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File:IMG 0392.JPG listed for deletion
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 * This looks like it might be somewhere in Chicago. Is it? If so, you should rename it, or I will. DanTD (talk) 15:09, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Not even in the commons gallery? DanTD (talk) 20:38, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) article has a commons gallery. If it's good for anything, it'd probably be good for that, once it's renamed. Otherwise, it would be kind of sad to see it go. ---DanTD (talk) 21:14, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I could give it a shot. I just picked out a name for it and added a description. If you think it's good as it is, I'll just upload it tonight. If you have a better name and/or description, go ahead and change mine. DanTD (talk) 22:14, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * You didn't see it in the past few minutes? I just added the name "Chicago_Trump_International_Hotel;_Under_Construction_-_2006" to the renameing tag, and gave a vague description to the summary box. DanTD (talk) 22:22, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Millennium Park take two
Thanks for the heads up, I was planning to work on it tonight originally. I will ge glad to make copyedits if needed, but there is no need (or expectation) for a co-nom (thanks for the offer). Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 02:03, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification - I did not think I had made that much of a contribution. After a careful (re)reading and some copyedits I expect to support - since lack of support was the problem before, I figured it was better to have more support. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 13:47, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I was very surprised just now to see the FAC was closed already - sorry. Which would you rather I do: 1) work on Millennium Park article text? 2) Work on MP image licenses? 3) Work on Exelon Pavilions with an eye to FAC? or 4) Work on Lurie Gardens? I think 3) might be easiest as it is the shortest article. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 02:40, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, I will look at Exelon tomorrow (Sunday) and if I run into some major problem with it will work on Lurie instead. Hope your internet issues are soon resolved and if you are at McD's have a french fry for me (yum!) and thank them for the Cycle Center. ;o) Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 03:01, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I closed the PR as requested. I have read the Exelon article and many of the sources and think I can work on it, but will wait to hear from you. Assume you saw the note at the talk of Sandy's talk page that she is traveling. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 00:15, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

All-American articles
What kind of help are you looking for? To be honest, I'm kind of more interested in some other updates (like adding more historical season pages or completing the 2009-10 conference season pages), but may be able to help some. Just let me know what you're looking for. Rikster2 (talk) 02:09, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Not sure I can commit to help, I have been more into adding new content - new seasons, players, improving existing artoicles, etc. I may jump in and do some "de-linking" for the All-American articles when I am looking for a short task to do, but I'd hate for you to count on me.  Good luck! Rikster2 (talk) 12:30, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

VPC
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Talkback
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Before Millennium Park
Hi Tony. For a photo of the Millennium Park area before Millennium Park you might want to look through the Library of Congress collection. Photographer Jack Delano took a lot of great photographs there in 1943, and as he was working for the Farm Security Administration the photos are public domain. Here's a few possibilities that I found:  —I particularly like  and  —Jeremy (talk) 00:46, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * If the TIFF's on the LOC site is big enough those actually might be FP quality with a little work... Let me know if you want to restore anything. — raeky  T  00:50, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Help
I saw that you are good at getting articles to GA and FA status. Also i saw one of your userboxes says you are willing to help. Im asking if you can help me with an article I been working on? The article is Chula Vista, California it is an important article to me. If you dont wanna help you dont have to but im asking. Spongie555 (talk) 04:06, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

1997 Michigan Wolverines football team
Tony, I had a couple thoughts about the 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team article.


 * First, the records you put in the box scores reflect records after the decision of that game. The standard in Template:Infobox NCAA football yearly game for articles about individual games seems to be to list records going into the game.  See 1998 Rose Bowl for an example.  The box scores should probably employ this standard.  Also, you've included references in each of the box score headers.  I think in all cases, these references are cited again in the body of that section, so those references can probably be dropped, which will improve the look of the article.


 * Second, I realized that the '97 Michigan team beat four coaches who have since been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: Hayden Frye, Joe Paterno, Barry Alvarez, and John Cooper. Plus Nick Saban is likely going to be there one day.  Might make for an neat tidbit to work in somewhere.

Jweiss11 (talk) 05:35, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

otheruses4->about


Please use about. otheruses4 is deprecated. Many thanks.199.126.224.156 (talk) 05:45, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:20100801 Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool from southsoutheast.JPG
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1997 team
Glad to help. The 1997 team is the most important Michigan team in the past 50 years, and it deserves a first-rate article. You've done an outstanding job compiling the facts. As time permits over the next couple days, I will make a couple passes through the article -- mostly for purposes of style and flow. But I'll also keep an eye out for any substantive contributions I might be able to add. Cbl62 (talk) 18:49, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Patience
Just please have a bit of patience, I've been interrupted from editing, but will be soon back and finish the job. --Elekhh (talk) 23:48, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Buster Stanley
You may be interested in contributing to Buster Stanley, 1993 team MVP for Michigan. If I recall correctly, that's your era of interest. Cbl62 (talk) 04:17, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

FAC concerns
Hi Tony. As FAC delegates, SandyGeorgia and I are concerned about the pattern we see in your nominations at FAC. You are one of, if not the, most prolific nominators at FAC. This means that your nominations collectively tie up a higher percentage of reviewer time than those by other nominators. This is a problem for two reasons: a) in the past, you have failed to review other nominations, and b) your nominations are almost always underprepared, thus taking even more time from reviewers - both by turning the article into a peer review and then invariably requiring a second, third, or fourth nomination for the same article.

