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Happy New Year Summer, all! I've got an eye on actually doing some article writing soon, although I doubt that it'll actually come to fruition.

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Life Sciences Foundation

Hello,

Thank you for your quick review of the Life Sciences Foundation article.

Since submitting the original article, I have added three more references to the draft which I planned to resubmit. As a newbie, I just want to make sure that I am clear on the reason the article was rejected. It appears the issue is lack of references but please do let me know if there are other issues with the article.

Thank you for your assistance,

Donnamarielock (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:55, 27 January 2012 (UTC).

Timeline of iPad models

Hi,

Could you please explain why you prefer this version of the Template:Timeline_of_iPad_models template to the version that reverted to. I made the undo for two reasons, the first being that for some reason I can't wrap my head around, in the legend both are shown as "iPad 2" whereas if the original iPad is labelled as such it shows as "Original iPad" and the iPad 2 shows as "iPad 2". The second is that the colours are so close that it makes it very hard to read the timeline.

Regards, Liamdavies (talk) 15:31, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

The key aim was to unify colours between the various iPod/iOS/etc timelines. I don't mind either way between "Original iPad" or "iPad". Sceptre ^(talk) 16:55, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

I agree that their should be unified colours, but could you change them to be a little more contrasted so that you can more clearly see the difference. I agree that "Original iPad" or "iPad" would both be acceptable, but for some reason if you set the legend to "iPad" it just shows up as "iPad 2", well at least for me it does, so for that reason alone I think it should be changed to "Original iPad". Would you be able to make these changes to colours that you feel are best, but still have more contrast than the current colours?

Regards, Liamdavies (talk) 07:07, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

How's it look now? Sceptre ^(talk) 20:15, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Much clearer, I'd still like a little more contrast, so I changed it a little, but if your not happy with it feel free to change it. I'm also wondering if we need the "Still produced" part of the timeline, I would have thought it self evident that the iPad 2 is still being produced, what are your thoughts? Liamdavies (talk) 10:19, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Moving Burma to Myanmar - ongoing poll

This is to let you know that an ongoing poll is taking place to move Burma to Myanmar. This note is going out to wikipedia members who have participated in Burma/Myanmar name changing polls in the past. It does not include banned members nor those with only ip addresses. Thank you. Fyunck(click) (talk) 21:33, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Articles for creation/GreatAmerica Leasing Corporation

Wondering if you could give me some advice on specific actions I can take to improve my article that you recently reviewed for creation. Specifically, can you tell me what you felt were advertisement-like in the article? Thanks much! Wiedenu (talk) 21:46, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi. It was the general tone of the article that led me to decline it; there are a lot of corporations that want their own articles and they tend to use a lot of buzzwords and positive language. In particular, the "corporate organisation" section appears very self-serving. Sceptre ^(talk) 22:09, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Care with Huggle

This edit and this one look to me like mistakes. Remember that Huggle needs to be used with care. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:55, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Brown University International Mentoring Program

Hi Will,

Thanks for reviewing my draft and I appreciate your comments. I feel that the page is significant/worthy because many international students who come to Brown get a sense of the network and support they will have. Many incoming students can get an idea of who is helping them and how the university provides support to them. If you have any ideas, please tell me what I can add to my article?

Thanks, Ewin93 (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ewin93 (talk • contribs) 19:08, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

The baseline standard to warrant a Wikipedia article is notability: a subject that is the subject of significant coverage in secondary sources is presumed to be notable, and a notable subject may have a Wikipedia article. With your request, the only references were to Brown University's website, which is a primary source. Sceptre ^(talk) 19:18, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi again,

I've added 4 different articles from the Brown Daily Herald as secondary sources. I hope it's fine. If not, feel free to tell me how it can go through.

Thanks, Ewin93 (talk)

Not particularly helpful

[1] He is a newbie who obviously doesn't have the skills to create a well-formatted template himself. Uʔ (talk) 21:36, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

I've added some more advice on his talk page. Sceptre ^(talk) 21:39, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Gun (video game" Plot

Hey, I saw your edit and could you or someone do something about an Edit War going on with the video game Gun[2]? I think it's about the Plot. Looking at past edits (2007 and 08) it looks like it was shorten because it as too long and detailed.Control9000 (talk) 04:22, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

re Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/J. Hutton Pulitzer

Since you've been watching this one, I wanted to warn you that our suspiciously WP:SPA article creator has also attempted to get this thing through as Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Jovan Hutton Pulitzer, which I declined as a duplicate. There are major COI and BLP issues here. Pulitzer changed his name after the CueCat debacle (he was originally J. Jovan Philyaw, and there is lots of big negative material about him, e.g. [3] and [4]. If he's notable, it's not in a good way. Mangoe (talk) 18:45, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

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Walter Smith (cartographer)

Hello Will

I hope it's ok to use your regular "talk" page, rather than the IP page which we have conversed in up till now.

