User talk:Shearonink/Archive 7

Happy New Year, Shearonink!


Happy New Year! Shearonink, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. North America1000 00:57, 2 January 2016 (UTC)


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Lieutenant General George Washington
I'd have no objections; I agree, the current title could be a bit confusing. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 00:15, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Which of the following do you think makes more sense/is more in line with WP guidelines:
 * "Lieutenant General George Washington (1860 sculpture)" <-since there are so many sculptures of Washington
 * "Lieutenant General George Washington (sculpture)" <-less length, more pithy
 * Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 01:18, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * The Smithsonian renders the statue in SIRIS (the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System) as "Lieutenant General George Washington (sculpture)". 01:26, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I lean towards the second, myself, since I don't believe we have any articles on other statues of the title. That can always be put right later if need be. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 01:28, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * In the spirit of BRD, I am posting on the article's talk page that I am going to change the title. Other than Move-ing the old title to the new one, do I need to do anything else?...(keeping in mind possible double-redirects, etc).  Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 01:50, 4 January 2016 (UTC)


 * I don't believe so. I think that should be all. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 01:52, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

My edit
The name was actually Renée. It was constructive as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LXA43 (talk • contribs) 17:54, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually no, her middle name  wasn't  "Renee". "née" is used to delineate what the wife's last name/birth-name was before she gets married.  Take a look at the following references:


 * Official Dolly Parton website
 * FindAGrave column
 * Funeral Home Obituary/Notice for Mrs. Parton
 * Knoxville News-Sentinel article on Mrs. Parton & Parton family history
 * Research is a great thing. Shearonink (talk) 18:08, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Frederick Achom
User:Alex1977-1 has deleted the Wine fraud scams section again and added a fair bit of content. I am not fimlar enough with the subject to be comfortable reverting the his last edit. Just the heads up. Krj373*(talk), *(contrib) 17:46, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Saturday February 6 in NYC: Black Life Matters Editathon
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February events and meetups in DC
Greetings from  Wikimedia DC !

February is shaping up to be a record-breaking month for us, with nine scheduled edit-a-thons and several other events:
 * On Friday, February 12, NPR will host a Black History Month First Edit event.
 * On Saturday, February 13 and Sunday, February 14, we're working with the Wiki Education Foundation to hold a series of four edit-a-thons at the AAAS 2016 Annual Meeting.
 * On Tuesday, February 16, we're holding the Smithsonian American Art Museum and American University WikiWorkshop with Professor Andrew Lih's class.
 * On Saturday, February 20, the Smithsonian American Art Museum will host the African American Artists Edit-a-Thon.
 * On Friday, February 26, Howard University will host its second annual Black History Month Edit-a-Thon.
 * On Saturday, February 27, we have three different events. In the morning, we're holding an Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.  In the afternoon, we'll host our second February WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle, followed by our monthly dinner meetup at Vapiano.

We hope to see you at one—or all—of these events!

Do you have an idea for a future event? Please write to us at [mailto:info@wikimediadc.org info@wikimediadc.org] !

Kirill Lokshin (talk) 16:41, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

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Feb 16: Art+Feminism Training / Photo-Poetics @ Guggenheim Feb 17: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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Editing technique help
Hey Shearonink. I'm mortified and shamed by your "helping hand." Guffaw. Guffaw...ROTFLMAO! Many thanks for the helping hand. You deserve the "Random Acts" Barnstar! Regards Tapered (talk) 07:39, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * With your permission I'd like to edit my message. Tapered (talk) 04:08, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * If you wish to change what you wrote above, just strike through the parts you don't feel are applicable any more. That way, you preserve the sense of the post and its subsequent responses while also showing your thoughts have changed.  You use the code at the beginning of what you want to strike and then put at the end.  If I were you I would add another message below this one, saying that your thoughts have changed with whatever the appropriate explanation is and that is why you have struck through your comments.  I would ask that you not delete your original post or alter it to change its meaning, because then the responses and their timeline gets mangled.  Hope that helps, Shearonink (talk) 04:58, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Dispute resolution

I've opened a case @ Dispute resolution noticeboard re Sandy Hook. Tapered (talk) 09:51, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Saturday, March 5: Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon @ MoMA
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March events and meetups in DC
Greetings from  Wikimedia DC !

Looking for something to do in DC in March? We have a series of great events planned for the month:
 * On Wednesday, March 9, we'll host our first March WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle.
 * On Friday, March 11, the National Archives will host the Women in the Civil War Edit-a-Thon.
 * On Saturday, March 19, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian will host the Color History with the Smithsonian! event, and we'll hold our second Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
 * On Sunday, March 20, the American Chemical Society will host the Computers in Chemistry Edit-a-Thon.
 * On Saturday, March 26, we'll host our second March WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle, followed by our monthly dinner meetup at Vapiano.

