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 * ✅ Slambo (Speak) 16:00, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive
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Hale Holden for DYK?
Hello, Slambo. Thank you for starting this article. I've nominated it for DYK on MainPage. You may want to monitor the nomination, just in case reviewers have any questions or requests. Please be encouraged to self-nominate your next contribution for DYK. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 01:09, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I had thought about submitting it but got distracted with trying to find more information about him and his family (and building a genealogical profile of his family; did you know that through his marriage, he was Julia Child's uncle?) and then fixing a couple problems on my own website. Slambo (Speak)  12:18, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Hale Holden
Materialscientist (talk) 05:20, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Horace Silver
Hello, I got your name from the admin list. I am requesting help with the Horace Silver page. There is an unconfirmed rumor that he has passed away. The fact that anonymous Wikipedia editors keep changing the article to say that he died, makes it all the more difficult to confirm or deny the rumor. Is there anything you could do to help? Thanks.BassHistory (talk) 15:33, 17 December 2013 (UTC)


 * In a quick review, I would agree with your position that as the citation noted states, the death is still a rumor and not an verified fact. The best option on WP to slow things down is a temporary protection of the page and discuss things on the talk page (which you've already initiated). I've put the page under temporary protection so everyone can discuss this and come to consensus on the talk page. Slambo (Speak)  15:49, 17 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Great! Thanks so much for doing that, and thankfully I had already reverted the last edit before you did. For future reference, next time should I do anything differently?BassHistory (talk) 15:52, 17 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I usually stay out of content disputes, but I don't see anything obviously missing. I happen to be waiting for a client meeting right now and hopped on to do a little editing before my meeting, so it was a happy coincidence that I was able to check into it. Probably the best place to request quick assistance would be the Dispute resolution noticeboard. There are admins that monitor those pages at all hours. Slambo (Speak) 15:59, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Suggestions for your archive box
I have made some changes to the archive box titled "Automatic talk archives". The primary reason for the suggestion is that MonthlyArchive is an expensive template. It uses 391 of 500 permitted/page "Expensive parser functions". This display is also easier to access rather than a long list. I have colored it to match what you are already using. If you want to move your current information into one box, I have left a first pass at doing so commented out within the archive box. These are suggestions only. It was easier to put them in where they would normally go than to put them in this section. This section is a separate edit so you can feel free to revert the edit with the changes I made to the "Automatic talk archives" box if you don't like them and think that it can't be improved to your liking from there.

I have also added the template for the archive indexing bot. To make it function you will need to create the page:User talk:Slambo/Archive index. It will need the contents: on that newly created page. Makyen (talk) 01:20, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the tips and help. I like that it looks so much cleaner now, and following through with combining the two boxes would be my next goal.  I'll review the code soon and do that. Slambo (Speak)  14:48, 22 December 2013 (UTC)