User talk:Khazar2

Wheel of Fortune

Addressed all your issues in the GA nomination. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 03:25, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

• Took care of that one too. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 13:10, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

• I removed that section since I couldn't find any solid sources for its ratings vs. Judge Judy. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 17:12, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Searching for Sugar Man

Hi, I undid your deletion on this article because I think you forgot that in the movie itself the censorship in the apartheid regime was in effect and that no information on foreign artists were available. Please respond here so we can avoid needless editing back and forth. // Best regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by NiklasBr (talk • contribs) 19:02, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I understand that the film discusses the apartheid censorship, but the film (at least the version I just watched) nowhere makes the case that it's omitting information about Rodriguez's previous tours because of it; that's the part that seems original research. Perhaps we can continue this discussion on the article talk page so others can join? Again, thanks for your courtesy in dropping me a note, and for your work on this interesting film. -- Khazar2 (talk) 20:16, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

The Holocaust

Hi: I have been giving a quick look at this article as I know you are interested in bringing it to GA. I believe it would be good if the points being made could be done with less direct quotes by authors and historians. Some copy-edit with cites could be transferred over from such articles as Himmler and Einsatzgruppen, which are already at GA. Further, some photos should be removed and/or moved per MOS:IMAGELOCATION in some parts as I note some text squeezing. Cheers, Kierzek (talk) 21:40, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestions; I agree on both points. (I should add I haven't really started work on this one yet; I'm hoping to really dive in around August or so.) An obvious priority is going to be reducing the length (110 kb/18000 words!), which I suspect is going to be an unpopular process there.

And thanks particularly for pointing out Himmler and Einsatzgruppen; I'll definitely make use of both as I gear up. I'm not an expert in this area, so it'll be good to have the list of sources from those articles as a road-map. Cheers, -- Khazar2 (talk) 21:45, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi Khazar2. I haven't made my mind up yet as to whether I will participate in improving The Holocaust. I am sending you an email with more thoughts on that. Here are three books I have used lately that would be useful:

• Browning, Christopher R. (2004). The Origins of the Final Solution : The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939-March 1942. Comprehensive History of the Holocaust. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-1327-1. 
• Longerich, Peter (2010). Holocaust: The Nazi Persecution and Murder of the Jews. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280436-5. 
• Snyder, Timothy (2010). Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-00239-9. 

  -- Dianna (talk) 22:17, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! -- Khazar2 (talk) 10:53, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Wildlife (La Dispute album) GA1

Hello, thank you all those months ago for reviewing the La Dispute (band) album Wildlife. It's a shame it didn't make it's way into the Good Article list but I'm hear to ask about improvements to promote it again soon. Do you believe the only real issue with it was minor grammar tweaks? Because the issue I have is that I though we are given time to make amendments rather than just a quick fail for grammar. Is there any areas that need attending? (e.g. sources, images, structure). Hope you contact me soon. Jonjonjohny (talk) 23:36, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

My understanding is that this is up to the discretion of the reviewer. For me, things like repeated missing words and incomplete sentences go beyond "tweaks" to suggest that the article didn't have basic proofreading before its nomination, and the problems there seemed varied and extensive even on a superficial look. Considering the large review backlog, I generally don't feel that it's a good use of reviewer time to do significant copyediting on behalf of the reviewer. (Other WikiProjects like WP:GOCE do exist for this purpose, though, if you're looking for outside help.) If you feel the issue's been resolved and the article's ready to go, you're welcome to renominate it at any time.

I certainly don't mean any of this to be discouraging--I'm glad for your work on this article, and I hope it gets to GA on its next pass! Cheers, -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:35, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Just a heads up, I've migrated the cover to Commons as it appears to be PD. Engraving is almost 150 years old, and the author has been dead for almost 120 years. Additions are too simple to draw a new copyright. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:27, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! -- Khazar2 (talk) 10:51, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

GA review

I had nominated Parasakthi (1952 film) for becoming a GA on 27 May 2013, but it is still awaiting a review. As an expert reviewer and due to the wide variety and types of articles u have reviewed, are u interested to review this one as well? Kailash29792 (talk) 11:20, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Maybe, but probably not for a while. Unfortunately, GAN has a significant backlog, so I generally take things from the back end of the list unless it's something I'm particularly interested in/specialized in. Thanks for your work on this nomination, though! Whether it's me or someone else who ultimately reviews it, I hope it goes well. -- Khazar2 (talk) 11:28, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Henry Ward Beecher GAN

I'll be happy to review, but I rather suspect you'd get better-informed consideration from an American reviewer rather than from my English self. I'll leave it a week and if no better volunteer has been recruited I'll wade in, if that seems sensible to you. Tim riley (talk) 18:37, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

That sounds great. FWIW, I'd actually be glad to have a non-US reviewer to make sure it's all clear to a non-US audience. Cheers, -- Khazar2 (talk) 18:47, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Well, I can start tomorrow if that's your view of the matter. Very happy to do so. Tim riley (talk) 19:01, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Terrific--will look forward to your thoughts. -- Khazar2 (talk) 19:28, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties

If you enjoyed Freedom for the Thought That We Hate, hopefully you might also like Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties.

