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HI... you have just expanded the article Charles D. Baker, Jr. by approximately 5x its previous size. As such, it might be eligible for DYK (Did you know...?) on the front page. If the article includes some peculiar or unusual fact about the person, you might want to suggest the article at DYK nominations. check it out: Template talk:Did you know Seb az86556 (talk) 22:36, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
DYK for Charles D. Baker, Jr.
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Kudos
Nice work on Charles D. Baker, Jr.; it was a fun read. [1] Cheers, —Ed (Talk • Contribs) 05:04, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
Congrats and good wishes
Congratulations on your first DYK, and here's to continued quality contributions! --Orlady (talk) 03:48, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
GA review
Hello - I have reviewed Charles D. Baker, Jr., which you listed at the Good Article nominees page. My review of the article can be found here. As you can see, I've raised quite a few issues with the article. Before you panic/become depressed/burn me in effigy, though, here are some things to bear in mind:
- The points I raise are not necessarily all things that need to be addressed before I list it as a GA. Instead, they are things that I think could improve the article. In my view, the actual GA status is of secondary importance in the GA process; what's more important is improving the article, and I think that goal is best served by making as many suggestions as possible.
- In my experience, I'm among the most stringent GA reviewers out there, especially in the "well-written" category, where I tend to review GA and FA candidates in essentially the same way. Again, I do this because I think it's best for the article; however, if you think the points I've raised are too nit-picky or minor and you'd rather not address them, I may be willing to promote the article without them all being addressed.
- The opinions I express in my GA reviews are just that - my opinions (I also express some things, like grammatical rules or the requirements of WP:V, that are not my opinions). If you disagree with any of my opinions, please say so; you don't need to convince me that you're right, just that your position is a reasonable one.
Hi, just a notice that FLC nominators are expected to respond in a timely manner to comments made by reviewers. I noticed this edit, so I did not close the FLC as some of the reviewers were suggesting, but I don't always have time to check the list. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 00:20, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Need further input before task can commence. Cheers, –xenotalk 14:39, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
WP Governors
Thanks for bringing the US Governors WikiProject back to life. If you'd like to participate in a Signpost article interview to attract new members to the project, check out the discussion on the project's talk page. Keep up the good work! -Mabeenot (talk) 03:52, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Utah Governor List
Please check my latest comment on the FLC, particularly the bit about Term vs Terms. I know I kind of held up the Maine list because of this, but I've stated a real concern with it (I don't think it will allow uniformity across the whole wiki due to cases like New Jersey, which may not be as edge-casey as it seems), so I'd like your comments on that. Thanks. --Golbez (talk) 04:40, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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I liked the way you argued in favor of a "checkmark" - that was a very persuasive list of attributes, in the kind of aesthetic debate where it's far easier for people just to say "I like this one, it looks neat" :) I quite like User:Locos epraix's suggestion of copying the Spanish Wikipedia's symbol 
- it seems a sensible compromise between what we have at the moment, and the advantages you listed. TheGrappler (talk) 16:57, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Governors
I saw you stopped by the Governor of Indiana page. I had put this on Golbez's talk page today:
"I've gone thru and updated 10 FL lists... Hawaii thru Wisconsin. I've tried to make them all consistent with current FL standards (aka utah plan). I mostly didn't update the wording in the lead or first few paragraphs, just made sure the paragraphs are in the right spot. Also checked for linkrot and updated the citations where necessary. Could you check and make sure things are ok. I'll do the same for Alabama-Delaware, but thankfully you've been keeping them upto date."
