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DYK for Nio Joe Lan

Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Kamehameha Statues

Could you help me separate the article [[Kamehameha Statue]s] into a pre-06:39, August 16, 2012 version called

Kamehameha Statues (original cast)? I don't have the heart to revert User:Agupta72 since most of it is sourced so I think a link to them on a parent Kamehameha Statues article will suffice,--KAVEBEAR (talk) 06:02, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Great North 10K

Hi, is there any chance I could be added to the DYK credit for

Hi Crisco 1491. Would you be so kind as to move a copy of the deleted article to my sandbox or userspace? I would like to work on it. I would have copied it proactively, but I didn't think the deletion discussion was approaching consensus yet. I'm surprised a 126 year old hospital at the heart of a community can be so easily deleted, but perhaps I can find some better sourcing with a little effort. Thanks. Candleabracadabra (talk) 06:26, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Great! Thank you very much. I appreciate your help. Candleabracadabra (talk) 06:53, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Just a thanks for your support and thoughtful comments over on Pskys page. I'm sorely tempted to start a protest movement (bowel-related pun intended) to encourage people to put random swear words into edit summaries -- only in a clearly NPA manner - to make a point. Except I suppose that would be too WP:POINT-y. We are livingin strange times. Montanabw(talk) 17:35, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

  • Don't mention it. It seems to be a distinctly common occurrence with that editor and 9 times out of 10 I have a Facepalm Facepalm moment when reading his/her replies. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:15, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
I'm noting that {[facebalm}} thingy! Thanks! Montanabw(talk) 19:25, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Crisco, the original hook for this article was objected to on a couple of grounds by one of the reviewers, which is where the ALT1 came from, and my suggested ALT1a which fixed some minor problems in the ALT1. Obviously, as I suggested ALT1a, I can't make the change myself to the promoted hook in Prep 4, which is why I'm dropping a note here. I should also mention that Ohconfucius came through and eliminated a couple of wikilinks in the main hook, but didn't bother carrying that through to either of the ALTs. I leave it to your judgment, should you use an ALT, as to whether those wikilinks should be retained or removed. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:23, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Late thought: I think I would change "contesting" to "who contested", since the election was held five days ago. (It goes with "was" in the ALTs.) BlueMoonset (talk) 04:26, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
  • The objection that I saw was that "half the candidates" implies that there were many candidates, an issue that (although I can understand where the objection came from) is farcical: "half the candidates", if we follow a dictionary definition, requires there only to be two candidates. Thus the hook is not misrepresentative and/or inaccurate. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:28, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
Did the grammar change. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:29, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
  • Gibmetal 77 did say he preferred ALT1a, though we don't always go with the creator's preference. And, I have to say, I think "leaders" is superior to "figures". Since "half" and "are" imply between them that there are at least two candidates who were children, it covers the minimum possibility (two of four), which is the actual number, so I guess we're set there. Thanks for fixing the grammar. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:21, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Alaska Purchase (hi-res).jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 12:42, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Greetings! I'm just curious as to your rationale for concluding the above AFD was a no-consensus. I know AfD isn't a vote count, but the only opinions expressed were delete votes (and, at the risk of tooting my own horn, I think they were both sound and policy-based). In any event, do you have any issue with me immediately re-nominating? It's horribly sourced and my own searching did little to convince me that there's any chance that will improve (particularly since I suspect the company is no longer operating). ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 21:45, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

  • No, no issues with having another run. It's hard to say there was a "consensus" when only two people !voted (not very solid, not something we should base decisions off of) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:14, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
I figured as much. Okay, thanks! ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 01:48, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK nomination

I nominated Juan Antonio Yanes which isn't a self-nomination, for DYK, but there is a problem. Three of the sentences are not referenced and it seems like they are from the offline references, but I can't tell. Do you think that the best thing to do would be to remove those sentences if not verified with an online source or fixed by the creator? SL93 (talk) 02:30, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Upcoming DYK

Hey, Crisco! You seem to be a person of sense, so if you have a moment, maybe as an admin you could check and potentially change something? I've outlined the issue here [1]. There's no dissent, but nobody seems to be around, and that awkward hook is scheduled to appear on the Main Page soon. What do you think? Awien (talk) 12:39, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Saw it was done, thought it was probably you. Awien (talk) 01:33, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Hans Bartels (1906-1997)

Bung, sy ketemu biografi lengkap

Hans Bartels di jurnal Ardea (Ardea sendiri merupakan nama genus burung
). Mau sy buatkan biografinya d Wikipedia Indonesia. Di situ lengkap dgn 2 foto oleh Hans Bartels. Itu bisa masuk Commons ga'? Klu pun tdk, tlg diusahakan bisa masuk Commons 'ya pak? :-)

Ini linknya: Ardea Salam. --Akbar ini dari Kalbar 01:25, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

