Misplaced Pages

Revision as of 03:43, 10 November 2012

Archives

Archive 1 - September 27, 2007 Archive 2 - July 20, 2008 Archive 3 - December 4, 2008 Archive 4 - March 9, 2009 Archive 5 - October 25, 2009 Archive 6 - August 2, 2010 Archive 7 - April 27, 2011 Archive 8 - January 12, 2012

Sesame Street research

Hello, Figureskatingfan. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Sesame Street research at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Good luck with FAC and all the best, Miniapolis(talk) 21:16, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

With regrets

Mail call.. Scartol • Tok 22:59, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Kermit the frog.jpg

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Kermit the frog.jpg, has been listed at Misplaced Pages:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussionif you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 21:25, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

GOCE September 2012 drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Out of 41 people who signed up this drive, 28 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing July, August, September and October 2011 from the backlog. This means that, for the first time since the drives began, the backlog is less than a year. At least 677 tagged articles were copy edited, although 365 new ones were added during the month. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2341 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 54 requests outstanding before September 2012 as well as eight of those made in September. Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the August 2012 competition, and prizes will be issued soon. The September 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The October 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 23:36, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:Kermit the frog.jpg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Kermit the frog.jpg. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under non-free content criteria, but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Misplaced Pages is acceptable. Please go to the file description page, and edit it to include a non-free rationale.

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified the non-free rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Misplaced Pages page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. SchuminWeb (Talk) 14:51, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative

WikiWomen Unite!

Hi Figureskatingfan! Women around the world who edit and contribute to Misplaced Pages are coming together to celebrate each other's work, support one another, and engage new women to also join in on the empowering experience of shaping the sum of all the world's knowledge - through the WikiWomen's Collaborative. As a WikiWoman, we'd love to have you involved! You can do this by: Liking the WikiWomen's Collaborative on Facebook and share your tips, projects, and connect with other WikiWomen Join the conversation on our Twitter feed Reading and writing for our blog channel We can't wait to have you involved, and feel free to drop by our meta page (under construction) to see how else you can get involved! Can't wait to have you involved! SarahStierch (talk) 00:59, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

A pie for you!

Thanks for the copyedits on Fyodor Dostoyevsky and failing the GAN. This was the most incredible experience I have seen in a while. Regards. Kürbis (✔) 16:46, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Belated Map

Hope you like it! File:Maya Angelou Porgy & Bess Map.png (I figured it's best to let you decide where to place it in the article(s).)

Cheers! Scartol • Tok 13:11, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Ah, it's so pretty! Thanks, Eric; you're great. Will go add now. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 16:36, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

GOCE fall newsletter

Fall Events from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events: The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best October copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC). Voting is in progress for the September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest. Everyone is welcome to vote, whether they have entered the contest or not. NEW!! In the week from Sunday 21 October to Saturday 27 October, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}} belonging to selected project(s). For the first blitz, we'll start with WikiProject Olympics and WikiProject Albums and add more Projects to the blitz as we clear them. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded. November 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on November 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in 2011 and to complete all requests placed before the end of October. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. >>> Blitz sign-up <<<         >>> Drive sign-up <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:12, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Themes in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's writings

Thanks for all the work (creation/expansion) you put in on this article. I believe it greatly improved the parent article, making it more focused. Oh yes and your copyedits on the latter were sorely needed! ~ Alcmaeonid (talk) 15:29, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Featured list candidates/Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album/archive1

Thank you for the review! I have responded to your comments. Albacore (talk) 07:36, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Oops, I had forgotten that I had done it! Thanks for the reminder. Evidence of the importance of the nominator needing to prod reviewers. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 15:56, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for October 28

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Misplaced Pages appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited On the Pulse of Morning, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Elizabeth Alexander (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 01:21, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc.

Christine, when you reviewed this DYK nomination, you didn't put an icon on your review. These days, an icon is needed to confirm what the decision is: a tick if the article is fully approved (gray tick if approved AGF), or one of the other symbols depending on what kinds of issues it has. Can you please quickly return and indicate which icon the review rates. (If it's good to go, then one of the ticks would be in order.) Many thanks!

(Also, since the automated software notes which articles have been approved by looking for the last icon in the review, please add your icon and sig after the most recent comment. Sorry to have to bother you, and thanks.) BlueMoonset (talk) 00:47, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for the prodding and sorry for the oversight. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 02:36, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

HELP!!

Phillip Wilcher is trying to edid his own page.. look on my talk page and look at his wikki page Jena (talk) 01:05, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Dear Jena:

I have addressed a letter to Christine in the hope that I can assist her with any information about my life in music that may be more appropriate to my page here at Misplaced Pages. Might I suggest to you in good faith that what you have chosen to know about me is based on media misrepresentation. I have noticed in the past that you have made various derogatory comments about me which directly reflect on my life, my musical credentials and my considerable achievements as a composer. I understand well why you feel the way you do, but your feelings in all honesty, are unfounded because you do not know me personally, nor do I know you. I would like now to sincerely ask you in the spirit of goodwill to cease making such comments in public forums.Please oblige me in my request. I do hope over time that the page here at Misplaced Pages about me, if it is to remain, reflects me and my work more honestly and fully than it has previously and presently does,and that it stands as a reliable point of reference especially for young students who are required to study my music through varioius exam syllabi here in Austraila.

