User talk:Yllosubmarine/Archive 7

Reception History of Jans Austen

It appears that the article has been designated as a FA. Congratulations. It has been a pleasure to work with you. Next year, L'Enclopédie. Simmaren (talk) 02:17, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

add external link

Sorry about that, and thank you for letting me know. I would like to add a link to some lesson plans on Emily Dickinson from EDSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities. These lesson plans are a great resource for insight into Dickinson's poetry and life. "Leap, plashless": Emily Dickinson and Poetic Imagination analyzes her child-like fascination with the natural world and Letters from Emily Dickinson: "Will you be my preceptor?" examines three dynamic correspondences that reveals her keen awareness of the relationship between poet and reader. Both lessons provide additional links to other great humanities resources on Dickinson and primary documents. EDSITEment itself is a long-standing reputable web resource on the humanities with over 400 high quality lessons written and reviewed by scholars, and experienced teachers and educators. EDSITEment is part of the Verizon Foundation Thinkfinity Partnership which includes the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian American Museum of History, and National Geographic. I think both links are a great resource for those interested in Dickinson and her work and life. Hquon19 (talk) 19:18, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Sterling performance

Looks like it'll be a merry Christmas for you then! [1] Sillyfolkboy (talk) 02:12, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Huzzah! Kudos for your TFA. Scartol • Tok 12:54, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Knut at risk again

Hello. Since you've been the primary person behind Knut the Polar Bear, I'm contacting you with this new threat to him:

http://beta.video.ap.org/?f=txhou&pid=KE9JEDKTew2v_xfsxkgT_nRi_xpxXFVQ&fg=rss

Houston Chronicle video... apparently they're now saying he has grown too big for the enclosure. Some 21,000 people have signed a petition to not release him or put him in with wild polar bears in a preserve. His being raised by people as an imprint is a very real concern, and it's likely that he would not survive such a transition.

Personally, I find it both amazing and vulgar that they've made 9 million off of this creature, and now want to get rid of him any way possible, rather than spend a small fraction of his earnings to provide him with a proper enclosure and perhaps a mate (if that proves feasible.)

Zoos get tremendous leeway, are allowed to circumvent CITES regulations entirely. This commercial use and later abuse of this creature bothers me greatly. Please see to it that his continuing saga is told? Thank you! --JT (talk) 06:54, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

While I agree that Wiki isnt' a soapbox, it can be neutral and still tell the facts. Once told, the allegation is glaring even if never formally made. THANKS! --JT (talk) 03:58, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Hell's Gate National Park

Hell's Gate National Park has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Articles are typically reviewed for one week. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here. While looking at some Good Articles by a nominator I am currently reviewing, I noticed that you had raised concerns about this article. I share those concerns. I am opening up a review. SilkTork *^YES! 20:51, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

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Caged Birds, Singing of

Hello Maria. Long time no talk. Hope you're well. I wonder if you'd have some time this week to have a look at / copyedit / do a speedy review of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. We're trying to get it ready for FAC, and I think it's close. Your expertise and perspective would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! Scartol • Tok 19:53, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

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Noel Coward

Hello Maria! I nominated this article for GA. Feel like reviewing it? Even if not, any comments would be much appreciated. Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 07:34, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Great! No rush: Tomorrow Coward will be in the same place he is today.  :-) -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:20, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm going away next week and wondered if you could give your remaining Noel Coward comments/corrections before then? All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:21, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

I replied to your notes and made some clarifications in the article. Can you please let me know if I adequately addressed your points (other than a couple that I left for Tim), or whether more clarification/change is needed in those places? I am particuarly interested in what you think of the much-reduced cultural impact paragraph at the end of the legacy section. Thanks! -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:43, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your help in the GA review! -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:40, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Fireside poets

A comment you made at James Russell Lowell's FA review has been nagging at me ever since: the Fireside Poets as a good or featured topic. Let's see, JRL is at FA, HWL is at GA (might not be ready for FA)... Any interest in helping on Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.? --Midnightdreary (talk) 22:51, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm replying all over the place. There's another Holmes book coming out in April that I plan to buy too. So, I guess we'll just take this slow - 3-4 months ain't so bad, right? --Midnightdreary (talk) 13:19, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

GA Review on Klaus Ebner - please help with linguistic review

Hello. As you already made linguistic clean-ups on the article about Austrian writer Klaus Ebner, I'd like to ask you to do so once more if possible. I reworked the article according to Peregrine's GA1 comments. I (and Irina Walter) had to add some new sentences (especially in the introductory section) and to change others. Since my native language is not English, I'd highly appreciate your help. Many thanks in advance. --Helmut Bihy (talk) 22:32, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

All CAPS

Hi. Thanks. I type in caps so I can see my response quickly on the page among other texts. I'm not shouting and No offense is intended. ItsLassieTime (talk) 13:27, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Pal (dog actor)

Hello! Pal passed its GA review and I want to thank you for patiently working with me in wrangling those references into shape. I'll won't forget it and will use what I've learned in the future. You're the kind of person that makes WP a great place to be! Thank you again! ItsLassieTime (talk) 17:53, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Torikaebaya Monogatari‎

