User talk:Sainsf/February 2014–January 2015


A barnstar for you!

The Good Article Barnstar
Sainsf, I hereby award you The Good Article Barnstar for your superlative article on the Bohor reedbuck. Because of your extensive research and well-written prose, your article exceeds the criteria for Good Article status. It was a pleasure working with you throughout this process. Job well done! -- Caponer (talk) 11:43, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Impala

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Impala you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Shoebox2 -- Shoebox2 (talk) 18:42, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Blue wildebeest

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Blue wildebeest you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Reid,iain james -- Reid,iain james (talk) 22:20, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Blue wildebeest

The article Blue wildebeest you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Blue wildebeest for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Reid,iain james -- Reid,iain james (talk) 14:01, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Impala

The article Impala you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Impala for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Shoebox2 -- Shoebox2 (talk) 16:01, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK

I have also nominated this for DYK, here. Please feel free to suggest alts, as your superior knowledge of the subject will likely be able to find a better hook. Thanks. --Dendro†NajaTalk to me! 01:50, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Awesome! I have left a few comments on the DYK page. The hook is great. Good luck! Sainsf <^>Talk all words 09:12, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Impala

slakr\ talk / 09:02, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Happy first edit day!

Hey! It's been 2 years since I last congratulated you!

Happy First Edit Day

Happy First Edit Day, Sainsf, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

LovelyEdit talkedits 19:06, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog Drive

Hello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!

TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.

If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.

At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.

As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!

Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup

Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!

As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:

For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.

For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).

The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.

--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:29, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup

WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.

Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.

Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!

If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.

Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

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Reviews

Its good that you have more time for Wikipedia at the moment and are helping with the GAN backlog. Thank you for reviewing "Alnus glutinosa" and for taking on "Canidae". I will be away for the weekend (family wedding) and will not be able to respond to your comments immediately. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 04:40, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. It's fine, you may take your time :) Sainsf <^>Talk all words 04:42, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for the review of Canidae and taking on Malacostraca, I will try to be more prompt dealing with the latter. My articles are far from perfect and in the case of Malacostraca I plan to ask Esoxid to contribute to the process in case I have got some things wrong. He/she is an expert on arthropods and was helpful during the GA review of Isopoda earlier in the year. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:05, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for taking up Waterbuck, else I can't imagine how long I would've had to wait in the backlog! Malacostraca is a nice work, just that it seems you have paid more attention to the information than to the few blemishes pointed out. It is quite a common occurrence and it doesn't make your articles poor. Just be careful in the future. Cheers, Sainsf <^>Talk all words 02:40, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
I'll be helping out with the GA review. See you over on that page. Esoxidtalk•contribs 04:48, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for the review. Further alterations can always be made to the article if Esoxid thinks them necessary. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:18, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Waterbuck

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Waterbuck you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Cwmhiraeth -- Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:20, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Tree

I think you said that your holidays were coming to an end and that you would subsequently have less time for Wikipedia. That's a pity, because I was going to ask you if you would have time to review Tree, nominated for GAN by Chiswick Chap but an article on which we have both been working. However, it is a long article and I doubt you will want to take it on if your time is limited. Anyway, all the best! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:18, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

First of all, thanks for helping with Waterbuck. I have had a look at Tree, it is indeed very long! But I think I should not upset you, so I have an idea. I am going to review it, and for the next four to five days I can be regular, and later on I may be slightly delayed but I will find time to come back. That is, of course, if the issues are too many and it takes much time for discussion. Anyway, I am going to start the review and put all comments today itself. I hope you respond as soon as possible. Thanks again! Sainsf <^>Talk all words 03:57, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
Thank you. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:01, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
I will have posted all my comments within the next 15-20 minutes (I have been working on it since I last replied). You may start right away; I may find time to return to it later in the day. Awesome article! Sainsf <^>Talk all words 05:32, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
That was quick, thorough and efficient. Thank you. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:17, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Waterbuck

The article Waterbuck you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Waterbuck for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Cwmhiraeth -- Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:02, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Aw, snap

Your userpage somehow crashes Chromium's renderer every time I visit it. Congrats.

—grawity 12:02, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Precious again

content animal
Thank you, welcoming, kind, content and curious happy user cat, for quality articles on animals and plants, such as Giant eland, Amanita thiersii and Hartebeest, for GA reviewing, such as House Sparrow, for "hope, deceitful as it is", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:50, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 691st recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:40, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Sainsf <^>Talk all words 13:57, 25 December 2014 (UTC)