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User talk:Mike Christie/Archive06
Hi Mike. Thank you so much for that contribution; everything helps! If there is a date anywhere on the recording, that would help us a lot - either the original dates of recording, or the date of publication. It looks as if probably you've got the London 1956 and/or 1963 recordings, by the look of the tracks and soloists - but you never know. Re the spelling of Arthur Eisen/Artur Eizen: yes it tends to be Eisen on western records, but the Russians seem to be using the "z" when translating these days, so I tend to follow their lead now - perhaps I should go through the whole lot and put all the "z"s in. If I had done my job properly on that page, it would be enormous, as they've made so many records, and they're still making them . . . aaagh.--Storye book (talk) 09:10, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
Back to that mapHi. Sorry about not getting back to you more quickly. The changes I would suggest for Munster are the following: 1) The Corcu Duibne should also be put on the peninsula to the south of where they are. They controlled both. 2) The Corcu Loígde should be put in large text, as they were the most powerful people in Munster not long before this time. 3) For that to happen, the Eóganacht Raithlind and Uí Liatháin should be moved to the right just a little. 4) The Uí Fidgenti should be moved to the right a little and the text for them made the normal large size. The rest of the island looks good so far as I can tell. Munster is the province least understood politically. A map which might be helpful can be found here. Again a fine map, and sorry for the delay! DinDraithou (talk) 18:30, 11 November 2009 (UTC) WessexHi Mike, I have a keen interest in Wessex and possess a number of books on or around the subject. I'd like to be involved in efforts to improve the Wessex page... so let me know where I can be of assistance. James Frankcom (talk) 21:15, 14 November 2009 (UTC) I've put Hemming's Cartulary up for peer review, here: Wikipedia:Peer review/Hemming's Cartulary/archive1. Comments are appreciated. (I should be picking up two works on the Cotton Library tomorrow which will hopefully give me more background on how the manuscript came into the hands of Sir R. Cotton). Ealdgyth - Talk 19:34, 24 November 2009 (UTC) Hello. Just a note to point out that at this edit you accidentally deleted all the categories, interwiki links and metadata as well as the succession box. Moonraker2 (talk) 19:58, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
Third Law of Robotics...Let me know if you need help with that. I'm not a big Asimov fan, but I do have some sources, and I can get to U of I which has a complete run of Locus if needed. Ealdgyth - Talk 19:51, 7 December 2009 (UTC) Seasons Greetings and all that ...
Peer ReviewHello, I'd like to take you up on the copy edit offer you presented at Wikipedia:Peer review/Darius I of Persia/archive1. The article has gone through many changes since you last reviewed it. Any help you can offer to get this article to GA would be greatly appreciated. Happy New Year! Regards, warrior4321 05:47, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 16:42, 2 January 2010 (UTC) Lovely to see...Many thanks! Am running right now, but talk soon. :) --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 16:55, 4 January 2010 (UTC) Volney MathisonHi there Mike Christie, I hope you are doing well. I am doing some research in working to improve the article Volney Mathison - and I came across the article Amazing Stories and noticed you had improved it quite well to WP:FA quality - nice work. I was wondering if you knew of some sources that could be used at this article? Thank you for your time, Cirt (talk) 11:15, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
FYI, as pseudonym "Dex Volney", it appears multiple works by Mathison were selected for inclusion in a few "Best of..." compilation fiction books. Cirt (talk) 12:23, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
From the AFD: "his early work is described in the Nicholls/Clute Encyclopedia of SF as the cornerstone of SF bibliograph" - do you have the full cite for this, and the relevant text? :P Cirt (talk) 11:13, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Here it is.
I think the "Flim-flam" at the start is simply Bleiler's comment about the theme of the story. Doesn't look like anything to do with the E-meter, does it? The asterisks in the quote are apparently Bleiler's way of saving space by avoiding a new line per paragraph; I would suggest transcribing any direct quote you need without them. Mike Christie (talk) 11:31, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
I see you have struck your "Keep" comment at the AFD. I must admit that is a bit disappointing after the research and work I have been doing on the article, though I highly respect your views and of course you may do as you wish. However I think as a whole, the sum total of the work I have done on the article and the sources added shows it merits keeping, when the individual's career as both a fiction writer, and an inventor, are considered together. I will continue to do more research on the topic. :( Cirt (talk) 22:12, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Mike, ages and ages ago you dropped a note to see if I knew anything about Guyana. At the time I didn't, but as it happens I know a little more now: I was there in the summer, and have done a little reading around. Is this still an interest of yours? If so, I'd be happy to help out as much as I can. (Also to some extent with the other Guianas.) --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 22:50, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
List of manuscripts of Bede's Historia EcclesiasticaMaybe you may look at the article talk page of List of manuscripts of Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica. Thanx--Diwas (talk) 12:40, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Move protectionI move protected both just now, thanks for asking. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 00:19, 27 January 2010 (UTC) So prose is the only issue with the article? I remember asking a few people on the Guild of Copyeditors and ran software for copyediting, but I am still not sure if there is anything content wise. I will try and fix some of the points you mentioned. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 02:55, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
Copyedithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mheart did the copyedit for the Japanese flag article and it was completed today. Is there anything else other than a copyedit that you need for this article? User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 23:21, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
AS King articlesThanks for your comment. If you want to follow the style notes OK, though my own view is that what the user needs to see straight away for a monarch is the dates he reigned and where he was king of. The dates of birth and death are easily seen in the right hand infobox (if that is the right term). The infoboxes are inconsistent, and I am planning on cleaning them up next. I found a problem with Edward the Elder, as I would like to put King of Wessex, but I am not sure this would be acceptable - see my comment in the discussion. Any advice on this?Dudley Miles (talk) 16:30, 30 January 2010 (UTC) Thanks. I do find infoboxes useful, and as almost all the AS king articles have them, I trust that for consistency I can insert them in the one or two which do not. As you say that your knowledge goes up to 900, I would like to raise a point about Æthelbert. The article on him states that he had two sons, one of whom challenged Edward the Elder for the throne. This struck me as odd as one of Æthelred's sons challenged Edward. The editor cites Burke's Peerage, and I see he is correct - http://www.burkespeerage.com/articles/roking01.aspx, but the DNB article on Æthelbert does not mention any children and Stenton says that Æthelbert presumably had none. I assume I can delete this and explain my reasons in the discussion.Dudley Miles (talk) 17:22, 30 January 2010 (UTC) File source problem with File:Galaxy 1950s issues grid.jpg Thanks for uploading File:Galaxy 1950s issues grid.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of that website's terms of use of its content. However, if the copyright holder is a party unaffiliated from the website's publisher, that copyright should also be acknowledged. If you have uploaded other files, consider verifying that you have specified sources for those files as well. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged per Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion, F4. If the image is copyrighted and non-free, the image will be deleted 48 hours after 03:11, 4 February 2010 (UTC) per speedy deletion criterion F7. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. FASTILYsock(TALK) 03:11, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
