User talk:Instinct/Archive 18

Celtics players
(that tool is awesome) Sure, I will help ASAP. I don't know if it is a good idea to start adding stats... at WT:MLB, there has been a semi-major discussion lately involving stats in baseball articles, and there seems to be a consensus to stop adding them. Since it seems like basketball articles have a very similar format to baseball articles (and football articles), the stats thing may move over to those sports soon. Not 100% sure about that, but an educated guess. If it doesn't end up that way, well, I can add stats pretty quickly...  jj137  (talk)  17:14, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: RFA (email)
How about May 2? STORMTRACKER   94  Go Irish! 17:16, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Before I begin my push for RFA success, do you know any things I should start doing or be doing better? STORMTRACKER    94  Go Irish! 18:56, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:LOTD
Congratulations on getting what appears to be your first successful WP:FL during the last month. You may want to get involved in our List of the Day and List of the Month experiment. Feel free to help us select next months lists at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/voting/200805 or nominate your list for consideration to be a LOTD in June at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/Nominees/200806.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 18:21, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Suprise!

 * No, no, you earned it. But it in your award section under the category of the template.  Not hing  4 44  18:29, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

RfA?
Are you planning an RfA any time soon? Basketball 110 Talk 01:40, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Christopher Henn-Collins
Stub class? Surely not.

From start class definition (one required):


 * multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic
 * a subheading that fully treats an element of the topic

Does not the Polish Campaign section, at least, meets this?  Sp in ni ng  Spark  09:51, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:WP:RFPP
Yep, all socks. They were doing the same thing at ANI earlier today.  jj137  (talk)  15:56, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I guess I will.   jj137   (talk)  15:59, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK
Does mine seem good? It's my first attempt. STORMTRACKER   94  Go Irish! 16:55, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


 * It is sourced in the article (Under "production"). I am actually a huge fan of the show (that is why I wrote the article). I am going to bring it to FLC soon.

RFA Thanks
Thank you for your comments on my RFA. Even though it failed with 28 supports, 42 opposes, and 15 neutrals, I am grateful for the suggestions and advice I have received and I do hope to improve as a Wikipedian. If you ever need my help in any endeavor, feel free to drop me a line. -- Shark face  217  19:31, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:Boston Red Sox
Oh, I forgot to tell basketball that it really wasn't a GA. I also nominated it a while ago, it is still up for review.-- RyRy5  Got something to say? 21:34, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll try to improve it. Well, a while ago, I asked you to review me, but you never did. Can you now review me?-- RyRy5  Got something to say?   21:43, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Fixed link. Please review me?-- RyRy5  Got something to say?   21:44, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I meant "review me again". Sorry for the trouble.-- RyRy5  Got something to say?   21:44, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, well, I have alot of work to do. Cheers.-- RyRy5  Got something to say?   21:48, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, thank you! Basketball  110 Talk 22:34, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

List of Boston Red Sox seasons
It's back up for FLC. STORMTRACKER   94  Go Irish! 22:11, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Newsletter
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That darn program
It failed to initialize. Not sure if I did anything wrong, although I followed the directions to the letter. -- Sharkface T/C 00:52, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Is there supposed to be a difference? The page looks normal to me. -- Sharkface T/C 00:55, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, gotcha. And then I just warn normally? -- Sharkface T/C 00:58, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, requested rollback. It might be a bit, though. In the meantime, I'll fight vandalism the old fashioned way. Can I get rid of that program or should I just leave it sitting on the desktop? -- Sharkface T/C 01:11, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, ok. And does using rollback/undo automatically give you an edit summary? Just wondering. -- Sharkface T/C 01:16, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Now I see it. All I have to do now is wait for rollback (using undo is fast but not fast enough). -- Sharkface T/C 01:22, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * That's good to hear. The vandals are out in force tonight. -- Sharkface T/C 01:24, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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Huggle (again)
Hey! Question: How often does gurch check his e-mail?  RC-0722 247.5/ 1  15:37, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Why?
Why the new user account? ' Chubb ' enna  itor  20:17, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

