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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of PWG World Tag Team Champions/archive1

Your comments at the above FLC have been addressed.--WillC 23:54, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Count

Thanks for updating it... I always miss something... The Rambling Man (talk) 18:15, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

No problem. Dabomb87 (talk) 18:16, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Another requested move

 Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:58, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

No problem, glad to help. That's what us janitors were elected to do. ;) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:14, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

MLB 2k9

IN MLB 2k9, people need to know how to use the controls, since they are very complicated. So, I think I should put the controls up there so other people can make use of it ~~MGA!@#$%^&*()~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.81.44.202 (talk) 00:58, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Please don't, Wikipedia is not a game guide. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:00, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Grand Celebration page

was wondering why u have deleted my info about the ship. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12myoung (talk • contribs) 01:08, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Please see WP:ADVERTISING. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:10, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

i understand, but this site is the only i could find 2 raise the subject, do u have any suggestions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12myoung (talk • contribs) 01:13, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Ask at the Reference desk. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:16, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Closing of the article, "Brennan Heningham"

You, sir, should be very much ashamed of yourself. To have closed an article, based on false "personal attacks", despite having the consent of the subject in question, is biased. You want biased? Fine, look at any political article on Wikipedia, and you'll see biased reporting. In fact, when I looked at the George Tiller page I saw what could only be liberal bias. Hypocrite. I'll let you know that I will keep at it, and you will never be able to stop me short of censoring me. I'll give you only trouble if you do not desist. This, sir, can be considered an ultimatum. Chazzmacelroy (talk) 19:32, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Note to self: user has been indefinitely blocked, do not reply. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:16, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

June 9 TFA

Yeah, I saw, thanks! I'm quite surprised, really; I thought surely it would have been snowball'd... –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:56, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Bot run

Pls run your dash bot on List of United States Military Academy alumni (engineers). Tks. — Rlevse • Talk • 02:32, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Done. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:33, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Linking dates

Hi, I have not been actively linking unlinked dates. What I have been doing is copying infoboxes from French wikipedia (see for instance this diff), and years are often linked in French wikipedia. There has been quite some confusion about that recently (one user asking me to delink years, another user telling Ksnow not to delink years). If it's really a big deal, I can delink years in infoboxes I copy, but I would prefer some bot to do that. Markussep ^Talk 09:46, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:45, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Ottawa language References section

Hi, just wondering why you removed the {{Refbegin|3}} tag from this section. I'm not aware of any reason it would be deprecated, and having references in columns makes them a little tidier. Thanks. Jomeara421 (talk) 11:09, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Well, we can't use three or more ref columns because they break on some browsers. The problem I have with {{refbegin}} is that it makes the text smaller for no apparent reason, making it harder for those with vision difficulties to read. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:47, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

OK, I'm not going to worry about it but it's pretty common in FA articles, such as Irish phonology. I am aware it doesn't work on all browsers. Thanks for the cleanup on the other issues. Jomeara421 (talk) 13:14, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Talk:List of skin-related conditions

I replied to your comments there, and really appreciate the feedback. ---kilbad (talk) 17:13, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Scream/Childhood

Thanks :D — R² 00:28, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

ArticleHistory

Thanks. I noticed that you've been doing quite a few of those lately. Need any help? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:18, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Sure. Just keep an eye on Category:Good articles without an oldid. It's empty right now, though. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:19, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Alright, will do. Cheers. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:36, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

If y'all want to check Category:ArticleHistory error once or twice a day, the GA folk make me crazy with errors. It should always be empty and red-linked, but even when red, you have to actually click on it to see if there's an error. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 04:36, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Rob Pelinka

I appreciate your time contribution at Rob Pelinka. It is difficult to get many eyes on an individual of such limited interest. I would appreciate any additional time you might have to help me improve the article.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:01, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I have time now, so I will probably try to dig up sources and copy-edit a little later. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:03, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

I just realized that when I initially wrote the article, I only had access to Illinois newspapers. I now have access to international newspapers and all 50 states. I am going through the Michigan newspapers. I would look forward to getting someone else involved in this article. I will let you know when I have finished adding content and we can then clean it up.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:23, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

I have run through the Michigan articles. Please help me clean it up now.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 05:14, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Alright, I probably won't have time to look at it until the middle or end of next week. Dabomb87 (talk) 13:29, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

I will look at it a bit myself in the mean time.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 14:43, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes/archive2

There's really no one to notify. Nuclear Warfare is the list's primary editor, and he's already participated. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 16:26, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

What about WikiProjects? Dabomb87 (talk) 16:27, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

I notified both WP:AVATAR and Talk:Avatar: The Last Airbender. NW (Talk) 19:35, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Talk:Tropical Storm Nana (2008)

I took a stab at it (with preview button), but can't seem to get it, so I asked Gimmetrow (talk · contribs) to take a look. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:43, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Sarcastic joke

Sarcastic jokes never maimed anyone, as far as I'm aware. ;) Don't worry too much about it. Sticks and stones may break his bones, but mere words shall never hurt I'mSpartacus! Lol. Regards.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 00:35, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Um WTF happened here?