  • Sepertinya tidak bisa. Gambar Hans sendiri tidak ada sumber untuk kapan itu pertama kali diterbitkan, dan gambar satunya lagi diterbitkan pada tahun 1937 - jadi tidak mungkin WU di AS. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:28, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
'Astajim (singkatan dari ASTAghfirullahal AJIM). Jadi, yg satunya lagi,
Anthracoceros albirostris ssp. convexus itu tdk bisa masuk Commons hanya karna dikeluarkan pada tahun '37? Sumbernya jelas, fotografernya jelas (Max Bartels), dan penerbitnya jelas, Nederlandsche Commissie voor Internationale Natuur-bescherming, Mededeelingen No. 11 (1937). Kemudian, apa yg salah dgn foto ini? --Akbar ini dari Kalbar 01:42, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
Ya.... d Kranten ada gx? Klo masih ada d Kranten, kita nyaman. Bisa langsung ambil foto d sana. Kasi referensi apa begitu, klo dari sana. Dah itu, mudah-mudahan sy diberi celah memasukkan foto 'ni. --Akbar ini dari Kalbar 01:58, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
  • Kranten hanya aman untuk foto-foto dari Hindia Belanda, karena hak cipta Indonesia yang dihitung, bukan hak cipta Belanda (karena itu, ada gambar-gambar produksi Djaoeh Dimata yang saya tidak berani menggunakan). Apakah Bartels sempat aktif di Hindia Belanda? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:02, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
Pernah. Begini alurnya, tahun '30 dia kawin, lalu bekerja di lembaga
Batrachostomus poliolophus. Tahun 40-42, jadi tentara. Hans kembali k Belanda tahun '47. Tahun '48, kembali dia k Indonesia. Tahun '52, dia pulang k Belanda. Tahun 1975-1979, dia k Jawa, Sumatera, dan Bali utk ikut tur. --Akbar ini dari Kalbar 07:08, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
Yah... Sial lagi. Stajim. Klo gitu harus buka Biodiversity Heritage Library atawa archive. --Akbar ini dari Kalbar 07:25, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Expand in article

Hello Crisco1492, I was wondering if you would be interested on helping me expand an article (espically on the lead), it is the following:

I understand. But this will mean the world to me, if you say yes! I hope you can think about it. When, you made you're choice, please contact me on my talk page.

FAC

I was just about to ask a delegate for permission to start a new FAC when

Pacific Swift
is a far eastern species. It's not well studied, so it's quite short. Do you have anything up and running?

I'll have a look at the GA if I get time, no promises, I have busy weekend coming up... and it's still sunny! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 05:47, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Bahaha

I think the edit this refers to is where I reverted his unexplained removal of referenced content. The problem (which i always think should be rather obvious) in accusing editors of bias, is leaving oneself open to similar accusations. The combination of the editor's comments on my page, and their contributions, suggests to me they think a pro-Dutch bias is OK but an (alleged) pro-Indonesian bias is not. It's not the first time I've been left wondering if a pro-Dutch bias is OK whereas a pro-Indonesian bias is not. ;-) --Merbabu (talk) 05:54, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

  • Which is exactly why I've used tortured phrasing like "a 1948 film from what is now Indonesia[footnote]" at
    undue prominence to another opinion is POV pushing. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:10, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
Yes, and writing (paraphrased) "Indonesia recognises 1945, and Netherlands recognises 1949" is always better than (once again, paraphrased) "it was 1949 although Indonesia claims 1945" is basic NPOV writing - something that our friend also doesn't seem to understand. Oh, and the notion that sovereignty was "given" vs. "recognised". Subtle? Maybe. Significant? certainly. That will need to be fixed --Merbabu (talk) 06:43, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
Dutch–Indonesian_Round_Table_Conference#Indonesian_independence_day:_Netherlands_accepts_1945 - although perhaps the point is not so relevant to the article. It's a point most non-Indonesians miss, but it is very dear to Indonesians, as you no doubt know. Ie, sovereignty was not Dutch to be given by the Dutch, but to be asserted by Indonesia and recognised by others, including the Dutch. --Merbabu (talk) 06:53, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK question

I didn't include italics for a film article in the hook, but I was wondering if that is acceptable in this case - Template:Did you know nominations/Sharknado. SL93 (talk) 06:48, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 July 2013

Your edit without source

Please give your source that Ben Bot has said de jure instead of de facto, hre's my source;

http://www.novatv.nl/page/detail/nieuws/8169/De+volledige+toespraak+van+Bot+waarin+hij+17+augustus+erkent

This is the speech he gave, you can read that he has said - de facto - --ArmTheInsane (talk) 14:17, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