J. R. Richard
I included page numbers in the notes section. Are you talking about page numbers for the references section? The article needs a lot more work; I originally wrote the article like a sports journalism news story, so it has a lot of weasel words. Furthermore, some people at FAC complained that the article was too stats-heavy. I need to trim the article down and remove individual game stuff. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 21:14, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It's Homi J. Bhabha. I expanded it a few months ago, but then I got distracted by another article. I need to get back to that article because it's incomplete. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 21:46, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the weasel word fixes on Richard. Much appreciated, Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 21:52, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Just a heads up: there was a change to WP:DASH. Spaces are not needed around em dashes (—). Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 23:10, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Let's give it a few days. I'd like to polish this up more (some outstanding MoS and content issues). Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 23:17, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * While we're at it, we should trim the article. Braun's a sophomore player, yet his article is ~55KB. The rookie season needs to be shortened drastically. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 23:33, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, the source never provided a last name. I couldn't find it anywhere else either. I'll try looking again, though. New material might have surfaced or I might notice stuff I missed before. I've fixed the section headings. Feel free to change them if you think of something more creative. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 00:06, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the rving work on my user page. It's good to see another vandal be sent swiftly to the hall of judgment. - Sharkface T/C 00:17, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Wiki-programming
Hello Milk'! The wiki-programming language is cauing me many headaches. For example, how do I add userboxes to my page? How do I add templates? And as a firefox user, could I benefit from using the various firefox tools available to me?, your adoptee, Fribbler. Fribbler (talk) 00:37, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Vandals
Beat me by less than 30 seconds. Thanks. :-P Sharkface T/C 23:54, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Damn nice of you. I just focus on working Huddle and tonight... I'm on fire! -- Sharkface T/C 23:58, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * That one got me. It's fixed now, though. -- Sharkface T/C 00:05, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

 * Did you see Manny's homer yesterday? STORMTRACKER    94  Go Irish! 00:41, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Reply
I understand. I thought that you can nominate any article that you wish. I will try to contribute alot more to articles I want to nom for GA. Thanks.-- Ryan ( talk ) 01:59, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: FLC
Very good, you have my support. :) Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  02:20, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Cool new sig, BTW. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  02:21, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't do much of the writing of it, Hurricanehink does. I think you can find it in-progress at WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 16. Should be ready soon. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  02:29, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Fair use explosion
Thank you. I've told Thisisborin9. How are wikithings going? BTW, cool sig! Basketball 110 Frankly, I don't give a damn. 02:24, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The Mavs made it! Hornets @ Mavs finished greatly for us. 7th seed, we are. Basketball  110 Frankly, I don't give a damn. 02:29, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't get monobooks. The 'skin' and 'execute this on everypage' bit sort of confuses me. Basketball  110 Frankly, I don't give a damn. 02:32, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Original (monobook). Basketball  110 Frankly, I don't give a damn. 02:35, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I replaced the image at WP:NBA. Can you explain something... WP:MONOBOOK - on that page, it leads me to links of pages under my userspaces to be created for each: monobook, my skin, cologne blue, etc., but why so many? Why isn't it just the "My skin?" Basketball  110 Frankly, I don't give a damn. 02:46, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

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Lou Gehrig
I will take a look at the article shortly. I would suggest removing the fair use image (and tagging it as an orphan) since it fails criterion #1 of WP:NFCC. Also, I plan to nominate J. R. Richard for FAC tonight. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 23:07, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The other famous image of Lou Gehrig is Image:Babelou.jpg. However, it's probably best to have that image in the "Luckiest Man on Earth" section. Gehrig's pic from Columbia is good for the infobox, but I don't think it's the best representation of the subject. I would prefer something from his Yankee days. The Library of Congress has some group pics with Gehrig. You could crop one of those and use that for the infobox image. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 23:22, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

The Office (U.S. season 2)
I put this article up for FL. Is there anything to work on for it? And, I may be considering another RFA date, because I am worring about my withdrawal statement "...I hope to see you in 5½ to 6 months..." STORMTRACKER   94  Go Irish! 23:12, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Lou Gehrig‎
I added a few reference need tags. Source those tags, and the sourcing is good.User:calbear22 (talk) 23:35, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:Move
Two questions first, just curious...  jj137  (talk)  23:41, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Isn't it a list?
 * 2) Are you unable to move it? There is nothing in the protection log.
 * Hold on, I'm going to read through this (and I'm about to go offline :   jj137   (talk)  23:47, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Logo
Hi MFC, I tried making a logo like the kind you and Chetblong make, but it sucked (Image:LegoktmPageHeader.jpg). So I was wondering if you could make for me like yours except instead of oreos a lego block. Thanks LegoKontribsTalkM 00:03, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The same font as yours, maybe blue, and a red lego brick. LegoKontribsTalkM 00:09, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Ty Cobb FAC withdrawn
MFC, I've withdrawn and closed the Ty Cobb FAC you submitted, per the instructions at WP:FAC that principle editors should be consulted first. You've only made five edits to the article, it hasn't been peer reviewed, and I find no notice to either the article talk page or Roswell native, who is a significantly principle editor. Since you've submitted many FACs you haven't worked on and that haven't succeeded, it might be better if you consider working an article through peer review, perhaps to good article, and then nominate for FAC once you've consulted other editors to make sure the article is ready. Regards, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 00:51, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * From WP:FAC:"Before nominating an article, nominators may wish to receive feedback by listing it at Peer review or the League of Copyeditors. Nominators must be sufficiently familiar with the subject matter and sources to deal with objections during the FAC process. Nominators who are not significant contributors to the article should consult regular editors of the article prior to nomination."
 * Sandy Georgia (Talk) 01:00, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

