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2007 Atlantic hurricane season as a FT

Are you really interested in doing this? I made up a quick list of the articles that ought to be included.

Main: 2007 Atlantic hurricane season - I am assuming that the FAC will pass

Subs: Timeline of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season

List of storms in the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season

Subtropical Storm Andrea (2007)

Tropical Storm Barry (2007)

Tropical Storm Chantal (2007)

Hurricane Dean - GA nom pending

Tropical Storm Erin (2007)

Hurricane Felix

Tropical Storm Gabrielle (2007)

Hurricane Humberto (2007)

Tropical Depression Ten (2007)

Tropical Storm Ingrid (2007)

Hurricane Karen (2007)

Hurricane Lorenzo (2007)

Tropical Storm Melissa (2007)

Hurricane Noel

Tropical Storm Olga (2007)

The seven articles below GA status (in bold) will all need to come up to GA, and a few of the GAs should become FAs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Plasticup (talk • contribs) 19:55, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

I'd say it's possible, but a few things:

Timeline of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season cannot be a GA. We sent a Timeline article and it was rejected as being too close to a list. So, if anything, we would need to decide whether that should be sent to FAC or FLC.
List of storms in the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season seems like low-hanging fruit for improvement. That could be easily made an FA in a couple of weeks.
Erin needs to be checked for accuracy, and it can be bumped to B-Class. You could even try for GA right now, and the worst thing that could happen is that it would be held for a week.
I'd send Olga straight to GAN for now.
Lorenzo is the article that needs the most work. It needs an expanded impact section, more pictures if possible, reference/dead link cleanup, and probably an expanded preparations section.

Overall, not impossible, but that would take about a month or two to do. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 19:55, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congratulations on the FA for 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. Finetooth (talk) 04:41, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Wikipedia

Hi! I noticed your comment at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical), where you said that the main page being in the article namespace "hasn't caused any problems". The list of problems caused by the main page being in the article namespace kind of got buried in the discussion. ais523 pointed several of them out, and I've added a more complete list to the discussion. Essentially, the problem is that bot/script developers have to write special code around the main page more often than you might think, and so it would simplify the situation in general if we separated the main page from article content. I hope this explanation helps...does my reasoning make more sense now? —Remember the dot ^(talk) 06:06, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Ann Arbor, Michigan reference

I noticed that you added ArborWiki as a source for sister cities. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_source_examples#Are_wikis_reliable_sources.3F, "Wikis, including Wikipedia and other wikis sponsored by the Wikimedia Foundation, are not regarded as reliable sources." I have removed your reference. Thanks! Cmadler (talk) 20:21, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

True, it's just an "essay", but the problem with citing a wiki is that in my experience, many places copy information from Wikipedia. This leads to a circularity, where we put up an unsourced statement, another web site copies that statement without attributing it to Wikipedia, and then we cite that site! Regardless, I think citing UM and the City Council minutes is a better solution. Thanks! Cmadler (talk) 13:48, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Update

Thanks for the comments in FAC of Pather Panchali (film). The comments, I believe, have been addressed. Please review. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 00:15, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Meshuggah peer review

Good day! Could you please give me your opinion about Meshuggah on Wikipedia:Peer review/Meshuggah/archive1 - some suggestions? I would be very thankful. -- LYKANTROP ✉ 17:12, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Hehe. That does not matter...Thanks a lot!-- LYKANTROP ✉ 17:24, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Good day! Will you resume your comments on Wikipedia:Peer review/Meshuggah/archive1? It would helm me a lot!-- LYKANTROP ✉ 10:22, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Good day! I do not want to be annoying, but do you think that you will do something more about this issue?-- LYKANTROP ✉ 19:48, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Do you think that it passes the FA-criteria now?-- LYKANTROP ✉ 20:25, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Allright, thank you for your time!-- LYKANTROP ✉ 21:48, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Copyedit request

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52/311, and other eastern Putnam/Dutchess pics

Julian,

Starting with this edit (hope you don't mind my bumping your pic for mine ... I will move the former over to Commons so it doesn't get deleted as an orphan), I have begun uploading those pics that I took in late May on that trip to the eastern Putnam/southeastern Dutchess region. This will include Route 52 passing Lake Carmel, a lot of RHPs in the region, train stations we didn't have pics for yet, a nice photo looking north on Route 22 for that article etc. Just thought I'd give you a heads-up, as I'm sure a lot of these will start showing up on your watchlist. Daniel Case (talk) 20:16, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem ... how come you're not involved with NYSR? Spreading yourself too thin? Done what you could? Too much drama? Daniel Case (talk) 20:32, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