  • I didn't add "de jure" anywhere in the article. Not adding information = not having to give a source. Multiple sources give the 2005 announcement as "recognising 17 August 1945 as the date of Indonesian independence" without going into de jure/de facto, so that is one (and likely the most neutral) way to approach the issue. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:23, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
  • Or, actually develop it into a fairly full paragraph which the de facto statement as part of a wider topic regarding Dutch recognition (and thus not appear to be pushing a de jure/de facto argument). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:38, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Request for your feedback

Hi Crisco, I wonder if you could provide a view on the issues that are being raised at Template:Did you know nominations/Devil's Gap Footpath. Basically, is an editor allowed to reject an article on the basis that he doesn't think it's notable, even though it's never been at AfD? Prioryman (talk) 19:23, 12 July 2013 (UTC) See also

WT:DYK#Third Fourth opinion requested. Prioryman (talk) 19:57, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

To borrow Fram's term, I've replied but you won't necessarily like it. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:16, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Adoption

Hello, Crisco! I'm Mach, i've read your profile in the Adopt-a-user's Adoptee's area and im wondering if you can provide me mentorship? --MachKushay t c 14:47, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Indonesian Wikipedia

Hi Crisco. I'm preparing messages for some of our smaller wikis in regards to the VisualEditor rollout, which will be happening for them on the 29th. You are fairly fluent in Indonesian, no? I'm looking for someone to help me translate a brief message for id.wikipedia. If you don't have time, or are too busy, no worries (but maybe you could point me in the direction of a likely helper?) Thanks kindly, PEarley (WMF) (talk) 02:04, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Awesome, Crisco. I don't have the message done up yet, is it okay if I email it to you tomorrow? PEarley (WMF) (talk) 02:27, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
Righteous. By the end of this, I'll know how to thank you in Indonesian. PEarley (WMF) (talk) 02:46, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
Mail you've got. PEarley (WMF) (talk) 19:56, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Upload imgae

You can forget about helping with the article, that I've asked. I was wondering if you are good at uploading images? Because if you are, I was wondering if you could upload this image for me, then crooped it to have two diffrent images? Please? It will be greatly appreciated!

Okay. So how about this image?
Okay I understanding. When you time, can you please find an 2013 image of
Okay. I still don't understand why we can't upload this image, when I have seen so many images that users non-commercial for example : this.
Okay So how about this image?
What do you mean by explicit? I don't understand, why this image can't be uploaded. 15:53, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
SoapFan12
Understood, I have a new FL nomination up, can you please give me some comments, it links to the following :

Master Vile

You deleted this redirect following the AFD on

Villains in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and it was never restored when the article was undeleted. Would you mind restoring it and any other redirects you may have deleted at the time?—Ryulong (琉竜) 18:35, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Autumn Leaf request @ Commons

Hi Crisco, there's something I want to get clear there. Further discussion please on my Commons talk or the delete request page. Thanks.

PR

No problem, I will get to it later this week. I don't have anything immediately lined up yet, but there are a few possibilities! Sarastro1 (talk) 19:37, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

For more on earthy British idioms, I recommend the legendary Viz as a good starting place..[2][3]

If the

DYK queue 2

I was wondering if you could add a lead hook to queue 2. The template updates in 23 minutes. SL93 (talk) 23:38, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

3RR

Hi Crisco. About the 3RR - I thought it applied to reverting the same edit/ editor 3 times. I see now it is about any 3 reverts. Glad I found out in time - before getting myself in a spot. I do appreciate your gesture. As for civility, none of this would have happened had I been dealing with people genuinely dealing with the value of the information. But no, I was immediately broadsided by people with a long track record of deleting anything negative towards Flickr. That's not healthy for the WP. Two of these people tried their best to derail/ undo/ diminish the section on the controversy and managed to keep out most references to user discontent. I pointed this out in the present discussion, but one of the users in question deleted it twice. I would have thought it would be illegal to remove parts of an on-going debate - especially where it is merely calling on other editors to take into account the historical conduct of that editor on that same page. If I say eggs taste bad and you revert me, fair enough; but if I see that you have the habit of always deleting anything bad about eggs while always defending all that is good about them, then that goes to impartiality and ultimately to credibility. If I tell people to look up the proof and you delete that, it confirms that you don't want others to actually be alerted to your historical involvement with the subject. But surely then, a note should be left to the effect that parts of the discussion have been deleted - I don't know, I try to not get involved too much with policy (perhaps unfortunately). At any rate, I have crossed the cost/ benefit boundary (the time I have spent on Flickr) and if I am not going to be engaging with any serious editors (present company excluded, as you were not part of the whole saga) then there is no point spending another minute on this. But thanks for your contribution. Best regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 11:46, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Indonesia GAs

I've added the poet and cinema articles to me to-do list..Tibetan Prayer 12:33, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Made some additions you might want to check them. The Echols source, the book I got it from was a 2009 reprint, if you have the 1956 book check to see if it is page 14. Hope this is OK. I'll try to find more tomorrow. Not an easy subject, you've done a remarkable job on it so far.Tibetan Prayer 19:48, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

