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Wow, interesting choice of editor for the FA choice of the week (from de?). I like it. Way to think outside the box! Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 18:02, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am extremely, extremely dissapointed at the liberal, unapproved lynching of my writing, and at the direction the Signpost is taking with it. ResMar 18:03, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed what little of my writing was included. In the future I demand I be notified of such major desecration. ResMar 18:05, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting :) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:11, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Um, yes it is? oO ResMar 19:18, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, I just pointed out the same thing at WT:POST, just with a less elegant link ;) Regards, HaeB (talk) 19:22, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Readers should know about WP:FCDW/3000. ResMar 18:41, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, for anyone who wonders: What happened was that ResMar wrote up summaries of several featured articles in a draft for the milestone story which were not included because these had already been summarized in last week's F&A, in an attempt to avoid duplicate coverage. The other part of the draft (authored by him and, see above, other users) was included here by Tony1.

Regards, HaeB (talk) 19:22, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming :) Congratulations to all the nominators and reviewers who contributed to reaching the 3,000 FA milestone on Wiki! I also note that FAC has reached a two-year high on monthly promotions, in spite of increasing standards, and congratulate all of the dedicated contributors-- both writers and reviewers. We can always use more reviewers (without reviewers, we don't have FAs): see Reviewers achieving excellence for ways anyone can help out! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:30, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok for anyone who wonders: Said actions consisted of a shoddy copy & paste job that minorized a major Wikipedia event (3000 FAs) in favor of "avoiding duplication." As such the question becomes, "What duplication?" and "Why was there no such issue in the past?" ResMar 19:56, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I too would like to congratulate everyone involved in creating and improving everything mentioned on this page. And celebrate the fact of 3,000 FAs. Hooray for us! --bodnotbod (talk) 00:56, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose so. You might want to read the real 3000 post, it's not quite finished but at least it provides some context. ResMar 01:12, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I continue to miss the complete gallery of WP:FPs.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:19, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As has been pointed out by others here, a gallery renders the pics in very small size: you effectively need to click on each. This week, we included this advice at the top of the featured picture section: "Each can be viewed in medium size by clicking on "nom"." Do you not think that is the ideal way to access the material? Tony (talk) 04:58, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

congrats[edit]

Congrats to all on the 3,000th FA; and a note to say that I really like the new style of the Features & Admins section, especially the brief bios of the new admins and the "pick of the week." Very nice! And Resmar, don't take editing personally -- the Signpost runs as a newspaper, which means material isn't duplicated from week to week and the editor in chief's job is to help ensure this and make sure the whole issue is coherent. Bottom line, they may choose not to include things or rewrite them. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 05:08, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If that's the stance that the signpost is going to take, then you might as well close Dispatches up and mark it as historical. For some reason, these milestones were worthy of a major news story 4 times before, but aren't now. It's very dissapointing and highly unfriendly. ResMar 16:40, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

also from the german wikipedia I want to congratulate you for the 3,000 featured articles - I posted a small passage on this in our Kurier to spread it to our german contributors. Thx a lot to all of you involved as authors, reviewers, ... of this process. Cheers, -- Achim Raschka (talk) 18:36, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Achim! Tony (talk) 23:42, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hungry Lucy[edit]

I love that album which was released under CC-by-SA, it is absolutely magnificent. And I would never have heard of it if it wasn't for the Signpost, so thank you very much! Jon Harald Søby (talk) 23:14, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]