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| None of them start out looking like that: if an editor initially just chunks in some text, many others chip in to tweak it up to Signpost standards. For example, someone wrote which Karanacs, Royalbroil and I turned into ], so if you just chunk in some text as a start, others can help finish it off. Another example, I put in and Karanacs brought it up to ]. Other editors have written almost complete and clean Dispatches without much need for other editing. If you're interested, please weigh in and coordinate at ] In case you're interested, you could just begin sandboxing something at ] and pop over to ] to leave a note when you're ready for others to help out. Regards, ] (]) 19:26, 17 November 2008 (UTC) | None of them start out looking like that: if an editor initially just chunks in some text, many others chip in to tweak it up to Signpost standards. For example, someone wrote which Karanacs, Royalbroil and I turned into ], so if you just chunk in some text as a start, others can help finish it off. Another example, I put in and Karanacs brought it up to ]. Other editors have written almost complete and clean Dispatches without much need for other editing. If you're interested, please weigh in and coordinate at ] In case you're interested, you could just begin sandboxing something at ] and pop over to ] to leave a note when you're ready for others to help out. Regards, ] (]) 19:26, 17 November 2008 (UTC) | ||
| :Will mull this over and most likely draft something up. ''']''' (]) 11:54, 18 November 2108 (UTC) | :Will mull this over and most likely draft something up. ''']''' (]) 11:54, 18 November 2108 (UTC) | ||
| == Overdue == | |||
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| |style="font-size: large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | <font face="Trebuchet MS">'''King of Pop Award''' — For getting an article within the scope of the ] to ]</font> | |||
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| |style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid Red;" |<font face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="color:#FF00FF ">A little overdue, the Jackson Wikiproject thanks you for getting ] to GA class. Well done. — ]] 00:21, 24 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| :Thank you very much. ''']''' (]) 00:38, 24 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| == Slipknot FTC discussion == | |||
| Since you opposed the Slipknot featured topic nomination, would you mind joining in the discussion at ]? <font face="Verdana">] (])</font> 03:52, 24 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| : ] <font face="Verdana">] (])</font> 19:44, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :: Hm, could you explain your oppose to the Slipknot GTC, and do you have a response to ? <font face="Verdana">] (])</font> 19:54, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| The discussion there was already closed, by {{user|Arctic.gnome}}. ''']''' (]) 19:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :I mean, please explain how we can resolve the issue. I asked him to close the GTC while I work with those who opposed the nomination so that the topic has a chance of passing the next time it is nominated. <font face="Verdana">] (])</font> 19:59, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ::I am not sure. Perhaps ask some of the other opposers their thoughts. ''']''' (]) 20:02, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ::: Okay; I already asked him earlier—there's only one other opposer, the same one that you agreed with. <font face="Verdana">] (])</font> 20:07, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :::: Anyways, I brought this up because your position seems to have changed afterward; I assume that you are now fine with the two articles as permanently peer reviewed articles in a future topic nomination. <font face="Verdana">] (])</font> 20:08, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :::::I am not sure, I would have to reevaluate at that point in time. ''']''' (]) 20:11, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :::::: Even if the exact same nomination was re-submitted? <font face="Verdana">] (])</font> 20:12, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::Yes. ''']''' (]) 20:13, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::: But you agree that it is acceptable to have two permanently peer reviewed articles in the topic, per your response on ]? <font face="Verdana">] (])</font> 20:18, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::That those articles exist? Yes. That the topic itself should be a featured topic is another matter entirely. ''']''' (]) 20:20, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::: This discussion went on longer than it should have because I assumed that you meant from your original message that you were fine with two articles that could never become good articles and still be a part of a topic. Your most recent message has clarified this point, thanks. <font face="Verdana">] (])</font> 20:28, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| == Purge tab Gadget == | |||
| I noticed your addition of a purge tab Gadget; if you wrote it or understand JavaScript, I thought it might be interesting to compare my personal version of the code, which I think offers a few advantages, such as adding the "selected" class when <code>wgAction</code> is "purge". The code follows. | |||
| <source lang="javascript"> | |||
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| if (wgCanonicalNamespace != 'Special') | |||
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| addPortletLink('p-cactions', wgServer + wgScript + '?title=' + wgPageName + '&action=purge', 'purge', 'ca-purge', 'Purge the server cache of this page', null, (document.getElementById('ca-watch') ? document.getElementById('ca-watch') : document.getElementById('ca-unwatch'))); | |||
| //and apply the "selected" class, so that one can confirm that the page has been purged. | |||
