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Thanks. [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] ([[User talk:Carcharoth|talk]]) 00:00, 23 February 2008 (UTC) |
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:Posted to the Wikiproject as well. [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] ([[User talk:Carcharoth|talk]]) 11:21, 23 February 2008 (UTC) |
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:: The problem is, updating Katrina is very complicated due to three factors. The first one is just the overwhelming abundance of information. Trying to pick and choose what to write and what not to write would carry a bit of risk of giving undue weight to something. That is something that ideally would be based on several books going in large depth about the topic, not just picking and choosing websites. |
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:: Secondly, and more importantly, the long-term effects of Katrina are still not completely known, particularly the political and social effects. While that's not an adequate reason for not writing anything, it would mean we need to refresh the page a year or so from now, after the elections. |
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:: Finally, and most importantly for me, the available time I have to do anything on Wikipedia is asymptotically approaching <math>\lim_{x\to \infty}\frac{1}{x}</math>. While I'd like to work on the article, I see no way I can do that anytime soon. I can probably help out a little bit, but I don't have the time to do the heavy researching or writing tasks that this article requires. [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]] - [[WP:FAC|cool stuff]])</sup> 03:04, 24 February 2008 (UTC) |
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Please post new messages to the bottom of my talk page. Please use headlines when starting new talk topics. Also, if you come to attack other user, read this first. Thank you. EmbargoedSorry if I am putting this in the wrong place. I noticed you deleted an article I put up about the HR group embargoed. As there was not enough background information. Embargoed features fairly regularly in the Turkish Cypriot press, http://www.londragazete.com/popup.php/cat/19/news/11325/PageName/English_News And has recently been given backing by the Communications workers union in the UK. http://www.hri.org/news/cyprus/tcpr/2007/07-05-03.tcpr.html#10 Notable supporters include Baroness Lunford http://www.sarahludfordmep.org.uk/pages/campaigns.html Surly this would qualify for the article to be reinstated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SolDrury (talk • contribs) 13:06, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for reverting vandalism
NoteI removed your reply to my comment because my comment was supposed to be somewhere else. I wasn't challenging that particular (and useful) bit of functionality. Best, Mackensen (talk) 20:12, 12 April 2007 (UTC) Humor Barnstar for note at WT:RFA
Consultas de borrado en españolHola. El problema es que aquí no habría votación. Solo una discusión. Un saludo (Fergon en la wiki:es) Image thumbnail for A classHi, I had a Idea about the little Image Thumbnail for FA and GA class article's and I saw that you know a lot about this stuff. So I am hopeing you can Help me with my Idea. FA class has a barnstar and a GA class has a round stamp, but none for the "A" class article. I thought that there could be a little Thumbnail for class A article's like the others, this may help motivate some people to work harder to get there article form GA up closer to FA class, because I know for many people the Jump from GA to FA class is a big one that requires a lot of work and more knowledge of the subject and Wikipedia. I see so many people with the little FA and GA Thumbnail pic's, on there user page showing off how many articles they have worked on and such. they have become a little like the Barnstars people give one another, becoming a little like s bag of merit or some thing. I think Wikipedia most Valuable resource would be the people that edit it, more than just the people that edit one line of text, but the people that have passion for a subject and given the right positive reinforcement will become vary productive Wikipedians. So what I would like is to have a "Talk" about this with other Wikipeadia members who may have ideas or experence with some thing like this, Do you think you could help me out? Max 14:55, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Surprise!
SignpostFixed; thanks. Ral315 » 05:28, 17 April 2007 (UTC) ArizonaWhy did I get a sandbox message, could you please explain to me why my change was not legitimate? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.161.68.83 (talk • contribs) 02:37, 18 April 2007 (UTC). 2006AHSI reverted the importance drop you made to this particular article. Reason is seasonal articles are fairly important to the project, in of and as of themselves. This means all post-1950 seasons (when they have an individual article) are at least mid-class. Given that, any change to the uninteresting seasons should go to project talk, but my opinion is that they should stay at least mid-class, due to significance to WPTC (much more so than the typical low-class storm).--Nilfanion (talk) 15:48, 18 April 2007 (UTC) Hi Titoxd: I'm done copyediting the above. I did leave a few inline comments; one of my concerns was the passive sentences to the effect that "Dvorak classifications began to be employed...". They need to start with who used them, not for fact's sake but for readability. I find the article jargony, but that would need to improved by someone familiar with "convection" and storm "organization" and such. I hope this has helped your FAC bid. –Outriggr § 02:59, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
When is a talk page discussion considered current on wikipedia?I'm under the impression that as long as a discussion is still located on a talk page, and not an archive, that it is still active. Some articles get very little traffic for months at a time. Is this idea incorrect? I'd rather not have this type of conversation on wikipedia on the regular basis. It may be revealing about the people involved in the discussion, but it does distract us from contributing. Thegreatdr 06:31, 21 April 2007 (UTC) Excuse me, but where are your so-called accusations of slander? Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 07:35, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Discovered a problem with the WP1.0 template. See that page's talk page for more info. --DachannienTalkContrib 17:54, 21 April 2007 (UTC) MediaWiki problemI almost got transwiki working, however, I can only transwiki from my other local MediaWiki installation and not any Wikimedia project. Here's the code from my LocalSettings.php: /**
* List of interwiki prefixes for wikis we'll accept as sources for
* Special:Import (for sysops). Since complete page history can be imported,
* these should be 'trusted'.
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* If a user has the 'import' permission but not the 'importupload' permission,
* they will only be able to run imports through this transwiki interface.
