User talk:Gary/Archives/2010

GA Sweeps update
Thanks to everyone's efforts to the GA Sweeps process, we are currently over 90% done with only 226 articles remain to be swept! As always, I want to thank you for using your time to ensure the quality of the older GAs. With over 50 members participating in Sweeps, that averages out to about 4 articles per person! If each member reviews an article once a week this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. At that point, awards will be handed out to reviewers. As an added incentive, if we complete over 100 articles reviewed this month, I will donate $100 to Wikipedia Forever on behalf of all GA Sweeps participants. I hope that this incentive will help to increase our motivation for completing Sweeps while supporting Wikipedia in the process. If you have any questions about reviews or Sweeps let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 00:05, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Twilight Princess
Would you help me get the artical to FA.--Saint Pedrolas J. Hohohohohoh merry christmas 21:38, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Brazil
Hello, Gary! I am currently working on the article about Brazil along with other editors. We have almost completely remade it from scratch. I noticed that you were one of the editors who were against the article's assessment to featured status. I was wondering if you could take a look in it, but not a serious overly detailed look because we are not finished yet. Just a quick look to see if we are going into the right direction. Thank you very much and regards, --Lecen (talk) 03:26, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (Q4 2009)

 * Newsletter delivery by xenobot  21:09, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

JavaScript issues
I tried adding one of your scripts to my JavaScript file and it is not working despite purging my cache. Am I doing something wrong or is something else happening? @harej 23:23, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * It appears the problems have been caused by my use of enhanced recent changes. I don't know if you've precluded this as impossible yet, but if you can, can you please try to get it to work with enhanced recent changes? Thank you, @harej 23:32, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

ignoring pages
I saw your changes to WP:HIDEPAGES indicating it is deprecated. So I tried making the css changes, even looked at your css template, which doesn't seem to have any hidden pages. Can you reply to my help request at Wikipedia talk:Hide Pages in Watchlist tedder (talk) 02:27, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

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Unreferenced BLPs
Hello Gary King! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 3 of the articles that you created  are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the unreferencedBLP tag. Here is the list:

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Discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Pinball
You are invited to join the discussion at. —  SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 17:32, 18 January 2010 (UTC) (Using )

Thanks
Thank you for your help with the WP:DERM:MA archive. Also, if you have any interest, we are looking for even more help with the Bolognia push. If you would like, I could send you the login information? ---kilbad (talk) 18:33, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

About timestamps
Yeah, sorry i'm new to Wikipedia and i thought it was done manually. How should i do it? ---Xwomanizerx (talk) 18:43, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Help us on Eliminate?
Hi its me The Phoenix Enforcer (talk) again. Since you are working on OpenFeint, I'm hoping that you could help us on Eliminate Pro too. —Preceding undated comment added 00:58, 22 January 2010 (UTC).

Firebug reccomendation
thank you for the reccomendation to try Firebug and venkman. I have been trying to debug some JavaScript that is on my Monobook page, but I am discovering that the monoboook.js does not get loaded each time a page loads. Further, firebug does not break when I set a breakpoint within monobook.js. Suggestions?

thanks, Harry

DarkStarHarry (talk) 17:57, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

I tried Control-Shift-R but monobook fails to show up in Firebug under scripts. Am I looking in the right place? DarkStarHarry (talk) 16:00, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

okay, i managed to get the monobook script under the "Script" tab. I tried setting a breakpoint in monobook, but the script doesn't stop. I also set a breakpoint in the master page where monobook is supposed to be loaded, but when I hit Control-Shift-R, the breakpoint doesn't stop anything from loading. Occasionally, the script will stop at the first of the 'wg' variable lines in the master page. Suggestions? thanks for your help so far, Harry. DarkStarHarry (talk) 19:45, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

New Zelda retention
...for a new game. See this change, thanks - rst20xx (talk) 01:57, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
 Gongshow  Talk 00:30, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thanks for your help on rakeback. I'm not a good article writer and another editor said he is going to nominate this for deletion if it is not expanded. I know it is a notable topic with lots of RS's and information that can be added - anything more you can do to help expand it would be much appreciated. Thanks again. DegenFarang (talk) 04:13, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Did you know OpenFeint
Hello Gary, I have reviewed your submission at Did you know... and there is an issue that needs your attention. Kindly Calmer   Waters  16:12, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Fake Empire
Hello! Your submission of Fake Empire at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Mkativerata (talk) 19:48, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 January newsletter
We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. We've had some shakeups regarding late entries, flag changes and early dropouts, but the competition is now established- there will be no more flag changes or new competitors. Congratulations to, our current leader, who, at the time of writing, has more listed points than and   (second and third place respectively) combined. A special well done also goes to - his artcle Jewel Box (St. Louis, Missouri) was the first content to score points in the competition.

Around half of competitors are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. 64 of the 149 current competitors will advance to round 2- if you currently have no points, do not worry, as over half of the current top 64 have under 50 points. Everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places in round 2! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. Good luck! J Milburn, Garden, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:13, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

THanks for the help: Re firebug
I managed to figure it out - my script was quite faulty and Firebug wasn't breaking b/c syntax was messed up. Have a look at my script if you'd like - it's finished now. Add importScript('User:DarkStarHarry/externMapCoords.js'); to your monobook. The script rewrites coordinate links and bypasses GeoHack to go straight to Google Maps. Comments welcome. regards, Harry DarkStarHarry (talk) 02:13, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Would you mind taking a look at this article again and see if you think it would be promoted to FA? I admit part of the reason is that I would like to get the points for the WikiCup, but I also would like to see it promoted to have another Zelda FA.  TJ   Spyke   21:09, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Which ones?  TJ   Spyke   00:27, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure me and others took care of most of your issues.  TJ   Spyke   20:14, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

February GA Sweeps update
Thanks to everyone's efforts to the GA Sweeps process, we are currently over 95% done with around 130 articles left to be swept! Currently there are over 50 members participating in Sweeps, that averages out to about 3 articles per person! If each member reviews an article once a week this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. At that point, awards will be handed out to reviewers. Per my message last month, although we did not review 100 articles last month, I still made a donation of $90 (we had 90 reviews completed/initiated) to Wikipedia Forever on behalf of all GA Sweeps reviewers. I would like to thank everyone's efforts for last month, and ask for additional effort this month so we can be finished. I know you have to be sick of seeing these updates (as well as Sweeps itself) by now, so please do consider reviewing a few articles if you haven't reviewed in a while. If you have any questions about reviews or Sweeps let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 02:32, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Ideally, by the process being over. It looks like it will be over in one or two months depending on participation. If it unfortunately drags on for another month, I'll try and remember not to send you a notice. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 07:37, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I don't like spamming everybody's pages (as I'm sure nobody likes to receive it). I'm just trying to push everyone to review a few more articles. There's some editors who have already reviewed so many (I don't mind), and it would be great if all members actually did just the few reviews. Unfortunately, people retire, are busy, or just get sick of Sweeps. If we don't finish this month, I'll make sure it's done by March. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 07:51, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments in local time on Wikinews
Hi Gary, I saw that you at least created a soft redirect page on Wikinews. If you get a chance, would you mind porting your "comments in local time" script over there? I thought about just copying the script to my own js page, but I'd really rather let you make it available, and then I could use importScript. Thanks! — V = I * R (Talk&thinsp;&bull;&thinsp;Contribs) 20:36, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks Gary! — V = I * R (Talk&thinsp;&bull;&thinsp;Contribs) 02:58, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Hey Gary King --AmieGunter 20:46, 9 February 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by AmieGunter (talk • contribs)

VG newsletter interview
Gary- The VG newsletter has been meaning to interview you for some time now, but we've missed each other the past few issues. Would you like to be interviewed for the Q1 2010 issues? (Guyinblack25 talk 16:01, 10 February 2010 (UTC))
 * Who do you recommend? (Guyinblack25 talk 19:00, 10 February 2010 (UTC))
 * David was actually of first interview before we switched to the quarterly format. S@bre would be a good candidate. I'll run it by the guys at the newsletter. Thanks for the suggestion. (Guyinblack25 talk 19:10, 10 February 2010 (UTC))

Ga help
I am planing to make the God of the Games a GA standerd, i was hopeing youed help me out as yyou have helped in some of his series.--Pedro J. the rookie 01:22, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

DS Screenshots
Hi. I was looking at uploading a DS screenshot for a game, and noticed you've uploaded a DS screenshot for Mario Kart DS. Did you make this image yourself? If so, how do you get DS screenshots? Thanks  Joel  Russell - Talk Contribs 18:26, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 February newsletter
Round one is over, and round two has begun! Congratulations to the 64 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our first round. A special well done goes to, our round one winner (1010 points), and to and , who were second and third respectively (640 points/605 points). Sasata was awarded the most points for both good articles (300 points) and featured articles (600 points), and TonyTheTiger was awarded the most for featured topics (225 points), while Hunter Kahn claimed the most for good topics (70). claimed the most featured lists (240 points) and featured pictures (35 points), claimed the most for Did you know? entries (490 points),  claimed the most for featured sounds (70 points) and  claimed the most for In the news entries (40 points). No one claimed a featured portal or valued picture.

