| Revision as of 03:12, 23 January 2022 view sourceLowercase sigmabot III (talk | contribs)Bots, Template editors2,293,095 editsm Archiving 2 discussion(s) to User talk:Eric Corbett/Archives/2021/December) (bot← Previous edit |
Latest revision as of 15:08, 17 December 2024 view source Ealdgyth (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Administrators152,941 edits Happy Holidays! |
| (28 intermediate revisions by 11 users not shown) |
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
|
<!--{{Notice|The Wikimedia Foundation is not a software development organisation, and ought not to be pretending to be one. Let's try and make that clear to them by a regular Monday boycott until they come to their senses.}} |
|
<!--{{Notice|The Wikimedia Foundation is not a software development organisation, and ought not to be pretending to be one. Let's try and make that clear to them by a regular Monday boycott until they come to their senses.}} |
|
{{#ifeq: {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} | Monday | {{wikibreak|message=It's Monday now, so I'll be gone until tomorrow.}} |}}--> |
|
{{#ifeq: {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} | Monday | {{wikibreak|message=It's Monday now, so I'll be gone until tomorrow.}} |}}--> |
|
<!--<center> |
|
<!--<center> |
| Line 250: |
Line 250: |
|
{{-}} |
|
{{-}} |
|
|
|
|
|
== You ass. == |
|
== TFA == |
|
|
|
|
|
I just sat down and read the entirety of ], something I rarely do, preferring to bounce around an article. But I soaked up the prose, start to finish, inspired by a program I was watching on ] called ''Pioneering the American Frontier'', which touched on the event, but told me no more than I already knew, so I came to Misplaced Pages to read up a bit. So I read, and I'm impressed with the level of detail and quality of prose, as well as the overall flow, so I look at the top, knowing this must be an FA, and of course it was. I wanted to look up the person who brought it to FA (and TFA, I found along the way), to leave a nice note complimenting them on the fine work. Truly one of our better articles, hands down. And it was you. |
|
|
|
|
|
Now, the reason I'm calling you an ass isn't because of the fine work, it's because of you inability to play nice, which I know you despise. You and I worked together on ] (FA/TFA), ] (GA) and ] (GA) was solid work, but Donner Party is truly a stunning story, and your work here was truly stellar. There are so many other articles could have been, which is a purely selfish sentiment, but still true. I know you check here every now and then, so know that I hope that life is treating you well, old friend. ] - ] 02:59, 29 December 2021 (UTC) |
|
|
: I hope Moni and Karanacs get some credit for the Donner Party :). There once was teamwork towards beautiful FAs, and when that team joined forces, Katie bar the doors. Merry Christmas, Eric; miss you like heck in here, but never got around to a Christmas card this year. ] (]) 03:06, 29 December 2021 (UTC) |
|
|
::See Eric, some still love you around here! ] (]) 03:07, 29 December 2021 (UTC) |
|
|
:Not meaning to take away anyone else's credit, it's always a group effort, I'm just always maddened that I never got the chance to do more automotive articles with Eric. Honestly, I learned more from working with Eric than everyone else put together, and that is not hyperbole. I just wasn't ready to stop. ] - ] 19:41, 29 December 2021 (UTC) |
|
|
:I just read the Donner Party article again, after having moved to ] and then enduring a blizzard that knocked out our power for four days. The thing that I am most curious about is details about Bear Valley, which is mentioned many times in the article as the refuge that the survivors struggled to reach. There are three other, much more notable ] in California, but I am reasonably sure that this reference is to a valley formed by the ], which currently divides ] and ]. This is consistent with a location downhill from the ] I have driven across this river many times in recent years, and often think of the Donner Party when crossing its various bridges. But I do not know how far upriver or downriver this valley was located, or what sort of accommodations were available there back in the winter of 1846-1847. Is it the current location of Rollins Reservoir near ]? I have read some mentions of a Native American village but suspect that there was some small white settlement there as well. I would like to learn more. It is a very good article, and you are missed, Eric. ] (]) 05:37, 31 December 2021 (UTC) |
|
|
{{User QAIbox |
|
{{User QAIbox |
|
|
| image = Sunflower against sky, Ehrenbach.jpg |
|
| title = ] |
|
|
| image = Forest in snow, Engenhahn.jpg |
|
|
| image_upright = 0.8 |
|
| image_upright = 0.8 |
|
|
| bold = ] · ] · ] |
|
| bold = in friendship |
|
|
}} |
|
}} |
|
|
Thank you today for your share in ], introduced (in 2010) by your conom: "I am nominating this for featured article because... it's not a bishop! Or a horse! Actually, it's horse related. Although one of the more obscure episodes in Thoroughbred history, it details an attempt by the English Thoroughbred breeding establishment to ensure the "purity" of their breed. However, it never really worked as they intended, and eventually was repealed. Although it's popularly known as an "Act" it was never actually legislation, just a rule for the registration of horses, not enforced by any governmental authority. It's been copyedited by Malleus, who also graciously helped with the English research on the subject. Photos should be good, as I took one and the other is from 1857! Malleus should be considered a co-nom."! - I miss you. -- ] (]) 07:10, 8 September 2024 (UTC) |
|
], and you are missed. --] (]) 14:50, 6 January 2022 (UTC) |
|
|
|
|
|
::For me, it's ] and the ] that I recall reading from start to finish in an engaging session, and realising most of the heavy lifting had been done by Eric. I've also had first-hand experience with Eric getting involved in GA reviews such as ] and ], where he gets right the heart of what the process is for, which is to make the article better, address the factual accuracy, and copyedit things up front to be tighter and more appropriately presented for the reader. And like ], I'm peeved that I never got to do another London or Manchester architecture article with Eric, as I'm sure there was another one waiting in the wings. And similarly, what finally turned me against Eric is when he went for completely the wrong target and insulted someone who's done great work on the encyclopedia ''and'' has become one our of better admins too. |
|
|
|
==Io Saturnalia!== |
|
::The problem with Eric is that he ''did'' ], was ] and checkuser blocked. I don't think Eric ever appealed a common-or-garden admin block, so the odds of him appealing a checkuser block to Arbcom are approximately zero. He's gone for good. ] ] ] 11:58, 7 January 2022 (UTC) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
{| style="border:2px ; background-color: #FF0000;" |
|
|
|rowspan="2" valign="right" | ] |
|
|
|rowspan="2" | |
|
|
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 2; vertical-align: left; height: 1.1em;" | '''Io, ]!''' |
|
|
|- |
|
|
|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. ] (]) 15:08, 17 December 2024 (UTC) |
|
|
|} |
.jpg)