So I take a day off and all of a sudden mayhem is unleashed? Wow, makes me feel like my reviews are worthless. Oh well, that's his opinion.--Truco ₅₀₃ 02:17, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

1941 Florida hurricane

Hey. This was recently promoted, but feel free to post any more comments you had. Thanks, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:54, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Big, big ask

Hey dude. I know all our time here is precious but Dweller and I are attempting to get John Wark through to FAC. I know you're one of (if not the) most thorough reviewers at FLC (excluding me, of course...!) and was wondering if you could spend a few moments spotting the woods we currently can't see because of the two months of trees... Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 17:56, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Re:FLC

I meant reference. I accidentally lost my original comments, so I basically rushed through and tried to re-add as much as I could. I have fixed it, thanks for pointing that out. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 20:53, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

yo!

All your comments at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Dexter episodes/archive2 were solved a couple of days ago. Your banner here says you review the replies at your oppose votes. ???? Nergaal (talk) 23:00, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Those were only examples that the entire text needed copy-editing. There wasn't really anything that needed revisitng, since my oppose would have stood anyway. I might have reconsidered my oppose, but the comments/oppose from Truco and Rambo's Revenge confirmed my views. I wouldn't mind copy-editing, but I wouldn't be able to do so for another week and a half. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:03, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

That would be really nice! It is slightly annoying when the only thing remaining at a FAC or FLC is the prose, because that is sometimes not easily fixable when only a very small number of editors work on the article. Nergaal (talk) 23:20, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Alright, just be prepared to wait. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:24, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

All-Star Final Vote

I'd be glad to work with you on All-Star Final Vote. I guess we could do a formal WP:PR or something. Is that above or below Rob Pelinka on your to do list?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:17, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

No need for a formal PR unless you really want one; I can review on the talk page. My to-do list. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:23, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

I just made some WP:ACCESS Changes. I don't know what else is necessary. Let me know what you think we need to do.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:29, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

You need to make a key for the abbreviated team names and baseball positions. Yes, they're linked, but this information is important enough that readers shouldn't have to click away from the article to find out. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:31, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

I slapped most abbreviations in the article. I could use some advice on format and location.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:46, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Fantasy Black Channel FAC

Hi, are you any closer to doing a more comprehensive copyedit on the article? The most recent comments on the review page point out possible issues of redundancy, verb agreement and sentence flow particularly in the Erol Alkan section (para 3 and 4). I would appreciate the help since it's hard to copyedit your own work. Rafablu88 (talk) 10:40, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

I'll try to take a look today. Dabomb87 (talk) 13:28, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Hehe, you got me scared there for a minute. I think I'm gonna be able to address all the objections today. Fingers crossed. Rafablu88 (talk) 13:28, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Hey, I'm planning to change a couple of edits if that's ok. I've used "has stated"/"have stated" in the article and want to keep verb uniformity. Also, Giants2008 complained about -ing verb use. Might readd "and" in a sentence. Rafablu88 (talk) 15:26, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

No problem, you're the expert on subject and you wrote the article. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:27, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Cheers. ("Expert" might be a bit strong. lol) Rafablu88 (talk) 15:32, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

How can i include a wiki page in google search

How can i include a wiki page in google search?

i have created one page but it is not comming in the google search.........

the page is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laloor —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prasad1111 (talk • contribs) 05:57, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure, I only know that the more clicks you get, the higher the article will rise in the search rankings. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:04, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry

hi sorry ill stop —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.198.241.177 (talk) 16:36, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Medal of Honor list

I have been working on the List of African American Medal of Honor recipients list for the last couple days and I think I have it ready to go. Before I submit it though could you glance at it and see if I am missing anything?--Kumioko (talk) 16:51, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

I'll glance through tomorrow. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:29, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Featured list advice

Hi there. I have seen your critiques of featured lists elsewhere and you do quite a thorough job. I hope you can help me with a list I am working on: List of New York City Subway stations. I am not asking for you to critique it (though you are welcome to; there's so much more work to be done and it's less than 50% on the way to being a FL), but I'd like your opinions on a couple of matters:

• How much historical/background material would you expect from the list? (You would need to look at History of the New York City Subway, List of New York City Subway lines and List of New York City Subway services if you're not familiar with the New York City Subway.)
• Should the list be split into two or more pages? If so, is the current numerical/alphabetical split acceptable? (468 stations is roughly twice that of the London Underground stations!)

