User talk:Bearsona/Archive 4

International Sculpture Center and Sculpture (magazine)
Here's a link to a wikipedia search for the center:. Lots of mentions. Maybe a combined article would be good? Have a great weekend. ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:37, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh you're the one trying to delete the article? Tsk tsk tsk. :) ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:53, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It has more content and establishes notability since I nominated it. The article improved, a good outcome. Scapler (talk) 20:04, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Congrats!
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am i a troll?
for some reason, i have come to respect people that enjoy bacon. as a new user...tell me if i'm being a jerk re: ayn rand.Brushcherry (talk) 10:31, 26 February 2009 (UTC)brushcherry

Smilecartoons Inc.
Hey, how did you find the page for Smilecartoons Inc. the moment it was found? Do not delete it.MybuyNT (talk) 01:24, 27 February 2009 (UTC)


 * To answer your question, through the New pages page. I did not delete your article either, I simply marked it, and an admin, having seen the article marked, reviewed it, agreed with me, and deleted it. Nothing personal, we just did not feel your page fit Wikipedia's Criteria for inclusion. You article did not assert the notability of the company because it did not provide reliable, third-party coverage about the topic. I hope you write more articles in the future that conform to policy, and would love to see you become a prolific editor. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 03:50, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

American History X
Scaps, who made the final decision? I found Dravs comment, but I couldn't find the final approval comment or whatever. That page gets a crapload of vandalism. I guess it's part of some High School assignment? I thought the middle colonies were in Nebraska and Kansas. Oh well. Congrats. Good work. And thanks for all your help on stuff. Speaking of which, how do I use photos on commons? ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:56, 27 February 2009 (UTC)


 * One other though, I saw you drawing up list articles on various topics. Does this orphan fit on one of them Gloe lake? I thought you had worked on a list of some sort where it might fit... ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:08, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I meant that the vandalism on it must be from it being part of an assignment, not that your interest was based on one. ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:33, 28 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Apology accepted. Don't ever let it happen again. I really like that banner with the saluting and canons (I think) you added to my page. Very cool.  Makes me feel patriotic. I once substitute taught for an American History class and I had to grade tests.  But I found myself okaying unapproved answers that made sense and marking as wrong answers that were "correct" but made no sense.  The class complained and the teacher had to regrade the tests. Oh well. ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:45, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Middle Colonies
--Dravecky (talk) 02:35, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey Scaps. I think that information would be more appropriate in an article about the author of the book mentioned or in an article about the book.  Seems to be the addition is that of an overzealous enthusiast of that particular line of teaching.  The wording and assertions seem more appropriate to an academic dissertation rather than a general interest encyclopedia to me.  Good luck. :)  ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:51, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I found this social studies for kids site that tell you which colonies are which . Let me know if I can be of any additional help. ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:23, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Did you like my snide comment about the kid's site? Actually it was quite helpful for me. I am utterly clueless about these historical subjects. They seem passé. :) Old news, if you will.  And no one seems to act responsiblty on what they learn anyway, as history repeates itself (back the the inflation, poverty and desperation of the 1970s here we come). :)

As far as improvements go, I suspect mine will have little consequence as far as GA status goes (it appears to me that the article accreditation process has more to do with style than substance... ), but I am happy to offer my opinions anyway.

I thought it was interesting to look at the articles on the other colonial region groupings for comparison. I found it helpful to have a list of what states the regions became. I'm also unclear on exactly what the Chesapeake colonies were as opposed to the Southern Colonies, but I guess that doesn't have much to do with the Middle Cs. Why is Maryland's status disputed?

I do think a little bit of perspective as far putting the Middle Cs in context as they relate and differ from the lower and upper Cs would be good to establish right off the bat. I think it's best not to take for granted that we all know and relate to what "colonies" are. Who were the powers. Why were they settling this area? Who was living there prior to settlement and what was going on?