The book is quite a fascinating read.

I hope you're doing well, — Cirt (talk) 07:53, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I might take a look. Good luck with the nomination. -- Khazar2 (talk) 16:48, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! Hopefully I won't have to wait too long, I'll try to pitch in and help out with the review process for others at WP:GAN to help cut down the backlogs. — Cirt (talk) 18:36, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Some bubble tea for you!

Thanks for the review of Jan Dekert :) Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:55, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

My pleasure. -- Khazar2 (talk) 10:56, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre Opens June 19

Hello again! Now that we have enough recruiters (for now) to launch the Recruitment Centre, the opening date for the centre is set for Wednesday June 19, 2013. To help "expose" the Recruitment Centre, ideas on how to promote it will be helpful. I have already taken a few steps to do this: A quick mention in next weeks Signpost, a possible mention on everyone's watchlist, mention in the GA tabs, and userboxs. Also, spreading the "news" from 'Word of mouth' will probably come in handy as we can spread information to WikiProjects/users to inform them about the centre. Any other ideas should be mentioned on one of the talk pages at the Recruitment Centre or on my talk page. Just to clarify some things before we begin recruiting: When getting your recruitee to review a nomination, do not let them reviewer one of your nominations (if you have any). Step 3 in the "The Process" section at Recruiter Central is only a guide. You can take a completely different approach if you want as long as you cover the same material; however, steps 1,2, and 4 a/b must be followed. Don't force your recruitee into reviewing one of the nominations from nominators in the "Nominators That Are OK With A Recruitee Reviewing" list. If they want to review a different nomination, there's nothing to worry about, just let them. :) For the time being, you can only recruit a maximum of two recruitees at the same time. (You can recruit only one at a time if you want). That's pretty much it for now. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.--Dom497 (talk) 11:06, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

13th and 14th amendments

Hi. Regarding the 13th and 14th amendments contributions:I would love to do it, but due to health problems I am not able to do it. Sorry. --P3Y229 (talk • contribs) 13:17, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Sorry you're having health problems; hope things get better soon. Cheers, -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:22, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	Thank you to copy edit and to review the Eyeshield 21 article. Gabriel Yuji (talk) 00:37, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! -- Khazar2 (talk) 00:46, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Law School of Beirut

Hello there, I'd like to thank you in advance for taking the time in revewing the article; i'm eager to hear your feedback. Have a nice Friday/weekend. Eli+ 04:54, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

You're very welcome--you too! -- Khazar2 (talk) 12:24, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Gaddafi's awards

I think that that's a fair point that you have there, Khazar. Maybe we should take it to Talk:Muammar Gaddafi and discuss it there, where other editors can engage as well ? Best, Midnightblueowl (talk) 12:15, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Good idea--done. -- Khazar2 (talk) 12:24, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

No one else seems to have commented yet. Unfortunately, the Gaddafi talk page is generally quite neglected, but there are a few issues under discussion there that you might be able to give some guidance on. No pressure though! Best, Midnightblueowl (talk) 20:41, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Well, I'd say that gives you a blank check to rewrite that until someone else objects; if there's a revert, we can discuss further. I'll take a look at the other threads later today, too, to see if I can offer anything useful... -- Khazar2 (talk) 21:30, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Khazar. If there's every anything that you'd like me to take a look at on any pages where I might be able to help, feel free to let me know. Midnightblueowl (talk) 22:29, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Reverts

They are all official retires if you want to check go to MLB.com and look at one of the retired peoples bios that I did then look at someone who is still playing and there is a difference than the dates are from MLBreference.comKingryan227 (Decrees • Acts) 23:38, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks--I was just messaging you about this, so let's keep this together on your talk page. -- Khazar2 (talk) 23:39, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

They didn't all retired today they had retired in the past and no one changed them so I took it upon myself to do it since I figured nobody else was going to.Kingryan227 (Decrees • Acts) 23:41, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

