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Hi. I'd like to thankyou personally for your comments which helped the Preity Zinta article achieve A-class status. Due to the wealth of support I have decided to now nominate for an FA class article which I believe and judging by the comments of others is pretty much up to. In my view it is better than some existing FA actor articles. I would therefore be very grateful if you could give it a final review in your own time and leave your comments and views at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Preity Zinta. Thankyou, your comments are always valuable. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^"Talk"? 10:57, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! and thanks for the welcome. I was just wondering if WP History had a userbox that I can put on my userpage for easy access to the Project page? Just wondering.

Thanks, --Malachirality 17:09, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure what you mean. Please elaborate. The categories already exist. It would probably be easier to adjust the banner to fill the extant categories, which would only involve returning the capital T's to the start of the various categories. John Carter 17:38, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the page. Add your co-nom, talk to User:Husond on whether or not he was wanting to be a co-nom as well. When it's ready, if you want to go ahead and transclude it (people are already voting), that's cool. I just got called into work for a 180 person party, one check. I'm so excited. When I get home tonight with my wheel barrel of cash (Haha), I'll be able to answer questions. Thanks, regards. Lara❤Love 12:50, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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hey, are you supposed to ad "support as co-nom" to the support column? Just wondering. --Ling.Nut 14:55, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think both Phoenix and UT were probably waiting for me to transcluded it. All you GA folks voted before it was posted to the RfA page, lol. Lara❤Love 16:05, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XX (October 2007)
Project news The contest department has completed its seventh month of competition. The leader for this month, with 22 points, is JKBrooks85; Kyriakos is in second place, with 21 points, and Blnguyen is in third place, with 10 points. Overall, JKBrooks85 remains in first place, with 114 points. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries. The Biography WikiProject's military work group has now been integrated into the project as the Military biography task force. The Romanian military history and Fortifications task forces have been created. The popular culture content guideline has been updated. {{WPMILHIST}} now supports short-form task force tags; see the project banner instructions for more details. The B-Class checklist in the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner now generates categories corresponding to the areas in which an article needs attention; similar sets of categories exist for each task force as well. The available categories are: Category:Military history articles needing attention to referencing and citation Category:Military history articles needing attention to coverage and accuracy Category:Military history articles needing attention to structure Category:Military history articles needing attention to grammar Category:Military history articles needing attention to supporting materials	Articles of note New featured articles: Arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm BAE Systems Battle of Barrosa Prince Louis of Battenberg Second Ostend Raid Thomas C. Hindman New A-Class articles: Alexandru Averescu Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081) Fort Jackson (Virginia) Richard Williams (RAAF officer) Tet Offensive Wallachian Revolution of 1848
Current proposals and discussions Discussions about tagging articles by sources used and as needing attention have begun. A discussion about re-structuring the top-level category scheme has begun. A discussion about infobox width and font sizes has begun. A proposal to create a formal project style guide is on the final stages of discussion.
Awards and honors JKBrooks85 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his diligent efforts to improve our coverage of fortifications in the American Civil War, and, in particular, his creation of a substantial number of A-Class articles. Tony the Marine has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his considerable efforts in raising Puerto Rican- and Hispanic-related military history articles to featured status.
File:Romans MMVII.JPG What is Tag & Assess MMVII? We'd better explain. A month or so back, we ran a script to list all the articles in categories related to military history. This gave us about 165,000 articles. Some of these are already tagged and assessed as military history; some are military history but not yet tagged and assessed; some are not military history articles at all. This huge project — working thorough 165,000 articles — is called Tag & Assess 2007. To make it manageable, the list has been broken down into 330 ranges each of 500 articles. This is where you can help. Just... adopt-a-range from the available worklists then keep track of your tally on participants' list. The tagging is easy, just follow the simple instructions. Afterwards, as our way of thanking you, you'll be presented with service awards and barnstars based on the number of articles you process. Remember... the ranges are broken down into sub-sections of ten articles, so you work through them at twenty or thirty articles a day if you wish. To make Tag & Assess 2007 a success, we need your help. Please sign up now. Thanks.
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The discussion you participated in continues at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of basic geography topics. The Transhumanist 04:11, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou very much! I look forward to getting started. Best wishes, Lradrama 11:14, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, next time, please log in before adding such tags, and remember to actually bring it up on the talk as a proposal, otherwise, nothing has been proposed. Unless you're NOT that IP. If you are not that IP, I'm going to have to ask you to self-revert. There was a discussion on the Thor page about splitting it, it had consensus, and months later, the IP tagged and ran. I see no good faith in a drive-by tagging. Any editor who really believes in such an action would bring it to talk. I removed it because i saw no good faith in it, as evidenced by the IP's unwillingness to discuss the merge. A tag alone isn't a proposal, and isn't a merge. Further, I actually used the talk page. As for my talk page, that was in response to months of action by a vandal; after it was posted, the vandalism stopped. I've got no interest in removing it, and I won't be doing so any time ever. ThuranX 17:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

