User talk:Torsodog/Archive 1

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Sensōji
Please don't move pages by cut and paste, that loses the edit history of the original article, which is a copyright violation. I'm going to undo your move until it can be moved properly. Corvus cornix talk  07:46, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Please don't revert my edits. You are violating copyright.   Corvus cornix  talk  07:52, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem. Unfortunately, now that both articles have an edit history, only an admin can do a move. You can make a request for a valid history move at WP:RFPM. Corvus cornix talk  07:58, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Peer review feedback
Hi, I noticed you have a request in at peer review which has not yet received any response besides the semi-automated script. Have you tried requesting a peer review from the volunteers list? Another idea you might want to try is to review someone else's request (particularly one from the list of requests without responses), then ask that they look at your request. Hope these are helpful suggestions and help to get some feedback for your request soon, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 17:09, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Peer review/Sanja Matsuri/archive1
Hey Torsodog, thanks for you kind words. Of course you're welcome, if there's anything more I can do to help with this or any other article, or anything else Wikipedia-related, don't hesitate to give me a shout. All the best, The Rambling Man (talk) 08:24, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Your work on Posting system

 * Thanks so much! Working on the article was my pleasure. It combines two of my passions, baseball and Japan, so I thought it was only fitting that I work on the article. Plus I learned a lot of new things about the Posting system in the process. Torsodog (talk) 19:40, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I wish I could help with a peer review, but right now I'm simply too busy to provide assistance to other folks. Good luck with it though, and hopefully I can be of service in the future. – Scartol  •  Tok  11:39, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Peer Review of Tokyo Tower
Heh heh...sorry, bud, for two things: one, for throwing you off with the new username, and two, for making you feel stupid. I've been there!

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Portal:Japan
I thought I'd give you a heads up that I don't think I'll be working on the Portal until Friday night or Saturday. My coursework requires more attention at the moment. In the mean time, another user left some feedback on the portal on my talk page. Check it out if you'd like. -JadeFox (talk) 03:36, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I got your message. Nice job changing the Overview tab to Geography. By the way, the text (from the Japan article) in the Projects tabbed box seems out of context. A brief overview of what WikiProject Japan's objectives and most important activities are would be more appropriate. Article creation, maintenance, AfD rescue, etc. The WikiProject page is very well detailed - lots of material there to work from. The Transhumanist 08:16, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:AWB
Approved. Enjoy! -- Rodhullandemu  (Talk) 20:52, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

JapanWiki
Hey Torsodog. I recently began a project called japanwiki (japanwiki.org). I did that before I discovered the Portal:Japan function in Wikipedia. I resoect the work you have done so far and I was wondering if you could ask the community what they think is best. The portal function of Wikipedia or a completely independent site. I built the site using mediawiki (same as wikipedia) and I am hoping to make it a source of knowledge for Japan. I wanted to ask for the help of the community but I see that a lot of the work has already been done here. Do you think the community would be willing to move the content to JapanWiki? What do you think? I would be willing to let anyone who is serious to be an administrator and shape the site his preference. Jubeidono (talk) 19:54, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

GA Nomination of Posting system
Hello, your GAN of the above article has been reviewed, however, it does not meet the GA criteria to the fullest, though, it has been placed on hold, in order for the comments to be addressed. Thank You and Good luck.-- S R  X  21:45, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * One more comment left before p/f.-- S R  X  23:09, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Good Job. The article is now at GA Status. -- S  R  X  23:39, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