  • Very nice. I'm not too sure of the weight of the Sultan blurb (Amir's prose has received much less analysis in general, and seems to have had much less influence) but if we can find more about his short stories then we can definitely have a paragraph. or two. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:04, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
Yes, it does need to be more integrated into the text and might seem a little sporadic, but it would be good if other works has that sort of commentary to balance it out a bit. On the DYK front, I may as well still be credited for the outstanding ones, but at the rate the "crackdown" is going there'll be nothing left to go through!Tibetan Prayer 09:53, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
  • 1st point: Yeah, definitely need to look into it. I'm doing "my daily penance", and it's not looking too bad. I want to more or less have the influences section completed today.
  • 2nd point: I may take a look, though I generally don't go to T:TDYK unless I'm going to nominate something. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:07, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
  • Tibetan Prayer (gosh, what short form should I use? TP is certainly not the best possibility...), I'm done for tonight on that article if you want to play with it. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:51, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

FAC reviewing

I chuckled at your small-print addition to my mock rant at Ian. Good advice, which I shall follow, thank you. And thank you too for your generous offer to fine-tune the tags of all the images I've drawn on for Britten. I find Commons a very mixed blessing. Any inexpert punter like me who draws on it in all innocence is liable to find he's peddling forged currency. Best, Tim riley (talk) 15:31, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hey! I'm traveling right now and will continue resolving your comments for Fashion. Thank You.:)—

FL

Hi Crisco! Would you please look at

Okay.—
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, File:US-$10-LT-1901-Fr.114.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 07:57, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Coins galore

If you get a sec, go to Commons and pull my contributions. I'm uploading some incredible stuff from that coin dealer who gave me permission. It's not everything I need, but it's an awful lot.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:29, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

They are. He's very skilled at coin photography, which is certainly an art. Why not remove them as I do the articles? That should keep the workload easy. I'm probably going to start with those 1903 to 1905 gold dollars. But could you remove the background from this? You see how perfectly it bridges my specialty of numismatics, and the 1896 election. I had looked into purchasing one but they cost several hundred dollars each. Thanks.--Wehwalt (talk) 14:54, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
  • I'll do that when I get back to my laptop, as GIMP is best for making circles of the exact size you want (it allows you to change the selection size, which Photoshop doesn't seem to allow) and this computer doesn't have it installed. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:00, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
  • The first article using the new images is done, here. I think nothing more complicated than it was the first gold US commemorative is needed, if you care to do the honors. There's two medals I'm waiting on, and I'll need you to clip the backgrounds once I get those done, if it's OK.--Wehwalt (talk) 17:23, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Cake

Holy moly Crisco, that is some cake. Amazing! Was it tasty? Have we discussed spekkoek yet, and will you send me some if I send you some Lacan or whatever? Drmies (talk) 02:30, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

  • Very very sugary. Oh, lapis legit? That stuff is good (but would it hold in the two / three weeks it takes to ship?) BTW, check out the image for LoS. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:35, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
    • You're version is much nicer. --kelapstick(bainuu) 02:54, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
    • Thanks! (Just wish Drmies had provided a bit better lighting ;) ) This image is so precious, Drmies. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:00, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
      • Yeah, me too. I hit some autocorrect button (iPhone) but that didn't do much. The light bulb here in the living room is of an amazingly yellow yellowness, I'm afraid, but it's late and I'm old and tired and too lazy to get up and find a better spot. Also, I was playing backgammon with the oldest while I was taking the photo and uploading it, so I can claim I did something parental with 'em today, haha. Little rat beat me too, throwing one double after another. Crisco, it's nice to have kids. Two of them are girls and that fills me with great joy-- and trepidation, just thinking about all the harm that can befall girls in this terrible, terrible world. (Anyone read about what's happening in the Congo?) Brrr. Drmies (talk) 03:06, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
        • Congo... *brain bleach*. Yeah, it's terrifying. We don't have any children yet, though the Mrs. really wants one. I'm worried about our finances though: a doctorate, if I go for it straight after my masters, is a pretty penny and a half. With a child, would we have the money? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:09, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
          • It's never a good time, there's never enough money, so you might as well go ahead and make one, or two. Seriously. Don't they have teaching assistantships over there that pay for tuition? Can't you make a living yet simply on blocks alone? Kids are nice, man, especially if they are as smart and beautiful as mine. Oh, I can probably get blocked for saying that. Hey, and there's something else that's totally cool (at least according to my wife): cloth diapers. Those diapers are collectors items and fetch more than the original price, even when shat in. Drmies (talk) 04:25, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
            • I was actually hoping on Oz(tralia), so there should be something like that. As for the cloth diapers.... ugh. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:54, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
              • Oh, ok--hadn't considered that. Maybe Laura Hale will let you stay on the couch while you go school shopping. Those cloth diapers, it ain't so bad, and you're saving a LOT of trash. (Look, you're going to have to deal with shit one way or another, and your own child's ain't so bad. It's not like RFAR or something like that.) It's become something of a subculture, which you'll see if you're able to check out the chatboards on the company website. I installed a special sprayer coming from the tank of the toilet bowl for easy cleaning. One more thing, and I say this as an older person: nurse nurse nurse. Best thing you can ever do for your child. US culture is hardly supportive of nursing, and I hope that it's better wherever you'll be at. Drmies (talk) 13:33, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi Crisco, I just semi-protected this after some edit warring. I was wondering if you could weigh in on the dispute though, is the Indonesian Navy, or as I presume they call it in Indonesia, the Navy, the biggest in Southeast Asia? Mark Arsten (talk) 14:54, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Question/request