Credits awarded after the end of round one but before round two may be claimed in round two, but remember the rule that content must have been worked on in some significant way during 2010 by you for you to claim points. The groups for round two will be placed up shortly, and the submissions' pages will be blanked. This round will continue until 28 April, when the top two users from each group, as well as 16 wildcards, will progress to round three. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup; thank you to all doing this last round, and particularly to those helping at WikiCup/Reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:46, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

GA Sweeps Completed!
Thanks to everyone's amazing efforts in February, we have reviewed all of the articles and are now finished with Sweeps! There are still about 30 articles currently on hold, and once those reviews are completed, I will send you a final message about Sweeps process stats including the total number of articles that were passed and failed. If you have one of these open reviews, be sure to update your count when the review is completed so I can compile the stats. You can except to receive your award for reviewing within the next week or two. Although the majority of the editors did not start Sweeps at the beginning in August 2007 (myself included), over 50 editors have all come together to complete a monumental task and improve many articles in the process. I commend you for sticking with this often challenging task and strengthening the integrity of the GA WikiProject as well as the GAs themselves. I invite you to take a break from reviewing (don't want you to burn out!) and then consider returning/starting to review GANs and/or contribute to GAR reviews. With your assistance, we can help bring the backlog down to a manageable level and help inspire more editors to improve articles to higher classes and consider reviewing themselves. Again, thank you for putting up with difficult reviews, unhappy editors, numerous spam messages from me, and taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 02:26, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Project Nekton
It's totally silly to move 4 paragraphs out of an article that is not overlong already, just to have them under a different title. I've duplicated them and and put them back. There's a lot more Nekton stuff in the Picard/Walsh book which could possibly go in the subarticle, but meanwhile there's no point in moving material, making the reader follow a link, just to make a point. That just causes an Easter-egg hunt for somebody trying to read about Trieste's most famous dive. S B Harris 03:41, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Bert....
Looks like an interesting and very fixable article - figured better a tag than sitting untouched like that - cheers SatuSuro 01:30, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Deus Ex
By moving Deus Ex to Deus Ex (video game), you've broken most of the links and redirects to it. I hope you're intent on fixing/deleting them. --92.26.49.199 (talk) 22:07, 21 March 2010 (UTC)


 * A few of them don't need to be changed, like you say, but almost all of them refer to things that only occur in Deus Ex and not Invisible War or presumably the upcoming third game. For example, the AI character Morpheus, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, and the Dragon's Tooth Sword all appear only in the first game, yet their articles now link/redirect to the series; Carolyn McCormick was a voice actress for just the one game, yet her article now links to the series; and there are numerous other articles about Deus Ex and other subjects that refer to the game itself but now link to the series; and I could go on. I consider it important for cohesion, but if you can't be bothered to clean up after yourself then it's not my problem. --92.26.49.199 (talk) 03:14, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

The Legend of Zelda titles FT nominated for removal
Here - rst20xx (talk) 23:14, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Stephens City, Virginia
Back in December of 2008, I attempted to get Stephens City, Virginia Good Article status, my attempt failed as you told me I still had ALOT of work to do. In the year and a half since, I have worked on the article with other users assistance and I think some of the problems have been fixed that you mentioned. Would you mind taking a look at the article again and see if it stands up to GA status or still needs work? If it does need work, can you also give me what needs to be done? Thank You... NeutralHomer •  Talk  • 09:17, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Okie Dokie...I have a couple more sections that need some extensive referencing before I send it back to GAN, but thanks :) Take Care... NeutralHomer  •  Talk  • 02:56, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:35, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Edit Protected
I noticed you placed an edit protected request for unprotection. As the template itself says, there's a location for these requests. Your request should therefore be looked at much faster. mechamind 9 0 02:05, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

A sincere thank you from Wikiproject Good Articles
On behalf of Wikiproject Good Articles, I would like to express our gratitude to you for your contributions to the Sweeps process, for which you completed 11 reviews. Completion of this monstrous task has proven to be a significant accomplishment not only for our project, but for Wikipedia. As a token of our sincere appreciation, please accept this ribbon. Lara 14:26, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
 N ERDY S CIENCE D UDE  (✉ message • changes) 04:45, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * x2--mono 23:58, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Sly and the Family Stone Move
You moved Sly and the Family Stone to Sly & the Family Stone. Apparently you didn't first read the page history or the consensus discussion on the talk page, which resulted in a move from Sly & the Family Stone to Sly and the Family Stone on 2010-02-18; see Talk:Sly %26 the Family Stone. Would you please revert your move? Reply on your talk page below if you have any comments. Thanks --hulmem (talk) 02:00, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Nope I indeed did not read that. I have moved it back. However, the article should be consistent with its title.  Gary King ( talk ) 03:30, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree - I'll make those changes. --hulmem (talk) 04:43, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * NVM I see you already did, thanks --hulmem (talk) 04:49, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 March newsletter
We're half way through round two, and everything is running smoothly. leads overall with 650 points this round, and heads pool B. currently leads pool C, dubbed the "Group of Death", which has a only a single contestant yet to score this round (the fewest of any group), as well five contestants over 100 points (the most). With a month still to go, as well as 16 wildcard places, everything is still to play for. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Although unrelated to the WikiCup, April sees a Good Article Nominations backlog elimination drive, formulated as a friendly competition with small awards, as the Cup is. Several WikiCup contestants and judges have already signed up, but regular reviewers and those who hope to do more reviewing are more than welcome to join at the drive page. If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) 22:14, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

GA question
Why does Talk:Conservapedia/GA1 have a single sentence? Is there another page with the checklist and conversations, or was this before the checklist was implemented? Toliar (talk) 19:28, 1 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Ah, I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for your reply. Toliar (talk) 21:26, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Google Guys
I have nominated for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. mono 05:37, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Re: Fix your vector.js
Thanks! Dabomb87 (talk) 22:25, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of MovieLens
Hello! Your submission of MovieLens at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! cmadler (talk) 14:14, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Kid Icarus
Dose this look GA standerds. --Pedro J. the rookie 21:05, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

modern cooperative socialism
not sure I'm doing this right in answer to your reply. The text I posted came from this user's page (my friend): http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Chispa37&oldid=354566268. Who wanted help creating a wiki article. I could tell she'd written a homeless article, so make a new page "Modern Cooperative Socialism" and put her text on that page. Then I built in some links for her. Do you still have issues with the content? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hlentini (talk • contribs) 22:01, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Wow!
Wow. Just stumbled across your user page and was blown away by the breadth and depth of your contributions to Wikipedia. It's very inspiring. Just wanted to express my admiration. --Ori.livneh (talk) 04:34, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Syntax?
Is this not the problem of the templates/the lines in the templates?174.3.123.220 (talk) 07:00, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Economics census
Hello there. Sorry to bother you, but you are (titularly at least) a member of WP:WikiProject Economics, as defined by this category. If you don't know me, I'm a Wikipedia administrator, but an unqualified economist. I enjoy writing about economics, but I'm not very good at it, which is why I would like to support in any way I can the strong body of economists here on Wikipedia. I'm only bothering you because you are probably one of them. Together, I'd like us to establish the future direction of WikiProject Economics, but first, we need to know who we've got to help.