Also what were the religious and ehtnic/ national fault lines? I think more of a distinction of why the subject is interesting would be fun. Who what where why. Those are my superficial observations. Now I'm going to go read the article. As our country goes bankrupt and disorder ensues, do you think there is a chance of secession? ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:45, 6 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Tweaked per reading it. I have a few more comments, but I don't want to overwhelm you.  I rewrote it a bit to my liking, which will likely be reverted by some ne'er do well. It's an interesting subject actually. ChildofMidnight (talk) 23:05, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I told you that article gets a lot of vandalism. At least you know people are "reading" it. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:21, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Polkagris
Shubinator (talk) 22:53, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

LOL!
World's fastest delete button. :) I wouldn't normally pull the plug on an AfD that early, but I already had deleted the thing once before and advised the user...who went right back and did it again.  Anyway, I salted the title as well.  Hopefully, he'll get the message.  Do enjoy a cookie.  Less brutal than Street Fighter.  --PMDrive1061 (talk) 23:40, 2 March 2009 (UTC)



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new cpu
man, im strapped 4 cash & need a decent cpu that can run garry's mod & has good ram, dual core pro/dual core procecesor, and under 600.00... you know any body w a good site or a good company? and see if anyone else knows, cause ive been searching 4 days.MidKnightHunter (talk) 15:16, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Country outlines project update - 2009/03/08
Remember "Around the World"?

Well, we've been around the World, and around again (virtually speaking, on Wikipedia), on this project.

Things have been slowing down again, so it's time for a big push...

We've gone live
This project needed a shot in the arm. Also, its draft pages have been littering Wikipedia's categories for months. The time seemed right to move all the country outline drafts to article space.

WHAT???

Well, the drafts had been sitting in Wikipedia space for a year.

WHAT???

Development has been moving at a snail's pace and we could use the help of the Wikipedia community at large (who are more likely to find these if they are in article space).

WHAT???

Yes, we've gone live. :)

This puts pressure on us to get the blatantly incomplete elements of these outlines done. The only glaring problem is the government branches sections. These need to be corrected ASAP.

I've mentioned THE GOVERNMENT BRANCHES SECTIONS many times to many people over the past year, but the problem just doesn't seem to have been taken seriously. So let me put it another way:

HELP!!! I need your help on this now. Almost all the countries have a government with an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch. The links for these branches need to be completed for each country outline:


 * Here's a convenient list you can use WP:LINKY on to access and edit these quickly. Please copy the list's link to the top of your talk page so that you can access it easily.

If you spot any standardization in links, and ways we can automate parts of this process, or for groups of countries that have links in common, please let me know!

Administrative support for outlines
There has been growing pressure on me to write up the administrative pages for outlines - their instructions, guidelines, etc. Therefore, I'm now in the process of composing these. Fortunately, it is mostly a matter of gathering material from messages I've written to you guys over the past year. Still, this is taking up most of my time, and I will be buried in these for the foreseeable future.

Traffic control
The next big task after the government branches sections are cleaned up is link support for the outlines.

There's quite a list of links and notices that need to be put in place around Wikipedia, providing access to them to readers, and alerting editors to the need to develop and maintain these pages. This will keep our bot people very busy (and happy).

But the most important thing right now is to get the government branches sections completed. So please, put your bots aside, roll up your shirt sleeves, and start typing.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist 03:10, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

LOL!
In a bizarre coincidence involving the collision of planets, I marked this page for speedy deletion at the same time you speedy deleted it, thus, Twinkle accidentally recreated the page. Sorry about that, but it looks like you are destined to delete this page twice. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 22:47, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that's happened before. I'm sometimes faster than Twinkle...!  :)  --PMDrive1061 (talk) 22:49, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Obama comments
Thank you for deleting my duplicate post, I must have hit the "save page" button twice. So, thank you for vigilantly fixing my mistakes. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 22:17, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. Bytebear (talk) 22:22, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