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Did_you_know_nominations/25_Luglio

This article is GTG. The reviewer wants it up on July 25. Never had this done before. Hiw can we make the request come out on that date? Proudbolsahye (talk) 15:39, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 July 2013

Hi, I advised the author of this not to bunch and replicate books in the notes section and put them underneath. I began converting them to sfn notes and thought he'd be happy to continue but he seems rather upset with beginning to overhaul the references. Sfn isn't compulsory but isn't it ill-advised not to replicate books in the notes and also underneath? Care to comment?Tibetan Prayer 19:18, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

  • Erm, I think I see only one which is repeated at the bottom, namely Glenn, Virginia. The others are not used as much, so that must be why they weren't moved to the bottom as well. I don't like that referencing style either, but it's certainly within guidelines. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:06, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Burying the past

While I'm not unpleased that all your pointing out of my sloppy prose have been excised and now forgotten about....think you removed more here than you meant to [4]. Ceoil (talk) 00:16, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

I mean you inadvertently deleted a bunch of stuff. My watchlist reads (-4,650)‎ . .Crisco 1492 (talk | contribs) (s, re) Ceoil (talk) 00:47, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
  • Thanks, I appreciate it. I'd been tearing out my hair (well, not quite!) trying to find translations of the inscriptions and had given up, but had intended the article to be structured as it is now and not before it went to FAC. So, in this case it's nice to keep all the comments together – although seemingly a minor comment, it brought the page together in a good way. I'm really pleased with the result and always happy when a review pushes the page into a much improved state than it was before FAC, if that makes any sense. Victoria (talk) 12:32, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

continued slow edit war

So, you (rightly) protected Template:FAC-instructions, and as soon as the protection was removed, PumpkinSky went right back to edit warring. And he's doing the same at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. What's next? Do you warn him? Do I report him to 3RR for slow edit warring? If the goal is to continue to give a bad name to the FA process, it's succeeding. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:38, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

And let's not forget Imadzi is using rollback for non-vandalism, or did you conveniently forget that sandy. And why have TFAR's instructions been left alone? What about Imadzi's edit war? Did you forget that too? The others were changed with no complaints. Sandy, give it a rest, Raul is gone and there's no reason to pretend he's still here. And you were going to notify me and Imzadi of this? This isn't giving FAC a bad name, just you a bad name.PumpkinSky talk 02:20, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
  • Alright, I'm here all. PSky, could we wait until the RFC closes and consensus is established before changing anything? At the very least to avoid drama such as this. I have already notified Imzadi about the rollback feature, so don't worry about that. Sandy, I hope we can consider this warning enough (though if another edit war does pop up, no matter who the actors, protection may not be far behind). I don't want to have to block anyone here, although I will if I have to. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:29, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
    • Why is it ok to change FAR and FAC instr and not TFAR? Those have been stable for days. Interesting how no one noticed that, but now that I've blatantly pointed out more wiki hypocrisy I expect someone to go cause more drama. At least be consistent and rv all or none. Go ahead Sandy, have at it and show your undying devotion to the long departed Raul ever more.PumpkinSky talk 02:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
      • Against consensus my ass. The one thing everything agrees on is that Raul is gone, well, except Sandy. Wiki can continue to deny reality. IDGAF anymore.PumpkinSky talk 02:34, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
        • PSky, I agree that most people recognise Raul is likely gone (though I wouldn't say he'll always stay gone), but to avoid drama I really would like to see the process followed thoroughly. Unilateral changes are just going to lead to more drama, as it implies that anyone can change the instructions without repercussions. As for your bad blood with Sandy... can we please not have it manifest on this talk page? I really don't think there's any way that can end well. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:40, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Thanks, Crisco! I'm sorry to see the invective continued here; it seems unavoidable. Out of curiosity, can you tell me how one knows based on edit summaries when rollback was employed? I find nothing in Imzadi's edit summaries that gives me a clue, and would be interested in learning. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 10:52, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Ah ha! I see all your tests-- thanks so much! So, I guess rollback is linking to our article on reverting ... which doesn't make it clear at all when rollback is used. Thanks for the samples. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 11:11, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Question