What? A twelfth century novel does not fall under the purview of the novels project? Aleta ^Sing 21:32, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm.. OK thanks for the reply. However, in that case, should it even be in Category:12th-century novels? It makes little sense to be in that category but not in the project. Aleta ^Sing 21:46, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

It is in that category though (unless you are removing it right now)... :) Also this begs the question: should that category even exist? Aleta ^Sing 21:56, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi again. Would you please come comment in the thread at Talk:Torikaebaya Monogatari#Novel or not?? Thank you. Aleta ^Sing 23:19, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

John Muir

I'm finally getting to this as promised a very long time ago (I warned you it would be a "long-term project"!). It will still be a slow process, but it will be the only meaty article I'll be working at, in between creating and fixing plant articles. If you have any suggestions, don't hesitate to give them. I'm working from some of your suggestions for sources made last August. I plan to do some work on it before I solicit help and make suggestions on the talk page, as the best way to wrap my brain around it first. Thanks! First Light (talk) 02:00, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

RE:Concerns

No, thank you for the advice! Primarily, I'm rereading the GAC, and consequently, working on the GAR for Fences and Windows more thoroughly. With regards to the GAN for Agatha Christie, even though I hadn't thoroughly inspected, I had scanned it. I'm going to take the advice of the community at the reassessment and edit it as need be. Thanks a million for that heads up. In contrast, I actually thought the And Then There Were None was a decently written article, especially after I copyedited it. Could you please advise me on the two-I'm going to be a lot more active in those articles now! Again, thanks for giving the time for the warm advice, and happy editing! Cheers. Imperat§ r^(Talk) 14:08, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

BTW, when I meant "be a bit more specific", I meant that the external links shouldn't be just a link to the the website; they should point directly the article related to the book. Again, I've fixed that little mess, and am reconstructing the rest of my GAR. Thanks for all the advice! Cheers. Imperat§ r^(Talk) 14:12, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Hmm..I'll pause for 3-5 days to concentrate on the Review; only then will I continue to work on the article. However, I just recently found an extremely reliable source ([2]). :( Tell you what, I'll work on the article for a few more hours, and then I'll finish my Review. Fair enough? BTW, it was I who created the subpage :P. Imperat§ r^(Talk) 15:35, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Hold up a minute, I'll continue to work on the Agatha Christie, but withdraw my nomination of And Then There Were None. Cheers. Imperat§ r^(Talk) 15:36, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

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James Cagney

I've done the refs ahead of your review! Took a bit longer than expected, and now there's a lot of refs! --GedUK  22:03, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Core contest award

		2008 Core Contest Winner Award
		Let it be known that Yllosubmarine was awarded Fifth Place in the first Wikipedia Core Contest. This award is based on his or her outstanding work in improving Emily Dickinson. Thanks for your hard work in making Wikipedia's core articles better. Earthdirt (talk) 03:36, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

The WikiProject Novels Newsletter - March 2009

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Maya Angelou

Maria, I've completed addressing the comments in your GAC review of this article. And just under the week deadline, too! Thanks for your assistance. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 05:22, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Maria, thanks for the pass and for the kind words on Talk: Maya Angelou. I have a feeling the lack of sources about Dr. Angelou may be true about African American literature and black writers in general. African American literature is certainly underrepresented on Wikipedia. I'm glad to be a part of changing that trend. P.S. BTW, I stole the way you do your signature. I like my username, but I'd like to be less "anonymous", so thanks again. --Christine (talk) 14:24, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Noel Coward

Hello, Maria. Coward is being reviewed at FAC. Would you kindly put in your 2cents there? If you have any further editorial comments that need to be addressed first, feel free to leave them on my talk page, and I'll address them right away. All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 06:21, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Noel Coward has been promoted to FA. Thank you for all your help along the way. Your efforts have really helped us improve it, and I am always grateful and pleased to work with you on articles! All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 14:30, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar!

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For your participation in the Spring 2009 GAN backlog elimination drive, in which you reviewed 10 articles, you are granted this barnstar! Great work! —The participants on the Spring 2009 GAN backlog elimination drive 21:29, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

In addition, you may use the userbox located at User:Drilnoth/Userboxes/GAN backlog elimination drive to indicate your participation on your user page. Thanks! –Drilnoth (T • C) 21:29, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Rosewood

Well? What do you think so far? --Moni3 (talk) 21:45, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

It's at PR now and GAN. Whatever tips you can give are appreciated. Thanks! --Moni3 (talk) 18:19, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

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Choral symphony

hamitonstone suggested that I contact you. He passed this article through GA review but suggested it could use a good copyedit to make it more user-friendly for people who are not musicians. Could you please help me out? Thanks. Jonyungk (talk) 13:55, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for checking the en-dashes. I'm really looking forward to seeing what else you might do with this piece. Jonyungk (talk) 07:05, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

No Worries :o)

on the Emily Dickinson removal. I found the article interesting, but understand and agree with your rationale. Thanks for letting me know and nice to meet you.   Redthoreau (talk)RT 17:58, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

