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AFC Backlog

Articles for Creation urgently needs YOUR help! Articles for Creation is desperately short of reviewers! We are looking for urgent help, from experienced editors, in reviewing submissions in the pending submissions queue. Currently there are 1815 submissions waiting to be reviewed and many help requests at our Help Desk. Do you have what it takes? Are you familiar with Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines? Do you know what Misplaced Pages is and is not? Do you have a working knowledge of the Manual of Style, particularly article naming conventions? Are you autoconfirmed? Can you review submissions based on their individual merits? If the answer to these questions is yes, then please read the reviewing instructions and donate a little of your time to helping tackle the backlog. You might wish to add {{AFC status}} or {{AfC Defcon}} to your userpage, which will alert you to the number of open submissions. PS: we have a great AFC helper script at User:Timotheus Canens/afchelper4.js which helps in reviewing in just few edits easily! We would greatly appreciate your help. Currently, only a small handful of users are reviewing articles. Any help, even if it's just 2 or 3 reviews, it would be extremely beneficial. On behalf of the Articles for Creation project, TheSpecialUser

Rio Alto Mining

Hey Greg,

I am the author of the Rio Alto Mining page you highlighted for deletion. Please pardon me, that article is my first Misplaced Pages page I have written. That said, I believe the topic is notable -- according to the Misplaced Pages corporation guidelines, almost all public corporations are notable, and Rio Alto is much larger in terms of market capitalization and net income than many other comparable companies that also have Misplaced Pages articles.

Given that it was my first article, I am not especially familiar with what makes a good Misplaced Pages article. I copied the template for the existing Iamgold (another Canadian gold miner) article and updated the information so as to be relevant to Rio Alto. I am happy to edit the article in whatever way necessary so as to be credible and not promotional. Please advise me as to what I should do in order to avoid deletion of the article. Thanks.

Speedy Deletion

Hi GregJackP,

I've removed your notice for speedy deletion on the Amfisound article as I felt it was unjustified. I've added 3rd party references to the article now and I believe that the article is as relevant as any guitar-manufacturing company out there. There are a couple of well-known artists listed on the article page that makes it relevant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OneArchetype (talk • contribs) 12:47, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

OK, we'll do an AfD on it. Thanks, GregJackP Boomer! 12:56, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by OneArchetype (talk • contribs) 13:11, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

A question

Hey Greg. I see that you applied for the Imperial Napoleonic Triple Crown, but I have a doubt. Counting your Valiant Return, Standard Crown and current submission, you have registered a total of 3 DYK, 4 GA and 2 FC pieces. However, the Imperial Napoleonic Triple Crown is for 5 to 14 pieces of content. My mind says that, given that you are asking for an upgrade, you might have meant the Imperial Triple Crown Jewels? Otherwise, you'd need a further GA and three more FCs to apply for the Napoleonic one ;) Let me know which one is the one you want. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ 05:24, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

It's a typo - it is for whichever one that 2 sets of content earn. I probably should stop posting stuff after the second scotch, but what can I say? :p It is easier to blame that than admit that I made an error... LOL GregJackP Boomer! 05:29, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Heh, thank you for correcting it. I can now safely award you without giving you the Genghis Khan one by mistake :p — ΛΧΣ 17:17, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Triple Crown

Main Page appearance: Ex parte Crow Dog

This is a note to let the main editors of Ex parte Crow Dog know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on October 8, 2013. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask Bencherlite (talk · contribs). You can view the TFA blurb at Misplaced Pages:Today's featured article/October 8, 2013. If it needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Misplaced Pages:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Ex parte Crow Dog is an 1883 decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that followed the death of one member of a Native American tribe at the hands of another on reservation land. Crow Dog (pictured) was a member of the Brulé band of the Lakota Sioux. On August 5, 1881, he shot and killed Spotted Tail, a Lakota chief; there are different accounts of the background to the killing. The tribal council dealt with the incident according to Sioux tradition, and Crow Dog paid restitution to the dead man's family. However, the U.S. authorities then prosecuted Crow Dog for murder in a federal court. He was found guilty and sentenced to hang. The Supreme Court held that unless authorized by Congress, federal courts had no jurisdiction to try cases where the offense had already been tried by the tribal council, and so Crow Dog was released. The case led to the Major Crimes Act in 1885, which placed 15 major crimes under federal jurisdiction if committed by an Indian against another Indian on a reservation or tribal land. This case was the beginning of the plenary power legal doctrine that has been used in Indian case law to limit tribal sovereignty. (Full article...)

UcuchaBot (talk) 23:03, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you so much

Hi Greg. I must thank you kindly for tagging this cat for CSD. I was going to bring it to WP:CFD after the relevant discussions were closed, but CSD seems more appropriate. I really appreciate your efforts looking out for others. It restores my faith in the project. I was looking at your DYK's, GA's, FA's, Triple Crown and Four Award. Wow, that's impressive. The project is really lucky to have your support. I know that I'm very grateful you're here. You're a generous person and I thank you very much. 64.40.54.151 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:57, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Another night time question

If you have a moment could you look at another picture on Talk:Battle_for_Jerusalem. Many thanks. Padres Hana (talk) 18:43, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Sorry. I looked at it, but really can't tell if it were Arab Legion 25 pounders or not. GregJackP Boomer! 18:55, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Another night time shelling question

If you have a moment could you look at another picture on Talk:Battle_for_Jerusalem. Many thanks. Padres Hana (talk) 18:45, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Feedback on Ex parte Crow Dog

Hi, GJP. I have been reading the new article (congrats!) as time permits. Being a newer Misplaced Pages editor, question: Where do I post comments? Here? On the article's talk page? Thanks. Lightbreather (talk) 22:36, 25 September 2013 (UTC)