File source problem with File:Galaxy 1960s issues grid.jpgThanks for uploading File:Galaxy 1960s issues grid.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of that website's terms of use of its content. However, if the copyright holder is a party unaffiliated from the website's publisher, that copyright should also be acknowledged. If you have uploaded other files, consider verifying that you have specified sources for those files as well. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged per Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion, F4. If the image is copyrighted and non-free, the image will be deleted 48 hours after 03:12, 4 February 2010 (UTC) per speedy deletion criterion F7. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. FASTILYsock(TALK) 03:12, 4 February 2010 (UTC) WP:MRR: many thanks and suggestionHey thanks so much for teaching me how to indent, so helpful! --Kylabl (talk) 02:12, 8 February 2010 (UTC) Hi. First and foremost, many thanks indeed for volunteering to help out with the educational assignment Magical Realism Reconsidered. As always with such projects, it is of course the responsibility of the students to take the lead in editing the chosen articles, and above all to do the research and contribute reliable sources. But any help, however small, that established Wikipedians can provide, perhaps above all in guiding new users unfamiliar with the technicalities and protocols of the encyclopedia, as well (at a later stage) with copy-editing suggestions and the MOS, is very much appreciated. Please, however, feel no compunction to go above and beyond what I know is your usual generosity on the site. The project's success or failure must depend in the last analysis on the effort that the students put in. But I know that they will be extremely grateful for anything you are able to do, and indeed it is ideally part of the project that they also learn to work with people such as yourself: they are contributing to a public site, and their ability to negotiate with other editors and deal with feedback is an integral part of the exercise. My only suggestion is that, in line with the discussion [Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Magical_Realism_Reconsidered#Just_to_make_sure...|here]], you might want to indicate on the project page an article or articles that you are particularly interested in watching and helping with. Again, you should not feel you have to do this; we are pleased for you to aid the project in any way that you see fit. But it does help if a particular group working on a specific article feel that they have an experienced editor or two to whom they can turn in the first instance. Again, many thanks. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 00:02, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT :) Im really new at this. It's almost like I don't even no where to start so if I have questions I now know who to ask.. thanks a ton.--Laurarosenielsen (talk) 00:36, 19 January 2010 (UTC) Thanks Mike!! yeah that's what i wanted to do. my bad. talk to you later! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tniamath (talk • contribs) 04:26, 21 January 2010 (UTC) File source problem with File:Galaxy 1970s issues grid.jpgThanks for uploading File:Galaxy 1970s issues grid.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of that website's terms of use of its content. However, if the copyright holder is a party unaffiliated from the website's publisher, that copyright should also be acknowledged. If you have uploaded other files, consider verifying that you have specified sources for those files as well. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged per Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion, F4. If the image is copyrighted and non-free, the image will be deleted 48 hours after 03:13, 4 February 2010 (UTC) per speedy deletion criterion F7. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. FASTILYsock(TALK) 03:13, 4 February 2010 (UTC) Inappropriate use of JPEG formatWith regard to the three images mentioned above, you have used the wrong format. JPEG should be used for photographic data. Tables are better saved as PNG or SVG, or just made into tables in the article. You'll notice a significant quality improvement if you use PNG for these tables. You can see a summary of when to use what formats at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:File_types. Thanks. -- Jalanpalmer (talk) 03:29, 4 February 2010 (UTC) PeripatusJust noticed your nom at FFD and wondered: is the quote on your user page is actually a reference to Peripatus? Mike Christie (talk) 02:45, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Alain DorémieuxSure and it's my pleasure. I recommend HotCat for adding categories, if you're uncertain of them; it can help you match what you think you want by semi-automatically suggesting something. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 01:43, 16 February 2010 (UTC) Grazie mille
Review of expansion in progress, Ireland 800–1169Hi Mike Christie (and interested talk page watchers). I'm writing on your talk page since yours was one of the few user-names I recognised at Wikipedia:Peer_review/volunteers#History... I'm in the process of expanding Ireland 800–1169, and since this is my first major undertaking on English wikipedia I could really use some advice from editors before I do lots of work in vain. So I'd like to ask you: Is the a place where I ask for feedback/review on a work in progress (as I understood it the peer review is for FA-candidates, which this article certainly is not...). Some obvious shortcomings that I am aware of in the current article:
What I mainly could use feedback on right now, would be:
My ambition is to reach a decent article that could be copyedited to "B-class", and without too much work improved to "Good article" by someone who knows this period and actually speaks English. Any advice much appreciated, best regards, Finn Rindahl (talk) 14:15, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
GalaxyArt reactions are subjective, but I question "poor quality". There were effective covers by Sibley and Bonestell before Emsh. Pepso2 (talk) 15:10, 31 March 2010 (UTC) Mercia
Metabaronic (talk) 21:44, 9 April 2010 (UTC) Re: Ref fixesok thanks, --Kylabl (talk) 02:21, 11 April 2010 (UTC) Hi, Mike, could you forward me a copy of the review of the above article mentioned here? I'd be interested to see what improvements were suggested. Thanks, Nev1 (talk) 16:29, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
Re: Nominations viewerI tested your monobook.js, and it works fine for me (in Google Chrome 5 on Mac OS X). If you're using the Vector skin, then you'll need to add the script to User:Mike Christie/vector.js. If you're using the Monobook skin, then please tell me your browser and operating system. Gary King (talk) 19:28, 18 April 2010 (UTC) Request for Ernest HemingwayHi Mike. Awadewit suggested I add a family tree to Ernest Hemingway similar to hers for the Austen family. She told me to ask you, so I was wondering, if and when you have a chance, whether you can turn the Family section into a graphic. I'm clueless about how to do something like this, so any help is appreciated. Don't know whether or not it's more of less difficult for a person with four marriages! Thanks. I'll watch your page for a response. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 01:53, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
