User talk:Wadewitz/Archive 26
NaplesOoh, those naughty Shelleys; they play games with us, no? Reading about the "Neapolitan charge", I was struck by the similarities with the Fanny Imlay affair. Claire Clairmont's diary is missing, Mary Shelley becomes terse in her diary and leaves big gaps, Percy is silent. As St Clair says, they could be very secretive when they wanted to. On the day Elena Adelaide Shelley was baptised, Mary Shelley's journal has the one word "packed"; now, come on, Mary. I don't know if you have read the gripping letter she wrote, when the incident later came to light, to Isabella Hoppner, desperately exonerating both Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont, but it leaves a breathtaking amount unsaid. When she says "the rest must be false", she is plainly lying. This propensity for lying on the part of the Shelleys and Claire makes me start to doubt them at every turn. For example, biographers cite the fact that the three went about sightseeing in Naples, including up Vesuvius (where Claire was very ill), as evidence that Claire could not have been pregnant. But now I wonder if they deliberately embarked on such trips to create a smokescreen. The dresses of that period strike me as particularly convenient for hiding a pregnancy. There is also a mystery about Mary's letter to Mrs Hoppner, because Mary sent it to Byron to give to Isabella Hoppner, yet it was found opened among his papers after his death. Biographers make much of the fact that he had written to Mr Hoppner to say that he believed that the child was Claire's by Shelley ("it is just like them"). It occurs to me (now that I'm wildly suspicious of these people and their self-conscious laying up of letters and diaries to posterity) that if Byron were the father of the child himself (Elise had worked for him as Allegra's nurse and had been desperate to get away), it might suit him to fail to pass on Mary Shelley's letter and let the Percy-Claire claim stand. In which case his statement that he believed the rumour to be true might be a smokescreen. I suspect these people were operating through so many layers of deception that the biographers' task is impossible. qp10qp (talk) 03:23, 11 March 2008 (UTC) Copyedit on The President (novel)Hi Awadewit. I've belatedly noticed the caveat re copyediting on your user page - if going over this article is problematic, please say so. There was genuinely no element of coercion intended in my note on the Mission 1 talk page, and now I'm feeling guilty for imposing on you at a busy time. If you like, I can crack on with the copyedit myself, and perhaps you'd be willing to just proofread? Best regards, EyeSereneTALK 10:41, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
LessonsCongrats on the star by the way. I just saw it. Fainites barley 22:47, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Addison's diseaseRe: *If everyone can hang on until next week, perhaps we can hash this out using quotations from all of the sources (always the best way, really). I am much too busy this week to track down all of books, but I can do that next week. Awadewit | talk 22:29, 11 March 2008 (UTC).
InterviewYes, I'd be happy to answer your questions. Raul654 (talk) 02:01, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Boydell Shakespeare GalleryI recently realized that I never got around to looking at this as you requested. Sorry it slipped my mind. Would you still like a third opinion? Let me know and I'll make time to do it; I hate to promise and not deliver. If not, then I owe you (another) favour. Mike Christie (talk) 15:35, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Defending against those vandalsJust a belated thank you for helping to defend John Knox when it was on the main page! Oh, and when you need a reviewer, drop me a line. I owe you plenty! --RelHistBuff (talk) 16:05, 12 March 2008 (UTC) Thanks!
To show my appreciation......I was going to leave one of these:
but perhaps one of these would be more useful?
