Beat's gone on
Okay, we've finally moved on. Ramsey now. And while I'm travelling, Butcher. It might be possible that ITFC will have more FA's than any other club if we keep it up...! The Rambling Man (talk) 22:56, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
- Butcher was Coventry manager for a while in the early nineties. Not one of our greatest periods that though, as he guided us to almost being relegated twice. — Amakuru (talk) 23:05, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
- Butcher? It was bad enough doing the tachefather. Can we finish The gap-toothed one instead? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:06, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
BN
Re this. That's the only mention of Alfie on the page. Did you mean UninvitedCompany? (Sorry if this adds to your stress levels.) - Sitush (talk) 21:28, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
- No stress. Alfie's there, he just has a signature that doesn't look like his username. Thanks. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 09:47, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
- Hi! That's me! -- a. get in the spam hole | get nosey 10:14, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
- Ok, sorry. I should have searched with the edit window open. Lesson learned! - Sitush (talk) 10:27, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
- All good. One of the downsides of having a cool signature is that it sometimes causes a bit of confusion, I'm sure Alfie's used to it. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:29, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
- Ok, sorry. I should have searched with the edit window open. Lesson learned! - Sitush (talk) 10:27, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
- Hi! That's me! -- a. get in the spam hole | get nosey 10:14, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
It's Welsh week at FAC...
See Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Cardiff City F.C./archive2 Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:53, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'll try to get to it. Sad times for them. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:02, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
Re: "Not patronising"
That's just Jayron's posting style. It's elaborate and arguably over-fussy, but I wouldn't call it patronising. --Viennese Waltz 09:45, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
we thank you
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Thank you for article improvements in February! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:24, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
... and in March - click on "March" for travel pics --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:18, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
In April, I wondered if I should alert you to a RfA but then though that you wanted to remain neutral in order be able to cratchat. A bit sad that I was wrong ;) - You don't have to read much, Iridescent said it all. Ah well, I read good advice this morning ("Did I really waste all those years arguing about that?") and won't argue. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:54, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Just a feeling: many names in the support section looked familiar, and many in the oppose new. I may be wrong in numbers, and have no time to analyse, so understand you, of course ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:34, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Gerda, I take RfA very very seriously. I wouldn't support or oppose a candidate I hadn't researched and I wouldn't use my Crat tools, or opine as a Crat, without having done a proper job of reading the relevant pages. I just can't do any of that right now. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 13:06, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- I said I understand, no? I am biased. Best for whatever keeps you busy in real life. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:42, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- :-) --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 13:52, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- Well, I said I understand, but looking at a withdrawal offer, might you look after all? Just read the crat chat, I think all descriptions are valid, just the conclusions differ. The key question seems (to me) if you have to be a saint to be an admin on Wikipedia, or if people who make mistakes are also welcome. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:07, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- Quick scan suggests to me like the Crats will probably grant adminship but they can't make him rescind his withdrawal. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:26, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- To me, it still looks like no consensus (whatever that may mean) to me, but I am not in the crat position, don't even look there often. Did you see the women's corner on the chat talk? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:51, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- No. I've not read the RfA, Crat Chat or talk pages. Just glanced. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 11:13, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- To me, it still looks like no consensus (whatever that may mean) to me, but I am not in the crat position, don't even look there often. Did you see the women's corner on the chat talk? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:51, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- Quick scan suggests to me like the Crats will probably grant adminship but they can't make him rescind his withdrawal. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:26, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- Well, I said I understand, but looking at a withdrawal offer, might you look after all? Just read the crat chat, I think all descriptions are valid, just the conclusions differ. The key question seems (to me) if you have to be a saint to be an admin on Wikipedia, or if people who make mistakes are also welcome. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:07, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- :-) --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 13:52, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- I said I understand, no? I am biased. Best for whatever keeps you busy in real life. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:42, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
When you're less busy...
... Ramsey has some FAC issues it would be cool if you could take a look at. Either because I need your eagle eyes, or because I'm not playing along. Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:55, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
User:Dank/Sandbox/5
The blurb at the bottom of the page is what I've got so far for your cricket article ... normally I wait until a FAC is promoted before I point anyone to the blurb, but I'd prefer to avoid embarrassing myself with my minuscule cricket knowledge. Edits would be welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 15:37, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
Thanks. Still useful.
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With thanks for "On Featured Article Candidates", even though barnstars are out of fashion. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:29, 5 March 2019 (UTC) |
- Oh that is ever so sweet of you, Gog the Mild. If you check my signature, you'll see that I'm desperately keen to get what is no longer in fashion back into fashion. At least on Wikipedia, anyway. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 22:54, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
- Ah ha. You are most welcome, and thank you for formulating those helpful notes - they have assisted another relative newbie - me - in orientating themselves in this novel environment. Gog the Mild (talk) 23:05, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
Ramsey refs
88 & 89 come from Bowler which we already list in the bibliography, what are the relevant page numbers for those? The refs should just be "Bowler, p. X" or "Bowler, pp. X–Y" etc. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:29, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
- Erm. I've no idea. I don't have the book and it seems Google Books doesn't show page numbers. Here, for example, is the Duncan page: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Z7DrA426DHgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=alf+ramsey&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=duncan&f=false --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 13:42, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
- And here's "no money": https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Z7DrA426DHgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=alf+ramsey&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22no%20money%22&f=false --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 13:43, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
- Hm, that needs to be fixed. Not sure if I have a paper copy either... The Rambling Man (talk) 13:49, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
- Ah, I do, I just found it. I'll take a look tonight. Off to read stories to kids. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:40, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
- Smashing and lovely. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 15:02, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
- Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:15, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
- You, old boy, are a DUDE. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 22:07, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
- Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:15, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
- Smashing and lovely. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 15:02, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
What happened to that "this user will not rest until Alf Ramsey is an FA" box? Well, since it now is (bar the paperwork), I guess you can rest :-) Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:37, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
Next up
I'm conscious that with The Beat and Ramsey, we've been a bit Tractor-centric, so if you'd like to try to get some budgie up to snuff for GAN (like Roberts) then we should make that our next focus. Whaddyareckon? The Rambling Man (talk) 10:02, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
- Let the gap-toothed fun begin. I have his book, but it's hard to use as source material, as it's a diary of a season, with reminiscences thrown in. He's quite a prolific pundit online, which also adds possible source material. Identify where you think there are gaps (I'm too close on this one) and I'll see if I can ... find dentures for them? And Bird is a bit of a hero of mine. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:09, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
- Now let's hit it. Ramsey FA, no excuses for getting Roberts to at least GA. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:42, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
- Smashing. Can you remind me what the referencing problem is with his stats? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 09:13, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
- I can't recall, and a quick look at them now seems to make me think the answer is: nothing. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:33, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
- Groovy --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 12:42, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
- I can't recall, and a quick look at them now seems to make me think the answer is: nothing. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:33, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
- Smashing. Can you remind me what the referencing problem is with his stats? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 09:13, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
- Now let's hit it. Ramsey FA, no excuses for getting Roberts to at least GA. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:42, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat
I've opened a bureaucrat chat for a current RfA. Your input would be most appreciated at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat. Best regards, Maxim(talk) 22:08, 8 April 2019 (UTC)