User talk:Cirt

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Other neat portal ideas for longer term

• Longer term ideas to think about from other portals:

1. Events section, like: "On this day" e.g., Biography, Religion, United States; "Selected anniversaries" e.g., War; "Calendar" at Holidays. Interesting idea of "Month selected anniversaries", at Oregon.
2. Model intro with some rotating images, after Portal:Oregon, Portal:Indiana, Portal:Iceland/Intro and Portal:Philosophy of science/Intro.
3. Revamp DYK sections w/ free-use images, model after Portal:Criminal justice and Portal:Oregon.
4. Portal palettes at User:RichardF/Palettes/Portals. Comparable color schemes can be developed from the various hue lists at User:RichardF/Palettes. Also see Portal:Box-header.
5. If there are a lot of categories, then categories section to 2 columns, like in Portal:Indiana.

   Also take some time to check out style/formatting at Portal:Indiana Cirt (talk)

Note to self

• MakeRef

independent reliable secondary sources

• User:Citation bot/use

• {{findsources}}

Citation model

The Simpsons (season 3)

Body text in-cite

<ref name="REFNAME">[[#LASTNAME|LASTNAME]], p. PAGENUMBER</ref>

References section

(reference template from WP:CIT)

*<cite id=LASTNAME>REFERENCE</cite>

Different model

• Template:Citation
• Template:Harvnb
• Example: <ref name="REFNAME">{{Harvnb|LAST|YEAR|p=PAGENUMBER}}</ref>

See models at The General in His Labyrinth and Mario Vargas Llosa.

More info. Cirt (talk)

More at Wikipedia:Harvard citation template examples.

And Template talk:Harvard citation no brackets.

Cirt (talk)

Dispatch

Cirt, Awadewit suggested that you might be interested in writing a Signpost Dispatch article on Featured portals (the only area of featured content we haven't covered). Sample previous articles are at {{FCDW}}. We've covered:

• Featured content overview
• Peer review
• Did you know
• Featured lists
• Good articles
• Featured sounds
• Featured topics
• Images
• TFA
• And Featured articles many times: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-07-21/Dispatches, Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-04-07/Dispatches, Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-10-13/Dispatches

None of them start out looking like that: if an editor initially just chunks in some text, many others chip in to tweak it up to Signpost standards. For example, someone wrote this, which Karanacs, Royalbroil and I turned into this, so if you just chunk in some text as a start, others can help finish it off. Another example, I put in this outline, and Karanacs brought it up to this. Other editors have written almost complete and clean Dispatches without much need for other editing. If you're interested, please weigh in and coordinate at WT:FCDW In case you're interested, you could just begin sandboxing something at WP:FCDW/Portals and pop over to WT:FCDW to leave a note when you're ready for others to help out. Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:26, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Will mull this over and most likely draft something up. Cirt (talk) 11:54, 18 November 2108 (UTC)

Razzies progress

• 15th Golden Raspberry Awards through 29th Golden Raspberry Awards = reformatting process done.
  • Note: Going to have to go back and model these after the modifications made subsequently to 29th Golden Raspberry Awards.
• 29th Golden Raspberry Awards - so far only one expanded with sourcing research. (WP:FL)
• Razzie Award for Worst New Star = reformatting process done, next to use Talk:Razzie Award for Worst Picture as model to reformat other pages in Category:Golden Raspberry Awards by category (with subsection breaks by decade)

Cirt (talk)

