On 9 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Golden-winged Sunbird, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the range of the Golden-winged Sunbird coincides with its major food item, the nectar of the plant Leonotis nepetifolia (both pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Golden-winged Sunbird. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Yngvadottir (talk) 00:02, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
On 9 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rogelio Bernal Andreo, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Rogelio Bernal Andreo was the first amateur astronomer to win the Discover Bad Astronomy image of the year with his image "Orion, from Head to Toe" (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rogelio Bernal Andreo. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I wrote an article of Biodiversity of Wales. I nominated it for DKY but it still needs some more work. I was wondering if you could help out. Thanks! :D --RexRowanTalk 09:45, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
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Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Got a question for you on California State Route 52 since I'm not a biology person... should Least Bell's Vireo be capitalized? Our article has it capitalized, but the newspaper sources don't... --Rschen7754 03:27, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas:
Finished working on the former Aperture masking comments at FAC. You may have some thoughts for final improvement. Two minor concerns:
Thanks.--Sadalsuud (talk) 13:13, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
On 16 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Shanghai Botanical Garden, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Shanghai Botanical Garden has a penjing garden that covers 4 hectares (9.9 acres)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Shanghai Botanical Garden. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas:
Great work on all those MoS edits! We finally crossed the goal line. Quite amazing!
I'm a little lost as to what to do now. I still see a few places that are cause for concern. What do you suggest? I noticed the first sentence of Circumstellar dynamics was significantly edited. Here's what I think is the reason behind the wide discrepancies in mass loss rates: there are two kinds of mass loss, 1) stellar wind and 2) episodic.
I read the Harper 2001 ref that is used here. It states: "If the radial density structure is assumed to be the same as in 1992 September,when HST /GHRS spectra were obtained, then the Fe II wind absorption features provide an estimate of the mass-loss rate of 3.1(^1.3)]10~6 M yr~1." Sounds like he's talking about the stellar wind loss rate. Episodic mass loss is the phenomenon associated with the huge plume of gas (i.e. Kervella pic). So I think we need to be careful here. Note it's the ESO 2009 article that quotes 1M☉ and references Kervella 2009, a more recent figure than Harper.
Any thoughts?--Sadalsuud (talk) 20:29, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
The article Canis Minor you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within a few days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Canis Minor for things which need to be addressed. Tomcat (7) 12:19, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
The article Canis Minor you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Canis Minor for comments about the article. Well done! Tomcat (7) 20:07, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
I appreciate your thoughtful oppose at the Arbcom clarification request. You nailed it with the last sentence of your comment. —Torchiest talkedits 19:47, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time for making a Bradwall GA Review. I have taken in your suggestions and either made corrections or comments, as described in the sub-page I mention on the talk page. --Iantresman (talk) 20:33, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
On 20 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pictor, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that within the painter's easel lie a relativistic jet 800,000 light years long and a galaxy cluster with 800 trillion stars? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pictor. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
