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Sebastiane Award

I have been able to read the comments you made to my article. First of all, I am not an expert in wikipedia, but to show the "relevance" of "Sebastiane Award" I have included two references more.

This is an award equivalent to Teddy Award (International Film Festival of Berlin) or Lion Queer (International Film Festival of Venice) (both ot them in wikipedia), in english. Sebastiane Award has its equivalent in spanish (and bask) wikipedia ("Premio Sebastiane").

In the first reference I have included the official page of International Film Festival of San Sebastiane where it is mentioned the 2010 winner of Sebastiane Award.

Please let me know if this is enough. Thank you very much — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zinesebastiane (talk • contribs) 09:14, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

It would really help at this point if you had independent news sources so that you could back up the award a bit. Otherwise the article is pretty solid. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 07:04, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. I have added more references (independent new sources) in order to improve the article as you have commented on

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

Hello, Ktr101! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Misplaced Pages, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 21:23, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Collapsing Opposites

Hello Kevin, Thank you for reviewing my article on "Collapsing Opposites". You have said that my "suggestion doesn't sufficiently explain the importance or significance of the subject" and that I should see Misplaced Pages's "guidelines on music-related topics". I have looked at this link and I believe my suggestion does indeed explain the importance and significance of the subject. Misplaced Pages's guidelines for music-related topics states that:

"A musician or ensemble (note that this includes a band, singer, rapper, orchestra, DJ, musical theatre group, etc.) may be notable if it meets at least one of the following criteria:

1. Has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works appearing in sources that are reliable and are independent from the musician or ensemble itself.

• This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, books, magazine articles, online versions of print media, and television documentaries except for the following:

o Any reprints of press releases, other publications where the musician or ensemble talks about themselves, and all advertising that mentions the musician or ensemble, including manufacturers' advertising.

o Works comprising merely trivial coverage, such as articles that simply report performance dates, release information or track listings, or the publications of contact and booking details in directories.

o Articles in a school or university newspaper (or similar) would generally be considered trivial but should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

2. Has had a single or album on any country's national music chart.

4. Has received non-trivial coverage in a reliable source of an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one sovereign country."

The third paragraph of my suggestion CLEARLY meets criteria items 1 and 2 on this list, with multiple independent reliable non-trivial sources cited to back it up. The fourth paragraph of my suggestion clearly meets criteria item #4 on this list with one independent reliable non-trivial source cited to back it up.

This suggestion is worthy of inclusion in wikipedia. Please give it another chance. Thank you, Naomi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naomibartz (talk • contribs) 08:09, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

I just don't feel as though it is notable. Yes it is in independent sources, but putting "The band has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works appearing in reliable independent sources such as..." into an article is probably one of the worst things you can do to it (trying to assert notability so blatently is looked down upon here). I'll let someone else review it but not a lot of people are active at the moment doing stuff so it might take some time. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:34, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Okay... I didn't realize that stating something like that was such a faux pas. :) I have edited that part out to make it not so blatant. Could you approve the article now since it does clearly meet wikipedia's criteria for notability? thanks.Naomibartz (talk) 01:31, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Sorry to keep bugging you- just wondering if you've had a chance to think about it? Is it available for others to review? Thanks 96.49.46.92 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 08:03, 10 January 2011 (UTC).

It's all good. I decided to let someone else approve or disapprove of it who hasn't reviewed it before. It appears as though it was declined. Sorry. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:54, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi Kevin, it looks like it was not made available for someone else to review because it still says declined but when you click the page history you can see that you are the only one who has reviewed. Could you please undecline it or make it available for others to review? thanks Naomibartz (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 02:57, 12 January 2011 (UTC).

Sorry for not getting back to you there. There was a backlog and I forgot that I pledged not to touch it. I'm so sorry for that mistake and for any harm that it caused. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:31, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Re. Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/HE Khadem Al Qubaisi

Hi, the creator of that submission came into IRC to ask for help with his article. As far as I can see, the submission is well-sourced, so may I know why did you decline the submission as unsourced or containing only unreliable sources? I checked and it seems that company websites can be used as sources in employees' articles. Bejinhan talks 12:43, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

I guess that was because it was the best one that fit, even though it was quite off so that should've been a custom thing. If you look at the sources, they are mostly the same websites. I would like a diversity of sources though so that we can back up these statements a bit. I know that there are five sources but I would like sources that aren't company information ones. If that is all that is out there, then I guess we can accept it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:34, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

CfD notice

The related Category:Misplaced Pages autoreview feature has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page.