Can't make it to an event? Most of our edit-a-thons allow virtual participation; see the guide for more details.

Do you have an idea for a future event? Please write to us at [mailto:info@wikimediadc.org info@wikimediadc.org] !

Kirill Lokshin (talk) 16:29, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

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March 16: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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This is the last edit I ever do; a note of forgiveness
I'm sorry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.17.49 (talk • contribs) 19:53, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

Winfield, Kansas
My apology for deleting your edit. I didn't see any mention of mass murder in the article until a second read. Sorry about that. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:36, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * NP - thx for the note. I wished I could have linked to the actual section instead of to the whole article but the Wiki-code doesn't work that way... Shearonink (talk) 00:20, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

April 13: WikiWednesday Salon NYC and Mini-Video Opportunity
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Saturday April 30: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa @ Guggenheim
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Hi, Shearonink
Hi, shearonink, It's B-dog 12.0 responding to your incorrect comment on my talk page. The reason it was incorrect is I got the information about India's population on www.worldometers.info, feel free to visit the site to check it's reputablity if you wish to. However, I am going to put my edit back on Demographics of India. Thank you and goodbye. — Preceding unsigned comment added by B-dog12.0 (talk • contribs) 21:35, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
 * For what the above post refers to, please see this variation of the above editor's talk page as well as their contributions. Shearonink (talk) 21:45, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Editor of the Week
Editor  submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week and seconded it:

I nominate Shearonink to be Editor of the Week for his hard work on Wikipedia. Shearonink has been around a long time (20K edits, 36% to articles) and talks a lot of sense, but hasn't had much recognition of those facts. He used to live in at the IRC help channel, helping out those who needed it and that used to be a lot of people (I don't really go in there any more, so I can't talk for more recent events). Ever since his friends have started leaving, he seems to have slightly disappeared. I wanted him to know that it's not just his friends who appreciate who he is! It is all of Wikipedia.

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Thanks again for your efforts! Buster Seven   Talk  11:13, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I am utterly gobsmacked. Thank you all, I had no idea this was even possible. Shearonink (talk) 17:03, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! You are a fantastic Wikipedian and very well deserving of this recognition.--John Cline (talk) 19:06, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Congratulations from me as well. Thank you for all your help. - NQ (talk)  06:42, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! Very well deserved. I love your detailed edit summaries. They reduce the possibility of confusion. Happy Squirrel (talk) 02:32, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

May 25: WikiWednesday Salon NYC / Enterprise MediaWiki Conference
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Your GA nomination of Nathaniel G. S. Hart
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Sunday June 5: Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon
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Your GA nomination of Nathaniel G. S. Hart
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June 15: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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Wednesday June 29: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA
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West Ford
Ok, if anyone is interested and you have sources that you think I should use or thoughts about the subject that seem important, please post them here. I'll either start a draft version in my userspace or maybe in "Draft" and post the link for working on it here. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 15:33, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Here's the wikilink->User:Shearonink/"West Ford" Draft. At this time it just contains references and linkage to associated Quander family WP articles, etc. Shearonink (talk) 16:45, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

Sunday July 10: WikNYC Picnic @ Central Park
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This edit...
THIS. YES. Shearonink (talk) 00:59, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Achom editor
I saw that too. I was asked if I could change the conviction to read "In 2000, prior to his involvement in the investment sector Achom and several others fell foul of the UK’s department of trade and industry and a conviction was secured against him and four other defendants at Southwark crown court in 2000. Subsequently, he was disqualified from holding UK directorships for eleven years."

Sound familiar? I turned that gig down as it was totally against guidelines, looks like someone took it though. I posted on his talk page a few days ago, saw he edited afterwards, so when I get home tonight I will have to go to COIN when I can post from my laptop and not my phone.  MPJ  -DK 18:21, 21 July 2016 (UTC)


 * until the coi notice has been processed that editor is still around and can undo any work you.put in. Once he is dealt with it can be removed, until then I believe it is only fair to tell people to watch out for incorrect or misleading content.  MPJ  -DK 23:14, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * If you respond to posts on the pages they are posted on, it keeps the discussion all in one place. Hard to keep track if discussions are fragmented.
 * The notice could have been placed after I was done - I should be out of the page in maybe 10 minutes. I have no issues with it being placed on the article, but I do have an issue with it being placed on the article in the middle of an overhaul/editing process.  Moving on - I'll be done at the Achom article shortly and this will all be moot. Shearonink (talk) 23:31, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * If you're following this thread, User:MPJ-DK, I left an apology on your talk page. That tag didn't matter in the end. Shearonink (talk) 00:15, 22 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Your comment makes a lot more sense in that context, totally get it. It is all good.  MPJ  -DK 02:52, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

