User talk:Scartol/Archives/2008/July

Complete list of United States Supreme Court cases submitted to peer review

Hi. I found your name at Wikipedia:Peer_review/volunteers#Society_and_social_sciences and thought I'd let you know that I've submitted List of United States Supreme Court cases (formerly Complete list of United States Supreme Court cases) for peer review here and thought you might like to comment. Thanks.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 13:57, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi. It was brought to my attention that I asked too many people to comment. Looks like you're off the hook if you want to be.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 00:02, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

When you return from vacation....

I know that you will be dying to copyedit! Would you mind giving Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men a good once over? Thanks! Awadewit (talk) 17:51, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Feminism Task Force

Hello Scartol! :) It's been a while since I've contacted you. I LOVE my userpage layout! Again, Thank you so much! Anyhow, I wanted to ask if you could create a feminism-welcome template for the task force? One more thing...Could you create a Feminism Barnstar for the task force? If you have any suggestions for the Feminism Task Force or the Portal:Feminism, just let me know. Thanks! I would really appreciate you doing this. I will give you credit on the task force page. --Grrrlriot (talk) 04:17, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

FA-Team Proposals

Please comment on the current FA-Team proposals. Thanks! Awadewit (talk) 16:52, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

FA-Team successes!

Indigenous people of the Everglades region, Draining and development of the Everglades and Restoration of the Everglades have all recently become FAs! King Arthur is now at FAC! Thanks to our hard-working team members! Awadewit (talk) 18:23, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Good Article nomination

Hi Scartol, I have nominated Irrigation in Peru for a good article. I have also posted four articles: Water resources management in Brazil, Irrigation in Brazil, Water resources management in Bolivia, and Irrigation in Bolivia. Do you have a chance to take a look at them and help me to improve them? Thank you very much! --anunezsanchez (talk) 19:17, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Cool! Enjoy your time with family and friends and let's reconnect when you are back. I am very exited about the nomination and hope it will work OK. I'll keep you posted. Cheers and thanks!--anunezsanchez (talk) 15:36, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Trying to get hold of you

Called your cell and the local number. Left a message there. Call me back. --Moni3 (talk) 02:39, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review#Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Austria)

Hi Scartol,

I am asking for a big favours of yours. I nominated the article Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Austria) for featured list, but there were too many small grammar problems, so we decided to withdraw it, and do a peer review first. The list is complete and very well sourced. It also followed all he suggestions given in Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Belgium) (recently promoted to featured list), so in general is in a very good shape. Only the description fields for the coins are in a need of a good copy/edit. Can you please help us to get this list promoted?

Many thanks, Miguel.mateo (talk) 06:16, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

I guess I got to Mateo's page before you. I didn't know that he had asked other editors (which was a good idea on his part). I see you are an English teacher so I just wanted to say hello. Not that I'm an English teacher, (which I'm not). Its just good to KNOW an English teacher. Kind-a like it's good to know someone with a boat. You just never know when you might need a boat. (In your case, it would be.....English teacher.) I enjoyed proofreading Mateo's page. I like that best! Proofreading and copy/editing. In grammar school, we learned to diagram sentences. It really helps now with editing. I'm basically focussed on articles about Belgium, Flemish, etc. For some reason, the articles there (at the various Low Country sites) contain long run-on sentences probably due to the differing syntax, etc, and the fact that they are relutant to use punctuation with a conglomeration of information which can be a challenge to maintain and re-edit in an orderly fashion and reconstruct into good, precise sentences that bring clarity since I certainly, and with good reason, do not wish to change or alter what the original composer (you might say) had in mind by attemting to interject myself onto their well-intentioned but still very confusing, to read, sentences. The twisting and turning of the English Language is always fun to work with. I'm sure you know what I mean. Nice to meet you!--Buster7 (talk) 13:14, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

I got a shoutout in Bold I Be!

That was...hilarious. Very amusing. It's going to be used on a document on the History Channel in 75 years, fat lot of good that does anyone now. --Moni3 (talk) 16:14, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Request for massive favour on India House, a current FAC

Hello Scartol, I was wondering if I could ask you for a massIve favour and help copyedit India House. This artilce is currently listed for FAC. A reviewer in the FAC mentioned quite strongly that the text is not upto the mark. I thought it would help a lot if somebody had a look and suggested any improvement, since it has already been copyedited once by another editor and once byself. Please understand that I am neither looking for your support in the FAC, nor am I asking you to comment on wether it deserves or not to be FA, since I realise this would be canvassing. Nontheless, any comments on improving the article would be extremely welcome. rueben_lys (talk · contribs) 01:37, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi Scartol, thanks for the reply. I would still apreciate a fourth pair of eyes to have a look, since this may help settle any future issues with prose and copy edit. rueben_lys (talk · contribs) 15:16, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Cheer, will do. rueben_lys (talk · contribs) 17:06, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Everglades Barnstar