As you are probably aware, the article Barack Obama is under article probation that is detailed here. Editors of such articles should be especially mindful of content policies, such as WP:NPOV, and interaction policies, such as WP:CIVIL, WP:NPA, WP:3RR, and WP:POINT. These policies are especially useful for intimidating and attacking anyone who dares to try and balance Wikipedia's glowing coverage of Obama by daring to suggest in some way that his views or actions might have been subject of controversy or criticism. Wikipedia's Ministry of Truth must insist that you do not attempt to add any content that doesn't follow the most desirable stroyline possible. We will invoke wp:BLP, wp:NPOV, and any other policy we deem necessary whether or not they in any way apply to obstruct those who refuse. Unless your activity here serves our purposes you will be treated with the utmost condescesion and disdain, because content that does not conform to our carefully constructed portrayal of Obama and hasn't been carefully screened by our truth commission in accordance with Wikipedia's Fairness doctrine is utterly unacceptable no matter how many reliable sources and citations are provided. Any attempt to stray from our instructions will be considered edit warring and you will be immediately reverted by the multiple editors who have taken it upon themselves to throw out our guidelines and enforce their personal POV on the article. Remember that the burden of proof is not on them, but on you to prove why the reliable citations you use to support your assertions should be respected when no one elses except those favorable of Obama have been in the past. You're not the first editor who has tried to balance the article and we will use every tool in our power to crush you if necessary. Thank you for your kind cooperation. If you cease daring to question our authority we may let you live in some small corner of Wikipedia, but please remember never again to try and improve the encyclopedia in this way (reliable sources, citations, notability) when it doesn't consist of accolades for Obama, the only type of editing we consider helpful. ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:11, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Death of a Salesman
I see you bit the hook :) Just to let you know, I'm going to do a small write-up for the Wikipedia Signpost about the completion of List of notable films. If it's OK with you, I'd like to mention you and the Death of a Salesman (1951 film) article. The SP article won't come out until next week, so if you want to spiff up the Death of a Salesman article before then, you should have plenty of time. Of course there's no problem with leaving it a stub either :) Kaldari (talk) 23:22, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Of course it is okay to mention me and the article, as a matter of fact, I am honored. I must admit, it was just too tempting to finish a list of articles to be added, and judging from the list of award nominations, this film certainly was notable (not to mention based on a fantastic play!) Can you point me to any places I could use as reliable sources to beef up the article? I would like it to have, well, a little more... referency and less stubby (to use fake words). I hate to write unreferenced articles, I'm more of the over reference type. Thanks! Cheers! Scapler (talk) 23:26, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * There's a lot of good material about the movie in Miller, death of a salesman by Brenda Murphy (which you can preview on Google Books. The stuff about the movie starts on page 127 (although there's an interesting snippet on page 126 as well). Kaldari (talk) 23:38, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Cheers! Scapler (talk) 23:39, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I have expanded the article a little. Feel free to take a look. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 21:59, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

American knights
FYI the proper category for this is Category:Recipients of Honorary British Knighthoods, which Ted Kennedy was already in. Wasted Time R (talk) 02:03, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Right. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 02:06, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

BCC
How did the edits to the Brevard Community College page mess it up? It did not in my browser, so I just want to know what you saw. Right now, though, all the pictures overlap the table, maybe we should just take them out altogether.... Cheers! Scapler (talk) 02:09, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Just take out the pictures on the left side. That should fix the table. NorwalkJames (talk) 03:02, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

From Dr. Entropy
Thank you for your kind words, but I'm not sure I deserve them. :) I simply try to do the best I can all the time.  Thank you, however.  You just made my weekend. :)

Happy Trails! --Dr. Entropy (talk) 21:46, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Geography WikiProject update - 03/15/2009
You commented on the awards effort when it was just getting started a long while back - I thought you might like to see the end results...

The award images are complete!

After months of toil and attention to detail, Penubag has completed the set of images for this WikiProject's awards!

There are five race ribbons:



There's an engraved medallion:



And by far the hardest to create, a golden trophy:



If you have any ideas about awards these images can be placed upon, and how to award them (to show appreciation and to attract participants), please let me know.

