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Gol 1907

Hi Karen, I am planning to get this article to FA status, and have been advised that you are one of the top all-around FA review experts. Would you mind, when you have some free time, to review it? I would appreciate it greatly. Thanks in advance, Crum375 (talk) 16:16, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

I would be happy to review it, but I am a bit swamped right now. If not tomorrow, then I'll try to work it in one day next week. Karanacs (talk) 21:13, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks — looking forward to it. Crum375 (talk) 18:23, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

William D. Boyce

Hi again. Dabomb87 and Juliancolton have helped ce this after I did the research. I think it's almost ready for FAC. Could you look it over so it gets beat up less at FAC? Thanks. — Rlevse • Talk • 17:23, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Hullo ???

What? You trying to sneak one in ? Spill the beans !! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:06, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

God, you're fast. Yup, last week we officially announced (to people we know in person) that baby 2 is on the way! Unfortunately, baby 2 hates turkey (and just about all other food except pizza and grapes...and they don't go well together). :( Baby 1 (who is no longer a baby) is verrrry excited that she will have her own life-size doll to play with this summer. Karanacs (talk) 19:10, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Congrats! Ealdgyth - Talk 19:14, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm all for pizza and grapes (beats yogurt and V-8 juice, which I never want to see again in my life :-)) This is SO exciting! Congratulations (and to an easy belly, fast delivery and healthy baby). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:20, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Oh, how exciting! Congratulations! I'm sorry to hear about the morning sickness, but the alternative isn't pretty either—I ate everything in sight and gained half my body weight (really). I'll echo Sandy's wishes for you, and add an important one: lots of sleep! Maralia (talk) 16:26, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

I was living in a country where doctors held the belief you were supposed to gain no more than one kilo per month (9 kg = 20 lbs); one was supposed to consider one's appearance before the baby's health apparently. I pasted the diet the Dr. gave me into the baby albums; coffee and a boiled egg was supposed to be breakfast. Right. I ignored them; that's what gyms are for. I am sorry you're having to deal with morning sickness, though; I never had to go through that. I imagine it's not fun. I hope you're feeling better soon. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:16, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

What have you been doing? Clearly not reviewing enough FACs if you have this kind of free time... Congratulations, anyway. Many wishes for little morning sickness and health for you and all who depend on you. --Moni3 (talk) 00:15, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Hope the new one already has a research grant/scholarship to A&M. :-) — BQZip01 —  01:20, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, everyone! :) Last time my doctor yelled at me for gaining too much weight (I took the eating for two thing seriously); this time I'm just about out of the first trimester and have almost regained the weight the morning sickness took away. (And BQ, I've already trained the pre-schooler to think her Aggie t-shirt is the only clothing worth wearing. She'll be able to help train the new one.) Karanacs (talk) 16:41, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

First thing I did when my nephew's conception was announced was purchase Gator clothing, sippy cups, pillows and blankets. He has a gator mobile that hangs over his bed that plays the Florida Fight Song. Saturday night we were looking at pictures of animals on Misplaced Pages asking him (he's 18 months now) to make the sounds. Duck, cow, cat, dog, sheep, bird (used the common treecreeper page), sea turtle... When alligator was brought up, we did the hand pump and GO GATORS! for the sound an alligator makes. --Moni3 (talk) 16:48, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

You people are weird. (grins). And I did NOT rush out and buy horse stuff for MY child while I was pregnant, no I did not. Seriously, Karan, take care. Hopefully the morning sickness shall pass soon... Ealdgyth - Talk 16:55, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Texas revolution on main page

Howdy Karanacs!

I have a draft of and expanded Texas Revolution section for the Texas page in my sandbox. Since i am using your sources, and you are more of the expert on the the topic than I was wondering if you could take a look at it before i modify the Texas page. Thanks and Gig Em!

(PS: please respond in my sandbox)Oldag07 (talk) 19:05, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Land of Destiny

Oh wow - "Island of The Blue Dolphins" is a great book. I had it as a child, and re-read it again just last month. What does "prod/afd" mean? 70.54.2.151 (talk) 22:52, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Prod means proposed deletion - it lets someone nominate an article for deletion and gives others 5 days to fix it up before it is deleted. If anyone removes the prod tag from the article, then it cannot be deleted that way. AFD is a more official method of nominating an article for deletion. The community can debate whether or not the article meets Misplaced Pages guidelines and policies, and consensus determines whether the article is kept or deleted. Karanacs (talk) 15:25, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Go Man Go

