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Armbrust Talk Contribs 15:20, 5 August 2010 (UTC) Vandalism?Could you explain this one? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=500_home_run_club&diff=377218321&oldid=377212430 It seems pretty mean to remove the work I did and call me a vandal. I'm trying to make a good-faith effort to add more detail, and everything is sourced properly. The only reason this stuff was removed in the past was because it was partially unsourced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.193.21 (talk) 15:13, 6 August 2010 (UTC) You reply that the table was "still heavily unsourced" -- what part was unsourced? Nearly every cell in the table linked to a box score or other outside citation. --67.180.193.21 (talk) 02:01, 19 August 2010 (UTC) SignpostHi Stax, the column is ready for you. Just insert your blurb at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-08-09/Features and admins, where it says: "Choice of the week. Staxringold has written 26 featured lists..." If you can get it in before Sunday evening (North American time), that would be great. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 15:33, 7 August 2010 (UTC) Talkback![]() Message added 17:05, 30 September 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. The Wikipedia Signpost: 9 August 2010
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FavorHey. Just checking to see if you have time tomorrow or Wednesday. If so, could you update all the draft lists for whoever ends up not signing? I'd do it but I'll be on sparingly all week, the bit of time I do have will go to working on the Nats draft list. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 21:57, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
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]- Yeah, when I did a read through of the summaries, I tweaked them a bit so that they no be copy-vio, but just to be on the safe side I'll ask for a copy-edit, better that way, right? You deserve credit, I mean you did add some useful info. into the season page, so, besides it might be best not to do it alone. ;) And by that I mean nominate it alone, kinda scary. Yeah, I want to get this over with so I can start work on season five. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 15:37, 22 September 2010 (UTC)]
- Yeah, I guess we should delete the current ones, and rewrite them. Well, I'm glad that info. is available for the new season, cause I just started work for the season premiere, the second episode, and the live episode, so I guess we're set with the first few episodes, and you don't have to break a sweat. ;) Maybe we can get those DYK?'s right this time, you know. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 16:10, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
- Alright, alright, I got it, don't need to yell at me. :) Yes, I went hardcore, I'm trying to be ready so that we don't have the same problem we're having with season four, so. I'm ready, I'm gonna do what I did with "Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land" and "I Do Do", meaning create it the day after the broadcast, which I believe I did with the two, or the same day but after it has aired, cause I want a DYK? out of it. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 16:31, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, I guess we should delete the current ones, and rewrite them. Well, I'm glad that info. is available for the new season, cause I just started work for the season premiere, the second episode, and the live episode, so I guess we're set with the first few episodes, and you don't have to break a sweat. ;) Maybe we can get those DYK?'s right this time, you know. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 16:10, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey, is that DYK? I submit for "The Fabian Strategy" a good one? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 03:39, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
- Oooh, that's a good hook. If they have a problem with it I'll change it to that, and you can get credit as you suggested it. So, what do you think of the plot from the episode? I'm only asking if you saw the premiere, if not then don't answer this. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 05:02, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, I'm gonna fix the run-on sentences, I promise you that. :) Hey, do you think I should add in Liz and Carol's plot what Liz tells him at the end, you know see you October 14 which so happens to be the live episode or do I not add it at all? I need a second opinion about this. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 20:40, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
I should be able to finish it up within the next two weeks. Been so busy with offwiki matters that I've barely had time to handle FTC; heck I've reviewed maybe one GA this month, lol. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:26, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
- So I'm finally getting off my lazy butt and finishing this one. Better late than never I guess. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 02:16, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
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Hey Stax. I'm (finally) finished with the data entry for the Phillies roster. I have one lead done, and I'd like your opinion before I get in too deep. If there's anything I can do for you, let me know. Thanks! — KV5 • Talk • 16:32, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
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Sorry to bother you with this... again, but since there's a deadline for the 30 Rock seasons page, October 18 I believe, I was wondering if you can look over the plot summaries, which I worked on with what you suggested that I do and stuff, and tell me what you think, and if everything is set for a nomination at FLC. I would appreciate this A LOT. ;) -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:16, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
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In what way were my corrections to the 30 Rock viewing figures vandalism to the previous editor? If an episode was watched by 4.996 million it rounds up to 5.0, does it not? Similarly, 5.66 rounds up to 5.7 - that is correct. I'm getting a little tired of making any edit whatsoever to Wikipedia and some militant member comes and gets rid of it. You submit your work and anyone can change it - why do some users have such a problem with their work being changed?
- No worries, apology accepted. It seems like there's quite a few ratings mistakes in the 30 Rock episode list. A number of them seem to need rounding up correctly. Maybe I'll get around to it, unless somebody else spots it. talk) 00:30, 13 November 2010 (UTC)]
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Thanks for the message, Staxringold. I've just re-worded the "considered rare" part in the article and added a source. As for .330, that just seemed like a good cutoff, in my personal opinion. There are much fewer players over .340, and a lot between .320 and .330. - PM800 (talk) 14:28, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
- Good point. Although of course, there was no source for .325 either. I also just found this 1959 Baseball Digest article. It's an interesting read, if nothing else. - PM800 (talk) 15:03, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hey Stax. This list is close, but the reasonable objection over grammar in episode summaries is outstanding. Anything you could do to push it along? The Rambling Man (talk) 17:31, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
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Hi ! I've translated this article for the french wp and I try to make it a featured one. So I have several questions about your version (I say "your" because you seem to be the main contributor), could you answer to it, please ?
