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WikProject bot tagging
Hi Tony. Tinucherian (talk · contribs) is now doing category sweeps and tagging articles for wikiprojects. I got him to do an update on WP:VIET and I'm sure he'd be willing to work with you too. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:15, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Re:Signpost interview
Thanks for volunteering. You won't be asked the same questions as that, because, of course, the questions have to be appropriate to the respective project. I'll draw them up within a few hours. Regards, Rudget 11:25, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-08-11/WikiProject report/Rudget. Thanks again for volunteering but if you don't wish to be interviewed, I can always defer to another project. Rudget 14:38, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
- That looks great. I'll get the introduction up soon and it should be finished. Thanks for your time. Rudget 10:57, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry about that, I'd took it from here. It should go to press on 4th August, but last week's wasn't published on time so maybe/probably the 11th. Rudget 18:25, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
- I (and a few others) have noticed that some of the FAs claimed by the project were mainly by independent editors not affiliated with the Chicago project itself. I personally wish to appropriate the numbers so it matches to the true number; but what is your opinion before I do do it? Rudget 20:00, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry about that, I'd took it from here. It should go to press on 4th August, but last week's wasn't published on time so maybe/probably the 11th. Rudget 18:25, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
- That looks great. I'll get the introduction up soon and it should be finished. Thanks for your time. Rudget 10:57, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
FAC
Please see my reply at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Midtown Madness. —Giggy 16:04, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Meetup
Tony -- you've expressed interest in attending another Chicago meetup this summer. I've set up the skeleton of a page for organizing something this month. Take a look at Wikipedia:Meetup/Chicago 3 -- let me know what dates you'd be available, how far you'd be willing to travel, etc., and maybe we can organize an event. best — Dan | talk 18:27, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
A-class for chicago
Do I understand that you want the ChicagoWikiProject template to perform in the same way as the Milhist template with regards to the A-Class review structure? I can do that for you if that is the case. Regards. Woody (talk) 18:45, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
- Hmm, after looking into it, the Chicago banner uses the generic Template:WPBannerMeta. WPMILHIST uses its own template instructions which I think you will need to adopt for Chicago if you want the A-Class to mirror the MILHIST one. The best person to do that would be Kirill, he did the MILHIST one and it works absolutely perfectly. I am sure he would help if you asked. Sorry I couldn't be of more help but a complete template overhaul is above my expertise. Regards. Woody (talk) 19:03, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Re: Signpost
Looks OK to me. I don't really have anything to add. Zagalejo^^^ 01:18, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
s == Crown Fountain FAC ==
I have some concerns and am not ready to support - I will add those to the FAC next. I find it easier to do this in sections than one huge block. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 15:15, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
- Are you going to try to address the objections by and jbmurray? —Mattisse (Talk) 18:43, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
- If you are willing to try to remedy the problems that jbmurray and Ruhrfisch see, I am willing to help you. To be honest, I am not entirely clear what would satisfy them. Sometimes reorganizing an article completely does wonders. And it can be quite easy to do, with some flexible thinking! —Mattisse (Talk) 22:33, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
- One thing I have been thinking about: Jaume Plensa is not an architect, he is an artist. Some of of details addressed in the article are engineering issues, it seems to me, not architectural. Also, the word "t-bar", what is that in terms of design or engineering? Is that like a t-bar on a ski lift? —Mattisse (Talk) 22:50, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
Darwin Rebellion
Hi there, before I submit this article for GA consideration, would you mind reviewing it please. Thanks, Spy007au (talk) 13:30, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks, I appreciate your time and feedback. Regards, Spy007au (talk) 08:25, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Walter O'Malley
There's really no need to mention his HoF selection in the lead (apart from the way it was awkwardly phrased); it's a posthumous career honor, akin in many ways to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Koufax, Cobb and Clemente (the only HoFers with FA or GA status) all were elected in historic circumstances (first player elected, youngest player elected, posthumous special election/first Latin American player elected), and it seems reasonable to only mention the Hall in the intro if the individual's selection was similarly remarkable; besides, there are some HoFers with A-class article status who don't have the HoF mentioned in the lead. MisfitToys (talk) 22:55, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
DYK
--Gatoclass (talk) 13:11, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Michigan Basketball
Wish I could help you out but I don't know how to do that stuff. I like the page though, good job. michfan2123 (talk) 21:09, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
- Sounds good. michfan2123 (talk) 21:38, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for flickr info
Thanks for your uploading tips! I was able to successful upload a few Jaume Plensa works: —Mattisse (Talk) 22:36, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Re: Template:WPMILHIST Announcements
Yes, it's done completely by hand. Kirill (prof) 00:07, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Vid sculpture
FAs are your province, not mine... Ty 23:53, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Re: Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/Review
Nope, I don't have any good approach for dealing with those. GA formats aren't really compatible with WikiProject ones. Kirill (prof) 12:37, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
comments on GA
I've moved your comments from WT:GA to WT:GAN. I think it is more relevant to that discussion, since it's review-based. Dr. Cash (talk) 14:45, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
- No problem. The newsletter should be coming out this weekend. There was an issue with sending it out to talk pages last month, but if you want, go to WP:WGA and you can see it there. I should be able to post the august newsletter directly to your talk pages now. Dr. Cash (talk) 21:35, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
Article History
I know this is probably a stupid question, but if you have a moment could you explain how to update the article history template I've never figured it out! Million_Moments (talk) 07:26, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
- I can figure it out from that, thanks! Million_Moments (talk) 07:50, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
Edward Harrison (timpanist) DYK
--Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 00:01, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
DYK
--Gatoclass (talk) 12:17, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Wikiproject report
In short, like most projects, WikiProject Chicago went through a process of tagging related articles. Unfortunately, the report doesn't clearly distinguish between project actions, and simple taggings of non-project work, and, in this case, makes a slight difference - not to the extent of making the project look bad, but to the extent that it needs edited for clarity. Unfortunately, Rudget has just left, so, since I had volunteered to do it, I've agreed to take it over, and do the necessary edits. =)
The changes won't be extensive, but if you're willing to be interviewed a bit more, it might help get a few things sorted quicker - most of the problems are in Rudget's lead. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:55, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:52, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
For the record, the problems (or things to check) are listed here.
