User talk:Miniapolis/Archives/2012/October

Will you mentor me?
You're mentoring users for copyediting. & that's totally my area. I noticed you love horses & so do I. It's kinda hard to find horse-lovers. So we kinda have something in common. Also, i've been looking forever for someone to adopt me in the Adopt-a-user program & I don't think you're a part of it. But, you're the only suitable user for me so far. So, even though you're not part of the program would you be willing to "adopt" me too? You really don't have to & don't feel obligated to say yes, just let me know. You can check out my userpage here and you can drop me a note here. Again thanks! Lopezjaylo98 (talk) 18:56, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll be glad to, and left a note on your talk page. All the best,  Miniapolis  ( talk ) 20:47, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (capitalization)
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Talkback
 Jethro  B  19:17, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:MassResistance
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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style
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Hi Miniapolis, thanks for your remarks. I put an answer and questions on my talk page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mljmeerman Basically I need some advise on what to include as references, as I hardly have any! Rgds Michael Mljmeerman (talk) 16:59, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

The Last Weekend (British series)
Hello. You recently approved The Last Weekend (British series) at AFC. However, the plot section was actually copied from the series's introduction, presumably written by the production company, as seen here. Please be careful to review AFC drafts for copyright violations in the future--it's an issue particularly because so many of them are promotional, and often contain content copied straight from a company's website. Thanks. wctaiwan (talk) 03:02, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for catching that; I got focused on the size of the backlog and will take more time on each article in the future.  Miniapolis  ( talk ) 13:41, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi. Actually, pasting into Google is what I do... When I see stuff that seems suspicious (generally overly dramatic and promotional in tone), I'd just take a small chunk and paste it into Google. Usually the rest of the article comes right out. :) I think there was a bot that would patrol new articles for copyvios, but I'm not sure if it's still functioning. Don't feel too bad about it though, I [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Tine_Reingaard&diff=prev&oldid=517389957 made the same mistake] right after I notified you about it. >< Teaches one not to get too confident, doesn't it? wctaiwan (talk) 13:57, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure teaches me to slow down :-); I was zooming in on sources and not paying enough attention to content. Thanks again and all the best,  Miniapolis  ( talk ) 14:01, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Review of Zee 24 Ghante Chhattisgarh
Dear Miniapolis, Thanks for your time for reviewing my article. coming straight to the point, i have done every thing to authenticate the article facts. Mentioned all possible sources, but still my article is being rejected.

I am not able to understand your review. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vikassharma2512 (talk • contribs) 05:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Although the article also needs work in other areas (formatting and copyediting), the first thing I checked was its references. Wikipedia requires an article about a company to have significant coverage (more than one passing mention) in reliable, independent, secondary sources. All the article's references now are press releases, self-published or mentions on websites devoted to advertising. Please try to include significant mention of the channel in newspaper coverage, for example (something more than a channel listing), to indicate its notability for inclusion. I hope this helps. Good luck and all the best,  Miniapolis  ( talk ) 14:19, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Airports
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Hello
Hi there! I just wanted to let you know I replied to your message on Talk:Fox_News_Channel regarding inclusion of the channel's schedule. I would appreciate it if you could take the time to reply and let me know what you think. Thanks. -- Seahorseruler (Talk Page) (Contribs) (Report a Vandal) 01:34, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks; I'd removed it from my watchlist. All the best,  Miniapolis  ( talk ) 03:10, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

MIniap please advise
Miniapolis, Can you please help me understand why my article is again declined. I added newspaper references and upon reading the guidelines for notable Basketball Players...there were 3 catergories, and he fell under 1 of them.

(Iknowball 20:50, 14 October 2012 (UTC)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iknowball (talk • contribs)
 * Glad to help. First, I trust that you have read the biographies of living persons policy and the conflict-of-interest guideline. While you're right that the article's subject meets the sport-specific guidelines (which in my view differ too much from the general notability guidelines, but that's irrelevant), I don't think it's ready for the following reasons:


 * It violates the neutral point of view policy, one of WP's fundamental principles.
 * The article's citation style is inadequate for a BLP. The sourcing requirements for BLPs are stricter than those for other types of articles, and require inline citations for all claims which can be challenged.