*/
$wgImportSources = array('commons' => 'commons',
'wikibooks' => 'wikibooks',
'w' => 'w',
'wp1' => 'wp1');
'wp1' refers to another wiki on my localhost - however, when I try to import from Wikimedia Commons, Wikibooks, or Wikipedia (defined as 'w' in my interwiki, it says "Couldn't open import file". what do I need to do to fix this?? Thanks, --SunStar Net talk 20:50, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Tropical Storm Jerry (1995)The article Tropical Storm Jerry (1995) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. Wikimania 2007?Hi Tito, I won't be able to go to Wikimania this year - last year the conference was about 8 miles from where I was teaching, this year it's more than 8000 miles away. I don't think I can just pop out of class to go to Taiwan. The organizers would really like to have someone giving a presentation on the 1.0 project, and it seems to me that you would be the best choice - very few people know as much about the "inside" of the project. OK, so Taipei is quite a distance, but I think you'd have a great time if you can go. As for finances, I think there is a lot of financial support for people in your position, I wouldn't be surprised if you could get all of your costs covered (that's a guess, nothing more!). So PLEASE think about going! Last year it was a fantastic place to "network" - it was like a dream come true to sit down to lunch with Anthere, Delphine, Kirill, Kelson (French WP1.0) and Tomasz (Polish WP1.0) all grouped around the same table! As you can see from that list, many people traveled thousands of miles to attend, but the contacts made have proven critical for the development of the 1.0 project. Also, I haven't forgotten your request for more background stuff on the 1.0 project to blog about. I've been very busy over the last month, but this task has risen to near the top of my "to-do list." If there's a specific topic you want me to comment on, please let me know. Once we get MartinBotII working, I'd love to see a blog on that - I think it's very exciting, quite groundbreaking actually. You've done a great job so far - you write really well! Cheers, Walkerma 17:36, 24 April 2007 (UTC) Review work for Version 0.7Hi Tito, I know you're busy, but the release & subsequent press coverage of Version 0.5 is giving us some new people at the 1.0 team, including some people signing on as reviewers. As one of our few experienced reviewers still around, do you think you could help out a bit at Wikipedia:Release_Version_Nominations, and also welcome/guide our newbies? V0.7 has been in the doldrums for a long time, but this could give it the kick it needs to get going nicely - and with all the press exposure we need to make sure that it does. There's no turning back now! I'm really busy at work still, and much of my spare time is spent dealing with the PR part of things. I'd really appreciate some help, even if it's just for a few days. Thanks! Walkerma 06:22, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks... I keep forgetting to select the license. Grandmasterka 08:14, 27 April 2007 (UTC) Hi Titoxd. On the global warming FAR you noted the article "needs to have some sort of discussion about political and societal effects of GW." I agree with you and tried to add some myself in the last few sections; I don't think it needs a lot given all the sub-articles, but at least a nod in predictable directions. Ref formatting has also been taken care of. Do you feel it is improved wrt to 1b and 1c? Marskell 08:36, 2 May 2007 (UTC) Hola Titoxd
La gente no ama la justicia, es lamentable, ahi se demuestra quién es justo y quién es injusto. Ni minsdpillage, ni Jon ni nadie. La permisividad significa que toleran la crueldad en wikiquote. Cuando te bloquean y discutes el bloqueo nadie responde ni te hace caso. Puse las citas sobre la ciencia, pero luego son otros lo que se quieren llevar las medallas y aprovecharse como es el gobierno español. Se benefician de ello, pero nada hacen por recompensarme ni por agradecérmelo, Y eso que es un gobierno que lo deben administrar gente inteligente, responsable y madura, digo yo. Aquí se ve lo que es un gobierno y ahi se ve cómo no hay ninguna justicia, no hay calidad. Esto queda registrado, el grupo PRISA dicen que está detrás, mira cómo en las citas, Jimmy Wales se apoya en el grupo PRISA, esto canta por sí solo. Montones de neonazis y de pornógrafos, enemigos del conocimiento en wikipedia. Jimmy debería tener valor y autoridad, y no tener miedo de desagradar a los indecentes y expulsar a los nazis y fascistas como Drini. Te aseguro que mi sangre va a ser vengada por esta tolerancia, tal como una persona que viola o asesina a otra debe ser castigada. Tengo suficiente cabeza para darme cuenta de todo y de cómo es la gente. La gente en estos tiempos es sumamente desagradecida, e incluso los gobiernos lo son, ya no hay talante ni nobles acciones. Pocos hombres y mujeres justos quedan ya. Ves a leer el mensaje de la Biblia. Gracias a las citas de ciencia es el año de la ciencia en españa. ¿Qué comunidad local tiene autoridad? ¿el gobierno?, el clero está rabioso por no saber editar la Biblia ni enseñarla, nunca desearon defenderla. ¿Se me recompensa de algún modo?, ¿nadie tiene autoridad por encima de este despiadado, cruel y malicioso individuo Drini o Petronas que me bloquearon? --Pediaknowledge 01:03, 26 June 2007 (UTC) SPATRArefI noticed that you were the author (and only editor) of the SPATRAref template. Tonight I made a slight change to the template that I think improves the flow of the text. Here's what {{SPATRAref|Portada|3 May 2007}} looks like now: Template:SPATRAref If you think I've butchered it, go ahead and revert me (I promise I won't be upset), but I think it's more elegant and easier to understand this way. Note that I've kept the parameters' numbers the same (article name as {{1}}, date as {{2}}) for backwards compatibility. ``` W i k i W i s t a h W a s s a p 00:28, 4 May 2007 (UTC) Request to restore categoriesHi, could you restore Category:GA-Class sports articles and Category:Unassessed sports articles from WP:SPORTS that has been deleted? Thanks Carlosguitar 08:59, 5 May 2007 (UTC) You have not been blocked for 1 second for stuffing beans up your nosePlease consider eating them next time instead, even if it gives you gas. :) -- nae'blis 04:00, 8 May 2007 (UTC) Hurricane FACsWelcome back :-) It wasn't a popular opinion (that is, 10KB prose minimum), so I think the small storms are safe :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 11:34, 8 May 2007 (UTC) Copyedit needed1997-98 South Pacific cyclone season :) Mitchazenia 20:45, 8 May 2007 (UTC) I added the Importance assessment because many people like to go in and make biased assessments on their own. Erabee has continually been making "High" and "Top" recomendations on B-class articles for minor Russian cities. I've been replacing them with "Mid" and holding them for later versions. Diez2 21:54, 9 May 2007 (UTC) UnblockingJust wanted to say thanks a lot. Daisy-berkowitz 22:19, 17 May 2007 (UTC) IRC meeting to discuss Version 0.7Tito, will you be joining us on IRC today (Sun)? We'd really appreciate your input. Also if you could find time look at this discussion on defining scope of 0.7, and then vote on the proposals, it would be great. Thanks! Walkerma 04:57, 27 May 2007 (UTC) Template mistakeSorry about that, I was looking/copying some of the code to see how it worked, and I think I accidentally saved that one. Judgesurreal777 05:27, 27 May 2007 (UTC) Historical Notability document restorationCould you (as deleter) please restore Wikipedia:List of ways to verify notability of articles to User:SMcCandlish/List of ways to verify notability of articles? As you can see from Wikipedia:Notability/Historical I'm working (slowly) on a comprehensive history of the topic on Wikipedia, and this document might have some relevance (I'm not sure it does; the MfD on it was not favorable at all... :-) Review WT:FAC commentsI noticed you stopped by this thread briefly. I'm wondering if User:Epbr123 needs a not-quite-warning-but-still-stern-note from a disinterested admin regarding civility and AGF. I thought that's what I was providing myself with my longish comment toward the bottom, but got slapped around for it. Marskell 13:26, 28 May 2007 (UTC) Sedona cleanupThanks! Looks nice. Cheers, Pete Tillman 20:30, 29 May 2007 (UTC) IPA TemplateI believe you closed the discussion on {{User ipa}} far too early. Others may be interested in commenting, and I certainly had responses to those comments that came after mine. Plus, the consistency argument is flawed. If it makes no sense to have an N-level for writing systems then we should delete all N-level boxes for writing systems. That it would be a lot of work is no argument against this. I've been overhauling philosophy of time and related pages for months, slowly doing research and making minor alterations. I'm sure many others have done long-term projects, as well. That's our job as editors. Postmodern Beatnik 16:56, 30 May 2007 (UTC) Hello, An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Badlydrawnjeff. Please add any evidence you may wish the arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Badlydrawnjeff/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Badlydrawnjeff/Workshop. On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, David Mestel(Talk) 18:57, 30 May 2007 (UTC) re:Civility warningTitoxd, with all due respect, you should be made aware of the innumerable amounts of incivility that Dev has shown during the debate. She has refused to accept any piece of evidence that I presented to her, she has an ageist attitude against me, she has called me immature, etc. Surely anyone would understand that both of us are guilty of incivility to an extent. The Esperanza debate has been drawn out for too long.--Ed ¿Cómo estás? 18:44, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image (Image:Jimbo_deleted.png)Thanks for uploading Image:Jimbo_deleted.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media). If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 01:37, 2 June 2007 (UTC) The Price Is RightHmmm ... I'm used to seeing you around the hurricane articles. Thanks for your comments at my FAC. —Twigboy 02:57, 2 June 2007 (UTC) Thanks for the help you've provided over the past year and a half on wikipedia Thegreatdr has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! What I can do is use the move feature to carry the "Held Article Discussion" page over to the "Held nominations" page, since the Held Nom page seems to be pretty obsolete and inactive. Would that be alright? Diez2 17:15, 2 June 2007 (UTC) UserboxesHello, I was wondering if you could help me format my user page to have userboxes line up on the side like on your page. All attempts by me have so far proven futile. Thanks.-RunningOnBrains 20:59, 3 June 2007 (UTC) Missing image fileHi Tito,
I notice that Sorry you missed IRC, I can send you the transcript if you wish. Walkerma 03:12, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
MeetupHey, I wonder how much interest you think there might be in a Wikipedia meetup in Phoenix. --Spike Wilbury 21:39, 6 June 2007 (UTC) Regarding the above image, you removed the orphaned fair use deletion tag I applied. Your edit summary indicates that based on a discussion at WP:ANI that WP screenshots are considered free and not under fair use. I am unable to locate any such discussion using the search feature at ANI. As I understand it, the WP logo is not freely licensed and if included in an image, that would make the image non-free. Given the above noted image contains the logo, I tagged it for deletion. I know a number of WP screenshots were nominated by me as fair use orphans and subsenquently deleted. I would appreciate you pointing me to the discussions. Thanks.--User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 21:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Image:Jimbo_deleted.png listed for deletionAn image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Jimbo_deleted.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 23:06, 7 June 2007 (UTC) My RfA :)
1.0 teamHi Tito, Sorry to see that the Tropical Cyclone article didn't make it. Sometimes I think the process can be rather arbitrary, but it's the best process we have. When I read it (or at least the first half!) I didn't see much text needing copyediting. As usual, I have a request - could you keep an eye on things over at WP:1.0 for the next week or so? I'm going away, and I'm not sure if I'll have internet access (possibly for part of the time). I'd be very grateful if you could handle any issues that arise, and keep WP:V0.7N reviews ticking over (Funpika, Ozgod & others have been helpful with these). Hopefully MartinBotII will be able to come online soon - do you know anything about the toolserver updrade? Please let me know, Walkerma 05:12, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi Tito, since we don't have Nilfanion around right now, I figure you're the next best guy to go to for infobox coding. WT:WPTC#Indian_Ocean_tropical_cyclones_-_1-minute_sustained_winds - The IMD uses 3-minute winds, we need to include this in the infobox. The categorisation at the top of the infobox for the IMD would show the storm's strength on the IMD scale (2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season), maybe with the corresponding colour in the background? Let me know if you can do it, or if we should, as Core just suggested in IRC (and Hink just seconded) - inform him (Nilfanion) and beg him to come back from wikibreak? ;) – Chacor 02:17, 23 June 2007 (UTC) Table class?What is table class? I've never seen it anywhere else aside from Template talk:Most intense Atlantic hurricanes, and it makes the template show up in Category:Unassessed meteorology articles. -RunningOnBrains 06:44, 25 June 2007 (UTC) Can you help?Hi Titoxd, since I noticed you were on, and because you are an admin, I was wondering if you could do something adminny for me - could you please delete the user page of User:SkyBot? Its a bot that is in progress and that I will be running, but I created the userpage for the bot before creating the account. If you could delete it, then I create the account, and then you undelete it, it would be most appreciated. Thanks! Anonymous DissidentTalk 23:43, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
Consolidation of powersHi Tito, I am unsure if you're questioning why I feel that a "separation of powers" is a good system for an organization like Wikipedia, or what I think have been problems with the system as is. For the latter, I actually think Essjay is a fine example. Would his deception have been so acute if he did not wear so many hats? Would it have upset so many people? The answer, I think, is no. If he had been just a bureaucrat, or just an ArbCom member, he would have been asked to step down, and we all probably would have gone back to editing. It's because he was one of the most trusted editors in the community, that it was such a fiasco. Why even put ourselves in the position of having a super-elite of most-trusted users? There are hundreds if not thousands of incredibly trustworthy editors at Wikipedia. So given there are so many trusted users, why not spread it around? A system where there are lots of checks is a stabler system. Why put all our eggs in one basket, when we have so many baskets available? --JayHenry 22:55, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Curvature of the earth on latitudeThe beauty of using distances in degrees latitude is that it is immune from the earth's curvature...it is always 60 nautical miles. Longitude is quite another matter. Thegreatdr 11:57, 9 July 2007 (UTC) Orphaned non-free image (Image:Dubya deleted.PNG)
