User talk:Disavian/Archive 12

This is an archive of past discussions with User:Disavian. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.

Template:GAN-icon has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:24, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I noticed a discrepancy in your dyk hook here. Could you clarify? Thanks, —mattisse (Talk) 19:03, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

On February 3, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Glen P. Robinson, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:00, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. You are being notified as you have made a number of contributions to the article. I have found some concerns which you can see at Talk:Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:54, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Pat Moriarty requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, a rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content. You may wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 23:25, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello! Your submission of James E. Boyd (scientist) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Gatoclass (talk) 12:26, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Responded! I was just working on that article, as a matter of fact. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 12:31, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

The first step is to take a look at WP:CORP and try to figure out whether the subject is even notable enough to be written about here, because my reaction at first glance is that it's going to fail that test. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:18, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

The article James E. Boyd (scientist) 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 needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:James E. Boyd (scientist) for things which need to be addressed. Modest Genius ^talk 20:44, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

On April 9, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article James E. Boyd (scientist), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 14:43, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

The article Herschel H. Cudd 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 needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Herschel H. Cudd for things which need to be addressed. S Masters (talk) 07:21, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello, Disavian. You have new messages at Talk:Herschel H. Cudd/GA1.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

The article Herschel H. Cudd you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Herschel H. Cudd for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of said article. If you oppose this decision, you may ask for a reassessment. Thanks for all your hard work. When all the issues raised in the GAN have been addressed, you can renominate the article. S Masters (talk) 04:48, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, will be commencing a a two-month trial at approximately 23:00, 2010 June 15 (UTC).

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under flagged protection. Flagged protection is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial.

When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Karanacs (talk) 17:34, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi. I've nominated Maurice W. Long, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Wikipedia:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article here, where you can improve it if you see fit. —MC10 (T•C•GB•L) 20:33, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, by the way. :) —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 06:50, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I work in the central office of public affairs at the Smithsonian and have been asked to update the Secretary's wikipedia page with updated awards. Could you please instruct me on how to make those edits correctly? Thanks so much! <SIopa (talk) 13:46, 12 July 2010 (UTC)>

So the awards list was fine; my problem is that you were wholesale copying text from his biography. Generally speaking, that violates copyright and does not fit with the flow of the page; in addition, it is important to cite the sources you use when writing a page. So if you write something from scratch about Clough and cite his biography, that's a valid use. I can help format the citation if need be. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 02:25, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the help! SIopa (talk) 15:08, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

On July 17, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Maurice W. Long, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 17 July 2010 (UTC)