I have noticed and do appreciate that you've started to review other nominations occasionally to help with the backlog!! That has been a help. However, it is time that you work on the rest of the issue as well. As a frequent nominator, you should be well aware of what it takes to get an article passed at FAC. There is no excuse for an experienced nominator to have the same issues pop up in each nomination - in yours these tend to be: overlinking, unwieldy prose, MOS issues, image issues (either copyright or overuse) and some sourcing problems. We see most of these at almost every nomination you put forth. I don't expect you to be an expert at all of these things, but by now you should be able to recognize your weaknesses and find collaborators who can help you to fix those problems before coming to FAC.

FAC is not peer review. I strongly encourage you to prepare more diligently before nominating an article. If I continue to see unprepared articles - from experienced nominators - nominated at FAC then I'll bring the problem to WT:FAC to get wider input on how to handle the situation. Karanacs (talk) 14:58, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Pre-Millennium Park Grant Park.JPG
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Re: File:Ricketts Glen State Park Adams Falls 4.jpg
Hi Tony, you voted for a very similar photo, File:Ricketts Glen State Park Adams Falls 2.jpg. The photo in the DYK queue is File:Ricketts Glen State Park Adams Falls 4.jpg, which was taken this year, several months after the photo poll had closed. I liked the DYK photo better as it has more green vegetation. I have never successfully nominated a picture for FP, so although I really like the Pritzker Pavilion picture, I will leave it to those more knowledgable about images. Off to c/e a ceratin article. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 02:01, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Chicago Half Marathon
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GAR
Tony, I've started the process at Talk:J. T. White/GA1, just thought that you might like to know.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:30, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

GA review for Kevin Grady
I've started reviewing Kevin Grady for GA, and will aim to complete my review in the next couple of days. See here for the review subpage. –Grondemar 18:18, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I've completed by review and placed the GAN on hold waiting for your input.  Thanks. –Grondemar 16:52, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick response. I've  passed the GAN.  Congratulations on yet another Good Article.  Also good luck for Michigan for this year's season, but not too much luck in the first game. ;-) –Grondemar 03:49, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

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Hi again
Hi again Tony, not to pester you but have you reconsidered in regards to whether or not RfA is appropriate? I really think you'd make a fine admin and given your contributions there is no doubt in my mind as to whether or not you'd be capable and I doubt you will abuse the mop.  Fridae'§Doom &#124;  Spare your time?  11:29, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Electric Company (Football)
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DeWayne Patmon
Per your request, I beefed up the DeWayne Patmon article. Should be sufficient to qualify for DYK should you decide to nominate it. Cbl62 (talk) 06:27, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Marcus Ray
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MP FT
I have a nom in at FAC myself right now and am busy in real life. I said I would copyedit Exelon Pavilions and will do it, not sure when I will get to it - may not be until next week. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 01:35, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Hey, nice work on the Michigan Hockey page!VictorsValiant09 (talk) 04:50, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Sideways (Clarence Greenwood song)
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Proofreading
Hey there. No problem. I may check that article every now and again. I'm still learning my way around editing on Wikipedia, but as a Michigan Alum, I've had no problem giving my input on sports-specific pages.

As far as the Hockey Page goes, I figured that you didn't mean to include Ryan Miller on our list of records. :)VictorsValiant09 (talk) 01:14, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Sideways (Clarence Greenwood song)
Courcelles 18:03, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

GA review of Remy Hamilton
Tony, I reviewed and passed Remy Hamilton as a good article. Let me know if you have any questions about the review. Strikehold (talk) 02:01, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

GA review of 1973 Buffalo Bills season
I started the review of 1973 Buffalo Bills season. --EdgeNavidad (Talk · Contribs) 15:47, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

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Possible DYK nomination and help
You seem to be on a tear for various article nominations. I am working on getting Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World up to a DYK and I wanted to see if you might be interested in helping out (especially since it is worth WikiCup points). I am working on the draft article here User:Remember/SandboxUNC2; let me know if you are interested. Remember (talk) 19:25, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

VPC alert
Edge3 (talk) 14:32, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

