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Brabham

I see you're running scared of ELAC.... :D

Thanks - fair points, and ones I can do something with. I'll wait and see what Outriggr can contribute before I do any more to the article. Cheers. 4u1e 16:45, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

LOL !! Good luck, and let me know when you want a new review :-) Sandy (Talk) 16:56, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Need copyediting help!

Hi SandyGeorgia! Knowing you are sometimes working on FAC and FAR, I (no doubts like many others) come to you for help. You helped me withdraw Serial Experiments Lain from FAC, the main reason being poor qualitiy prose. Could you please offer advice on structure and/or copyediting? I've gone around the list you gave Balloonman, and some others, but the subject seems to be a little too obscure to attract attention :).--SidiLemine 17:01, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to help, but copyediting really isn't my forté. I usually focus more on looking at the references, WP:LAYOUT, WP:MOS, and things like that. Sorry, Sandy (Talk) 00:26, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Jayne Mansfield

Please, check the article on Jayne Mansfield. It needs massive copyedit. - Aditya Kabir 19:35, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

• Comments left at Talk:Jayne Mansfield. Sandy (Talk) 00:07, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Mainpage date tag

Well, I replied to the talkpage as you requested, but I'm not exactly sure what this is all about. Am I going to be replaced by a bot, do people have trouble with the way I do it, or are you all just curious. I kinda wanna keep doing it as it's like, my favorite function here on WP and I've been doing it for 15 months now, but, I guess it can't last forever if I'm gonna be replaced... so, what's up? -- SmthManly / ^ManlyTalk / ^{ManlyContribs} 23:38, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Heh, ok, sorry i overreacted, i really was fine with giving it up if i had to, i was just dissapointed, if you guys have a whole project for this I'd be willing to join. I will continue to add my own template and am fine with the intergration of it into one template which can just be changed over... I'll also take on any other tasks you have, just not too many because I do have a full time job, lol. I'm 100% sure that after I add the "to come" template, the "to come" part is removed by a bot operated by User:Schutz, the bot doesn't have a specific name and just uses his screename, but it's this bot that changes the templates over every day at 00:01 UTC, unless someone beats him to it, you can also try contacting him about that part, but for the last 15 months or so it's been me adding the "to come" and his bot removing it, with a few exceptions here or there (like users who request an FA for a certain date and get their wish, they tend to watch the empty template and as soon as they see their article chosen for that date they add the tag themselves, but that happens once in a blue moon really). -- SmthManly / ^ManlyTalk / ^{ManlyContribs} 00:44, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

RE:Chess

I'm a big chess enthusiast, so I'll see what I can do! :) Gzkn 01:13, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Wonderful - thanks SO much !! Sandy (Talk) 01:14, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

years

thanks for dewiking them - Bytebear and I have been trying to remove some wikilinks gone crazy that were added yesterday and keep getting restored by various people. --Trödel 04:01, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

ah, I didn't realize that was going on - I was just trying to get back to what was passed on FA, since I reviewed the article at FAC. I always wonder why the original author isn't babysitting the article as it gets slammed on the main page :-) Sandy (Talk) 04:02, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much for editing. I'll try to watch the article as much as possible while it stays on the front page, but I can't be available all 24 hours, so I also have to depend on other editors. BRMo 04:26, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Military brat (U.S. subculture)

Hi Sandy, I've revamped the article per your and Outriggr's recommendations---about 20-25 hours of work over the past week! If you get the chance, I'd appreciate a review. Ignore the intro, I haven't worked on that yet... Since it needs to be a summary of the article, it is going to be the last thing I work on.Balloonman 09:46, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

El Hatillo

Hi Sandy. It has been a long time since you did that PR for me in El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda. It took me a long time, but I slowly went through all of your concerns and most of them are done. Some stuff have changed in the article, so I would appreciate it if you could work with me on a final revision and help me with a cleanup (copyediting is my strongest weakness :D). If you are interested we could start by checking my replies to your PR in Talk:El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, I don't think it's too far from FA. Let me know. Saludos.--enano ^(Talk) 18:40, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Hola, thanks for the ref cleanup. I replaced the broken link with a different reference, and I agree with all your other comments. Regarding the needed citations method, either way is fine for me, so whatever is easier for you (I'm guessing tags?). I changed the template to 100% width. If you think 60% or 70% is better, just let me know. Fixing the "Catalogo del Patrimonio Cultural Venezolano" will take me a bit more time, but I will get started right now.--enano ^(Talk) 00:38, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I'm done with subdividing the book into chapters. I also did some research about Baltasar's year of arrival to El Hatillo, and it turns out only one source differed from the others, so I deleted the note. I prefer to keep the discussion in the article's talk page, bur inline comments are also perfect (you mean using this "<!-- -->"?).--enano ^(Talk) 02:02, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Wonderful. I will begin addressing you comments. Thanks.--enano ^(Talk) 03:42, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Both of these are private; can you list some public facilities and other sports that don't require membership. Isn't there a paintball park near there? Do people bike up there?