External reviewWould you be able to obtain Dr. David Archer's review of the Global Warming article that he provided for this article and email it to me? Cla68 (talk) 05:29, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
Congrats on another FAJust would like to say well done on another interesting FA. It seems like every month or so I get to read about another English king I would otherwise never known about. Keep up the excellent work. Waygugin (talk) 05:09, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
ThanksThanks for your detailed review of Bert T. Combs. Unfortunately, I was off-wiki all weekend and didn't get a chance to respond to your comments before the FAC closed. I will try to respond in the next few days. You are correct regarding why I have not used the oral history; it is a primary source and I worry about material from it being challenged as POV or being from an unreliable source. I do have access to that book in my local library, but the article was so long already I chose not to use it. Regarding the Public Papers book, I assumed this would just be a collection of papers, letters, speeches, etc. with very little exposition. That apparently is not the case. I should probably consult this source before coming back to FAC with this article. Unfortunately, I'll have to get that one on interlibrary loan. Not sure when/if I'll get back to making another FAC run with this article. The incessant and in my opinion unwarranted concerns being raised about the images in the article are enough to make me not want to make a third run. It's obvious to me that the editor who is challenging them will not relent until I find a free image of Combs that may or may not exist. I fear this is discouraging other editors from commenting on the nomination and possibly would have derailed its promotion anyway, depending on if the closing admin thinks it is actionable. Acdixon (talk • contribs • count) 14:57, 26 April 2010 (UTC) Mercia Project changeMetabaronic has redefined the scope and changed the name of the Mercia Wikiproject to included the rest of Anglo-Saxon England, please consider directing your support again to Wikiproject Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms. Sadads (talk) 00:56, 30 April 2010 (UTC) DisambiguationThanks for the welcome posted on my "talk" page. I've read the various links on disambiguation, but I seem to be missing something essential, that is, how precisely does one start a disambiguation page. I'm thinking about a situation in which the pages are biographical articles about people with the identical name and neither article is the "primary" one. T f m f (talk) 20:14, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Re: Nominations viewer commentI might be able to do that. I am, however, very busy tonight, and will be completely offline starting on Friday for a few weeks. It would probably be more efficient to get someone who already writes bot code, such as User:Gimmetrow who runs User:GimmeBot, or User:Dr pda, who I believe has created a few scripts that specifically outputs statistics on featured content, to build this—or post a request at WT:FAC or WP:VPT. The reason is because Nominations Viewer is simply a script that analyzes WP:FAC and spits out a prettier version of existing data. New code would have to be written to do what you are asking. As a side note, one way to determine how much work a reviewer has put in a review is how many bytes of data they have added to the nomination page, which can be used to determine approximately how much text the reviewer has written. Gary King (talk) 02:07, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Belated appreciation
My enjoyment"I think if your enjoyment of Wikipedia relies on changing the minds of a significant number of fellow editors to agree with you (on almost any topic) you're bound to be frustrated." I think that's as plain as plain could be. My "enjoyment" has always been in the increasingly illusory idea of high quality information being freely available to everyone. Obviously though I have to recognise that "civility" is far more important than that. Will I? No, I won't. Malleus Fatuorum 02:07, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Asser - my amendmentsHi Mike, Thank you for contacting me regarding Asser. I studied under Alfred Smyth at the University of Kent (94 - 97) and then went to Cambridge to study for an MPhil in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (97 - 98). The first thing Simon Keynes said to me when I went to see him was, "you must discard anything Professor Smyth told you about Asser's life!" I corrected your release date for Smyth's book because this simply wasn't correct - I remembered that it had been out earlier, and an internet search turned up the actual release year. The other comments are just things I know from my own personal dealings with both the University of Kent department, and also Simon Keynes at Cambridge. The story about the photograph of the book in the grate is 100% true - I remember all of the students in the department having a chuckle about that one. Regarding the note placed on the inside cover of Smyth's book in the ASNAC library, I saw that for myself, and read it! Whether it's still there or not, I don't know - perhaps somebody involved with ASNAC now would care to take a look and report back for us. Alfred Smyth is a great scholar in his own way, but not an expert latinist and if you read the introduction to his book, you will see for yourself just how many scholars he relied upon to check out the Latin words used in Asser's life. Professors Lapidge and Keynes are both experts; indeed, Prof. Lapidge liked to boast, during my time at Cambridge, about how he has read the Latin Vulgate from cover to cover. Smyth's reliance on cobbling together bits of evidence against the Latin text was bound to draw attacks from those who simply don't agree that Asser's life is a fake. I seem to remember Prof. Keynes did actually write an academic article dispelling Prof. Smyth's arguments over certain words one by one, but again, I can't give you the reference - perhaps someone else reading this can help, or you could always email Prof. Keynes to ask him - I am quite sure he will be delighted to give you the details. My comments about Prof. Smyth inferring there was a cover up of the truth can also be taken from the book, and were repeated in various newspaper articles at the time. I remember reading one such from a broadsheet, but I can't give the exact source because I no longer have a copy of it. The only other quote I can remember from that article, which I haven't included in my amendment to the Wikipedia page, was another academic stating that "If Asser's life was a bank note, it would have 'Bank of Bolivia' stamped on it!" Best Regards John Clark —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jayser100 (talk • contribs) 14:54, 25 May 2010 (UTC) In search of ...Hi Mike. I'm not sure if they ever showed it your side of the pond, but the TV series In Search of the Dark Ages presented by Michael Wood in the early 80s is now available on YouTube. Apparently, someone (not me) has dusted off his/her video tapes, converted them into digital files and uploaded them for our viewing pleasure. I particularly like the bit where he uses charter bounds as a kind of map to trace ancient features of the landscape (if you care to know, it's S 417). Just thought you might enjoy it. Cavila (talk) 14:22, 3 June 2010 (UTC) Hoxne ChallengeHi Mike, Awadewit suggested you might be interested in a project we're running here at the British Museum over the next week - The Hoxne Challenge. Perhaps you'd be able to help out and sign up? Witty Lama 14:32, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
New pic...File:Staugustinescanterburyroyalgraves.jpg - some of the first fruits from my trip to Europe. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:41, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