Understood about infobox template and children's names Savolya (talk) 17:02, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

IRC help needed...
Anyone watching my talkpage - I can't seem to remember my password for IRC. Is there any way to recover my nick? I signed up so long ago, I can't remember... I do like to have that plus sign next to my name in "help"... Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 15:59, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

....See ^^^ above. Is there any way to recover a lost password to IRC? I'm still me, just haven't been in there in so long I can't remember what my password is... Yes, yes, I know that technically IRC isn't actually part of WP but am hoping someone knows the answer... Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 23:10, 27 July 2016 (UTC)


 * This isn't much of a Wikipedia question. You can ask at ; people there may know how to recover a password (or whether it's impossible). Since you apparently already had a Wikipedia cloak, you can probably also get it transferred to a new registered nick if you have to go that route. Huon (talk) 23:29, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I thought so. The age-old Catch-22...WP uses IRC extensively but IRC isn't really part of WP etc., etc.  I wonder if there are any WP-associated/chan-ops?  Anyone know?...ah but yes, I have to ask that question and hopefully get an answer on IRC/freenode.  Thanks anyway. Shearonink (talk) 23:41, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
 * meta:IRC has information on the parts of IRC Wikipedia (and the Foundation as a whole) is concerned with. Huon (talk) 00:01, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

Marni Nixon
Just in case you missed, it she died on Sunday 24 July. - 220  of  Borg 14:19, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh that's sad. I couldn't find any references or news about it when it first appeared in the article and did a couple of different searches (you know...name death, name obituary and so on).  Surprised the news hadn't appeared in Variety/Billboard/Hollywood Reporter/LA Times yet... I mean, if it was I sure couldn't find it at the time.  When the IP added it to her article they didn't provide a reference. Sad to hear it's true, Miss Nixon was a great talent and, from everything I've heard, a wonderful person and great mentor. Shearonink (talk) 14:47, 25 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Yes, it took a while to be sourceable. I just stumbled upon it actually. The name rang a a bell and, as is my habit, checked for a WP page about her. The source was already there actually, added by, but not 'cited'. So I just added some appropriate text, cited properly, and so it goes. I once found a professor who had been dead for months, but apparently no one on WP noticed. I even emailed his University(?) to check that he was the person who died, source was  a bit ambiguous - 220  of  Borg 15:21, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Shearonink. the Marni Nixon article does not use the citation templates. Instead it uses manual formatting, which I find preferable because it dispenses with the unnecessary coding. When someone added the ref you mentioned with the template formatting, I converted it to manual formatting per WP:CITEVAR, which says: "Editors should not attempt to change an article's established citation style ... without first seeking consensus for the change. ... If the article you are editing is already using a particular citation style, you should follow it. ... [A]void ... adding citation templates to an article that already uses a consistent system without templates". -- Ssilvers (talk) 03:25, 5 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it, I'm just not used to seeing cite templates being converted to manual. Citation templates are useful in that everything is laid-out and clearly-labeled.  WP:CITEVAR does state "... if all or most of the citations in an article...fail to provide needed bibliographic data – such as the name of the source, the title of the article or web page consulted, the author (if known), the publication date (if known), and the page numbers (where relevant) – ... and can be changed freely to insert such data."  I personally find it confusing to not have the information labeled but to each his own. Cheers, Shearonink (talk) 03:59, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

August 17: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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Notification about new RFC
Because you have participated in a previous RFC on a closely related topic, I thought you might be interested in participating in this new RFC regarding Donald Trump.Anythingyouwant (talk) 17:54, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

September 14: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting
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Presidency of Thomas Jefferson
Hi Shearonink,

My edits of Presidency of Thomas Jefferson, in which the edits of the anonymous user with the IP address 69.87.223.166 and "Daveisedit" (who are the same person) were reverted, were made to keep the article as factual as possible. Their edits were made as a joke, but I did not find them funny and know they misinform any viewers of this page.

Now that the page has been locked, I am requesting that you revert to the page with revision 744140003.

