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Please comment on Talk:Ice Age (Magic: The Gathering)

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Casio calculators: Please review once again

You may compare the articles Casio and Casio calculators immediately, and remove the speedy deletion tag. There is no repetition or irrelevancy now, and the new article does expand upon the Casio article. I have a fairly expert knowledge of Casio products, especially calculators and shall make ready whatever references you may require. Hope to see the action soon. -Polytope4d (talk) 19:31, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

All the CSD tag means is that an administrator will look at the reason given, and delete or remove the tag, Polytope4d. Thanks, Matty.007 19:33, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
Polytope4d: I feel that separating the articles is unnecessary, the page listed the major calculator models, as opposed to simply all of them. I feel that a merger would be preferable to deletion with the article, however. Matty.007 19:39, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
I will wait and see what the reviewing admin says before doing anything. Matty.007 19:42, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
Alright. Thanks, but let more than one administrator decide. -Polytope4d (talk) 19:41, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
There are simply too many models, if not all, so please think again. -Polytope4d (talk) 19:46, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Kinnairdy Castle

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WP:GOCE July backlog drive award

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DYK for Thinkwell Group

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DYK for Partnership Africa Canada

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Speedy deletion nomination of Sherif francis

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So WP:TWINKLE has sent you a CSD nomination message for a page you nominated for CSD yourself? Yeah, that happens! Pete aka --Shirt58 (talk) 11:49, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
That's... odd. Are you a tps? Matty.007 11:57, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm a "TPS". I'm that kind of creepy and yucky and just eewww! But seriously, pages come up on my watchlist and I follow 'em up. I've sent myself a few CSD notices as well. Unless someone else has deleted it before me, I'm going to decline the speedy for Sherif Francis - "a well known as one of the most famous music video director in Greece primarily known for the success of his music videos. Also a recipient of a gold album as a music composer for several music hits he produced" and send it straight to WP:AfD. Peter in Australia aka --Shirt58 (talk) 12:11, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
What gets me is that the author of the page (for which I am now credited) re-created it at Sherif francis, rather that Sherif Francis. Shirt58: I have figured out why I have got these notices: I moved the page, and for some reason, when I move pages, sometimes, I get credited on my 'Pages Created' as creating the article, which I find puzzling. Matty.007 12:48, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Sherif Francis for deletion

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DYK for David Gregory (physician)

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That's OK, the standard of new pages varies, so it is nice to find a fully fledged article. Thanks, Matty.007 07:21, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Richard & Adam

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I've mentioned you at an ANI raised by Grrahnbahr (talk · contribs) at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Obstructive behavior by another user.--Jeffro77 (talk) 01:23, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

OK, thanks Jeffro77. I am on holiday at present, so will look at it properly when I have returned. Thanks, Matty.007 06:13, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

DYK for William Cantelo

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DYK for Clarence Chesterfield Howerton

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Interview request: Your interactions with new editors

I'm contacting you about a study that I'm running with TheOriginalSoni exploring newcomer mentorship activities in Wikipedia. I'd like to ask you a few questions about your interactions with newcomers and to explore how a tool like WP:Snuggle might make your work easier. The interview and demo session will take 30 minutes to an hour depending on how much time we spend discussing things. If you're interested, let me know. If not, disregard this message and I won't bother you again.

Thanks for your consideration. --EpochFail (talkcontribs) 15:36, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

EpochFail: that sounds interesting, but I have a few questions:
  • What format does the interview take? IRC, talk page...
  • Does it require any more information from me other than my Wikipedia username?
  • If I have to break off the interview in mid flow, will it be possible to continue where it was left off?

Thanks, Matty.007 09:02, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Good questions. I'll ask you to use Skype or Google hangout so that we can do screen sharing and I can see what you see while you I have you try some tasks in Snuggle. VOIP usually goes with Skype or Google hangout, but if you'd prefer to only chat in text, that's OK too. I won't need your real name or anything like that. And you can break off whenever you want. I'd always be very happy to pick up wherever we left off. --EpochFail (talkcontribs) 13:31, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
I would prefer to talk via text, such as the IRC, as I don't use Skype or Google hangout. Thanks for the swift reply EpochFail, Matty.007 13:40, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
OK. Could you drop me an email to schedule? --EpochFail (talkcontribs) 14:08, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
I will email you in the next few days (I may need reminding if I don't do it soon). Thanks, Matty.007 16:49, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Sounds good. --EpochFail (talkcontribs) 16:43, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
Ping. --EpochFail (talkcontribs) 15:12, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Domenico Rancadore

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Template:Did you know nominations/Milan Poparic

There are still BLP concerns regarding this article and nomination. --George Ho (talk) 23:57, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up regarding StAnselm's concerns. Matty.007 08:41, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

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Please Help There are Stalkers monitoring the Stalking Page -

Stalkers Have found their way to this Page*-they have posted something (you can see by the lack of flow abruptness, etc and they edit and delete all else

  • You can tell that it is not proper-it matches nothing* very choppy splicing and no flow. Most "Stalkers" do the -not-intilectual approach-

