User talk:AaronY/Archive 8

User:7arazred
Hello, I was wondering if you really gave User:7arazred a barnstar? -- Beloved Freak  18:44, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem, as I thought. -- Beloved Freak  18:24, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Sporus
I created an article about Sporus. Since you asked about it at Nero's discussion page, I'm telling you if you want to help adding this info to Nero's article. Regards ZackTheJack (talk) 20:30, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

The Jeff Saturday article, and many, many others.
This is insanity.

- Smike (talk) 10:58, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
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Update for: WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
Sorry for having to send out a second message but a user has brought to my attention that a point mentioned in the first message should be clarified. If user's don't sign on this page, they will be moved to an "Inactive Participants" list rather then be being removed from the entire WikiProject. Sorry for any confusion.--Dom497 (talk)15:10, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Bob Young (boxer)


The article Bob Young (boxer) has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
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Nomination of Bob Young (boxer) for deletion
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Million Award
The Million Award is a new initiative to recognize the editors of Wikipedia's most-read content; you can read more about the award and its possible tiers (Quarter Million Award, Half Million Award, and Million Award) at Million Award. You're also welcome to display this userbox:

If I've made any error in this listing, please don't hesitate to correct it; if for any reason you don't feel you deserve it, please don't hesitate to remove it; if you know of any other editor who merits one of these awards, please don't hesitate to give it; if you yourself deserve another award from any of the three tiers, please don't hesitate to take it! -- Khazar2 (talk) 03:22, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

CONGRATULATIONS!
Being a DICK has won you a prize! You've driven away an editor who was protecting Pre-code Hollywood from vandalism and inappropriate edits. If you're really lucky, you can drive away all the editors who were looking after the article, and have it all to yourself!!!! Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:55, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
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Main Page appearance: Bill Russell
This is a note to let the main editors of Bill Russell know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on February 12, 2014. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask. You can view the TFA blurb at Today's featured article/February 12, 2014. If it needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Today's featured article/requests/instructions. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Bill Russell (born 1934) is a retired American professional basketball player, widely considered one of the best in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. Playing center for the Boston Celtics, he was the centerpiece of their dynasty and his shot-blocking and man-to-man defense were major reasons for the team's success. A five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a twelve-time All-Star, he won 11 NBA championships during his 13-year career, and jointly holds the record for the most championships won by an athlete in a North American sports league. He led the NBA in rebounds four times, and remains second all-time in both total rebounds and rebounds per game. Russell was the first African American player to achieve superstar status in the NBA and the first African American NBA coach. For his accomplishments in the Civil Rights Movement on and off the court, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. Russell is a member of three basketball Halls of Fame (Naismith Memorial, National Collegiate, and FIBA) and the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award is named in his honor. He also won a 1956 Olympics gold medal as captain of the U.S. national basketball team. UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive
It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:


 * This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
 * Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
 * The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
 * An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.

Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.

More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.

I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!

--Dom497

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
The March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on April 1, 2014! Sent by Dom497 on behalf of MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:00, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog Drive
Hello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!

TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.

If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.

At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.

As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!

Sent by Dom497 --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup
Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!

As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:

For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.

For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).

The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.

--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor

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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Per BRD, I have reverted your edit to the lede of Franklin D. Roosevelt. I believe the claim that Harding defeated both Cox AND FDR to be in error, and I also found a spurious "their" in your version. A discussion about the wording has been started at Talk:Franklin D. Roosevelt. p b  p  13:56, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

I need some guidance
Hi, I hope you can help. The link on my take page's "welcome to wikipedia" leads me to you although you might have been quadzilla once. I hope you can point me in the right direction about an example of reverts I get on small edits. It's here: Can you show me 1) what I might be doing wrong; and if not 2) how to handle what seems to be proprietorial reverts like these. At least, that's what they look like to me. In this example, the first edit was to give a brief description of a tech term to save a reader clicking to yet another article to get the gist; and the second, the word "recognise" seems to beg "citation needed" while "known" implies a broad base of received knowledge, commonly used in the field. Afaik these edits are valid.

But, when I've given a fair reason in the changes bar and someone just reverts like that, I'm still a bit timid about taking it up with them without knowing my onions. Thanks in advance, Manytexts (talk) 00:00, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Then again it looks as though you've been away since March, so I will try to find someone else to help if you don't get back in a few days...Manytexts (talk) 00:03, 15 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks AaronY, and glad you're not too far away. I'll take your tip and try...Manytexts (talk) 08:15, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Request for source
Hi, I am planning to translate Minnie Pwerle to zhwiki, and noticed you uploaded fair-use image File:Minnie_Pwerle_painting.JPG and mentioned the source was Photograph by the uploader of a work in the collection of the uploader: User:Hamiltonstone. Did you mean: Your clarification is appreciated. --Did you know... that you can talk to Dingruogu? 10:31, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
 * User:Hamiltonstone was the owner of this piece of art work;
 * User:AaronY took this picture and uploaded it to enwiki.

Proposed deletion of Eastwood Insurance


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Nomination of Steve Blechman for deletion
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