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refstyles

• Do featured lists have their own styles? If so, why? The way I recall MOS as being worded, you can choose any generally accepted style... Ling.Nut ^{(talk—WP:3IAR)} 10:53, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

There's no mandated style, although I definitely notice a preferred structure. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:48, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Re:FLC

You can do it if you want, but I don't think it's necessary. Let's just have all FLCs nominated after today use the new system (it's what FAC did). -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 22:16, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

RE: Graphics

Sorry about that. CarpetCrawler^{message me} 00:33, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

No problem. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:37, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

29th Golden Raspberry Awards

Thanks for your fixes to 29th Golden Raspberry Awards. I've never done a featured list before and recently did some work on this page, I suppose I shall take it next for a peer review - but I was wondering what you thought of its chances as a potential FL? Thanks for your time, Cirt (talk) 03:20, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry about going through a formal PR—I'll give it a talk page review tomorrow. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:22, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Oh thank you for offering to do that! Do you mind if I set it up as a PR and you can post your review comments there? Cirt (talk) 03:23, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Feel free. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:23, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Okay great, so I started the peer review process at Wikipedia:Peer review/29th Golden Raspberry Awards/archive1. Cirt (talk) 03:31, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Done. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:42, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much - I responded to your points at the peer review subpage. Cirt (talk) 05:37, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

cite news etc.

I quote (you): "Publication titles (newspapers, magazines, journals) in the references should be in italics. If you're using "cite web" or "cite news", use the work= field for the title of the paper instead of publisher=." Ouch, that's painful--if I'd looked at the actual page for that template I would have seen it, but citation templates has as examples different "animals." I've been doing it wrong all this time. Thanks for pointing this out... Drmies (talk) 20:45, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for letting your dash machine loose on the Kronos Quartet discography. Honestly, I don't see it unless I see it in a diff. I work in MLA style, and always use a double hyphen--like this--and have set my word processors to not auto-correct those things. BTW, you may have noticed that the redlinks are gone, thanks to the awesome power of the redirect. I am still producing stubs and full articles on the albums (I just wrote Kevin Volans: Hunting:Gathering, Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Already It Is Dusk/"Lerchenmusik" and Five Tango Sensations), but it's a lot of em. Drmies (talk) 15:59, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Use of section headers in Peer reviews

You recently removed some level 4 headings from the peer review for Clements Markham, on the grounds that their use is against instructions per WP:PR. These instructions request reviewers not to use level 1–3 headers; they don't refer to level 4. My assumption is that level 4 headings are acceptable as a way of dividing lengthy peer reviews. Do you have a basis for thinking otherwise? Brianboulton (talk) 00:33, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2007 (Canada)

I was wondering if you could kindly copy-edit this article, as you may know, that I have a bad (horrible) grammar. Thank you in advance! -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 02:52, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for that minor edit. Just so you know ... -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 03:55, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Akureyri

What's this all about? I'm still working on it as it needs work. Reassessment??? User F203 (talk) 16:28, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

It does not currently meet the Good Article criteria, so I've listed it for reassessment. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:29, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

You should also notify the other authors as I haven't done the most for the article. Maybe recently but others have edited the article more. User F203 (talk) 16:31, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

I notified WikiProject Iceland and WikiProject Cities. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:31, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Some people think of reassessment as aggressive action. I don't care much. Perhaps you should withdraw your action and help me improve it. I've been working on it for a few weeks. Be helpful! User F203 (talk) 16:33, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the example! Maybe Akureyri should be eliminated altogether as an article! A very boring place! User F203 (talk) 16:41, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

No, it's a notable city alright. We just need more info. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:42, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Just joking, except it IS boring! User F203 (talk) 16:45, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

RE: North Korea – United States relations moves

Makes no difference to me -- I was just following convention as per other such article titles, of which there are still many. I'll bear it in mind for the future. Regards. PC78 (talk) 18:15, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

List of...