Appreciate your answers, Tinlinkin (talk) 22:26, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

I'll glance through and give you good answers tomorrow (I don't have time today). Dabomb87 (talk) 01:29, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

No problem. Just want to add, another kind of split I'm considering is by borough. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. Tinlinkin (talk) 09:14, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Need input

You need to chime in here: Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/List_of_United_States_Military_Academy_alumni_(athletic_figures)/archive1#List_of_United_States_Military_Academy_alumni_.28athletic_figures.29 see my last comment. — Rlevse • Talk • 10:11, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Dilemma

About Akureyri, it sounds like you are going to remove GA status in 2 days. I am debating whether to work on it. I am not a hostile person who fights. So I will not go through the legal type appeals. I am a positive person so article improvement is my solution. However, it is impossible for me to work on it in 2 days. I was starting to work on references but why bother? The reference fixes are mostly for GA as they don't help the reader understand the material better. This GA mess seems discouraging.

Would you consider keeping the reconsideration open as long as there is continual improvement with at least one editor working on it constantly? The alternative would be to give up for the moment and work on something else.

The other possibility is to have GA and FA last only 1 year and need reconfirmation. Then there will not be the stigma or discouragement of having status yanked. However, automatic expiration would require a policy change. User F203 (talk) 14:45, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Commented on GA review page. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:13, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

last request before boom...can you give it until July 5? If so, I will begin a huge push. It's up to you. I'll watch your to do list. Thank you! User F203 (talk) 19:42, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

If not, I will not get out of my mind angry...just a request. User F203 (talk) 19:45, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

All right, I will assume good faith and give you the benefit of the doubt. Good luck! Dabomb87 (talk) 21:16, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Run to You (song) GA reassessment

Thanks for the reminder, I'd forgotten about this. None of my concerns have been either addressed or challenged, so I've delisted it. Would you be willing to check that I've followed the procedure correctly (it's the first time I've done a GA reassessment). Thanks, AlexJ (talk) 21:33, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

AFAIK, you did everything right. Regards, Dabomb87 (talk) 21:40, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

About the Snow patrol awards nom

Hi! I'm going on vacation on the 16th morning. As I'm the only nominator, I wish you'll return quickly and wrap this thing up. You're the only reviewer who is left to comment. There were 2 more, who got their concerns resolved. Thanks. Suede67 (talk) 11:40, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

I saw your message. The "Businessofcinema" site seems reliable, as per here (First link in the "about us" part. As you said, backed by a company). And "About.com" the other site referenced, if you scroll all the way down here, on the bottom right, its written "a part of The New York Times Company". Will this work? Suede67 (talk) 18:41, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

List of Ozzy Osbourne band members

the table is sortable. if i need anything else, please tell me. thanks for your help. CallMeAndrew (talk) 16:41, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Review

Thanks for letting me know. You can review it yourself and give the ratings or suggest what needs to be done in order to improve the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nefirious (talk • contribs) 17:05, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Date delinking

This arbitration case has now closed. The final decision may be reviewed on the case page. A synopsis of the final decision is provided below.

• All mass date delinking is restricted for six months
• Date delinking bots will perform in a manner approved by the Bot Approvals Group.
• Lightmouse (talk · contribs) is: banned for 1 year; topic banned indefinitely; prohibited indefinitely from using automation, from using any account but "Lightmouse"
• Tony1 (talk · contribs) indefinitely topic banned, placed on a 12 month editing restriction
• Greg L (talk · contribs) indefinitely topic banned, placed on a 12 month editing restriction
• Ohconfucius (talk · contribs) is: topic banned indefinitely; prohibited indefinitely from using automation; prohibited indefinitely from using any account but "Ohconfucius"; placed on a 12 month editing restriction
• The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) admonished for not pursuing appropriate dispute resolution methods.
• Kotniski (talk · contribs) reminded to pursue appropriate dispute resolution methods, topic banned for 3 months
• Placed on a 12 month editing restriction: Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), 2008Olympian (talk · contribs), Colonies Chris (talk · contribs), SkyWalker (talk · contribs), HJensen (talk · contribs), Dudesleeper (talk · contribs), John (talk · contribs), Tennis expert (talk · contribs), and G-Man (talk · contribs)
• Pmanderson (talk · contribs) is topic banned for 12 months.
• Locke Cole (talk · contribs) is topic banned indefinitely, banned for 6 months, and placed on a 12 month editing restriction
• Kendrick7 (talk · contribs) is topic banned for 12 months
• Arthur Rubin (talk · contribs) admonished for threatening to use his administrator tools to advance his position in a dispute.