GA review

Just so you know, I've reviewed the article Effects of Hurricane Charley in South Carolina and placed it on hold. Good luck :). Malinaccier (talk) 22:22, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Typhoon Kalmaegi (2008) damage total

Could you provide a source for the damage total in the aforementioned article? ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:57, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/WilliamH

How did you almost beat the nom? You were three days late. :P « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 15:12, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

It should be something like "I would have beat the nom if support votes were allowed before the RFA is transcluded by !voters other than the nominator, who cheated by nom supporting several days back support." :-) « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 19:21, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Excluding this reply, yes. I knew the blinking notice at the top wasn't big and colorful enough. :-) « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 19:41, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Done. Last reply on your talk page :P « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 16:48, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Hudson valley

I'll be offering my assistance after the 11th if that's okay. Sorry for the delay so far. Rud get 20:25, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/HMS Ark Royal (91)

Your comments regarding the standard of work at HMS Ark Royal (91) have been answered at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/HMS Ark Royal (91), but a little more input is needed before those comments can be properly acted upon. Could you please swing by? -- saberwyn 05:50, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

New FA-Team mission needs your help!

Félix Houphouët-Boigny needs to be copyedited and peer reviewed. We would appreciate any and all help from the crack members of the FA-Team! Sign up here. Merci! Awadewit (talk) 12:09, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

No problem

You are very welcome - I gave the IP address a baltant vandal warning so they can be blocked for any more naughtiness (kids today!) Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 20:22, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks!

Thank you...

...for participating in my RfA, which closed with 119 in support, 4 neutral and 5 opposes. I'm honestly overwhelmed at the level of support that I've received from the community, and will do my best to maintain the trust placed in me. I 'm also thankful to those who opposed or expressed a neutral position, for providing clear rationales and superb feedback for me to build on. I've set up a space for you to provide any further feedback or thoughts, should you feel inclined to. However you voted, thanks for taking the time out to contribute to the process, it's much appreciated. Kind regards, Gazi moff 21:23, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Whoops

Gah, I can't believe I forgot about that again. Off to work... Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 13:38, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Looks like I'll be reminding you every day from now on. :)

We're getting closer. I've been working on the "Location: " item, filling it in with a hierarchy of the regions (and/or bodies of water) each country is located within. Check 'em out and let me know what you think.

Also, we could sure use your help on the administrative divisions and government sections!!!!

For speed on the administrative divisions sections, split the task up... Do the little hierarchical list of administrative districts first (for all of the countries). Then fix the subheadings for the administrative divisions section for all the countries. Then add the maps and lists of administrative districts (easier to do these two in the same step).

I've been using Wikipedia:OTS#Tabs_and_tabbing including Linky (for Firefox), a combination I find much faster than AWB for many tasks. Have fun. :)

You are using Firefox, aren't you? If not, you should install it right away, and Linky too!

The Transhumanist 22:32, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Doing. And wow, Linky is fast! Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 23:18, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Don't flatter yourself ...

[1] the only one? Nah I hit ones like that daily. Seriously though I have just have to choose which version of 2400 articles for the Schools Wikipedia and you are one of the most reliable editors out there. Keep it up. --BozMo talk 12:21, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Don't flatter yourself, part II

(just kidding)

By the way, I noticed you removed a whole section from Wikipedia:WikiProject Topical outlines/Draft/Topical outline of Palau.

Palau definitely has administrative divisions.

I've restored the section and have filled it in. It could use some finishing touches though. (hint hint).

Some countries don't have administrative divisions (subdivisions with a local government). For those, don't erase the subheading. Instead, keep it, and under it place "None.".

Have fun, and keep up the general good work.

The Transhumanist 04:59, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

List of basic France topics

I've been working on this one to show what a complete list of this type should look like.

Feel free to pick one of the others in article space, and finish it up. ;)

For your convenience, here they are:

Have fun!

The Transhumanist 04:59, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Municipalities

In the administrative division sections, we need to keep "municipalities" for nearly all the countries (almost all countries have them - cities, towns, and/or villages - except city states).

Doesn't Palestine have towns and villages?

The Transhumanist 00:09, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Wow, these lists are a lot more work than I thought! Anyway, I'm not sure how I missed those divisions of Palau. And about the municipalities, I got the impression that the Municipalities subsection is only for divisions designated as such. I didn't know that it applied to all towns and cities in general.

