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Outflow boundary GA limbo

I seem to have gotten myself into a pickle, for all the right reasons. Someone who made one edit to the outflow boundary article submitted the article for GAN in June. I started a review of the article, mentioning that I could not possibly be the reviewer of the article since I did most of the edits. Then, the person who submitted it for GAN didn't do the requested work, so I compounded the problem by improving its look, content, etcetera. Now the GA template on the page implies I'm the primary reviewer, and I think it's keeping potential reviewers at bay. What can be done here? It's been listed at GA for 9 weeks now, which even for me, is an extraordinarily long time. Thegreatdr (talk) 00:35, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

I responded to your comment on the GA page. Thegreatdr (talk) 16:59, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry

I draw your attention to events at Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Log/2009 August 30#Melissa Palmer, M.D.. Diffs demonstrating the identity of Efactor1975 and Voros1975 are not hard to find from the contributions histories, note. Uncle G (talk) 23:28, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

February 2009 tornado outbreak

Please help me with the alt text! I dont know what this guy wants!! 63.215.29.212 (talk) 00:22, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Please save my nether region

Hi, about a year ago you did an Afd for me since I did not know how. I have just tried doing one all on my own (speedy aren't I?).

The page was "List of Riots" and while I thought I followed the direction on the Wiki help exactly (even used written notes) something didn't come out right.

The AfD tag never appeared on the page top and while I ended up creating the AfD discussion page, and it show on the page history, somehow the AfD has not shown in the log of AfD on the official page.

Would greatly appreciate if you could fix this or (I'm willing to do the work) tell me how I failed when I thought I was so careful.

Thank you,

aaronsmith Aaaronsmith (talk) 01:03, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

 Done I'm not Julian (obviously), but I've cleaned up that nom for you. You can use Twinkle to do your AfD noms; much easier :) Tim Song (talk) 01:34, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you to both Julian and Tim.Aaaronsmith (talk) 01:50, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Fireworks

I saw your msg on wade's page and thought of leaving my two cents.

• For many fireworks in a singe picture, use a wide angle lens, around 17mm would be good.
• Use long exposures. Usually around 1s-onwards
• Use a tripod or beanbag for stability.
• Just take shots before the fireworks start to capture the whole motion

--Muhammad(talk) 01:38, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks, I'll keep those suggestions in mind! :) –Juliancolton |  03:12, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

My new page not appearing on Wiki search

Hi Julian

I created the page Outlet Property Services over a week ago and it's still not showing when I do a search. It's still in my contributions and each time I have done an edit, I saved the page.

Is there a problem or am I not doing something right?

I look forward to your reply.

Mark Graindorge

(MarkG 14:07, 3 September 2009 (UTC)) 03 September 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Markgraindorge (talk • contribs)

Seems you created the page in your userspace (User:Markgraindorge/Outlet Property Services). Only pages in the mainspace show up in default search results, which is why you haven't been able to find it. Once you're done with that article you can use the 'move page' function to move it to the article space. –Juliancolton |  14:12, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

User:Stilltim

Hey,

I was just looking for your opinion on your granting of Autoreviewer access to Stilltim even though he has a long history of creating POV forks. This issue went to an RFC and he seems to have been getting better, but I was still curious as to how you felt about that. Thanks!--Gordonrox24 |  02:18, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, I was honestly unaware that any such issues existed. I saw that the user had created hundreds of seemingly valid articles, but please do link me to the RfC and other relevant discussion. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. –Juliancolton |  02:27, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

here is the RFC. If you look at his talk page he has not archived it and you can see all of the AFD discussions that resulted from his creations. I am not sure how much relevance this has on his recent work though. Thanks--Gordonrox24 |  02:58, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Julian. I do think it will benefit the project having WP:NP keep his pages monitored. He does seem to be doing great work now though.--Gordonrox24 |  17:45, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Stilltim autoreviewer

I have concerns about your granting of autoreviewer to User:Stilltim. He has been the subject of an RFC/U about creating numerous excessive articles contrary to consensus in the past. Even his recent Deleware articles are massive copy/paste jobs that mostly duplicate each other. That he's filling up the new pages once again is an alarm sounding, we shouldn't just cancel the alarm without investigating whether there is a problem. Gigs (talk) 15:39, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