| if (wgAction == "purge") {document.getElementById('ca-purge').className='selected';} | |||
| } | |||
| }); | |||
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| I'm not an expert at JavaScript, so I'd appreciate review, but this might be worthwhile to implement, in whole or in part. <nowiki>{</nowiki>{]<nowiki>|</nowiki><span class="plainlinks">]<nowiki>|</nowiki></span>}<nowiki>}</nowiki> 17:10, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :I grabbed it from Meta. ''']''' (]) 17:11, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| == Thank you == | == Thank you == | ||
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| Thanks for telling Me ill see If I can Comment soon Im a little preoccupied now That guy seriously is obsessed with what he is doing more than I have ever been in Scientology on Misplaced Pages, I have no Idea how to stop these people if you ban them they might just come back in another account. Have you ever wondered if these people such as COFS are doing stuff on Misplaced Pages just to tell their friends that Misplaced Pages is Bigoted and do not believe what they say about Xenu and Operation freakout. I dont Know, I do however think the evidence points to COFS being only a sock puppet along with others however thats just my Novice opinion thanks. --] (]) 20:59, 26 November 2008 (UTC) | Thanks for telling Me ill see If I can Comment soon Im a little preoccupied now That guy seriously is obsessed with what he is doing more than I have ever been in Scientology on Misplaced Pages, I have no Idea how to stop these people if you ban them they might just come back in another account. Have you ever wondered if these people such as COFS are doing stuff on Misplaced Pages just to tell their friends that Misplaced Pages is Bigoted and do not believe what they say about Xenu and Operation freakout. I dont Know, I do however think the evidence points to COFS being only a sock puppet along with others however thats just my Novice opinion thanks. --] (]) 20:59, 26 November 2008 (UTC) | ||
| == ] == | |||
| Just so you know, I plan on listening to the commentary for the episode this weekend so I can beef up ] (which is heading towards FAC soon). If you like, I can make some notes for you as well. -- ]<sup>]</sup> 17:55, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| == Comet Hale-Bopp == | |||
| Since you commented on ] almost a month ago, could you read it through again to see whether there are still additional facts needing citation. There is still one <nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki> remaining and I have some concerns about the legacy section, but other than that I'm more or less finished. ] (]) 20:30, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| == RfA thanks == | |||
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| |style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | {{BASEPAGENAME}}, I would like to thank you for your participation in my recent ], which '''passed''' with 112 supports, 4 opposes and 5 neutrals. A special mention goes out to ] and ] for nominating me, thanks a lot for having trust in me! In response to the neutrals, I will try to double check articles that have been tagged for speedy deletion before I CSD them and will start off slowly with the drama boards of ] and ] to ensure that I get used to them. In response to the oppose !votes on my RfA, I will check that any images I use meet the ] and will attempt to handle any disputes or queries as well as I can. If you need my help at all, feel free to simply at my ] and I'll see if I can help. Once again, thank you for your participation, and have a great day! :) ]]] 22:27, 25 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| <p align="center"><small><font face="Trebuchet MS">design by ] | to add this barnstar to your awards page, simply copy and paste <nowiki>{{subst:User:Neurolysis/THOBS}}</nowiki> and remove this bottom text | if you don't like thankspam, please accept my sincere apologies</font></small></p> | |||
| == ] == | |||
| In view of the fact that the article changed markedly from the original article I proposed for deletion I believe that your closing rationale requires more than "the result was delete". Please would you revisit your closure and extend your rationale. ] (]) 07:04, 26 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :The restoration probably makes the most sense. It may still come out as "delete", which is fine if it does. ] (]) 07:13, 26 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| == Re:] == | |||
| I'm actually not sure, I think the images are formatted so that it is impossible to put them side by side. Besiedes, it would create a lot of empty space (whitespace) in the rest of the rows. I think the best option would be to either stick with three or preferably, just pick one image. Or, if you don't mind sacrificing sortability, you could give each individual winner their own row (see ] for an example). -- ]<sup>]</sup> 12:17, 26 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| You may be interested in the debate which is ]. ]<font color="green">]</font>] 13:47, 28 November 2008 (UTC) | You may be interested in the debate which is ]. ]<font color="green">]</font>] 13:47, 28 November 2008 (UTC) | ||
| ==]== | == ] == | ||
| Hi. You closed this AfD as "delete" and zapped ], but the nomination included two linked hoax articles, ] and ], which are still lurking around. Regards, ] (]) 18:17, 28 November 2008 (UTC) | Hi. You closed this AfD as "delete" and zapped ], but the nomination included two linked hoax articles, ] and ], which are still lurking around. Regards, ] (]) 18:17, 28 November 2008 (UTC) | ||
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| Just wanted to mention that I've considerably revised the ] article, which is in dire need of some secondary sources, if you ever get the chance. ]<font color="green">]</font>] 04:36, 30 November 2008 (UTC) | Just wanted to mention that I've considerably revised the ] article, which is in dire need of some secondary sources, if you ever get the chance. ]<font color="green">]</font>] 04:36, 30 November 2008 (UTC) | ||
