User:Bobamnertiopsis/Archive4

Archived talk page discussions from March 13, 2013 until June 3, 2014.


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on this user's talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.

Article Feedback deployment
Hey Bobamnertiopsis; I'm dropping you this note because you've used the article feedback tool in the last month or so. On Thursday and Friday the tool will be down for a major deployment; it should be up by Saturday, failing anything going wrong, and by Monday if something does :). Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 22:17, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Gary Schiff GA nomination
Hi, I've left a review at Talk:Gary Schiff/GA1 with some concerns that ought to be addressed before the article's ready for GA. It's on hold for seven days. Thanks, —Designate (talk) 15:17, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Good work. —Designate (talk) 13:33, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Seekers (novel series)
Hi, the picture of The Quest Begins book on Seekers (novel series) article has disappeared. I am trying to get it back but I am just messing it up more. I was wondering if you could get the picture back. Lusa bear (talk) 13:20, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey, I think I got it back. Thanks for letting me help and feel free to ask if you have any other questions. Bob Amnertiopsis ∴ChatMe! 16:03, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. I wouldn't get it back if it wasn't for you. Lusa bear (talk) 18:48, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Upcoming Wikipedia meetups
In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota meetups.

To kick-off monthly meetups in the Twin Cities, two events will be held in Special Collections at Minneapolis Central Library this summer. These are mostly planned as opportunities for Wikipedians to discuss editing, but all are welcome!

Special Collections contains many valuable historical resources, including the Minneapolis Collection, consisting of files on hundreds of topics related to Minneapolis from neighborhoods to politicians (it's best to call or email in advance to request materials). Free wifi and several public computers are available.

Place: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Special Collections (4th floor)

Dates: Saturday, June 1

Saturday, July 6

Time: 12:30pm–2:30pm+

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. &mdash;innotata 14:04, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Zhang Yitang
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Promoting DYK noms
Hi there. When you promote hooks to prep-areas, you ned to add subst: in front of the DYKsubpage at the top of the edit window. :) Mentoz86 (talk) 09:24, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I knew I was doing something wrong, but I had no idea what. Bob Amnertiopsis ∴ChatMe! 14:15, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for HUGE Improv Theater
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:40, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Mark Andrew (politician)
Hello! Your submission of Mark Andrew (politician) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Orlady (talk) 16:46, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Great American Wiknic
In the area? You're invited to the Great American Wiknic.

Place: north of Minnehaha Falls in Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis

Date: Saturday, June 22, 2012

Time: 12–4 pm


 * Accessible from the Minnehaha Park METRO station, bus, walk, bike, or car
 * If driving, free parking available on 46th Ave. S, and pay parking in the park
 * Food and drink options nearby, or bring your own... maybe even to share!

For more, and to sign up (encouraged, not required) go to the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. &mdash;innotata 03:09, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Mark Andrew (politician)
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:04, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Minneapolis mayoral election, 2013
Orlady (talk) 16:05, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Hey Bobamnertiopsis

I'm sending you this because you've made quite a few edits to the template namespace in the past couple of months. If I've got this wrong, or if I haven't but you're not interested in my request, don't worry; this is the only notice I'm sending out on the subject :).

So, as you know (or should know - we sent out a centralnotice and several watchlist notices) we're planning to deploy the VisualEditor on Monday, 1 July, as the default editor. For those of us who prefer markup editing, fear not; we'll still be able to use the markup editor, which isn't going anywhere.

What's important here, though, is that the VisualEditor features an interactive template inspector; you click an icon on a template and it shows you the parameters, the contents of those fields, and human-readable parameter names, along with descriptions of what each parameter does. Personally, I find this pretty awesome, and from Monday it's going to be heavily used, since, as said, the VisualEditor will become the default.

The thing that generates the human-readable names and descriptions is a small JSON data structure, loaded through an extension called TemplateData. I'm reaching out to you in the hopes that you'd be willing and able to put some time into adding TemplateData to high-profile templates. It's pretty easy to understand (heck, if I can write it, anyone can) and you can find a guide here, along with a list of prominent templates, although I suspect we can all hazard a guess as to high-profile templates that would benefit from this. Hopefully you're willing to give it a try; the more TemplateData sections get added, the better the interface can be. If you run into any problems, drop a note on the Feedback page.

Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 21:46, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Kerberos and Styx
So that you are aware, the guidelines for ITN nominations require that existing articles have a recommended 5 new sentences of prose, with at least three new sourses. Your nomination would need some expansion of each article. You might be able to do so by looking for comments by notable astronomers or TV scientists. μηδείς (talk) 22:20, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

ITN credit
ThaddeusB (talk) 03:30, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

Minnesota Wikipedia Meetup on August 3
In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota monthly meetup on August 3.