Your articles are usually solid, but do you realize that the statement, "with a mass equivalent to approximately 800 trillion suns," does not mean is has "800 trillion stars" that each weigh the equivalent of our sun? We can't count the number of stars, we can however calculate the mass of the system. The latter was done, the former was, unfortunately, featured on the main page, and is neither verifiable nor sourced. It's also probably not true. -Fjozk (talk) 00:46, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas. Mike Christie, who is overseeing our outreach to North American university students, has asked at WT:MED for an evaluation of some student contributions to articles on NPD, personality and attitude articles. I'm pointing you to it in case you missed it and one or more of those topics interests you. That N. American educational program consumes a lot of the Wikimedia Foundation's time and money, so assessments from several interested med editors would be very valuable. No pressure: I'm just spreading the word. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 00:30, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
How many F-off's, tw--ts, cu-ts, insults and personal attacks does everyone get per FA or GA? How about 3 per FAC or 2 per GAN review and 10 for every personally nominated FA that passes and maybe 5 per GA that one nominates that passes. How about for new article starts...maybe 2 for a stub and 3 for a start class article and 4 or 5 if it is then placed at DYK? I would suggest that though it is hard to always remain civil, anyone making what appears to be minimal effort should have some restriction placed upon them. But, if you're going to say that everyone gets 1, 2, 3 or more percentage of their edits to be unconstructive personal attacks, then lets get that into policy so its binding for everyone. In looking over where Malleus seems to get himself into trouble...it's not in copyediting, where unless the edit summary is used to attack, the copyedit itself wouldn't be the issue...so examine talkpage and discussion page edits, you'll find that percentage is well beyond the 3 percent you mentioned. So whats the plan?...I offer the following as a reasonable interim clarification and admendment to the current and past case: (I say interim because I feel that an outright ban is inevitable) Malleus is banned from participation in Rfa and the Rfa process inclusively for one year. I don't know why this hasn't been proposed already.--MONGO 15:30, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
In 2006 the arbitration committee desysopped me based on six (6) issues they found. In two of those issues, Jimbo Wales ended up blocking/banning one editor I had blocked (User:Miltopia)...In the chorus of opposition to the measure to desyop me, some editors that weren't even very fond of me pointed out that I had made over 5,000 administrative actions including deletions, blocks, Arbcom enforcements, reverts and comments to others in my administrative capacity...none of my deletions, reverts, blocks or actions were undone, overturned or even challenged save one. Yet they desysopped me anyway. I think they did the right thing actually. The reason I think they did the right thing was because I was unrepentant and did not offer promises to make amends for my transgressions. Malleus has been given innumerable opportunities to make even a small gesture of acknowledgement that he needs to clean up his act...and he won't apparently do so. But even here and now, I offer a reasonable clarification that is just though I feel is far to lenient. Otherwise, lets delete the NPA and CIVIL things and turn this website into an open forum where everyone gets to say whatever they want whenever they want and there will be no consequences.--MONGO 15:59, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
Please peer review this for me!--Lucky102 (talk) 16:25, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
When the voucher for CORE comes through, please give all our share to Gerda so that a German language copy of the Reiner Stach biography can be bought for a German library. Thank you.
Hi there! I just took a look at your user page and it looks AWESOME! I've been thinking of changing my user page but don't know how. Can you help me change the section about my contributions? I tried to create columns but the userboxes won't let me do it properly. I aslo love the color of your userpage. Please, help me out. Do whatever you think is necessary to make the page look a little better. I would very much appreciate your help. Thank you! Nataev (talk) 07:21, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
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You have been trouted for: BEING AWESOME! )))
Hi! Hope everything is fine. I'm suspecting that the User:BengaliHindu has several user accounts and using them in a disruptive, misleading, or unhelpful manner. I'm seeking your advice prior to filling an investigation case. These user ids can serve as evidence:
Thanks for your co-operation. --Zayeem (talk) 15:05, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
Not a fungi expert, just confused about an inconsistency...
The main page for today (Friday 26 October 2012) lists a number of coral fungi in the "Do You Know" section, including the Blah Coral. But the Blah Coral page makes reference to coral mushroom which redirects to Gomphaceae. Coral fungi, on the other hand, redirects to Clavarioid fungi, which references Basidiomycota but otherwise seems to Gomphaceae.
