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Thank you for your review! Follow-up questions

Dear Chevymontecarlo, I sincerely appreciate your review of my article about Rashid Massumi, M.D. I would very much like to see this article submitted as I think Dr. Massumi is a notable contributor to the field of cardiology. Could you please provide me with some further input as to what I could do to make this article meet Wikipedia's standards? Your feedback was that it the article looks like it was copied from elsewhere (which it was not - I created it originally), and that it lacks the proper formatting. Again, I appreciate your help and will do what I can to make this article meet the standards!


Best regards, Peter PPM Peter (talk) 14:33, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

I think you need to try and add links and sections. Also, as per WP:CITE other Wikipedia articles cannot be used as a reference, so please remove those references. I'm sorry about my review the first time, it just looked unusual to me. Chevymontecarlo 06:53, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 8 November 2010

Review followup

Thanks for your review of my recent article: Chickering's theory of identity development

I really appreciate the time that it took you to do that. As per your recommendation, I added another web-based source, and created a 'further reading' section that provides other outside material which validates the legitimacy and notability of the article. Thanks again for you help! Jncraton (talk) 21:58, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Glad I could be of help! :) Chevymontecarlo 06:53, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Review of article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Teh_klev/NuGet

Thanks for taking the time to review my proposed article, very much appreciated. I'm happy with the amount of content for now (the article for the VI Package Manager is roughly the same size: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_Package_Manager) and I'm fairly certain the community will expand it, as will I when it reaches RTM very shortly.

I need advice on how to make this live. Presently a search for NuGet sends you to redirect page (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuget&redirect=no) which redirects to Nougat.

What should I do about this? I don't think a disambiguation page is appropriate because for the life of me I've never heard of Nougat being called "nuget" and there is no reference to "nuget" in the Nougat main article.

Should I just go ahead and remove the redirect and drop my article into its place? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Teh klev (talk • contribs) 00:21, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

I think the reason the redirect is there is because it's spelt/sounds similar, so people who spell it wrong will still find the article. Yeah, I would just go ahead - be bold! :) Chevymontecarlo 06:55, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
I did and it's live. Thanks for the help. Teh klev (talk) 19:19, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
No problem! I'm glad it was resolved eventually. Chevymontecarlo 15:07, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

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I requested the move - I think!

Hi Chevymontecarlo,

I think I followed your instructions. Is this right? You can view my request here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:JackieVendetti#Talkback

But, I put it on my talkback page. Will someone see it?

Thanks so much, again!! Jackie JackieVendetti (talk) 19:32, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

You can just use the 'Move' tab on the draft article's page to move your article. That request to move tag is supposed to be used on the page that you want moved, I think. Chevymontecarlo 21:41, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Agharia

Hi, Thanks for giving time to my article. Can you suggest me certain things I should work upon to make it better. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amar 2103 (talk • contribs) 12:21, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

I think you need to add more references to the article, and also perhaps an infobox as well. Chevymontecarlo 19:46, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

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Request for review of article

Hi chevymontecarlo,

Would you be willing to look over the edits I have made to the Ajami, Jaffa article and give me your input on whether you think it meets Wikipedia standards and what sections you think are worth developing? I have had some feedback about POV issues that I disagree with but would also like a neutral perspective on this.

Thank you

-- Ka Yaffa (talk), 12:39, 15 November 2010.

It certainly seems like the article's subject is notable enough, but I do think from a formatting/style point of view you might want to perhaps add an infobox. I personally can't seem to find any POV issues but then again I haven't really got the time at the moment to look properly due to the fact I'm quite busy in real life. Chevymontecarlo 18:47, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for reviewing the Lisa Bradley entry

Hi Chevy, thanks a lot for having reviewed the Lisa Bradley entry. I'm not sure I see exactly where the formatting problem comes from. Thanks for your help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blueridinghood (talk • contribs) 14:17, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Excellent! Feel free to contact me here again if you have any more questions. Chevymontecarlo 15:10, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

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Methark Technology Review

Hi Chevy,

It's harder than i thought! hehe. I did found some government and others sites referring to User:Markgarret/Methark Technology, but people still say that it's not so much as the references are mostly in pdf and other one is from a Non-profit organization. I don't know what I can put in there!!! I see so many companies here with two or one reference, mine have more then five! Can you take a look again? Give me you blessings? I want to move on to another article, and this is a major one technology company in Brazil, that is giving me nightmares. I think what will be when I start the other ones!

