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Your reversion of my URL's edit of Sachem 10/4/10 2:34 UTC

My apologies. Thank you for dealing with that. I just found out by chance that my 10 year old son put that in. I had a serious talk with him. He has promised not to do anything like that in the future. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.152.161.96 (talk) 20:12, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

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Editor review

Hi

Thanks for the comments ! Vandal fighting is something I haven't really gone in to in depth - apart from the odd weekly sojourn into the recent page watch, where it seems there are so many people watching that by the time I have looked in depth and replied (well given notice with Twinkle) someone has reverted them already with Huggle etc, and a few obvious ones from IPs on pages on my watch list. When I started again it seemed that there were plenty out there doing it for RfA purposes and many new editors seeming to concentrate on it I figured I would leave it till I had learnt a little more policy - still, I suppose the more the merrier lol.

Once again thanks for taking the time to review :¬) Chaosdruid (talk) 05:53, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

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November midway newsletter

A first draft of the midway point newsletter is available at User:The Utahraptor/Goce newsletters for further editing. Thanks. I think the Bot is available for delivery this time. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 02:25, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Already noticed it and added intro. After a few quick modifications I'll get it sent out tomorrow morning. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 02:27, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

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November 2010 backlog elimination drive update

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! GOCE November 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs We have reached the midway point in our backlog elimination drive, so here is an update. Participation report — The November drive has 53 participants at this point. We had 77 participants in the September drive. In July, 95 people signed up for the drive, and in May we had 36. If you are not participating, it is not too late to join! Progress report — The drive is quite successful so far, as we have already almost reached our target of a 10% reduction in the number of articles in the backlog. We are doing very well at keeping our Requests page clear, as those articles count double for word count for this drive. Please keep in mind the possibility of removing other tags when you are finished with an article. If the article no longer needs {{cleanup}}, {{wikify}}, or other similar maintenance tags, please remove them, as this will make the tasks of other WikiProjects easier to complete. Thanks very much for participating in the Drive, and see you at the finish line! Your drive coordinators –The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk)

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Reward Board Challenge

Utahraptor – after adding 3,600 bytes and 13 new sources/references, I have completed both tasks as put forth in your reward board challenge to drum up collaboration on Silver Reef, Utah. I only had a few missteps (which you gallantly fixed). It was (and is) a very interesting bit of Utah history to engross myself in for a while. NielsenGW (talk) 15:23, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Amulet MS 5236

Hello The Utahraptor. Thanks for your efforts at copyediting the article. There are three points I'd like to discuss with you:

• Even though the Greek text is legible on the whole (see transcription on the right), much of it remains incomprehensible due to grammatical and syntactical peculiarities, such as they were frequent in magical amulets, and some letter sequences cannot be made any sense of.

What I mean is quite simply that these grammatical and syntactical peculiarities occurred often with such magical amulets.

• It is the existence of these fine double grooves on the gold lamella, which provides the key for identifying MS 5236 as being printed and not written; for it is a matter of mechanical necessity that the engraved letters with their raised double edges appear on the substrate as parallel, sunken lines when being printed, as can be observed on the amulet.

Actually, there is a causal relationship between the two sentences. The first gives the conclusion and the second provides the reason why. Perhaps we should rather use "since" than "for"?

• Thus, the outline of the letters, as to be expected with a print, appear in the slightly more elevated regions of the sheet (darker areas in the photo) more distinct than in the slightly deeper regions (lighter areas) that were not affected by the full force of the stamp.

Only a minor point, but I'd like to keep the bold notes, at least one of them, to give the reader a better idea to read the lamella, since the idea that darker areas correlate with more elevated regions is counterintuitive.

What do you think? Gun Powder Ma (talk) 23:38, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

"What I mean is quite simply that these grammatical and syntactical peculiarities occurred often with such magical amulets."

From what I can tell, the quoted text from the article says pretty much the same thing, so there is no reason to change that.

Ok, I was just asking because you changed the wording above to "...such as their frequency in magical amulets...", which I found incomprehensible.

"Actually, there is a causal relationship between the two sentences. The first gives the conclusion and the second provides the reason why. Perhaps we should rather use 'since' than 'for'?"

