User talk:Resident Mario/Archive 6

Re Proposal
I will be glad to look at it for a PR, but it will take me several days. Thanks, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 01:59, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I figured it would be a win-win situation; I would get a review and you would get a shorter backlog =) Res Mar 02:07, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Hawai'i hotspot
Hello
 * Hawaii hotspot: 200C, do you mean 200°C ???
 * I asked, he never responded. Not the temperature, that is stated obviously elsewhere, but I've not a clue what it is. Res Mar 21:59, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The mantle plume of a hotspot is 100°C to 200°C higher than the surroundings, might be a typo. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 05:39, 2 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Things got a bit complicated with the bend and the temperature swelling. I guess the literature isn't crystal clear, yet.
 * You mean the two sections? I felt that those were the clearest of 'em. Res Mar 21:59, 1 February 2012 (UTC)


 * As I understand: volcano island -> erosion -> tropical atoll (or eroded volcano island) -> sea floor moving/sinking in the direction of the subduction zone -> guyot (sunk atoll)
 * Not necessarily a guyot. Res Mar 21:59, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * As I understand, the guyot gets its flat part by wave erosion. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 12:08, 2 February 2012 (UTC)


 * A dormant volcano is a popular view, another possibility is to say that the repose periods get longer with age.
 * Not quite as elegant, no? ;) Res Mar 21:59, 1 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Cheers --Chris.urs-o (talk) 21:54, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Have to think. Cheers --Chris.urs-o (talk) 05:41, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. I do not know of any copy editors off the top of my head - try asking someone listed as willing to do copyedits at WP:PR/V or at WP:GOCE. Once a copy edit is done, I will be glad to take a look at it again (please ping me then). Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 14:31, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Portal
I ask you this more personally, what do you think my portal would need to make it a feautered. A lot of work is needed to be done and I am still working on it, so I asked here. Your comments are appreciated. -- Extra   999  (Contact me) 13:04, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Expand the amount of content in the selected sections and get rid of the three different clipboards in the to do, and you should be fine. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 22:02, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Peer review limits changed
This is a notice to all users who currently have at least one open peer review at Peer review. Because of the large number of peer review requests and relatively low number of reviewers, the backlog of PRs has been at 20 or more almost continually for several months. The backlog is for PR requests which have gone at least four days without comments, and some of these have gone two weeks or longer waiting for a review.

While we have been able to eventually review all PRs that remain on the backlog, something had to change. As a result of the discussion here, the consensus was that all users are now limited to one (1) open peer review request.

If you already have more than one open PR, that is OK in this transition period, but you cannot open any more until all your active PR requests have been closed. If you would like someone to close a PR for you, please ask at Wikipedia talk:Peer review. If you want to help with the backlog, please review an article whoe PR request is listed at Peer review/backlog/items. Thanks, Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 01:26, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

How do I...
How do you play an MMORPG on the command prompt (like one of your user boxes suggests)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bloope (talk • contribs) 19:10, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Nethack, an excellent early MMORPG if you use a public server. If you hover over the link you can click through it; do remember to sign your comments with ~, though, SineBot is annoying. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 22:54, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

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ack
Apologies for the ec's; let me know if you're planning successive edits by edit summary or under construction or something, don't want to step on your toes. Nice job on the TfD business btw, I missed that. Skomorokh  23:22, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Portals
Nice work critiquing the Ecology portal, which helps improve Wikipedia. You should check out Portal:Biography, which is already a featured portal, and could use many more fixes compared to the Ecology portal! Perhaps you're critiquing the Ecology portal too strictly. After all, just compare this to the Biography portal! Happy editing! Northamerica1000 (talk) 11:00, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not being unreasonable, and I still can't see how Pangea and the Himalayas would evoke ecologically centered thoughts. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 19:05, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
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DYK for Sangay
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NAN
Hi, to make the blue thing legible in this week's report on the LCA, I put it centred at the top. But it won't show properly on my system. Are pgn files limited in the size of their display? What do you think? Tony  (talk)  12:54, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Hawaii Hotspot peer review
Done!