VPC
As you seem to be ignoring my comments to you on my talk page (despite you returning to the page frequently enough to leave more messages) please be aware that I do not have any interest in VPC. I do not know the criteria, and do not wish to take the time to learn it. I know FP criteria, and will stick with that, so please do not waste yours and my time with any further invites to visit VPC as I am not interested. Thank you. Gazhiley (talk) 14:42, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

1974–75 Buffalo Sabres season - Stats Table
I noticed on the last GAC that  Harrias  <sup style="color:#009900;">talk mentioned your stats table not sorting correctly. The table you have on the current page still doesn't sort correctly. I have made a table in my Sandbox that does sort properly and IMO is cleaner. I have also made a key for the table, both are similar to the way FL for franchise's all time players are done. I did not change the table on the page since you currently have it up for GAC again. Feel free to copy any parts of the table you want to use, you should be able to copy the sort system with out changing the existing table if you prefer. A couple of other changes I made were to make the positions identical to your source, I changed Bench to Bench minor and linked it to minor penalty for readers who may not be familiar with hockey and not understand why bench is listed, and in the goaltender table GAA is always expressed with 3 numbers so I added a 0 to Gary Bromley's statistics. It looked like the Goaltender table was sorting correctly so I did not bother to make any other changes to that. I'm not sure where you got the player numbers from but even the players trade would have had a number during the season so I'm not sure why they weren't listed on the table. Any way I hope this helps.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (talk) 15:50, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I see you noticed I made the changes, your quite welcome, hopefully that helps in finally pushing that article over the top, good luck--Mo Rock...Monstrous (talk) 16:12, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm really not that good with tables, but I took a quick look at the ones on the Braves pages. They all seem to be sorting correctly and I'm not sure there are a whole lot of changes that need to be made. I did put together a new legend for you since the NBA one doesn't list a lot of the abbreviation you have and has 3 point% which doesn't apply to these seasons. the Legend is posted below. Good luck--Mo Rock...Monstrous (talk) 20:57, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I wasn't able to add playoff stats to the Brave's pages If the same stats are listed for playoffs and the table is to long for a standard size table. You would need to add a second table for the playoff stats.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (talk) 00:03, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Millennium Park
Honestly, I think what the article really needs is another peer review. I've only looked through the lead so far. I think the FAC will get out-of-hand if I try to comment on every section. Zagal e jo^^^ 06:27, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for DeWayne Patmon
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Maybe?
I know that you only work on articles related to Chicago. But can you help fix Carlos Quentin article to good quality. He is an important person from a city im working on and i saw he plays for Chicago and i thought you might be interested. Spongie555 (talk) 06:19, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Also thank you for helping me find Valued picture thing(Inderectly, i saw all your valued picture thing on your home page and found it) I find valued picture easier then featured picture beacuse featured picture always wants really good things. Spongie555 (talk) 22:40, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Pill Hill (play)
I've completed the GA review and have placed the article On Hold for improvements. I'll check back in a week. Good luck! Susanne2009NYC (talk) 13:15, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

VPC
This is possibly the least helpful thing I have ever read. We're hardly friends, but, fuck, my respect for you has just dived. J Milburn (talk) 16:31, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Featured list candidates/1992 College Baseball All-America Team/archive1
Tony, you already have one FLC running&mdash;Featured list candidates/2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans/archive1&mdash;and it has received no supports. The FLC instructions explicitly say "Users should not add a second FL nomination until the first has gained support [emphasis mine] and reviewers' concerns have been substantially addressed." Don't you think you should wait a bit before submitting another one? Also, I would really appreciate it if you would do some reviews yourself. You seem to be interested in sports topics, so any of the myriad baseball, basketball or Olympic lists would be somewhat familiar to you. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 19:49, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I have removed the nomination from FLC for now; please wait until your first nomination (Featured list candidates/2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans/archive1) receives significant support before relisting. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:15, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

interested?
I asked Resolute and will ask you. See Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools and make it interesting and at least 1,500 characters (not including references and headings), submit it to DYK right away, then earn 10 points in Wikicup. A gift to you. Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 23:15, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Picture Dump
Thanks - the BP Bridge article already uses one of these File:Downtown Chicago Illinois Nov05 stc 2563.jpg. I like the side views of the Pritzker Pavilion, but am not sure where they would fit in the article. I do think that File:Downtown Chicago Illinois Nov05 img 2478.jpg would be better in the Wrigley Square article, probably in the Millennium Monument infobox. It would first need to be rotated slightly to correct for tilt though. Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 03:44, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I removed the overlinks and commented at the FAC. Do you want me to try and make the captions more interesting per Nasty Housecat's comment? I also fixed the acres per Tony1. Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 16:42, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Reflist error message in Christian Cook article
Hi Tony, your Reflist error in Christian Cook is because you have references in the external links section. The reflist template only works for references that are placed before it in the article, so the references in the external links section aren't rendered. —Jeremy (talk) 21:23, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