The sentence "since it is a matter of mechanical necessity that the engraved letters with their raised double edges appear on the substrate as parallel, sunken lines when being printed, as can be observed on the amulet..." does not make sense to me. If you use the word since, such as in "Since you asked me this, I will respond," you must also provide an explanation for the independent clause starting with since, separating the independent clause and the explanation with a comma. If this doesn't make sense, forgive me; I'm not sure how to put it in a different way.

I believe, "as" would also do, but the sentence would get rather long. Difficult...

"Only a minor point, but I'd like to keep the bold notes, at least one of them, to give the reader a better idea to read the lamella, since the idea that darker areas correlate with more elevated regions is counterintuitive."

Don't remember why I even removed those. I'll put them back in the article.

Thanks

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Thomas Jefferson and slavery

Thanks Utahraptor for your grammar and punctuation edits on Ulysses S. Grant. There is another article Thomas Jefferson and slavery that has recently been overhauled. Could you do grammar and punctuation edits on that article? Cmguy777 (talk) 17:36, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm currently working on getting Abraham Lincoln to GA status, and I'm also going to work on getting Silver Reef, Utah to GA status. But I'll take a look at it when I get the time. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 21:56, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

OK. Sounds good. Cmguy777 (talk) 22:38, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Utahraptor! Edits on Thomas Jefferson and slavery looks good. Cmguy777 (talk) 06:41, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

WikiThanks

Thanks for the award, I shall wear it with pride. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:19, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. Thanks again for helping me. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 00:25, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

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Someone beat me to it. --Admrboltz (talk) 00:48, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

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GOCE Drive – Final push

Greetings GOCE Backlog elimination drive participant, We are now coming up to the last few days of the drive, the last for 2010. Currently, it looks like we will achieve our target for reducing the backlog by 10%, however, we still have huge numbers for 2009. We have 55 participants in this drive. If everyone just clears 2 articles each, we will reduce the backlog by a further 110 articles. If everyone can just do 3 articles, we will hit 165. If you have yet to work on any articles and have rollover words, remember that you do need to copyedit at least a couple of articles in this drive for your previous rollover to be valid for the next drive. There are many very small articles that will take less than 5-10 minutes to copyedit. Use CatScan to find them. Let's all concentrate our firepower on the first three months of 2009 as we approach the end of this final drive for the year. Thank you once again for participating, and see you at the finish line! – SMasters (talk) 04:00, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

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Thank you!

Thank you for your support at my RfA last week. I'll do everything I can to live up to your expectations and if you ever need help from a janitor please feel free to drop me a line! Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 20:51, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

getting credit for copy-editing

I copy-edited an article and removed the template. Want to make sure the guild, the campaign, and I get credit. Honest, there is a huge block of text and many different pages, when one comes to the GoC page, and it's darned hard to figure out the basics, like how to "officially" take stuff out of the queue. TCO (talk) 00:32, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Actually, removing the {{copyedit}} tag will take it right out of the queue. When you finish a copy edit, add it to your name under the totals section. (You did remember to add your name to the totals section, correct?) The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 01:10, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm stupid or the directions are hard. Probably both.  ;) Just added myself to the list of participants in the drive (as opposed to Guild) and added the total template thingie in. Now, will go off and figure out how to get credit for my baton.

P.s. Do you guys just fix commas and stuff or actually restructure articles that are messes?

TCO (talk) 01:26, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

When we copy edit articles, we fix grammar mistakes and we also do a few maintenance tasks, such as adding infoboxes and links to other articles. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 01:35, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

OK. I added my article into the total, with the wordcount and all. It is not showing me having done one article though. Why not? P.s. I just used MS Word to do the count. TCO (talk) 02:13, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

I've added your numbers in. You have to add those in manually, as well. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 02:18, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

OK, thanks. Heck, I'm practically up to speed now. Thought about manually adding them, but wasn't sure if it should update. Also wasn't sure if review had to happen first. Anyway, lost my ce virginity. TCO (talk) 02:22, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