Whatever your area of expertise or level of qualification, if you're interested in helping with the WikiProject (even if only as part of a larger commitment to this wonderful online encyclopedia of ours), would you mind adding your signature to this page? It only takes a second. Thank you.

Message delivered on behalf of User:Jarry1250 by LivingBot. 10:54, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

:)
Hello :) I like that, i hope others are ok with it ..it only makes sence -->this one to is all black -->Template:Canada topics..i just realized that the title History in the side bar links to the page LOL..so odd it was black!!Moxy (talk) 18:16, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Update sorry...i just realized they all are like that :( with the black links..So many -->Category:Canadian navigational boxes..if all ok with this i will help!!..Moxy (talk) 18:21, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Mario Land
Dose it seem that Super Mario Land is ready for GAN note there isn't much production.--Pedro J. the rookie 23:59, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks King, hope to get it up to GA soon. PS it might not have been popular but it was darn good game. --Pedro J. the rookie 02:37, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Nominations viewer
I just installed the viewer in my monobook.js, and it doesn't appear to be working (unless I need to do something to activate it?). I've purged cache and restarted the browser. Any ideas on obvious mistakes I could be making? I tried looking at WP:FAC but it looked the same as it always does. Thanks for any help. Mike Christie (talk) 19:20, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Evidently I'm using vector.js; when I added it to that it worked. I guess the usability beta switched me to vector.  Thanks.  It looks great! Mike Christie (talk) 21:25, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand
Thanks for taking up the review. I've also got it at DYK.

Buggie111 (talk) 22:14, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
Thanks for reviewing! Airplaneman  ✈  22:58, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

GAN
Hello! Since you just did a GAN for the last article of ours, can you do another for SMS Zrinyi? Thanks :)--White Shadows <font style="color:#DC143C">you're breaking up 00:19, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

And review my DYK, which was the last GAN you did? Buggie111 (talk) 00:28, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I think I'll just leave both articles to their respective processes. When I choose articles to review I just choose whatever I feel like working on at the time. <font face="Verdana"> Gary King ( talk ) 02:46, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

fpc thought on nominations viewer
Hi Gary, I've just tried out the nominations viewer for the featured picture candidates page. It's great! Thank you for writing it. I do have one observation, which I'd like to phrase as a request, if you don't mind. Featured picture candidates need a minimum of five supporting votes before they can be promoted, and, unless a candidate is particularly "exciting", a lot of nominations receive the minimum five and are then ignored/skipped by those who look at it later. Weak supports generally only count as half, but your script is counting them as full supports. When users scan down the collapsed list, it makes it look like some nominations have reached the minimum five when they haven't. I think this may lead to nominations not reaching quorum due to the misunderstanding. Is there a way to ignore "weak support"s, not including them in the summary? <font color="#4B0082">Mae <font color="#008080">din \talk 17:57, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, and I've just noticed that "expand all" isn't working for me. Is it operator error?  :)  <font color="#4B0082">Mae <font color="#008080">din \talk 18:00, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much!  <font color="#4B0082">Mae <font color="#008080">din \talk 19:47, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

The Simpsons Star
With the Simpsons WikiProject having reached it's goal of getting every single article about a season 1-9 episode, 203 in total, of The Simpsons to GA status. With that accomplished, I am trying to thank every member (and non-member) who was involved in the effort in some way.


 * Tasty. Thanks! <font face="Verdana"> Gary King ( talk ) 00:26, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

SimTower
Hi, I have reviewed SimTower and placed it on hold for seven days with several small concerns. You can see my review here: Talk:SimTower/GA2. Canadian  Paul  01:29, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank You
Thanks for helping me with that. I'm always a little confused when I propose an article for Featured Article Candidacy. Thanks again buddy. JHawk88 JHawk88 01:42, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Good articles/GAN backlog elimination drives/April 2010
Hi Gary King, I'm curious & I'm not sure what you are fixing. The way I see the figures are: there are 70-ish reviewers and, as of this morning, 15 unreviewed articles. Doing one more review each is not possible (unless another 55 articles, give or take, are nominted). Clearing the 60-ish Holds and the 30-ish reviews in progress would eliminate the backlog. Pyrotec (talk) 19:23, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Economics: Developments
Firstly, thank you for signing the census, and an apology to those who dislike posts such as this one for messaging you again in this way. I've now got myself organised and you can opt-out of any future communication at WP:WikiProject Economics/Newsletter. Just remove your name and you wonn't be bothered again.

Secondly, and most importantly, I would like to invite your comments on the census talk page about the project as a whole. I've given my own personal opinion on a range of topics, but my babbling is essentially worthless without your thoughts - I can't believe for one moment that everyone agrees with me in the slightest! :)

All your comments are welcomed. Thanks, - Jarry1250 [Humorous? Discuss.] 17:17, 21 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry Gary, I thought you blanked the page, I wholly apologize. Won't happen again. Renkaw Gib (talk) 17:51, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

GAN backlog elimination drive - 1 week to go
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 16:14, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

The C Word
Did you do a review? -- ThinkBlue   (Hit   BLUE)  23:26, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

SimTower
Hi again. Just wondering if you were planning on making any progress towards the concerns in the GA review. Let me know. Canadian  Paul  02:16, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball
Ucucha 00:02, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Nominations viewer comment
I've been impressed with the nominations viewer so far; it really simplifies looking through FAC. I will certainly be recommending it to others. One thing occurred to me: you have a way to identify commenters in the FAC comments. One thing that's been considered in the past as a way to encourage reviewers is a way to recognize those who review many articles. Would you, for example, be able to run your script over a set of botified FACs and come up with a list of username/# articles commented on for some given time period? Such a list would have many shortcomings, as it would not be able to distinguish a formatting fix from an multi-hour review, but it might still be interesting to see. Mike Christie (talk) 01:55, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Talk:1904 Tour de France/GA1
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Theilert (talk • contribs) 23:24, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Need your help!!!
> Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board i know you have the same ideas  about this as I!!...Moxy (talk) 01:29, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 April newsletter
Round two is over, and we are down to our final 32. For anyone interested in the final standings (though not arranged by group) this page has been compiled. Congratulations to, our clear overall round winner, and to and , who were solidly second and third respectively. There were a good number of high scorers this round- competition was certainly tough! Round three begins tomorrow, but anything promoted after the end of round two is eligible for points. 16 contestants (eight pool leaders and eight wildcards) will progress to round four in two months- things are really starting to get competitive. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Judge iMatthew has retired from Wikipedia, and we wish him the best. The competition has been ticking over well with minimal need for judge intervention, so thank you to everyone making that possible. A special thank you goes to participants and  for their help in preparing for round three. Good luck everyone! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 17:33, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your participation in the April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:51, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

GAN backlog elimination drive award

 * Thanks; added <font face="Verdana"> Gary King ( talk ) 05:52, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

1995 Pacific hurricane season
Hi - The dup entries are a minor bug (the bot was not expecting to find a recently promoted topic that's marked as de-featured). I haven't tried it yet, but I think I've fixed this. The bot has marked it as de-featured because it doesn't appear in WP:FT. Is this simply an oversight? -- Rick Block (talk) 13:58, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

FAC nominations viewer
I was just wondering why your FAC nominations viewer doesn't list the number of "opposes". Awadewit (talk) 03:05, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Hide rollback in watchlist
Hi Gary. The recent changes to the interface made popups go wonky in my watchlist (i.e., not working at all); the cause was determined to be scripts that rewrite the contributions screen, such as User:Gary King/hide rollback in watchlist.js. Do you think you can fix said script, as it has saved me many times from accidental rollbacks? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 23:29, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks good, thanks. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:13, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Time
How do you find time to put in so much work here? Alatari (talk) 08:28, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Oh crap?!? Is it Alzheimers? I asked you that before ... I'll walk away from WP for weeks soon. Alatari (talk) 15:32, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