- Thanks - sorry to put you through this, it's just one of those things where last-minute problems came up. I don't doubt we can sort them, and they're secondary to the main thrust of the article. =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk)
WikiProject Chicago
You may remove me from the project for now. Thanks for the contact. --Kukini háblame aquí 13:16, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
It was purely coincidental that the article happened to be related to Chicago. Feel free to remove me from any of the project's contact lists. GaryColemanFan (talk) 21:23, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Crown Fountain copyedit
I will do it, but I have a few other things to do on WP today and will be away from my computer for a big chunk of the day too - I can probably start it tonight your time and hopefully finish it tomorrow. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 11:57, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
- I just reread the relevant WP:MOS sections and did not see anything on it. One idea would be to just change the construction, so as one example ... and Robert Venturi, who presented a 150-foot (46 m) tall fountain.[21] would become ... and Robert Venturi, who presented a fountain 150 feet (46 m) tall.[21] and Opposing 50-foot (15 m) tall towers represent Plensa's theme of dualism. could be Plensa's theme of dualism is represented by opposing towers, each 50 feet (15 m) tall.[21]. You get the idea. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 16:51, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
- I caught two more uses of "foot" and fixed them. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 17:21, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
- de nada ;-) Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:06, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Video sculpture DYK
--Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 15:35, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free media (Image:20070520 Lifesize Darth Vader at Lego Store.JPG)
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Your contributions
Hi there. I reviewed your contributions and you've done a fantastic job for Wikipedia. Keep up the good work. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 14:08, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for you kind message. I hope we can work togrther in future.
Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 14:27, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
- Chicago! It is the most well known place in the Midwest. I'm mainly interested in southern United States, especially Arizona and New Mexico. I would love to work with you. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 14:51, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
WP:CHICAGO
Felt able to get to the computer today and run the bot fully. It tagged a little over 220 new articles. Sorry it took so long. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 19:58, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Bears List
Thanks for the heads up on the Chicago Bears seasons list. RMelon (talk) 17:46, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Wikiproject report
I'm sorry, I've been so ill that I haven't really been able to work on it. Can't concentrate enough. I might use something I have pre-prepared, and run it next week. Sorry =/
- That's great news: Maybe we should re-do the interview in part, and add in these developments? =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 03:52, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free media (Image:20070621 Crown Fountain Dualism.JPG)
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TfD nomination of Template:Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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McCain
Hi Tony. FYI, the John McCain article is now a featured article. I noticed that you work on featured articles quite a bit, and your user page has a "Current list of pages I watch for vandalism and editorial propriety." Perhaps you'd be interested in adding McCain to the list? That article could use more eyes watching it, especially between now and the presidential election. Thanks.Ferrylodge (talk) 19:07, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
- No problem. High activity articles can be somewhat frustrating.Ferrylodge (talk) 19:19, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter
Sorry about the delay. AWB has been having a few issues lately. Here is the august issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter! Dr. Cash (talk) 20:55, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
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Cloud Gate images
I started to work on the process of moving the images from the commons to Wikipedia with Fair Use rationale, but I decided I should probably let you do this. You have already went through the process with Crown Fountain, and I think it would simply be a better idea instead of taking the risk of me messing it up. Undoubtedly, you would do the same job quicker and mostly likely better. Do you mind? --TorsodogTalk 02:11, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks. Luckily, unlike Crown Fountain, Cloud Gate doesn't need many pictures to illustrate our points. Speaking of Crown Fountain images, I quickly experimented with panorama tonight. Here is a rough example of what the day shot should look like tomorrow. Do you think this will work as a replacement for the fish-eye or wide-angle? --TorsodogTalk 03:58, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Milton Friedman
Sorry for not following good protocol. I sent notifications to the top 10 contributers (based on the tool that you kindly linked), and also notified everyone that has made a post on the discussion page in 2008. You wrote "make the proper notifications and denote it above." I'm not sure what you mean by "denote it above?" Please let me know if there are furher actions that I should take here. Thanks again for letting me know about the notifications. Jdstany (talk) 05:00, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
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Albert White
