User talk:CLWE/6

Fredrik Reinfeldt
If you are interested, you are welcome to update Fredrik Reinfeldt, the new President of the European Council... --BorgQueen (talk) 17:46, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The "projectile vomiting" reminded me of a certain old film... --BorgQueen (talk) 18:05, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Spice Burger
I unfortunately don't! :( Maybe consider emailing one of these. Like your edit notice. Have a look at this:

Cargoking  talk  10:26, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

ITN for Organization of American States

 * Btw, something is odd with your talk page format... Is it intended? --BorgQueen (talk) 08:47, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The TOC is on the top right corner, which looks awkward to me, and the main text body of the talk page is considerably restricted... with a large chunk of whitespace on the right. --BorgQueen (talk) 08:57, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Now it looks normal... I use Firefox, btw... --BorgQueen (talk) 10:25, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

ITN

 * This needs urgent attention. --BorgQueen (talk) 12:19, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, I've taken care of it. --BorgQueen (talk) 13:01, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK reviewer needed
Do you know how to review DYK candidates? We are having a bit of backlog there. --BorgQueen (talk) 10:56, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Elderly first, kids later. Please review the old hooks first... --BorgQueen (talk) 11:45, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

RE:DYK
I went ahead and replied under the Zia (New Mexico) article. What do you think of the other one I put--Two thousand lei (Romanian banknote). It hasn't got a review yet?-- Schnitzel MannGreek. 13:30, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * What do you mean it needs 1000 more characters?It barely had anthing useful till I expanded it. And if I fix the referance on the romanian article, could that qualify? Schnitzel MannGreek . 20:19, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll work more, by the way, how's the Romanian article, I fixed the referance? Schnitzel MannGreek . 20:31, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I fixed the referances, I guess. Is it good? What should I do now?-- Schnitzel MannGreek . 20:52, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

I went ahead and expanded Zia (New Mexico) to meet the requirement like you said. This, I believe is worthy for DYK now. Schnitzel MannGreek. 21:57, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter XXIII
Delivered by – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 16:21, 5 July 2009 (UTC).

ITN
Thanks for your comment on the ITN nom of the Urumqi riots. I had two quick questions for you.... first of all, is it ok for the bold link in the blurb to be a link to a section, rather than to the whole article? I think I remember seeing other things in ITN that have been like that, but I can't find a specific guideline anywhere.

Also, is it ok for me to update ITN myself, with my own nom? The last time I nommed something I withdrew it, but one of the reviewers there basically told me that if I wanted I could BOLDly update the template myself once (and if it was reverted by another admin, then of course we would have to discuss it). I figured for the sake of being timely, and because so far no one has objected to the nom, it probably wouldn't hurt if I posted it...but wanted to check first. r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 01:50, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Prep 2 is clear now. Sorry about the delay; I was hurriedly fixing some things because it turns out my ITN generated a bit of a fuss! (Not that there was anything wrong with boldly promoting it; this is a pretty little-known area of the world among English speakers, so I doubt leaving it at ITN/C for another 24 hours would have attracted any expert comments/opposes of the kind I got once it was on the MP.) r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 03:40, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK credits
No problem. By the way, I would much appreciate if you could review some of my DYK nominations. For some reason they are being overlooked by regular reviewers... I don't think they are particularly boring though. --BorgQueen (talk) 18:43, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Could you delete extra DYK credit templates once you're done assembling a set? The bot's dumb and credits User:Editor if there are extras. Shubinator (talk) 01:03, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, didn't know that, will do. -- can  dle &bull; wicke  01:05, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Conversations with Eamon Dunphy
Looks like he's gone. Cargoking   talk  11:15, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK
Hey. I understand that you're trying to make sure you get the verified ones, but taking hooks from today, like you did here, is something you should not be doing. Double-check the ones at the bottom before you go about taking ones from the 9th and putting them into prep. It's just not good sense at all. Wizardman 15:51, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
 * That's alright. Sorry if I came across harsh, DYK just has a knack for frustrating me these days. Wizardman  15:57, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Where r u?

 * No, it was me. I was having teary eyes because you were gone... :-p Seriously, I wondered what you were doing because ITN was suffering from drought at that time, for more than 48 hours or so. --BorgQueen (talk) 15:31, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Prep
The current prep has too many bio hooks. And I was saving Victor Manuel Blanco to use as a lead hook in another queue. --BorgQueen (talk) 20:17, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * "especially in the circumstances": We have two loaded queues at the moment, so we have more than 12 hours until the panic time. I don't think we need to hurry yet, it doesn't really matter anyway because I can swap some of the bio hooks with another queue. As for Blanco, the point is not only how great the image looks, but how well the article is written, too. I tend to prefer science-related articles as lead hooks these days because I feel they have been underrepresented at DYK (except biology). But the image's copyright status has some issues so nevermind that. --BorgQueen (talk) 20:41, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup participates in the The Great Wikipedia Dramaout
Hello all, iMatthew here. I just wanted to let you know about "The Great Wikipedia Dramaout" which starts this Saturday. The goal of the Dramaout is to spend five days working on improving articles and abstaining from any of Wikipedia's drama. I don't think that any of you will have a problem focusing on articles for five days, because of course, any work you get done during the Dramaout will count towards your score in the WikiCup. Details are on the page; hope to see you all signing up! :)  iMatthew  talk   at 00:27, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Eh
I am drinking my morning coffee... give me some time, will you. --BorgQueen (talk) 05:42, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Aspirin poisoning
Re this DYK, does it count when the content was split from another article? Frank |  talk  00:16, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter XXV
Delivered by JCbot (talk) 16:40, 18 July 2009 (UTC).

