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July 2007 GAC backlog elimination drive

A new elimination drive of the backlog at Misplaced Pages:Good article candidates will take place from the month of July through August 12, 2007. There are currently about 130 articles that need to be reviewed right now. If you are interested in helping with the drive, then please visit Misplaced Pages:Good article candidates backlog elimination drive and record the articles that you have reviewed. Awards will be given based on the number of reviews completed. Since the potential amount of reviewers may significantly increase, please make sure to add :{{GAReview}} underneath the article you are reviewing to ensure that only one person is reviewing each article. Additionally, the GA criteria may have been modified since your last review, so look over the criteria again to help you to determine if a candidate is GA-worthy. If you have any questions about this drive or the review process, leave a message on the drive's talk page. Please help to eradicate the backlog to cut down on the waiting time for articles to be reviewed.

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Jim Henson

Hi, nice job on the Jim Henson clean-ups! —scarecroe 04:55, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. I'm doing the GA review which will be posted momentarily. LaraLove/_C 05:11, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to the VC

To help you get started, I've posted a template to help keep track of lessons. We should have a new one on there soon.

The Transhumanist 21:23, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! LaraLove/_C 03:15, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

The Working Man's Womans Barnstar

		The Working Woman's Barnstar
		I'm awarding you this "Working womans" barnstar for your tireless and endless work on the more laborious or repetitive wikipedia tasks. We need more like you! Wikidudeman 12:29, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! :) I appreciate that so much! LaraLove/_C 12:30, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Re:

Roger that, thanks for the heads up. Mouse Nightshirt | talk 12:36, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Jean Keene

We just finished going over the issues you brought up. Have another look! Wrad 23:53, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Maroon5 peer review

No, I didn't forget, I've just been busy with some other stuff, sorry. I'll try to go through the article this weekend. --Fritz S. (Talk) 09:55, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Akebono Taro

Thank you for taking the time to review the Akebono Taro article. I wonder if sumo wrestlers will be able to have articles that are GA quality because the amount of information is so limited in English. In any case, my question is about question 4a. You mentioned "Has there been no criticism of him?" I am curious about this because if you look at the talk page you can see there is one editor that wants to put in a lot of critical words about him, however, this editors attempted edits are not well sourced (in my opinion) well sourced (the source is from a tabloid weekly in Japan, which is closer to a blog than a news magazine) and go against wikipedia policy on criticism in biographies of living persons. Like I said before, maybe because of a lack of sources in English for sumo wrestlers, this is just not possible. This seems to be a fine line that is easy to cross but that needs to be thought about deeply due to the problems with Biography of Living People. If you have any examples of successful articles in this regard, or any advice, I would be happy to hear it. Thank you. XinJeisan 15:22, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Henson lead

Hey, I have done my best to create a lead for Jim Henson that summarizes the rest of the article. (It may be too long, though.) Do you think you could check it out and tell me if it needs fixing anywhere? Thanks, Hobbesy3 19:32, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

• Further note: My lead also has terms wikified that are then wikified again in the main article. I have seen this done in other articles and it makes sense to me (i.e., since the lead is essentially an abbrievated version of the main article, they are designed to function separately and so each is equipped with their own wikilinks.) If this is not appropriate, please let me know. Hobbesy3 19:36, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

I'll look over it in just a moment. Wikification of words in the lead and the article is appropriate. In longer articles, it's even appropriate to wikify in multiple sections. It all depends on the length of the article. In the case of this one, once in lead and once in article would be appropriate, as long as it's consistent. LaraLove 19:38, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

• Having not even read it, I can tell you it's too long. No more than 4 paragraphs. The article isn't even that long. LaraLove 19:42, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Power of Nightmares

I'm having trouble trying to figure out what you want done with The Power of Nightmares. How is the article written in "American English" besides how the words are spelled? I really don't see the distinctions outside that feature. --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 02:02, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

What category?

In case you missed it, I answered your question regarding Jean Keene. Giggy _UP 04:23, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

RE: Jean Keene

The best place I can see is under world history: Historical Figures: Other. On one of my many reorganizations, I created the category for exactly this kind of person: a historical figure that otherwise defies categorization. How does that sound? --Jayron32|talk|contribs 04:41, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

THANK YOU

You are right about the live performances, because when "Makes Me Wonder" and "Harder To Breathe" are done on TV, he censors the cursing (I should've specified), which means that it does depend on the audience. Thanks for your input! =D Chick No.16 06:10, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry!! I'm kind of new. Thank you very much! =D Chick No.16 17:35, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

GA on Hold

I have added almost all that I have learned about the district since writing the original Historic Michigan Boulevard District article. The other thing I could do is write some text about the buildings in the district. I can't think of much more to add.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 14:24, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Your first ref states "As the location of many significant cultural institutions, clubs, hotels, and prestigious office buildings, the district played a decisive role in the social, economic, and cultural history of the city." Possibly you could name some of these buildings and expand on how they effected the city socially, economically, and culturally. This, of course, would involve research into each of those buildings, although this may give you the opportunity to add to your list of written articles. LaraLove 22:11, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Most of these artifacts are referenced in the table at the bottom or the footnotes describing buildings not included. I will see what I may add.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 18:55, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Page Number for PDF files

