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Thank youThank you for you advice about how to do categories on the category called "Flavours of ice cream" - I have now added the articles on raspberry ripple and tutti frutti to the category. Again, many thanks, ACEOREVIVED (talk) 11:50, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
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Tagging issues at Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting conspiracy theoriesHi pbp. You tagged Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting conspiracy theories with two pretty serious issues, both of which are supposed to be accompanied by discussion on the talk page. Could you give your reasons there? Or if you think it's practicable, we can try to work it out here. Thanks, BDD (talk) 01:03, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
EssayYou may well find this essay interesting. As it bears on some issues at the RFC at which you have commented. WP:BOOMERANG (emphasis added) states:
It is, of course, an essay. As such, it contains the opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors, and essays in general may represent widespread norms or minority viewpoints. Essays are not Wikipedia policies or guidelines. At the same time, it is my personal belief -- based on what I have seen in considerable time at the project -- that the above part of this particular essay does in fact reflect a widespread norm.--Epeefleche (talk) 04:32, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
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Featured articles, portals and topics, as well as good topics, are yet to feature in the competition. This year, the bonus points system has been reworked, with bonus points on offer for old articles prepared for did you know, and "multiplier" points reworked to become more linear. For details, please see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. There have been some teething problems as the bot has worked its way around the new system, but issues should mostly be ironed out- please report any problems to the WikiCup talk page. Here are some participants worthy of note with regards to the bonus points:
Also, a quick mention of The C of E (submissions), who may well have already written the oddest article of the WikiCup this year: did you know that the Fucking mayor objected to Fucking Hell on the grounds that there was no Fucking brewery? The gauntlet has been thrown down; can anyone beat it? If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 01:00, 1 February 2013 (UTC) Request for Arbitration case declinedThis is a courtesy notice to inform you that a request for arbitration, which named you as a party, has been declined. Please see the Arbitrators' opinions for potential suggestions on moving forward. For the Arbitration Committee, — ΛΧΣ21 16:59, 5 February 2013 (UTC) RfA: thank you for your supportPBB, thank you for your support during my RfA. Assuming I survive the next 24 hours, I hope that I can be of assistance to you whenever you require admin help. Regards, Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:55, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Isaiah RiderRegarding the Isaiah Rider page: there was a significant amount of content that was unsourced, some of which seems dubious. For example, I couldn't find any reliable sources to support that claim that he parked in Curt Fraser's parking spot. (Some blogs mention it, but they might just be copying from Wikipedia.) Other content is surely out of date-for example, mentions of court appearances in 2008, without any follow-up on what happened. While I don't think we should be whitewashing the page, it is important to get things right, and I just wasn't comfortable with the article in that form. If negative content is to be restored, it must be impeccably sourced. Zagalejo^^^ 06:24, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Jim BussHi. I've nominated Jim Buss, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Wikipedia:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article here, where you can improve it if you see fit. —Bagumba (talk) 21:05, 21 February 2013 (UTC) Jesus and MaryMary never wrote any religious writings nor is she worshipped as a god, not? I removed two redundant religious figures and added two scientists, stop being a control freak. Right now there are two Jews, three Christians, and two Muslims, that's balanced and broad coverage. GabeMc (talk|contribs) 05:35, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
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Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a curious contribution has been offered by The C of E (submissions): did you know that there is a Shit Brook in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles... March sees the WikiWomen's History Month, a series of collaborative efforts to aid the women's history WikiProject to coincide with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. A number of WikiCup participants have already started to take part. The project has a to-do list of articles needing work on the topic of women's history. Those interested in helping out with the project can find articles in need of attention there, or, alternatively, add articles to the list. Those interested in collaborating on articles on women's history are also welcome to use the WikiCup talk page to find others willing to lend a helping hand. Another collaboration currently running is an an effort from WikiCup participants to coordinate a number of Easter-themed did you know articles. Contributions are welcome! A few final administrative issues. From now on, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 11:37, 1 March 2013 (UTC) Mail callHello, Purplebackpack89. Please check your email; you've got mail!