Place: Lavvu Coffee House

813 4th St SE, Minneapolis 55414

Date: Saturday, August 3

Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm+

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list.

&mdash;innotata 23:38, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Help with Minneapolis article
Hello, Bobamnertiopsis. Can you possibly help me update Minneapolis to 2013? I read two articles in MinnPost (1 and 2), and all the comments, which just sound like edit warring to me, but they are of interest for the city's long term outlook. I think the Minneapolis article, as part of an encyclopedia, is all right to cling to the past, but there's not much I can do for the present and future because I'm so old now. For starters I replaced the photo of Prince (who the article says is the city's most famous musical progeny, and I still think he is) with one of Doomtree. I noticed you uploaded a photo of Dessa so maybe you could write the caption, maybe to include RhymeSayers? -SusanLesch (talk) 15:25, 27 July 2013 (UTC)


 * I see the validity of constant updates to an article such as Minneapolis, but it's definitely not worth replacing Prince's picture. He is, as you say, our city's most famous musical progeny. What we've got going on at the Minneapolis article now, both Prince and Dessa/Doomtree (members of Minneapolis's next generation of musical pioneers) strikes a good balance between history and present/future. Anyway, even if MSP are rebranding themselves, it's not exactly our job to respond immediately. You've built a really fantastic article up and, while minor tweaks are always called for, I think it's really strong as-is pretty much. But, for sure, I'll do my best to keep up with the Minneapolis page and do what I can to keep it up to date. Thanks for engaging me on this! Bob Amnertiopsis ∴ChatMe! 22:24, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

I responded at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Minneapolis_mayoral_election,_2013.
I responded at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Minneapolis_mayoral_election,_2013. Ended up reverting it back to the table, and adding more edits. IMO, go ahead and collect your pictures, another large edit would THEN be a good idea. LP-mn (talk) 23:46, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
hi

Ethan Lin (talk) 20:31, 7 October 2013 (UTC) 

DYK for Pay Our Military Act
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Cam Winton
The DYK project (nominate) 16:05, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

DYK for GISHWHES
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

partially sortable table?
Take a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis_mayoral_election,_2013#Results ,

it's from a section we're both looking at... Is there a quick and non-tedious way to make a table to be PARTIALLY Sortable? i.e.: Just the name and vote count columns for example, WITHOUT having to edit each and every row of the table. LP-mn (talk) 21:15, 6 November 2013 (UTC)


 * I'll take a look at it. I think there is but I'm pretty miserable with the intricacies of tables. Bob Amnertiopsis ∴ChatMe! 21:35, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Suggestion re Minneapolis_mayoral_election,_2013
A suggestion if I may: One of us needs to split the results table at Minneapolis_mayoral_election,_2013. I suggest rounds 1 to 13, then 14 to 27-ish or so, and so on, so that the table(s) will fit on a landscape-oriented piece of 8.5x11 inch paper. I've already posted a similar suggestion to User:LightSoup as well as with User:Guyb123321. LP-mn (talk) 22:10, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Dan Cohen
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:47, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Nokomis Community Library
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Your GA nomination of Nokomis Community Library
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November 2013
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DYK for Cushing House
Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Elizabeth (BioShock)
Gatoclass (talk) 20:02, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Abdi Warsame
Gatoclass (talk) 20:34, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

GA review for Random Access Memories
I've removed the 'most critically successful' statement from the page, so I think it should be ready to pass. Please let me know what you think! — Sasuke Sarutobi (talk) 23:28, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Aww, thanks! Bob Amnertiopsis ∴<sub style="color:#FF9999; font-family:Tunga;">ChatMe! 19:08, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Million Award
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Meralda Warren
Just wanted to thank you for categorizing it. Since I couldn't decide whether she could be categorized in either of several areas (Art, Langlit, legal, political, etc.) I decided to leave it up to the process. Many thanks--ColonelHenry (talk) 14:33, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Meetup on January 18
In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota meetup in commemoration of Wikipedia Day.