I'll take a look at the review later today. But just a quick note that the article doesn't need a hatnote per WP:HATNOTE because readers won't arrive at that page by mistake when they meant another article. You only need hatnotes for clarification or to direct people to a disambig page if this page was placed at Albert White. Peanut4 (talk) 08:36, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
- I don't believe a hatnote should be there. According to WP:NAMB, I think it only needs a hatnote if for example Albert White (athlete) or something similarly redirected to Albert White (basketball) but since it doesn't, there is no reason to end up at the wrong page. Peanut4 (talk) 20:53, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
- I actually in theory agree with you. I would rather see hatnotes than not. However, I've had a lot removed and explained to me the reason why, and I understand the policy. My own verdict about doing GA reviews is an attempt to launch them towards FAC, whether they're ready or not. I often carry out a bit of editing myself, if it's quite temporary. I'm certainly not going to fail it for an erroneous hatnote, but per policy, I don't think it's necessary. I will leave the final decision up to you, but I would expect if an FAC attempt was made, it may be removed. Peanut4 (talk) 21:12, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
dyk
--cheers Victuallers (talk) 10:52, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
J. Harlan
Thanks for the Barnstar! Ruslik (talk) 14:08, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Signpost
Honest answer is I've been so ill that my attempts to write are coming out really poorly, so I haven't really attempted it. Hopefully I'll be able tomorrow. =/ Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 01:57, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Tory Burch
--Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:58, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Lakers
Hi, ive seen you helped many articles become a GA or a FA, can you review the Los Angeles Lakers article so it could becoma a GA please. Thank you. BlueRed 21:10, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
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Michigan Wolverines
Yeah, I've just had a quick look and would fail it again for the same reasons. I got totally confused by the history being in two places. Nor do I like the internal structure of the history section, or the lack of flow between each section. As it stands, I would fail it again, so instead I will allow another editor to have a fresh look. Peanut4 (talk) 16:02, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
Albert White
Tony - Yesterday was the first time I had ever moved items to the DYK Next Update, so I may have overlooked some good ones. For the older hooks, I was basically just moving items that already had green checks into the next update, and that's why I may have overlooked White. The backlog has just gotten out of control, and I was trying to do my part to help. As the Aug 19 hooks have now been dropped, not sure what I can do.Cbl62 (talk) 14:14, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
- It's past nine days and there was a discussion about dropping the Aug 19 hooks to relieve some of the backlog, and I understand your disappointment on this matter. I've posted an appeal to other editors to assist to verify any valid hooks including yours on that day, and restore the heading with those that are verified. We will try to squeeze them into the Next Suggestions if we are able to; the backlog is not letting up at any moment. - Mailer Diablo 15:16, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
- On article's Alt Hook 2, what is the significance of rebounds, points, and assists in the same season? - Mailer Diablo 15:22, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
- Verified and on next queue. - Mailer Diablo 15:39, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
DYK
--Gatoclass (talk) 16:03, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
Re: GA newsletter mention
Wow! Congrats on the milestone! I consistently see you as one of the top nominators of articles at GAN. Good work!
I've started going through some of WP:CHICAGO's large number of unassessed articles, and trying to make heads or tails of it all. There's a lot so far. I'm thinking we might be able to toss a few articles off to other wikiprojects, though. For example, is it really necessary to have every song and album article from the band Chicago tagged by the wikiproject? The band's article, yes, definitely. But articles on individual songs could likely be handed off to the songs wikiproject, or a wikiproject on the band itself. This would likely help to reduce our backlog quite a bit, I think,... Dr. Cash (talk) 14:20, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
- I agree that My Kind of Town and the Superbowl Shuffle should be included in the wikiproject. Their significance is clear. What I was referring to is some obscure song like, 25 or 6 to 4. Also, I came across this article: 2*Sweet -- apparently a very obscure garage band with, supposedly, a single "album", though it's only advertised on myspace, and it really looks like the band isn't even notable enough for inclusion in wikipedia. It was created on June 7 of this year. I'm tempted to nominate for WP:AFD. Dr. Cash (talk) 15:46, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
DYK notice
Congratulations! Keep up the good work, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:24, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
football players
DevorahLeah (talk) 19:51, 31 August 2008 (UTC)Tony, you asked me a few weeks back to check and see if I could find more information about Keith Bostic and Thomas Wilcher, and I didn't want you to think I hadn't tried. Unlike Eugene Derricotte, these two guys didn't seem to get written up in the African-American newspapers (other than brief articles about their football exploits). I intend to keep trying, but didn't want you to think I forgot about your request. Any other Chicago personalities (and also Detroit, evidently) you need an article about? As I told you, my expertise is in the history of American broadcasting, American women's history, African-American history, and American Jewish history. And it's really frustrating to me that so far, I haven't helped you on those two guys you asked about. As I said, I'll keep trying.—Preceding unsigned comment added by DevorahLeah (talk • contribs) 19:51, 31 August 2008 (UTC)