User talk:Bob rulz/Archive 4

Holy Sweet Baby Jesus!
I think you and I are long lost twin brothers... --Tylerdmace (talk) 23:35, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't really know why I said that, haha :) You ARE from Utah - so we have that in common, I guess!  -- Tyler D Mace  ( talk  ·  contr ) 17:52, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter
The March 2008 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is ready! Dr. Cash (talk) 05:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Tel Aviv
Following Tel Aviv's third failed FAC, I have worked on the issues brought up and renominated it for a peer review at Peer review/Tel Aviv/archive3. Thanks. Flymeoutofhere (talk) 11:24, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Just to let you know I've replied to/addressed your concerns at the Peer Review. Flymeoutofhere (talk) 16:06, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

East Bench vs Foothill
name change of SLC neighborhood from East Bench to Foothill. I have lived in SLC area my entire life, and the reason I changed the naming is that the East Bench term is so broad, it can refer to any East side community including; Millcreek, Holladay, Sandy and Draper. And even the east side communities in Bountiful and Provo. Foothill is the term I have always known and used to describe the area in that article, and it is much more specific to that area. "Foothill" clearly seems more appropriate to me. Argyleist (talk) 13:57, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

April GA Newsletter
The April issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is now available. Dr. Cash (talk) 03:46, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Hurricane Hall of Fame
I've been working on the Tropical cyclone WikiProject for almost four years now and I know that at times it can be pretty draining. Hurricanehink and I started a fun little thing two years ago called the Hurricane Hall of Fame (based on a concept I'd created much earlier). It works just like any other Hall of Fame: every year, five storms are voted in based on notability. Up until now, the voters were just me and Hink and the honorees were just Atlantic storms. Both of those are changing (hopefully). I'm trying to get more Project members involved in the voting and I'm going international this year. This ballot is for the Eastern Pacific. Following this election, I'll send out ballots for the Western Pacific and then perhaps the Indian Ocean...all leading up to the Atlantic ballot early this summer. I'd really appreciate your participation. It's just for fun; something to lower stress levels. I'll announce the winners next weekend. The nominees are... -- § Hurricane E  RIC  archive 01:23, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1939 Long Beach Tropical Storm - Only tropical storm to make landfall in California in the 20th Century, killed in excess of 40 people at sea and in floods.
 * 1959 Mexico Hurricane - deadliest Eastern Pacific storm in history, 1000-1800 dead.
 * Hurricane Tara - killed over 500 people in floods in central Mexico.
 * Hurricane Liza - over 600 people were killed in devastating floods in Baja California.
 * Hurricane Paul - slow-moving storm left over 1000 dead in Central America.
 * Hurricane Iniki - most damaging hurricane in Hawaii's history, causing $2.6 billion in uninflated damage.
 * Hurricane John - longest lived tropical cyclone ever recorded worldwide; 31 days.
 * Hurricane Ismael - caused devastating flooding that killed 116 people in Mexico.
 * Hurricane Linda - strongest Eastern Pacific storm ever recorded.
 * Hurricane Pauline - devastated Mexico, killing 230 people and causing $7.5 billion in damage.
 * Choose three of these that you most want in. Post your votes on my talk page. The five top vote-getters will be inducted.

WikiProject Good Articles May Newsletter
The May Newsletter for WikiProject Good Articles has now been published. Dr. Cash (talk) 22:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Bot approved: dabbing help needed
Hi there. Fritz bot has been approved at Bots/Requests for approval/FritzpollBot for filling in a possible 1.8 million articles on settlements across the world. Now dabbing needs to be done for links which aren't sorted as the bot will bypass any blue links. and I need as many people as possible to help me with WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Places to prepare for the bot. If you could tackle a page or two everything counts as it will be hard to do it alone. Thankyou  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 12:13, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

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Solar System
I noticed your edit, and would like your contribution to the talk page on Talk:Solar_System. -HarryAlffa (talk) 22:07, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter
Sorry about the delay. AWB has been having a few issues lately. Here is the august issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter! Dr. Cash (talk) 20:26, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

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Utah Wikipedia Meetup
--Admrb♉ltz (talk) 22:23, 15 September 2008 (UTC) via AWB

D&D articles for Wikipedia 0.7
Hi there! :)

As someone who's worked on D&D and/or RPG articles before, I'm inviting you to participate in our goal to both improve articles that have been selected to be placed in the next Wikipedia DVD release, as well as nominate more to be selected for this project. Please see the WikiProject D&D talk page for more details. :) BOZ (talk) 22:15, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

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Re: Pre-1800 storms in HOF
First, I included the 1780 storm with the 2007 inductees as a special exemption simply because of its great historical significance. The reason I decided not to include storms prior to 1800 was because the deaths and damage are so greatly enhanced by the lack of knowledge at the time, it's unrealistic to hold those storms to the same standards as more modern storms. The only way those people could have known something was coming prior to ~36 hours before landfall was if a ship that survived it happened to drop by and say "Hey, you guys might wanna be somewhere else 48 hours from now." So many of these disasters wouldn't have been nearly as bad had the people even known it existed. To be honest, even going back to 1800 is pushing it. But with increased shipping in the early part of the 19th Century, I'm assuming advance warning was a little easier to come by. -- Hurricane ERIC - Class of '08: XVII Maius MMVIII 03:42, 14 October 2008 (UTC)


