User talk:Evanh2008/Archive 6

Request for Advice
Hello Evan,

I responded to your post about my proposal in regards to East Jerusalem here--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Israel#Contacting_the_Israeli_Government. I was wondering if you had any advice for me about how to increase my chances of success. If so, please post it on the page where this link directs to, and if not, then that's totally fine as well. Thank you very much. Futurist110 (talk) 05:19, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Revert
Hmm...your probably right. Actually, I asked the Uncyclopedia irc and Olipro said to pour water on myself. It worked. I know it sounds stupid in hindsight, but I actually hadn't thought of that. -- Free   Wales Now!   what did I screw up?   01:35, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, for that type of question I would think the Uncyclopedia guys should be your go-to. :) Evanh2008 (talk&#124;contribs) 01:36, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Led Zeppelin
First off, congratulations on the article for one of my favorite bands. I'm not sure I want to review it for Featured Article, but I do appreciate your contributions. One thing I've always thought was missing was an article on the Page Plant songwriting tandem, but I've never had the guts to start it. If you want, I would advise creating and developing it. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 01:17, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Turkish coffee
Why would you undo my edit on the named above article? I just tried to: a) make the formatting more fluid at one point (preparation of coffee), b) correct the misleading citation regarding the Greek situation in the note (isn't that good formatting?), c) state that the preparation of Greek coffee does not resemble the other Balkanian ways but the Turkish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malcolm77 (talk • contribs) 10:45, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, I'm not an expert on the topic in any way. You very well may be; I have no way of knowing that. I would suggest you read WP:V and then head over to the article's talk page and suggest your changes there. If you're out to improve the article, I'm sure no one will object, but you'll want to bring references to third-party publications to make sure everything is verified. Thanks! Evanh2008 (talk&#124;contribs) 10:50, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Sorry...
For failing Interview with the Vampire - I think there's too much to be done. When I am less busy I might even attack some sources myself. cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:08, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Not a problem, Cas! With scheduling issues, I had basically abandoned it at this point anyway. I hope to come back to it before too long. Your comments were helpful, so thanks! :) Evanh2008 (talk&#124;contribs) 22:17, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

The/the redux (kinda)
You might be interested in this discussion. Hot Stop talk-contribs 12:33 am, Today (UTC−4)

WikiProject Christianity Newsletter (July 2013)


From the Editor Welcome to the July 2013 issue of Ichthus. We focus on the chronology of Jesus, as well as looking back at the project content improved over the last month.

WP:X has gained another Featured Article, Gospel of the Ebionites, by Ignocrates. The Gospel of the Ebionites is the name scholars give to an apocryphal gospel that supposedly belonged to a sect known as the Ebionites. It consists of seven short quotations discovered in a heresiology known as the Panarion, written by Epiphanius of Salamis, and its original title remains unknown. The text is a gospel harmony composed in Greek, and is believed to have been written during the middle of the 2nd century.

St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn was promoted to Good Article status, as was two other welsh churches, St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl, and St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch.

The main page also featured several DYK hooks for articles in our project, namely Bob Fu, List of places of worship in Tandridge (district), Catholic Press, Garendon Abbey, St. John's Episcopal Church (Jersey City, New Jersey), Pargev Martirosyan, Praskvica Monastery, Heather Preceptory, St. Augustin, Coburg, Longleat Priory, St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn, St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl, Christianization of Moravia, Christianization of Bohemia, Repton Abbey, St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch, Medingen Abbey, Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church, St. James on-the-Lines, and Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch.

Church of the month St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is part of Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev in Ukraine. It is a functioning monastery that dates back to the Middle Ages.

Membership report The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 367 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members, Newchildrenofthealmighty, Evenssteven, Kerna96, and FutureTrillionaire. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.

Focus on... THE HISTORICAL JESUS

When did Jesus live? When did he die? How do we know? We do, in fact, have excellent information about the time intervals for the life and death of Jesus. As in other people who lived and died in the first century, this gives an approximate date range, but still, give or take 3-4 years and we have pretty good estimates confirmed by a number of really diverse sources, ranging from inscriptions in Delphi to Roman and Jewish sources. The Chronology of Jesus article discusses how a wide variety of Christian, Jewish and Roman sources are used to establish the time-frame for the life and death of Jesus.