How about a different question? What's your secret to earning so many barnstars and GA reviews? Just hours of work aren't enough to get barnstars in my experience. Alatari (talk) 06:20, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Having trouble with Nominations Viewer
Even after copy-pasting the code you put on my talk page into User:Giants2008/vector.js, I'm still not getting the Nominations Viewer to work; in fact, it didn't work for me before your post when I was still using Monobook skin. I'm not overly skilled technically, so I'm at a loss. Is there something I need to turn on, or some other software that is required? (I have bypassed the cache multiple times, and the other two scripts work properly).  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 21:18, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm on Internet Explorer, so that's most likely the problem. Thanks for taking a look at it. What a shame, as the Nominations Viewer would have been really useful for me. If you get a chance, you might want to add that to your documentation for the Viewer so IE users like myself will be warned of the issue.  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 01:20, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Also, see this FAC thread for another possible use for your nominations viewer: Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:38, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
re problem with script Auntieruth55 (talk) 22:04, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Seeking consensus to remove tags around
I have started to discover where User:Miesianiacal has added tags around. The editor doesn't seems to like this. On one article he statedlong-standing on high-traffic article; please seek consensus to remove so I added a section on Talk:Prime Minister of Canada for that purpose. You have expressed concern about this in the past an thought that your input would be beneficial there as well. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:09, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
Gary, the script looks great. I've been playing with the output in Excel and will post something at WT:FAC momentarily, but I wanted to thank you for putting the effort into this first. I don't think it will answer everyone's questions about reviewer level of effort, but I think it will be a very useful way of tracking effort and I plan to volunteer to post the results periodically. Thanks again. Mike Christie (talk) 09:51, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * One other thing: I was able to make it work in monobook, but it doesn't work in vector for me. I had to go back to the old interface to make it work.  If I switch back and forth it disappears in the new interface but reappears in the old interface.  I see Dr. pda's script in the vector interface, so the skin is running.  Any idea what could be causing that? Mike Christie (talk) 10:20, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Oba Chandler
Hi, i was wondering if you could take a look on the Oba Chandler article to see if you find anything that needs to be done to improve it further towards FA status. It has becomed a GA article recently so was planning for a FA status review in june or july. Thanks.--ÅlandÖland (talk) 16:41, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

iPhone
Hi! I saw that you had moved the see also and main article templates in iPhone up above the images. I realize that that makes sense in code, but in layout that moves the templates above the images (at least for me). This means the italicized headers or justified with the left margin but the left is justified with the left sides of the images. I prefer the former, and if you don't object, we can revert it. HereToHelp (talk)
 * I've moved them back with a bunch of colons to indent them. Does this version work for you? HereToHelp (talk to me) 14:09, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I've added image size parameters that should help the resizing issue (a little). HereToHelp (talk to me) 16:46, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

You should be an admin
Hello, Gary King. You are receiving this notice because I have notice some key points in your editing:
 * 70,000+ edits
 * 5+ years of experience
 * Rollback
 * Autoreview
 * 350 article creations
 * 92 template creations
 * 96 DYKs
 * 231 GA reviews
 * 44 barnstars
 * 5 Featured topics
 * 14 FAs
 * 56 FLs
 * 9 GTs
 * 87 GAs
 * Clean block log

You'll easily pass an RfA with the awesome work you have done. I would like to nominate you for adminship. ~ Nerdy Science Dude  (✉ • ✐) 22:10, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Replied here.

TOC
As a designer, I was elated to find a tool which would eliminate the annoying white space. What is the purpose of TOCleft/TOCright? Pepso2 (talk) 07:39, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

FAC Reviewer summary script
Against my better judgement (I have a bad history with things like this) I tried to load the script, carefully following the instructions. All that seems to have happened is that I have somehow lost one of my most valuable tools - the "Page size" word counter - and gained nothing. Even when I deleted the script, Page size didn't return. I need it back. Any suggestions? Brianboulton (talk) 11:43, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * (A few minutes later) Page size has returned! But I'm still no wiser on how to load the script. Brianboulton (talk) 11:47, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Brian, looking at the diffs, it appears that you added the script with a source tag around it. Looks like you noticed it and deleted the start of the tag, but not the end of it.  If you want to try again, I'd go back to the last rev and delete the tag at the end. Mike Christie (talk) 11:53, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Continued here <font face="Verdana"> Gary King ( talk ) 16:49, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Clicking on minor edit help by mistake
Hello Gary, you responded to my request at Village Pump. I clicked on the 'Mypage/skin' link you gave me, then I created the page and then I copied the text you gave in there and saved it (see ). I tried hold down CTRL and refreshing, but when I go into edit the minor help box is still there. Can you help further? Regards Eldumpo (talk) 14:11, 23 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks very much. Eldumpo (talk) 18:38, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Nom viewer
Thanks for your nomination viewer script--just gave it a try, and I can see it will be very useful. A couple of questions: I couldn't get it to work at first, and by process of elimination I found that this script of mine was preventing it. Any obvious thoughts? At the moment I comment it out to use the nom viewer. Other than that, a suggestion, akin to the point I suggested about the other script: it would be nice if the "participants" count could exclude the nominator (and therefore perhaps be called "reviewers"). I know it sounds picky, but I think it would be useful here because the two numbers side by side, number of participants (x) and number of supports (y), make the implicit statement that (x-y) reviewers do not yet support. (Even more significant where there's more than one nominator.) Trust this minor suggestion is welcome, and hope it can be incorporated at some point. I might well make others as I use the tool more, so please make it known if you prefer comments somewhere else. Thanks again for your work on these. PL290 (talk) 20:41, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that response--I'll take a look. PL290 (talk) 22:06, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Please...
Don't call me a vandal. Vandalism would be the last thing I'd do. I think I was actually being constructive, because the name the page links to is "Rouge Admin". Please point what is wrong with my edition else I'll revert your revert. Nuburos (talk) 17:38, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Re:Template:Good article
O.k. Thanks for the tip. GamerPro64 (talk) 02:47, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 May newsletter
We are half way through round 3, with a little under a month to go. The current overall leader is, who has 570 points. He leads pool C. Pools A, B and D are led by, and  respectively. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Two of last year's final 8, and, have dropped out of the competition, saying they would rather their place went to someone who will have more time on their hands than them next round. On a related note, a special thank you goes to for his help behind the scenes once again. There is currently a problem with the poster, perhaps caused by the new skin- take a look at this discussion and see if you can help. The competition has continued to tick over well with minimal need for judge intervention, so thank you to everyone making that possible. Good luck to all! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 20:48, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks…
I appreciate the improvement you made here. Thanks for making it more standard, it's a pet peeve of mine that so many of those hatnotes are malformatted. Cheers, {&#123; Nihiltres &#124;talk&#124;edits&#124;⚡}&#125; 18:15, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Just amazing

 * Is there any way to have a redlink image just bypass the upload form annoyance and go right to the redlinked image page? I'd much prefer that. – xeno <sup style="color:black;">talk 18:37, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
Sorry, my mistake. Jminthorne (talk) 22:20, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Stephens City, Virginia
You were the original GA reviewer on the Stephens City article. I thought you would like to know that the article finally passed GA (WHOOO!) on late May 31, 2010, though didn't get the GA template til a couple after 0:00 UTC/8:00 EST on June 1. I am working on getting it to FA quality with a TON of unofficial (and one official) peer reviews, so the work doesn't stop. Thought you would like to know. :) Take Care...<small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> NeutralHomer  •  Talk  • 02:48, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, much appreciated! :) I will let you know how the process of FA goes as well.  Should be awhile.  Still going through all the reviews.  Want to get it right before I ship it off to FAC.  Take Care...<small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> NeutralHomer  •  Talk  • 03:08, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

GA's etc.
Hi Gary King,

(See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Good articles.) There are English-language articles that are not GA-status, marked in the left hand column by bot with a GA-symbol when a foreign-language version has GA-status. Pyrotec (talk) 20:53, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

MacBook Air
Hello! You seem to be quite experienced in the area of GANs and it looks like you've reviewed a fair number of Apple Inc-related ones. I'm currently working on MacBook Air and I'm looking for a second opinion on how to improve it. If it's convenient, drop me a line with some suggestions. Thanks, <font face="Papyrus"> m o  n  o   21:31, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Revision to Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri articles
I noticed that you have revised either Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri or Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire.

I intend to revise those articles following the WikiProject Video games/Article guidelines. There are more details on the discussion pages of those articles. I'd be interested in any comments you have. It would be best if your comments were on the discussion pages of the two articles.