WP:Writing better articles has good general information. If you rewrite the article from a neutral, encyclopedic point of view and use inline citations to indicate notability and verify any claims made, it will stand a better chance. All the best,  Miniapolis  ( talk ) 16:09, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Miniapolis,

Thanks so much for your feed back. I will thoroughly read the guidelines and make changes to my article and site it correctly. If you don't mind, I will send it to you for a quick review so you can tell me what you think.

Thanks (Iknowball 08:02, 16 October 2012 (UTC))

Please comment on Talk:Three Kingdoms
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Page Curation newsletter - closing up!
Hey all :).

We're (very shortly) closing down this development cycle for Page Curation. It's genuinely been a pleasure to talk with you all and build software that is so close to my own heart, and also so effective. The current backlog is 9 days, and I've never seen it that low before.

However! Closing up shop does not mean not making any improvements. First-off, this is your last chance to give us a poke about unresolved bugs or report new ones on the talkpage. If something's going wrong, we want to know about it :). Second, we'll hopefully be taking another pass over the software next year. If you've got ideas for features Page Curation doesn't currently have, stick them here.

Again, it's been an honour. Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 12:31, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Mineapolis, I made quite a few changes. Would you mind having a look? thnks Mljmeerman (talk) 15:39, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Brihat Jataka
Greetings  Miniapolis . This article of mine was declined by you on 15th Oct. 2012. I have since added citations to reliable secondary/tertiary sources and thus established the notability of the book, Brihat Jataka. Please do not tell me that you don’t re-review the article you have once reviewed. Regards.Soni Ruchi (talk) 02:59, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
 * No, I won't tell you that :-). I'll take another look at it today. All the best,  Miniapolis  ( talk ) 13:16, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I left an additional comment. All the best,  Miniapolis  ( talk ) 14:00, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Eurovision
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Zee 24 Ghante Chhattisgarh
hey hii I don't understand who is gonna publish about a news channel, other than advertising agency or the agency itself. Could you please help in understanding what exactly will satisfy the requirement of wikipedia and i would be able to successfully create a page on wiki.

regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vikassharma2512 (talk • contribs) 10:51, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Please read What counts as a reliable source, Notability ("if no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, then it should not have a separate article") and Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion. As I mentioned above, acceptable sources for this type of article would be newspaper stories (not just channel listings). All the best,  Miniapolis  ( talk ) 14:35, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject:Articles for Creation October - November 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive
 WikiProject Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive WikiProject AFC is holding a one month long Backlog Elimination Drive! The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from October 22, 2012 – November 21, 2012.

Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive. There is a backlog of over 1000 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out! EdwardsBot (talk) 00:12, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:John Cassian
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Independiente's second FAC
Hey. as you copyedited the article Independiente (Ricardo Arjona album), I'd be amazingly glad if you take a quick look at several prose comments left at Featured article candidates/Independiente (Ricardo Arjona album)/archive2 and give me a hand fixing them :) I will tahnk you a thousand times if you help me. [Note: a commenter said that of his/her comments, "some are nitpicking", so i just need helping the ones that really look lik a problem.] — ΛΧΣ  21™  00:57, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Glad to help; I left a note on WP:Penguin's talk page, and will address their concerns tomorrow. Good luck and all the best,  Miniapolis  ( talk ) 01:13, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I have tried to fix some of them by now, but I am quite sure that he'll leave more comments :) Thank you again for all your help. — ΛΧΣ  21™  02:04, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Seafood
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GOCE October 2012 Blitz Barnstar

 * Glad the other articles were shorter :-). Thanks!  Miniapolis  ( talk ) 14:59, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Common English usage misconceptions
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