		The Everglades Barnstar
		"It's curious that the ignorance about the Everglades has persisted all these years"—Marjory Stoneman Douglas, 1987. Thank you, Scartol, for helping in our small wiki-corner, to right that wrong. Your very helpful copy edits were obviously needed and very appreciated. Please accept this limited-edition barnstar as a token of my gratitude. --Moni3 (talk) 13:23, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Tense Question

In PiQ, the lead notes that PiQ "is an American popular culture magazine once published by PiQ, LLC, a subsidiary of A.D. Vision from March to July 2008." A newer editor is arguing that it should be "was" rather than "is" because the magazine is out of print. I'm arguing that "is" is correct because the magazine still exists in a physical form. The same is done with television series, even if its canceled it still "IS" a television series. Would you be willing to offer a neutral third opinion on the talk page as to which is correct? -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 03:55, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

La Peau de chagrin FAC

Don't hate me. Awadewit (talk) 16:28, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

FA-Team

I know you quit, but what about a French translation project? Two editors have translated an entire article and need help checking it and copyediting it! Wouldn't that be fun? See here - the article is Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Awadewit (talk) 14:24, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:India House

Hi Scartol, thanks for the cheers, and for the help with the c/e of India House. Am a wee bit disappointed, but I am sure I can renominate it soon. The actual favour (a massive one) I want to actually ask you is if you can help me at some time with Niedermayer-Hentig Expedition and after that with the Hindu-German Conspiracy. I had written this latter article last year but it failed an FAC for prose and langlit, but there was a lot of commentson summary style. I am building the sub articles now (of which N-H expedition is a part), but would really appreciate some help (if you can) with c/e. Thanks nonetheless for the help with India House. rueben_lys (talk · contribs) 22:28, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Copyediting request

Hi. Are you busy? I cannot recall if I have contacted you before, but I've currently got the article Insane Clown Posse up as a featured article candidate, and a lot has been added to the article since it was last copyedited. Could you help out? (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 02:10, 27 July 2008 (UTC))

Excuses

I'm looking for a good excuse to write to you and hear your voice again, but I can't think of one. :) Hmmm, how about I review La Peau de chagrin and ask for your help in reviewing something else, something...(cue ominous music)...mathematical?

My sister's wedding came off as smoothly as silk on glass, an amazing alchemy given how much stress and tears (both senses) went into its preparation. ;) Everything and everyone was in just the right place, physically and emotionally, and even the weather cooperated wonderfully. :) The newlyweds are off on their honeymoon journey together, the beginning of that long journey; I left them a little surprise present in their apartment for when they return. :)

I returned home myself to a garden full of weeds and berries: bushels of blueberries, raspberries, currants, gooseberries, everything except grapes (not ready yet) and strawberries (already gone). :) I'm rather slowly working down the weeds, and gorging myself on berries morning and night. I love this time of year. :) I'm putting some up for winter, and sharing the rest with my fellow villagers and sundry winged creatures. A young woman who lives nearby asked to learn gardening, especially berries and tomatoes; so I'm helping her start a garden and giving her plants to fill it with. :) Poor we each may be, but rich together; dividing plants multiplies happiness. :) And even Solomon had no rubies like red currants. Willow (talk) 17:11, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Review of two mathematics articles?

more ominous music ;)

Dear Scartol,

I'd really like your opinion on the intelligibility of two mathematical articles? You don't have to read them all the way through — although that'd be great! :) — but could you please guesstimate the percentage of sentences might be understood by, say, a sophmore English-literature major in college, one who was sincerely trying to understand the article? You shouldn't be afraid of saying a low number, even 0%, if that's how it is; the article needs to earn its seat in the Valhalla of Featured Articles, and sometimes mathematicians need a reality check before they undertake major revisions to make themselves understood.

The first article, and the one most needing a review, is group (mathematics), which is completely fundamental to Emmy's work. Its chief author, Jacob, would really like to take it to FAC very soon, I think. Since it will be the pattern for all future articles on her work, it's really important that we get this one right, that the article strike a healthy balance between accuracy and clarity for non-math-heads.

The second article, one dear to my heart but which won't go to FAC for some time, is the problem of Apollonius. I haven't tweaked it yet for easy understanding, but if you could give me a little guidance on how to make it more agreeable and fun reading, I'd appreciate it. :)

Thanks muchly and I left you a more gushy letter on my own Talk page, Willow (talk) 20:14, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

PNC Park peer review

Hello again, a few month ago you helped me get PNC Park up to a GA, I am now looking to get it up to a FA. I see you are currently "not accepting" copy edit requests, but if by somehow you get the time, please don't hesitate to add them to the peer review page. It should be there for at least a week. Thank you! Blackngold29 02:26, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

By the way, that song you wrote just about made my life. I expect more... Blackngold29 02:33, 30 July 2008 (UTC)