Notes: (1) for "topic banned", read "banned from style and editing guidelines, and any related discussions"; (2) an "editing restriction" is a prohibition from reverting any changes which are principally stylistic, except where all style elements are prescribed in the applicable style guideline.

For the Arbitration Committee,

AGK 20:03, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks, though the disagreement is unlikely to end anytime soon. Probably just going to move onto other pages.--WillC 03:20, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

All-Star Final Vote

Have we completed the work on All-Star Final Vote.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 06:07, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Mostly, but I'd like to do a copy-editing pass, especially for jargon. I'll get to it this afternoon. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:18, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Tables

Hello. Editors at the Pinafore article spent a considerable amount of effort setting the table format. You changed it without any explanation, and the format became unreadable in some browser views. Sorry I hit the wrong button to revert, but the table format should not change. If you have a problem with the table format, would you kindly describe it on the article's talk page? Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:54, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Commandant of the Marine Corps

Hey, it turns out that the intention of the nominator of the Commandant article is that this not be the main article for the position after all. Was hoping for your input into the naming question raised by that at the nomination page. I wouldn't normally bother you with it on your talk page but the deadline is coming up rapidly. Geraldk (talk) 23:34, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Wark on...

So I think we're soon heading to FAC with Mr Wark. Would you be able to give us (i.e. Dweller and me) some indication of if you'll have time (and if so, when) to finish/continue reviewing the article? Cheers, and thanks for picking me up on the FL thing. Big-time brain fail there. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:03, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Feel free to proceed. I'll be watching. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:04, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

I get that feeling................... ! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:08, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Gah. I hate inline comments, I have to go find them! Oh, and I'm withdrawing the Turner Prize FLC which you supported - User:Tyrenius has pointed out a number of issues which I'd like to address and give those who have already reviewed the list a chance to re-evaluate. I'll get to those inline comments... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:15, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Inline done, I hope... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:22, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Commandant of the Marine Corps list

Good afternoon good sir, I wanted to ask you your advice about moving the commandant article currently in review to be Either Lit of XXX or Commandants of the Marine Corps (I like the latter myself). There is a user making some very valid arguments about what the article should contain being the only Commandant related article currently and I think it really exceeds what we should do with a list of. --Kumioko (talk) 17:37, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Switzerland

Alright, I see your points. Now that I review it in detail, I think it needs a bit more time to be worked on. Thanks for catching that so quick! Renaissancee (talk) 00:41, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Does this mean you withdraw the nomination? No hard feelings, just need to be sure. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:44, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Yup, I'll withdraw. Sorry If I've been a nuisance and all. I'm guessing you get millions of me a day and it can probably be boring :P. Hopefully the community can stand me while I roam around doing random tasks ;). Renaissancee (talk) 00:46, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

No problem. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:50, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

List review

I need to ask your advice about some of the comments a reviewer is making. Crazycheetah has asked for some changes that could and possibly should be applied across other MOH lists as well but before I do that I wanted to run them by you first.

1. Change the section header for List of recipients to just Recipients.
2. Remove the see also section because the List of Medal of Honor recipients link is already in the nav template.
3. Change the table to be 99% width due to the scroll bar problem.
4. Add a note about the quotes and comments in the notes section.

My question is should I go ahead and make these changes to the other lists as well? Thanks--Kumioko (talk) 02:35, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, they are all good suggestions. Make the changes. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:35, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks I will take care of that tomorrow. Its gettin late here in DC and I gotta work tomorrow. BTW I reviewed a few of the FLC's with my limited reviewer skillz. I hope it helps and I'll look at some more 2morrow.--Kumioko (talk) 03:38, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Dabomb87 (talk) 03:40, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Oranges

Hello mate. I've worked some more on your comments for the Orange Prize for Fiction FLC - I wonder if you could spare some time to check out whether it's satisfactory? The Rambling Man (talk) 16:45, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

done

/Registry---Balloonman ^{NO! I'm Spartacus!} 02:03, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, you can delete it. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:11, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Category:Indiana Independants

Would you be so kind to create Category:Indiana Independents and relocate those two articles? Thank you. 83.251.110.137 (talk) 17:53, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Done. Dabomb87 (talk) 20:21, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Don't look yet

The encouragement to fix the Akureyri article is paying off. The city is different from many GA cities in that it is geothermically heated. I found a good source about it. Don't look yet, though. It's a work in progress. Furthermore, I've copied articles from other GA to the sandbox, like Amarillo, Texas and Columbia, MO to help writing and give ideas.