GOCE elections

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GOCE Barnstar

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November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! We have reached the end of our fourth backlog elimination drive. Thanks to all who participated. Stats GOCE November 2010 backlog elimination drive graphs 58 people signed up for this drive. Of these, 48 people participated in the drive. Although we did not eliminate the months we planned to (January, February, and March 2009; and August, September, and October 2010), we did reduce the backlog by 627 articles (11.2%), which was over our goal of 10%. 49 awards will go out to 33 of 48 participants. Check out the complete list of barnstar winners here. Barnstars If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the September 2010 backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering these barnstars within the next couple of weeks. Our next drive is scheduled for January 2011. In the meantime, please consider helping out at the Wikification drive or any of the other places where help with backlogs is needed. Thank you for participating in the last 2010 backlog elimination drive! We look forward to seeing you in January! Your drive coordinators –The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk)

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Confirmed

You are officially now my new mentor! WAYNESLAM 18:39, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Rose Colored Glasses

Thank you for the minor fixes and help with the GA. Much appreciated. -- Lil_℧niquℇ №1 | talk2me 01:00, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

No problem. I'm giving the article a copy edit right now. Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 01:02, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Seriously thank you so much. The major issue at the moment is the music video's synopsis. Once that's been copy-edited and made more succinct I think the article will pass. I'm going to do a new introduction once the rest is finished. But all it needed was the copy edit and the music video synopsis re-writing really. If you're interested on collaborating in the future I could certainly use your copy editing talents in the future. =) I'm good at finding relevant information to add but then fall down with the prose quality. -- Lil_℧niquℇ №1 | talk2me 01:17, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Once I'm finished with the copy edit I'll take care of the rest of the issues addressed by the GA reviewer, then hopefully the article will pass. I would be glad to work with you in the future. Please feel free to contact me if you need a copy editor. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 01:23, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Much appreciated. Once you've done I'll get back to the article, there are a few other things I'll need to address etc. Thanks for the offer to copy edit... I will defo remember that. Can I ask, how did you come across the article? and... are you a Kelly Rowland? (semi-retirement has led to re-prioritisation of what I can physically achieve on wikipedia but GAs are always my priorities). -- Lil_℧niquℇ №1 | talk2me 01:45, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

I was looking for a Good article candidate to work on, and I recognized the name of the song. I've finished my initial copy edit, so give me a little time to go over the article again and fix the mistakes I may have missed. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 01:49, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

I've finished copy editing the article. Please let me know if there's anything else I can do to help. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 02:17, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Nice work on RCG, I have passed the article now. Adabow (talk · contribs) 03:30, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Hi Utaphraptor, how are you? I've begun work clarifying and re-writing Grown Woman. Its the next single after RCG so naturally I thought it could be done next. I dont think there's much wrong with it but I've nominated it for WP:GA. If you have chance could you give it a quick read-through for any obvious prose errors that would be much appreciated. -- Lil_℧niquℇ №1 | talk2me 22:44, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

I'll take a look at it when I get the chance. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 23:08, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I think that one was any easy one. There wasn't much to be done! =) The final one (in the series for now) is Forever and a Day (Kelly Rowland song) which i fear needs a lot of work. If you can make any suggestions that would be brilliant. In the meantime i'm going to begin working on it... I'm nominating it in a short while... -- Lil_℧niquℇ №1 | talk2me 15:00, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Alright. Let me know when you're done so I can copy edit the article. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 15:02, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thank-You so much for taking the time to give me feedback. I really did appreciate it =D--Blackjacks101 (talk) 15:58, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome, and if there's anything I can do for you, just let me know. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 16:05, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Just passed your your article! Great work--Blackjacks101 (talk) 14:26, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

I too can't thank you enough for all your help. If you are interested I've recently nominated When Love Takes Over (a related article) for WP:Peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/When Love Takes Over/archive1‎. The idea of the review is to get the article ready for review to see if it meets featured article status. If you could take a look it would be much appreciated. I've based the article, as much as possible, on 4 Minutes (Madonna song). -- Lil_℧niquℇ №1 | (talk) 19:54, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		for all your help with Rose Colored Glasses (Kelly Rowland song), Grown Woman and Forever and a Day (Kelly Rowland song). A true star!! -- Lil_℧niquℇ №1 | (talk) 19:56, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! I'm currently working on another Good article candidate, but I'll see what I can do when I get the time. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 19:58, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Silver Reef, Utah