And be sure to pop by Penubag's talk page to let him know what you think of his graphics artistry.

The Transhumanist 22:17, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

And

Hey man, what's up?
What are your favorite subjects?

And, what subjects are you interested in?

The Transhumanist 23:04, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Future of newspapers
Hi Scapler, I thought I'd just explain why your replacement of the newborn Future of newspapers article with a redirect to Newspaper has been reverted - a bunch of us are planning to work on this article and then, when it's good enough, use the Future section of Newspaper as a summary with a Main article link. It's been discussed at Talk:Newspaper. Regards, Barnaby Barnabypage (talk) 22:02, 17 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I did not realize there had been consensus on the subject, good luck with the article! Cheers! Scapler (talk) 22:03, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * yeah well, don't mess up again or there will be consequences. ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:00, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
- Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 05:34, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Did you enjoy working on Alan Scott (blacksmith)?
Then help out with Marvin Sutton! Bongo matic  10:59, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Eagle
Congrats Scap. I always thought you were a loon, but I guess now you're an Eagle! Just be careful where you point your talons. And steer clear of Dodos. ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:29, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Re:GA review of My French Coach and My Spanish Coach
I have performed the GA review for the article, and I am putting it on hold until two minor problems are fixed. These shouldn't be too difficult to pull off (translation: not at all) and after I would be more than happy to pass the article. You have really put a lot of time and work into the article, and it has come out excellent! Cheers! Scapler (talk) 01:21, 28 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Think I resolved all your concerns. Cheers, — sephiroth bcr  ( converse ) 03:19, 28 March 2009 (UTC)


 * In light of the improvements, I have passed the article for GA. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 09:42, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Happy ChildofMidnight's Day!
This was posted on my talk page. But I didn't want you to miss a moment of knowing that today is my day, so I've been kind enough to repost the good news here. You're welcome. ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:26, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

name
sorry i haven't been on lately...but i'm thinking of deleting my profile & getting a new one... anyways, Is there any way to change my name on here w/o deleting my profile? i don't really care, but I'm tired of being MidKnight.MidKnightHunter (talk) 14:44, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi Scapler
How's it going. I noticed that you are a member of the Guild of Copyeditors. I was wondering if you had the time to take a look at my featured article candidate Han Dynasty. The prose just needs to be cleaned up a bit. I have a tendency to write long sentences that ultimately need to be broken up into two or three (a bad habit). If you could do anything in your spare time I would be greatly appreciative. Thanks.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 02:01, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I am sorry that I did not respond sooner; I unfortunately was busy with other activities which discouraged me from taking on any large Wikipedia project. However, I have now begun my own copyedits to the article. Overall, it is well-written (I must mention, also, that it is EXTREMELY well-researched, and incredible job really) and I am mostly making tweaks for sentence flow and styling (eliminating passive voice where appropriate, etc...) Also, after reading up on Wang Mang, I found that only some historians labelled him a "usurper", so I reworded or eliminated the label in the interest of not promoting one historical view over another. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 21:26, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Scapler! Yeah, in the past two days since I left this message on your talk page, a LOT has happened to the article (to say the least). Feel free to continue copyediting, though, since you were able to reword plenty of sentences in the lead thus far. Good work!-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 21:45, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I will continue copyediting, because I am one of those strange animals who enjoy it. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 21:47, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I have a question on a fact in the article. These sentences: "To placate his prominent commanders from the war with Chu, Emperor Gaozu enfeoffed some of them as kings. By 157 BCE, the Han court had replaced all of these kings with royal Liu family members, since their loyalty to the throne was questioned." confuse me, as the structure leaves room for ambiguity. Was the loyalty of the commanders or the Liu family members questioned? Cheers! Scapler (talk) 22:13, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It was the kingly non-relatives whose loyalty was questioned, not the relatives to the emperor who were made kings. Also, keep in mind that emperor's titles as seen in the article are posthumous titles; the emperors did not assume those names in their lifetime. Aside from that, thank you for your continued efforts in copyediting the article! She's looking better and better.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 01:04, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I've been compiling notes for the main article and its five branch articles since the summer of 2008. It's taken a long time, but all the hard work has finally paid off. Presently, all six articles are Good Articles. I hope to raise this main article and a couple others to Featured status, but that may take a much longer time than compiling all of the notes! Sigh. Take care and good night to you. Cheers.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 01:54, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Scapler. Thanks for the continued effort to improve the prose of Han Dynasty. If you don't mind, I would like to request a copyedit of a specific section that needs immediate attention. Could you take some time to look over the Science, Technology, and Engineering section? The other sections have been combed through by other editors. This particular section, however, has received the least attention so far and it is in desperate need of some copyediting. Anything at all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 22:26, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I have copyedited the sections requested, and another editor seems to be doing the same. This thing should pass soon, I should think, or at least hope. If that article is not going to be FA quality, I don't know what can be! I liked your labeling of the GOCE people as a "team of copyeditors", soon we can be labelled as a conglomerate of super grammar evil! Muhahaha! Cheers! Scapler (talk) 00:22, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Nice. Very crafty, I see. Changing your name from the "League of Copyeditors" to the "Guild of Copyeditors". Surely everyone would suspect The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but who would be threatened by a guild? It's too public and municipal! In any case, you should dispose of this message and kill anyone who heard this conversation. (lol). And yes, I am aiming for a Featured Topic! You completely read my mind. That doesn't surprise me though, from someone whose in the Guild of Copyeditors (cue cheesy James Bond music). Good night. I'm going out to get drunk with friends at a pool bar (this time I'm being serious). Cheers!-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 04:51, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