Work in progress - Van Morrison

• Van Morrison (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Much of the music Morrison released throughout the 1980s continued to focus on the themes of spirituality and faith. His 1983 album, Inarticulate Speech of the Heart was "a move towards creating music for meditation" with synthesisers, uilleann pipes and flute sounds and four of the tracks were instrumentals. Van Morrison is a former Scientologist; during the 1980s he dedicated an album to the organization's founder L. Ron Hubbard. Van Morrison was recruited into Scientology by Scientologist and musician Nicky Hopkins. Friends of Van Morrison's within his musical circle that were also into Scientology included Mark Isham and Robin Williamson. Van Morrison's album Beautiful Vision was influenced by Scientology, and his next album Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (1983) included a "special thanks" credit given to L. Ron Hubbard. After Scientology, Van Morrison moved on to "a broadly Christian faith". He titled his 1986 album No Guru No Method as an attempt to distance himself from Scientology. In a review of Van Morrison's musical work in The Times, journalist Pete Paphides described his album No Guru, No Method, No Teacher as "the 1986 album that found Morrison adrift from God, wounded by his dalliance with Scientology, wrestling the mother of spiritual hangovers and deciding that only the compass of memory could help a lost soul to redemption". Van Morrison's exploration of spirituality, including Jehovah's Witness, Christianity, mysticism, and Scientology, served as an influence for his works including Astral Weeks, "Kingdom Hall", Enlightenment and "Whenever God Shines His Light". In 1991, Van Morrison explained his period of spirituality and self-reflection, commenting: "I'm into all of it, orthodox or otherwise. I don't accept or reject any of it. I'm not searching for anything in particular, I'm just groping in the dark for a bit more light." In 1995, when asked by the University of Ulster to list his favorite philosophers, Van Morrison included Aristotle, Socrates, Sartre, Steiner – as well as L. Ron Hubbard. In 2009, the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper St. Petersburg Times listed Van Morrison among "Former Scientologists".

Cirt (talk)

Alastair Haines

FYI: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification#Request for clarification AND amendment: Alastair Haines. Kaldari (talk) 17:27, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Cirt (talk) 19:21, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Pearl Harbor

Did this really warrant protection? There wasn't a lot of vandalism... Kind regards, —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 19:15, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Let's see how it does for the time being with the prot. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 19:22, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for List of U.S. states by Alford plea usage

On December 8, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of U.S. states by Alford plea usage, 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) 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.

Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 06:21, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Good thinking Cirt.

Excellent job for creating Template:Bacon. I'm surprised that nobody had even thought of that. You deserve big recognition for this. On the condition that it survives the nom (I've gone and !voted strong keep) I will award you fifteen points for the very useful navigation template.--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 08:39, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm a bit down about the nom though. ;( Cheers, Cirt (talk) 08:40, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

You know what, even if it gets deleted, I still think you deserve some points for the idea. We'll see what happens.--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 08:42, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm not down or concerned about the points, or even the fact that it was nominated - rather the manner in which it was nominated. ;(. But thanks, Cirt (talk) 08:43, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

If you create a Bacon Wikiproject, please let me know so I can be one of the first to sign up. But a Bacon template of this sort seems silly, along the lines of a Milk or Bread navigational template. I intended to notify you but found it rather pointless given the fact you had left me a note on my talk page so quickly. And I will reiterate, once again, that this was nothing personal towards you, yet you seem to be taking the nomination (or the way it was nominated) quite personally and I find that to be unfortunate. Perhaps we can find something to work on together in a positive light in the future. JBsupreme (talk) 08:58, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

I would love to work on something in a positive light in the future. Thanks for reaching out, most appreciated. :) Cirt (talk) 08:59, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Removal of source at Disconnection

Please be careful about removing sources, as you did at the article Disconnection, here [1]. The source still satisfies WP:V, with or without an active URL. Thanks, Cirt (talk) 10:01, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Yup, sorry about that. Hadn't read WP:DEADLINK. I was about to restore them per talk page but got an edit conflict. > RUL3R^>trolling_>vandalism 10:04, 9 December 2009 (UTC) (hope you don't mind I also pasted your comment here)

Thanks for the welcome

Thanks Cirt for the welcome.--Dunshocking (talk) 13:44, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

from Uwe Kils

I only asked them to vote, no influencing, and I was allowed to make comments on the talk page. Uwe Kils 14:44, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

No. You violated WP:CANVASS, after being warned not to. Cirt (talk) 14:45, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

I agree. But Cirt, please spend a few words in reply to my remark at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Uwe Kils (3rd nomination). Thanks. Drmies (talk) 17:58, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Bio on Dr. David Lewis Anderson - Deleted

Hello Cirt

We are new to using Wikipedia and hope you can reply with some advice. We are trying to post a bio of Dr. David Lewis Anderson. We clarified and provided as requested very specific citations of his work and appearances, but the bio was deleted.