HMS Pinafore/Bernadette Peters

Hello, Maria. Hope you're doing well. Would you take a look at two things. First, someone has recently added two photos of Bernadette Peters to her article, which alread had recent photos. I think they are excessively unattractive, and he insists on putting it in the infobox. What do you think? Second, I have been getting the Pinafore article ready for FA. I have it up for peer review and have gotten excellent comments from one editor, but the articles has a new Analysis section since you saw it last, and I'd be grateful if you could revisit at least that section. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 13:43, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your message, with which, of course, I completely agree. Would you kindly copy your opinion to the Peters talk page, so that when I move the images (again) it will be less likely that he will instantly revert me? Thanks for your help. -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:38, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations

Hi there. Once again hoping to draw on your experience and views: if you have a moment, can you glance at a question I have raised at the above talk page, relating to a review I am commencing of California Proposition 8 (2008)? I will also ask a couple of other experienced editors whom I know to take a look at the same thing. Regards. hamiltonstone (talk) 03:18, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

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Just to share with you

Who fed me from her gentle breast
And hushed me in her arms to rest,
And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?
My Mother.

Ann Taylor (1782-1866)

Hola María, ¿Cómo estás? Looking for a poem for Mother's day, I found this nice one written by Ann Taylor in 1804(part of a larger one), and thought about you, and wanted to share it with you. Ann Taylor was an English poet, the eldest sister of the better known Jane Taylor. By the way, Ann's article is a mess, it might need to be completely modified. Cuidate mucho. --Cefaro (talk) 17:49, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

• Of course, W. S. Gilbert's take on this was:

In babyhood, upon her lap I lay,

With infant food, she moisten-ed my clay.

Had she withheld the succor she supplied

By hunger quelled your Strephon might have died.

-- Iolanthe (1882). -- Ssilvers (talk) 14:16, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

OWH

See talk/oliver w. holmes, plz. Kaisershatner (talk) 15:27, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Holmes

Hi Maria. I'd be pleased to review Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.. I have a couple of other promises to keep, but I'll be able to get to it by Friday or sooner, depending on how the other things go. Finetooth (talk) 17:13, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

I re-responded to a couple of your notes. Feel free to ignore if you don't agree. -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:45, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Pinafore

I moved the section as you suggested. Would you kindly take another look at the section order and see if you have further thoughts on it? -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:24, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Jean Rhys photos

I have e_mailed you about these, as I have started to find them and they are getting scanned soon. g88keeper (talk) 20:14, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Steve Dodd

You may recall you GA Reviewed Aubrey Gibson, an article I nominated a while back. I wonder whether you might have a glance at Steve Dodd, which like the Gibson article is an eddy in the side currents of Australian culture (though unlike Gibson, Dodd is still with us). I'm wondering if there's anything else obvious i might do before nominating this for GA, and thought you might form an opinion. I have read fairly exhaustively around this minor actor, though have not been able to locate hard copy review magazines from his most active period, owing to key issues being missing from the collection of the National Library of Australia. Within that constraint, I can comment that none of the sources I have identified states a birthdate or marital status. I have included reference to the only two reviews in which I have found direct comment on Dodd's particular roles (Little Boy Lost and Jimmie Blacksmith). Let me know what you think, if you have time, either at my talk page or the Dodd talk page. Regards. hamiltonstone (talk) 05:28, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

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Here we go!

It has begun! Hopefully it's a smooth one. --Midnightdreary (talk) 15:42, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

*crossing my fingers!* María (habla conmigo) 15:44, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the shiny new barnstar. I was feeling a little low, and this certainly brightened up my day! Best wishes for a smooth FAC! All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:10, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

H.M.S. Pinafore

I have submitted the Pinafore article to FAC. Please vote here: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/H.M.S. Pinafore/archive1 or let me know if you have any further comments. All the best. -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:37, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

You have been nominated for membership of the Established Editors Association

The Established editors association will be a kind of union of who have made substantial and enduring (and reliably sourced) contributions to the encyclopedia for a period of time (say, two years or more). The proposed articles of association are here - suggestions welcome.

If you wish to be elected, please notify me here. If you know of someone else who may be eligible, please nominate them here

Discussion is here.Peter Damian (talk) 19:12, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Symphonic Poems (Liszt)

Thanks very much for your suggestions regarding the lead section of this article, which I have incorporated. Would you be able to copyedit or at least read through the rest of the article? I was going to ask you whether you would do so, per hamiltonstone's recommendation, but when nothing really happened when I asked about your copyediting my Choral symphony article, I became hesitant. Now I wish I would have persisted, seeing what you have been able to do so far. Jonyungk (talk) 19:35, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your offer. If you could make the edits directly onto the article page, that would be great. Jonyungk (talk) 20:42, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again for both your help and your support. Jonyungk (talk) 19:11, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Holmes and anaesthesia

Is it excessively pedantic of me to point out that the Oxford English Dictionary records the use of the word "anaesthesia" as early as 1721? Holmes may have popularised it by applying it to the effect of knock-out or numbing drugs (as opposed to its earlier use which implied no chemical agency) and indeed the OED cites his later use of the term, but Holmes didn't - as twice averred in the WP article - coin it.(Source: the OED quotes Bailey, Nathan: "An universal etymological English dictionary" 1721). This is such a small point that my Wiki-mentor suggested I mention it here rather than on the FA review page. Tim riley (talk) 18:11, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

That seems to me spot on. (And - afterthought - may I say what a wonderfully readable article it is) Tim riley (talk) 21:50, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

The thing with feathers that perches on the front page

Mmmm, "Mother is frying doughnuts".