Can you point me to the discussion or guideline that says that a list has to be named "List of..." Thanks. --Jameboy (talk) 11:32, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

I think I've found it, it's OK. WP:LISTNAME. --Jameboy (talk) 11:34, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

NBA nationalities

Commented on that discussion. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. -- Mike (Kicking222) 22:32, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

GA bot

Hi. Is the bot not working anymore and this is why you update the article histories? Hekerui (talk) 23:49, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Gimmetrow (the bot operator) has been banned from using his bot to update article histories (for GA only). So, yes. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:51, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Wow, that's unfortunate. :( Thanks for responding (and so fast!) Hekerui (talk) 23:54, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Kronos Quartet discography

Dabomb, thanks for your help in the discussion and in making those edits to the article. I appreciate it! Drmies (talk) 04:31, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Question

Hi, it's Tezkag72 from the FAC of Shadow the Hedgehog (video game), which you opposed and which failed. I have fixed all the issues from the FAC, including the one you gave—getting a copyeditor to go through the whole article. Do you think the article is ready to pass FAC? I guess what I'm asking is, would you support it if I nominated it? Tezkag72 (talk) 13:14, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

FLC

Might you be able to respond to your comments on the FLC for the Silver Slugger Award winners at DH? Haven't heard from you in a few days. Thanks. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 14:27, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! You certainly deserve that shiny medal down there... KV5 (Talk • Phils) 22:13, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Not a problem at all, I totally understand. Cheers! KV5 (Talk • Phils) 22:17, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

A not-so-shiny picture

We've had this thing for six months, it's about time we started awarding it more.

see barnstar page 20:35, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Bob Cousy Award

Hi, an article of mine is at peer review. Would you be kind enough to take a look at this when you have time? Many thanks.—Chris! _ct 06:17, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't mind waiting because I know you are busy—Chris! _ct 01:13, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

List of NBA game sevens

Thanks for your copyedit.—Chris! _ct 21:21, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Father

Begone! 81.133.168.56 (talk) 22:44, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello and thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page...I wouldn't have been aware until much later. ;) Cheers, +A.Ou 02:17, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

No problem :) Dabomb87 (talk) 02:18, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Request

Hello, would you mind taking a look at Ice hockey at the Olympic Games? It needs a copyeditor, and you were recomended in this discussion. Content-wise, I believe it is ready to go (although it may need to be trimmed) but I think it needs a copyedit first because the language is a tad simplistic and repetitive at times. It is a very long article (surprisingly, its word count is longer than Barack Obama, Canada and even Christianity, although those do have quite a few branch articles whereas this one does not) so if you don't have enough time, I would understand. Thanks, Scorpion⁰⁴²² 20:20, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the edits you have done so far. Are you finished taking a look at it? -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 12:45, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Not yet. It's a long one, and I'm still dancing around, trying to find the places that need the most improvement. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:46, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Also, has your position on the Simpsons season 14 FLC changed at all? -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 19:02, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Re: Socking

Both blocked. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:34, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

No worries. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:40, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

On a side note, I see you've been busy Huggling – keep up the good work! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:45, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I had always used rollback before, but I downloaded Huggle today and was astonished at how much more efficient it was. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:01, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Got it, thanks. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:37, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

 Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:50, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

hi

i dont believe Datura is refered to as 'beelzebubs twinkie' ; that is my beef —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.247.167.159 (talk) 02:58, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! I probably should have been more specific in my revert. The statement you inserted, although it may be true, needs to be sourced, as per Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. In addition, I don't think that the information is especially pertinent to the article, and especially does not belong in the lead section, an overview of the topic and summary of the article. If you have any more questions, please let me know. Regards, Dabomb87 (talk) 03:06, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Editing my arbitration evidence subpage

Please do not edit it, for any reason. Thanks. Tennis expert (talk) 08:53, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello,

Hi, are they not for anyone to debate? Or is that only on the talk pages?

Thank you, R.C. RussianCaravan (talk) 23:01, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

prod tag on Shane Fitzgerald (hoaxer)

Just curious about this edit ... first I want to clarify that I support deletion of the article ... but, because the {{dated prod}} tag explicitly states "If this template is removed, it should not be replaced", shouldn't the dated prod be left off, and at this point the article taken through the AfD process? --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:02, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

I reverted because the IP who removed the PROD template did not follow the instructions on removing prod templates. Feel free to remove it and start an AfD. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 23:05, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I think the user did follow that process. The only step which is really a requirement is to provide a reason; the policy implies that an edit summary is required, but the template states that it's optional as to if the reason is in the edit summary or on the talk page for the article, and the IP did post to the talk page prior to removing the prod.