Cyprus3 (talk) 01:12, 14 October 2016 (UTC)cyprus3


 * I am sorry you were caught up in the flurry of vandalism from the two or three various editors who were vandalizing that article earlier today. I am not sure how you would know that "their edits were made as a joke" and that these various IP-editors & the named editor "are the same person".  In any case the article is now fine since I have removed the last bit of vandalism and does not need to be reverted to any previous state. Shearonink (talk) 02:04, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Sun October 16: CommonsLab / Open House NY Photo Contest + Hackathon
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Saturday October 22: WikiArte Latin American Edit-a-thon @ MoMA
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Ref check
My Chinese isn't the best (I could see what something is talking about but I don't understand all the nuances in Chinese.. I'm ZH-1) but I can tell you where to check on ZHwiki: zh:Wikipedia:Guestbook_for_non-Chinese-speakers. Some editors there can take a look :) WhisperToMe (talk) 02:15, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply I muddled through several of the Chinese language refs using Google Translate and they all seem to check out. Shearonink (talk) 06:47, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Saturday November 12: Women in Science Edit-a-thon @ NY Academy of Sciences (plus Sunday Indigenous People's Justice event)
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Paid Editing
I would like to thank you for information about paid editing. I didn't know about it before. Will take care in future.Usman Khalil 15:47, 21 November 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Usman Khalil (talk • contribs)

Saturday December 3: Contemporary Chinese Art Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim
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New Page Reviewer granted
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December 21: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (plus Wikipedia Day on Jan 15!)
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Question about an old CSD
I was looking over some of my edits and logs and came across User:Nicole Haddad/sandbox. I had nom'ed this as a CSD/G2 since the User does not exist but you removed the CSD Template and then created the User account with this template:. But, the User still does not exist, this "User sandbox" was created by User:Tysmooth... Was wondering if you could tell me why the CSD was removed/declined. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 04:17, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

User:Nicole Haddad/sandbox
U2 is only for when the user doesn't exist, i.e. nobody's ever registered that precise name as an account. My edit summary is copied from the logs (see Special:Log/Nicole_Haddad), which show that such an account had been registered seventeen minutes before the page was created. I wasn't the one who created it; you can tell that it was registered by someone new because if it had been created by someone with an account, it would have said "[username 1] created account Nicole Haddad". So basically, the criterion doesn't apply because the user existed. Nyttend (talk) 04:44, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * OK...that makes some sense. I had been looking at who actually created the page, the page's edit history (User:Tysmooth at 18:35 on the same day User: Nicole Haddad was created). I did notice that there is similar content within the editing history of User:Tysmooth and quite a few apparent throwaway accounts - all probably created by the fairly-young editor.
 * So. Even though User: Nicole Haddad has never made an edit, this is their sandbox? Does this draft-table/"sandbox" get to exist for perpetuity or is there any category that would appropriately allow this content to be deleted?  I'd like to know in case I run into a similar situation in the future. Thanks. Shearonink (talk) 05:17, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * It gets to exist in perpetuity, unless (1) you take it to WP:MFD [although I don't see the point of that, since it's not hurting anything], or (2) you find some way that it's harmful, in which case it can be speedy deleted. Since there are good situations in which one user could create a page in another user's userspace, we would be unwise to have a speedy criterion for such a situation.  Nyttend (talk) 05:21, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah, doesn't harm Wikipedia...looks like a case of throwaway accounts created by a new editor as they were editing around the place. I'll make sure to check Special Logs if I come across a similar situation in the future. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 05:29, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Leggetts Creek GA review
Just letting you know I got your post and will take the time over the holiday to take a look. Daniel Case (talk) 04:31, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
Happy Holidays text.png Hello Shearonink: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Doug Weller  talk 15:25, 25 December 2016 (UTC)


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Reference errors on 27 December
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Well caught!
Right on time, as you say :) O Fortuna!  ...Imperatrix mundi.  13:03, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Re: PPW GAR
Thank you for your comment on the Pontius Pilate's wife GAR. I had completely forgotten about it until I checked it just now for another reason. I thought it had been closed months ago, and was surprised to see someone commented on as late as Dec29.

Anyway, regarding your comment that it could be renamed to "cultural depictions of Pontius Pilate's wife", I agree that while the current article is grossly unbalanced, I think renaming it would be a bad idea. She is a saint in several Christian traditions (not the ones that produced the literary works emphasized in our article currently, mind you) and she is emphasized in several (non-canonical) early Christian works.

The fact that she's only mentioned in one sentence of the NT isn't really relevant, since plenty of first-century figures important in later Christianity (and figures who probably were important in first-century Christianity) are barely mentioned or not mentioned at all in the NT. Thecla, for example, is not mentioned anywhere in the NT, but she was the protagonist of another work of early Christian literature that was very popular among early (proto-orthodox) Christians and probably predated some of the later NT texts (like 2 Peter).