I'm looking at it again now and fixing a few things. I used a script to replace the hyphens in page ranges and date ranges, and I corrected the publisher's name in a couple of the citations. Utah's Dixie History (citation 15) looks to me like a tourist or real-estate group and not a reliable source per WP:RS. Generally travel sites or other commercial sites (usually dot-coms) are not reliable for meeting WP:RS and therefore WP:V. Some dot-coms are OK, and some may be reliable for some kinds of information but not others. It's always best to replace the weak (unvetted, unedited, unsigned) sources with strong ones if you can possibly find them. Dixie History is one I'd advise finding a substitute for. Woodworkers Auction (citation 16) is another; it looks to me like a personal web site. Utah Travel Center (citation 17) is another. The Gary B. Speck source (citation 19) looks like another personal web site. Utah.com, another travel site (citation 30) is another. You could just delete citation 30 since the claims are supported by two other citations, and they are not controversial claims. Citation 4 is to a real-estate site, not a reliable source. Please read WP:RS again and begin making a distinction between "published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy" and those, like blogs, self-published material, and many commercial sites, that are not likely to have professional fact-checkers and editors examining their claims for accuracy. Finetooth (talk) 02:54, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

I already know that those sites are unreliable, I just haven't gotten a chance to replace them yet. The only one I'd have to disagree with is the Gary Speck one. See WP:RSN#Reliable source? According to several editors, the site isn't the best, but it's suitable. Thanks for the information. I'll find some replacement sources when I get the time. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 03:02, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Some of the paragraphs are only partly sourced. For example, the first part of the first paragraph of the "Geology and geography" section is sourced, but the last two sentences are not. They are: "Silver Reef was built on the same sedimentary bedrock as St. George: Jurassic-, Triassic-, and Permian-aged. The area's soil and rocks are red from iron oxide. Dinosaur tracks from the early Jurassic Period can be found in the area." Since these two sentences contain technical information that is not common knowledge, they need to be supported by a reliable source or sources. Who says St. George is built on sedimentary bedrock of those particular ages? Who says the soil and rocks contain iron oxide, which gives them their red color? Who says there are dinosaur tracks in the area? All these things may be perfectly true, but they aren't verifiable per WP:V without a source. Finetooth (talk) 03:05, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

I read the information about the bedrock on this article, but I assumed it was true. I've removed it since it was an assumption and might not be true. I've kept the dinosaur track information, since it's sourced later in the article. I've added the source to the geology and geography section. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 03:10, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

I've taken care of some of the reference problems, and I'll look for sources for the rest of them when I get the time. I know there are usable sources at my library, so I'll stop by there tomorrow and see what I can find. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 03:34, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

RE: Message from WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors

I think you should see the message where the editors seem to WP:OWN the article and refuse any work thereof. Im trying to discuss with them however if they abjectly refuse i will move on the article and other options thereof.

the issue is different from the tips you suggested.(Lihaas (talk) 12:30, 22 December 2010 (UTC)).

The issue was that Fae was saying that your copy editing skills are not up to a certain standard. I'm not saying that you are a poor copy editor, I'm simply saying that your skills could use a bit of sharpening. Please see User talk:SMasters#Lihaas for further information. Also take a look at this discussion, and let me know when you're up to speed on the situation. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 19:52, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

yall run a whole consensus debate hearing the whims of fae? he has WP:OWN issues and refused to discuss. He is clearly venting his steam.

Anyhoo, fuck it.

and well, anwyays, i dont know how to get my name of hat shit, but your welcome to take me off.Lihaas (talk) 12:30, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

We chose not to try the consensus vote. And please don't use swear words on my talk page. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 20:16, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

YOUve certainly been more reasonableLihaas (talk) 12:30, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

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Return favour

Now you owe me a favour! As my return favour, I ask that you do a copy edit on one of the articles from the Requests Page. OK? Thanks.--Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:23, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

I am a man of my word, so I will copy edit an article from the Requests page. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 13:14, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 16:08, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

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Merry Christmas!