You may present this on your userpage:
 * Thanks so much! Torsodog (talk) 23:42, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Top Importance Chicago Articles
If you want to help me choose Category:Top-importance Chicago articles, come comment at WikiProject_Chicago/Assessment by June 5th.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 13:49, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Millennium Park
I am kind of interested in pursuing a WP:FT with Millennium Park. This means that all the attractions on the first line in the template have to be WP:GAs, Millennium Park has to get to WP:FA. I am not sure if we would have to improve any other article or if any others would be missing. I have made Crown Fountain and Jay Pritzker Pavilion GAs. I am working on BP Pedestrian Bridge. I could use help with any of the other articles. I guess if I were to point you in a direction, I would think you could have fun properly citing Cloud Gate.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 08:12, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * To pass at WP:FTC the articles will have to have similar styles as I understand it. So you may want to come edit some of my other work at Crown Fountain, Jay Pritzker Pavilion and BP Pedestrian Bridge.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 06:35, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Someone needs to add overview paragraphs for all the features at Millennium Park. I will get to it eventually if no one else does.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 20:25, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Images
I replied to your comment at Talk:BP Pedestrian Bridge. You may also want to take photos of Lakeshore East buildings that remain photoless.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:23, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I will also need photos from McCormick Tribune Plaza and Lurie Garden, which are my next two projects.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:37, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Weather permitting, I plan on taking pictures of needed Millennium Park and Lakeshore East structures either tomorrow or Monday. Hopefully you'll see them soon. Torsodog (talk) 06:17, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Excellent. I could not find any McCormick pictures that were properly licensed on Flickr.  I have not looked for Lurie yet.  Your pictures will help I am sure.  Feel free to swap out any poor images currently in the articles.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 06:37, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

I just scoured flickr. The following are out Lurie Garden options:
 * 1) http://www.flickr.com/photos/senor_codo/217430820/
 * 2) http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheek/149506023/
 * 3) http://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/2527457590/
 * 4) http://www.flickr.com/photos/rcktmanil/35271388/

I will probably upload them to commons tomorrow or Monday.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 08:22, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh great. It is always nice to find good, usable pictures on Flickr. Plus now it is one less thing for me to photograph! Torsodog (talk) 08:25, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Don't let flickr stop you if you can do better or see something that is missing.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 16:29, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I noticed many of your images popping up in articles, but we still have no main image at BP Pedestrian Bridge. Any reason?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 08:42, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I had taken a great picture of the Bridge from the top floor of my building, but I realized when I uploaded it that there was a distracting reflection on the window that I hadn't noticed before. I will retake the picture ASAP tomorrow. Sorry for the delay. Torsodog (talk) 08:49, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Cloud Gate
I just added some info to the talk page.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 20:20, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Make sure to add a story about the new Xmas tradition of carolling at the Cloud Gate. I am not sure if it is any of those in the link below, but you should be able to find something on the web.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 17:04, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I think we have made great strides with this article. Once we go through all those Chicago Tribune articles we may want to go to WP:FAC.  What do you think?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 16:12, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. There is a great chance to make this a FAC sometime soon. I'm going to start sifting through the articles this weekend to find some more info that I missed before. I think a couple other articles could be ready soon as well (mainly Crown Fountain and maybe Jay Pritzker Pavilion). --TorsodogTalk 18:07, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I have been out of town for over two weeks. I intend to check out Millennium Park by Timothy Gilfoyle from the library this week.  I think we may be able to improve all of the articles based on this book.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 02:18, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * P.S. I am not so sure about the prospects for JPP because it was recently put under WP:GAR. My guess is the perception of the article is as a modest GA quality article.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 02:20, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

