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In addition, the two external links include the casting agency she was signed with and the greek organization she's affiliated with at FSU. These are really external links, not references. - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs22:32, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The WikiProject Universities Newsletter: Issue IV (December 2007)
The December 2007 issue of the WikiProject Universities newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you for your continued support of WikiProject Universities! —NoeticSage23:34, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks for your New Year greetings and all the best to you for 2008. We are struggling with a temperature of 42C in Melbourne right now. --Bduke (talk) 06:07, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You too Bduke? Hot, or what? Luckily I'm in the Dandenongs, where it's just a little cooler.
Hey Jameson! Thanks for the card! All the best for 2008, any many happy collaborations.
I start the process and, if the suggestions are simple and reasonable (they are not always), I "save" to make the correction.
A few things to watch out for:
Though you can double-click bad edit suggestions to tell AWB not to make them, it will still include them in the edit summary! I don't know how to make it not do that, so in that case I just edit the page in a separate browser and tell AWB to ignore it.
AWB will find more typos than just the one you searched for, so make sure you want all of them before you accept changes! If I don't, again I just edit in a separate browser.
I am also a big fan of User:Lupin/Live_spellcheck and the other pages that use the anti-vandal tool, and actually do most of my typo checking and anti-vandalism patrolling with these. Have you tried them?
If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' 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 "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. 1 != 217:08, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Orphaned non-free image (Image:The Crimson.png)
⚠ Thanks for uploading Image:The Crimson.png. 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 'image' 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 "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. 1 != 217:08, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, first I am not a bot which is what I assume you mean when you said "crawly thing". Secondly copyrighted images must be used under a fair use rational and a) cannot be used outside of the article space, and b) cannot be hosted on Wikipedia unless it is used in such a manner in at least one article.
If you are working on an article that needs these images, but it is not ready for the article space yet then you can save them to your hard drive and use placeholder images till you are ready, then upload them. 1 != 223:56, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the review you provided. It's refreshing to see an editor actually working to improve articles. I made most of the changes you recommended (they were great suggestions) and marked the reasons why I didn't make the others. Thanks again. Absolon S. Kent (talk) 04:38, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've been around for a while, basically moving all over the place as my interests vary. Thanks for the suggestion, but I prefer to delete comments after the thread is done. It just makes it easier for me. I can always review in history if I need to go back to something and it also makes the pests of Wikipedia have to work harder (smile).
I wasn't worried about being blocked by the admin...I expressed my side of the issue and she was fine with it.
I appreciate your good hopes, but I and others who edit articles related to Georgia colleges and universities have had problems with a particular editor before. If you look at the Savannah State history you will see where he was responsible for blanking the entire page at one point because he said he found copyvio material on the page. It took an admin to get him to leave the page alone. Hopefully other editors will keep him in check because I'm done with the issue.
Your CSD-R3 against my edits are all contested. You are encouraged to contact me before doing any more of the same. Thank you very much.--Endroit (talk) 09:59, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hm... The only redirects that I have placed speedies on are all in foreign languages. Last time I checked, it was approved under the fact that users would not be entering Chinese or Japanese into the English Wikipedia. If I am mistaken, I'd like to apologize in advance. Please let me know and I won't nominate the other foreign language redirects from now on. Happy editing! - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs10:02, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
When I first started Wikipedia a year and a half ago, I did remember reading something that said the complete opposite (then again it's been a year and half...). I'll abide by this one then. Thanks for updating this old fart's WikiKnowledge. - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs10:08, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. And thank you for your understanding. The redirects and dab's from Chinese scripts are only intended to redirect users to the appropriate article in English. It's not intended to confuse English readers... But if it seems confusing, please let me know, and I'll do the best to fix the situation.--Endroit (talk) 10:16, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it's certainly not confusing me personally...it's just that when I first started Wikipedia I was told not to do that. But yeah, I read those redirects just fine... (I understand Chinese pretty well, and as for Japanese, I can't say the same, but if I was kidnapped right now and transported to Japan I'm pretty sure I can summon enough Japanese left in me from high school to at least not get myself killed...lol) Anyways, thank you for understanding as well. - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs10:20, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it's that time again. New articles have been added. I finished this process early because I'll be running around packing and sorting out Friday's weather patterns so I can get back to Florida in time. Just in case things don't go well, at least I don't sabotage the COTF program. Anyways, the three new articles will start on Friday and you may edit the three technically still in COTF (although I've placed the collaboration-past tags already) or you may start editing early.