Thetford hoardDear Mike Christie -- I have done some editing on this page, and would be enormously grateful if you would have a look and tidy up the references when you have time. I am so uncertain about how to do things; a real Wikipedia virgin. Forgive me for asking you, but you have commented on the discussion page for that article! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by AgTigress (talk • contribs) 20:10, 5 August 2010 (UTC) Potential Roman Jewellery articleThank you very much for the information. I'd want to get the main shape of the article sorted out before actually putting it on line, so it would take a while. One would have to give thought to the illustrations, too: they need to be good, and most of the really good ones are copyright images. AgTigress (talk) 09:09, 10 August 2010 (UTC) Thanks for the encouragmentHi Mike, It's Tim here. Return sober or otherwise? Soberish will do for now. I expect you have the User:Marskell account watchlisted. If you could watch this new one as well, I would very much appreciate it. No more two hundred edit days but I would like to start writing FAs again -- slowly! I also vow to leave my GA bigotries aside ;). Timothymarskell (talk) 09:54, 22 August 2010 (UTC) FACThank you very much! Some of the issues related to the text such as prose, wording, grammar and spelling I will leave to Astynax. Also, I will soon nominate the articles on Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (the protegé and political "heir" of Carneiro Leão). So I hope we'll soon have some strong articles on 19th Century Brazil. Kind regards, --Lecen (talk) 14:13, 22 August 2010 (UTC) Accidental rollback?[1] Dabomb87 (talk) 22:42, 22 August 2010 (UTC) NAThank you for looking after my new account. As for the FA suggestion, a featured article on North America won't be possible until North America is formed. A proper definition doesn't even exist yet and trying to form one on Wikipedia will anger too many younger editors. What we need is a tier above FA to keep older editors concerned for their best pages. We'd still need a symbol (not a star) and a colour scheme. Platinum? Violet? No video game articles allowed -- but some of the video game editors would enjoy helping craft the new process. Timothymarskell (talk) 11:17, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
Core topicsHi Mike, long time no talk, I continue to enjoy reading you pages - I read Melvyn Bragg's Credo about two years ago and became facinated with the period...everywhere I went I was seeing you name! Anyway, I saw your post on Tim's talk re core topics; its something I think about too, though thoes huge subjects are so intimidating. I've been tackling Van Gogh, but the thought of an FAC on a guy like him scares the bejesus out of me. Re North America, DC Geist has beaten you to it, alas, and has been working on United States for a number of years. Its fairly exemplary. IMO FA standard. Ceoil (talk) 10:44, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks......for the reply. Note that I won't be posting to that page further. –xenotalk 23:28, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
Reverted your revert...of this as those were just plain old copyedit (replacing begining of paragraph "he"'s with the name and a template fix). I'm assuming you were on the cell phone again? Ealdgyth - Talk 00:53, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello Mike. I hope you don't mind me dropping by, but I saw your name on the list of possible volunteers for peer reviewing and I told myself that I would be an idiot if I didn't at least see if you may be interested in peer reviewing an article I've written on the life of a 6th century Germanic king, the Gepid Thurisind. I hope to make the article a GA and maybe even a FA. If you find some time and you are interested enough to drop an assessment in the review Wikipedia:Peer review/Thurisind/archive1 or Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Peer review/Thurisind it would be great. Ciao, Aldux (talk) 23:38, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
New article - Recursive science fictionThought you might be interested. :) Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 21:52, 22 September 2010 (UTC) Online AmbassadorHi Mike! It'd be great to have you as part of the Online Ambassadors group. You can apply by emailing me the application questionnaire, and I'll get back to you quickly.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 00:59, 30 September 2010 (UTC) Interest in PPI AssessmentHi Mike Christie, welcome to the Public Policy Initiative Assessment Team. I am excited to get started, the discussion of project details will be on the [WP:USPP/Assessment Talk page]. ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 22:07, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
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PPI Assessment UpdateThanks for contributing to WP:USPP, your assessments are a part of a deeper look at assessing article quality in Wikipedia. The quality and rationality behind the assessment scores by the Wikpedians on this project is really impressive, it is an insightful and knowledgeable group. There is some information about preliminary results of assessment data on the project assessment talk page, I hope you check it out and add your thoughts. There is also an additional article assessment request for you. This assessment set will wrap up the first experiment which analyzes the consistency of the quantitative metric and compares subject matter expert assessment to Wikipedian assessment. The second experiment will start in November and you will be asked to assess articles and also provide feedback on the Article Feedback Tool. The results of that experiment will compare your idea of article quality to the ranking from the Article Feedback Tool and your input will help improve that tool. I hope you enjoy being a part of this research, I am pretty excited about the results so far, and am looking forward to continuing to work with you on assessment. ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 21:21, 6 October 2010 (UTC) Re: Image questionThanks for asking. I have mostly done image reviews at FAC where there were no fair use images, but I am glad to take a look. I know F&SF, but did not know of Venture (or at least recall it, I imagine I've read of it in passing before). I think that one fair use image of the magazine cover is fine in such arts and literature articles. I also think you can justify two, but it would be much better if there were more discussion of the art work. I like what is already there about the artists, and how the quality of art in the second series was not as good as in the first, but the more the covers used can be specifically mentioned in the article, the better. My assumption (with the New Wave and all) is that the style of sf published changed considerably between the first series and the second. Since the style of art on the two covers also changed a lot, I imagine something could be said about the new wave and the cover art too. Hope this helps, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:07, 11 October 2010 (UTC) PS I am not sure if there are sources to back this kind of discussion up or not, but just looking at the older cover, the different images that make it up are fairly realistic and recognizable (woman's face, rocket ship, space suited figures, some sort of futuristic interiors - perhaps labs?). On the other hand, the newer cover seems to have some sort of monstrous hands and something that might be a spaceship between them, and maybe a volcano in the background, but it is much more abstract. When I look at the lead image, I think it could be from the late 1940s, 1950s, or early 1960s. The second cover screams late 1960s-early 1970s. As I said, I am not sure how much of this is just my OR, but if there are sources to back up anything similar / along these lines, I think that would help justify the Fair use claims. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:32, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