Jena, I wish you well and trust all will be well.

Blessings and best wishes,

Phillip Wilcher

Dear Phillip, I replied to you again on Youtube, but I will try and Explain on Hear, I did not know who you were at first Because you did not make an account on Misplaced Pages you just used an anonymous IP address Therefore I had no way of knowing who you were Because there are a lot of People misrepresenting Famous People on Misplaced Pages and as you can see from your page on hear People Put False Information all the time on Misplaced Pages However I do not, I try to revert the Vandalism on hear but I must have missed some stuff on your page I apologize , I will Leave your Page alone Thank you Jena (talk) 19:30, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Dear Jena :

There is no need to apologise. You knew no better and I understand. I thank you for your reply and your word of faith here as you have written it. Suffice to say, the attack that I was accused of launching on the Wiggles in 2005 just weeks after my mother's passing when I was still grieving her loss and which generated much ill feeling towards me to almost see me hospitalised with a break down, was actually the calculated work of one journalist whose name I will not mention here, following the initial appearance of Christine Sam's article which I do not acknowledge. Both journalists, Christine Sams and the one whose name I will not mention promised me their interviews with me would reflect my interest in early childhood music and speak of my own work. What appeared was vastly different to what they lead me to believe they would write. Both journalists knew my mother had just died after a lifetime of debilitating illnesses and my sacrificing a considerable amount of my working life as a composer and musician to care for her. All references to this particular journalist's deplorable article that he wrote following on from Christine Sams's article, claiming I had launched an attack on The Wiggles, which was divided up and disseminated world wide (one article even gave my name as its author!) have since been removed from the internet. Sam's article regrettably has remained.Please be assured that I have never attacked The Wiggles. I would be foolish to do so. That being said, I do however feel Anthony has yet to pay me the courtesy Greg Page paid me in his autobiography "Now and Then". Greg and I have since been in contact with one another. It is my place to live with what has been and what will be and no one else's outside the more private world of The Wiggles to judge. The fact is that the majority of the debut album was written, arranged and financed by me at Anthony's request which gave to the Wiggles a contract with the ABC (for whom I once worked) to record a further two Cds thus contributing to the success story they have become today and thus enabling you to enjoy them as you do. That is a good thing. I am happy they have brought much pleasure into your life and the lives of others. I am personally very proud of that because I maintain a very keen sense in music for children and the education of children at a developmentally appropriate level. Please understand I am in no way upset with you, and again, there is no need for you to offer an apology. Consider this whenever you read a newspaper : much of the nuance and the spin that are placed on stories, for better or for worse, are the result of sub-editing. It was once publicly noted that I had apparently died in 1995 at the age of 37. Now, that's a bit spooky - yes?

As we move closer to the Christmas season, I would like to wish you and yours a blessed Christmas and a most prosperous New Year. Thank you Jena, I appreciate that you have taken the time to write me here.

Kind regards,

Phillip W. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.183.179.104 (talk) 21:36, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Congratulations on FA

A belated Support (Graham was just too quick for me) and grats on your successful FA-nom for Themes in Maya Angelou's autobiographies. Well done and thanks for so thoroughly addressing all reviewers suggestions. GermanJoe (talk) 07:41, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks so much! I like it when FACs go smoothly. ;) Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 14:49, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi Christine, I had this on my watch, trying to get to it to review and kept being interrupted. Anyway, just wanted to apologize for not reviewing and to congratulate you on a job well done. Truthkeeper (talk) 16:50, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

WP:FOUR for Themes in Maya Angelou's autobiographies

		Four Award
		Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Themes in Maya Angelou's autobiographies. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:29, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:29, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Ya hoo! My second one! Thanks. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 16:43, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Phillip Wilcher

Dear Christine,

My name is Phillip Wilcher.

I understand there have been some concerns over additions and deletions to my entry here at Misplaced Pages. I must say, I myself have had some concerns over how I have been portrayed. I have addressed a letter to you and Maproom at the "talk" section of my page here which I hope will clarify things for you a little. I have written you both respectfully in the spirit of consultation. I would, if you feel it is appropriate, appreciate a more comprehensive entry on my work as a composer if you are able to attend to it. I am well established here in Australia and also known overseas. My music is broadcast, performed and studied frequently. Aside from accessing my own website for any biographical information or reviews of my works by other noted musicians in the About the Music" section (Miriam Hyde who has an entry here at Misplaced Pages was my mentor) you might care simply to google me and access my biographical pages at the Australia Music Centre, Publications by Wirripang and even the National Library of Austrralia who keep an archive on me. Further, if you feel any need to contact me directly through my website,you are most welcome to do so. I would be happy to answer any questions that you might have that would assist you if you are intending to rewrite and flesh out my page more factually. I have noticed that Jena has made some comments in reference to me. I do not know Jena personally, nor does she know me. I wish her well but I would ask of her that she cease dismissing me as something less than I am that is based solely on any manipulations and misrepresentations of the media and the Australian Press.It is not the first time Jena has made such derogatory comments about me in public forums, and whilst I understand that she knows no better, I feel it is inappropriate and unfair and that it is time she stopped doing so. Again, I wish her well.