Dr. Anderson's work has published many articles, more than 30, has appeared numerous times on major radio shows, reaching millions, discussing his work. He has published books, audio CDs, and video documentaries. We provided information, includeing ISBNs and links from the radio show website, along will links to many of his most important articles.

His role with the United Nations was questioned, we did remove this but are working with UNESCO in Europe to provide a formal citation from their website that would be acceptable by Wikipedia. This is a very important part of his life and he has run programs for youth in four regions of the world, reaching tens of thousands of youth.

We value wikipedia and hope to use it not for commercial gain but to use the bio as a link to educational materials that are being provided free of charge.

We've read the wiki rules and feel many of the citations to work and appearances were really solid. Can you advise us on what we are doing wrong, and if possible more specifically, what we can do to get this bio on line.

Thank you for your consideration and best regards,

AMglobal (talk) 19:06, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Who is this "we" involved with this username? --Orange Mike | Talk 21:16, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Consensus at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Lewis Anderson regarding notability was quite clear. Cirt (talk) 19:09, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Corbin Fisher

On December 10, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Corbin Fisher, 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) 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) 02:21, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Dos Gringos Removed

Hey, it was quite disappointing when I visited my favorite band dos Gringos Wikipedia to see it had been removed in October, is there any way we can have it re-established? I had a tough time finding out why it was taken down, it appears you had trouble finding reliable sources of them being a band? I am providing some sites you could look into that would prove them as a band, they are not signed artists, just independent and they have a large following. Thanks in advance!

www.dosgringosrocks.com www.myspace.com/dosgringosrocks

Please bring it back!

10:28AM EST, Dec 10, 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.135.227.34 (talk) 15:28, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dos Gringos. Cirt (talk) 17:58, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Hasty move revert

Is there something in the rules about an "unsourced nonconsensus move"? If so, please tell me about it. Undoing a move without explanation seems hasty, at best. --Uncle Ed (talk) 18:11, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Moving a page with no sources to back up your claims is inappropriate, especially on a topic of your conflict of interest. Cirt (talk) 18:12, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Could you explain the part about "no sources to back up your claims"? I changed Black Heung Jin Nim to Return of Heung Jin Moon, and you reverted the change without any discussion. Are you suggesting that the article is not about Heung Jin Moon? Or that it doesn't describe his alleged "return"?

If you will explain what you do, other contributors will be able to understand your editing style which will facilitate WP:TEAMWORK. --Uncle Ed (talk) 18:21, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

You have not presented any sources to back up your page move, and the move is on a controversial topic and not supported by consensus. And I see you have engaged in disruption to revert it back. Please undo your edit-warring move. Cirt (talk) 18:25, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Do not delete what you can easily confirm

Please abide by Wikipedia:PRESERVE#Try_to_fix_problems:_preserve_information. --Uncle Ed (talk) 18:18, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Please do not violate WP:BLP and especially WP:BURDEN - especially when editing on your conflict of interest. Cirt (talk) 18:19, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

FYI

Hello, Cirt. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.. KillerChihuahua^?!?Advice 18:32, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Cirt (talk) 18:43, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Odette Krempin

http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Odette_Krempin&action=historysubmit&diff=330916508&oldid=330915783

Shouldn't a source at unesco.org be considered more reliable concerning UNESCO than a Russian wiki?

http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=4053&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Why was this reverted?

http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Odette_Krempin&diff=330911426&oldid=330911336

Should such a sentence really be in Wikipedia? --84.184.38.166 (talk) 19:28, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried discussing at the article's talk page? Cirt (talk) 19:29, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

You really think it should be discussed first whether such a sentence can be removed?

she was born on special day. The day she was born all eyes of the world were on the DR Congo(ex. Zaire) where the The Rumble in the Jungle took place(one of the biggest upsets in boxing history: the fight between Mohamed Ali and George Foreman)

