User talk:Verne Equinox/Archive5


2010

Unreferenced BLPs

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  1. Pedro Rodrigues Filho - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 16:38, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Thomas Charles Morgan

Updated DYK query On January 13, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Thomas Charles Morgan, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Wikiproject: Did you know? 12:00, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Disambiguation needed on Thomas Charles Morgan

Hi. Congratulations on the DYK. The article states that he was raised in Smithfield, which is a dab-page with several possible correct targets. Would you happen to know the correct target? And if so, could you please disambiguate the article? -Lilac Soul (Talk • Contribs) • I'm watching this page so just reply to me right here! 13:17, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for North American Newspaper Alliance

Updated DYK query On February 15, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article North American Newspaper Alliance, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:01, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK problem

Hello! Your submission of Park Ship at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! --Cryptic C62 · Talk 17:51, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Park ships

I'd got these on my "to do" list, as well as the Fort ships. How about creating lists too? List of Park ships, List of Grey ships and List of Fort ships, similar to List of Empire ships (A) and the other lists of Empire ships? A template to link all ships on the list would also be a good idea. I can help with this once a list has been created. Mjroots2 (talk) 01:57, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Park Ship

Updated DYK query On March 19, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Park Ship, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 18:03, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Michael Burry

Hello! Your submission of Michael Burry at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Calmer Waters 07:22, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Michael Burry

Updated DYK query On 6 April, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Michael Burry, which you recently nominated. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:06, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your (copyedit) of Michel Pagliaro

Thanks for your help copyediting the article on Michel Pagliaro. I put the call out to my fellow members of the Canadian music group but it fell on deaf ears. I don't know how you found the article, but I am thankful. My only concern is the opening line. He is called a Canadian before any mention of his place of birth (that being Montreal). I'm pretty sure that he is a francophone that speaks English and is claimed by that community. Can I impose upon you to rewrite the opening along similar lines to what I had? I am sure that this English wiki article will be translated to French and copied there. Thank you very much. Argolin (talk) 08:53, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

How did I find the article? Nostalgia. He is somewhat forgotten in English Canada. I have made the change as you request, but I do wonder why we need the extra bit of geography for Quebec musicians, while someone like Sarah McLachlan does not.Verne Equinox (talk) 20:01, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Ok, it's just me. Maybe you can help me. I believe I have spent too much time trolling the Category:Canadian indie rock groups. Many articles in that group are stub or start class and do not follow the Wikipedia:Manual of Style (music) or any wikipedia guide. I have a check list of sorts to go through (I still have M-Z to go):
  1. infobox
  2. infobox format + complete
  3. categories
  4. {{Portal|Music of Canada|Tower-wireless-can.png}}
  5. discography
  6. table of contents
  7. opening

When there is little text for the article, I have given the first sentence of the article a consistent format. Something like: "Band X is a Canadian indie-rock band formed in 2007 from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada."

From an editor POV, is that ok? Many of the wiki guides deal with editing "good articles" trying to advance them up to the next level. I have yet to find a style guide (or whatever) dealing with stubs (ie. minimun standards like my list above). Here is a list of a few:

In truth when I started at the A's, all I did was provide an infobox, categories, the {{Portal|Music of Canada|Tower-wireless-can.png}}, and TOC. I dealt with the format/structure of the article not content. As I moved through the alphabet, I realised that maybe I should address the opening.

Thanks very much. Argolin (talk) 21:09, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

  • P.S. I have refused to do anything to The Joys article. Please, don't waste your time either.
Your lead-in is fine, try to build on it: look for info that distinguishes the group from all the others. I edited Eric's Trip as an example. I also went to Flickr to see if there were any public domain photos of Cdn bands. If you check my contribs for today you will see what I found with a few hours searching. Hope this is of some help. Verne Equinox (talk) 01:24, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
Just a final thanks for helping and for the pix! Argolin (talk) 06:31, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Bear River First Nation

Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Bear River (Nova Scotia)

Hello! Your submission of Bear River (Nova Scotia) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 22:39, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Bear River (Nova Scotia)

Mifter (talk) 12:03, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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Ken Tobias and The Bells (group)

Per your earlier requests, I looked at the 'class' for both of these; updated Tobias & The Bells was already done. Ciao... Skier Dude (talk) 03:51, 9 August 2010 (UTC)