If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BetacommandBot 21:35, 10 July 2007 (UTC) Thank you!Thanks in part to your support, I am Wikipedia's newest bureaucrat. I will do my best to live up to your confidence and kind words. Andre (talk) 09:10, 11 July 2007 (UTC) Thank youThanks for your kind message! I'll try to continue not to screw up too badly. ;-) Cheers, Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 03:48, 13 July 2007 (UTC) Re: congratsMuchas gracias :-)) Re: database & renamesInteresting! Thanks for the explanation. So you're saying that, if a user made an edit, it was deleted, and the user was renamed, that deleted edit would still be assigned to the user's original name? Wouldn't that make a big problem if some old revisions were ever restored post-rename of a user involved? Andre (talk) 01:02, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Question: how to make IP address linkTitoxd, thanks for reverting edits of an anonymous ip address. I see the ip address you type in the edit summary are link. How do I do that? Double square brackets don't do it, singles don't, so, what? Reply on my talk page, i'll find it there. Nastajus 16:30, 19 July 2007 (UTC) I've sent up the Titoxd signal requesting your help! If you could spare a bit of time, I'd love your opinion as I'm not quite as seasoned at the FAC process as you are and a third opinion would be fantastic. Thanks either way! JHMM13(Disc) 22:05, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
WP:PS againPlease check out this MFD. Your opinion is welcome and requested since you particiated in the original MFD. /Blaxthos 22:11, 19 July 2007 (UTC) Usurpation and deleted editsAny thoughts on this usurpation request? With deleted edits now apparently moved when accounts are renamed is there any good reason why Andre shouldn't perform the usurpation? WjBscribe 02:17, 20 July 2007 (UTC) Status templatesHi Thanks for making those status templates. I'm using the ones with the traffic lights. I'm not linking to your userspace though, I copied the content so I could personalize them. I figured you'd like to know they're being put to good use!... --Parzival418 Hello 06:39, 21 July 2007 (UTC) Admin coaching requestHi, I'm GorillaWarfare and am hoping to receive some coaching to become an admin. If you'd like to coach me, please leave a message on my talk page. You can see my edit count here but don't be surprised when you see that I have 25 edits. That is because I recently forgot the password to my old account, User:Theunicyclegirl. Here is my edit count from my old account. I almost have 2000 edits. I frequently revert vandalism by watching Lupin's filtered RCs. I also like to expand stubs, particularly those relating to cats or dogs. I am very good with user warning templates and speedy deletion templates. I sometimes respond on AFD. Thanks for considering me! --GorillaWarfare talk 16:52, 29 July 2007 (UTC) Reverting vandalismAAARRRGGGHHH!!!! Why's Twinkle playing up this morning?
--Voxpuppet 02:19, 15 August 2007 (UTC) You moved it to MediaWiki.org, but m:Help:Installation/Users still there. Please, move it too. (I am sorry for my bad English). ru:User:Yakiv Gluck, 15 August 2007. The mess in the article on the Finnish Orthodox ChurchYes, it looks much better! Thanks! --Tellervo 17:08, 15 August 2007 (UTC) I don't mind!Have at it. My claims to be technologically clueless are quite accurate. :) --Moonriddengirl 21:19, 15 August 2007 (UTC) QuestionDo you edit to the Spanish wikipedia with this account? I have always wondered if that is possible. Thanks! Brusegadi 19:58, 16 August 2007 (UTC) Thanks for the link!Brusegadi 20:03, 16 August 2007 (UTC) Image:Big font debug screenshot.png listed for deletionAn image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Big font debug screenshot.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Sebvdv 06:28, 20 August 2007 (UTC) Reversion of edits by LifeStyleAuto on 21st August 07Hi Titoxd, I just wanted to let you know that I also had to revert a couple of 'messiah' edits to the Aceh article which were in a paragraph about the Tsunami of 2004. I had a look at a couple of other articles about natural disasters and couldn't see that this editor had made any other similar edits, but I wanted to let you know in case you came across more and we needed to get the editor blocked or something. Cheers, --Sepa 21:12, 21 August 2007 (UTC) Akai's page article almost all gone by user GlassFETUser:GlassFET feels that the Akai article is not well referenced and therefore, almost everything must go. It all started when he deleted a reference to a manual that gives reference to an Akai machine listed there and he converted it into a "footnote". As a contributor, I didn't object. I asked him why though, he said, because the manual is copyrighted, so I didn't object to that answer but felt a "footnote" was probably not needed. Then he erased the word "broke ground" and re-arranged the paragraph (See: [3] and his edits [4]) from the unit's paragraph because there was no reference that can verify that it did "break ground" as a porta studio of its time (1985). So, I found one ref, he dismissed as "not notable" because the link was to a studio page. Then, he told me that I wrote the paragraph on that unit wrong. Which is untrue. I wrote it factual and with the right machine specs. He decided at that point that rather than look for better sources for references, the article should be drastically trim down for lack of references. I think this user wants to meet Wikipedia standards, but also wants to incite me into to losing my civility and to disrupt the normal development of the Akai article. Can you help by making any comments? Thanks. 19:48, 22 August 2007 (UTC) BannedHow do I get unbanned? Grandthefthippo 22 August 2007 —The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 08:02, August 23, 2007 (UTC). The Greatest Hurricane Seasons of All TimeHink and I thought this would be kind of fun. We're going around to some of our resident hurricane enthusiasts and asking them the same question: Worldwide, which season of what basin do you think earns the title 'The Greatest Season of All Time'. List your top five picks with a reason for at least your number one pick. It's not a big deal, but I thought it would be fun and interesting to hear what some of those really into it think. (By the way, nice picture on your userpage. I was just at Bryce Canyon over the summer. It really is an amazing place.) -- §HurricaneERICarchive 22:03, 29 August 2007 (UTC) CVU-TF TemplateHi Tito, and thanks for all the work you've done for the Task Force. Since StatusBot doesn't create each user's status page until the next round of updates, new Task Force members are often displayed with an error message, which breaks the table. Would it be possible to modify the code so that it adds the box, but shades it in a different color to indicate that no status information is available? Cheers! --Ratiocinate (t • c) 15:23, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
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Chacor / Erin talk pageI'm beginning to wonder if action within Wikipedia needs to be taken. Here is a portion of the Erin talk page which Chacor has been insisting on removing. How does this violate any wikipedia rules? He's claiming vandalism, trolling, and personal attacks. After reading the wikipedia related pages on those topics, any of those three looks like a significant stretch to me. If anything, I think Chacor may be guilty of flame war and personal attacks. No Longer a TDThe HPC has stated that Erin is no longer a depression. For attempting to change the status, I got a nasty comment accusing me of vandalism from Chacor. Is this how the community is supposed to work or am I not "allowed" to make late-breaking changes to topics?