Golbez doesn't seem to talk alot, so I'm not sure if things are ok. Any comments you would be really appreciated. I saw you changed the images in the infobox to be larger. I've been struggling with that. In alot of cases, including Indiana's, the infobox is to long compared to the lead. I've considered dropping the state seals and only keep an image if it's the governors seal or flag. Thoughts? Also saw you wikilinked the Governor of Indiana in the lead's first sentence. Some articles had it wikilinked and other didn't. I unwikilinked it because that was how Utah had it. What is the correct way? Didn't know if you saw this, but the "Governor of Colorado" link and "List of Governors of Colorado" link were combined into the "Governor of Colorado" link with the list's content. Wonder if this should be done to others eventually? Bgwhite (talk) 04:43, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Richard Neal
The article Richard Neal you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold 
. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Richard Neal for things which need to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 17:57, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Jim McGovern
The article Jim McGovern you nominated as a good article has passed 
. Congrats ~DC We Can Work It Out 18:10, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
job vs. campaign
What someone did to prepare for the job (as opposed to preparing for the campaign) is relevant to the job. The job is (supposedly) more important than the campaign for it. The personal life is (supposedly) least important. That why the chronology is within each section, as opposed to overall. I didn't come up with it, but I agree with it. As for the really large articles such as Obama, I believe they have sub-articles just about the campaigns so it's different. The other issue involved is that because of 'currentism', we often have Undue Weight on the campaign as opposed to the actual job. Mixing them together therefore trivializes the actual job they're (supposedly) doing. Also, the links to the elections articles (which is where most of this stuff belongs, anyway) are important. Flatterworld (talk) 01:41, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
- Do what you like. imo starting out the lede with 'politician' and prefixing his current position with his party affiliation makes him sound like a political hack instead of the holder of an important national office. I also don't see the point in stating that he's the past mayor of Springfield twice within the lede itself. Flatterworld (talk) 16:07, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
FLC
I'm under the impression that there are still unweighed viewpoints in the discussion regarding references, it might be helpful to notify those involved in the discussion in hopes of reaching some type of consensus. Afro (Talk) 14:09, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
Michael W. Morrissey
Thank you so much for helping improve the article of the Michael W. Morrissey.Plyjacks (talk) 21:06, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Bravo on his biography you edited! Have a happy new year! Plyjacks (talk) 23:18, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you once again for correcting my mistake on the Massachusetts Senate. Morrissey's DA site is up as well: http://www.mass.gov/norfolkda/ , Take care Plyjacks (talk) 02:59, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Rutherford Hayes FAC
I've renominated Rutherford Hayes for FAC. If you have any more comments to add this time around, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Coemgenus 15:41, 31 January 2011 (UTC).
Massachusetts State Senate
I've called it Massachusetts State Senators to keep it consistent with the other state templates. I keep a uniform style on all State Legislative Templates. Adding the 187th General Court ruins the uniformity, as well adding the Senate Delegations also ruins it. Leave that information on the State Senate page.--Jack Cox (talk) 21:54, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
Of course I can see that. The reason I have it labled as State Senators is because there is a wikipedia project working on it like that. I've been putting lots of hours into going over these articles on Wikipedia. I've made substantial changes along the way but I'm asking for some Brevity here. I've been slowed down because of this protracted fight. I have no intention of changing it, nor will I. I apologize if I sound like a cranky old man but it's just very frustrating.--Jack Cox (talk) 22:02, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
I am begging you to leave the Session Number of the Legislature off the Senate Template, I have compromised quite a bit here, I've agreed with your idea of putting blocks for state legislators. I've compromised by allowing you to have Senate instead of State Senate now I'm asking you to compromise with me and please allow that to remain off.--Jack Cox (talk) 23:29, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
William Henry Barlow
Thanks for the review and passing the article for GA. For completeness and clarity, can I just ask that you clear the oppose tag in criterion 1 and mark it as a pass in criterion 7 of the GA review.--DavidCane (talk) 15:53, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Stephen Lynch (politician)
The article Stephen Lynch (politician) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Stephen Lynch (politician) for things which need to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 14:16, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
Scott Brown GA
