User talk:Danwalk

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Welcome to the Novels WikiProject
Hi, and welcome to the Novels WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to fiction books often referred to as "Novels".

A few features that you might find helpful:


 * Our navigation box points to most of the useful pages within the project.
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the members, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! — Ed 17  (Talk /  Contribs)  22:03, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Copyedit request
Hello there. Would you be interested in performing a copyedit on the article adult animation? I have been trying to prepare it for an eventual FAC. (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 23:24, 4 March 2009 (UTC))


 * Hi, Ibaranoff24. Thank you for thinking of me. Unfortunately I am a bit bogged down with other work right now so I can't personally help you. You may want to go again to the WikiProject Articles Needing Copy Edit page to put out a bit more general request. There you will see instructions about how to do so near the top of the page. I'm sure you will find someone to help you because it looks like a fascinating article. Best of luck. Danwalk (talk) 23:58, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Speedy delete
Sorry about the snideness in my comment. IMO, there is a tendency to overuse the speedy delete option. May I suggest going the WP:prod route in cases that are not really cut and dry? That gives everyone involved a little more time to get things cleaned up. Also, if you want to get a feel for what constitutes Keeps and Deletes, read (and comment on) the articles that go the WP:AfD route. I learned quite a bit from that.

Good luck! Vulture19 (talk) 04:13, 5 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the good advice and the words of encouragement. I will definitely have a look. Danwalk (talk) 04:46, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Dayton Inventions
Check out my article List of Dayton Inventions again and see if it matches up with standards. Thank you!Texas141 (talk) 04:29, 5 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Texas 141, I think it comes down to a question of what constitutes a reliable source WP:RS. The exact same list seen on another site doesn't seem to pass muster because it is not verifiable WP:V from solid secondary sources. This may be a good issue to bring up on the talk page of the article. I perhaps should have put my original comments there instead. Danwalk (talk) 04:43, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of List of Dayton inventions
An article that you have been involved in editing, List of Dayton inventions, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/List of Dayton inventions. Thank you.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Edcolins (talk) 21:31, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

The WikiProject Novels Newsletter - March 2009
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WikiProject Novels - Coordinator Election
Hello. To begin, every member of WikiProject Novels will be getting this message (the joy of macros) so if you wish to get in touch with me, please post a message on my talk page. I would encourage anyone who so wishes, to stand in the Coordinator Elections. If you wish to stand, please do so by 23:59pm, June 27. Voting will the continue to 23:59pm, July 21. Can everyone please check-out the Coordinator Elections page. Also, the collaboration of the month is The Tin Drum, so if you have any spare time, please check it out. And I apologise to the seven of you for whom this will be a repeat message. Regards, Alan16 (talk).

Coordinator Election
Hello. The Coordiantor Election has begun. All members are encouraged to vote by the deadline, July 28. To vote simply add support to the comments and questions for.. section of the member of your choice.

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Regards, Alan16 (talk) 19:45, 29 June 2009 (UTC).

The WikiProject Novels Newsletter - July 2009
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WikiProject Novels - August 2009 Newsletter
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New WikiProject Novels initiative
We have begun a new initiative at the WikiProject Novels: an improvement drive. As a member listed here, you are being notified. Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels and WikiProject Novels/Collaboration for more details. Also I would like to remind you to keep an eye on the project talk page at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels. Thanks, Sadads (talk) 02:24, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Novels Collaboration for February
Thank you everyone who participated in the January Collaboration, it was quite a success with 5 new C class articles, 3 stub kills and several articles were removed from our backlogs. In support of the Great Backlog Drive, the WikiProject Novels Collaboration for February is going to help remove backlog candidates in the backlogs related to WikiProject Novels. Please join us, and help us wikify, reference, clean up plot sections and generally improve Novels content, Sadads (talk) 22:11, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

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