Thegreatdr 14:42, 31 August 2007 (UTC) Tito, you should know that the IP was vandalising - you yourself warned it for vandalism. The IP trolled on the talk page, accused me of vandalism when I was properly reverting its own vandalism and warned him for it, and DR sides with the troll, also has made an attack against me. "If anything, I think Chacor may be guilty of flame war and personal attacks." How is this justified at all? – Chacor 14:46, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
I don't have to say a lot, I'll do it in two sentences: I haven't made any attacks, I've tried to remain civil while under attack, I made an appropriate removal of trolling which has been reverted. I've been attacked multiple times - here, on my talk page and here for it, with vague references to me violating Wikipedia policy when I haven't. I don't know what the aim is here, but if this user is trying to drive me off Wikipedia he's pretty darn close. – Chacor 15:33, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Guys, come onAnd all of this has to occur on the day where I need to drive four hours on a trip? :S Everyone, please chill out. I really believe this is a hurricane in a teacup. I have to walk out the door Real Soon Now, but I'll say this: Doc, I'm not sure the flame war comment was warranted, as Chacor was acting on good faith. Chacor: I'm not sure the "He's trying to drive me off Wikipedia" comment is warranted either; unless you can read his mind, please shut up. On a more general statement, not tied to any particular incident, and pointed to everyone, not just you two: I realize that everyone has users that he or she doesn't like. But if you can't like each other, then try everything to at least get along, no? One thing does need to be said: WikiProject guidelines are supposed to be flexible. There is absolutely no reason to remove good-faith questions from talk pages, or to try to accuse users for making questions or suggestions. There is no need to say to personalize issues and tell users that they "should know better", accusing of original research, name-calling, and all other behavior that gives the appearance of WP:OWN. I see these problems more and more these days, and they are usually justified using unwritten style guidelines, which is not actually convincing, and does make it a WikiProject-wide WP:OWN issue. In many ways, I think that we need to revisit several of our guidelines, and decide whether they really are helpful or not. I'm sorry I can't really try to hash this out today, but I recommend everyone to go to a barbecue or something similar and just relax. Then come back and consider what is necessary to adjust the signal-to-noise ratio in these places nowadays. There is a ton of unnecessary tension right now. Why Can't We Be Friends? Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 23:26, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Darth Vader is your FatherThe guy IP hops through the US. I think a one hour block will be more effective, as he's able to change it easily. --DarkFalls talk 03:44, 8 September 2007 (UTC) {{adminbacklog}}As to the tag at WP:MFD you cleared, the MFD date 2007-09-08 needs to be closed out, as it is overdue. — xaosflux Talk 23:10, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Similarly good to see you!Hey! Your note brought a grin to my face - glad to see you around! :D , and to be back in whatever fashion it ends up being! Has Wikipedia been treating you well? -- Natalya 21:41, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Db-meta font sizeI've commented on your recent edit to Template:Db-meta at Template talk:Db-meta#font-size: 92%. If you'd like to offer your perspective on the matter there, I'd be very grateful. Thanks in advance. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 13:34, 17 September 2007 (UTC) Your {{db-meta}} editWhile Wikipedia's tidy pass fixes the generated HTML so it's not a major issue, you put the Well, noSeveral people told me to yes, please do that, because it might help. Other people said that it might actually not help, but nobody has pointed out any problems or harm from doing so. It can be beneficial and I don't see how it can be harmful. >Radiant< 08:20, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Image copyright problem with Image:Wikimedia Fundraiser 2007.svg Thank you for uploading Image:Wikimedia Fundraiser 2007.svg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI 07:28, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
WP1.0 templateTito, I hope you're well. I've held off bugging you, because I could tell you were busy, but I was wondering if you could do some basic fixes to the {{WP1.0}} template. The template generally works remarkably well, but there are just these few niggling details:
Please let me know what you think. Thanks a lot! Walkerma 02:07, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Re:QuöoestëërëichenstaädOf course that's what my question was. It is a hoax. Look at the contribs. You seriously think one of a thousands speakers of some obscure language created an account and went straight to the Help desk to happen upon that question? It makes absolutely no sense. He's being silly, I'm simply pointing it out without being overly rude about it. LaraLove 20:01, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Use of third personWhere your User page says, "For those who are wondering why this page is written in 3rd person, I'm practicing my formal writing so I can become a more active member/editor of Wikipedia", wouldn't it be that much more effective to say, "For those who are wondering why this page is written in 3rd person, the author is practicing his formal writing so he can become a more active member/editor of Wikipedia."? Thanks for your valuable addition to the Semantic Mediawiki discussion on Jimmy Wales' talk page. --Libertyvalley 14:38, 27 September 2007 (UTC) EthanolRules (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Thank youFor reverting vandalism to my user page. --John 04:46, 29 September 2007 (UTC) Ronald A. CarsonAn editor has asked for a deletion review of Ronald A. Carson. Since you deleted and/or restored this article at one point in time, you might want to participate in the deletion review if you have not already done so. -- Jreferee t/c 23:19, 3 October 2007 (UTC) Block requestCan you please block User 203.87.199.182 (talk for this user) for frequent vandalism of the Imus, Cavite article? This user is already guilty of vandalizing/frequently reverting said article as well as involvement in vandalism of Cavite and Las Piñas articles in the past. This user has to stop, so it's high time to bring in the rope. Thanks. Reyrefran 01:37, 5 October 2007 (UTC) An old MFDThis is just a heads up that I have undone your deletion resulting from Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Wikipedia arranged by topic. The major delete argument was that the content can be found at http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org - in fact that site is a snapshot from 10 December 2001, and there were many edits since then. I have moved it to a subpage of Wikipedia:Archive where historical Wikipedia pages belong. Graham87 13:36, 7 October 2007 (UTC) Wdefcon/Vandalism InfoThe WP:VINFO hasn't been updated in 24+ hours, which is why I change it to level 0. My edit summaries were chopped of in attempting to preview the change, so can you update the Wdefcon/Vandalism Information please?