I have started a review of this Article. AIRcorn (talk) 11:23, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
- Have passed the article. Congratulations. AIRcorn (talk) 07:50, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi. Since you seem to know a lot about this individual, I wonder if you could elaborate on the comment: "That year he led a three-week labor strike, refusing to sign a contract with the Associated General Contractors, despite pressure from within his union. The union international ultimately signed the contract without Lynch's approval, causing him to file suit against them." -- the reflink is old and only includes a one paragraph excerpt which does not explain at all the reasoning or background of the situation. If you could fill in some blanks it would be appreciated. Thanks. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 00:47, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Add alt text description to Barney Frank
I just took a quick look at your GA nomination for Barney Frank and suggest adding Alt Text to each of the pictures. It is a small point and not required, but I suggest adding them none the less to make the article available to a wider audience. WilliamKF (talk) 03:10, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
WikiProject Untied states governors
Greetings. I apologize for the inconvenience with WikiProject US governors. Someone suggested merging a couple of projects into WikiProject United States based on an appearance of inactivity. United States governors was one of them. I did this one without much discussion only because it appeared basically inactive and I could find no evidence of a member list. There is a discussion on the projects talk page and Charles Edwards mentioned that you are the other active editor for the project besides him. I have stopped transitioning the articles over but if you have no objections or concerns I can finish the conversion in the next couple days. Please let me know if you have any questions. --Kumioko (talk) 20:51, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Tim Pawlenty
Just wanted to say good work so far with your balanced and fair expansion of Pawlenty's article. Keep up the good work! Ruby2010 comment! 21:25, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you. Designate (talk) 21:43, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
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Newt Gingrich GA review
I have removed myself from participation in the GA project. Newt Gingrich is the only outstanding review left for me. It seems work is going slow and there is no reason it cannot stay on hold as long as it takes to fix problems. There is no rush, however if you feel more comfortable having another reviewer we can stop and request a 2nd opinion. In this way it doesn't have a "fail" just for my being removed as reviewer. If you have no objection to my finishing the review, take your time and when you think it's ready let me know.--Amadscientist (talk) 00:12, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
- No problem. I start back to work on Monday so if you notify me that the article is finished and I do not return immediately, I will as soon as I am able.--Amadscientist (talk) 17:45, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks in advance, --213.168.116.251 (talk) 11:08, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
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While I appreciate the work you put into the changed lede for this article, my reading of WP:LEAD caused me to revert it, as the old lede was much terser and much more in accord with what a lead section should look like. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:34, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Tim Pawlenty
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Ohio politicians
Hey Designate. I've seen the great work you've done on politicians. Would you be interested in recreating pages which were recently deleted in regards to nine Ohio legislators? There are only nine current legislators who are not accounted for, due to recent vandalism and their deletion. Please refer to the Ohio house of representatives and the Ohio senate to see which ones need done. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.252.196.185 (talk) 23:39, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
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GA success at Elizabeth Warren
Great work on the Warren article! Other editors were involved but you led the push. Congratulations on getting it to GA! Binksternet (talk) 01:19, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
GA review of John Tyler on hold for 7 days
Greetings - I have finished my review of this article and have placed it on hold for 7 days. As you are the nominator and main article contributor, I'm hoping that you'll take the initiative to make the necessary improvements. I'll check back in on the article in 7 days. If the improvements are made sooner, I'll revisit sooner as well. Cheers, AstroCog (talk) 15:15, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
I have promoted John Tyler to GA status. Congratulations! Thanks for making such short work of it. Not every GA review I do goes so smoothly, but you've done quite a nice job with this article. I'm sorry you had to wait so long for this one. There's a backlog at Good Article Nominations, so if you found the review helpful, please consider reviewing an article in return. For example, I've got a nomination that is among those waiting to be reviewed ;-) Cheers, AstroCog (talk) 04:38, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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Thanks for the review. I made the appropriate fixes you mentioned in the review. Let me know if there's anything left. Cheers, AstroCog (talk) 22:54, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks! AstroCog (talk) 02:04, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Richard Blumenthal Senate Swearing-In