Thanks SMasters! Merry Christmas to you too! The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 03:48, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas Utahraptor, have a happy and safe holiday! Regards, —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 2:55pm • 03:55, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Re:Merry Christmas

Thank you very much, The Utahraptor! That was a lovely surprise! And now, to return the favour:

This is the loveliest tree I could find. I hope it fits!

Merry Christmas! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 11:08, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Same for me. I am not artistic enough to draw my own Christmas tree for you; to take someone else's picture and pretend it is mine is not good. BTW I have created over 600 articles at Simple English Wikipedia. About 38 articles in the past week were created by me. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 12:02, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

“ And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God. ” — (Alma 7:10)

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Thank you very much Thing! Merry Christmas to you too. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 00:00, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

To you too! Sorry no fancy message... Christmas is after all about family and not presents... LOL j/k. Eat lots, drink lots and have a very merry time! -- Lil_℧niquℇ №1 ^[talk] 03:22, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

You're right, although in today's modern culture, presents are, sadly, valued more than family time. Merry Christmas, The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 03:30, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

May your family have
a joyous holiday season
and a new year blessed
with hope and happiness.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas (again)

'Tis a great season, 'tis. I received a laptop computer, but it won't let me log in to Wikipedia for some reason! So, I'll just have to use my old computer to wish you a Happy Holidays ;). Finalius (Say what?) 15:51, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

And Happy New Year! Finetooth (talk) 18:12, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

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Merry Christmas! Thanks for the e-card Christmas message. Cmguy777 (talk) 02:37, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Thank you for the Christmas greetings hope you and your family had a great Christmas!--Blackjacks101 (talk) 18:16, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Essay

You can view the essay in my userspace here. Lets make it nice before it goes to namespace. Tofutwitch11 ^(TALK) 04:06, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Cedar Creek, Utah

Hello! Your submission of Cedar Creek, Utah at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! PM800 (talk) 18:41, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for new Online Ambassadors

Hi Utahraptor! I noticed your activity as a Good Article reviewer, and wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, and specifically the role of Online Ambassador. We're looking for friendly Wikipedians who are good at reviewing articles and giving feedback to serve as mentors for students who are assigned to write for Wikipedia in their classes.

If you're interested, I encourage you to take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines; the "mentorship process" describes roughly what will be expected of mentors in the coming term. If that's something you want to do, please apply!

You can find instructions for applying at WP:ONLINE. The main things we're looking for in Online Ambassadors are friendliness, regular activity (since mentorship is a commitment that spans several months), and the ability to give detailed, substantive feedback on articles (both short new articles, and longer, more mature ones).

I hope to hear from you soon.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 21:16, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for considering me. I'll look into it. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 21:24, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Syracuse University

I think that we are very close. What should be my next step? Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 02:52, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Nice work, I have passed the article. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 03:20, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Hello, Utahraptor!

Thank you for stopping by with the Christmas tree! I've taken the liberty of sending a fresh Hippodraco ;)

Special of the day for Cedar Mountain Formation dromaeosaurs

J. Spencer (talk) 02:38, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much, J. Spencer. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 03:10, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Victor, Utah

Congratulations on creating Victor, Utah—especially the photo. Well done! Did you get Desert Lake as well? I've been wanting to get out there myself. Ntsimp (talk) 15:24, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get up to Desert Lake, but I'm planning on going there once the snow clears next year. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 15:29, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Sulphurdale, Utah (!)

Hi Utahraptor, just wondered if you saw my comment at T:TDYK about Sulphurdale. I saw you're away for a few days so there's no problem if you can't sort it for a few days but I thought it would make an interesting hook. Hope you have a good new year! SmartSE (talk) 12:42, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Your alternate hook looks better than mine. I've also responded on the template talk page. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 15:17, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

WP:GA

[1] [2] Hello. When you pass articles, you also need to list them at an appropriate sub page of WP:GA. Gimmetoo (talk) 01:23, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 02:04, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Grrrr

		The Original Barnstar
		For beating me to reverting Vandalism on HJ Mitchell's userpage, grrr. Tofutwitch11 (TALK) 02:43, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Tofutwitch. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 02:44, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

GOCE Year-end Report

Season's Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2010. Read all about these in the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report. Highlights Membership grows to 503 editors 2,589 articles removed through four Backlog elimination drives Our encounter with Jimbo Wales Guild home pages reorganized and redesigned Report on our inaugural elections Guild Plans for 2011 New barnstars introduced Requests page improved Sign up for the January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Get your copy of the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report here On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. See you in 2011! – Your Coordinators: S Masters (lead), Diannaa, The Utahraptor, and Tea with toast.