Thank you for your extension! User F203 (talk) 18:46, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Infonerd2216

Dabomb87, can you please visit Infonerd2216's talk page? It is very important. I'm sorry for my actions i've released to you. I am hoping you the best of luck now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.30.105.223 (talk) 02:31, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm new

Hi Dabomb87,

I'm new to Wikipedia—as an editor—and I'm finding getting started a lot more difficult than I anticipated.

• It's not clear from the beginning that one should not type four tildes when editing an article, only when commenting in a talk page. Wikipedia needs to make it clearer to us newbies that an electronic signature and time stamp are automatically generated when an edit is saved. Too much attention is paid to signing posts with the signature/time stamp toolbar button or four tildes for both a signature and time stamp or three tildes for just a signature or five tildes for just a time stamp, for the automatic signing/time stamping of edits to barely be mentioned (is it mentioned?).

• How do I create a user page? For example, how did you put colored boxes at the top of your page? How does the outline box appear? (Oh...."A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article" appears in tiny type under Section headings in the Wikipedia Cheatsheet; is this the only place it's mentioned?) How does one change font sizes? Are headings the only content that can change size?

• I'm confused by these edit and talk page boxes; they are apparently the only places to communicate in Wikipedia, but....

CliffC pointed out that I shouldn't sign my edits. I wanted to thank him, so I hit Talk next to his name and went to his user page. It says, "Leave me a message at the bottom." When I scrolled to the bottom, his page ends with the latest post. What do I do then?

• Oh, no, I'm confused by the Edit button at the right-hand side of both articles and posts. Is that how one gets into a discussion? Clicking it will bring up another talk page box with the entire conversation, and you simply scroll to the bottom, indent if desired, and add your comment?

• And, as on CliffC's user page, when I'll want to start a new topic (thanking him), I'll have to format my comment with a new heading (the subject of my comment) and underline it? No, as at the top of this page, apparently a "new section" will start automatically. Oh, I think I'm getting it....

Thanks, WR1T —Preceding unsigned comment added by WriteRight1stTime (talk • contribs) 19:44, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

• • Sorry, forgot to sign!--WR1T (talk) 19:46, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Oops, indent, not bullet!--WR1T (talk) 19:49, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Editing Wikipedia as a newly registered editor can be complicated, contrary to what some might tell you. The most important thing to remember is that anything you can improve is an improvement for Wikipedia. Don't worry about "breaking" rules, just be bold and edit. If you make a mistake, other editors can always fix it or undo the edit, which is a great thing about Wikipedia (but can also be a bad thing). Now, to answer your specific questions:

• "It's not clear from the beginning..." You make a good point. If you have a suggestion on how Wikipedia can improve its help guides, please do so at Help talk:Contents.
• "How do I create a user page? "See Wikipedia:User page for guidelines on making a user page. I suggest starting simple; don't worry about adding "colored boxes" or fancy designs. Just write a paragraph or two describing yourself, your interests, and what you want to do on wikipedia. Userboxes are a great way to describe yourself. Generally, you should use the default font size in articles, but you can use HTML tags such as <big>big text</big> and <small>small text</small>. For italics and bold, use special wikimarkup: ''Two apostrophes around a word/phrase for italics'', and '''three apostrophes for bold'''.
• "I'm confused by these edit and talk page boxes..." There are two ways of adding new sections to a talk page:
  1. At the top of all talk pages, there is a "new section" tab. Click it, and you can enter the section title in one box and comment in the other; the post will be automatically placed at the bottom.
  2. Click the [edit] button of the lowest posted section. In the edit screen, add a level two header (==Section title==) below the already-present text, and add your comment below the section title.
• It is possible to edit the entire discussion. However, it usually takes a longer time to load the page.
• Yep. The "underline" appears automatically when you add level-two headers (two equal signs, section title, two equal signs).

