User talk:Juliancolton/Archive 10

Re:Admin coachin
"a more advanced Coaching".... please... when can we start? (I have an eye appointment at 4:00 UTC – have to leave at 3:30) User:Itfc+canes=me Talk  Contributions 13:50, 1 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Located at User talk:Itfc+canes=me/coaching User:Itfc+canes=me Talk  Contributions 14:27, 1 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Done your task. User:Itfc+canes=me Talk  Contributions 14:59, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Dean photo
Hey, Julian! There's something unrelated to adoption I would like you to please help me with. There's this really cool photo from Wikimedia Commons. Do you think it could be featured? It's of Hurricane Dean.



Thank you. --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 15:28, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Help
"I'm sure there are people to help, but this isn't really the place to ask." And after three years I still haven't found them because they don't exist most of them are either gone or aren't good article writers, and the WP for country is pushing up daisies. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 22:28, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: Adjectives
Sorry, I've hit some roadblocks over the past week, and I haven't been editing much. I'll try to get to it soon. –Juliancolton Tropical   Cyclone  15:19, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Wait, what was that template, again? –Juliancolton Tropical   Cyclone  16:58, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Template:Adjectivals and demonyms for countries and nations  Th e Tr ans hu man ist   19:29, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads up.  Th e Tr ans hu man ist   23:56, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #22
The October issue of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones newsletter is now available. If you wish to receive the full newsletter or no longer be informed of the release of future editions, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 02:20, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey
Thanks for the rv of vandalism on Estuary. So, hows it going? II MusLiM HyBRiD II ZOMG BBQ 14:05, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: Adminship
I read your comment. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 18:39, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Your status/welcome back
In the past few days, I've seen your wikibonked notice, your wikibreak notice, and now that you are back editing to at least some extent. Please be assured that your edits and your administrator work are appreciated and that I am sure I speak for a lot of editors in saying that we are glad you will still be among us. At the same time, I hope you master the art of balancing wikitime with your other interests and real-world responsibilities. Bonkification and burnout are real risks for many of us, and I wish you the best in mastering the art of pacing yourself—a skill that I still have to work on myself much of the time. Best regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 20:37, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Rocko's Modern Life
Since you are a revered and respected administrator (as well as my mentor), I would like you to please assist in the reviewing of the Rocko's Modern Life article for GA status. Thank you. --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 23:13, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Huletts Landing, NY
It's a completeness/broad in coverage issue. Criterion #3 of WP:WIAGA. Dr. Cash (talk) 03:00, 3 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Just because an city or town is small doesn't mean that editors can skimp on its content. Most of the information in the article is also cited by a single source as well, which raises severe concerns to me regarding the broadness of the research that was put into this article. Dr. Cash (talk) 03:05, 3 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't think I'm not "assuming good faith" here, and that simply doesn't apply in this case. The article must meet the Good Article criteria to be included. Have you even noticed that at least half of the citations the article is citing came from a single source? That hardly looks complete to me. Dr. Cash (talk) 03:09, 3 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Google searches aren't definitive end all and be all of anything. There are buildings in many cities called "libraries" that contain something called "books" that can provide additional references and resources for more research. It's unwise to limit one's research to only google searches. Dr. Cash (talk) 03:17, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't consider anything I have said here to be "uncivil". If it was interpreted that way, I apologize. Dr. Cash (talk) 03:25, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

2003 Atlantic hurricane season FTC2 nom addition
I'm almost done with another part for the series, the Timeline of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. I'm currently on Juan and I think I can finish the article today. When I do finish it, can you review it for GA so it can quickly be included in the series? Afterwords, if the article seems ready I'll go for FLC. Thanks Cyclonebiskit (talk) 19:22, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, ok. Didn't know that one. I'll put it up for GAN and see what happens. I'm just confused as to why lists aren't rated with classes instead of just List or Featured List. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 19:28, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I've completed the article, Timeline of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. I've nominated for GA to see what happens. Should this article be added to the FTC for the season? Cyclonebiskit (talk) 00:53, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok :) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 00:55, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of QuantifiCare article
As the author of deleted QuantifiCare article and a wikipedia beginner, I would like to understand why it was deleted.

Criteria mentioned for speed deletion is CSD#G11 : Blatant advertising. Pages which exclusively promote some entity and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten to become encyclopedic. Note that simply having a company or product as its subject does not qualify an article for this criterion.

I created the deleted article following models like : assuming they were not blatant advertising because of :
 * AnaSpec
 * INC Research
 * Quintiles
 * Health Decisions
 * "simply having a company or product as its subject does not qualify an article for this criterion."
 * these articles refer to same kind of company (i.e. Contract Research Organization)
 * these articles have not been deleted

Before fixing it (and recreating it), I need to : Any help would be welcomed for the second point, as I am a beginner in article authoring and do not want to make other mistakes.
 * get a copy of the deleted article
 * understand what need to be changed to conform to existing articles mentioned previously. Any suggestion ?

Xavier_OM (talk) 18:23, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Niwel Tsumbu
Hi Julian,

That was speedy alright!

The blatant plagiarism effect was caused by the fact that I (and another lady) wrote Niwel's website content as well. Do I need to re-word my own copy for it to be ok on Wiki? This is my first attempt at putting anything here. The problem is there isn't a whole lot written about him yet save for what I (and other people helping him get along in his career) have written, and the two big press reviews which I quoted from.

Please advise!

thanks,

Nickibopp (talk) 18:34, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey
Log out of Huggle, bypass your browser's cache, and log back in. Tell me if you notice a difference. J.delanoy gabs adds 21:50, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

New requested move at Flag of Ireland
You are receiving this message as you took part is a past move request at Flag of Ireland. This message is to inform you that their a new move has been requested GnevinAWB (talk) 23:10, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Note re.
Working on it right now. Probably a good idea though, thanks :) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 23:34, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, this one is for Dylan620 since he requested that I show him how I write articles. I just hope no one else makes edits to this since it is an example for him and it'll be slow going so I can describe the steps. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 23:37, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Re:Note
I would have reverted it, but you were to quick for me. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox[ 03:09, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Made my day
A little late?[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Juliancolton&curid=19893068&diff=249769809&oldid=248930889] :P Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk  ) 13:06, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * What I was thinking :D Gary King  ( talk ) 13:14, 5 November 2008 (UTC)