Since the Gomphaceae was yours, I wondered if you knew how all this sorted out...Morfusmax (talk) 16:00, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas, I put the article you reviewed up for PR. It's been expanded a bit (I was able to dig up some Globe and Mail and The Age [Aussie!] references, which gave a lot more background) and I think it would have a fighting chance at FAC. Would you be willing to peer review? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:42, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I think you missed my last post so I'm posting this again. I'm suspecting that the User:BengaliHindu has several user accounts and using them in a disruptive, misleading, or unhelpful manner. I thought it would be better to have some advice from an Arbitration Committee member before filling a case as written here. I'm also seeking a CheckUser Review for this. These user ids can serve as evidence:
Thanks --Zayeem (talk) 12:27, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
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Your extensive contribution to DYK and vastly improving the efficiency between nom and feature/credit in recent times has not gone unnoticed. It greatly improves the attractiveness of DYK and encourages editors to produce more content. Keep up the great job you do and thanks for delivering my DYKs!.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:38, 8 October 2012 (UTC) |
It is an important project and I only learned about it this year. I hope that it becomes more popular each time it is done. Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:47, 9 October 2012 (UTC) |
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I have seen few FAC noms as epic and technical as for Betelgeuse, and I congratulate you and Sadalsuud for getting this intriguing star over the FA line. hamiltonstone (talk) 22:49, 16 October 2012 (UTC) |
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For your kindness and helpfulness towards other users. Keep up the good work! Nataev (talk) 09:56, 24 October 2012 (UTC) |
Where is the edit war? Plus discussion is ongoing on the talk page. Darkness Shines (talk) 14:38, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Casliber. Unless you tell me I shouldn't, in the nearish future I am just gonna take ArbCom's silence on the question of the binding thing as a "no", remove mention of it from User:Chaos5023/Abortion advocacy movement coverage, and probably soon thereafter make it a live RFC. Just FYI. —chaos5023 (talk) 20:16, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
Do we really need a citation for the colour? The colour index itself is a matter of record, shown in Simbad for example. The exact name we apply to that colour in the case of a star is an issue far beyond the scope of this article, and to a great extent is subjective, but white/blue-white is hardly controversial. The article on colour index should probably address the issue. Lithopsian (talk) 14:00, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
On 29 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article EK Trianguli Australis, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the stars of the binary system EK Trianguli Australis orbit around a common centre of gravity every 1.5 hours? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/EK Trianguli Australis. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. 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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Hey, I'm so sorry I dropped the ball on that one. I just got swamped with other work...my bad. :/ Keilana|Parlez ici 19:01, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas, I don't really know how to say this, so will just spit it out. If the delay in sending out the prizes for the Core contest is at all because of anything I might have said or done (which is what I suspect), I'm willing to have my entry disqualified so that the prizes can be sent to the other contestants. Thanks, Truthkeeper (talk) 01:05, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
(edit conflict) @TK88 - the main motivation for me reviving the contest was what I perceive to be stagnation in alot of content that is not being specifically worked up for DYK, GA or FA, or being argued over. I also believe that wikipedia is at a bit of a crossroads of becoming an established sourcing entity which needs to tighten up its core portfolio of material (as it were), and I reckoned this was better done with carrots rather than sticks. Add to that my own experiences, which is that GA and FA represent (more than any trophy-collecting or dick-measuring tables) stable versions that can be referred to after an article (inevitably) erodes. I also like to see big broad articles get to GA/FA. So I suppose my hope was that various of these articles would eventually make GA or FA, but that was not part of the intensive editing period as it would have been an impossibility to achieve in the time frame. The thrust was that in cases of equal improvement that Really Crap to Good was better than Good to Really Good...Finally, I had no idea about this interview until linked to just now. Looking now at it, I am sorry you weren't approached and not sure what else to say. Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:32, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
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From: Northamerica1000(talk) 01:58, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas. Since you are an experienced FA reviewer, and now that you aren't fiendlishly busy with the Cup (congratulations / commiserations, by the way), I think the FAC on Romney might benefit from some more non-USA eyes on it. Things are getting a little wierd. It's a long article though, so... Cheers, hamiltonstone (talk) 02:53, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
soon --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:52, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