since you wouldn't self-revert, I did. There's simply nothing to build upon. If someone proposes it, they actually have to write a proposal. Putting up the tags notifies editors that there's a discussion, but can not substitute for the discussion and proposal. Tagging isn't defacto talking. ThuranX 17:18, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I didn't particularly think you were, if that seemed to snarky, I apologize. But my point stands; the IP didn't really substantiate any 'why', just tagged and ran. Even if I try to AGF here, it doesn't mean the tagging should stand. Once the tag was added, the editor should have initiated the discussion. ThuranX 18:55, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No harm, no foul. Nice talking to you, thanks for discussing it, some editors don't. ThuranX 21:32, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like those opposers are't going to relent untill someone spells out the difference between a topic list and a basic topic list. I'll create subsections of Wikipedia:Lists--Phoenix-wiki (talk · contribs) 19:08, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Lists#Types of lists, there--Phoenix-wiki (talk · contribs) 19:27, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nice addition to the list guideline; I've refined your definitions further. But I don't think the opposition over at FLC has a problem with the difference between the two types of list, but rather with the scope of the term basic. What differentiates a basic topic (that is, one that belongs on a list of basic topics), from one that is not basic (and doesn't belong on such a list)? I think this is splitting hairs, and that a good faith approximation serves navigation purposes well. But Wikipedians are an intellectual lot, and working out the technicalities is part of what we do here. Therefore, please visit the thread of the geography FLC discussion on inclusion criteria, that is, on the definition of "basic", and help us work out the wording. Thank you. The Transhumanist 20:28, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for supporting my RfA, it closed today with a final tally of 39 supports, 1 oppose and 1 neutral. As always, if you ever see me doing anything which would cause you to regret giving me your support, let me know. henrik•talk 18:40, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There's an RFD on WP:TECH at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion#WP:TECH → Wikipedia:WikiProject Georgia Tech. I created some new redirects for your project--Phoenix-wiki (talk · contribs) 19:13, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey again, I created WPP:GT as a redirect to Wikipedia:WikiProject Georgia Tech. You can see WPP:BIO for a similar redirect--Phoenix-wiki (talk · contribs) 12:29, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting idea. :) —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 13:07, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I nominated WP:GT at RFD per the discussion. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 16:04, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your response to the PR request. I appreciate you taking the time to comment.

I have indeed been trying to figure out how to find appropriate images for the article.

Cheers, and happy wiki'ing! - Revolving Bugbear (formerly Che Nuevara) 23:11, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...has been waiting for you on your coaching page. The Transhumanist 07:51, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Click there to open your card! → → →

Dearest Phoenix-wiki,
Special thanks to you for your co-nomination in my RFA, which closed successfully with 137 supports, 22 opposes, and 5 neutrals. Your kind words of support and defense of my character are very much appreciated and I look forward to making you proud. I would like to give special thanks to The_undertow for his nomination as well. Thank you again and best regards.

Lara❤Love 06:06, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply] Credits: This RFA thanks was inspired by The Random Editor's RFA thanks which was inspired by Phaedriel's RFA thanks.

On my RFA, you mentioned IRC channels and the like. I don't currently use these; I should, however! Could you point me in the direction of the connection details? Thanks! Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 02:31, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Don't worry, I wasn't jumping to any conclusions about your stance on alternate accounts, I was just trying to point out problems with the way that the question had been worded, and trying to explain why the admin candidate had given such a short answer. It probably doesn't matter on that particular RfA, given the way it's going, but it may help to be clearer in future; presumably the question was meant to be about abusive sockpuppetry (for instance, a respected user vandalising with a second account)? --ais523 13:34, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

If you voted in my RFA...

...thank you for your participation. I withdrew with 83 supports, 42 opposes, and 8 neutrals. Your kind words and constructive criticism are very much appreciated. I look forward to using the knowledge I have accrued through the process to better the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers and Wikidudeman for their co-nominations.

