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== March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive ==

It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:

*This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Misplaced Pages Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
*Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
*The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
*An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.

Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.

More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the ]. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.

I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!

--Dom497

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Oh my, does that mean there's an admin watching over my page? ;) ResMar 01:29, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXI, December 2012

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Hey

I just saw your post at WT:FA; I believe schizophrenia has been through a few FARs. I'm not sure if it was ever delisted, but it's definitely been rehauled several times over its history. I think it's a great place to start. ceranthor 04:34, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Good to see you're still out and about. ResMar 14:38, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
Consistency: Mauna Loa needs some for units. Can't keep switching between km and mi, and abbr and non-abbr. ceranthor 23:42, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
Ah you mean in the later sections ;) Haven't gotten that far yet, hehe. ResMar 03:18, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Merry Xmas

Merry antipodean Xmas
hope yours is/was fun, and you had a good turkey :) Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 07:04, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
Haha thanks. ResMar 14:38, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Seems a bit overdue

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
In recognition of your unfailing dedication to improving Hawaiian volcanism articles, which I feel I have taken for granted for far too long. Thank you for your service! ceranthor 20:45, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Well that's an unexpected surprise. Thanks! ResMar 21:00, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

The WikiProject: Good Articles Newsletter (January 2013)

The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
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Ultra listing tweak

Quick question. Should I go ahead and do this to all the US ultra prominent peaks? I had considered doing it like that anyway. --RacerX Talk to me 03:24, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

I think you should, avoids unnecessary clutter in infoboxes and is aesthetically smoother as well. Don't ask me what the Mountains project standard for this is, though, I haven't a clue, lol. ResMar 03:29, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
I was following the style of the Canadian ultras, though I hadn't decided the approach to use for the rest of the world's ultras. This could be the route I go with. I agree that it is aethetically more pleasing. Coincidentally I am actively trying to make other mountain infoboxes look cleaner, but I guess I went backwards on this set. It just never sat well with that we put a link to Ultra prominent peak (displayed as Ultra) at the 'listing' parameter; and I felt the Canadian ultras had it right, linking to List of Ultras of Canada in their infoboxes. --RacerX Talk to me 03:41, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
I agree with you, guess that means I should go change the Mauna Kea infobox too, haha. Perhaps you should bring it up on the project or infobox talk page? If you haven't already; I haven't checked. ResMar 03:48, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
No I haven't but I should and will now that you mention it. Thnx. RacerX Talk to me 04:04, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

tks for map

... in Taiwanese aborigines. • Serviceable†Villain 12:16, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diligence
Many thanks for taking the trouble to explain User:Dapete/ImageMapEdit.js to me, for adding an imagemap to and informing me of an error in Template:Volcanic Eruption Map, and for creating File:Hawaii_Volcanoes_Hazard_Map.svg — I like it! cmɢʟee୯ ͡° ̮د ͡° ੭ 14:43, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
Thank you :) ResMar 15:19, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Copyedit query

Fascinating article. One query: "in neither case are the editors beholden to vetting the sourcing of the article in question (they rarely do; otherwise who would bother?)" I don't think you are using "beholden" correctly here, and I don't understand the "otherwise who would bother". Could you have a look? Best, Andreas JN466 20:17, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

I use beholden in the sense that irregardless of what the GA standards have to say on verifiability, reviewers are not truly obligated (synonymous) to do so. As for the latter point, I've added a note qualifying the statement. ResMar 20:24, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
I understand what you mean, but usually, you are beholden to someone–beholden means pretty much the same as "indebted" or "obliged (to someone)" (as in "much obliged to you"). See http://en.wiktionary.org/beholden
Up to you, but to me it sounds off, especially as the rest of the article is so well written. Andreas JN466 20:32, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
Hmm. I see your point; I'll make the change. ResMar 20:34, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
Great. --Andreas JN466 20:36, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
Heh. ResMar 20:37, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

You know, as for checking sources in GA reviews, there is this nugget in the relevant guideline, Misplaced Pages:Reviewing_good_articles: Ideally, a reviewer will have access to all of the source material, and sufficient expertise to verify that the article reflects the content of the sources; this ideal is not often attained (my emphasis).

It then goes on to say, At a bare minimum, check that the sources used are reliable (for example, blogs are not usually reliable sources) and that those you can access support the content of the article (for example, inline citations lead to sources which agree with what the article says) and are not plagiarized (for example, close paraphrasing of source material should only be used where appropriate, with in text attribution if necessary).

I am a little bit wary that you might get a few complaints from GA reviewers if you imply too strongly that they generally don't bother to read the sources. I think what is definitely the case is that the process is very, very patchy, especially given that anyone can do it, regardless of how competent they are, and that only one editor's word is enough to pass an article. But I also know that there are GA reviewers who are quite meticulous about reading the sources and checking that the article content matches (I certainly did that on the few GAs I have reviewed).