 * There's still a chance!!! *clasps at straws and string! Peter Symonds  ( talk ) 13:48, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Miracles can happen, you know. –Juliancolton  Tropical   Cyclone  13:55, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Davenport, Iowa
Judging by your projects, you can probably help me with your second to last post "I would really like to see the Climate section expanded with general information, rather than hard statistic". Where would you suggest looking for this info? I'm headed to the library in a bit, for more research on the other points mentioned from other reviewers. As far as the little images go, they are part of the predefined infobox. Also, this is my first FAC, how long do they last for, I don't see any specifics on the page.  C T J F 8 3 Talk 18:31, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * List of wettest tropical cyclones in the United States and Category:Natural disasters in Iowa might be a good starting place. See Boston, which gives the reader an overview of the weather patterns. Alternatively, you could dedicate some of the section to listing examples of notable storms, similar to North Carolina. As for the duration of FACs, while there isn't a set time limit, they usually last a couple of weeks. Cheers, –Juliancolton Tropical   Cyclone  18:42, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm going to keep this on one page for easibility...I have information about the flooding in the geography section, should that be moved to the climate section?  C T J F 8 3 Talk 18:50, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. –Juliancolton Tropical   Cyclone  18:51, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I have requested assistance in locating sources from a local meteorologist through e-mail. I understand the need for reliable sources, and not just using him as a source. I'll also look at the library tonight. If I need more assistance, I'll let you know!  C T J F 8 3 Talk 19:11, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You wanna look over the climate section again? I did the best I could to find stuff, and fix what you suggested, let me know what else needs to be done.  C T J F 8 3 Talk 01:28, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you....do you have any more suggestions on where to find info?  C T J F 8 3 Talk 01:32, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Picture Peer Review
Thanks again for your suggestion, the cabin image is now at WP:PPR, specifically Picture peer review/Black Moshannon Cabin. Yours, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; ° ° 19:19, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

PS glad as always to see you back and active.


 * I gave you credit / blame for suggesting I nominate it ;-) . My guess is they will say something is blown and if not that there is no "wow" factor. Wait and see, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; ° ° 19:26, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

I am civil
I've never been civilest in my life than now. I am constructively critisizing not attacking. There is difference in that. You are just jumping to conclusions. Regards: The Mad Hatter (talk) 21:38, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

I told you I am not attacking, nor proving other people wrong. I am just contructively critisizing. First User:Scorpion042 attacked me and tried to threaten me outright with blocking. I am not attacking anyone with blocking. I am constructively critisizing. Please show me where is written that critisizing is prohibited and I will back off. Untill then I don't regard myself as wrong. Regards: The Mad Hatter (talk) 21:49, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

You are not telling me anything new. I am not being uncivil. Uncivil is to flip you off or fuck off right away. Which I am not doing. Show me where critisizing of other editors is prohibited and I will back off. I am not harming anyone to deserve block threat. Regards: The Mad Hatter (talk) 22:02, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

A little help please
I don't want to throw a fit a Yellow Evan, so to prevent myself from being extremely rude, I would like if you could talk to him about why TS Odile (2008) was merged. His response is to merge my favorite articles (out of my own, not in a self-centered way though) Tropical Storm Karina (2008). Thanks. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 22:26, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks JC. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 22:31, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

You give what you can take. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox[ 22:29, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Re:Karina
Sorry. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox[ 22:34, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

I will keep it in the talk page in case and it is hidden in the article. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox[ 22:44, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Attachment therapy
Hey there! I know this is well outside the realm of what I usually ask for your help on, but I'm involved in a rather knotty GAR on Attachment therapy, which can be found at Good article reassessment/Attachment therapy/1. A few weeks ago, I offered a second opinion on a GA review of the article, and after some work by the editor, passed the article. Immediately after passing it, another user posted a series of complaints, and then almost immediately listed the article at GAR. Some of his complaints were valid and work has been done on the article, but he still continues to complain about the article – the problem being that most of his complaints are fairly vague and unsubstantial. I still think the article is of GA status, but the main editor and I are looking to get some outside input to see if we're in the right or wrong. If you could take a look through this article, and some of the issues in the GAR (they're sort of summarized at the bottom, if you don't feel like reading through the whole thing), it would be fantastic. Also fantastic would be if you could bring in some of your other editing friends to comment. If not, then I understand completely...I know you're busy with everything else you do on WP. Thanks! Dana boomer (talk) 22:35, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. It's been sitting around for some time now, so it's not really in any big rush :) Dana boomer (talk) 22:39, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

adopation
Can you adopt me within the next two weeks like you are doing with Dylan. I have the subpage all ready. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox[ 23:15, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

First things first. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox[ 23:23, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Feedback needed


What was your initial impression when you saw the above image?

Please look at it carefully. What is wrong with it?

In what other ways can it be improved?

I look forward to your reply (on my talk page, please).

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   00:11, 6 November 2008 (UTC)


 * It looks great overall. When looking at it in a thumbnail, it took a while to get my bearings of what part of the world I was looking at. Maybe switch around the colors to make the oceans gold? –Juliancolton Tropical   Cyclone  00:14, 6 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I had the same problem when the oceans were gold. :)   Th e Tr ans hu man ist    00:17, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

wikibreak
Due to some things going on in my life, I'm taking a temporary leave, not long (at least a week), from wikipedia. However, I have three articles up for featured status Tropical Storm Kiko (2007), Hurricane Hernan (2008), and Timeline of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season, which I wont be able to respond to. If it's not too much to ask (or against policies) can you respond to any comments on their respective review pages for me? I'd much rather have them pass or fail normally while I'm gone than fail because of my absence. Thanks. (p.s. I may check my talk page once a day or so, not entirely sure) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 04:10, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Edits (unlinkings) to tennis articles
Juliancolton – just to make you aware that Tennis expert has a one-man crusade going against unlinking dates and common terms, even though it's in line with the Manual of Style. He's reverted or undone Tony's edits and similar edits of mine and of other editors. He always claims it's because there's 'no consensus' to unlink, but he really just means that he doesn't like it. No other tennis editors have complained about unlinking, or relinked anything, or supported his reverts. So if you think articles would be better off without all that overlinking, go ahead and remove it yourself. (There is a script available to make the process much easier – get back to me if you want to find out on how to set it up.) Maybe eventually he'll get the idea that his obstinacy is getting him and WP nowhere. Colonies Chris (talk) 12:46, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Katrina
Sorry if there's some connection I missed, but I don't see how Hurricane Katrina falls under the NY State Wikiproject. //Blaxthos ( t / c ) 16:24, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Because it effected New York. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox[ 16:27, 6 November 2008 (UTC)


 * That's a pretty big stretch, and I personally don't think it's really a prudent association. However, we can ask for some outside opinions if you feel that strongly about it.  //Blaxthos ( t / c ) 20:34, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

IRC
I've taken your request, and done some huggling. *huggles* Ceran →(sing→see →scribe) 18:06, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm considering your offer to coach me for adminship, but I don't think that will be necessary. I don't need admin coaching, I understand what admins do. But, what would you like to see from me for me to pass RFA? Ceran →(sing→see →scribe) 23:46, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * See my bragsheet. Ceran →(sing→see →scribe) 00:51, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I revert vandalism, but I've only made like 5 reports to AIV. I think I could use some work there. Ceran →(sing→see →scribe) 00:55, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Good job! Here's another. :)
Nicely done. Thank you.

Ready for your next assignment? This one is a little different than all the rest.

Many of the adjectives listed at Template:Adjectivals and demonyms for countries and nations (and used in the adjective entry on each country outline) simply redirect back to the country's article.

Those redirects (and their plurals) need to be replaced with disambiguation pages.

There are two templates used for this: Template:dp cadj, and Template:dp cadj2. The first is for the singular adjective, the second is for the plural (but only when that plural is a demonym – for an example of the second one, see Germans).

Template:dp cadj is used like this:  .

