User talk:Dana boomer/Archive 2
Hi, I noted you placed a short stub on this article. Uterine cancer being an ambiguos term can refer to a number of different cancers, each of which has already a more or less detailed article. Do you want these all duplicated? Ekem (talk) 19:58, 5 June 2008 (UTC) red link recoveryHowdy. Firstly, thanks for helping out with the red link recovery project. I notice you've marked a few entries up, such as "Édith et Marcel links to Charles Gérard, try Charles Gerard - actor vs. dab page". Good job. Just wanted to suggest that it can be nice to add the near mis-spellings to these DAB pages; I'm pretty sure a lot of people would find the un-acceted DAB page while looking for the accented actor. Yes, I know this creates more red links, but they're useful ones! - TB (talk) 23:00, 5 June 2008 (UTC) Whoo!Here's a pretty new toy for your user page:
Ealdgyth - Talk 01:39, 8 June 2008 (UTC) Assorted stuffHi Dana, I'm cool with what you did with Chamberlin and Budiasky (I think I DO need them, the content they linked may have been tossed, not sure). Keeps them for now, and I will figure out if I actually have stuff in the article that I sourced to them (Seems something about desert conditions and human domestication came from Budiasky). Anyway, on another note, would you watchlist Mustang (horse) for me. Having some trouble with an editor who deleted a bunch of footnoted stuff, I got snarky about it, which didn't help, but may need another eye on the article to compare any diffs from my most recent edit, which was a sincere attempt to reconcile both versions. Thanks. Montanabw(talk) 21:49, 11 June 2008 (UTC) Ahem...Ahem. Note Kool Little Leo Be my guest per tagging, I'm too chicken to take on the wrath of this editor with an RfD tag. Maybe we should initiate a conversation with her about appropriateness? She has been putting this horse's photo and freeze brand in a ton of articles, I've tossed it from some, kept it in others, but...well, look at contribs. I'm afraid I'll be too snarky and grumpy, but this is getting out of hand. Montanabw(talk) 23:02, 13 June 2008 (UTC) Hi Dana, I see you've nominated this article for deletion with the comment "An unorganized compilation of uncited theory, myth, and random facts that can already be found in better, more organized articles". Isn't there one of these articles that this could be redirected to as an alternative to deletion? I usually get my daughter to help with horsey subjects but she's annoyed with me at the moment because I didn't have her dinner ready when she got home from work today. Phil Bridger (talk) 19:19, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Another one where my diplomacy skills are failing meThanks for looking in on the Mustang article. I should have called for backup earlier, been spatting over that article for a while, but I think your presence is settling things down. Can you look in on another? Peruvian Paso. An IP editor who appears to have direct knowledge of the breed is trying to edit the article, I have been going in and toning down the "jump tall buildings and do magic" comments, fixing misspellings, and generally doing my wikifairy wordsmithing stuff, but we seem to be at an impasse over a cited sentence about the history of the breed -- they keep reverting a footnoted sentence I wrote about the historical background of Spanish gaited horses in general without explanation other than to accuse me of bias. I'm getting a little irritable. Need an outside eye. Montanabw(talk) 06:36, 27 June 2008 (UTC) HEEELLLPPP!Some overeager reviewer is trying to delist Horses in Warfare from GA. Some of their criticisms are accurate, but they are also just skewering the article and have posted something seeking community imput that has a feeding frenzy going over stupid things (they think horses shouldn't be measured in hands, for example). I am going to rip my hair out, because that was one of my first GAs, so I need HEELLLPPP! Calling for backup! Montanabw(talk) 03:26, 17 July 2008 (UTC) The chocolate is yours!Here you go! If you want the real thing, email me and we can negotiate! LOL! Montanabw(talk) 22:41, 17 July 2008 (UTC) Done for a bit...Okay, I've done my thing for a bit. Getting the Chamberlin sourced to page numbers has wiped me out for the day.. tag! You're it! Ealdgyth - Talk 20:16, 18 July 2008 (UTC) JUst a warning that I have a huge pile of journal articles I just pulled that may have sourcing/etc for the article. Hoping to get to work on them later this week. Some for Horse also! Ealdgyth - Talk 19:29, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Horses in warfare 2Hi Dana, thanks for your note. I'd be happy to give the article another review and comment on it again (over the weekend at some point), but as for closing the review, I'm afraid that is out of my hands. Because I listed it as a community review to generate wider comment the GAR cannot be closed until consensus has formed, and then only by certain editors. If the article has improved enough (and this probably has) then that is just a formailty, but I can't perform it.