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Hello again

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Thanks for your message, YM. Hope you are well. I'm finding time for WP again and will see how it goes. All the best. --Jack | talk page 04:32, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Somerton man death

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Heyo, sorry for getting back to you; a combination of work, study and then illness have kept me away from here in recent times. Taman Shud Case has been an interesting article to research and write and I am now helping an Adelaide University led team trying to crack the case. The article was in the middle of an attempt to gain GA status when the above mentioned interruptions occurred. Hopefully, I'll get back into the swing of things soon and get the article to FA status (and solve the mystery). --Roisterer (talk) 04:54, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Looks like Hamence is doing well this time—thanks for all your great content contributions. Also, for dealing with me at FAR. Laser brain (talk) 02:47, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Laser brain, I have a few FARs for you YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 02:56, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Good deal. Will look at Lake Burley Griffin today. --Laser brain (talk) 15:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for that. YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 01:02, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

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Thank you for the welcome compliment. Cla68 (talk) 07:59, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FAR

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I see that you recently created the page Wikipedia:Featured article review/Sheffield/archive1 as a redirect to Wikipedia:Featured article review/Sheffield/archive1, but with text on the page following the redirect (which is invisible unless you edit the page). I am confused -- why create two pages and split the text between them? Would it make sense to merge the two pages? --R'n'B (call me Russ) 17:41, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed, that was a leftover talk page notificiation YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 01:45, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

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...for posting the clarification here [1]. Sincerely, Novickas (talk) 21:48, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

you're welcome YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 02:00, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FA removals

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YM, I think you may have forgotte to remove these from WP:FA and add them to WP:FFA: [2] Best regards, and sorry I've been to busy to help much lately ... SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:29, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that. FAC/FAR look like becoming extinct YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 02:56, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your reviews

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 The WikiChevrons 
By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews, I am delighted to award you this WikiChevrons.  Roger Davies talk 12:05, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for that YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 02:56, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Philippines article

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Can you please unprotect the Philippines article? I think it's a bit unnecessary, especially considering the Michael Jackson article isn't protected in any way. Thank you! Hihellowhatsup (talk) 07:44, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Philippines

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Hello, I'm doing a simple replacement task on behalf of WP:WPOOK and I noticed you locked Philippines to sysop editing only. Therefore, I was wondering if you could help by please deleting the Outline of the Philippines link in the See Also section of the page and replace it with {{Main|Outline of the Philippines}} at the top of the section. It would be a great help. Highfields (talk, contribs, review) 13:43, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 02:20, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XL (June 2009)

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XL (June 2009)
From the coordinators
Articles of note

New featured articles:

  1. Battle of the Coral Sea
  2. Battle of Vimy Ridge
  3. Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes
  4. Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
  5. Military history of Australia during World War II
  6. Otto Becher
  7. Moltke-class battlecruiser
  8. Yamato-class battleship

New featured lists:

  1. List of Medal of Honor recipients (Veracruz)
  2. List of Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipients
  3. List of United States Military Academy alumni (athletic figures)
  4. List of United States Military Academy alumni (engineers)

New featured pictures:

  1. Governor Davey's [sic] Proclamation to the Aborigines
  2. Test Baker, Operation Crossroads
  3. Tuskegee airmen

New A-Class articles:

  1. Army of the Tennessee
  2. Battle of Bosworth Field
  3. Battle of Corydon
  4. Battle of the Coral Sea
  5. Battle of Ticonderoga (1777)
  6. Helgoland class battleship
  7. Operation Sky Monitor
  8. Rupert Downes
  9. Sd.Kfz. 10
  10. Werner Mölders
Project news
The Academy content drive
  • Introduced in February, The Academy is an online school for new members. This month, we're launching a drive to increase the breadth and depth of its content. If you can help, by writing four to six paragraph articles, please do so! Barnstars galore to be won!
Awards and honours
Editorial: How to prepare an A-Class Review

Perhaps the most important—and, indeed, most respected—aspect of the Military History project is our rigorous A-Class Review (ACR) system, which puts articles through the most robust review outside of WP:FAC. Although reviewing might seem daunting to newcomers, this article will give you an outline of three popular reviewing methods so you can actually start contributing yourself.