I noticed that you reverted my recent edit to the Richard Blumenthal article regarding his delay in taking office as a U.S. Senator and I have proposed a possible compromise on the article's Talk page. --TommyBoy (talk) 20:38, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for responding to my note. As a result of our discussion, I have gone ahead and updated the article. --TommyBoy (talk) 22:05, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Template:WikiProject United States governors has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:31, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
Newt Gingrich introduction
Hello Designate, my name is Joe DeSantis, and I am the communications director for Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign. I see that earlier this month you had helped to clean up the introduction to Newt's article. It is certainly better now than then, but there are clearly still issues remaining, and I've posted some suggestions on Newt's discussion page. Would you consider returning to the discussion and perhaps making such changes if you agree with them? If so, I would certainly appreciate it. Thank you, Joedesantis (talk) 15:50, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you again for your help last week. I'd like to continue making suggestions to address what seems to me like unbalanced coverage, and I have just posted such a request on the page about Mr. Gingrich's campaign. If you are willing to review these suggestions and make any changes or offer feedback, I'd be grateful, and I have the page watchlisted in case you have any questions. Thank you, Joedesantis (talk) 21:41, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
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Obama article
Thank you for your note about the unemployment graph. See also my general note about the lack of criticism in the article, which was immediately hatted. It would appear that we are up against some kind of organized effort. A strong response is required. As a new user, I don't know how to do that. But I think it would be appropriate to bring up this matter at the highest levels of Wikipedia. After all, we appear to have an organized effort to turn the article on the President of the United States into a puff piece.
Feel free to contact me at my real email, which is [my last name][at]gmail[dot]com. William Jockusch (talk) 17:20, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the unhatting. There is strength in numbers. I have past experience with shill operations of the type that we appear to have here. The following are likely to be observed:
- A large number of people will be involved in maintaining the article in its puff piece state.
- If one of the people involved in maintaining the criticism-free article is caught doing something inappropriate, they may lay low for a while. Others will take their place. This allows them to avoid getting banned/losing admin privileges, etc.
- The puff piece supporters will show a deep knowledge of Wikipedia rules, policies, and procedure. They will always find superficial justification for their actions, yet the cumulative effect will be to maintain the article in an inappropriate state.
Regards. William Jockusch (talk) 01:42, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Obama Controversies Not Mentioned
If you want some points that have been getting kept out of the Obama article for years, controversies they don't want mentioned no matter how prominent, here are some examples.
- Opposed medical care for newborn infants, was a major issue in both the 2004 and 2008 elections and brought up by Alan Keyes, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain. Newt Gingrich brought it up in 2012. I've written this page covering it, which includes 50 prominent sources. Some major sources include:[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
- Disqualified all four opponents in first election, in 1996, so he could run unopposed. He used a team of lawyers to disqualify the petition signatures of opponents on technicalities after the filing deadline. I've written this section covering it. Some major sources include:[9][10][11][12][13]
- Struck a deal with Illinois Senate leader to get all legislation from other Illinois Senators directed to his desk in 2003, building his entire legislative record in one year, in preparation for the 2004 elections so he could become a U.S. Senator. I've written this page covering it. Some major sources include:[14][15][16][17][18][19]
--98.220.198.49 (talk) 08:49, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
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thank you for removing it from the Massachusetts template. it would be great if you could comment here. I think there could be a wider consensus with more input. thank you. Frietjes (talk) 16:38, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Language hatnotes
Hi Designate. I thought you had an excellent idea [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)/Archive_88#Surname_clarification_at_top_of_article here] that seems to have had a really inconclusive result. Many of the reasons to keepI agree that a footnote model towards non-English standard names is superior to the overly prominent name Hatnotes. Indeed, that is the format I adopted on Zersenay Tadese almost three years ago.