Here's something I want to try, start treating it as a peer review. Start by skimming through the article, making sure the article fits our article guidelines. Then review for content: any copyvio, notability issues, reference listings, following the Manual of Style.
And here's something even more radical. See if you can attract authors currently maintaining the different COTF articles to join our WikiProject and better yet, our COTF project. I found when I started this program, jumping ships and editing other universities' articles was a big leap, but it's been very fun so far. I'd like to see more people actively participating.
Let's start off the new year the right way. I want to see those articles in GAR and FAN soon. I was sad we didn't have enough people working on the Harvard article to push it to FA or GA. But no matter, let's start fresh and begin! Hope everyone had a good holiday vacation (and if you didn't get a vacation, I hope you got a lot of double time). - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs10:42, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It's possible those are copyvio articles, but I was wondering if you noticed that it seems to be a brand new editor and that they may not be aware of that?Awotter (talk) 08:48, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Understandable, but look at the references. I still don't know whether the "source" is a source or if it's some random name... Please look at the user's talk page. I have notified him regarding one of article's sources already, but he proceeded to posting three new articles after my message, hence AfDs across the board to get him to notice. - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs09:17, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for responding, I guess my concern is yes, you may "get him to notice" but you may also be discouraging a new editor who doesn't know better. I've been trying to do a search to see if these are copyright violations, but no matches so far. I'm just not sure that immediately tagging these for deletion all at the same time was the best thing to do. As it stands i just added reference sections, I'm hesitant to start cleaning them up until I can be certain they aren't copyvio, but I will do what I can. Thanks! Awotter (talk) 09:44, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please can you review your criticism of the AirportWatch article and consider removing the banner. Note that I have moved he article from Airport Watch -> AirportWatch. Thanks PeterIto (talk) 11:10, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have seen your changes to the article and also your comments on the talk page; I have responded to your concerns on the talk page. Personally I think you have over-reacted and look forward to hearing the results of your investigations and hope you will agree to get the article down from Defcon2.PeterIto (talk) 14:38, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please see the article's discussion page for a detailed explanation of the changes I have made. Personally, I do not believe I have overreacted. I simply fixed NPOV and copyright violations from the article. However, after reading it over after my latest changes, the article still needed to be fixed. I have placed new tags, indicated by new datestamps, in the areas where this article can improve upon. Please do not be offended, but as pointers in order to nudge the article in the right direction. - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs15:45, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Re: Redirects
The red linked redirects are because some articles about certain cities have not been created. As soon as the articles are created, the red-links will go away. They are call broken redirects by the way. Ohmpandya(Talk)16:57, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Leif Lampater
Hi Jameson,
I saw you put some tags or whatever they are called here on the page I just created about Leif Lampater. Those tags basically all said that the information I provided was not sourced, but I guess you didnt see the external links I added to the article. All the information is from those websites and thus it is sourced. Sorry I am pretty new here and I have only been checking Wikipedia out for a few days before I signed up, but I think I did a pretty good job there as well as in the other articles I edited and created so far. If I am doing something wrong, please let me know.
Amanda
AmandaPirato (talk) 03:08, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Amanda, don't worry about that. I don't believe the article was marked for deletion, and the tags are only "pointers", if you want to call it that, for other editors so they can focus on fixing those problems. Please check out Wikipedia's policies on external links (WP:EL), citing sources (WP:CITE), and (WP:RS) for further reference.