J. R. Richard
Well, FAC noms aren't a big deal (to be honest, I don't read them), but I'll start the FAC shortly. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 01:32, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay it's up. By the way, could you upload the Gehrig image to Commons instead? Another thing: with LoC images, you must include a license (PD-US, for example). Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 01:42, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Alright, do you have Google Talk or AIM? E-mail me if you do. Create a user subpage if you want, as well. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 01:54, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Need a favor
Hey MFC,

I was wondering if you could help me out with The Dark Visitor. I just created the page and I'm pretty sure it's notable, but I need help with sourcing/expansion. Thanks -- Sharkface T/C 21:30, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm heading off to dinner right now. I wouldn't my articles to be torpedoed while I'm away. Hence, the request. -- Sharkface T/C 22:34, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Jim Wright (1970s pitcher)
I noticed you copy-edited that article I created. Do you think I should move the article to Jim Wright (athlete)?-- RyRy5 ( talk ) 02:40, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

RfA
Hi, Oreo. Do you know when your next rfa is? I want to support you in your next rfa.  Not hing 4 44  12:38, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Rickey Henderson
To be honest, I'm not sure what you are talking about. All of those reviews are old, and it would seem discussion decided to nominate it again. When I saw the nomination, knowing that I knew a fair amount about Henderson, I decided to review it. As far as I can tell, there is no other current review. Please clarify if I am mistaken. SorryGuy Talk  17:06, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I still do not understand. All of the comments on that page are before April, meaning it pre-dates the nomination. And at any rate, current reviews should be done on the main talk page. SorryGuy Talk  17:12, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Rfa
Please answer my question here. Also, I would like you to re-adopt me. Please keep adding goals and things. I've been having full edit summaries and editing in the mainspace. Cheers,  Not hing 4 44  18:23, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I would like to nominate you. Can you write up a sample rfa thing like Stormtracker did?  Not hing 4 44  19:27, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Logo

 * Could you design a logo for me, siilar to yours. thanks :) ♥ Shapiros10  Wuz  Here ♥ 20:02, 19 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Just like my signature, but with a "Go Sox" somewhere. ♥ Shapiros10 Wuz  Here ♥ 20:29, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:AWB
I have been approved to have WP:AWB, but can you explain or give me a link on how to install it?-- RyRy5 ( talk ) 20:23, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Monobook
MonoBook. Basketball 110 Frankly, I don't give a damn. 23:37, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Upload Image
Can you upload an image for me. I would like the image of Justin Masterson located here.-- RyRy5 ( talk ) 01:37, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh. Well, do you mind finding an image of Justin Masterson on google/google image that won't be deleted and that passes the criteria. I would really appreciate it. Comments?-- RyRy5 ( talk ) 01:50, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Stormtracker94/RFA prep
I have started my questions and noms. Please write up your nom whenever you get a chance, and tell me if there is anything I should change. Thanks. STORMTRACKER   94  Go Irish! 17:47, 19 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Not sure if you saw this, so I'll remind you again. If you don't want to, that is fine, also. STORMTRACKER    94  Go Irish! 17:12, 20 April 2008 (UTC)


 * That's fine. I just wanted to be ready to go. Do my questions look good? And what concerns should I address to the voters? (I was thinking about an "FAQ" or something). Also, did you see the B's game? It was really exciting. STORMTRACKER    94  Go Irish! 17:18, 20 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I made up an FAQ (or FAC). I' actually going to post the RFA tomorrow sometime, so you should post your nom soon. STORMTRACKER    94  Go Irish! 21:04, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Requests for adminship/Wisdom89 3
Hey there, was wondering if you had spoken with either Wisdom or Pedro before you added your co-nomination to Wisdom's RfA? The reason I am asking is because it was decided prior to the RfA that Pedro, myself, and Rudget would be the nominators but that we thought that should be all. Often it is looked down upon to have more than three nominations and think it would be a good idea to ask one of those two users before you add it. Remember you can always add your support to his RfA! Cheers, Tiptoety  talk 14:57, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:MAVS Newsletter
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SStB - Gutenberg
I have copy edited this article and added refs. Gaia Octavia Agrippa T | C 19:17, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Los Angeles Lakers WikiProject Newsletter for April 19, 2008
Thisis borin9 sign here! 02:01, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Lol, actually, Basketball110 stole the format off the Celtics newsletter and I wrote it. Not my fault. Thisis  borin9 sign here! 04:23, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Random
I've pretty much been on a wikibreak most of the month, but I probably will be back editing more now. Sorry if I missed any messages.  jj137  (talk)  00:32, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I watched part of it. And I think I will spell it "wikibrak" from now on :)   jj137   (talk)  02:19, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Award Center:AFD
✅-- RyRy5 ( talk ) 04:22, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

