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Being a grammatical type

You might check the next queue for DYK Template:Did_you_know/Queue/6 for some hooks to exercise you (both in the application and frustration meanings). Belle (talk) 12:50, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Oh dear. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:52, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Just too much. At least three if not four of those hooks need serious work. I have neither the energy nor the inclination to fix any of them, and hope they get noted at ERRORS as usual. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:04, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

And they've all been fixed, I hope. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:46, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Bergdahl ITN nom.

I commented on your comment at . Sca (talk) 22:07, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

"(I Dont Want to Go to) Caersws"

An admin input would be welcomed re this situation. Many thanks. Kind regards. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:53, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Hopefully it'll be tougher for him now. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:55, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

We'll see! Many thanks for your prompt action. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:58, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Mubi bombing

Could you take another look at the Mobi bombing ITN? I attempted to address your concerns a couple days ago. Thanks, ThaddeusB (talk) 14:35, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:List of Wikipedians by number of edits

Hey Rambling Man--I'm picking on you since you're the most recent editor. One editor on the list has, as "qualification" (that is, user group), the note "massmessage-sender". That strikes me as a blow below the belt and I hadn't noticed it before. (I see now that at least two others have it also.) Do you know if "massmessage-sender" is kosher? Besides the awkward spelling and hyphenation, of course. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 15:19, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

I guess it's kosher, there are far too many "flags" that people can collect these days, I'm sure it was easier in the old days when it was just editor or sysop or 'crat... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:18, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Salvaging a cricketer

Hi TRM,

Just run across Munir Hussain (cricketer) when doing some maintenance - it looks like there was an attempt to move this to Munir Hussain (commentator) but the article inadvertently got forked in the process. The history is all at (commentator) but the version at (cricketer) has had quite a few edits by you since the move - would you be able to take a look at it and see what should be merged? I'd do it but don't want to just merge them blind without knowing the subject.

Thanks, Andrew Gray (talk) 16:01, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Hello Andrew. I'll take a look later, just in and feeding the little 'un. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:17, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

ITN for 2014 Epsom Derby

On 8 June 2014, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2014 Epsom Derby, which you recently nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.

--Spencer 04:48, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

abusive edit summary

this edit summary contains lots of abuse http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Bindu_Madhav_Pathak&action=history — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.199.0.242 (talk) 19:25, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Well, that's the history of the whole article, but thanks anyway. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:32, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Hmmm.

Well, this was interesting. Did you know about this and this? Worth doing anything, or just drop it all for now? Montanabw 19:49, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, it's a shame, I know of User:SMcCandlish's high quality content edits from aeons ago, but right now the mindless pursuit of MOS-adherence undermines that. I didn't realise there were various past issues (which you've linked), but as you suggested, I'd just drop it all for now. He's having a hissy fit and is probably doing the right thing for everyone, taking a break and will hopefully come back in the guise I remember, an editor who is focused on actually enhancing mainspace articles, not just moving them and leaving a bunch of confused and inconsistent grammar behind. Ironically he seems to be implying that we're not making tangible improvements to mainspace articles, but as far as I can see, we're doing mainly that. Never mind, you can't please all the people all the time, and some are just utterly misguided. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:16, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

On the content note, would you have any interest in doing a peer review on one of my articles pending FAC? Or, would you prefer to wait and be a FAC reviewer? Montanabw 22:23, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Hey Montanabw, I'm happy to contribute to a PR, just point me at it. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:10, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Another race horse: California Chrome. Montanabw 20:12, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

I might have guessed! The Rambling Man (talk) 20:14, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

I think I addressed all the stuff you raised in round one, feel free to pop back over there and scrutinize some more. I am very glad for your input, help and comments. Montanabw 00:52, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

I have the PR and the article open on two tabs of my browser, it's next on my list of things to do when I have more than a few minutes! The Rambling Man (talk) 07:58, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Cool. On that note, I see you have one GA under review below, if you have others up or need anything else reviewed, ping me, I do a pretty thorough GAN and I need wikicup points to stay alive in this round (won't be able to get CC to FAC in time even under the best circumstances...) Montanabw 23:24, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, today's been busy, as will tomorrow be, but I'll get back to Chrome by Monday, promise. Yes, I have around eight articles at GAN at the moment, all relating to The Boat Race, anything you'd like to review would be great. The Rambling Man (talk) 23:26, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Shoot me the link to the one that you'd most like to get done first, and I'll have at it. Montanabw 18:08, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