Thought I should let you know over here.

Thanks for your patience, Awickert (talk) 17:22, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Yay! <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 21:51, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * Don't have enough programming background atm to attend it usefully. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 01:20, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

EOS article
Hey, I was just going through my old articles of EOS (and recycling a bunch) when I came across this one: One Hundred Years of Volcano Monitoring in Hawaii. Thought you might enjoy it, Awickert (talk) 08:05, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll keep it in mind; it's a good source for the Volcano Observatory article, but that's a pretty long-off piece of work at this point. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 14:11, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * That's what I figured; it does a nice job of summarizing the volcano observatory's history. Now you've got it for whenever you might want it. Awickert (talk) 17:18, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Coeval
Sorry about that! I certainly wasn't accusing you of lying. I'll check out the Sci Am article as soon as it comes on line (next month). But I suspect you just misread the word! With respect -- Potosino (talk) 14:15, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The author defines it within the article, although I'm not sure how widespread the term is, it is a term. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 16:16, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, since I don't have access to the article yet, I wrote to the author, Scott Sampson, for clarification, and this is the email he sent back to me:
 * Hi David, I have never heard the word "coeval" used to denote an animal with a tonne or more of average body weight. (For that we often use the word "giant.") In my experience in both paleontology and anthropology, coeval is used only to refer to two or more things that are temporally synchronous -- that is, contemporaneous. Hope that helps. Cheers, Scott
 * You can email Dr. Sampson through his website, www.scottsampson.net, for confirmation. Meanwhile, could you perhaps type in the sentence that contains the definition? It may have been an editing error, in which case I'll have to contact Scientific American to get them to correct it. With respect, Potosino (talk) 17:29, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * He said coeval like 10 times in the article and gave a definition as well; I don't think it's an oversight...<span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 20:01, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok, got the article. This is what it says: "...the Dinosaur Park Formation contain at least 17 to 20 coeval species of giant dinosaurs—that is, forms exceeding one ton in adult body mass—with most weighing in at more than two tons." The definition ("exceeding one ton") is for "giant dinosaur" and not for "coeval," which means "contemporaneous," as the author explained in the email cited above. For further confirmation, here are the other places the word comes up in the article: 1. "distinct, coeval faunal provinces" (note, a province cannot be defined as weighing more than a ton); 2. "distinct, coeval dinosaur provinces" (same); 3. "two coeval geologic formations" (ditto); 4. and again, "distinct, coeval faunal provinces." And that is it. So, coeval does not mean "giant," and I am going to edit the coeval entry to reflect this. Thanks, Potosino (talk) 01:47, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Tut, foolishness on my part then =\ <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 03:17, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXI, February 2012
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Re: The plight of the new page patrollers
Hi there!

You certainly stirred up a hornet's nest with your NPP article in the Signpost! I'm wondering if you're up to writing an article that explains the relationship of WMF to wikipedia and to Jimmy. I realized in reading your article and the comments, that the relationships are unclear. It seems from the comments that editors here are under the impression that the WMF exists for them, while the WMF representative says that's not the case. MathewTownsend (talk) 17:51, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * A very complicated issue and not one that I could easily simplify, I'm afraid I simply don't know enough at present to write such an article. Maybe in the future. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 20:00, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Phony phony phony. (I love that!) I've been back over to Meta and I think that WMF is only concerned about itself, and editors here are just taken for granted. All they talk about are vague pie-in-the-sky "policies" like knowledge should be free, knowledge should be accurate, focusing on "programs" like their educational institutional initiatives. Phony phony phony. MathewTownsend (talk)
 * You might be interested in Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Opinion desk/Political. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 02:24, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Read it. I think that WMF (or whatever the heck) is inherently a business. The 501(c) bit is basically done for tax reasons. I had a business that was 501(c) and we did that because financially we could work it out better. It means that you "donate" 20% (or whatever it is now) to nonprofit - which in my business you lost that much anyway through funds not collectible. We still could pay ourselves good salaries. And WMF pulls the scam with all that idealogical stuff (don't you know it's only 8.15 in S.F.?) and the editors are still willing to fall for it and work for free. But for how long? (And what is "neutral point of view"? There is no such thing.) Phony phony phony. MathewTownsend (talk) 02:37, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Ironhold will blow his top if he sees this =-) <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 02:59, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, you write articles on volcanoes, no? I redact. I'm just a foolish editor with no credibility. MathewTownsend (talk) 03:17, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I write about blowing tops all the time I suppose. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 03:19, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

