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Thanks

Thanks for the note and support. I appreciate all you do across Wikipedia.

BTW, did you see this report on honoring our Medal of Honor recipients? http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=25834

— ERcheck (talk) 16:32, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

No, but I'll add it as a ref to the article.Rlevse 18:40, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

One more interesting note on the Congressional Medal of Honor Society meetings, including Jack Lucas (USMC). See this blog entry — "Making the world a safe place ..." (posted Sept 30, 2006). — ERcheck (talk) 22:23, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Medal of Honor — on a similar vein, would you consider adding to the Medal of Honor article, or starting a new article for the Congresssional Medal of Honor Society. I think they are notable enough to be included. With your expertise on the subject, you are the natural candidate to do this. From their history page:

"On August 5, 1958 President Dwight Eisenhower signed legislation sent to him by Congress chartering the CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR SOCIETY. The purposes of the organization were clearly spelled out in its charter (which can be found in Title 36 U.S.C., Chapter 33)."

— ERcheck (talk) 22:38, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

I put a little more detail and better refs into the MOH article for now. Rlevse 23:46, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates

Strictly speaking, a place to suggest content isn't a requirement—de facto or otherwise—because it wouldn't make sense for some content rotation schemes (e.g. Portal:War, where the rotation isn't human-controlled). Kirill Lokshin 17:01, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

It's essentially a random number every time the page cache is refreshed; it then gets divided down to produce a number from 1 to X, where X is the number of possible article subpages available for selection. Kirill Lokshin 18:59, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

That's a debatable point, particularly if the pool is composed only of FAs in any case. In practice, though, the suggestion areas tend to be entirely unused on many portals; there's no reason to require creating something just to have it there, if nobody actually wants to use it.

(Plus, talk pages are perfectly good places to make suggestions.) Kirill Lokshin 19:04, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

FACs review

Hi - I request your input on the FACs of Kazi Nazrul Islam and Dhaka. Please gimme ur criticism and advice. Rama's arrow 01:35, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Deprecation

Why are you doing that? Did I miss something? Why don't you get a bot to do it automatically? --evrik 13:01, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Just because I do it when I notice it. If you want a bot to do it, go ahead. Rlevse 13:12, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for making the portalpar to portal changes to the USMC articles. It is much appreciated. — ERcheck (talk) 19:08, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

I can do the other USMC cats if you like, or one of your own people can do it. Rlevse 20:44, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks so much. I'd really appreciate it if you would do that. I don't have AWB installed; I've made the changes when I'm editing an article. — ERcheck (talk) 20:49, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks so very much for your help. The collaboration between editors is one of my favorite things about Wikipedia.

I took a look at Nadezhda Durova and tagged it. What an interesting find! We're never too old to something new. I've left a note on a task force member's talk page to take a look at it as well.

Thanks for pointing out the article on Minnie Spotted-Wolf. I'll take a look and try to find more information to expand it. — ERcheck (talk) 03:07, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you very much for the barnstar! It is very nice of you to take the time to do that, and it means a lot to me. Encouragement like you've just provided really helps me to keep plugging along when the wiki-frustrations pile up. Yours in brotherhood, Johntex\^talk 02:48, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Appreciation

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		To Rlevse: This barnstar is given in recognition of and appreciation for your work in updating portal template references for the USMC Portal. Thank you, ERcheck 11:26, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: GSUSA

Thanks I'll get on that :) , turns out I need to read three acts of Macbeth by tomorrow oh well. Darthgriz 9 8 18:13, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Tutorials

I've started writing some tutorials. Please check out Tutorial: How to include references --Gadget850 ( Ed) 14:04, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Very nice. Did you hear from Edgar Cunningham's family yet? Rlevse 14:08, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I got two emails, but no information as yet. I see that my draft is the top Google hit ;-)

Hong Kong

Hi Randy, the Scout Association of Hong Kong is nominated for GA at WP:GAC. Wim van Dorst (Talk) 16:22, 15 October 2006 (UTC).

Hello, i'm a frequent editor of the GA project, and you don't appear to have given a review of this article anywhere. Since there's all those merge tags on the talk page, did it get lost in a history somewhere? The rules for passing articles state that you have to leave at least a comment on the talk page about reviews, specifically: Leave a comment about your reasons for passing the article (with suggestions to improve the article, if you can). on the WP:GAC page under the section concerning passing articles. I'm just checking, because we've had a bit of a problem in the past with people upgrading article status when nobody is looking.....Homestarmy 02:23, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

I'll leave a review, but I also resent your insinuation. If you check, you'll see I've reviewed many GA articles, failing several--one yesterday too, over the last several months, most before the recent restructuring of the GA project. Rlevse 09:45, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Image talk:--MongoliaScoutsuniform.jpg

Hi Randy, would you weigh in on this discussion? Chris 22:25, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for backing me, Randy. The user is going after all images I uploaded, as I pointed out his rude behavior. Chris 23:13, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Controversies editing

I haven't had a whole lot to do with it in the past, but today I read through the Membership Controversies page, and was surprised at how disjointed it is (or has become). As people have added facts, they have not done a great job of "writing" the article. I spent some time revamping two sections - Litigation and Opposition. I would appreciate you taking a look at those two to see if they still meet FA guidelines. For example, the Opposition section now uses bullet points to enumerate examples. Thanks. --NThurston 22:29, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

See my response on the two primary authors' talk pages. Good Catch. Rlevse 02:05, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

History of Solidarity

That article, which you reviewed once, has been substantially improved and is now undergoing FAC review. Your comments, as that of a person familiar with the article, would certainly be appreciated.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 02:46, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the comment, I replied at FAC discussion.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 19:57, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Rp again. Still, if you disagree with me, I would not object if you'd move the refs yourself where you think they are appopriate. It would be a shame for such a minor issue to prevent this article from becoming a FA, I'd think.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 04:06, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

I do wonder if I've convinced you or not? It's a shame for such a minor issue to derail this FAC, I'd think. I'd like you to consider an example of an existing FA: Katyn Massacre. If in it we were to move all refs to the end of para, the often controversial numbers of vicitims, now carefully referenced, would stop looking easy to verify, and the article would instantly become more controversial. In HoS article there are also some facts that to me look controversial on the first glance and that should be referenced immediatly, not at the end of a sentence, which often contains some other facts (for example, information about the being the biggest social movement ever, holding the biggest stike ever, receiving help from CIA - just three of the facts that if I followed your advice would stop being 'directly' referenced and could make some people wonder which of (often several) references that would now be moved to the end of sentence is the one they should check for this fact. Cite.php is the most popular (and user friendly, I believe) style we have; there is no reason to restrict ourself to it's use in print based on traditional footnotes, when we can adopt the Harvard style academic 'after fact' citing style for even more usefulness. In the end, should Wikipedia look pretty or should it be more informative? PS. On the bright side, whether you agree with me or not, I have went over the article, rewritting it so that most important facts are 'one per sentence' and thus the refs can be given after the full stop instead of in the middle. There are still few that don't follow your preference, but I think I have fixed about 4/5 of the problematic refs. Could you reconsider your vote now?--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 16:16, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Your reminder made me go look at it again and I was going to change to support, but it has already been delisted. From looking at the FAC page, it appears there were still some serious other objections from other reviewers still outstanding.Rlevse 20:42, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

The only serious objection is the need for copyedit, I have did what I can in that regard (asked several users I know who are good at it) and I am waiting for their responce. The FAC has been delisted but the discussions are going on, and if you indeed can withdraw your objection and/or support the article, it may change Raul's mind - or at least make the next FAC easier by letting people see that this objection has been addressed.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 21:19, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Once a FAC is closed, one cannot change the archive. What you have to do is relist it as a new FAC. If you do that, let me know as I currently see no reason I'd oppose it. Rlevse 21:27, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Some FAcs are discussed for weeks, this was closed after 5 days, and the discussions on how to improve the article go on. There is no rule about not continuing discussion in the archive if it was archived before all contributors decided it is closed. I'd appreciate it if you'd ammend your vote accordingly - for the record that your objections have been addressed, and to help me remember whose objectiosn I have addressed, if nothing else.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 00:10, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

You can discuss it on the article talk page, but you're not supposed to change any archive on wiki and I will not be a party to changing an archive. Sorry. Let me know when you recreate the FAC. Rlevse 11:23, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