I believe we should restart the discussion from the basis that these represent a severe departure from the purpose of hatnotes. A discussion appears to have begun at Wikipedia talk:Hatnote. SFB 17:44, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
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Elizabeth Warren
Hi, Designate! We share an interest in having the best possible article on Elizabeth Warren. Please engage on the talk page about why you don't think we should mention she declined to be included in the Senate minority directory. Thanks! Yopienso (talk) 00:39, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
GA review
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Elizabeth_Warren/GA2#GA_Reassessment - Youreallycan 21:39, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
Mo Cowan
This isn't much of an explanation: "This is going in the lead. Period." And you changed what you call "this" from what you put in place earlier, anyway. Is it too much to ask that you write a explanatory comment? Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 03:34, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
GA Nom for Rand Paul
Hello- You recently reviewed my nomination of Rand Paul to become a good article nominee. I really appreciate the feedback, and I have worked on improving on those issues. Can you reassess the page again to see if it now meets the criteria? Thank you very much for your critique and for reviewing the page. Have a happy easter/Passover/beautiful spring day! PrairieKid (talk) 23:54, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
William Keating
We need to talk about this page. Almost every single member of congress has a separate subsection for committee assignments. I'm a strong proponent of consistency. Can we find some common ground?--Jerzeykydd (talk) 15:31, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!
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| So, for the third time today (7th or 8th this week), your name has shown up on my Watchlist. For the GA noms that you reviewed 3 times, to the articles you have nominated yourself, and the GAs and GA noms that you have contributed to in order to get them to that next level, I award you this Barnstar. Thank you so much for your work here! PrairieKid (talk) 01:34, 5 April 2013 (UTC) |
GA nomination
Hi, Designate. I will be reviewing Joseph P. Kennedy III this week and the following one. Stay tuned for my reviews/comments. Thanks for your work on the article! Cheers, ComputerJA (talk) 21:43, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
- I may not be around today b/c I'll be out of town. My final concern is found in the review page. Thanks again! ComputerJA (talk) 15:43, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
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The Good Article Barnstar | |
| Congratulations for promoting Joseph P. Kennedy III to Good Article status! It was a pleasure working with you. ComputerJA (talk) 17:40, 12 April 2013 (UTC) |
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Zachary Taylor
I've started the review for Zachary Taylor, and would like your thoughts on a few points. Thanks for your work on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 20:02, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
Scare Quotes
I noticed your edit at Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. I'm not a big proponent of scare quotes and I'm curious what your logic for the edit was. The sentence was repeating content from the NPR interview/reportage. If you don't think NPR agreed with Tsarnev's use of the term slut wouldn't it also disagree with his use of the word prostitute? I also don't understand how a tertiary source would use quotes in this fashion. Thanks for your time. Chris Troutman (talk) 22:38, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
- It just seems incongruous. Prostitute is a standard term, even if he used it as an insult; slut is only a slang term. It's like writing She responded by calling him a liar and a dipshit. It looks bizarre outside of quotation marks. I would add that the NPR article is a transcript of an interview, and does not necessarily represent NPR's typographical standards. I certainly don't feel strongly about it, though. Feel free to revert it. —Designate (talk) 00:30, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!
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| For your contributions to bring Zachary Taylor to Good Article status. A figure of his status is an unusual challenge for a GA--thanks for taking it on, and keep up the good work! Khazar2 (talk) 16:10, 4 May 2013 (UTC) |
- And thanks for your patience through what I know was a long review! -- Khazar2 (talk) 16:10, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
Proposal at TAFI talk
A discussion that may interest you is occurring at Wikiproject TAFI's talk page at Proposal: use Theo's Little Bot to automate the schedule and queue. Northamerica1000(talk) 12:02, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
Zachary Taylor assassination theories
Can you comment on Talk:Zachary Taylor re: assassination theories? You've gone over all these sources better than I have, so I defer to your judgement. Cheers, -- Khazar2 (talk) 15:04, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
Kennedy edits
Hello Designate,
I am sorry you found some of my edits to be disruptive. All I aimed to do was simply add notes (verified of course) to the family page. Yes, I did searches and provided sources to back up my edits. Just felt you should know.