Thank you very much, Mark Garret 12:39, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Well, usually when there isn't many references it's a sign that the article's subject is kind of non-notable. One minor suggestion is that you could use inline citations to display your references. I think you should perhaps start a new article instead. Sorry about that. Chevymontecarlo 06:29, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Help please

I need your help with a problem. A user called Craesius won't stop adding a non-free image to the article Altiyan Childs. I keep reverting the user's edit but he/she just keeps adding the image. I've warned the user but still won't listen. The user also removed the messages I posted on the talk page about the issue but i've added it back and now the user is using bad language. Can you warn or block the user? ozurbanmusic (talk) 10:47, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm not an admin so I won't be able to block them; but you can ask in the IRC help channel because there's administrators in there...good luck! They sound like a nasty piece of work :( Chevymontecarlo 15:29, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Chevymontecarlo, thank you so much for reviewing my article on Alec Hill; I appreciate your time and attention. Do you feel that I could now move it to go live? Thanks, again. DaisyMae2005 (talk) 14:02, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

I don't think so just yet. I think you should try and make some improvements first. Chevymontecarlo 15:31, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Stanley Loomis article

Dear Chevymontecarlo, thank you for your suggestions. Unfortunately, I cannot add Internet references, there simply aren't any. That is why I created this article in the first place! Will that be a problem? comment added by Pcampsie (talk • contribs) 18:55, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Well, maybe not but it was just a suggestion I had. I don't think it'll be that much of a problem but it might get tagged for some improvements as a result. Chevymontecarlo 07:35, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind remarks and good suggestions for my draft on Suzy Post (Kentucky woman)

Thanks so much! I spent quite a while on adding the Wikipedia crosslinks - thanks for reminding me! I got stuck on whether/how to add an image, but figured I needed to wait until I got the KY Human Rights Commission's consent to use their picture of her.

Again, I very much appreciate your generosity in helping me out with my first article. Randolph.hollingsworth (talk) 23:56, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Excellent! Glad I could be of help. Chevymontecarlo 07:02, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Many thanks for taking the trouble to read my articles, and for your useful advice.

Best wishes. Dandilion Dave (talk) 12:17, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Glad I was of help. Chevymontecarlo 14:10, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Keith_Harris_(The_Black_Eyed_Peas)

Hi, I got your feedback of this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Harrisproductions/Keith_Harris_%28The_Black_Eyed_Peas%29 I made coule changes... Please, can you let me know if there are still improvements I have to made... or is everthing okay with my article, now...?

Thank you for your time - Jarek Dallos —Preceding unsigned comment added by Harrisproductions (talk • contribs) 18:13, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

It's a bit better but I think the references are kinda weak, so you perhaps need to work on those. Chevymontecarlo 05:04, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

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Thank you for the full circle feedback.

Hi There,

Thanks for editing my initial article and now helping me refine it to fit the Wikipedia standard. Appreciate your help very much.

My best, (Suzy Huber (talk) 17:11, 30 November 2010 (UTC))

I'm happy to help :) Chevymontecarlo 06:50, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

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Wikiproject: American Women Writers Help

Hello-

I am a student working on the American Women Writers Wikiproject as part of my class assignment. After careful review of the novels and short stories we have read in class, I have adecided that I would like to work on Kate Chopin's Story of an Hour page. I feel it lacks a lot of basic information that I feel I am able to provide. I will post my thoughts and contributions under the discussion tab of Story of an Hour's page and would appreciate any feedback or help that you can offer in any way. Thank you for your time. Gena.A (talk) 03:13, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

So would you like some assistance as to what needs to be improved in the article or do you need help with actually making edits/improvements to the article? I'm not quite sure. Chevymontecarlo 06:04, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

I would like assistance on actually making edits/improvements on the article. Sorry for the confusion. Gena.A (talk) 03:20, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I think the article needs to be broken up into sections a bit more, perhaps, and maybe some more references as well, because it's lacking in some areas. Chevymontecarlo 06:36, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

I've added a new summary idea under the discussion page of Story of an Hour, please check it out and tell me what you think. Gena.A (talk) 16:21, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

I think it's nice! Remember to be bold and make edits if you feel it will benefit the article. Chevymontecarlo 19:35, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

I did it!! it was fun and now the whole world gets to read my writing. My other classmates added a themes section to the page and I feel it is really coming together! Thank you. Gena.A (talk) 02:44, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Awesome! Nice job :) Chevymontecarlo 07:37, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Local Government Association of South Australia

Hi and thanks. I have made further edits and added some additional references. Also, can you help regarding logos? I have also made some edits to the Australian Local Government Association page. However this page wrongly has the LGA of SA logo on it - asserting it is the ALGA logo. LGA of SA is a constituent member of ALGA so we are not offended by this, but I can't figure out how to correct it. It would also be good if this logo could be displayed with the LGA of SA page. Localcouncil (talk) 10:07, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

You could just cut and paste the logo over onto your article, if you wish to do so and you think there is an error. Remember to be bold and make edits to articles if you feel they will be worthwhile. Chevymontecarlo 16:11, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

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Memorize.com page

Thanks for reviewing. Any suggestions for getting the page to an approvable state? Ndaugherty18 (talk) 19:28, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

I think you need to 'fix', or improve, the reference links by putting the names in like this:
<ref>[http://www.example.com|Reference name goes here!]</ref>

I think you just need to work on adding links and improving the article's notability. Chevymontecarlo 20:00, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

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User:Gahbay/TrackstartheDJ

Thanks for your help on the Trackstar the DJ page. I'm new to this process, can you tell me what the next step is for me to have the page published? Thanks.

