User talk:Majoreditor

GA Sweeps July update
Thanks to everyone's dedicated efforts to the GA Sweeps process, a total of 290 articles were swept in June! Last month was our second most successful month in reviewing articles (after May). We are currently over 70% done with Sweeps, with just under 800 articles left to review. With nearly 50 members, that averages out to about 15 articles per person. If each member reviews an article every other day this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. This may sound difficult, but if everyone completes their reviews, Sweeps would be completed in less than two years when we first started (with only four members!). With the conclusion of Sweeps, each editor could spend more time writing GAs, reviewing at the backlogged GAN, or focusing on other GARs. Again, I want to thank you for using your time to ensure the quality of the older GAs. Feel free to recruit other editors who have reviewed GANs in the past and might be interested in the process. The more editors, the less the workload, and hopefully the faster this will be completed. If you have any questions about reviews or the process let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 17:57, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

History of Florida State University
Hello... I am wondering if you have the time and interest to review the History of Florida State University for GA status. Thanks for any consideration. Sirberus (talk) 11:23, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the offer, Sirberus. Unfortunately, I'll need to decline because I've made substantial contributions to the parent article. It will be best to nominate the article at GAN. I'll be available should you or the reviewer need another opinion. Cheers, Majoreditor (talk) 22:22, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, well darn. The remuneration would have been considerable, but I understand. :)  You did a great job helping to improve the central piece.  I hope you still will consider visiting the pages from time to time and make improvements or at least point out areas that need work.  Best regards, Sirberus (talk) 12:40, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Cloudland Canyon State Park
Hi there. I appreciate many people are busy in the real world, however I'm going to give this only until the weekend before I consider failing due to lack of progress. That isn't to say that there's much wrong with the article, just that progress on addressing the points I have raised in the review is rather slow. If the pace of work increases noticeably then I will happily extend the 'on hold' period.

If you have any concerns about this, please let me know on my talk page. Parrot of Doom (talk) 10:53, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I've noticed you've been doing a fair bit of work, I'll take a look at it later tonight if I can, if not tomorrow. Thanks! Parrot of Doom (talk) 19:21, 12 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Ok, I'll probably check it out tomorrow for you, that should give you time to sort through things uninterrupted. Hopefully we can have it at GA in a couple of days time. Parrot of Doom (talk) 20:20, 12 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Passed, congratulations and thanks for your hard work :) Parrot of Doom (talk) 17:54, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

GA Sweeps August update
Thanks to everyone's dedicated efforts to the GA Sweeps process, a total of 215 articles were swept in July! We are currently nearly 80% done with Sweeps, with under 600 articles left to review. With 50 members, that averages out to about 12 articles per person. Once the remaining articles drop to 100, I'll help in reviewing the last articles (I'm currently taking a break). If each member reviews an article every other day this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. Again, I want to thank you for using your time to ensure the quality of the older GAs. Feel free to recruit other editors who have reviewed GANs in the past and might be interested in the process. The more editors, the less the workload, and hopefully the faster this will be completed. If you have any questions about reviews or the process let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 19:31, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Good to see you around
Just to say, I'm always glad to see you around at GAR. Geometry guy 02:31, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, always glad to help GAR. Majoreditor (talk) 00:26, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * There are several editors who really understand what GA is for and what it isn't for, in my view, and you are one of them. Keep up the good work! Geometry guy 21:09, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Majoreditor (talk) 21:10, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Mention of "Romania" in the lead of the Eastern Roman/Byzantine Empire aritcle
The following book published by the "Cambridge University Press", claims that "Romania" represented a "represented a primary identification", the following books also explicitly claim that "Romania" was used often (and there were many other sources shown on the talk page, which support its mention). And that statement was actually added nearly two years ago by User:ΚΕΚΡΩΨ, so it was there for a considerable period of time. Please, reconsider about removing it. Cody7777777 (talk) 00:09, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note. I'll follow up with comments on the talk page. Cheers, Majoreditor (talk) 01:32, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