Caution: These templates just provide a starting point – the pages they create must be completely edited to fit the specific country. The information is incorrect for many adjectives...

For example, in dp cadj it says there is no language by that name – but that's not true for many countries! You have to check to see if there is such a language or dialect by that name (whether covered in Wikipedia or not – use dictionaries, Google, etc. to find out) and correct that entry if one exists. Dialects can be especially tricky to find. Ecuadorian Spanish, for example, isn't covered on Wikipedia, but when people use that dialect they are said to be "speaking Ecuadorian".

"A person from, or of descent" assumes there is no article specifically about the people. Most countries don't have one, but there are a lot that do. Taiwanese people, Chinese people, Japanese people, French people, German people, Italian people, etc. When they do, the link needs to be added in. But for those that the plural works, dp cadj2 should be used to create a disambiguation page for that, so that the link works in the base disambig. See German and Germans, to see how "Germans" is used in the "German" disambig.

You'll need to check all links for correctness, since the template's link syntax doesn't fit every situation. For example, for the Taiwanese disambiguation page the template's plural in the List entry produces List of Tiawaneses, which needed to be changed to the actual link (List of Taiwanese people).

Template:dp cadj2 is currently configured for country names that end in "a", like Albania and Algeria. It also works by specifying Germa instead of Germany. Countries that don't have a separate plural demonym don't need this template. For example, the plural of "Tiawanese" is "Taiwanese".

The naming of articles related to country adjectives is a little chaotic, and is not standardized throughout Wikipedia. Be careful when renaming pages not to step on any toes. I was lucky nobody freaked out when I moved Taiwanese (the language) and replaced it with a disambiguation page. There was a big argument over what to call the language immediately after that, but I wasn't involved in that discussion. I didn't mean to stir up a beehive. :)

I've upgraded the adjectival table by linkifying the adjectives. This new version is located at User:The Transhumanist/Sandbox20. You'll probably want to use this version to access the redirects. When the redirects are all converted to disambiguation pages (or otherwise processed – whatever solution is best for each), we can replace the table in the template with this one.

I've completed the disambiguation pages up through the J's, so the task has been cut down in size a bit already. You can use those as examples to guide you in how to do the rest. Notice that some of them already existed before I came along, so there is some variation. Where there were existing disambigs, I merged them with the template version. Have fun with the rest. If you run into any situations where it is unclear what to do, or for any other reason, feel free to ask me anything.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   22:23, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

NYC Meetup: You are invited!
In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, finalize and approve bylaws, interact with representatives from the Software Freedom Law Center, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the June meeting's minutes and the September meeting's minutes).

We'll also review our recent Wikis Take Manhattan event, and make preparations for our exciting successor Wikipedia Loves Art! bonanza, being planned with the Brooklyn Museum for February.

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

To keep up-to-date on local events, you can also join our mailing list. This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 22:25, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Hurricane Felix
You couldn't help me with the Rocko's Modern Life GAN. However, once Cyclonebiskit's GA outline is complete, I plan on nominating Hurricane Felix at GAN, and I would like you to please be the nominator. Or, if you think I can handle it regardless (meaning it is considerably close to GA), you could review it tonight. If that's the case, I will place GA nominee at the top of the article's talk page. --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 22:52, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Yellow Evan
Since you have adopted Evan, can you please contact him about working on the 2005 Pacific hurricane season. I'd really prefer if he didn't create any more articles for the series since he's still learning how to write good quality articles. I'm not saying this because I dislike his actions, he has good intent, but since I'm trying to get the season to a featured topic, his input would hinder the process. Thanks, Cyclonebiskit (talk) 02:01, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Thats why i am taking a break. Cheers. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox[ 02:18, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Another thing
It seems an IP user, who has a level 3 warning thing, is a bit annoyed at me for reverting his vandalism to Hurricane Paloma (2008) [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hurricane_Paloma_%282008%29&diff=250366443&oldid=250366289] and decided to send me a rude comment in Spanish [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ACyclonebiskit&diff=250367239&oldid=250362185] which I've translated and this is what I got "Hola biscocho de ciclon.. ;) sabias que Paloma en español significa PENE?? -> Hello biscocho of ciclon..  ;) Wise that Dove in Spanish signifies PENIS??" I'm not sure where to report such things yet and since you're an admin, you're probably the first person I should go to. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 02:58, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 03:13, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
Okay, explain this to me. It was promoted 3 years ago and never made it to the main page until today. Why didn't it make the main page 3 years ago? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 20:25, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

just a quick question
Good evening. A while back ago, i voted Support in your RFA. that was late september. So my question is: how are your admining duties going? - -' The Spook (TALK) (Share the Love with Barnstars) 23:24, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Attachment therapy
Thank you for taking the trouble to read this with care. Fainites barley 23:40, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Quik question
Do you think Winter storms of 2008-09 is a little stubby? Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox[ 04:36, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Good, I might eventually expand Winter storms of 2007-08. I need to return to my break. Cheers. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox[ 04:42, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Germans
Hello. On 17 October 2008, you moved Germans to German people "per request," and subsequent edits have set up Germans as a disambiguation page. Who is responsible for disambiguating the large number of incoming links to the dab page? I don't regularly disambiguate links to German, but I do dab links to other terms of nationality (Danish, English, Swedish, to name a few), and I often incidentally dab links to other terms of nationality when I find them in the course of my dab work. I have dabbed numerous links to German to point to Germans, and now that it's been recast as a dab page, those edits are effectively ruined. --Tkynerd (talk) 20:20, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * That being the case, it might have been a good idea to document this in the edit summary, if not elsewhere. Something to think about in the future. --Tkynerd (talk) 20:26, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Message
Message on Tiptoey Talk page  My Account  00:53, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Administrator Coaching.
Hello Juliancolton. Leaving a message on your talk page per IRC request. Thank you for taking the time to provide me with Admin Coaching. Va nd al ism Destroyer | Talk to me 03:01, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Cyclone Gene
Would you be able to move Cyclone Gene from my sandbox to Cyclone Gene
 * Thanks Jason Rees (talk) 03:34, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

User:SRE.K.A.L.24/Head coaches-managers
I created a page that you may like to use in the future. --  SRE.K.A nnoyomous .L. 24 [c] 07:35, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Reference check
Are you still doing reference checks? If so, could you check out Peer review/List of premiers of Nunavut/archive1? The article has three references in total. Thanks in advance! Gary King ( talk ) 01:21, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Also Peer review/List of premiers of Yukon/archive1 Gary King  ( talk ) 01:34, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

