User talk:TonyTheTiger/Archive 82
Art InstituteWe need permission from The Art Institute of Chicago to have free use of Nighthawks - the image hunters want to delete it from all but two articles. Someone should call the Art Institute from the Chicago project, I can't do it - I am tied up in real life. See the discussion here:[1], thanks Tony...Modernist (talk) 00:17, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
PSY @ DYKThis does not appear to be true, based on the article, and the reference in the article. Can you verify it? Until it can be verified, I've removed it from the DYK hook. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:21, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Gentleman (Psy song)
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The Funds Dissemination Committee released its recommendations to the WMF board last Sunday. The news that the Hong Kong chapter's application for US$212K had failed was followed by a strongly worded resignation announcement by Deryck Chan on the public Wikimedia-l mailing-list.
On 24 April 2013, novelist Amanda Filipacchi published what turned out to be an influential op-ed in the New York Times; illuminating the unusual background of the Yuri Gadyukin hoax.
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QPQ note to selfTemplate:Did you know nominations/Ashtabharya et. al. is worth 9 QPQs. I have used the 1st for Template:Did you know nominations/Of Mice and Men.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:55, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
Talkback: you've got messages!![]() Message added Ushau97 (talk) 16:34, 2 May 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Dostoyevsky templatesHey Tony, I responded on the Novels talk page. Thank you for all the work you are doing for curating information to derivative works. The notions that TomCat refers to assumes that we have an elitist academic audience, which seems absurd. Don't be discouraged and keep up the good work! Sadads (talk) 20:00, 2 May 2013 (UTC) Better source request for File:EMK eulogy of RFK.oggThanks for your upload to Wikipedia: You provided a source, but it is difficult for other users to examine the copyright status of the image because the source is incomplete. Please consider clarifying the exact source so that the copyright status may be checked more easily. It is best to specify the exact Web page where you found the image, rather than only giving the source domain or the URL of the image file itself. Please update the image description with a URL that will be more helpful to other users in determining the copyright status. If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source in a complete manner. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page or me at my talk page. Thank you. Message delivered by Theo's Little Bot (opt-out) 21:27, 2 May 2013 (UTC) Sandman navboxBrilliant idea, this Sandman navbox! Thanks :) -- ke4roh (talk) 16:08, 3 May 2013 (UTC) Please join the discussionYou have been suggested as an editor who works in several sports areas. Please would you look at Talk:List_of_gymnasts#A_further_reorganisation_is_tempting and the proposal beneath it, and give a considered view on how best to move the list forward? Please feel free (I know you will anyway) to ask for as many other eyes as you see fit. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 18:47, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
BrushstrokesI hope this will one day make a great companion piece to the Brushstrokes series and Brushstroke articles! :) --Another Believer (Talk) 23:01, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
POTD notification![]() Hi Tony, Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:IIT Machinery Hall.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on May 20, 2013. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2013-05-20. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:51, 4 May 2013 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for May 4Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that you've added some links pointing to disambiguation pages. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.
