User talk:Jacklee/Accolades: 2008 archive

Barnstar

 * Why, thanks very much! &mdash; Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 02:37, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Your DYK nomination for Chua Ek Kay was successful
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid (talk) 23:23, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Golden globe

 * I was in Norway when I heard the news. Fantastic! — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 03:13, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations
Sorry I didn't make it to the FAC - I am still suffering at FLC. Glad you made it, and enjoy your beak. Ben MacDuiTalk /  Walk  21:25, 21 April 2008 (UTC)


 * No worries, and thanks! — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 03:14, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Edward Wright (mathematician)
The article Edward Wright (mathematician) you nominated as a good article has passed, see Talk:Edward Wright (mathematician) for eventual comments about the article. Well done! —— Ryan   |   t   •   c   13:55, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

RAoK
Why, how kind! Thanks. — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 19:51, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Deserved
Thinking about it, if Common scold gets to be a Featured Article, do you think Criminal damage in English law would be a worthy candidate? -- Rodhull andemu  19:30, 3 June 2008 (UTC)


 * You're welcome, and thanks very much for the barnstar! As for your question, my feeling is that "Criminal damage in English law" will need more work before it stands a chance of achieving Featured Article status. I think the "Common law" and "Early legislation" sections will need to be fleshed out, and you will definitely need to refer to some standard secondary texts. As FAs are intended to represent the best that Wikipedia can offer, FA reviewers require articles to refer to all relevant offline material, including books, encyclopedias and scholarly articles. You will also need to comply with applicable Manuals of Style. If you don't think that there's much more you can add to the article, it may not be the best one to try to take to FA status. I've taken two articles to FA status, and both times found the process quite challenging. Click on "Featured article candidates/Richard Hakluyt" and "Featured article candidates/Emery Molyneux" to see the sorts of comments and queries I had to deal with. But I'd definitely encourage you to try for it! You should probably start by trying to get hold of some standard criminal law texts to see how they deal with the topic, and by doing some research to find relevant journal articles (if any).
 * P.S. What a coincidence – I was on the University of Birmingham's University Challenge team last year. We got as far as the second round before being knocked out by Magdalen College, Oxford, but with the satisfaction that the score was 210–200! — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 21:18, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * He he, thanks, it's up there already. I still have the videos somewhere of our attempts; we somewhat thrashed the London School of Economics by about 100 points in our first match, but got done over by Trinity College Dublin in the next match by the same margin. But then, we had Bamber Gascoigne (from whom I always got the impression that if you weren't Oxbridge, he wasn't really that interested), and you had Paxo. Did you go for a drink with him afterwards? On other notes, I followed up your "global" FA submissions and, er, I think I need to wind down a little before going through that amount of stress. Cheers! -- Rodhull andemu  02:22, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * No, I'm afraid Paxman didn't take us out for drinks, but Grenada TV did give us vouchers for lunch at their staff canteen! Was Gascoigne as snappy as Paxman is? Apparently Gascoigne is a regular Wikipedia editor. You should try out some of the other features of the University Challenge userbox! Hope you do try to get one of your articles to FA status at some stage – it's hard work but quite satisfying if you succeed. — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 15:47, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Bamber was charming and not in the least snappy. I like the new Userbox, except we don't have a free image of BG on Commons to put into a version for "older" participants. I'll try emailing him & see if he will let us have one. -- Rodhull andemu  16:09, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, do. If he agrees, it can also be used on his Wikipedia page as well. If you'd like to use the userbox without the Paxman image, just substitute "image=shape" or leave out the "image" parameter altogether for the "UC" logo. — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 16:03, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm, he doesn't have email enabled, sadly, but I have left a request on his talk page. I'm sure he's affable enough to agree. -- Rodhull andemu  16:09, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Imperial Triple Crown Jewels


Your Imperial Majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow these Imperial Triple Crown Jewels in recognition of your contributions in the area of history to Wikipedia. May you wear them well. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:39, 27 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Wonderful! Thanks so much. :-D — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 18:29, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

DYK
Three-in-one! Thank you for your contributions! - Mailer Diablo 03:19, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar
Wow, thanks very much. Like I said, it was always a pleasure to read and review your articles. All the best with your work. Peanut4 (talk) 15:32, 25 August 2008 (UTC)