If you have anymore questions, feel free to ask. Regards, Dabomb87 (talk) 23:37, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

SPoTY FLC

Hi, I notice you've asked Giants2008 for his opinions on the 3 options I mentioned. However, I have recently found out that (according to the MOS) a change might not be necessary. Could you take a look please. Thanks, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 14:12, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Okay someone came back saying that the abbreviations are okay, but the large number of flags is decorative so their use is not appropriate. Do you share this view, and if so what is your preference for how to replace them? Also, if you have a different/better idea please say? Thanks, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 10:11, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Script

Hey Dabomb - I saw you ran a script over my Turner Prize FLC to convert ISO dates to readable versions. Can you let me know how to get that script working for me? Also, I'd be interested in a script that could replace hyphens with en-dashes when used in scorelines (e.g. in football, tennis etc articles) - any ideas? All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:15, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

User:Plastikspork/monobook.js/script.js. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:31, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

mosicon

This one is bordering on vandalism though. Garion96 (talk) 22:25, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps, but better to discuss or at least use an edit summary. WP:ARBDATE, which just concluded, resulted in several editors' being topic banned from MOS over things over removing and adding dispute tags, so be careful. By the way, thanks for your opinions at this discussion. The consensus on the issue could affect many featured lists. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:28, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Fantasy Black Channel help

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

That is all. Rafablu88 (talk) 00:39, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

No problem, and congratulations! Dabomb87 (talk) 00:40, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

List of Jewish Medal of Honor recipients

I fixed the problems with this one.--Kumioko (talk) 01:37, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Also the African American recipients list and the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps.--Kumioko (talk) 01:39, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Featured Article

Sorry about that, completely accidental! --Corinthian (talk) 01:56, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

List fixing

Did you find any list headers to fix besides service academy ones? — Rlevse • Talk • 00:24, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

No. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:26, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Re:

Seriously, dude, what is the problem? What's so hard to understand "congrats; GA pass"? I wouldn't leave "congrats" in my edit summary, unless I'm saying that I've promoted an article, which would have either "GA1" in the mix or I'm congratulating another user for an accomplishment of some sort. I understand where you're coming from, but I don't see the problem. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:01, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I was referring to edits such as this one; please use "Pass GA" or "GA" instead of "Updating". Sorry if I wasn't clear before. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:04, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

"Fix" to wind toolbox

That fix by adding a slant within the disambig link, for some reason, points away from the disambig function of the toolbox and produces an error message. This happened within the past few days, and it took us a while to figure out what had happenned. Thegreatdr (talk) 02:05, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh, OK. Sorry. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:15, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

RE

Blue usually handles non-wrestling lists these days. She has really expanded onto non-wrestling topics recently. Though she may have some comments.--WillC 15:21, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Silent Alarm; or nice request for a copyeditor's perusal before it's sent to the FAC sharks.

Hey there, I've followed up my FBC work with another album article I had previously taken to GA with Garden.

I'm planning to nominate it soon at FA headquarters and would appreciate your copyediting help in any way, shape, or form.

This one has had loads of CEs before and was an alternative music collaboration of the week recently. However, no one has had a look at the final version resulting from my tweaks and moves these past few days. Rafablu88 20:21, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Bot

Can you run your bot here: List of United States Military Academy alumni (academics) — Rlevse • Talk • 22:38, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Done, but nothing needed fixing. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:39, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

NYCS stations

Have you been able to look at List of New York City Subway stations as I requested before? Tinlinkin (talk) 10:35, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

So sorry about the delay; I've been busy. I promise I'll look today or tomorrow. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:56, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the analysis. I will be posting responses on my talk page. Tinlinkin (talk) 06:20, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

I can assure you...

... Scotland have never won the World Cup! --Dweller (talk) 12:52, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Aagh... Sorry! Dabomb87 (talk) 14:12, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Dabomb87. You have new messages at Aditya's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Aditya ^α _ß 17:09, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for keeping an eye on the troublemakers on the Islamic movie.
Warm regards, Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 17:50, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

List of Presidents of the United States

I apologize for the odd way I submitted this List so don't beat me up too bad. I usually don't submit lists that I have edited so few times but this is an important one that I think deserves to be back on the FL status and I think it looks good other than some cosmetic changes I would like to make. I also usuallly don't do this either but I left some comments related to a couple of things I would like to do to restructure the look of this list. If in your wisdom you think the shading and references are ok, thats ok with me too. --Kumioko (talk) 20:49, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: FLC move

 Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:59, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

RFC

No probs, just happened to be online. Darrenhusted (talk) 23:24, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Dashes

Ugh. Thanks for that. Currently em-dashes are used in a very, very large number of Australian political articles. Is there a bot that could run through and fix them? Frickeg (talk) 03:51, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

No problem. If you could compile a category / provide a link of a group of these articles, I could find someone with WP:AWB to do some work on it. Regards, Dabomb87 (talk) 03:52, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

If I say that it'll be all the pages listed on Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives (including abolished divisions), plus the vast majority of Electoral districts of New South Wales, will that suffice? Thanks, Frickeg (talk) 03:55, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Should be fine. Thanks for your help, Dabomb87 (talk) 03:56, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you muchly. Frickeg (talk) 04:04, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