Come on.... --84.184.38.166 (talk) 19:35, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Please try to engage the other editors in discussion at the article's talk page. Cirt (talk) 19:36, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Christian Conventions GA reasessment

I've left a reply to your comment on the reassessment page to explain the reason the website links are there. I'm not averse to removing whichever links you think fall short. The RS issue has been discussed at length in the past, with these 2 member-editors seemingly intransigent about accepting consensus. If there are other sources which you question, I would be happy to dig them out again to fully quote referenced passages, etc. Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you weren't scared off by the comments already posted by 2 involved editors at the top of the page. • Astynax ^talk 19:42, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Cirt, thanks for your comments on CC article reassessment page. Check here ->[2] to see exactly who the "involved" [3] editors are. Any questions or concerns please ask via my talk page or wiki e-mail, thanks,

JesseLackman (talk) 09:41, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Cirt (talk) 09:42, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Cirt, you might be interested in John Carter's comments here; [4], in the RS discussions Astynax mentions, and on the CC discussion pages, John Carter truely is an uninvolved editor. JesseLackman (talk) 10:02, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I respect his comments. Cirt (talk) 10:03, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Move

Regarding the move you didn't like, it doesn't matter know. I've been topic banned, so you can do as you like.

I only ask that you keep in mind the purposes of this encyclopedia, such as WP:TEAMWORK and WP:PRESERVE. There is no requirement that everything be either fully sourced or promptly deleted. --Uncle Ed (talk) 20:29, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

There is also WP:BLP and WP:BURDEN. Cirt (talk) 21:07, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of List of Unificationists

An article that you have been involved in editing, List of Unificationists, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Unificationists (2nd nomination). Thank you.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vladimir Correa

Can you please take another look at your closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vladimir Correa? The subject plainly does not meet the guidelines, which is even noted in some of the KEEP votes. I think the majority of DELETE votes are based on policy, whereas the KEEP votes are not. Perhaps you could take a closer look? Thanks. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 15:12, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Seems pretty reasonable to me, however if you wish it would not be inappropriate to give the editors some time to work on it and then raise the issue of notability at the talk page in a month or so and perhaps nom for another AfD consideration. Cirt (talk) 15:17, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for reconsidering. I have no reason to believe it will be any different a month or a year from now - can you re-close it as a delete, please? Thanks. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 15:42, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Nope. Cirt (talk) 15:44, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

I must have misunderstood your reply. I'll take it to DRV. Thanks. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 16:11, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

FYI, I brought it already to WP:BLPN for some additional eyes. Cirt (talk) 16:13, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Now at DRV. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 16:54, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

El Club de los Astronautas

The above article was created today. It seems to be a recreation of the page that was the subject of this discussion which concluded in deletion. Should it be left there?Autarch (talk) 18:15, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done. Cirt (talk) 18:18, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Everything Tastes Better with Bacon

On December 11, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Everything Tastes Better with Bacon, 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) 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.

⇌ Jake Wartenberg 18:50, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Christian Conventians GAR

Hi Cirt. I'm pleased to see a respectable and uninvolved editor provide some assessment of this article. I hope you will assume the GAR Lead Editor role and assess Pass or Fail. I'm afraid that by my opening the GAR to simply to find an uninvolved GA lead, I may have suggested that I wished to be the GAR lead. This would be very wrong. With your credentials, your findings will be hard to argue with.

Note that there is a lot of hostility between editors. I came into the article to settle things down; ended up to my shame getting sucked into arguments; finally made the decision simply never to engage with the major critic of the article. I say this so you'll have fair warning of the heat involved if you decide to GA lead. I sincerely hope that if the article should fail GA that a clear listing of steps needed to get to GA status can be created.