A heart-warmingly pleasing response to my work at WT:TFAR. Thank you. --Dweller (talk) 09:27, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas, I was wondering if you'd be willing to take a quick look at something? I'm thinking about an FAC run for Ann Bishop (biologist) - I've incorporated pretty much everything I can find, but it's still quite short. If you don't have time, I totally understand! Keilana|Parlez ici 22:45, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
I see you protected Sandy, which is probably not a bad idea. However, I would ask that you undue the following edit. user:Casprings has been trying to insert this (some of which is his own original research and synthesis of material) into a currently exisitng article, (which he created and is likely to be deleted). In an attempt to game the system the editor is adding it to the Sandy article. Arzel (talk) 23:15, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
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Keilana|Parlez ici 04:41, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
Based on the talk for this DYK, I'm not really entitled to any credit since I didn't add to it after 11/1. Not sure if there's a way to "un-credit" me. - PKM (talk) 19:15, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for reading about heaven and hell and tilting it over the edge. Good comments too! I have to get back into reviewing, but my wiki time seems to be shrinking a lot these days because of that thing called real life. Truthkeeper (talk) 12:45, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
Cas, please quickly proofread the comment you just left on Mathsci's request. I think you may have an extra negative or something in the last sentence leaving it mean the opposite of what you intended. (Of course it might just be me misreading it.) Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 21:28, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas, there is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates, upon which subject I think it would be great if we all just got on and did something and didn't spin off into too many ruminations, and where I named you because someone else said you'd sent an email to Raul. Would be great if you'd stick your beak in. Cheers :-) hamiltonstone (talk) 00:06, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
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Hi there. I'm pinging you as an active Australian editor who I know is pretty experienced. There's stuff going on at Australian Christian Lobby and talk page that could use some attention. I don't have the energy for full-blown participation but thought perhaps a range of experienced editors could help sort it out as a team. Regards, hamiltonstone (talk) 23:45, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Casliber. I was wondering if you'd decided if you're going to run for the committee again. If you don't want to, I'd totally understand; I know it's a pain in the butt. But I'll definitely support you if you do decide to run. Also no pressure if you haven't decided yet one way or another. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 13:03, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
I hope you're running again. Have you decided? --Anthonyhcole (talk) 04:15, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
On 17 November 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fred Humphreys, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Fred Humphreys attempted to photograph every species of Banksia, but died before the resulting book was published? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fred Humphreys. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:26, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
I agree that references should be accurate and complete as far as what is truly needed, i.e. as you put it "ship shape". However I don't see that using templates necessarily makes them any more so. If you look at professional journals there are certainly similarities in how references are presented, but no universal rule. As for "consensus", here at Wikipedia that's fairly ambiguous and may simply indicate a predilection to conformity. Remember, its fine to be serious, just don't be "serious" about being serious. J.H.McDonnell (talk) 13:18, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
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The DYK project (nominate) 08:21, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
This is a note to let the main editors of Betelgeuse know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on November 26, 2012. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 26, 2012. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:
Betelgeuse photographed with the Hubble space telescopeBetelgeuse is the eighth brightest star in the night sky and second brightest in the constellation of Orion, only rarely outshining Rigel. It is a distinctly reddish, semiregular variable star whose apparent magnitude varies between 0.2 and 1.2, the widest range of any first-magnitude star. Betelgeuse's name is thought to be derived from the Arabic يد الجوزاء Yad al-Jauzā' meaning "the Hand of al-Jauzā'", i.e., Orion. It is classified as a red supergiant of spectral type M2Iab and is one of the largest and most luminous known stars. If positioned at the center of the Solar System, its surface would extend past the asteroid belt, possibly beyond the orbit of Jupiter, at least wholly engulfing Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Less than 10 million years old, Betelgeuse has evolved rapidly because of its high mass. Ejected from its birthplace in the Orion OB1 Association, this crimson runaway has been observed moving through the interstellar medium at a supersonic speed of 30 km/sec, creating a bow shock over 4 light-years wide. Now in a late stage of stellar evolution, the supergiant is expected to proceed through its life cycle before exploding as a type II supernova within the next million years. (Full article...)