WikiCup Newsletter XXVI
Delivered for the WikiCup by  ROBOTIC GARDEN  at 15:41, 26 July 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.

ITN

 * BorgQueen is only one who adds templates to user and article talk pages. Just thought I could lend a hand. (Sorry, I didn't add the bit about updating the article.) Cargoking   talk  21:08, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Do you know how to reset the ITN timer? Recently the protection was changed to semi. Cargoking   talk  21:16, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. It's actually quite a slow news day, deepening into Silly season. Cargoking   talk  21:26, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar
This award is one of four Current Events Barnstars presented to four people by Cargoking   talk  today.

Press
It's there to be pushed. Without cheating, can you find my secret page? Cargoking  talk  09:45, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter XXVII
Delivered for the WikiCup by  ROBOTIC GARDEN  at 21:40, 31 July 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.

Break
I am a bit busy ATM but I work on Wikipedia whenever I can. Soon I am going to take a holiday trip too though, and a long one at that, more than 2 weeks. So let's do what we can while I am still here. --BorgQueen (talk) 15:53, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I think I would prefer HIV or the plague. --BorgQueen (talk) 17:10, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Or perhaps the Russian base deal. It already got one support besides mine. --BorgQueen (talk) 17:15, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Nevermind then. Let's look for something else. --BorgQueen (talk) 18:22, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * How about Scott Speicher? It does involve multiple countries. --BorgQueen (talk) 18:33, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I wonder if we could attract people's attention by deliberately featuring a controversial or borderline item. --BorgQueen (talk) 18:51, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * How about this? No one has been convicted yet though. --BorgQueen (talk) 19:04, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you and help
Thank you for your suggestions about the Brian Stidham article. I'm going to work on it right now. Any help, even minor stuff, would be much appreciated. Acme Plumbing (talk) 05:21, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

HIV
It just got one more support. --BorgQueen (talk) 11:44, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Are you going to update this? --BorgQueen (talk) 16:10, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Bolivia
You update does not mention that Bolivia became "the first country in the history of South America to declare the right of indigenous people to govern themselves" meaning the blurb does not match update. --BorgQueen (talk) 14:56, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Can you suggest a blurb for the Sudan item. I am too tired to dig it up. --BorgQueen (talk) 15:17, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Did you see the message above? --BorgQueen (talk) 15:34, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

you gotta love
how people just pop up out of nowhere when they want something posted. will never see any of these on ITN after today or well till next justice nominee perhaps. Ashish-g55 20:49, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * sigh it got posted as usual. i think this is the 3rd time this woman has been up there on the same news item. and 3rd time she will be taken down. im starting to feel sorry for her. next up when she swears in, then when she sits on her seat, then her first case, her first decision Ashish-g55 21:00, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * lol her arms. ya i am done with this one too. no point in talking when it all gets blatantly ignored. we really need admins that are limited to certain sections of the site. these admins just come in and post material that they work on whenever they want doesnt matter if it has consensus or not. Ashish-g55 21:22, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * all we can do now is try and make sure other supreme courts make it up there... hopefully it becomes a nuisance and we can go back to head of state. -- Ashish-g55 12:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

There's weird vandalism at Current Events
Someone's posted his resume and I don't know how to revert it. Ideas?--Cdogsimmons (talk) 22:04, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

ITN
If someone doesn't credit me, I do it myself discreetly. TouLouse makes it more public. If you have more pride in someone else giving it, just ask like you did this time! Cargoking  talk  14:52, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * hmm i dont know i find credits fairly useless at times. ive nominated/helped in 100s of items but only few showed up on talk page. so i stopped caring a long time ago. i wonder if credits can be dontated lol -- Ashish-g55 02:37, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * well the thing is ive actually nominated many before i started loggin in a lot more regularly... ip lol. the list would be incomplete either way so now its just a meh. -- Ashish-g55 02:51, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * ya 3 years i suppose now... -- Ashish-g55 03:26, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * lol thanks ;) -- Ashish-g55 03:41, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * i will take a look at the african items. i have little knowledge of their relations etc so dont really know where it stands in terms of importance/interest... thats why didnt comment before. i will research it a bit more and comment. -- Ashish-g55 15:23, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Wallace Souza
This isn't my normal editing choice, but I know you like articles like this. Has it DYK suitability? Cargoking  talk  14:39, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Cargoking   talk  14:44, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

ITN nomination. Again.
Keep up the great work! Master of Puppets - Call me MoP! :D  08:15, 13 August 2009 (UTC)