--Jackyd101 (talk) 15:53, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Horse murders article request for editorsHello, all -- I realize that this is a distasteful subject to many in the horse field, especially among those with a love of show jumpers, but the John Edwards and Rielle Hunter affair currently in the news has opened up many, many questions on the subject of the late 20th century horse murders scandal. The reason for that, in case you don't know, is that Rielle Hunter was formerly Lisa Druck, whose father, James Druck, conspired to have her beloved show jumper Henry the Hawk electrocuted to collect the insurance money on him. This tragedy formed the background for a 1988 novel based on Lisa Druck's life, called Story of my Life by Jay McInerney. Later, in the early to mid 1990s, the actual horse killing scandal was exposed to the public through articles in the New York Times and Sports Illustrated, and then through a full-length book called "Hot Blood." An FBI investigation into the horse murders led to the conviction of a number of highly placed people in the show jumper and general equestrian sports world on charges of insurance fraud. When Rielle Hunter's background was probed, due to her affair with John Edwards, it turned out that she and her horse were prominent victims of the horse murder insurance scam, and her own father was one of the orchestrators of the criminal activities. But in trying to link this information up to her bio article, it turned up that there wss no article on the subject of the horse murders at Wikipedia, doubtless because the scandal occured before the development of the world wide web. An article was just created today, but it is not comprehensive in scope and needs to be expanded greatly lest it be deleted. There is an article on the murder of the millionairess Helen Brach whose death, in 1977, was also connected to the horse murders scandal, and it too could use improvement. I am looking for a few good editors who have the brackground to write the horse murders article, and to link it to the Helen Brach murder, show jumping, and Rielle Hunter articles. No need to reply to me -- if you are interested, you know what to do. I will try to help, also, as best i can, but the topic is far from my usual field of writing, and i would prefer to see it handled by those with the greatest depth of knowledge on the subject. If you need sources to cite, you can find the best of them at the Rielle Hunter page in the section on her early life and family. Here are two more: [[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0D8173FF936A3575AC0A965958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all New York Times, On Killing Horses for Money: A Craftsman's Dirty Secrets, by Don Terry, Published: September 5, 1993]] [[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E5DF1639F933A05753C1A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all New York Times, Horse Show; Equestrians Facing Competition and Lingering Scandal, by Robin Finn, Published: October 30, 1995]] I am posting this identical request to a number of horse-rleated talk pages, so you may see it more than once, for which i apologize in advance. Sincerely, catherine yronwode Catherineyronwode (talk) 02:52, 15 August 2008 (UTC) Go Haflingers!I made some tweaks to Haflinger per the GA reviewer's comments. In the process ran across some stuff to add/tweak/rearrange. Hope I didn't screw up anything. (It IS interesting when one is not lead editor but trying to fix reviewer comments. I felt far less snarky and defensive tweaking someone else's work! Whazzup wit' dat? LOL! :-D ) If the coat of arms image doesn't work for the article, feel free to toss, but I thought it was cute. Anyway, you sure did a great job bringing that article up to a very nice standard and I'm seriously impressed! Let's hope it goes GA! Montanabw(talk) 23:45, 17 August 2008 (UTC) I have addressed your concerns as best as I can. You can find my replies on the GA review page, where more feedback is always welcome. Thanks for giving it such a through review – I am not used to this level of detail in a GA review but I think it will prepare the article well for an eventual FAC. Plasticup T/C 02:22, 19 August 2008 (UTC) WikiProject Good Articles NewsletterSorry about the delay. AWB has been having a few issues lately. Here is the august issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter! Dr. Cash (talk) 20:29, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