I'm keeping this request on your talk page only for now, but if you think you'll do it, I'll make sure the request is fully laid out in the GAR. --Nemonoman (talk) 19:02, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

GARs are generally decided by community consensus, not by a single reviewer. But thanks for your kind words about my quality contributions to the project! :) Cirt (talk) 19:04, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar

		What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
		Cirt, you have "improved Wikipedia in a profound way" by creating the Bacon template. Kudos. May the pork belly always be with you. Drmies (talk) 19:53, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! Cirt (talk) 19:54, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

And you went through all the articles and pasted in the template...you'll need something to fortify yourself with, and I think the best means to do so is with a stiff Mitch Morgan. Drmies (talk) 19:55, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Mmmmmmmmmm ... Bacon whisky ......... Cirt (talk) 19:57, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Protecting WordGirl and List of characters in WordGirl

I have asked and asked that the pages for WordGirl and List of characters in WordGirl be protected from the unregistered goonies that have even put characters from Rocko's Modern Life into these pages, Tom Kenny not withstanding. I ask that it be done now...please. NoseNuggets (talk) 3:39 PM US EST Dec 11 2009.

Please see WP:RFPP. Cirt (talk) 13:29, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Re: Thank you

Not a problem. There are plenty of ways to contribute significantly to the Bacon Challenge, for example creating a template or a category, that wasn't thought of at the time of making the criteria for point scoring that cannot go ignored. Basically, apart from minor edits to articles (except significant copy-editing) just about anything that has been reported has been of point-scoring value to bacon content on Wikipedia and I do my best to award deserving amounts accordingly. You have done a lot so far for the Bacon project which is why you are comfortably in 2nd place on the points table, with less than 10 points seperating you from being in 1st place. Keep up the good work!--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 07:49, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Junko Sakurada

An article that you have been involved in editing, Junko Sakurada, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Junko Sakurada. Thank you.

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Re: Junko Sakurda

No problem, any time I get a chance to bumble through a Japanese cinema site I jump at it. :) J04n(talk page) 12:58, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Film poster vs. DVD box cover

Sorry Cirt, I wasn't being rude, was just in the middle of something else. I haven't see it yet, though it is in the pile of DVD's currently gathering dust on the shelf. I must get round to it. Stay frosty. Quentin X (talk) 13:22, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Cowboy!

You might want to revert this. He slipped it in just before you protected it. Jolly Ω Janner 14:12, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done. Cirt (talk) 14:14, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Why are you protecting GainLines TalkPage?

I don't understand why you'd act to protect Gainline's TalkPage. He came to my TalkPage with thinly veiled threats and baseless accusations. I pointed out that he looked as if he was acting to protect the disruptive and POV-pushing editor Okedem. (See what he's doing on the Talk Page of "Talk:Israel and the apartheid analogy"). GainLine's problem with me is that I've done the same as him, but to much more significant purpose. 86.159.70.117 (talk) 16:25, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried engaging in WP:Dispute resolution, at the article's talk page? Cirt (talk) 16:27, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Re:Thank you

Glad to help. Cool video. Must cost a fortune. Few secs back i was looking at the trailer for this game:- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. Kinda disappointed i was hoping they would announce this title: Star Wars: Battlefront III. --SkyWalker (talk) 17:19, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Cowboy!

Hi there! Wouldn't it be easier to re-block the user with talk page privileges removed rather than protecting the talk page? Thanks! --Addihockey10 19:22, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

At this point, it's fine to leave as is. Cirt (talk) 19:25, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Break-in by fat slob in red

File:Father Winter Solstice.jpg

John Carter is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Xmas, Eid, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hannukah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec09}} to your friends' talk pages.

John Carter (talk) 20:52, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Bacon WikiCup - Participant Interview Week 2

Cirt, as the greatest gainer of points in week 2 of the Bacon WikiCup 2010, can you give us some feedback about how the Bacon Challenge has being going from your point of view?

1. What are your thoughts about bacon as a food?

Mmmmm ... unexplained bacon... Cirt (talk) 04:35, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

2. There have been plenty of articles written by many participants. Which of these articles have you found the most interesting and why?