VHEMT PR
Hi Resident Mario, thanks for peer reviewing the article. You made some very good observations that I had missed. I'm wondering, what do you think of the lead at the moment? Mark Arsten (talk) 00:50, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Replied on PR. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 02:01, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Re. Essay
Hello,. I replied to your inquiry on my talk page. – Ningauble (talk) 16:38, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Signpost (5 March)
Hi,

Re NPT, I think the only part I copied were the piped links. Hope I'm not disrupting things. Let me know if I am. MathewTownsend (talk) 19:58, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure I need to get to work on it, now. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 20:05, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

moin Resident Mario, thanks for the copyedits :o). i made some corrections in relation to the content, because neither the board itself published or is in charge off the candidatures and their statements nor are the chapter-selections and board-appointments elections in the full sense of the term. i'm grateful for the hint and clarified the different phases for the selections in an additional last paragraph. please take a look and i would love another headline is well. you are right that the old one isn't very helpful, best regards --Jan eissfeldt (talk) 13:19, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Checking in
Hullo, fyi I've left a comment at the Op desk about the politics proposal; Seth's followup comment is quite on point. I wonder if you might take a look there, and perhaps share your thoughts on the discussions in the newsroom, specifically on what will be covered in NAN this week (and in what order; our lead stories). Cheers,  Skomorokh   16:06, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm working on NAN as we speak. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 16:08, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Advocacy
R u still looking for something on this? I could put something together tomorrow for tomorrow suppertime.--Brian Dell (talk) 19:19, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it would be great. I need to find someone else for the other side though, I doubt Okeyes will come through...<span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 21:48, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
 * See WP:OPDESK. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 21:49, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Given the fact the other party or parties weren't ready or willing to go immediately I'll try and develop something but without a deadline concern so you just have it "on the shelf" to be used some time in the future if you desire. If I don't have something by this next Sunday though I probably won't get around to it.  Even if nothing comes of this little project think you've got a good concept here.--Brian Dell (talk) 17:24, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah it's a good little philosophical tidbit. I'll just have to bother some other people for the other argument, I guess. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 01:37, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * This wasn't at the top of my "to do" list so it didn't end up happening this week. There may, in the future, be some sort of catalyst for looking at the issue again in which case it may be worth revisiting.--Brian Dell (talk) 03:18, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Mount Meager
Perhaps we should nominate it again.  Volcano guy  04:52, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

New submission in the "News and notes"
Hello, excuse me for [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=482761067&oldid=482740155 submitting this news] so late. I was overwhelmed with lots of related on-wiki and off-wiki work. Hope it will be included. :) → Spiritia  18:27, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It's all good =) <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 03:38, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Tlogmer
More information about Tlogmer's death can be found here. It was a vehicle/pedestrian accident. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  22:41, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * How unfortunate. Wondering what he was doing crossing a highway though. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 03:37, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXII, March 2012
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Your GAN Sangay
Hi, I've started a review of your nomination and made a few comments at Talk:Sangay/GA1. I'm finding the article a little difficult to understand, the material is so densely presented. But I'll work on it! (I did reword the lede some, hopefully ok. Revert what you don't like.) Regards,  MathewTownsend (talk) 00:53, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Since you have not addressed the problems noted, I'm regretfully failing the article. Best wishes, MathewTownsend (talk) 20:10, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