Now that I get the standard "just read blah blah blah" message out of the way...lol, I think you did a pretty good job with the article myself. However, you need a "Reference" section, an automatically generated reference list {{reflist}}, and in-line citations. An article with only external links and no reference sections generally come off as either a self-promotion article or some form of advertising, rather than a meaningful display of facts. Think of it as writing a term paper (yeah... unfortunately...) and you have to use those little flash cards from when you were in high school to summarize the facts of the paper with where exactly you got the information from in MLA, APA, or some other proper citation format.
Another thing,the list of career highlights looks very professional, but I'm going to tag it with {{prose}} because the list of accomplishments can be easily broken down into written sections, so it looks less of a timeline and more of an encyclopedia article! :-)
Hi Jameson, thanks for your message and explaining me more about this project. Seems to be very helpful. First of all I agree about what you were telling me when it comes to have these results mentioned more detailed in the main article. Actually that is the way I did it in the Danny Stam article already before I created the Leif Lampater one, but I thought of doing that at a later stage because I wanted to have at least the article up already. Feel free to check if the Danny Stam article is up to your standards when it comes to that.
About the citing sources you were making me aware of, I'm sorry I didn't include those yet, but I didn't know how to work with them yet. I will do some research on the pages you showed me and I will be trying to find examples of articles with the same stuff so I learn from it how to use it and I will no longer bother you with wrongly created articles. AmandaT/C21:12, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Invite
Century Tower
As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject University of Florida, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of University of Florida. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks!
Hey! Thanks for keeping me updated with COTF happenings. When you send out the template updates I encourage you to subst it instead. That way past template postings won't change when the COTF articles are changed. You just need to change {{UniversitiesCOTF}} to {{subst:UniversitiesCOTF}} when you post it on user pages. After typing this I realized you might have just started doing this for the most recent post, but just in case I am letting you know. Thanks again.—NoeticSage14:30, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I did. Look, the date you have on the template is the old date when I sent it (I had a typo on there because I only switched the article names, not the COTF date. However the date is fixed on the actual template. :-)- Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs21:33, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs has hugged you! Hugs promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better (and hopefully wasn't meant as an invasion of personal space). Spread the WikiLove by hugging at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Hug others by adding {{subst:Hug}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
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User:Example User has hugged you! Hugs promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better (and hopefully wasn't meant as an invasion of personal space). Spread the WikiLove by hugging at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs22:05, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply] Hug others by adding {{subst:Hug}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
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Hi, Jameson. I reverted an edit of yours that identified "extra-curricular" as a typo and relaced it with "extracurricular." The former is correct in Australian English (see American and British English spelling differences#Compounds and hyphens). The latter is correct in the US, which is where I'm guessing the dictionary your script is using to pick up typos was published (assuming that's how you're seeking out typos).
If you're using a dictionary-based automated script, you may want to have it ignore compund words, or perhaps have it also incorporate the OED or some other British dictionary, just so you don't end up making unnecessary changes back and forth between national varieties of English. Thanks. --Dynaflowbabble04:32, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Dynaflow, I've been noticing them as well. Unfortunately, I cannot operate AWB on university computers so I had to use AWB at my university via remote access. Shrinking a 1280x1024 resolution to a 13.3" tablet monitor + the standard Windows borders from the browser also didn't help me catch the dashes until I started reading my contrib logs. I have written to the program's talk page here. I am using a SVN, but the typo detection should be the same as the standard builds. - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs06:54, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, okay; I didn't realize you were using AWB. I thought it was some script you had homebrewed.
So, if I understand you correctly, you're SSH'ing into your home computer and logging in with RDP or something like that -- just to fix typos more efficiently? That's fairly hard core. I would expect no less from a fellow San Franciscan, though (I just noticed on your userpage that you went to Lowell). =) --Dynaflowbabble09:55, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Nomination
Given our past interactions, my evaluation of your Wikipedia history, and as a fellow Lowellite, I believe you would greatly benefit Wikipedia (and be greatly benefited yourself) with the adminship tools. Would you want to be an administrator?
Kurykh would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Kurykh to accept or decline the nomination. A page will be or has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Jamesontai . If you accept the nomination, you must formally state and sign your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.