Thank you again and, best regards. VanTucky ^Talk

This RFA thanks was inspired by Lara❤Love's

I'd like you to read Auroranorth's coaching page. He's been advancing rapidly, has been picking my brain to its limits, and there's a lot of issues and instructions on there that you may find very interesting. Let me know if you feel ready to take on the building of a subject index. (See the aforementioned coaching page). The Transhumanist    22:53, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And yes, in case you are wondering, you have been challenged.  :-) The Transhumanist    23:49, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Neranei/adminthanks

Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. On many keyboards, the tilde is entered by holding the Shift key, and pressing the key with the tilde pictured. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot 20:54, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, should have been clear. It is TBSDY. But it's not right for an editor to try to "unmask" an "anonymous account" (who makes an account to be an anon?!?) as myself. Pretty soon that IP will be recycled into the Optusnet Cable pool.

FYI, I'm just tying up loose ends. - 211.30.71.131 (talk) 00:04, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

About this edit - [1] - sorry mate, it was me! - 211.30.71.131 (talk) 05:22, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

thanks i got it. have already de orphaned. corrected one article.Gs44631 (talk) 15:20, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Love the picture, but you spelt my name wrong!!! It's Ryan Postlethwaite ! Want to give it another go!? Ryan Postlethwaite 23:47, 17 November 2007 (UTC) HaHa, fixed th size anyway--Phoenix-wiki ^{(talk · contribs)} 23:48, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You have a reply to your post at Wikipedia talk:Contents:

• I would leave everything in the wikipedia space. These aren't articles so that would be logical--Phoenix 15 (Talk) 18:20, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  How are these not articles, exactly? According to Wikipedia:Lists both lists and lists of lists are articles, and they're treatment is covered by that guideline. If these lists should be moved out of the main namespace, why shouldn't other lists also be moved? Whatever reasons you have for declaring these as not articles may apply to other lists, so it's important to be very specific. Lists are articles, what is different about these lists that make them not articles? The Transhumanist    22:39, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please respond at Wikipedia talk:Contents. The Transhumanist    23:16, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still interested in learning why you think the articles "aren't articles". The Transhumanist 20:21, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Phoenix-wiki, for supporting my RfB, which I withdrew at a final tally of (33/12/1). I failed to overcome the not unforeseeable opposition, but I am humbled by some extremely supportive, encouraging words I could read. In order to honor your trust, I once again vow to continue working and improving. Please contact me should you have any advice or recommendation to give. Or, should you need assistance. I am, as will always be, at your service. Again, please accept my most sincere gratitude. Best regards, Húsönd 02:54, 19 November 2007 (UTC) [reply]

Sir, while your copy edit efforts are appreciated, I notied you have removed 3 images from this article. Please dont do so without concensus. All those images were relevant to the article. Also, many power links have been delinked. Please put those links back. thank you.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 21:24, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, no problem, I've reverted but that list of kings needs fixing--Phoenix-wiki ^{(talk · contribs)} 21:47, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. thanks. Does the list of kings appear misplaced in your browser after your revert? When you moved the template earlier, it appeared misplaced in mine, which is why I reverted it. If this is the issue, then it may have to do with browser resolution. So far, nobody, either during the FAC review or afterwards has complained about the template placement, excepting you. So this may be an issue with your browser. thanks.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 22:15, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've just created List of basic human anatomy topics. It's not complete. Please look it over to see if there is anything you can fill in.

Also, we've got a pretty long wish list of basic topics lists that don't yet exist. Please adopt a topic from the list and create a basic list for it -- the {{BLT}} template is for creating basic topic lists, and is used like this: {{subst:BLT|topic|Topic}} (where "topic" is the name of the topic being covered). Instructions are included on the template. Once the page is created with the heading skeleton, fill it in to the best of your ability. Post a message on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Lists of basic topics to let the whole team know what you are working on.