Kudos on your latest front-page representation. Have a donut! (link) Scartol • Tok 00:11, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

How exciting! I can use it in my class tomorrow! :) Awadewit (talk) 00:16, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, guys, and yay for Emily! I literally squealed when I saw her on the mainpage. Awadewit, I hope your students aren't the vandalizing type. :) María (habla conmigo) 00:39, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Still one of the best biographies I've read. That is all. --Moni3 (talk) 00:57, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Novels - Coordinator Election

Good Evening. I imagine none of the seven of you who will be getting this identical message will really know who I am, so I'll briefly fill you in. I joined the project four months ago, and recently I took up the role of writing the newsletter with help and mentoring from The Ed17. Between us we decided - in an attempt to revitalise the Project - that a Coordinator Election could get people interested. So, the point of this. An election has been set up, and in an attempt to modernise it, it will be a bit shorter and possibly sweeter - one week to sign up, three weeks voting.

The seven of you who are receiving this message, are the seven people - not including myself - who hold positions at the Job Centre, so you are the people most likely to want the challenge that is the role of Coordinator. The deadline for nominating yourself is 23:59pm June 27.

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DYK for Leopold Report

On June 23, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Leopold Report, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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WikiProject Novels - Coordinator Election

Hello. To begin, every member of WikiProject Novels will be getting this message (the joy of macros) so if you wish to get in touch with me, please post a message on my talk page. I would encourage anyone who so wishes, to stand in the Coordinator Elections. If you wish to stand, please do so by 23:59pm, June 27. Voting will the continue to 23:59pm, July 21. Can everyone please check-out the Coordinator Elections page. Also, the collaboration of the month is The Tin Drum, so if you have any spare time, please check it out. And I apologise to the seven of you for whom this will be a repeat message. Regards, Alan16 (talk).

WikiProject Novels - Coordinator Election

Hello. To begin, every member of WikiProject Novels will be getting this message (the joy of macros) so if you wish to get in touch with me, please post a message on my talk page. I would encourage anyone who so wishes, to stand in the Coordinator Elections. If you wish to stand, please do so by 23:59pm, June 27. Voting will the continue to 23:59pm, July 21. Can everyone please check-out the Coordinator Elections page. Also, the collaboration of the month is The Tin Drum, so if you have any spare time, please check it out. And I apologise to the seven of you for whom this will be a repeat message. Regards, Alan16 (talk).

FAC

I responded here. Ottava Rima (talk) 18:22, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!

		The Teamwork Barnstar
		Thank you for all your hard work on Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - in his bicentennial year, no less! This cooperative effort came at just the right time to remind me that this Wikipedia project really can be successful with collaboration! --Midnightdreary (talk) 14:59, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Coordinator Election

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• Alan16 (talk · contribs)
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Good show

Congratulations on the FA for Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.. It was a pleasure to read. Finetooth (talk) 04:04, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations on the star, and thanks for your help with Pinafore! -- Ssilvers (talk) 14:11, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

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Dickinson

Re: [3]--you're still not on a first-name basis, and there is no possible confusion that could arise, since the only family member "mentioned in prior sentence[s]" is a dog. But have it your way. Drmies (talk) 14:40, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

• Hey, I'm sorry for my crabby tone--I was a bit crabby this morning, and maybe I still am. My apologies. Drmies (talk) 15:48, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
  • But what about this, "Her missives typically dealt with demands for Sue's affection," in the Emily_Dickinson#Adulthood_and_seclusion section? Drmies (talk) 16:11, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Sarah Loring MacKaye

I have readded, with a citation, the information of Steele's sister, without the information on her husband's first wife's family. I would like to readd the information on the first wife's family as a footnote. Interconnections and relationships are important, deserved or undeserved. Thanks, --Dranster (talk) 14:18, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi,

Thank you for your reply. I am in agreement with you that the focus of the aritcle should be and remain on Steele MacKaye. Adding it to the body of the aritcle might add undue weight to Sarah taking away the focus from him. That being said, mentioning a sibling, accomplished or not, is important part of his family history just as mentioning his children. She was an extraordinary women, not just a professional pianist and noted abolitionist, but her life was dedicated to helping the less fortunate. Her accomplishments were notable enough for Charles Loring Brace to publish a book on her life. Until I create an article on her life, could it be added as a footnote to the article thereby not distracting from Steele? Thanks,

Don --Dranster (talk) 16:01, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

My intention for adding the information on his less notable sister has not been to distract, diminish or lessen the article on Steele MacKaye anymore than the information currently on the article on his father does not. His father, a founder of Wells Fargo and a noted abolitionist, does not, in my opinion, take away anything from his son. And he does not have his own article on Wikipedia: Colonel James M. MacKaye.

The footnote could be abbreviated from what I had added the article.

Thanks, Don --Dranster (talk) 22:01, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Do I ever not edit depressing articles?