I noticed you put a reference to a speedy tag on a new user's page without "welcoming" them. I always try to put a {subst:welcome!} on a newbie's page in addition to the warning -- encourages them to "try, try again", you know? Just a suggestion. We were all newbies once!! :-) Anyway good luck with the adminship. Cheers, laurap414 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 16:53, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sportscreamer (talk) 18:28, 22 January 2008 (UTC)Sportscreamer comments for Jamestontai
Dear Jameson Tai:
I have read up on your talk page, and your achievements are very commendable. How would it be possible to set up a new Wikipedia page on an area author named Joseph Janczak? He is the author of a recent book titled The Rocket: Baseball Legend Roger Clemens. This author's book was published a few weeks ahead of the Senator Mitchell Report on Steroids, yet it almost telepathically addressed the same issues as the Report. He has had articles written on him on Publishers Weekly, Potomac Books, Houston Chronicle, and others. Since the Roger Clemens controversy is in the news a lot lately, it is thought that this author should have a page on him. How would it be possible to restate the info that has been speedily deleted? Would a stub page be sufficient?
My best advice for you is to be familiar with WP:BLP. I believe that this would be the best fitting Wikipedia policy that can answer your questions. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Oh, you might want to take a look at WP:CITE on proper citations as well. I wish you good luck and sorry I can't help you more, but I'm actually right about to start class. I'll take a look at it more after my Theory of Machines class in about three hours. Happy editing until then! - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs20:29, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've removed your notability tag from this page as the subject is prima facie notable being a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. Just thought I'd let you know in case you encounter other SCOTUS case articles. Also, I just noticed that despite the fact that the article included references to the case itself, you marked it as unreferenced. In addition, there was no discussion on the talk page of any npov so I've removed that tag as well. Your expand and wikify tags are fine though. --Cdogsimmons (talk) 17:15, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please note that there have been significant changes since I placed the tags on the article over a month ago. Regarding the unreferenced tag, I'm just about as puzzled as you are. However, I don't believe "Id. at 303." is a properly cited source. I might have been trying to tag it with the invalid citation tag or something. Thanks for letting me know and updating me on the progress of this article. Happy editing! - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs22:18, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There's nothing wrong with AWB. The word extra-curricular is a correct word when used in British English, while we're accustomed to "extracurricular" in American English. I have been looking over every article's "typos" identified by AWB in case of these false positives. AWB does have a flaw, in which it generates the ("typo" -> "fixed word") list before the user gets to accept changes, and when the user then ignores certain changes, AWB does not redo the list of typos, so there will be false alleged AWB corrections on the edit summaries that actually did not occur. I have brought it up on AWB's talk page and I'm not the only user who's expressed these concerns. Apparently it's been around since AWB's alpha build in version 3. - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs22:04, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks!
Hey Jameson, I just wanted to thank you for your kind words and support at my RFA. I am sorry about your RFA, but just give it some time and in a couple months come and poke me and I would be proud to nominate you. I think you got what it takes, you just need some more time under your belt. Well thanks again, and if you are interested, when you are getting close to RFA'ing again, I could give you a little admin coaching, its your choice but the offer is out there. Hope all is well! Gonzo fan2007talk ♦ contribs18:58, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for all your help. It feels like forever since this happened(...yet it feels like it was just yesterday). I feel like I've been on Wikipedia growth hormones for the past four months, and I love to have someone admin coach me. I've already signed myself up to be match with anyone to do some admin coaching, so when the time is right, please let me know and I'll be glad to do it. Hopefully, it'll be a couple more months before I try to RfA again, I don't think I can do this near final exams...lol. Thanks again and I'm glad your RfA went very smoothly.
