User talk:Robert Skyhawk/Archive 6
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Articles for Creation Appeal[edit]
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Input request[edit]
You have contributed to article The Really Big Show (formerly Rizzo on the Radio). This article is currently being considered for deletion. Please consider providing input at the article's discussion page: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/The_Really_Big_Show. Levdr1lostpassword (talk) 22:42, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Typoscan is working again[edit]
Just in case you haven't been following Wikipedia:WikiProject TypoScan, Reedy got this working again. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 01:53, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
Re-Biography[edit]
Had I the wherewithal to fix the Biography article, I would have. So might you favor me with whatever help you can, and I'll fix the next one. Thanks! Pendright (talk) 22:17, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
- Certainly; to revert an edit you think shouldn't have been made (like that one), click on the "View history" link toward the top left of the page, and press the "undo" button next to the revision you want to undo (usually the most recent one). You will see an edit box, and a summary of what you are about to do; look it over to make sure, then click the "save page" button. If you're undoing something that's obviously nonconstructive (like vandalism or that edit to Biography), you can probably just leave the default summary, but if there's any doubt, you may want to explain what you're doing in the summary.
- If any of that is unclear, or there's something else I can help you with, please don't hesitate to ask. Happy editing, Robert Skyhawk (T C) 03:59, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
How to revert an edit: Thank you kindly for your open-ended response. Your words are perfectly clear but applying them is problematic. No matter what page of an article I scrutinize, I fail to locate the “View history” link “toward the top left of the page”. Which prompts me to ask, with some discomfort, what page and what link? Pendright (talk) 03:16, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
- Oh dear, I appear to have used the word "left" when I meant "right." I'm terribly sorry; I have a bad habit of getting those two confused. In any event, maybe this description will be more helpful: When looking at any article, locate the Search bar used to navigate to an article, located at the top right of the page, immediately below the "Log out" button. Then look to its immediate left. You should see a star, used to add the page to your Watchlist, followed by the "View history" link. Hopefully this attempt to help you on my part has been more successful. I apologize for the earlier confusion. Robert Skyhawk (T C) 15:47, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Articles for Creation Appeal[edit]
| Articles for Creation is backlogged and needs YOUR help!
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Thank you[edit]
Sir, thank you for your prompt response. I feel I have nothing to contribute to Wikipedia. I find Wikipedia quite useful myself so I will continue as a user but no longer as an editor, Kind regards, 1.124.170.169 (talk) 22:38, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Hyderabadi Haleem[edit]
Hi, thanks for your copy edit at Hyderabadi Haleem, I shall appreciate if you could advice to make the article more good. Regards :) --Omer123hussain (talk) 23:28, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Kinetics (Comic Book) Article[edit]
Hello
I received an email from a 'bot' that apparently comes from your user about my article 'Kinetics' which states that it may be deleted since it hasn't been 'edited' in many months, which is true.. but.. I understood the article was not going to be approved because you felt my comic book character didn't have enough notoriety and because the comic book she has been featured on 'Femforce' didn't have an article either (at the time I sent the submission).
So.. I don't know what else to do if this situation/your opinion hasn't changed ?
Kinetics (Comic Book) Article[edit]
Hello
How you do ? your name and link was listed as response for my submission of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Kinetics
It's the first time I make a submission, it's the description of a comic book character that I created/own and that has been printed in the independent publisher AC Comics.
For the format of my article I used existing articles about other comic book characters, such as Supergirl, Batgirl and lesser known characters like Yankee Girl (also published by AC Comics).
I fear that I don't know how to meet the notability comment, it's a character that appeared on independent comic book publisher so it surely is not as well known as say, Wonder Woman or Supergirl, but information about the character has been created on the web which is one of the reasons to insert her profile on wikipedia.
At the time, I was unable to insert images on the article, so please let me know which edits on the content are necessary for it's approval.