Article title correction

Comment - The title of this article is spelled wrong:

http://en.wikipedia.org/Resturantuer

The correct spelling is Restaurateur. See this link:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restaurateur

Please correct this, thanks!98.151.53.27 (talk) 23:32, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Ha, thanks for catching that flub. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:09, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Gene Cretz

I suggested marking his page as something that would change based on current events due to recent Wikileaks. As an ambassador for the US, isn't he notable enough to require this? He already had a page, and he may have to be replaced which is significant in US foreign policy in that region. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vramasub (talk • contribs) 08:10, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

The documents were released last month. "Current" on this site generally means something in the last week although there are differing opinions in reality. Nothing outside of a week is really "current" though. Otherwise, we don't tag articles based on what we think might happen due to the crystal ball effect. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 08:14, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

OK thanks for letting me know, I just stumbled upon the page so I thought it was worth marking. I'll keep that in mind though. Vyas Ramasubramani (talk) 08:25, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Joshua Anderson Hague - 1850-1916

I have given up the will. It would have been so much easier if I was told in the first place that Hague was not good enough. Congratulations another Newbie bites the dust. Have a nice day.SusanWynneThomson (talk) 13:11, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

It's alright, we all first start with articles that have notability issues but the more you work at it the better you will become. Don't be discouraged and feel free to write something anytime. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 15:46, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Question page move

I question the disambiguation (musician) that you moved this article to None of the sourced content in the article appears to refer to his musical accomplishments in any way. All of the coverage which makes him notable is related to his "exploits" within the virtual realms of the internet. Active Banana ( 00:04, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

The thing with placing "internet" after it is that it makes the subject appear as a web browser or something like that. Looking back, "internet personality" or something would be better suited for it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:51, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Neurocristopathy

I'm a little concerned about the fact you placed this article on hold because of unreliable sourcing- it was sourced to a journal entry and a published book on medical science. J Milburn (talk) 21:51, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

And what on earth is going on with this one? There's nothing wrong with book sources. Yes, there are issues with the article (lack of footnotes, POV, tone) but the lack of "non-book sources" is not one of them. If you're concerned it's a complete hoax, a quick Google search confirms that it isn't. J Milburn (talk) 22:12, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

And, for God's sake, if you're creating a new user's talk page, create it with a welcome note. Not a great big "fuck you, there are problems with your article". When you're working at AfC, you're the face of Misplaced Pages. As anyone who is using AfC is almost certainly acting in good faith, it could at least be a smiling face. J Milburn (talk) 22:14, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

The first one I wanted to be cautious on, the second one is showing a personal bias of mine to have a diversity of sources to strengthen it and the third issue could maybe be addressed by writing it into the script. I have done lots of new talk page creations in the past month and a half before but no one has asked me to do that yet. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:58, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

That's absolute bollocks, and if you don't recognise it as that, you really shouldn't be working with AfC. What was wrong with the sources of the first one? You wanted to be "cautious" and not accept peer reviewed journals? And I don't care about your personal biases- leave them at the door, or don't edit, the sourcing was fine. As for the last one, you can't blame the script for your own ineptitude. If nothing in the script is appropriate, do it manually. A script does not excuse you from bad editing. Seriously, do you not recognise how off-putting your edits are to new users? These were two articles on academic subjects, and were well sourced. These weren't kids writing about garage bands, these were intelligent, educated people, and the impression you've given them is that the sources they're using aren't acceptable. J Milburn (talk) 22:20, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

The reason I've come across this is because the authors in question have come onto the IRC help channel basically saying "I need more sources? Why, what's wrong with the sources I did use?" and, when I check the article, expecting links to blogs, I see they're fine. New editors are to be handled with care; the fact they're putting articles through these processes shows that they are almost certainly acting in good faith, they're just looking for a bit of help. Take your time, be welcoming, help them out, specifically explain any issues and, if necessary, get your hands mucky and help rewrite the article yourself. The scripts are useful for garage bands and such, but articles that stand a chance may benefit from manual editing. It's not a race; you're doing important work, try to give it the respect it warrants. J Milburn (talk) 22:33, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

I would be willing to help add a welcome template, and maybe set it up to go with the AFC template if we could get someone to help recode the one that is already there. Personally I would also like to see if we can discuss fixing up the rather generic reasoning templates as they also don't cover everything and are a bit harsh (I just touched up a few of them which are rather cold right now, here). I'm wondering if we should add a parameter that would request that more sources be found or we add a variety because even if it is sourced to a blog, who are we to say that the website won't die next week and it is essentially sourceless (this assumes that the Internet Archive also doesn't have a copy of it). Thanks for your critisism and I look forward to hashing out something with you in the coming few days. Kevin Rutherford (talk)

My point about the blogs was that they are unreliable, not that they are online... A "variety" of sources is by no means a necessity, as long as there are sources and they are reliable. Plenty of featured articles would not be sourced to a "variety" of sources by your definition, it's not an issue. We need to focus on the issues that already exist in articles, not invent issues of our own. J Milburn (talk) 23:10, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh, sorry for missing the blog point. I do know that they are unreliable and that almost anyone can invent anything and post it with many people believing them. I also don't mean to imply I will fail an article because it doesn't meet expectations, but I only mean to encourage them to make the article better. If they can't do something, then we accept the article and move on. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:25, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm almost terrified to look at your contributions, but I just came across this edit. How many reliable sources do you actually want? No way does that fail A7, and I strongly, strongly doubt it would be deleted at AfD. The article now has bordering on a ridiculous number of sources, and it was sitting there languishing because you'd declined it... J Milburn (talk) 02:14, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Looking at it, it looks like I'm becomming too exclusionist in a way and being overly cautious. See above for what happened but I unintentionally declined it that time after pledging not to touch it. That was my fault and I feel horrible for breaking that promise. Sorry for that. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:31, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

(12)

Just curious — what's the point of the (12) following the author's name in the first citation of Jenny Lind Tower? It looks like a typo to me, but I don't want to remove it and find that I mangled something. Nyttend (talk) 13:19, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