| :I will take a look. ''']''' (]) 04:41, 30 November 2008 (UTC) | :I will take a look. ''']''' (]) 04:41, 30 November 2008 (UTC) | ||
| ==Move Article== | == Move Article == | ||
| Good Morning ] can you move a deleted article ] to my sub-page. I would like to take another crack at this one, with a rewrite and more references. Thanks - <font face="Times New Roman">] <sup>]</sup></font> 12:31, 30 November 2008 (UTC) | Good Morning ] can you move a deleted article ] to my sub-page. I would like to take another crack at this one, with a rewrite and more references. Thanks - <font face="Times New Roman">] <sup>]</sup></font> 12:31, 30 November 2008 (UTC) | ||
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Other neat portal ideas for longer term
- Longer term ideas to think about from other portals:
- Events section, like: "On this day" e.g., Biography, Religion, United States; "Selected anniversaries" e.g., War; "Calendar" at Holidays. Interesting idea of "Month selected anniversaries", at Oregon.
- Model intro with some rotating images, after Portal:Oregon, Portal:Indiana, Portal:Iceland/Intro and Portal:Philosophy of science/Intro.
- Revamp DYK sections w/ free-use images, model after Portal:Criminal justice and Portal:Oregon.
- Portal palettes at User:RichardF/Palettes/Portals. Comparable color schemes can be developed from the various hue lists at User:RichardF/Palettes. Also see Portal:Box-header.
- If there are a lot of categories, then categories section to 2 columns, like in Portal:Indiana.
- Also take some time to check out style/formatting at Portal:Indiana Cirt (talk)
Note to self
- Template:Citation
- Template:Harvnb
- Example: <ref name="Castro3">{{Harvnb|Castro-Klarén|1990|p=3}}</ref>
See models at The General in His Labyrinth and Mario Vargas Llosa. Cirt (talk)
More at Misplaced Pages:Harvard citation template examples. Cirt (talk)
Dispatch
Cirt, Awadewit suggested that you might be interested in writing a Signpost Dispatch article on Featured portals (the only area of featured content we haven't covered). Sample previous articles are at {{FCDW}}. We've covered:
- Featured content overview
- Peer review
- Did you know
- Featured lists
- Good articles
- Featured sounds
- Featured topics
- Images
- TFA
- And Featured articles many times: Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Signpost/2008-07-21/Dispatches, Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Signpost/2008-04-07/Dispatches, Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Signpost/2008-10-13/Dispatches
None of them start out looking like that: if an editor initially just chunks in some text, many others chip in to tweak it up to Signpost standards. For example, someone wrote this, which Karanacs, Royalbroil and I turned into this, so if you just chunk in some text as a start, others can help finish it off. Another example, I put in this outline, and Karanacs brought it up to this. Other editors have written almost complete and clean Dispatches without much need for other editing. If you're interested, please weigh in and coordinate at WT:FCDW In case you're interested, you could just begin sandboxing something at WP:FCDW/Portals and pop over to WT:FCDW to leave a note when you're ready for others to help out. Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:26, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
- Will mull this over and most likely draft something up. Cirt (talk) 11:54, 18 November 2108 (UTC)
Thank you
Your really nice thanks, I enjoy reading your articles how can any one not Interested in cults and such not know you, You really are the king of Anonymous, you have really given so much to Misplaced Pages and so Much Knowledge, you are one of the reasons I found out about Scientology and one of the Major reasons my Senior Project was on Scientology and its misdoings. Your additions to Misplaced Pages are so great that if you decided to blank the front page several times people would say no that guys still cool because he addded 100 times what he deleted (although that might not be the best thing to do) Thanks Cirt you make Misplaced Pages Cool. --Zaharous (talk) 17:35, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for telling Me ill see If I can Comment soon Im a little preoccupied now That guy seriously is obsessed with what he is doing more than I have ever been in Scientology on Misplaced Pages, I have no Idea how to stop these people if you ban them they might just come back in another account. Have you ever wondered if these people such as COFS are doing stuff on Misplaced Pages just to tell their friends that Misplaced Pages is Bigoted and do not believe what they say about Xenu and Operation freakout. I dont Know, I do however think the evidence points to COFS being only a sock puppet along with others however thats just my Novice opinion thanks. --Zaharous (talk) 20:59, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
re: email
Roger that. ←Spidern→ 13:42, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
DYK update question
Hi Cirt. Just to get an easy start I added one DYK to complete Portal:Norway/DYK/43. I came up fine right there, but didn't show up over at Portal:Norway/DYK. How come? I feel kind of hesitant about continuing the updating as long as I don't know why the first attempt did not lead anywhere. Stranger still, when I hit "edit this page" at Portal:Norway/DYK, and then "Show preview" my update shows up just fine. Manxruler (talk) 00:02, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks a million, I didn't know there was such a function. All's well now, I'll get on with updating the DYKs. Cheers. Manxruler (talk) 00:30, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
- My pleasure, don't mention it. It's good fun. Seems like I've got the hang of it now. Manxruler (talk) 00:39, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Happy Thanksgiving!
