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WikiBirthday (a day late?)

I saw from here that it's been exactly one year since you joined the project. Happy WikiBirthday! Keep up the good work, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 21:33, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

FLs

Have you seen User:Scorpion0422/FL audit? Dabomb87 (talk) 01:30, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Ice hockey at the Olympic Games

In regards to the doping section, I'm considering switching to a table. Something like this:

Athlete	Nation	Olympics	Substance	Punishment	Notes	Ref.
František Pospíšil	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1976	codeine	Unknown	His team was allowed to continue playing and won the silver medal, but was forced to forfeit a game he had played in against Poland.
Jaroslaw Morawiecki	Poland (POL)	1988	testosterone	18 month suspension from IIHF	The Polish team was allowed to continue playing, but were stripped of two points they earned in a victory over France.
Mattias Öhlund	Sweden (SWE)	2002	acetazolamide	None	He had inadvertently ingested the substance in medication he was taking after undergoing eye surgery and was not suspended.
Bryan Berard	United States (USA)	2006	19-Norandrosterone	Two year suspension from IIHF No punishment from NHL	Berard, who had competed in 1998, was not named to the American roster but was tested in 2005 because he was listed as apotential player for the team.
José Théodore	Canada (CAN)	2006	Finasteride	Two year suspension from IIHF No punishment from NHL	Failed a drug test because he was taking Propecia, a hair loss medication which contains the non-performance enhancing drug Finasteride. He was not named to the Canadian roster but was tested in 2005 because he was listed as a potential player for the team.

If it's too obtrusive, it can be made collapsible (like this). However, the problem is that one would expect it to include all examples, rather than just the notable ones (I went through google news but I'm sure I'm missing some cases). -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 15:10, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I meant to move the nation row. I didn't think it was really necessary (but feel free to re-add it). I don't think there is anything major that could be added. Also, could you please link me to the bit in the MOS about collapsible tables? I haven't been able to find it. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 20:40, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Input request

Your input would be greatly appreciated here. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:39, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Jane Park

Could you point out the sources for your new numbers for Jane Park DYK? Looking at the footnotes, it seem like they support the old numbers. Regards, —Mattisse (Talk)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of career achievements by Kobe Bryant/archive1

Hi, I've addressed your comments. Could you take a look? Thanks a lot—Chris! _ct 00:52, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA X Division Champions

I answered your question at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA X Division Champions.--WillC---Joe's gonna kill you!!!) 23:51, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Is this resolved? I will support if it is. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:14, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Your questions are finished, once again. Also thank you for taking the time out to review the list.--WillC---Joe's gonna kill you!!!) 00:55, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I finished all the problems you've left for me to do. Is there anything else you would like done?--WillC---Joe's gonna kill you!!!) 03:34, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

In the above FLC, and others I have done recently, you asked if I would be expanding the main championship article, and I replied with yes. Well I completed the first championship article of many a while ago, and I just thought to show it to you, to show I'm a man of my word. It is the TNA X Division Championship. Hopefully you are pleased with it, and do not believe that the above list could have been included with-in it.--WillC 07:32, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Proposed move that involves one of your FLs

See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Basketball Association#Season list article titles. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:43, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Football League#Season list article titles. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:47, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Jane Park

On March 28, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jane Park, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Shubinator (talk) 15:45, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment

Your concerns have been addressed, thanks in advance for reviewing.--Best, ₮RUCӨ 22:33, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

New FL criteria discussion: Final phase

Hello, I think we've hammered out a good revised Featured List criteria here. If this passes, there will be quite a few FLs that could soon be delisted just because of 3b. With that in mind, I'd like to get comments and opinions from all FLC regulars and everyone else who has participated in the discussion before it's implemented. Thanks, Scorpion⁰⁴²² 17:44, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

NFL FLRC

You may want to take a look at this. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:27, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

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

Your concerns have been addressed at the above FLC.--WillC 06:09, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for leaving comments at the List of TNA X Division Champions and List of TNA World Tag Team Champions FLCs. TNA X Division Champions passed and your comments helped to make that possible. You comments have also helped List of TNA World Tag Team Champions become a better article and made me more aware of problems with-in list articles. Thank you for taking the time out to review both.--WillC 23:48, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

List of members of the Basketball Hall of Fame

A couple questions about the linked article (User:Chrishomingtang and I intend to take it to FLC):

• How does it look overall?
• What more is neeeded?
• The Achivements column (see coaches list; it's not close to being finished); do you think it's necessary?