Gahbay (talk) 19:47, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

To actually 'publish' the page, you'll need to move it into the main space. To do this, you can use the 'Move' feature. Click the 'Move' tab at the top of the article. That should work! Chevymontecarlo 21:25, 9 December 2010 (UTC)


Thanks very much!

Gahbay (talk) 15:44, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

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Mentor for team of students

Hi, my name is James Fullerton, and I'm a teacher at Southern Lehigh Middle School in PA. Recently I've created a project that involves Wikipedia (WP) and small groups of students making a contribution to a WP article of their choosing, as long as the topic is related to the content of the course - being American Government, Civics, and Economics. For the past 4 weeks, students have become involved in the culture of WP, with many already narrowing in on a topic for their contribution. Here is the supportive material on Wikispaces (https://wikiedit.wikispaces.com/). Your assistance would be greatly appreciated! Would you be available to act as a mentor to a small group of students as they begin to offer additional content to an article of their interest? The team sizes are numbered between 5-7 students each. I will notify you as to who is in the teams with their WP user names. Jmfullerton (talk) 17:25, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure whether I can give that much time to Wikipedia overall at the moment but I will try and help if I can, yes. I think that would be okay. Chevymontecarlo 21:31, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

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Review of article regarding Rashid Massumi, M.D.

Hello, You reviewed my submission in early November regarding Rashid Massumi, M.D. Your comments were extremely helpful, and I believe I have incorporated them into my re-submission. Would you be so kind as to review the article now, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid_Massumi,_M.D.?

The submission notes that it is a new, unreviewed article, but I have not seen any review of it since I submitted it the evening of 12/11/10. It would therefore be great to receive your follow-up input!

Thank you again.

PPM Peter (talk) 01:46, 14 December 2010 (UTC) PPM Peter

I have reviewed it, or at least provided some comments, already, so I've removed the {{unreviewed}} tag. I think the amount of sources that you have are great, and from a formatting/layout perspective it seems to be fine. Chevymontecarlo 15:04, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you so much, I appreciate your guidance - it made all of the difference! PPM Peter (talk) 18:11, 14 December 2010 (UTC) PPM Peter

No problem; I'm glad to help. Chevymontecarlo 07:25, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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New Update: Keith_Harris_(The_Black_Eyed_Peas)

Hi, I put to my article more references...as much as I found... do you have any wishes I could change? Thank you very much for help !!! - Jarek Dallos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Harrisproductions/Keith_Harris_(The_Black_Eyed_Peas) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harrisproductions (talk • contribs) 10:42, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Nice work! But you probably should use inline citations to display those references correctly. For the printed references, you can use the [[Template:Cite book| {{cite book}}: Empty citation (help)]] template. Chevymontecarlo 15:51, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
I still think there are some problems as to the article's neutrality as well. I think the article just sounds like an advertisement for this guy in places. Chevymontecarlo 15:52, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Hi, thanks... I updated references... Im only fan of Keith and Im not american (my born language is not english) so it's quiet difficult to figure out what's going on with Neutrality (I think my article is fairly,without bias etc.). Also I don't wanna make advertisement of Keith on Wikipedia...I just wanted to put him there for people which'll looking for him there... If you just don't wanna put my article live on Wikipedia...just say it :) Thank you for your time. All the best - Jarek Dallos — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harrisproductions (talk • contribs) 13:12, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

I just think the article needs some more work still. Chevymontecarlo 15:35, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I will work on it more... Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harrisproductions (talk • contribs) 22:39, 10 December 2010 (UTC) By the way... have I write more about Keith? Thanks for your advice. Have a nice weekend — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harrisproductions (talk • contribs) 22:50, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

I think there's certainly enough there. Chevymontecarlo 07:32, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I was working on it... what do you think??? :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harrisproductions (talk • contribs) 10:59, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Excellent! I think it's coming along very nicely. Great job! Chevymontecarlo 21:34, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Awww THANKS :) Im glad I finally made it :) sooo do you think, it's ready to go to publish??? If yes, can you tell me how can I have the page published??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harrisproductions (talk • contribs) 18:35, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Yeah; to 'publish' the article you have to move it into the mainspace. To do this you can use the 'Move' tab at the top of the article. Chevymontecarlo 07:24, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Awesome :) one last question... have I move my article to this new title http://en.wikipedia.org/Keith_Harris_(The_Black_Eyed_Peas) ...??? I just wanna make sure I'll do it correctly :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harrisproductions (talk • contribs) 13:29, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, that's the name you want to move the article to in the mainspace. Use the 'Move' function rather than just cut and pasting. Chevymontecarlo 07:12, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for your help and time !!! Merry Christmas !!! Have a fantastic the New Year, God bless you and your family !!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harrisproductions (talk • contribs) 14:07, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback!