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Gentleperson's agreementWhy take it to ANI and go through the whole ban thing? As a neutral party, might I suggest a gentleperson's agreement right here? Why not just type "Agreed" and sign below? I agree to stay off the other's talk page. (Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:36, 11 March 2013 (UTC))
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Message added by Northamerica1000(talk) 08:30, 19 March 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Bold edits to remove sets from MT:GHey there Purplebackpack89. I unded some of your edits on the template for M:TG sets. Mostly because at the time you did not annotate anything so it was very unclear as to what you were doing. Also, in the edits for the Ice Age block, you referenced some consensus without linking to it. If I understand you correctly and the situation, I believe this consensus was for peripheral product, such as From the Vault or the Duel Deck series. Commander, Planechase, and Archenemy probably fall into this category as well. But considering the novelty that Mt:G is the first ongoing experiment in a living and evolving CCG/TCG, I feel it noteworthy to have at least the core/expert expansion sets represented. As time goes one, those pages with very little references such as the Ice Age block, may get some as new cards interact with previous sets in ways currently unforeseen. I wouldn't mind your bold edits in the supplementary products, but for the core part of the game it seems to be at odds with the actual consensus you reference. Or is there anther consensus I am not aware of? Leitmotiv (talk) 16:53, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
Vital Articles projectHey, PBP. What are we doing to notify and reactivate the original members of the VA WikiProject? Also, what are we doing to notify the wider community of these discussions? Given the wholesale changes that have been proposed, I believe we need to be doing both to increase the number and variety of discussion participants. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:40, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
Justin MartyrI undid your change of "Justin Martyr" to "Justin the Martyr". I disagree strongly with the change and in any case it should be discussed on the Talk page.. Mrhsj (talk) 03:36, 26 March 2013 (UTC) Nomination of Crab puff for deletionA discussion is taking place as to whether the article Crab puff is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crab puff until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. GabeMc (talk|contribs) 01:01, 27 March 2013 (UTC) Nomination of Post-presidency of Bill Clinton for deletionA discussion is taking place as to whether the article Post-presidency of Bill Clinton is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Post-presidency of Bill Clinton until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. GabeMc (talk|contribs) 01:30, 27 March 2013 (UTC) Nomination of KOXY for deletionA discussion is taking place as to whether the article KOXY is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KOXY until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. GabeMc (talk|contribs) 02:07, 27 March 2013 (UTC) WikistalkingHey, I'm sorry I was so quick to dismiss your complaint about potential wikistalking at ANI. I'm not really looking into it too much, but from just a glance it looks like you have a user following you around without the best intentions who may have now taken it too far.--Yaksar (let's chat) 03:11, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
New merger proposal at Talk:Chili burgerOddly you were not notified as article creator.--Milowent • hasspoken 04:52, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
About tagsFair enough if we can source the list through Advertising Age; it does not count if the article is paywalled, it is sufficent we have the exact issue and the title of the article. Feel free to replace the source and remove the tag by yourself, however I'm looking for these data too. Please also take a look here, I was unable to find anything substantial about him outside the obituary in the magazine he co-edited and a couple of very trivial mentions in two books, Mark Thompson's American Character and Kevin Starr's Inventing the Dream. Are you sure he is a notable person? Cavarrone (talk) 15:02, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
Truce?This has gotten way out-of-hand, and I think we should both be adults and end the drama before we waste anymore of other people's time. FWIW, I pledge to not make any snide or snarky comments to or about you, and I promise I will do my very best to compromise and work with you at WP:VA, while developing renewed good faith. FWIW, I apologise for any comments that you found disrepectful, I don't disrepect you, so I should not have made those comments, for that I am truly sorry. I think we are both passionate and devoted Wikipedian's, and we both want to achieve the same goal; for Wikipedia to win, not for individual victories against each other. Perhaps I'm being presumptuous, but I assume you would also agree with that. I again apologise for the "control freak" comment, it obviously touched a nerve, so I'm very sorry. It kinda just slipped out when I should have instead walked away from the keyboard. I honestly do regret it, so really, I apologise, and I promise it won't happen again. As for the deletion/merge tags AN/I report, in hindsight, I don't blame you for opening it, I might have also. It looks like I was only about 1 for 4, so while not a terrible day at bat, it certainly wasn't a good one. FWIW, of the 49 pages you've created, I only thought 4 should be deleted or merged, and other than some serious lack of sourcing, they almost all looked like good creations. Anyway, I'm babbling and I don't want to lose you here. Bottom line: I'm