Thank you.

Vyeh (talk) 18:43, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

hilite
Hi Gary King, I'm not sure how many people are watching this template. Regarding Template_talk:Hilite, is the author's additional idea a piece of code that should be incorporated or possibly discussed further? I'm randomly choosing you because I see your name around template talk pages. –  Ker αun oςc op ia◁ <sub style="color:#5E1FFF;">galaxies  22:30, 8 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks so much for your help. I apologize if I'm adding work to your plate. I am curious though, how does one go about learning to write templates? I've found Advanced Template Coding, but I'd love to maybe try my hand at some basic stuff... or does one need to have knowledge of Perl and C++ and all that?—of which I have none. –  Ker αun oςc op ia◁ <sub style="color:#5E1FFF;">galaxies  23:19, 8 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Ah, I just stumbled across mw: Help:Extension:ParserFunctions in Google. –  Ker αun oςc op ia◁ <sub style="color:#5E1FFF;">galaxies  23:50, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Another good resource is User:Mono/Classroom. Cheers, <font face="Papyrus"> m o  n  o   01:31, 9 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Hey, thanks a lot, Mono! I will take a look at this. –  Ker αun oςc op ia◁ <sub style="color:#5E1FFF;">galaxies  02:30, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I find it easier than some of the other documentation. <font face="Papyrus"> m o  n  o   02:32, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Re: Red out
My response here. Thanks. Swliv (talk) 17:50, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for ESL Investments
<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 06:03, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Stephens City, Virginia
I was wondering if you could re-review this GA review. I am asking as User:Risker has blocked User:Xtzou as a sock of a blocked account. This is a problem for me as Xtzou was my GA Reviewer. Since Xtzou was blocked as a sock, I want to make sure this doesn't void my GA review, hence my request. - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> NeutralHomer •  Talk  • 06:12, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

User Info
PleaseStand (talk) 02:34, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Definition of vandalism
With all due respect, the IP edits that caused this revert don't seem like vandalism at all. Quite harmless. East of Borschov (talk) 02:41, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

A newbie needs a hand
Hello again, ... since you are so keen on rescuing articles, I thought that I would point out these articles recently created by :

They're probably subjects worthy of articles (see Cullum Geographical Medal), but they're totally lacking in WP:RS (as created), and I'm not in a lipstick on a pig mood today (I'm thinking a Notable recipients section, cross-linked to articles about recipients by referencing the medal from their article, which solves the orphan problem) ... if you don't have the time or inclination, perhaps you can point them out to Some Other Editor for cleanup. :-)

Happy Editing! &mdash;  16:23, 17 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Hey, thanks for doing that. I got told to delete them and just make one article for all the medals instead. Didn't realise you had to be logged in to request a delete. But they look great now, thanks again! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atikadin (talk • contribs) 18:31, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅  Thnx beau coup for creating American Geographical Society and fixing up the articles … linking recipients and the awards, and resolving redlinks/disambiguating, should keep me occupied for a while. &mdash; 70.21.13.215 (talk) 03:34, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Songfacts
Dude, did you read any of your sources? They dedicate, at the most, two whole sentences to the website. That's not substantial coverage if you ask me. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 20:25, 18 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Hello, there is a notability on this page: vaspooher , you're well exprienced editor, would you please take a look and wirte your opinion on the talk page, thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spada2 (talk • contribs) 10:01, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/The auction case
FYI: The auction case is currently listed in the above Afd. It appears to be related to Internet Auction Co., an article you created. Thought you might have some insight. Cheers! Location (talk) 02:56, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
—Preceding unsigned comment added by PleaseStand (talk • contribs) 23:37, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
Sole Soul (talk) 18:40, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

The script
I tried your script you posted at VP. It hasn't done anything. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Feedback (talk • contribs) 20:38, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Good articles
How did you make good articles? Wayne Olajuwon (talk) 21:01, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Retention periods for two of your Featured Topics
As the nominator of two featured topics (Half-Life 2 titles and The Orange Box). It is my duty to inform you of the new retention periods now in force since Half-Life 2 was demoted at FAR, these two topics have until 30 September 2010 to be brought to GA status for the topics to remain. Though, bringing the articles just to GA would mean that the topics would be demoted to Good Topics due to the new rules regarding the percentage of FAs and GAs which goes into effect on 1 September. -MBK004 02:59, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Archiving Fix
Thanks! I have been wondering what was wrong with my archiving thing. ~<font color="#66699">Qwerp  Qwertus   · _Talk_ · _Contribs_ · The Wiki Puzzle Piece Award  —Preceding unsigned comment added by QwerpQwertus (talk • contribs) 05:53, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Clarium Capital
Hello! Your submission of Clarium Capital at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! —Preceding unsigned comment added by OnePt618 (talk • contribs) 05:49, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Facebook at GAR
I have listed the article for GAR, mainly due to sourcing and paragraph issues. Tezero (talk) 20:46, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 June newsletter
We're half way through 2010, and the end of the WikiCup is in sight! Round 3 is over, and we're down to our final 16. Our pool winners were (A),  (B, and the round's overall leader),  (C)  and  (D, joint), but, with the scores reset, everything is to play for in our last pooled round. The pools will be up before midnight tonight, and have been selected randomly by J Milburn. This will be the toughest round yet, and so, as ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Though unaffiliated with the WikiCup, July sees the third Great Wikipedia Dramaout- a project with not dissimilar goals to the WikiCup. Everyone is welcome to take part and do their bit to contribute to the encyclopedia itself.

If you're interested in the scores for the last round of the Cup, please take a look at WikiCup/History/2010/Round 3 and WikiCup/History/2010/Full/Round 3. Our thanks go to for compiling these. As was predicted, Group C ended up the "Group of Death", with 670 points required for second place, and, therefore, automatic promotion. This round will probably be even tougher- again, the top two from each of the two groups will make it through, while the twelve remaining participants will compete for four wildcard places- good luck everyone! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 —Preceding unsigned comment added by EdwardsBot (talk • contribs) 21:33, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

hi
whats you fav game concel —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scopicam (talk • contribs) 12:38, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

cup
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Suomi Finland 2009 (talk • contribs) 15:00, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK problem
Hello! Your submission of Arbor Networks at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! <font style="font-variant:small-caps;"> Little Mountain  5   23:25, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Pocket Gamer
<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 00:04, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Take a Look
Hello, please take a look at these 2 articles Mohammad Pazhutan, Ahoora, I nominated one for deletion, think we need a well exprienced editor to join the deletion disscutions. --Spada 2 ♪♫ (talk) 05:28, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for The Oatmeal
<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 18:02, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Arbor Networks
<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 06:02, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Clarium Capital
<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 12:02, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Re:StarCraft II
Aye, I've kinda disengaged from the article while its been under development, but I'm game to work on it when its up. The two of us together should make short work of it. The development section still needs a lot more work though, there's a sheer tonne of information out there from a three year development cycle that's just not in the article. I reckon it could reach something comparable to Brutal Legend's development section. At the moment, its just a list of "on this date, this was declared" and basic design stuff from announcement.

Like you, I've the same requirement, I've got to play it first before working on the article. Hopefully the FT can wait for us to have our time with it before kicking up a fuss. I need to get my act together and finish off Tales of Monkey Island and the cleanup of Characters of StarCraft in the next 20 days, and then it should have my undivided attention. For some reason I just can't work at the same pace as I used to on this site. -- Sabre (talk) 15:36, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Congratulations Gary King! Your image Image:Justin Timberlake.jpg was the Random Picture of the Day! It looked like this: User:Presidentman/potd/7 July 2010. - Talk to you later, Presidentman (talk) Random Picture of the Day 12:21, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your contribution
Hi Gary King, thanks for moving my facebook contribution to a better suited area of the page, I appreciate your help.