As soon as somebody decides to copyedit the article - it's not in my hands, I've spammed enough user pages asking for it... :/ --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 04:34, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

BSA membership Controversy

Yes, I too am concerned abou the recent spate of editing. I'm sort of in and out this week, but anything you can do to help out would be most appreciated. My suggestion is that people who want to change a FA go very slow, talk a LOT, and be absolutely careful to adhere to the highest stylistic standards, and edit warring AWAY from the consensus version is unacceptable. I don't understand enough about what the recent rewrite is trying to accomplish to really be able to speak intelligently about whether it's a good idea or not, but it seemed a really major revision to be undertaking without a strong consensus for change, and it introduced a lot of problems along the way. So-- we'd most appreciate anything you could do to help out in supporting the stable consensus version / those changes that you, Jagz, and others all feel is appropriate. --Alecmconroy 06:07, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Argument on "Controversies" in Boy Scout

I don't know about you, but I'm getting fed up with the constant reverts over this one misplaced paragraph - is there no way to sanction the user? He continues to post inaccurate and irrelevant information, despite strong objections from the consensus (and an acknowledgement that the information may be relevant elsewhere). Horus Kol 08:04, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Not just that, I'm sick of the agendaists who constantly attack Scouting in wiki and refuse to follow standard policies. I'm asking Johntex, an admin who is a project member, about this one. Rlevse 09:44, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

References

Hi, responding to your mild object on the Dallas, Texas FAC.. all references that apply to an entire sentence or paragraph are behind the punctuation. But I'm not entirely sure what to logically do with the ones in the middle of the sentences — for example, in the lead, the portion that's referenced is the largest inland metro thing. If the reference was at the end of the sentence, it seems easier to question "why" without getting the answer the reference provides. I guess that's just protocol though.. I should move all references to the end of the sentence? drumguy8800 C T 17:13, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

In such cases, they go after the closest punctuation to the material in question. Both wiki and standard English rules say to have footnotes there. Rlevse 18:03, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I've fixed all of them.. and added 29 references to the article in the process of responding to yours and other's issues with referencing. Please reconsider your vote unless you have further objections. Cheers! drumguy8800 C T 10:14, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Syed Ahmed Khan

Hi - I request you to please visit Syed Ahmed Khan and its FAC. I need your input, advice and criticism. Many thanks, Rama's arrow 01:41, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi - I've fixed the issues you pointed out plus those of others on the FAC. Please have another look, Rama's arrow 14:48, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Silver Buffalo awardees cfd

I fixed the malformed cfd for Category:Silver Buffalo awardees. If you go to the category page and follow the link, you will find it should work properly. — ERcheck (talk) 02:59, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I can't believe that guy is trying that. Rlevse 03:01, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Meta cite.php

I looked up how to do this recently and it looked very similar to the reference system I was using so I didn't know if it was an outdated policy or what.. what's the difference? How do I accomodate the new system? drumguy8800 C T 06:18, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

In fact I'm almost *positive* I use the correct format, now that's I've reviewed cite.php over at Meta. drumguy8800 C T 06:21, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Nope, see footnote one which I just converted for you as a sample. If I get time, I'll convert more for you. You can use Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America) as a sample of the various cite php formats (web, journal, etc), and other FAs as well. You've been quick to respond to FAC concerns and that will eventually get you FA. Keep up the diligent good work! Rlevse 11:38, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

RE: GSUSA

Getting this article to FA would be a great acomplishment, it seems to short of a goal just to leave it at A or GA. Darthgriz 9 8 15:55, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

OK, let me know when you want me to look at it again. I can't add much prose as I'm not a GSUSA expert. Rlevse 20:37, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Alrighty it is up for peer review. Darthgriz 9 8 18:15, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

How's it looking so far? Darthgriz 9 8 22:23, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Good, but I'd wait at least a few days to a week more as PR's can take awhile. Some PRs get lots of review, some little. Rlevse 00:07, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, I do have pictures from my gold award project, ones with me using a chainsaw and so on with trout unlimited, those wouldn't be copyright since they are mine, or I can google, but that might be a bad idea. I can find some of my old troop but I'm not so sure how many of them want to be on wiki. Darthgriz 9 8 18:14, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I've got one up, do you want me to try to find some free use ones on the internet though, or will that be pushing copyright? Darthgriz 9 8 23:46, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

If they're free use, they should be okay. On the one you uploaded, men are easily visible in the front. Compare that one to the photos/logos in Boy Scout and Boy Scouts of America and you can see what IMHO would look better. Rlevse 00:42, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I see I have closer ones with the girl in the front or do you just want me to scrap those and free use it? Darthgriz 9 8 01:09, 26 October 2006 (UTC) (definatly having trouble finding free use ones.)

Something where the girls' face more visible would be good.Rlevse 02:03, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

That I can do. Darthgriz 9 8 02:49, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Better. I take it that's you? Rlevse 09:50, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah pretty much. It passed board of review long after I finished it though :). Darthgriz 9 8 13:29, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

What was that, a pier or something? Rlevse 13:58, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

No, the banks of that river were so erroded that the water was too shallow and warm for fish to live in, so we made artificial cutbanks and in other places build artificial banks made of limestone to make it deeper. In the one in the picture, there are already a few trout living under it last time I checked. Darthgriz 9 8 15:19, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Hey there, happy Halloween. GSUSA has been up on peer review for awhile, not too much reviewing, but enough I guess. What should I do with it? Darthgriz 9 8 17:14, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Does he mean the intro? Darthgriz 9 8 21:49, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, he's talking about the 2nd para of the intro. Rlevse 21:53, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Ah ok I'm looking at it now, and not even sure what I should do with it other than take out the cookie thing, I didn't write a whole lot of the intro. Darthgriz 9 8 22:07, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

The intro should summarize the article, cover each major topic. See the BSA article for something similar. Rlevse 22:08, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok we have an opposition, some of the things can be easily dealt with, one of the things they mentioned was the person in my photo didn't give release of having their image used I just found that a little funny, how do I give permission for myself to be used so this can be fixed. And I know nothing about the American Heritage Girls, but it is being cited as POV. Darthgriz 9 8 14:09, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Took care of the AHG part. Darthgriz 9 8 14:24, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I released my permission to allow myself to be on wiki on the picture's page so that's taken care of. I'm about to work on the supposed misquotes with the numbers. As for handbooks, my mother threw mine out before I even graduated the program, but there is information on the website that I can take care of before my next class. Darthgriz 9 8 14:38, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

What should I say on that dang photo page to have it released properly, it is my picture, taken specifically for me. Darthgriz 9 8 15:10, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

It seems that the person who took it actuallly owns it. So get their permission. And yes, you are correct that it's also good to have the subject agree. Who took it? 15:12, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Trout Unlimited as a gag shot, they sent me the shots, which they have also released on their website to the public. Infact I asked them to take that one for me.

Then so state they released it and put the link to the release in the image license tag. Rlevse 15:20, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, the website has no copywrite or ownage, should I say they released it and link it to their photo page, since this one was one they sent to me over email. Darthgriz 9 8 15:30, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok image has been taken care of I'll work on those activites citations once I get out of class this afternoon. Maybe we'll get some more comments by then

Going good. See, I told you quick response was key. He even went and helped you! Rlevse 16:00, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok on Studio 2B, the contraversies are unsourced I have searched for ages on these, I know that a lot of people don't like it, but I don't think GSUSA is ever going to release what happened at the national convention saying that the girls pounded on the tables nor can I find a viable website, I'll keep looking but if I can't find one what should we do? Darthgriz 9 8 19:31, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Were you actually at this convention or know someone that was? I just googled and only found copies of this wiki article mentioning this. Is there a newspaper, web site, etc that specializes in GSUSA controversies? Rlevse 19:44, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

I only know what the majority of scouts think of it in my council and what my leader said happened at the council but somebody else put those in there since I took most of the POV out of The Studio 2B page, maybe we should remove this section. GSUSA would never release such information against itself and there is nothing on google. Darthgriz 9 8 19:53, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