I see you have email disabled here, but I'd like to drop you a short (relevant) note about this article, any way for that to happen? Montanabw 02:16, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Hey, I've re-enabled it. Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:20, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 shooty-down

I hope there's no bad feelings about that conversation. I very much disagree, and I realize that some people sometimes take strong disagreement personally so let me just assure you that that is not the way it was meant. I mean, you're wrong, I'm right, but then again, you win, I lose. No grudges on my end, or changes in my respect for you. Just a note.Volunteer Marek (talk) 08:52, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

No worries at all. It's all a bit of fun, after all. Obviously not being shot down, but you get my drift.... The Rambling Man (talk) 08:53, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1978

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Boat Race 1978 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Montanabw -- Montanabw (talk) 21:41, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

DYK for The Boat Race 1984

On 17 June 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Boat Race 1984, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 1984. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 05:30, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Congratulations on your boat race efforts. Always such a pleasure to see those red links turn blue. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 10:01, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks very much! I'm intending to get the whole lot blue and as many of them to GA as possible, perhaps with a sprinkling of FAs if I can summon the energy! The Rambling Man (talk) 10:03, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Operation Zarb-e-Azb

For example, if it's posted at the ITN, so how the casualty count will be updated in the active blurb in the main page? Fai zan 08:07, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

If there's a significant change in the casualty count, it can be updated by posting a request to WP:ERRORS. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:24, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

OK thanks. Fai zan 08:25, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

IP vandal

Hi TRM. This IP is without a doubt Daft, I've reported it in an SPI last week and while the initial IP which I reported was blocked, this one wasn't. I've SPIed it again, but once again the whole process is taking its time! I've reverted any edits per WP:DENY, but is there any chance of slapping a block on the IP? Howzat?Out!Out!Out! (talk) 19:04, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:10, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Gaga

I don't think we should be referring, as given fact in passing, to the "inappropriate nature" of something unless that's somehow universally accepted. Just pull the hook. I don't know if you've been watching Talk:DYK for the last few weeks, but the inmates are in charge of the asylum. In one review I got dinged because "an image is in the wrong section", and meanwhile... My great-grandmother had a saying: "Straining at gnats and swallowing horses." EEng (talk) 19:47, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Fair enough, I didn't like my rewording anyway, I'll just stick to the facts... Stand by. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:48, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Or, we could just said that the performance "is said to be inappropriate", since that lets you say anything. I'm formulating a general rule in my mind: except for utterly trivial errors (e.g. mixture of US and UK spellings), any kind of hook problem should lead to the hook being pulled, not patched, on the assumption that the lack of competence that allowed the hook through may affect the article as well. EEng (talk) 19:57, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

P.S One of your comments gave me a good idea. Instead of slowing the bot down, if we speed it up so that each DYK set appears for 1 second or less, then the amount of reputational damage to WP should be negligible. EEng (talk) 19:57, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Yep! It's a shame there are certain elements of the DYK crowd who seem to just want to blame the rest of us for the shit they happily allow onto the main page. I've tried a few times to discuss it or suggest they slow it down a bit, but I guess the lure of the fifteen minutes of fame (or shame) is too much... Like cats on catnip, DYK editors just get transfixed by the main page appearance and nothing else matters. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:00, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

And another...

EEng (talk) 06:41, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Hyphen excised. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:05, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Did you know ...

... that if you partially excise a colon,

Extended content
you get a semicolon?