WP:USPP thanks you!Mike Christie, thank you for contributing to article assessment for WP:USPP. Your assessments are very appreciated, Thank YOU Thank You Thank You. There will be weekly updates about the research for this project posted here, look for the first one tomorrow. The next assessment request will come in early November. There is a lot of expertise and discussion about article quality happening in the project, so stay tuned. ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 21:05, 13 October 2010 (UTC) Are we even still interested in him? I ask because I've got a copy of Famulus Christi sitting in front of me, and I'm wondering how much I really want to make sure I get copies of anything of use. If you've lost interest in Bede, I can't say I'm that interested either... Ealdgyth - Talk 17:03, 17 October 2010 (UTC) The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Hi Mike, I am new to Wikipedia but am in a class on Urban Economic Development for which we are required to create an article as a term project. I am a second year Masters of Public Affairs student at Indiana University-Bloomington. We've been told to choose mentors, and I saw that you said you've worked with students on class projects before. Please let me know if it would be OK for you to be my mentor. Thanks for your time! Lbellows (talk) 00:16, 19 October 2010 (UTC) Thanks Mike! Sorry, I should have also said my name is Laura. Our class is on Urban Economic Development, and the article my group will write will probably be within the human capital development realm...so somewhat related to education policy. We're still narrowing in on a specific program. However, my general area of interest is U.S. education policy, so I may try to work a little bit on that here outside of my class assignment.Lbellows (talk) 01:32, 19 October 2010 (UTC) Thanks Mike! I'm going to have to remember to do that. We have really good campus ambassadors, which helps.Lbellows (talk) 13:42, 19 October 2010 (UTC) How's your Online Ambassador experience going so far?Hi Mike Christie/Archive06, We're starting to get into the busy part of the semester for Online Ambassadors, and we want to check in and see how you're doing, what your opinions about where we are now, and any feedback you may have. Please answer these questions either on my talk page or send them to me by email. 1. How many mentees are you currently working with? 2. Have you reached out to students who don't have mentors yet? If not, would you be willing to? 3. What do you think of the content of messages on the Google Group? 4. What do you think of the volume of messages on the Google Group? 5. Do you participate on the Google Group much? If not, what would make you participate more? 6. Are there any problems you've experienced so far? 7. Is there anything else Sage or the rest of the Public Policy Initiative team could do to make your experience as an Online Ambassador better? 8. Are you okay sharing your username with your answers to our Public Policy Initiative team, or would you prefer to remain anonymous? Thanks for your feedback! --Ldavis (Public Policy) (talk) 19:27, 22 October 2010 (UTC) Congratulations !Congrats on the close/promoted at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Galaxy Science Fiction/archive1 ! Hope you are doing well. ;) Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 23:07, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
students to mentorPer recent discussions on the Ambassadors list, we're going to try out assigning mentors to some of the students that don't have one, beginning with Media, Politics & Power in the Digital Age. Would you be willing to mentor User:Colskis and User:Bacamat? If so, please introduce yourself to each of them, perhaps along these lines: "Hi! I'm Mike Christie, and I've been assigned as your mentor. (If you'd rather choose your own mentor or don't want one, just let me know; you can request a different mentor from this list of Online Ambassadors.) I'll keep an eye on your edits as you work on Wikipedia for your class, and try to pitch in where I can. If you'd like any help or advice, please let me know." After that, don't forget to update Wikipedia:Online Ambassadors/Mentors to list your mentees, and if you've reached your limit, move your entry down to the "additional ambassadors" section.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 19:18, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks and questionHi, Mike Christie/Archive06! Thanks for your feedback on my first edits! I have a quick question for you - I've become interested in the Wikipedia model as a means for creating original content, specifically proposed legislation. I just launched www.writethebillwiki.com and was wondering if you have any feedback or ideas on how to get Wikipedians involved. Thanks again! Bacamat (talk) 14:42, 4 November 2010 (UTC)Bacamat Best BuddiesThanks for your advice on Talk:Best Buddies International. I think I will back off unless needed. Student7 (talk) 21:44, 5 November 2010 (UTC) Can you check over my changes and see what I've broken now? I've also copied the Famulus Christi stuff, so sooner or later we can plug into Bede again... Ealdgyth - Talk 15:20, 15 November 2010 (UTC) Next WP:USPP assessmentHi Mike Christie/Archive06! Since Amy Roth's out on maternity leave, I'm pushing out the next round of assessments she needs. This time, we're comparing your assessment to readers' assessments. And instead of us assigning you articles, we're letting you pick! The full list of topics is on a subpage of the Assessment tab on our WikiProject. Please choose 10 of the articles to assess. Use the link in the section title to go to the appropriate version of the article. Thanks for all your help! Please let me know if you have any questions! --Ldavis (Public Policy) (talk) 21:53, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Online Ambassador selection processPlease share you views on the current version of the proposed Online Ambassador selection process, which the steering committee has recommended for adoption by the ambassadors program. Once we settle on a selection process, we can start recruiting more Online Ambassadors for next term (in which we will have more students, and the students will be more involved with mentors from early on).--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 15:23, 18 November 2010 (UTC) Third WP:USPP AssessmentHi Mike Christie/Archive06! Thanks so much for your help on the Public Policy Initiative assessments. I really appreciate all your help -- we'll be in great shape when Amy gets back, thanks to all of your efforts! The next round of assessments is ready for you to review. Like the previous round, please pick 10 of the articles to review from the list, and it's especially critical that you use the version I've linked to for these. This round measures the baseline quality of articles before our students started working on them. Many of these articles have undergone drastic revision already, so it may not be useful to leave comments about them on the talk pages. We'll be asking you to review the same set of articles once students have finished them too, so please be sure you're using the links provided so you're getting the versions immediately prior to when the students made their first edits. Ideally, these assessments should be completed by December 1. I anticipate this taking a lot less time than previous rounds, as many of these articles are quite short. If you have extra time and want to help, please go back to round two and do a few more assessments -- especially on any articles that have only one or two assessments completed. I need a minimum of three assessments for each article, and some of the articles farther down the list still need attention. Once again, thanks so much for your help and let me know if I can clarify anything at all! --Ldavis (Public Policy) (talk) 18:27, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks!
José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco is now a FACHi, since you reviewed Honório Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná when it was a FAC I thought you might be interested in taking a look at José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco. The article is about another 19th century Brazilian statesman and it can be considered in a certain way a follow up to the Marquis of Paraná's article. Since the Viscount of Rio Branco was the political heir of Paraná, you'll notice that the subject is similar and quite easy to follow. I'd like to see your opinion about it and whether you support or oppose its nomination as a FAC. Here is the page: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco/archive1. Thank you very much, --Lecen (talk) 23:35, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
Congratulations!Just saw that Venture Science Fiction was promoted at FAC - congratulations! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:40, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks!