I am about ready to lose my composure. BlueMoonset said that a promoter, on the DYK talk page, needs to complete a second review. Wikipedia:Did you know/Guide says no such thing. SL93 (talk) 12:50, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

  • What article? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:23, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
    • It isn't in relation to an article, but in general. SL93 (talk) 13:24, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
      • Ah, missed that (been busy expanding something). He did not say that promoters need to complete a second review (in the formal sense used at DYK), but that you should do a quick double check to make sure it does meet the criteria. For some reason I'm not finding it in any of our subpages (the multitude of them!) but it has been an (apparently unwritten) rule for quite a while. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:48, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
        • Alright, but such a rule should probably be written if that is the consensus. I'm confused because he did not use the word quick. My example to him on his talk page was Blofeld's nominations which promoters would rightfully be scared to touch. SL93 (talk) 13:59, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Nor did I say that it was your response. The problem here is that editors should know to not assume things. SL93 (talk) 14:16, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

  • Perhaps, but without a clear change in the subject of the sentence someone skimming might see "His response was ... promoters would rightfully not want to review nominations by Blofeld.", particularly as the sentence "promoters should not be expected to do a deep review" was implicit here. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:19, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Hmm me thinks somebody has taken a disliking to me.. I guess a criticism of short GA review and a blowup over DYK is enough to make somebody loathe a person, I don't blame you SL, but if you got to know me I don't bite and generally don't repel fellow editors!Tibetan Prayer 17:13, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
This has nothing to do with you. SL93 (talk) 17:16, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
I don't even know you are and haven't seen your edits until today. SL93 (talk) 17:17, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Oh, you're Blofeld. Sorry. This discussion isn't that much about you, but I would be lying if I said that I would want to review your articles with everyone else breathing down my back. SL93 (talk) 17:49, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

  • Facepalm Facepalm. Erm, yeah. He's Blofeld. Blofeld's page redirects to Tibetan Prayer now, after all. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:58, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
    • So I am expected to check Blofeld's user page after he left DYK? SL93 (talk) 04:40, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
      • I didn't say that, no, though I would have hoped for a little bit of checking on who Tibetan Prayer is (the link to Dr. Blofeld is right on his user page; "Just an ex-evil villain turned abbot of a monastery in the Shigatse Prefecture of Tibet:"). The alternate account Tibetan Prayer hasn't been a secret for ages... I've known about it since Dr. Blofeld last left DYK circa August 2011. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:46, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Hmmm...not much commitment to leaving DYK back then. SL93 (talk) 04:48, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Can you take a look, please

When you have some time, would you mind taking a preliminary look at User:Ohconfucius/NAIT‎, with a view to submission for FAC or GAC very shortly? Thanks, -- Ohc ¡digame!¿que pasa? 13:11, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

  • Couple of very quick comments: the paragraphs seem quite short overall, some statements should have a reference ("There is no NAIT 4.", for instance), the lede is quite short, and you should not bold different version names in the article text. I'm not familiar enough with the subject area to comment on comprehensiveness, though a couple quotes from reviews would be nice. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:51, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
  • Thanks, I'll work on those points you raised. The bolding was admittedly a bit of a toss-up. I initially wanted to create separate sections for each product but decided against it in favour of bolding. I'll see how to tweak that. -- Ohc ¡digame!¿que pasa? 01:36, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Brattata, Jet Pilot, and Okay Hot-Shot

I need someone to take a look at

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Raden Saleh.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 11:14, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

If those lips could only speak

Failure, I'm sorry to report. The British Library has a copy of the song, but unsurprisingly it doesn't have "ripped-off from a French song" as part of its bibliographical information. I found a mildly promising reference to its inclusion in Ian Whitcombe's Mel Bay presents The Titanic Songbook (1997), but the British Library hasn't got a copy of that. Tim riley (talk) 17:55, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Resolved comments

I have fix the changes that needed to corrected now, I was wondering if you are now able to resolved you're comments or is there more?

Hey

Hey Crisco, I am very thankful of you're comments, it means a lot that you take youre time to review this article. The reason, I am doing terrible in my prose is that my first language wasn't English, so I am still learning how to properly speak and write. Therefore, I am very sorry for my doings. Furthermore, I was wondering if you know anyone who would be interested on reviewing my article ASAP? If you do can you please contact them for me? It will be so much help!

