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	In the past you have participated in discussion about this guideline, or voted in it's acceptence. There is currently a ] about a partial ] of this guideline. The discussion could benefit from some more input. Thank you for your contributions. ] (] • ] • ]) 16:08, 8 January 2007 (UTC)		In the past you have participated in discussion about this guideline, or voted in it's acceptence. There is currently a ] about a partial ] of this guideline. The discussion could benefit from some more input. Thank you for your contributions. ] (] • ] • ]) 16:08, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

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			Hello Raul, Can you please check the contribution history run a checkuser on these user accounts. They have apparently been bundled together under one abusive account for convenience's sake. It would be good if you could sort out the issues fairly.
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			Please reply here. I will check here. Regards. ] 18:36, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

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For your tireless work in making Misplaced Pages better, for keeping Template:Feature up-to-date, for doing the grunt work of cleaning up Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates, for mediating in disputes, for adding lots of really nice pictures, and for still finding the time to work on articles! In a few months you've already become a highly valued member of the community. Stay with us and don't burn out, please. --Eloquence Apr 10, 2004

Question.

Hi Raul, I don't mean to be annoying, but I didn't get an answer.. Sorry if you're busy, I don't mean to say "hurry up" or anything.. just reminding you.. I'll wait :)

Hi. Can we please have season related featured articles like “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” for example?

Intellipedia

Comments about Intellipedia? Last I heard they were looking at a HTML-based "wiki"...

Permission To Land Section

Hey Raul, just thought I'd leave you a message to say that someone had messed around with the section on Permission to Land part of the darkness page, I tried to put in stuff from the actual album page but it needs defaulting, I left a message on the discussions part of that page, but I thought I would contact you, hope thats alright, anyways keep up the good work.

Link -> http://en.wikipedia.org/The_Darkness#Permission_To_Land

Theming Icon 20:27, 3 November 2006 (GMT)

Featured Article of the Day Guide Request

Raul654 can you make a guide on how to request a Featured Article of the Day, because I can't understand all the tech terms that you use in the forms. Thanks Jeffmister

Iran-Iraq War Abrbitraion

Mark, Mark here. My level of stress is high over this article. My concern is factual information in context. What we have here is one partisan ramrodding his view into the article. Many have noticed a pro-Iranian slant. It's no accident. No one is disputing the actual US actions in this conflict, only the inflationary puffery propaganda as arranged and selectively sourced in the article as it stands now. No one can add context and sources without having it reverted repeatedly and with insults to anyone trying to participate as a "POV Pusher." I'm an Internet crap magnet when it comes to bluntness. It's a family trait. I say what I think, but this is beyond the pale. Look at the evidence and weigh in if you would. Thanks. Marky48

Problem with an image of Harold Pinter that you uploaded (tagged for speedy deletion due to lack of rationale for fair use as claimed)

Question about music

The source link on http://en.wikipedia.org/Image:Handel_-_messiah_-_44_hallelujah.ogg is dead. Do you know where I can find the original site?

Asmeurer 07:01, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I think the internet archive has some of it backed up. Raul654 03:00, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

No, the Internet Archive doesn't seem to back up music files. Asmeurer 05:44, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

It didn't back up the files themselves; just the html pages on which they existed (For example, this). So it's useful for verifying the copyright and whatnot, but if you want to get the music, you're out of luck. Raul654 05:46, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Renaming Canderous0 to Canderous

Hello! I see you have performed some "usurpations" and i'd like, if possible, to get renamed from Canderous0 to Canderous, since i use this name on the other wikipedias (the existing account Canderous has no edits and i wrote a notice on his talk page, to which he hasn't responded, so i assume the account has been abandoned). Thanks in advance. — Canderous Ordo 22:57, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Done. Raul654 07:27, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Hoysala Empire

Thanks for designating the article as featured aritcle. I just made a FA request at

"Misplaced Pages:Today's featured article/requests". While the request looks fine below, the article name does not appear on the top of the list. What is wrong here. Can you please take a look.thanks.Dineshkannambadi 17:04, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

I think I took care of it. thanks.Dineshkannambadi 17:20, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

The story behind your name

Your name is Mark Pellegrini. Your Misplaced Pages username is Raul654. Can you explain the story behind your name lol? Nishkid 64 01:06, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm confused...

You selected Ahmose I for Todays Featured Artical here , then delisted it as selected here , but then replaced it with somthing else here . Do we need to renominate it for Todays Featured Artical to get it on, or did you just reschedule it or somthing?