For your information, the only media articles that I personally acknowledge are :

1. A Life Less Wiggly (Steve Dow, Sydney Morning Herald) 2. The Fifth Man (Cheryl Critchley, Herald Sun - available at my website) 3. Becoming a Top Pre School Band Was No Child's Play for Wiggles (Nick Marc, The National, Abu Dhabi)

I do not altogether acknowldege the Christine Sams article for the "tailored" nuance she placed upon it that seemed geared more towards sensationalism and because I had stated to her that I was in no way whatsoever "bitter" about not being a Wiggle, yet she chose to use that word.I can only suggest she did not wish for truth to get in the way of what she felt was a better "story".

Please understand Christine that I ask nothing more than the entry about me at Misplaced Pages be factual and as comprehensive as you might see fit within Wiki's own guidlines.Many students here in Australia who are assigned my music to play for graded exams and diplomas through the Australian Examinations Board turn to Misplaced Pages as the first point of reference. Given Misplaced Pages prides itself on fact and honesty, it would be in their best interest, surely, that what is written about me is factual and an honest appraisal of my standing and my work. I often turn to Wikpedia myself when searching out information on topics as a point of reference to place my faith in.

I write you this letter with respect and very best wishes.

Yours sincerely, blessings,

Phillip Wilcher

Mr. Wilcher, I did see the note on your bio's talk page and was intending to respond when I got the chance. I understand all your concerns; it's my intention to address them, again when I have the chance. This, my talk page, is probably the best place to discuss this issue, since you're making a request of me to improve your bio. I'm committed to ensuring that all Wiggles-related articles on Misplaced Pages are of high quality. It's been my experience that a lot of the sources out there in the Aussie press about The Wiggles tend to be a bit on the sensational side, so I understand your concern that the information out there about you is accurate and balanced, and your problems with the Sams article. I was unaware of the sources you provide above, so I appreciate you bringing them to my attention. That has happened to me before in my editing career, with other articles; an interested party has contacted me about one of the articles I improve, provided me with sources, and requested that I use them in a specific article. And I have always complied with their requests.

However, Jena's point about your edits are well-made, if not very well-said. Your edits were reverted off-hand because they were made from an anonymous account. As Jena intimidated, we have to deal with vandalism to these articles regularly, so she assumed that your edits were malicious. It would help if you set up an account so that we can be sure that you're who you say you are, and then you can communicate with everyone involved in editing The Wiggles' articles. I also recommend that you not edit your own bio again, but request edits, to avoid conflict of interest issues, and because it's against Misplaced Pages policy for subjects to edit their own articles. We all want the same thing: accurate and reliable information being put out there. Understand, though, that we're all busy people, so I ask that you be patient. I assure you that I will work on your bio and hopefully bring up to the quality it deserves in the next week or so, and then other interested editors will chime in as well. I'm very open to feedback from others, so let me know what you think anywhere along the way. Thanks for bringing all this to our attention, and best wishes to you as well. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 19:53, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Dear Christine:

Thank you. I appreciate the time you have taken to reply. I am grateful.

I did not realise it would have been best for me to set up an account. Similarly, I am really unaware of what Misplaced Pages's policies are. I would rather not directly edit my own bio, it feels kind of strange doing so, but I did not know what avenue exactly to follow. I thank you for your understanding. I also thank you in advance for your taking the time to write a little more comprehensively about me when you are able.

I have written a further response to Jena just to clarify things for her a little more, and I dare say they might help you when you come to consider things further.

Blessings and best wishes to you for the festive season : you have a love of figure skating, yes? - so do I!

Kindest regards,

Phillip — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.183.179.104 (talk) 21:45, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Blue's Investigation

I will finish the PR if you can carry on waiting. I haven't had a lot of time to devote to WP recently, but I will plod away at it as time permits. (That said, unless there is a radical decline in quality in the second half, it is already superior to some articles that I've seen breeze through FAC recently). Yomangani 11:28, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm not unopposed to waiting. I already have a pending FAC anyway, and I don't believe in having more than one review in any one place at a time, unless I do it by accident, which actually happened to me recently. Take your time; there's always stuff to do around here and IRL. Thanks. I do like the re-naming. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 14:16, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Thank you for your impressive Featured quality improvements in the areas of education and literature, most valuable encyclopedic contributions to Misplaced Pages. — Cirt (talk) 03:43, 10 November 2012 (UTC)