Maybe. I just posted a rewrite of St. Johns River. It was depressing in itself, srsly. Some of the rewrite is a little depressing, but I swear I didn't hype it up. In fact, it's a little toned down. You might be interested. Not sure if I will take it to FA. Since no one seems to care any about rivers, it might be relatively stress-free. If you get a wild hair and feel like reading it, let me know what you think. --Moni3 (talk) 20:41, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: GA placement

Good work on the Leopold Report. I wanted to list it at Wikipedia:Good articles, but I can't find a good fit for it. Do you think you can find one? The subtopic is currently Social sciences and society, and the Politics and government category seems like it could work, but I can't find the right place for it. I was even looking at History/North American history. If you find a place for it, let me know. Thanks! Viriditas (talk) 15:24, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Political Events, eh? :) Interesting. Viriditas (talk) 06:07, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm, should I be discussing the creation of new GA article categories on the project talk page? I'm surprised that the oldid bot isn't also categorizing the articles on that page. Viriditas (talk) 12:30, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

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Exploding cigar

Hi María. It's been quite some time, but if your remember, you did the GA review of the above article. You'll recall that you questioned comprehensiveness based on a lack of a history section and other matters, and I advised that I had searched and could not find the material. I later withdrew the nomination, pending a second look for material. I have made many improvements since then but I'm afraid I have found nothing further on the framed issues. Specifically, tonight I finished going through every single Google book and news source found for "exploding cigar", "exploding cigars" and "prank cigars" and have looked at web sources as well without luck. Furthermore, I have found ancestry.com's database incredibly useful in researching certain topics, as the site provides access to a vast newspaper archive, scanned and searchable, and I found bupkis there as well. Further, I have had no any luck checking Chronicling America and a few other digital library projects I consulted. In short, I have exhausted all resources at my disposal. You stated you wanted assurance that everything that could be covered has been covered, and I am here for that purpose. You had also suggested stating something in the article to the effect that the origins were unknown, but to my mind that is squarely original research in the absence of a reliable source so stating. So, that leaves us... somewhere, but I'm not sure exactly where. So I guess I'm asking if you want to take a look again, or if you want to pass if off to someone else, in which case I'll resubmit at GAC, or whether you think it cannot pass without the requested information, in which case I'll accept that as well. I will duplicate this note at the GA talk page. Thanks in advance.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:48, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

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No Country for Old Men (film)

It's been over a year since you reviewed this article for GA, so you may not be interested anymore (and you probably have not been following the discussion a few months ago that led to the current version), but if you have time I was wondering if you could offer your input at Talk:No Country for Old Men (film)#Plot rewrite. Thanks, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 16:43, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm open to improvements on that plot summary. Perhaps you are unaware that in early May there was a lot of heat from DarrenHusted about the summary being too long. So I took it down to this [4]. Then Collectonian got involved and insisted on a lot of mistakes that I've since corrected. If you check the history you'll see that. So it's highly ironic for me to hear that there's an evolving consensus, when back in May the discussion disrespected that completely.

If you have suggestions that aren't about introducing speculation in the form of summary or leaving out the actual story of the movie, I'd love to hear about it. As I've already mentioned, I'm willing to discuss anything on the merits and I think you should be, too. Thanks again. --Ring Cinema (talk) 16:44, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Ode to Psyche

I am slowly working on the article and making fixes. One of the main issues was on the original poem - I fixed the "Poem" section and it should now be clear why there was no discussion of the plot of the original myth. I put a loose summary as described by Harold Bloom, but I strongly feel that any more would be breaching OR on the matter. If I manage to expand the "Themes" and "Critical reception" section enough to get the page over 20k, then I can expand the lead as two paragraphs. Ottava Rima (talk) 18:41, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

By the way, thanks for the review. I was hoping to work a little on the poem before it was reviewed. I put it there because the poems were normally taking a month or two before review, so I wanted to get a place as I reviewed the pages surrounding it. :) Ottava Rima (talk) 18:46, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

I believe I have now made the last correction needed. It might be able to pass the 20k mark for a 2 paragraph lead when I move from "broad" to "comprehensive" coverage (some more obscure 19th-century reviews and a few other critics filled in). Ottava Rima (talk) 02:15, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Could you give another look and see what is left? Ottava Rima (talk) 02:47, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

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Wikivoices episode

Hello there! Thanks for agreeing to participate in Wikivoices' FAC review episode. This is just a reminder to let you know that the episode starts in about twenty minutes. I am going to be hosting the call, so could you please add 'NuclearWarfare' to your contact list so that I can add you to the discussion? Thanks. I hope to hear you soon. NW (Talk) 18:38, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Last Post (poem)

Hello, I noticed that you said a few days ago that you were reviewing this for GA status, but as you hadn't started the review, I wondered whether you had forgotten! No rush, of course, but if you don't have time to review it, I'll mark the GAN list accordingly. Regards, and thanks in advance, Bencherlite^Talk 08:42, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the very helpful review; I've replied and made some changes, so please let me know (when you have a chance) if there's anything else that catches your eye. Bencherlite^Talk 19:20, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the GA pass. The time you spent in helping improve the article is much appreciated. Regards, Bencherlite^Talk 20:02, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

MARCAS!

