User talk:Glimmer721/January/2011

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WP:FILM December 2010 Newsletter

The December 2010 issue of the WikiProject Film newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. If you have an idea for improving the newsletter please leave a message on my talk page. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 04:03, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Luke Castellan

Hi. On Luke Castellan, it says he has a scar from fighting a dragon. I haven't actually read the Percy Jackson series before, so I was wondering if you knew which book (and if possible, which page) this was mentioned. Brambleclawx 20:47, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes, that would need a citation. It's been a while, but I do own the books. I don't remember that specific fact myself, but it was probably in The Lightning Thief. I can't look in the book because my mom's reading it, but I'll remember and ask around. Perhaps you could post a question on its talk page. Some good people to ask would be Perseus, Son of Zeus, Derild4921, and PrincessofLlyr, as they are active in the project. --Glimmer721 ^talk 23:15, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

I've already asked PrincessofLlyr (she gave the reference for the statement about Juniper the nymph), but now she's having password problems. I'll probably ask Derild at some point. Brambleclawx 23:35, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

All right, I'll look too when I get the chance! --Glimmer721 ^talk 23:39, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

It's (also) in The Battle of the Labyrinth. Perseus (t • c) 18:33, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Bartholomäus Herder

Hi Glimmer, what makes you think Bartholomäus Herder is still alive? ϢereSpielChequers 09:38, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry I was patrolling new pages and I just saw it was an unreferenced biography--I didn't really think about the living part. My mistake. Glimmer721 ^talk 20:09, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Easily done, and no close relatives to offend with someone from that century. But it is worth keeping in mind for the future as we are prioritising our cleanup on the unreferenced BLPs, and also tagging someone who has recently died as living can upset the family. Cheers ϢereSpielChequers 20:30, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

New WikiProject Novels initiative

We have begun a new initiative at the WikiProject Novels: an improvement drive. As a member listed here, you are being notified. Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels#5-5-5 Improvement Drive and Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Collaboration for more details. Also I would like to remind you to keep an eye on the project talk page at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels. Thanks, Sadads (talk) 02:20, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Totally random

I was just reading your userpage and noticed that you had read the Prydain Chronicles...because of me! That's pretty awesome! Have you gotten in to reading any of his other stuff? The Westmark trilogy is good. PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 04:41, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Haha, yeah, I discover loads of stuff from Wikipedia. Like last night I just finished When You Reach Me. I'll look for the Westmark books sometime. --Glimmer721 ^talk 18:43, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Question on Moon Over Manifest edit

Hi. I saw this edit you made to the Moon Over Manifest article. Can you explain your edit summary? Is there a guideline somewhere that leads you to say "it should be like this"? It displays the same either way. I find listing refs= at the end makes the article text much less cluttered and easier to edit since the long cite templates are confined to the references section. It's, of course, not something that matters enough to change back; I'm just interested in your rationale so I can adjust my referencing in the future. Thanks. Makeemlighter (talk) 02:19, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

I just figured that if the article eventually comes bigger with more references, then most people will do it the other way. This way it would be consistant. Also, if anyone wanted to make a change in the ref (add template, fix typo, etc.), it may be hard for them to find where it is. I didn't even know the other way was possible. You are, of course, welcome to do it. Glimmer721 ^talk 02:31, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Understood. I hope I didn't come off as critical. I was just curious. I'm only just starting to do more content creation (as opposed to copy-editing and reverting vandalism), so I'm trying to get a sense of best practices in article writing. Thanks for the speedy reply. Cheers, Makeemlighter (talk) 04:11, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

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AfD notice

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The Wikifier, WikiProject Wikify's First Newsletter (January 2011)

The Wikifier Your Wikification Newsletter – Volume I, Issue I, January 2011 From the editor • General news Membership • December drive results To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

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HPB

I based my lists on the order of the cast in the credits. I did this for each movie, though some have been reverted and I must rerevert them. Evanna Lynch has never been credited in a Harry Potter film credit. However, Wright has been credited in HBP and DH:1, though we haven't listed the entirety of the cast on DH:1, even if I'd like to. Evil Genius77 (talk) 22:31, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks, I'm restoring them to how I had them before... Obviously this isn't the most efficient, Christian Coulson must be clumsily mentioned at the bottom of the cast in HPB because he is so important... But screen time brings up various issues: first, when do we stop, at 20 characters or 100? Second, who would be willing to do that and how would we stop it from changing? Three, do ensemble scenes like the Great Hall count towards Maggie Smith and Alan Rickman, though they are in the background and have no lines? Evil Genius77 (talk) 22:43, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
  • An idea... What if we listed the entire cast list (in credits order) for the Sorcerer's Stone, with the inclusion of Bonnie Wright and other uncredited major characters at the very end of the list. Then on each HP page following it, we list Dan, Rupert, Emma, and new characters (listed in credits order, with uncredited characters like Lynch listed in alphabetical order at the end) without the rest of the cast. What do you think? Evil Genius77 (talk) 22:50, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
    • Oh, know, I was not talking about extras! I was simply talking about uncredited major characters, such as Evanna Lynch, Bonnie Wright, Matthew Lewis, the Phelps twin, etc. Extras should never be listed, in my opinion. Evil Genius77 (talk) 15:07, 29 January 2011 (UTC)