UcuchaBot (talk) 00:03, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
Precious again! - As you received the award already (4 times) I gave it to your collaborator today. - Do you also miss PumpkinSky? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:00, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi Casliber. I just finished writing the "Legacy" section of Shunzhi Emperor that you requested. You're welcome to let me know what you think on the FAC review page. Thank you! Madalibi (talk) 01:01, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
You may want to take a look at this article. Every other source I've found lists NGC 7840 as the last NGC object. Since you are knowledgable in astronomy and are an administrator, I thought I'd let you know about this article. StringTheory11 (t • c) 04:16, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
...for your assistance with Constance Stokes and for finding that great page from Deutscher and Hackett - i think that is the first still life of hers that i've seen. hamiltonstone (talk) 23:20, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
Congratulations, it's a really nice article. --MarchOrDie (talk) 21:00, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
I just reviewed your latest FAC candidate and will be watching for your reply. If you have time, I was wondering if you would mind looking over mine. Admittedly, mine is longer, so it's not a fair trade. But if you're up for it, I can always review your next short FAC. – Maky « talk » 23:23, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas,
I have been working on Entertainment since it came up as "Today's article for improvement" on 13 October. It is a core article and was quite weak and random before (IMO). I have been working on making such a big, universal topic into one concise, representative and coherent article. Do you think it is ready for GA or FA? If not, what should I do to get it there? If you have time, I would appreciate your opinion before I draw it to everyone's attention. My thinking about its structure and contents is on the Talk Page - I had to think it through as I went. It is now completely rewritten.
Thanks! Whiteghost.ink (talk) 07:46, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
Secret account 08:32, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
Ok let me know. Thanks Secret account 01:14, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
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The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas, just wanted to thank you for your support and help on the Debora Green FAC. Actually, on both of them! The source you helped me find was really useful for building up the pathology section of the article :) A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 17:34, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Greetings, I just wanted to let you know that one of your FA's was suggested to be translated into Simple Wikipedia and I decided to give it a go. The link is here. I already started doing some of it and will continue to work on it but I wanted to invite you to participate since you were the one who got it to FA in EN. Kumioko (talk) 21:55, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
On 27 November 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Omphalotus japonicus, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that one can reportedly see 8 mm (0.31 in) high Roman characters by the light of a 100 cm2 (16 in2) of the bioluminescent tsukiyotake? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Omphalotus japonicus. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:42, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
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For admitting your mistakes, resigning in 2009, and sparing us controversy, which was the honorable thing to do. Rschen7754 06:23, 29 November 2012 (UTC) |
Also just wanted to say that while I strongly disagree with the motion you posted, I recognize that it was meant in good faith. --Rschen7754 06:25, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
I noticed your username commenting at an Arbcom discussion regarding civility. An effort is underway that would likely benifit if your views were included. I hope you will append regards at: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Civility enforcement/Questionnaire Thank you for considering this request. My76Strat (talk) 09:12, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Proposal:_ban_of_Curb_Chain and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Curb Chain. It might require more investigation and clean-up from editors who specialize in this... Tijfo098 (talk) 11:48, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
Here. Tnx. ;-) --Kasper2006 (talk) 05:51, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Calisber. Do you still award Triple Crowns? There seems to be a huge backlog and I was beginning to worry that I'll end up never getting the award. Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 20:49, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
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Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
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Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
I don't usually take much interest in the actions of other editors and just get on with my own thing. However I found that editor Ornithodiez had removed some content (without explanation) from Amphibian at this rather critical point in its FAC process. So I had a look at what else that editor had been doing recently and found that he had done several things that I thought disruptive. In the article Neoaves he had removed a well-referenced cladogram dating from 2012 that another editor had added and that seemed relevant to me so I undid his edit. This was to no avail as the cladogram has since been removed again. Knowing that birds are one of your interests, I wondered whether you thought his edits disruptive? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:18, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