Hey there Maria.. I hope this note finds you well. I've scratched together a new article about a novelette from Honoré de Balzac, called Z. Marcas, and I wonder if you'd care to share your thoughts? I'm not sure if I'll take it to FAC, so that's one thing I'd like to get your feedback on. Cheers! Scartol • Tok 11:35, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Nice work on this and congrats. Always enjoy reading a piece like this one. Regards, MarmadukePercy (talk) 04:03, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Ah, yes... so today is the big day. I won't be around to keep an eye on the page (thank goodness; TFA days can be very stressful). I'll be presiding at this event instead. Thanks again for all your help on this one. Let's bring Henry Wadsworth Longfellow up to FA next! --Midnightdreary (talk) 10:38, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

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Proofreading Hominid (narrative)

Hello María. You were involved in the proofreading and improving of the article on writer Klaus Ebner. User Svartvicks from France wrote an excellent article on one of Ebner's books, Hominide, in French, Catalan and German, and he asked me for a translation into English. I made the translation and stored it but I feel that the article urgently needs a thorough proofreading and linguistic improvement by native speakers. I'd like to ask you if you could help with that. I think the article is very well made and it would be a pity if the bad language from "a German guest" deteriorate it. Many thanks in advance. --Torsten Wittmann (talk) 09:44, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much and muchas gracias for your excellent work on Hominid (novel). Seems that I did a much more lousy job than I thought - sorry for that. (If you need something in the German Wikipedia one day I would be happy to help you in the same way). --Torsten Wittmann (Karlsruhe) (talk) 09:36, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Leopold Report

I will be glad to look at it, though it will take me a few days. I thought at first it might be something about the atrocities in the Belgian Congo under Leopold II of Belgium, so this sounds much nicer (except for the elk). I may ask you for a return favor peer review shortly, as Dincher and I are working on another state park but are not sure it is up to FA (very small, not much there there). Thanks for asking, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:22, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

I found some minor nitpicks and have a few ideas about images - otherwise it seems fine to me. Please let me know when it is at FAC. Thanks, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 15:07, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

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Olivia Manning

Thanks for your helpful review and for passing the article. I appreciate the help in making the article better, and the further suggestions for improvement. While I am sure that the reception section can and should be expanded, I was a bit surprised by your comment about there being lots of scholarly articles. I had done, and have just redone, similar literature searches. In general the bulk of the hits that I got from Proquest, EBSCO, Gale, Wilson etc are reviews of the Braybrooke book, some original reviews, brief mentions of her name, and even stuff about "the other Olivia Manning"!!. I appreciate the MLA tip, which has uncovered a few new sources, which I will follow up on, though some of the journals listed seem fairly obscure, so it may be difficult to get hold of the articles, I suspect. All of this is to say, I wonder if you could let me know I have somehow been searching wrong and have missed a whole bunch of useful sources. I have listed the most useful looking new ones that I found here. Thanks. --Slp1 (talk) 01:56, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Yellow Star (book)/GA1

I've made some substantial changes to Yellow Star (book), and I'd appreciate your feedback on the article as it stands now. I don't pretend it's "finished" per se, but I've done enough rework that I'd like you to comment on the direction I'm taking and the GA deficiencies remaining. Thanks again for your patience, Jclemens (talk) 22:43, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Comments/criticism?

Maria,

I recall having seen you do good work with literature & film articles before (although I don't remember where exactly I came across your name), and am wondering if you're interested in offering any comments/criticism on the article Not One Less, which I recently listed for PR. Don't feel obligated to do a full peer review, especially if you're busy; mainly it's just that I've never worked much on a film article before so I'm eager for input from people who are familiar with the standards. But if you're too busy or not interested, I understand. Thanks, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 23:21, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Re: List of College of William & Mary alumni

Actually, I disagree. While the nomination was certainly improper, it was a nomination nonetheless. The reviewing procedures don't distinguish between the various sections of WP:GACR. Therefore, all articles that don't comply with the criteria should go through the failing procedure on WP:GAN#Fail. I'd appreciate your thoughts on that. --Edge3 (talk) 00:21, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

If someone nominated a portal, then I would fail it as well. The reviewing procedures specifically tell us to fail nominations that don't follow WP:GACR. Lists and portals are seen as violations of the criteria – more specifically, the "What is not a good article?" section of the criteria. Therefore, the nomination and its failure should be properly documented. --Edge3 (talk) 02:29, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Question of nationality in biographies

As a librarian and Wiki biographer, I'm hoping you can offer an opinion about proper terminology: If a well-known person (i.e. writer) immigrated to the U.S. as a young child, let's say 3-5 years of age, and came from Germany, is it correct to describe the person as a "German-born American writer" in their biography? Related to that, would it more or less accurate to simply describe the person as a "German-American writer"? Your thoughts would be helpful. Thanks. --Wikiwatcher1 (talk) 19:49, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

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Comments/suggestions

Before I take Tipping the Velvet to FAC? --Moni3 (talk) 12:29, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Cite format

Is there any strong objection to using the cite format that shows the page number with the cite link (see recent John Muir edits)? I'm aware that different articles use different methods, but this one is a personal favorite since it lets the Notes section act as a bibliography with each citation in complete form - (see Louis Brandeis#Notes for an example). --Wikiwatcher1 (talk) 03:31, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback as I highly value the suggestions from a librarian and FA biographer. I spent a bit of time reviewing wp citation articles and comparing the various styles with pros and cons. My preference is to use the instead of the alternate you've used on other articles. I certainly don't mind re-formatting the few cites that are different, and some of them needed fixing anyway (i.e. Linnie Marsh Wolfe). Either style seems to take the same amount of time to do when writing and the page # ref. in-line as you suggest is also intuitive. But here's what I personally am not fond of, and note this is only my opinion: In the Louis Brandeis article there would have been about 100 different lines in Notes for author & page #, and 45 additional lines of full citations in the Bibliography section beneath it. Therefore, each footnote link in the article takes the reader to the author-page# but requires them to now scroll down through the Bibliography section to match the name to see the cite. In the case of the multiple references by Brandeis, the body text would also require the title.