For something like that, if you can't source it, you'll have to take it out to get FA. If that section is too small, build it up or remove it. Rlevse 20:04, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm pushing removal from GSUSA and the Studio 2B article as unsourced POV, now if I could find some sources, hell I'd have it back in there in a minute. Darthgriz 9 8 20:18, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok, now that that's all taken care of, I think we've covered every complaint that's come up so far. Just not much of anything going on on the talk page. Darthgriz 9 8 18:05, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I've started on the second batch of reviews, can you take a look at the segrogation second paragraph? It apparently needs copyedited so it doesn't sound like a random array of facts. I can get everything else. Darthgriz 9 8 02:13, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I've taken care of all the remaining references that weren't cited in the article, but a reviewer is asking about the book references, and I have no idea how to deal with them. Darthgriz 9 8 04:37, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Thats me. I don't understand why these books are in the references section. Frankly, if we can't figure out the context, I would say remove them. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 11:57, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Griz-the feedback we've been getting on the FAC is precisely what we want; stuff that makes it better so no one will have grounds to object at the end. You've been doing a superb job of dealing with the concerns. Keep it up and this will be a FA soon. Gadget850 is one of our project's most active and skilled Scouting editors and I highly value his opinions and skill. It seems you're not the one who put the book refs with pages in. I agree with Gadget850 that if we can't figure out where they came from (ie, you don't have a copy of the books to refer to), they should either come out or if they exist in online form, put in links to them as generic refs but with no specific pages listed. I think the Indiana ref can stay in as a generic ref. Rlevse 12:30, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I unfortunatly don't have those books, I don't even have a handbook anymore :( Darthgriz 9 8 16:44, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

So there I was looking for impact of GSUSA on America and famous Scouts, and i found this you might find it interesting... "What about STUDIO 2B?

Girl Scouts of the USA has received many comments and suggestions about STUDIO 2B. Many girls, especially those at the pre-teen level, love aspects of the approach—from tone and graphics of the books, to options for the awards, like badges or charms, the ability to set and learn from their own goals, and the renewed commitment to the By Girls, for Girls approach. Other girls want a clear, strong emphasis on the Girl Scouts brand, image, and leadership experience. So, we’ll use the aspects of STUDIO 2B which are most well-received and valued and incorporate them into the Girl Scout Leadership Development Program." And that is from GSUSA. Evidence of controversy in Studio 2B?! Darthgriz 9 8 03:06, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, yep I'd say. Though it only hints at what they DON'T like about 2B. Rlevse 10:42, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

How does the FAC look? It kind of went stale. Darthgriz 9 8 14:18, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually pretty good. It's normal to get a lot of initial interest and then die off. Just sit back and let it go. The article is really nice. If it fails, I'll promote it to A-class, and then we'll resubmit it again. I think it has a good chance of making FA on THIS round. Just let it go through the process and respond quickly like you have been. Rlevse 14:20, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

:D Yay FA!!! Darthgriz 9 8 01:24, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Rodney Pocceschi

I read your comments on Talk:Rodney Pocceschi, and I would like to apologize if you were offended by my concerns. In your comments, you suggested that I am advocating the article's deletion, quite the contrary, I would like to see the article improved to fully comply with Wikipedia's notability guidelines for biographies which is why I tagged the article. In short, I think it is a well-written article which needs some improvement. --TommyBoy 19:29, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Sorry if I misunderstood, but saying it's not notable is only one step from afd. The problem is there's not much else available on him that I've found.Rlevse 21:12, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I have removed the "notability" tag from the article in order to prevent the possibility that the article might be considered for deletion. --TommyBoy 15:24, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. Rlevse 16:19, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

thanks!

When I started my second editor review, I had no idea how greatly helpful it would be to me. Here are people from across the world who I've never met or laid eyes upon, taking their personal time to think about me and offer me valuable criticism and advice. And the stuff I've learnt is more helpful in real life than just on Wikipedia. This is an experiment I will never forget. I thank you most sincerely for your kindness, for helping me be a better person. I am very much in your debt. Rama's arrow 15:45, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

P.S. - just noted that you're a veteran. I salute you sir!

Thanks for the kind words. I hope we continue to work together and support one another. Rlevse 15:57, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Taking a deep breath

Okay. I deleted the pissing match. I also added Suarez back in. I swear, the aliugnment is not off. --evrik 20:28, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Cool/agreed. I'm not trying to reignite it by any means, but you've got Sessions 1/4 way up into the R section. Let's let pick the final photos, okay? See article talk page. Rlevse 21:30, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. --evrik 21:34, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Userboxes

You probably want to take a look at Wikipedia:Userbox migration. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 14:02, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I saw that about 2 weeks ago and it's why I've made code directly on my user pages for some of them that already got hit. That's my plan for any that I or the project use that gets hit. Rlevse 14:04, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Good. It does look like moving these to projectspace is probably the way to go. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 14:21, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I would put in on the project space ... --evrik 14:44, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
I think they're mainly worried about personal boxes like "I speak American, not English". I think project boxes may be safe. Rlevse 15:07, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Break

Have a nice time, Randy. Wim van Dorst (Talk) 21:23, 27 October 2006 (UTC).

Mediation request

A request for mediation has been filed with the Mediation Committee that lists you as a party. The Mediation Committee requires that all parties listed in a mediation must be notified of the mediation. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Boy Scout, and indicate whether you agree or refuse to mediate. If you are unfamiliar with mediation, please refer to Wikipedia:Mediation. There are only seven days for everyone to agree, so please check as soon as possible. GMcGath 14:56, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Good summary on the mediation page - its a shame things had to go this far... Horus Kol 15:03, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the note

Thanks for the mention of Heqwm's community probation on my talk page. I'll see you back at medcab once heqwm has answered those questions! Markovich292 23:25, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

New RFC

You may be interested to know that an RFC has recently been initiated regarding Fair use images of Canadian politicians. Please feel free to participate in what I hope will be a fruitful discussion. - Mcasey666 05:19, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Reply

rgds // Camptown 10:03, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

University of Glasgow GA

Just to let you know that I've fixed the problems you outlined in your response to my nomination of the article for GA status. I've added a second paragraph, and removed the 'citation needed' statement (the latter was probably a hoax - I can find no mention of it on the University's website or any other sources). Cynical 21:10, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Done. Cynical 09:32, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Wrong license

Regarding images that you uploaded here: Image:Willard_Eldred.jpg, Image:Eldred_eagle_medal.jpg, Image:Arthur_Eldred1912.jpg and Image:Eldred_Color_Eagle.jpg, the license you put contradicts with the permission you got. In the license, you wrote: "The image use must be attributed to them, the image can not altered, and it can only be used for informational and educational purposes", but you used CC-BY-SA-2.5, in which this license allows freely to use the images for commercial purposes. Could you please update those images? I've put tags of wrong license there. As soon as you fix this license, you can remove the tag. Cheers. — Indon (reply) — 11:38, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

The problem is that WP does not allow non-commercial purpose images. There are two things that you can do for those images:

Put them on fair use images, but you have to show that they satisfy fair use criteria. I think one or two images can be categorized as images with historical purpose, or
Ask the copyright holder to give their permission to release those images under GFDL license.

Did you have investigate whether those images fall in public domain, because they seems very old? If this is the case, then you can put WP:PD licenses. Good luck. — Indon (reply) — 13:18, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

I think images that you believe is old, according to US PD license, is better to be tagged as PD, as it is free license. For GFDL, as long as the copyright holder agrees, it is a good choice. However, you must know that GFDL allows someone to copy and to distribute the Document in any medium, either commercially or noncommercially. The difference with CC is that everytime the file is distributed or copied, the GFDL license text should be included without any alteration. Hope it helps. — Indon (reply) — 13:55, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I saw the article from WP:GAC, that's why I informed you about wrong license. The article looks good and has a potential for GA, but I didn't look into much detail. There are still tons of other articles waiting before this article. So, just be patient. Meanwhile, if I have more spare time, I'll take a brief reading to the article. Cheers. — Indon (reply) — 14:08, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

WP:FAC for lead(II) nitrate

Yoh, Randy, I just put the lead(II) nitrate article up for FA-class. Feel free to contribute your support, even if you're not into chemicals ;-). Wim van Dorst (Talk) 21:01, 2 November 2006 (UTC).