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How to use page numbers for PDF files in references? in my case a single pdf file has been refreenced to multiple pages within, have different reference. Eg; line 1 has reference to pg 6 and again line 5 has reference to pg 10. Unlike havard style book reference how is it possible. Pls see Talk:Kaziranga National Park for seeing the question arised during GAC. Amartyabag 05:20, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Fancy meeting you here! ;) As the reviewer that left the recommendation, you would list the ref separately for each use, as opposed to naming it. The only difference would be the page specification. Does that make sense? I hope that's what you're asking. If not, drop a line on my talk page and I'll see what I can do to help. LaraLove 05:29, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

I just counted how many redundant links would be created in this manner, its nearly 15, meaning increasing the page size, which we are trying to control. Is there no template as such in which we can just add the page number? Like after <ref name=""/> (a code which adds just the page number would do). Like , pp 22-23 I don't know the coding, but i think it wouldn't be hard to make. Amartyabag 04:42, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, there is an option to list references and notes separately. Basically you have a "Notes" section for inline citation. It would make reference to the source listed under the "References" section. Typically listed alphabetically by author name. It would be the full citation with all available information listed. In the notes section, for the inline citation, you would only reference the last name of the author and the page number(s). Let me know if that's unclear and I'll try to find an article that does this. LaraLove 05:05, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I found one. Chicken (game) uses this style of referencing. Is that what you're looking for? LaraLove 05:11, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

ya, i know that u mentioned, that can be done for books, the reference i have used is basically some reports in PDF format, some don't have authors, in that case how to use it. Kindly check the article Kaziranga, i have got a code, but that i think is not according to the rules, MOS, etc. Its still not recognised. Should this matter be taken to a higher level for discussion. Pls, comment in my talk page. Amartyabag 11:33, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the headsup

Hi., Thanks for the headsup. I closed both the GANs today. --Kalyan 10:13, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: New Richmond Tornado

Give it a few days and wait for his return from wikibreak. If he didn't respond then take it off. OhanaUnited 16:36, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Monte Ne

Hi LaraLove, While the user seems to have returned from his hiatus, he did not yet address all of the points, so I've failed it. Teh entry is close to GA quality though, and I said as much on the Talk. Cheers, Tewfik 17:58, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Historic Michigan Boulevard District

(I'll reply here since I was rather slow getting back to you.) I think you have a point, and there could be more to say about the history and the buildings. How are they located with respect to the Chicago River and the canal? I remember seeing some of these buildings on an "architectural boat cruise" some time ago, and being very impressed. A map of the area would be a helpful addition. Also is this just Michigan avenue, or also some side streets and plazas? The relations between some of the buildings might be notable. Were there any controversies over any of the constructions?

Apart from that, I found the prose a bit choppy: short sentences, changes of pace, things like that. The opening sentence of the history paragraph is a bit of a surprise, for example. The lead is a bit weak too, and the large image is awkwardly placed on a wide window.

I don't think it is far from GA though: there is no reason why an article on this subject needs to be much longer than this. I hope that helps. Geometry guy 18:52, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

UEFA Euro 2004 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I am getting really confused, and so have de-listed it from all lists concerning Good Articles Chaza93 19:02, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

OK Thank you

Parapsychology

Can you take a look at the parapsychology article for me and give me your opinion, fixing whatever problems you see? I along with a few others recently spent a while rewriting the entire article in lieu of recent edit wars and arbitration and I believe we've made great progress. I'd appreciate if you could review it for us. THanks. Wikidudeman 23:17, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Can you take a look at it anytime soon? Wikidudeman 12:50, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, Wikidudeman. It's on my to-do list. I'll get to it as soon as I can. LaraLove 12:54, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Let's get started!

Okay, I've set up your coaching page at the VC. For your convenience a link is included to your coaching page, along with links for the other students' coaching pages, on the VC lessons template (above). And I've just posted your first assignment on your page.

Also, be sure to drop in on the other student's pages - everyone is welcome to participate in each discussion. We're all students and coaches at the same time, really, as everyone has experience that would be helpful to others. So please join in on the fun. We used to do all this on one page, but the page became too HUGE! :-) So check out all the links, and don't be a stranger.

And above all, have fun.