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I added a small paragraph, which I incidentally found on the "Harassment" topic - and it is accepted on Wiki already- as it is used on that page - it completed and matched the entire flow of page-but it was deleted (vandalized) on the 24th. Please Help ! Stalkers Have found their way to this Page* -they have posted the Garbage edit and delete all else Dynomitedetails (talk) 22:26, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi Dynomitedetails, I see that this has been on several other user's talk pages, and that you have some posts to ANI. However, I think that the above comment is not related to this page, instead, it relates to the Stalking page. ANI seems like a good method of working things out, and talking to the editors, as opposed to calling them sociopaths isn't going to appeal to other editors. Nor is going behind their backs, and posting on numerous editor's talk pages. Hope this is helpful, Matty.007 13:38, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

thanks for welcoming me to wikipedia- stay safe out there, take this!

Exoplanetaryscience (talk) 21:10, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Exoplanetaryscience. Note: I found this in a sandbox today, hence the date. Matty.007 13:40, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

yeah I'm still editing!

Sorry for my recent inactivity, I'm working simultaneously on about 5 or 6 different projects indefinitely in my life, and therefore not much time for Wikipedia. Also, you're welcome for the kitten! ♥ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Exoplanetaryscience (talkcontribs) 13:55, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

No need to apologise, I was just wondering, given that you looked like you were doing lots of good work. I only found the kitten today whilst testing something, so that was a welcome surprise. It's good that you're still around. Thanks, Matty.007 13:57, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

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I replied there, BlueMoonset. Matty.007 16:18, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for North Radworthy

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Frederick Bee

Thank you for your input. I disagree that I need to change the format to add more prose. Few people know about Frederick Bee and a chronology of events is a simple way for readers to learn about Frederick Bee. A chronology allows readers easily to find topics and add information. I do not know the motivation of Frederick Bee. For example, did Mr. Bee move from Placerville to the Bay Area because his son was studying in Oakland? If I write in a prose format, I would need to assume reasons for his actions to make the prose flow smoothly. Wikipedia lacks specific dates. I could have written that Albert W. Bee's daughters died before the age of two. Adding the specific dates of birth and death has a greater impact to the reader. MC Potbelly (talk) 14:47, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

I felt that the text was disjointed, and listing all his immediate family member's life dates is (in my opinion) unneccisary. Also, some of the text has no clear meaning, to me as someone who knows little about roads, saying "Frederick Bee and Mr. Brockliss graded the road, Slippery Hill, in July, 1857" doesn't mean anything, and doesn't tell me why it is important.
Having a new paragraph for each sentence in places is something which I haven't seen, and I don't think it is the norm, so saying "The subsidy was denied" in a new paragraph is unneeded. Quotation marks were needed around the poem, which I have fixed. All in all, there are, in a simple skim of the article, several issues, which is why I added the tag to the article; to draw the attention of other editors that the prose needed a little work. Other than that, I think it has the makings of an interesting article. Thanks, Matty.007 14:58, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
Also, there is no need (that I can see) for links in the section headings, per the manual of style. Thanks, Matty.007 15:03, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
  1. I fixed the sentence about Slippery Hill.
  2. I fixed the subsidy sentence.
  3. I removed the links from section headings.

MC Potbelly (talk) 20:12, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

And I thank you for that, and for adding an infobox. However, those were issues which I picked up on by skim reading the article, there is still the issue of having a new line for one sentence, which persists in all but the last section. That will need some serious work, but it will be a better article for it. Thanks, Matty.007 15:01, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Did you add the note that the article does not meet the notability guidelines?

No, you can tell by clicking 'View History', then looking at the edit summaries that Theroadislong added the tag to the article. Matty.007 17:10, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

I moved things around. I changed it to a prose format. I explained why Fred Bee is notable. Will you remove the two tags?

Please sign posts with four tildes, ~~~~. I would post here and ask the editor who added it, to get their opinion. Matty.007 19:13, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Milan Poparić

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thank you for helping me today :) Fort esc (talk) 16:46, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
That's OK Fort esc, it was a pleasure to help. Thanks for the barnstar! I will post about adoption later today. Matty.007 16:52, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

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Hi! Thank you for letting me know what i need to work on; I (as you can most likely see) just started to try my hand at editing. What exactly do you mean by sections? Is that the ===word=== command? I get kind of spacey reading long articles, so I figured it would be best just to ask you directly.

Thanks! LiluMultipass (talk) 19:29, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

I didn't say anything about sections, I just said that it didn't have any categories (I generally forget to add categories). Incidentally, would you mind if I nominated it for DYK, which would lead to the article appearing on the main page (hopefully)? Thanks, Matty.007 19:31, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

That's totally fine with me! LiluMultipass (talk) 19:35, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

You can definitely nominate it, thanks! (Sorry if this appears more than once, I'm trying to figure out how to property reply to people)

LiluMultipass (talk) 19:38, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

You did post twice, but that's OK. If you want help, I would ask at the Teahouse, or on Internet Relay Chat (or ask here, and I'll reply tomorrow). I will put a link to the DYK nomination on your talk page when I have done it, thanks, Matty.007 19:49, 9 September 2013 (UTC)