User talk:GrammarEnthusiast/Archive 4

DYK Verse of Wilayah
You're welcome! Hope it was helpful and helps you hang around DYK a bit more. More hands makes lighter work. ; ) — Llywelyn II   02:07, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Eicher Polaris Multix
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:32, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Howard Sims
The article Howard Sims you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Howard Sims for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tim riley -- Tim riley (talk) 03:42, 14 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Congratulations! Your first GA I presume. Nice! However there is a cite error in the refs that the promoter overlooked. You should be able to see that marked in red at the bottom of the page. The ref name  is used for two references pointing to two different urls. Please separate them. Best, w.carter  -Talk  07:06, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Oops! No idea how we both (the reviewer and I) missed that. It was simple enough to fix, as there were only a total of three uses of "NYT81" and so it was just a matter of figuring out which one didn't need to be a named reference. Thanks for pointing it out. And yes, this was my first GA, and the DYK above is the first article I contributed to that's made the front page (though I nominated other articles for DYK before now, including Howard Sims). All this was nice to wake up to. { — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 10:40, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Thomas B. McCabe
Sending this note to thank you for your contribution to the page composed for Thomas B. McCabe. Biowriterinpa (talk) 16:37, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
 * You're very welcome, Biowriterinpa. (I added a section heading and link for you.) — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 16:56, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Krai (album)
Gatoclass (talk) 01:02, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

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DYK for Howard Sims
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:46, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Sorry
Hello. Thanks for reverting my edit on Adam Scaife. I didn't notice that the mixed capital letters were awards. Thanks for letting me know.Spike 789 Talk 13:22, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Not a problem, Spike, we all make mistakes sometimes. I sure make my fair share. { — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 21:01, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Logo design
Hey GrammarFascist,

I saw your response regarding the 5,000,000th logo and I have been tweaking the ribbon and font. I want it to be legible and I understand the accessibility issues raised on the project page. As such, I was wondering if I could get your opinion on the tweaks I have done before I upload it completely. The sample can be found here. The link is also CSS compatible if you want to test the logo out. I flipped the font colors (black background with slight white outline to delineate the red from black) and enlarged the ribbon and font size. Thank you. --Stabila711 (talk) 20:53, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi, Stabila711, thanks for stopping by to seek my personal input. The new version is definitely more legible to me — you should be aware, however, that my visual impairment is still at the point my optometrist says I would never have noticed (it was detected because he tests vision very thoroughly). So there are almost certainly people for whom the fully-saturated, somewhat dark red would not offer sufficiant contrast against the black lettering. You might give thought to using a lighter red with the black lettering, such as #DC143C, or even lighter than that (though #FF4500 is probably too far, going in that direction is worth considering). I shared the link to the logo-in-progress with a friend of mine who's more visually-impaired than I am, and she agreed that while the black text helps, a lighter red would work wonders for legibility.


 * Besides the legibility issue, I would also say I think the globe would look better in gold, like you did for logo D, rather than the medium-yellow hue currently shown. The lettering seems to be following the curve of the banner nicely, though. Thanks again for soliciting my input. Your interest in accessibility is appreciated. — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 21:41, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
 * How does this shade for the ribbon look? As for the color of the globe people seem to like the B/C gold more than the D gold.  (My personal preference is D but it really isn't for me to decide). --Stabila711 (talk) 21:50, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I attribute the lack of endorsements for D, versus for B and C, as being a preference for the curved banner over the straight banner, which is a much bigger difference than the hue. Especially if you also prefer the golden-yellow hue, I encourage you to go with that. And the lighter red definitely looks much better! You may want to desaturate it a little bit, so it isn't overly glaring, but my poorly-sighted friend and I both approve of the change. — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 22:11, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: United Way for Southeastern Michigan (October 19)
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LaMona (talk) 22:41, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Grace Foods soup-mixes display.jpg
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PepperTap article
Your response at the TeaHouse appears to imply that I was the one who speedied the article. I wasn't - I would have checked more thoroughly before adding a speedy tag. Maproom (talk) 22:04, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, Maproom, I definitely didn't mean to imply that. I actually had an edit conflict with your comment, and added response to yours as an afterthought to what I'd originally written. I'll go clarify my comment. Thanks for letting me know it came across wrong. — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 23:12, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Guns N' Roses "is" --- is correct.
Hello. I see there is a debate about whether to use "is" or "are" for Guns N' Roses.

In this case, Guns N' Roses is a singular entity as a band.

"It depends if the plural has a singular that can refer to the members.

The Beatles is my favourite group In this context, we're referring to the group directly.

Paul McCartney is my favourite Beatle, but I like the other Beetles too In this context, we consider each band member a Beatle, in which case we can absolutely use the plural form."

