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DYK nomination of V766 Centauri
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NGC 4414
Herald: I've rearranged your list of articles to put those with very high EV first. Remember that's not the same as prominence - it's the lead for Astrophysics, but largely serves as eye candy there, for instance, and it doesn't add much to the text in Particle.

The list of articles is meant to put highest EV first; if people look and don't see high EV, they may well presume no more EV anywhere else - I think that's what sunk the Carina Nebula image the first time - very high EV in Nebula, but Carina Nebula has the worst image use I've seen in an article. It's crammed full, willy-nilly - and it showed in the voting, which discussed the low EV in Carina Nebula and missed that it was being used in a key role in Nebula.

You choose good images, and we haven't had a lot of space images for a while, so there's certainly room to get quite a lot through at the moment. But, as there are a lot of very good space images out there, encyclopedic value becomes a major criterion, and people will reject over that. Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:46, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. And I will try to add more FPCs for space images. Thank again. Herald  talk with me 06:44, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

Featured content
Sorry about all the edit conflicts! Still, all the descriptions are done, and the article's illustrations balance fairly well. This was a hard one to illustrate - so many articles with mediocre images. Finally just threw the Korean map up to the FA section. Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:32, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Never mind.. You had done a great job in this issue. Sorry from my part too for the edit conflicts. I think the featured lists need a copyedit. Can you go on it?? Herald  13:35, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll have a look after lunch. Lists are hard, it's why I leave them to other people if I can get away with it - you constantly have to take something like List whose name precisely describes the content and then come up with something to say anyway. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:39, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
 * looks good! Don't want to italicise the names of the images - otherwise we'd end up with horrible things like "HMS Pinafore", where there's italics in the name, but they have to be reversed - but the credits works well. Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:47, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Yep,.. & thanks a lot. Herald  14:49, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

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The Biggest Loser Australia: Challenge Australia
The Biggest Loser Australia: Challenge Australia Content removal

I removed the content as it is completley factually inaccurate — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.222.30.95 (talk) 11:16, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

The Biggest Loser Challenge Australia:

people are putting inaccurate and fake information on the page pls don't revert any edits

121.222.30.95 (talk) 11:26, 17 March 2014 (UTC) The Biggest Loser Challenge Australia:

people are putting inaccurate and fake information on the page pls don't revert any edits if there is section blanking but if more weigh in tables are added feel free to get rid of them & apart from that their height is in ft and in & their weight is in lbs in Australia we use cm & kg and there are two weigh in tables and im only deleting one of them

121.222.30.95 (talk) 11:31, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
 * But you can't blank the page. Herald  13:06, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

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Featured picture candidates/delist/Strelitzia 2
I've renominated, as the last one didn't get the requisite number. This is probably a violation of some rule, but the fact this wasn't delisted feels like a violation of common sense to me, so there you go. I'd appreciate it if you'd drop by again. J Milburn (talk) 11:43, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure..better luck this time. Herald  13:52, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

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Axl Rose
I do think that you made a mistake about deleting my last edit to the Axl Rose page because i was simply stating the age difference between the couple, something I noticed from looking at their two wikipedia pages under "age". Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.213.64.212 (talk) 15:04, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

Mentorship
Absolutely love the photographs. I would very much appreciate your help as a mentor while I'm exploring the vast frontier of WP. Atsme  &#9775; talk  17:34, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure..Why not?? Herald  13:50, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I'm in the process of writing a BLP which should prove interesting.  If I run into an impasse, may need your help.  Again, Thank you.  Ms  Atsme   &#9775; talk  15:24, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

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Archiving a talk page
Hi, Herald - I don't know what I need to do to get an index of my archives going. I'm using the archive template, but I don't think I've set up the index properly. Will you take a look at it, and please advise. Also, for some reason, the left margin of this page is stacked on the body of the page whenever you open a new section, or try to add to an existing one. I've tried both Safari and Google Chrome, and it's doing the same thing in both. Atsme  &#9775; talk  11:55, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ Hi, I have fixed it. The reason you may be getting the stackig up may be due to some resolution problem in your monitor screen, I have got a fix. This may work. Got to Your Preferences tab >>Appearance>> and the try any other styles like Monobook or vector. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#F8F8FF 0em 0em 0.8em,#FF4500 -0.8em -0.8em 0.9em,#90EE90 0.7em 0.7em 0.8em;color:#696969">Herald  14:13, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Herald. Oddly enough, the only talk page that has the left-hand margin problem is this one.  I didn't have that problem here before, and I'm not having it on any other talk pages on Wiki.  Also, I'm using a MacBook Pro 21", so there's no viewing squeeze at all, but the Wikipedia logo and the nav bar are sitting stacked in the left margin of your edit boxes rather than in the outside left margin.  PS: I also sent you a thank you from the view history on my page.  One last question - are you allowed to help me understand what's going on in ANI where someone is trying to get me blocked even though I've done nothing wrong?  An admin even questioned it, but the case is still ongoing.  How long do these things last?  Here is the link,, but if it isn't allowed, I understand.  Atsme   &#9775; talk  14:59, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. I have seen the Incident much ago but since its been closed finely, I can't help myself. Next time you leave a talkback message, see that you are linking it to your talkpage, not user page. Also go through this page, this and this before you are linking a wikipedia page to anywhere. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#F8F8FF 0em 0em 0.8em,#FF4500 -0.8em -0.8em 0.9em,#90EE90 0.7em 0.7em 0.8em;color:#696969"><span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#F8F8FF 0em 0em 0.8em,#FF4500 -0.8em -0.8em 0.9em,#90EE90 0.7em 0.7em 0.8em;color:#696969">Herald  09:52, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Boxes
Atsme  &#9775; talk  16:52, 30 March 2014 (UTC)