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Re: Admin coaching

Thanks! Midorihana 01:39, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Keilana. I've created User:Moonriddengirl/Admin with the thought that it may be easier to "watch" this conversation there. :) --Moonriddengirl 02:37, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Ugh

There's only 2 votes in that RFAR not 3. — Rlevse • Talk • 03:37, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Someone fixed it already. — Rlevse • Talk • 03:41, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Was about to tell you the same thing, no problem. ;) — Save_Us † 03:47, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Admin coaching

Hello Keilana. I read the discussion between you and User:Moonriddengirl. I have a great respect for both of you. I would also like to become an admin someday. Can you help me? I don't want any 'formal coaching'. I just want some useful tips. By the way, you know me as an editor. How do you rate my performance? Your comment will be very helpful. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 07:55, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Cannon FAC

Yeah thanks, i was talking to AndonicO on MSN and he told me to withdraw the FAC but not to delete the FAC page. I don't know anything on cannons or where to look about them.  Sunderland06  19:39, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter

The March 2008 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is ready! Dr. Cash (talk) 06:02, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

The Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Good articles Newsletter

The WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter Volume I, No. 5 - March 2008 February issue | April issue Project News There are currently 3,647 Good Articles listed at WP:GA. The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 185 unreviewed articles. Out of 237 total nominations, 42 are on hold, and 10 are under review. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance! The oldest unreviewed articles are: Ian Browne (cyclist), Tony Marchant, Reginald fitz Jocelin, Annie Russell, Brodie Croyle, and Jimmy Moore. The top five categories with the largest backlogs are: Sports and recreation (39 articles), Theatre, film, and drama (34 articles), Transport (23 articles), Music (21 articles), Politics and government (18 articles), Culture and society (13 articles), Places (13 articles), and World history (12 articles). The backlog at Good Article Reassessment currently stands at 13 articles up for re-review. If every participant of WikiProject Good Articles could review just one article in the next week, the backlog would be almost eliminated! GA Sweeps Update Two members joined the sweeps team this month. They are Jwanders and jackyd101. Jwanders swept Physics sub-category quickly and is now sweeping "Astronomy and astrophysics". Meanwhile, jackyd101 is sweeping "Armies, military units and legal issues". During February, 66 Good Articles were reviewed. Including those articles that were under GAR or on hold, 33 were kept as GA, 21 delisted, 17 currently on hold or at GAR, and 1 was exempted as they are now Featured Articles. Reviewer of the Month Blnguyen is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for February, based on the assessments made by Epbr123 on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Blnguyen is from South Australia and has been editing Misplaced Pages since 2005. He was also the reviewer for the month of December 2007, so this marks the second time that he has been GAN's Top Reviewer for the Month. Congratulations to our GAN Reviewer of the Month for February! Other outstanding reviewers recognized during the month of January include: Blnguyen (talk · contribs) David Fuchs (talk · contribs) Derek.cashman (talk · contribs) Dihydrogen Monoxide (talk · contribs) Calbear22 (talk · contribs) Ealdgyth (talk · contribs) Jackturner3 (talk · contribs) TimVickers (talk · contribs) VanTucky (talk · contribs) Wrad (talk · contribs) Member News There are now 185 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 9 new members that joined during the month of February: Bibliomaniac15 (talk · contribs) Canyouhearmenow (talk · contribs) Chrisisinchrist (talk · contribs) Ed! (talk · contribs) Juliancolton (talk · contribs) Kakofonous (talk · contribs) LOTRrules (talk · contribs) Matthewedwards (talk · contribs) Nousernamesleft (talk · contribs) Did You Know... ...that the shortest timespan for a GA to be listed and subsequently delisted is 8 minutes? (The article is Project Chanology and currently listed on WP:GAR) ...that the current nominations system started on March 10, 2006? ...that in May 2006, number of GA surpassed number of FA? This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all! One GA Requirement - The Lead Section By Geometry guy In this issue, we will focus on one of the requirements for good articles: a good article article should follow Misplaced Pages's guideline on lead sections. So what does this guideline say, why does it say what it does, and how can good article reviewers help? The lead section is particularly important, because for many readers, it is the only part of the article which they will read. For instance, they may have come to the article by following a wikilink in another article simply to obtain a quick overview before they continue reading the original article. They may only read the first paragraph, or even the first sentence. On the other hand, one of the joys of Misplaced Pages is the way that it embodies the endlessly branching tree of knowledge; if a lead is well written, it may encourage even such a reader to read