  1. General nit-pick - this is one of the easiest - and one of the most common - reviewing styles seen throughout Wikipedia. It is a similar approach to that you would see in proofreading and classroom marking. Basically, it is a general overview of the article, not getting too specific on aspects of the prose. The most common statements include This article could benefit from a light copyedit before going to FAC or You might want to check the endash and emdash placement in the article. It's a style that is incredibly easy to manage, and one that requires little-to-no experience in previous reviewing.
  2. Specialization - it often is the case that those who have been reviewing articles for a long time will move away from the general review towards more specific areas of articles. As an example, Tony usually stays within the realm of prose and copyediting while reviewing Featured Article Candidates, Tom used to focus almost entirely on external links and disambiguations, while others specialize their focus exclusively on copyediting, reference formatting, dashes, punctuation and flow, image licensing, and a host of other areas. This is a review method that is not nearly as time-consuming as other methods, as it allows you to quickly scan an article, spot the things that you work on, and how they need to be fixed.
  3. Sectional - My preferred style of reviewing, this is one of the most informative styles. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most time-consuming and exhaustive styles. Essentially, it involves going through the entire article, section by section, and pointing out every major (and often many of the minor) flaws present within each section. Everything from prose to reference formatting to content. It is a reviewing style that is exhausting, and often takes two or three goes through the article to get everything (sometimes even more), but it gives the article's main contributors two benefits. First, everything is well organized, mostly under section headers like this one, and it often makes finding individual sentences or refs much easier, as they are within that section. Secondly, it points out a lot of the problems from a lot of the areas.

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This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 21:22, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Philippines article; Spanish and Arabic as "Voluntary & Optional Languages"

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I think both should be put in the Languages section of the Philippines column, under the heading "Voluntary & Optional Languages" and beneath the Recognized Regional Languages. Right now its all the way at the bottom of the Philippines column as footnotes. I think the change I propose is more appropriate, as both Spanish and Arabic are named in the constitution as promoted on a voluntary and optional basis, and I think any language named in the constitution should be put in the languages section of the column. Hihellowhatsup (talk) 05:48, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Happy YellowMonkey's Day!

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YellowMonkey has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian,
so I've officially declared today as YellowMonkey's Day!
For your fantastic work with WP:MILHIST,
enjoy being the star of the day, dear YellowMonkey!

Signed,
Dylan (chat, work, ping, sign)

For a userbox you can put on your userpage, please see User:Dylan620/Today/Happy Me Day!.

→ Dylan620 (Toolbox Alpha, Beta) 16:01, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 02:56, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Congrats. Aaroncrick(Tassie Boy talk) 11:11, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

KP Main Page

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Hi there,

In case you miss it, I've copied the newer draft of the Pietersen lead onto the WT:CRIC discussion - could you take a look (and change it as necessary) and then replace the version in the Main Page queue?

Oh, happy YM day for yesterday!!

—MDCollins (talk) 23:39, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. Thanks YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 02:56, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Help

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Hi, I'm posting this on your (and other members of the Maths Wikiproject) talk as we need editors who are knowledgeable about Mathematics to evaluate the following discussion and check out the editors and articles affected. Please follow the link below and comment if you can help.

Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Block_review_-_uninvolved_admin_request.

Thankyou. Exxolon (talk) 18:02, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well I'm hardly an expert, just a person who did a bit as a student and hadn't come across the Butcher group the other guys being experienced academics and professors but I did come acrooss and write about things that are in the general sphere of things like Quasi-Hopf algebra and Vertex model, in which the studies of Hopf algebras and the like are used to solve lattice models that describe solids, like ice, for instance. Nevertheless the additions that AKNole made by cutting and pasting from the Butcher group stuff about pure maths about graph theory/combinatorics into the Minimal subtraction scheme, which is about doing calculations on particle physics. He copied something apparently about an alternative technique on trees in graph theory instead of using Feynman diagrams, which is an orthodox tool in theoretical physics, into an article about renormalization calculations in physics, which is done in the Feynman way. I don't know/understand if this stuff that he added, which is predated by the MSS is consistent with it, but it's certainly not right to just whack it in like that unless he can explain why it's related (if it is), especially as there was a debate about making things more accessible, as the addition would only confuse people; the vast majority of people who do QFT (which I have taken a course in, although I wouldn't say that I understood it irrespective of the grade I got) and renormalisation calculations including tenured academics at QFT/QCD institutes do not deal with anything beyond the basics of Lie algebra, let alone highly detailed quantum or Hopf algebras. Also his comments on the talk page seem a bit odd in focusing on rather unusual things, and his comments in the first parts show a lack of conviction about some 2nd year maths, while things like Hopf algebras would hardly be taught in 4th year unless a student decided to do a project on it. I don't know about the history to know if there is a motive for deliberate stalking or trolling. YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 02:25, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Images in Keith Miller