Regardless, I'm not bothering to re-remove it. Like I said, I agree with deletion ... but I wouldn't be surprised if this does end up being moved to an AfD by others. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:16, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Yukon Quest FAC 2

I've resubmitted an FAC for Yukon Quest, and you supported it the first time around. If you've got the time to take a look at it again and offer your support or comments at the second review, I'd appreciate it. Thanks! JKBrooks85 (talk) 09:00, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

New Tage Erlander article on my User sub-page

Hi! Of course I'm happy that someone drops by to look at what I'm working on. I've no problem with you making alterations to on-going work, but please bear in mind it is on-going. I may re-write at anytime and if I do I won't make a point of identifying your (or anyone else's) corrections to either use or discard. (I only found your alterations this time by accident.) --JohnTheSupercargo 09:21, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Caversham FAC

"I always keep the nomination pages on my watchlist, so it is generally unnecessary to tell me that you have responded (unless you responded more than two days ago and I have not replied)." Well...given that it's 12 days since I fixed what you queried in the caversham FAC, I think I can afford to give you a gentle prod now... :) Grutness...wha? 05:59, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

whats wrong with what i said on the jay staggs page?

I find nothing wrong —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.54.68.252 (talk) 21:58, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Re: Please do not vandalize pages, as you did with this edit to Happy Mofo Productions.

Please do not vandalize pages, as you did with this edit to Happy Mofo Productions. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:08, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

I was not vandalizing the page, in-fact, I have created it and I was going through some minor edits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stinkbutterbread098 (talk • contribs) 22:10, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

You removed the Speedy Delete tag. And as it clearly says, you shouldn't. Yintaɳ  22:17, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Re: Requested move

Yep,  Done. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 22:33, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

Feel free to comment at Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 21:34, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Rob Pelinka/archive1

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Rob Pelinka/archive1 may also interest you.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 21:44, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Re:IH at the OG

Thanks for taking a look! Ice hockey and figure skating had been part of the Summer Games in 1920 (and 1912, in the case of skating). When the Winter Olympics were first held in 1924, they were both switched over and have been part of it since (if you're asking for a specific date when they were switched, I don't know. the books I read are rather vague about the early years). I hope that answers your question. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 01:09, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Re: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Star Trek: The Motion Picture/archive1

I fixed some of the wording. I'm not really sure using inflation templates is a good idea just because it's more figures and if I did it once I'd figure I'd have to do it for all dollar amounts, which would read a bit messily. As for the seasons thing, I don't have access to the source anymore but as I recall there wasn't any more specific wording than what I wrote. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 02:44, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for cleaning up after me at WP:FA so often. One would think that by now I would be able to alphabetize, or figure out proper formatting, but obviously one would be wrong. I appreciate you keeping an eye on things! Karanacs (talk) 21:48, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Australian Crawl discography

Given that I have now learnt about the use of hyphens and dashes (thanks) - can we assume that all the issues raised in your assessment have been adequately addressed? Dan arndt (talk) 01:49, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for helping get Caversham, New Zealand to Features Article status! The little gold star was added to the top about an hour ago... Grutness...wha? 06:48, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

I hope you are dumb enough

Hey there Dabomb, I know that you told Sandy last month that you weren't really interested, but I really do think that you would be a benefit to the Admin Corp. Admin's don't have to be active, we just have to know what we are doing and be willing to help out. I am not the most active admin, but I know that when I excercise my adminly functions, it is a benefit to the project, I can see you being the same type of admin. Even if you only find a rare need to use the tools, would it not be advantageous to the project to have them? Anyway, I hope you consider this. If you accept, I would suggest two things. First, review my essay How to pass an RfA. Second, consider asking SandyGeorgia for a nomination (since she already asked you if you were interested.) So far, when the two of us have nominated somebody, they have yet to fail. (As for my choice in section title... I always like to pose my nomination is silly obscure negative connotations, RfA can be a week of hell... but I have faith in your background that it would not be that bad.)---I'm Spartacus! ^{NO! I'm Spartacus!} 03:49, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, and I really appreciate this, but I'm not interested at the moment (if ever). Moreover, my recent activities would not go over well over there. I think it would be more beneficial and less stressful for me to recruit an army of as many admins as possible so that whenever I do need an admin task carried out, someone will always be available. So my answer is no, not at the moment, and not anytime soon. However, I'm not totally turning away from the idea. Thanks again, Dabomb87 (talk) 12:23, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Very nice of Spartacus to give you this thumbs-up. You'd be an excellent admin, of course, but sadly and inevitably, it's a political hurdle to get there that discriminates on the basis of circumstance; and possibly 99% of what you want to achieve here is unrelated to adminship. Tony (talk) 13:05, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