Mail call It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. -- Signing in order to allow this to archive: Mike Christie (talk – library) 16:30, 5 December 2010 (UTC) menteesThanks much, Mike. I will match you up with mentees, probably this weekend or early next week. --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 13:38, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
Mike, myself and my group-mates have significantly updated our primary article Evergreen Cooperatives--please let me know if there are any problems with content, style, or references (or anything else). Thanks! Clafoutis (talk) 17:24, 28 November 2010 (UTC) Thanks for the note--I may be adding more content to the page tomorrow and Tuesday. Clafoutis (talk) 22:42, 28 November 2010 (UTC) Mike, I've made most of the necessary changes and I have a question regarding potential additions to the article. Thanks again for all of your help! Clafoutis (talk) 01:36, 9 December 2010 (UTC) Planning for next term in the Wikipedia Ambassador ProgramHi Mike. We're trying to figure out how many students we can mentor next term and how many additional Online Ambassadors will be needed. Based on the revised plan for what participating courses will be like next term, I've sketched out what will be expected of mentors. Please look that over, and then go to the online ambassadors talk page to indicate much mentoring and other ambassador activities you'd like to do next term. Thanks!--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 18:10, 8 December 2010 (UTC) HiHi Mike :-) The peer review you made some month ago [2] on how you dealt with Early Medieval figures on whom very few primary sources are available, and how to deal with such figures it would be advisable to create a section which discusses the nature of the sources available. I tried this for the first time with Helmichis, the Lombard killer of Alboin, that I've just brought up to peer review; if you've got any time to spare, I'd like an opinion especially regarding the first section, the one I've titled "early sources". Especially since I've nagged you already, It's fine if you don't have time, really :-) Ciao, Aldux (talk) 01:43, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Frankenstein[3] Smells like a class assignment, no? --Andy Walsh (talk) 02:56, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
Mentor for team of studentsHi, 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) 17:37, 12 December 2010 (UTC) José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio BrancoMike, José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco has been promoted to Featured article. You've certainly made a wonderful review and if it wasn't for it, the article wouldn't have been improved for better as it did. Thank you very much and kind regards, --Lecen (talk) 13:02, 13 December 2010 (UTC) Andrew SleddMike, I would be grateful if you could do a FA evaluation for the Andrew Sledd article. I've had fun building the article from a single sentence, and I'm curious to see what you think it would take to upgrade it to FA status. Sledd was an interesting guy, and he probably merits a little attention. Thanks. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 02:57, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
happy holidays from PPIThanks Mike_Christie, for all your work assessing articles with WP:USPP (and as an ambassador) over the past few months. I will have some results to report to the assessment team in January. The next semester should be pretty exciting there are over 25 university classes signed up with the project. Your input is helping to gauge how successful the project is, not just at improving the quality of public policy articles, but at incorporating Wikipedia as a teaching tool and recruiting and retaining college students as editors. we still need you in 2011, but it will mostly be assessments of student articles. Currently, there is another round of assessments to look at the improvements students made to their articles. If possible please assess by 5 January 2011; these results will be presented at an international conference later in January! Have a wonderful holiday season, all the best, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 02:22, 23 December 2010 (UTC) Hello, I was about to start an AfD discussion for Harold R. Peters, an article that you created four years ago. Currently it is an unsourced BLP, I haven't been able to find any sources and don't find him to be notable. I figured that I would bring it up with you first though. Happy Holidays J04n(talk page) 16:37, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
Tis the season...
Seasons Greetings!
Fantastic fonts You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. -- Signing so this will archive. Mike Christie (talk – library) 16:05, 28 December 2010 (UTC) NeologismRe: this post, I think it is clear from the AfD that the material won't be merged into any other article no matter where the request is made. Also, the merge to Savage Love essentially has already taken place and the text has been spun out to a stand alone article.[4] That is/can be true for any other merge target. On the other hand, I think that most people would be motivated to rename the article to at least change the title to revise "neologism" from the name (as being offensive to Wikipedians). I think Political impact of "santorum" coinage captures the topic. Maybe give it a month or two for things to cool down before putting the matter through another process. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 14:39, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
Lead rewritten → read requestHi Mike, I've rewritten and significantly expanded the lead at New York's 20th congressional district special election, 2009. Would you mind reviewing that for me and leaving your comments at the FAC? Thanks in advance. upstateNYer 18:27, 28 December 2010 (UTC) ReviewsMike: Thanks for all your reviews at FAC. They are much appreciated. --Andy Walsh (talk) 17:06, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Rollback back?My recollection (which I think I've confirmed through User:Dabomb87's talk archives and User talk:Mike Christie/Archive06#Reverted your revert... and your logs) is that you gave up rollbacker because of the problem of accidental iPhone rollbacks. I've suffered from the same issue too, but then saw someone say that the solution was to add .page-Special_Watchlist .mw-rollback-link {display:none;}
to User:Mike Christie/monobook.css, which removes the "rollback" option from your watchlist. I've done this and never looked back! If you'd like rollback back, let me know. Regards, BencherliteTalk 23:32, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for that link - very handy indeed. BencherliteTalk 11:12, 31 December 2010 (UTC) Heh. I finally got around to those last comments... so he's ready for another look. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:33, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Show previewYour ongoing rewrite of Bede is dominating its history. Please use the "Show preview" button below the edit window after each of your changes. Do not use the "Save page" button until you have completed your rewrite. — Joe Kress (talk) 01:00, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
I hope you do not mind my boldness here. Feel free to revert or request for changes if this version does not suit your taste. Jappalang (talk) 23:00, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