An award for you

 * Uh...thanks? <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 02:04, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Hawaii hotspot
Hey - finally got back there (a month later), and to Peer review/Hawaii hotspot/archive2, but I am pretty much done / satisfied. Nice work! Awickert (talk) 23:22, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Haha, I've really slowed down around here lately. Will try to dedicate more time to 'pedia in the near future. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 02:10, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Trust me, I hear ya - Awickert (talk) 03:55, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi
I believe that you have created/designed userpages of other users? Am I right? ~ &#8658;TomTom  N00  @ 20:06, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Could you do one for me? ~ &#8658;TomTom  N00  @ 09:42, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Don't mind the delay. :D ~ &#8658;TomTom  N00  @ 15:27, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Signpost (16 April)
Hey ResMar. It looks like we're going to have a shortfall on N&N this week – in short, I'm handling E-in-C duties this week, but I'm not going to have the time to provide the "the buck stops with me" approach to N&N that most E-in-Cs do. As a regular N&Nee I would be much obliged if you could take on the specific responsibility this week of actually getting it written and in a publishable state. Does that sound okay? I'm very keen on publishing in about 28 hours' time. Regards, - Jarry1250 [Deliberation needed] 16:02, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXIII, April 2012
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Hello!
I noticed that you have created userpages for people in the past. When you have some extra time, would you be willing to redesign mine? My only two requests is no pink and keep the userboxes if possible. Timeweaver (talk) 00:16, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXIV, May 2012
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re Sangay
Did you nominate it? I was going to open the review but couldn't find it. MathewTownsend (talk) 20:53, 26 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey, congratulations! Sangay passed as GA. Good work. Best wishes, MathewTownsend (talk) 15:53, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Goog, good =) <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 00:09, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive
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I Am In Great Need Of Assistance To Create A Page On Wikipedia For Robert Thomas Jr. Famed Jazz Percussionist
Greetings, I am in great need of assistance in creating a page for percussionist Robert Thomas Jr. formerly with the musical groups Weather Report, Weather Update, Zawinul Syndicate, Jaco Pastorius and many more. I am so old school computer illiterate that I do not have the computer skills to create the page for Robert. I understand that certain Wikipedia Community Members might be willing to create the page for people like myself who are not able to do it themselves. Please advise. I would so greatly appreciate the assistance.AgencyNouveau (talk) 17:45, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank You,

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GAN review of Dwarf Fortress
It's now up at Talk:Dwarf Fortress/GA1. I haven't checked the prose at this point due to other issues cited there. I currently have the article on hold for one week for improvements. --Teancum (talk) 14:14, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Wow that was fast. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 17:30, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

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 * Very good! I will check in with this when I get back from my faux sabbatical. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 02:06, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

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Probably back
But first, a bit of philosophical rambling. My experiences working with the Dwarf Fortress article was meant as a break from my usual activities, something a littl different. In truth, it taught me how caught up in its own technicalities this Wikipedia has become, more interested in holding to its mantra than to its content. It only stands to reinforce the view I held and still hold of the project's failings viz a viz instructional creep. I am just an outside observer in musing of course, but the article was certainly a good, demonstrative lesson. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 16:52, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

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re your GAN Kīlauea
Hi,

I've reviewed your nomination and left some comments at Talk:Kīlauea/GA1. Please don't worry about the time limit, as I know you're busy, as long as you give evidence that you're working on it.

Best wishes, MathewTownsend (talk) 15:43, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Portal:Society nominated as Featured Portal candidate

 * Portal:Society

I've nominated Portal:Society for featured portal candidacy, discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Society.

Note: I'm notifying you because you are listed on List of portal review volunteers, and it'd be nice to have a relatively more prompt resolution on this particular one as it's part of the Main Page Featured Portal drive.