 * No problem! You're doing some truly awesome work around here. As for the double-double issue, I agree; in the interests of organization, we'd probably take down the other Rwanda-Congo one. As for expanding them, I guess just add the relevant information to each respective page and post them up on ITN/C. Cheers, Master of Puppets  - Call me MoP! :D  21:02, 13 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Hmm... I'd love to include it, but I'm not sure under what headline; this is fairly notable being the first attack of its sort in Mauritania, and clearly the French government thinks it's a big deal. However, every wording I've attempted to use makes it sound as if France's involvement is actually more important than the bombing; without mention of the government, the wording seems sparse and dry. Ideas? Master of Puppets  - Call me MoP! :D  22:58, 13 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm still not sure about it; seems flimsy, for some reason. As sad is it seems to say, the absence of a body count makes this an unappealing news entry to many people. Any other ideas for tagline? Master of Puppets  - Call me MoP! :D  23:15, 13 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Hmm... we just need a good tagline, and I think I'll put it up. Master of Puppets  - Call me MoP! :D  23:49, 13 August 2009 (UTC)


 * How does this sound? "A suicide bombing in Nouakchott, Mauritania, becomes the country's first and causes the French government to investigate." If you think it's too long, I can trim it to just the first part (and exclude the role of the French). Master of Puppets  - Call me MoP! :D  00:44, 14 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Haha, how rogue of you! I love it. I'll post it up. Master of Puppets  - Call me MoP! :D  00:47, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm down with the Libya/Chad one. Also, you missed an ITN thing; WASP-17b. Just kidding, you don't have to give me that one :P As for Argentina et all, I'll post that in a second, just gonna space out posts a bit... Master of Puppets  - Call me MoP! :D  03:31, 14 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Hmm... I think that Venezuela/Argentine are too old to go up now. As for the Romania one, I'd like to see some more consensus on that... Good work on cleaning up the article, though! Master of Puppets  - Call me MoP! :D  07:35, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

ITN
Thought you might want one of these! Cargoking  talk  09:22, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Romanian accident
I want to thank you for your work. You are the best. Greetings from Bucharest, Romania. -- TouLouse (talk) 06:41, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

ITN stuff
Hi! Don't you have an authority to posting ITN materials? Only BorgQueen and Tone have that? What is the law right here? TouLouse (talk) 18:41, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

ITN
See, it got its turn! :P Cheers, Master of Puppets  - Call me MoP! :D  20:45, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * No, no, don't feel bad! :) No offense intended, but I didn't post it solely because you asked (though your support did have a factor). I appreciate, on another note, that you're willing to confront issues you see when you see them; that's a quality a lot of people are lacking here. Cheers, Master of Puppets  - Call me MoP! :D  21:08, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I try to do my part. :D Master of Puppets  - Call me MoP! :D  23:07, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Miriam
I'll have a go at it. I boldy created Miriam Meets..., removing any mention of it over at Conversations with ED. Two days later, could Meets be DYKable? Cargoking  talk  00:43, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I think the Lyric article could be extended. When I get the time, I will do a major expansion. Cargoking   talk  09:43, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

ITN for 2009 BWF World Championships

 * Would you mind adding in the first couple sentences in the article itself that the sport is badminton? I wasn't sure where to add, and my brain isn't working too well right now ;P.  Spencer T♦ Nominate! 00:46, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem...I've been incredibly busy this summer, and I don't know how much I will be able to help the project, but I will still be helping out as much as I can anytime I manage to get on.  Spencer T♦ Nominate! 01:17, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Busy in real life in this case...I've gotten much more involved, to put it one way.  Spencer T♦ Nominate! 01:22, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Very much so.  Spencer T♦ Nominate! 01:27, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

One thing though. At least ITN is faster than GAN, where Latakia has been for almost a month.  Spencer T♦ Nominate! 01:24, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Wallace Souza

 * Wikipedia talk:DYK. An editor has a concern and has removed it from the Main Page. Cargoking   talk  17:07, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

ITNSource?
There are about 5 people continuously pushing for ITN to become a news source. they keep saying they are not but i dont even think they read what they are writing. everytime we try and explain that it would make ITN a biased news source the easiest way for everyone to change the conversation is to just blame anti-US bias or the fact that we are ITN regulars. No actual good reasons. One just wants it to be wikinews since he works on wikinews. One just uses the words like sickening, offensive, ajoke etc to try and get his point through without actually saying why... i am too tired to actually reply in those discussions as they are becoming dumber by day but if we dont do anything there is a pretty good chance that ITN will be come ITNS a news source that is... just put whatever is on top of CNN lol. The reasons for posting dugard alone show how much these people want this to be a CNN copy. what do u think we should do... -- Ashish-g55 17:17, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Admin?
Greetings! I don't believe we've crossed paths previously, so allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dylan, and I have been recently looking for candidates for adminship. I've seen you around, and I have great respect for you and I think you would be a great help to DYK and ITN, so I was wondering if you would like me to nominate you for adminship. Cheers,  Dylan 620  (contribs, logs)help us! 23:30, 31 August 2009 (UTC)