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Free Speech, "The People's Darling Privilege"

Hi Cirt, I'm beginning the copy-edit you requested to the above article at the GOCE Request page. Please feel free to contact me, and to correct of revert my edits if I'm doing something I shouldn't. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 00:21, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Okay, thanks very much! — Cirt (talk) 00:22, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

No worries; my first thoughts are that the reception section is given undue weight for an article of this size. There's a chance I can reduce this through copy-editing but I haven't reviewed that section yet so I'll see when I get there. In "Author", I find the sentence; "In 2004, Curtis was the Judge Donald L. Smith Professor of Public and Constitutional Law at Wake Forest University.". Is this a scholarship, an honourary title or an award of some kind? Neither the title or Judge Donald L. Smith have articles here. How is this important in the context of the subject of the article? Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 00:44, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

I don't think the Reception section is "undue weight", but if you could trim the overall size down, without removing any sources, that'd be appreciated. That's the name of his professorship chair, I don't know how notable it is, but it could just be copyedited to say he is a professor of constitutional law there. — Cirt (talk) 01:19, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

No worries; thanks for relying. I'll try not to remove any sources; if I think it's necessary to remove any completely I'll put them on the article's talk page. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 01:30, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Okay, sounds good, so long as all sources are retained, I always give lots of wide leeway to copyeditors. :) — Cirt (talk) 01:34, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for that Cirt; copy-edit done; feel free to contact me about any issues arising from the copy-edit. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 11:38, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Nicely done, thanks very much! — Cirt (talk) 13:14, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

GA

Now a copyeditor appeared, can you take another look at the Evil Dead review? igordebraga ≠ 17:19, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

BLT cocktail

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		Nice work in sourcing the BLT cocktail article. Your efforts will likely result in the article being retained in the encyclopedia. Cheers, Northamerica1000 20:14, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks very much! — Cirt (talk) 20:31, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Ah, I was just about the give you one too. Looks like Northamerica has beat me to it. Good work on the BLT cocktail! Michaelzeng7 (talk) 23:48, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Per your message on my talk page about photographing a BLT cocktail, if I find one and have a camera on-hand, then sure, this could be uploaded to Commons. Cheers, Northamerica1000 02:16, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Cœur de pirate discography FLC

Hello. The Cœur de pirate discography is currently at FLC. I have worked extensively on it and hope that you can leave some comments to help it reach Featured List status. Thanks! :) – Underneath-it-All (talk) 01:06, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Okay, thanks, I'll see if I can have a look soon. — Cirt (talk) 00:31, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Upcoming GA Reviews

1. Elizabeth David
2. Dalhousie University

I will review these two articles for WP:GAN consideration. — Cirt (talk) 00:46, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Update: Elizabeth David GA Review on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 22:39, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Update: Passed Elizabeth David as WP:GA. — Cirt (talk) 16:20, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

SheiKra FAC

Its been two weeks so you know what time it is! I've re-nominated the SheiKra article for FA status so you can now leave your opinion(s) here. If you can't get to reviewing it, no worries! :) --Dom497 (talk) 02:52, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Okay thanks for the notice, got a bit on my to-do list but I'll see about trying to make some time. — Cirt (talk) 02:55, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

No rush and if you can't get to it, no hard feelings. :) --Dom497 (talk) 03:00, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Freedom of Expression (McLeod book)

Hi Cirt, I'm beginning the copy-edit you requested to the above article at the GOCE Request page. Please feel free to contact me, and to correct of revert my edits if I'm doing something I shouldn't. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 20:55, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks very much! — Cirt (talk) 22:59, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Done - feel free to contact me about any issues arising from the copy-edit. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 00:29, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks very much! — Cirt (talk) 13:25, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

bad link on fly lady's Misplaced Pages page

wickipedia - fly lady

after area titled "methodology" and before "references is the area "see also". there is one item, a link - Big Tent. this link takes one to a deleted page. the link should be removed.

(sorry if I am barking up the wrong tree. i don't have time right now to fully investigate the correct route to take. i'm just letting you know about the above.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Twistedprincess69 (talk • contribs) 00:47, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Northamerica1000 04:57, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Quality improvement drive for Portal:Star Trek

Per agreement from Miyagawa (talk · contribs) after a request, I'm beginning the reformatting process as part of a quality improvement drive for Portal:Star Trek. — Cirt (talk) 18:43, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Re: selected articles, that shouldn't be a problem. How many is a good number to include? Miyagawa (talk) 20:47, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Great, I'll get that sorted over the weekend. Miyagawa (talk) 21:00, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Lady Gaga: Queen of Pop

Hi Cirt, I'm beginning the copy-edit you requested to the above article at the GOCE Request page. Please feel free to contact me, and to correct of revert my edits if I'm doing something I shouldn't. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 22:14, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Okay, thanks very much! — Cirt (talk) 23:18, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

No worries; I'm done. Feel free to contact me about any issues arising from the copy-edit. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 02:26, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Much appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 04:27, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Good articles: Recruitment Center (Update #1)

Hello! Now that the recent Request for Comment has been closed, it is time to implement all the proposals that received support. Among those proposals was to conduct a "Recruiter Drive". However, instead of holding a "drive" WikiProject Good articles will be opening a "Recruitment Center". The current task at hand is to develop a system that everyone agrees on in which can be followed when recruiting a potential reviewer. A draft of a possible system can be found here. I (Dom497) am asking you to review this system and leave feedback on the talk page of "Recruiter Central". The current system can always be changed so feedback is important. As of right now, the current goal is to launch a 2 month trial run (beginning in late June/early July) to see if the Recruitment Center will even work. This message has only been sent to the users who supported the proposal on the RfC page as these are the beginning stages of this "project". Updates will be sent out when needed.--EdwardsBot (talk) 20:50, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