(Unindent). To answer your question: Yes! Well, maybe not all of them. History of the Han Dynasty failed its FA nomination because some editors opposed it over its large size (even though it does not violate the maximum 100 KB limit for prose). I simply do not know what else to cut from that article without sacrificing vital material; so much has been cut already. I just don't have the time or patience to deal with that article and am content with its current Good Article status. As for the other articles, Economy of the Han Dynasty and Government of the Han Dynasty are small and manageable enough to pass as FAs. However, Society and culture of the Han Dynasty and Science and technology of the Han Dynasty might suffer the same criticism that History of the Han Dynasty did in its FAC process (i.e. too lengthy). That's unfortunate, because the latter two are perhaps much better articles than Economy and Government. Take care and good night, Scapler. Cheers.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 02:40, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi again. I just nominated Economy of the Han Dynasty as a FAC. It's a very short article; a very quick read (about half the size of the main Han article). Would you mind copyediting it? It would be an enormous help. Thanks.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 15:55, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the message! That was very, very thoughtful. Cheers!-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 21:30, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Template:Holam
Hi, you've requested a speedy deletion of this template, saying that you're the only editor on it, but the editor was Gilgamesh, several years ago. Did you used to be Gilgamesh? If so, do you have a link for the name change? (Watchlisting) - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 01:02, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * No, I was never that user. I marked the template for speedy because it has no content whatsoever, and was essentially a page which was started blanked. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 01:03, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hm, I should have looked at the template! Okay, I've deleted as a G6 (maintenance). - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 01:05, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

RE: Barnstar
Thanks for that! Remind me to send you a link in eight hours or so; I'm trying to set a record on NPP just for kicks :P. Ironholds (talk) 00:59, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Deleting Hospitals
why is a hospital considered spam? Does Wikipedia not consider health care important?? l santry (talk) I have corrected some other hospital pages to conform.