Scouting in Vermont

Randy, this guy who wants to expand the BSA controversies onto the state pages and was refersed had me look at Vermont. Now, there is a lot of general stuff on there that is not state-specific. May want to give it a look. Chris 22:11, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

You mean Xmasboy? It looks like generic history, not controversies. But I'll still revert.Rlevse 22:54, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

No, the guy before him, GearedBull. Xmas boy's changes are okay, but not mostly Vt related. Chris 02:24, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Looks like Gadget took care of it first. Let me know if the problem child persists. Rlevse 02:33, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually neither sets of edits was good. GearedBull added some of the same old contoversy stuff, then Xmasboy over-wrote it with history ripped from another site. I reverted Xmasboy. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 02:35, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Vancouver

I am trying to find the problem with the external or footnote error between 37-40 but cannot seem to find it. Everything looks intacted to me and another user also mentioned that it looks alright. Am I missing something? Mkdw ^talk 05:53, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Have you had a chance to review the changes made to the article, and if the changes no longer satisfy your reasons for objection, to change your vote? Mkdw ^talk 05:04, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

A couple questions from Storkk

Image:Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America).ogg

Hi. I noticed that you saw the file, and that you're a main editor of the article that I read. I was wondering if you had listened to it, and if you could provide me any feedback (positive, or negative). This is my first spoken article for english wikipedia (I've done a couple for simple). I didn't follow the recommended practice of prepending "Section X:" before each heading, because by the time I noticed the omission, it would have been a pain to add that in... is it clear enough as it is? If you think it's necessary, I can add the "Section X" into it without too much hassle. I'd greatly appreciate any input that you might have (though I doubt I'll redo the whole thing any time soon).

Another question: I was thinking it might be appropriate to mention OA (in the context of Brotherhood and Vigil Honor) in the Eagle Scout article, as they are also highly honored distinctions, but very different from Rank. Maybe just as a link with a 1 sentence explanation in "See Also". Alternatively, in the context that it can be earned by scouts up to 21 (which eagle can't). I'm not being bold because I'm not entirely certain that it would be appropriate. --Storkk 13:54, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Order of the Arrow

I was also wondering whether it would be appropriate to have a section "Ceremony" and/or "Ordeal" in the OA article -- of course, nothing that divulges anything that shouldn't be divulged, but a brief overview might be appropriate. What do you think? I'll dig up my old material and write it if you like. (At some point in the near future, if feedback from my Eagle Scout reading is generally good, I plan to also read the OA article. The current problem is the empty Awards section which just contains a link, with no summary).

Thanks for any input you might have, Storkk 13:54, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

PS. I'd appreciate any replies on my talk page. Many thanks. --Storkk 13:55, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Ogg info

Ogg Vorbis is a free (as in speech and beer) codec for sound files, similar in concept to MP3. For wikipedia-specific information on playing media, there's a good set of pages starting with Wikipedia:Media help. To summarise that set of pages, what you need to do is download this (current as of today) and install it - making sure that your media playing applications are closed. This will let Windows (I'm assuming that's what you're using) play ogg formats. If you're on another operating system, just go to the second page of the above set and find your OS for instructions. Cheers! and please let me know what you think of my spoken version, I'd like any criticism at all, including accent, speed of reading, quality of audio, etc. :-) Storkk 14:44, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Expert Advice

Hi Rlevse, I am a graduate design student doing a case-study of Wikipedia. I am trying to collect input from users with a high level of involvement like yourself. My goal is to take Wikipedia's design into an experimental direction, one that would assist users and community involvement. I would be greatful, if you have a moment, if you could provide me with some suggestions that would improve the web site design in your opinion. Thank You.Graphixmdp 23:34, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia uses a program called MediaWiki, so that's where the acutal design comes from. Wikipedia is just a specific installation of that software. I love the layout and design of Mediawiki. It's functional and easy to use. I'll have to think about suggestions for improvements. I'm only your second edit. How did you find me so fast? Rlevse 23:37, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I have been observing the site for some time, however, I only recently created an account. I am interested in a more radical approach to a redesign, one that would channel users into the community aspect and increase browsing and grazing search behavior (as opposed to specific searches), and not additional features of layout changes. Thank you for your help.Graphixmdp 00:10, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

You mean like a faser way to discover there are WikiProjects? Rlevse 00:13, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, but also ways to take discussions further, so that when referenced, users not only read articles, but interact with knowledgable people and are encouraged to contribute themselves.Graphixmdp 00:27, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Bhumibol Adulyadej

I agree that Bhumibol Adulyadej, as a featured article, should not be moved to a new name without consensus. Assuming good faith, I think that the mover wanted to have the "the Great" as one of the names that could be used. Creation of a redirect, which is now in place, works; but, it is possible that the editor was not aware of the nuances. I reviewed the editor's contributions, which seem to be solely related to Thailand-related articles; and the edits seem to be constructive. I think your note should suffice.

You might consider leaving a cordial note on the article's talk page commenting about the move and your reversion of the move.

— ERcheck (talk) 14:35, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Good points. — ERcheck (talk) 17:06, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Vancouver

My apologies if you took offense at my strikethroughing; that was not my intention. My understanding was that strikethroughs are used to indicate which criticisms have been addressed. I was following what is a common practice on the candidates page. Vancouver is neither the only candidate where this has been done, nor am I the only one who has done it on the Vancouver review, and until now I didn't realize it bothered anyone.Bobanny 15:34, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough, and I hadn't noticed that the guideline is written at the top of the FAC page, or more likely, it's been so long since I've read it that I forgot. I don't think I struck out any comments about the footnotes. If I did, it was inadvertent because I agree with you, and I've alerted others that the citations still need to be systematically gone through.Bobanny 15:56, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Rlevse 15:59, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Hey Rlevse, as you may or may not have noticed, but I haven't had a chance to spend a good amount of time formating the citations. I'm swamped with school, but I expect tomorrow I'll have a bit of time. Thanks for your help, and perhaps your continued help in finishing the work on the citations. I've been looking at some of the other FACs and I see that by far Vancouver is the most active. I am especially pleased with how good this FAC has been for the article in general. Mkdw ^talk 09:44, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Rlevse,

I fixed a couple typos in the footnotes, and they seem to be working now. Thanks for your help.Bobanny 16:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

WP members

The debate you're looking for is at Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_July_20#WikiProject_participants. We're doing it again because people on CFDU would like to see that discussion reopened. Feel free to bring up the oligarchy argument you introduced last time; I'm sure there are people who haven't heard it.--Mike Selinker 00:23, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Eagle Scout Article

As a fellow boy scout and Eagle Scout, I can not understand why you would delete my addition to your article. All of the information was factual and none of it was of the sort that needs to be cited. (for example you wouln't cite "the Wright Brothers invented the first airplane") Please respond

yours in scouting, Foomaster

When articles are on the main page, they get heavily vandalized and yours was in the midst of two vandalism entries by two anon editors and when you write stuff like "cite book| title=I'm an Eagle Scout so My Source is my Head; How's that For a Citation!?", it just looks like more vandalism, especially when you put WTF in the edit summary also. Your comment about the project being more significant is dubious and FYI the project as we now know it has only been around since 1965. Looking at parts of your edits, I'll agree some are quite good, but you need to be more serious in the others. This article is a Featured Article and we want to keep it that way.

Yours in Scouting, RlevseRlevse 02:01, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about the edit summary and citation, I shouldn't have done that. I was kind of frustrated

with the unnecessarily complicated citation process that Wikipedia has, but I still shouldn't have done it. As far as the project being the most important part I admit that it is arguable. Certainly it is more important than the elective merit badges (as far as being a requirement) but many of the silver ringers are equally important. However, the merit badges don't even get their own section!!! I know that by clicking a few links you can get to a more comprehensive description of the merit badges, but let's face it, who's going to take the time to do that? The answer is very few people. It would be nice if the merit badges were at least listed and maybe a few words about how the merit badges build important life skills and values. Nothing extensive, just a paragraph or two. Look at it this way: While Wikipedia is not supposed to be used for advertising their is nothing wrong with providing useful and factual information that shows people what a great organisation the BSA is. The history of the medals, while interesting and informative, should be secondary to explaining how scouting builds the leaders of tomorrow today, and how achieving the rank of Eagle Scout is the culmination of one's journey through Scouting. Again I am NOT criticizing your article, it is well done. I just think it lacks some things.