Marlova (talk) 20:09, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

The SimTower article
About ten months back you did a major rewrite of the SimTower article and removed some information regarding its Japanese release (as The Tower) and added some info about its US release. Specifically you removed the information about its Saturn release in 1996, its DSi release last year (both in Japan), and changed the US release of its sequel 'Yoot Tower' to state that is was originally released for the Mega Drive in 1999. Since the first two items removed are pertinent to the history of the game I though of re-adding them as part of an attempt to go into more detail of the games origins. Regarding the US release, the Mega Drive was long since out of production by 1999 and was known as the Genesis in the US anyway. I can't find any mention of Yoot Tower getting a console release in the US, so I thought that would be okay to change also. Do you have any objections to me making these changes? If so let me know and we can talk it over. Lando242 (talk) 19:34, 10 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I changed the two references you marked with some references deemed reliable from Here. If you have any other suggestions for what I can do to improve the article feel free to let me know. Thanks. Lando242 (talk) 21:56, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for HootSuite
<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 06:04, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Splitting
Hi. :) I see that Corensearchbot tagged Criticism of advertising recently, and I see that you have added attribution in the edit summary subsequently. I just wanted to remind you that any time you copy content from one Wikipedia article to another, unless that content is all yours, you need to attribute in edit summary. You should also consider adding copied to the talk pages of both the original and the new article to make attribution clear, but only the edit summary is required. Since you didn't attribute in the first paste, I'm not sure if this is a one-off oversight or if you were unaware of this requirement. More information about it is available at Copying within Wikipedia. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:47, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Facebook kept
I decided to keep the article due to the improvements over the course of the GAR. It's not perfect but it's up to GA standard again and I'll be interested to see what a main-article version of the "Company" section will look like. Tezero (talk) 03:44, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Don Dodge
Hello! Your submission of Don Dodge at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 14:03, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

BR tags
Sorry, I was basing my edits on the comments here. Is there a more recent discussion? Prime Blue (talk) 18:41, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Hm. I do know that HTML 5 will be the new standard soon, but didn't know that was going to be used again. Okay, I'll start using that again, then.  Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  18:48, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

hide pages in watchlist
I mentioned your script here: Vpt. Maybe it can be adapted for their purposes. – xeno <sup style="color:black;">talk 18:45, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Skins
Hi. I'm intrigued by the raw data you added to WP:SKIN, and was wondering if you could give any more details (over there) on what those numbers represent? (are those: Numbers of users with non-default settings? or Number of Main Page pageviews with each skin? or ?)

There's also a thread on the talkpage about stats, at Wikipedia talk:Skin, in case you haven't seen it already. Thanks :) -- Quiddity (talk) 02:34, 17 July 2010 (UTC)


 * They were just copied from here: User_talk:TheDJ. Full discussion is at Vpt. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  03:51, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Don Dodge
-- Cirt (talk) 12:05, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Think Small
Hello! Your submission of Think Small at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Thelmadatter (talk) 00:33, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Hello! Your submission of Think Small at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Zoeperkoe (talk) 14:59, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Random
Hi, this is extremely random and awkward for me. We share the same name... O_o; It was random because I found your name randomly on a page of most edited user lists and then scrolling through I found my name. I had to check it out because I do not know many other people with the same first and last name as myself, other than my father. Strange. The farthest back that my family has traced our surname King to is Bangor, Maine around the early 1900's. Sorry for the completely random message! I just thought it was neat. Nice meeting you same-name person as me. haha. T amer_of_Hope  talk  21:44, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Uh, hi. There are others, though (see Gary King). None of which are me, sadly. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  21:51, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Notability-based restrictions for infobox credits?
I've brought up a new discussion about this here. Since you were involved in the old one, I figured I should invite you over. Prime Blue (talk) 16:18, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Social graph
<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 00:02, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Skin usage
Skin. What do blank, 0, 1, 2, standard and on mean? Why is classic missing? ---— Gadget850 (Ed)  talk 03:19, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Not originally mine Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  03:24, 21 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks. ---— Gadget850 (Ed)  talk 17:33, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Google Personalized Search
<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 06:02, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Template:Usculture listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:Usculture. Since you had some involvement with the Template:Usculture redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 20:56, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Removal of automatic archiving
Hi Gary,

In this edit you removed the MiszaBot archiving for the page. Any particular reason? Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward: not at work) - talk 22:23, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * It's not a heavily trafficked page. No reason to auto-archive it when discussions can move really slowly, often spanning several months. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  03:38, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Think Small
I just thought you might like to know that I trimmed the hook of the "Nazi Germany" reference - I thought it was redundant and a bit sensationalist. If you are bothered by this, you can always bring it up at WT:DYK, but IMO the hook is better without it. Gatoclass (talk) 03:49, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Think Small
<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 06:04, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

my article
please eddit my suggestion message as i am not too good with english please please thank you... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.200.152.196 (talk) 11:27, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 July newsletter
We are half-way through our penultimate round, and nothing is yet certain. Pool A, currently led by has ended up the more competitive, with three contestants (,  and ) scoring over 500 points already. Pool B is led by, who has also scored well over 500. The top two from each pool, as well as the next four highest scorers regardless of pool, will make it through to our final eight. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Planning has begun for the 2011 WikiCup, with open discussions concerning scoring and flags for next year's competition. Contributions to those discussions would be appreciated, especially concerning the flags, as next year's signups cannot begin until the flag issue has been resolved. Signups will hopefully open at some point in this round, with discussion about possible changing in the scoring/process opening some time afterwards.

Earlier this round, we said goodbye to, who has bowed out to spend more time on the book he is authoring with his wife. We wish him all the best. In other news, the start of this round also saw some WikiCup awards sent out by. We appreciate his enthusiasm, and contestants are of course welcome to award each other prizes as they see fit, but rest assured that we will be sending out "official" awards at the end of the competition. If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 22:37, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Facebook
Hi. you deleted it and said to move to another page? Where? Do you think it was an inappropriate section what to post in? I think it's relevant to this section since the translate application is a part of this site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Userpd (talk • contribs) 15:06, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Moved here. It does not belong in the overview, as it's not a major event; we have child articles for information such as this. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  16:31, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah ok, thanks. Userpd (talk) 00:35, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Wiki-Conference NYC (2nd annual)
Our 2nd annual Wiki-Conference NYC has been confirmed for the weekend of August 28-29 at New York University.

There's still plenty of time to join a panel, or to propose a lightning talk or an open space session. Register for the Wiki-Conference here. And sign up here for on-wiki notification. All are invited! This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 15:19, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

You should not have reverted the revision on the Outliers article. There is no verification of Einstein's IQ being 150, because Einstein never took a standard IQ test. Any statement is made on the basis of anecdote, which is not sufficient. Thus, by reverting that revision, you are effectively propogating disinformation on purpose. I advise you to stop. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.203.171.60 (talk) 02:52, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Request for template help
Hello Gary King. Noting you as the primary contributor to Template:Infobox poker player indicates you are well qualified to consider the following request. I believe there should be a field for "Primary sponsor" and ask if you would consider adding it to the template blank. Thank you for considering this request and kind regards.  My 76 Strat  16:10, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It's best to bring this up at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Poker to see what others think first. When I created the template, I just based the existing fields on whatever existed before. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  18:36, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Good advice. I'll peruse it in that manner. Again thanks for you consideration, and what I also recognize as your prudent response.  My 76 Strat  19:14, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Thanks for finally staring this: Dissolution of the Soviet Union. I just hope all the redirects are now in place. Seems that User:Kuralyov has found some more. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 01:51, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem; I'm surprised that the article hadn't existed before, and instead was just part of the generic article title "History of the Soviet Union (1985–1991)". The dissolution is such an important part of the country's history that I figured it deserved its own article; there's certainly enough analysis available to beef up the article. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  22:01, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