2008 Tanana Valley flood GANI've made the corrections you suggested. If there's anything else I need to do, don't hesitate to ask. I appreciate the time you've taken to review the article and would like to say thanks for doing that. JKBrooks85 (talk) 22:16, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Basil W. DukeI did most of what you suggested to Basil W. Duke, except there were two things I couldn't figure out how best to fix them.--King Bedford I Seek his grace 05:05, 20 August 2008 (UTC) That passage was split and placed where they seemed best used. I think it's ready for your final approval.--King Bedford I Seek his grace 14:11, 20 August 2008 (UTC) Nanbu clanThanks for your review of the article, please see my comment here. Cheers, Tadakuni (talk) 20:02, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Geology of SomersetFurther to your GA review comments on Geology of Somerset a lot of work has been done on the areas you identified. I would be grateful if you would take another look and let us know if there are further areas of development you feel are required.— Rod talk 21:09, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Hurricane Karl reviewHi there Dana! I've addressed the issues you mentioned on the GAN review page for Hurricane Karl (2004). I don't really agree with your last note about moving the article's image, as it's normal for the TC Wikiproject's articles to have the storm track where it originally was, but I've left comments on the review page and we can discuss it there if needed. Thanks so much for reviewing the article, I appreciate it. :-) Jamie☆S93 16:51, 23 August 2008 (UTC) Done. Thanks for your humble opinion. ;) Intothewoods29 (talk) 15:25, 25 August 2008 (UTC) Thank youThank you Dana for your comments. It is indeed based on your comments that I have worked on improving the Siege of Bangkok article. I will try to address some of the remaining points you have mentionned. Thanks for the suggestions, and thank you for your interest! Cheers PHG (talk) 16:42, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
I fixed all the problems about Thomas Hines, or at least explained the problems. Feel free to look again. Thanks.--King Bedford I Seek his grace 20:27, 25 August 2008 (UTC) KatyushaHey, thanks for the post-mortem Katyusha review. I plan to go through your list and address all of the suggestions. I don't mind if the article is re-reviewed and demoted, as I welcome the constructive criticism and plan to eventually go for A-class review anyway. Regards. —Michael Z. 2008-08-27 00:19 z Crown (dentistry), whoops!Eek! I quickfailed the article's GAC nom just as you signed on to review it. If you think the fail was incorrect and/or premature, please feel free to revert me. Otherwise, well, I suppose we can remove it from the list? María (habla conmigo) 19:39, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
I've been quick to fix the issues you had with this GA, what do you think about it now? -Ed!(talk)(Hall of Fame) 19:41, 28 August 2008 (UTC) New toy for us...Wikipedia:Footnotes#Separating reference lists and explanatory notes. I'm going to go implement it in Thoroughbred right now... Ealdgyth - Talk 15:03, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your helpful and specific remarks on the GA review. I have been attempting to take action on them. As I will be away from the Wikipedia for a couple of days, there will be a hiatus. However, I will carry on when I get back. I have left comments on the need for publishers in refs on the GA review page and I have a general question about short and long references, namely - Do you suggest that each short ref should link to a full ref as is currently the case for Boyle and Lyall? If not, then anyone wanting to check out a ref my find it difficult as surname alone is not that precise. Greenshed (talk) 00:02, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for all your input so far. Do you know what one should do when faced with a book reference from which the editor is known but the actual author of the cited text is not known? How should this be presented as a short ref? Many thanks. Greenshed (talk) 07:30, 6 September 2008 (UTC) Invitation to my sandboxHi Dana, I have a sandbox, User:Montanabw/Sandbox that I am using to rough out a general article on riding. And I'm inviting my friends to play! I want it to supplement the Equestrianism article, not be overly how-to, incorporate a history of equestrianism, outline some very general principles common to all riding, and then spin off links to all the zillions of riding style and detail articles. In some ways, this maybe should be what the equestrianism article should have done (that article was originally titled "horseback riding") but whatever the sandbox article gets named if it ever goes live, it will be very different in content from the current equestrianism article, which