Also, I just came back from vacation, so I'll be back to working on the lists after I catch up for a day or so. Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 18:28, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Now you know why we need lots of people working on them.

I hope you had a fun vacation.

Sorry about the ambiguity on the municipalities.

Having fun yet?

Hopefully when Around the World is underway, we'll have a lot more people working on these pages, which should speed things up.

The Transhumanist 23:14, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Hurricanes FLC

Hi Julian, just a quick word to let you know I archived your FLC today as it had not gained any support (a common problem these days).... let me know if you disagree or anything! All the best. 07:26, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Doesn't mean you can't renominate it though......! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:30, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou

Just a little note to say thankyou for participating in my successful RFA candidacy, which passed with 96 supports, 0 opposes, and 1 neutral. I am pleasantly taken aback by the amount of support for me to contribute in an administrative role and look forward to demonstrating that such faith is well placed. Regards, WilliamH (talk) 11:31, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Pittsburghese Inquiry

Hello. Can you explain why you removed the reference to "Catapult Soul"? There wasn't a note about it. Also, "Catapult Soul" really does contain more Pittsburghese than any other piece of literature (It's a published book that's over 1,000 pgs). So it's a fact and a perfect example of what the dialect is really like (as opposed to what's written below it: just listing words and phonetics). From what I read in the wiki instructions, we are allowed to include anything that would be found in an encyclopedia. This is more than worthy, especially since he is a Pittsburgher, so is there a better way to re-write it? Please fill me in on how to go about this.

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Can't start ATW until those region and government sections are done

Could sure use your help, man.

The weather will still be there when you get back.

To prevent memory lapses, perhaps tie a ribbon around each of your 10 fingers.

To speed things up, just do the hierarchical list of the administrative division types at the beginning of the section, for each of the lists.

The Transhumanist 02:32, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Edouard (2008)

I got the damage from the season article. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 17:16, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Century Mall

Pardon the intrusion but I saw that you are participating in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Century Mall and I have just completed an overhaul of the target article to both expand it and add references. I would appreciate it if you would review the article as it currently stands. Thanks. - Dravecky (talk) 21:25, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

sorry julian... that mucked up )= I'll repost soon. Itfc+canes=me (talk) 17:07, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Juliancotton, I give you this barnstar for being kind to a newbie editor and for keeping me with a coolish head. Thanks! Itfc+canes=me (talk) 17:08, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

there it is Itfc+canes=me (talk) 17:09, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Julian, thank you for your contribution to the discussion at my recent RfA. If ever you have any concerns about my actions, adminly or otherwise, don't hesitate to let me know. Best wishes, Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 23:15, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Municipalities, etc.

Wow, these lists are a lot more work than I thought! Anyway, I'm not sure how I missed those divisions of Palau. And about the municipalities, I got the impression that the Municipalities subsection is only for divisions designated as such. I didn't know that it applied to all towns and cities in general.

Also, I just came back from vacation, so I'll be back to working on the lists after I catch up for a day or so. Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 18:28, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

I hope you had a fun vacation.

Sorry about the ambiguity on the municipalities.

Having fun yet?

Hopefully when Around the World is underway, we'll have a lot more people working on these pages, which should speed things up.

The Transhumanist 23:14, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Done, finally. Are we ready to get ATW up and running yet? –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 17:07, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Wow. I'm impressed. That was a big chore.

In answer to your question, we're getting very close. But there is still some work to be done. The government branches sections need to be corrected/completed - their contents were generated using a template, but the standard data used doesn't fit all countries (not all countries have a parliament, for example). Also, we still only have one of the awards completed, with two more about half done). The Transhumanist 23:37, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Greetings from out west

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		U.S. Route 491 just reached FA status. Thanks for the WP:GAC review. Dave (talk) 02:55, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Interview

Hi. I am a contributor to WikiUpdate, a Wikiepdia podcast, and was wondering if you would like to be involved with an interview over Skype about the Tropical Cyclones Wikiproject. You seem to be one of the lead contributors, so I would appreciate it if you did. RedThunder 22:05, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Pinoy

Hi, I've rewritten Pinoy and would appreciate you revisiting Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pinoy to see if your concerns have been addressed. Banjeboi 02:38, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Effects of Hurricane Dean in the Greater Antilles

