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Hi Cirt,

I hope that life has been well with you since we were last in touch. Might you have time to review an article I have up for featured status? It is called JC's Girls. Any comments you might add to the discussion would be greatly appreciated.

Neelix (talk) 20:16, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Quite busy lately but good luck to you. — Cirt (talk) 16:22, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

• Although I realize you're not an admin on Wikipedia anymore, I still thought I'd let you know that I re-created this article. I have no idea how it looked back in 2010 but I'm guessing WP:MUSICBIO was tighter back then, as now charting a single song on any music chart passes notability. Erpert ^{blah, blah, blah...} 03:43, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Okay, Erpert, thanks for the notification. :) — Cirt (talk) 05:45, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

We have a pair of sockpuppet accounts on Wikiquote, adding Wikipedia articles, Flag templates like crazy, marking me as a "sockpuppet" and adding templates for that. There don't seem to be any admins on-line over there. --EncycloPetey (talk) 01:03, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

A bit busy at the moment, will try to check in later. — Cirt (talk) 19:30, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

A Portal:Shia Islam has been established. However, it is still in the rudementary stages, and needs significant support. Could you please help in the establishment of the page, especially things such as templates (Portal:Shia Islam/Selected article/Layout). Any help will be greatly appreciated. --Cuparsk | ‏الحسين‎ 03:55, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Sorry quite busy in life, stopping in from time to time for smaller projects only these days. — Cirt (talk) 19:30, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that Portal:Internet/DYK/10, a page that you created, has been tagged for deletion. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

• It is unambiguous vandalism or an obvious hoax. (See section G3 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please do not introduce inappropriate pages to Wikipedia; doing so is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox.
• It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. — TaqPol _{talk contrib} 12:44, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Oh god... I'm really sorry - I think I might have incorrectly tagged the page for speedy deletion as I'm cleaning up the vandalism of an vandalism-only account... Hopefully it haven't broke other stuff and you are able to get the content back. Again, I'm really sorry about that. — TaqPol _{talk contrib} 12:53, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

@NeilN: Sir, fyi on this. --Efe (talk) 13:07, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Fixed. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 13:11, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. — Cirt (talk) 16:22, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

Any chance I could persuade you to take on the review? It should, pretty much, be a walkover as explained on Maile66's talk page. Let me know. Peace, Jonas Vinther • (Click here to collect your price!) 13:01, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Don't really have a chance right now, but glad you're doing quality improvement work. — Cirt (talk) 16:22, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

In 2010 you moved the Voluntary Content Rating page into my userspace (User:ArneBab/Voluntary_Content_Rating). Another user found it mentioned in a Law Review from 1997 where VCR is described in the words “The Voluntary Content Rating self-rating system promoted by CYBERSitter is almost the model of a standard”.

Following the deletion review guidelines I’d like to ask you to review the move into userspace in light of that new information. If you agree that a mention in Law Review establishes notability, please move the current version back to the original article.

(the information was available shortly after the move into userspace, but it took me quite some time to recover enough from seeing it removed from the main Wikipedia to take up the issue again)

If you move it back into main space, please leave a redirect from my user page, since I have some links pointing there which I do not want to see broken. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArneBab (talk • contribs) 06:36, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

I'll respectfully defer to others in the community about this. — Cirt (talk) 16:22, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks for the notification. — Cirt (talk) 16:22, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

I think this might interest you since you commented in the first deletion attempt. Please visit Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Jackson (conductor) (2nd nomination)--Karljoos (talk) 01:06, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

So how should I go forward with Voluntary Content Rating? File a deletion review? Draketo (talk) 08:21, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Yeah sure, and I'll respectfully defer to community consensus there. — Cirt (talk) 13:01, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 29 September. Yours, Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 05:20, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Okay thank you, I'll take a look. — Cirt (talk) 12:58, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

• File:Martin Luther King Jr NYWTS.jpg

Note to self:

Detailed explanation of why this file is public domain licensed, at DIFF. — Cirt (talk) 00:48, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

• File:1Mcolors.png. — Cirt (talk) 23:39, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Clock incident. Since you had some involvement with the Clock incident redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Prosfilaes (talk) 08:40, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Did the article receive formal copy edits by the GOCE? I didn't realize that but saw you add the article history template to its talk page. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 02:56, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the revert. Was accessing my watchlist through phone. —Vensatry _(ping) 03:55, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Considering the fact that I have been contributing to Wikipedia since July of 2007, and that it has been almost two months since my last post (August 3, 2015), I am puzzled why you have all of a sudden, now, sent me a "Welcome to Wikipedia" message. You included a link to this page and said to use it if I had any questions, so here I am, asking. —Hccrle (talk) 09:58, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

A bit busy in life, but stopping in from time to time.

You can find my replies to older posts and messages in the user talk page archives (probably the most recent one), linked to at the top of this page.

— Cirt (talk) 15:16, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

I've created a new article on the Free Speech Flag.

If anyone's got ideas for possible additional sources, comments are welcome, at Talk:Free Speech Flag.

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 18:38, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

1. Liquid fly-back booster
2. Row hammer

Articles to review. — Cirt (talk) 06:24, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Update: Row hammer = GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 02:39, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Update: Liquid fly-back booster = GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 02:44, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Update: Passed Row hammer as GA. — Cirt (talk) 03:27, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

1. IPhone 5S
2. The Daily Stormer

I will review these articles. — Cirt (talk) 02:46, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Update: IPhone 5S = GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 03:34, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Update: The Daily Stormer = GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 03:47, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Update: Good progress so far by nominator at The Daily Stormer, just waiting on expansion from secondary sources independent of the subject. Then reassess. :) — Cirt (talk) 16:38, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

1. Windows 10
2. Lego

— Cirt (talk) 20:28, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Update: Windows 10 placed as GA on Hold, pending issues to address. — Cirt (talk) 20:28, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Lego status GA on Hold, left recommendations to address on review page. — Cirt (talk) 20:29, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

I've thought for a while about about how to approach you about what you just did at FAC, and in the end I guess I'd just appreciate an explanation of your thought process. From my perspective, you left a comment on virtually every nomination on this list, linking to your own nomination, and seemingly having spent minimal time examining the article (based on looking at the time between each comment). By my count, you supported 13 nominations in the span of a few hours. What am I supposed to make of this? --Laser brain (talk) 15:04, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Reply. — Cirt (talk) 16:12, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

2nd. — Cirt (talk) 17:30, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Hey there! The article is nominated for FAC, here. Would you like to review it? -- Frankie _talk 15:56, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

I'll try to have a look and leave some comments. — Cirt (talk) 17:28, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! BTW can you clear the backlog of WT:MILLION AWARD. I find you quite active in that area. -- Frankie _talk 16:50, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

A bit busy at the moment, sorry, but I've gone ahead and helped out by archiving those at that talk page that were done. That should hopefully help focus attention on those that are still pending. Hope that helps you, — Cirt (talk) 17:58, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

1. Betsimisaraka people
2. Slavery in Haiti
3. Antankarana

I will review these for GA consideration. — Cirt (talk) 04:40, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Added a few cites needed to Slavery in Haiti. — Cirt (talk) 19:56, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed Betsimisaraka people as GA. — Cirt (talk) 20:04, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Slavery in Haiti placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 20:16, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Posted an individual Stability assessment and Image review for Antankarana. — Cirt (talk) 20:39, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed Slavery in Haiti as GA. — Cirt (talk) 14:11, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed Antankarana as GA. — Cirt (talk) 14:24, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated the Free Speech Flag for Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Free Speech Flag.

— Cirt (talk) 18:23, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

...for looking at Washington Redskins name controversy. Inline citations are down to 378. Overall size is shrinking slower, the lists I split off to another article often had multiple sources for each item. I have removed obviously outdated information and moved content to related articles that already exist.FriendlyFred (talk) 20:17, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

I should appreciate the help, but you interrupted my process which started only a few hours ago. What's the rush? I agree with most of the cuts, but know the material best, and where it should go; was in the process of creating an "Other Redskins" article were content from both this and the main controversy article could reside. My method of editing is to comment out, which makes it easier to move content than from DIFFs. There are multiple uses of named refs, one of which you broke. FriendlyFred (talk) 21:23, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

I had to withdraw the nomination because of certain issues. As per your suggestion, I've opened up a PR. It would be really nice if you could offer some comments here. Thanks, —Vensatry _(ping) 13:01, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification, Vensatry, sorry that was the end outcome, I'll try to have a look at the Peer Review. :) — Cirt (talk) 16:20, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

I have nominated the article for FAC, my first one. Here is the link if you wanna leave comments. :) -- Frankie _talk 20:29, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Stepping out for some exercise soon but I'll try to take some time to read it over in a while. — Cirt (talk) 20:51, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

• Liquid fly-back booster
• iPhone 5S
• The Daily Stormer
• Windows 10
• Lego

GAN candidates reviewed, current status of above = GA on Hold. Awaiting further modifications and responses from nominators. — Cirt (talk) 02:48, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Passed Liquid fly-back booster as GA. — Cirt (talk) 20:36, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Update: iPhone 5S passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 04:52, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed Windows 10 as GA. — Cirt (talk) 23:25, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Unfortunately, Lego review closed as not GA at this time. — Cirt (talk) 19:13, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

1. Gender roles in non-heterosexual communities
2. Crinoline
3. Burnside Burn
4. The Dougy Center
5. Washington Redskins name controversy

I will review these new few for GA consideration. — Cirt (talk) 14:27, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

GA on Hold status for Gender roles in non-heterosexual communities. — Cirt (talk) 21:29, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Performed Stability assessment and Image review for Crinoline and Burnside Burn. Crinoline = awaiting response re Image review. Burnside Burn = ready for Rest of review. — Cirt (talk) 22:01, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Burnside Burn = placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 22:11, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

GA on Hold for Crinoline. — Cirt (talk) 02:22, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Added one more to above list, The Dougy Center. — Cirt (talk) 09:16, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Image review and Stability assessment done for The Dougy Center. Next, on to rest of review, for that one. — Cirt (talk) 09:30, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Added to review Washington Redskins name controversy. Pending: Rest of review for this one. — Cirt (talk) 22:12, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Placed The Dougy Center as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 22:56, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed Crinoline as GA. — Cirt (talk) 01:32, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

The Dougy Center promoted to GA status. — Cirt (talk) 01:41, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed as GA, article Burnside Burn. — Cirt (talk) 02:12, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Sample 09-F9 protest art, Free Speech Flag by John Marcotte.svg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 18:50, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, Armbrust, I will indeed consider nominating other images for Featured picture consideration. :) — Cirt (talk) 18:53, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

I've created a new article on White House Astronomy Night.