High School AfD
Thank you for [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Masuk_High_School&curid=20144533&diff=251025923&oldid=251025293 this] good sense. I'd have done it myself had I not already !voted StarM  03:41, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Julian, can you also check this out
Articles for deletion/Redbank Plains State High School -- the admin who reverted the NAC on the AfD on Masuk High School did the same to this AfD, which I closed as NAC. Thanks. Ecoleetage (talk) 03:41, 11 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Indeed, she did. Thanks, any way.  And if it is not a bother, you can recommend the guy in the message below this one to contact me -- I have time to copy edit. :) Ecoleetage (talk) 03:53, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Survival of the Shawangunks
Thanks for the rating – my best yet from zero! Now are you sure you're not very involved in WikiProject Hudson Valley? Cause ya coulda fooled me!--otherlleft (talk) 12:50, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Coaching activities
I'm ready to continue. Although I'll be very busy today, please don't let that make you hesitate from moving on with coaching. BTW, I've actually been bummed out a couple of times when I went back to the page to find no new lessons. --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 13:31, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks anyway
Thanks for offering to adopt me. As you know, I have already been adopted by Cam, but it was kind of you to offer anyway. TopGearFreak  Talk  16:55, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Template:Wiktionary
Please see Template talk:Wiktionary about a repair needed as a result of your last edit. - Fayenatic (talk) 21:44, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Douglas
Can you tell me how to fix Douglas at the IRC.--Kirk76 1854 Atlantic   Hurricane Season  22:34, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Obama Boxes
see Suspected sock puppets/The Account, something's DUCKY. I don't know how to track what other accounts have added that UBX but I'm not buying coincidence. StarM 23:49, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

I could sure use your help on these...
Nicely done on the adjectives. Thank you.

Now to support those links, we need disambiguation pages. Otherwise, the links just go to the respective country's name (or somewhere strange), which doesn't really fit the links.

Those redirects (and their plurals) need to be replaced with disambiguation pages. Any existing country adjectival disambiguation pages (that we haven't done yet) need to be improved.

There are two templates used for this: Template:dp cadj, and Template:dp cadj2. The first is for the singular adjective, the second is for the plural (but only when that plural is a demonym – for an example of the second one, see Germans).

Template:dp cadj is used like this:  .

Caution: These templates just provide a starting point – the pages they create must be completely edited to fit the specific country. The information is incorrect for many adjectives...

For example, in dp cadj it says there is no language by that name – but that's not true for many countries! You have to check to see if there is such a language or dialect by that name (whether covered in Wikipedia or not – use dictionaries, Google, etc. to find out) and correct that entry if one exists. Dialects can be especially tricky to find. Ecuadorian Spanish, for example, isn't covered on Wikipedia, but when people use that dialect they are said to be "speaking Ecuadorian".

"A person from, or of descent" assumes there is no article specifically about the people. Most countries don't have one, but there are a lot that do. Taiwanese people, Chinese people, Japanese people, French people, German people, Italian people, etc. When they do, the link needs to be added in. But for those that the plural works, dp cadj2 should be used to create a disambiguation page for that, so that the link works in the base disambig. See German and Germans, to see how "Germans" is used in the "German" disambig.

You'll need to check all links for correctness, since the template's link syntax doesn't fit every situation. For example, for the Taiwanese disambiguation page the template's plural in the List entry produces List of Tiawaneses, which needed to be changed to the actual link (List of Taiwanese people).

Template:dp cadj2 is currently configured for country names that end in "a", like Albania and Algeria. It also works by specifying Germa instead of Germany. Countries that don't have a separate plural demonym don't need this template. For example, the plural of "Tiawanese" is "Taiwanese".

The naming of articles related to country adjectives is a little chaotic, and is not standardized throughout Wikipedia. Be careful when renaming pages not to step on any toes. I was lucky nobody freaked out when I moved Taiwanese (the language) and replaced it with a disambiguation page. There was a big argument over what to call the language immediately after that, but I wasn't involved in that discussion. I didn't mean to stir up a beehive. :)

I've upgraded the adjectival table by linkifying the adjectives. This new version is located at User:The Transhumanist/Sandbox20. You'll probably want to use this version to access the redirects. When the redirects are all converted to disambiguation pages (or otherwise processed – whatever solution is best for each), we can replace the table in the template with this one.

"I've completed the disambiguation pages up through the J's, so the task has been cut down in size a bit already. You can use those as examples to guide you in how to do the rest. Notice that some of them already existed before I came along, so there is some variation.  Where there were existing disambigs, I merged them with the template version.  Have fun with the rest.  If you run into any situations where it is unclear what to do, or for any other reason, feel free to ask me anything."

Update
I've started picking away at these again. I just did Namibian, Nepali, Nepalese, and Nauruan. I'll keep going until I've finished the Ns. To get a feel for what this task entails, see my contribs and look for the N adjectives and all the contribs inbetween. Once a template is in place, I do my best to bluelink all the redlinks, so you'll see lots of redirs in my contribs.

For your convenience, the bluelinked version of the table is at User:The Transhumanist/Sandbox20.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   00:47, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Move request
Please move Dutch (ethnic group) to Dutch people (over the redirect), in order to match German people, French people, Spanish people, Japanese people, Taiwanese people, etc.

Thank you.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   01:11, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Did I miss anything?
I've finished writing Linky tutorial.

I was wondering if there are any tricks or methods you use in applying it that I've missed.

If so, please let me know.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   05:30, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Joe Louis
You protected the article Joe Louis on Nov 9 to indefinite semi-protection, but set the semi-prot template to a November 11 expiry. Which did you intend to keep it as...indef semi-protection or only a couple of days? — Huntster (t • @ • c) 05:42, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Are you ready?
Remember when I asked if you could adopt me last week. I am ready when you are. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox[ 16:14, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

At User:Yellow Evan/Sandbox/Subpage

A little? Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox[ 16:27, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Bad me, wrong punn. You may change it a little but not to much. Cheers. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox[ 16:35, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

It makes things a little better organized for me but Go ahead and change it if you like although i prefer this way. We need to start. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox[ 16:42, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I have left a comment for you at User:Yellow Evan/Sandbox/Subpage. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox Happy Verdirins day 18:07, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I have left a comment anpther for you at User:Yellow Evan/Sandbox/Subpage on what to do today. We may do something else today too because i have a feeling that this is going to be quick. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox Happy Veterans day 19:40, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Same as above. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox Happy Veterans day 02:14, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I left a question for you at User:Yellow Evan/Sandbox/Subpage. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox Happy Veterans day 03:51, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Same thing. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox Happy Veterans day 02:19, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

No Jacket Required
Hello! I was recommended to talk to you by RyanCross and PeterSymonds. I have been extensively working on the article No Jacket Required, and it is at GA status as of right now. However, I stink at copyediting, I'm pretty sure I have heavily mucked up the article in many different areas! I was just wondering if you'd like to take a look at the article, and give it a copyedit of your own. Any sort of contributions would definitely be appreciated! I have worked very hard on the article, and am trying to get it to FA quality. A lot of work is involved. Wow! But I digress. If you have no time to copyedit, or you don't want to do it, it's OK and I'll definitely understand. Thank you and have a nice day! CarpetCrawler (talk) 03:43, 11 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much! :) Here's a barnstar for your hard work!


 * I took it to Peer Review a few weeks ago (see here) but I will definitely tell you when I send it to FA. I would love to see this article get featured. Thank you so much for your help! :) CarpetCrawler (talk) 17:31, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Your move of Germans
Hello, may I ask that you please don't carry out moves like that from Germans to German people simply on the request of a single user outside article talk space? Moves involving high-profile pages like these are almost certain to be controversial, and move requests should always get a sanity check at article talk. In this case, it happens that I and apparently some others too find it highly objectionable.