The Transhumanist    01:42, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If my answer to the public relations role account was too snappy, it was too snappy, period. I shouldn't change my tone depending on whether or not I was up for RfA. I felt that my tone was firm, but not aggressive; but some folks have expressed concern that I may bit the noobs too often. It is my bitter conclusion that public relations offices, paid flacks and general spin doctors are just aching for "permission" to fill our pages with artfully-shaded holy cards of their clients and patrons. I was making it clear that we will hold them to a very high standard. Where do you feel I was over-the-top on this one? I'd really like to know. --Orange Mike 02:29, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Now that my project is fully up and running, I though you might want to consider the four main benefits of my method over the one that you seem to be supporting:

1. There is a set of orphaned articles for persons who do not have any featured lists of their own or persons that would like to take responsibility for more. Anyone can nominate such orphans. This benefits WP by getting people involved in list articles that might not have active editors to update them or defend them against vandalism. Please consider adopting one of our orphans.
2. Each list will be encouraged to respond to commentary and feedback during the candidacy period, which will hopefully improve the quality of the articles.
3. Articles without pictures will be encouraged to find them. E.g., List of Harry Potter films cast members had no image before its nominator added an image for this experiment. This type of thing, of course, improves the project.
4. Articles are encouraged to add relevant projects to their talk page. This alerts other project to articles that they would likely have an interest in and would be able to either improve or protect.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:LOTD) 17:42, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the kind words, although I'm nowhere near the top of the heap for RFP. :) east.718 at 05:59, November 21, 2007

Thank you for your reply. I am aware that blocks are preventative, rather than punitive. The aim of my suggestion was to rehabilitate the user into Wikipedia, not to punish them. I apologise if I did it wrongly. I was trying to be helpful, but it went wrong. I'm sorry, and I did it wrongly. Thanks, --Solumeiras ^talk 23:32, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks for your reply. That was very helpful. Next time I'll have to check to see what else was posted before suggesting something! But we all live and learn from our mistakes. Anyway, what articles are you working on at the moment?? As for me, I'm editing everything and anything, if there's an article you want to bring to featured article status, well, I'll help you if you want! Thanks, --Solumeiras ^talk 23:46, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I see from your userpage you're interested in editing history-related articles. I am, although, to be honest, I've been editing too many other things at the moment. However, I am working on the primary source article: feel free to help me with this one if you want, I'm trying to make sure it's good. Hopefully it could become a good article some day, if there was enough interest.

I'll mention something at the Wikipedia:WikiProject History talk page. Thanks, --Solumeiras ^talk 23:52, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to say thanks for supporting me! Please find your thank you card here, should you wish to see it. I'm honored to have received your support. All the best, ~Eliz81^(C) 02:20, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tapadh Leibh (Thank You)...

...for helping me navigate the waters of my surprisingly peaceful RFA, which closed successfully with 85 supports, 1 oppose, and 0 neutral.

I would particularly like to thank Acalamari and Alison, my nominators, and everyone who watched the page and ran the tally.

If you hate RfA thankspam, please forgive me. I promise I won't block you in retaliation for deleting it ;-)

If there is anything I can do to be of service in the future, please feel free to contact me.

And forgive me if I need a Wikibreak now and then (like now. I'm exhausted!). You wouldn’t want to see me climbing the Reichstag, now would you?

Off to flail around with my new mop! (what?!)

Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫
This RfA thanks inspired by Neranei's, which was inspired by VanTucky's which was in turn inspired by LaraLove's which was inspired by The Random Editor's, which was inspired by Phaedriel's original thanks.

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXI (November 2007)
Project news The military history style guide has been integrated into Wikipedia's Manual of Style. The contest department has completed its eight month of competition. The leader for this month, with a massive 92 points, is Blnguyen; Woodym555 is in second place, with 32 points, and Cla68 and TomStar81 are tied for third place, with 15 points each. Overall, Blnguyen is now in first place, with 140 points, followed by JKBrooks85, with 120 points, and by Woodym555, with 63 points. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries. The American Revolutionary War and Baltic states military history task forces have been created. Tag & Assess 2007—the project's first major article tagging and assessment drive—is continuing; all project members—and anyone else who's interested—are invited to assist with this effort. The number of articles tagged as being within our scope has now exceeded 50,000.	Articles of note New featured articles: Battle of Red Cliffs James II of England Lawrence Sullivan Ross Pre-dreadnought battleship Thomas C. Hindman USS Kentucky (BB-66) New featured lists: List of Australian Victoria Cross recipients List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients New featured portals: Military of Greece New A-Class articles: 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident Battle of the Gebora Battle of Vaslui Le Quang Tung Morotai Mutiny Phan Dinh Phung Truong Dinh USS Illinois (BB-65) Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang Yen Bai mutiny
Current proposals and discussions A proposal to introduce a project motto is being discussed. A discussion regarding flag icons in biographical infoboxes has begun.
Awards and honors Mike Christie was awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding work on Anglo-Saxon military history, including the production of numerous featured articles.
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