I have spoken to Walter about the article and he's pointed out to me that he isn't a "cartographer" - the title "cartographer" is something that crept in, btw, and wasn't in the original title of the piece. Walter is, in fact, a surveyor by training and experience. There's a subtle but important difference here: I guess a surveyor is he who does the measuring, i.e prepares the groundwork, and the cartographer actually draws and prints the thing. As I say, it's subtle. Anyway, the old boy (he's 90) has asked me if we can change the title of the piece. How can I go about this?

On another, completely unrelated matter, I note, from your user page, that you're an "audiophile" and particularly enjoy certain bands who are the very ones I grew up with (I'm 52). I'm also a professional composer, so that may interest you. If you'd like to chat more about music etc., that would be great. If you want to take this stuff off your public page, my email address is nick AT squareleg DOT net. Or you could just ignore all that... :)

Cheers

NickSquareleg (talk) 17:54, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

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— Preceding unsigned comment added by Squareleg (talk • contribs) 17:54, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

You can move any page by clicking the link titled "move" at the top of the page. So, in this case, you'd have to visit this page to move it. Sceptre ^(talk) 17:56, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, Will - brilliant. :)

Squareleg (talk) 18:15, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

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Cunt

Hey Sceptre, please don't go around calling people "reprehensible cunt", esp. not if they're still alive and a judge to boot. It doesn't matter what he did or what you or I might feel about it. I'm sure it violates our BLP policies in a couple of ways, and it sets a bad example for the kids and the grown-ups as well. All joking aside, come on now. Drmies (talk) 01:33, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

I think that user comment on a subject, unless patently libellious, would probably be BLP safe; the BLP policy is born out of legal and ethical issues, and personal opinions tend to be protected to a greater extent. Truth be told, I'm more sorry for using the word as an insult than actually making the insult. Sceptre ^(talk) 16:57, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

I don't know about that. You may be familiar with Mindbunny's escapades (see User talk:Mindbunny)--if I remember correctly, there was consensus that such comments (like yours...) were not OK per BLP, and I personally agree. Anyway. Let's move on. Drmies (talk) 18:30, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Rhys Morgan

• Response I am obviously very disappointed by this decision. The assertion that I did not read the article is highly misleading, not to mention offensive. I have been a Wikipedia editor for many, many years, and have followed the rules and regulations throughout these years. To suggest that I did not follow the regulations is complete bunkum. Using the evidence present in the article, I made a choice based on what I thought was a fairly obvious case - it STILL breaks our rules on blogs, recentism, notability, and bias. The "keep" votes are from people who have an immense level of conflict of interest, and therefore skew the vote something rotten. I am very disappointed that this entire episode has been carried out at my expense, rather than at the article itself. This response will be copied to as many concerned editors in this matter. doktorb _words^deeds 18:34, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Doctor Who Episode Improvement Idea

As a member of WP:WHO, I thought you may be interested in this idea. No one has replied yet. Glimmer721 ^talk 17:39, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Doctor Who (series 5) episode summaries...

How am I supposed to prove they were my original words? I never copied them from that site! Please see my response at Talk:Doctor Who (series 5)#Copyright Violation removed or, on a slightly calmer note, this. I'm sorry but I need this issue resolved ASAP as the article is up for PR and I'm planning on taking it to FL. Do you have any idea how to prove this? Glimmer721 ^talk 02:51, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Rhys Morgan

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Death of Kim Jong-il

Thanks for making Death of Kim Jong-il into a redirect. It was a foolish thing of me to create that article when the news story is just breaking. -- Luke (Talk) 04:23, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Orfu

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Unblock/IPBE

This user's request to have autoblock on his/her IP address lifted has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Sceptre (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)

129.11.76.229 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · info · WHOIS · RDNS · trace · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

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Block message:

{{blocked proxy}} <!-- 124.16.144.54:8888 -->

• Blocking administrator: ProcseeBot (talk • autoblocks • blocks)

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Accept reason:

I didn't have any success connecting, but ProcseeBot's methods are no doubt more comprehensive than mine, and there is some recent evidence that it is indeed open. I've granted you IPBE, please take a fresh look at Wikipedia:IP block exemption, cheers. WilliamH (talk) 16:06, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Of course, if I'm editing from Uni, then I may run into another such block in Uni, so please to be adding IP block exemption on :) (also, is it standard practice to block educational instituions as open proxies?) Sceptre ^(talk) 15:06, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

This tool is saying that there are no autoblocks on you. Can you edit or am I missing something? Acalamari 15:25, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

The block is here. It's probably just a misconfigured server, but I'll submit it to WP:OPP for someone to have a look at. If it's no longer an open proxy, it'll be unblocked, otherwise someone can grant IPBE (and the server admin should probably be notified as well). ​—DoRD (talk)​ 15:50, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Just to say I'm looking into this. WilliamH (talk) 15:53, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

I couldn't find an open proxy on this IP now, and unblocked, maybe there was one in early January. WilliamH, please reblock if you find something I missed. Materialscientist (talk) 07:16, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

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