Hello Chevymontecarlo. Thank you for your reply on My Request for Feedback. I have responded to your feedback on that page. Thanks again, Krashlandon (talk) 16:36, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

I replied below. I'm glad you read my advice! Sometimes it seems like people just forget they've made a request unless I notify them on their talk page. Chevymontecarlo 07:02, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

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Margaret Nistichio Batt

You rejected my page on Margaret Nistichio Batt because I have no reliable sources. She is in my family tree. She married James Andrew Batt in 1789. He was the son of Nicol Spence and Margaret Harvey and a nephew of my g-g-g-g-g-grandfather, William Spence. I have our Spence tree traced back to 1615 in the Orkney Islands. James' records with the Hudson's Bay Company are listed on their website. see: http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/s/spence_james-sr1773-1795.pdf

There it lists his wife as Nistichio, mixed blood daughter of Isaac Batt.

This is my first page contribution to Wikipedia so I'm not sure of protocols. If this isn't enough to get the page added, please send instructions. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Duncan MacDuff (talk • contribs) 03:05, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

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I heard you have a brain, and I need one of those

thx!

Something bad happened. This is the result. I have no idea what happened; but please try to fix it, I beg you. Worst Article Ever! Chzz told me you might be able to Save Our Souls. I am sorry I can't do it myself because someone ate my brain. Greetings from Amsterdam, Kwiki (talk) 17:41, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Hiya Chevvy; the above...Kwiki was looking for someone to help try to fix that article. I gave some advice, but (as I think you know) I'm not around much, at the moment. So I recommended asking you if you could help...I know, in the past, you've been great at fixing up poor-quality articles.

Many thanks in advance. Catch up with you soon.  Chzz  ►  17:50, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Oh, okay, I'll be happy at least giving a go. Chevymontecarlo 21:20, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! Here, have some stroopwafels! Greetings from Amsterdam, Kwiki (talk) 23:28, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Oh cool, no problem, I'm glad to help. Chevymontecarlo 08:03, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

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AbsorbLMS article in my Intueri draftspace

Thanks alot for your time and consideration in scoping this draft earlier this month. I've added the citations that you mentioned in your evaluation of the earlier draft and have re-worked it. Could you please take another look?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Intueri/Absorb_LMS

I'd like to move the article to the main space but I'm not sure if I can as I recently (this week) accepted an offer to join the company Blatant Media E-Learning Solutions. This is the company which owns AbsorbLMS. At the time that I authored the article I was not employed by Blatant nor did they ask me to write the article for them- I did it bcause I knew of them locally as a software company and course development company and felt only that they were a very interesting group with a notable app. Should I move it to the main space or ask someone else to contribute the article about AbsorbLMS? Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.

thanks again

Rob Filyk- IntueriIntueri (talk) 21:29, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Well, there may be what is known as conflict of interest issues but I don't think it is that much of an issue. Chevymontecarlo 12:20, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll post it then. I really appreciate your feedback. Intueri (talk) 16:16, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

No problem. Feel free to contact me here again if you have any more questions, and I'll do my best to help you. Chevymontecarlo 07:02, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks ChevyMonteCarlo- just one brief question- I noticed that some articles have a box off to the side with graphics and summary info. What is that highlight info. box referred to as? I may try to insert one just for the speed readers that want the quick summary. have a good day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Intueri (talk • contribs) 18:19, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

The box you mention is an infobox. There are a few different types of infoboxes, for people, companies and a few others. To add one in you just copy and paste the code into your article. Chevymontecarlo 10:38, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Hello again- my article was rejected as the editor thought it was too much like an advertisement. I guess it is easy to cross that line when describing a software application. I re-wrote the article on Absorb LMS and I think I really toned down the article but would you mind giving it a review? It is a quick read now that's for sure. I really just intended for it to be recognized like all of the other viable LMS's that are represented in Wikipedia so hopefully this is a version that I can submit. Your opinion is greatly appreciated. thanks....Intueri Intueri (talk) 17:12, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Matei Maria Alexandra Irina

Declined: submission not in English. Please make sure you always check this! Mono (talk) 21:40, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

I was going to say a naughty word, but I will refrain from doing so. I'm sorry. That is embarrassing. Thanks for making the correction though. Chevymontecarlo 21:34, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

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Bramer Asset Management Ltd

Hi Chevymontecarlo

I appreciate your feedback for the article Bramer Asset Management Ltd. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramer_Asset_Management_Ltd

Actually i'm a newbie and i initially thought that the Username is obliged to be the name of the article that you are writing. However this isn't the case as i just seen, I will need to ask for a change in username consequently.

Concerning the notability issue, i have been using information that has been gathered via the website of the company and also some brochures that i had been able to get. The article is of informative status only. For the external links, i thought that i needed to give credits to those companies since i have used their information.