I could, but I have looked for references to back it up and haven't found any. Remember I had a sentence about Polideportivo La Boyera? I removed it due to lack of verifiability.--enano ^(Talk) 04:16, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

I'll go to a bookstore later and see if any of the English-language tour guides have anything useful. Sandy (Talk) 14:48, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

8149 + 209 = 8358: how does that relate to the 8525?

Although it's not mentioned in the reference, it's assumed—or I assumed—that the rest of the students did not finish the school year. Maybe they moved out of El Hatillo in the middle of the year or dropped school for another reason. Do you think that should be clarified?--enano ^(Talk) 23:53, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that was one of my worries as well. I will also try to find some references that can replace the Spanish ones. And please, don't feel any rush, enjoy your holidays, and if you wish we can stop now and resume after you are less busy.--enano ^(Talk) 00:16, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Hope you understand. Absolutely ;-).--enano ^(Talk) 00:31, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi. The International Music Festival is not the same as the Jazz Festival, I believe I have made that clear in the art section with a recent edit. I will try to go to the store at Tamanaco, but the problem is that most tour guides show information specific to the town and not the whole municipality, and the kind of facts in these guides are very touristic. If I look for an English guide exclusive for the municipality I will be searching forever; I went to a small public library in El Hatillo a few month ago and they only had two books about El Hatillo in Spanish (I'm guessing none exist in English elsewhere). I will look for English Caracas or Venezuela guides at Tamanaco, and if I look carefully I may also find English replacements for news articles at ElUniversal.com. Saludos.--enano ^(Talk) 04:22, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Minor Barnstar
		For dozens upon dozens of minor but extremely important corrections and revisions to the Military Brat article. Your efforts are much appreciated, and hopefully this small token will go a long way. Sharkface217 04:27, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

You're quite welcome. Sharkface217 00:45, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Cladistics FAR

Thanks for letting me know. Slightly bad timing, as I just (finally) nominated cell nucleus, the MCB collaboration from September, but I'll try to take a look at it this weekend. Looks like Aranae had some very useful comments for cleaning up and updating the text. Opabinia regalis 04:29, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Scouting

Hi. Since you're in such a helpful mood with Balloonman-;), could you look over my FAC on Scouting. The one big objection was the writing--it was written by several different people is a likely major reason, me being one. I fixed everything they specifically mentioned and have not been able to do much with the rest of it. I'd appreciate it. If you want to leave your initial comments here or my talk page, that's okay, the FAC itself is okay too. I'll be working on them right away. I really mean this when I say it--I saw your list of good reviewers/copyeditors on Balloonman's talk page and had no idea I was well thought of that way; I'd include you on my own such list. We are often too close to our own articles to see everywhere they need tweaked.Rlevse 10:55, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry I haven't gotten to this - I'm still working on El Hatillo (two messages up), and have a busy weekend. I haven't gotten to Samsara's Darwin yet either. Sandy (Talk) 14:49, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I am following the Scouting FAC and noticed this thread. Thank you for offering to help. I see Spangieer did some copyedit and left a comment, but he didn't actually vote. The Scouting FAC is now 3rd from the bottom of the list. If you can find the time, and I know you're busy, to still work on it, I'm sure we'd all be greatly appreciative. Many thanks and happy holidays.Sumoeagle179 10:59, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder: I changed the section heading so it will be easier for me to remember. Sandy (Talk) 11:07, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Tourette vandal blocked

I got him and reverted what was still fresh. Samsara (talk • contribs) 18:46, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks - I'm cleaning up the older vandalism - he was busy ! Sandy (Talk) 18:48, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