Suggestions for additional WP:RS sources would be appreciated, at Talk:White House Astronomy Night.

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 15:09, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

It's been a week I added the Juno (spacecraft) article as a nominee here: WP:GAN#ASTRO. It seemingly had zero reviews while others had more than 10. I thought there was something wrong going on and started reviewing the article I nominated myself. What have i done wrong, I'm confused. Huritisho 02:06, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated the article about the song "R U Professional" for Featured Article consideration.

It's a satirical song and a form of parody music using sampling.

Comments would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/R U Professional/archive1.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 21:49, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

1. The Daily Stormer
2. Gender roles in non-heterosexual communities
3. Washington Redskins name controversy

The Daily Stormer = pending additions to lede intro sect with some Commentary type info. Gender roles in non-heterosexual communities = to review again after 10 October. Washington Redskins name controversy = to post up GA Review after nominator tried trimming down size of article. — Cirt (talk) 16:33, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed The Daily Stormer as GA. — Cirt (talk) 10:38, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Washington Redskins name controversy placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 01:00, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Gender roles in non-heterosexual communities, unfortunately, not GA at this time. Washington Redskins name controversy placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 01:11, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. — Cirt (talk) 21:34, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

1. Washington Redskins name controversy - done
2. Dump months - hold
3. WBCM-LP
4. Early life and career of Gene Roddenberry

I will review these for GA consideration. — Cirt (talk) 10:50, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Image review done for Dump months. — Cirt (talk) 11:10, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Image review done at WBCM-LP; issues pending there. — Cirt (talk) 11:21, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Image review done for Early life and career of Gene Roddenberry, one issue pending there. — Cirt (talk) 11:26, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Stability assessment for Dump months pending response from nominator. — Cirt (talk) 12:57, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Update: WBCM-LP and Early life and career of Gene Roddenberry = ready for Rest of review. Waiting on Daniel Case to respond to one minor issue at Dump months. — Cirt (talk) 23:01, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Washington Redskins name controversy as GA on Hold from prior set. — Cirt (talk) 01:13, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Dump months placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 01:43, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

GA on Hold for WBCM-LP. — Cirt (talk) 01:50, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Placed Early life and career of Gene Roddenberry as GA on Hold, pending a couple issues. — Cirt (talk) 02:11, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

WBCM-LP passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 04:20, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed Early life and career of Gene Roddenberry as GA. — Cirt (talk) 08:36, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed Washington Redskins name controversy. — Cirt (talk) 03:27, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Please stop posting pointers to AfD threads on the talk page of WikiProject NYC when the articles in question are not related to New York City. Such pointers could be construed as WP:Canvassing. BMK (talk) 18:57, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Saturday Night Live is filmed live in New York City and I thought people involved in the WikiProject dedicated to improving articles about New York City would be interested. I remember watching Saturday Night Live (season 27) and how it addressed the September 11 attacks and the appearance of the Mayor of New York City on that program and I realized how integral Saturday Night Live was to the culture of New York City. But fine, I won't post again to that particular WikiProject. Thank you. — Cirt (talk) 19:15, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

How long does it take the bot to come around and add the GA plus sign to the article? I ask because I thought it was an hour, but it has been more than 24 with no plus sign. Since we lost a couple bots, I was wondering if it would hurt to add it myself. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 17:35, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

HazelAB (talk) 18:24, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

1. Dump months - hold

   Nick Stuart - hold

2. Robert Kurrle - hold

   Robert McLachlan (cinematographer) - hold

   Rebecca Anderson - hold

3. Arthur Chu - hold

I will review these articles. I will do my best to get to at least the various parts of the review of the article within a time period of Seven Days... — Cirt (talk) 02:16, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Update: Image reviews and Stability assessments = done for all three. Next, on to rest of reviews. — Cirt (talk) 02:33, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Nick Stuart as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 04:11, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Robert Kurrle is now GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 04:23, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

GA on Hold for Robert McLachlan (cinematographer). — Cirt (talk) 04:35, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Added one, reviewed it, GA on Hold for Rebecca Anderson. — Cirt (talk) 05:00, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

GA on Hold for Arthur Chu. — Cirt (talk) 01:20, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed Rebecca Anderson as GA. — Cirt (talk) 02:25, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Nick Stuart passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 05:06, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Robert McLachlan (cinematographer) passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 09:15, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		For the investment of substantial time and energy in helping protect the stability of Frank Gaffney by aiding in the inquiry of possible socks. LavaBaron (talk) 10:40, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, LavaBaron, much appreciated. I see nothing much has (yet) resulted at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Zeke1999. That's unfortunate. Good luck to you, — Cirt (talk) 10:42, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

I agree with your analysis. I have blocked the user. Guy (Help!) 11:23, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much! — Cirt (talk) 11:32, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:Lunatic charlatans.

Fun reading.

— Cirt (talk) 11:38, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Cirt-

You are welcome to write on my talk page, or correct a typo if you make one. You are not allowed to make any substantial edits that changes, alters, or (in combination with posts made elsewhere) misrepresents the tone or direction of a conversation. Thanks--Godot13 (talk) 21:48, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

• Update: I tried to make an attempt at good faith, by: (1) striking my own comments with strike-through that were seen by Godot13 as rude or condescending, (2) reducing the size of an image on the page that I placed there as an example of SVG Vector Graphic sizing, and (3) offering a way to move forward with WP:Wikilove and a Cup of tea to Godot13. Unfortunately, all of these attempts at good faith on my part were summarily reverted, by Godot13, at DIFF. I'm really trying here, by attempting to make three (3) good faith gestures, but, unfortunately, they're not being received at this time by the user. — Cirt (talk) 21:50, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The Land of Gorch is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Land of Gorch until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. — Cirt (talk) 09:59, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome. The article was created back in 2012. --Rtkat3 (talk) 02:06, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

1. Dump months - hold - 10 October

   Robert Kurrle - hold - 11 October

2. Arthur Chu - hold - 12 October

Consolidated to list those still pending. — Cirt (talk) 10:22, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Robert Kurrle passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 06:22, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

1. Species (film) - hold - 14 October
2. Loham - hold - 14 October
3. Obvious Child - hold - 14 October

I will review these articles for GA consideration. — Cirt (talk) 21:16, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Placed Species (film) as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 02:30, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Loham placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 03:08, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Placed Obvious Child as GA on Hold. Probably least issues of the bunch so far. — Cirt (talk) 03:24, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Re this: I do review one for every one I nominate, usually from the "longest without being reviewed" list; I'd love to do two but, unless one is an easy fail, I usually can't find the time for a serious review (When I review any GA-nominated article, I like to print it out and do a hard-copy edit, with notes, before going online with my thoughts ... I think all nominators deserve that level of review for their efforts. Often, some of the really long ones use up quite a bit of paper, so I also think of that. Daniel Case (talk) 03:27, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated the Coat of arms of Mexico for Featured Picture consideration.

The nomination discussion page is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Coat of arms of Mexico.

— Cirt (talk) 20:10, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

1. Dump months - hold - 10 October
2. Arthur Chu - hold - 12 October
3. Species (film) - hold - 14 October
4. Loham - hold - 14 October
5. Obvious Child - hold - 14 October

Consolidated some pending ones. — Cirt (talk) 03:27, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

1. Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon - hold 14 - October
2. Smashed (film) - hold - 14 October
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron - 15 October

Going to take several hours off from editing and read these over. — Cirt (talk) 03:36, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 17:20, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

GA on Hold status for Smashed (film). — Cirt (talk) 17:36, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Avengers: Age of Ultron = GA on Hold. Call this one 15 October revisit. — Cirt (talk) 22:34, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Coat of arms of Mexico.svg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 22:36, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Armbrust, much appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 22:40, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi Cirt -

Hope this finds you well. I'm reaching out to follow-up on a page I created five years ago for our agency, Athletes First. We are a sports agency that represents more than 200 players, coaches and broadcasters in the NFL. I would like to create this page with new content and I'm reaching out to the admin who originally deleted our page (you) to ensure that's alright. Can you please let me know what I need to do to move forward? I can provide plenty of references and background if it helps. Let me know.