Thank you for your time, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 06:30, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Little late but I'll put it on my to do. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 23:33, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXX, November 2012
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Information
I noticed your username commenting at an Arbcom discussion regarding civility. An effort is underway that would likely benifit if your views were included. I hope you will append regards at: Requests for comment/Civility enforcement/Questionnaire Thank you for considering this request. My 76 Strat  (talk) 09:27, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * What? Where? Oh. Ho boy. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 01:32, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * It will be great to see your point of view included. I'll be keen with anticipation. Cheers, My 76  Strat  (talk) 02:00, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Review Portal:Judaism
Hi. I noticed you're a portal review volunteer, so I'll take the liberty of asking you to take a glance (or maybe a more systematic look) at Portal:Judaism, and perhaps contribute your thoughts at the portal peer review. Thanks - ypnypn (talk) 01:51, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok this is on my to do list. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 23:33, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

re Kīlauea
Hi,

It passed GA! But an image was deleted (under Structure) so I removed it.

Best wishes, MathewTownsend (talk) 19:13, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I searched up the image and found a duplicate and slapped it in there. Not sure what happened there...maybe an em/en dash difference? Eh. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 23:28, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

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Holiday cheer

 * Oh my, does that mean there's an admin watching over my page? ;) <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 01:29, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXI, December 2012
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Hey
I just saw your post at WT:FA; I believe schizophrenia has been through a few FARs. I'm not sure if it was ever delisted, but it's definitely been rehauled several times over its history. I think it's a great place to start.  ceran  thor 04:34, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Good to see you're still out and about. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 14:38, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Consistency: Mauna Loa needs some for units. Can't keep switching between km and mi, and abbr and non-abbr.  ceran  thor 23:42, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah you mean in the later sections ;) Haven't gotten that far yet, hehe. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 03:18, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Merry Xmas

 * Haha thanks. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 14:38, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Seems a bit overdue

 * Well that's an unexpected surprise. Thanks! <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 21:00, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

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Ultra listing tweak
Quick question. Should I go ahead and do this to all the US ultra prominent peaks? I had considered doing it like that anyway. -- Racer X11 Talk to me Stalk me  03:24, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I think you should, avoids unnecessary clutter in infoboxes and is aesthetically smoother as well. Don't ask me what the Mountains project standard for this is, though, I haven't a clue, lol. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 03:29, 12 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I was following the style of the Canadian ultras, though I hadn't decided the approach to use for the rest of the world's ultras. This could be the route I go with. I agree that it is aethetically more pleasing. Coincidentally I am actively trying to make other mountain infoboxes look cleaner, but I guess I went backwards on this set. It just never sat well with that we put a link to Ultra prominent peak (displayed as Ultra) at the 'listing' parameter; and I felt the Canadian ultras had it right, linking to List of Ultras of Canada in their infoboxes. -- Racer X11 Talk to me Stalk me  03:41, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree with you, guess that means I should go change the Mauna Kea infobox too, haha. Perhaps you should bring it up on the project or infobox talk page? If you haven't already; I haven't checked. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 03:48, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
 * No I haven't but I should and will now that you mention it. Thnx. Racer X11  Talk to me Stalk me  04:04, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

tks for map
... in Taiwanese aborigines. • Serviceable†Villain 12:16, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXII, January 2013
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A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you :) <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 15:19, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Copyedit query
Fascinating article. One query: "in neither case are the editors beholden to vetting the sourcing of the article in question (they rarely do; otherwise who would bother?)" I don't think you are using "beholden" correctly here, and I don't understand the "otherwise who would bother". Could you have a look? Best, Andreas JN 466 20:17, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I use beholden in the sense that irregardless of what the GA standards have to say on verifiability, reviewers are not truly obligated (synonymous) to do so. As for the latter point, I've added a note qualifying the statement. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 20:24, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I understand what you mean, but usually, you are beholden to someone–beholden means pretty much the same as "indebted" or "obliged (to someone)" (as in "much obliged to you"). See http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beholden
 * Up to you, but to me it sounds off, especially as the rest of the article is so well written. Andreas JN 466 20:32, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Hmm. I see your point; I'll make the change. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 20:34, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Great. --Andreas  JN 466 20:36, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Heh. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 20:37, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