V for Vendetta

Hi Sandy. Would it be possible to help facilitate a closure of the V for Vendetta FARC? I'm aware that only Jeff can close it, but I was wondering if you could act as a catalyst, since you've very familiar with this process. Thanks. I will give Jeff a reminder, now. --P-Chan 07:16, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

David Ruben RfA

SandyGeorgia, thank you for your support in my RfA which passed on 13th December 2006 with a tally of 49/10/5. I am delighted by the result and a little daunted by the scope of the additional tools; I shall be cautious in my use of them. I am well aware that becoming an Admin is not just about a successful nomination, but a continuing process of gaining further experience; for this I shall welcome your feedback. Again, many thanks for supporting my RfA, feel free to contact me if you need any assistance. :-) David Ruben 01:47, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

On Hippocrates

Regarding comprehensiveness, what do you think could be elaborated? I thought "Works" could be and started the section. Let's see if Rmrfstar (talk · contribs) works on it further. IMO, the article touches all aspects. Maybe it needs some good supporting fork articles. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:16, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Unless someone else takes over the article, I don't hold out much hope for the article improving. My sense is that Rmrfstar uses WP:FAC in place of WP:PR. Sandy (Talk) 18:28, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Order of St. Patrick

Are you OK with this one to close? Marskell 16:58, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Yep - in general, if I don't speak up, that means I don't object. By the way, there's a discussion on ANI about Dubai IPs, raising a problem which is similar to the IP problem you have, here. Sandy (Talk) 17:02, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

ANI

As a result of reverting systemic blanking of certain comments by a banned user, I've had to remove a few edits you made (due to edit conflicts) on ANI. I apologise, and ask if you could kindly reinstate them. Thanks and sorry. – Chacor 02:36, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Not to worry - will do. Sandy (Talk) 02:38, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Various things

I've made another update to the ref fixer to handle another ref template. Are you perhaps an admin? With all the templates being protected, it is difficult to fix coding problems in them. Speaking of which, what's up with the combo FA template? Gimmetrow 14:31, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I haven't heard anything else about the combo template, but I notice on his user page that Yomangani (talk · contribs) is busy til after the holidays. No, I'm not an admin, but Yomangani is. Sandy (Talk) 14:44, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

article review request

Hello. I've been doing some work on the article Where No Man Has Gone Before (TOS episode) recently. I recently made a peer review request, but have yet to recieve any suggestions (bar the automated peer reviewer). Since you are an FAC regular, I wondered if you might have any thoughts on the article, or be able to suggest other users who might willing to review or copyedit it. Morwen - Talk 16:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

TOFA Templates

It doesn't look like all the templates and images are protected; am I missing something? Sandy (Talk) 23:17, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Which ones are not protected? -- tariqabjotu 23:47, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Tariq - can't remember all from when I checked, but I looked at all at the bottom of the edit page, and saw that some of the cite templates (like book and web) weren't protected. I don't understand images, but it looks like not all of them are covered, either. Perhaps I'm not understanding something? Sandy (Talk) 23:53, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Um, {{cite book}} and {{cite web}} have been protected since July. You can see this in the edit history. pschemp | talk 00:11, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, pschemp. Why do some show a protected template, and others don't? Sandy (Talk) 00:14, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Where exactly are you looking? If the edit history is long and something was protected a while ago you might have to scroll down the history a bit. The other way to check is to try to edit it. pschemp | talk 00:16, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I see it in the history (I didn't see it before because I didn't scroll down far enough); I mean why isn't there a protect template on the actual page, like on the other protected templates? Sandy (Talk) 00:18, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure that little notice about protection had been conceived or was in wide use at the time those were protected. Another thing is that the addition of the note doesn't necessarily mean it is protected, a favorite vandal trick is slapping protection notices on things. So, the only sure way is to check the history. It doesn't bother me in the least that the note is missing though. Those particular templates are so high use that there will never be a need to unprotect them. pschemp | talk 00:24, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, pschemp. Sandy (Talk) 00:26, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Sandy, one easy way to identify a protected template: there will be a "view source" tab rather than an "edit this page" tab. Gimmetrow 00:21, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

ah, ok, thanks so much, Gimmetrow. It looks like Tariqabjotu has a full time job. Sandy (Talk) 00:26, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. I've unfortunately run into this a bit lately, and the response time with editprotected is a lot less than desirable. Gimmetrow 00:34, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Good Article Nominating

I am considering nominating the article Ford BA Falcon for Good Article status, so could you please check or review the article and if you can add anything to it please do. Senators 02:54, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Rodney Marks

Thanks for your work in editing these articles. Inevitably given how extensive the edits were, I have a couple of minor quibbles:

1. I do not think it is plausible to state there is no evidence that a third party was involved in the death - the police and coroner quite clearly say this is the most likely option, and more likely than suicide or accidental death. Although I do not think the original text was unreasonable on this point, as a compromise, I have replaced the words "no evidence" with "no certainty".