NP, you are probably right that edit warring allegation would probably kill any shot you might have at the present time of becoming an admin. I do think you'd be a fine one... and I am a believer that having the tools is nice, even if you don't use them too often. I'd rather have ten people judiciously use the tools ten times each than one person hastily making 200 admin actions.---I'm Spartacus! ^{NO! I'm Spartacus!} 13:34, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

IF you ever run for admin, Dabomb, you have my full support as I think you would be a good one. Unfortunately I see little chance of you passing with the supermajority required. The quickest route to passing, it seems, is to hang out with the DYK kids, pass out barnstars to them like candy, and cheer like mad every time one of them runs for admin. I doubt you want to demean yourself that far. --Goodmorningworld (talk) 11:15, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

You will also get my full support if you accept the nom.—Chris! _ct 19:40, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame/archive1

Thanks for commenting on this FLC. I believe that I have addressed all of your concerns. If you could stop by when you have a chance, I would really appreciate it. Thanks again, GaryColemanFan (talk) 22:24, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

For all you TPSs out there...

On a small private company owned Wiki, we're wanting to set up some sort of keyword imbedded in the page that allows more robust searching. Does anyone know how to work that with the wikimedia software? Ealdgyth - Talk 00:10, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

This might not be relevant, but you might want to read about Google Timeline. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:22, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Edit War

Listen, I know you are trying to prevent me from continuing to edit war, but until that user stops undoing my work, the war will continue. It's like World War 2 when this keeps going on and on over again, only this is kinda more unstoppable. Infonerd2216 (talk) 23:40, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

This is not World War II, and "war" is not the answer. Please discuss your edits on the talk page. Notice that I did not revert you this time, but I hope that you will discuss a compromise with the other editor. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:43, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

You don't understand the point I am with right now. Face it, I love god, but I'm evil. A evil guy who can just get on people's nerves. Infonerd2216 (talk) 23:51, 21 May 2009 (UTC)Infonerd2216

P.S. By the way, this is WWII, just that it is the 2009 version of it, you know what I mean?

P.S. Again Me and that editor will never compromise with each other because obvious we don't get along, and that editor thinks that he can just rule the world and do it by his terms, but he's wrong, because I'm more on the dark side than he is.

It doesn't matter; Wikipedia is not a battleground. If you feel you cannot come to agreement with that editor, please pursue the proper methods of dispute resolution. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:53, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Well fine, why don't you have a talk with that editor so he can get a piece of my mind. Visit the List of Toronto Raptors seasons page and go to history. If you can find him, I remember his user name was started with the letters c and a h. If you can find him, I would gladly appreciate it. Thanks, Infonerd2216 (talk) 00:01, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

See Talk:List of Toronto Raptors seasons. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:05, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you so much for finding him. I am hoping he learned his lesson. Infonerd2216 (talk) 00:09, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Nobody's "learn[ing]" a lesson. I am simply trying to promote discussion and compromise over edit warring and ill will. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:11, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Once Again, you don't understand the pressure I am at right now. I'm feeling like my blood pressure is burning like the sun! There are users that are helpful, and there are users that get on my nerves and makes me want to get a shotgun and KILL THEM ALL!!!!!!

I understand, but edit warring will not help this. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:19, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

(outdent) Wow, god, can you get him to wake up and realize the hell i've been in?! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Infonerd2216 (talk • contribs) 02:00, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

He has given his reasons. Now, the onus is on you to explain why you think the article should follow your preferred format, which does not yet have consensus. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:27, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

He just reverted again, I warned him one last time. If he continued, I think we have no choice but to ask an admin to look into this.—Chris! _ct 21:45, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Citing lists

Question about citing lists. I'm working on a new list at User:MBisanz/SC that will be sourcing most of its facts to [1]. However, the way that database is setup, there are no individual URLs to each data page. SO any URL I give in a reference, will just point the entry page of the database. Should I still put a ref on each line, or just use a general reference at the bottom? Thanks. MBisanz ^talk 15:52, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

General reference will be fine. You may want to point out that each entry is linked from the general reference page. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:36, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Rejected EP

Just to let you know I actually rejected your edit protected request. You are quite right in your interpretation of the manual of style, however because the parameter doesn't distinguish the year from the date there doesn't seem to be an obvious immediate solution. If the endterm date were to me split into day, month, year if codes could probably be used to switch between unspaced and space ndashes. However that is a major alteration to such a highly transcluded template, and feel it would need much more discussion, and some testing too. If I have interprested any of this incorrectly please let me know as I am quite tired. Best wishes, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 22:33, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