Thank you once again! EyeSerenetalk 17:00, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Awadewit. I've responded to the rest of your concerns about the article formerly known as Fort Saint Louis. It's been moved to French Texas, as has the FAC nom, and I wanted to ping you here because your watchlist may not notice the updates. Karanacs (talk) 17:22, 13 March 2008 (UTC) Roman Catholic ChurchGood to see you on RCC. I'm crossing my fingers that the intermittent and sparse ad hominem attacks won't become flame wars. Ling.Nut (talk) 13:54, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh someone will hear you Ling.Nut (talk) 14:05, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
(undent) I'm not sure, but I think that's during the semester.. will be teaching... Ling.Nut (talk) 14:40, 15 March 2008 (UTC) Re:WP:ACSTFew hours, maybe a bit more. Glad you find it useful; I hope people will keep updating it. If I get to go to Wikimania (I need to get some funds for that, somehow) I plan to have a presentation on current state of research :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 16:16, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Peer review ideaHi A, I have made a proposal that no peer review request be archived without some response. To aid in this, there is a new list of PR requests at least one week old that have had no repsonses beyond a semi-automated peer review. This list is at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog. There are just over 100 names on the PR volunteers page, so I figure if each of these volunteers reviewed just one or two PR requests without a response from the list each month, it would easily take care of the "no response" backlog (as there have been 2 or 3 such unanswered requests a day on average). If you would be able to help out with a review or two a month from the "no responses" backlog list that would be great (and much appreciated). Please discuss questions, comments, or ideas at the PR talk page and thanks in advance for your help, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 00:01, 16 March 2008 (UTC) sacramentshey... the editors sprinkled the stuff about the sacraments in what they considered to be the relevant sections... jesus etc. ... rather than the "sacraments" section. I mentioned this on the article's Talk; they said they liked this way better. I didn't say anything else. Ling.Nut (talk) 15:03, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
(undent) I couldn't find my remarks on talk; maybe it was on the FAC.. butthe editor basically said "the stuff about the sacraments makes better sense in the other sections" So... I dunno. Ling.Nut (talk) 15:12, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your message of encouragement. I appreciate the kindness. I had just logged on to begin addressing your new commments. I too want the article to be the best it can possibly be. However, it seems there are some irreconcilable differences between some FA reveiwers and others. Not all FA comments are even possible for me to address because they are such broad condemnations of the article in its entirety. Tony's comments come to mind as well as Vassyana's suggestion that I can not use as references books written on Christianity, they have to be Roman Catholic Church specific - this even though the Christianity books speak directly about the pope and the church in Rome. While I address one set of FA reviewers comments regarding trimming the article to be a certain size, I am subsequently hit with others, like your comments asking me to expand on certain subjects that had just been trimmed by several other editors three of whom are not Catholic and whose edits I thought made the article more concise with excellent prose. While I am going through your comments to address the ones that I think will improve the article, please understand that some of them conflict with previous FA reviewers comments and I may not change it as a result. I am not ignoring your wisdom, I am just trying to be respectful of the whole body of editors who have commented on the over three pages of RCC FA nomination so far (two pages for this nom and one of a previous nom). If I dont answer all your questions in one sitting, I will eventually get to them all. Thanks. NancyHeise (talk) 17:33, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Re: Tiny point of Wikipedia etiquette(copied over from my talk page:) Gotcha. I have wondered about this, in fact. I'm not sure how much these particular wikipedians identify with their wiki personae. But anyhow. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 22:54, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Caps at FACAwadewit, when you cap comments at FAC, please be sure to add your sig to the subject line of the cap where I'll see it; that way, I know it was you and not someone else who hid your comments, and that you consider them resolved. Also, that dark blue is really hard on my eyes; I can't see the show/hide button. Thanks for all your patient help at FAC. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:19, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
oh, my, how did I get this here twice; trying to do too much at once (what else is new). Can you copy instead a different color? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:30, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Ok, I think I know what's wrong, it's the same issue Ealdgyth had, see here. I think you have to remove that bar from your sig. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC) Testing here first. Awadewit (talk) 00:34, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
OK, I'm back. Your caps at RCC still aren't working for me, and I'm pretty sure I have to do the same thing I had to do earlier to Ealdgyth's, which is to change those bars on your capped sigs to commas. Is it OK with you if I do that on your old capped sigs? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:08, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Gimmetrow had the answer; yes, the "|" interferes with the hide template. Now that you've changed your sig, we'll be OK, but I'll go back later and remove the old bars. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:33, 17 March 2008 (UTC) RCC FACI'll try to look in today. No promises, I've got to get ready to haul a horse cross country tomorrow. (Nervous horse+16 hour trailer ride=Frazzled nerves) Ealdgyth - Talk 12:56, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