re: Up4Sale.com
I've been patrolling the expired prods category and I noticed you were not notified when an article you created got PRODded. In case you weren't aware of it or it wasn't on your watchlist, I wanted to give you the opportunity to contest the prod, but you have to hurry because it's already expired. I'll hold off on deleting it for now. -- &oelig; &trade; 13:40, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Or if you were aware of it and just didn't care then let me know and I'll delete it :) &oelig; &trade; 13:42, 10 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I wasn't aware that the article was PRODed; thanks for notifying me. I don't feel particularly attached to the article, but after doing my standard search for sources for a subject, I came across a few useful ones that were more than just trivial mentions, so I added them to the "Further reading" section of the article for anyone to use. The references are (surprisingly) quite in-depth about the subject, talking about its founding years, and one of them is even a chapter from a book written by one of the founders himself. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  21:55, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Metroid
I worked a lot on Metroid Prime Trilogy, and nominated it for the GA. Can you take a look at that, to clean the prose and writing where possible? (after all, that article and Metroid: Other M are all that stand in a possible Metroid titles topic) Thanks. igordebraga ≠ 03:55, 12 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I took a look at it; it seems okay. There's no obvious problems; deeper problems might exist, where moving ideas around would be required. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  04:13, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Featured list removal candidates/List of mergers and acquisitions by Red Hat/archive1
nominated List of mergers and acquisitions by Red Hat for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. --<font face="Calibri"> K. Annoyomous  (talk)   09:23, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Stephens City, Virginia
Thought I would update you on this since you were the first GA reviewer on the article back in 2008. As of 9:50am on 8/15, the page was promoted to Featured Article status. It has been alot of work since that 2008 review, but since you were the reviewer, I thought you would like to know. :) Now it is on to TFA/R. :)  Take Care...<small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 02:04, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Very nice job; the article has certainly come a long way since that GA. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  02:48, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Indeed it has. :) I hope to, after the TFA/R and a short break to breath a little, to take that massive history section, which is still under OTRS from the "Newtown History Center" and bring it back as a page of it's own, History of Stephens City, Virginia with sources a-plenty.  Sourcing will happen before I create the page.  That way history buffs can read up on the town's history and people who want a short blurb can have that too.  But that is on the list of things to do. - <small style="white-space:nowrap;border:1px solid #900;padding:1px;"> Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 02:59, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

How goes the campaign?
Just wondering how far along you are with the StarCraft 2 campaign. I'm new to featured (articles) and so will likely need (a lot) of help. Regards, NativeForeigner Talk/Contribs 16:45, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Are you done the game already? I actually got the game, but my computer is so old (a four-year-old laptop) that when I run the game, it crashes within 15 minutes. So, I'm going to be getting a new computer soon; either on August 15 at the earliest, or September 7 at the latest. (I'm not buying the computer because of the game—I've been thinking of buying a new computer since early 2010, the game is only an extra incentive. So then I'll have a laptop for mobile use and a desktop for home use.) So hopefully it shouldn't be long to complete the game once that's done. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  21:59, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem, and no I haven't. I was just wonderign if I should hurry up ;) NativeForeigner Talk/Contribs 17:53, 11 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I just finished the single-player campaign. I'll try to get to the article ASAP—I'm currently in the process of migrating all my data from my old computer to my new one, though, so I'm left with half a computer the entire time since half my stuff is on each computer. I should be up and running soon, though. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  16:16, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Uncategorized Task Force in the Signpost
"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on the Categorized Patrol/Task Force for a Signpost article to be published next month. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Also, if you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 16:19, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Signpost
You are needed. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><b style="color:#731A25;">Res</b> Mar 15:28, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

CUPNOM
Does Cupnom support WP:VPC. If so, can you correct my submission or clear up the documentation. I tried to format it like WP:FPC I think.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:43, 25 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay VPC added and fixed on your submission page. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  16:14, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I think there is a problem because the bot updates every six hours and missed it in the last cycle.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:39, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The bot last updated the scores on 18:34, 24 August 2010 (UTC). Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  20:17, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
22:31, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 August newsletter
We have our final eight! The best of luck to those who remain. A bumper newsletter this week as we start our home straight.


 * Pool A's winner was . Awarded the top score overall this round, Sturmvogel_66 writes primarily on military history, favouring Naval warfare.
 * Pool B's winner was . Awarded the top score for featured articles this round, Casliber writes primarily on natural sciences, especially botany and ornithology.
 * Pool A's close second was . Awarded the top score for featured pictures this round, Sasata writes primarily on natural sciences, favouring mycology.
 * Pool B's close second was . Awarded the top score for good articles and topics this round, ThinkBlue primarily writes content related to television and film, including 30 Rock.
 * The first wildcard was . Awarded the top score for did you knows and valued pictures this round, TonyTheTiger writes on a number of topics, including baseball, American football and Chicago.
 * The second wildcard was . Someone who has helped the Cup behind the scenes all year, White Shadows said "I'm still in shock that I made it this far" and writes primarily on Naval warfare, especially U-boats.
 * The third wildcard was . Awarded the top score for featured lists and topics this round, Staxringold primarily writes on sport and television, including baseball and 30 Rock.
 * The fourth wildcard was . Entering the final eight only on the final day of the round, William S. Saturn writes on a number of topics, mostly related to Texas.

We say goodbye to the six who fell at the final hurdle. only just missed out on a place in the final eight. was not far behind. was awarded top points for in the news this round. contributed a variety of did you know articles. said "I'm surprised to have survived so far into the competition", but was extactic to see Finland in the semi-finals. did not score this round, but has scored highly in previous rounds. We also say goodbye to, who withdrew earlier this month after spending six weeks overseas. Anyone interested in this round's results can see them here and here. Thank you to for these.

Signups for next year's competition are now open. Planning is ongoing, with a key discussion about judges for next year open. Discussion about how next year's scoring will work is ongoing, and thoughts are more than welcome at Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring. Also, TonyTheTiger is compiling some information and statistics on the finalists here- the final eight are encouraged to add themselves to the list.

Our final eight will play it out for two months, after which we will know 2010's WikiCup winner, and a variety of prizes will be awarded. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page. If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 23:09, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Featured list removal candidates/List of mergers and acquisitions by Condé Nast/archive1
nominated List of mergers and acquisitions by Condé Nast for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. --<font face="Calibri"> K. Annoyomous  (talk)   10:39, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Script Installer in the Signpost
Hi, the Script Installer looks like a quite interesting project, and one that might be worth covering in the Signpost. For a full story, it might be worth waiting until it is a bit more mature (e.g. supports more browsers) and has some kind of user base (maybe it has alreay? Didn't check). But even while it is still in Beta, we might consider running a brief note. I am sorry you waded into this mess, there was a lot of trouble putting this section together and not enough time to discuss your suggestion appropriately. Regards, HaeB (talk) 01:22, 7 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I'd only want to run a full story in the Signpost when the tool is matured, for sure. I only released it to the public yesterday, so it's still in beta. I don't think that the user base needs to be taken into account, though; only the tool's usefulness should be taken into account, just like any other tool, script, or gadget. Once I feel that the tool is ready, I'll call in more people to review it, and if enough people feel that it could benefit the average user, then at that point we could figure something out.


 * The ultimate plan of Script Installer is to be the only tool that someone needs to actively "install"; from there, they can browse a "Script Gallery" included in the tool, which lists the most popular scripts available, and the user can choose which ones they want to install, all within Script Installer. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  01:27, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Bot
Hi - are you in the process of setting up a new Bot? Thanks. 7 03:37, 7 September 2010 (UTC)


 * No, just creating the account so that the name isn't taken by someone else. If I do create one then I'll ask BAG first. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  03:38, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Courtesy Blanking
Under what circumstances is courtesy blanking acceptable? 169.139.19.155 (talk) 20:27, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Did the person ask you to courtesy blank their pages? Please let me know where they asked that you do this. Ideally, they would post on someone's talk page to ask them to do this. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  20:29, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see that the person was blocked a year or two ago. I'm not sure what the guidelines are in regards to courtesy blanking blocked users. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  20:31, 15 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm the former user of that account. I checked the policy page for courtesy blanking and there's no request process. I haven't used Wikipedia in over a year and I just want it blanked. How should I do this? By the way, I'm using a public library account right now. 169.139.19.155 (talk) 20:36, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It should be fine to courtesy blank those pages. I think it's fair to add the __NOINDEX__ to them, etc., especially if the account won't be used anymore. However, I think the sockpuppet tag needs to stay so that it's clear why the account is no longer in use. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  20:39, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * What's _NOINDEX_ ? 169.139.19.155 (talk) 20:44, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, it's part of the template that you added to the page, which tells search engines like Google not to show those pages in its search results. So now your user page won't appear in search results, even when people search for your username. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  20:46, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

About vandalism
Is this edit on the left side of the revision vandalism?  Wayne Olajuwon  chat   21:18, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * No that stuff is not vandalism. I would not revert that, at least not using a program, since as long as something is stated as fact and is possibly true, as it is in that edit, then I think it's best to leave it and let an editor take a look at that specifically. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  22:28, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Okay.  Wayne Olajuwon  chat   23:00, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Just a quick note to say thanks for the revert to Samsung Group.