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 06:49, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Hitmixes Removal

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hitmixes (2nd nomination) Contribute to the discussion, please!--Blackjacks101 (talk) 22:27, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Sulphurdale, Utah

The DYK project (nominate) 02:04, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Shall we drink to the occasion?

It's several hours late, but the year is still new, so happy 2011!!! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 09:44, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Happy New Year, and have a good 2011. –BuickCenturyDriver 09:37, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Word count script

You mentioned that the word count script does not work under the vector skin on Wayne Slam's talk page. However, It works just fine for me under vector skin. "Page size" appears under the "Toolbox" drop-down menu on the sidebar. (Just remember to restart FireFox ;).) Reaper Eternal (talk) 03:54, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

I realized that when somebody said the same thing on Wayne's talk page. I'm not sure why it's not working for Wayne now. Do you have any ideas? Could it be that it's there, but he can't find it? The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 03:56, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Did he completely restart FireFox? Also, what version is he running? (I run FireFox 3.6.13.) Reaper Eternal (talk) 04:04, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

He told me he did. I'm not sure which version he's running, though. I'll ask him. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 04:06, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

Hello, The Utahraptor! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 20:40, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to the Project! Please let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions.--Kumioko (talk) 02:20, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Article(s) I will copy edit

I have decided to copy edit the Double layer (biospecific) article. The next one is the Fryer (surname) article. The next is the Core four article. After that the next is the Babayaga dj article. The next one is the Dynamic strain aging article. The following is the Microsoft Office 365 article. After that is the Subfluvial tunnel ESPO and Lena River. WAYNESLAM 01:32, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

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Orphans

Hi, I just wanted to let you know (since your comment at Talk:Norhill, Houston/GA1 is a little confusing) that articles are considered orphans if they have no links coming in from other articles, not because they don't have many links going out. That article is an orphan as it is not currently linked to by any other. Anyway, both of those things (links going out and coming in) are easily fixable. It's perhaps not fair to list them as reasons for quick-failing an article. I completely agree with you that the article is not at GA standard, but if you're not going to do a full review, it's probably best to only point out major failings of the GA criteria. (Especially for new editors who might not really know how GA works. :) ) --BelovedFreak 02:11, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm new to reviewing Good articles. You learn as you go, I guess. Thanks for letting me know. :) The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 02:20, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

No problems. Good for you for getting stuck into reviewing, there's a huge backlog so we need reviewers! Don't worry about it though, while you're still gaining experience, try to keep checking back on the criteria and focusing on what's actually required there. And maybe you do this already, but reading reviews that other people do is a good way to pick up tips. The above review was slightly unusual in that neither the nominator or major contributor seemed to really know what was happening! Sometimes though, I have seen articles nominated that fall well below the standard for GA, but whose nominators are quite keen to get there. If I get the feeling that's the case, I try to take a bit of time to do a bit more of a detailed review, even if it's a fail, as well as pointing them in the direction of WP:PR. A full review is not a requirement at GA, but sometimes 1st-time nominators don't really get why the article fails and will simply renominate. GA reviewing is pretty simple in principal, but you'll find different editors have different ways of going about it so don't worry! --BelovedFreak 14:24, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Lo siento

Hey mate, I just now noticed that you had provided a review for Halo: Reach at Talk:Halo: Reach/GA1. My apologies for missing it, I'll be getting on making changes this week. Thanks for the review. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 18:23, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

No problema. I kept it open because I counted on users being busy with holiday-related activities. The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 18:29, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination for John Graham

I reviewed the DYK nomination for John Graham (racing driver). The article depends extensively on an unreliable source which is the same one used to cite the hook. This makes it a poorly referenced BLP. While I don't think it's acceptable as is, I don't think it would take long to fix given the right sources. --Pnm (talk) 23:43, 9 January 2011 (UTC)