On this occasion, your request for adminship was not successful. I hope that you will continue your useful contributions to Wikipedia and may consider standing again in future. Remember, a majority of editors commenting did support your candidature. Warofdreamstalk21:00, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Do not give up, take the comments made in the oppose section and improve upon them, if you do that i will gladly support you in the future! Happy editing, Tiptoetytalk03:24, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, glad to help, and like i said, improve and come back and prove us (the opposer's) all wrong, I think with some admin coaching you will surely pass your next RfA. I will keep my eye out for it! Cheers, Tiptoetytalk05:10, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. Just a little more experience, and the admin coaching, and if you continue along the same road, then I'll give you a support. Best of wishes! SpencerT♦C11:49, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry you did not become an admin. You are a great user, but unfortunately you need a little more experience. When you run again in May 2008, you can almost guarantee support from me! - Milk'sFavoriteCookie19:52, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting, I clicked on your earlier edit diff and it indicated that someone used the invalid format and it said you made the edit...but now I go back and it's not there... I might have been getting cross-eyed. Thanks for doing the leg work for me. - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs07:14, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Your RFA.
Sorry, I didn't see your thank you note until now. Like you say, four months is too little time... mistakes aren't an issue though, we all make those. ;) By the way, I highly recommend WP:HUG (just don't get addicted, or you'll be infected with editcountitis!).
I'll try to help you with WP:ROBO. Can't promise anything about a meetup though... I'm going to be extremely busy in the near future (probably not going to be active much on wiki either, except mornings). · AndonicOHail!19:10, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Right, you wanted me to explain my vote. Well, between exams and minor tech bugs, I haven't been on for the last week, so... sorry for the delay.
Anyway, as to why I opposed so strongly; To me, the time your on Wiki is irrelevant; its the time you are active, the time you edit. With only 3 months of solid experiance under your belt, I felt you were massively inexperianced for the job. Yes, I think now I was a bit hasty going strongly, and I'm sorry.
Anyway, as you said in the RFA thanks, you plan on running again in May? To be honest, I think (provided you are reasonable active in the time) that'd be a good idea, though proponing it for a month or two more wouldn't hurt. Suggesting a year more experience was a bit rash on my part, and (as said in a reply to said oppose) may have been a bit BITEy.
Once you get some good experiance, I'll gladly support. I just didn't feel as if you were ready at the time. Feel free to give me a heads up when your next RfA comes around. ----Jump! Slash! Dash! Ouch! Super Mario SonicBOOM!17:06, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Please accept my home made inkscaped -and rather cheap ;)- cake, for your 21st birthday. I read about it when I was going through archived RfA discussions and decided to drop by! Turning 21 is a big deal, enjoy dude! :) Λua∫Wise(talk)13:44, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
opps typo.... it was "my friend" then I decided to change friend to "dude" and forgot to remove "my".. A really weird phrase it was.. sorry. Λua∫Wise(talk)15:10, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Btw, thanks for that fantastic banner and for adding it to the random banner collection so everyone sees it. I've gotten a lot of nice support for our project today, notably here. - Dan Dank55 (talk) 23:58, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your complement! I'm glad people are noticing our WikiProject, and I agree - most new WikiProjects generally receive the same kinds of roadblocks in the beginning, but what I'm hoping is that if we can hammer down with the core of the project in the beginning, we can have the project take off without too many technical troubles. I'm glad people are commenting...and I agree with Keeper76, you are definitely one of the most well-spoken roboticists I've seen in a long time! I'll be enjoying my new age for a little bit more this weekend, but if you need anything, please let me know. I'll be working on some standard on the infoboxes and the rest of the red-linked categories. Also, I'll be working on a new static banner (just a .png file) - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs02:34, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry about the late notice. My 21st birthday was on Wednesday and I was pretty much sick all day Thursday, so I wasn't able to get a chance to do this.
Anyways, three new articles.
Note: I didn't place the Portal on the ENT because I felt that the portal was more like a collection of articles rather than an actual article focused on the university. This semi-goes against our original goals of the COTF in which university articles would get attention first before handling the subarticles. (Portal is more like a collection of articles). Anyways, if you believe it should be back on the ENT, I'll make sure it'll be Round 6's ENT, so if you do feel it should, talk on the COTF talk page.
Oh yeah, I hope the coding works. I'm using WP:AWB to do signpost delivery by "Append Text"...hoping that it'll work. If this comes out horribly, please let me know if I haven't already fixed the error(s).
