User talk:Whoosit

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Whoosit! I have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on or by typing helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Oh yeah, I almost forgot, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on, or place helpme on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! Guy0307 (talk) 11:05, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
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Copyedit request
Hello, I found your name at the Guild of Copy Editors, and I was wondering if you would mind copyediting Ice hockey at the Olympic Games. It is a rather long article, and I would completely understand if you did not have enough time/patience to copyedit it, but if you do have time, I would appreciate it. Thanks, Scorpion 0422  18:55, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

→ I'm afraid I'm too busy this month and won't be online much. I might have a look in a few weeks when I have time. Hope you get it done soon, good luck with it. --Whoosit (talk) 13:39, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Copyedit request
Hello. I'm working on the FAC Ralph Bakshi, and some reviewers have suggested that the prose needs work. Do you have time to take a look at the article? Thanks in advance! (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 17:45, 15 May 2009 (UTC))

→Afraid I'm still too pressed for time, but I've posted your request here, so someone should see to it shortly! --Whoosit (talk) 22:34, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Overlinking
The recent edits you made to Gold mining‎ are helpful. However I notice it is slightly overlinked in that it links to terms which are not directly associated with the topic, such as bulldozer, diesel, gravel, etc. Please read the linking guideline. Thanks, —EncMstr (talk) 18:46, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

→Noted. Thanks for the tip. --Whoosit (talk) 06:33, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks! :-) I moved the barnstar to the "Awards" section on my main userpage, in case you look and wonder what happened to it. --RL0919 (talk) 20:26, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Use the "new section" button
It works wonders =) You seem to have inadvertantly over-wroten a section on Graeme's talk page with this edit. It is easiest to use the "new section" button rather than editing the final section and tacking it on (or mistakenly over-writing it!). –xenotalk 22:56, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

→Hmmm. Thanks. Didn't know what that button did... --Whoosit (talk) 00:31, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Aboriginal peoples in Canada
Hello there. Thank you very much for your copy edits on Aboriginal peoples in Canada, they helped enormously and were much appreciated.SriMesh | talk  17:17, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Curtis Loftis page
The only reason we are honestly trying to keep the page up is because it was created by someone else, and now if people google his name, we dont want them to see a wikipedia link, and then have it deleted and have them think the worst, as he is trying to get donators for his charity. That is all.

--ForrrestMaster (talk) 13:58, 14 October 2009 (UTC)


 * That's a perfectly understandable reason. Let's see what happens on the deletion review. It looks likely that we will not get a decisive opinion on deletion. If that is the case, the page will stay up. In any event, whether it's deleted or not, if you have concerns, there is a guideline specifically for people in your situation.  See WP: BLPHELP.  You can also contact Wikimedia directly, should you wish. See WP: BIOSELF for instructions on how.  --Whoosit (talk) 21:43, 14 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Alright, thank you for your help. I worked on it yesterday to try to help it adhere to the standards better, and I am still working on it today.ForrrestMaster (talk) 12:16, 15 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I have a quick favor to ask, is there any way you can get me the text of the page? I cant now that it is deleted. ForrrestMaster (talk) 19:01, 28 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I can't get it, I'm just an editor. But and admin can. A good place to start is with User:Bigtimepeace who was the admin who closed the AfD. Just ask nicely, refer him to Articles for deletion/Curtis Loftis and give him a valid reason you need the text. Point him to our discussions if he needs clarification on the history behind the AfD. --Whoosit (talk) 22:12, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

G.W. Carver Middle School (Miami, Florida)
Please revisit G.W. Carver Middle School (Miami, Florida) and see if you'd like to change your delete position in its AfD based on recent edits. TJRC (talk) 20:59, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

So where's the OR in the RfC material ?
In your recent anti-Logicus RfC comments which alleged the material in question is OR, unfortunately you never identified which of its claims are OR in your view. I would be most grateful if you would now do this so that I may consider how any such breaches of NOR policy, if any, may be remedied by some revision(s) should any of your criticisms be objectively valid.

If you can oblige me, I would be most grateful if you would start with the material in the smaller section entitled 'Impetus in the celestial spheres', at least since I imagine it would be less problematical for you on your particular understanding of medieval dynamics, as well as being smaller. So in the first instance, do you claim that particular material is OR anywhere?

And in case you ever thought Wilson's objections were valid, I would also be grateful to know whether you think they have now been overcome by my proposed revisions of the only four sentences he seemed to claim are OR because he claims they are OS.

Thanks in anticipation ! --Logicus (talk) 16:19, 14 December 2009 (UTC)


 * I assume you're referring to this RfC []? Thanks for your patronage, but you're not dragging me into that Bagdad. The core of my original comment was that it was too voluminous to be effectively understood by the lay reader. It remains so. I won't comment further—it's not worth the time. Good luck with your dispute. --Whoosit (talk) 10:21, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

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Grab some glory, and a barnstar
Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In May, about 30 editors helped remove the tag from 1175 articles. The backlog is still over 7500 articles, and extends back to the beginning of 2008! We really need your help to reduce it. Copyediting just a couple articles can qualify you for a barnstar. Serious copyeditors can win prestigious and exclusive rewards. See the event page for more information. And thanks for your consideration. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 15:40, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but that 7,500 article backlog is for articles which have been flagged as needing copyediting, of probably 850,000 more that should be flagged. Scary huh?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:01, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

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