An image created by you has been promoted to
featured picture status
Your image, File:HMAS Australia Oct 1937 SLV straightened.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 08:38, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Culmen

Pak, sy baru tahu kalau lore dlm istilah ilmu burung, itu diartikan sebagai kekang (bulu2 di sekitar yang mengitari mata burung dan memanjang k arah di atas paruh), tarsus adalah tungkai, nah klo culmen itu diartikan sebagai apa, pak? --Akbar ini dari Kalbar 06:11, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Kak, barusan sy menyelesaikan artikel id:Uray Faisal Hamid. Kalau kakak mau berbaik hati sedikit, bisa tdk om terjemahkan artikel itu? Soalnya, sy melihat bahwa d en.wp ini, artikel pengacara, politisi barat, dll sajalah yg sering dijadikan artikelnya. Namun, acapkali tokoh2 timur seumpama artikel yg sy buat ini, kurang dikenal oleh orang barat. Jadi, disebabkan hanya Om seorang yg beta kenal, jadi sy minta tuan terjemah artikel id:Uray Faisal Hamid.

Salam dari warga Pontianak. Kemudian, baru tahu sy klo ada film yg menyebut kata Singkawang d artikel anda. --Akbar ini dari Kalbar 22:47, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

I'm curious as to why you did this, as it had just been relisted two days ago. postdlf (talk) 02:25, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

  • It's in the July 13 log. I see you reverted your removal of it from July 19, so I'll just comment it out from July 13 and remove your second relist notice, and all is well, ok? postdlf (talk) 02:40, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
  • I did, though I think the issue would have been if Theo (the initial relister) was using it (since it was only relisted again because it was on the page for the 13th). With that script, if you move too fast relisting then you end up edit conflicting yourself. It's happened to me before. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:46, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
Same issue with Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yobo Gameware Co. which I reverted as there was a delete comment right before you closed it, AFD been very buggy with the bot down and such. Secret account 04:30, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
  • I must have edit conflicted myself; generally I open a tab for each discussion that I'm planning on relisting and then just go through one by one, waiting for the "Done" before relisting the next—perhaps my new kitten disrupted the flow ;) Theopolisme (talk) 14:38, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK

Hi Crisco 1492, I have seen you around a bit at DYK, and wondered if, as I have 4 DKY credits, you would be able to explain how QPQ, and reviewing nominations in general works? Thanks, Matty.007 17:29, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

  • Well, it's quite straightforward: for every nomination you make, you have to review another. That means the whole thing--checking the hook, verifying sources, checking for plagiarism, checking proper expansion etc, making copyedits to the article and suggestions for improvement. I saw Bluemoonset define it as the whole enchilada including the check mark (you know, the set of symbols of which is one). Drmies (talk) 20:03, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
  • More or less, yes. There are some tools available to help you. For instance, DYKcheck helps you to count the number of characters and check the date and expansion. If the sources are offline or not in English, you can just assume good faith on plagiarism and sourcing. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:14, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
OK, thanks for the help both of you. Matty.007 07:29, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

IndonesiaCanadaPedia

The Gimli Glider and Megawati Sukarnoputri coming up on the Main Page on the same day. It's a start! Awien (talk) 01:05, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

SA, July 23. Awien (talk) 09:36, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
Let's hope not! Awien (talk) 11:09, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
Toes and eyes too: I just noticed we have a whole list of the Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, along with a picture of Beverley McLachlin . . . Awien (talk) 11:30, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Crisco, I was wondering if you could take a look at this and decide whether the nomination can continue or not. Two articles were started a couple of days apart about a man who was about to become an India Supreme Court justice, and the second was nominated the day it was created. (The second creator attempted to have the earlier yet less robust article merged into the newer one, but was rebuffed. Then the contents of the two were combined by a copy of text from the newer into the older, and the older changed to a redirect. (The histories were not merged.)

I've explained what I've been able to find out there: Gfosankar's June 29 article had 605 prose characters prior to Uncletomwood's (the nominator) July 1 article being turned into a redirect and text from it being copied on July 2 into Gfosankar's, making the new total prose 1472 characters. So, is the nomination dead because the nominated article didn't survive, or does the nomination embrace the new combined article and proceed forward, only with some additional DYKmake templates? Please register your opinion/ruling on the template. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 07:04, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Underlinking

Hey there, I was wondering if you can you're imput for my FLC about

If I remove the overlinking for the article, IMO it would lack of visual appeal. Plus, it is extra work, for no reason. Plus, a support and oppose should be based on the featured list criteria not based on this.
I have added class="unsortable", does it allow more linking now? If not, can you please tell me exactly what to add to make it possible.
  • I have added, the sortable but when I do a show preview, the first set of nominees goes under the year. Do it yourself, you will see what I mean. I have added, class = sortable, is that okay now?

