User talk:AaronY/Archive 6

Wow!
Haven't seen you in a while. Welcome back! Zagal e jo^^^ 00:28, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, I've read that book! It has an interesting backstory, too. If you want me to take a look at anything, just let me know. Zagal e jo^^^ 03:14, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Welcome back
Hey, you probably don't remember me, but I encountered a lot of your work while going through a project to make New York Times links freely accessible in March and April 2008. Naturally I encountered a lot of your NY Giants articles, your MJ article, plus many other interesting pages. When I got to the Jim Thorpe article, it was frankly a total mess; I had to perform a fairly major rescue operation on it, and it's been on my watchlist ever since! Despite my general lack of interest in sports, partially because of my blindness (see my user page), I find his life story fascinating and tragic. With people like that I like to ask "what ifs" ... what if his brother hadn't died when he was so young? What if he had been born at a time when his race wasn't such an issue, or after the IOC allowed professionals to compete? I look forward to reading more of your work in the future.

I've also just fixed the archive link on this talk page; hope you don't mind. Graham 87 15:05, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

I just saw you on Jeff's page-- welcome back !! Sandy Georgia (Talk) 10:59, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Template_talk:Did_you_know
Your answers are requested there ! Bye Yug (talk)  09:37, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Citation reformated ! Yug (talk)  10:34, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Classification
G'day. I noticed you have, in the past, helped to classify various WikiProject Biography articles. I was wondering if you might have time to have a quick look at Antonio Barberini. A couple of editors have been contributing to a re-write and I think it's probably ready to be re-classified. Would appreciate your thoughts. Thanks, Stalwart111 (talk) 01:14, 5 October 2010 (UTC).


 * Thanks mate, much appreciated. Stalwart 111  (talk) 05:01, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

John Kennedy Toole
Sure, I'll take a look at the article when I get a chance. :) Zagal e jo^^^ 03:03, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I started poking around, but I think I'd be more comfortable if I had a copy of Ignatius Rising. I'll try to pick up a copy at the library soon. Bear with me. Zagal e jo^^^ 03:48, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I haven't gotten the book yet, but just as a general comment, I'm concerned that some of the phrases in the article may be copied (or only superficially paraphrased) from other sources. For example, the description of his mother as "charmingly flamboyant but narcissistic" is almost identical to the description here. This particular phrase was in the Wiki article before you started working on it, so I'm not blaming you for anything, but it is an issue that needs to be addressed. I haven't looked for other offending phrases, but I expect that they're out there. When there's smoke, there's fire. Zagal e jo^^^ 06:47, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, there's only one copy of Ken and Thelma in the entire Chicago Public Library system, and someone else already has it on hold, so it might take me a while to get my hands on the book. I'll see what I can do, though. Maybe I can get it through an interlibrary loan. Zagal e jo^^^ 01:24, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I finally got Ignatius Rising, at least. Zagal e jo^^^ 22:02, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah. I haven't read The Breaks of the Game, but it does sound like an interesting book. Zagal e jo^^^ 22:13, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * In case you're wondering, I've started reading Ignatius Rising. I'd like to finish it before doing any substantial editing work, so that I can develop some big picture ideas of what should be in the article. (I really don't know that much about Toole, besides what I read years ago in the forward to Confederacy of Dunces.) Zagal e jo^^^ 02:18, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I think I have the same edition as you. My copy ends on the same page.
 * Thanks for the scans - although they definitely complicate things. :) Hmmm... I can see some difficulties ahead. Well, right now, I'll just press on with Ignatius Rising. Zagal e jo^^^ 04:22, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I'm finding a few other phrases that are too close to the source material ("formed her own troupe of players...of all ages and talents", "one man show of comic impressions"). In these specific examples, the phrases are copied from Ignatius Rising, pages 28-9. Zagal e jo^^^ 00:30, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Got your email. Thanks. To be honest, I am a little hesitant to move forward with this, but not because of anything you did. I'm mainly concerned that it would be difficult to defend Ignatius Rising as a reliable source if we ever got to a featured article discussion. There seems to be too much controversy over the book, and I don't see any easy way out (besides waiting for a new biography to come out). But in addition to that, I just haven't had the time or energy to really dive into the article. Every time I log in, I find all kinds of other things to clean up on my watchlist, and by the time I'm done with that, I'm wiki-bonked.
 * Sorry to bail out on you. Zagal e jo^^^ 05:42, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't beat yourself up too bad. It happens sometimes. Zagal e jo^^^ 21:18, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Juwan Howard/archive2
As the nominator of one of the FAs of a player who has played in the NBA at the same time as Juwan Howard, I thought you might consider commenting at Featured article candidates/Juwan Howard/archive2.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:43, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Can you revisit, strike resolved issues and reconsider your oppose?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:33, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

History of the New York Giants
Hi, I'm glad to see that you've taken the time to fix what was generally a good article. The main problems seem to have been:


 * 1) Lack of references
 * 2) Dead links
 * 3) Undue weight
 * 4) A presentist slant