Thanks, Austin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Austinlyman (talk • contribs) 16:44, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

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1. Dump months - hold - 10 October
2. Arthur Chu - hold - 12 October
3. Species (film) - hold - 14 October
4. Loham - hold - 14 October
5. Obvious Child - hold - 14 October
6. Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon - hold 14 - October
7. Smashed (film) - hold - 14 October
8. Avengers: Age of Ultron - 15 October

Update on consolidated pending to revisit. — Cirt (talk) 22:50, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

1. Welcome Wagon (Veronica Mars) - hold - 15 October
2. Daredevil (season 1) - hold - 15 October
3. Of Vice and Men - hold - 15 October

I will review these for GA candidacy. — Cirt (talk) 22:48, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Welcome Wagon (Veronica Mars) placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 19:44, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

GA on Hold for Daredevil (season 1). — Cirt (talk) 21:24, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Placed Of Vice and Men as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 21:40, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi Cirt, just wanted to thank you for your thoroughness in reviewing FAs. I've learned a lot from your example. --Atsme^📞📧 18:59, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Atsme, I really appreciate the kind words! I've taken care after helpful advice recently from Laser brain and Mike Christie to improve the quality of my FA reviewing. So you taking the time to come here to post to my user talk page, and tell me that you feel you've learned from my thoroughness in reviewing FAs and that you've learned a lot from me — that really means a lot to me. Thank you !!! — Cirt (talk) 19:04, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Updated consolidated pending. — Cirt (talk) 21:43, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

1. Lord of the Pi's - hold - 16 October
2. Tiffany Doggett - hold - 16 October
3. Static Shock - hold - 16 October

I will review these for GA consideration. — Cirt (talk) 21:47, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Lord of the Pi's placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 00:38, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

GA on Hold status for Tiffany Doggett. — Cirt (talk) 01:05, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Static Shock placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 01:32, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

You participated in the recent discussion which resulted in Category:Climate change skeptics being renamed to Category:Climate change deniers. The new category has now been nominated for renaming back to Category:Climate change skeptics. The new discussion is here. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 05:54, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Updated consolidated pending. — Cirt (talk) 01:34, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Welcome Wagon (Veronica Mars) - passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 02:31, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

1. Spit & Eggs - hold - 16 October
2. Monica Geller - hold - 16 October
3. Pilot (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) - hold - 16 October

New television set of GA candidates to review. — Cirt (talk) 01:37, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Placed Spit & Eggs as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 07:28, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Monica Geller placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 08:00, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Placed as GA on Hold for Pilot (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Now if only I could find the keys to drive Lola and put it into flying mode. — Cirt (talk) 08:27, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi. I have listed Bharat Ratna for peer review. Its currently a GA and I would like to take it FAC in the near future. I would really appreciate if you could find some time and provide your comments here. Thanks in advance. - Vivvt (Talk) 10:07, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for your Quality improvement efforts on Wikipedia. Sorry, but this one is a bit outside my area of expertise. Not sure how you ended up notifying me, in particular, anyways. But I suggest you post neutrally-worded-notices to talk pages of relevant WikiProjects asking for help, such as Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Awards and prizes, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Orders, Decorations, and Medals, and Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics. I wish you the best of luck, — Cirt (talk) 10:13, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for commenting on my FAC. As you suggested, I consulted a few native English speakers to copy-edit the article. Unfortunately none of them were kind enough to respond. -- Frankie _talk 10:54, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Sorry to hear that! I suggest you also try posting neutrally worded notices to talk pages of relevant WikiProjects, and post a request at WP:GOCE, and ask some of your friends who are Category:User en-5 or Category:User en-N but might not be actual Wikipedia editors themselves but just friends in-real-life, to read over the article. Good luck, — Cirt (talk) 10:59, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Updated consolidated pending. — Cirt (talk) 08:29, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed as GA for Daredevil (season 1). — Cirt (talk) 09:59, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Pilot (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 17:07, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed as GA, for Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon. — Cirt (talk) 03:26, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Arthur Chu = passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 03:28, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

1. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - hold - 17 October
2. Modern Family - hold - 17 October
3. Show Me the Monkey - hold - 17 October

It was time for a brand new television set of articles to review for GA candidacy. — Cirt (talk) 08:31, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

GA on Hold status for article - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — Cirt (talk) 02:30, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Modern Family placed as GA on Hold. Lot of work needed, but worst case scenario they get some suggestions for next time to work on in interim. — Cirt (talk) 03:10, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Placed as GA on Hold for article, Show Me the Monkey. — Cirt (talk) 03:59, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

I saw you mentioning GA reviews. Some open ones are are at WP:QAIPOST, which is also a forum of free speech ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:42, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for the note, Gerda Arendt, and for your interest in Freedom of speech !!! But perhaps as you can see from above, I've got enough reviewing on my plate at the moment. :) — Cirt (talk) 10:44, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Could you suggest more sentences in the article which needs improvements. --Charles Turing (talk) 19:14, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

New update for consolidated pending. — Cirt (talk) 04:00, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed as GA for article, Lord of the Pi's. — Cirt (talk) 04:11, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Species (film) - passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 14:40, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed as GA, for article Static Shock. — Cirt (talk) 23:25, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

1. Forever (U.S. TV series) - hold - 18 October

   Bad Timing (Adventure Time) - hold - 17 October

2. Tome of the Unknown - passed as GA, 18 October
3. Charlotte (anime) - hold - 18 October

Why watch TV when you can review TV ?

I will review these for GA candidacy.

— Cirt (talk) 04:21, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Bad Timing (Adventure Time) - placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 05:50, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Added one to above, will review article, Charlotte (anime). — Cirt (talk) 05:52, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Bad Timing (Adventure Time) = passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 10:28, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Forever (U.S. TV series) = placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 23:57, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Tome of the Unknown = passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 00:08, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

GA on Hold for Charlotte (anime). — Cirt (talk) 00:50, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Hiya, I think I've taken care of all the suggestions you made for the Monica Geller GA review; currently awaiting your verdict :-).--Changedforbetter (talk) 04:08, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

 Doing............................................................................................................... — Cirt (talk) 04:09, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Added an issue. — Cirt (talk) 04:13, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

I found a couple of photos of both Gruffudd and the cast on Flickr for section 6.1 of Forever's GA nom. I have a quick question, though. Can you use photos with CC BY-ND 2.0 licenses on Wikipedia without it violating copyrights? SciGal (talk) 21:10, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

I've noted the questions in your section. I have taken care of section 7. Section 9 is on the to-do list. I addressed section 10 in section 2.1 of my response above your reevaluation.

As for the photos, the link itself was a little confusing, so I looked it up on Wikipedia. I found that I cannot use the photos that I was thinking of as the ND renders the image non-free. I tried to find one on Wikimedia, but there weren't any from Forever. The closest that I could find was one for a Comic-Con panel for Ringer.SciGal (talk) 21:28, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Now, I see your note about using individual episodes as references. Thanks.SciGal (talk) 21:29, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

You're right about Gruffudd; several of my friends were talking about that the other day.

Are there any other photos that I can get if I can?SciGal (talk) 22:44, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi Cirt! Just letting you know that I have substituted one of the images in Crinoline and as you recently reviewed it for GA status, just wanted to give you a heads-up in case you wanted to double-check that there are no concerns with it and it won't affect the GA status (though I can't see how it would). I thought it was a far better illustration in that it showed not just a Dior crinoline, but the actual crinoline petticoat worn underneath. Mabalu (talk) 02:33, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated A butterfly feeding on the tears of a turtle in Ecuador for Featured Picture consideration.

Discussion is ongoing, at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/A butterfly feeding on the tears of a turtle in Ecuador.

— Cirt (talk) 20:51, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated this photo of Horses on Bianditz mountain for Featured Picture consideration.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Horses on Bianditz mountain.

— Cirt (talk) 16:56, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated this photo, Aurora Borealis over Bear Lake, for consideration as a Featured Picture.

Discussion is ongoing, at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Aurora Borealis over Bear Lake.

— Cirt (talk) 02:34, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Would you consider putting up the perspective-corrected version as an ALT? The downside is that it could split the vote, but there are pros and cons to each image, mainly the perspective correction is more pleasing (personally), but it does show a little in the stars on the left side... Just a thought.--Godot13 (talk) 17:13, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, Godot13, for reaching out to me, here, I really appreciate it. Personally I'd rather very much like to keep the current version, as it is First Place Picture of the Year 2006. Also, I'd extremely like to avoid splitting the vote, as you suggest might happen. — Cirt (talk) 17:57, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Calliphora vicina head for Featured Picture consideration.

Discussion is ongoing, at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Calliphora vicina head.

— Cirt (talk) 00:21, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated India - Varanasi green peas to be considered as a Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/India - Varanasi green peas.

— Cirt (talk) 01:08, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Tarvasjõgi, Kõrvemaa Nature Park, Estonia for Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tarvasjõgi, Kõrvemaa Nature Park, Estonia.

— Cirt (talk) 00:22, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

New update for consolidated pending. — Cirt (talk) 00:53, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed as GA for article Charlotte (anime). — Cirt (talk) 07:19, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. = passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 10:43, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed Monica Geller as GA. — Cirt (talk) 12:14, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Spit & Eggs = passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 19:35, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed as GA = Forever (U.S. TV series). — Cirt (talk) 19:39, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

1. Jermaine (Adventure Time) - hold - 18 October
2. Wings for My Flight - hold - 19 October
3. Siren (Millennium) - hold - 20 October
4. Goodbye to Language
5. Fifty Shades of Grey

I will review these articles for GA consideration. — Cirt (talk) 01:00, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Jermaine (Adventure Time) = placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 03:07, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

I've been asked by GA Nominator to wait a bit on the review for Fifty Shades of Grey. — Cirt (talk) 00:55, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Placed Wings for My Flight as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 06:26, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Added to review, Siren (Millennium). — Cirt (talk) 11:27, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Added to review, Goodbye to Language. — Cirt (talk) 19:44, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Siren (Millennium) = placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 22:42, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

	The Special Barnstar
	Many congratulations on R U Professional which was successfully promoted to FA. -- Frankie talk 11:50, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much, FrB.TG, it's always fun to take something from WP:AFD successfully all the way through WP:GA, WP:PR, copy-edits, to WP:FA !!! — Cirt (talk) 11:53, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for your help in bringing Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption to Featured Article status. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 12:18, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much, Darkwarriorblake, and congratulations !!! — Cirt (talk) 12:21, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		Your tireless approach to reviewing content makes me think you may be more machine than human. I for one welcome our new cyborg overlords. GRAPPLE X 03:32, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much, Grapple X, this is most appreciated! :) — Cirt (talk) 03:34, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

My pleasure - always happy to be of help.