Hope to hear from you soon Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by BramerAsset (talk • contribs) 08:12, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh, I had no idea you thought that regarding usernames. I thought you were somebody from the company themselves and sometimes that can cause conflict of interest issues. For your sources it's ideal if they are third-party and independent of the article's subject - see WP:VRS. Usually your sources are best if they're displayed in a section like 'References' using inline citations; the External links section is really for websites and articles that aren't suitable as a reference but are related. Hope that clears some things up. Apologies for the assumptions I made to start with. Chevymontecarlo 16:25, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

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The Helping Hand Barnstar

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The new editors you help don't yet know how to give barnstars, but I have just figured out how, and think you deserve one! Awarded for your tireless work at request for feedback. --Physics is all gnomes (talk) 21:09, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks very much! Chevymontecarlo 07:19, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

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Branco Weiss

Dear Chevymontecarlo

Thank you very much for your feedback. Since I am still new in Wikipedia, I guess what I need to do now, is to provide an explanation that justifies the article. Where do I do that? Regards, Belaer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Belaer (talk • contribs) 16:16, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

One of the ways you can help prove the notability of your article is by adding links to reliable references. It hopes to prove that the article is notable enough to be included on Wikipedia. Chevymontecarlo 05:11, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 January 2011

Questions about Collaboration of the Week

Hi Chevymontecarlo, I am a PhD student from the Carnegie Mellon University. I am interested in the Wikipedia community, especially the mechanism of collaboration of the work. I noticed that you have participated Alternative Music WikiProject’s collaboration before. Could you please take several minutes to answer five questions if possible? Thanks for your help!

1. How many times (approximately) have you participated in the alternative music collaboration of the week?

2. Why did you participate in the alternative music collaboration of the week?

3. Do you feel you become a better editor through participating in collaboration? If so, could you provide some examples?

4. How did alternative music collaboration of the week change your behaviors? What causes the changes?

5. What do you think are some of the reasons for Wikiproject Alternative Music's cancellation of collaboration of the week?

You could leave your answer either in your or my talk page if possible. Thanks for your time! We have the same goal to make Wikipedia a better place.

Cheers --Haiyizhu (talk) 17:42, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm happy to help with any questions you may have, but I really didn't participate long with the Wikiproject itself, never mind the collaboration. I'll answer the questions as best as I can anyway.
1. I think I chipped in and made some minor edits a few times, along to be honest I can't remember very well.
2. I was looking for something to improve or help out with whilst I was on Wikipedia editing.
3. Not really, partly because I haven't participated that many times.
4. Again, I don't think it applies to me.
5. Lack of involvement or too many arguments perhaps.
Hope this helps; I know my answers are kinda vague! Chevymontecarlo 18:59, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your answer! --Haiyizhu (talk) 19:54, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 28 January 2011



This is the first issue of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program newsletter. Please read it! It has important information about the the current wave of classes, instructions and advice, and other news about the ambassador program.



Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 00:31, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback

Thank you very much. Yes, if you could help me with the incline citation, that would be great! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cloud21pr (talk • contribs) 23:51, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Done! Or at least I think I have. Chevymontecarlo 16:46, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

List of 2012 adherants

Hi Chev'!

Just want you to know that someone has suggested deleting the 'list of 2012 adherants. I think this page is not only notable now - but will be even more notable AFTER 2012 when the public will be able compare claims and claimants with realities. If you believe it's important, please have your say on the article-delete-page for this entry! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_2012_adherents#List_of_2012_adherents Thanks Zenji (talk) 01:35, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know but perhaps you should write the article later on after 2012 if you feel it will be more notable then. Chevymontecarlo 16:40, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 January 2011

Avdi Square

Thanks for your feedback on the Avdi Square page I created, and apologies for my delayed reply. I hope this is the right way to respond to you. KathyB111 (talk) 15:12, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Yep, this is fine. Glad my feedback was useful. Chevymontecarlo 15:38, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

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Talkback

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Thank you

Hello, I just wanted to say a quick thank you for looking at my page about the author, 'Guy Saville'. I understand your point about references, but I couldn't seem to get any more on there - I have both outside pages and ones within Wikipedia. I think I'll try the live help people - thanks again, have a great weekend, Carlettamarie (talk) 17:58, 5 February 2011 (UTC)Carlie

That's a good idea. The people on the IRC live help chat are very helpful. Chevymontecarlo 08:31, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 7 February 2011

Timeline of Spanish history (Hispania)

Hello Chevy. Thanks for your reply. I followed your suggestion and added references to my article. Please see it here. Alcides Pinto (talk) 08:06, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Nice job! The article is certainly sourced better than it was. Chevymontecarlo 16:18, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Request to mentor a student

Hi, I'm a Campus Ambassador in the Public Policy Initiative and found your name at Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Online Ambassadors and was wondering whether you'd be up for mentoring User:Simone8855, one of the students for Prof Gen's Environmental Policy class. I'll watch this page. Thanks! Dcoetzee 22:22, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I'd be okay with that. I would be happy to help whenever I get the chance. I've posted a 'welcome' message on the user's talk page. Chevymontecarlo 16:19, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Can you help me with international versions of my page- Infront Sports & Media?

Happy new year. Following your help in 2010, I wanted to connect to see if you can advise on publishing multiple language versions of the content on the Infront Sports & Media page? As an international company it is of interest to a number of countries to have this as a reference on Wikipedia and I have noticed that there is a German page which has information on it that is not 100%. I would like to either link to the English version so that the information offered is consistent (not sure if there is an automated translation for German readers) or if in order to achieve this I have to translate for myself and individually create the pages from scratch in the way I did with the current page?