A question about mops
Hello Majoreditor! I'm not sure if we've ever interacted before, though I do remember you as an early supporter on my RfA back in 2007. I often see you at RfA, in fact, making thoughtful comments, and your user page and talk page shine with commendations and thank yous. I took a look into your editing stats and you seem to have been a consistent contributor since you first started here at the end of 2006, which is very impressive. So, I thought I'd drop you a line to ask: have you considering running for adminship yourself? You seem to have most of the qualifications, and I'd be very interested in discussing a potential nomination for you, if you like. So drop me a line back, or reply here, if you have a spare moment. Thanks for your time, Glass  Cobra  16:57, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I completely understand that you have other commitments, of course, and please do contact me whenever you like, be it for a nomination or if you need admin help. Looking forward to hearing from you again! Glass  Cobra  23:51, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Vote Re CC origins and historians differing POV's
Hello Majoreditor, sorry to bother you but we are having a vote on the Catholic Church page regarding whether or not to include the dispute among historians regarding the Church origins. Can you please come an give us your vote so we can come to consensus? Vote is taking place here Thanks!  Nancy Heise    talk  01:28, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

invitation
Can you please come here and discuss. Thanks.  Nancy Heise    talk  06:03, 24 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the invitation. It appears that you and Richard are making progress toward text which will be acceptable to most editors. I'll monitor and drop in later on. For the moment I recommend using high-quality sources, ie those from respected academic historians, particularly historians of church history and ancient Roman history. Majoreditor (talk) 13:35, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Church infobox
Hello. I've reinstated the infobox on Catholic Church since infoboxes are essential items in transmitting concise, standardized information about an article. If there are some controversial fields, as you have asserted, let's just omit those fields until a consensus can be established on the talk page; but the infobox should remain. Thank you for your consideration. —Eustress talk 16:54, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * The article already has a useful template. Additional boxes should be discussed on the talk page before adding them. Majoreditor (talk) 17:02, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * The information conveyed in the current template is already covered in Catholicism at the bottom of the page. There is currently no infobox on the page that summarizes major church facts. —Eustress talk 18:24, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, let's discuss on the article's talk page. I think that most editors are fine with the concept of an infobox, but it will be best to work out the particulars before deplaying it in article mainspace. Cheers, Majoreditor (talk) 18:35, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

RfA thankspam


Possible vandalism to "Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church" article
I have been asked by User:Orthopraxia to do something about User:71.195.186.130 who may be vandalising Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, but I don't feel have enough knowledge of the area to be sure that this is vandalism. Could you have a look at the IP's edits and see if any action needs to be taken. Thank you Grim23 ★ 01:09, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

GA Sweeps update
Thanks to everyone's efforts to the GA Sweeps process, we are currently over 90% done with only 226 articles remain to be swept! As always, I want to thank you for using your time to ensure the quality of the older GAs. With over 50 members participating in Sweeps, that averages out to about 4 articles per person! If each member reviews an article once a week this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. At that point, awards will be handed out to reviewers. As an added incentive, if we complete over 100 articles reviewed this month, I will donate $100 to Wikipedia Forever on behalf of all GA Sweeps participants. I hope that this incentive will help to increase our motivation for completing Sweeps while supporting Wikipedia in the process. If you have any questions about reviews or Sweeps let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 00:10, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Jay Pritzker Pavilion FAC notice
Thanks for your involvement in keeping this article's WP:GA status some time ago at Good article reassessment/Jay Pritzker Pavilion/1. The article is now listed at Featured article candidates/Jay Pritzker Pavilion/archive1.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:13, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

