User talk:Fran Rogers - Misplaced Pages

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144.32.58.114 (talk) 20:53, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Deletion

(Deletion log); 23:21 . . Krimpet (Talk | contribs) deleted "Talk:Houston McCoy" (Courtesy deletion)

Well that's confusing, I miss something? Sherurcij 17:32, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

It was deleted as a courtesy to a living person who objected to some of the discussion on the page remaining available. See WP:DP#Courtesy blanking. krimpet✽ 18:07, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I figured that's what "courtesy deletion" was, my curiosity stems from the fact the subject's lawyer just eMailed me to ask why it was deleted and cursed WP for deleting it...Is there an OTRS ticket or something for the request for deletion? Sherurcij 20:00, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, OTRS ticket #2008042710011139 - it was forwarded from the requester to OTRS by Jimmy Wales, who made the deleted comment in question and suggested a courtesy deletion. He may be the best one to ask about this issue. krimpet✽ 21:00, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_adminship/BAG

It got included on Tangobot's last run here. It's under WP:Requests for adminship, but wasn't included until just now. Anyway, it's pretty misleading as it is now. The name is essentially a candidate's RfA, as if "BAG" were running for RfA. Enigma 19:00, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Someone just did noinclude to it. We'll see if it works. Enigma 20:04, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

All good now. :) Sorry to bother. Enigma 21:00, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Lady Aleena's RfA

Krimpet...Thank you for supporting my nomination for adminship. Through it I have become aware of a great many people who can help me in my future editing endeavors. Even though I was not promoted, your support shows that I still have something to contribute to Misplaced Pages, even if it is minor edits to fix spelling and grammar to working in WikiProjects to help others make great articles. If you wish to further discuss the nomination, please use its talk page. Stop by my talk page anytime, even if it is just to say hello. Have a wonderful day! - LA @ 04:36, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Made me laugh

Best decline reason I have ever seen :) « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 05:12, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah. I see you found one of my Grawp blocks :) - Alison 05:37, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles May Newsletter

The May Newsletter for WikiProject Good Articles has now been published. Dr. Cash (talk) 22:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

The Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Good articles Newsletter

The WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter
Volume I, No. 7 - May 2008

April issue | June issue

Project News

There are currently 4,050 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.

The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 195 unreviewed articles. Out of 227 total nominations, 16 are on hold, 14 are under review, and two are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance!

The oldest unreviewed articles are: Fighting Tommy Riley, Brock Lesnar, Cluj-Napoca, Wolf's Rain, Brian Kendrick, and North and South (TV serial).

The categories with the largest backlogs are: Theatre, film and drama (45), Sports and recreation (34), Music (18), Transport (15), World history (14), Politics and government (13), and Places (12).

The backlog at Good Article Reassessment currently stands at 17 articles up for re-review.

GAN Reviewer of the Month

Noble Story (talk · contribs) is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for April, based on the assessments made by Dr. Cash on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Noble Story joined Misplaced Pages on May 16, 2007. He is a big fan of the Houston Rockets, and edits many related articles, as well as articles on basketball in general. Congratulations to Noble Story (talk · contribs) on being April's GAN Reviewer of the Month!

Other outstanding reviewers during the month of April include:

Member News

There are now 212 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 17 new members that joined during the month of April:

This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

GA Topic

Do you know what a GA topic is? If you are not nodding your head, or don't know what I'm talking about, then you should pay attention to this article.

There are ten GA top-level topics (but you will spot the eleventh as this article goes along). These topics are: Arts, Language and literature, Philosophy and religion, Everyday life, Social sciences and society, Geography and places, History, Engineering and technology, Mathematics, and Natural sciences. Each of these topics are further narrowed down to more specific topics. For example, Arts can be narrowed down to Art and architecture, Music, and Theatre, film and drama. But let's not get into sub-topics in this article because of its depth.

Now you will probably ask, "I already knew this, so what is your point?" What I want to illustrate is that some people often forget a step when they promote an article to GA. After they have posted their review in the article talk page, added the article name to the corresponding topic in the good article page, increased the GA count by 1, and added the {{GA}} to article talk page, many reviewers tend to forget to add the topic parameter in {{GA}} or {{ArticleHistory}}. You can browse the topic parameter abbreviations at on this page as well as what each top-level GA topic means, because sometimes it can be chaotic and confusing to pick a topic. For example, should On the Origin of Species be placed under the Natural Science topic (because it's related to evolution), or under the Language and Literature topic (because it is a book)? The correct answer is to place it under Language and literature topic, because its categorization as a proper title supercedes other categories.