2. In the Antarctic treaty system, your edits removed any evidence of the dispute - which is the relevance of the case to that article. I have added a single scentence, stating the New Zealand police had criticsed the NSF and Raytheon for failing to assist with the inquiry.

I hope these changes are acceptable to you. Winstonwolfe 04:06, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Responses on article talk page. Sandy (Talk) 13:22, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, will reply there Winstonwolfe 21:40, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Marks

Interesting; the references look OK, but I don't really know for sure. User:Petaholmes is good at scientists' articles. I'll ask her. Tony 13:00, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Buffalo Skull of Diligence

File:Mandan hunter with buffalo skull.JPG

The Buffalo Skull of Diligence has been presented to you by Ganymead for valiently fighting ELAC.

I originally awarded this when my FA on the Mandan was on the mainpage. It was given to those editors who reverted vandalism. After watching the arguments on the ELAC page, especially your passionate arguments in favour of FA, I felt you should be given a little something. Your work on FAC and FAR is admirable, though thankless, I'm sure. Please accept this humble token of my gratitude. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 21:36, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Thankyou

Thank you for your comments and editing towards the Ford BA Falcon article, but if you can could you please tell other Wikipedians for their recomendations towards the Ford BA Falcon article.Senators^{Talk | Contribs} 03:02, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

OK then

I understand you don't have much time, good luck with your other articles.Senators^{Talk | Contribs} 03:15, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Latter Days

Ok, I've copyedited. Would you mind taking another look? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 17:00, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Please would you mind reviewing your vote on the FAC? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 12:25, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Popular culture FACs

Hi Sandy, having been involved with the Sex Pistols FAR and now Punk rock, and from looking at recent promotions, I have a concern that popular culture articles are being ignored by stong reviewers during candidacy and well, slipping through the net. Not all these articles are bad, some are very good, but articles do tend to improve dramatically due to FAC feedback, and that feed back is currently lacking. I've been working in the background on a few, will venture into the bear pit of actual FAC discussion soon, just wanted your openion on how to progress this concern. + Ceoil 23:46, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

I think you're right. The only solution is for editors who are interested in those topics to start giving them the kind of tough and comprehensive reviews that, for example Hippocrates is getting right now. Other than glancing at the structure of the article and the references, I can't usually add too much to those articles, and it's not possible to get involved in every FAC, so I tend to overlook them unless they are glaringly bad. Maybe you can start recruiting editors who might be willing to work on the reviews, and the situation will improve over time? Also, a lot more "junk" slips through the cracks in other areas as well, so it's not only pop culture. There just aren't enough really serious reviewers, and there are always plenty of "fans" to Support, without always (apparently) being aware of the standards. Sandy (Talk) 00:18, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

The 'fans' are always easy to spot, but tend to be the only voices. There are a number of good editors working on pop. culure articles; I'll just annoy them into FAC commentary, and become a thorn myself. OK plan, I suppose. Thanks. + Ceoil 00:29, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Do you need assistance?

If you need me (Senators) to help you with anything I am glad to, such as reviews, article checks and general assistance. Contact me on my talk page for help. Senators^{Talk | Contribs} 00:00, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

That's very kind, Senators. If you just watch my talk page, you'll see editors asking for help on their articles. The editors who care to ask someone to review their articles are worth investing time in. I can't get to all of them :-) Sandy (Talk) 00:21, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Server problem?