Thanks, 15:16, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. The achievements column will be extended to all inductees when it's done. I'll remove the fair use pictures and find some third-party references. Dabomb87 (talk) 18:29, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ROH World Champions

All concerns have been taken care of. Is there anything else?--WillC 17:04, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

1998–99 NBA lockout

I think this has potential to be good article. Are you planning to nominate in the future? If so, that would be great. Anyway, I don't mean to bug you. So, Cheers—Chris! _ct 19:02, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, I don't think I can give you much tips except to say that I believe you are well prepared given your experience reviewing FAC.—Chris! _ct 05:38, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Someone reviewed this already in case you didn't notice.—Chris! _ct 20:47, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Sydney Roosters

Can you take another look at this cometime? YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) 06:03, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Seems a bit quiet in there YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) 06:55, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK for 1998–99 NBA lockout

On April 17, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1998–99 NBA lockout, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

∗ \ / (⁂) 13:16, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

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

All your concerns have been met at the above FLC, would you please return to it.--WillC 08:36, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of San Francisco Giants managers/archive1

Care to revisit? Dabomb87 (talk) 02:16, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Jesus College Boat Club (Oxford)/archive1

Thanks for your suggested improvements to this article. I've attempted to address the points you made; if you get a chance to check back and see whether there's anything still outstanding, I'd be grateful. Thanks, Bencherlite^Talk 22:08, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Heavyweight Championship

Hello, could you revisit your comments here? I believe work has been done to address them. Thanks, — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 16:05, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2009 WWE Draft

Thanks for the comments, replied.--Truco 02:53, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Citations string

Well, at least only Tallon and Saggers have 34 of them. Most of the others only had 20-odd, once... YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) 01:57, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

REady YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) 01:47, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

and again. Thanks for that YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) 03:00, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Serena Williams

Hello. As a significant contributor to this article during its recent drive towards WP:FAC, I'm just posting a quick reminder to say, firstly, great work and, secondly, please continue with the great work. We're pretty close to a nomination and further help, particularly with citations on playing style, may just help clinch it. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:18, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

spelling out numbers

I agree entirely: to me, "five cats and 32 dogs" is just dandy. That advice has been in MOSNUM since pussy was a kitten. Just as well it's cast in watery terms, with the fingerprints of Anderson's recent tampering; it's one of the few I don't mind.

I'll check out the nomination now. Ta. Tony (talk) 12:31, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Giants2008. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/United States Academic Decathlon/archive1.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Thanks for your review. Also, do you really have to rub it in? :( NW (Talk) ^{(How am I doing?)} 01:51, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the review at UFC 94

Hey, sorry for taking so long to get back. Thanks a lot for the feedback you were able to provide at the article. I have begun to work through some of the preliminary issues raised, and will continue to do so in the coming days. I was able to get a good idea of what we need to look out for thanks to the review. Bad intentionz (talk) 03:31, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Tiger Woods GAR

Tiger Woods has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Articles are typically reviewed for one week. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 14:20, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your efforts on this. I am following along and am pleased at the progress. I will impose no deadline on continued progress toward resolving the issues of the GAR. Don't worry about the one week deadline.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:21, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

You have gotten this down to six paragraphs without citation. However, it has been a week since you have done any work on the article. It is very close to the proper quality level to keep. Are you finished with your revisions?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 16:16, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Although there is no official rule, generally, the quality level necessary to keep a GA rating is lower than the contemporary quality level required for promotion to GA. Although this might need some further work if it were a GAC, I am satisfied that rounding out the refs is good enough to keep it at GA for now.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 17:56, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Bob Cousy Award

Hi, could you review this for me? It is currently at peer review. It would be greatly appreciated.—Chris! _ct 21:48, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

Thank you for participating in my recent RfA, which was unable pass with a final tally of (45/39/9). I plan on addressing the concerns raised and working to improve in the next several months. Hopefully, if/when I have another RfA I will win your support. Special thanks go to MBisanz, GT5162, and MC10 for nominating me. Thanks again, -download ׀ sign! 01:31, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Re:Image

No, I think it should be left in for the time being and I'll figure out what to do. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 14:29, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Re: Dashes

Thanks mate for the useful information about dashes. I will look forward to improve the article as much as I could. Arteyu ? _{Blame it on me !} 18:54, 13 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) 08:59, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

This is just a follow-up. Time's running down on the review, and I wanted to see if you had anything else to add. Thanks! JKBrooks85 (talk) 05:01, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Paula Creamer section move

Sorry about that. I don't know what I was thinking. It's back where it belongs now. --Crunch (talk) 20:07, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Saucon Valley Country Club

On May 16, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Saucon Valley Country Club, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Paxse (talk) 00:14, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Geoffrey Boycott/archive1

Work has been done on your points, would it be possible for you to revisit the FAC and see what you think? Cheers SGGH ^ping! 09:43, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Rob Pelinka

As far as further time on this, I have attemped to address most of your concerns although I do not understand one of them. I hope you might return to give this article further consideration.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:23, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

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

All your concerns have been addressed at the above FLC.--WillC 11:45, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

I left a question for you at the FLC.--WillC 22:59, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/1900 Summer Olympics medal table/archive2

Made a sort of compromise proposal about the3b issues. Geraldk (talk) 20:32, 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 your concerns, so I would appreciate it if you could check back when you have a chance. Thanks again, GaryColemanFan (talk) 22:23, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