- About topic concerning Bosnia you say that Clark followed Holbrooke on a mountain road before being attacked during the first week. Is that possible to know the exact date of this "first week" ?
- I'm not sure to have well translated this section. Are that the Bosnian fighters who led the wounded man to the hospital ? Why did they do that ?
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- I haven't touched the article or source material in a long time, so I don't know. Though I will say 495 civilian deaths is not "so many" at all, that's an exceedingly low total for a large scale bombing campaign. Staxringold talkcontribs
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Hi Staxringold, do we know the lifetime dates of Albert Farrington of this? Regards Hekerui (talk) 11:07, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
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Hey. Just checking to see how that's coming along. I'll try to start working on one of the three remaining articles to get that topic wrapped up, though with all the other stuff i do here now who knows. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 20:32, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
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I did! I'm just trying to clear some of the backlog on my watchlist. :( Gone four days and it seems I have a mountain of revisions to check. I should get to it soon. Thanks for the review by the way! NiciVampireHeart 02:18, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
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I'd say maybe go to PR first just to make sure everything's covered/any deadlinks are caught, then we can try fac. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:54, 1 February 2011 (UTC) I'll read through the article and comment at FAC thursday night. Would do it earlier but have some featured topics to promote and the GAN drive to finalize so there's no issues come march 1. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 04:36, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
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Re: 1959 tie-breaker
You are welcome. Happy to help. Chris (talk) 00:23, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Stax. Just a quick note to let you know about the GA review here. I found the game summaries to be particularly good reads, so I'll look again tomorrow to ensure that I have scrutinized them objectively, and I always leave the lead until the very end. On the whole it's an excellent article, and I look forward to promoting it soon. Regards, —WFC— 08:25, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
- I have done some re-wording of the "aftermath" section to emphasize further the falling fortunes of the Braves which contrasts with the rising (or continuing) fortunes of the Dodgers. It's possible you'll want better wording. And if you want specifics for their positions in each year, Retrosheet could be a good source,[4] or the MLB site for that matter. I think the closest they came again to first place was 7 games behind, in 1960, and they finished double-digits behind pretty much every year after that. Basically, they were competitive but not strong enough to win the pennant. There was also a resultant decline in attendance which helped fuel the drive to Atlanta. I was expecting to see a list of Braves year-by-year records somewhere, but I didn't find one. Maybe I looked in the wrong places. Anyway, 1959 was a watershed year. It established and legitimized the Dodgers in L.A., and while they didn't know it at the time, the fun was over in Milwaukee after several giddy years. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 13:13, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
- Notice I made more of a thing of it immediately above than in the article. But if you think it's still editorializing too much, feel free to fix it. :) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 13:27, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
L.A. Coliseum
The official baseball guides had "92,500" as the baseball seating capacity for the Coliseum, which was probably a round number. Capacity could be more like 100,000 for football and other events. However, "over 90,000" is certainly a safe figure. The three World Series crowds ranged between 92,300 and 92,700. The largest-ever regular season crowd was about 78,000, as the seats in the east end of the stadium were too far away, but they were opened up during the World Series, resulting in those huge crowds. The folks in the lower rows of the east-end seating probably got a good view of the right field fence and not much else. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:14, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
- I'm worthless at doing the proper citations, so I'll give it to you: Official Baseball Guide 1960, compiled by J.G. Taylor Spink in collaboration with Paul A. Rickart and Clifford Kachline, published by Charles C. Spink & Son, St. Louis, Missouri (The Sporting News Publishing Company). Page 51, Los Angeles Dodgers info: "Park Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Figueroa and Exposition Streets. Seating Capacity: 92,500". 1958 and 1959 editions say 94,600. 1961 edition says 92,500, same as 1960. That covers the 4 years the Dodgers were there. Largest crowd ever was 93,103, "Roy Campanella Night" on May 7, 1959. Hard telling where 2,100 seats went between the beginning of 1959 and the beginning of 1960, if they even existed. "Over 90,000" is still a safe bet. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 05:22, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments at this review, I have responded to each of your points, and hoped you could revisit? Harrias talk 12:37, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
- Good point with regards to the cap: it's linked now. Nice to get input from outside the cricketing world, it's so easy just to slip jargon in without even realising it! Harrias talk 14:54, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
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Starting to get disenfranchised again... — KV5 • Talk • 01:43, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
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So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions) (first, with 487 points) and
Hurricanehink (submissions) (second, with 459), who stormed the first round.
Casliber (submissions) finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to
Jarry1250 (submissions) for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to
Stone (submissions) for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.
Some news for those who are interested- March will see
Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on