User:ArielGold
She's been off-wikipedia for a couple of months now... -- Flyguy649 talk 19:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Image:Talk_page.jpg listed for deletion
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News! Tag & Assess 2008 is coming ...
Milhist's new drive – Tag & Assess 2008 – goes live on April 25 and you are cordially invited to participate. This time, the task is housekeeping. As ever, there are awards galore, plus there's a bit of friendly competition built-in, with a race for bronze, silver and gold wikis! You can sign up, in advance, here. I look forward to seeing you on the drive page! All the best, -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 13:01, 23 April 2008 (UTC)




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Thanks!
My first award! thanks! Jwalte04 (talk) 18:19, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

The Office (U.S. season 2) FL Nom
I'm pretty sure that I've seen you review an FL before, so could you comment here? The discussion has not gotten anywhere because the original reviewer lost their Internet connection for a while. STORMTRACKER   94  Go Irish! 18:40, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Subject Matter Expert
I created a page in my sandbox to show an idea I have for creating a Page or project to identify wikipedians as Subject Matter experts or near experts on a given subject. Right now its just one big page but if it takes off it could be multiple pages and or projects. The basic concept is that if I am knowledgable about Math, Science, Wikipedia policy, speaking greek or whatever I can put my name under the category or categories I am interested in participating in and if someone has a question or needs help relating to that subject they can go to that page and contact one of them on their talk page. Obviously its more useful for popular or obsure subjects but in general I think that it would help to improve the public perception that Wikipedia content can't be trusted. Plus it will give new users or users who jsut need help. Its still a very rough idea and right now I based the page on the Logistics page of the Military history project but I see this changing into somethin much bigger. If you don't mind take a look and let me know what you think. I know that there were a couple of things similar for designating an expert but I believe that last thing that WP needs is another voting pool. I am going to leave this message on a few other talk pages of editors that I work with frequently to get some general opinions or ideas before I try and sell it to the WP as a whole. Please let me know what you think.--Kumioko (talk) 19:03, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Vikings Coaches
Hey MFC, just a quick note to say that there's considerable discussion going on right now about the standards at FLC. User:Tony1 is leading the debate with some interesting and insightful views on how we should improve the descriptions of criteria and improve our list quality. The list is complete, for sure, but is it FL, i.e. the best of Wikipedia's work? Not sure. Drop Tony a note and see what he thinks, I'm not convinced it'd make FL right now. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:15, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

AfD challenge
Hello. I've completed your AfD challenge at User:Sharkface217/Award Center. I registered for the challenge here, and my subsequent AfD comments:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR  ( Converse ) 04:47, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

commons:Image:Dick MacPherson.png
Hi, I nominated commons:Image:Dick MacPherson.png for deletion, because Flickr states that all rights are reserved instead of it being released under CC-BY-SA 2.0. --Erwin85 (talk) 10:02, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:Help Cal-Neva get up from a stub
I just got Cal-Neva get up from a stub and you can see it if you want. pavlen666 (talk) 16:24, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

AFD challenge (2)
I've completed it. Here's my 50 diffs: Cheers :) Gary King ( talk )  19:41, 24 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Ah, wasn't aware. Can I continue from the ones that I was involved in 24 hours before signing up? Gary King ( talk )  19:51, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Update:                                                  Cheers!  Gary K</i>ing</b> ( talk )  20:17, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

 * Come on, isn't that cheating? :P Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  20:53, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I guess it's OK then. ;) In any event, have fun at baseball. Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  21:01, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * BTW, I'll do a full review of your FLC once all the tons of issues that other people have noticed are fixed...or when I have time. I just don't want to pile up the problems until you have it under control. :) Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  23:46, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, ok. I'll take a look now then. Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  23:55, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Your edit(s) on dyk
Hi, thanks for nominating articles on dyk, they've often been good. But please take the time to read the rules on the page, and whenever you make a nomination, please take the time to look at the article and make sure it's referenced (unlike eg. Suzuki GSR600) and when you've written a hook, read it again and think "does this sound interesting?" How is it surprising or interesting that the geelong-ballarat railway is between geelong and ballarat? Just take your time whenever you make an edit, it takes less combined effort when others don't have to fix your mistakes. Furthermore, please make sure you strikethrough your own comments instead of someone else's. Thanks. - Bobet 00:35, 25 April 2008 (UTC)