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Dean and Knapp

While you have Dean and Knapp, does it have any discussion of Ero e Leandro (a.k.a. Qual ti reveggio)? I'd love to get that article up to GA (or at least a firm B), but it doesn't seem to have a lot of sources. If Dean and Knapp have decent material on it, I might be able to improve it. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 17:10, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

United States Academic Decathlon

So, I wanted to take you up on your offer to go through line-by-line through United States Academic Decathlon. If you could do that, it would be much appreciated. It doesn't have to be urgent; if you could do it whenever you think you have enough free time, that would be great. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 14:52, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Done and I've left a note at your userpage. Awadewit (talk) 05:21, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK idea

Hi, A! Would you peek in at this discussion? Getting MRG's new article submitted to DYK, so that it's running simultaneously with the Dispatch, could result in double coverage of the Plagiarism issues. Since you've become a regular there, I'm wondering if you can be helpful in getting it through DYK (or encouraging it to run when the Dispatch launches, which should be early on the 13th, but one never knows)? I'm also guessing that you're still interested in putting out blurbs about the Dispatch at DYK, FAC, etc. once it moves to an "official" Signpost page? Signpost publication can be somewhat irregular; I just wait for the temp page to go live (when Ragesoss moves it). Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:26, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

And, I should add what a fine piece of this work this Dispatch is ! Congratulations!! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:29, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Responded and thanks! Awadewit (talk) 00:26, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, A; that was a very nice touch ! Now, we batten down the hatches and hope for a good reception :) Great work, and a fun collaboration (I wish all Dispatches could be so interesting). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:48, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

GA review

Thank you for your review at Talk:Harvard Girl/GA1. I have left some comments and responses there; I will continue to update the review page as I go. Best, rʨanaɢ /_contribs 00:19, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Correct name of English version of Norwegian article

Hi, I wonder if you could help me out, I am about to start translating an article about Oslo and the article is about the differences between the eastern part (working class, lower living standards etc) and the western part of the city.

In Norwegian it is Østkant og vestkant i Oslo which directly would be "Eastside and Westside in Oslo". But when I checked with a dictionary it seems that "Eastend and Westend in Oslo" also would be possible. What do you think? Are there other options that may be better? Best regards, Ulflarsen (talk) 16:55, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

I think "Eastside and westside of Oslo". "Eastside and westside" are used generally to mean the east and west sections of a city, so I would go with your first translation. Awadewit (talk) 05:31, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Jane Austen

I am responding to your comment about Bride and Prejudice on the Jane Austen page. I see that my contribution has been swiftly deleted, which absolutely amazes me. Frankly, Bride and Prejudice merits a mention on the main page because of its unique quality of demonstrating world wide (intercontinental) interest in Jane, which is different than Amy Heckerling's Clueless, which interpreted Jane in a modern way. I was quite careful to introduce this smidgen of information on the main Jane Austen page and thought about it carefully.

I also left a message about the A&E Pride and Prejudice adaptation. Strictly speaking, it was broadcast before Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility hit the theatres and should at least be mentioned on the main page as having ushered in a series of television adaptations that continue to this day.Vsanborn (talk) 21:34, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Stamata Revithi

You can add the article to feminism's portal! Cheers!--Yannismarou (talk) 22:54, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Dictionary of Literary Biography

On April 12, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dictionary of Literary Biography, 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 (talk) 15:11, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Great, now create a page for their Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. :) Ottava Rima (talk) 17:28, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Dinosaur

Hi Awadewit,

The image in question was taken in the United States. I have read the freedom of panorama guidelines you mentioned, and am now under the impression that the image constitutes a derivative work, something of which I had not been aware at the time of initial upload. Would the appropriate course of action be to reduce the size of the image or to remove it from Misplaced Pages?

Neelix (talk) 23:50, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

PS - Out of curiosity, what is the significance of your username?

Yes, you have created a derivative work. You could try to get permission from the original copyright holder and have them send it to OTRS (see Misplaced Pages:Requesting copyright permission and Misplaced Pages:Example requests for permission). Otherwise, it will have to be deleted. Awadewit (talk) 00:06, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi Awadewit,

The Walt Disney Company is probably the original copyright holder, and I have no idea what channels would be appropriate to go through. Perhaps it would be best to simply have it deleted.

Happy editing,

Neelix (talk) 12:54, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

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Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 15:58, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

DANFS

Thought on the plagiarism dispatch: what is that trying to say to the many DANFS-copied ship articles? —Ed 17 00:35, 14 April 2009 (UTC)