EEng (talk) 14:56, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

DYK for The Boat Race 1985

On 18 June 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Boat Race 1985, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 1985. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 20:39, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Congrats, Rambler. Bit of a busman's holiday here? And no transgender jokes about "first female cox at Cambridge", thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:11, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Hah, well I hived these off and "donated" them to another editor, wouldn't want to be a hypocrite now, would I? At least my hook, my article, my referencing, were all decent. Nice to see Busman's holiday on my page though, much appreciated. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:15, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Knowle, West Midlands

Care to take a look: . Already at 3RR. Many thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:29, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

This particular Knowle-it-all seems to have given up and/or moved on. I reported at WP:AIV but it went stale. Thanks anyway. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:43, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Systemic bias

I have to admit, even though I have disagreed with a few things you've said at ITN, you give me the heartiest of laughs responding to HiLo48's cookie-cutter commentary on systemic bias. Props. --WaltCip (talk) 23:25, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Cheers, we don't need to agree with each other all the time, that'd be far too dull! The Rambling Man (talk) 06:12, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

DYK for The Boat Race 1983

On 19 June 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Boat Race 1983, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Cambridge threatened to boycott the 1983 University Boat Race after Boris Rankov was included in the Oxford crew for the sixth time? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 1983. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:40, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Calling editors of judgment and discretion!

Materialscientist‎, Martinevans123‎, The Rambling Man‎: I appreciate you all meeting me here on such notice today, and to TRM in particular for providing the venue. I believe the time may be ripe for getting DYK on the right track. Shall we make a go of it? EEng (talk) 04:41, 19 June 2014 (UTC) P.S. Gamaliel too.

As if I'd ever knowingly collude with the Great Satan of DYK. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:18, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

I think any good ideas we come up with will be destroyed by the current DYK one-eyed hierarchy, certain editors there who "own" the project will need, at least, an RFC to get any real difference to take place. Meanwhile the DYK one-eyed hierarchy will sit back, crack jokes, blame the rest of us for the shit they are somehow allowed to pile onto the main page, then blame us further for not getting stuck into their curious "pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap" concept which is currently the main page toilet. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:19, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Reflinks

Hi. Sorry to bother you, but is there a way of getting that Reflink tool you used on Daniel Keyes somewhere handy like in the left hand menu? (I'm probably missing something glaringly obvious but I was abandoned in the woods as a child and raised by foxes; I can catch rabbits and groom myself with my tongue but I have trouble with technology and crossing roads). Belle (talk) 08:37, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

It's no bother, but no, I have to Google it each time! There may be a script you can add to your monobook out there somewhere... The Rambling Man (talk) 08:40, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

@Bellemora: I think the Script section of this has what you want. --NeilN 20:49, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Perfect. Thank you. Belle (talk) 22:51, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

@NeilN:, and thank you from me.Edmund Patrick – confer 06:22, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Both of you are welcome. Glad to help. --NeilN 12:58, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1978

The article The Boat Race 1978 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Boat Race 1978 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Montanabw -- Montanabw (talk) 21:41, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Casey Casem

Well done on sticking to your guns, and eloquently arguing for quality. I didn't spot the thread until late and would have 'weighed in' as another admin unwilling to post until improvements were made. Cheers, Step hen 23:11, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. That makes five of us. I'm most disappointed (although not entirely surprised) that we have Arbcom members that are so out of touch with how we try to operate and maintain quality in the ITN portion of the main page. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:48, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Just to say thank you for all your hard work at ITN, especially in improving articles so that they can appear on the main page, and for your series of GAs on Boat Races. Roll on 2015! Bencherlite 11:15, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks dude. I'm really enjoying these, I may need some help soon, I'm trying to tackle the 1877 dead heat and the 1987 mutiny articles....! 1877 is in my sandbox3.... 1987 I've unleashed but needs masses of work. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:45, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

FLC request

Hi, can you spend some time reviewing this nomination? It could be boring, but I have to ask you. :) —Vensatry _(ping) 17:30, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

DYK for The Boat Race 1978

On 21 June 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Boat Race 1978, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Cambridge boat sank during the 1978 University Boat Race? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 1978. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 23:13, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 June 2014

News and notes: With paid advocacy in its sights, the Wikimedia Foundation amends their terms of use

Featured content: Worming our way to featured picture

Special report: Wikimedia Bangladesh: a chapter's five-year journey

Traffic report: You can't dethrone Thrones

WikiProject report: Visiting the city

125 to go...!

For when you eventually reach 1920. Lots of TfL Boat Race posters exist but that's the only one that is PD I believe. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 11:15, 22 June 2014 (UTC)