You have been mentioned at WP:AN (not by me). Reaper Eternal (talk) 22:36, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
Could you please Strike resolved issues.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:57, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
In your busy schedule, would you have time to look at my Amphibian FAC? I note that the most critical of those who have previously commented has been Samsara and that this editor has not been active in Wikipedia since November 27th. I believe the points he raised have been addressed but he has not reversed his original rather vague criticisms. Amphibians may not be your main interest, but would you be able to have a look at the article? The way things are going at FAC I fear it may fail as there are a fair number of comments, no outright opposition but few supporters. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:27, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi. If this interests you, your thoughts would be very welcome: Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#How do we determine which paleontology theories to report? --Anthonyhcole (talk) 07:37, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
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Congrats to you for the promotion of Banksia aquilonia to FA.--MONGO 14:55, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
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Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Mauna Loa still a work in progress but the Geology section is just about done, at least: can you take a look and tell me what you think? Thanks, ResMar 04:26, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
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Would you be able to send me this? Gotta keep up with the times! Sasata (talk) 04:11, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
This gave me a laugh: Accept for review of tool use, which is one of our core functions. (I added a link to the quote to explain how I first read the statement.) Guettarda (talk) 17:30, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
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TheOriginalSoni (talk) 06:05, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
Your misfortune of being at the top of the ArbCom list is the reason I am writing to you, though you are also [mis]fortunate in not appearing in the Arab-Israeli/Palestine-Israel articles disputes.
And, I'm not asking you to get involved, but simply seek advice.
Recently in a verbal conversation during a discussion on the ethnic strife in Syria, I was informed that neither Arabs nor Jews are considered indigenous to West Asia by Wikipedia.
I found this a most curious situation, and in consulting some friends and some books, and the existing discussion on the article talk page, I boldly edited the list.
The basic problem I found with the existing discussion on the talk page is that it disallowed inclusion of the Jews because:
Other aberrant notions have been put forward by some, such as that the idea of indigenousness was unknown in the ancient times (aboriginal is derived from Roman Latin!), or that diasporic populations have no claim to place of origin.
The article itself is now protected based on the ArbCom 2008 decision for handling Israel/Palestinian articles, though in fact the indigenousness of any given population is in no way affected by the contemporary political disputes, and ought to be evaluated in their own right.
My problem is as follows.
There seems little argument against adding Arabians/Arabs (changed from Bedouin), but...
"Jews" is an imposed dasporic name applied to a given ethnicity, which happens to have an ethno-religious identity and culture. As a contemporary people, within the culture, they by an large identify themselves as Yisra'el with the exception of those members of the communities who can identify their affiliation with the tribe of Levi and its sub-family of Kohens/Cohens (a priestly function in the culture). In editing the entry, I provided reliable sources and the sources of this cultural division in the core "Jewish" text, the Torah otherwise known as the Hebrew Bible. The last is not considered 'reliable' for Wikipedia, but in this case it is the very source of identity of the Yisra'el! To claim it 'unreliable' is to not only deny identity to all Yisra'el, but to also disenfranchise their cultural heritage and impose atheism on them in one swift pronouncement! Surely this would go somewhat beyond the editing of an encyclopaedia?!
I added the entry Israelites, which is the English name given to the "biblical" Yisra'el (logically referring to cultural record) on which the Yisra'el (this is singular and plural in Hebrew) base their claims of originating in the Land of Israel. In fact Wikipedia uses four (!) different words to identify the people (culturally Am Yisra'el, lit. People Israel): Israelites, Hebrews, Jews and Israelis, which must be some sort of a record. Note that the state of Israel is one of the few modern states named after the people who claim indigenousness to the land, and the basis on which the original late 19th century "Zionism" (return to Zion (Ger.)/ Tzion (Heb.)) was based on, the term Tzion (2 Samuel 5:7) having been used to designate the area of Jerusalem where the sacked Jebusite fortress stood, and later became a metonym for King Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.
The entry was summarily removed, and an edit war invented by User:Moxy when another user reverted the removal, etc.