This newsletter was delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 20:50, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice, — Cirt (talk) 22:47, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Vacation9 00:09, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Alright, I'll check it out. — Cirt (talk) 04:31, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

FYI

Talk:BLT cocktail/GA1.--Dwaipayan (talk) 00:54, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks very much, I'll respond there. — Cirt (talk) 04:31, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi, yes I will be back in the GA page in 2 days. Sorry for the delay, regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 20:15, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Elizabeth David

Thank you for your swift second review and very nice note on my talk page. You are, if you will allow me to say it, a rigorous reviewer (which is as it should be) whom nothing escapes. I am at your service if I can be of use in reviewing any of your articles in the future. Tim riley (talk) 16:56, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Afterthought: I suppose I am honour bound to do a GA review myself now. I've done a few, but I hope I can do my next one anything like as well as you do them! Tim riley (talk) 17:21, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Name your page and I'll gladly informally PR it. Tim riley (talk) 17:43, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

I have just read Everything Tastes Better with Bacon, during which I was provoked to eat three of the fingers of my own left hand in a feeding frenzy. I shall look at the article again tomorrow, and report back. This is so enjoyable! Tim riley (talk) 19:30, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

I don't see anything that needs changing. A second PR would, I'm pretty sure, be a waste of time. I'd go straight to FAC. Is it of interest that the book was mentioned in one of our leading British papers, The Independent only two months ago? here – so its fame has spread this far. BTW, looking at the Perry article I see what you mean about portals and will certainly follow suit. Tim riley (talk) 09:03, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

NYT Book Reviews

Not sure, but I'm free all day tomorrow, and I'll toddle round the corner to the British Library and see. BL readers have access to the main NYT archive, but whether that includes the Book Reviews I'll find out and report back. I'll check the English Times Literary Supplement while I'm there and anything else that looks promising. More tomorrow. Tim riley (talk) 18:54, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

I've got database access. It's a short review. Here's a transcription:

EVERYTHING TASTES BETTER WITH BACON: 70 Recipes for Every Meal of the Day (Chronicle, paper, $18.95), by Sara Perry. Perry's dessert recipes aside (peanut butter cookies with bacon brittle, anyone?), I have the sneaking feeling that both the professional and the nonprofessional joie de vivrists out there can agree on Perry's thesis -- she's onto something.

--some jerk on the Internet (talk) 19:17, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

The article is accessible for all without subscription (who did not exhausted their monthly quota). Just check ]. OsmanRF34 (talk) 22:49, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks very much! — Cirt (talk) 02:54, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Everything Tastes Better with Bacon - FA nomination

• Everything Tastes Better with Bacon

Everything Tastes Better with Bacon is currently a candidate for consideration for a 2nd time for Featured Article quality status.

The discussion page is at Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates/Everything Tastes Better with Bacon/archive2.

Thank you for your time, — Cirt (talk) 18:52, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi Cirt: I am told to reach out to you about this matter for hopefully you can spare some time to help.

I would like to invite you to come to the Erica Andrews article to give your thoughts and wisdom to what has gone on. I was one of the main editors of the article. I researched a lot about Andrews' life and career and placed most of the information on the page. One day in comes Qworty, Little Green Rosetta and Coffeepusher. To cut a long story short, it became very ugly between me and them as Qworty, Little Green Rosetta were deleting information out of the article. They would claim there citation source was weak and even when I would prove to them that the information was factual through sources, it was never enough. The article became a hot battleground for them and me. It got ugly. Very ugly. I stepped away for a while as I really have no desire to fight on Misplaced Pages with anyone. Then I was very surprised to see Qworty being exposed for what he did and got banned. Shortly after that Little Green Rosetta got banned. So as part of Project Qworty (http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Qworty_clean-up), I returned to the Andrews article and replaced the information that they had deleted. However, now I'm running into yet the same arguments with Coffeepusher and Howicus. So I would really like to invite you to review my edits and what they've reverted back to. My edits: http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Erica_Andrews&oldid=557673661.

The Andrews talk page contains my comments on my replacement of content per Project Qworty. They have claimed the content I have placed back is contentious. I have asked just what part of actual career achievements is contentious? Andrews really did win her titles, really did act in 2 movies, really did perform on stage, really did appear in music videos, and really did host shows and performed. Nothing I have placed there is malicious lies. I have not made up anything to libel or slander or create some illusive persona about Andrews. I seek to place facts on her page so that fans or any reader can read about her. I have no agenda beyond wanting to share information that I have researched on and ensure that an article I have worked on gets to convey truth. I will agree that sometimes the source material is not from a mainstream outlet like NY Times, Washington Post but it does not mean the information is erroneous or is contentious or are lies to libel Andrews. I would NEVER do that to anyone living or dead. The information has weight and carries value for a reader who is seeking to learn more about Andrews in her bio. I hope you can chime in and make some sense. Every time I asked for reasons why factual information cannot be placed on a page, I get lots of round robin bs answers given to me. I then ask why other entertainers get a full listing of their achievements (filmography/discography) without a need for a mile of citations as I am requested to do so. Take a look at the articles on Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Cher. Those entertainers are very much alive (BLP) and their pages detail out their career achievements. Yet when I try to do the same with Andrews, it is disallowed. Why does the Andrews article have a completely different standard? Is it because she is LGBT and therefore not allowed the same equality? Thank you for your help. Lightspeedx (talk) 06:06, 1 June 2013 (UTC)