You know, as for checking sources in GA reviews, there is this nugget in the relevant guideline, Reviewing_good_articles: Ideally, a reviewer will have access to all of the source material, and sufficient expertise to verify that the article reflects the content of the sources; this ideal is not often attained (my emphasis).

It then goes on to say, At a bare minimum, check that the sources used are reliable (for example, blogs are not usually reliable sources) and that those you can access support the content of the article (for example, inline citations lead to sources which agree with what the article says) and are not plagiarized (for example, close paraphrasing of source material should only be used where appropriate, with in text attribution if necessary).

I am a little bit wary that you might get a few complaints from GA reviewers if you imply too strongly that they generally don't bother to read the sources. I think what is definitely the case is that the process is very, very patchy, especially given that anyone can do it, regardless of how competent they are, and that only one editor's word is enough to pass an article. But I also know that there are GA reviewers who are quite meticulous about reading the sources and checking that the article content matches (I certainly did that on the few GAs I have reviewed).

In case you haven't seen it, there was also a discussion about the hoax problem here a few weeks ago. A change was made to the guideline as a result. Hope that helps. Regards, Andreas JN 466 21:55, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I made further qualifications to the footnote, but I'm hesitant to change the statement since it's still broadly true. If regular vetting was going on and things were still slipping through, it would be significantly scarier; besides, I'm entitled to my opinion here :) Cheers, <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 22:24, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * No prob. :) Note that Kalnapilis wasn't a featured article, nor a TFA: it was merely a DYK (the article was recently expanded). Here is where it was added to the German DYK template. The article is still accessible in the German Wikipedia's humour archive: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Humorarchiv/Bon%C5%8D_Pus%C4%AB_Kalnapilis It's a pity, because it made a nice ending ... but it should be fixed. Best, Andreas JN 466 01:45, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Ugh, good thing you caught that error or that would have been embarrassing. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 02:06, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Loa
I'm glad to see you're still up for this - I'm going to try and help you as best as I can.  ceran  thor 13:00, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
 * It's coming along, little by little. All the geology and volcanology stuff is done, human history is about halfway there, and then there's Ecology and maybe Tourism that needs to be done, not to mention all the spiffing up. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 13:46, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
 * (if you want to contribute, I'm all for it, working on the article is grinding) <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 15:04, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK Nomination
Hi Resident Mario,

Thanks for reviewing my DYK nomination for the article on Elizabeth Wolley today. I asked there if you'd mind taking a look at my Walter Buckler DYK nomination if you have time, and it occurs to me that you perhaps wouldn't have seen my comment there, so I'm leaving a note on your Talk page. Best, NinaGreen (talk) 03:10, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Just from a quick scan, your lead is far too short to adequately cover the article. I'll take a look. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 04:06, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Jacob Little
Orlady (talk) 16:03, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Your last op-ed
Hi,

I translated your last op-ed for my fellows on the French Wikipedia : La fabrication des canulars. Nice article.