And all of his data fits together. For instance, the chronology of Paul had been discussed based on the Book of Acts long ago, then the Delphi Inscription is found in the 20th century in the Temple of Apollo. And guess what.. it confirms it and totally dates his trial in Corinth, which helps reaffirm the date of the crucifixion of Jesus. The same date range is independently estimated from the writings of Josephus on the Baptist's death. And it fits Isaac Newton's astronomical models for the crucifixion date as well as the independent lunar calculations of Humphreys. As that article shows, all these dates just fit together.

From the bookshelf Chronos, kairos, Christos: nativity and chronological studies edited by J. Vardaman, E. M. Yamauchi 1989 ISBN 0-931464-50-1

This two volume book (with a very apt title) is gem-filled with scholarly research. Paul Maier's article in the first volume is a classic study on the chronology of Jesus and provides a useful summary of a number of issues.

Did you know...
 * ... that the Russian journalist Nicolas Notovitch who in 1894 originated the story that there was evidence at the Hemis monastery that an adult Jesus had traveled to India, later confessed to fabricating his evidence?

Calendar This month (July) contains the feast days of Mary Magdalene, and James, son of Zebedee.

- Help requests Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.

Ichthus is published by WikiProject Christianity. For submissions contact the Newsroom • To unsubscribe remove yourself from the list here EdwardsBot (talk)21:06, 30 June 2013 (UTC) This issue was distributed on behalf of Gilderien, current editor of the Ichthus, at 21:06, 30 June 2013 (UTC). Comments and other feedback are always welcome at his talk page.

Jerusalem RfC: breakdown of results
Hello again everyone. Now that the Jerusalem RfC has been closed and there has been time for the dust to settle, I thought it would be a good time to start step six of the moderated discussion. If you could leave your feedback over at the discussion page, it will be most appreciated. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 09:38, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Photo consensus discussion at Talk:Rick Remender
Hi. Can you offer your opinion regarding the Infobox photo discussion here? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 19:21, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

August 2013 WikiProject Christianity Newsletter


From the Editor

Welcome to the August 2013 issue of the WikiProject Christianity newsletter. We focus on the historical Jesus and reflect on the last month.

The project has another featured picture, The ruins of Holyrood Chapel, a digitisation of an oil-on-canvas painting. Our top-importance article, Jesus, has been nominated for Featured Article status, the discussion can be seen here; Knights of Colombus has also been nominated as a FAC.

Ecgbert (bishop) and Church architecture in Scotland have both this month achieved Good Article status.

Our project had several of its articles featured in the main page DYK section, including Hinckley Priory, Little Chapel, St Peter's Church, Ropsley, Chip Ingram, St John the Evangelist's Church, Corby Glen, Great George Street Congregational Church, St Mary's Church, Walton-on-the-Hill and Bunge church.

Our thanks go to all of those who have worked to achieve these article milestones.

Church of the month This image, of Maillezais Cathedral and created by Selbymay was this month promoted to featured picture status.

Membership report We would like to welcome our newest members, Thechristophermorris, Psmidi and Jchthys. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.

Focus on... THE HISTORICAL JESUS

What was Jesus like? What did he preach? Did he claim to be the Messiah? Did he predict an apocalypse? What can we know about him outside a religious context? The Historical Jesus article discusses what can be known about Jesus with various degrees of probability. While scholars agree on the over all flow and outline of Jesus' life (his baptism by John, debated Jewish authorities, healings, and his crucifixion by Pilate) they have built various and diverging portraits of the rest of his life. These range from minimalist portraits that accept very little of the gospel accounts to maximalists who accept most of the accounts as historical.

The portraits of Jesus have at times been unwitting reflections of the researchers themselves, and Crossan once quipped that some authors "do autobiography and call it biography". However, the study of historical Jesus has made one thing clear: there is so much to learn about Jesus that the more one looks, the more there is to discover.

From the bookshelf Jesus of Nazareth: An Independent Historian's Account of His Life and Teaching by Maurice Casey 2010 ISBN 0-567-64517-7

In this book Maurice Casey not only draws on his special expertise in the Aramaic traditions and the Q source, but provides a comprehensive review of the various approaches to the historical Jesus.

Did you know...
 * ... that in 1951 Christianity was the second largest religion in the world with 500 million followers, compared to 520 million Buddhists, but by 2013 it had gained the top spot with about 2.2 billion Christians?

Calendar This month we celebrate the feasts of St Lawrence, St Bernard, and St Augustine.

- Help requests Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.