 * The article as it stands now looks fine. Chances are at the time of deletion the article addressed the hospital in a glowing tone, used words like "we" which imply an advertisement, or including things like mission statements or only promotion of the hospital. See WP:NEUTRAL. Like I said though, the new version of the article looks fine now; all it took was writing an encyclopedia article rather than a promo. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 03:35, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Middle colonies
Thank you for the additional information that you added! I am currently trying to get it reviewed for GA, so your contributions are appreciated. I would like to thank you especially for adding references to your edits, as most people add loads of information without any references. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 01:14, 20 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Happy to help! I was unable to find a reference for the initial renaming to New Jersey, which the article had previously stated was by the British in 1649, some two decades prior to their actually taking the territory.  That didn't seem right, and I couldn't read the reference one sentence later in that section to double-check.  Do you have a reference for that 1649 usage of the name?  I'm not sure if you know this, and it's unnecessary detail for this particular article, but James II referred to the area by the dual names New Jersey and New Caeserea!  I have no idea precisely who came up with either name or precisely when.


 * The Yale Law School provides this document, the exact text of the Duke of York's 1664 release to Berkeley and Carteret, which may be the first official declaration of both names, but I would assume one or both names were in use by some prior to this time and I'd love to learn how early and who started that.


 * There is a detail or two which your subsequent copyedit erroneously reverts. Nicolls sailed from England in May and went to Boston.  It was September 8 that the cession was finalized.  This diplomacy and propaganda war (and approaching forces) was ongoing throughout the summer.  Nicolls sent out statements to the colonists of New Netherland that they could essentially live just as they had been, and would be given all the rights of English colonists.  Some were loathe to give up their trade relationships with Dutch companies and banks, so Nicolls agreed to allow them to continue some relations with the Dutch.  Stuyvesant did not want to cede, but his efforts to bolster forces and forts and rally troops to fight the British weren't bearing fruit.  I fear the way you've changed it makes it sound like it happened suddenly in September and that it was Stuyvesant's decision to give up.  Essentially it seems it was actually the people of New Netherland, including those charged with defending the territory, who decided this by accepting British terms made to them over a period of several weeks, if not months, leading up to the Sept. 8 date.  It's one of those circumstances where the story becomes the province of the famous few people at the top (if that many), when in fact the reality was more complex and more democratic than that.  Abrazame (talk) 23:53, 20 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Sorry if I made any information inaccurate, and thank you for your research into the subject! Cheers! Scapler (talk) 00:52, 21 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads, up; I have tried to fix the details that you mentioned. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 00:58, 21 April 2009 (UTC)


 * My pleasure! You phrased it concisely.  I changed "early 1664" to "mid-1664" as the ship sailed from England in May and the events transpired between their arrival in Boston and the Sept. 8 cession, more or less the summer.  Best, Abrazame (talk) 07:28, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Economy of the Han Dynasty
I have started the copyedit of the article. Anyone else from the last copyeditor conglomerate joining in the fun? Cheers! Scapler (talk) 21:53, 21 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Question: When you say "The imperial capitals of Western Han Chang'an and Eastern Han Luoyang were some of the largest in the world", do you mean some of the largest economies or physically large in landmass? Cheers! Scapler (talk) 21:55, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Scapler. They were some of the largest in terms of both population and land area. I just stated "cities" in the lead; I hope that is clear enough. If not, perhaps it should be made explicit that the criteria here is population and land area, instead of just implying that it is either of the two.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 22:31, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, I forgot to answer your first question! No, I have not contacted anyone else besides you. You are the only one! I hope you feel privileged. However, do you think that the article could use several sets of eyes to scan over it and copyedit?-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 02:10, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Cool. I'm sure you'll be able to spot anything and everything that should be fixed.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 02:13, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, it means anything but land, such as taxes on commodities, goods, items, valuables, etc. Obviously you can't haul land around in a wheelbarrow or carriage. Lol. I'll strike "properties" from that sentence to make it less confusing. Good looking out.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 22:03, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Scapler! There's already a lot of talk at the FAC page of Economy of the Han Dynasty about improving the quality of the prose. Would you like to continue copyediting the article? If so I would be greatly appreciative of any of your efforts. Cheers.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 00:27, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Excellent. I'm glad you're still on board. All of our schedules get a little busy at times, so that is completely understandable. Regards.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 00:30, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry if it is not clear in the article: Wang Mang established the King's Fields system, he did not abolish it.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 01:43, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It's simple, really: registered merchants knew that they were not allowed to purchase land, but some of them did it anyway, to "test the waters" (so to speak) and deliberately challenge the law. Some of them actually got away with this (not including the very successful itinerant merchants who did not even have to register as merchants in the first place). Others, however, got into serious trouble with authorities.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 21:58, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm. Copyeditor User:Baffle gab1978 must have recently changed that sentence, because it is supposed to mean work teams that were each a hundred thousand or more, such as the 150,000-strong work team that built the defensive walls of Chang'an.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 21:07, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