Thank you
Mauricio Hunt Mhunt0 (talk) 22:12, 29 May 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mhunt0 (talk • contribs) 04:07, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
- Our notability policy states that for an article's subject to be notable, it needs "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Your submission doesn't make any indication that this character satisfies that criterion; the sources you've cited are not independent of the subject. It is also important to realize that if the comic book series as a whole doesn't have an article, then an individual character probably doesn't qualify for one.
- The main thing to take away here is that some topics simply aren't notable enough to have an article on Wikipedia. I can't make a definitive judgement as to whether this is the case for your submission, but as it stands, it doesn't show that the subject deserves an article. I hope this has clarified the issue somewhat; please don't hesitate to ask any other questions. Robert Skyhawk (T C) 22:29, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
Template:Cto has been nominated for deletion. Template:Cto creates a conditional topic overview linkbox for the See also section of an article with links to (1) the topic article, (2) the outline of the topic, (3) the index of topic-related articles, (4) the bibliography of the topic, and (5) the Wikipedia book on the topic. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion#Template:Cto. Yours aye, Buaidh 20:04, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
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speedy deletion rationale[edit]
Hi Robert, I deleted 99999999 (number, but not as patent nonsense - which it was not - but under criterion R3, a recently created, implausible redirect. LadyofShalott 04:24, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Editing Matthew Asinari Article[edit]
Dear Robert,
I would like for you to consider the "Matthew Asinari" article. I am currently writing it. However, there are several issues with the article. Other editors claim that my writing is biased and written like an advertisement. However, I don't feel this is the case and fail to see anything in it that explicitly promotes the subject of the article. Could you please be so kind as to give it a look and point me to any sentences that you feel may be responsible for the issue.
Additionally, it states that the article is an orphan article. Does wikipedia oppose to making references to the article in other articles to which the subject is involved?
Best,
Rrajan12321 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rrajan12321 (talk • contribs) 20:43, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
- Hello there. A brief look at the article tells me that the article is overall in fairly good shape, at least in my opinion. I don't see any statements that explicitly indicate a non-neutral point of view or the tone of an advertisement. As for its "orphaned" status, you are in fact encourage to put links to your article in places where they would be relevant; for example, the article about the advertising company he currently heads, or perhaps the "Notable alumni" sections of the articles about his almae matres. It may be helpful to try to find the editors that tagged the article in the first place and discover their reasons for doing so; I don't see any major issues, but clearly somebody thought it appropriate to tag the article.
- I hope I've been somewhat helpful; let me know if there's anything else I can assist you with. Robert Skyhawk (T C) 22:18, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
AFC Backlog[edit]
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WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)[edit]
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Update for: WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)[edit]
Sorry for having to send out a second message but a user has brought to my attention that a point mentioned in the first message should be clarified. If user's don't sign on this page, they will be moved to an "Inactive Participants" list rather then be being removed from the entire WikiProject. Sorry for any confusion.--Dom497 (talk)15:22, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hanna Batatu[edit]
Hello Robert. Many many thanks for your offer, but I actually ended up buying the book. It's a fabulous resource, after all! Thanks again :) Yazan (talk) 03:29, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
- Ah, happy to hear you found something useful. I've taken the liberty of marking the post "Resolved" to avoid duplication of efforts. Happy editing, Robert Skyhawk (T C) 05:09, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
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Untitled[edit]
Dear Robert,
I am trying to post my first two articles for Wikipedia. One has been accepted and is up (The Hall Gosport Affair), and the other is pending (biography of writer, film director and conservationist Stephen Weeks). With The Hall piece, other editors have requested inline references and a shift of emphasis, and I have undertaken all this - but I just don't know how to reload the entire article. I have it as a Word file. I just need to send it to someone who can load it for me, as (I'm afraid) I am finding the Wiki system rather impenetrable. The Stephen Weeks piece - again I have thoroughly rewritten it and added inline references as suggested by an editor, and again it is all ready as a Word file. Can you help me, please, by posting these articles from my Word files? Or find someone who can?