They're missing a couple when people change party (like at Division of Denison). Can this be fixed? Frickeg (talk) 04:29, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

 Doing... –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:02, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Can Category:Electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) and Category:Electoral districts of South Australia be added to the list too? Most of these are non-compliant, either using hyphens or em-dashes for the same purpose. Orderinchaos 04:24, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Category:Electoral districts of Queensland too. Frickeg (talk) 04:31, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:42, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

 Done everything, I think. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 05:27, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

No worries - thanks guys! Saves me having to do em when I come off wikibreak - I'd been slowly (manually) fixing Queensland, didn't know it applied to other states. Orderinchaos 06:48, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

List of members of the Basketball Hall of Fame

Hi, Dabomb. Do you think we should split this into several lists for each category (e.g. coaches)? I have this idea because the current list is very lengthy and will continues to grow every year. However, I worry that the split will cause problems regarding to 3b. Also the team category has only 6 items and I am not sure if it should be a stand-alone list. These are potentially big issues and I don't want to do anything without discussing with you first.—Chris! _ct 22:51, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

We might make it so that we have a main article and then sublists, a la List of United States Military Academy alumni and its sublists. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:52, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

That works. And we might not even need a main article if we can bring Basketball Hall of Fame up to GA.—Chris! _ct 23:03, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Maybe List of members of the Basketball Hall of Fame can remain as main article and split coaches, players and contributers out of it. Entries under teams and referees can remain in the main one, so that the list can still be long enough to become a FL. Since you seem to agree with me per above, I will go ahead and do it within the hour.—Chris! _ct 01:35, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

One more thing. Should the main list contains several coaches, players or contributors like the Navy Academy alumni list or just links to those sublists?—Chris! _ct 01:40, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

The main list should definitely contain some of each. I don't know how we would decide which ones belong the main list, and which should be split off. I'll look at other FLs. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:42, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

I split it since I got nothing to do. I just leave {{main|article name}} at the main article for now. We change that later.—Chris! _ct 06:40, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

List of members of the Basketball Hall of Fame (head coaches) is almost ready for FLC. Could you take a look?—Chris! _ct 02:06, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

I think it's nearly ready. I'll ask Giants2008 (talk · contribs) to take a quick peek. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:42, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Ok, sure —Chris! _ct 02:51, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

You probably know this already, but Giants2008 has commented on the talk page.—Chris! _ct 20:31, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it is ready. You can initiate the nom now. Or I can do it later if you are busy.—Chris! _ct 20:33, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Need a response pls

See where I ask about your bot here: List of United States Military Academy alumni (academics) — Rlevse • Talk • 11:02, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

I ran it but nothing needed to be fixed. Dabomb87 (talk) 13:22, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Then why is TRM saying it does? — Rlevse • Talk • 20:12, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Space Invaders FLC

I appreciate the clean up with the nomination. It wasn't until I already started the FLC that I realized I mis-named the list. I moved the list, but was unsure what to do about the FLC. Thank you for the help. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 20:25, 25 June 2009 (UTC))

En dash

Somebody already fixed. jengod (talk) 22:49, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Alright, thanks. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:49, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Peer review?

I know that you are quite often busy, but if you are interested/have time I would appreciate you taking a look at BBC Sports Personality of the Year's peer review, as I wish to get the page to GA for my SPoTY topic. Thanks, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 16:39, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Bump. I'm in no hurry and appreciate you're a busy man, but I might not be on again before MiszaBot archives this thread, so I just thought I'd keep it here as a reminder by posting again. Hope all is well, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 12:24, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Essex FLC

I finished that days ago, but Julian never finished his copyedit - so right now I am the dead zone in terms of hope.Mitch/HC32 13:59, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

He's a busy man; give him a prod. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:00, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Did like 10 times on IRC, he never replies. :| - Mitch/HC32 14:02, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

I've been extremely busy the past week, but I'll (hopefully) be able to get to it tonight. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:45, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Julian copyedited it, and then I copyedited it, so hopefully its to your liking.Mitch/HC32 13:48, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Rumford Prize

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Rumford Prize/archive1 - does the oppose stand? ResMar 18:38, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

List Question

Just a quick follow-up on this post. If I am reading this correctly, then I could have used a "General Reference" for the Poker Hall of Fame wherein there is a list of every member along with a short bio. I could not have used a "General Reference" for the 2008 WSOP where each event has it's own reference. This would even be the case if there was page that listed all of the 2008 winners and provided a link to the other people who made the final tables. Is this correct?---Balloonman ^{NO! I'm Spartacus!} 02:34, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Correct. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:46, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Just wanted to clarify how I interpretted the guideline.---Balloonman ^{NO! I'm Spartacus!} 19:19, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

BBC Sports Personality of the Year peer review

You say you're "doing" this since 24th June... I was just wondering if you had actively reviewed it yet as I have also been asked to take a look at it and it would be silly if we both pointed out the same stuff. Just didn't want to waste time... The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm looking at it as I type. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:36, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

GA

I'm not asking you to look at any article now. However, would it be ok for a GA to remain a GA if it complies with the standard GA checklist and has the same categories as other city GA's? I'm not trying to make it comply with FA standards and hope that FA criteria won't be used to remove GA status.