sorry for being a jerk, and I promise to not act that way toward you in the future. GabeMc (talk|contribs) 04:48, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2013 March newsletterWe are halfway through round two. Pool A sees the strongest competition, with five out of eight of its competitors scoring over 100, and Pool H is lagging, with half of its competitors yet to score. WikiCup veterans lead overall; Pool A's Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) (2010's winner) leads overall, with poolmate Miyagawa (submissions) (a finalist in 2011 and 2012) not far behind. Pool F's Casliber (submissions) (a finalist in 2010, 2011 and 2012) is in third. The top two scorers in each pool, as well as the next highest 16 scorers overall, will progress to round three at the end of April. Today has seen a number of Easter-themed did you knows from WikiCup participants, and March has seen collaboration from contestants with WikiWomen's History Month. It's great to see the WikiCup being used as a locus of collaboration; if you know of any collaborative efforts going on, or want to start anything up, please feel free to use the WikiCup talk page to help find interested editors. As well as fostering collaboration, we're also seeing the Cup encouraging the improvement of high-importance articles through the bonus point system. Highlights from the last month include GAs on physicist Niels Bohr ( Hawkeye7 (submissions)), on the European hare ( Cwmhiraeth (submissions)), on the constellation Circinus ( Keilana (submissions) and Casliber (submissions)) and on the Third Epistle of John ( Cerebellum (submissions)). All of these subjects were covered on at least 50 Wikipedias at the beginning of the year and, subsequently, each contribution was awarded at least three times as many points as normal. Wikipedians who enjoy friendly competition may be interested in participating in April's wikification drive. While wikifying an article is typically not considered "significant work" such that it can be claimed for WikiCup points, such gnomish work is often invaluable in keeping articles in shape, and is typically very helpful for new writers who may not be familiar with formatting norms. A quick reminder: now, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 22:55, 31 March 2013 (UTC) Vital Articles projectPBP, I saw your edit summary comment. I am not blocking a determination of consensus; I will continue to !vote for nominated deletions, and for identified swaps. I am not inclined to vote for new additions until we get our numbers under control. I would be inclined to support the addition of truly significant subjects like Stanley Kubrick if paired with a specifically identified, lower priority topic for deletion. We really need to exercise some discipline with regard to the numbers, and I know you share this concern. Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 05:21, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
The article Charles Amadon Moody has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons. You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing Courtesy noticeHi pbp, just wanted to let you know I changed a word in your Los Angeles CfD. I changed "I am also nominating the following other categories for deletion" to "I am also nominating the following other categories for renaming," based on what you were actually requesting. --BDD (talk) 22:39, 12 April 2013 (UTC) Vital Articles project; time to manually archive againPBP, we need to clear the clutter again from the VA discussion pages. I would keep any threads where actual voting is taking place as well as any discussions with suggestions for deletions -- the latter need to be converted into actual discussion/!voting modules. We seem to have picked up some steam regarding deletions, and I would like to keep that momentum going within the established process. As I have repeatedly said, I think we need to emphasize deletions until we get the numbers under control. The Betty Logan situation is a little bit frustrating since she seems determined to have her way without participating in the specific topic discussion and voting process, but I don't see the RfC amounting to anything. The more we can do to emphasize the discussion and voting regarding individual topics, keep the pages clear of extraneous discussions and walls of text, minimize/eliminate the personal sniping, and maintain a clean page organization, the easier it will be for new participants to engage in multiple discussions and for drive-by editors to express their opinion on their specific topics of concern. I am thinking out loud here, but perhaps we need to find a way to separate the general discussions from the individual topic discussion/voting modules to make it easier for everyone to find the most pertinent topic discussions. In any event, maintaining organization on the discussion pages is imperative if we want to increase participation. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 05:37, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
San Diego Comic-Con International meetup discussionYou are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/LA/SDCC1. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 14:42, 21 April 2013 (UTC) AN: Betty Logan and Vital ArticlesPBP, you may want to edit your comment and tone down your word-choice. Heated rhetoric is not going to help resolve Betty's issues on the drama boards. Regards, Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 16:00, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
Blocked for hounding JohnpacklambertAs you were warned about, hounding other users is not acceptable. It's more than clear that the only reason you edited Anne Hampton Brewster and James Branch Cabell was because JPL had edited there. This grudge is highly problematic. Toddst1 (talk) 21:15, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.