Just a heads up, Go Man Go's going to be on the main page 7 December. All hands on deck to help keep it clean. I've already had to fix someone's "help" of uncapitaizing Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred.. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:28, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Excellent! I'll watchlist it now. Karanacs (talk) 15:32, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm not insane, am I? Quarter Horse, when you are referring to the breed, is capitliazed? I know Thoroughbred is... (beats head on wall). I hate having articles on the main page, I really really do. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:08, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

I've always seen it capitalized. Karanacs (talk) 16:10, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

And there went the third revert... (gaze up). I left a note on his talk page, as well as the one I left on the article's talk page earlier. Ealdgyth - Talk 17:07, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, hi, just got your message about the reverts. I somehow failed to realize that the 3-revert rule applied to the whole article and not the individual edits. Sorry about that. The fact remains, though that I'm right about the Capital Letters. Stay tuned. --Milkbreath (talk) 17:14, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

I figured you didn't realize, which is why I dropped a note to you instead of reporting you or anything. Didn't figure you meant badly, or anything. Ealdgyth - Talk 17:18, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Marskell had to explain this often (I could dig through his talk page archives to see what I can find if needed); Yomangani may be able to help. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:29, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Footnote at MOS (Date linking)

Please insert a Wikilink to the first of the two RfCs to the footnote, thanks.--Goodmorningworld (talk) 15:09, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

I've done this, but please note that these requests are better left on the talk page of the MOS page. Karanacs (talk) 15:23, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

April Fools Day as FAC, question?

Good advice, Thank you. Any suggestions where to recruit people to work on a FAC drive? (I don't have much experience at FAC, I usually do cleanup.) RJFJR (talk) 17:35, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

You might check the list of FAs and see if there is something similar - in that case you might be able to convince the people who worked on that one to help out. If there are any regular editors of the article, you can ask them to help out. You can specifically ask at FAC, but I don't think there will be many takers unless you have a good plan on what needs to be done and which sources will likely need to be consulted. If you have a great plan on what the article ought to look like, it's often easier to attract people to pick up different pieces of it (last year several of us read the sources, a few others helped take the notes and put them into paragraphs in the article, more did copyediting, MOS fixing, and looked for images). I'll be happy to offer advice as you get moving, but am too busy with my own projects to take a large role. Karanacs (talk) 17:59, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Also, see Misplaced Pages:April Fool's Main Page/Featured Article and Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Signpost/2008-03-03/Dispatches. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:03, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

I can always resurrect Biscuits and human sexuality if you'd like… – iridescent 18:37, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

I think I am afraid to see that one.... Karanacs (talk) 18:51, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

It only half-exists as a Defender Of The Purity Of Misplaced Pages thoughtfully AFDd it within four hours of my initial upload on highly dubious "this is clearly OR as nobody believes there's a link between the two" grounds; as it was deleted before I had the chance to expand it with material on Graham crackers, the theories of John Harvey Kellogg etc, which clearly do show that turn-of-the-century authorities saw a link between the two – and the closer ignored the long line of people at the AFD pointing out the this was a spurious nomination – it got deleted, and while I think this was a clearly incorrect AFD I'm not going to waste my time fighting over such a trivial topic. The accompanying image (yes, those are Oreos) was a true loss to the project, though. – iridescent 19:01, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Here it's biscuits; at Bish's page, it's fruit. What is Wiki coming to? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:03, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Head on over to this site, and marvel at the uses people find for food. The "Carnes" section on the pull-down menu is a particular eye-opener – yes, those are all made of meat. – iridescent 19:09, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

No pull down menu with "Carnes" here? (Sounds like something that could come in handy for spoofing His Fatness.) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:54, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

It should open to a picture of a dollar bill with "merca" in the top corner – the pull-down is immediately next to the "merca" caption. It's all in flash or shockwave or some such, so may not open on some browsers. In the meantime, have a picture made entirely of play-doh from the same site. – iridescent 20:50, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

ah, now I've got it ... you have to scroll down to the "Carnes" section. (Didn't find any appropriate pork.) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:55, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Juan Davis Bradburn

On January 6, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Juan Davis Bradburn, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 21:20, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Gosh, Karan! I didn't know you could get so many DYK things so fast! Your fingers must be worn to the bone from typing so much! (grins). Ealdgyth - Talk 21:59, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm just that good ;) Karanacs (talk) 22:04, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Admin help

For Karanacs and her TPS, can someone deal with CartonsOfCum (talk · contribs) (not sure how username thingies work). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:00, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't usually deal with username issues and am not quite sure what to do. Karanacs (talk) 02:22, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Someone already blocked it indef. — Rlevse • Talk • 02:26, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

I think it just needs to be watched now for protection (Kablammo has been battling edits there). I guess namevios are just indeffed ?? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:29, 7 January 2009 (UTC)