I've removed the right for now, since a few others have raised similar concerns. I apologize for any inconvenience I've caused; I was honestly unaware of the controversy surrounding this user's articles when I enabled autoreviewer on their account. –Juliancolton |  15:45, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

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Severe weather

Severe weather is currently in need of a copyedit, and I saw your name on the GOCE list. Would you be interested in doing it, with your specialty being in meteorology? Ks0stm If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. 23:21, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

I'll try to get to it, but I've been rather busy as of late. –Juliancolton |  01:29, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

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Yo Julian, the coding for some of your closures at AfD today seems a little off (hanging |}). Regards,  Skomorokh  12:03, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, looks like this broke it... –Juliancolton |  13:30, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Aye, probably. Discussion up at WP:VPT as to what to do. Cheers,  Skomorokh  13:32, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Coaching

Hey, can we continue my coaching? I asked you on IRC, but I'm assuming you forgot. :) iMatthew  at 15:33, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

nearly 3 million articles?!

"nearly"? You're out of date mate! 6,939,204 and counting :P John Vandenberg 05:43, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Meh, I wrote that template a while ago... :) Fixed, thanks for the note. –Juliancolton |  05:48, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Re: Rollback removed

Thank you for removing my rollback rights. I'm not mad. I'm glad that I don’t have to fight Vandalism anymore. I might not request it back. I will let you know--David 13:10, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Why are you glad that you don’t have to fight Vandalism anymore? You've been doing a good job doing so. You can still use Twinkle or the undo button. Hopefully you will learn from the experience and keep contributing to the encyclopedia, all the best - Aaroncrick (talk) 13:35, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Don’t worry I will continue to edit encyclopedia. I may want to be a Administrator some day. I think that I handle this the right way. But I know for a fact that, all of this will be be mention in the RAF wean I nominate myself.--David 18:26, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Please know that I have nothing ageist you. But, This is to inform you that you are a topic of discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:D climacus Rollback rights. Regards,--David 19:19, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Help

I see you quickly reverted my talk page, and fair enough really. As you directed me too: "this does not give you an excuse to respond in kind". I do not like the user Bidgee (talk) page or discussion page. He links to my edits and claims "personal attacks and use there point of view, and editwar". This is not correct (edit was legit, no personal attack, plenty of talk page discussion) and seems to me libelous. Can you help me change it? ROxBo (talk) 14:22, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks ROxBo (talk) 15:07, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, I'm afraid the two of you will have to work it out. Just please remember to remain civil. Regards, –Juliancolton |  15:36, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Talkback notice

Replied. Regards, Truth Lover80 (talk) 14:34, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. I'll wait to see what other admins have to say. Cheers, –Juliancolton |  15:36, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

user:Bagelboy257

Thank you. Wouldn't it make our lives so much easier if these people would just read wiki policies, or at least the welcome page, before charging in with their articles!! --Anthony.bradbury 15:08, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, my abilities to assume good faith are stretched when posts are made in all-caps. Oh well, part of being an admin. :) –Juliancolton |  15:36, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Sam Loxton with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948

This thread could go on and on with no resolution. YM will get the shock of his life when he comes on tomorrow. Aaroncrick (talk) 15:26, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Indeed. At the moment it's looking like it'll be closed as "no consensus" or "keep". I think the nominator's arguments would have been more convincing if he had nominated each article individually, since there is really no precedent to batch-delete 20 GAs and FAs. Oh well, I'll keep an eye on it to see how it turns out. –Juliancolton |  15:36, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. Really, not to get all Machievellian, but if you want to put a hit out on an article, you're better off doing test cases, singling out the weakest ones, and then going after the others later per a precedent. Batch article deletions rarely end in a delete, in only because an admin doesn't want to sift through the discussion that way. I have to say though reading through those articles that it's clear gamecruft isn't endemic only to video games... --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs 15:41, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

I'd be more sympathetic if they were nominated before the became GA/FA's. Aaroncrick (talk) 15:46, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

But GA/FA criteria has nothing to do with notability; it's actually a fairly common occurrence that articles get deleted after getting GA/FA. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs 15:52, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

It has something to do with compassion. YellowMonkey has spent a hell of a lot of time writing those articles. They may not all meet the inclusion criteria (that's still being hashed out), but remember that we are dealing with people here, not machines.