Also I was concerned about all my references being in English - will this be sufficient to link to from a German text for example? I would also want to create Italian, Spanish and probably French versions.

Many thanks for your help / guidance (Clnatinfront (talk) 15:38, 10 February 2011 (UTC))

Well, if you wanted to create separate versions of your article for each language you'll have to create them individually on their respective versions of Wikipedia first, or translate them then create the separate articles. A link on the German Wikipedia, for example, to the English article on the English Wikipedia is not sufficient.
I'm not sure whether the English references will be that much of an issue but it's probably something you might want to discuss or highlight with another user or users, perhaps on the help desk. You can add links to the other versions of your article on separate versions of Wikipedia; there is a specific template you can use but I'm not sure; again might be something you'll want to ask about on the help desk. Best of luck! Chevymontecarlo 17:49, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 13 February 2011



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Thank you very much Chevymontecarlo

Thanks for all the help and guidance.

I would continue to seek your help and guidance in my contributions to Wikipedia.

Thank you once again — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gwrfans (talk • contribs) 16:52, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

No problem! I'm glad to help. Chevymontecarlo 16:13, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

hi Chevymontecarlo,

I appreciate your willingness to be my online mentor! No questions just yet. Simone8855 (talk) 01:37, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Okay, let me know if you come across any problems :) Chevymontecarlo 16:13, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 14 February 2011

Thanks for help with Infront Sports & Media International versions

I have asked for some further help from the Help Desk as you advised. At least for now (thanks to your feedback) I will get the English version translated into the relevant languages and wait to hear back from the Help Desk. If you come across any additional reference points I would be very grateful. For your info another user told me about interwikilinks and interlanguagewikilinks so I've got a colleague attempting that on the German page. Hard for me as I dont' speak German!

Once again many thanks Clnatinfront (talk) 13:10, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Haha best of luck with your translation work! The people at the help desk are very quick at answering; I've found. A lot of users patrol that page regularly for new questions, so I would check back quite often. Chevymontecarlo 17:07, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for offering to be my mentor for Bauer's class at Michigan State University. I'm much obliged! If I have any questions, I'll be sure to let you know. Carl67lp (talk)

Excellent! Best of luck with your classes. Chevymontecarlo 16:24, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Articles_for_creation/Narasimham_Committee_on_Banking_Sector_Reforms_(1998)

Dear User ChevymonteCarlo,
I have made the changes recommended by you and made the article more comprehensive than before. Please take a look and let me know if it is up to your expectation or what improvements to make.

regards, abhishek

abhishek singh 22:47, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Well, I think in terms of layout it's a lot better but I think it's probably best if another user was to review it; it's already marked for review at WP:AFC so another editor should be around soon to give some feedback. Hope that helps. Chevymontecarlo 15:30, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Mentoring students: be sure to check in on them

This message is going out to all of the Online Ambassadors who are, or will be, serving as mentors this term.

Hi there! This is just a friendly reminder to check in on what your mentees are doing. If they've started making edits, take a look and help them out or do some example fixes for them, if they need it. And if they are doing good, let them know it!

If you aren't mentoring anyone yet, it looks like you will be soon; at least one large class is asking us to assign mentors for them, and students in a number of others haven't yet gotten to asking ambassadors to be their mentors, but may soon. --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 21 February 2011

Thanks

Thanks for responding to people at WP:FEED. It seems like an important activity to me. Do you think you've ever made the difference in keeping some people around, by nudging them over the learning curve so that they stick around? Thanks again. Jesanj (talk) 23:24, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Well, I think a lot of new contributors on Wikipedia join up, create a few articles and then never login back again, and it's hard to change that. Really though there are some many newcomers arriving all the time it doesn't really matter; people will decide whether they want to stay or not regardless. Chevymontecarlo 08:52, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. Jesanj (talk) 15:03, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 February 2011

Please be the mentor for the students working on National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Hi again, Ryan! I'm currently trying to assign mentors to all the remaining groups in Professor Obar's class. Would you be the mentor for the group of students working on National Telecommunications and Information Administration ? If you can do it, thanks! If not, please let me know.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 01:40, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I'd be happy to do that. That's okay. Chevymontecarlo 06:45, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Online Ambassador Program

Please take a look at this project page and see if you can be a mentor to one of the many Areas of Study. If you can, please put your name in the "Online Mentor" area of the Area of Study of your choice and then contact the students you will be working with. As the Coordinating Online Ambassador for this project, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Take Care...Neutralhomer • Talk • 04:28, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

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  • Hi Chevymontecarlo, This is wikihbridge who wrote the Pulsa article - I was writing a stub to get the topic out in the open where people with more information can fill it in. Did you check the reference material? Especially check the footnotes in it. In the art world showing at MOMA is a very big deal. The Yale golf course installation is included in many books on tech art.