--PrestonH 02:39, 8 October 2007 (UTC) You're rightWP:CSD#G12 notice should of course go on the page I'm talking about, not the talk page I'm lamenting over. Sorry don't have time to sign my post. SineBot come to the rescue! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.143.236.33 (talk) 07:44, 8 October 2007 (UTC) Little help?Hey man, I've been trying to work a customised edit counter that counts the number of pages I've created and was wondering if you knew how to help? I have found a script that interion created, but he's been awol for a while. I brought it up here, but nobody's responded yet. I also brought it up at the village pump, but the same outcome. The script is here. Would you mind looking at it to see how to run the script and (worst case scenario) tell me how many pages I've created? I'm really curious to know. Thanks mate! --lincalinca 12:32, 8 October 2007 (UTC) Not working..Hello, I'm trying to use your tool, but it gives this error. Would you please have a look? Much appreciated! Phgao 08:51, 17 October 2007 (UTC) Crash trace: StatBundle.parseOverwriteFromSource(StatBundle.java:222) StatBundle.parseFromConnection(StatBundle.java:159) StatBundle.<init>(StatBundle.java:81) Stats.mainDownload(Stats.java:116) QueryFrame$process.run(QueryFrame.java:848) Can you fix this?This pic [5] isn't working. The old version is showing* over the new one uploaded on top. I tried using the purge function which didn't work. (*eta, in thumbnails where it is used) Good kitty 02:14, 19 October 2007 (UTC) Re: CharleyHey, if it's any consolation, it's been 353 days since I started working on the topic. If you finish Charley before September 28, 2008, you should be fine :P --Hurricanehink (talk) 05:12, 24 October 2007 (UTC) MartyI think you would have been more useful at that time by giving me a good knock on the head... You might as well take the protection off as that edit war isn't going to flare up again. However your thoughts on the actual discussion would be appreciated (its at WP:WPDAB) ;)--Nilfanion (talk) 00:38, 27 October 2007 (UTC) Belarus assistanceTito, could you take a look at this comment on my talk page and perhaps leave a reply. Isn't there a bot admins have available that can generate such categories - or does it not do this? Thanks, Walkerma 02:50, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
A-Class reviewsCare to comment on this? Walkerma 23:54, 3 November 2007 (UTC) Una ayuda?Tito, I was asked to look at this, but I need another opinion in Spanish. My summary is at the bottom. It's a question of whether a person self-identifies as gay, or whether the magazine is quoting other (dubious) sources -- it's hard for me to tell.[6] If you have a moment, can you take a look? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:48, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
LOTD proposalYou either voted on the original list of the day proposal or the revised version. A more modest experimental proposal is now at issue at WP:LOTDP. Feel free to voice your opinion.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 17:45, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
small infobox templateAre you the one who does a lot of template tinkering? Can you modify the small infobox template to accommodate the depressions found in this article [7]? I've always hated the way this was set up because I think they should each get their own box. Good kitty 03:46, 8 November 2007 (UTC) Yet another discussion....!Thanks for adding your views on A-Class last week. This week is a proposal here to reorganise a few of the subsections of the Release Versions page and the GA page (both use the same top level categories). I personally think most are very good suggestions, and it might be best to do all these changes at once and in synch with GA. Thanks, Walkerma 02:33, 12 November 2007 (UTC) Infobox hurricane current and other basinsIs there any way to get {{Infobox hurricane current}} to work for other basins and their relevant terminology? There have been cases of users adding incorrect or non-working infoboxes to season articles that the template doesn't yet work for, such as the NIO. I'd do it myself but I'm not sure how to navigate the code (templates have never been my forte). --Coredesat 22:47, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
my rfa If you voted in my RFA...
My RfAThank you so much for voicing your support in my successful RfA. I'm humbled to have the community's trust. As I master the ways of the mop and bucket, please don't hesitate to message me for any advice or corrections. Cheers! Spellcast 00:16, 14 November 2007 (UTC) Hi. The list is formatted like a List of topics, not at all like a List of basic topics. E.g. see List of basic biology topics vs List of biology topics. I'd suggest moving it back to the previous title, and reincluding the deleted information. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of topics vs Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of basic topics for details, or ask The Transhumanist. Thanks. --Quiddity (talk) 00:38, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Unexplained article moveHi, Tito; I need to bring this to someone who understands the issue in Spanish. By moving it from the question mark to the explanation point (contrary to sources and with no discussion), the article is now POV, implying that the king demanded rather than asked (that it was an imperative rather than a query). All of the sources I have seen use a question mark, and since I'm not an admin, I can't move it back. I'm also not sure if I can post a request at Requested moves, since I don't know if CieloEstrellado will challenge. I'll also post to Jossi, since he speaks Spanish. Saludos, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:45, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
By the way, here's another strange move done by CieloEstrellado—the article he moved from a list is clearly a list. Electoral division of Chile. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:45, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
As you requested :)For this, I honor your subtle request :) Acalamari 02:56, 22 November 2007 (UTC)  Re: Image:Danielle Newspaper.gifI'd buy that logic if the picture actually showed something. I see a silhouetted object, and it is not remotely clear what it is. It can't enhance your understanding if it doesn't tell you anything. Oh, and it would be best to have left the dispute tag, commenting on the talk page and let a more distant admin deal with it...--Nilfanion (talk) 09:33, 27 November 2007 (UTC) Improperness of Pilsudski's nomI would like to learn more why do you find my nomination of Piłsudski's article improper. Having spend over a year polishing it, I do try to address all concerns. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 05:22, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Copyedit requestRight now I can't do any copyedits, at least until I'm done with Emma Goldman. Maybe in another week or so. If I don't get back to you then, leave me another message please. Cheers! – Scartol • Tok 01:04, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
SlashesLook what Tony is up to, just when I was talking about him not liking slashes; I didn't realize it was a MOS item. User:Tony1/Advanced editing exercises (He's still building this, not ready for primetime yet.) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 05:03, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