Yours in Scouting, Foomaster (fooeditor)

Feel free to add constructive edits, but also keep in mind there are other articles than this one on the BSA and each article has its scope...if you go too far off topic, the article will lose scope and focus and that section(s) will get deleted. One way is to have a summary section with a link to a full-blown main article. Rlevse 03:12, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I will keep that in mind

Just to butt in here. Could you wait until we are off the main page to make any more edits? I'm sure you have some good things to contribute, but they are getting lost in the noise right now. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 04:50, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Interesting article on GSUSA

You might want to read this, it's the new format for GSUSA. It doesn't appear to have any Studio 2B and if that's the case the part of me which will always be a scout is rejoycing, but the editor side of me sees a huge edit redox coming up. [1] Darthgriz 9 8 17:41, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

My suggestion is to start a small blurb on it in the article now and slowing build it up over the next two years until it's in full force. Rlevse 18:49, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Do you think anybody will mind if I wait until either this weekend or maybe the start of Christmas break to start that? I'm about whipped from school right now with finals comming up and several papers. Plus kinda bonked from the last FA. But I will start putting that in there soon. Darth griz⁹⁸ 01:07, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

No problem, do it when you can. Rlevse 02:02, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

By the way, should I put in a request for no specific date, but nonetheless for main page FA? Or does the intro need more work? I'm concerned that maybe the lead isn't good enough yet, or is it? I tend to critize stuff I write or help write or do for that matter highly. Darth griz⁹⁸ 02:40, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

List it here Wikipedia:Today's_featured_article/requests, at the top. I take the intro and tweak it so it fits into the main page space in case it makes it. Include the logo. It's up to you if you want a specific date request. Rlevse 02:51, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

We can't use the logo, it got removed from the featured article main page request list because it is a free use image, which I'm not so sure it should be since it is a logo. Which do you think we should use, me or Hillary Clinton? Darth griz⁹⁸ 06:26, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Hogwash. Then why was this Fair Use image, Image:Vforvendettamov.jpg, on the main page for Nov 5th for the article V for Vendetta and on Nov 14 the Eagle Scout image was an image with the Scout logo tag. That GSUSA logo removal was done by Durin, who is simply a butthead fair use Nazi. I don't like either of the photos for the main page. So, here's my best suggestion and since you asked for the main page on Feb 22, there's plenty of time...Do what I did for the BSA images, contact GSUSA HQ legal dept and asked for use of images on wiki and put that on all the GSUSA logos as part of the rationale, then and/or use the rationale on the Eagle article images as a guide for your Fair Use rationale. When I contacted BSA, I just called them and asked for their head lawyer. PS, Durin's rationale that the main page is not in the article namespace is bogus as the main page is in the article namespace. Rlevse 12:03, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Will do, I don't think Hill or myself are appropriate, I mean sure the chainsaw is well and good for the section, but unless I was wearing my uniform it's not too great, and Hill and the girls well, no. I will contact them, as a loyal scout for over 13 years they should at least repay me by hearing me out. As for the article changes I am going to wait, I am going to contact my leader latter this year and see if those are taking place there is something not right about them yet. Darth griz⁹⁸ 16:03, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok I sent them a request through email with my contact information and request, if they don't get back to me I will call them in January. I'm surprised everything hasn't been taken off that page yet, since most of it is Free-use. Darth griz⁹⁸ 03:32, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

On your recent reversal of the "fun" edit

"The Lone Scout program serves boys who cannot take part in a nearby troop on a regular basis because of such factors as distance, weather, time, disability or other difficulties. While the boy does not participate in troop or patrol activities, he does learn the fun, values, and achievements of Scouting" i deleted the "fun" because it is POV. Please explain how it could not be POV or i will revert.

You've got to be joking. Millions of boys would disagree with you. I suppose you think sports aren't fun too. Rlevse 20:57, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes i know a million boys disagree with me. The point is that a million other boys disagree with you. Therefor the subject is well subject to POV/NPOV treatment. The "fun" in the article should be implied just like the "evil" in the hitler article.

Dime (United States coin)

Can you please elaborate on these issues. List them out, so they can be addressed and crossed out as they're worked on. And with all the particapation we have on this page, could you please allow us a week lead time, to fix these issues. Most GA nominees(especially long ones) are placed on hold for curtesy reasons, and really trying to improve this page instead of just shooting it down, which has happened twice now. We would appreciate it, and we will work on any and all issues. Copied from Talk:Dime (United States coin) Jo e I 00:17, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

I only closed it out as no edits had been made since User:Kurt had left his comments 6 weeks earlier on 30 Sep. GA holds are only supposed to last 7 days. That alone told me his concerns hadn't been acted upon. Kurt should have checked up on it after 7 days. My suggestion is to ask him what his remaining concerns were. The quickest way to get GA or FA is to promptly address all concerns raised. I see this is rated A-class by someone. Are you aware A-class is higher than GA? Rlevse 03:18, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

South African Scout Association

Hi, thanks for the review of South African Scout Association. I think the nomination was a bit premature. I haven't been involved in this page for a while but I'll revive my interest in it at some point soon. Zaian 06:37, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

No one had touched it as of last night, so it'll likely fail. Rlevse 11:03, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

I've just done a bit of a cleanup, but it may not be enough. Zaian 15:20, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for tidying up my lazy citations. I've added a few more, and done them properly this time. Zaian 08:46, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks alot for the work both of you (Zaian and Rlevse) have done on the article. I haven't much time recently to work on it, but that should change soon, if there is anything you want help with just let me know Jediwannabe 12:17, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: Mil refs

Hmm, nobody in particular comes to mind; the article tends to attract rather more interest from the Scouting side than the military side, and I can't recall, offhand, anyone with an interest in the Boer Wars themselves. You might try leaving a note here, but I'm not sure how quickly you'll actually get some citations from that.

There's a good history of the Boer War available online, though, so you might be able to pull the needed citations for that part of his career from there without too much trouble. ;-) Kirill Lokshin 04:06, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Rlevse 04:11, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Luton Town Hall

I just read the first few paragraphs and this doesn't even tell you what country this is in????ARGH!!!Rlevse 12:38, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Added England, to location.GazMan7 16:01, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

Do you need anymore military or family references for your GAR? — ERcheck (talk) 16:51, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I think we have enough for the GAR, but more never hurts. Many thanks. Rlevse 17:01, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Controversy

I was trying to revert the anon's blanking of the page, I mistakingly reverted to the wrong version, I reverted myself right away. --ManiF 21:47, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Sounds like we overlapped each other. I've seen this before. I rm'd the warning on your page. Sorry for the trouble. Rlevse 21:50, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Cathedrals

Hi Rlevse!

Let me explain where I am coming from with regards Cathedrals.

I'm an Art Historian. If you read the page Art history you find that Art Historians read artworks as documents. In other words- when one cites an artwork, eg Chartres Cathedral, then that artwork is the evidence for the information... unless of course the information in POV or purely speculative.

I have referenced 9 pertinent art books below the inline references. These are (with one exception) large and fat. I have read, studied and inwardly digested these and at least two thousand more.

Now, although Wiki doesn't encourage original research, it needs (like desperately needs) expertise. What I have written is not original research. There is nothing original about any of it. It is entirely based upon a system of looking at buildings devised more than 100 years ago by one of the earliest and most renowned architectural historians. If you go back to the article you will find the method credited before it is appplied.

This article is purely descriptive in nature. Is not contentious, is not provocative, or philosophic. It's not ancient history, because it talks about solidly tangible things. This is not the same as trying to decided whether or not Leonardo was gay or Einstein was autistic or Jesus was the son of a virgin. In other words, there are no articles, or reviews or biographies or even any recent research that needs to be cited to support anything that is said here. The buildings stand as their own evidence.

Yes, I do write at length. --Amandajm 15:25, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree wiki needs expertise, but FAs require several verifiable refs in inline cites and your article doesn't have enough. Rlevse 15:30, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

GA Vilnius Castle Complex

Hello, some questions arouse to me about GA Vilnius Castle Complex, I left them on article talk page. When you have time please view them. Thanks in advance. M.K. 12:22, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your input and suggestions! Cheers M.K. 23:37, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Scouting and mormonism

Well, my scouting friend, I didn't refer to a Wiki article. I referred to the actual show - season and episode as specified. But I'll fix some written references just to make you happy. :-)

Peace!

Duribald 13:23, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't really see how my reference could cause such confusion, but I'll keep it simple and academic in the future.