Purplebackpack89 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log)) Request reason: There was only a single edit made to each of the pages in question, both of which were uncontroversial and not warranting a block of any length. Toddst has gone back on his word that a block of me would be reciprocated with a block of Johnpacklambert (who I might add edited the pages in question many times), and frankly overstepped his bounds in that this is mostly do to him not liking my actions rather than any policy violation. He has completely ignored Johnpacklambert's edit-warring, and only made this block because Johnpacklambert requested it as a process of CANVASSing several admins (I might add using a diff that Milowent, not I, committed), indicating a clear COI/INVOLVED. Furthermore, there is an ANI about the edits in question (started by JPL and commented on by me) where this should have been discussed before Toddst1 unilaterally blocking only one party without carefully weighing the merits of the issue. There are no diffs provided, except to ones that suggest reciprocating blocks. Frankly, he should lose his mop for this block, as well as continuing assertions of my supposed incompetence that amount to a personal attack. This is hardly the first misstep by this admin; a cursory study of WP:AN and WP:ANI will find many complaints about his actions, or of him attacking other editors (two WikiQuette alerts). Toddst1 needs to apologize for the continued accusations of COMPETENCE above. pbp 21:30, 1 May 2013 (UTC) Accept reason: I believe that this user will avoid further interaction with JPL and am unblocking with a caution that future behavior exhibiting any kind of grudge or hounding will be met with a lengthy block. Toddst1 (talk) 17:41, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Dixie Association
A tag has been placed on Dixie Association requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content or organised event, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable. If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. King of Nothing (talk) 05:29, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
WikiCup 2013 April newsletterWe are a week into Round 3, but it is off to a flying start, with Sven Manguard (submissions) claiming for the high-importance Portal:Sports and Portal:Geography (which are the first portals ever awarded bonus points in the WikiCup) and Cwmhiraeth (submissions) claiming for a did you know of sea, the highest scoring individual did you know article ever submitted for the WikiCup. Round 2 saw very impressive scores at close; first place Casliber (submissions) and second place Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) both scored over 1000 points; a feat not seen in Round 2 since 2010. This, in part, has been made possible by the change in the bonus points rules, but is also testament to the quality of the competition this year. Pool C and Pool G were most competitive, with three quarters of participants making it to Round 3, while Pool D was the least, with only the top two scorers making it through. The lowest qualifying score was 123, significantly higher than last year's 65, 2011's 41 or even 2010's 100. The next issue of The Signpost is due to include a brief update on the current WikiCup, comparing it to previous years' competitions. This may be of interest to current WikiCup followers, and may help bring some more new faces into the community. We would also like to note that this round includes an extra competitor to the 32 advertised, who has been added to a random pool. This extra inclusion seems to have been the fairest way to deal with a small mistake made before the beginning of this round, but should not affect the competition in a large way. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please feel free to contact one of the judges. A rules clarification: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on 29/30 April, which may be claimed in this round. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 16:19, 7 May 2013 (UTC) 2013 Wikinic
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Vital Articles updateOkay, PBP, I've spent several hours starting the clean up, reorganization and reformatting of the VA/E talk page, and I've reworked about 65-70 percent of the existing talk page discussion. Reaction? My plan is to finish reorganizing and reformatting the remainder tonight. I plan to keep the !voting and specific topic discussions at the top of the page, and push any long-winded general discussions to the bottom of the page, where they will not discourage new participants from engaging in !voting and specific topic discussions. Also, what's your reaction to may quickly written top-of-the-talk-page introduction? Would you like to take a stab at it, too? I think it's important to present established discussion and !voting procedure, so that newcomers understand the basic ground rules, and we can manage expectations and not have to re-argue these points constantly as we did with the film folks. If everyone understands that there is a procedure, the procedure is transparent, and the procedure is the same for all editors and all topics, hopefully everyone will accept that as fair and proper. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 14:46, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
VA/E: Hope you don't mind . . .but I added Alexander Kolchak as the "remove" half of the swap to add Wellington. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 18:46, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
Hiya. I'm cleaning up some things and ran across this page. I've disabled the template so that your user subpage isn't showing up in article categories (even if they are maintenance categories). Hope that's not a problem. The Potato Hose ↘ 23:21, 19 May 2013 (UTC) Love history & culture? Get involved in WikiProject World Digital Library!