Thanks for starting the GA process. I am working on your suggestions a bit now and will let you know when I think it is up to snuff. And thanks also for the barnstar—it's nice to get positive feedback from time to time. I also have a quick question: Has Fay destroyed the NHC website? Have the panicing Floridians multitudes crashed it, or is the problem at my end? Plasticup ^T/C 17:15, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Can you take another look at the GA nomination? I have merged a number of sections and expanded others - the article looks much better now. Let me know what you think. Plasticup ^T/C 13:09, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

GA Review of 2002 Atlantic hurricane season

Hi! I have completed the GA review of 2002 Atlantic hurricane season, and the full review can be found at Talk:2002 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1. I have put the article on hold to allow you time to address the few minor issues I found in the article. If you have questions, you can ask on the review page or on my talk page. Dana boomer (talk) 14:03, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Invest (meteorology)

Hi. I've expanded the article a bit, but aren't INVESTS also labelled either S or P in the South Hemisphere and A in the North Indian Ocean, and if so where can we find a citation for this info? Thanks. ~A H 1^(TCU) 14:53, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

RFA 3

Mitchazenia would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Mitchazenia to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Juliancolton 3. If you accept the nomination, you must state and sign your acceptance. You may also choose to make a statement and/or answer the optional questions to supplement the information your nominator has given. Once you are satisfied with the page, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

Come on man, its your turn in the spotlight.Mitch32^(UP) 14:57, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

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RfA thank you

Juliancolton/Archive 7, I wish to say thanks for your support in my successful request for adminship, which ended with 82 supports, 3 opposes, and 1 neutral. I will do my best to live up to your expectations. I would especially like to thank Rlevse for nominating me and Wizardman for co-nominating me.
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GA Review of Tropical Storm Hermine (2004)

Hi! I just wanted to let you know that I have completed the GA review of Tropical Storm Hermine (2004), with the full review being located at Talk:Tropical Storm Hermine (2004)/GA1. There are just a couple of minor issues to address, and so I have put the article on hold to allow you time. Let me know if you have any questions. Dana boomer (talk) 18:57, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Status report on Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of basic topics#Basic topics lists for countries

There is only one section left (including its subsections) that needs to be completed before the pages are ready for Around the World:

Branches of the government of x
- Executive branch of the government of x
- Legislative branch of the government of x
- Judicial branch of the government of x

There are a few more things that need to be completed before the lists can be moved into the main namespace:

Fill in the blanks, and blank [[]]'s
- Population:
- Size:
- "(specific elections)" needs to be replaced by links to specific elections (by year, usually)
- International organization membership
- Commander-in-chief: [[]]
- Economic rank:
- Currency of x:
Blue-linking (creating redirects for) standardized items for which the articles' names are not standardized:
Fix other temporary links
- World Heritage sites in x (they all point to the same place, and need to be fixed)
- "Capital of x" needs to be replaced with the actual capital name
Material in the lead paragraph(s) that is covered in the body of the list needs to be removed from (or moved from) the lead.
Fill in the External Links section

Moving these lists into the main namespace could have a huge impact on their development, because then each list will fall under the scope of the WikiProjects of the respective countries. That's a lot of WikiProjects that may become involved with refining and maintaining these lists.

The move will be accompanied with the placing of new sections on each of the WikiProject pages, their talk pages, placing banners on the talk pages of each list, and including links to these lists in hatnotes on the relevant articles and portals, and placing section links in the see also sections of relevant articles (Geography of x, Military of x, etc.). Lots of AWB work.

The Transhumanist 00:20, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Timeline of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season

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Hi! I just wanted to let you know that I have completed the GA review for Tropical Storm Cristobal (2008), with the full review being located at Talk:Tropical Storm Cristobal (2008)/GA1. I have put the article on hold to allow you time to deal with a few minor concerns. If you have any questions, let me know on the review page or on my talk page. Thank you! Dana boomer (talk) 12:33, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

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RfA co-nom

Hi JC, I've accepted the noms from you and Majorly, and look forward to seeing how it goes. :-) Thanks a lot for the nomination, Jamie^☆S93 20:31, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Pittsburghese Inquiry

I'm sorry, I use Huggle when reverting vandalism (not saying your edit was vandalism), so it's hard for me to keep track of what I revert. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 13:07, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

How could this be improved?

By the way, why did you revert the edit? (it's here, didn't take me long to find) -- Gurch (talk) 22:47, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure how that could be improved; it's mostly a matter of I just revert vandalism without paying any attention to the article I'm reverting.

Not a good idea; the subject of the article is important for context, otherwise daft decisions are made.