By the way, you also forgot to move the talk page together with the article. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:25, 12 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, actually, it isn't really the main issue whether the article is at Germans or German people. Although, personally, I prefer Germans. In my understanding, the "... people" suffix is only used as a disambiguator where that is strictly necessary. "French" or "Japanese" can grammatically be country adjectives, language names, or ethnic group names, that's the only reason we ad "... people" and "... language" to the titles. "Germans", having the plural suffix, isn't ambiguous in this way, it clearly refers to the group, and thus, by the principle of "use common English terms", we should use it as the title. Naming questions are solved on an individual by-article basis; simplicity and elegance in the individual case are more important than uniformity of naming schemes across large classes of articles. – But that's only secondary and perhaps a matter of taste; the important thing is that The Transhumanist didn't just move the page, he split it up and created an unnecessary dab page. I don't care whether the one name redirects to the other or vice versa, but I find it very annoying to have two different pages with different content at each. And really, the most important thing of all is that we ought not to be discussing this after the fact; consensus ought to have been gauged before. Fut.Perf. ☼ 14:37, 12 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I'd suggest at this point we wait first for a bit of feedback at the article talkpage. Moving back will require a non-trivial deletion, we should have a clear consensus mandate for that too. Fut.Perf. ☼ 14:46, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Comment
I have left a comment for you User:Yellow Evan/Sandbox/Subpage. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox Happy Veterans day 03:41, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Same thing. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home ,Sandbox Happy Veterans day 03:49, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

ww2censor (talk) 05:03, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Faith Leech and Sandra Morgan
Both fixed.  YellowMonkey  ( click here to choose Australia's next top model ) 06:51, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

1994 Christmas nor'easter
I'd be pleased to look at this (our usernames do rhyme, after all). As a reciprocal favour, could you possibly read through Mozart family Grand Tour, currently on PR – I'm not asking for a full copyedit, just an impression from a fresh reader about the prose, general readability etc. Best, Brianboulton (talk) 19:58, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for looking at the Mozart thing so quickly, and for the copyedits. I tend to qualify statements with "apparently" (or sometimes "reportedly") when the source is basing iteslf on what someone else said. In this case the third party is usually Leopold and his regular letters back to Salzburg. I've had a quick check, and I think it's OK to leave them in place. I can't promise to be quite so quick in reporting on 1994 Christmas nor'easter, but I'll get to it as soon as possible. Brianboulton (talk) 21:35, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Some Helpums
Hello Julian, how are you? Well, anyways that's not why I am here. On my page I can't seem to get the vandalism warn-er to line up to the right side. Could you help? Thanks, and a TPS to ya :P RockManQ  (talk) 23:21, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Meh, thanks for trying, yes it usually is pretty easy for me to align. Christ, stupid thing won't work! Oh well, I guess I can take a look at Garden's dashboard and get an idea
 * Got it. The Templates are in a table now, but I really don't care. RockManQ  (talk) 00:05, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXII (October 2008)
The October 2008 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 00:13, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

You have a reply on my talk page (eom)
 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   02:59, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Reference check request
Reference check please at Peer review/Scene7/archive1 for Scene7. Thanks a kajillion! Gary King ( talk ) 01:02, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * All done FYI Gary King  ( talk ) 21:49, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

1983 Pacific typhoon season
Hi Julian! I'm coming to you with another request for help. I'm reviewing 1983 Pacific typhoon season for GA status, and I have some concerns about the layout. If you could take a look over the article, and my comments on the GA review page, it would be fantastic. I'm not sure if I'm being too harsh, or if there is a standard that is supposed to be being followed here :( Thank you! Dana boomer (talk) 20:11, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks a bunch! Dana boomer (talk) 20:29, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * "and I'm going to have to agree with some of his concerns."...and just as an FYI, I'm female :P Dana boomer (talk) 20:38, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * LOL, no problem... My first name can go either way, but the deciding factor should be that I'm obsessed with horses, so there's a 99.75% chance that I'm female :) Dana boomer (talk) 20:44, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Help please
I've created a bit of a problem due to an accidental mistake while moving the sandbox page for Hurricane Florence (1994) into the mainspace. I accidentally moved the talk page to the article page and have screwed it up again by moving it again. Can you please delete the pages so that the actual article can be moved into the mainspace? User:Cyclonebiskit/Hurricane Florence (1994) is the sandbox page that needs to be moved. Hurricane Florence (1994) and User:Cyclonebiskit/Talk:Hurricane Florence (1994) also needs to be deleted. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 20:28, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:40, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

On the disambigs
There haven't been any objections to replacing country adjectivals that are merely redirects with disambiguation pages, and we can do that without worry.

The only objection occurred when we moved a page and put a dab in its place. Therefore, we should focus on dabbing the redirects, and handle page moves last.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   23:38, 14 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Slow and steady is fine. Do one or two a day until you have time to do more (and to ensure that you don't forget!).  :)  I'll chip in here and there (I'm working on the N's, and will pick another letter when I'm done with that one, etc.).


 *  Th e Tr ans hu man ist   01:22, 15 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Replacing a page that redirects to a non-dab page with a dab page is a serious mistake; since dab pages should not be linked to, you are potentially creating large numbers of inappropriate incoming links. If you intend to do this, it's your responsibility to re-point (replace or pipe) all the incoming links to an appropriate article (dab pages are not articles). You should also read Naming conventions, where I would emphasize this sentence: Any proposal to change between names should be examined on a case-by-case basis, and discussed on talk pages before a name is changed. --Tkynerd (talk) 06:01, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply on my talk

 * Please, please, please. I know that folks can't see their behavior from my perspective. But please. Please ride herd (no offense) on the crew. They will be very, very, very, very, very tempted to personalize this debate, as the recent posts on my talk prove. Don't tolerate it. What I mean is this: If folks wanna call me a bastard and throw me under the bus, absolutely no problem. But this "blah blah blah Sandy sucks" crap has got to go. I know it sounds offensive if I characterize it this way, but here goes: it is childish, plain and simple.
 * The debate is not a personal one. It is a matter of competing visions of "What is an FA?". I truly hope people can see that. It is a debate over concepts, not people. There are two competing groups with competing concepts over what should or should not be an FA. And Sandy, unfortunately, is quite stuck in the middle! :/
 * So... have at it. Git 'er done. Machst gut. Make the SFAC thing work. Gather a committed team. Solicit input from FAC regulars who aren't bastards.
 * Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessings of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking. Ling.Nut (talk—WP:3IAR) 06:49, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the support!
Thanks for supporting my successful Rfa! Hope to work with you more in the future!--Aervanath lives in  the Orphanage  18:18, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

2003 ATL FT
The timeline has passed FLC nom, I don't know if you want to re-nom the series to add it right away. Just letting you know :) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 19:47, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Haha, yup, it sure will be. I have my camera ready, hopefully I can get my first picture of lightning. I doubt there will be tornadoes though, it's been cloudy for a few days now, not enough instability I think. Following previous things like this, it may miss my house altogether. One time, a line of severe storms broke in half, went 'around my area then rejoined shortly after passing by. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 22:07, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Tom Crean (explorer) featured article
Thanks for your support for the above recent FAC. This is my co-nom Zatoichi26's first FA; he did most of the hard work. Brianboulton (talk) 11:51, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

School
I'm sorry I was so late to reply to your lesson (it was three days before I even edited due to issues in real life), but I have replied. School (the real-life kind) may constrain the time I have on Wikipedia (on weekdays, anyway), but I would like to restart admin school as planned. BTW, Hurricanehink and Cyclonebiskit are beginning to lend a helping hand.