Thanks. Thanatosimii 03:43, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Someone else requested that I run Kroger Babb on December 30th; I've going reshedule Amose I sometime in early January, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Raul654 06:43, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. I had re-requested it at the advice of the other members of the wikiproject, so it's back on the request page. Should I remove it, or just let it stay? Thanatosimii 19:43, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Pilot (House)

I appreciate that you haven't delisted it from the FACs, I hope that you can extend it as I haven't been able to attend to it for the past couple weeks because of real life (Christmas) and because of a stubborn user who refuses to listen to reason who is making unhelpful changes to my other featured articles. In other words, I'm working on it and I hope you don't delist it while I'm looking for people to help copyedit it. Thanks. :) The Filmaker 05:08, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Jan 1 TFA

I know I should follow procedure and go to the requests page for this, but... can I request Influenza as the TFA for January 1? Thanks! -- SmthManly / / 00:33, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Danke Sehr!!! -- SmthManly / / 06:41, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. Raul654 07:24, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Latter Days FAC

Hey Raul, can you pass Latter Days' FAC either today or tomorrow please? I've neutralised all the opposes and I'd like to pass it before the end of the year. Thanks, Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 20:11, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Raul, I know you're online, I can see it in your contribs. Can you please either pass the article or explain why you're not doing so? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 15:49, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. Have a happy new year! Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 17:00, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

FA alpha list

First, let me be explicit that this is not a complaint, just an observation of alphabetical oddities. Now that you've promoted Scouting to FA -- and the article is certainly better because of the FAC process--, I can't help but mention that on the FA list page, it's right after the "Prostitution in the PRC" article-;) Of course, it's sheer alphabetical happenstance, but it is still a bit of strange serendipity. Rlevse 00:43, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

FA bot

Raul, it's the second time it's busted this week - I'm not sure what got it re-started last time, as I never heard back from Jmax. I come up with a count of 1208 - did I miss one? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:32, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

I just rechecked my count and I also get 1208. I'll update. Raul654 16:35, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Image:Spam.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Spam.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Misplaced Pages articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

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If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that any fair use images which are replaceable by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. —Bkell (talk) 05:21, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		Thanks for dealing so professionally with the FA process. TimVickers 17:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Please check your email

Yes, please do. Bishonen | talk 22:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC).

Already replied. Raul654 22:58, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Nickname

Hi Raul! I'm a user of the Italian Misplaced Pages and I want to give my contribution also working for the English one. But there is a problem... I want to register using the nickname Nyo, but it is already in use, precisely by an account that is unactive since November 2005. My request is: could you delete or rename the unactive account? So I can register using my nickname. Thank you, bye! :) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.8.78.32 (talk) 01:16, 5 January 2007 (UTC).

Move protection of the front page featured article?

Thanks to the reasoning in the essay you wrote about protection of the front page featured articles, I've been unprotecting them where I see them protected. Today's featured article The Adventures of Tintin is a special case though; I found that it is move protected, but not edit protected. I'm not sure what to make of this but I'm inclined to leave it. Do you think the front page article should be routinely protected against moves? --Ryan Delaney 03:19, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

No, I have no objection to move protecting it. If an article has gone through the FA process, it's a fairly good bet that the name is the right one (or at least an acceptable one) and that no move is necessary. Raul654 03:21, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I've been suggesting this for awhile. It's doubtful that an FA would need to be move, and quite certain that none of them would need to be moved so urgently it couldn't await a talkpage discussion. I've also seen a couple of incidents where FA's were moved to a highly unsuitable title on the day they were on the mainpage, which we certainly don't need. Regards, Newyorkbrad 03:25, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I thought the protection policy already said preemptively move protecting it is OK, but apparently I was wrong. Someone should update it. Raul654 03:29, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

It should be automatically move protected. --Foundby 20:48, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Help desk

Heh heh, you beat me to the revert. Cheers! — Arjun 06:06, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I need you help

Mark, I wanna ask you some questions, could you give me a email of you. My mail is david.raddish at yahoo.com. Could you send a mail to me, let me know yours. Something a little bit urgent. Thank you! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rabbitiger (talk • contribs) 09:40, 5 January 2007 (UTC).

Evolution FAR

Evolution has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:51, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Germany FAC

Hi Raul, could you please take a look at the Germany FAC. That page has become bloated over the course of the few weeks and most of the concerns presented there have already become outdated due to profound changes in the article's structure. At the same time, the rate at which new comments are listed there has slowed down to a crawl. Most recent comments (in chronological order, not necessarily how they appear on the page) have been positive, and I believe that all major concerns have already been addressed, so don't want to give up on the FAC. As to the oppose votes that remain, although I have tried hard, I could not get in touch with the authors. I wonder if it would be possible to re-list the nomination, to begin from scratch as it were. I saw that you did this for at least one other nomination, and I believe this is a good case where the same mechanism should be applied. This way an assessment of the article in its improved current state would be encouraged, and hopefully constructive criticism will be generated. I believe in its current state, this FAC will remain relatively stagnant and doesn't even have the possibility of moving forward due to its relatively obscure placement at the end of the FAC list. Thanks, TSO1D 18:51, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