The Transhumanist    03:25, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Nordic theory

Lara, could you please indicate what you mean when you say that the citations are not "correctly formated". It appears from WP:CITE that no single format is required - at least regarding templates ("The use of Citation templates is not required by WP:CITE and is neither encouraged nor discouraged by any other Misplaced Pages citation guidelines."). Some notes seem to be incomplete, which I will fix when I have time, but I am unclear what you mean by format. You also say that they should be consistent, but again there appears to be no such rule in WP:CITE. The only reference to consistency occurs when there is a comment about whether notes should appear before or after a full-stop.Paul B 08:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, of course I am aware that an article should have footnotes, so there is no need to quote the line that citation "is best done through footnotes" (or Harvard). The second point is a recommendation. However, the query concerned the question of what "correctly formatted" means. Paul B 14:02, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

reward

Sure, Thanks for offering my page...Im horrible at that kind of stuff so if you think you can fix it up plz be my guest lol Vandalfighter101 17:05, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

btw...what did you mean when you said overload?Vandalfighter101 17:37, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

I said "overhaul", as in completely redo it. LaraLove 17:38, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

ahh see overhaul makes much more sense...and its all up to you really. Vandalfighter101 17:40, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

weird qestion..how do I edit those boxes you made? lol you know..the ones with the userboxes and all that good stuff in them. Vandalfighter101 18:04, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

When you edit your userpage, you'll see {{User:Vandalfighter101/whatever}} <- Key in that address into the search bar (without brackets) and edit that page. LaraLove 18:06, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

k thnksVandalfighter101 18:07, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to take my daughter to lunch. I'll complete it in a few hours. If there is any other information you want included, either add it to the page somewhere and I'll organize it, or just put it on your talk page or here on mine. Where ever, I'll find it. LaraLove 18:08, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

ok im gonna make a subpage called info with the new stuff I'd like to be put on there. Vandalfighter101 18:20, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Ok im off for the night..Vandalfighter101 19:30, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

ok im back on Vandalfighter101 05:09, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm about to go to bed. I can't figure out what happened. When I left earlier today, the userbox table was all black with red around the titles. Now, all but the top one are with white backgrounds, and I can't figure out how to fix it. LaraLove 05:10, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

And I can't get the background and border to fill the entire page, as it was before I left. There's nothing in the edit history... perhaps my computer is jacked up, but nothing looks the same as I left it. Too strange! LaraLove 05:13, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Also My wikidefcon is gone Vandalfighter101 05:46, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

ill add the wikidefcon myself...and dont worry about it...no matter what you do it still looks great. :) Vandalfighter101 05:48, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

It looks great!! Much better than anything i could have done....you want your barnstar now or l8er?Vandalfighter101 15:52, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

new assignment

Great answers on the VC. You've just earned yourself another assignment.  :-) The Transhumanist    18:57, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Hiya!

I'm back! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.128.82.211 (talk)

Please don't modify my posts. It is harassment. 72.128.82.211 18:21, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

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Re: Talk:New_Richmond_Tornado

Reply to

Sorry, I was under the impression that another reviewer re-checked for hold status candidates for some reason - I've been away for the last 10 days, so haven't been able to check up on things. I'll look it over as soon as I get a chance tomorrow, thanks for the heads-up. Hersfold 04:04, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

reward board

Hey I noticed that you are part of the good article commity...So I present you a challenge (dun dun dun duuuuuun) It's on the reward board...its the newest thing under the tis for tat fa section...the one about geyre...I already o you a barnstar so y not add two more to your repitwo? lol btw what kind of barnstar do you want for the work you did on my page?Vandalfighter101 06:05, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

If I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong that's making your page look less than optimal, I don't want a barnstar. Otherwise, I'm not sure. If I get your page looking good, I'll go find one that I think is most appropriate, I suppose. LaraLove 06:37, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and regarding the new offer, I deal with GAs not FAs, there's a difference. Also, my to-do list is full. I'm actually in the process of writing a lesson on the development of GAs, which is difficult considering I've never actually done it. Not directly anyway. So my time is kind of consumed. I will, however, continue to work on your userpage. I didn't think it would be so difficult, but I'm screwing something up b/c things aren't looking the same on your page as they look on mine. LaraLove 06:40, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

If you were to quit right now I'd gv you one just for trying...I could just gv you a smily for an excuse to gv you one lol...but your choiceVandalfighter101 06:44, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

No, no. I've earned all my rewards. I don't want to stop earning them now. I'm going to keep working until I get it looking good. I don't want an award for a failed attempt. I'm not doing it for an award anyway. I was lead to the reward page from a VC lesson and was just checking it out when I saw your offer. I thought I could make your page nice because customizing my own page went pretty well, for the most part. It's the div tables for userboxes that screw everything up. BTW, what browser do you use? Internet Explorer, Firefox, or something else? LaraLove 06:55, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Internet explorer. Vandalfighter101 06:58, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Alright, well, what I've tried so far doesn't even work right in FF, so I know it must look horrible in IE. For that reason, I'll start over tomorrow and try something else using IE. I need to go to bed now. LaraLove 07:00, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

ok C u l8er Vandalfighter101 07:01, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

GA/R

Thanks for the comments on the Heian Palace GA/R. I realized too late that I had been using "indices" rather than "indexes" as the plural of "index": the more formal plural is standard in mathematics, so I used it out of habit, making my recommendation opaque at best! By the way, I noticed recently that you probably deserve another Cherry Impact Award for causing a famously terse GA reviewer (no names mentioned) to more than double the length of his recommendation! Congratulations... Geometry guy 18:00, 20 July 2007 (UTC)