However, with an article like John Muir, which will have even more cites from many of his own books, this will require adding for each cite the author-title-page#. It also means the reader not only has to scroll down the list in the Bibliography but must also find the correct title for Muir. The tag does away with all of that and lets the reader click the footnote link and immediately see the full cite, hence 1-click and no scrolling. If I still missed some important aspects or logic to any of this please let me know.

BTW, I just started adding to this article and haven't spent any time fixing old issues, but I'll try to clean them up over time. I also wasn't sure if you wanted me to respond here or on my page. --Wikiwatcher1 (talk) 23:36, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Tracy Flick

Hi

Sorry about that, I didn't know about WP Lead before. I've read up on it so am familiar with it now. Thanks for letting me know of it. --5 albert square (talk) 00:25, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

The Bill

Hi again

I'm wondering if you can help me.

The Bill used to be a good article until about 4 or 5 years ago and it was then removed from the GA list. I think it would now qualify as a good article so a few days ago I requested that it was individually re-assessed. Only thing is now I can't find where my re-assessment request is! I know there's notes at the bottom of the page that I put, but I'm wondering if it's still waiting to be re-assessed or if someone is re-assessing it. So now I don't know if I've done something wrong in the re-assessment process and not completed it properly or if someone has deleted it from a list and not updated the article.

It is my first time doing something like this so it could be that I have just done something wrong, though I really can't see what.

Any ideas? --5 albert square (talk) 02:53, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi again

Thanks for your reply.

I went on to Talk:The Bill earlier, removed the old template and instead re-nominated the article. I've also asked one other person (a regular contributor to all of The Bill's pages) to help me ensure it reaches good article status. Even if it doesn't reach it this time it may well give us some helpful pointers that we can work towards. Though I don't see why it can't be listed as a good article again.

I've also nominated Neighbours as a good article. Don't think it's ever been nominated or listed as a good article before. So your advice has hopefully helped two pages!

Thanks again :) --5 albert square (talk) 15:21, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Richard D'Oyly Carte

Hi, Maria. I nominated the article for GA. Do you have the time to do the GA review? All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:02, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for agreeing to review. Looking forward to it!  :-) -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:42, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your usual thorough comments! I'll go through them and make changes over the next few days. I'll let you know when I've finished. -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:02, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi. We responded to your comments. Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 05:19, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for all your help with Richard! I had been meaning to bring the article to GA for a long time, as it's important to the G&S Project. I plan to work on some of the G&S operas. Three of them are now FA, and the other 11 all ought to be at least GA - If I work hard at it, I might be able to do it in a year. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:17, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

May I second the motion? Your comments have been a marvellous help. Thank you so much. Tim riley (talk) 17:23, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Re: SUNY-ESF article edits

Hi Maria, Thanks for your efforts towards cleaning/ tightening up the ESF entry. I liked what you did a lot. Regrettably, the anonymous LM biographer has reentered much of what you cleaned up. Other than simply undoing & getting into a back-and-forth with this individual, I'd appreciate your wizened intervention in best addressing it w/in Wikipedia norms & protocols. Thanks, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 19:41, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks again, Maria. I appreciate your constructive but firm tone, also your suggestion of a possible additional page. There is an interesting history there in the seminal days of the college. Regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 14:39, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Philip Larkin

I'm helping some editors take Philip Larkin through FAC. Of course, I suggested a rigorous peer review first! I was wondering if you would be willing to comment here? Thanks! Awadewit (talk) 18:51, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Photograph of Bob Marshall burial site

Where did you get the idea that the deletion of the picture of Bob Marshall's burial site is "cleaning up?" I reinserted the photograph because it is a good picture that belongs in the article. Your definition of "cleaning up" is similar to my definition of vandalism. I'm the person who labored several years to find out where Marshall is buried. I then submitted a written request to Salem Fields Cemetery to obtain permission to photograph his burial site. I then traveled to Brooklyn to take the photographs in the cemetery. It's OK to add a photograph to an article, but do not indiscriminately delete quality pictures that have been submitted by other users.