Keep up the good work, and happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:51, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words about my Quality improvement efforts, Ser Amantio di Nicolao, much appreciated ! — Cirt (talk) 05:50, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

This wiki kitten is here as a small part of the great karma reward the universe owes you for your tireless edits here. Cheers,

_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:44, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Piotrus, this is just what I needed to brighten my day! :) — Cirt (talk) 05:44, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for taking the time to review my Monica Geller GA nomination!!! Changedforbetter (talk) 12:14, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

You're most welcome, Changedforbetter, thanks for your Quality improvement efforts to Wikipedia ! — Cirt (talk) 12:15, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Marsh wren for consideration to be a Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Marsh wren.

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 00:51, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi, as a part of the peer review, Relentlessly did some minor copy-edits. I believe the article has benefited to some extent from the comments. Would you mind revisiting the article and PR page? —Vensatry _(ping) 09:42, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Slosh dynamics for Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Slosh dynamics.

— Cirt (talk) 00:26, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Hoboken International Film Festival. Since you had some involvement with the Hoboken International Film Festival redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. McGeddon (talk) 13:54, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Hoboken Film Festival. Since you had some involvement with the Hoboken Film Festival redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. McGeddon (talk) 13:55, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise 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 Maile66 -- Maile66 (talk) 22:00, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Liguus virgineus for Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Liguus virgineus.

— Cirt (talk) 01:15, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

The article The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise 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. — Maile (talk) 23:54, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the review, Maile66, much appreciated !!! — Cirt (talk) 23:54, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

With this ever dramatic world and winter coming, here's a cup of tea to alleviate your day! This e-tea's remains have been e-composted SwisterTwister talk 05:53, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Heheh, thanks, SwisterTwister, Winter Is Coming... — Cirt (talk) 05:55, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

You are involved in a recently-filed request for clarification or amendment from the Arbitration Committee. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment#Amendment_request:_Cirt_and_Jayen466 and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the Wikipedia:Arbitration guide may be of use.

Thanks, — Cirt (talk) 05:39, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Michael Gernhardt in space during STS-69 for Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Michael Gernhardt in space during STS-69.

— Cirt (talk) 22:47, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:A butterfly feeding on the tears of a turtle in Ecuador.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 18:14, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, Armbrust, much appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 18:15, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Motion:_Cirt_and_Jayen466

Notwithstanding other restrictions on his editing, Cirt (talk · contribs) may edit the article Typewriter in the Sky, its talk page, and pages related to a peer review, good article or featured article candidacy for the article. This exemption may be revoked by any uninvolved administrator as an arbitration enforcement action should Cirt fail to adhere to Wikipedia editing standards while editing under the exemption. Appeal of such a revocation would be through the normal arbitration enforcement appeals process.

For the Arbitration Committee Amortias (T)(C) 01:59, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Original announcement

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	For your amazing efforts at reducing the backlogs at GAN! I don't know how find the time to do all this, but your reviews are some of the most thorough I've seen! Keep up the good work and thank you for reviewing all my articles. Johanna (formerly BenLinus1214)talk to me!see my work 03:33, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, Johanna, you're welcome. This is truly appreciated ! It comes during a bit of a stressful time for me, both on-wiki and off-wiki, so thank you very much for the acknowledgement. :) — Cirt (talk) 03:34, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

I've created the WP:Deletion to Quality Award.

This recognizes editors who've taken a page previously considered for deletion — to Featured Article or Good Article quality.

The award is inspired by the Wikipedia:Million Award, the Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron, and the Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement.

Please see Wikipedia:Deletion to Quality Award.

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 00:25, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for the effort, and for letting us know, us being QAI, aka the cabal of the outcasts ;) - I clarified on our project page that what so far was called "Awards" means awards received by members, listing only outstanding ones. If you want to make the Deletion to Quality Award an award given by QAI, you are welcome to become a member and have a prefix as our so far only official award given has: Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/PumpkinSky Prize. In any case, I suggest that you make your announcement on the project forum, WP:QAIPOST, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:25, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

New update for consolidated pending. — Cirt (talk) 23:46, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Siren (Millennium) = passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 09:48, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed Avengers: Age of Ultron as GA. — Cirt (talk) 04:13, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Unfortunately, closed Loham as not GA at this time. Left a numbered-list of recommendations for next steps at the GA Review subpage. — Cirt (talk) 04:32, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Obvious Child = passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 08:26, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed Wings for My Flight as GA. — Cirt (talk) 20:46, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Smashed (film) = passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 15:21, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Of Vice and Men = passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 17:55, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Tiffany Doggett - closed as, unfortunately, not GA at this time. — Cirt (talk) 23:29, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Show Me the Monkey = passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 03:29, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Unfortunately, Modern Family closed as not GA at this time. — Cirt (talk) 03:41, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Dump months = passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 22:23, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Unfortunately, Jermaine (Adventure Time) closed as not GA at this time. — Cirt (talk) 03:21, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Portrait of an Iguana for Featured Picture.

Discussion page is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Portrait of an Iguana.

— Cirt (talk) 03:08, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar like that deserves better than ECHO thanks. I very much appreciate it. So much, in fact, that ...

		The Guidance Barnstar
		For your assistance during the GA process for Dump months in helping me make improvements to the article that were better than I realized they'd be. — Daniel Case (talk) 00:33, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

@Daniel Case:, thank you very much for this, it's most appreciated to get feedback about the caliber of my GA Reviewing, so thank you !!! — Cirt (talk) 00:50, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome once again. It's been a good day for me in terms of recognition, actually.

Just this morning (well, yesterday morning, as I type this) I received word that my FPC nomination at Commons of this image has succeeded. By a hair, but it succeeded. Honestly I had thought it wasn't going to pass after Ivar's !vote (in fact, feeling sore about that prospect had a little to do with me being a bit standoffish about the quote issue, since I had just read that !vote at the time).

And then this, which granted was more expected, to bookend the day. The hard cider I'm having now really tastes good!

I am thinking very seriously now (well, I always was, but now I feel really good about it after your review and comments with the barnstar) about nominating that article for FA. I'm thinking of developing a graph, maybe, to illustrate the statistical analyses section somehow.

And of course I don't know how long I'll wait ... if it ever gets to FA I'd love to have run on the first Friday of the winter dump months season, like I wanted the DYK to (an experience that taught me that if you really, really want something to run on a particular date, go to WT:DYK and ask to make sure you get the hook reviewed in time. Because it won't happen any other way). But the timeline for that this year is ... well, doable, but kind of tight. And if it were to happen in 2016, it would have to be on New Year's Day itself, and my experience is that a fair amount of people will have reasons to want particular FAs on January 1 that are more specific to it being New Year's Day than just the first Friday night of January (And honestly I wonder if anyone will release a movie for that weekend this year. I can't imagine a potentially deader Friday night for a new movie than New Year's Night).

Also, in the film department, I have long wanted to get The Devil Wears Prada to FA, and this would be a good target year since June 30 will be the 10th anniversary of its release. Perhaps by January that would be a good time to nominate it ... even without what I learned from this process, I knew that some work would have to be done on it before an FA nomination anyway.

Once again, thanks! Daniel Case (talk) 04:21, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

File:Alpine House, Kew Gardens.jpg is a beautiful and striking photo, and a high-quality contribution in the area of science on Wikimedia. Thank you! — Cirt (talk) 04:23, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

I am considering nominating it over here as well. Daniel Case (talk) 04:50, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Calliphora vicina, u, Face, DC 2014-04-24 -17.46.02 ZS PMax - USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Laboratory.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 03:18, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much, Armbrust, much appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 03:18, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Human skull simplified for Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Human skull side simplified.

— Cirt (talk) 05:04, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

I've created a new article on the organisation, Centre for Equality and Inclusion.

Centre for Equality and Inclusion is a non-governmental organisation based in India that works towards female empowerment and women's rights.

If you'd like to help with research or to improve the article's quality, source suggestions would be appreciated, at Talk:Centre for Equality and Inclusion.

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 14:50, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

I noticed a note on the userpage for Wnt that this was a redlink for a notable organization that didn't have an article yet on Wikipedia, so that inspired me to create the article. — Cirt (talk) 03:33, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi Cirt, I logged on this week for the first time in a while and was very glad to see you're still active at WP Human Rights. Thanks for the years and years of work you've put into improving this content. -- Khazar2 (talk) 14:58, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

My pleasure, Khazar2, nice to see you around again ! — Cirt (talk) 19:07, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

I've created a new article on the Baltimore based nonprofit that delivers food to ill people -- Moveable Feast.

Please feel free to help out or collaborate on improvements, at Talk:Moveable Feast.

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 03:25, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

I'd noticed a note on user page for Soupvector that there wasn't a wiki article for this one and he wanted to wikilink to it if there was, so that inspired me to create the article. — Cirt (talk) 03:32, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Avian flu vaccine development by reverse genetics for Featured Picture.

Discussion is at: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Avian flu vaccine development by reverse genetics.