License tagging for File:Startling Stories 1953 May cover.jpgThanks for uploading File:Startling Stories 1953 May cover.jpg. You don't seem to have indicated the license status of the image. Wikipedia uses a set of image copyright tags to indicate this information; to add a tag to the image, select the appropriate tag from this list, click on this link, then click "Edit this page" and add the tag to the image's description. If there doesn't seem to be a suitable tag, the image is probably not appropriate for use on Wikipedia. For help in choosing the correct tag, or for any other questions, leave a message on Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Thank you for your cooperation. --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 04:05, 12 January 2011 (UTC) Stark Raving DadHello, you opposed the previous FAC for Stark Raving Dad. I have re-nominated the article at FAC and it appears to be heading for a pass, but I didn't think it was right for that happen without you having a chance to voice your opinion. -- Scorpion0422 20:43, 16 January 2011 (UTC) Would you be willing to do another review?Okay, Mike. In the aftermath of your critique of the "Andrew Sledd" article, I am now a confirmed fan of your editorial work. The Sledd article is a much better article as a result of your comments and suggestions, and I believe that we have advanced the ball toward the FA goal line. It's not ready yet for FAC review, but with added material from additional sources, I believe that it might be ready soon. I can't thank you enough. Would you be willing to do another pre-FAC review of a different article for me? Specifically, the "John J. Tigert" article? Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:09, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
PPI Research UpdateFirst, thanks Mike_Christie, I am in awe of the work the assessment team did for this project. The results from the quantitative metric assessments were amazing, really. Check out what your work shows about Wikipedia article quality - I think it’s exciting, but you’ve probably figured out by now that I’m a bit of a nerd. A summary is posted on the Assessment page and a report will be on the Outreach wiki. Planet Stories gridHi, Mike. An interesting problem. First, one correction: The vertical immediately to the left of "Winter" should disappear, yes? On to the matter at hand:
Other possibilities I considered, the first two in addition to italics:
So, this is what I'd say: It's probably worth taking a look at underlining again. And at hyphens (or other) on both sides/asterisk to the right, with and without italics. But, if none of those strike you as improving the effect of the grid, I wouldn't worry about it more. There's certainly nothing wrong with simply using the italics. Best, Dan.—DCGeist (talk) 21:50, 22 January 2011 (UTC) Kentucky Governors GTThanks for your nice comments regarding my work on the Kentucky Governors GT. It's been fun working on it, if for no other reason than to see the "you're a dork" reactions from my friends and family when I tell them what I'm working on. I always appreciate folks who will give my articles a review, as they don't draw near as much attention as the pop culture stuff. Not sure if I'll ever get the topic to FT status due to the amount of work, the birth of my first child, and the sheer length of time it takes to get an article promoted to FA, but look for at least a few more KY governor articles as candidates to move from GA to FA in the next few months. Acdixon (talk • contribs • count) 17:49, 24 January 2011 (UTC) Gods...de Lacy... gods. Ealdgyth - Talk 04:03, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
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Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 28 January 2011
Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 00:33, 29 January 2011 (UTC) CongratsCongratulations on your latest FA! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 19:52, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
A vs anI think you missed the footnote, which uses the word 'historical' as an example where 'a' is used. That was in the 1999 OED and is in my 2003 edition also. Dougweller (talk) 12:44, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
Mentor noteThanks, and just fyi, I am going to start a new page for my project titled Bicycle Helmet Laws. Suzanne10 (talk) 22:35, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 13 February 2011
Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 18:24, 11 February 2011 (UTC) LRHThanks very much for your kind offer. I may well have a need for your expertise. MartinPoulter (talk) 10:06, 16 February 2011 (UTC) Mentor ProgramHi, would you be interested in being my mentor for a wikipedia project? I am currently enrolled in the MPA prgram through WCU and very knew to wikipedia.Suzanne10 (talk) 16:38, 7 February 2011 (UTC) Thanks Thanks, I have no idea what IRC is just so you know. I am considering doing bicycle helmet laws as my project just so you are aware. Suzanne10 (talk) 16:50, 7 February 2011 (UTC) Hello my name is Deena Patton and I am doing a class project/ Wikipedia article in regards to Brownfield Regulation and Development. I am in need of a mentor and wanted to know if you would be interested. Thanks. Dnpatton (talk) 17:06, 7 February 2011 (UTC) Hello, my name is Talia and I wanted to know if you would be interested in being my mentor. My other mentor I requested said he already had too many mentorees... so I am looking for a replacement. Suzanne10 said you were awesome! Please let me know if you would be interested. My username is Trovb5 and I am doing my project on Texting and Driving laws. Thanks! Trovb5 (talk) 13:49, 21 February 2011 (UTC) Mentor noteHi, I wanted to let you know that I am going to put a few paragraphs in my sandox. These are in regards to my article and just me getting started. I have no idea how to creat a page for this article, could you assist me in this process? ThxSuzanne10 (talk) 01:30, 17 February 2011 (UTC) Thank you so much for all your help. I have tested out the bibliography page so if you would provide feedback that would be great. Also I cannot quite figure out how to add a photo. I was thinking of adding a photo of just a bicycle lying on the pavement that has been crashed. Again thanks for all your help. Suzanne10 (talk) 20:28, 17 February 2011 (UTC) Thanks, lol! I am still learning. I deleted the two previous ones becuase I figured a few things out. Didn't know they would still show up. Thanks for the heads up. Have fun with your daughter.Suzanne10 (talk) 22:41, 17 February 2011 (UTC) Planet Stories copyeditSorry I didn't get back to the FAC sooner, I got so wrapped up in my own articles that I forgot I started reviewing it. I think I spotted all remaining issue with the prose, I hope it helps.
Mentor requestHello, my name is Talia and I am in Dr. Coopers Public Policy class at WCU. My other mentor said he already had too many mentorees, so I was wondering if you would take my page on and be my mentor! I am doing Texting and Driving and am in the process now of citing my references. I will try not to be too high maintenance. Please let me know if you are interested. Thanks! Trovb5 (talk) 14:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC) Mentoring students: be sure to check in on themThis 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) 20:07, 21 February 2011 (UTC) It looks really good, thanks. I think with the map I do not need an addition photograph, what do you think. Maybe under another section it would look okay but I like the map being at the top of the page. Can I still work on the article if I move it out from my sandbox? It still needs work! Thanks againSuzanne10 (talk) 23:36, 21 February 2011 (UTC) Great, thanks. Lets move it on Wednesday and I like the title. I may try to work on it a little tonight. Thanks Suzanne10 (talk) 18:10, 22 February 2011 (UTC) I've completed your map request. Please let me know if you'd like any changes made. Best, Makeemlighter (talk) 22:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC) New MentoreeMike, Thank you for agreeing to be my mentor! I apologize for being slow to get back with you, I have put other assignments and studying as a priority over this project until now. After our midterm today, I am going to buckle down and make some progress on my page. Thanks again. Can you look over what I have so far in my sandbox and see what you think? It is a rough, rough, rough, rough draft! I am just learning how to reference within a site. Today we have to move our page to the main wiki site. Can I still move mine even though its a rough draft? Thanks, Talia Trovb5 (talk) 15:16, 24 February 2011 (UTC) mentor responseMike, I left a message for you and Geniac on my page. I would like for you to be my mentor if you agree to do so. I really appreciate your help and have heard great things! Also, I have messaged Geniac as well- Geniac was a great mentor, and this decision was nothing personal. Sorry for the confusion! Trovb5 (talk) 18:35, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