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How come the images in the "Early Life" section in Miller seem to have been removed? They are of Keith Truscott and Bill Woodful. Aaroncrick(Tassie Boy talk) 08:13, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok I'll keep an eye on him. Do the images get deleted from the appropriate articles now? Aaroncrick(Tassie Boy talk) 08:27, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The bot normally does it but opbviously it is broken YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 08:30, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Can you block him? As he obviously isn't learning. Aaroncrick(Tassie Boy talk) 08:35, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I would but I'm an involved administrator and I'm not a powerful warlord so I can't break the rules YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 01:03, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Been blocked in any case. Aaroncrick(Tassie Boy talk) 06:45, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes WP AFL isn't very good. Jeff White and Tom Hawkins the other GA's aren't very good players so they don't really interest me. Joel Selwood is good player already and will probably win a Brownlow. I'm guessing AFL isn't you cup of tea even though you live in Adelaide? Aaroncrick(Tassie Boy talk) 07:04, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No I don't like it. There are too many thugs in there like Cousins, Hall and Everitt, although it looks good compared to RL. The athletic standards in AFL are very good but the ball skills are poor or aren't required, especially how some forwards can be considered top quality with a 50% accuracy rate (Tredrea). Especially how "traditionalists" like to criticise teams for passing the ball properly instead of the "classical way" of going for random long balls. Else it will end up like soccer matches between a good and a bad team where the bad team tend to get lots of defenders and block with 7-8 defenders and when the good team's attack ends they do a 50m bomb up to the lone striker; Iraq did that against Spain last week; about 6 defenders, 3 defensive midfielders and one striker, effectively. YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 07:13, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
U can Add Dean Solomon to the list. Skills around the ground have improved drastically from past decades although kicking for goal hasn't improved at all really. Peter Hudson probably the best ever shot a goal rarely kicked a proper drop punt but he seemed to get them to go straight, but now emphasis is on kicking the magic goals from the boundary. There is currently a massive difference between Geelong and Melbourne. Aaroncrick(Tassie Boy talk) 07:30, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well there is a big difference although not as much as IND/AUS/RSA down to BANG/ZIM or Brazil/Spain down to Asian teams other than Aus/JPN/KOR. Luckily in football for a bad team can block more easily, after all there is no point in losing 20-4 instead of 2-0. Most of the low teams when they play against Man U, Arsenal etc, they just don't try and are happy to lose 1-0 but in terms of shots at goal it is often about 20-2 or so. YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 07:42, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
And Ponting's form is giving me the shits... Hawkins is lucky to be in a side as good as Geelong. The only reason is that Geelong have a week forward link compared to their mids/defenders. Anyone with can review a GA. Some with very little edits review an art which they are a fan of and practically pass it without giving a good review like Philcha. It will be interesting to watch how Australia perform against England A tonight. Aaroncrick(Tassie Boy talk) 07:46, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FAR notifications

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The template works a little differently now that FAR has switched to the stable subpage system, like so: {{subst:FARMessage|Algerian Civil War|alt=Algerian Civil War/archive1}}. See Template:FARMessage. Cheers, Dabomb87 (talk) 02:51, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 02:56, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ping

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Email heading your way. Best, Risker (talk) 14:27, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, it's fine. I didn't look at the data to begin with but once I did it was patently obvious, although a lot of people who intereacted with it didn't seem to pick it, or if they did, they didn't bat an eyelid. I just mentally factored it in after that; I didn't think a CU would be worth the trouble. YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 14:39, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sock?

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Separate ping - Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Vyaghradhataki, is this a problem you have any background with? Strikes me as situation normal for the caste articles, not necessarily socking, but I'm not familiar with the pattern and some of the evidence cited is a little opaque to me. Nathan T 19:49, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

commented there YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 05:02, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mail

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Hey, you have got mail. AdjustShift (talk) 15:43, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Replied YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 05:02, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You've got another mail. AdjustShift (talk) 13:10, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
we can have a round table at WP:VIET. Some people are not so shy of talking even though they are in VN. I was told that a Communist policeman/internet monitoring guy turned up to a meetup in VN. LOL. And of course people who lived under the old South Vietnam or their family members have their own opinions. And also, religion can be very polarising in Vietnam, especially when it comes to people suspecting the nationalist loyalty of Catholics. YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 14:11, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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You are invited to participate in an interesting discussion at Wikipedia talk:Image use policy#File:Man Utd FC .svg. Your comments & suggestions are very much appreciated Arteyu ? Blame it on me ! 08:52, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia SignpostWikipedia Signpost: 6 July 2009

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Delivered by SoxBot (talk) at 03:55, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nightmares and headaches

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Please, please, please re-protect the Philippines. I have a dreadful feeling the nightmare is going to happen again.--23prootie (talk) 15:19, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Grrr....A long term solution and plan needs to be found YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 02:37, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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