I originally thought it was the actual day in the citation template thing but realized months later that I was wrong. I'm suprised I missed that one but I'll go correct it now. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:16, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Joshua Anderson Hague

Please can you tell me how to delete this article, and can I get rid of it on my contributions page? Thanks SusanWynneThomson (talk) 11:58, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, (newbie) please can you tell me how to delete this article, and is there any way I can delete it from my contributions page? SusanWynneThomson (talk) 12:01, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)Hello; you are referring to Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/Joshua Anderton Hague, correct? Place the code {{db-author}} on the page, which will put it in the category Candidates for speedy deletion. This code will also produce a template saying that the creator and main content contributor of a page wants it deleted. An administrator will review it and see if it is fit for deletion. Since db-author falls under WP:G7, it should be fairly non-controversial, and you can also just request that it be deleted like you did above. I don't think there are any restrictions on deleting AfC candidates (correct me if I'm wrong). I would be happy to delete it if you wish (I'm just not 100% positive what page you're referring to. For future reference, it'd be good to include a link to the page you mention.) Happy editing, Airplaneman ✈ 14:44, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Airplaneman. She means the page here. Susan, why you want to delete it? I'm just curious about that but if you don't want to tell me you don't have to. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 15:43, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

I believe that SusanWynneThomson would like the page moved because the title has a spelling error in it. I have been away for the past two weeks, just now looking at my talk page. SusanWynneThomson requested I change the title. I looked into it to see if it had been resolved, which led me to your talk page. I can move it now if that is what SusanWynneThomson wants. Best, Alpha Quadrant 19:04, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Decatur County Courthouse (Indiana)

On 16 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Decatur County Courthouse (Indiana), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Decatur County Courthouse (pictured) in Greensburg, Indiana, has a tree growing on it? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 18:17, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

On DYK Review

Thanks for reviewing my DYK nomination Coffin birth. As you may have noticed, that a first for me. I was just wondering, what happens now? Do I just wait until it's selected to be put on the main page? Also, I wondered if my hook was too tame. I almost wrote "...in Brussels, in 1633, a woman died in convulsions and three days later the fetus was spontaneously expelled in a rare event called coffin birth? Would that be too gory or offensive? Does the DYK people watch for that sort of thing? Boneyard90 (talk) 00:11, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

At this point, you can just wait. It used to be that they would pick from articles that were the oldest and place them on the main page but now it could be tomorrow or two weeks from now. In terms of the hook, the funkier, the better. Something like, "In 1633, a fetus burst out of a dead woman?" would work because it sounds cool, doesn't describe the situation, and makes the reader want to know why it happened. I'm not sure, but that might even work for the April Fools Day run since it's that odd. If you want to put it there, just tell me and I can see that it will be moved. The only downside is that it won't appear for the next two and a half months but no one will likely object. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:01, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for North Platte Canteen

On 17 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article North Platte Canteen, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that despite wartime rationing during World War II, volunteers at the North Platte Canteen were able to hand out food to up to 8,000 servicemen and women a day for four and a half years? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:03, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Fernald Hall

Hello! Your submission of Fernald Hall at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Brian the Editor (talk) 21:03, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

25 DYKs

		The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		Congrats for hitting the 25 DYK mark. Keep up the good work and keep 'em coming! - The Bushranger One ping only 17:25, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:22, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010

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DYK nomination of Tropolis

Hello! Your submission of Tropolis at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Jrcla2 (talk) 03:47, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Tewksbury Mills

Hello! Your submission of Tewksbury Mills at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! PM800 (talk) 03:46, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Declined speedy

Hi there, letting you know that I declined your speedy tag on 861st Radar Squadron. It's a reasonable search term and the redirect destination is also reasonable. Please remember to use one of the speedy deletion rationales when you're tagging. Cheers, Danger (talk) 07:01, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Query

Hi KTR101, What is a "covered part"? Thanks _matic 06:03, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

What is this in reference to? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 06:22, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Ah, I know what you are talking about. Basically in high school we might have a cue to play the part of another instrument. Since there were so few of us compared to the Umass band, we just played the parts of others. It worked out when your part wasn't the best or the same as everyone elses as well. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 06:24, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. _matic 08:11, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Online Ambassadors

I saw the quality of your contributions at DYK and clicked on over to your user page and was pretty impressed. Would you be interested in helping with the WP:Online_Ambassadors program? It's really a great opportunity to help university students become Misplaced Pages contributers. I hope you apply to become an ambassador, Sadads (talk) 21:12, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Sure, I could have a look at it. Right now I'm unsure of how my workload will look for this semester but I'll try to pitch in where I can. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:05, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Tropolis

On 24 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tropolis, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Tropolis has been called an attempt to "snackify" beverages? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:04, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Reenem's RfA

I see that you closed his RfA. I agree with the closure, but you don't seem to have made any comments on the RfA, or its talkpage to justify the closure (except stating WP:NOTNOW). More importantly, you don't seem to have left Reenem a note on his talk page. I think the latter would be a nice thing to do. Also, isn't it customary to mention that it is a non-admin closure? — Fly by Night (talk) 16:44, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