February GA Sweeps update
Thanks to everyone's efforts to the GA Sweeps process, we are currently over 95% done with around 130 articles left to be swept! Currently there are over 50 members participating in Sweeps, that averages out to about 3 articles per person! If each member reviews an article once a week this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. At that point, awards will be handed out to reviewers. Per my message last month, although we did not review 100 articles last month, I still made a donation of $90 (we had 90 reviews completed/initiated) to Wikipedia Forever on behalf of all GA Sweeps reviewers. I would like to thank everyone's efforts for last month, and ask for additional effort this month so we can be finished. I know you have to be sick of seeing these updates (as well as Sweeps itself) by now, so please do consider reviewing a few articles if you haven't reviewed in a while. If you have any questions about reviews or Sweeps let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 02:36, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Basilica of St. Louis, King of France
Hello, You conducted a very welcome GA review of the article Basilica of St. Louis, King of France several months ago. Although this GA nomination failed, I had a few questions/thoughts about your review. In your review, you stated that it "doesn't speak to the current congregation, parish activities and the vibrant cathedral school," and you suggested to "expand the article to include all the major aspects of the cathedral community." The trouble is, the current congregation and parish activities are relatively non-existent. Because the church is non-territorial, it does not have much of an active official congregation. Nor does it have a "vibrant cathedral school", or any school for that matter (I'm guessing the statement in the review was referring to the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, which does have a cathedral school). Per your suggestions, I recently added a bit to the lead to better reflect the article, and I added information to substantiate the current nature of the church as primarily a tourist/wedding destination. As a courtesy, could you take a look at it again and let me know if there's something I'm missing about this church? Thanks a bunch, poroubalous (talk) 00:59, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm happy to take another look at the article. Cheers, Majoreditor (talk) 04:00, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Arbitration notice
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GA Sweeps Completed!
Thanks to everyone's amazing efforts in February, we have reviewed all of the articles and are now finished with Sweeps! There are still about 30 articles currently on hold, and once those reviews are completed, I will send you a final message about Sweeps process stats including the total number of articles that were passed and failed. If you have one of these open reviews, be sure to update your count when the review is completed so I can compile the stats. You can except to receive your award for reviewing within the next week or two. Although the majority of the editors did not start Sweeps at the beginning in August 2007 (myself included), over 50 editors have all come together to complete a monumental task and improve many articles in the process. I commend you for sticking with this often challenging task and strengthening the integrity of the GA WikiProject as well as the GAs themselves. I invite you to take a break from reviewing (don't want you to burn out!) and then consider returning/starting to review GANs and/or contribute to GAR reviews. With your assistance, we can help bring the backlog down to a manageable level and help inspire more editors to improve articles to higher classes and consider reviewing themselves. Again, thank you for putting up with difficult reviews, unhappy editors, numerous spam messages from me, and taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 02:31, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Catholic Church
You commented on the recent sweeping changes to the article. My critique of them and an alternate suggestion is linked at Talk:Catholic_Church  Xan  dar   14:03, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Xandar. I will look over the version sometime in the next few days. Majoreditor (talk) 02:00, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
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A sincere thank you from Wikiproject Good Articles
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WikiProject Saints in the Signpost
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Ebionites
Some questions regarding the degree of reliability of certain sources relevant to the Ebionites have been made on that articles talk page. You have had some previous interest in the article, and I believe you may have input which might be useful. Please feel free to review the material and make any statements you wish regarding whether the sourced material does or does not qualify as "fringe" or not. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 17:48, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * P.S. I kind of butted in with some responses to the Signpost comment above as well, on that page's talk page. Hope you don't mind too much. John Carter (talk) 18:00, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer
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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season/1
Can you comment at Good article reassessment/2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season/1 on my latest editorial efforts.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:20, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

File:Ecuminical Reflections.jpg listed for deletion
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It's raining thanks spam!

 * Please pardon the intrusion. This tin of thanks spam is offered to everyone who commented or !voted (Support, Oppose or Neutral) on my recent RfA. I appreciate the fact that you care enough about the encyclopedia and its community to participate in this forum.
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Palacký University of Olomouc
Hello, I would like to get the Palacký University of Olomouc to good article level. Could you please give me some insight on what may be missing in the article, or what needs to be changed? Thank you very much.Cimmerian praetor (talk) 11:06, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

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Request for input
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GA Review mentoring
Hi, I saw your name at the GA review mentoring page, and wondered if you'd have time to help me with my first GA review? Best Wishes, Pi        (Talk to me!  ) 16:58, 26 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Which article do you wish to review? Majoreditor (talk) 22:11, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Industrial Robot
Please can you take a look at Industrial Robot and the comments in Talk:Industrial_robot. I feel the article meets class B but an argument between an editor (not me) and an assessor got acrimonious and the assessor refused to rate the article as a class B in spite of it meeting all the criteria and the special status of all robot articles. It looks easy enough to just edit the talk page but I don't want to break any rules. Any advice would be welcome. Robotics1 (talk) 14:42, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

It's ok. I've notice that neither Rlsheehan or Wizard101 have been back on Wikipedia since December 2010. Since I have been the only one seriously 'minding' this article for 5 years I will rate it B class myself. Robotics1 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 11:26, 3 June 2011 (UTC).