TFA

There's just no stopping you, is there. Congrats! Drmies (talk) 21:08, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Ha, I didn't even realize that was you--but I should have assumed it the moment I saw the word "Indonesian". Well done! -- Khazar2 (talk) 21:45, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
  • LoL, thanks both. Yeah, Soegijapranata was written after the biopic came out (sources were plentiful, so I figured...). Luckily for me a lot of the important events in his life happened here in Jogja. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:18, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Crisco, I was wondering whether you wanted to revisit this one again. It doesn't seem like all that much has happened in the two weeks since your last comment. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:27, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK hook request

At Template:Did you know nominations/25 Luglio, the editor had requested for a 25th July promotion. he had noted it so at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#July_25 also and i then shifted the hook in special area yesterday. I see that its not going to displayed on 25th according to the current schedule. It is now in Prep 3 when it should be in Queue 6 or 1. Can you please do the needful? §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 10:33, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Sorry! I might be wrong. I don't know how prep areas move to queues. Maybe Prep 3 will be Queue 1. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 10:35, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
  • Crisco, we've got a bit of an issue with this hook now. I moved it to Prep 1 when we changed the frequency to three sets a day, but now a lead hook has been added immediately before it which is also a World War II hook. One of these should be moved, but as a participant in the Castle Itter hook creation, I shouldn't be the one to do so. There are arguments for keeping both in Prep 1, since moving backward to Prep 4 loses the American audience: Prep 4 will run from 0700 to 1500 Europe time (overnight in the Americas), and Prep 1 from 1500 to 2300 Europe time (American daytime). I think either the two lead hooks or the two second hooks should be swapped to separate the WWII hooks; if you agree, I hope you'll do one of these swaps accordingly, deciding which has to forego the bulk of the American audience. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:32, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
Adding: either or both of these could be promoted at any time, since the queues are empty and these are the only two the second and third of the three filled preps. Fortunately, you're an admin, and can swap whether in prep or queue (and could swap and promote, since we need a promoter...). Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:34, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

2009 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

A rugby fan from New Zealand decided to tag an article that was one in a series of 23 articles on an annual U.S. collegiate soccer tournament as not notable.

An Englishman agreed.

3 Americans disagreed with the 2 non-Americans.

So, you went ahead and deleted 2009 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.

What was the point of the discussion? GWFrog (talk) 14:49, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

  • Should have just finished that thought with "a Canadian closed it" and your fallacy would have been complete. Now. What. In. The. World. Does. Nationality. Have. To. Do. With. Anything?
Please check

A cup of coffee for you!

That's all I got right now, Chris: congratulations! I am very, very happy for you. The thrill of that first publication is hard to beat; I remember mine very well. Drmies (talk) 15:04, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK

I was wondering if you had any ideas on how to handle Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Magdalene (1914 film). I brought up the issues at Wikipedia talk:Did you know#A problem article. I am trying to assume good faith on the part of the creator, like I did when I nominated the article for DYK, but the article will likely still be too unstable for DYK. SL93 (talk) 22:58, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Clink!

Congratulations on the 500 DYK articles! I've read some of them and really appreciate the good job that you do. To celebrate, I figured a cold brewski might be just right. Clink! Rosiestep (talk) 05:47, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Amir

Looks good! When do you plan on GA nomming?Tibetan Prayer 10:00, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

  • Not just yet. At the very least I want to flesh out that bit about Islamic influences (the Johns article would be good for that, "Amir Hamzah: Malay prince, Indonesian poet". In Bastin, J., and Roolvink, R. Malayan and Indonesian studies. Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 303 - 319.)). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:03, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

PR

I'll take a look later today, hopefully. And don't worry, I've a few things to review waiting in the pipeline, but real life is a touch hectic at the moment! Sarastro1 (talk) 12:24, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 July 2013

Video question

You seem to know an awful lot more about this than I do, so...

I've been downloading higher-quality Winsor McCay videos posted by changebeforegoing at YouTube. I've been transcoding them to Theora files and replacing the files that were already there (I've done all but the three Rarebit Fiend videos). While uploading, I was reading Help:Converting videos at Commons, and it recommends WebM over Theora. Given the .ogv files are already uploaded, would it be a good idea also to upload WebM versions? Of course, I don't mean transcoding them from the Theora files, but from the .mp4 and .flv files I downloaded from YouTube. Thanks, Curly Turkey (gobble) 03:54, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Your opinion?

There's a tussle on the talk page here, <sigh>.

Could you take a look and either do nothing or take action as you judge, please? I'm unsure. Tony (talk) 13:26, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

  • Facepalm, alright. Watchlisted (Kiefer doesn't seem to be reinserting his comments anymore, though he is pointing to them and the edit summaries leave little to the imagination). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:30, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. It's all very unhelpful ... the talk-page posts, the arbcom case. ... not to mention the fact that in the US it's quite illegal (hostile work environment); and the long-standing practice of not citing IRC posts without the permission of the writer. Tony (talk) 13:45, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Allah jang Palsoe