I know you didn't mean to doubt me I'm somewhat new to Wikipedia so thank you for the tip man I can use all of the help that I can get! No problem I love working on Baseball articles and Football articles because I check those websites everyday and if I see that someone has retired I figure nobody had shown that they had retired so I like doing that so anytime you need help with a baseball article or something like that just message me I will be glad to help :)Kingryan227 (Decrees • Acts) 23:49, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Will do man I wish they had like a friends list or something like that on here hahaha so you can add the people that you need to help you with or something that should be added here on Wikipedia.Kingryan227 (Decrees • Acts) 23:53, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Yes. But see how that page is set up like that? That is what MLB.com does for retired players also look at just for example Armando Gabino it shows him as either free agent, released, signed. Or to show what I did with Aubrey Huff click on the right hand side on MLB.com choose the 2012 or 2011 year and the team san Francisco giants and it will show the retired thing on the giants websitKingryan227 (Decrees • Acts) 23:59, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

GA Review

Hi Khazar2, I've just completed my first GA Review (2012-13 York City F.C. season) and I was hoping a more experienced reviewer could give it a quick inspection. If you're not too busy, would you be able to do this? If not, no problem, but would you be able to point me to someone who might be able to? Thanks. ScoobyHugh (talk) 13:21, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

I'd be very glad to, and thanks for doing a review! I should be able to get to this by the end of the day, if not in the next hour or two. -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:27, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

That's great, thanks a lot. Many thanks for the message on my talk page too! I shall definitely be back at GA Nominations in the near future. ScoobyHugh (talk) 14:46, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

That'd be terrific... we're always behind on sports reviews in particular. For some reason that category gets a lot of nominations, but few reviewers. Cheers, Khazar2 (talk) 14:47, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

GA Review for Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Howdy- I completed my review. I had a few very minor errors with the article that need to be addressed before I can promote it to GA status. I put it on hold for a week. It shouldn't take very long, but I was a little picky. I am really impressed with the writing style and the work you put into the article over the last couple of weeks. Thanks for the hard work. I'll talk to you soon. PrairieKid (talk) 22:44, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words! I think I've implemented or responded to each of your suggestions, and thanks for those too--they're very helpful. -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:17, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Prisoner of conscience

Hiya, do you have a reference for Annakurban Amanklychev and Sapardurdy Khadzhiev being released? Haminoon (talk) 03:50, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

[1], [2], [3]. Cheers, -- Khazar2 (talk) 09:33, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Dunno how I missed that. Haminoon (talk) 10:51, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

No worries. It's not like it was a front page headline. =) -- Khazar2 (talk) 12:06, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Please

You are talking to a sock there at Criscos talk. Please understand that sats 15:18, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the heads up. -- Khazar2 (talk) 15:20, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

I have tried to lodge something at An/I but the edit conflict seems to be eternal :( sats 15:29, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

I think the procedure is to go to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations rather than AN/I; you might try there. Good luck! -- Khazar2 (talk) 15:32, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Richwales's future editing plans

Hi. Thanks for contacting me. I've been busier with real-world stuff this year than in the past, so I haven't been quite as able to whittle away at my to-do list as I might have hoped. If you can do a good job of cleaning up Dred Scott or Gideon, by all means go ahead. As for our past interactions, Snottywong's editor interaction analyzer tool says we both spoke up (albeit indepdendently) on the Will Beback ban appeal discussion a few months ago, and we might or might not have seen each other on a couple of other pages. — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 01:47, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Well, I can do a job of cleaning them up... In all seriousness, it'll be a while before I get to either. I'm planning to take on all three of the Reconstruction Amendments to the Constitution first, and then try to organize a team revision of The Holocaust, so we'll see if I come out the other side of that in any state short of total burnout. But Dred and Gideon seem like comparatively narrower topics that could be more easily brought up to GA; we'll see. Anyway, if your schedule frees up and you ever want to collaborate on any of these, just let me know. In the meantime, thanks again for all your work! -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:52, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

"Lovebird"

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Recruitment Centre Now Open

Due to a personal emergency, I've opened the Recruitment Centre a bit early. There are currently 3 users that would like to learn how to review nominations who can be found here. Because there are only 3 recruitees and 8 recruiters at this time, please limit the number of recruiters you handle to one (just for now). If you have any questions feel free to leave a message on my talk page. Thanks for volunteering!--Dom497 (talk) 18:58, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Ok, so there's been a minor change in plans. Instead of asking a recruitee to be their recruiter, wait for them to message you and then accept or decline (accepting is preferable).--Dom497 (talk) 23:48, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Oh, ok. Sorry if I jumped the gun on that. I'm eager. Cheers, -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:02, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	I constantly see your name popping up on my watchlist, usually with tedious edits using AWB fixing hyphens or something. Thanks for your dedication to tedious tasks such as that, as well as your dedication to GA reviews and writing good articles. You are an awesome Wikipedian! Go Phightins! 20:44, 19 June 2013 (UTC)