MediaWiki:Mainpage/enIf I change MediaWiki:Mainpage/en to "Main page", will that alter the logo or sidebar links, or just the label? --- RockMFR 06:38, 8 December 2007 (UTC) Peer Review RequestHello, Titoxd, I saw your name on the list of volunteer reviewers and wondered if you had time to look at Youngstown Ohio Works, a small article about an early 20th-century baseball team. The article is now rated B-class, but I think it stands a chance of being promoted to GA status, with the help of an experienced reviewer. I would appreciate any and all recommendations! Sincerely, -- twelsht (talk) 23:45, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
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Confused re:User:The Evil SpartanRE: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive338#Arbcom election drama I wrote:
I was a little confused by your now archived response [9]
My response [10]
Just curious, and my apologies. I think I just read your comments completely wrong, as you had commented twice before above. T (talk) 09:17, 9 December 2007 (UTC) Hello, Titoxd, Thank you, again, for your valuable feedback! It made a big difference in the quality of this piece. I just wanted to let you know that, earlier today, another user nominated the article for FA status. With appreciation, -- twelsht (talk) 23:10, 10 December 2007 (UTC) AWB Usage and mbar -> MbarI Could stop making this edit, however mbar (as it is linked throughout the hurricane related articles) Loads as Mbar and oddly redirects to Bar (unit) which is described as "The bar (symbol bar), decibar (symbol dbar) and the millibar (symbol mbar, also mb) are units of pressure." So as different as they may be they do appear to be the same. Slysplace | talk 01:33, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello. I have been waiting for a review of this article. I created it, but it has not received a rating as per Wikipedia standards. Can you rate it? Thank you. CVW (Talk) 12:39, 13 December 2007 (UTC) Re: One up - the insanity beginsSweetness. :) Now, do you or do you not want me to comment on the FAC? Some of the IRC regulars said they would rather me not, because I would ruin their chances at a successful FAC if I wanted, or something like that, heh. Hurricanehink (talk) 07:06, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
WPTC Active MembersThanks, again, for your supportThis message is to thank you for supporting the FA nomination of Youngstown Ohio Works. Earlier today, I learned that the article had been promoted. Please know that your detailed critique of the article helped to make an FA nomination possible. I certainly appreciate all of your time and effort. Sincerely, -- twelsht (talk) 03:05, 17 December 2007 (UTC) Happy Birthday
-- Idontknow610 (WANNA TALK??) 10:17, 17 December 2007 (UTC) Peer review requestHi, Titoxd, I recently requested a peer review for Jimmy McAleer, a B-class sports biography that appears to be close to GA quality. This is yet another baseball-related article. I know this piece would benefit tremendously from your feedback. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Sincerely, -- twelsht (talk) 06:45, 18 December 2007 (UTC) WikiProject Winter stormsThere is a discussion started by User:Juliancolton at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Meteorology about a proposed/possible new WikiProject called WikiProject Winter storms. Feel free to voice your opinion on the proposal.--JForget 01:36, 23 December 2007 (UTC) Hey Titoxd. You commented on this one at FAR but I'm not sure if you were indicating a remove or an intent to work. Is it an FA? Marskell (talk) 02:38, 24 December 2007 (UTC) Hello! I'm just wondering what CBDunkerson's revision broke. (I loaded the message with the intention of performing the same edit.) Thanks! —David Levy 18:17, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Inactive WPTC usersJust to let you know, since you did not respond to the previous message, your status within the Tropical cyclone Wikiproject has been transferred to inactive. However, it merely looks like you're away, so when you come back, I hope you change your status back to active. --♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:33, 1 January 2008 (UTC) Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #12Number 12, January 10, 2008 The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This edition of the newsletter, after an extended hiatus, covers December 2007 and the first ten days of January 2008. Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles. Storm of the month  Tropical Storm Olga was a rare Atlantic December tropical cyclone. The fifteenth named storm of the season, it developed near Puerto Rico on December 11, and quickly struck the Dominican Republic. There, it brought heavy rainfall and severe damage, and caused more than 40 deaths. Casualties were also reported in Puerto Rico and Haiti. The storm greatly weakened as it crossed Hispaniola, degenerating into a remnant low pressure area in the Caribbean Sea on December 13. The remnants of Olga passed near the Yucatán Peninsula before turning northward and bringing rainfall to Florida. Other tropical cyclone activity
Member of the month  The December member of the month is Mitchazenia. Mitchazenia has been a project member since 2006. He has created several tropical cyclone related articles, including the good article Subtropical Storm One (1982). Mitchazenia significantly contributed to 1983 Atlantic hurricane season, which is currently a featured article candidate. New and improved articles
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Categories and more The project has gone under somewhat of a revamping. We have a new, more realistic goal. The members list has been dropped from 89 to 34. This newsletter is to inform users of a change in policy with categories. Previously, an Atlantic and Pacific storm article would have both Category:Atlantic hurricanes and Category:Category 3 tropical cyclones. However, the two were combined, resulting in Category:Category 3 Atlantic hurricanes. The same is done with Pacific hurricanes. Tropical storm articles are dealt with either Category:Eastern Pacific tropical storms or Category:Atlantic tropical storms. WP:METEO Active membersVädersolstavlanHello,
Request for peer reviewHi, I saw your name on the wikipedia:peer review volunteer page. I'm currently working on a science article called the Kardashev Scale, the page has gone through a lot of changes in the last 3 months, some of them reverts that I wish to overturn. I've sent out some notices to people who have worked on the page previously but I'm having problems getting open opinions and feedback. Their ideas about what they want the article to be about and look like are pretty set. I need outside opinion. In my opinion the Kardashev scale has 3 primary interests:
My primary goals are in advancing the content area of number 2 and diminishing the fictional content. After all, it is a scientific not a fictional topic. My secondary goals are to find and add published content on the extension of the scale. The feedback I have gotten is pretty much divided between goals 1 or 3. And I don't want to create a editing war! So please read the article and the discussion page and tell me what you think!!