 * And because it was a special exemption, it is not included on my HoF page; only on my personal list. By the way, yes I do have a EPAC and a Typhoon HoF, which I made retroactive to 2007. Hink helped me make the inaugural lists.
 * EPAC: San Diego Hurricane of 1858, 1939 Long Beach tropical storm, 1943 storm in Mexico, 1959 Mexico Hurricane, Tara, Kathleen, Liza, Paul, Iwa, Tico, Iniki, Ismael, Linda, Pauline and Kenna
 * WPAC: Long list (lots of automatics), but highlights include The Kamikaze on special exemption, the Great Haiphong Typhoon (which killed 300,000 people in Vietnam in 1881 and is the deadliest storm in history outside the Bay of Bengal), Nina '75 (229,000 dead), 3 storms that killed over 35,000, Vera, Tip, Ike, Mike, Thelma, Angela and Herb are in there. Bilis and Durian (2006) are the most recent, both elected for 2008, their first year of eligibility.
 * Also, while Wilma remains the most recent Hall of Famer for the Atlantic, it now appears likely that both Gustav and Ike will qualify for automatic induction via cost. This is pending NHC's official report following the end of the season. Hanna will become eligible in 2010. -- Hurricane ERIC - Class of '08: XVII Maius MMVIII 05:05, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Rate Your Music.com rankings
Hi. I'm wondering if there was a special reason for putting this on the Music Project? Would it have been better to post it to Albums? Or am I missing something? Best regards. -- Klein zach  11:03, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I wasn't sure where the best place to put this was, it seemed like the best place to me since it's a music-related issue. However, albums might make more sense. Do you object to it being on Music? If so it can be moveed to Albums without a problem. The discussion has already started, though, so I'm not sure what the best thing to do at this point would be. bob rulz (talk) 11:17, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * It's up to you. I certainly think Albums should know about it. It's worth remembering that Music is the umbrella project for about 30 other projects besides Albums but it isn't a big problem or anything. Best. -- Klein zach  11:21, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

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Comments needed
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First-person shooter
Hi,

I'm currently reviewing First-person shooter for GA status, and noticed you've contributed to the article in the past.

I wondered if you might have time to look over the article, and help improve it towards the GA goal?

Thanks,

--  Chzz  ►  16:08, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the input; if you can help us out with any of it, that would be great. --  Chzz  ►  01:36, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #24
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2000s (decade)
Bob, you're an even more experienced editor than I, so I want to talk with you instead of automatically reverting this edit. First of all, your edit was, if viewed in isolation, a perfectly fine addition to the article. But there has now been a consensus for nearly 2 1/2 years that this article must consist only of the briefest summary of events possible—headlines, if you will. Now I recall that you weren't happy with the change in the article, but it seems to have held consensus in its current form. And what does this have to do with your edit? As I already said, your edit was well written and factual in all its parts. But unfortunately, it has added too much detail. And the more detail that creeps in, the more likely we are to slide down the slippery slope to the chaos that reigned before. Specifically,
 * I think that the inclusion of specific countries' names in the gay marriage sentence is simply unnecessary; there is a link there to same sex marriage which will serve the reader wanting detail.
 * Regarding the War on Terror switch you did, I have a couple of thoughts.
 * You may well be correct in placing the Afghan War in there instead of the Iraq War, but I'm not sure everyone will see it your way. Some may even think you're trying to whitewash the Bush Administration's record pertaining the decision to go into Iraq (I just see that you're referring to the war that clearly had a direct connection to 911).
 * Either way, I disagree with your placement of the rationale for going into Afghanistan ("as they were suspected of harboring Al Qaida militants"). I just think, again, that this is too much detail, and that someone can simply click on the invasion link and they'll get what they want.

So anyway, I'll await your comments (as well as the comments of others) for a while before I make any changes. Cheers. Un sch  ool  16:25, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

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AfD nomination of Chronology of Star Wars
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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
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List of cities and towns in Utah
I really appreciate you updating the population on the article. Saved me alot of work. However, the other changes were not necessary. The list is a Featured List and must conform to their standards. Colored text, especially red and green is not allowed (for colored blind). The columns are either all to left or all centered and centered is preferred. Adding the percent the population changed is not needed and it then throws the Etymology column way too small for FL. Two reasons the population change is not need: This is a list of current stats and is based off other lists of the same, mostly county lists (see List of counties in Utah for an example); and the change column becomes obsolete when the new estimates are released by the census bureau. New estimates are released yearly, but I don't know if they will release one in 2012 because it follows so closely after the decade stats. Bgwhite (talk) 22:11, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

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Utah
You still planning on doing anything with User:Bob rulz/List of shopping malls in Utah? You haven't touched it in years. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 15:49, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

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MfD nomination of User:Bob rulz/List of shopping malls in Utah
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 * On the subject, can I get you to weigh in here? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 19:03, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

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March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive
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 * 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.

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

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