So far, Zeeuws spek seems quite interesting and a dish I would like to try - however all the contributions I have seen so far as part of the content drive are unique and intriguing. Cirt (talk) 04:35, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

3. You are comfortably in 2nd place at the moment. By the end of week 3, do you think that you could be at the top?

Well, I am not sure, but I would like to work on a bit more article creation in the topic area... :P However, I will be taking a break first from the bacon topic to focus on a new article related to Freedom of speech. Cirt (talk) 04:35, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

4. You had an approved DYK this week. Are you intending to make more DYK nominations?

Yes, I like the idea of whetting the appetite of readers for bacon related DYKs, in advance of the push for more in March 2010. Cirt (talk) 04:35, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

5. What are your thoughts on having a grand debut of a large quantity of bacon-related articles in March 2010?

I think it is a great idea. At the moment, I am not doing the userspace prep thing in advance of March 2010, but instead I've been submitting articles live to become DYKs. However as the time gets closer to March 2010, I will ponder perhaps doing a few articles with that DYK appearance timeframe in mind. Cirt (talk) 04:35, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 21:45, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Early closures

Hi Cirt, I'm not criticizing or anything, based on recent activity I'd just like to see your input here: Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion#Early closures if and when you have a chance.
— V = I * R (talk to Ω) 22:04, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Any AFD in particular you'd like to discuss? Cirt (talk) 22:35, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Nope. We were simply having a discussion about the process itself, and I thought that your input would be valuable.
— V = I * R (talk to Ω) 13:42, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Ah okay. No worries, Cirt (talk) 13:49, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The History of British Political Parties

The article The History of British Political Parties you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The History of British Political Parties for eventual comments about the article. Well done! Jezhotwells (talk) 01:09, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Cirt (talk) 04:03, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Very good

Very good answers and already at User:Sky Attacker/Bacon WikiCup 2010. :)--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 04:43, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! :) Cirt (talk) 04:44, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

I really like the idea, but I don't know how to submit them. Could you do it?--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 04:48, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Done. Let's see what happens.--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 05:07, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Possible edit-warring at Scientology controversies

I have recently found myself engaging in what could become an edit war with User:Wispanow and User:Pgreenfinch. These users have been deleting the section titled "Alleged oppression of Scientologists in Germany". They have both stated in the talk page and their edit summaries that they believe the section is nothing but "propaganda" and "libel". So I would like to request your comment on the matter to help reach consensus. Thank you. > RUL3R^>trolling_>vandalism 08:57, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes, that has been my approach. There is a thread for the issue at the article's talk page and both users were notified in their talk pages. But they continue to remove the section without attempting to reach consensus to that. Both cite WP:NPOV as their rationale. > RUL3R^>trolling_>vandalism 13:33, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes please. That would be very good. Thank you. > RUL3R^>trolling_>vandalism 13:37, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Good call

That was a lightning-fast revert on Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry! I had just noticed the new sources that had been added since the August discussion and was about to undo the prod myself. Sorry about that! --Explodicle (T/C) 14:00, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, Cirt (talk) 14:00, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Dos Gringos

What do we, the public, have to do to get the Dos Gringos, the musicians/patriots, back on wikipedia?

96.19.219.156 (talk) 18:04, 14 December 2009 (UTC)Ian

First I would suggest creating an account on Wikipedia. Cirt (talk) 18:06, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Bacon: A Love Story

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Materialscientist (talk) 19:35, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

I could be wrong, but ...

Looks to me as though User:Wikibencanaan may well be the same as the user you just blocked who was also editing the Richard T. Antoun page.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:44, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

I'd suggest WP:SPI. Cirt (talk) 19:45, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

I've never done gone through that process, so it would take me more time than it's worth to explore. At the rate he is going, anyway, he'll be blocked before such an investigation could be concluded! Will keep in mind, though, if it continues and become too daunting to just revert him.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:47, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

By what policy?

What is the rationale for this? Calling a good faith effort to document something with links "linkspam" (which doesn't even make sense) is also not productive if you're trying to keep this civil. Regards.PelleSmith (talk) 22:37, 14 December 2009 (UTC)