CongratsCongratulations on your latest FA! If you're like me, the excitement isn't much lessened from the first time around. Then again, you've got so many, perhaps it's just an expectation now. ("It's been two weeks. Where's my FA?") Regardless, well done. – Scartol • Tok 15:46, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Re copyedit on The President (novel)A pleasure it may be, but given your other commitments your time is still very much appreciated! It's been a learning experience for me - I was totally unaware of the existence of these books (my diet of reading, whilst voracious, tends to be confined to certain areas that would not perhaps be regarded as 'literature' by you highbrow types). Anyhoo, thanks once again! EyeSerenetalk 10:55, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Awadewit. This article of mine is currently in FAC. The article relates to what appears to be your favourite topic, "Literature". So I though you would be the right person to request a copy edit from. user:Tony1 feels the article needs more prose work. Please let me know if you have the time for this. If you dont, please forward me to someone who is good at this and your help will be greatly aprpeciated.thanks,Dineshkannambadi (talk) 12:38, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your thorough review of the article. After seeing your comments and making changes to the page to answer them, I saw things that the page really needed to make it more complete. I am working with the other editors to improve the page based on your final comments and I just hope you will come back again when we need a peer review before trying for FA again (many weeks from now!) NancyHeise (talk) 16:43, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Request for Peer ReviewHi! I noticed that you were on the History Peer Review list, and that you had a particular interest in 18th cenutry American history. Well, it's not strictly American, but I wrote an article about a period historic site, and was wondering if you'd give it a once-over for me. Thanks in advance :) --Haemo (talk) 20:36, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
FelicitationsMy goodness: [1].--Filll (talk) 20:49, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Alexander the Great edition triple laurel crownYour Ancient and Most Honored Conquering Majesty, well done. :) DurovaCharge! 21:20, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
TKMWell, the stars finally aligned, at least enough for the library and me to exist within the same space. I had to go fetch some of my sources, but I've either taken care of or need clarification on about 95% of your last comments on the talk page. When you get a chance, I'd appreciate another look-over. Someone has also added they they call "points" in the reception section, against my esteemed judgment. Another voice to say it reads awful wouldn't hurt. Thank you. --Moni3 (talk) 01:48, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
I wish this were a barnstar, but it serves the same purpose. Thank you for your editing assistance for To Kill a Mockingbird. It would not be in the state it is in without your help and guidance. --Moni3 (talk) 21:49, 30 March 2008 (UTC) Signpost updated for March 13th and 17th, 2008.
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Maynard James Keenan Peer reviewIt's not in the genre of articles you're into, so if you don't want to review it, I totally understand. Trust. Just dropping a request, as I'm going for FA. Thanks for your consideration. Regards, Lara❤Love 05:11, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Footnote extensionHi A, How's life? I've come home at last, and I was greeted by my first crop of crocus; Spring is here indeed! :) Most of the other early-spring flowers are lagging, though; for example, there's no sign yet of the winter aconite. :( I see also that your own work is coming up roses, especially the Timeline of Jane Austen — congratulations! :) We couldn't get everything done for the wedding, but we did a lot, anyway. How did your pastry turn out? I'm dying to know. :) It seems ages since we last spoke. I replied to your collaborative-editing questions, too, but I think you must've gotten that e-mail by now; please let me know if it didn't arrive. I hope my answers were helpful. I also see that we have a lot to do for the FA-Team! I'll try to do what I can, but I think I need the weekend to catch up on everything in real life. ;) I've been looking into your footnote problem, and it wasn't as hard as I'd feared. I came up with a solution basically by duplicating and modifying slightly the PHP code for <ref>. I was ready to try to have it adopted, when it turned out that someone else had already coded up a more general solution. I don't know everything that's involved in getting such an extension to the MediaWiki software accepted here at the English Wikipedia, but hopefully his code will be working soon for you all. Willow (talk) 13:48, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Joseph PriestleyMerry Christmas! Kaldari (talk) 21:23, 21 March 2008 (UTC) ...and happy Easter. :) Willow (talk) 10:23, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
James BondCould you e-mail the resources in Wikipedia:Peer review/Goldfinger (film)? The more essayish ones not avaliable online I mean. Thanks. Alientraveller (talk) 20:58, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Literature FACI know you're swamped, so I wanted to alert you to review Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The President (novel). SandyGeorgia (Talk)
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Umm, help? Eep!Hey A, I'm going to try to rescue action potential from the pit of being delisted and I could really use your keen insights and help with the writing. I know you're really busy, but can I call on your help once or twice next week? Thanks terribly, and good luck to you, Willow (talk) 22:05, 27 March 2008 (UTC) PS. Sometime in the next week or two, a glance at whether List of scientific publications of Albert Einstein is ready for Featured List-dom would be very welcome! :) I intend to add a few more sources for the referencing of each paper, but aside from that, I think I'm reasonably happy with it. It's rather long, just over 100 kb, but I don't see any sensible way of breaking it up. Willow (talk) 22:22, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
President questionI'm copyediting The President (novel) and there's one point I'd like to get your opinion on since you've done so many literary articles. If you have time, would you take a look at the paragraph on Miguel Angel Face's character? It finishes with a quote that is characterized as "an exceptionally striking example"; the quote is cited only to the novel. Should this be required to have a critical citation too? Or would it be sufficient to take out terms like "exceptionally striking" and regard it as an obvious example, without a value judgement? Any help appreciated. Mike Christie (talk) 13:24, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
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