In other news, I've just started a sandbox for the timeline of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. It'll be a while, but when I think it is done, I will ask you, Hurricanehink, and Cyclonebiskit for your opinions. I'm determined to make the timeline a featured list, but as fate would have it, without a nomination process, B-class is the highest it can go. --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 20:00, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! :D Regarding my timeline, it's the first of many that I plan on creating; I intend on extending back in time all the way to 1995, and that's for both the Atlantic and the Eastern Pacific (I have trouble with every other basin, and for the Atlantic and EPac prior to 1995). Meanwhile, I would like my next adminship lesson to be about copyediting; I've heard that it's extremely useful, but sadly I don't know how to copyedit. Maybe afterward, how about a lesson on the speedy deletion criteria? BTW, your apology is accepted. :-) --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 20:26, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Bob Chappuis
Thanks for the prompt feedback at Featured article candidates/Bob Chappuis. I have addressed your concerns. Please consider revising your opinion and capping your comments.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 20:45, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

You recent GA nomination
I have removed Sunderland A.F.C. season 2007–08 from the normal Assessments page, because I feel it is more suited to WP:GAR. I would've added it to the page myself, but I didn't know what the specific complaint was. \ / (⁂) 21:15, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Apologies, must've clicked the wrong name :) \ / (⁂) 00:49, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

dabs
There was already a synonymous dab at Lao, so I combined them. Watch out for synonyms. ;)

When combining, use the template wiktionarypar, which can display multiple terms, like this:

When there is an existing dab, expand it like this, or clean it up like this.

I also fixed the language entry for North Korean and South Korean – that was a tricky one, because those terms may refer to any of a number of dialects of Korean spoken in the respective countries.

Cuisine articles can sometimes be found at Cuisine of x. I've been redirecting those to the adjectival form as I've come across them, to match French cuisine, Chinese cuisine, Italian cuisine, etc.

By the way, you are doing an excellent job. I'm only finding a few things needing cleaning up in the new dabs. See my contribs, or the dab edit histories, for details.

I look forward to seeing your next batch.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   21:49, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Move request
Please move Cuisine of Afghanistan over my redirect at Afghani cuisine.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   23:13, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Discussion stared here. I'll move in a few days if nobody objects. –Juliancolton Tropical   Cyclone  23:34, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Never mind. It was the wrong word.   Th e Tr ans hu man ist    00:05, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

G8 deletion of User talk:Roux
You might want to note that G8 actually doesn't cover user talk, just letting you know – I don't question the reasons for deletion though. Have a nice day! :) — neuro(talk) 00:03, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

IP user possible need for block
One IP user, 24.192.69.205 has been persistent in changing numbers in the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. I've given two warnings as well as another warning today from another user. The person seems to be ignoring them as there has been no change in actions towards his edits. I don't know how to address these things yet, hence why I'm asking for your help. Thanks :) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 19:39, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh wait...nevermind, Hink has taken care of it. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 19:40, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Results
It is now Yes do do articles for every storm so keep this in mind when creating one. cheers. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home, User:Yellow Evan/Sandbox 20:28, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * thats why i said they CANNOT be stubs or EVEN LOW starts. Leave Message ,Yellow Evan home, User:Yellow Evan/Sandbox 20:34, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
I actually came closer with this FPC than ever before, so that is a good thing. I remain convinced that without spending several hundred dollars (or more) on a new camera, I basically have no chance with a picture I take on my current digital camera. I have an old SLR film camera that is quite nice, but my guess is scanned photos would also not be good enough. Oh well. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; ° ° 21:15, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Mozart family Grand Tour
For your information, this article is now at FAC. Brianboulton (talk) 00:09, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Re. Talk:Hurricane Carlotta (2006)/GA1
He retired? Sad to see someone leave, but it may be for the better for the time being. I'm going to have to fail the article. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 17:52, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

You are absolutely deserving of this
If you're not clear exactly what this is for, I have email enabled.--otherlleft (talk) 20:01, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Re. For all your hard work
I'm really surprised at that, to be honest as I am always looking at tropical cyclones, whereever they are and whenever they are! It is a shame though, I think people should have more interest. Andy (talk) 08:16, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Oh, dear...
I left some messages at J.delanoy's talk page just asking him for some feedback, and he offered to nominate me for adminship! Aah... Anyway, I don't wanna go for the bit yet... I'm gonna do some more AIV work as you requested. Cheers, — Ceran  ♦ ( talk) 22:20, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * God, you're fast! — Ceran  ♦ ( talk) 22:22, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Battle of Lipantitlán
Hi Julian. I finally had time to revisit Battle of Lipantitlán and I've tried to address the concerns that were brought up at its first FAC. I've done a thorough copyedit of the article, removed info I think bordered on trivia and added more background and more in the aftermath section. I think the article is stronger now, but I am, of course, quite biased :) At the time I withdrew the FAC, you expressed interest in the subject.  At your convenience, could you please read through the new version of the article and see if there are any areas that might need further improvement?  I'd like to bring it back to FAC before the end of the year, but I'm in no major rush. Thanks! Karanacs (talk) 22:40, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Winger84
Hi. I noticed in Winger84's talk page history that you have had some interaction with him in the past. An editor made an [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AWinger84&diff=252310568&oldid=250848942 edit] a few days ago that contains personal information that violates OUT and I just wanted to bring it to your attention. --Strikerforce (talk) 00:49, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Source question
I'm starting to work on an article for Hurricane Bonnie in 1986 and I've found a good deal of info, but there is a lot more out there but to get it, I have to buy them. How should I go about this since I can't buy them? Cyclonebiskit (talk) 23:32, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Urf computer is being annoying again. I can't view the articles on the site nor can I download and view the since they save as .aspx Cyclonebiskit (talk) 01:17, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

In a newspaper article I found there are two sections which are about Bonnie, one is the damage and the other is about the recon. flight into the storm and what it was like. Should the story about the recon flight be included? Cyclonebiskit (talk) 18:29, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks. Haha, I'm trying to do that now, learned the hard way with Hurricane Hernan (2008). How does the Bonnie article look so far? I haven't c/e it yet so that will probably appear. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:43, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yea, I still have three newspaper articles that I haven't added and there is probably more info available. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:52, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Question about 2008 Global Cyclone season impact table
Just as a side project, as I noted on the WPTC talk page, I've been working an article for all the storms in 2008 around the world. I've begun to expand it into an actual article (although not 100% if I will even bring this into the mainspace) but I just wanted some feedback on how the format that I've started on is good (the January section). Thanks, Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:18, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The storm by storm descriptions are there because I'm working on making it an actual article, sort of like a season article. It just has the impact table name since that was my original idea for it. Either way, thanks :) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:39, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Featured list candidates/List of Germany international footballers
Hi,