on and learn something new. This is reflected in the terminology: "lead" is a word taken from journalism, where it recognized that many readers will only read the beginning of a newspaper article, and so it is important to convey the key points first, before going into detail. Note that "lead", in this sense, is pronounced as in "leading question" and is sometimes spelled as "lede" by journalists to distinguish it from lead, the metal, which was once very important in typesetting. Misplaced Pages supports both spellings. Misplaced Pages:Lead section is written with all this in mind, and describes two different roles for the lead: first, it should introduce the topic; second it should summarize the article. This is not always as easy as it seems; indeed, it is almost impossible to write a good lead if the article itself does not cover the topic well. It has a side benefit that an article which satisfies this guideline is probably also broad: if the lead is both a good introduction and a summary, then the article probably covers the main points. The good article process is often the first place in which an article is judged against this criterion, yet many current good articles may not meet it. A common fault is that the lead is purely an introduction, while the rest of the article contains other information, which should be summarized in the lead, but isn't. So, how can reviewers help to improve this? One approach is to read the rest of the article, and not the lead, first. Make a note of the significant points discussed in the article. There is usually at least one important issue in each section. Then, go back to the lead and ask the following questions: Does the first sentence of the lead define the topic, as described in the article? Is the most important information mentioned in the first paragraph? Is the lead a suitable length for the article? The lead guideline recommends 2–4 paragraphs depending on the article length, but judgment is more important than counting. Are each of the significant topics that you noted mentioned in the lead? If the answer to each of these questions is "yes", then the article probably meets the guideline. If not, you may be able to fix it yourself by summarizing the article. If you can't, then it suggests that there are not only problems with the lead, but also the rest of the article. That is the beauty of Misplaced Pages:Lead section. Finally, there isn't universal agreement on whether the lead should contain inline citations. As long as the material in the lead is developed and cited elsewhere in the article, then inline citation is not required. There are exceptions, the most significant being quotations and controversial material about living persons. Good luck helping more articles meet this important criterion! From the Editors Well, this is somewhat GA-related but at the same time not totally GA-related. However, I think this is important. Thanks to everyone who supported me at my 2nd RfA. It passed unanimously at 79 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral. As many are impressed by my work in Good Articles processes, I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone giving me a very enjoyable time at GA. There are 2 people that I want to explicitly say thank you to. They are Nehrams2020 and Epbr123. They patiently taught me how to do GA reviews properly in summer 2007. I couldn't achieve better without them. Now that I have the mop and the bucket, some of my time will be working on reducing Commons image backlog. Nevertheless, you will still see me once in a while in matters related to GA. OhanaUnited Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue here. Dr. Cash Contributors to this Issue Dr. Cash (Lead Editor, Distributor) OhanaUnited (GA Sweeps and Did You Know correspondent) Geometry guy (News Correspondent) Improving Misplaced Pages one article at a time since 2005! WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Misplaced Pages. Nominations: Metropolitan Club (New York City) (talk | history | start review) • Dabney Coleman (talk | history | start review) • Reichsgesetzblatt (talk | history | start review) • Interstate 85 in North Carolina (talk | history | start review) • Main Street Vehicles (talk | history | start review) Reassessment: Anarchy Online • Vampire folklore by region • American Horror Story • Henry VIII • British Library • Mikhail Gorbachev • 2017 World Series • Wilsonville, Oregon • Bleeding Through • Task forces: Project quality • Sweeps • GAN Backlog Drives • GA Cup WikiProject Good articles newsletter (last updated January 2013) Good article criteria | Statistics | GAN Report | Changes log Nominations list | edit

RE:Adminship

Thank you for your reply. Right now, I work on articles. I have created over 100 articles and made some contributions to another 100 articles. If I face any problem, I will contact you. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 06:19, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Huggle User Category

Hi there. I have seen that you use huggle by the fact that you have automatically updated the huggle white list(it does this when closing huggle). I was wondering if you would add the category ] to your user page so that it fills out and we know who actually uses huggle. If you do not want to you do not have to. I am also sorry if i have already talked to you about this or you no longer use huggle but i sent it to everyone that has edited the page since mid January. I hope we can start to fill out this category. If you would like to reply to this message then please reply on my talk page as i will probably not check here again. Thanks. ·Add§hore· /_Cont 18:27, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

