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I agree that they should be kept until emptied, but adding 2010-2012 will only encourage people to use them (and conversely keeping years like 1910 active). If [[As of 2012]] produces a red link, people know not to use them, otherwise we'll be fighting an uphill battle... Paulbrock (talk) 18:19, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

While the old "as of" links should be removed, delisting them from WP:As of does not stop people using them, and means we can't track them as easily. However, once the pages such as [[as of 2012]] have been deleted, then by all means remove them from WP:As of, as they are no longer in use. When I reverted your edits, the pages still existed and needed watching. – Ikara ^talk → 18:25, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, we need to delete [[As of x]] as well as delist them; I've left 1990,1992 and 2009 for now in case people spot a gap in the sequence and wonder where they are... Decade barriers seem a sensible cut-off, so I'll try and do the same again once 1990-99 are clear. Paulbrock (talk) 18:31, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, since all the pages have now been deleted I removed them from WP:As of again. It would be helpful if we could clear out all the months up to 2005 as well. Your approach seems sensible and effective, thanks – Ikara ^talk → 18:35, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On 25 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rob Swire, 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 .

-- Congrats on the article! Alansohn (talk) 07:37, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm assuming you're heavily involved with a lot of

You're specific request was for personnel on "

Note: some Pendulum articles may fail at Start class (second point) due to a poor Lead section: little content and/or doesn't summarise entire article. Hence they would be Stub class for some editors.Shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 21:15, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I know the feeling, but you could start with assessing others as a good way to learn about writing better articles yourself, eventually you get less biased at self-assessment (at least, I hope I have). Also assessing gives back to wikipedia by providing editors some advice.

If interested in Australian music you could check

If wishing to assess articles then hop into whichever level you like: I started with unassessed ones (where I met some Pendulum stuff) but there's only three or four left there now. So I've moved on to unknown-importance with over 4500 articles. That should keep me busy for the next few years (decades?) I picked these Categories so that I would come across lots of different styles and class levels, very few had comments added. They tend to be done by starting editors or are old articles.

However, I prefer to remain an editor primarily and only do limited numbers of assessments (up to B-class): that's why I'm happy to pass all the rest of the Pendulum works over to you.Shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 23:08, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On Another Planet / Voyager, 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 .

--BorgQueen (talk) 09:42, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure you have the talk pages watchlisted, but wanted to make sure you were aware of the posts I made here and here, which have further links to the comments I made here, here and here. I think you are the (or one of the) maintainers of the (relatively new) "As of" template (previously deleted in 2006), so that's why I'm leaving the note for you. Thanks. Carcharoth (talk) 09:20, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for bringing that discussion to my attention. I've left replies at the latter three locations you link to which should make things completely clear. From what I can see though you are perfectly correct in those replies, the links are deprecated and should be replaced with the template, but not outright removed. The present incarnation of the {{As of}} template actually only dates back to July 2008 when I update an older template that output wikilinks. All the best – Ikara ^talk → 16:47, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Some how missed

this discussion. I've said something there and said I'd tell you about it. I'm getting a bit confused with all the templates and guidelines around. Maybe you could explain the history of all this in that thread? Carcharoth (talk) 20:31, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply

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I have left a reply at the discussion supporting the merge (with a suggestion for a new target). With regards to

WP:DATED is out of the way, one way or another – Ikara ^talk → 22:55, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply

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DYK for Back 2 You / Still Grey

On 6 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Back 2 You / Still Grey, 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 .

Keep up the good work! ~

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DYK for Still Alive - the Remixes

On Still Alive - the Remixes, 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 .

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Thanks for the heads-up. I was in a hurry and forgot to warn the vandal, but I'll try to remember in future – Ikara ^talk → 16:37, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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If Pendulum's Hold Your Colour sold 225,000 units in the UK (according to this Reuters article]) then it must be 2x gold? I'm guessing that In Silico must be getting closer as well. Dan arndt (talk) 03:44, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not too sure about the reliability of that article, especially as The article seems reliable, although the BPI website does not show any records of certifications for Hold Your Colour. However I am aware that the album is commonly held to be gold certified, and that reference is the best we have to go on at present. In Silico should show up on the BPI site when it hits Platinum as it has for Silver and Gold, we just have to watch for it. Thanks for the heads up – Ikara ^talk → 14:22, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On February 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Showdown (Pendulum song), 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.

Gatoclass 03:09, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

On February 26, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Paul Kodish, 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.

--Dravecky (talk) 20:21, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On March 19, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Booming Back at You, 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.

Hi, thanks for the "Booming Back at You" contribution Victuallers (talk) 21:16, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Songwriting ref at "Showdown" goes to generic search engine, user then required to input song title (you didn't provide such a note). I've often had to do the same for albums or band articles but some reviewers want direct specific link with no user input required. In that case, try a specific address e.g. <ref name="APRA Showdown">{{cite web|publisher=[[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA)|title="Showdown" at APRA search engine|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Showdown|accessdate=6 May 2009}}</ref> For future information the important part is in the url after the q= If the song title has more than one word then each space between words is filled with %20. Can also be used to give full name of songwriter in biography article e.g. Thompson Robert Swire. Hope this helps.Shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 00:30, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've been trying to work that one out for some time. It is a somewhat annoying search engine (I can't even get results for some songs due to the 250 result limit). At least that's one less problem to worry about. Thanks – Ikara ^talk → 01:34, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to my assessment this article is now GA. Congratulations and please consider reviewing GAC articles yourself.Shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 02:26, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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