You're awesome! Thanks for all your help. It has been invaluable. Cheers.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 23:02, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't want to ask too much of you, especially since you've contributed so much already. However, if you feel like you have some free time to copyedit, you could slowly copyedit the other four branch articles for Han Dynasty over the course of 2009. I won't expect too much at all since you've done more than a kind share of the copyediting, but just to let you know I am planning on nominating Government of the Han Dynasty after this. If you want to take a look at that article, feel free. If not, I completely understand, wish you all the best, and thank you for all that you've done. Regards.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 23:11, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Request for comment
Hi Scapler. Per the stipulations at WP:CANVASSING, I've pinged your talk page to "appropriately canvass" you wrt the deletion discussion currently taking place at "WP:Articles for deletion/Home and family blog." (Note that I've also pinged the talkpages of all of your fellow participants at last years deletion discussion at "WP:Articles for deletion/List of blogs," to ensure that my notifications are to are small number of wiki-contributors that have been neutrally selected.) I hope you'll consider taking part in our discussion. Thanks.  ↜Just me, here, now … 07:34, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

I knight thee, Sir Scapler

 * Awesome! Thank you.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 18:42, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You're very welcome! You should also have a look at Tibet during the Ming Dynasty for a completely different citation style I also like to use. It is a bit more professional, actually, since I followed the guidelines in A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate L. Turabian (7th ed.).


 * The article Middle Colonies is certainly deserving of Good Status (we need more of those for American history). Good luck with it! Maybe one day I'll try to raise President George Washington to Featured status; I have enough books to do it, perhaps. Cheers.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 02:53, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

John Burton (football)
Hi, you're a bit quick off the mark moving John Burton (footballer born 1885) within seconds of its creation. It was thus named to disambiguate from John Burton (footballer born 1863) which will appear as soon as I get the chance to create it, at which point I will move the first Mr Burton back whence he came, according to the disambiguation conventions adopted at the WP:FOOTY project. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 15:11, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Middle Colonies
Hi Scapler, You've been very busy on the in-line citations, well done. I'll check some of those in-line citations that are available to me in electronic form, but I will not check those that are not. Hopefully we can close this review off before the end of the week.

Can you consider the comment on talk:Middle Colonies, as it is relevant?

Thanks.Pyrotec (talk) 21:03, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I believe I have addressed the concern on the talk page now as well. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 22:30, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your review. My first GA! I feel like there should be a celebration of something... once again, thank you for your efforts. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 20:09, 6 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh! Congratulations, I did not realise it was your first one. I've still a bit more admin to do first; and bot should update the article history in a day or so.
 * This is my 93rd WP:GAN review, but I've never submitted one myself.Pyrotec (talk) 20:23, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Checking in
Long time no see. How have you been Dr. Scapleton? ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:27, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Contest proposal
A proposal has been posted for a contest between all 200 country WikiProjects. We need to know how this contest should be run, and what problems to look out for. And we're looking for judges, coordinators, ideas, and feedback.

(And we have some really cool awards for the contest).