No, you're quite correct, and I was just thinking about removing the {{editprotected}}. I'll have to find someone more experienced with wikicode to correct this. Not a desparate issue. Regards, Dabomb87 (talk) 22:35, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

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

Though you mention this at the top, I still feel I should. I've addressed your comments at the above FLC.--WillC 03:30, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Re: Dates

Ok, just let me know what happens, in case I don't hear anything about it. Otherwise, i'll do as you have said for now. Whammies Were Here 10:00, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review/Billie Jean/archive2

As you had some concerns in Billie Jean's FAC, your input would be more than welcomed at the above peer review. Pyrrhus16 14:49, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Continued problems with unresponsive editor Indianwhite

Hi! You might be interested in the discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Continued problems with unresponsive editor Indianwhite. Thank you. The Ogre (talk) 19:47, 23 May 2009 (UTC) (Using {{Please see}})

Help has arrived

Hey! I decided to make an early comeback, and I will do my best to try to help the backlog again at FL/AC. =]--Truco 19:54, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Yeah I noticed, that's great! I will get to work later on.--Truco 20:02, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of NBA game sevens/archive1

I think I've addressed your concern, please take a look.—Chris! _ct 20:55, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Eagle Scout list

Can you run your dash bot on List of Eagle Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)? I've tableized it and brought the format more in line with today's standards. If you see anything else that needs to be fixed, just comment on its talk page, I'll see it there, or just fix it yourself if you're inclined;-). — Rlevse • Talk • 21:47, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

User:IMatthew/Featured topics

It's fine if you edit it! If you do FT/GT's often, feel free to add your own there to keep track of your progress and such.  iMatthew :  Chat  16:46, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Edit protection for USMA template

Hi Dabomb, I was wondering why you requested edit protection for USMA's template? I don't need to edit it right now, but I might need to in the future? I'm still learning the ways of the wiki, but I don't see where it was the subject of vandalism. Why go to the step of protecting it? I'm sure there's some good reason, could you please let me in on it? Thanks.  Ahodges7   ^talk 20:45, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

The template was already protected. I was asking for an admin to edit the protected template for me. Dabomb87 (talk) 20:47, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm, didn't realize that it was so. Ok, sorry and thanks for the quick response. I understand now. I'm not aware of any previous vandalism. Any idea why it would be edit protected?  Ahodges7   ^talk 20:49, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

It's protected because it is linked to an article that is or is about to be featured on the main page. See WP:CASCADING. Dabomb87 (talk) 20:53, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Must be the USMA article. — Rlevse • Talk • 20:55, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

ah...ha...got it. thanks.  Ahodges7   ^talk 20:58, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

see barnstar page 02:43, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

FAC Request

Hi there, I have just sent Fantasy Black Channel to FA Review after reading your advice on Arular and Made in the Dark. If you have the time, I'd appreciate any comments, support, or even a constructive oppose here. Cheers. Rafablu88 (talk) 18:39, 23 May 2009 (UTC) see barnstar page

Hey, I was wondering if you had the chance to look at the rest of the article. I have gone over it with a fine comb a hell of a lot of times but I'd appreciate your copy-editing skills if you think it requires them, especially considering the sterling job you did with the lead. Thanks. Rafablu88 (talk) 03:34, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Sure, but I won't have that kind of time until Wednesday or Thursday. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:36, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

That's great, thanks. Rafablu88 (talk) 03:38, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Edited the awards page

I edited the Snow Patrol awards page, and added the two IFPI awards, does this make it good enough to have a standalone page?! Please say yes! Suede67 (talk) 03:42, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi again, I have to go now, so just dropped in to ask whats the verdict? I will take around 2 hours to get back online, so please wait for me. Is the list good/long enough to be a standalone article now? You did strike your "oppose", so i take that as a positive sign.