I tried to discuss, but the user who did the original removal simply removed the discussion from his/her talk page. The article talk 'discussion' then degenerated into something utterly devoid of logic and facts, refusal to consider the culture, and claiming the article needed 'protection', which in effect prevents restoring my edits although no actual fault with my Israelite entry was identified aside from not conforming to the claimed 'definitive' definition of "indigenousness" (there isn't one!), and using 'unrelible biblical sources' (which I did not!). The entire thing is basically a "I did not hear that" or "I don't want to hear that" sort of 'discussion'.
As I see it, someone with some serious administrative authority and a fairly healthy dose of impartiality has to step in.
For a start, the definition of indigenousness has to be inclusive of those ethnicities that ARE dominant in their locales, regions and nation-states, or even internationally. I had added Arabians/Arabs, originating in the Arabian Peninsula and dominant in several regional states, but this was also removed. Interestingly no one has protested that the Han Chinese do not get to be indigenous to PRC, or the Thai to Thailand.
On the other hand the list includes (for example) Crimean Karaites: Crimean Peninsula in Southern Ukraine who also claim to be Yisra'el, but practice Judaism differently, and Crimean Tatars: Crimean Peninsula in Southern Ukraine who originate in Mongolia! Indigenousness does mean a place of origin NOT a list of national/geographic minorities, and the list is suppose to serve as an ethnographic and anthropological reference, not a cause for political wrangling. Whoever started the article clearly lacked a solid idea of what the purpose of the article is intended to be. The definition sited in the introduction, ""those ethnic groups that were indigenous to a territory prior to being incorporated into a national state, and who are politically and culturally separate from the majority ethnic identity of the state that they are a apart of" assumes the indigenous populations hadn't migrated or were forced out from their genous lands! In this it resets the historic clocks for many peoples to at best the late-colonial period! Not much of anthropology as far as I'm concerned, but people in the discipline would be welcome to the discussion.
In any case, I used Crock8/Crock81 in editing (the change is an unrelated long story), but here I post as an IP as I do not wish to be interrupted in any discussion with you from editors already 'engaged' on the article talk page. I'm sorry for the length and I appreciate the time you spent reading and replying. 220.238.42.127 (talk) 07:09, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
But, your appreciation of botany appears to be professional level, so lets go there as I rather enjoy plants myself, and even failed to save a pine from the Waverley council once.
Current definition used in the article Indigenous peoples, if used in an article Indigenous plants would go something like this - Any plants that are either rare, over-harvested, not appreciated because they seemingly have no commercial value, or endangered with extinction due to a lack of suitable water source, and subject to encroachment by other dominant species, are indigenous to the land where they are are currently found. All other plants are not indigenous. Moreover, we are not interested in the history of the said species discovery, their relationship in the evolutionary tree to other species, the description of their structure and reproduction or place in the ecosystem. All we are interested in is establishing they are indigenous, and protecting them. Any plant that fit this description 20 years ago, but has since recovered and is no longer rare, over-harvested, has a commercial value, obtained a water source, with the dominant species in the land eradicated, are to be removed from the indigenous plant species list. So this is not indigenous to Australia. Oh, and by the way, no botanist is to be consulted on the indigenousness of the species since the status of indigenousness is established by law, and protected through a political process neither of which botanists know very much about so why bother them. And, the article only needs references that come from major international law and international politics organisations. References from works by small time university botany researchers that spent 30 years trying to understand the ecosystem of those massive Siberian pine forests are unnecessary, because the Siberian pines are not indigenous to Siberia.
This is essentially what I'm up against.