— Cirt (talk) 04:07, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Free Speech Flag 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 Viriditas -- Viriditas (talk) 07:41, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:India - Varanasi green peas - 2714.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 01:40, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much, most appreciated. — Cirt (talk) 01:57, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for creating the Moveable Feast article - a very nice addition to the project. — soupvector (talk) 08:00, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

You're most welcome, Soupvector, it was my pleasure. Thanks for inspiring me by the note on your userpage about this charitable nonprofit organization. — Cirt (talk) 08:00, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Tabanus sudeticus for Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tabanus sudeticus.

— Cirt (talk) 01:57, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Tarvasjõgi.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 00:29, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, Armbrust, much appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 00:37, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

1. Goodbye to Language
2. Lucky and Squash -- hold -- 22 October 2015
3. Juno (spacecraft)
4. John Carpenter (game show contestant) - hold -24 October 2015
5. Fizeau–Foucault apparatus - hold - 28 October 2015
6. Carroll Baker
7. Fifty Shades of Grey - hold - 28 October 2015
8. Poughkeepsie, Tramps and Thieves - hold - 28 October 2015

I will review these articles for GA consideration. — Cirt (talk) 01:00, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

I've been asked by GA Nominator to wait a bit on the review for Fifty Shades of Grey. — Cirt (talk) 00:55, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Added to review, Goodbye to Language. — Cirt (talk) 19:44, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Goodbye to Language = Stability assessment and Image review = done. Next, on to rest of review. — Cirt (talk) 00:02, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Goodbye to Language = Image review = successfully addressed, fair-use image swapped with free-use image. — Cirt (talk) 08:28, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Closed Goodbye to Language as, unfortunately, not GA at this time. — Cirt (talk) 15:01, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Added to review, Lucky and Squash. — Cirt (talk) 20:59, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Lucky and Squash = placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 23:12, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Passed as GA for Lucky and Squash. — Cirt (talk) 03:13, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

I will review Juno (spacecraft). — Cirt (talk) 05:21, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Juno (spacecraft) = Stability assessment and Image review = done. Awaiting response from GA Nominator to address two minor image issues. — Cirt (talk) 05:51, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Juno (spacecraft) = closed as, unfortunately, not GA at this time. — Cirt (talk) 23:11, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

John Carpenter (game show contestant) = marked to review. — Cirt (talk) 00:45, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

John Carpenter (game show contestant) = placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 08:33, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Fizeau–Foucault apparatus = I will review this article. — Cirt (talk) 23:00, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

John Carpenter (game show contestant) - passed as GA. — Cirt (talk) 01:14, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Added to review, Carroll Baker. — Cirt (talk) 07:26, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Fizeau–Foucault apparatus - placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 04:55, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Added to review, Poughkeepsie, Tramps and Thieves. — Cirt (talk) 05:06, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Carroll Baker = closed as unfortunately not GA at this time. — Cirt (talk) 16:14, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Fifty Shades of Grey - placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 16:37, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Poughkeepsie, Tramps and Thieves - placed as GA on Hold. — Cirt (talk) 16:51, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

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Hello Cirt: I am copy editing The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise for the GOCE. In the "Themes" section, this sentence appears at the end of the section: "He expressed shock that the Star Trek franchise was able to survive such a stinging rebuke."^[1] I'm unclear as to the meaning here. Does this mean it's shocking that the Star Trek franchise survived the "rebuke" of being cancelled by NBC? or something else. Perhaps you could clarify? Thanks.Twofingered Typist (talk) 21:46, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Black-necked stilt for Featured Picture.

It is the main image for the English Wikipedia article, Black-necked stilt.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Black-necked stilt.

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 02:10, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello. Since sometime last year, I had been planning to nominate for GA status the two following articles: Mami Kawada and LiSA (Japanese musician, born 1987), which I and other users have been working on for quite some time. However, I wanted to make sure that both articles are at a quality where they have a shot at GA before nominating them for GA status. Given that you seem to be experienced with GANs, do you think either article could pass a GA? Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 05:24, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Cistothorus palustris CT.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 01:48, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Liguus virgineus 01.JPG, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 01:26, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Much appreciated, Armbrust, thank you ! — Cirt (talk) 01:29, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

I've created a new article on the deceased British composer, William Busch.

Suggestions for additional secondary sources would be appreciated at the article's talk page, at Talk:William Busch.

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 17:22, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

I've created a new article on the Cuban-born musician Israel Kantor.

Suggestions for additional secondary sources would be appreciated, at Talk:Israel Kantor.

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 01:16, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

I've created a new article on the British statistician Roger Thatcher.

Additional input for further research collaboration and secondary sources would be appreciated at the article's talk page, at Talk:Roger Thatcher.

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 05:11, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

1. Fizeau–Foucault apparatus - hold - 28 October 2015
2. Fifty Shades of Grey - hold - 28 October 2015
3. Poughkeepsie, Tramps and Thieves - hold - 28 October 2015

Few as GA on Hold, to revisit. — Cirt (talk) 16:54, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Fizeau-Foucault apparatus and Poughkeepsie, Tramps and Thieves both passed as GA. Only one remaining from this list above is Fifty Shades of Grey = to revisit as GA on Hold pending. — Cirt (talk) 00:01, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated the image image at Macrocranion for Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Macrocranion.

— Cirt (talk) 02:03, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Alpine House, Kew Gardens for Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Alpine House, Kew Gardens.

— Cirt (talk) 02:21, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Parlos Verdes Light House for Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Parlos Verdes Light House. — Cirt (talk) 06:31, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

The article Free Speech Flag you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Free Speech Flag 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. Viriditas (talk) 10:40, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Many thanks for your work to help Schmerber v. California achieve FA status. The article was promoted today, and I hope you will raise a glass with me in celebration! -- Notecardforfree (talk) 21:08, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Congratulations, Notecardforfree, and thank you for your work improving Wikipedia's quality WP:FA coverage related to WP:Human rights ! Unfortunately, I'm suffering from a bit of a stomach bug today, but I'll have some soda for you later. :) — Cirt (talk) 21:12, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind words - I hope you feel better soon! Best, -- Notecardforfree (talk) 21:14, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, Notecardforfree, I appreciate the well wishes. After today, I think I just need a light meal and some sleep to rest up. :) — Cirt (talk) 21:17, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Cirt. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Think of the children at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Miniapolis 22:48, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, Miniapolis, much appreciated! — Cirt (talk) 03:23, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

I've created a new article on the book Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand.

Input and suggestions for additional secondary sources would be appreciated on the article's talk page, at Talk:Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand.

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 06:01, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, Northamerica1000, same to you as well! — Cirt (talk) 03:23, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry that you considered my comments at the Sonam Kapoor FAC to be selective. I only left out the second part of the quote because I had no objection to it. I've had the occasional run in with Americans (I don't know your nationality, so that's not aimed at you) who tell me that a particular article should be in US English because most English speakers are American, ignoring the many Anglophone countries in Australasia, Africa and the Caribbean and the millions of speakers in the subcontinent. I just felt that the assumption that the editor lacked full fluency because of his origins (turns out not to be Indian anyway) was unfortunate, although clearly unintended. There is at least one Indian editor on Wikipedia who regularly copyedits my work.

FWIW, my only paid work these days is as a copy editor, which I suppose makes me "professional level" writer. However, I am aware that it is my specialist technical knowledge rather than my literacy skills that matter most for that. If you got the impression that I was distorting what you said to score points, I can only say that there was no intention to "cherry-pick" and I apologise if that's how it came across. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:55, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Note: My reply and my request. — Cirt (talk) 07:02, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Added comment at DIFF. — Cirt (talk) 07:27, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Cirt. The following articles that you've either created or significantly contributed to: Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand (discussion) Free Speech Flag (discussion)   have been nominated  to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. Thank you. APersonBot (talk!) 23:58, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for the notification. I did not nominate those myself. I will respectfully defer to standard project processes and community consensus as to what other editors want to do, or not, with those. — Cirt (talk) 02:21, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Michael Gernhardt in space during STS-69 in 1995.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 23:33, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much, Armbrust, most appreciated. — Cirt (talk) 02:21, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

..is this weeks TAFI article. Take a look.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:24, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you but focused on other projects, including Quality improvement on an article about a book by a female author about freedom of speech and censorship. Good luck, — Cirt (talk) 23:26, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Ongoing discussion at:

• Enfranchising voters in arbcom elections

An excellent proposal by Kevin Gorman.

— Cirt (talk) 03:15, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated the article about the video From The Doctor to my son Thomas for Featured Article consideration.

The article is about a message sent from actor Peter Capaldi in-character in his role as the Doctor on Doctor Who, to console an autistic young boy over grief from the death of his grandmother.

Comments would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/From The Doctor to my son Thomas/archive1.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 01:05, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

I've requested Peer Review for Not in Front of the Children.

Feedback would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Peer review/Not in Front of the Children/archive1.

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 04:12, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Will try to help out clearing the backlogs a bit. — Cirt (talk) 08:29, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

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Dates: 8 to 29 November 2015 Location: Worldwide/virtual/online event Host/Facilitator: Women in Red (WiR) in collaboration with Women scientists: Did you know that only 15% of the biographies on Wikipedia are about women? WiR focuses on "content gender gap". If you'd like to help contribute articles on women and women's works, we warmly welcome you! Sponsor: New York Academy of Sciences Event details: This is a virtual edit-a-thon hosted by WiR in parallel with a "phyisical" event during the afternoon of Sunday, November 22 in New York City. It will allow all those keen to improve Wikipedia's coverage of women in science to participate. As the virtual edit-a-thon stretches over three weeks, new participants will be able to draw on the assistance of more experienced editors while creating, translating or improving articles on women who are (or have been) prominent in the field. All levels of Wikipedia editing experience are welcome. RSVP and learn more: →here← --Rosiestep (talk) 16:14, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the invitation, Rosiestep, not sure where I'll be in life at that point in time, but I'll try to remember to take a look. — Cirt (talk) 03:32, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Ceiling bracket detail at chapel, Greenwich Hospital, London for Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ceiling bracket detail at chapel, Greenwich Hospital, London.