Can you back up your assertion that it's a "fairly common occurrence" for FAs and GAs to be deleted? Nev1 (talk) 15:55, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't know about it being a "common" occurrence, but it has happened. However, more often than not an FA at AfD will be speedily kept. –Juliancolton |  15:56, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm aware it's happened (although I couldn't name any off the top of my head), but to state it's common is an interesting claim, one I would like to see substantiated. Nev1 (talk) 15:58, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Speedy declined --> AfD?_AfD?-2009-09-06T15:45:00.000Z">

"Typically when I decline a speedy deletion, I ship the article off to a procedural AfD nom." Why? There are all sorts of bad reasons for speedy deletion nominations, and it would surely be better to do a cursory search for sources, some adding of tags and adding WikiProjects to the talk page than sending all the articles to AfD. As far as I'm concerned a "procedural nomination" isn't a valid one. If you can't come up with a reason for deletion that accords with policy, I think the correct response is a speedy close. Fences&Windows 15:45, 6 September 2009 (UTC)_AfD?"> _AfD?">

Most declined CSDs are borderline in nature, so it's reasonable to request additional feedback via AfD. Such practice is standard as far as I'm aware. –Juliancolton |  15:51, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Question on deleting my page

Hi Julian, I saw that you just removed my post, would you please explain me why you have marked it ‎ (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion) when it's simply an article that explains what a dog daycare is? There are no references on the article to any company.

These are 2 related articles that talk about dog daycare

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1891475_1891477_1891543,00.html

http://dogs.about.com/cs/generalcare/a/dog_daycare.htm

Thanks!

Kd rome (talk) 16:22, 6 September 2009 (UTC) Giuseppe.

Hi there – I deleted it because it seemed to fit the criteria of "blatant spam" (it had an overly promotional tone, lacked substantial encyclopedic content). If you feel that you could bring it up to standard, I'd be happy to restore the deleted content into your userspace. Cheers, –Juliancolton |  18:30, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi Julian, if you read the wiki page about Kennel, there is really nothing encyclopedic on it either, but it's there. I appreciate your reply and I would like to know how to make a better page on this Dog Daycare.

Kd rome (talk)

Move request

Misplaced Pages:Featured list candidates/List of micronations to Misplaced Pages:Featured list candidates/List of micronations/archive2, no redirect as usual. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 01:24, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

 Done –Juliancolton |  01:49, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your help with BLPs!

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		Your hard work on BLPs in general, and at User:Lar/Liberal Semi specifically, is much appreciated. That page has now been sunsetted (and I hope never to need to bring it back) but the work you did there (whether by bringing articles forward, reviewing them, or protecting them... or even by questioning or criticizing the process!) was of great help to the project. See you in the trenches! ++Lar: t/c 01:49, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Happy Labor Day!

Dear colleague, I just want to wish you a happy, hopefully, extended holiday weekend and nice end to summer! Your friend, --A Nobody 03:49, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, same to you! –Juliancolton |  13:15, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Poke

Did you ever get the chance to assist? Enigma 04:13, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

I sent them a message on their talk page, but they never responded. –Juliancolton |  13:15, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Pruning

What are you looking at? YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 05:16, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

I'll throw together a list of examples when I get back tonight. –Juliancolton |  13:15, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

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The Weather

I didn’t know that your interested in the Weather. I am also interested in the weather. I been interested in the weather since the age of 10 years old. Take a look at User:D climacus/Photos by D climacus. Tell me what you think. Maybe, I can help you out on the Weather Portal. OK---David 21:15, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

No response. I'm not mad at you. You can talk to me you know. --David | 18:36, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Apologies, I missed this message. Anyway, yeah, those are decent images. It would be nice if you could identify and document the types of clouds in the pictures though. –Juliancolton |  18:38, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Coaching yet?

http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Admin_coaching/Requests_for_Coaching#Current_requests I would like to have some coaching so I can become a admin. Am I qualified enough yet?Dr. Szląchski (talk) 23:29, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, there's no limit to who can undergo admin coaching. Most admin coaches typically look for more experienced editors who are nearing RfA standards, but if you feel you're ready, I don't see why not. Unfortunately, I don't have time to take another coachee at the moment. –Juliancolton |  23:45, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Can You

block Mario.brosfan because he keeps adding unreferenced controversial biographical content to articles , like he did to the article Frankie Jonas please. Ricky3374 (talk) 19:50, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Never Mind Ricky3374 (talk) 16:47, 7 September, 2009 (UTC)

User:HurricaneTyphoonCyclone

Remember him, the Indef blocked guy for adding wrong info, well, I think he has bounced back as Vinavtc. What would be the appropriate way to deal with it? Thanks.Darren23 00:31, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Indef blocked as well. –Juliancolton |  00:36, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Could you help me?