Duribald 15:35, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Reverting vandalism

Many thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page. Much appreciated, Gwernol 16:01, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Minnesota

The refs have all been fixed. -Ravedave ^{(help name my baby)} 00:20, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Military brat

Hi Rlevse, I was looking at the FA nominations page and noticed that you are an active contributor there with a lot of good thoughts/recommendations. I am working on an article, that I would love to get to FA status but I'm not sure what else needs to be done to get it there. I was hoping that you might take a look at it and give me some advice? Also, how long does an article need to be 'stable' before being considered for an FA? This article has undergone MAJOR revisions over the past month (nominated for deletion when I first started!) Right now most of the revisions are coming as a result of peer reviews and my soliciting comments from people who make changes on the page. I'll watch your page for a response.Balloonman 19:26, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

PS... just noticed that you are a fellow Eagle Scout... Balloonman 19:32, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for all of your help...Balloonman 06:54, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
- Made changes... contemplating the homosexual changes... on the one hand, it is one of the sections that I think is the weakest... but on the other hand, I think it is fairly important to include because of the military's attitude towards homosexuality... I'll sleep on it... Oh, I did nominate the article for GA.Balloonman 07:53, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Rover Scouts

Please keep an eye on this so the user who keeps adding a large paragraph on a single Rover Crew in Canada knows it is not only me who thinks it is inappropriate. I have told him on his talk page to write an article on Rovers in Canada and give it a brief mnention there as it does seem notable in a way. Cheers, Brian. --Bduke 22:01, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Fair use image use

Rlevse, fair use images such as Image:Scouting Nederland.jpg are not permitted to be used in Portal space, per Wikipedia:Fair use criteria item #9. I've asked about this before, and have done research into this issue to determine actual policy on this matter. You can see some of this work at User:Durin/Fair_use_miscellany#Fair_use_on_portals. I've reverted your re-insertion of the image back into the portal pages. Please do not re-insert the images. If you have any questions about this, I'd be happy to answer. --Durin 01:15, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

I could care less. I changed them back, you waste my time, I waste your time.Rlevse 02:12, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

You are welcome to your opinion. It does not change policy. If you continue to re-insert the images, as you just did here, it will be considered vandalism and you may be temporarily blocked from editing. --Durin 02:15, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

- Doesn't scare me. I'd be glad to get away from users such as you who make wiki a pain to use instead of fun. You must relish in all this hate and discontent you cause. You're the only user I know that has to write pages and pages trying to defend himself. Rlevse 02:18, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
  - I'm not interested in scaring you. I'm interested in having you adhere to Wikipedia policy. Wikipedia:Fair use criteria item #9 is clear on this point, and the later Wikipedia:Fair use/Amendment/Fair use images in portals backs this up. Furthermore, Brad Patrick, the lawyer for Wikipedia supports the stance against fair use in portal space. --Durin 02:20, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Good sir, please visit User:Husnock/Durinconcerns. I am trying to keep a record of disputes with this user. -Husnock 04:09, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Translations

Please have a look at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scouting/Translations#Algeria. User:Evrik moved the respective article without reaching a consensus. --jergen 10:33, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

So here is my comment:

In the discussion about renaming Scouts Musulmans Algériens we did not reach any consensus since two main points could not be answered:

Does the SMA use an English translation of its name?
Is Algerian Muslim Scouts the official translation of Scouts Musulmans Algériens?

To me we should have reached consensus at least on the second question: The only source for this translation was scout.org which seems to bee unreliable to most of the contributors on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scouting/Translations; for more details see the section on Albania.

Despite the opposition of Cpt. Morgan (Reinoutr) and me and without any support for his position, Evrik moved the article on very short notice (for details see Talk:Algerian Muslim Scouts (last entry in the discussion on 20:56, 27 November 2006 and (move on 22:03, 27. Nov. 2006). Further on he made two minor edits in Scouts Musulmans Algériens to prevent any revert in his unsupported decision. Later on he deleted the whole discussion from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scouting/Translations so that it looked like an unquestioned move with broad support. --jergen 13:38, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

So much of that is not true ... so untrue. In any case. I will agree to the mediation, but am really busy in real life right now. It may take me a couple of days to respond to anything. --evrik ^(talk) 03:36, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

FAC on Bacteria

Hi there. Thank you for your input, we have dealt with your comment and I hope you will be able to support this nomination. Thanks again. TimVickers 17:20, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Military brat assessment

Looper5920 has assessed the Military brat article. For the Military History project, assessments above B-class require more extensive review. GAs go through the main GA review; for A-class, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment#Requests for A-Class status, which requires a formal review by the project. Is the author interested this prior to FAC? I noted that the article has already been through the Project's peer review. — ERcheck (talk) 03:11, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Polish-Romanian Alliance

Hey there Rlevse,

Could you take a look at the article Polish-Romanian Alliance, it was nominated for GA... but I didn't think it was ready for GA (but I decided not to fail it either because I thought it had potential and I'll give the writer a chance first.) So I made several comments, the primary writer rather than accepting or rejecting the comments has become defensive/close to personal attacks in his response. Could you let me know if you think my comments were out of line, on the money, and what you (as a more experienced reviewer) would have done? PS respond here to keep discussion in tack.Balloonman 17:13, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Does that answer your question? Rlevse 17:36, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Nod, I came very close to failing it outright myself, but I get the impression that the author might not be a native English speaker, so I gave it a little more room. If I had known that he was going to get so defensive, I probably would have simply failed it. Thanks for taking a look at it.Balloonman 17:46, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Connection to Scouting

Sorry if this seems kinda out of place, but you seem very knowledgeable and passionate about Scouting, so I'm just curious to know what sort of connection do you have in Scouting. If your connected to a Troop and it has a web page mind passing the address my way? One of my stranger hobbies is to browse web sites of Scout troops around the world. My own troops address is [2]. Jediwannabe 13:36, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

No problem, I don't mind. I've been in Scouts most of the time since I was a Cub in the mid 1960s. I made Eagle Scout. My son is an Eagle Scout too. Scouts has done wonders for my life. I am currently the Advancement Chairman for my troop and the Advancement Chairman for our district. I am a 3-bead Wood Badger. I keep the database for my troop and pack as well as their website. Very nice site you have there. My site is at [3]. Rlevse 13:40, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. You've been in Scouting almost as long as our Troop Scouter (Who was a Troop Scouter back in the late 60s). I'm one of those unlucky ones who missed the Springbok badge (the South African equivalent of the Eagle Scout) by a couple of months, but I've been in Scouting since I was a Cub in the mid 1990s, currently a Assistant Troop Scouter, webmaster and database keeper. Scouts has done wonders in my life as well, doing my Wood Badge late next year (Can't wait). Nice site you got there as well, if you ever in the mood to redesign it take a look at CMScout (Sorry, couldn't help my self) Jediwannabe 14:05, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Rlevse, you have lived in the Netherlands! Wat gezellig --Egel _Reaction? 14:43, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I loved my one year there. I lived in Utrecht. Rlevse 15:51, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Kennet and Avon Canal GA candidate

Thanks for your comments on the Kennet and Avon Canal article. As you suggested I've expanded the lead to give a fuller description of the main article describing the route of the canal. Any further suggestions welcome. — Rod ^talk 14:48, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

South African Scout Association

I passed South African Scout Association but I wasn't sure what category you guys had the scouting articles that were GA... so I didn't add it to one of the lists. Where should it go?Balloonman 19:04, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

They go in different ones. The Eagle Scout one (before it became FA) was in Awards. Baden-Powell went into bios I think, etc. I'd put this one in "Cultural phenomena, movements and subcultures". Thanks for the help. Rlevse 19:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Two other things, First, after finishing my more in depth comments, did you understand why I put it on hold rather than simply passing it? There were a few important points that I thought needed to be addressed (such as mentioning Springbok earlier and defining some terms better.) The one's I included in my QUICK response was more of a "here are some high level one's that you could look into." Second, I know you offered to pass the Military brat article as a GA. You asked me to ping you a reminder in a few days... I was going to ask for another set of eyes, but the Military Peer Review has provided quite a few (3 or 4 people have commented and 3 or 4 others have made their own improvements directly.)Balloonman 22:51, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I agree you had reason to put it on hold. That was the right choice and you had several good improvments made.Rlevse 23:10, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Sounds good, I went ahead and nominated this for FAC... I skipped the A level review based upon your comments and the review notes from the military history peer review. I suspect it would pass that with no problem, so I'll see how the FAC goes. Thanks for all of your help.Balloonman 23:40, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

No problem, wiki-buddy.Rlevse 01:26, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Advertising