GARs
Tony, I've started reviews on a couple of your articles.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 05:18, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

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A Sports List...
Hey Tony - Chzz had recommended you as someone who's a great resource for this kind of things - sports and lists. (And you sure have done a lot a work on sports-related articles and Featured Lists...wow.) Another editor(who actually works in a sports library in Germany) and I are working on this particular list these days and if you'd like to stop by and add improvements/input, that would be great. The article is: List of professional cyclists who died during a race. I know the lede and the prose in general both need work, but I've been mostly concentrating on trying to adding RS refs for each name. Thanks in advance, Shearonink (talk) 17:03, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Chicago FPs
You know, I've never understood why you get so much flak for being most interested in Chicago. I mean, I do almost entirely historical artworks, Sasata has a strong concentration on fungi, Noodle snacks is mostly animals and plants, and noone really complains about any of us.

I don't know. Maybe I should do something Chicago-ish just to annoy them. Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:23, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

How about a nice [historic view] of the Palmer Mansion? Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:38, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Other strong possibilities include, , (gorgeous!), or, for sheer bizarreness,. I got up to here before stopping the search; there's over 3000 more images to skim through after that. Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:45, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Help me throw the Mansion image into appropriate articles? I've noted on its image page why the colours are right. Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:27, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

All-American lists
I've never paid much attention to any of those college awards, so I don't have any strong opinions on this matter. Sorry. Zagal e jo^^^ 21:01, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Exelon
I may be able to start in the next 4 hours, if not I should be able to at least start the copyedit in the next 24 hours. I doubt it will take me more than two days to copyedit. Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 23:40, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Juwan Howard
I could co-nom, but since my only edits were via the GA review, I don't know if I'd consider myself a significant enough contributor. I'll help out at the FAC though. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 02:58, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

1997 Wolverines team article
I took a break from editing the above article simply because I needed a break. It's a very large article, probably the largest I've ever worked on. I frankly got worn out working on it. It is an important article, and I do intend to get back to it. Was not aware of its implications for your WikiCup competition. Will try to wrap up my work in sufficient time to allow you to nominate it for Featured status. Cbl62 (talk) 03:46, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination for Trevor Tierney
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DYK for Kevin Lowe (lacrosse)
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User:TonyTheTiger/sandbox/cup
For the newsletter- is it just the final eight you want in there? J Milburn (talk) 21:56, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I have no objection to it being moved to a WikiCup subpage and linked on the navbox. I'll mention it on the newsletter. J Milburn (talk) 22:03, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 August newsletter
We have our final eight! The best of luck to those who remain. A bumper newsletter this week as we start our home straight.


 * Pool A's winner was . Awarded the top score overall this round, Sturmvogel_66 writes primarily on military history, favouring Naval warfare.
 * Pool B's winner was . Awarded the top score for featured articles this round, Casliber writes primarily on natural sciences, especially botany and ornithology.
 * Pool A's close second was . Awarded the top score for featured pictures this round, Sasata writes primarily on natural sciences, favouring mycology.
 * Pool B's close second was . Awarded the top score for good articles and topics this round, ThinkBlue primarily writes content related to television and film, including 30 Rock.
 * The first wildcard was . Awarded the top score for did you knows and valued pictures this round, TonyTheTiger writes on a number of topics, including baseball, American football and Chicago.
 * The second wildcard was . Someone who has helped the Cup behind the scenes all year, White Shadows said "I'm still in shock that I made it this far" and writes primarily on Naval warfare, especially U-boats.
 * The third wildcard was . Awarded the top score for featured lists and topics this round, Staxringold primarily writes on sport and television, including baseball and 30 Rock.
 * The fourth wildcard was . Entering the final eight only on the final day of the round, William S. Saturn writes on a number of topics, mostly related to Texas.

We say goodbye to the six who fell at the final hurdle. only just missed out on a place in the final eight. was not far behind. was awarded top points for in the news this round. contributed a variety of did you know articles. said "I'm surprised to have survived so far into the competition", but was extactic to see Finland in the semi-finals. did not score this round, but has scored highly in previous rounds. We also say goodbye to, who withdrew earlier this month after spending six weeks overseas. Anyone interested in this round's results can see them here and here. Thank you to for these.

Signups for next year's competition are now open. Planning is ongoing, with a key discussion about judges for next year open. Discussion about how next year's scoring will work is ongoing, and thoughts are more than welcome at Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring. Also, TonyTheTiger is compiling some information and statistics on the finalists here- the final eight are encouraged to add themselves to the list.

Our final eight will play it out for two months, after which we will know 2010's WikiCup winner, and a variety of prizes will be awarded. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page. If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 23:17, 31 August 2010 (UTC)