And I had a few more questions. I'm kinda new here, so just wanting to clarify, if my style of writing is good enough for any article to be marked good/featured? Whether the article is long enough is a different thing. Also if i'm giving the citations in the correct format. Indirectly, I'm asking that if the awards list was long enough, would a reviewer pass it? Thanks for the help. Suede67 (talk) 04:01, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of tallest buildings in San Diego/archive1

I believe I have addressed your concerns that you raised. Let me know if you need me to fix them further or if you notice anything else. Thanks for taking the time to review the long list. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 06:37, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

IH at the OG

Hello, I was just wondering if you were finished with your copyedit. The dispute appears to be over (thankfully) and I would like to try to nominate it this week if possible. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 21:24, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, I was going to wait until Friday and see if I could get a few more comments first, and I think Maralia is going to take a look at it. [2] I think the language has improved, and my biggest concern right now would be adding a bolded title to the lead. However, I can't think of any that don't seem forced, which is why one isn't used. If you have any ideas, that would be great. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 23:18, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review/List of Minnesota Timberwolves head coaches/archive1

Just so you know. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 22:03, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Patrick Henry College

It's not that I fancy myself as a featured article editor, yet ;-), but I have done some considerable copyediting to the above article, currently listed as WP:GA. I would appreciate it if you could have a look the to see what further improvements are necessary to bring this to WP:FAC? Ohconfucius (talk) 02:36, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

NBA lockout

I don't really see it as being an FA-quality article yet, so I'll probably hold off for a while. Of course, if you have any suggestions I'd love to know what they are. :-) Giants2008 (17-14) 01:18, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Exactly. There's too much left to do for me to rush this to FAC. I'd rather peck away at it over time instead of trying to do everything at once. A gradual approach is really how the article became a GA in the first place (it's now official :-)). It went from a red link in Wikipedia:Requested articles/Sports to GA in 45 days. I can't believe that. Oh, and I looked up the origins of the Bird exemption last night. Will add more when I get a chance. Giants2008 (17-14) 15:56, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Finally got to add a brief explanation of the exemption's name, which makes that part easier to understand. Thanks for the idea. Giants2008 (17-14) 19:17, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

FLC request

Hey, I was wondering if you would help me out by contributing to the FLC of Duffy discography? See Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Duffy discography/archive1. Thanks! Dt128 14:09, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of extant papal tombs/archive1

Hey, thanks for all your comments and edits so far. Could you please review your standing comments at the FLC if for nothing else to give me something to work on? Savidan 00:15, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Lists of national cricket captains

Please stop making such disruptive moves without raising it for discussion first. It has been pointed out to you that your moves are controversial and as such some discussion should take place. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 00:04, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Loihi FAC

Loihi Seamount FAC, round 2. Please leave comments; you were involved with the first attempt. ResMar 00:14, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

List of United States Military Academy alumni (athletic figures)

Can you run your dash bot here and give it a good look over? I also need help with the 2nd paragraph where we need to talk about some athletes and coaches; I haven't started it yet. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:54, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikisource

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FLRC

See this. But I'll see what I can do. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:42, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

I'll wait for the outcome of the Arbcom before I make any further decisions but thank you for your support, and no worries re:clearing the backlog. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:04, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

RE: Walter A. Brown Trophy

Thanks for letting me know about that. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 17:31, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

List of Emperors of the Han Dynasty

I made a response at List of Emperors of the Han Dynasty. Regards.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 20:49, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello?--Pericles of Athens^Talk 18:32, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Read the pink box at the top. Don't fret, I'll return soon. Dabomb87 (talk) 18:35, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Hahaha! How do I miss these things? Sorry. I never bother to read things at the top of people's talk pages; I always scroll down immediately. My bad.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 18:38, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

List of American football teams in the United Kingdom

Hi Dabomb. First of all, many thanks for peer-reviewing this article. Apart from getting rid of the TBCs in the BUAFL table, do you feel there's anything else that needs doing before submitting this as a Featured List Candidate? Bettia (bring on the trumpets!) 19:05, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Looks pretty good. Three things:

• What makes http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/Years/1998to2000.html a reliable source?
• The blank table cells need an em dash (—).
• The footnotes need citations. Dabomb87 (talk) 19:10, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks.I've done the emdashes, and I'll get onto the footnote citations later (although it's really gonna ramp up the article's size). As far as Britball Now is concerned, I find it the best source of information as it provides a comprehensive history of the game in the UK. I've been using it as a source for individual team articles and have encountered no problems or errors so far. The matter of the SGA (which I used the 1998to2000 page for) can be confirmed by looking at the 1998 and 1999 tables - the league appears on one but not the other and two of its remaining teams entered the BSL the following year. Bettia (bring on the trumpets!) 19:49, 31 May 2009 (UTC)