Can you fix this spelling error here(that shows Belguim)? I'm unsure how to correct this since it's a category. I'm sure you know how Belgium is spelled. :-D --Kansas Bear (talk) 01:15, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, admins don't have the ability to move categories. Your best bet would probably be to list it at Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Working. –Juliancolton |  01:31, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Since only administrators can edit that page (silly Julian), I have added it there for you. Regards, NW (Talk) 01:35, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

My sincerest thanks to both of you!! --Kansas Bear (talk) 04:27, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Christmas portal

Thanks so much for letting me know - I am not sure I would have ever known otherwise. Ruhrfisch _><>° 02:54, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Signing

See: User_talk:Soap#Signing. Thanks for the update there. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:06, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Move request

Iran–United Kingdom relations, the en dash should be spaced. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:40, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

 Done –Juliancolton |  02:42, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

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All of your issues have been seen to, yet you have yet to support or add futher comments. Please can you do so when you have time. Thanks! Dale 15:31, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Severe weather RfC

Severe weatherThe severe weather article is currently undergoing a Request for Comment as to its structure and organization. The RfC can be found here.

Ks0stm If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. 19:12, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Weather articles

Hi Julian, it seems you are interested in articles related to weather. A lot of Misplaced Pages's articles on basic meteorological topics are not very good. I've been gradually working to remove some of the blatant errors and spruce up the writing. I don't know whether you have any formal training but if you'd like to pitch in that would be great. 02:29, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the note. Yes, meteorology articles in general could use some work (as could most Misplaced Pages articles!). I've noticed that articles on specific events (eg. Hurricane Fabian, Typhoon Paka, 1994 Christmas nor'easter) tend to be of higher quality than the more broad topics (Climate, Severe weather, etc). I'm more experienced with the former group, but I'd be happy to help. The problem is that meteorology is inevitably a boring topic, so it's hard to write "brilliant" prose on the subject. Still, factual errors inaccuracies to be dealt with. You might want to post at WT:METEO specifying which articles you find need the most work, as I know there are actually quite a few users there who can turn crap to excellence in a matter of hours. Good luck, and thanks for your efforts so far. Regards, –Juliancolton |  02:41, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

"Meteorology is inevitably a boring topic"? Harrumph. cheers - Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 02:48, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, boring to most people. :-) –Juliancolton |  02:58, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Sysop aSsistance Solicited

Julian, got a situation I've not faced before that I suspect an admin can handle.

I reverted some page blanking by an anon of someone's user page. Then the anon comes back and posts on my user page that she is the user, but that she's lost control of the account, and wants her personal info out of public view. First problem is determining if she is the actual user. Perhaps you can verify that, but of course I cannot. But I'm inclined to believe her. Another issue is this: The actual user posted that she's 15 years old, and included a photo of herself and much personal info. I'm willing to take a chance that this anon is pulling our leg just to be on the safe side and permanently delete the page. I explained to her that, even if it's blanked, anyone can restore it at will, unless it's permanently blanked.

So I'll leave it to you. The anon's talk page is User talk:72.222.147.24, and the User page in question is User:Missalicia1994. Let me know if I've been unclear about anything. Unschool 03:10, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Nevermind. (Sigh.) Unschool 03:13, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, I'll take a look, but is that the correct diff? (Seems a bit unrelated, unless I'm missing something.) –Juliancolton |  03:30, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Here is the link he meant. —Ed (Talk • Contribs) 03:31, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

You may want to speedy the image as well, considering WP:CHILD and becuase it seems like she wants everything else to go. —Ed (Talk • Contribs) 03:33, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Juliancolton. You have new messages at Unschool's talk page.
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		I, Jeff G., hereby award Juliancolton with The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for outstanding achievement in countering vandalism.   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 05:20, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

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