Meh. My most obvious suggestion would be to replace the (frankly quite useless) "Title" section at the top of your project page with a more detailed introduction that gives a more precise description of the project's scope. (That's the approach MILHIST took to clear up the perpetual questions about the meaning of "military history", anyways.) Kirill Lokshin 20:42, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: Advertise our project

How about the Signpost? See Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/About. Looking at the Newsroom, it seems that it is a regular feature to include a WikiProject. — ERcheck (talk) 22:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Outstanding! I never thought of it! Rlevse 22:46, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

BTW, User:Nathannoblet writes the WikiProject feature of the Signpost. — ERcheck (talk) 22:49, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Military Brat

Thanks again, you really helped out a lot and got a few more eyes to look at the article which really helped.Balloonman 06:02, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Scouting for FAC

I don't now what direction to take on the "Sections" section now - I had a clear idea earlier this week, but the discussions over at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Scouting has brought in a confounding factor... still, that section is heavily fudged, and I will endeavour to do something about it tomorrow. Horus Kol 11:36, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

I think the section is pretty much there now - well done on putting such a swinging cut on it without dropping too much information... I've added a couple of other mentions about parallel programs like Extension Scouting and Sea Scouts, but I think we've almost cracked it. Horus Kol 09:45, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Scoutlink (UK) is now a very short stub... i will try to pad it a bit more - but there isn't much information on the web about it, unfortunately. Horus Kol 10:53, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Military brat (U.S. subculture)

Hi Rlevse, I've started a discussion on the talk page for Military brat (U.S. subculture) about the new name. Is Military brat (U.S. subculture) the best or should it be "U.S. military brat" or something else? Also, thanks for your support on it's FAC.Balloonman 22:39, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Greetings

Hi. I've not run VandalProof ... I didn't know that it had the capability of showing who was online. Interesting. I've got a quiet few moments and was checking in and making a few edits. My RL has been quite demanding lately and I've had less time for Wikipedia... I expect it to be the case through the holiday. I notice that the Scouting project has recently added a number of new articles on Girl Guides and a Religion in Scouting article. Nice adds. — ERcheck (talk) 13:00, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: The

Greetings from the guy who wrote the Cambodian Civil War article. I know you guys (editors I guess, not contributors) run around and "clean up" articles. But you are about the sixth or seventh that I have run across that does not seem to care one way or another how your changes alter the context of what else has been written. Eg. The Vietnamese Massacres as a topic heading - I know, you are not supposed to use the article. But your changing of it without considering the context of the remainder of the text completely altered its meaning. By removing the article it appeared in the heading (Vietnamese Massacres) that it was the Viets that were doing the killing and not the other way around. A simpler way of doing it would have been to change it to Massacre of the Vietnamese (which I promptly did). This is a long-winded explanation of what I consider one of the true banes of this conglomeration. Editors that alter text, insert incorrect information, and do not clean up their own messes. RM Gillespie 22:42, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Your comments are unwarranted and banal. If you didn't make the mess, others wouldn't have to clean it up. I was only trying to help make it as good as possible and get fewer hits on a FAC, but if you don't care, I don't. BTW, by "only cleaning up" as you've call it, I've written 6 FAs. Rlevse 23:03, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Oooh I'm Impressed! And not one whit surprised by your response. Birds of a feather do indeed fly together. RM Gillespie 01:35, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Grow up. Rlevse 01:40, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Boy Scouting by State

I'm finally getting around to added OA lodge information and links to more states. I'm kinda stuck, as I'd like to ask your advice on if or how I can add to the Insular areas and councils overseas line of the AmScoutbystate stub (or whatever you call it). Even though Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau are independent countries, as former trust territories they still use the BSA program and are part of the Aloha Council. As such, is it appropriate that these three countries be added? I don't think they would fall under American Scouting overseas, as that refers to Direct Service, BSA. I just don't want to start another long winded discussion that ticks off the much more experienced Wiki members. Thanks for your help in advance.Robhmac 02:50, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Actually, American Scouting overseas has two councils, which that article refers to: Transatlantic Council and Far East Council (mostly troop on US military bases). Since the ones you mention are part of Aloha Council, I'd leave the stub the way it is. Let me know if you have more questions. Rlevse 02:57, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Serial Experiments Lain

Hello. I understand Japanese animation might not be your personnal passion, but would you mind having a quick glance at Serial Experiments Lain to point out its text weaknesses? It is going through FAC and its text has been deemed insufficient to pass criterion 1a. I hear you're one of the best editors in this regard, so here I am. --SidiLemine 12:39, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

At a first quick look: fix the citation needed tag into a ref, fix the split tag issue, refs come at the the end of punctuation not in the middle of a sentence and with no space btwn the punct and ref, why are things like ISBN numbers in the text-they should be a ref. Hope this helps.Rlevse 13:07, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I've done the citations, and I'm waiting for feedback before splitting. The footnotes have been placed in accordanc with wikipedia:footnotes. It says to place right after the fact to back; is there something saying the opposite somewhere? About the ISBNs, do you mean the books in the "other media" section? Thanks a lot anyway.--SidiLemine 14:23, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

in wikipedia:footnotes, under "Where to place ref tags" it says "The ref tag should be placed directly after most punctuation marks,[3] without an intervening space in order to prevent the reference number wrapping to the next line."Rlevse 14:27, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Perfectly true. I guess I didn't link the two sentences together (there may be another explanation, but it woul be a bit insulting for me so....) Thanks. --SidiLemine 14:53, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry if I'm pestering, but I just wanted to know if there is a chance you might give the article a copyedit?--SidiLemine 11:38, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Pavlovsk

Hi Randy, I put it on there because I intended to put that it is the historic home of Russian Scouting, but my break ended before I could get it in. Thanks. Chris 02:53, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Ah, ok. THen put the tag back in and start it start/high. Tony, the objection-bot just torpedoed our Scouting FAC. Rlevse 03:00, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Did you notice, Oleg Pantyukhov is on today's DYK? :) Chris 04:25, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I already put it on our DYK section of our Article showcase.Rlevse 10:47, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

ps-please weigh in on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jergen#Image_captions _ I will abide by whatever is decided, but they really look better without text when the image explains itself. Chris 15:40, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Suggestion for an article

You did such a phenomenal job on the Medal of Honor article, I thought you would be the right person to write an article on this topic (I didn't find one already written):

The Stolen Valor Act of 2005

As I hear about impersonators, I get incensed. When I read today's Marine Corps Times article on the man arraigned for wearing the Navy Cross (along with a number of other medals) to the Marine Corps Ball, I was astounded at the gall. So, that leads to a request for an article about the Stolen Valor Act and perhaps a history section about impersonators and laws, past and present. — ERcheck (talk) 06:19, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

The Scout Association of Hong Kong - GAR

The Scout Association of Hong Kong has been put up (without notice, this is probably by accident) for GAR. Can you please inform the Scouting Wikiproject that it's up for GAR and work to improve it accordingly? Thanks - Malkinann 02:29, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Stolen Valor Act of 2005

Looks good. Thanks for creating it! Kirill Lokshin 18:06, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks so much for creating the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 article! Definitely an article that needed to be added. It looks good. I made some edits to an introductory paragraph and added another category. — ERcheck (talk) 21:51, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Link to response from CBDunkerson (eom)

PR script

To respond to the specific notes,

'concise' is misleading. It just checks that none of the images don't have captions, and often times images in infoboxes don't have those captions. (now that I'm writing this, I've just thought of a way to get around this :) )
It actually only looks at article length (if size > 50000 characters), since this happens to be the first time anyone has brought up the subpages comment. Many FAs meet WP:SS and are way above 50kb, so I'll fix it to check for {{Main}} and other main articles links.