Anthony22 (talk) 12:35, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Followup to photograph of Bob Marshall burial site

I made two trips to Salem Fields Cemetery in reference to my research on Bob Marshall. If you take a close look at the photograph, you will see that there is a huge tree to the left side of Marshall's headstone. This tree was undoubtedly there when he died in 1939. The entire scene is always in dark shade, because the sun is blocked out by the tree. Many excellent photographs can be taken in low-light situations, and a dark scene alone is insufficent reason to delete a photograph. I have submitted well over a hundred cemetery photographs on Wikipedia, and a photgrapher cannot control the position of the stone, the surrounding trees, or the lighting conditions. I have been a member of the Wilderness Society for many years, and I have a lot of fantastic pictures of Bob Marshall in my collection, but they cannot be uploaded to Wikipedia because they are coyprighted. I took a look at the picture that you uploaded; it is a photograph that I have never seen before, and I have seen a lot of pictures of Bob Marshall. I'm the person who scanned and uploaded the 1938 photo of Marshall that appears on his Find-A-Grave Memorial. It is ironic that Marshall is buried in Brooklyn, NY, which is one of the most densely populated regions in the entire country.

Help on reassessment

Hello. There is a re-assessment on the article about Klaus Ebner going on. A user questioned several aspects, among others the linguistic style. While I could answer on the source topics, I am not able to judge the linguistic allegations, as non-native speaker. Perhaps you can help. Thank you. --Torsten Wittmann (Karlsruhe) (talk) 20:46, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi Maria. I'm sorry to contact you this way, but you are a much more "senior user" than I am. Concerning this reassessment I would like to know why one single person is allowed to question facts in such a way? The best example is this Nosside anthology. I have this book on my table, I gave all publishing information about it (including an ISBN!), Helmut found the catalog entry of the publisher - and Ice Sea still doesn't accept its existence or reliability because public libraries don't list it. I have no idea how this is handled in Italy; in Austria all books must be given to the National Library, but it seems to me that Italy does not have such a law. My impression is that it does not matter which sources and proofs we deliver - Ice Sea just doesn't accept them; when he cannot deny the existence he declares it as non-reliable. Am I wrong or why does one person have so much power over so many others? --Irina Walter AT (talk) 09:22, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind words. And for the clarifications on the reassessment page. I feel much better now. --Irina Walter AT (talk) 13:25, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

A comment on your first copy-edit. You wrote "graduate thesis"; first expression was "university graduation paper" (maybe an unfortunate expression). My linguistic understanding was that you write a 'thesis' to obtain a doctorate. But this isn't the case. The graduation (maybe this is a wrong word) Ebner has is called a "Magisterium" in Austria, in Germany I believe it is simply a diploma. This is the end of the regular studies after 8 semesters. (Since some years this is called Master, but also after 8 semesters, while after 6 there is now the new Bachelor which did not exist before on continental Europe.) To obtain a doctorate one must do additional studies of 4 semesters. In German Ebners paper is called "Diplomarbeit", in French it would be "le mémoire". I don't know what the correct US term would be but I fear it is not a thesis. Maybe you can re-check (or state that this paper is in fact also called a thesis in English). Many thanks in advance. --Irina Walter AT (talk) 13:39, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the clarification. I changed it in the article. Maybe you can have a look at your copy-edit if it is ok how I put it.--Irina Walter AT (talk) 18:22, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Did Ice Sea respond through any other channel? My impression is that since the Chinese version has been deleted, he doesn't show up any more. I find this entire reassessment very strange. However, I understood from the explanatory pages that the initiator, thus Ice Sea himself, would be the only one able to close it. Is that really true? --Irina Walter AT (talk) 18:09, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Hello again. María, did you receive any response from Ice Sea? I can see on his contributions page that he is very active all these days, working on a lot of articles with a dozen edits per day or even more. On the other hand, he did not comment any more on the article on Ebner. I think it is not ok to start a reassessment and then leave it open simply because one doesn't like the article or the way I act to get translations done (which is the impression I have in this case). I don't know how this situation can be resolved. --Irina Walter AT (talk) 20:45, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

WP:FILMS October Newsletter

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WP:FOUR

Thanks for your submission to WP:FOUR. In order to keep the queue down, we request that nominators review pending nominees. Since you added two it would be good if you could review and award two.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 22:10, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

FOUR x 2

		Four Award
		Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work all through on Robert Sterling Yard.

		Four Award
		Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work all through on Leopold Report.

Nice articles! Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Sasata (talk) 02:44, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Four Award

As a past WP:FOUR awardee you may wish to comment at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Four Award.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 19:30, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Rupert D'Oyly Carte

Hi, Maria. This is about Richard's son Rupert. Do you think it's ready to nominate for GA? Hopy you're doing well. -- Ssilvers (talk) 05:36, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Favor

Hi Maria, I have an article, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, that's about ready to go to FAC. It's at WP:PR just now, waiting for comments. User:Ruhrfisch has kindly offered to review it, but I'd like someone totally unfamiliar with Lock Haven or the article to look it over as well. If you could spare the time, I'd really appreciate your input. Finetooth (talk) 02:25, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

No problem. In fact, since I made this request, four reviewers have weighed in. Although your comments on this article or any other are welcome at any time, I think Lock Haven will be fine without any further reviews. This is not meant to discourage you from reviewing it if you like, but I might like to come back to you someday with a different article, perhaps even something literary. :-) Finetooth (talk) 20:07, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Emerson

Hi, thanks for your note. If you look at the contributions of my interlocutor, you will see that his remarks on Emerson are entirely typical, resulting in my lack of patience. — goethean ॐ 18:04, 9 December 2009 (UTC)