GA mentor
Hi there- I am a master's student studying Wikipedia for an elective, and hoping you might take me on as a mentor to walk me through the GA nomination process. Is there any particular area you specialize in? --Ncsjfreed (talk) 23:37, 4 August 2011 (UTC) the one I am considering is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackdaw --Ncsjfreed (talk) 23:54, 4 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Sure, I am happy to help. I'll drop a note on your talk page. Majoreditor (talk) 02:54, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

GA nomination mentoring / 2nd opinion
Hi Majoreditor, I noticed your listing at the mentor page for GAN reviews. I've completed my first review on Ron Hextall, and am requesting WP:MOS assistance (guide to layout) a general evaluation of my review the GA nomination for Ron Hextall, and perhaps a 2nd opinion to establish consensus. The nomination page can be found here Thanks, I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 15:34, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm happy to take a look at the review and and offer feedback. I'll leave a note on your talk page with details. Cheers, Majoreditor (talk) 16:43, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 18:38, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Atlanta black-related characteristics
I have put back a sentence about black Atlanta in the intro paragraph of the Atlanta article and I am sure it will be reversed by another editor "because it doesn't belong there". I invite you to check it out and give your opinion on the Atlanta talk page. We need more input on this discussion.Keizers (talk) 17:05, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note. I have added my thoughts to the talk page. Majoreditor (talk) 06:26, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

MT
I can remember your fighting quite hard to keep the article at GA in the past, so it must be a sad day for you. If you want to work with someone who has a different perspective on her from your own, then let me know.--Peter cohen (talk) 22:42, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note, Peter. I've replyed on your talk page. Cheers, Majoreditor (talk) 00:44, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Black mecca sentence in Atlanta intro
I appreciate you getting involved in this, however at the end of *all* that discussion, it still wound up being a sentence that I would add, and would be completely reverted by the other editor involved.

If I can state the issue as neutrally as possible:
 * I believe that "black mecca" is a fundamental characteristic of the city, without which we are not really describing that basic facts about what makes Atlanta, Atlanta
 * the other editor believes it is inappropriate to make reference to any one racial group in the intro, as this is unfair to other ethnic groups and inappropriate (i.e. race simply should not be mentioned).

I would like to invite you and the other editors involved in the discussion to get involved in the actual content editing since we are getting nowhere with just me and the other editor flip flopping on this. Meanwhile the article is really suffering. Keizers (talk) 17:12, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Atlanta lead consensus
Majoreditor, I took your advice on the Atlanta page and am trying to work towards consensus on the lead. However, User:Dicklyon is trying to block my edits by labeling them edit warring or reverts. What should I do? --Mmann1988 (talk) 00:28, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Sock puppet on Atlanta page removing "mecca" from text

 * HELP! This guy is going bezerk with his sock puppet. This is totally getting crazy. How do we get the page locked and clamp down on this crazy sock puppet weirdness!?! Keizers (talk) 16:06, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Need help with detailed content about Atlanta
We desperately need opinions and input as to how to organize the detailed content on Atlanta topics, see Talk:Culture_of_Atlanta Keizers (talk) 21:56, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * OK. I will comment on the talk page this weekend. Majoreditor (talk) 01:11, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Hey, quick question...
I need your help with an article which already is GA status, but I want to clean up the prose a bit. The prose could really use some help, so can you please help me out? The article is Black mamba. Bastian (talk) 00:31, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Peer review limits changed
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Talkback
Redtigerxyz Talk 18:55, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Prophet (company) article
Dear Majoreditor,

I posted this article in the mainspace last month and would greatly appreciate it if you could possibly review it when you have a chance. So far, no new page patrollers have reviewed it. Thank you!Braedon Farr (talk) 11:53, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Ichthus: January 2012
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GA review - April 2012
Hi, I have seen your username on the GA reviewer volunteer page. I made an article named Mama Luigi, it's about an episode of the animated series Super Mario World. I hope you could come and review the article. Thanks! 987li (talk) 13:36, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

A little help...
Hello. I've nominated Ricardo Arjona as a good article, and i need help to get it reviewed, just to improve it. So, if you're interested in giving me a hand on this, I'll really appreciate it.