The Transhumanist 17:49, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Washington State Route 31 copyedit?
Hello Scapler. I'm back and requesting a new copyedit for a future A-Class article (currently on review), Washington State Route 31. This article will be a challange and I hope you can find some time. Thanks! –CG 15:28, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Non-notable?
Why first is state-sponsored encyclopedia not notable? I'm waiting for your answer.--AM (talk) 01:28, 9 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I have created an entry for this Từ điển Bách khoa Toàn thư Việt Nam. Please reconsider your edit, thank you.


 * Thank you very much.--AM (talk) 01:44, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Economic history of China (Pre-1911)
Article with lots of information. I(Creator)'m interested in promoting it to GA status. Can you help copyedit it? Thanks.Teeninvestor (talk) 21:49, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

hello nice 2 met you —Preceding unsigned comment added by NoduloMan (talk • contribs) 18:28, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Book knowledge
No more updates? Oh well. Hope all is well with you. Your buddy Dimitree is involved in another airline destination related dispute. Something about whether George is in Europe and whether the Middle East is better included as Asia (where that leaves Egypt I'm not sure...) ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:29, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

The Great Band Era!
Good job on creating that article! It was up on the WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/List of notable albums for a while now! Keep up the great work. Calaka (talk) 02:37, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Thief!
Help! Police! Stop that man! He tried to steal my user page!

Lol. :)

Thanks for the compliment. ;=)-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 18:07, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Scapler, I would be honored if someone used my user page as a model for their own. Besides, I think your user page draft diverges from mine on so many levels (color, images used, text, etc.) that it can safely be called your own. Cheers.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 18:13, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, one more thing: keep an eye on Ancient Egyptian literature. I plan on rewriting that article like I did for Han Dynasty. For that, I might require your services sooner than you think! I've got notes and a draft for that article already. Regards.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 18:15, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh my God! Sound the horns and drums! Roll out the red carpet and pop the bubbly because Scapler's user page is here! And yes, you should fear its awesomeness. Lol.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 19:47, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Pictures I've uploaded recently
For your amusement, here are some lovely images I've uploaded to Wiki recently.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 12:45, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Economic history of China (Pre-1911) again
Do you mind going through the article and copyediting it? The first time you were going to Maryland but it seems you're now back. Be warned: this article is not pericles quality(though I stole a lot of his sources).Teeninvestor (talk) 13:58, 25 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I restored a section you deleted on agricultural productivity during the Han, (it is reduced now though). I hope you are not offended but I did so because I did not know why you deleted it. It seems alright to me. If you want it out, contact me and explain to me why it needs to go. Cheers!Teeninvestor (talk) 00:10, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm very satisifed with your copyediting job so far, Scapler. I thank you for your work. However, I do believe that information on Han Era agriculture was quite important to the economic history of China. There was another section, "Siemens steel process", that i think should have been shortened but not removed entirely. I will put it into a sentence.Teeninvestor (talk) 00:15, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Finishing the rest of the article?
It's an admirable job you've done so far, Scapler, but are you going to copyedit the rest of the article Economic history of China (Pre-1911)? It's been four days and I don't see any action.Teeninvestor (talk) 21:37, 10 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Thank you Scapler. You are a real help.Teeninvestor (talk) 22:13, 11 July 2009 (UTC)


 * If you don't mind, can you copyedit Economic history of Modern China, as well? It is the sequel to the Pre-1911 article.Teeninvestor (talk) 22:24, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

2nd copyedit
Thank you! The article has been promoted to GA status(Economic history of China (Pre-1911)) I mean. I'd like to see it promoted to FA. If you don't mind, can you copyedit it a second time? Thanks! In particular, I hope that the text after the 2nd copyedit will be "Brilliant and engaging". Economic history of Modern China is short and can be copyedited later (maybe even by myeslf). I hope you can continue to wokr with me in geting the article to FA status. This time I need you to focus on prose. Cheers!.Teeninvestor (talk) 13:01, 23 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Hello?Teeninvestor (talk) 18:09, 26 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Are you doing the copyedit offline?Teeninvestor (talk) 12:24, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Hello?Teeninvestor (talk) 01:45, 9 August 2009 (UTC)