Your suggestion to move the open letter to the outreach page is good...done. Please don't hesitate to make any edits you like at any time (the in-use tag is gone now). - Dan Dank55 (talk) 00:25, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Several admins have made very typical edits in the last 24 hours to new robotics pages...without knowing about any of the new discussion. I suggest this: instead of arguing with editors one by one, I'm going to create two additional subpages on the wikiproject. The outreach page can be where new editors, especially hobbyists and students, can talk with each other and be introduced to the project. There can be another page where I try to log what admins and experienced editors are saying and doing with all this new robotics activity, in order to help them understand and reach consensus (and especially, to take the burden off of us...and gods help us, off of the hobbyists...of arguing with the admins one article at a time). Then we need a separate page that attempts to represent the needs of the typical reader of Wikipedia, which is a perspective which has been completely lacking so far, but I think is very important. (Obviously that's harder. I'm thinking of surveys...I am definitely not thinking of some kind of demagoguery like "I speak for the people who won't speak for themselves".) - Dan Dank55 (talk) 00:35, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I know you & Student7 have put much good work into the Melbourne International Airport article. I added some pictures into a Gallery & at the infobox. Please have a look when you get a chance & arrange the pictures however you think they work best in the article. I know both you guys have a good eye for arranging articles. Thanks! FieldMarine (talk) 00:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
For the record, I did try to set FieldMarine straight on who was responsible for the nice article! In his defense, it can be hard to differentiate between edits after a while. Hard pouring back over the history. Thanks for all your efforts in adding and polishing Brevard articles! Student7 (talk) 01:20, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
OK... so I've began to assess the robotics articles. Please review the article assessment guidelines and help this WikiProject out by helping out with the following:
Adding Robotics-related articles to the WikiProject
Helping out with giving comments to individual articles after assessment, pointers, comments, etc. (basically, don't just give an article class and move on, let people know what led you to give such a rating when necessary.
We need to get this article assessment drive going first before peer reviews and collaborations programs can be made.
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Aside from the amusement of you messaging yourself above ( ;-) ), I noticed that you accidentally added about nine user talk pages to the category Robotics articles by quality. It was caused by a missing colon before Category, which I fixed (also using AWB). Glad to see the project getting started! Tuvok[T@lk/Improve]11:16, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Tuvok. To borrow from Queen Vic, we are not amused, there are a lot of users (like Zenwhat) who tend to copy to both userpages so that the archives aren't a pile of spaghetti. Jameson, in the static banner, the silver letters on the silvery background might not show up so well for some displays. - Dan Dank55 (talk) 15:57, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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I generally call edit summaries personal comments, which was why I did that. I consider it disruptive behavior, especially when this user is not a new user. Please refer to User talk:75.84.238.107, where another run in with this user with similar NPOV issues on Lowell High School (San Francisco) occurred. Anyways, thanks taking the effort in keeping me in check, but this person is hardly a newbie. (There's a difference between being a noob not knowing Wikipedia policies and a person who just does not have any regard to any policies whatsoever even though the policies have been made clear.) - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs17:38, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The current account is very new. The IP user, while first acting on 4 April, 2007, is obviously not very experienced, effectively making the user still new, with a combined total number of edits at a whopping 15! Presuming the editor will eventually get the hang of it here, he may read the edit summary and be discouraged. I generally try not to use templates on experienced users except in the case of CSD/AFD/RFD/MFD notifications; I apologize for not being more succinct in my message. Cheers! - CobaltBlueTony™talk17:49, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oh! haha yeah I guess that was pigeon crap. Yeah I +1 my user page vandal count from that. I never read what that person said, and after reverting, I don't plan on reading old edit histories either... they're too bland...hahaha - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs06:03, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, but at the moment, I am not on the list of people who make Wikipedia Ads. As stated on our previous discussion on your talk page, you may ask User:Andrew Hampe to create ads. Please talk to them about getting one of the ads done. I was merely making ads for WikiProjects I was personally participating in during times when I had free time. However, thanks for considering me as your go-to guy on this subject, but User:Miranda and User:Gurch have much more experience on this subject than I do. - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs06:13, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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