I had to go to class after closing the things, but I never really have heard of leaving a reasoning behind a decision like that. I'll go back and do the non-admin thing as I forgot that that's customary. I will also leave a note as well as soon as possible. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:20, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Even though it was a clear closure, Reenem put himself on the line and he's probably feeling a bit wounded at the moment. Putting a human touch on things might make him feel a little better. — Fly by Night (talk) 17:23, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

JBLM - McChord

Greetings, please see the most recent discussion on the talk page for McChord when you have a moment and followup if you could. Thanks Srobak (talk) 23:28, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages Ambassador Program Newsletter: 28 January 2011

The newsletter of the Misplaced Pages Ambassador Program – Volume 1, 28 January 2011 This is the first issue of the Misplaced Pages Ambassador Program newsletter. Please read it! It has important information about the the current wave of classes, instructions and advice, and other news about the ambassador program. Classes get active, students requesting mentors First mentor responsibilities Other news Things you can do

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Jenny Lind Tower

Hi there, regarding the Jenny Lind Tower DYK nomination, I guess what the reviewer wants from you is to use proper citation templates, so that others can go back to the sources if they want to. On the editing toolbar, click on the 'Cite' item. A toolbar underneath opens, and choose 'cite book' from the 'Templates' dropdown menu. Then fill out as much as you can about the Vuilleumier and Vuilleumier reference. When you ok this, it inserts a proper book cite template into the text. Schwede66 00:07, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

possible mentor

Hello, I am a student at Montana State University and one of my classes is Native American Studies. For a project we are working with Misplaced Pages and will be working on editing or adding to current articles dealing with the study of Indian Law and Policy. Part of the requirements is that we pick someone that has experience in the world of Wiki. I saw your pic and read your small intro about yourself, and was wondering if you would be willing to work with me as an online mentor with editing documents and such. I have used wikipedea before, but never to this depth. Let me know if this will work for you...I am sure you have a pretty busy life. Kawasak.kid (talk) 17:58, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I would be more than willing to work with you. Although Indian Law and Policy is not something that I am presently familiar with, I would be willing to work with you on it. Just let me know what you need help with as I should be able to get back to you rather quickly, assuming I am not sleeping. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 19:52, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Mentoring US public policy

Hey man, how's it goin? I'm a student at James Madison University in VA, and for my technical editing class we're doing the wikiproject for US public policy. Would you be my mentor for this semester in case I run into any problems or get stuck somewhere?

Thanks,

Brian

BrianTaylor241 (talk) 20:40, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Sure, I can take you on as I am pretty competent in this aspect of politics. Just tell me what you need and I'll try to see what I can do for you. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:35, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Hey Kevin, hope all is well.

I have started editing for the article titled The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, and through some research have discovered some graphs that explain the act pretty well from the American Hospital Association. I was wondering if you know what the process would be to use these images on a Misplaced Pages page. Would that be considered fair use, or would it violate copyright?

Thanks, Brian BrianTaylor241 (talk) 21:04, 23 February 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by BrianTaylor241 (talk • contribs) 20:55, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Personally, I would like to see the graphs first because you might be able to find the information and create your own graphs, thus skirting any potential copyright violations as you are the one who made it. I also noticed on the article that you removed a broken link. This is fine, but you also might want to check out The Internet Archive in the future so that you will be able to see old pages that no longer might be up. It is a really neat site and really works wonders when you need it. The only downside is that some sites won't allow their pages to be archived. The link that you removed though doesn't even show up in the archive so you are doing quite well for starters. Keep up the good work! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 21:06, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

re Montana state university sudents

ktr101-feel free to change the mentor for those msu students. I am one of the campus ambassadors for the msu students and am trying to get all their user pages up to speed. Your support is welcome. Thanks --Mike Cline (talk) 23:15, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Already done...I think. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:46, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Just sayin'

You're awesome. Tommy! 02:31, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! You are too. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:46, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jenny Lind Tower

On 3 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jenny Lind Tower, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that although it is thought that the Jenny Lind Tower was moved to its present location by an admirer of the late singer, the admirer was born 17 years after Lind toured the United States? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 06:02, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Pogonomyrmex californicus

On 3 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pogonomyrmex californicus, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Milton Levine founded Uncle Milton's Toys, best known for its ant farm, with ants from the species Pogonomyrmex californicus? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:04, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Milton Levine

On 3 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Milton Levine, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Milton Levine founded Uncle Milton's Toys, best known for its ant farm, with ants from the species Pogonomyrmex californicus? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:05, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Roman and Williams Buildings and Interiors

Hello and thank you for your feedback re. this submission. Your comment was "suggestion doesn't sufficiently explain the importance or significance of the subject," and I am curious as to whether you feel our addition of materials supporting the subject's cultural impact will result in the article's acceptance, or do you simply feel the subject is just not significant enough? Please advise, as we have received various comments from several editors pertaining to the entry reading like an advertisement, and we've stripped the article down and tried to cite sources. Thanks so much --Ekubany (talk) 15:06, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Basically I feel as though this article is an advertisement for the business, but not written as such. I'm not an expert in the subject of interior design, but listing the owners' work as well just doesn't make sense. I just don't feel like it is notable and it seems like others have also noticed that. If you want, you can go ahead and create it but that doesn't mean that someone somewhere down the line won't attempt to delete it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:05, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Never Miss a Super Bowl Club

