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@Evolution and evolvability: There may be a bit of an over-reliance on Harris (2005), which is ultimately just a survey and not by itself a superbly scholarly source. I will do my best to replace it where I can and see where that takes me. ceranthor16:49, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Hogg Rock 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 Jo-Jo Eumerus -- Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 13:20, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
Gern geschehen. Probably won't be able to do much in the next few weeks as African humid period looks like a megaproject, though.
Incidentally, do you know of ways to attract interest to a FAC? I know, I tend to offer more stuff for others to review rather than reviewing things myself but the pace so far on Limalok has been glacial. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 17:22, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
I think it's a problem of FAC as a whole that noms tend to take a while to get reviews from more than one or two people. In the past, I've nominated things for peer review first to get feedback so those people generally are happy to give additional feedback, having already invested some time in reading the article beforehand. Since that wouldn't apply here, my best advice would be to ask one of the delegates if you could list it at the FAC Urgents page. ceranthor17:53, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
Draft:Blackstone Resources Battery Codes
Hi Cerathor,
You deleted a page I had written and blocked a username I created. I'm sure they were the right decisions to make. Apologies on my behalf. I'm new to Wikipedia.
The copyright infringement was actually on a paper I had authored myself. I'm the CEO and Chairman of Blackstone Resources. I've created a new username under my own name. I would really appreciate some advise on how to bring this page to life in the correct way. AI took ages writing this page and sourcing everything, and making the tables was really hard. I'm happy to draft something in the sandbox first and show you if that is better.
@UlrichErnstCH: Sticking to the sandbox would be fine. But I can't restore the text exactly as it was since it had copyright violations. I'm happy to post the tables in your sandbox if you would like that. ceranthor15:54, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
Thanks Cerathor,
That would be great thank you, if you could leave the tables in my sandbox. What do I do to avoid the copyright violations? I've written the paper myself i.e. the pdf you reference. I've also tried to make the paper open source under a creative commons license. I'm so sorry, I'm new to this. I'm better at academic research. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi. I just finished working on the 'Artistry' section of the article and was hoping that you could take a look at it. I don't want to clutter the article with too many redundant information so if you think that something should go please let me know. I'm also worried about the style as I think it might be too informal. Also although quotes they are translated from Polish so if there are any grammar mistakes or something doesn't make sense also let me know or just go ahead and correct it. Hope to hear back from you soon. Happy Holidays. ArturSik (talk) 21:48, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
@ArturSik: I think it's fine! The first paragraph starts off a bit choppy, but I don't think it's anything to be concerned about. Let me know if you have other concerns. ceranthor15:48, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
Thank you. Tbf I was most concerned about the second paragraph cause that's the new one but from what I see you haven't changed there anything. I'm still not sure about the use of 'thanks' in this sentence: "Margaret has the potential of a smooth jazz singer thanks to the "exceptional purity of her voice" and "interesting timbre."" I don't know what other word I could replace it with but I'm worried it might be a bit too informal. what do you think ? ArturSik (talk) 16:09, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
Tuck into this! We've made about three of these in the last few days for various festivities. Supermarkets are stuffed with cheap berries. Season's greetings! Cas Liber (talk·contribs) 22:40, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
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Hey, I found your name on the GA mentor list. I just reviewed my first GA. I found the article to not be broad enough and listed a number of questions. I was just wondering if you could give me any feedback on my review of this article. Thanks, Theodor Langhorne Franklin (talk) 22:12, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi, Theodor Langhorne Franklin, I think your review is appropriate and sufficiently detailed. I think you are right that the article could be more comprehensive - if you want me to keep an eye on the review as it progresses, please let me know. Happy to help. ceranthor14:03, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
Wanted to thank you for your helpful advice and kind approach during the FA process. PS: did you receive the email I sent you a few days ago? - LouisAragon (talk) 21:37, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
I recall that last year or so you proposed that we should jointly expand Huaynaputina to FA status. While I do not currently have time for extensive work on that topic (and I prefer to see 1257 Samalas eruption pass FAC first, as it could be an useful template for a Huaynaputina article), I was wondering if you are still interested and whether we could hammer out a time plan for this if so. I was also eyeing Coropuna, El Misti and Monowai Seamount but the latter will be difficult due to source access issues. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 17:56, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
@Jo-Jo Eumerus: Sounds good. I think I'll be free by February once I get Newberry Volcano to FAC. Do you have a preference for certain sections? You tend to pay more attention to lithology and petrography than I do in volcano articles, but I'm happy to take on anything and to start compiling sources. I have access to most of them thru work/school access. ceranthor15:54, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
That's going to be somewhat difficult. Usually I work from the sources forward, scanning each source for information that is worth including; that's why the resulting text is often densely packed with references and has some kludgy wording/typos. Maybe you could work with sources that are behind paywalls such as Wiley articles and those which aren't on Google Scholar while I work with the otherones? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 17:36, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
Commented on that and will write something more today. Beyond the writing question, I was wondering if a finished Huaynaputina could be co-nominated at FAC together with Coropuna; that article needs a bit of update though with new sources and probably a handier citation format. Always tough to rewrite an adequate article rather than a poor (poorly written or stubby) one. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:42, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
Jo-Jo Eumerus, wanted to check in with you about this. I'm mostly finishing up with immediate projects, with just a bunch of longer-term goals on the docket. Where do you stand for availability? ceranthor16:47, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
Come to think about this, seeing as Huaynaputina has already a substantial amount of (so-so) text would you prefer to write something from scratch or to expand on the existing text? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:56, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
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Thanks for the kind reply. yes, Even I meant it as AGF edit by User456541 but something that is not supported by policies, even if they implied their edit was policy supported.--DBigXrayᗙ23:12, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
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First time GA review (Hemothorax) - your mentoring help would be appreciated.
Hi Ceranthor, I found your name on the list of those willing to help / mentor with first time GA reviews so here I am. I've written a few GAs / GA noms so I hope that I understand the general process. I've made a start reviewing Hemothorax. My general impression is that the article isn't ready for GA yet and feels a bit thin and half-baked. I'd be very grateful to know what you think about the article and about how I've started the review. Thanks, PeaBrainC (talk) 22:37, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
Very sorry for not responding in a timely fashion; PeaBrainC. I agree that it seems thin and might need to be a decent bit more comprehensive to become a GA. Besides the management section, I would think there would be more content available to discuss in more detail within each section within the article. ceranthor13:37, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
Thanks Ceranthor. It's been more than a week and there's been very little response from the Nominator so I think I'm going to fail it. Out of interest, after reviewing and making comments on areas for improvement, would you generally put an article that needs a lot of work like this one on hold or would you fail it outright from the start? PeaBrainC (talk) 17:39, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
@PeaBrainC: In a perfect world, it should be consistent for both experienced and new GA nominators. I try to give articles that need a lot of work the same optimism for improvement that I do regular GA nominators, so I avoid quick-failing unless the nominator has been inactive or the article falls so short of the GA criteria that sufficient improvement would likely require more than a week of work. ceranthor17:25, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
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