At first glance these issues seem to have been resolved. I won't be able to make a thorough review right away, but I'll mark it as "under review", so no-one else comes along and snatches it up. Lampman (talk) 13:39, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * One thing right away: link 37 (Richman, Michael) still seems to be dead, as well as giants.com/history at the bottom. Lampman (talk) 13:48, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Great, do you think you could also split "Birth and success: 1925-1957" in two? It's a bit longer than a section should be (see Layout). Lampman (talk) 14:01, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, since I had already reviewed it, I didn't have to think too hard about this one. Good job getting it back in shape! Lampman (talk) 20:45, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

History of the New York Giants (1994–present)
Hey, haven't seen you on here in forever. I remember you from way back when. I'll try and get to a re-review on this, though most of my GA reviewing the past couple months have been fixing up stalled reviews and pushing along others, which has alas taken up a lot of my time here. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:57, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the welcome back, belatedness doesn't matter, I appreciate it. I'm not editing a whole heck of a lot but I'm around here and there. Checking the watchlist and even creating some new content here and there. Wikistress Level = ZERO. :-) IvoShandor (talk) 18:42, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks very much
I had an exhausting day IRL and your barnstar was greatly appreciated - thanks so very much, and good to see you active here again. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 02:37, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Cheers
and thanks for your friendly welcome Manytexts (talk) 07:03, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

GA passed
I reviewed and passed Pre-Code Hollywood. Well done. I am pretty sure that I messed up the talk page, it just doesn't look right. Dincher (talk) 22:14, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Merrily We Go to Hell
The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of She Had to Say Yes
Hello! Your submission of She Had to Say Yes at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Stephan Schulz (talk) 17:20, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

History of the New York Giants (1994-present)
I've finished part of the review, with some concerns to address. If I haven't said it before, it's great to see you back. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 01:15, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * We certainly could collab on an article. Let me know if you had any in mind. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 21:18, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The rest of the review has now been completed. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 21:46, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll be closing the review at month's end, so hopefully you can finish up the issues soon. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 18:51, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd love to get Feller to FA status if possible. Got a lot of sources on him I can tap into at least. Knowing me, only possible problem would be going into too much detail, lol. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 19:41, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Hitler's Reign of Terror
The DYK project (nominate) 18:04, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for The Devil is Driving
 — Rlevse • Talk  • 00:04, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for The Breaks of the Game
 — Rlevse • Talk  • 06:02, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Laughter in Hell
 — Rlevse • Talk  • 00:03, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
...for welcome note. Best regards. Jugonostalgic (talk) 18:16, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Happy Quadzilla99's Day!
For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, click here. Have a Great Day... Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 04:23, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Catch phrases
Quadzilla, what Simmons has created are 'catch-phrases.' 'Memes' is a stupid trendy term that says less exactly what 'catch phrases' say more exactly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GeneCallahan (talk • contribs) 21:51, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Sure, Quadzilla, "Manning face" is a comedic theory. GeneCallahan (talk) 19:49, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for She Had to Say Yes
 — Rlevse • Talk  • 00:03, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

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New editor cwmhiraeth
Thank you quadzilla99 for your welcome. I have made an edit in the first paragraph of the River Teifi article which I hope is OK. I feel sure that the rainfall statistics at the end of the first paragraph are wrong but do not know where the information came from as there is no reference. At a guess, the first figure given has lost a zero at the end as I believe the rainfall is higher in the upper catchment area than in the lower one. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:50, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Ambitious but new
Thanks Quadzilla99. I got into this because someone very important to a number of people just died. I hope that my American colleagues will join me soon and improve the site. Meanwhile I do my best to fix the page. Any comments are appreciated. GrossklausSimone (talk) 17:58, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Quadzilla99. The Wiki system is really amazing. There were so many people who have helped already. If you know them personally, thank them for me please. I try to add more stuff, but I need my American colleagues to proceed. They have known Hank longer than I do. Thanks again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GrossklausSimone (talk • contribs) 12:55, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

It's raining thanks spam!