1995 Brazilian Grand Prix

Hi Giants2008. I noticed you a while back reviewed one of the other 1995 Grand Prix article I've been working on - the 1995 Pacific GP article. I was wondering whether you could peer review the 1995 Brazilian Grand Prix article for me, leaving you're comments here. If you could make any comments at the PR, that'd be great. Kind regards, D.M.N. (talk)

I've replied to TRM's concerns - so you can do a review if you wish. :) D.M.N. (talk) 08:49, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Ah, OK. BTW, my revert here was completely accidental - accidentally clicked the "Rollback" button. =O D.M.N. (talk) 21:40, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks for the PR comments, to which I've replied. :) D.M.N. (talk) 18:54, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award

I copied the table from List of Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award winners by age at win, but did not copy the reference --- that's now on the talk page for Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award. The former article seems a good example of WP:listcruft but has some valuable info that should be incorporated into the latter article.Greedyhalibut (talk) 03:50, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

1998–99 NBA lockout (2)

Do you plan on taking this to FAC anytime soon after GAN? Dabomb87 (talk) 23:16, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I think it does need a bit more work, although it has shaped up nicely. For example, why was the Larry Bird exemption named as it was? Dabomb87 (talk) 01:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of winners of the London Marathon/archive1

Hiya. I've addressed your concerns at the FLC. Table Font size is now 100%. Best, Matthewedwards :  Chat  04:08, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Jackie Robinson FAC

Would you mind returning to the article to see if the rationales for the fair use images are now up to snuff? The nominator has kept all five of the images, and only under repeated pressure has he made an effort to substantively improve their rationales. I'm afraid he's pissed me off sufficiently that I've had to recuse myself from dealing with the FAC anymore. As the reviewer who originally raised the problem, your view of the rationales' current quality would be very valuable. DocKino (talk) 20:12, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

mea culpa

Hi,

I'm here to apologize if I insulted you, hurt your feelings or offended you a while back .. an auto racing FAC, IIRC. I had been dealing with vast reservoirs of bitterness toward Wikipedia that had me dealing with successive bouts of burnout. Fortunately, I really think I've turned a corner... I still think the writing in the car FAC sucked horribly. I'm not saying that to salvage my pride/cover my butt; I really, sincerely think it sucked & was not FA-worthy per 1a. But I s'pose I could have been a bit more tactful in my presentation. :-) Ling.Nut (talk) 02:47, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Fantasy Black Channel

Hi there, I was wondering if you have had the chance to see my replies and work following your comments on the FAC page. If so, are you satisfied? And are you able to take a stance on the article? The FA review's been filibustering for a while now. Rafablu88 (talk) 16:01, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/1995 European Grand Prix/archive1

Hi, just letting you know I've got round to expanding the lead a little and adding details on where the race was held the previous year. Only bit I'm unsure about is the "italics for printed publications" bit, although I've left a reply at the FAC about that. Apologies for the delay. Best, D.M.N. (talk) 13:38, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

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

All comments have been addressed at the above FLC.--WillC 22:01, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

• Could you return to the review, I left a statement for you?--WillC 23:57, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
  • Fixed the sorting. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:45, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

New college football FAC

I just wanted to let you know that I'm planning to submit 2009 Orange Bowl as an FAC shortly. It'd be a big help if you could take a look at it before I submit it to see if there's any glaring mistakes or things I should take care of before it starts the process. Thanks! JKBrooks85 (talk) 11:53, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Early life of Keith Miller

Replied YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) 07:40, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions/archive1

All your concerns have been addressed at the above FLC. You've heard that many times before, good format for a sentence, don't fix something that doesn't need fixing is what I think. Thank you for your comments they have been very helpful! Also if you are up to it, I just thought to bring it to your attention now. I nominated another article for FAC and if you don't mind, could you leave some comments for it at its FAC? Only if you want to, I don't want to impose. It is the TNA X Division Championship and its FAC nomination is located here.--WillC 15:24, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Okay, take your time. If you want to review it, then you can. If you don't feel like it, then don't worry about it. I'm in no rush. I don't expect the X Title to pass anyway for some reason, considering it is the first championship article that has been nominated for FAC. Hopefully I'll get lucky.--WillC 15:00, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the comments. All are helpful. I'm not a very good writer as you can see, so sorry about the problems. Thank you again for the comments. There is a discussion going on about a sourcing problem on the article's talk page. If you have time, could you be apart of it? The more opinions, the better.--WillC 03:12, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

New LPGA players photos

Hello, Keith Allison has made a trip to LPGA Championship again and released another set of photos on flickr. The ones I've transfered into commons are now under the commons:Category:2009 LPGA Championship category. I guess you will want to use them in relevant infoboxes/articles. There is still a bunch of those where I couldn't identify the players pictured - a volunteer with a good eye will come handy :) BR, Wmigda (talk) 07:41, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Luton Town F.C. FAC

I've sorted all the issues risen by you—do you still oppose? Cheers, Cliftonian • talk 07:47, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

I've asked my pal Casliber to give it a run through here. I'll let you know when he gets done with it. Cheers, Cliftonian • talk 13:48, 14 June 2009 (UTC)