— Cirt (talk) 03:53, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Star Pisces at Ocean Terminal, Hong Kong for Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Star Pisces at Ocean Terminal, Hong Kong.

— Cirt (talk) 04:01, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Marion Steam Shovel for Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Marion Steam Shovel.

— Cirt (talk) 02:39, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

I've nominated Bull Stone House New World Dutch barn for Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Bull Stone House New World Dutch barn.

— Cirt (talk) 01:44, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Human skull side simplified (bones).svg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 07:44, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, Armbrust, much appreciated ! :) — Cirt (talk) 07:46, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi Cirt, just a quick note to let you know I hadn't forgotten about you! Sorry that I've been in absentia, moving house, sporadic internet access and other stuff has limited me to "easy" Wikipedia editing, rather than stuff I need to think about. Hopefully things will iron out in the next week or so (although I am off to Paris for a week for work, so hold that thought...). I'll do my best to get back to you. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:11, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

No problem, busying myself with other Featured content quality improvement drives. — Cirt (talk) 14:07, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:ReverseGeneticsFlu.svg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 07:43, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much, Armbrust, most appreciated. — Cirt (talk) 14:07, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

The account of featured portal director OhanaUnited has been compromised and has been globally locked. You are therefore the only featured portal director for now. sst✈^discuss 09:23, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the notification. — Cirt (talk) 14:07, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

1. Fifty Shades of Grey - hold - 28 October 2015
2. David Gandy
3. Karas (anime)
4. First interracial kiss on television
5. An Adventurous Automobile Trip

Couple to review. — Cirt (talk) 03:27, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Added Fifty Shades of Grey - hold - 28 October 2015 -- to above, as consolidated from previous. — Cirt (talk) 03:30, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Will review, First interracial kiss on television, in list above. — Cirt (talk) 12:58, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

All now have Image review posted, awaiting replies by nominators. Next up, Stability assessment for each. — Cirt (talk) 13:31, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Unfortunately, David Gandy not GA at this time, due to Checkuser confirmed socking. — Cirt (talk) 07:04, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Added to review, An Adventurous Automobile Trip. — Cirt (talk) 17:25, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

I was looking at Template:N/a and I noticed that the colors are not AAA compliant ([1]).

I've been changing the foreground color from grey to #2C2C2C on similar templates like Template:TableTBA, Template:Unknown and Template:Dunno, which all had the same issue. I don't have permission to edit Template:N/a by myself, so if you could do it for me I would greatly appreciate it. Grapesoda22 (talk) 20:32, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), Corte Madera.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 04:54, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Macrocranion tupaiodon 01.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 02:07, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Alpine House, Kew Gardens.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 02:18, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Parlos Verdes Light House Aug 2012.JPG, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 07:49, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Ceiling bracket detail at chapel, Greenwich Hospital, London.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 06:02, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

I planned on DRVing this discussion soon. I've expanded some sources from the other article is there any other sources you could find? Valoem ^{talk contrib} 22:07, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

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On 19 November 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Free Speech Flag, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Free Speech Flag (pictured) embeds the secret HD DVD key into the colors of the flag itself, using the flag hex code format colors? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Free Speech Flag. 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.

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Hi, I just nominated Belgium national football team as featured article candidate, which probably would not have been the case yet without the constructive review comments you provided. You can follow the review process here, leave comments whenever you like. Regards, Kareldorado (talk) 11:25, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

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I hope this is the correct way to contact you but you contacted me about an edit I made to Hustler Magazine v. Falwell and the case citations, from Hustler, that backs-up my edit are:

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/485/46.html

"Of course, this does not mean that any speech about a public figure is immune from sanction in the form of damages. Since New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), we have consistently ruled that a public figure may hold a speaker liable for the damage to reputation caused by publication of a DEFAMATORY FALSEHOOD, but only if the statement was made "with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not." Id., at 279-280. False statements of fact are particularly valueless; they interfere with the truth-seeking function of the marketplace of ideas, and they cause damage to an individual's reputation that cannot easily be repaired by counterspeech, however persuasive or effective. See Gertz, 418 U.S., at 340 , 344, n. 9. But even though falsehoods have little value in and of themselves, they are "nevertheless inevitable in free debate," id., at 340, and a rule that would impose strict liability on a publisher for false factual assertions would have an undoubted "chilling" effect on speech relating to public figures that does have constitutional value. "Freedoms of expression require "`breathing space.'" Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Hepps, 475 U.S. 767, 772 (1986) (quoting New York Times, supra, at 272). This breathing space is provided by a CONSTITUTIONAL RULE that allows public figures to RECOVER FOR LIBEL or DEFAMATION ONLY when they can prove BOTH that the statement was FALSE and that the statement was made with the REQUISTE level of CULPABILITY."

Libel (aka: an outright lie) is NOT PROTECTED 1st Amendment Speech, so my edit was on the MONEY!!!!!

Then, later on in Hustler, the Court said:

"See also Street v. New York, 394 U.S. 576, 592 (1969) ("It is firmly settled that . . . the public expression of ideas may not be prohibited merely because the ideas are themselves offensive to some of their hearers"). Admittedly, these oft-repeated First Amendment principles, like other principles, are SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS. We recognized in Pacifica Foundation, that speech that is "`vulgar,' `offensive,' and `shocking'" is "NOT ENTITLED TO ABSOLUTE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION under ALL circumstances." 438 U.S., at 747 . In Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568 (1942), we held that a State could lawfully punish an individual for the use of insulting "`fighting' words - those which by their very utterance inflict injury or TEND TO INCITE AN IMMEDIATE BREACH OF THE PEACE." Id., at 571-572. These limitations are but recognition of the observation in Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc., 472 U.S. 749, 758 (1985), that this Court has "LONG RECOGNIZED THAT NOT ALL SPEECH IS OF EQUAL First Amendment IMPORTANCE." But the sort of expression involved in this case does not seem to us to be governed by any EXCEPTION to the GENERAL First Amendment PRINCIPLES stated above.

We conclude that public figures and public officials may not recover for the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress by reason of publications such as the one here at issue without showing in addition that the publication contains a FALSE STATEMENT OF FACT which was made with "ACTUAL MALICE," i. e., WITH KNOWLEDGE that the STATEMENT WAS FALSE or with RECKLESS DISREGARD as to whether or not it was TRUE. This is not merely a "blind application" of the New York Times standard, see Time, Inc. v. Hill, 385 U.S. 374, 390 (1967), it reflects our considered judgment that such a standard is necessary to give adequate "breathing space" to the FREEDOMS PROTECTED BY the First Amendment."

Please restore my edit.  :)

Thanks!  :)

Ribbit  :)

64.134.224.185 (talk) 18:47, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

The NEXT sentence that followed my edit, says this:

"Thus, Hustler magazine's parody of Jerry Falwell was DEEMED to be WITHIN the LAW ..."

That goes to the HEART of what I said! I said that you cannot be held liable for your public speech:

"when the speech involved qualifies as protected First Amendment speech"

Please RESTORE my edit, it is CORRECT and the way it is currently stated, AFTER YOUR REMOVAL OF MY EDIT, it NOW says that you can say anything you want against a public figure and you cannot be held liable for it and if you don't restore my edit, if someone is sued for defamation, all they have to do is point at you and say "He said I could say it" and you are liable in the matter and all because you REMOVED my LAWFUL edit.

You are now liable in any and all Defamation matters that may occur, until you restore my edit, and all because you removed an edit that you are clearly not qualified to remove and Wiki members should not REMOVE any edits from LEGAL matters UNLESS you are a LICENSED Attorney at Law.

Please restore my edit.  :)

Thanks!  :)

Ribbit  :)

64.134.224.185 (talk) 19:04, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

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I've nominated this article for FAC which also happens to be my first attempt. It is also the first Indian Telugu film article to be nominated for such status. If interested, please leave your comments here. All constructive comments are welcomed. Yours sincerely, Pavanjandhyala (talk) 17:47, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

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I'd like to include Obama's oval office address he made in response to the 2015 San Bernardino shooting on that article, but have no idea how to do this myself. I see that you have uploaded many videos to commons from .gov sources and would appreciate your assistance with this. - Cwobeel (talk) 17:02, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

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Make sure to click on both pictures to see them full size Cirt as they will give you a chuckle. May your 2016 be full of joy and special times. MarnetteD|Talk 05:52, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

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The article Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of HughD -- HughD (talk) 18:01, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Hugh (talk) 16:29, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi Cirt! I noticed you're an active member of Wikiproject Media. I just posted a note there about the Uproxx entry because I recently wrote a new draft for the article and would love someone to review it. If you take a look at the article now, I think you'll see why it needs a rewrite—the content is incomplete, outdated, and some of the sourcing is weak. If you're up for it, I'd love your help reviewing what I've put together, or to hear any suggestions you might have for the article. As a full disclosure, I have a financial conflict of interest and worked on the draft on behalf of Uproxx. I won't make changes myself and am very open to feedback! Thanks, Heatherer (talk) 01:52, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

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I have a can of Roundy's whole small beets. It has been in fruit cellar for sum time. It has a bar code of 11150 03176. Identification on top of can 31286/82400 and numbers 02:46. Are these beets any code and what is the date of canning. Thank you.