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The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 4 May 2013 (UTC) Juwan HowardCongrats on the FA, Tony. As you may remember, I got worn down by the resistance and gave up long ago. You are one of the more remarkable and successful editors I have met on Wikipedia. I greatly admire your drive and persistence. Finetooth (talk) 17:03, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Of Mice and Men (play)
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 5 May 2013 (UTC) DYK for ISteve
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 6 May 2013 (UTC) WikiCup 2013 April newsletterWe are a week into Round 3, but it is off to a flying start, with The next issue of The Signpost is due to include a brief update on the current WikiCup, comparing it to previous years' competitions. This may be of interest to current WikiCup followers, and may help bring some more new faces into the community. We would also like to note that this round includes an extra competitor to the 32 advertised, who has been added to a random pool. This extra inclusion seems to have been the fairest way to deal with a small mistake made before the beginning of this round, but should not affect the competition in a large way. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please feel free to contact one of the judges. A rules clarification: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on 29/30 April, which may be claimed in this round. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 15:57, 7 May 2013 (UTC) DYK for Disgraced
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 7 May 2013 (UTC) Basketball player infobox conversionsHi Tony - We are at that time (after close of the NCAA season but before the NBA Draft) when we migrate basketball player infoboxes for those who have completed their college eligibility from Template:Infobox NCAA athlete to Template:Infobox basketball biography. I have been converting these and just wanted to check in and see if you wanted me to convert them for the player articles that you created (Trey Burke, Ian Hummer, etc.) or if you wanted to handle it. The conversion is pretty easy, but the one thing that changes is the removal of tournaments, championships (other than national titles) and some awards/honors so these sometimes need to be emphasized in the text. Let me know your preference. I am happy to help, but know that you may want to do this yourself for some articles. Rikster2 (talk) 13:17, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your review. We have replied to your concerns. Please check. Redtigerxyz Talk 17:49, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
Please let me know which ref you can not access. I can access all. --Redtigerxyz Talk 13:08, 19 May 2013 (UTC) The Signpost: 06 May 2013Although not yet in great numbers, candidates are coming forward for Wikimedia Foundation elections, which will be held from 1 to 15 June. The elections will fill vacancies in three categories, the most prominent of which will be the three community-elected seats on the ten-member Board of Trustees (or the first Board meeting after the election results are announced, if sooner). The current two-year terms for these trustee positions ends on 1 September.
The Wikimedia Foundation will be receiving more than $100,000 worth of free developer time courtesy of internet giant Google, it was announced this week. The funds, allocated as part of Google's Summer of Code programme, will support up to 21 student developers through three months of coding time.
May sees the beginning of Round 3 of the 2013 WikiCup, with 33 of the original 127 competitors remaining. ... six articles, ten pictures, and two portals were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
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Templates for creationSure i'll check them out. It may take a while since I have a bunch of others I still want to get to and i'm only able to edit on the weekends, but i'll get to them as quickly as I can.--TheMovieBuff (talk) 16:03, 11 May 2013 (UTC) I agree that this (and Chicago Fire need to disambiguated, but that is not why I am writing. Could you please take a look at the little edit war I am having with User:CSB radio on that page. I think it is just silly to use a word that is not in most people's vocabulary when a word that everyone knows would convey the exact same meaning. He is behaving in an inappropriate way in his edit summaries, too. Thanks for whatever you feel like doing. Gtwfan52 (talk) 18:22, 11 May 2013 (UTC) DYK nomination of Lauren Ward
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Need help with templateHi TonyTheTiger, This template on Hakka Wikipedia does not look as colourful as the Chinese version, nor its equivalent English version. Can you help us fix this problem? I do not have a computer programming background, so I am unsure where the source of the coding originates from. My attempts to update the navbox template resulted in a "script error", so I reverted my edit. You have my permission to enhance the navbox & navbar templates on Hakka Wikipedia to make it in line with either the English or Chinese version. --Hak-kâ-ngìn (talk) 06:13, 14 May 2013 (UTC) DYK for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:38, 15 May 2013 (UTC) DYK for Mike Catapano
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:38, 15 May 2013 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
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DYK nomination of Chicago PD
DYK for Chicago PD
Harrias talk 17:22, 19 May 2013 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for May 20Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Mind Games (2013 TV series), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Con man (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 00:33, 20 May 2013 (UTC) DYK for When the Game Stands Tall