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O#5

Might wanna check WP:WBFAN for your name in the near future; the FAC is going quite well. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 11:25, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Ping ;) Bernie passed too, so one of my noms got listed there. :) dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 10:36, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Requesting admin oversight

Editors are being outed and accused of sock puppetry. —Whig (talk) 19:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

My RfB

I wanted to personally thank you, Keilana, for your support in my recent RfB--and no, you do not need to samy more, you have said more than enough; more than I could expect :) . I am thankful and appreciative that you feel that I am worthy of the trust the community requires of its bureaucrats, and I hope to continue to behave in a way that maintains your trust in me and my actions. I have heard the community's voice that they require more of a presence at RfA's of prospective bureaucrats, and I will do my best over the near future to demonstrate such a presence and allow the community to see my philosophy and practices in action. I hope I can continue to count on your support when I decide to once again undergo an RfB. If you have any suggestions, comments, or constructive criticisms, please let me know via talkpage or e-mail. Thank you again. -- Avi (talk) 15:29, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The Mikey Stylez Article

I'm a little dissapointed with your decision in deleting my page. I wasn't trying to use a wikipedia as a marketing tool, I just thought it would be easy to keep my fans updated using wikipedia. I believe I have enough notability based on the big named people that I am connected/working with but your right I'm sure 1,000's of pages like mine are created daily. I'm not asking for anything, I just wanted the respect in being able to clarify myself. By the way, I guess by association you guys deleted one of my producers wikipedia pages, but he is a producer for Omarion, Marques Houston, Mila J, Keri Hilson.. His name is "Cory Bold" and his sources are on the album booklet's when you purchase the album's he produced for. The problem is a lot of you guys are ignorant and don't know who is notable or who isn't. Taking guesses and assuming they aren't before doing some research is a bit ridiculous. You said wikipedia is going downhill, and yes we are part of the problem, but don't you think you guys get on power trips and do silly things too? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.26.177.72 (talk) 20:15, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

67.52.216.5

Hello,

In regard to your blocking of the forementioned address 67.52.216.5, I would like to inform you that it is a high school network IP and is full of vandalising kids. With that said, I would like to advise you to permanently block all editing from this IP.

Americanvlad (talk) 19:09, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Adoption and article

Umm, do you have any info on this User_talk:MBisanz#Adoption_request_Re:_Incomprehensible_article between when I explained the content here and now? Like, has it developed to a point where you want me to give it my blessing :)? I really should pull that tag off my user page, since I've decided to focus more on coaching and less on adoption (I really have no idea how to adopt someone). MBisanz 03:55, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

My request for bureaucratship

Dear Keilana, thank you for taking part in my RfB. As you may know, it was not passed by bureaucrats.
I would, however, like to thank you for taking the time to voice your support, despite concerns cited by the opposition. Although RfA/B isn't really about a person, but more about the community, I was deeply touched and honoured by the outpouring of support and interest in the discussion. I can only hope that you don't feel your opinion was not considered enough - bureaucrats have to give everyone's thoughts weight.
I also hope that the results of this RfB lead to some change in the way we approach RfBs, and some thought about whether long-entrenched standards are a good thing in our growing and increasingly heterogenous community.
I was a little miserable after the results came out, so I'm going to spread the love via dancing hippos. As you do. :)
I remain eager to serve you as an administrator and as an editor. If at any point you see something problematic in my actions, please do not hesitate to call me out. ~ Riana ⁂ 13:21, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

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Cannon.

Still, 20th and 21st centuries needs work. I think that's the only thing left to work on... just don't have the time. :( I'll try to get a bit more done over the weekend. · AndonicO 08:53, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

I think the article is practically ready, with 20th/21st lagging behind slightly... we could probably take a shot at FAC tomorrow or so. · AndonicO 14:15, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Sword Searcher

Hi! Was wondering if you wouldn't mind explaining this close? Are you saying keep just because they are bundled? I did that to keep from flooding AfD with a number of related non-notable articles and thought centralized discussion would be a good thing. I ask because I don't see a single valid keep argument and huge COI among the !voters. What's the benefit in taking them immediately back to AfD? Thanks! TRAVELLINGCARI_{Tell me yours} 22:25, 15 March 2008 (UTC)