Thank you for your help, Peter G Bastion - Bastions Bastions (talk) 11:45, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
- I would be happy to try and make the changes to (what I assume is) this AFC submission based on your Word document. I will send you an email shortly, which will provide you with my email address. You can then send the document to that address. If this doesn't work for you for any reason, we can discuss an alternative way to provide me with the file. Robert Skyhawk (T C) 03:32, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
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The Hall Affair, Gosport[edit]
Hi, Firstly I'm sorry for my English is very poor. I edit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hall_Affair,_Gosport - originaly consist only #REDIRECT Hall Affair. But we want only http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hall_Affair,_Gosport and not http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Affair. Could you delete article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Affair, and keep only http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hall_Affair,_Gosport. There are good reasons why it must be The Hall Affair, Gosport not only 'Hall Afair'.
Than you very much.
G4Rb1 (talk) 22:38, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
Wikiproject Articles for creation Needs You![edit]
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WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre[edit]
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Hunting for embedded outlines[edit]
Robert,
Assuming you still use Wikipedia occasionally, as you are reading or browsing Wikipedia articles, please keep this in mind...
I'm looking for outlines embedded in articles.
I've run across a number of these over the years. One example is the Outline of fencing, which used to be part of the fencing article.
If you know about or spot any structured general topics lists in articles, please let me know (on my talk page).
Another thing you might find are articles that are comprised mostly of lists (without "Outline of" or "List of" being in the article's title). If you come across any of these, please report them to me on my talk page. I'd sure like to take a look at them.
Happy hunting.
I look forward to "hearing" from you (on my talk page). Sincerely, The Transhumanist 07:52, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
Greetings.
I'm a newbie, and I'm wise enough to say so, so pardon me if I'm doing things the "wrong" way or seem to be out of place. I'm trying to learn all I can and practice techniques in my own userspace before attempting to do things in the "real world" and inadvertently causing a big stir, as newbies are wont to do. :-)
It seems like you were a major contributor to Template:Split to a few years ago. So it seems to me like you may be an excellent person to have in the discussion we're having on how to properly split an article, and then properly updating WP:SPLIT to reflect what we've learned. I think I'm not the only one who's a bit confused about how this template is to be used and what the final result should look like.
I'm actually an old computer geek, myself, and pretty good at writing documentation, so I can certainly help there ... but where we're weak is understanding specifically what the template is calling for.
I'll also be inviting contributors of Template:Split from to our discussion, so we can have a full understanding and agreement on this.
Thanks in advance for your help and comments!
Djdubay (talk) 12:37, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
WikiProject AFC needs your help... again[edit]
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DYK RfC[edit]
- As a listed GA participant, you are invited to contribute to a formal Request for Comment on the question of whether Good Articles should be eligible to appear in the Did You Know? slot in future. Please see the proposal on its subpage here, or on the main DYK talk page. To add the discussion to your watchlist, click this link. Thank you in advance. Gilderien Chat|Contributions02:46, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
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October 2013 AFC Backlog elimination drive[edit]
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Thank you. I searched for MAVEN, launched the page and later found someone had launched. Thanks. Mary — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maryphillips1952 (talk • contribs) 15:41, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive[edit]
In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00. At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge. |
GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive[edit]
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Hello, Robert Skyhawk:
WikiProject AFC is holding a two month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from December 1st, 2013 – January 31st, 2014.
Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 2600 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!
Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) at 09:10, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive[edit]
It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
- This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
- Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
- The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
- An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.
More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.
I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!
--Dom497
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Please comment on changes to the AfC mailing list[edit]
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GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive[edit]
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Notification of a June AfC BackLog Drive[edit]
Hello Robert Skyhawk:
WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from June 1, 2014 to June 30, 2014.
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WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog Drive[edit]
Hello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
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GA Cup[edit]
Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
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WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup[edit]
 WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers. Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now! If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges. Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 15 September 2014 (UTC) To receive future GA Cup newsletter, please add your name to our mailing list.
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A tag has been placed on Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/TransMedia Group, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
- It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.
- It is a rejected submission at Wikipedia:Articles for creation, and it has not been edited in over six months. (See section G13 of the criteria for speedy deletion.)
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. DGG ( talk ) 04:02, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
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