I really don't know what to say about this rejection - check the current Wikipedia for Pulsa - which is "Pulsa refers to a system of pre-paid credit for handphones in Indonesia." This is important information in an encyclopedia and a group of three artists who showed at MOMA is not?

wikihbridge — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikihbridge (talk • contribs) 04:54, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, I don't think the fact that it's a stub is an issue; it's more about the notability of the article's subject. Just because there are related articles on Wikipedia doesn't mean that the subject is notable - for that you need reliable sources. Chevymontecarlo 05:57, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback

Hi Chevy,

Thank you for your feedback for Sheena Reyes on wikipedia. Are you able to take off the orphan tag on the top on the page please? I have added external references.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiactor1111 (talk • contribs) 23:51, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done Chevymontecarlo 07:07, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for review of User:Itkidontheblock/THBS

Hi Chevymontecarlo,

Thanks for the comments on my article. I've added some information from a news website on an event that was covered by the media. Will this do?

Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itkidontheblock (talk • contribs) 10:50, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I think that is a little better. The article, or 'stub' in it's present form as it's a bit shorter than the average article, could probably benefit from a infobox though. Chevymontecarlo 19:23, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the tips and help again! I've added an infobox as per your advise. Itkidontheblock (talk) 04:36, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Apologies for the bother Chevymontecarlo, I appear to be having some problems with the logo file for THBS. There are errors stating that the article does not exit. Can you please let me know how to correct the same. Thanks. Itkidontheblock (talk) 05:23, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Okay, well I think it might be best to ask at the help desk for that, as I'm not really that experienced with images. Chevymontecarlo 06:40, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Help Editing an Article?

Hi Chevymontecarlo-


I am contacting requesting your assistance reviewing/editing an article.


My first attempt was deleted, so I recreated the article per the feedback I received. I recreated the article in the user draft space, and have a request for assistance posted in two different areas of Wiki that have not been responded to, and the deleting editor has stopped responding as well. I was wondering if you or one of your fellow editors would mind taking a look at the article and offering your feedback? The article can be located at Insegment, and yes, I am affiliated with the company.


Thanks!

-Jordan

Firstly, don't forget to sign your posts on talk pages like this one with the four tildes (~~~~). This 'stamps' your username and the date, and just makes everything a bit neater and clearer to see what user said what. Thanks. As to the actual article, yes, I think the fact that you're affiliated with the company may cause conflict of interest issues; not sure if this has been raised before by another editor but it is certainly a problem that may be you're not in the best position to write an article about the company. It also has some tone and neutrality issues; in places it just sounds like an advertising brochure which may have something to do with the conflict of interest that you may have with the article's subject. Therefore I'm not surprised your first draft/attempt at the article was deleted to start with, as I don't really think it is suitable. Sorry. Chevymontecarlo 17:08, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for responding.
I totally understand the COI issue, but I also feel that the article meets the Wiki guidelines, presents the necessary references, and maintains a neutral tone. In other words, I feel that people are using COI as a reason to keep it out, rather than a lack of merit about the article.
I modeled our article after other marketing companies' Wiki pages. I have read and re-read our article, and don't see anything advertisey in it. I understand why COI is an issue, but it also seems like COI should be evident from the article, and not the other way around.
Put another way: supposing I had tried to deceive the system and just submitted this as WikiEditorGuy111 rather than being open and using my real name, what issues would you have with this article? What parts do you find to be off in tone and neutrality issues, or "just sound like an advertising brochure"?
I find it a little frustrating that everybody here is acting like every single article about a company wasn't either a) submitted by an affiliate of the company, or b) heavily edited by an affiliate of the company at some point.
But because I submitted under my real name rather than trying to slip under the radar, now people are referencing COI as the problem. All three editors that have offered feedback have reference COI as a problem, and then mentioned tone and neutrality issues, but when I ask what the tone/neutrality issues are, or what reads like an advertisement, nobody has a response (other than OrangeMike who chose to reference an article that was an attempted submission some time ago that I wasn't even aware of).
Could you please pick out a couple of lines from the article that you find "just sound like an advertising brochure," or you think have tone/neutrality issues?
Jordan.Gilbert (talk) 19:39, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
I completely agree with many of the points and issues that you raise with the various editors you have come into contact with and with Wikipedia's rules in general. You are concerned about the COI issues and don't think it's a problem; that's understandable but I think at the end of the day it is just my opinion with the article; you don't have to follow my suggestions or feedback; you can always go to another user or editor, ask on the help desk or WP:FEED or whatever and get more feedback or help. I understand that you are frustrated and I have to be honest, there are things about Wikipedia and it's articles that frustrate me; the fact that I think newbies find it too confusing and there are too many parts to Wikipedia for them to understand easily and get started is one of them. But at the end of the day all the editors you have asked for feedback from or asked questions to are just following the rules set up by someone else, or a different group of people or board members entirely.
As to your confusion over the tone and neutrality issues that you mention, I will try to explain it; articles are supposed to be neutral in tone and not sound like advertisements, and are supposed to be informational rather than like an advertisement or a promotional text. I think there are some tone and neutrality issues in the article because there are statements that are not suitably verified with a source. The references themselves I feel are either lacking or unreliable; they're supposed to be from third-parties unassociated with the article's subject. I can see you've made a great job with them so far, but I still think some additions or improvements could be made. Of course, you don't have to do this if you do not feel it is a problem yourself; you can always just move it into the main space and see what happens.
I hope that my earlier comments/feedback and attitudes to the article were not insulting or annoyed you, and that you will keep editing and working to help improve Wikipedia, even if it is not writing articles. Best of luck. If you feel that I have not answered everything please feel free to ask again, or even ask someone else. There are many other editors that you could go to, and sometimes I feel that I am not much of a help to users, and I try to point them elsewhere if that is the case. Chevymontecarlo 21:08, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
Hey, thanks a lot for the feedback. I am working on making the tone more neutral, and gathering more third-party sources to reference for our article. I will let you know once I get the new version uploaded to my userspace, and hopefully you won't mind taking another look. Once again, thanks for the feedback; much appreciated! Jordan.Gilbert (talk) 15:43, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
Okay, best of luck! Chevymontecarlo 06:41, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks!