I still have unfinished work so the article I'm working on is not finished. Thanks for your help and understanding. User F203 (talk) 16:43, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Sure. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:46, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

GH: Smash Hits PR

I've taken your pieces of advice and worked those in - also you prompted me into completing out the lead and the reception section so if you could once-over those as well, that would be great. --MASEM (t) 19:32, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Re:Poker

I think the problem is the {{nts}} template, and it doesn't work with one zero. It would probably be best to switch to {{sort}}. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 03:55, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

OK. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:57, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

On second look, it might be a bug with the tables and not the template. If you press the sort icon several times, it eventually starts to sort correctly. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 03:58, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Question about FL list formats

At my recent FLC for List of Donkey Kong games (the nomination is here), someone suggested that the format of the list should be taken out of a table format. I was hoping for your opinion on the matter -- I'm not sure how I'd list game releases on seven different consoles in prose. My problem with converting the list per the suggestion is that almost every other video game FL follows that same format, and I don't want to go blazing a new trail before I hear from other people. -- Nomader ^(Talk) 04:45, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Mayor of San Francisco

Hi, I am wondering if you could do a prose check for me. This is not urgent at all, so don't feel pressured. There are several things I want to improve on references before even attempting FLC. Thanks—Chris! _ct 21:14, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Can you go through one more time?—Chris! _ct 05:16, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Date delinking update

You know what is up with that? I haven't heard anything about it, so I don't know whats going on with it. Whammies Were Here 12:48, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

The arbitration case is over, and the injunction has been lifted, but there is a six-month restriction on mass date delinking. See this for examples of what the committee considers "acceptable date delinking". Dabomb87 (talk) 13:48, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Sorting?

Fixed Gary King (talk) 15:31, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:39, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

All-Star Final Vote

I have addressed your talk page concerns. Also, Rob Pelinka's latest client went third overall in the draft. I have updated this fact in the article. I am hoping we can get it cleaned up to be second or third in my FAC queue.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 00:28, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

List of skin-related conditions

Hi. Would you consider the above an outline? It's a well done list, but it seems to be little more than a well-written lead and a list of links. Let me know what you think, or comment at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of skin-related conditions/archive1. Cheers, Dabomb87 (talk) 01:14, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Gross!

Well, it's 2-levels deep (2 levels below the title). That qualifies as an outline. Though as a branch of OOK, it skips a couple intermediary branches (that is, they're missing): Outline of dermatology, which in turn is a branch of Outline of skin (but dermatology is also a branch of Outline of medicine, which we do have).

By the way, why is it called "skin-related conditions" and not "skin conditions"?

The Transhumanist 01:45, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

P.S.: have you joined WP:WPOOK yet?

Re: List of Big Brother (U.S.) HouseGuests

Thanks for the feedback! I realize article authors are to make changes, and not reviewers, but I wasn't exactly sure which images needed to be removed, if any. If you can help, it would be appreciated. I couldn't find any other images to replace the ones in question, which is unfortunate since the images make the list look nicer. Thanks again! --Another Believer _(Talk) 01:32, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I've been meaning to do that. I didn't want to do it too quickly, because I might remove valid images. I'll take a look tomorrow. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:34, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

SPoTY merge into FL

Please see this merger discussion about merging BBC Sports Personality of the Year into List of BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards. This has the possibility of merging and effectively giving the first page featured status. I'm letting you know in person because you're the only one to have reviewed both pages. Also, please note I'm completely willing (with a pinch of frustration) to go through the process again or just FLRC the newly merged page. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 10:37, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

I'll take a look in a bit. Dabomb87 (talk) 13:46, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Here is the mockup merge you requested. I'd also be interested on your FAC or FLC opinion as TRM thinks it is borderline. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 13:43, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

If you get a second I'd appreciate you following up on my comment about the list's name as I know your pretty hot on naming conventions. Also I have tried asking at FAC and GAN but have had no responses regarding the article/list thing. Thanks, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 15:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm about to go offline right now. I'll try to follow up later today. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:32, 1 July 2009 (UTC)