Since your oppose vote on the above FLC, I've made significant changes, so if you could review the article and make any specific comments, that would be very helpful. Thanks. ArtVandelay13 (talk) 09:17, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

You've earned it

 * Little late, but you're welcome :) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 16:53, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: WP:WPTC
Many thanks for the welcome! -Ramisses (talk) 15:15, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

User needing a block
I think that User:Vinavtc is in need of a block. The person is back on a numeric changing spree in cyclone articles. A vandalism-2 warning was given last month, so I gave a vandalism-3 warning, there was another one (edit) right after I did that. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:59, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, ok. Still learning :) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 16:53, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure thing, I left it half finished by accident. So I probably should do it anyways. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 17:49, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * P.S. I'm in the middle of working on the 1982 ATL timeline so I wont be working on Flossie for a little bit. I've also just created a sandbox page just for MH sections so I can update them over a longer period of time without interruption. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 17:54, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

2001 AHS Timeline
Well, I think I'm just about done with it. Could you please give it a good read-through to see what improvements could be made? I've set up questions for you to answer here. --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 20:55, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! :-) Looks like I have my best article so far, even in its current revision. :D Meanwhile, I plan on waiting until I've authored a few pieces of featured content before continuing with the coaching process. --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 21:11, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I think the errors have been sorted out. What would you rate the article now? Are there still any required improvements? --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 21:54, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Tropical Depression Sixteen (2008)
For this one, it's both thanks and sorry. There really was nothing I could do to avoid that one...I'm getting rather annoyed by the ignorance of IP users (some, not all). Cyclonebiskit (talk) 22:34, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yea, I tried not to do that. Does a regular edit that does the same thing (reverts a previous edit without hitting the "undo" button) still count as a revert? Cyclonebiskit (talk) 22:36, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, can do :) That is, if the IP user checks the talk page...Cyclonebiskit (talk) 22:39, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Over the Edge (1999)
Is it possible as someone who is not familiar with the subject of wrestling to review the above article and commenting in it's peer review page?-- TRU CO 01:13, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * That's fine, take your time, I appreciate your time ;)-- TRU CO 01:21, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Bug 16085
To keep discussions centralised on the validity of an oppose based on Bug 16085, I have started a discussion here. I hope I have not misrepresented any comments you made, please feel free to change them if you think I have. Hopefully we can together establish consensus one way or another.  Rambo's Revenge   (talk)   12:05, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Timeline of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season
Back to the drawing board; I plan on doing organized step-by-step improvements from B to FL. The chapters are: Since you're my mentor, I only thought it would be appropriate if you showed me how to make the improvements. --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 18:42, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * B-Class to GA-Class,
 * GA-Class to A-Class, and
 * A-Class to FL-Class
 * I know I'm totally butting in here, but... Lists can't be GA class, it's only for articles.  They generally go pretty much straight from B to FL class, unlike articles which have more divisions. Hope this helps – if not, just tell me to mind my own business :) Dana boomer (talk) 18:57, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm OK. Although I already know lists couldn't be GA or A-Class, I've put those divisions in anyway; it'll keep things organized, and the improvements from B to FL won't be so great. Thanks anyway, Dana, and good luck with your GA reviews! --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 19:26, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Alright, Julian! Click on the only blue link from my first message, and we can begin. Even though lists skip GA-Class to go from B-Class to A-Class, I'd like to do the GA-Class milestone anyway; it'll make things easier for me. Listed here will be an additional detail that I decided would not fit here on your talk page. Let's get started, shall we? --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 20:32, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * If you and Dylan don't mind, could I help out with this also? Cyclonebiskit (talk) 20:36, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, feel free. –Juliancolton Tropical   Cyclone  20:39, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Editor review
I've placed myself on editor review at Editor review/Cosmic Latte, and I'm reaching out for feedback to editors who seem to be reasonably familiar with my work. If you have a moment to comment there, your feedback would be most appreciated. Thanks, Cosmic Latte (talk) 02:19, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks and a question
Hi Julian, thanks for the edit to Sonestown Covered Bridge. I have a question – the same storm system caused both the Johnstown Flood and the flooding along the West Branch Susquehanna River in 1889, but they are over 100 miles apart, so I am not sure calling the flood in the bridge article the Johnstown Flood is accurate. In Cogan House Covered Bridge I wrote ''The Cogan House Covered Bridge was the only one on Larrys Creek to survive a major flood on June 1, 1889, which also washed out most other bridges throughout Lycoming County. A large fallen maple tree formed a dam just upstream of the bridge across Larrys Creek, which blocked debris and diverted the brunt of the floodwaters.[8] The same flood destroyed the Larrys Creek plank road and the canal at the creek's mouth. The same storm system also caused the Johnstown Flood, which killed over 2,200 people.[9]'' Would something like this be OK instead? Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; ° ° 03:16, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I tweaked it – thanks. When I first saw "link to flood" in the edit summary for the bridge I thought it would be about the 1996 flood, like this, which I plan to add to the bridge article. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; ° ° 03:38, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: Template:Infobox hurricane season
They are mentioned on the WPTC talk page. Potapych (talk) 03:23, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

relistings
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GA rewiew for Hurricane Boris (2008)
17:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

GA fixes
I think I'm done buffing the timeline of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season up to the equivalent of GA-Class, but I'll need you to put done at the bottom of User:Dylan620/2001 AHS Improvement Directory/B to GA to be sure. --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 13:04, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, and I forgot to mention:
 * Don't hate me for this, but I read on one of your user aubpages that you hate rock n' roll; that's one of my favorite genres of music (I'm a real rocker myself).
 * Like you and Hink, I too receive the Wikipedia Signpost; see this for proof. --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 13:09, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * BTW, when I said "aubpages" above, I meant "subpages." A spelling error that I let slide by mistake. But I really came here to ask this: could you please list any improvements needed to buff the timeline to the equivalent of A-Class? Remember, please list them on the GA to A chapter of the improvement directory. Thank you very much. Oh, and I have some homework to do today, so I'll be editing in on-and-off doses. But any free time that I do have, I will be using to improve the article to the equivalent of A-Class. --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 18:13, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Could you..?
The assessment for Dylan's article (the timeline) just reminded me that I have Tropical Storm Karina (2008) on the assessment page and it hasn't been touched in days. I was wondering if you could give it a review while I wait for Hink to re-assess his review. Also, I got a semi-automated peer review for Tropical Storm Kiko (2007), it said, lead was too short (I think it's fine), article is too short (?), and a copyedit is needed, so could you give it a copy edit? Thanks, Cyclonebiskit (talk) 16:58, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Haha, thanks. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 17:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