Hi Chevymontecarlo, Thanks for reviewing Desire Caught by the Tail. I will work on your note about sources, which I think means creating web links for my references where available (and most are). Please let me know if I'm misinterpreting. Also, the Pablo Picasso article makes no mention of his playwriting, but that article is understandably protected. Do you have a suggestion on how that can be added? Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rangmaker (talk • contribs) 18:37, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

The answer to your first query - yes, that's exactly what I meant :) and to the second question, probably might want to post on the talk page or ask on the help desk to make an edit request to the article so you can add a mention of his play(s) to the article. Hope you understand. Chevymontecarlo 21:07, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Review of Van Howard

Dear ChevyMonteCarlo,

Thank you for your feedback. I've reworded the article to remove some of the items that detract from the professionalism of the subject. I am checking to find more references on this person that I can add to the list of references. Since he performed so long ago, it's difficult to find much on his music career. I'll keep looking. Nmantooth (talk) 03:16, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Okay, best of luck! I think you've done a great job so far. Chevymontecarlo 08:12, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

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Marking articles students are working on

Howdy, Online Ambassador!

This is a quick message to all the ambassadors about marking and tracking which articles students are working on. For the classes working with the ambassador program, please look over any articles being worked on by students (in particular, any ones you are mentoring, but others who don't have mentors as well) and do these things:

  1. Add {{WAP assignment | term = Spring 2011 }} to the articles' talk pages. (The other parameters of the {{WAP assignment}} template are helpful, so please add them as well, but the term = Spring 2011 one is most important.)
  2. If the article is related to United States public policy, make sure the article the WikiProject banner is on the talk page: {{WikiProject United States Public Policy}}
  3. Add Category:Article Feedback Pilot (a hidden category) to the article itself. The second phase of the Article Feedback Tool project has started, and this time we're trying to include all of the articles students are working on. Please test out the Article Feedback Tool, as well. The new version just deployed, so any bug reports or feedback will be appreciated by the tech team working on it.

And of course, don't forget to check in on the students, give them constructive feedback, praise them for positive contributions, award them {{The WikiPen}} if they are doing excellent work, and so on. And if you haven't done so, make sure any students you are mentoring are listed on your mentor profile.

Thanks! --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 18:10, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments of User:Hypateia/Richard Setlowe

Thank you Chevymontecarlo, Will be building out the stub, editing and adding references this week and next. Your helpful input is appreciated. Hypateia (talk) 20:56, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Best of luck! Glad I was of help. Don't forget to come back and contact me here if you have any more questions, as I'll be fine answering them. Chevymontecarlo 17:13, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Review of Van Howard

Dear Chevymontecarlo,

Would you please review the References section and Categories section of Van Howard and if possible, remove the statement about needing more references. Nmantooth (talk) 04:13, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

I think the categories section is fine now, but as to the references I still think it is lacking. Don't forget to use inline citations to display them 'properly', or at least more easily, in the article. I still think you perhaps need to find and add more sources so I will leave the 'statement', or tag at the top of the article as I still think it is an issue. Chevymontecarlo 08:17, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Professor Obar Concerns

Got a message about an hour ago from Professor Obar of the Media and Telecommunication Policy project and I think it is viewed best in full:

Can you please communicate to the online mentors that I DO NOT want them moving student material into the main space for them. This is a big problem. I have noticed that this has happened with a number of the projects already, for example, in the broadband.gov article and the media cross-ownership article. We need the students to be doing this on their own, of course so they can learn how to do it, and also so that I can grade what they've done. How am I supposed to follow student submissions if the data is associated with online mentors? A BIG PROBLEM ALREADY... please help me with this. None of you responded to my post about this on the discussion page. This is about to get out of hand. Jaobar (talk) 05:27, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

With that, of course, please only give instructions on how to move, don't do it for them. Please only let them know what to do and let them do it themselves. If they run into problems, provide further instructions. Do not it for them. This seems to be making a mess of Prof. Obar's grading system and I would like to avoid that. Thanks. - Neutralhomer • Talk • Coor. Online Amb'dor • 06:10, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

 

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