VA/E: Mozart's Symphony No. 41, and other music issuesJust delete it rather than close it. The closed discussion will just confuse the newbies. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:48, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
WP:FOOD Needs You!Hi there Purplebackpack89! I've noticed you have yourself listed as a member of the Food and Drink Wikiproject. Unfortunately it looks like the project has been slowly sliding into inactivity except for a couple of people. That makes me a sad potato, and nobody likes a sad potato amirite? If you'd like to turn my frown upside down, can you do two small things? First off, go here and add {{Tick}} ( ) next to your name if you're still part of the project. Second, go to the project talkpage and participate in a discussion about how to make the project more active, and how to go about making articles in our area of interest a lot better. You don't want to make me cry, do you? Potatoes have a lot of eyes you know. So come on, join in! :) — The Potato Hose 18:29, 25 May 2013 (UTC) VA/E: pending discussion closesPBP, I am counting on you to be the primary closer of discussions. You may not have noticed, but there are now several pending discussions that have been open for 15+ days and have reached the 5–0 threshold. Please note that the 70% number in the lead was chosen because a 5−2 !vote yields a percentage of 71%. When discussions that have been open for 30+ days reach 5−1 or 5−2, let's slam them shut. The !votes for Whitney Houston, Ed Bradley/H.L. Mencken, Ricotta, Atole, Mustard seed/Mustard, and Puppis have been open for 15+ days and have hit the 5−0 threshold. Extrasolar planet has 5−0 support, and its 15 days expire on Monday; several of the metric increments have also received five unopposed votes and their 15 days will expire on Tuesday. When Godzilla gets the magic fifth vote, slam that sucker shut, too. There are several other discussions that have hit 5−0, but the minimum 15 days will not run until the first couple of days of June. Also, could you look at the Religion discussions? There are several pending discussions there that should be easy !votes after you review the articles. Thanks for all your hard work. We've come a long way in 10 weeks. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 03:44, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
Berry blue listed at Redirects for discussionAn editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Berry blue. Since you had some involvement with the Berry blue redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). smileguy91talk 02:13, 31 May 2013 (UTC) VA/E: new recruits, etc.PBP, please be careful not to overwhelm new recruits to the list project. We need specialist help in evaluating many of the sublists, but many members of the arts projects have a different degree of sensitivity to the back-and-forth, and none are going to be excited about the idea of cutting topics from sublists related to their projects. While recruiting them, we need to gently explain the situation of being 400+ topics over our limit, and encourage them to help us prioritize so that any cuts fall on the least vital topics only. We need to use diplomacy in dealing with these folks, not so much the good humor (and occasional rough and tumble) you and I normally employ. I am also trying to recruit editors with math and various science backgrounds to help, too. We need their help because none of the present participants have solid hard science backgrounds to adequately evaluate the "vitalness" of topics within those sublists; as knowledgeable generalists, we're kind of shooting in the dark. Even Betty Logan, with her knowledge of film, has made some pretty darn good contributions to the movie, actor and director discussions once we got her engaged in the process. Betty, however, can clearly handle the rough and tumble and the give and take; some of these more earnest arts and science editors aren't really interested in the back-and-forth, and will need to be handled with kid gloves if we want them to participate. I anticipate most will come and go after we are done with their subject area, but hopefully some will stay, too. By the way, what are your thoughts on ways to gain new recruits? Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 00:44, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for June 12Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited California League, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Stockton, Oakland Oaks and Sacramento Senators (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 12:12, 12 June 2013 (UTC) CfD for LA, CA -> LA was DOA. May it RIPYour nomination of Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_April_12#Category:Neighborhoods_in_Los_Angeles.2C_California was closed as no consensus, a decision that could only have gone better if the closing administrator had gone above and beyond in interpreting votes. I think that the supports made the stronger and more logical case, but the knee-jerk no's couldn't be discounted in their entirety. Sadly it boils down to a small handful of voters who are dead-set on supporting an interpretation of policy that categories for US cities must use the full city / state, even if the article title is not disambiguated. The "strong convention" cited in the close is not that strong, both as evidenced by Category:New York City and by the worldwide conventions that are far more relevant. Repeated attempts at renominating this one category are bound to see the same stubborn responses as seen here. Any thoughts on other approaches, such as addressing the underlying policy or considering a group nomination of undisambiguated cities? Alansohn (talk) 04:38, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
WikiProject AFC needs your help... againWikiProject Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive
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