I've only been able to make one edit all morning because the servers are so slow and pages won't load. I can access other websites with no problem. Is this a system-wide problem, or is there something I need to do? I can't get My watchlist, User contribs, Artice pages history, or article pages to load without waiting up to ten minutes. Sandy (Talk) 15:09, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm not having it, so it's not system-wide. However, I also have no idea what would cause that. Sorry. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 15:18, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Wiki works fine for me too. I can access your talk, contributions etc. and other articles since morning until now without problems. Do you use some kind of antivirus checking web content ? Try access these pages [1] or [2] these ones are not in your cache for sure. ≈Tulkolahten≈^≈talk≈ 15:24, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Amarkov and Tulkolahten - those sites pop up very quickly for me, but when I hit the back button to come back here to Wiki, it takes a minute. Sandy (Talk) 15:26, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Maybe a nonsense but try clearing a cache and authenticated sessions in your browser, then turn it off and on. ≈Tulkolahten≈^≈talk≈ 15:30, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I use IE7 - I don't know where/what authenticated sessions are. I've cleared cache, deleted all cookies and temp files, restarted computer, accessed about six different websites that come up immediately, and when I accessed Wiki for the fisrt time, I got a white screen for several minutes before the main page came up. I'm wondering if someone would be willing to e-mail me, since I can't use Wiki for help, but I can read my e-mail with no problem - it takes too long to get a screen on Wiki. TIA, Sandy (Talk) 15:43, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I give up - I can't make Wiki go. I'm going Christmas shopping. Anyone who needs to talk to me, try using my e-mail instead. Sandy (Talk) 16:10, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Start...Run...type "cmd" without the quotes, [Enter]. Type "traceroute en.wikipedia.org". Where's the bottleneck? Xiner (talk, email) 16:40, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for offering to help, Xiner. I typed the command with quotes, and without, and both return traceroute en.wikipedia.org is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file. Sandy (Talk) 17:06, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

It's 'tracert' on windows. In addition to that, I would try clearing your dnscache (cmd: ipconfig /flushdns ; ipconfig /registerdns ) (but if you restarted that shouldn't be a problem), and I would check your HOSTS file, and also disable any firewalls. Try everything you can think of, to see if you can isolate where the problem is coming from. -- Jmax- 19:11, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

oops, sorry, just saw this because this page is so slow to load - will try that now as well. Sandy (Talk) 19:16, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Commented scripts out of monobook, ctrl-F5, cleared dnscache per above, restarted (other) computer (typing on laptop), no improvement. Other websites load fine. In over my head. Haven't turned off firewall/virus yet ('fraid to do that. Sandy (Talk) 19:45, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I think it's in my firewall or virus protection, since I can post from a laptop without same installations - don't know how to fix it, though, and I didn't change anything yesterday. Sandy (Talk) 18:12, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Nope, not that either, long pages won't load here either, although I can work on short pages. Sandy (Talk) 18:53, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I made a change to replace.js. Doubt it's related, but perhaps just to humor me either try a different skin, or comment it out in the monobook. Gimmetrow 19:11, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Gimmetrow - I am going to try that now - may take me a while. I don't think that's it, though, because I am able to do *some* editing on my laptop, although still very slow - still suspecting something about firewall or virus protection. Sandy (Talk) 19:15, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I suspect either Packet loss or a virus/firewall. A traceroute report should confirm if it is packet loss. -- Jmax- 19:23, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Traceroute result

• tracert en.wikipedia.org

I got traceroute to work, but I don't know how to copy the result from the cmd.exe It timed out in two different places, there are 14 steps - I don't speak this language, so don't know what I'm looking for. I'm completely unsure of what I'm saying, but it looks like it timed out somewhere in my cable company's network, but before something I don't recognize (twtelecom.net), and the final line before trace complete is rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org followed by a 66. IP address. Sandy (Talk) 19:25, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

To copy something from cmd.exe, right click the "title" bar, and go to Edit > Mark, then select a block with your cursor, and right click. It will be copied to your clipboard. Please paste the results of ping -n 5 google.com and ping -n 5 en.wikipedia.org. -- Jmax- 19:44, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks so much, Jmax ... OK - will paste that now from my other computer. Sandy (Talk) 19:50, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

C:\Documents and Settings\xxx'd out> ping -n 5 google.com

Pinging google.com [64.233.187.99] with 32 bytes of data:

• Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=243
• Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=243
• Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=243
• Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=243
• Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=243

• Ping statistics for 64.233.187.99:
• Packets: Sent = 5, Received = 5, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
• Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
• Minimum = 28ms, Maximum = 28ms, Average = 28ms

C:\Documents and Settings\xxx'd out>ping -n 5 en.wikipedia.org

Pinging rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org [66.230.200.100] with 32 bytes of data:

• Reply from 66.230.200.100: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=51
• Reply from 66.230.200.100: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=51
• Reply from 66.230.200.100: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=51
• Reply from 66.230.200.100: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=51
• Reply from 66.230.200.100: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=51

• Ping statistics for 66.230.200.100:
• Packets: Sent = 5, Received = 5, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
• Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
• Minimum = 45ms, Maximum = 48ms, Average = 45ms

Sandy (Talk) 19:58, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

C:\Documents and Settings\xxx'd out>tracert en.wikipedia.org

Tracing route to rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org [66.230.200.100] over a maximum of 30 hops:

• 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.xxx.x.x
• 2 6 ms 7 ms 5 ms 10.xxx.xx.x
• 3 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms dstswr2-vlan2.rh.xxxxxx.xx.xx (xx.xx.xxx.xxx]
• 4 * * * Request timed out.
• 5 * * * Request timed out.
• 6 7 ms 8 ms 7 ms xx.xx.xxs.xxx
• 7 12 ms 11 ms 12 ms r2-srp0-0.in.xxxxxxxxx.xx.xxx [xx.xx.xx.xx]
• 8 15 ms 18 ms 16 ms xx.xx.xxx.xxx
• 9 * * * Request timed out.
• 10 16 ms 15 ms 16 ms core-01-ge-0-3-0-1.asbn.twtelecom.net [64.129.24

9.9]

• 11 45 ms 135 ms 45 ms dist-02-so-0-0-0-0.tamq.twtelecom.net [66.192.24

3.5]

• 12 47 ms 46 ms 46 ms 66.192.247.179
• 13 47 ms 47 ms 46 ms ge8-13.csw5-pmtpa.wikimedia.org [66.193.50.242]

• 14 48 ms 46 ms 46 ms rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org [66.230.200.100]

Trace complete. Sandy (Talk) 20:07, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Firewall

Problem seems to be in my firewall; not in my anti-virus. Why would my firewall choke on large Wiki pages today, and not yesterday. The worst problem is 300+ KB WP:ANI - stalls at two minutes. When I turn off my firewall, loads in 25 seconds (cache/browser clearing in between, replicated several times). And, only problem is on Wikipedia. Sandy (Talk) 22:12, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

References

Dear Sandy,

In your review of Ohio Wesleyan University, you mentioned that for news sources (I should use cite news). The template that I saw includes the reference within the article. I am confused how I should cite news sources properly. Could you change the BBC reference for cite news and I'll do the rest. Also, I fixed most of the references issues that you brought. When you get a chance, could you take a look and provide more suggestions? WikiprojectOWU 20:51, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

What is your timing? - I'm having computer problems <scream>. Sandy (Talk) 20:53, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Chess again

Sandy, please, can you look at Chess and tell us what is needed to finish the FARC successfully? And of course, Merry Christmas to you!--Ioannes Pragensis 22:31, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I've been trying to get to it - I'm having computer problems. Is the copyedit done and do you feel satisfied with it (I saw Gzkn is on wikibreak)? Sandy (Talk) 22:58, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I need Information for editing guideline

There is a user called User:Opp2 in Talk:Dokdo. He seems to be bias, and many editors in Wikipedia notice the issue. He claims that he will "delete the description about Japanese contradiction and terra nullius for NPOV and clearing the fabrication if no one can confirm a Japanese government's original source." I don't think this is a good idea, and I am afraid that Dokdo article will be edited in a wrong biased way, especially without coordination between editors. So I told him several times that he is bias and he doesn't simply have enough witness to simply support his argument. He is being really tough to protect himself against criticism from a lot of opposing editors. He demands for wikipedia editing guideline. The quote by this user: "Do you say that the lie and POV have to leave at Wikipedia? Is that written in the guideline? Please teach where of the guideline to be being written."

I want your feed back right away and help us in Dokdo Talk Page. Thank you.--Jamesshin92 02:38, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for the barnstar, I really appreciate it. I think Ioannes Pragensis did more than anyone else did. And in fact, he is the one that prodded me into doing it! Bubba73 (talk), 03:38, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Sandy, thank you very much, too, and wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

And moreover, you deserve a barnstar, too, for your valuable help during the whole process. --Ioannes Pragensis 07:32, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Sandy, I award you this Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar for your helpful attitude during Chess FAR. Ioannes Pragensis 07:32, 23 December 2006 (UTC)