is more an overview of the style stuff. Anyway, drop in and either comment or add something, or organize something, or whatever! I'm sort of stuck and don't quite know where to go with it. Montanabw(talk) 08:06, 31 August 2008 (UTC) Siege of BangkokHi Dana. User:Erachima close the nomination for Siege of Bangkok:[1]. I think I have actually answered to basically all the issues you raised during the last two weeks. Is there anything else I can do to help? Cheers PHG (talk) 10:31, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Thank youJust wanted to say thank you for weighing in on the wikiquette issue! It deserves a barnstar! (and you are right about stuff, too!) Montanabw(talk) 04:08, 1 September 2008 (UTC) (Moved barnstar to user page) I believe that I fixed everything...? the_ed17 02:10, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
Replies......can be found here. =) the_ed17 21:14, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
You don't mind......when I add stuff like this to your reviews, right? If you do, I'll stop... =/ the_ed17 18:38, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
RE: Op LuttichHey, thanks for the review of Operation Luttich. I think I've addressed most of the issues brought up in the review. Thanks for your help in bringing this article up the assessment-scale! Cam (Chat) 04:27, 6 September 2008 (UTC) Coronation GA reviewThanks so much for taking time to read and critique the Coronation article. Might I ask you to check out my responses to the issues you raised, specifically the questions I asked about images? I have a couple of days off, so I'm going to work on the rest of the issues you raised; may I get back with you afterwards to solicit your opinion on the changes? Thanks again for your review, and your suggestions! - Ecjmartin (talk) 01:47, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
GA review... beggingHi there. I've seen your excellent GA reviews around a few places.. I put Canadian heraldry up for GA, but not many people seem interested in reviewing royalty/nobility/heraldry articles. I was wondering if I could prevail upon you to cast your critical eye over the article? Thanks! Prince of Canada t | c 17:52, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Wikiproject Military History InvitationI noticed that you've conducted a number of GA-class reviews lately on WikiProject Military history-related articles... I was wondering if you might be willing to join the project and bring that experience with you to the review department? I'm sure you could be a big help! Either way, thanks for your efforts. bahamut0013♠♣ 16:18, 8 September 2008 (UTC) Puerto Rican CampaignIssues have been taken care of. Thank you for reviewing the article. Tony the Marine (talk) 23:04, 8 September 2008 (UTC) Welcome!Hi, and welcome to the Military history WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to military history. A few features that you might find helpful:
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the project coordinators, or any experienced member of the project, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! Eurocopter (talk) 18:24, 9 September 2008 (UTC) GANWell, kinda...the other three are my noms... =/ -talk- the_ed17 -contribs- 18:35, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
Thank youNot only are you a great reviewer, but you're also a great contributor! Tony the Marine (talk) 19:17, 9 September 2008 (UTC) (Moved image to user page) re: RTÉThanks for the feedback on the rte article, sometimes its difficult to know what to do on this site, but now there's some guidelines for improvement which are much appreciated. howth575 (talk) 09:23, 12 September 2008 (UTC) Mount Edziza volcanic complex GANThanks for notifying me. I have followed the necessary procedures, and passed this article as a GA. Good luck with your work on the Horse article. --Jordan Contribs 12:38, 15 September 2008 (UTC) You want a fun GAN?...try Jimmy Wales... I believe that I saw his name at the bottom there...yep, that I did. =D -talk- the_ed17 -contribs- 20:20, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Military history WikiProject coordinator electionThe September 2008 Military history WikiProject coordinator election has begun. We will be selecting nine coordinators to serve for the next six months from a pool of fourteen candidates. Please vote here by September 30! FIYUser talk:SandyGeorgia#Query... Don't know if you caught it...But I went through and put the new "ref group" syntax in Appaloosa. We should start using this for those explanatory footnotes that Montana's so fond of writing. It's very handy and much neater than mixing the types of footnotes together. Ealdgyth - Talk 19:37, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
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