 * Place: Seward Cafe


 * 2129 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404


 * Date: Saturday, January 18, 2014


 * Time: noon

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. &mdash;innotata 04:08, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Corps Altsachsen Dresden
Just wanted to say thanks for categorizing it. I was not sure if it would fall under education as it's a fraternity and obviously associated with the local university in Dresden but on the other hand not an educational "institution" itself. As you might notice, the page was written by a few Germans, a Half-Canadian, a Half-Englishman and me (German in the US). If you have good input regarding the language, please feel free to edit the page. There's not many English pages on the old school fraternities (which are quite a bit different from what I got to know here in the US, though limited to the ones in Cleveland, Boulder and the Twin Cities where I spend(spent) some time every now and then). Have a good evening & cheers! -- WikimanGer Talk • Mail   01:59, 14 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Edit: Looks like the Bot has a hick-up: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations&action=history Hope that the moving from misc to edu is not going to cause problems. Let me know if I can help. Thx, -- WikimanGer Talk • Mail   02:07, 14 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Hallo from Minneapolis! Always glad to meet people who know the Twin Cities. With Good Article categorization, you have to assume that everything will fall under one of the categories and education is definitely the best fit for a fraternity, especially an old school one with rhetoric and everything. As far as pre-GAN notes go, there are a couple of paragraphs that don't have any inline citations in them and to pass GA, they're going to need sources. I'll see if I can read through the page for copyediting and stuff. Thanks for your good work! (And don't worry about the bot...it should be just fine.) <b style="color:#660000; font-family:Andalus;">Bob</b> Amnertiopsis ∴<sub style="color:#FF9999; font-family:Tunga;">ChatMe! 02:21, 14 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Hello BobAmnertiopsis, thanks for your note. Yeah, MSP is/are a beautiful city, have been there often as my girlfriend is at the UMN but I'm not done with my studies in Cleveland just yet. Christmas was chilly but beautiful in MSP thought ;-) I'll work on the page over the next days when I find the time. Unfortunately the other guys are all newbies to WP and basically sent me their edits as Word doc.. but we'll make it work. I'll let them know to get some more sources that we can add. Cheers, -- WikimanGer  Talk • Mail   03:19, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Hussein Samatar copyright problem
Hi BobAmnertiopsis, I've edited the article, I think it should be fine now but let me know if it's missing something. Thanks. 26oo (talk) 05:52, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Cushing House
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Your GA nomination of Cushing House
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DYK nomination of Hussein Samatar
Hello! Your submission of Hussein Samatar at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! EagerToddler39 (talk) 18:58, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Cusi Cram
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
I wasn't even done with my work on it yet, but I'm glad that it passed muster! Thanks for your review! <b style="color:#660000; font-family:Andalus;">Bob</b> Amnertiopsis ∴<sub style="color:#FF9999; font-family:Tunga;">ChatMe! 21:35, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Cushing House
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DYK for Hussein Samatar
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:02, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of GISHWHES
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Talk:Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike/GA2
I have tried to reply to your concerns at Talk:Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike/GA2.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:50, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi !  We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages

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Hi! This is me writing you a message. I'm really excited to take your seminar and learn all about Wiki and editing. I'll see you tomorrow! 143.229.249.226 (talk) 01:52, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

sorry
I just realized that I might have made an anonymous posting earlier. So here I am with the right account! Zoekurtz (talk) 01:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Greetings!
Hi Collin,

Thank you for being willing to teach us being an Wikipedian!

Looking forward to see you tomorrow!

Sincerely, Siyue Peng Sypeng1995 (talk) 02:34, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Why Hello!
My name is Mikey Saugstad, and I'm excited for your seminar tonight! Misaugstad (talk) 16:50, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for 2048 (video game)
--Allen3 talk 02:59, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Behind...
Hey!

So for many many reasons this week has been really hectic for me... I'm going to try and get stuff written for the Raymond article before 6 today, but we'll see what happens... Hopefully I should be able to move forward with the rest of the class and just take a couple notes on what I need to do after finishing my article. Just figured you should have a heads up, plus this was an excuse to relearn how to use talk pages... By the way am I supposed to create a new section or is it more like one section per person?

update: I'm having trouble finding books that could even be helpful when I do a book search, plus the link you put on the wiki site wasn't helpful for Raymond either, unfortuantely :(

Best, Misaugstad (talk) 15:08, 14 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi, Don't worry! We'll be doing infboxes and pictures and everything else I covered in my email last week, so as long as you come to class with a picture of Raymond, you should be fine. I'll look around for more resources and put links to stuff on your sandbox. I would have thought, I guess, that there'd be more info on Raymond, but it's weirdly difficult to find, isn't it? Huh. <b style="color:#660000; font-family:Andalus;">Bob</b> Amnertiopsis ∴<sub style="color:#FF9999; font-family:Tunga;">ChatMe!  18:38, 14 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Hey, so I searched pretty hard for more material on Raymond. I'm up to about 1k characters but the only other information that I could find was from a College Prowler book, should I assume that that isn't a reliable source?  Or should I because it's just basic facts about the dorm?  Also, your book was in my mailbox this week!  So don't worry, it isn't lost. Misaugstad (talk) 01:51, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination
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DYK for Lathrop House (Vassar College)
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:20, 3 June 2014 (UTC)