Let's go back to the page that shows GA topics; does anyone spot the eleventh topic? Yes, Category:Good articles without topic parameter is the 11th topic, only it shouldn't be there. Articles that do not have a topic parameter in either {{GA}} or {{ArticleHistory}} will be placed in this category. The topic "Uncategorized" is not very informative, is it? So if you have time, you can consider cleaning up the articles that are left in this category and move them to the appropriate category by adding a topic parameter.

That's it for this month, I hope you learned a little from it.

GA Sweeps Update

The GA Sweeps process is progressing nicely! During the month of April, a total of 26 articles were reviewed. Of that total, 15 were found to continue to meet the GA criteria, and two were delisted. There are currently six articles that are still on hold in this process, awaiting revisions. One article was exempted from review because it was promoted to FA. Two articles were exempted from review because they were already delisted by another member in the community.

We are once again recruiting new sweeps participants. Candidates should be very strong and comfortable in reviewing GA and familiar with the GA processes and criteria. If you are interested, please contact OhanaUnited for details.

Did You Know...

...that there are slightly less than twice as many Good Articles as Featured Articles?
...that the total number of Good Articles and Featured Articles combined is 6,085?
...that different languages have different symbols representing GA? (Alemannic uses , Bavarian uses , Czech and French use , Estonian, Icelandic, and Swedish use , Esperanto and German use , Polish, Spanish, and Turkish use , Portuguese uses , Russian uses , Ukrainian uses )

Note: Lithuanian and Serbian have their own symbol but only uploaded locally. Other languages not listed above either have the same symbol as english or they don't have GA process.

From the Editors

There is currently a debate on adding a small green dot to the top right corner of all Good Articles that pass the criteria, similar to the small bronze star that is added to the top right corner of Featured Articles. Members of WikiProject Good Articles are encouraged to participate in the debate on this page.

Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue here.

Contributors to this Issue

Dr. Cash (Lead Editor, Distributor)
OhanaUnited (Article, GA Sweeps and Did You Know correspondent)

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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.--Filll (talk) 01:49, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Why not use the article's talk page?

Why not use the article's talk page before AN/I? Isn't that the way we do it here? Guettarda (talk) 02:38, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

AN/I is the place for behavioral incidents that require additional review. I originally wanted to discuss the article with OrangeMarlin on his talk page, but he instantly reverted me, and he immediately started ballooning this into a multiperson revert war. krimpet✽ 02:43, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Behavioural incidents? You mean your refusal to discuss your edits? Or your smearing one editor when there were three different editors undoing your whitewash? Have you even read the article talk page? Guettarda (talk) 02:53, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I have already explained this on AN/I - OrangeMarlin _did_ solicit folks to help him game 3RR. Please continue this discussion there. krimpet✽ 02:59, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I see you edit warring. I see you bringing a content dispute to AN/I. I see you refusing to discuss your proposed edits. Why not stop being disruptive and try behaving like a member of a community? I see threats and smears on your part, but none of the kind of behaviour we expect of Wikipedians. Guettarda (talk) 03:30, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

And, by the way - if you don't want to be mistaken for a sockpuppet of a perma-banned editor, why not try to not behave like that editor? Guettarda (talk) 03:31, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

If you don't want to be mistaken for a meatpuppet viciously turning your articles into a WalledGarden fortified from any outsiders, well, I think you know how to rectify this. Now, please, bring this elsewhere. krimpet✽ 03:39, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

You know, if you don't want to be mistaken for the meatpuppet of a permabanned Misplaced Pages Review troll, why not stay away from that cesspool? Many people don't take regulars from that cesspool seriously. Guettarda (talk) 04:06, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I find this absolutely hilarious. This is almost like McCarthyism. If any notable person has ever breathed a thought against evolution, their article becomes an attack piece and anyone who objects and attempts to keep that aspect of their life in focus is meatpuppetting for one or banned users, because, after all, at least one person who has been banned probably made a similar change at some point in time. --B (talk) 04:14, 5 May 2008 (UTC)