FAC source reviews
As a consequence of the thread I started on the FAC talkpage about the shortage of sources reviewers, I have ended up offering to do some myself. Can you suggest one or two articles that you don't want to do (not films or wrestling), that I could start on? Brianboulton (talk) 01:05, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Question about the 2008 ATL season
I'm working on the article now, specifically the lead, and there seems to be an issue with the amount of records. Should I make a subsection for records as in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season? Cyclonebiskit (talk) 02:37, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Time to start digging :) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 02:41, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I've finished the MH for all the storms with TCR's and other assorted things and I'm about halfway through with impact links, which are stockpiled on the talk page and categorized by storm, or Haiti. Can you take a look and see how the article is, so I know where to change my writing style and what not? Cyclonebiskit (talk) 23:21, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It would help if I provided a link now wouldn't it ;) User:Cyclonebiskit/2008 Atlantic hurricane season. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 02:13, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Cool, yup, the long and painful wait for the TCR's. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 02:33, 25 November 2008 (UTC) P.S. It's ok, that you didn't see the comment before, no biggie :)

WPac 09
As we are nearly at the end of November i think its about time Elenas Sandbox article for the WPac 08 got published. Can you do it please ? Many thanks Jason Rees (talk) 23:48, 24 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh i thought you knew where the Season articles are being developed – No worries though heres the link to the Wpac Sandbox. Many Thanks Jason Rees (talk) 01:29, 25 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Um Julian Many thanks for moving the article but the WPac sandbox was meant to go to the 2009 Pacific typhoon season not 2009 Pacific hurricane season Jason Rees (talk) 01:52, 25 November 2008 (UTC)


 * No Worries Jason Rees (talk) 02:07, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

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Mozart family Grand Tour featured
Thanks for your help in getting this through. Brianboulton (talk) 13:47, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

1969 ATL Timeline question
Over the Thanksgiving break, I'm planning to make a bunch of timelines of significant seasons since 1969, starting with 1969 of course. However, The numbering of the depressions is very strange and a bunch are missing. From Dr. Roth's file of all the depressions since 1851, the following is what I have for the season (well below this block of text), and I'm not sure how I should go about their naming as depressions if they remain unnamed or as subtropical systems, i.e. Subtropical Storm One was the Third Subtropical system of the year, how should I go about that one? In all, there should be 38 depressions, but there is only data for 30 (I think). Hurricane Ten shows the problem quite clearly since TD 29 formed not long before it.
 * TD Five, May 29–May 30
 * TD Six, May 29–June 2
 * TD Seven, June 7–June 9
 * TD Eight, June 12–June 15
 * TD Thirteen, July 25–July 27
 * TS Anna, July 25–August 5
 * HUR Blanche, August 11–August 13
 * HUR Camille, August 14–August 22
 * HUR Debbie, August 14–August 25
 * Missing Storm
 * Unnumbered TD, August 24–August 27
 * TD Twenty-One, August 24– August 26
 * TS Eve, August 25–August 27
 * TD Twenty-Three, August 29–September 1
 * HUR Francelia, August 29–September 4
 * TD Twenty-Six, September 5–September 10
 * HUR Gerda, September 6–September 10
 * HUR Holly, September 14–September 21
 * TD Twenty-Eight, September 16–September 19
 * TD Twenty-Nine, September 19–September 20
 * HUR Igna, September 20–October 15
 * HUR Ten, September 21–September 26
 * TS Eleven, September 24–September 30
 * TD Thirty-Two, September 29–October 4
 * ST One, September 29–October 1
 * TS Jenny, October 1–October 6
 * HUR Kara, October 7–October 19
 * HUR Laurie, October 17–October 27
 * TS Sixteen, October 28–October 31
 * HUR Seventeen, October 30–November 7
 * HUR Martha, November 21–November 25

Cyclonebiskit (talk) 23:05, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

What should I do when depressions form around the same time, i.e. on August 24 and 25, an unnumbered TD forms, TD 21 forms, and TD 22 forms.? Cyclonebiskit (talk) 18:28, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

2001 AHS Timeline question
I asked this three days ago here, but no one has replied; does the NHC or NOAA have a summary for the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season? --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 18:13, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, Cyclonebiskit has me covered. Thanks anyway. --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 20:03, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: Good luck...
Haha, I've been waiting to see if anyone else would, but since no one has, I guess I'll give a shot at it. It's kinda strange that it passed about 10-15 min away from where I live. Just passed by the area where the main picture was taken a few hours ago, always gives me a weird feeling when I see it. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 00:18, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Just found a beautiful image of the tornado on the NESEC (Northeast States Emergency Consortium) but I'm not sure of the copyright info. Link. Any ideas on it? Cyclonebiskit (talk) 00:37, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll send an email to them and ask. :) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 00:42, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: Good luck...
Haha, I've been waiting to see if anyone else would, but since no one has, I guess I'll give a shot at it. It's kinda strange that it passed about 10-15 min away from where I live. Just passed by the area where the main picture was taken a few hours ago, always gives me a weird feeling when I see it. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 02:01, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Referencing question for GA process...
Hi there. I found your name on the list of GA Mentors and I had a question. I am currently reviewing the Amon Tobin article for GA status and there are at least a couple references that use an MP3 recording as a citation. I was curious as to whether or not this is allowed or appropriate? Thanks a lot. – Ms. Sarita  Confer 02:27, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * That has got to be the fastest response I've ever seen on Wikipedia! Thank you for your input. I have taken note of it and I appreciate the advice. – Ms. Sarita  Confer 02:35, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from me! ( and I bet I will be thinking of that bird as I eat tomorrow... lol ) --  American Eagle ( talk ) 06:35, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

That thing called the dissertation
I just thought I'd alert you to the sourcing discuss at Featured article candidates/Truong Dinh. I wasn't sure if you were aware of the pitfalls of using a PhD dissertation as a source or not. Awadewit (talk) 06:43, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Gobble gobble


Thanks, I have to worry about the continued safety of the bird in the picture – any wild turkey slow enough for me to photgraph it doesn't stand a chance against hunters, have a good one, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; ° ° 16:19, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Agriculture template
Any luck? I tried to sort it out but I could'nt find the problem... ta--SasiSasi (talk) 19:43, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi there. I just wanted to improve the looks by applying the style used in some of the other templates (not change any of the content). It would be the style used for example in the Network Neutrality template Template:Network Neutrality (I have been rather more successful in this case). Many thanks--SasiSasi (talk) 20:24, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving!

 * Thanksgiving cabal! :o Thanks for mine. ;) Peter Symonds  ( talk ) 20:56, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * What the heck is a turducken? :P @PeterSymonds: I've just remembered that you folks don't have Thanksgiving, but what the heck! :-) –Juliancolton Tropical   Cyclone  21:00, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Chicken is put inside of a duck, which is then put inside of a turkey, which can then be cooked. It ends up weighing about 30 lbs or so :) RockManQ (talk) 21:04, 27 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Kabal much? — Ceran  ♦ ♦ ( speak) 00:43, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * ya rly. –Juliancolton Tropical   Cyclone  00:46, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving, Julian! --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 01:32, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. BTW, if you ate the cookie I gave you, you can reply on my talk page with Munch! --Dylan620 ( Home  •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 01:41, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yay!! :D --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 01:44, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Passed
I passed 1994 Atlantic hurricane season, it's now a GA. Wait, why didn't I just say this on IRC. RockManQ (talk) 04:03, 28 November 2008 (UTC)