Truly. --Hahc21 (talk) 07:09, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

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Eastern Orthodox Church
I agree with your revert and would support you in any talk page discussion about it. This editor has added similar material to Icon, Iconoclasm, Eastern Christianity, Council of Hieria, and Second Council of Nicaea so we might need to oppose him more strongly on multiple fronts. Elizium23 (talk) 03:08, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

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Gregory of Nazianzus
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Roman Empire
Hi MajorEditor. I notice on the Roman Empire reassessment you mentioned that you would give the article another look and comment on the status. I was looking to close a few of the reassessment, but thought I would first check to see if you had any further concerns. AIR corn (talk) 00:10, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

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Maybe self-proclaimed naming and advocacy?
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March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive
It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:


 * This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
 * Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
 * The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
 * An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.

Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.

More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.

I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!

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John Chrysostom's updating
Dear Majoreditor,

Thanks. I'm not shy. I'm partial, since I almost fully endorse Mayer's positions, and involved, since I've worked personally on the issue. The current page is obsolete and unreliable, but some community agreement (and a lot of work) is needed to make a thorough revision and restructuring of it. Regards --Sever Juan (talk) 06:49, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog Drive
Hello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!

TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.

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GA Cup
Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!

As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:

For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.

For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).

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Don't make the top of talk pages even longer than they are by adding information that isn't so important. It is only relevant to add a template when the article is in British English. Plus, I had to remove the banners because, in many talk pages, you added them within the wikiproject collapsible. Sorry for all the notifications Tetra quark (don't be shy) 19:34, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I disagree. I think if those tags were justified under WP:ENGVAR it was perfectly ok to place them. It is something I do myself from time to time. Tetra quark was just about to restore those tags, I think, weren't you? --John (talk) 21:34, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Are you being sarcastic or something? No, I wasn't about to restore the tags Tetra quark (don't be shy) 21:38, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Majoreditor, sorry you were bothered by this. --John (talk) 23:47, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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John Chrysostom
Hi ManKnowsInfinity,

Thanks for the work on this article. I removed one of your edits because the material is covered elsewhere in the article. Please let me know if you want to discuss further, either here or on the article talkpage. Thanks, Majoreditor (talk) 02:20, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * @Majoreditor; Nice of you to get back on this. Recently in re-reading the Stephens biography on Chrysostom I noticed that his preference was to mention the Chrysostom writingof books in the process of covering Chrysostom's biography. This looked useful and when I checked other Wikipedia articles for the approach used in other good article and especially featured articles, then the preference was to name the works written in a short sentence in the biographical section of the article and then cover its interpretation and meaning in a separate section. After this I then added one short sentence to mention that Adv. Judaism was an early writing from the years of his Diaconate, and left the other interpretation section of the article to cover the details. If you are eventually planning to develop the Chrysostom article toward an FA article then perhaps some version of my small mention of this book possibly in your own words or version would move the article forwards to resemble other Wikipedia FA articles for its eventual upgrade. ManKnowsInfinity (talk) 17:38, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Academic Boosterism
I'd like to call to attention the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University pages which had similar problems to the Emory University page in Academic Boosterism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_academic_boosterism). They use words such as "prestigious," "one of the best universities in the nation" etc. There needs to be consistency in the Wiki community as to how we allow subjective phrasing of these universities are. If Emory University had their sentences and sources deleted (for the SAME rankings of AWRU, USNEWS, etc.) other institutions should as well. University of Chicago resolved this problem by providing objective information as such: "It holds top-ten positions in various national and international rankings"

I brought this to attention for Columbia University and Princeton University both pages in which their sentences of academic boosterism has been deleted. We should do our best to provide as objective information as possible and do the same for the Berkeley and Stanford pages. I have made the changes, but they were undo-ed by other members. I do not want to engage in an edit war so I am informing you. I did edit one more time but I am refraining to do it a third time as per wiki policies. 68.65.67.46 (talk) 23:47, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Catholicism/To-do list
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