I like the concept of a guide. There are some un-updated and often unuseful footnotes at User:AndyZ/PRnotes, but that's it right now. Thanks for the feedback, AZ _t 22:36, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

The line

[[Image:Srtw1977.jpg|thumb|Scouting 'Round the World|140px]]

caused the problem. I thought that captions always go at the end of the image wiki-syntax (and they don't have to), which is how I originally set up the script to check if the captions exist. At any rate, it's not an important issue for the article. Cheers, AZ _t 22:08, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

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knock knock

For the Hold on SkyTrain (Vancouver), you shoulda substituted the name of the article in the HOLD template (on WP:GAC) in the place where it says "Article." That is, instead of entering this: #:{{GAOnHold|Article}} ~~~~

you shoulda entered this:

#:{{GAOnHold|SkyTrain (Vancouver)}} ~~~~

later --Ling.Nut 20:37, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Military brat (U.S. subculture)

Hi Rlevse,

I just finished the major revisions on this article and was hoping that you could give it the once over...Balloonman 09:00, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

UK Scouting Structure

Rlevse, I'll be happy to help you out. A lot information is in the The Scout Association article, but I will try and clarify a few things for you:
We have a Headquarters which sits right at the top of the structure - with the Chief Scout and Executives.
Immediately under that: England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are National organisations - each with their own commissioners for various parts of the programme (activities, the various sections, and so on). Some events and programmes are organised at this level (like national shooting competitions, gathers and some international expeditions).
Each of the national organisations are broken into Counties (in England) or Areas (in the others), which consist of Districts. Both of these levels have executive committees and a bunch of commissioners - responsible for supporting the section programmes and activities and other aspects of Scouting in their area. More events and programmes are organised at this level - sometimes subsidised by funds from the County or District.
Districts have a number of Groups - again, there is an executive for this, with a Group Scout Leader.
The sections within UK Scouting are the age groups - the youngest three sections (Beavers, Cubs, Scouts) are run as part of a Group - although not all Groups have all sections. Explorer Scouts are run by the District - Units can be created which work in partnership of Groups, but they are still seperate, larger Districts can have as many Units as they need or can support. Network is organised at the County level - with Local Networks covering areas within the County.
Hope this helps, Horus Kol 12:21, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I think that is the major difference in organisation between TSA and BSA - oddly enough, the Girl Guides in the UK seem to be structured more like the BSA. I'm not sure why this difference came in, or when. Horus Kol 13:01, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Ha - very peculiar that... think they got swapped in the 20's or something? Horus Kol 14:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Scouting and the Military

Hi Rlevse, question for you, I know that scouting is big in military communities. Particularly boy scouts, but I didn't come across anything in my research to support that claim. I was wondering if you had or knew of a source that tied scouting to the military? Balloonman 16:24, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

No, afraid I don't know of a source. It does seem big in areas with military bases as compared to other parts of the country. I'm dropping this question by User:Gadget850, he may know.Rlevse 16:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks... I know that the military is often a destination for Eagle Scouts (as is discussed on the Eagle Scout page) but I'm looking for something that shows that military brats are more likely to join scouts.Balloonman 20:10, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I replied on my talk page. I would say that dependents overseas would be more likely to be in Scouting due to fewer youth programs over-all. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 20:33, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Overseas, I have seen this myself, but stateside, I'm not sure. Overseas, once in a troop, they are far more likely to make Eagle too. This is all personal observation, for a cite, I don't know of one.Rlevse 20:34, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting article

Hi. FYI there has been a proposal at the GG+GS task force for an article called Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting showing the special aspects of this. As I understand it, this does not conflict with Wikiproject Scouting's principle of "Guiding is Scouting". If you have concerns, you know where to find us! Kingbird 15:58, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On 15 December, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Stolen Valor Act of 2005, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Yomangani ^talk 00:53, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Announcement

Announcement The "Help name my baby" Poll has closed :). Greta Annette was born 12/12/06. She weighs 6lbs 14oz and is 19inches long. Mother and baby are both doing fine. Thanks for all the suggestions!

To keep this slightly Wikipedia related I have started Adopt a State, so adopt your state article today! -Ravedave ^{(help name my baby)} 03:50, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Congrats on the DYK

Congrats on the DYK for the Stolen Valor Act of 2005. I missed its appearance on the main page, but went back and looked in the archives for what was posted:

...that the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 is a law passed by the United States Congress in December 2006 for the purpose of protecting the reputation and honor of US military heroism medals due to the larger number of fake military heroes in the USA?

Great work on the article! — ERcheck (talk) 12:21, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

SkyTrain (Vancouver)

I have fixed your concerns with this article. The lead is longer, and I have added access dates for the citations. Thanks for your time. -- Selmo ^(talk) 21:53, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I've added some more citations. -- Selmo ^(talk) 00:42, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

OWU activism

Hey there Rlevse, did you enjoy the attack of Kenyon09 on me... "You are implicitly insulting GeeJo for nominating a POV (I don't think this article is POV at all) article for DYK. I hope that someone takes your assault on the main editor and GeeJo seriously." I think Kenyon09 is actually a sock puppet... possibly for user:Faria. They both shoot first and ask questions later---without consideration for what the other person is saying. I am an OWU graduate---but based upon the activism of the main authors (and allegations of puppetry on the OWU talk pages) I am almost ashamed of that fact. Anyway, I'm glad that others are commenting on this article's bias an problems. I've done so, but I get attacked. EDIT: FYI, the only reason why I mention this to you is because I view you as a wiki-friend... ;-) Balloonman 03:40, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I didn't read that part of your talk page before, but it is rather weird. You can have sock puppets checked at WP:RCU (check user). Yes, you're a wiki buddy. Good luck with this.Rlevse 09:51, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

I strongly suspect SOCKS... but I don't think a check user will do much in this case. I suspect that the Socks are students at OWU. Balloonman 19:57, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to hear that...

Re: your comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rodney Pocceschi

I'm sorry to hear that this AfD seems to have bothered you to this point. I certainly hope nothing I wrote was unreasonable or uncivil. I know you put a lot of work into that article, so a "don't take it too personally" comment would just ring hollow. Let me know if there's anything I might do to make you feel more welcome...again...at Wikipedia. Hopefully you'll choose to continue your valuable contributions in the future. -- Scientizzle 01:58, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Seconded. Please don't quit. Deizio talk 02:55, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Thirded. --jaydj 03:06, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Fourthed? *hugs* --Naha|^(talk) 03:45, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Rlevse - your contributions to the Scouting wikiproject will be sorely missed if you quit... I understand your frustration, there have been times when we've butted heads with other editors but I usually get over this by taking a short break... I hope you consider just taking a break over the holidays and come back to provide your quality contributions to the Scouting and wikipedia projects. Horus Kol 09:09, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I second Horus and I hope to see you back soon. --Egel _Reaction? 09:30, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I think Horus has it exactly right. I hope you will do as he suggests. You have done an outstanding job. Please return. --Bduke 10:20, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Sometimes when an article you see to be important gets nominated for deletion, it can seem that wikipedia doesn't really have an interest in your work. But remember, all the users work towards a better wikipedia, and those who nominate such articles for AfD are just trying to achieve that, don't take it personally :) SGGH 12:31, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I second SGGH, the entire AfD is a part of Wikipedia's process, and it does not in any way trying to be evil or hurt others. I've also noted that the officer and Rlevse live in the same state, is he by any chance personally related? Michaelas10 (Talk) 14:24, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

We will miss you if you leave permanently. But like Horus, I suggest taking a short break to recuperate. --Erp 19:10, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Deizio talk has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

I'm sorry to see you leave

I hope you will change your mind ... sure, there are problems here, but you've done a lot of great work with WP:SCOUT and it would be great to see that continue. BigDT 16:25, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back

Good stuff. Deizio talk 21:19, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, thank you. That was quick as I haven't even finished my email notice to the Scouting project members. It has been an intense year for me. I have over 23K edits and now I FULLY understand why people need wiki breaks. I sure needed mine! What a year.Rlevse 21:23, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Good on'ya, mate. Welcome back. --Bduke 21:28, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Return to wiki

Many thanks to all who supported me during my MUCH NEEDED WikiBreak. Now I FULLY understand why they are needed. What an intense year! Man, did I need that break. Many thanks to you all for supporting the project. You are all fine Scouters and editors. Let’s keep improving our articles. Scouting is still a FAC (not sure if it’ll make it or not on this round) and the Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting Task Force was recently started—please support the GG/GS Task Force if you can. We really want to beef up our articles in that area. I myself ordered a book on Our Chalet and have started an article on that. Yours in Scouting, Rlevse 21:33, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back! I'm glad that you have returned — that the WikiBreak gave you the time you needed to step back... Hope you had a great holiday! I'm looking forward to working with you again in the New Year. — ERcheck (talk) 00:34, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Likewise good buddy.Rlevse 00:53, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Good to see you come back - I'm sure wikipedia is all the better for you staying on... hope you had a good Christmas and New Year... Horus Kol 21:20, 6 January 2007 (UTC)