FAC closing

It's been suggested at WP:VPR, and something that I agree with, that closed FACs should have a note on the bottom for when closed and what the result was. Otherwise, there's no way to tell how you ruled from the page itself, or even whether a particular FAC has been closed. I suggested something like what is on the bottom of WP:FPC pages, with a single line in bold that specifies result and date. You can see this in action at the archive. Is there any particular reason we don't do this already? Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 19:21, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that reason is that it would be more work for me. If someone wants to do it themselves (e.g, go through the page promotion and closing archives, and tag the fac noms and succeeded or failed) I have no objection. However, maintaining the FAC, FA list, FA-by-email (etc) are already a time consuming and laborious activities, to which people frequently - two or three times a week - suggest adding even more work. If someone else wants to do it (your suggestion) themselves, or better yet, program a bot to do it - they are welcome to. But I will not be doing this. Raul654 19:32, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Actually, it seems fairly simple to have a bot monitor the log and archive and tag newly-added entries automatically. I'll see if I can find someone to write one. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 20:52, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to barge in, Night Gyr, but several others have already looked into how to coordinate some of this work to take some of the load off of Raul. A lot of it got stalled because of the holidays, but last I knew, at least Yomangani (talk · contribs), Dr pda (talk · contribs) and maybe Gimmetrow (talk · contribs) - or maybe Kirill Lokshin (talk · contribs) - were looking into this issue. I agree with Raul about how labor intensive the FA process is, and that he shouldn't have to do another step. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:53, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

One thing that could really use a bot for is the fa-by-email - currently Faraaz (user:Frazzydee) and I do it manually (mostly), a holdover from when it wasn't protected. We feared that a well timed vandalism could go out in the emailing. Now that that is a non-consideration, and automation is really called for. Raul654 22:58, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: linking categories

Thanks Mark - you're everywhere! --Bungopolis 23:46, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Scottish Parliament Building

I'm interested in your promotion of the Scottish Parliament building. I voiced serious and I thought well substantiated objections that the architectural aspects of this article were not yet up to par. Some of these objections were also voiced at the peer review and appear not to have been resolved. I'm intending to edit the article heavily over the weekend on behalf of global traveller afterwhich, there will no doubt, be some horsetrading. The article quality is very high as it stands and I was reluctant to do so but felt compelled object to because of the omissions - IMHO it fails 1b. and you could possibly argue it's going to be unstable for a bit. Wouldn't it be better to let the FAC run for a bit? --Mcginnly | Natter 02:28, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Just to put my point across. I'm not sure why Mcginnly thinks his objections are more valid, than the objections, or indeed support from others, who do/don't seem to think different. I am more than happy for the article to be editted, as long as the current "high quality", concerning the depth and range of facts (that there was when the article was nominated) are not deprecated. Mcginnly knows that I disagree with him, that the article fails 1b - the facts of the building, and related material are as comprehensive as they can be - as about half a dozen other editors attest to. I'm not sure the article is in need of "heavy editting" either Thanks Globaltraveller 09:54, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Need you help

Something urgent, and need you help. Could you contact me by mail david.raddish@yahoo.com. Need you suggestions.Thank you! --User:rabbitiger

Half-Life 2 ON MAIN PAGE Jan 11

Is that the first article to come on the main page with audio capabilities? "This is a spoken article. Click here to listen." Reply here if you want to. --Judged 09:03, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Nickname

Paulins Kill FAC

Just wondering...how much longer? —ExplorerCDT 07:54, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Genesis - Twice a featured article?

An editor is claiming here that today's featured article, Genesis has been featured on the front page twice. Can you confirm or rebut this? exolon 21:14, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Replied there. Raul654 21:33, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Halloween (film) - TFA on John Carpenter's birthday (Jan 16th) please!

hi, i've been away from wikipedia for a long time but just remembered (after reverting some strange TFA schedule changes that weren't done by you), that the 3 halloween film FAs are still on the requested list. it would be great if the first of them, Halloween (film) could be a TFA on January 16th because this is director John Carpenter's birthday (he'll be 59). (and that will still leave two halloween film FAs to schedule on october 31st if you want!) hope you can help, all the best. cheerio. Zzzzz 21:42, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

QUEUE UP THE WHOLE YEAR

JUST QUER UP MAIN PAGE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR . WHY JUST 7 DAYS IN ADVANCE. THERE ARE SO MANY REQUESTS. JUST THROW THEM ALL IN THE QUEUE. CHEERS. --Jones2 01:39, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

FA Bot error?

Not sure whitelist is working: question here. Marskell forgot to remove FARCs, someone else did, bot still reduced the count. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:00, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

MoS (writing about fiction)

In the past you have participated in discussion about this guideline, or voted in it's acceptence. There is currently a discussion about a partial rewrite of this guideline. The discussion could benefit from some more input. Thank you for your contributions. TheDJ (talk • contribs • WikiProject Television) 16:08, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Please do this

Hello Raul, Can you please check the contribution history run a checkuser on these user accounts. They have apparently been bundled together under one abusive account for convenience's sake. It would be good if you could sort out the issues fairly. user:Clt13 user:Dakshayani user:Radkris user:El elan Please reply here. I will check here. Regards. Sameera Bhat 18:36, 8 January 2007 (UTC)