                                          Le Roy Beilke
                                          [email protected]

I published a new article, Red Hot (song) today. it was put up for deletion today. Two votes appeared to delete it, today. Debate was closed, by you . ...today. Is this really how things happen on wikipedia? I think not. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 22:32, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Btw, I have a less satirical "song" open for FAC, - you reach it by clicking on the flower on my talk, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:17, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

On 25 November 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand identifies a corporate underpinning influencing public opinion by way of companies that derive profit from the fossil fuel industry? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand. 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

• It made it! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:18, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi, Cirt - you reviewed Loham back in October 2015 when it clearly did not meet the requirements for GA candidate. We have since had a team of copyeditors working diligently on that article, and it has been nominated again. Since you reviewed it the first time when it wasn't ready, I was hoping you'd review it now that it is. Thank you much for your consideration. Best wishes...Atsme^📞📧 16:10, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi Cirt, working on this one now. - Dank (push to talk) 03:26, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Cirt, I have added your name to this page due to lack of activity in recent months. Please remove yourself from the list if you come back. Snuggums (talk / edits) 18:44, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, SNUGGUMS, but I'm not quite missing yet, thankfully. Just incredibly more busy in life. I wish you and your family are healthy and well and much happiness. Thank you for your kind thoughts about me. — Cirt (talk) 13:23, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Understandable, and you are quite welcome. Snuggums (talk / edits) 14:21, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Think of the children 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 Vesuvius Dogg -- Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 07:20, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

@Vesuvius Dogg:Thank you very much for offering to take on this review. I plan to be responsive to this soon. — Cirt (talk) 14:00, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand 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 HughD -- HughD (talk) 17:02, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

@HughD:, I really appreciate all your efforts on this one. — Cirt (talk) 14:00, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

• Lie-to-children

I've embarked on a Quality improvement project for Lie-to-children, first introduced as a phrase in The Science of Discworld.

If you've got recommendations for additional secondary sources that could be utilized to further improve the quality of the article, please suggest them at Talk:Lie-to-children.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 02:34, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

The article Think of the children you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Think of the children 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 Vesuvius Dogg -- Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 19:42, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		For lie-to-children. I didn't think it could be done. --Sammy1339 (talk) 21:56, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks very much, Sammy1339, this is most appreciated ! :) — Cirt (talk) 23:01, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The Signpost (Wikipedia) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Signpost (Wikipedia) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. — Cirt (talk) 03:05, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello, Cirt. You are invited to join WikiProject Food and drink, a WikiProject and resource dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of food, drink and cuisine topics. Please check out the project, and if interested feel free to join by adding your name to the member list. You can also sign up to receive project newsletters and notifications at the notifications list, even if you choose not to join. North America1000 21:23, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

@Northamerica1000:Thanks for thinking of me, I admit it sounds interesting and I just recently made myself a great breakfast food concoction, but unfortunately I've been quite busy in life of late. I wish you the best of luck, and warm wishes to you, — Cirt (talk) 21:24, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply and for taking it into consideration. Hope that breakfast was enjoyable! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:25, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello, Cirt. You are invited to join WikiProject Food and drink, a WikiProject and resource dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of food, drink and cuisine topics. Please check out the project, and if interested feel free to join by adding your name to the member list. You can also sign up to receive project newsletters and notifications at the notifications list, even if you choose not to join. North America1000 21:23, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

@Northamerica1000:Thanks for thinking of me, I admit it sounds interesting and I just recently made myself a great breakfast food concoction, but unfortunately I've been quite busy in life of late. I wish you the best of luck, and warm wishes to you, — Cirt (talk) 21:24, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply and for taking it into consideration. Hope that breakfast was enjoyable! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:25, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia#Internal_news_publications I added a short of The Signpost to English Wikipedia. QuackGuru (talk) 04:58, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Looks pretty good, QuackGuru, although now you could update with the new lede intro sect at The Signpost (Wikipedia), if you wish. No worries, either way. Thanks again for your initiative on this, — Cirt (talk) 04:59, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

I updated it. Hopefully bot will add the full citations. QuackGuru (talk) 05:17, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

@QuackGuru:You mean to say there's a bot out there that exists that can cross-add full citations of the same name from a different Wikipedia article? — Cirt (talk) 05:18, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Yes. QuackGuru (talk) 05:20, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Wow that is so awesome! — Cirt (talk) 05:20, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

The bot works as long as the ref name is unique to the other article. If two different articles have the same ref name the bot adds both refs to the talk page for review. QuackGuru (talk) 07:32, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

The image does not mention which executive director. QuackGuru (talk) 02:59, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

@QuackGuru: Done. Better? — Cirt (talk) 11:11, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Yep. QuackGuru (talk) 21:40, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello, Cirt. The Signpost (Wikipedia), an article you either created or significantly contributed to, has been nominated  to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. APersonBot (talk!) 00:10, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

The subject of an article:: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Mike_Pachelli is requesting a restoration of the article.

I see that there was a version in 2007 which was deleted as a G 12. I have no problem explaining why that one cannot be restored. However, it appears you deleted this article in 2010, and the AFD page is rather short on details. I fully realize how long ago this was but is there any chance you could tell me something more so I can explain to the subjecty it cannot be restored?--S Philbrick(Talk) 20:02, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your article, The Signpost (Wikipedia)! Peter Sam Fan | talk 21:11, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

@Peter SamFan:Thanks very much for acknowledging my Quality improvement effort and successful attempt to save the article The Signpost (Wikipedia) from deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Signpost (Wikipedia) !

I must also give thanks to others in the Wikipedia community that helped with the collaborative improvement process, including the article's original creator, QuackGuru.

Thanks again, Peter SamFan, much appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 21:22, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

As the closing sysop of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Castle Point Anime Convention, and as per the instructions on WP:DRV, I wanted to reach out to you to ask if it would be appropriate to re-create the article. The AFD was 5 years ago, and since then the convention has received more third-party coverage.

There are a number of articles from The Jersey Journal and a lot more (albeit less reliable) other sources. Do you think there would be enough coverage to re-create the article? Or is it controversial enough to file a WP:DRV? Or is there still not enough coverage that I shouldn't even bother. — Parent5446 ☯ ^{(msg email)} 05:08, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Maryland#Frederick_Task_Force. Fpl-dmatzrott (talk) 23:48, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Conspiracy Encyclopedia 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 Cwmhiraeth -- Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:41, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

The article Conspiracy Encyclopedia you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Conspiracy Encyclopedia 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 Cwmhiraeth -- Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:21, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

That when I see an article like Lie-to-children up for GA, my first thought is "is this another Cirt's work?". Keep it up! --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:55, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks very much, Piotrus, much appreciated! — Cirt (talk) 10:38, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Category:Silver Gavel Award winners, which you created, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 03:28, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article White House Astronomy Night 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 FunkMonk -- FunkMonk (talk) 18:21, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

The article White House Astronomy Night you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:White House Astronomy Night 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 FunkMonk -- FunkMonk (talk) 15:02, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your review, FunkMonk, most appreciated ! — Cirt (talk) 15:14, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

I gotta say, I'm really sorry for how often the bot has been spamming you with notifications. I've been testing a new, automated way to run it, and somehow the bot forgets to load one of the lists of people it's already notified. I hope you don't mind if I put a template on the top of your page to prevent further notifications from it until I stop testing. APerson (talk!) 03:37, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Hey, APerson, cool username! :) No that's fine, no worries whatsoever, sounds good to me. — Cirt (talk) 03:38, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

On 16 March 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Signpost (Wikipedia), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The Signpost publishes stories related to the Wikipedia community, the Wikimedia Foundation, and other Wikipedia-related projects? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Signpost (Wikipedia). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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) 12:02, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Casliber, much appreciated! — Cirt (talk) 12:03, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

You did a beautiful job in expanding The Signpost (Wikipedia). This is exactly the kind of article Wikipedia needs more of, and you wrote it really nicely, as usual. The pictures look great, too. Given your wealth of knowledge about all things free speech, would you be interested in setting up a Wikiproject? I recently discovered that there's a world of books about assholes out there that don't have Wikipedia articles, so I made a start by adding Assholes: A Theory to the sum of human knowledge. Imagine my surprise when I found out that there is no WikiProject Assholes. Assholes are such a quintessential part of the human experience, and there are a lot of fascinating books about the subject that need coverage, such as "The Secret To Deal With Ass Holes Bitches And Idiots: How To Identified Demonic Spirits, Dangerous Buisness!" by Dr. James A McBean. We need to work toward that 6 million article mark, and who better to lead this project than someone with your experience and standing in the community. I'm sorry you and I got off on a rocky start, but that's all in the past as far as I'm concerned. If you do set up WikiProject Assholes, I will try my best to help out whenever I can. Best wishes, and keep up the good work Draco^E 12:48, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Cirt, I'm very much afraid that this review has been abandoned by Zanimum, who has a history of starting reviews and then not getting back to them for months, if ever. He has not been responsive to my posts on his talk page.