Missingbleeckerbob (talk) 17:48, 22 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Hello, Missingbleeckerbob, thanks for finding that link. It doesn't do any good here, though (particularly as I agree with you and don't need convincing); the discussion is going on at the article's talk page, and your contribution there would be greatly appreciated, as at the moment everyone who has responded to my opening the issue there has been under the impression that "are" is correct. — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 18:16, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

re: Making a Lasting Contribution to Wikipedia
Thanks for responding. I think I need to reword my question. The mission of Wikipedia seems to be to curate the best information from reliable sources. As someone who advises reliable sources on editorial policy, on who to interview and what types of questions to ask them, who at Wikipedia can help me foster creating the best information that Wikipedia needs? Robin Rowe (talk) 18:27, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you - Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree
Thanks for your feedback regarding my nomination for The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree for DYK. I have made the appropriate edits. Thanks for reviewing! This is my first nomination. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Darb02 (talk • contribs) 04:25, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you
for the reminder about tea-time. I sort of forgot where I was. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 14:24, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Please help with my page Nexa
Dear editor, once again I seek your help with my page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexa once again it has been marked for speedy deletion. This time the claim is of promotional content. Please help me how can I improve it? Thank You Edito Freak (talk) 08:16, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello, Edito Freak, and thank you for bringing NEXA to my attention. Note that one link to the official website of the subject of an article, in the external links section at the very bottom of the article, is not considered overly promotional. Information about product features is also not (necessarily) promotional; rather, it is how information is presented that determines whether the tone is promotional. So, for example, "The Acme Gadget has a superior widget with 1,000 kellikams!" is overly promotional, but "The widget of the Acme Gadget is rated at 1,000 kellikams." would be fine (so long as it was true). Ideally a Wikipedia article is dryly factual, and adjectives indicating value rather than fact should be limited to direct quotations from reliable sources. You've done an excellent job of finding reliable sources for this article, by the way. Good luck with the rest of the revisions needed, and don't hesitate to ask if you need further assistance. — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 12:02, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Dear Pricey
You may wish to contribute to this discussion.  General Ization  Talk   12:11, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

About the Logo
Thank you for making me learn the things to do. As I cannot see the option to change the license on the logo page, I wish if you could do it. I picked the logo from the company website and I know they are the certain copyright holders of the logo. How can I change that, I am unable to figure out. Please do it and let me know how to do it, as well. Thank you Edito Freak (talk) 04:25, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Máchica
Hello! Your submission of Máchica at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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) 22:32, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Yoninah, did you mean to indicate there was a new problem with this nomination? Nothing has been added on the nomination page since you gave it your review-complete checkmark... — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 12:01, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * This note (above) is dated 2 days ago, when I started the re-review. Everything should be fine now! Yoninah (talk) 12:26, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see what happened, — a newbie editor edited this page (so I got a new talk page message notification) but they put their message at the top of the page instead of the bottom, so when I looked for it, it appeared yours was the new message. I should've double-checked the timestamp. Sorry for the confusion, and thanks again for the review. — GrammarFascist   contribs talk 17:05, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Wow, thank you, ! You had no way of knowing this, but earning a Special Barnstar has been one of my goals as a Wikipedia editor, so I'm really thrilled that you chose to recognize me with one. Thank you very much! — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 13:51, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Halloween cheer!


Happy Halloween!

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Bob Hardwick (November 1)
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Neutral corners
I changed "his or her" to "their". See: [[Template:Unblock]]. I also put the colons outside of the bolding. Isn't that MOS? Ping me back. Cheers! 02:28, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Wow, thanks, ! That happened much faster than I expected, and looks great. As for whether the punctuation should be outside the bolding, I believe that's usually the case, but I can see the argument being made that the entire rest of the line is bolded and so in this peculiar case the colon should be too. I don't think the bolding (or not) of the colon is that big a deal, though. One of those "I'm not gonna revert it, but if someone else does I'm not gonna revert that either" cases. Thanks again, GrammarFascist   contribs talk 03:00, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
 * GF, What did Editor mean about "forum shopping"? Also, going forward I will use more common sense about moving punctuation to outside of bolding even if it technically violates MOS. Cheers!   04:46, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
 * From context,, I would guess it was a reference to what got boomeranged. But perhaps you should ask Robert McClenon what was meant if you're concerned? — GrammarFascist   contribs talk 04:55, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Dibaeis baeomyces
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Baeomyces rufus
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Elizabeth Williams (producer)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Pinol
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:01, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Máchica
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:01, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

i don't know how to use this hope it gets through
thank you so much for ending my page thank you from the bottom of my heart hope you get this best wishes kevin - i would like to personally thank you? Kevinhealey33 (talk) 13:59, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Nahem Shoa
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