 * Please pardon the intrusion. This tin of thanks spam is offered to everyone who commented or !voted (Support, Oppose or Neutral) on my recent RfA. I appreciate the fact that you care enough about the encyclopedia and its community to participate in this forum.
 * There are a host of processes that further need community support, including content review (WP:GAN, WP:PR, WP:FAC, and WP:FAR). You can also consider becoming a Wikipedia Ambassador. If you have the requisite experience and knowledge, consider running for admin yourself!
 * If you have any further comments, input or questions, please do feel free to drop a line to me on my talk page. I am open to all discussion. Thanks &bull; Ling.Nut (talk) 02:29, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Re: The New York Times
To make the New York Times links accessible, I manipulated the URLs - I can't remember the exact procedure now! However it's not necessary anymore. In September 2007, the New York Times made all articles since 1987 freely available and IIRC abolished the Times Select system. However, links that pointed to the Times Select versions of articles didn't redirect to the free versions, so I corrected the links manually in March and April 2008. Those Times Select links, such as [this one, now redirect readers to the free version of an article if it's available, or a preview otherwise. [[User:Graham87|Graham]] 87 04:06, 3 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't know. The last time I checked, having a subscription to the NYT also entitled you to free access to their older archives, but that was two years ago. Graham 87 05:26, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Re: Feller
I do have access to that book, as well as the Sporting News archives, which I'm sure will have a lot of information. I could also look around and see if there are any that look at his military service as well. As for Paige, I don't have any of the books currently, though T could get them. That article's in much better shape, so fixing that one up should be easier. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 16:40, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. I like what he's doing on Paige, though it does seem to be getting too long (64kb would be pushing it for any baseball player). We could do Boudreau or Doby after Feller; Doby might be easier since he does have a bio written on him, so ideally not as much grunt work would be needed searching for sources. I admittedly probably won't be able to start working on Feller until after thanksgiving, due to rl commitments as well as just keeping up to date on the things I manage around here (GA revs, featured topics, etc.) Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 03:12, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Not a problem on my end; certainly made it easier to not have to shoot through the article again. Hopefully when the times comes to start working on it there won't be a mad dash to get anything about him in the area. Given what's going on, I'm conflicted as to when exactly we should start expanding and working on his article. Ideally I'd start now, but the next two weeks are a no-go for anything major here. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 05:21, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Lakers
Heh. I've seen the project page comments, but I've been preoccupied with some other things. I'll definitely try to take a look soon. Zagal e jo^^^ 06:05, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

From Westsidelife: Sorry, I didn't realize I undid other people's work. For some reason, the changes I tried to submit did not show up the first time, so I just went back and make the same changes again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Westsidelife (talk • contribs) 01:33, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

I kind of have a lot on my plate right now (here and in the real world), so I can't really devote myself to the Lakers page at the moment. Feel free to take it to peer review or whatever. Zagal e jo^^^ 06:02, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

RE: Lakers
I will try to help as much as I can.  GoPurple  'n  Gold24   20:59, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Kermit Washington
The article Kermit Washington you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Kermit Washington for things which need to be addressed. Brad78 (talk) 01:03, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Great work. Now passed. Brad78 (talk) 23:49, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Pre-code Hollywood
I see you have reverted my edit "It's alive! It's alive! In the name of God! Now I know what it's like to be God!". If I may refer you to this it is the correct line of dialogue from the film before it was censored later, notably the 1937 rerelease.--Wlmg (talk) 19:47, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks AaronY
Thanks for yr encouraging note AaronY - nice to have it Manytexts (talk) 21:50, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

1962 NFL Championship Game
I left a comment regarding your DYK nomination which you can view here: Template talk:Did you know. Cbl62 (talk) 02:32, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for 1962 NFL Championship Game
Materialscientist (talk) 00:04, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar
What a pleasant way to sign into Wikipedia with my first barnstar. Many thanks!

LowSelfEstidle (talk) 23:54, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

FCC fines...

 * That's great, thanks for helping! I have some more to add and changes to make with the notes and sources, etc. We could use the discussion page for more talk if you want to discuss anything about it. :) LowSelfEstidle (talk) 11:36, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Chgo Bulls
Thanks for the heads up. I tried not to double link but.......its such a long article that I felt that sometimes an unfamiliar (of the NBA) reader will get lost in the maze of abbreviated team names. But i get your point.Buster7 (talk) 14:56, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

talkback

 * Buster7 (talk) 15:42, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of 1933 NFL Championship Game
Hello! Your submission of 1933 NFL Championship Game at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Allen3 talk 13:37, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Minority Report
I'll certainly help you with this - I even helped the article remain a GA while in your break, and did an edit after your request. The article can even have a shot at the FA some day, since you expanded a lot. igordebraga ≠ 02:13, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes... what for, rewrite Development? igordebraga ≠ 04:44, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Alberto Davila
At Template talk:Did you know, I saw your question and left a reply.  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 22:44, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Minority Report
I will be glad to take a look at it. Do you want me to make comments on the talk page or do you want to open a peer review? It may take me a few days - I've been pretty busy IRL. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 22:04, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Minority Report refs
Thanks for fixing those. While I've never seen Minority Report, it seems like a neat film, and it would be a shame to have what looks like a good article cut down or deleted because of poor sourcing. Glad you managed to find other things. Roscelese (talk) 08:38, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for 1933 NFL Championship Game
Materialscientist (talk) 12:05, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Welding FAR
Hi AaronY - Could you please return to your comments at the Welding FAR (review page located at WP:Featured article review/Welding/archive1)? Quite a bit of work has been done on the article, so if you could review the changes and leave an update with your vote, it would be much appreciated. Thanks! Dana boomer (talk) 15:27, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

WP NBA in the Signpost
"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject NBA for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Also, if you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 01:06, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar
Wow. Thanks a bunch. It's always nice to be recognized. It will be preserved on my page of accolades, here. IvoShandor (talk) 08:36, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Happy New Year, man! Zagal e jo^^^ 22:24, 31 December 2010 (UTC)