Thx--Sparkygravity (talk) 18:39, 26 January 2008 (UTC) Heroes peer reviewI noticed that your user name was on the Wikipedia:Peer review/volunteers list. I was wondering if you could take some time out of your schedule to head over to the Heroes (TV series) talkpage and give us an honest peer review. The page has gone through some major changes in the last few months, and it would be fantastic if a prominent editor/contributor like yourself, could head over and give us at the Heroes Wikiproject some sound opinion and ideas on improvements for the page. We have all worked very hard at improving the page, and we need great outside, reliable and trustworthy users to come over and help us improve. I you are interested in joining the peer review discussion with other prominent users/contributors, much like yourself, please follow the link. Thank you very much for your help and your continued effort to improve Wikipedia and its quality! Wikipedia:Peer review/Heroes (TV series)/archive2--Chrisisinchrist (talk) 05:40, 27 January 2008 (UTC) Deletion Review for In-Depth_BattlepediaAn editor has asked for a deletion review of In-Depth_Battlepedia. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike411 (talk • contribs) 01:10, 31 January 2008 (UTC) -- Got it :) Mike411 (talk) 02:53, 31 January 2008 (UTC) FAR:Hurricane Irene (2005)Hurricane Irene (2005) has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Nergaal (talk) 01:23, 1 February 2008 (UTC) Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #13Number 13, February 2, 2008 The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers all of January 2008. Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles. Storm of the month  Cyclone Gene formed on January 26 over the open south Pacific Ocean. It drifted southward, and strengthened into Tropical Storm Gene on January 28 as it moved across the Fijian archipelago. There, it brought heavy rainfall, which caused the worst flooding in several years. Half of the country was left without power, and the cyclone killed seven people in Fiji. The storm turned southwestward, developing a cloud-filled eye and quickly strengthening by the end of the month. Other tropical cyclone activity
Member of the month The January member of the month is Ajm81. A tropical cyclone editor since he first joined in October 2005, Ajm81 plays a vital role in the project. Unlike other editors, who mainly edit articles, Ajm81 maintains and updates the track maps across the project. We thank Ajm81 for his timely contributions, and may he have some well-deserved downtime after the last tropical cyclone report is released. New and improved articles
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Wikiwork and 1000 articles In January 2008, the WikiProject began using a system called Wikiwork, or ω. It weighs the overall quality of the project's articles, and a lower number means a greater total quality. The weighed ω, as used above, is a relative number that can be used to compare groups of this article. As of this publication, the relative ω of the project is 3.404, corresponding to between Start and B class. However, when limiting it solely to storm articles, the number drops to 2.98, which is slightly better than B class. During the month, a new statistics page was created. Additionally, during the month, Mitchazenia pointed out that we received our 1,000th article with the creation of Cyclone Elita. Welcome back!Wow, I got worried for a while after you fell off the face of Wikipedia. I'm not going to ask where you've been for the last two months, but I'm glad you're OK and you're back. :) ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:53, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Yay, thanks a lot for those graphs. Very pretty, as always. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 04:57, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
I too am glad to see you back. Raul654 (talk) 19:36, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
It's a good day, so glad to "see you" back again! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:42, 5 February 2008 (UTC) Rollback grantingsI noticed you've been granting rollback, and so I thought that you might want to know that two userspace template messages, User:Acalamari/Rollback and User:NoSeptember/Rollback, are available if you want to give an informing message to someone if you've given them rollback. Thanks. Acalamari 18:27, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
RollbackSorry its taken a bit to get back to you. I see you're getting to grips with the new functions. Implementation was rather controversial, with mixed views as to whether consensus was reached for the feature. ArbCom refused to hear a case about it. Both Jimbo and Anthere have commented on the implementation - Jimbo here and Anthere here if you're interested. As to the practicalities of assignment, we seem to be seeing two views from admins. One believes that anyone who is not an idiot and hasn't abused the tool should be given rollback, the other regards it as purely an anti-vandalism tool to be given out to those involved in reverting vandalism (who have a demonstrated history of correctly identifying vandalism). I think the former is becoming the dominant view of those actively giving out the right. I do worry a little that this is creating a new class of user, rather than just assigning a new function and there has in my opinion been some fairly disappointing use of the function - giving rollback to users who have not asked for it and so not want it, admins giving themselves rollback when this does nothing and just makes it harder to keep track of who has the permission in the rights log, and the assignment of the rights to "joke" secondary accounts that clearly won't be involved in vandal fighting. Ultimately, admins are selected for a demonstrated ability to make good judgment calls - if you believe someone will make good use of the rollback right, its probably a good idea to give it to them (though I recommend asking first...). WjBscribe 01:15, 6 February 2008 (UTC) Copyediting....?Is there any chance you could copyedit Tropical Storm Alberto (2006)? It's on FAC right now, and a copyedit request from an outsider is requested. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:26, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Well that was a good way to kill an hour :) ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:58, 13 February 2008 (UTC) Could you please explain more fully?Could you please explain more fully how the Mike Silver article got deleted? The record shows you deleted it. But I don't see a record of where the discussion of its deletion occurred. Was this article about the Mike Silver who was one of the participants in the controversial skirmish where Omar Khadr is alleged to have killed a GI? Could you please userify this article, its edit history and talk page, to User:Geo Swan/Guantanamo/Mike Silver? I was going to expand the Mike Silver article with the new information about that skirmish, and I was very surprised to learn the article didn't exist, had once existed, and had been deleted. Geo Swan (talk) 21:29, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Template:WP1.0/assessmentsCertain projects (Wikipedia:WikiProject Philadelphia, for instance) are using Cat, cat, Dab, and dab as parameters for "class" to distinguish among various types of non-article pages. Unfortunately, Template:WikiProject Philadelphia uses Template:WP1.0/assessments to generate Pennsylvania article assessments for all of its pages, and so pages with those parameters are marked as "Unassessed" when they should be treated as "NA" pages. Would it be possible to include them in the swtich statement in the WP1.0 template? I thought I'd drop by and ask since you seem to have done the work for it. Choess (talk) 00:43, 11 February 2008 (UTC) WikiProject Manual of StyleI've started a thread on a proposed new WikiProject to coordinate Manual of Style pages. I think this might provide a mechanism to address the problem without raising concerns about centralization of authority on the main MoS page. Your comments on whether and how such a WikiProject might work would be very valuable. See WT:MoS#WikiProject Manual of Style. Geometry guy 19:46, 17 February 2008 (UTC) CopyeditHi. Would you mind looking over List of New York hurricanes and giving it a quick copyedit? Thanks, Juliancolton (Talk) 22:34, 19 February 2008 (UTC) Peer review for Jack WarnerHi Titoxd, Thanks, again, for your help on Jimmy McAleer! The FAC languished for more than a month, but I'm happy to report that the article was promoted. I just requested a peer review for a piece on movie mogul Jack Warner. The article includes a good deal of information, and it's reasonably engaging, but I know it can be improved. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, -- twelsht (talk) 15:37, 22 February 2008 (UTC) Hurricane KatrinaHi Titoxd. Would you have time to have a look at these threads?
Thanks. Carcharoth (talk) 00:00, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
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