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:52, 20 May 2013 (UTC) MatildaI actually think its a disgrace and amounts to censorship. We can prove they won these awards through either from the award its self or from sources from the individual productions. Your assertion that these are not reliable sources is to me incorrect as primary sources can be considered useful and reliable depending on the claim that they are making. The claim they are making here is not a claim that needs backed up by a secondary sources to avoid original research or a claim that could be considered negative or un factual. You should also note that these awards were taken very seriously by the productions who went all out campaigning both online and through leafleting in playbills. It is not for a very small group of editors to decide how important an award is to a production or in general whether an award is of a certain level, if we can prove exists and can be sourced then it has every right to be included. As i say i consider this to be censorship and if continues should be taken to a site wide request for comment.Blethering Scot 11:57, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
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Nine articles, six lists, and eight pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
DYK for Oxbow (horse)
The DYK project (nominate) 16:51, 23 May 2013 (UTC) Sandman movesHello Tony. I was looking at Template talk:Sandman navbox#Requested move which could be ready to be closed. Seems no reason not to do this move, but a lot of references will need to be fixed up. You are requesting: But this move will have to be done with no redirect, because you immediately want to use the name Template:Sandman for another purpose. How about if I do the DC Comics moves first and then wait for the bots (or whatever) to fix everything. Then there would be no more pages linking to Template:Sandman and confusion would not ensue when 'Sandman navbox' is moved to 'Sandman'. Let me know what you advise. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 20:53, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 02:35, 28 May 2013 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for May 28Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Justine Ezarik, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Fast Company (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 15:28, 28 May 2013 (UTC) Template:OlivierAward LightingDesignJust wondering why you used several templates to create a template, while everything could be done in just one template. Can you explain that? The Banner talk 19:42, 28 May 2013 (UTC) Hi TonyTheTiger. I've thought long and hard about this, and I think coming to your talk page may be the best thing to do. In short, I want to kindly request you to self-revert your removal of the navboxes that you did two days ago, and to let matters rest there until the RFC is resolved. Then, we can either include them or omit them, based entirely on the outcome of the RFC. If the RFC closes as no consensus, we'll need to discuss their inclusion or omission on the Dostoyevsky talk page. If you agree to do this, it would be a great help if you could place a note at Talk:Fyodor Dostoyevsky#Trying to avoid a brewing edit war explaining it. The reason for making this request is that your action, and the current state of that talk page thread, threaten to turn this into a battleground, which I'm sure we'd all like to avoid. Apart from the PA and the threat, the title of the thread itself is unhelpful, because it will intimidate other editors who may wish to remove the navboxes. It is particularly unfortunate that the GAN reviewer sees the situation as calling the article's stability into question. And the thread's title may also not reflect well on you, given that you have already reverted Tomcat7's removal of the navboxes twice on 2 May 2013. Kind regards, Simon. --Stfg (talk) 11:19, 29 May 2013 (UTC) Preakness winners againSay, I realized that you created Oxbow (horse) AND were on the team when we took Shackleford (horse) to GA. So, I've been working on the Oxbow article recently and think it's close to being ready for a GA run; Craiglduncan and Froggerlaura have already been over there to help and added a bunch of good stuff, too. So do you want to pop over, give it a look, comment, etc., and join the crew for another GA run on a Preakness stakes winner? I think it's close to being ready for a GA run (two cn tags left, both of which contain content that's not critical to the article, though fun to keep if sourceable) I'd love to have it at GA quality and the nomination in before the Belmont, as it's apt to get a lot of traffic about then. Montanabw(talk) 22:26, 30 May 2013 (UTC) The Signpost: 27 May 2013
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Twelve articles, four lists, and twelve pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
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ReviewI put the César Cielo and Thiago Pereira articles for GA. I would ask if you can review the English of the pages, and then be the reviewer of the GA process of both. I did my best, I put everything I could in the articles, but I do not speak English fluently and probably contains some grammar errors. If you could help me, I'll be very grateful. Thank you. Rauzaruku (talk) 11:19, 31 May 2013 (UTC) There are lists of writers by television series to determine who wrote the most episodes.I don't know why you or anyone else is objecting to the lists of writers for television series. I think it's good to know who wrote the most episodes for certain shows. --StewieBaby05 (talk) 18:03, 31 May 2013 (UTC) |