Lol, I work for Samsung, was starting to wonder why we suddenly bought the company we use for advertising! Hopefully me explaining to the IP on their talk page that the two companies are separate companies has helped! --5 albert square (talk) 22:44, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Great Wolf Lodge INC.
I don't have time to hunt through the move log to revert this, I just wanted to inform you that you were in error in making this move; this is not a lodge, i.e. a building/hotel, but a chain of resorts, it is a company; the title needs to be e≈plicit about that, which is why I changed it in the first place. Please consult WP:Companies guidelines about stuff like this in future.Skookum1 (talk) 19:46, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It says at Naming conventions (companies): "The legal status suffix of a company [...] is not normally included in the article title." Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  19:49, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Awesome Reverts!!
Your cheque is in the mail!70.52.212.244 (talk) 22:36, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

I give up
Gary, you're everywhere, man. I have barely done a rollback in the past 30 min because of you, so I'm going to bed early. Good work! J. Edgar Vekilnik, Jr. (talk) 01:46, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Reply
Please see reply to your edit at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:114.75.185.23. I don't know how to reply directly to you otherwise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.75.185.23 (talk) 02:27, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 September newsletter
We are half-way through our final round, entering the home straight. leads at the time of writing with 1180 points, immediately followed by with 1175 points. closely follows in third place with 1100 points. For those who are interested, data about the finalists has been compiled at WikiCup/History/2010/finalists, while a list of content submitted by all WikiCup contestants prior to this round has been compiled at WikiCup/History/2010/Submissions. As ever, anything contestants worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Despite controversy, the WikiCup remains open. Signups for next year's competition are more than welcome, and suggestions for how next year's competition will work are appreciated at Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring. More general comments and discussions should be directed at the WikiCup talk page. One month remains in the 2010 WikiCup, after which we will know our champion. Good luck everyone! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 23:03, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Namespace redirect
Hi - I like the script that you created. I have asked a few fellow spam fighters if they think the "L:" extension that I coded into a copy of your script here would be useful. e.g. "L:spamdomain.com" would help you identify all the pages that link to *.spamdomain.com.

I realize that L: is not a namespace, and that you may want to keep your script focused on that functionality, but since you have the rest of the code already written so nicely I though it might make sense to leverage it. However if you would rather I keep this type of enhancement separate from your code I'll just copy what I need from you (and give you credit) and leave this as a separate spam fighting script.

Let me know what you think. Thanks. 7 02:05, 21 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Feel free to add new pseudo-namespaces to my script. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  05:08, 21 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks - added UT: for user talk: and also the L: linksearch shortcut. Will also add a cross ref to your script to the spam/vandal fighting sections of the users scripts directory (in addition to where it is currently listed).  Regards,  7  01:37, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Metroid
Can you take a look at Metroid: Other M, copyedit it and the such? It's the only article left for a Metroid titles GT, but I'm still waiting a bit to nominate it for the GA (maybe if VG Project upgrades its assessment, maybe you say it's good enough). igordebraga ≠ 13:56, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It shouldn't have any problems passing a GA review. I've read it over and it looks okay. Also, I haven't played the game yet, which I should get around to soon. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  21:30, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Facebook and Facebook features edits
Hi Gary, Do you have any sources that back up the edits you made to these articles? For example, that there will be a dislike button soon? I can't find a reference for this and it really needs one. Cheers. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 19:18, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
 * No, I don't have sources. I didn't write that info, I just moved it from Facebook to Facebook features so that it didn't clutter the former article. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  19:57, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah ok...i'm gonna take it out til I can find a source anyways. Ta much. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 20:11, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 October newsletter
The 2010 WikiCup is over! It has been a long journey, but what has been achieved is impressive: combined, participants have produced over seventy featured articles, over five hundred good articles, over fifty featured lists, over one thousand one hundred "did you know" entries, in addition to various other pieces of recognised content. A full list (which has yet to be updated to reflect the scores in the final round) can be found here. Perhaps more importantly, we have our winner! The 2010 WikiCup champion is, with an unbelievable 4220 points in the final round. Second place goes to, with 2260, and third to , with 560. Congratulations to our other four finalists –, , and. Also, congratulations to, who withdrew from the competition with an impressive 2685 points earlier in this round.

Prizes will also be going to those who claimed the most points for different types of content in a single round. It was decided that the prizes would be awarded for those with the highest in a round, rather than overall, so that the finalists did not have an unfair advantage. Winning the featured article prize is, for five featured articles in round 4. Winning the good article prize is, for eighty-one good articles in round 5. Winning the featured list prize is, for six featured lists in round 1. Winning the picture and sound award is, for four featured pictures in round 3. Winning the topic award is, for forty-seven articles in various good topics in round 5. Winning the "did you know" award is, for over one hundred did you knows is round 5. Finally, winning the in the news award is, for nineteen articles in the news in round three.

The WikiCup has faced criticism in the last month – hopefully, we will take something positive from it and create a better contest for next year. Like Wikipedia itself, the Cup is a work in progress, and ideas for how it should work are more than welcome on the WikiCup talk page and on the scoring talk page. Also, people are more than welcome to sign up for next year's competition on the signup page. Well done and thank you to everyone involved – the Cup has been a pleasure to run, and we, as judges, have been proud to be a part of it. We hope that next year, however the Cup is working, and whoever is running it, it will be back, stronger and more popular than ever. Until then, goodbye and happy editing! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 03:05, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

User:Gary King/automatic article lead image.js
Hi. This very useful script is displaying the example image for all articles. Can you check whether it is working or not. Thank you. Sole Soul (talk) 22:12, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
 * It's working fine. I've never seen the script show the Example image before. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  05:01, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Pyrospirit metadata script thread
Would you please look at Pyrospirit metadata script thread. Thanks. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 14:13, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Starcraft titles up for Good Topic Removal
Hi, I saw that you were a primary contributor to the Starcraft titles good topic, so I thought I should tell you that it is now up for removal as Starcraft 2 is past its deadline to be GA'd. Topic removals are pretty flexible, so if the article gets pushed to GAN soon the topic removal will hang on until it passes/doesn't. -- Pres N  22:51, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

The Last Airbender plot
Hey concerning this edit, what do you have in mind when it comes to copy editing. − Jhenderson  7 7 7  02:52, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * More paragraphs, specifically. Gary King  ( talk  ·  scripts )  02:54, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * OK thanks. I will see with what I can do sometime. I recently nominated the article for Good article status so I want things to mainly stay proper. ;) − Jhenderson  7 7 7  03:08, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Mos:title listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Mos:title. Since you had some involvement with the Mos:title redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Mhiji (talk) 13:59, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

List of states with limited recognition at FLRC
nominated List of states with limited recognition for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Sorry! :(  Night  w   15:37, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

tagging of OED dictionary
Gary, it was not my quote, but I see no reason to presume it is wrong. In any case if your tagging was intended to be asking the very specific question about edition then I think the tag should have been more specific, like ? Anyway, if it helps my OED says "A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Machiavelli, or his alleged principles; preferring expediency to morality; practicing duplicity, esp. in statecraft; astute, cunning, intriguiing 1579 B. sb. A follower of Machiavelli; one who adopts his principles in statecraft or in general conduct." Thats from the 2 volume "Shorter" OED of 1973 (1992 re-print).--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 17:03, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Main page appearance
Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on December 17, 2010. You can view the TFA blurb at Today's featured article/December 17, 2010. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article director,. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! <font color="#C40233">Tbh®tch Talk <font color="#007000">© <font face="Lucida Calligraphy">Happy Holidays 23:30, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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Even though you already know it, I'm sorry for not notify you, I didn't noticed that you nominated it as well. <font color="#C40233">Tbh®tch Talk <font color="#007000">© <font face="Lucida Calligraphy">Happy Holidays 23:30, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

TFD discussion
As someone with over 50 edits at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Poker including some in the last 6 months, I thought you might want to Templates_for_discussion.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:05, 23 December 2010 (UTC)