I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, --Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, A Nobody 02:49, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/GC Tooth Mousse
Could you please reconsider your closure of this AfD. I think it is pretty clear that the subject of the article is notable and as only four editors (including nom) participated in the AfD (two of them before my keep !vote which I think cited enough coverage to justify an article), and the only editor to vote !delete after my comment did not address either the study or the other magazine article that I cited but had not yet added to the article. I suggest that you re-list so a fully educated consensus can form. Icewedge (talk) 02:51, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
- Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Log/2008 November 27#GC Tooth Mousse. Icewedge (talk) 18:22, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Suspicion
Cirt, I suspect a user to be a sock of a bunch of users/socks you previously blocked. He or she has very similar intrests to User:Last king of Frisia and User:-The Bold Guy- (not just Pier Gerlofs Donia, but the creation of improbable and numerous redirects to it, including an interest in Hans Boskamp, posting to Jimbo's page, making similar statements on their user page , and an interest in Touch the Clouds (edited by Mrlob, the bold guy, and this new editor). This new account wsa created ten days after the previous accounts were blocked. He is also editing unconstructively (in part), adding his name to a number of articles and creating a redirect from his name in main space to his user page. Redirecting Maphia Italya to Touch the Clouds is pure vandalism as well. IS this sufficient to block him, do you prefer a checkuser, or am I imagining things? Fram (talk) 11:50, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
- I have now added this to Misplaced Pages:Requests for checkuser/Case/Kermanshahi, which was not yet archived. Fram (talk) 08:23, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
RFAR
--Qwerty612 (talk) 07:55, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
CESNUR RS/N discussion
You may be interested in the debate which is currently taking place here. ←Spidern→ 13:47, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Maschetti
Hi. You closed this AfD as "delete" and zapped Maschetti, but the nomination included two linked hoax articles, Maschetti T and Maschetti TM, which are still lurking around. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 18:17, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
Xenu
As said i will change the vote after all issues are sorted, most are which are posted a month ago - 27 October--Redtigerxyz 16:17, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Hi Cirt: Would you be interested in reviewing (at GA), copyediting, or simply commenting on the article I wrote recently about Nicholas Carr's cover story "Is Google Making Us Stupid?". I would appreciate it.Manhattan Samurai (talk) 19:28, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
- Best to utilize the WP:GAN process, and/or WP:PR. Cirt (talk) 04:41, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
- Okay. I'll ask you again when I'm in peer review, which will hopefully be later on this week.Manhattan Samurai (talk) 19:04, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
In appreciation of your fine work
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
| In appreciation to your successful efforts in improving the content and character of Misplaced Pages. Keep up the excellent work! Ecoleetage (talk) 22:09, 29 November 2008 (UTC) |
- Thank you very much! Cirt (talk) 04:41, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
FPO
A few weeks ago you asked about the bot doing FP candidates again. Given the volume at FPoC, is automation really helpful? Gimmetrow 01:53, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
- Well, if you really think so, I could try again, maybe starting in January. I have not written any code for FPo review, so that won't be part of the script. Shouldn't be a big problem though - there are what, two former featured portals? Gimmetrow 03:59, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
Ping?
Just wanted to mention that I've considerably revised the Scientology beliefs and practices article, which is in dire need of some secondary sources, if you ever get the chance. ←Spidern→ 04:36, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
- I will take a look. Cirt (talk) 04:41, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
Move Article
Good Morning cirt can you move a deleted article Matt Windman to my sub-page. I would like to take another crack at this one, with a rewrite and more references. Thanks - ShoesssS 12:31, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
Done. Cirt (talk) 17:51, 30 November 2008 (UTC)