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Portal of Imperial China

Awesome! I'll have a look and see what I can suggest.--Pericles of Athens 00:38, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

If you want to see a gigantic wealth of pictures to show in the portal, take a look here at what commons has for the Art of China.--Pericles of Athens 00:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

For biographies, the article for Shen Kuo that I brought to featured status would be a good start.--Pericles of Athens 00:44, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

For more China-history-related articles that are either FA or GA status, you might consider adding to the portal such articles as

• Battle of Red Cliffs (FA)  Done
• Du Fu (FA)  Done
• Society of the Song Dynasty (FA)  Done
• Technology of the Song Dynasty (FA)  Done
• Zhou Tong (archer) (FA)  Done
• Architecture of the Song Dynasty (GA)
• Culture of the Song Dynasty (GA)
• Economy of the Song Dynasty (GA)
• History of the Song Dynasty (GA)
• History of science and technology in China (GA)
• Huolongjing (GA)
• Rebellion of Cao Qin (GA)
• Sino-Roman relations (GA)

Just some suggestions to improve the portal.--Pericles of Athens 20:35, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Portal:History of Imperial China

Wow. I'm very happy that you've taken on this task. Nicely done so far. I look forward to seeing how you finish it up.

The "Things to do" box could list articles from various maintenance projects, "improve an article to GA status", FA status, adding articles to the "Selected" frames' queues, creating a "Did you know" for the box of the same name, and (I'm sure you can think of more), and "add more tasks to this list", etc.

The "Topics" box will be more involved, entailing that you browse the subject's articles, and its categories, gathering links as you go. It doesn't need to be comprehensive; all the main articles on the subject plus a good cross-section of the rest of them.

The most major thing I noticed was the big gap under the selected biography - you could rename the top box in the left column to "Selected Dynasty", and then create a new box for "Selected article" (under the biography box), putting non-dynasty and non-biography articles in the new box - like articles on artifacts, places, customs, events, etc.

Portal:Charles Dickens does a very good job of balancing columns, by standardizing the length of excerpts for each specific box. Tricky, but the effect is nice.

Note that "selected" articles don't have to be "featured".

Just some thoughts. I hope you find them helpful.

I can't wait to see the final outcome.

The Transhumanist    06:11, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Chat

Thanks! When did you get back? I didn't even realize! NSR77 _C 00:18, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I've actually seen this username around but I never once thought it was you! Especially since its so different than your prior ones. What made you decide to come back? NSR77 _C 00:21, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Heh, people keep accusing me of sockpuppeting etc and obscuring my previous accounts.. it's really weird, people never seem to notice the statements on my userpage that make it clear who I am :P Just boredom really. I see you've been racking up a ridiculous amount of FAs. I'm going to have to work hard to catch you up over the summer! -- Naerii 00:23, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Never noticed you replied on your talk page! I'm always bad at it when people do that. Haha. Yeah they just seemed to accumulated. My ultimate goal is get every Chili Peppers album to FA, which I hope to accomplish by the end of the year (if possible). What are you up to? NSR77 _C 02:13, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

User Page Inspiration

Bad luck on your recent RFA, but it did cause me to click through your user page and be inspired by your user page design, which I then fitted into my page. I like green better than pink, but other than that you helped clean one eyesore user page off of the Wiki! Lankiveil 12:58, 7 May 2008 (UTC).

helpmoi

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Can an admin please protect my monobook (User:Naerii/monobook.js) until June 20, please. Thanks in advance. naerii - talk 03:08, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

• I'm not an admin, but I'm curious as to why you want it protected. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • 03:13, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Only you and admins can edit your monobook, so I see no need for protection. Tiptoety 03:14, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

He/She wants it protected because this way s/he cannot undo the wikibreak enforcer that was added today. I'll do it for you, Nærii, e-mail me if you need it undone. -- Avi (talk) 03:34, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back? dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 06:53, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

The COOKIE MONSTER ate the cow

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Please consider taking the AGF Challenge

I would like to invite you to consider taking part in the AGF Challenge which has been proposed for use in the RfA process by User: Kim Bruning. You can answer in multiple choice format, or using essay answers, or anonymously. You can of course skip any parts of the Challenge you find objectionable or inadvisable. Please note that you have not been invited because you are being accused of anything, or suspected of any improper conduct. You are not being invited because of any perceived difficulty with your editing, or any potential conflicts. You are under no obligation to try the AGF Challenge. --Filll (talk) 12:38, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

That's funny, because I was actually the first person to take the multiple choice version of it :) naerii - talk 20:43, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

DYK: Music For Tourists

On 11 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Music For Tourists, 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.

--PFHLai (talk) 15:21, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Rfb participation thanks

Hello, Nærii.

I wanted to personally thank you for taking part in the project-wide discussions regarding my candidacy for bureaucratship. After bureaucratic discussion, the bureaucrats decided that there was sufficient significant and varied opposition to my candidacy, and thus no consensus to promote. Although personally disappointed, I both understand and respect their decision, especially in light of historical conservatism the project has had when selecting its bureaucrats. I especially wanted to thank you for the olive branch that you extended, even if it still means that you don't like me :) If you have any further suggestions or comments as to how you think I could help the project, please let me know. Once again, thank you for your support. -- Avi (talk) 17:28, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

WBOSITG's RfA

Hello Naerii, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your participation in my RfA which was passed with a final tally of 114/10/4. I'm both shocked and honoured to gain so much support from users whom I admire and trust, and I hope I can avoid breaking that backing by being the best administrator I possibly can. I will take on board the opposition's comments and I hope to improve over the coming months and years. Once again, thank you! weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 20:28, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi Naerii; I wanted to say thank you for supporting my request for adminship, which passed with 100 supports, 0 opposes and 1 neutral. I wanted to get round everybody individually, even though it's considered by some to be spam (which... I suppose it is! but anyway. :)). It means a lot to me that the community has placed its trust in my ability to use the extra buttons, and I only hope I can live up to its expectations. If you need anything, or notice something that bothers you, don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks again, PeterSymonds | talk 22:01, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Ready to Die

I've took care of your concerns and left a message on the talk page. - Guerilla In Tha Mist (talk) 22:34, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the review and passing the article as a GA. - Guerilla In Tha Mist (talk) 11:25, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Warning

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like to remind you not to attack other editors. Please comment on the contributions and not the contributors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Neapolitan Sixth (talk) 12:26, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh, how I laugh. naerii - talk 13:18, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Please stop attacking other editors. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. Neapolitan Sixth (talk) 14:45, 15 May 2008 (UTC)