I see what you are saying. I like the hook that you mentioned and think that will work just fine. Suzanne10 (talk) 00:40, 25 February 2011 (UTC) Sorry I am a little unclear, are you talking about adding a new quote. I do not see one in my article that states just that but the NCDOT, Divsion of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Safety and Education says. "Bicyle helmets reduce the risk of head injury by as much as 85% and the risk of brain injury by as much as 88%" So I am assuming I would just add Despite the fact that...quote....there are still states out there that do not have a helmet law. I am on the right track here? Suzanne10 (talk) 01:37, 25 February 2011 (UTC) This is a little over my head- I dont understand exactly what this is, but Richards quote seemed fine to me! Thanks!Suzanne10 (talk) 16:32, 25 February 2011 (UTC) Mike, Thanks so much for your comments and looking at my page! I really appreciate your input. I am at work now, but I wanted to let you know I got your message and will get back to you and answer some of your questions in more depth later today or tommorow when I get to the library to work on this more. Thanks again. Trovb5 (talk) 17:15, 25 February 2011 (UTC) Thanks MikeSuzanne10 (talk) 17:47, 26 February 2011 (UTC) mentor responseThanks again! Im sorry I havent got back to you on your suggestions, I am planning on working on it more this week since we dont have class. I just dont want you to think im ignoring you! TaliaTrovb5 (talk) 18:56, 28 February 2011 (UTC) Public Policy Initiative Recruiting Assessors for SpringHi Mike, Your work assessing article quality is really valuable and generated some excellent results from fall semester. I thought your input on the ambassador list was extremely valuable too! The assessment process has been streamlined and dates are clearly posted for the upcoming assessment rounds. The Initiative has a lot more classes signed up for spring, so I would like to recruit some more Wikipedian assessors, and I was hoping you could help with that. I think community members would be more likely to participate if they are recruited by Wikipedians like yourself who have a good reputation. The strategy that worked last semester was to leave an individual message on the talk pages of non-adversarial Wikipedians. I looked for people by contributions to public policy related articles and those active on the 1.0 Editorial Team. I usually mentioned in the message what specifically about their work history made me think they would be a good assessment team participant. This is super time consuming to contact like 50 people, but only doing a few is not so bad. Also, I am looking for feedback about assessing with PPI, so please check out the discussion on the assessment tab, and let me know there if you have a chance to recruit some other assessors. I hope you are looking forward to another great semester working on this project. Drop me a line - ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 06:56, 1 March 2011 (UTC) L. Ron HubbardHello, You recently commented on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/L. Ron Hubbard/archive2 concerning the length of the L. Ron Hubbard article. I have reduced it by about 20% to 82 kB (13,353 words) of readable prose text. Please take a look - it would be helpful if you could say on the FAC page whether you feel that this satisfies your concerns. Helatrobus (talk) 23:50, 2 March 2011 (UTC) Hi Mike Christie! It looks like You are interested in comics, and a good article reviewer. So I was wondering if You would be able to take a look at the above mentioned PR and make some comments. It really needs another look by someone who knows more about the "rules" on WP than myself, and You seems to be the perfect one to do that. My comments were not so well received but I really think the article (and the other articles that User:SingToMePlease are creating) needs to be better researched and expanded to be GA, there are much more information out there. It would also be very useful, I think, if a more experienced user could do a review now before he/she creates more articles, to avoid unnecessary cleanup in the future. If You don't have time, I understand. Thanks! Iusethis (talk) 11:03, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
Marking articles students are working onHowdy, 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:
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) 18:12, 15 March 2011 (UTC) Famulus ...I can't remember if I asked/checked to see if it got to you? So... did it? Ealdgyth - Talk 22:47, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 21 March 2011
Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 22:25, 21 March 2011 (UTC) Speedy FACI'm sorry, I didn't see the note, just a bunch of FAC comments in the wrong namespace so I though it was an error. To deal with the clutter issue, sometimes resolved comments are moved to the archive during the FAC process but that's pretty rare. Thanks for your comments! Kirk (talk) 01:24, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
Condensing commentsHi! I noticed that lately, you've been placing commentary on FAC talk pages as a way to streamline those discussions. I was hoping you'd have some insights for this discussion on the role of nominators in moving/collapsing reviewer commentary. --Gyrobo (talk) 19:37, 24 March 2011 (UTC) Assessment with WP:USPP is the ultimate!hi Mike_Christie, mentorHello! How are you? Just dropping a note to say hi and I havent forgot about you or my project! I have taken my break and am ready to get back at it. Ill drop you a message when I begin to work on it again. Thanks again for all your help and being my mentor. Trovb5 (talk) 20:34, 4 March 2011 (UTC) Hey Mike, what about re-titling my article and going back and focusing on the US. I like that suggestion and to be quite frank that was my primary focus anyway. He turned it into a world wide. I suppose I should have titled it better, not sure. Thanks again for your help.72.250.240.54 (talk) 17:54, 8 March 2011 (UTC)Suzanne10 (talk) 17:56, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
CongratulationsJust saw the fantastic news ;-) Congrats! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:31, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
and now I see Unknown (magazine) is a FA too - keep up the great work! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 11:37, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
People need to stop writing about Bede....Bother! Will try to track it down. Ealdgyth - Talk 01:23, 17 April 2011 (UTC) Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 22 April 2011
Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 16:35, 22 April 2011 (UTC) In my quest to find ever more obscure topics to force upon the poor FAC reviewers...Could you look over Richard Barre? Yeah, I know, a proto-lawyer... but ... still, he's interesting in his interactions with folks. Definitely a behind-the-throne type of guy. I'm still mulling Bede... of course, I've been mulling Bede for ages. Heck, I did a cleanup job on Becket the other day and ordered some books on him... Ealdgyth - Talk 19:31, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
RE:Lara Croft FACI have no intention of going for FA again. However, I would certainly appreciate further suggestions from you. Please feel free to edit the article or post on the talk page at your leisure. (Guyinblack25 talk 14:11, 26 April 2011 (UTC)) New Assessment for article improvements with PPIhi Mike_Christie, Orphaned non-free image File:ScienceFantasyLayouts.jpg Thanks for uploading File:ScienceFantasyLayouts.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media). If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Courcelles 08:16, 1 May 2011 (UTC) Thanks for assessing!!!
Your work is very appreciated! There will only be 2 more assessments for spring.ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 21:04, 11 May 2011 (UTC) DashesSorry, I looked at the article after commenting; if I had seen you already had uses for () and [], I would have suggested something else. Perhaps {}? But unspacing will probably work; if you will consider heresy, you might even use a hyphen for "December 1967-January 1968", as a stronger bond. Glad to help. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 03:01, 13 May 2011 (UTC) |