On 6 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Never Miss a Super Bowl Club, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that one member of the Never Miss a Super Bowl Club, which consists of four men who have never missed a Super Bowl in forty four years, will not be able to attend Super Bowl XLV? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:04, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

I see you got it through, great job. --Guerillero | My Talk 19:02, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. This must be some sort of record considering one of the ones above took a whole month before it went through. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 19:05, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Karkadann at DYK

Hey Kevin, I expanded the article. Please have another look, and consider helping me tweak the hook (see the remark I made at DYK). Thanks, Drmies (talk) 19:12, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages Ambassador Program Newsletter: 13 February 2011

The newsletter of the Misplaced Pages Ambassador Program – Volume 1, 28 January 2011 This is the second issue of the Misplaced Pages Ambassador Program Newsletter, with details about what's going on right now and where help is needed. Userboxes and profiles - Add an ambassador userbox to your page, and make sure you've added your mentor profile! Be a coordinating ambassador - Pick and class and make sure no students fall through the cracks. New screencasts - Short videos on watchlists and a number of other topics may be useful to students. Updates from Campus Ambassadors - Ambassadors are starting to report on classroom experiences, both on-wiki and on the Google Group. Other news - There's a new on-wiki application for being an Online Ambassador, and Editing Friday #2 is today! Things you can do - This is just a sample; if you're eager for something to do, there's plenty more.

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Personal comments

Making edits is one thing, placing personal comments with them is both childish and immature.. please keep them to yourself and then you won't be irritating.... enjoy :)Bwmoll3 (talk) 06:10, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

The thing is, you still haven't addressed my issue about why you were reverting them. If you were basing it off of the edit summary, then stop because reverting for something that minor is dumb. There is no rule that I also know of which bans being candid in edit summaries as well.

14 Test Squadron / 14th Missile Warning Squadron

Hey, I was wondering if I could explain my redirect of the article. Basically, it duplicates the other article in the crucial ways. On top of this, I feel as though having one good article is better than two separate articles. Finally, the real reasoning behind my merger is that this is the same unit. If you look at my reasoning on T:TDYK, you will see what I mean since I am not going to say all of this again. I would also like to continue discussion there but I am honestly suprised that The Bushranger didn't merge it before I did. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:58, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Here’s little background on why I created two separate articles. Wiki-Oregon had more red-links to the 14th MWS than any other un-written article—which is why I decided to research and write article about that unit. Wiki-Calif and Wiki-Maine projects also had red-links to 14th MWS. It was active duty unit engaged in 24/7 Cold War ops with hundreds of troops located around the country--clearly something that needed to be written about. By contrast, 14th TS Test only has 29 troops when they’re fully manned, all located at Colorado Springs; and the only red-link to 14th TS was on a wiki-list of all AF test unit. When I discovered heritage link between the two units I considered consolidating them into single article, but because 14th MWS was far more interesting and important, I decided on two separate articles. That way readers interested in MWS could read about that historic unit without having to read about its successor sqdn. My goal was to offer readers opportunity to read about either unit without forcing them to read all about the other as part of the deal. In any case, you did nice job merging the two articles so I'll leave things alone. However, there were different Wiki-project groups on the two Discussion pages—Wiki-Colorado for 14th TS and Wiki-Oregon, Wiki-Calif, and Wiki-Maine for 14th MWS (wiki-projects with known red-links to 14th MWS). You may want to consider moving those Wiki-project tags over to 14th TS Discussion page—on the other hand, those wiki-projects may not be interested since they don’t have any red-links to 14th TS. Your call whether tags should be moved or not.--Orygun (talk) 06:24, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Oh shoot, I forgot to do that. I also know that having a ton of "Military in X" categories for places that are no longer hosting the unit is quite weird so I really don't know what to do from there then. I can get onto fixing the rest of this later today though so there should not be a lot of mistakes in the end. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 06:26, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Doubt if any wiki-groups beside Wiki-Colorado will be interested in 14th TS, even if there is some text about another unit that was once located in thier focus area; but like I said, its your call.--Orygun (talk) 15:44, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

I don't think that the redirect is going to hurt anyone. If we had a page for every name change, there would be another few thousand or so articles that would have to be made for military articles like this. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:33, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK Review Request

This DYK I nominated seemed to get passed up. would you please review it. cheers --Guerillero | My Talk 01:21, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Done. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:29, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

thank you --Guerillero | My Talk 01:41, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Featured sound

Thanks for finding this. It's a superb recording. Shame about the ambiguous copyright status on the later ones, but, meh, it happens. =) Adam Cuerden 02:37, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

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This message is going out to all of the Online Ambassadors who are, or will be, serving as mentors this term.

Hi there! This is just a friendly reminder to check in on what your mentees are doing. If they've started making edits, take a look and help them out or do some example fixes for them, if they need it. And if they are doing good, let them know it!