The majority of the time, I just revert vandalism that I can tell at a glance is blatant vandalism (emoticons, profanity, all caps). I'll keep that in mind, though. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 23:02, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

So when later queried, I find it difficult to recover the revision in question.

That's what the page history is for. :)

True :) –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 23:02, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

The only solution would be to add a notice somewhere that would request diffs when commenting on an edit.

As for your other question, that edit clearly wasn't vandalism, and was almost certainly a case where I accidentally pressed the revert button rather than the show next edit button right next to it. This is where I think Huggle could be improved somewhat, as I've experienced this issue a number of times before. Would there be a way to distance the two buttons a little bit? –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 22:54, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Use the keyboard shortcuts, Space is a long way from 'Q'. I already made those two buttons bigger than the others so they were easier to press, any bigger and the interface wouldn't fit properly at low screen resolutions -- Gurch (talk) 22:58, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, I guess I never thought twice about using the keyboard shortcuts...I always just used the bar at the top. I'll try that next time. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 23:02, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

A request

Since others are doing it, I might as well try. You know how this works. If you watch this page, ~~~~. Thanks, –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 15:07, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

I don't have it watchlisted, though I visit fairly often. Does that count? :) The Transhumanist 21:04, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
{{sofixit}} and watchlist the page, then! ;) –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 21:06, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
But I'm a manual browser, for the most part. I like to traverse Wikipedia from page to page, using its link structure (menus, see also sections, embedded links, lists, etc.). I've got you on a special list, for example - to remind me to contact you regularly. Speaking of which... The Transhumanist 21:11, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Oldschool; that's fine too. :) Though by the looks of this thread in the past several hours, not many people watchlist this page either... –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 21:14, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Oh, don't get all "left out" Julian. I'm on your case... The Rambling Man (talk) 21:16, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
I might as well... Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 21:19, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
I saw this too ;-) Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 22:35, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Malinaccier (talk) 23:07, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Yep, I stalk it. ;-) Jamie^☆S93 15:38, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Next task

Here's an easy one...

The World Heritage links (there are two on each list, in different sections) are screwed up. They all point to the same page, but that's incorrect for all the countries except those in the Americas. The links need to be fixed to point to the correct page - whichever one the country is listed on:

For the countries that don't have World Heritage Sites, the entries need to be changed to "World Heritage Sites in x: None".

The Transhumanist 21:22, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

I'll get to it as soon as I figure out what exactly is wrong with the links

–Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 22:01, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. Most of them point to List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas, which is not the right page for any country elsewhere in the world. Some of them have been fixed, but most haven't. Keep in mind that some countries don't have any World Heritage Sites at all, and need to state: "World Heritage Sites: None". The Transhumanist 23:11, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

A little off-topic

It's probably getting off-topic for the current discussion in Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_adminship, but, sure, I've seen cases where young admins caused problems. Off the top of my memory, I can remember seeing what I considered bad behavior from Sceptre, Mongo, Jeffrey Gustafson, Betacommand, Zoe, Alkivar.. there are probably more. Also, I'm not sure how old all these people are- in some cases, I assumed they were teenagers from how they acted. I'm reasonably confident at least a few of them are, but I could be wrong on some of them too. Heck, in that very thread, Majorly is acting like a teenager right now. There's no lack of evidence here. Friday (talk) 21:38, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, would you accept a mature Wikipedia admin who was 17, and wasn't the most mature in real life? That would really be discriminate. I am not saying your actions are, but I really thinking that age discrimination should be outlawed here on Wiki.Mitch32^(UP) 21:45, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Félix Houphouët-Boigny

You signed up to work on Félix Houphouët-Boigny, an FA-Team mission. After undergoing a thorough peer review and GA review, the article has been much improved. Now we need to copyedit - come join the party! Awadewit (talk) 09:56, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Main page redesign

Hello, Juliancolton! Wikipedia:2008 main page redesign proposal was recently cleared of all design entries. You may want to re-enter your design(s), based on the details here. (You can see the old list of designs here). NOTE: A survey was conducted on what users wanted to see in the new main page, you can see the results here. Nick Penguin_(contribs) 01:54, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Userboxes

Do you know how to make userboxes?

Perhaps you could make one for Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of basic topics?

Also, you've done so much work on geography pages lately, that you could proudly display this on your user page:

This user is a member of the
Geography WikiProject.

The Transhumanist 23:33, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

List of basic Thailand topics

Completed this one enough to move it to article space.

It desperately needs maps and pics.

(hint hint)

The Transhumanist 00:10, 31 August 2008 (UTC)