Hijiri 88 ( 聖やや ) 01:23, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Editor of the Week seeking nominations (and a new facilitator)
The Editor of the Week initiative has been recognizing editors since 2013 for their hard work and dedication. Editing Wikipedia can be disheartening and tedious at times; the weekly Editor of the Week award lets its recipients know that their positive behaviour and collaborative spirit is appreciated. The response from the honorees has been enthusiastic and thankful.

The list of nominees is running short, and so new nominations are needed for consideration. Have you come across someone in your editing circle who deserves a pat on the back for improving article prose regularly, making it easier to understand? Or perhaps someone has stepped in to mediate a contentious dispute, and did an excellent job. Do you know someone who hasn't received many accolades and is deserving of greater renown? Is there an editor who does lots of little tasks well, such as cleaning up citations?

Please help us thank editors who display sustained patterns of excellence, working tirelessly in the background out of the spotlight, by submitting your nomination for Editor of the Week today!

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Your GA nomination of Henrietta Lacks
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Henrietta Lacks you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Shudde -- Shudde (talk) 14:20, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Henrietta Lacks
The article Henrietta Lacks you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Henrietta Lacks for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Shudde -- Shudde (talk) 16:00, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Walt Disney World Railroad good article status
I adjusted the rolling stock table so that the notes column is fixed to 20% of the table's width. Let me know how it looks on your end.  Jackdude 101  ( Talk ) 01:48, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

I got rid of the "In service" column. This is actually a good long-term change, as it will decrease the urge by amateur editors to constantly update this criteria whenever they hear new rumors from blogs and forums on which locomotives are working and not working (it's almost impossible to get up-to-date info like this from formal publications and Disney pretty much never gives out these kinds of details). I increased the notes column width from 20% to 25%, as well. Also, the reason why there are no notes for the No. 1 locomotive is because I did not come across anything of note about it specifically while doing my research.  Jackdude 101  ( Talk ) 02:23, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

I did one other change to the table: I combined the "Builder" and "Builder number" columns into one column. It's mentioned more than once in the article that all of the WDWRR's locomotives were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works anyway.  Jackdude 101  ( Talk ) 03:16, 31 December 2016 (UTC)


 * User:Jackdude101 I know this is Huffington Post but it mentions that the Broggie & Walt ran together in Mexico for 40 years and are still running together. "These two locomotives were built side by side in 1925 by Baldwin Locomotive works for Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatan.They worked side by side in Mexico for 40 years, and today they still run on the same tracks together."
 * On Page 331 of Michael Broggie's book, he says that the Walter E. Disney" is the tallest of the locomotives at 11ft/11 inches.
 * On Page 322, (and this is alluded to in the article) Engine #1 & #3 are identical twins under the different paint jobs.
 * Maybe those bits could fill out the Notes section for #1. Shearonink (talk) 03:28, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * A note for locomotive No. 1 has been added to the table. It's also already mentioned that the No. 1 and No. 3 are similar in the No. 3 note.  Jackdude 101  ( Talk ) 04:00, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I know it was mentioned for #3. I kind of thought it was funny that #1 was identical. But Walt's engine is the tallest. Shearonink (talk) 04:14, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Remember to finish this GA Reassessment
Talk:Crazy Eddie/GA1... Shearonink (talk) 05:01, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Talk:2016 London mayoral election/GA1
Thanks for reviewing this article - it's really appreciated! Just a note that I'm largely Wiki-absent over the holidays but will look at this in the first week of Jan. Have a happy new year! --Super Nintendo Chalmers (talk) 20:06, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for posting here. I am participating in the most recent GA WikiCup, several of my GA Reviews are awaiting responses from nominators/creators and I was becoming a little concerned.  Shearonink (talk) 20:10, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Forever Now (The Psychedelic Furs album)
Hi and thanks again for your GA review! But can you have a look at the close again please? Right now it says "A good article from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Currently a good article nominee" simultaneously. SteveStrummer (talk) 05:05, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * oops, missed updating the template on the article's talk page. Sorry about that, Shearonink (talk) 05:10, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for agreeing to perform a review of the Whiskey Rebellion article. Best Regards,
 * Barbara (WVS) (talk) 20:54, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Henrietta Lacks
The article Henrietta Lacks you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Henrietta Lacks for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Shudde -- Shudde (talk) 17:41, 7 January 2017 (UTC)