If you aren't mentoring anyone yet, it looks like you will be soon; at least one large class is asking us to assign mentors for them, and students in a number of others haven't yet gotten to asking ambassadors to be their mentors, but may soon. --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:07, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Pleasure Dissociative Orgasmic Disorder

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See comments here. Materialscientist (talk) 07:43, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Editing Fridays article for 24 February 2011

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Misplaced Pages:List of Wikipedians by number of edits/latest

Hi. Sorry for removing those image links - I read it wrong and didn't see that you'd only just added them and were probably still working on them. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 00:12, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

It's really okay. I usually add them so I can remember them later. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:24, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Update

Hey KTR101, sorry I have been so busy with my classes at MSU...the topic I have chosen for my project is Idaho State VS. Tinno, 1972. Basically it was a ruling against the tribe that they couldn't fish...just a quick glimpse of what its about. I am going to start working on my writing in my sandbox. Will keep you posted with my progress..

Thanks, KK — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kawasak.kid (talk • contribs) 01:02, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll be sure to follow your edits this week as well. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:14, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Pleasure Dissociative Orgasmic Disorder

Hello! Your submission of Pleasure Dissociative Orgasmic Disorder at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! NW (Talk) 01:42, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

stats

Hi. nice charts you've added at WP:EDITS, I've moved them slightly and it would be helpful to add a date in the captions. However I suspect the Pie slices are wrong. The editors in the 3001 to 4,000 group all have roughly 11,000 to 14,000 edits, whilst the 2001 - 3,000 group have between 14 and 20 thousand. So the pie slice for the 3001 to 4,000 group must be more than half the size of the 2001 - 3,000 group. I suspect the ratio is closer to 5-7 but your pie chart is more like 1-7. Would you mind checking that your systems successfully loaded all 4,000 records and didn't some how discard the editors who were between circa 3,200 and 4,000 on the list? Thanks ϢereSpielChequers 13:24, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't think we're missing anyone there. I basically added up all the numbers in an Excel spreadsheet and came up with the results. It's actually incredibly easy to do so anyone can check me on it. I do think the numbers are correct though because in two weeks, the highest group added something like a million and a half edits, which is quite impressive in its own right. In terms of the captions, I will update the graph the next time the numbers come out so that there is a better number spread. If you want to add up the numbers, I used MZM's spread. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:30, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi Kevin, I have checked it, and I'm sure your figures are out when I check the 3rd and 4th tranches. ϢereSpielChequers 18:18, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Are you saying they're off or correct, I'm now confused. Thanks. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 18:33, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Okay, I'll check now. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 18:34, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, the other three tranches looked right to me, so it may just be an error in that fourth tranche. ϢereSpielChequers 14:30, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, the new charts look OK to me. It would be nice to add dates and if you update them again, perhaps after we add the 4001-5000 range, I was wondering if you could do a separate pie slice for bot edits? ϢereSpielChequers 13:33, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

I could, and yes I really left a lot of this open for the fact that I'm hoping we'll add those remaining souls someday. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 14:44, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

OK I think the transclusion model gives us the potential to extend the list quite radically, though I may be quite incremental in doing this. I also think we need to publicise this via the signpost so as to give people the chance to opt out before we extend it. Any objection to my including your graphs in a signpost article? ϢereSpielChequers 15:12, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Go right ahead and use them. I really have no objection to using them as I released them into the public domain when I published them. If you need me to write anything explaining why I decided to do them, I can also do that. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 18:24, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm drafting something at Misplaced Pages:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-03-06/Editcountitis, your input would be welcome, I've given you a co-credit as the guy who did the stats. ϢereSpielChequers 21:34, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

• Kevin, you might find that most active is a less controversial description than top... Also I was going to put some stuff in about the decreasing share of edits from the 4,000 - if you look at wp:EDITS there are old references to it being much larger. But that rather jibes with the tone of your quote. I'm now offline fora bit but I was thinking of adding a bit about some of our breakpoints, in particular the dramatic increase in in the 100k club since early 2010. ϢereSpielChequers 14:54, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

PS I've had a query at User_talk:WereSpielChequers#Editcountis something about an x axis. ϢereSpielChequers 22:51, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

The problem with "most active" is it might give the impression we're talking about Wikipedians with the most edits within the last 30 days (incidentally updated a year ago). That's my opinion though but I do think it could use a better title, whatever people think that might be. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:26, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Whale

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Please be the mentor for the students working on Direct lobbying

Hi Kevin! I'm currently trying to assign mentors to all the remaining groups in Professor Obar's class. Would you be the mentor for the group of students working on Direct lobbying (not yet created)? Since you have a political science background, I thought the topic might be of interest. If you can do it, thanks! If not, please let me know.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 00:56, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

How many minions are we talking about here? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:49, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Online Ambassador Program

Please take a look at this project page and see if you can be a mentor to one of the many Areas of Study. If you can, please put your name in the "Online Mentor" area of the Area of Study of your choice and then contact the students you will be working with. As the Coordinating Online Ambassador for this project, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Take Care...Neutralhomer • Talk • 04:22, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Pleasure Dissociative Orgasmic Disorder

On 9 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pleasure Dissociative Orgasmic Disorder, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that people who suffer from Pleasure Dissociative Orgasmic Disorder are unable to feel pleasure from an orgasm? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Interesting DYK, but just a comment: per the naming conventions, the original title of the article should have been Pleasure dissociative orgasmic disorder and the new title should be Sexual anhedonia - neither of them are proper nouns. I have filed a request to move Sexual Anhedonia to Sexual anhedonia over the redirect. Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 14:50, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Go ahead. We also need to fix that redirect on the main page as well. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 15:26, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Marking articles students are working on

Howdy, Online Ambassador!