WP:FT
Now we have Cloud Gate, BP Pedestrian Bridge, Lurie Garden, McCormick Tribune Ice Rink, Wrigley Square and Harris Theater (Chicago) all in the WP:GAC queue. The latter ones could use some more beef. Let me know if you can find anything to help out, because they are kind of borderline.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 05:56, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Great pic of BP Pedestrian Bridge. How many times zoom is that?  I added it at T:TDYK, where it may get included on the main page.  Follow along and help keep the featured topic drive up to date at WP:CHIFTD.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:38, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * They are not going to use the pic on the main page.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:40, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I forget how many times zoom the picture is, but it wasn't much. Sadly, that is still the picture with the reflection I was referring to previously. It has been WAY too foggy the past two days for me to give it another try. Also, thanks for trying to get it on the main page. I'm still not too sure how all that stuff works yet. --TorsodogTalk 06:27, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Main page
There are five sections in the main page. The easiest one to make is the did you know section. Any article that was created in the last five days or newly expanded five-fold in the last five days is eligible. Right now BP Pedestrian Bridge is on the main page. At any given time 6-12 different articles are featured. A picture from one of the articles goes on the main page. It is not uncommon for an article that usually gets 50 visitors a day to get 5000 during a six hour run in this section. You are a hard working guy. You would get on the main page for taking any of the redlinked articles at WP:CHIFTD to over 1500 characters in a five day period for example. If you are a good photographer you can also make the main page pretty easily with a picture. So far I have made the main page in three section. Featured article is the hardest. We have got to get you thinking about getting on the main page regularly and if you have a lot of great photos, you should try at WP:FPC. I have learned that with my point and shoot, I can only succeed if I get a high quality image that is virtually irreplaceable. I have only one WP:FC in many attempts. We can talk further, but I encourage you to create a new article and try and make the main page. We need to get our other redlinks written up so any of those at WP:CHIFTD would be a good start.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 08:41, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Another suggestion for a new article would be Daley Bicentennial Plaza, which is currently a redirect. I don't know what part of Grant Park is considered to be in the plaza.  It would be a chance for you to get on the main page, a chance to add a great photo given your geographical location, and a chance to learn how to make maps like those I made at Lakeshore East and Millennium Park.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 15:10, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Exelon Pavilion
If you get a chance we could use a picture of the North Exelon Pavilions. The Northwest Pavilion is the welcome center, so I guess this should be the main image for the page if we can get an image. I have some requests in at Flickr for some authors to change their licensing, but they may not be willing to.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:47, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
 * That is no problem at all. First chance I get I'll shoot a few pictures. --TorsodogTalk 08:19, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
 * It sounds like the guy who shot http://www.flickr.com/photos/diegoi/1971723518/ will release it, but we can still use other photos. especially the inside ceiling and maybe something like this showing proximity to Harris Theater (Chicago)--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:03, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Alright, I'll check it out. I've never actually been inside the pavilion, but from what I've gathered from walking by it everyday, it's just a welcome center, so it shouldn't be a problem getting pictures inside. --TorsodogTalk 06:05, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

McDonald's Cycle Center
The interior pictures are not so good on flickr compared to those at http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek05/tw0325/0325pw_bike.htm. You are practically across the street from that one, but I am not sure if you have to pay to see the insides. Can you see the Cycle Center from the same place you shot the Bridge? We have some images, but might do better with better images. E.g., comparing the locker photo we have with the one at AIA is not so good for us.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:08, 8 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Wow, I had no idea the inside was so extensive. I know I could easily get pictures of the interior racks by simply going through the windows, but anything further I wouldn't know about. I could ask if you think new pictures are essential. I know that I can get much better pictures of the exterior structure for the article though. I'll shoot this when I hit the Exelon Pavilion. --TorsodogTalk 06:10, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Japanese addresses
Hey, what guidelines are you using for writing out Japanese addresses in English? I haven't been able to find any consensus on the "proper" way of doing it, so I'm seeing what information you have before I start a discussion on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles) (the format given on Manual of Style (Japan-related articles) seems a bit out of date, so that's why I want to update it all). Thanks for your input. Douggers (talk) 05:22, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I generally follow what is stated in the MOS-JP (which is pretty much what I learned when I was in Japan), though I usually also add the postal code. I do think that we could better explain/standardize the form, however, and would gladly participate in a discussion on the issue.--TorsodogTalk 05:38, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Alright, I've started a dicussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles). I brought up proper romanization and linebreaking, basically. Thanks for your help. Douggers (talk) 06:20, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

WP:CHIFTD
At WP:FAC you are only suppose to have one active nomination at a time. Thus, we may want to both nominate articles. I know you were considering nominating Crown Fountain. Are there any other articles at WP:CHIFTD that you want to nominate. Cloud Gate would be logical because you have cleaned it up. I am just trying to figure out how to attack nominating articles for promotion if we are successful at WP:GA.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 00:44, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I was able to check Millennium Park out at the library this morning.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 15:58, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

GA thanks
Thanks for your assistance at and --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:21, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Also thanks for keeping an eye on this one: --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:23, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations on your hard work. Make sure you post this somewhere: --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:45, 30 June 2008 (UTC)