Ichthus is published by WikiProject Christianity. For submissions contact the Newsroom • To unsubscribe remove yourself from the list here EdwardsBot (talk)22:33, 31 July 2013 (UTC) -- Gilderien Chat&#124;What I've done 22:33, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Another Sesame Street article
Hi Evanh, since you reviewed the last Sesame Street article up at FAC, I wondered if you could review the most recent one up there now: Featured article candidates/Format of Sesame Street/archive1. I need it done quickly, so that I can get into the finals of the Wikicup in ten days, something I'd really like to accomplish. I'd appreciate your assistance greatly. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 01:49, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Kellie Loder
Hi Evan,

I know we've never interacted on Wikipedia before, but I was wondering if you would consider reviewing my current FAC for the Kellie Loder article. I noticed that you reviewed the Ringo Starr FAC and thought you might be interested in this FAC as well. Any constructive comments you would be willing to provide at the corresponding discussion would be greatly appreciated.

Neelix (talk) 21:13, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

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!

Cheers and all best, -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:50, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

The Hunger Games - TFA appearance
Hello, this is just a brief note to let you know that The Hunger Games will be appearing as Today's featured article/September 14, 2013. 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 me. If the blurb 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. I hope that the TFA appearance goes smoothly. Sorry for the late notification - you may have already spotted this news through your watchlist; the bot that was meant to tell you seems to have broken. Regards, BencherliteTalk 19:50, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Main Page appearance: The Hunger Games
This is a note to let the main editors of The Hunger Games know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on September 14, 2013. 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/September 14, 2013. 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:



The Hunger Games is a 2008 science fiction novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins (pictured). It is written in the voice of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America. The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, exercises political control over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12–18 from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle to the death. In writing the novel, Collins drew upon Greek mythology, Roman gladiatorial games, and contemporary reality television for thematic content. The novel won many awards, including the California Young Reader Medal, and was named one of Publishers Weekly's "Best Books of the Year" in 2008. Since its release, The Hunger Games has been translated into 26 languages, and publishing rights have been sold in 38 territories. The novel is the first in The Hunger Games trilogy, followed by Catching Fire (2009) and Mockingjay (2010). A film adaptation, directed by Gary Ross and co-written and co-produced by Collins herself, was released in 2012. UcuchaBot (talk) 23:02, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

ATMP genre
Hi Evan, I hope you're well. I was wondering whether you'd be able to look in at a discussion regarding the infobox genre for All Things Must Pass. Call it as you see it – I wouldn't expect anything less. For me, it's down to a single punctuation mark, which automatically made me think of one of your GARs earlier in the year, for some reason! Cheers, no probs if you'd rather not. JG66 (talk) 14:03, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Checking in...
This message is for anybody wondering where I've gone. I'm not quitting Wikipedia, but my free time has taken a beating in recent months, as I've taken a new full-time job and several freelance gigs that will be seriously impinging on the hours I used to use editing this encyclopedia. I will still pop in from time to time, and I've left several issues hanging that I need to resolve in order to not feel like a total jerk, so I will be back around to clean up and polish at least two articles (there may be some that I'm forgetting). I hope to have the time to get to work in that department in earnest sometime in December. Until then, my time on Wikipedia will be limited.

If you need to reach me in the meantime, my talk page is the best place to do so (if you need to talk privately, email is also fine, but it's probably a good idea to at least leave me a YGM template so I know to look for it). Requests for comment, for FAC reviews, or for any other sort of input are welcome, but I can't guarantee I'll be able to address them in a timely manner.

Thanks, everybody. Evanh2008 (talk&#124;contribs) 17:17, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey, Evan. Congrats on the new job. I am sure that I speak for everybody when I say that we will miss you and eagerly anticipate your return. Hope all is well with you and yours! Cheers! GabeMc  (talk&#124;contribs)  23:09, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks much, Gabe! Hope to be back to regular edits before too long. Best wishes to you as well! Evanh2008 (talk&#124;contribs) 07:32, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Neutral notice
This is a neutral notice to all registered editors who have edited Jack Kirby in 2013 that there is a discussion on its talk page regarding the article's infobox image: Talk:Jack Kirby. --Tenebrae (talk) 22:43, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Infobox photo consensus discussion
Hi. Can you offer your opinion on which photo would be better for the Rebecca Housel Infobox in this discussion? If you are unable to, I understand; you don't have to reply to this message. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 03:36, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Million Award for George Harrison
Hey Evan,

Looks like I owe you another one of these!

Cheers, Khazar2 (talk) 14:15, 14 November 2013 (UTC)