Regards,

Cantons-de-l&#39;Est (talk) 03:13, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
 * =-) <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 03:26, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Op-ed
Hello there! Thanks for writing an op-ed. I have to admit though, I haven't read it all. I don't exactly think the phrase, "dearth of vandalism lasting more than a few seconds" is accurate. I just happened to go check for vandalism, and I found two examples (1, 2) that lasted over two hours. Why do you think vandalism is no longer a major problem? I am wondering where those statistics or that idea comes from. As you can see here, I've been interested in this idea previously. (I'm not just randomly complaining to you.) =) Biosthmors (talk) 04:39, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, those two edits are more exceptions than rules, aren't they? As West said, 40% of vandalism is now handled by bots&mdash;that's no small number, and the implementation and refinement of manual tools and automatic bots have done a lot. Nonetheless, I don't state that it's not a major problem, only that it's less of one. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 02:37, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply. I doubt we have good data on the problem. :-/ Biosthmors (talk) 18:06, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIII, February 2013
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Jacob Little
I added a bit to the Jacob Little article and added some comments here. Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 14:00, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok, I've gone through it. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 15:13, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXV, April 2013
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The Bugle: Issue LXXXVI, May 2013
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List of volcanoes in the Hawaiian – Emperor seamount chain
Hi. I think it may serve to cool tempers if you contributed to the discussion on the talk page. Simply reverting what appears to be a constructive and sensible edit without any acknowledgement to the other editor (other than "shove off and stop destroying content") is not helpful and displays a significant amount of article ownership. A little discussion goes a long way! -- Escape Orbit (Talk) 23:27, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't care what x or y is saying on the talk page. They have an issue, they bring it up on the FLR. They started it, they may as well bloody well finish it. Besides, I'm penning a request to ANI at the moment. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 23:33, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
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 * Wikipedia the nanny state? <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 03:34, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXVII, June 2013
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Renovation
Hi, I came here from this page, asking for help in sprucing up my talk page. Then I saw that was inactive, and followed the link to your page, to ask you the same: please could you renovate my talk page, with something that goes with my user page? Anything will be much appreciated, Mat  ty. 007 14:43, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXVIII, July 2013
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DYK RfC

 * As a listed GA participant, you are invited to contribute to a formal Request for Comment on the question of whether Good Articles should be eligible to appear in the Did You Know? slot in future. Please see the proposal on its subpage here, or on the main DYK talk page. To add the discussion to your watchlist, click this link. Thank you in advance. Gilderien Chat&#124;Contributions 02:57, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

Ping
I sent you an email.  ceran  thor 14:45, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIX, August 2013
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election, which will determine our coordinators for the next twelve months. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September! Kirill [talk] 16:17, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXXX, September 2013
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The Bugle: Issue XCI, October 2013
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Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter
Books and Bytes Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013 by , Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved... New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted. New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis?? New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration Read the full newsletter ''Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. --The Interior 21:05, 27 October 2013 (UTC)''

Portal:U2 for peer review
Miss Bono and myself have requested a portal peer review for Portal:U2. We would appreciate any helpful advice at Portal peer review/U2/archive1.
 * Portal:U2

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The Bugle: Issue XCII, November 2013
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GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
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The Bugle: Issue XCIII, December 2013
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A barnstar for you!

 * Nice to see this get completed; a bit surprised too since my singular contribution to this effort occurred very nearly two years ago. How time flies! Guess I'll go dust off the trophy cabinet, and return to my previous level of - in - activity. Thanks as always, Cirt. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 05:35, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
 * You are most welcome! I hope you and your family are well during this holiday season, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:58, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCIV, January 2014
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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!

--Dom497

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GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
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Sleeping Dogs
Hey man, I'm sorry for any incoveniences. Would you like to help me organize the Sleeping Dogs (video game) article? There's a lot to do left, like the front section, development and reception sections. But I'm positive that the article will be perfect, if not excellent by the end of the day. Thanks for your cooperation! URDNEXT (talk) 12:54, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
 * This is a very long article that looks, from a glance, ready for a GAN comb-through. If you're asking me if I'd like to contribute to that GAN, then the answer is no&mdash;I'm barely active, already have a very lengthy review to do, of Bikini, and video game articles are stylistically technical and outside of my area of expertise, however many of them I play. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 23:17, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok. URDNEXT (talk) 23:34, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry to be a downer :( <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 15:17, 10 June 2014 (UTC)