This is a quick message to all the ambassadors about marking and tracking which articles students are working on. For the classes working with the ambassador program, please look over any articles being worked on by students (in particular, any ones you are mentoring, but others who don't have mentors as well) and do these things:

1. Add {{WAP assignment | term = Spring 2011 }} to the articles' talk pages. (The other parameters of the {{WAP assignment}} template are helpful, so please add them as well, but the term = Spring 2011 one is most important.)
2. If the article is related to United States public policy, make sure the article the WikiProject banner is on the talk page: {{WikiProject United States Public Policy}}
3. Add Category:Article Feedback Pilot (a hidden category) to the article itself. The second phase of the Article Feedback Tool project has started, and this time we're trying to include all of the articles students are working on. Please test out the Article Feedback Tool, as well. The new version just deployed, so any bug reports or feedback will be appreciated by the tech team working on it.

And of course, don't forget to check in on the students, give them constructive feedback, praise them for positive contributions, award them {{The WikiPen}} if they are doing excellent work, and so on. And if you haven't done so, make sure any students you are mentoring are listed on your mentor profile.

Thanks! --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 18:12, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

wikilawyering

In principle, according to Misplaced Pages:Speedy_keep#What_is_not_a_speedy-keep, it seems to me that you should have closed with WP:SNOW in the Libya NFZ AfD. The case for WP:SNOW seems overwhelming, about 24 keep to 3 delete + a few "other". Now that you've done it, i'm not sure there's any point changing - unless there's a worry about the precedent of a non-admin applying speedy keep when it should be snow. i'm not complaining here, i'm just pointing out what i read in the guideline. It's the first time i've seen a non-admin AfD closure (AFAIR), so i clicked on the link that you kindly provided. :) Boud (talk) 19:09, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Generally I view an early close as anything happening within the first few days of the start of it. Because of the fact that it was almost over, I figured closing it a few hours early wouldn't hurt anyone. To me, a speedy keep is generally something I use within those first few days when there is a clearly lopsided vote in favor of keep. Actually, I also used a script to do all of that and it makes life a lot easier. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 19:23, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Hey, Kevin, I dropped by to offer a similar message. You should only close something as "speedy keep" if it meets the specific criteria that allow it. It's a common misconception, but it's not a subjective or general term at all. You should use "SNOW keep" or "Snowball keep" or something like that. I don't consider closing a lopsided discussion a few hours early an 'early close' at all. No need to be bureaucratic, right? Anyway, just a procedural note, no big deal. Swarm 07:32, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011

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User:MZMcBride/Sandbox 3

This will get overwritten by the bot every week. Probably makes sense to switch to a header template or something wherever that list is being copied to/transcluded. --MZMcBride (talk) 01:46, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Ah, that makes sense. By the way, is there any way that we can get the bot to update the master list every week so we don't have discrepancies in data? Thanks. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:48, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

That poses (or perhaps posed) political problems. I'm not sure what the current situation is. I just know that there was a specific reason that a user sandbox was used instead of a project-space page. --MZMcBride (talk) 01:51, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

If you're talking about having a project page with a master list, we have one and people are updating it with your bot's data every so often. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:54, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

WP:COMMONNAME

FYI, virtually all of the moves you have made to CFB articles (Canadian Forces Base ___) have been reverted. I prefer Official names most of the time, but only when WP:COMMONNAME doesn't take precedence. Ng.j (talk) 00:08, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

I noticed a few months ago, and I really don't feel like starting a war over this. I probably could go at it again and defend myself, but I would need others to help me. What I enjoy is that no one is fixing the main template and that's creating a ton of redirects. People seem to assume that because it is an ex-British colony, all of the bases are going to follow some sort of naming convention. The thing is, even the signs outside of the base are "Canadian Forces Base..." and that is pretty damn official in my opinion. If you want to help defend this, I would be more than willing to move everything back again. Thanks for the notice though as I really appreciate it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:10, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

I concur that Canadian Forces Base *** is official, but in this case WP:COMMONNAME makes sense, as nobody uses the full designation unless it is in official documentation. EVERYONE in the CF uses CFB, and the media has picked up on that as well. As long as it appears in the article I think it is fine. I have already reverted the Canadian Forces Base template.

As a general rule, you should check before making such large, wholescale changes. Usually things are the way they are for a reason. Ng.j (talk) 01:58, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Ugh, I'll have to sort this out someday by conducting some sort of straw poll on the Military History project. Thanks! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:04, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Editing Fridays article for 25 March

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Misplaced Pages Ambassador Program Newsletter: 21 March 2011

The newsletter of the Misplaced Pages Ambassador Program – Volume 3, 21 March 2011 This is the third issue of the Misplaced Pages Ambassador Program Newsletter, with details about what's going on right now and where help is needed. Where the courses are - A brief summary of how each of the 31 Public Policy Initiative courses are faring so far in the Spring 2011 term, as of 9-11 March. Feel free to add more detail. Tracking students' articles - Make sure students' articles are tagged with {{WAP assignment}} on the talk pages, and have the newly improved Article Feedback Tool active. Education portal in progress - Wikimedia staff have started work on an outreach portal for information about teaching with and about Misplaced Pages. Please help develop it! Online Ambassadors logistics - If you don't have a Misplaced Pages Ambassador sweatshirt, now's your chance to get one! (Also, some other more mundane, but important, details.) Steering committee preparing proposals - Look for discussions about two major proposals about the future ambassador program soon: the "Regional Ambassador" role, and elections for a new committee. Editing Friday returns - This Friday, join fellow ambassadors and others real-time collaboration on Wainwright Building.