At the moment, there are 29 unreviewed GA nominations older than this one. With the GA Cup in full swing, I think it's likely that this nomination would be picked up in reasonably short order: the top 10 oldest unreviewed noms qualify for an extra 10 points in the competition, so it shouldn't be too long before this would be in the top 10. (It's old enough to qualify for a 6 or 8 point bonus regardless.) If you like, I would be happy to put the nomination back in the reviewing pool, so it is available to GA Cup (and other) reviewers. Just let me know. I may do so eventually anyway, given Zanimum's track record. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 08:05, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Okay, BlueMoonset, understood, perhaps try to give Zanimum a little bit more time. Thank you, — Cirt (talk) 11:04, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

"US National Archives enshrines Wikipedia in Open Government Plan, plans to upload all holdings to Commons" (press coverage at bottom of talk page) might be helpful. Thanks to that quote from Dominic, all of the press attention stemmed directly from the Signpost. :-) Also, from memory, this got a ton of press (eg the Atlantic). Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 10:11, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

@The ed17:Thanks very much, I'll look into this when I next get a chance and do some further research! — Cirt (talk) 14:12, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Cirt,

I notice from time to time that you'll visit a talk page that I watch and use the one-click archiver to archive, one at a time, a large number of old discussions, especially on project talk pages. I've been setting for the first time (or resetting) archive bot instructions on talk pages when I see a lot of old discussions, and I wonder what you think the pros and cons are of using different tools for that job. One advantage I see in just resetting an archive bot instruction is that it is a long-term fix for cleaning up the talk page, and ensures everything gets archived in chronological order. Relying on the bots also makes the clean-up of a talk page a single editing action visible in users' watchlists, which I think is a courtesy to however many other users watch those same talk pages. But you may have a rationale I don't understand for doing as you do (I'm aware you've been here much longer than I have), so feel free to let me know any reason you have for preferring the one-click archiver to an edit of a talk page's archive bot settings. All the best; yours for a well discussed, collaborative, well referenced Wikipedia. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (Watch my talk, How I edit) 00:23, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Hai, I have put this for FLC. Can you spare some time to take a look at it. --Inside the Valley (talk) 12:17, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Land of Gorch 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 Zanimum -- Zanimum (talk) 21:01, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

@Zanimum:Thank you very much, I'll get on this soon. — Cirt (talk) 14:00, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi Cirt, since you're one of the few users active on the topic, may I ask you a feedback on this? Thanks :) --Davide Denti (OBC) (talk) 13:37, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi Cirt, I noticed you've brought an impressive number of articles to GA and FA status. I was wondering how this is actually done, as even after looking at the relevant guidelines I can't understand how to do this with an article. Thanks, --Rubbish computer (Merry Christmas!: ...And a Happy New Year!) 20:20, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Cirt, I'd like to suggest that your nomination be put back into the reviewing pool; its seniority would be intact. If we do, it would be the sixth oldest unreviewed nomination, and as such will be snapped up quickly for review in the ongoing GA Cup: the ten oldest unreviewed nominations get the maximum bonus points for competitors, and six of the previous top 10 were snapped up in the past twelve hours. I'm not guaranteeing that The Land of Gorch would be picked up that quickly, but I would be extremely surprised if you had to wait more than a week to get a reviewer who would be invested in doing a prompt and proper review.

I'm very sorry that Zanimum has not been responsive; my experience, unfortunately, is that reviews can take months, as has happened here, and several have been, like this one, effectively abandoned, and had to be put back into the reviewing pool.

Please let me know what you'd like me to do. Thank you. Note that the review has been open for 85 days now; if Zanimum hasn't responded by the time it hits 90 days, I will be returning it to the pool regardless. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:34, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Okay, BlueMoonset, if you're certain it'll get reviewed relatively quickly, that sounds good. — Cirt (talk) 15:52, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

It's done. As I noted, it's sixth on the list, and the top five are displayed near the beginning of the main GAN page. If it isn't picked up by the end of next weekend I'll be shocked, and I actually expect it to be snapped up before then, what with the next round of the GA Cup starting on Friday. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:28, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Alright, BlueMoonset, I sure hope you're right. Thank you very much for your help, — Cirt (talk) 17:33, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

I'll be terribly embarrassed if I'm wrong. I think you'll see it show up in the Good Articles project box, that I just noticed is here on your talk page, any day now as being in the five oldest unreviewed GANs. From there, you'll be able to monitor its progress, though of course sometimes articles are taken out of order as a reviewer's mood strikes. Best of luck! BlueMoonset (talk) 17:39, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Land of Gorch 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 MPJ-DK -- MPJ-DK (talk) 07:21, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

The article The Land of Gorch you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:The Land of Gorch for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of MPJ-DK -- MPJ-DK (talk) 22:21, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

I am taking one last run at getting Emily Ratajkowski promoted to WP:FA in time for a 25th birthday WP:TFA on June 7th. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Emily Ratajkowski/archive3 needs discussants. Since you were the Talk:Emily Ratajkowski/GA1 reviewer as well as a Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Emily Ratajkowski/archive1 supporter, I am hoping you might give some comments.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 01:34, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

You were also a Wikipedia:Peer review/Emily Ratajkowski/archive1 discussant. Thanks for all prior editorial advice. I hope you have a chance to come by now that it is coming down to the wire.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 01:48, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

I am taking one last run at getting Emily Ratajkowski promoted to WP:FA in time for a 25th birthday WP:TFA on June 7th. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Emily Ratajkowski/archive3 needs discussants. Since you have made at least a half dozen edits to the article's talk page, I am hoping you might give some comments.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 02:02, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Dup dup dup. — Cirt (talk) 02:04, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Date requested note:

Proposed text for 6 November 2016, per comments from:

1. Crisco 1492: "Personally, I think this should wait until November 6." and
2. Brianboulton: " I would have no objection to a "date requested" note being inserted into the date in question.".
3. Brianboulton: "I'm sorry if I didn't make myself clear - I did mean in the Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 6, 2016 page. I stress this is not a reservation, merely a reminder to me when I schedule November."

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Text from: Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/From The Doctor to my son Thomas :

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Note to self that I have permission to add the Date requested note. — Cirt (talk) 14:29, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Cirt, just to let you know that i was editing Not in Front of the Children as it appeared in a cleanup listing for Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature under cs1 external link errors. your solution is much more elegant to mine

Coolabahapple (talk) 15:06, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

@Coolabahapple:Thanks very much for the cute kitten, much appreciated! :) — Cirt (talk) 15:10, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

I've created an essay page on usage of the term "Navel-gazing" in deletion debates on Wikipedia.

Essay at: WP:Navel-gazing.

Feedback would be appreciated on the talk page, at Wikipedia talk:Navel-gazing.

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 20:22, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Hai, your comments was very helpful which was basically the main problems in that list from making it Featured. The copy edit suggestions from Ojorojo is complete and I had made the changes. Please give a visit when time allows. --Inside the Valley (talk) 19:28, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

Cirt

First of all thank you for your guidance, although I find it hard to workout exactly what to do on Wikipedia being an extreme newcomer, not only to Wikipedia but to all social media...

The comments referencing my creation of an autobiography will I hope be answered in that I was not knowingly doing so, but rather correcting or modifying what others had written without realising the consequences. My edits were either typo corrections or mistaken additions followed by deletions.

Where I might have sought to provide references to note-worthy sections, there has appeared an unfortunate issue - many references that might be contemporary to the text have not survived the analogue era - i.e. no links now exist. Everything written is true but how does it become verifiable? For example articles in the UK newspapers about the OneStopFresh deli in 2000-2010 have not survived archive limitations or the sites have gone off-line.

I also would like to comment that my husband Michael Messenger has tried to help in resolving these problems for Wikipedia, but he is not fluent either, and now also is on the 'Deletion' list!

Of course I think I have done some noteworthy stuff in my varied life: I helped myself through my careers and now help others but on Wikipedia, I seem to be being pilloried for blatant self-service - I am proud of my life but there has been no intent to self-glorify. Please help me through the canyons of content - I can't see what should happen next...

regards

Victoria Nixon1VictoriaNixon1 (talk) 14:00, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

The article The Land of Gorch you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Land of Gorch 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 MPJ-DK -- MPJ-DK (talk) 02:41, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Signpost (Wikipedia) 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 Esquivalience -- Esquivalience (talk) 20:41, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, Esquivalience, much appreciated ! — Cirt (talk) 22:22, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. And yes, I did write it myself. I first included it during Season 15, first as a section at Talk:Broadway Bro Down, and first formatted it as a banner for the following episode at Talk:1% (South Park). Nightscream (talk) 21:35, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

I am requesting arbitration enforcement against you per your editing. Thanks, SSTflyer 12:29, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

• Withdrawn by filer at DIFF. This may have been retaliatory retribution for DIFF. — Cirt (talk) 12:55, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
  • link. — Cirt (talk) 13:04, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
    • Archived at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive190#Cirt . — Cirt (talk) 15:58, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

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Hi, I noticed you currently have a disagreement with Number 57. I can tell you that I would not waste any more time trying to reason with him nor have I ever come across such a bad faith admin on here before.

To illustrate my point he tried to editwar content out of an article against WP:1RR here and here. Then whilst there was a discussion pending on the talk page, rather than responding to the points being made, he decided to take the matter to ANI here to have administrative action taken against me. Tanbircdq (talk) 21:00, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

@Tanbircdq:Thank you for your helpful pointers. I think I'll allow him some time to read through WP:BLUDGEON and WP:BADGER. I do sincerely hope he moderates his behavior in deletion debates in the future. In the meantime, I'll back off, and focus instead on quality improvement efforts. Thank you, — Cirt (talk) 21:02, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome, glad I could help. I hope he does too. I must also add that I have found that the large majority of admins here are doing a great job and are generally very helpful. It's just the small minority that make things so difficult that can cause other editors to leave the site, take care. Tanbircdq (talk) 11:36, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

@Tanbircdq:Agreed. In the meantime I've had fun with research for other quality improvement projects. You can see past results noted on my userpage if you like. — Cirt (talk) 11:40, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Check the sigs of both accounts when they edited years ago. QuackGuru (talk) 03:11, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Jenna Fife is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jenna Fife until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. — Cirt (talk) 21:23, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

There is no such person as Caitlyn Jenner. There is a man pretending to be a woman in order to gain the plaudits of morons. Kindly leave alone. 88.104.147.103 (talk) 18:41, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) It's apparent that you have a point of view that is not neutral regarding this article subject. Continuing to make changes to this article subject or area will result in being blocked from editing. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:42, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. North America1000 09:01, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks very much, Northamerica1000, most appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 11:59, 7 April 2016 (UTC)