In case you haven't seen it, there was also a discussion about the hoax problem here a few weeks ago. A change was made to the guideline as a result. Hope that helps. Regards, Andreas JN466 21:55, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

I made further qualifications to the footnote, but I'm hesitant to change the statement since it's still broadly true. If regular vetting was going on and things were still slipping through, it would be significantly scarier; besides, I'm entitled to my opinion here :) Cheers, ResMar 22:24, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
No prob. :) Note that Kalnapilis wasn't a featured article, nor a TFA: it was merely a DYK (the article was recently expanded). Here is where it was added to the German DYK template. The article is still accessible in the German Misplaced Pages's humour archive: http://de.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Humorarchiv/Bon%C5%8D_Pus%C4%AB_Kalnapilis It's a pity, because it made a nice ending ... but it should be fixed. Best, Andreas JN466 01:45, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Ugh, good thing you caught that error or that would have been embarrassing. ResMar 02:06, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Loa

I'm glad to see you're still up for this - I'm going to try and help you as best as I can. ceranthor 13:00, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

It's coming along, little by little. All the geology and volcanology stuff is done, human history is about halfway there, and then there's Ecology and maybe Tourism that needs to be done, not to mention all the spiffing up. ResMar 13:46, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
(if you want to contribute, I'm all for it, working on the article is grinding) ResMar 15:04, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK Nomination

Hi Resident Mario,

Thanks for reviewing my DYK nomination for the article on Elizabeth Wolley today. I asked there if you'd mind taking a look at my Walter Buckler DYK nomination if you have time, and it occurs to me that you perhaps wouldn't have seen my comment there, so I'm leaving a note on your Talk page. Best, NinaGreen (talk) 03:10, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Just from a quick scan, your lead is far too short to adequately cover the article. I'll take a look. ResMar 04:06, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013

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Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013

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DYK for Jacob Little

Updated DYK queryOn 21 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jacob Little, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that famed speculator Jacob Little, the Great Bear of Wall Street, died a broken man after making and losing several fortunes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jacob Little. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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.
Orlady (talk) 16:03, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Your last op-ed

Hi,

I translated your last op-ed for my fellows on the French Misplaced Pages : La fabrication des canulars. Nice article.

Regards,

Cantons-de-l'Est (talk) 03:13, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

=-) ResMar 03:26, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Op-ed

Hello there! Thanks for writing an op-ed. I have to admit though, I haven't read it all. I don't exactly think the phrase, "dearth of vandalism lasting more than a few seconds" is accurate. I just happened to go check for vandalism, and I found two examples (1, 2) that lasted over two hours. Why do you think vandalism is no longer a major problem? I am wondering where those statistics or that idea comes from. As you can see here, I've been interested in this idea previously. (I'm not just randomly complaining to you.) =) Biosthmors (talk) 04:39, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Well, those two edits are more exceptions than rules, aren't they? As West said, 40% of vandalism is now handled by bots—that's no small number, and the implementation and refinement of manual tools and automatic bots have done a lot. Nonetheless, I don't state that it's not a major problem, only that it's less of one. ResMar 02:37, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. I doubt we have good data on the problem. :-/ Biosthmors (talk) 18:06, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIII, February 2013

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Good Article Nominations Request For Comment

A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXIV, March 2013

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Jacob Little

I added a bit to the Jacob Little article and added some comments here. Ruhrfisch ><>° 14:00, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Ok, I've gone through it. ResMar 15:13, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXV, April 2013

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXVI, May 2013

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List of volcanoes in the Hawaiian – Emperor seamount chain

Hi. I think it may serve to cool tempers if you contributed to the discussion on the talk page. Simply reverting what appears to be a constructive and sensible edit without any acknowledgement to the other editor (other than "shove off and stop destroying content") is not helpful and displays a significant amount of article ownership. A little discussion goes a long way! --Escape Orbit 23:27, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

I don't care what x or y is saying on the talk page. They have an issue, they bring it up on the FLR. They started it, they may as well bloody well finish it. Besides, I'm penning a request to ANI at the moment. ResMar 23:33, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre

Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
  • Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
  • Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
  • Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.

A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)

This message was sent out by --EdwardsBot (talk) 01:08, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages the nanny state? ResMar 03:34, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXVII, June 2013

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Renovation

Hi, I came here from this page, asking for help in sprucing up my talk page. Then I saw that was inactive, and followed the link to your page, to ask you the same: please could you renovate my talk page, with something that goes with my user page? Anything will be much appreciated, Matty.007 14:43, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXVIII, July 2013

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DYK RfC

  • As a listed GA participant, you are invited to contribute to a formal Request for Comment on the question of whether Good Articles should be eligible to appear in the Did You Know? slot in future. Please see the proposal on its subpage here, or on the main DYK talk page. To add the discussion to your watchlist, click this link. Thank you in advance. Gilderien Chat|Contributions02:57, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

Ping

I sent you an email. ceranthor 14:45, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIX, August 2013

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WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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Books and Bytes: The Misplaced Pages Library Newsletter

Books and Bytes

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Portal:U2 for peer review

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GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive

Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!

In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.

At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:08, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive

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The Misplaced Pages Library Survey

As a subscriber to one of The Misplaced Pages Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi 15:26, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

The Teamwork Barnstar
Thank you for your help contributing towards the Main Page Featured Portal drive, the (now successful) initiative to get all portals linked from the top-right corner of the Main Page to Featured Portal quality status. Your contributions towards this effort are most appreciated! — Cirt (talk) 17:48, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
Nice to see this get completed; a bit surprised too since my singular contribution to this effort occurred very nearly two years ago. How time flies! Guess I'll go dust off the trophy cabinet, and return to my previous level of - in - activity. Thanks as always, Cirt. ResMar 05:35, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
You are most welcome! I hope you and your family are well during this holiday season, — Cirt (talk) 04:58, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Shield volcano graphic

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The Bugle: Issue XCIV, January 2014

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A beer for you!

Thanks for time you put into reviewing, passing, and copyediting Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles. Your help was very much appreciated! EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 05:08, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive

It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:

  • This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Misplaced Pages Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
  • Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
  • The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
  • An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.

Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.

More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.

I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!

--Dom497

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)