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MBTA South Coast Rail

Regarding South Coast Rail, I just wanted to point out that "South Coast Rail" is not the name of a new line, it is just the name of the project to extend the Commuter Rail from Stoughton south. Grk1011 (talk) 19:37, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

I know, I've been incorporating that into the articles as I've written them. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 19:59, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Ok just checking because I felt like North Easton (MBTA station) was written in a way that says that. Grk1011 (talk) 20:22, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

It probably was. I realized this around the time that I punched out the article and I just saw that it does read like that so I'll go tackle that now. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:25, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

RE: 'name fixing in preparation to move' Old Guard article

Just curious as to what you meant in the edit summary by 'preparation to move'. The article has been moved back and forth several times in the past few years, and the current location is where I moved it to the last time it was moved somewhere else. Since this has been a rather contentious issue in the past -- requiring, among other things, mediation -- I would ask that before moving it anywhere, you bring the issue up on here. Thank you. Ryecatcher773 (talk) 06:45, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

I actually can't do anything except move it to some unique title. Furthermore, there should be no abbreviations in the name anyways so it shouldn't be there in the first place. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 06:59, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Actually, not only are abbreviations perfectly suitable for Misplaced Pages articles, that's how the Administrators who mediated the case two years ago agreed the article was best named. As a former member of The Old Guard, the abbreviation '(TOG)' is normally what appears as part of the official name. It doesn't need to be moved again, and this is a unique title. I realize that you're relatively new to this particular article, but there's a group of editors who have been maintaining this page for several years now and have gone through long drawn out discussions on the naming conventions. It's a unique unit in the US Army, so there is a certain latitude for such conventions. Please leave it where it's at. Ryecatcher773 (talk) 19:03, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

I figured as much as I read over the talk page a bit, just on a whim actually. Oh well, maybe I'll see what others think in a few years and conduct some sort of poll then. Thanks for your information! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 19:31, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

John T. Olson

Hi there, I was reviewing your new article at WP:DYN and I think we have a problem. To me, it seems like the article is a close paraphrasing of the Cape Cod Times obituary. The order of sentences are identical, just a few words here and there have been changed. It is virtually impossible to "cut and paste" and then change an article - you really have to start from scratch your self. Please review the WP:COPYVIO and WP:PARAPHRASE guidelines and rewrite the article to avoid infringing on the copywrite status. I will check again in a couple of days, but I don't think it qualifies for DYK in it's current state. Regards, The-Pope (talk) 16:31, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

You may have missed this message, but are you going to rewrite the article to ensure that isn't too close to the newspaper obituary?The-Pope (talk) 15:50, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

I apparently did. I actually opened the nomination page and saw that I had new messages then saw your response there. I'll get around to it soon as a few more sources might have popped up by now. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 15:54, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Bosnian Genocide

Please see Talk:Bosnian Genocide#ktr101 invitation. You made a bold edit that was reverted. As it was reverted, the page "International response to the Bosnian Genocide " was a content fork of the information contained in the Bosnian Genocide article, so I speedily deleted it under "A10 Recently created article that duplicates an existing topic". If after discussion on Talk:Bosnian Genocide there is a consensus move the information out into another article only then should such an article be created. -- PBS (talk) 22:51, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

As you have already found out, PBS is the self-appointed authority on what is or is not a content fork at Bosnian Genocide. He does not always bother to check that there is a consensus before he reaches his decisions. You have probably realised that you have found yourself in a situation which is almost an impasse but in which as Fairview360 notes, there are signs of slow progress. If you have the stomach to stick it out your presence and contributions will be appreciated. And the situation's not entirely negative. Encountering persistent intractability does push you into pursuing a closer understanding of the issues. Opbeith (talk) 20:32, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

This actually doesn't suprise me much as we always seem to have article issues in the Balkans region. I'll stick it out, but if I ever don't reply within a few days, please by all means feel free to remind me. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:34, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism warning

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. A page you recently created may not conform to some of Misplaced Pages's guidelines for new pages, so it will shortly be removed (if it hasn't been already). Please use the sandbox for any tests, and consider using the Article Wizard. For more information about creating articles, you may want to read Your first article. You may also want to read our introduction page to learn more about contributing. Thank you. Syrthiss (talk) 18:07, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

It was a joke! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 18:09, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

;) Syrthiss (talk) 12:00, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Make sure that you are checking in on your students work for WP:USPP/C/11/PTE

Hey, just a happy reminder to make sure that you are regularly checking in on your mentees work for JMU'S Technical editing class, Sadads (talk) 11:14, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Way ahead of you. One has gone missing in action while the other is chugging along. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 15:22, 5 April 2011 (UTC)