As for Maunus' suggestion, I have already seen what happens in the Talk page, notably the last time there was an 'RfC' to determine the article scope. If asking an impartial admin to 'keep watch' over the application of the Wikipedia rules and guidelines during my editing of the article is "lobbying", than so be it, but I'm not asking you that, given being on the ArbCom probably keeps you busy enough. It is the same message I delivered to Deskana Crock81 (talk) 02:22, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
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Thx for the funny pic!^^ In Germany it's tradition to eat goose roast with red cabbage and (potato) dumplings at holy eve. ;) Mmmmhh... yummy!^^ Regards;--Nephiliskos (talk) 18:25, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
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I think I've finished addressing your concerns. StringTheory11 (t • c) 05:15, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
Happy boxing day! We actually had a rib of beef washed down with Chateauneuf du Pape, and very nice too. Turkey today. My brother sent me a whole Iberian ham as a Christmas present, so we are in danger of disappearing in a mountain of cold meat. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:16, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
Cas, am alerting you to the renomination of Dana boomer's nice little Kerry Bog Pony article for GA. If you can alert a good reviewer that, though I just reposted today, it has been languishing out there for a while - I would be grateful - It was GAN nominated about a month ago and just now failed, but I think it is because the reviewer (MathewTownsend) has issues with me personally and sought bogus grounds for the fail. (Long story, but the reviewer and I have had difficulties since early in 2012, diffs on request but you really don't want to go through that looking glass). The article is primarily (almost entirely) Dana's effort, I only helped during the review because I noticed that Dana wasn't around much, but my involvement seems to have incensed the reviewer, so... I really think the article is more than GA class, just needs a fast but solid re-review by someone who knows what they are doing. You've helped with this sort of thing before, so am asking your help again. Montanabw(talk) 19:01, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I wrote an article about the high official Inykhnum: Here. Before I release it, I please you to read over it and help me with grammar and spellings. It would be a great help to me. Regards;--Nephiliskos (talk) 22:52, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas, Cwmhiraeth and I are starting on raising Common Starling to FAC. The article has a number of existing references to HANZAB which neither of us have. If you have volume 7 would you mind checking the refs? I don't doubt the reliability, but text gets changed and there may be an Antipodean factor we haven't spotted, We have barely started, so no rush. Thanks Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:11, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
First thanks for the xmas greetings and a belated reply and best wishes for the holidays and New Year in return. Second, I thought I'd mention that a few weeks ago (when I really wasn't editing at all), Brothers Grimm had a spectacular page view spike and got through with very few edits or talk page comments. Had I been on my game (which I haven't been at all in 2012 for RL reasons) I would have realized 2012 was a 200th anniversary - but all that said, because of the Core Contest the article appears to be in fairly good shape, despite no bronze star or green circle. So, just wanted to mention that - it's something for you to be proud of as the year draws to a close. We often forget that what we're doing is for the readers. Best in the New Year. Truthkeeper (talk) 17:08, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Cas. One of m:Wiki Med's main activities will be outreach to academic and professional organisations. I was wondering if you might be interested in making a presentation to an Australian medical school or two, if we can line it up. You would be provided with videos of and slideshows from other presentations by Doc James, RexxS and others, and they, Bluerasberry and others would be very willing to talk it over with you, I'm sure.
If you're not keen, I think James would love the opportunity to visit Australia, but if you are interested, I think it would be great to have you involved. Perhaps you and he could do a couple together.
It's early days, but I just thought I'd sound you out. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 03:16, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
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GreatOrangePumpkin (talk · contribs) - User destroys the new infoboxes for the pharaoh, see as example at Khufu. There was a clear agreement within the Egypt´s project to use the new boxes. Regards;--Nephiliskos (talk) 13:47, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Casliber,
I wanted to know if you could reply to my comment on the talk page to merge the Behavior modification article into the Applied behavior analysis article, as ABA is the new term for Behavior mod.
See here: Talk:Applied behavior analysis#Merging_the_articles_Applied_behavior_analysis_and_Behavior_modification.
Thanks!
ATC . Talk 14:20, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
I started WP:MEDGA2013 and I included what you said about delirium. I've clarified my intent at that page and I wondered if you intended to try to get the article up to GA status or not. Best! Biosthmors (talk) 20:34, 18 January 2013 (UTC)