User talk:Dem393

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DYK[edit]

On 10 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Iowa Democratic caucuses, 2008, 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.

--JayHenry (talk) 06:35, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New Hampshire Democratic Primary[edit]

I notice you reverted the inclusion of all candidates tabulated as receiving votes in the Democratic Primary. I believe this is mistaken because you have thereby switched to an incomplete recording of votes which is not the official total. The source for the votes was the New Hampshire Secretary of State's official certification: http://www.sos.nh.gov/presprim2008/dpressum.htm, and that is now final and no further votes can be added except through the recount process. In effect your change goes to an incorrect number of votes.

I don't know why the NH Secretary of State includes votes cast for candidates for the Republican primary in the Democratic tabulation but he most certainly does. I have asked about it but the most likely explanation is that, if a voter wishing to vote in the Republican primary accidentally puts their ballot paper into the Democratic primary ballot box, then it is counted as a valid vote in the Democratic primary. Sam Blacketer (talk) 11:02, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Peer review request[edit]

Myself, and only 2 or so other people are active on the Iowa wiki project. what exactly is involved in a peer review, without me having to read a long wiki page. is it just like a good article review? Ctjf83^talk 03:47, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

well i'll just stop being lazy, and read up on it. do you live in iowa, or just doing a political article? also, since you're new, if you need help, or have questions, feel free to ask me! Ctjf83^talk 04:32, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm doing some minor clean ups, under "Delegate allocation" where it says governor, house, and senate...since it is the governor, do the other 2 refer to state or federal house/senate? ~~I can fix it for you, otherwise we will have an edit conflict~~. done editing...it looks good to me though! Ctjf83^talk 04:48, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I think it is Good Article ready...I'm not sure what is needed for FAs, but you should submit it for a GA Ctjf83^talk 02:53, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Iowa Democratic caucuses, 2008[edit]

The article Iowa Democratic caucuses, 2008 you nominated as a good article has failed , see Talk:Iowa Democratic caucuses, 2008 for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of said article. If you oppose this decision, you may ask for a reassessment. jackturner3 (talk) 14:43, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mercy buckets[edit]

Sometimes its nice (and satisfying) to see what someone else can do to perk up an article you've started. I would never thought of re-phrasing it that way and it reads much better :) Thanks! PageantUpdater talk • contribs 00:41, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Thanks for the suggestions :) I tried to get a bit of that but had trouble because I couldn't get access to the information. For example I know there was a court case between Pandora and a rival company over copyright but apart from this I can't find a reliable source for it because I don't have access to the actual case file. And stuff on the actual company is hard to find - not least because of the language barrier. PageantUpdater talk • contribs 04:40, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the WikiProject[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia:WikiProject United States presidential elections. I do believe that the primary and caucus articles should be a priority, and I think we can start by identifying these articles and then tagging and assessing them. --S TX 04:46, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Webster comments[edit]

Hi Dem393, I've replied on the FLC, per your request. Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 14:40, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FLC:List of elements by stability of isotopes[edit]

I answered to your comments. Let me know what you think. Nergaal (talk) 08:08, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FLC:List of tallest buildings in Baltimore[edit]

I responded to your concerns here. Cheers,--SRX'^--^Latino Heat 14:10, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bryan Adams discography[edit]

I responded to your concerns here again. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 08:55, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:LOTD/WP:LOTM[edit]

Congratulations on getting what appears to be your first successful WP:FL during the last month. You may want to get involved in our List of the Day/List of the Month experiment. Feel free to help us select next months lists at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/voting/200808 or nominate your list for consideration to be a LOTD in September at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/Nominees/200809.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 21:01, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of tallest buildings in Washington, D.C.[edit]

I responded to your concern at the above FLC.--S_RX 19:55, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Changing the background color[edit]

Hi. I noticed your question at the village pump. Click your top task bar "Tools" and "Internet Options" then select "COlors". Click the box to get the tick off standard windows colours and choose white for text and the background black. Then come out click "Internet Options" again and this time select "Accessibility" then tick "Ignore colors specified on web pages" . By doing this it should customise wikipedia and other sites however you wish them to be. You can also increase standard font size and change the fonts by this if you werne't aware. Count Blofeld 14:36, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FLRC: You're gonna hate me for this, but...[edit]

I have nominated List of Merriam–Webster's Words of the Year for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks, where editors may declare to "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. More specifically [i.e., after FLRC template substitution], I've nominated that it be merged into a more broad list on the same topic, and that its "sourced material" be limited to the definitions that were provided by the nominators of the words for inclusion on such lists, not independent WPian investigation of those words' definitions. This will probably come off as me goring your sacred ox or stomping your kitten or something, and I'm sorry, but this article just does not pass the real WIAFL criteria to my eyes, and the merge logic is strong. The resulting list-article, I think, will be an easier-to-keep FL in the future. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 20:17, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RfD nomination of Inept[edit]

Blackle[edit]

Blackle generates more co² then it saves. Not only do most people have LCDs these days (where the black output makes no difference to energy consumption), but they have a server sitting in a building somewhere, consuming electricity so they can forward traffic to google (thus involving more network routers and a longer path) under the guise of saving the planet. Another shining example of people worried about seeming to do something rather than actually doing something productive. Sorry to appear harsh but flag waving exercises where people do things to say they are helping some cause but what they do doesn't help at all (and often hinders) really gets my goat. Tongbongschong (talk) 01:12, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to join WikiProject United States[edit]

Hello, Dem393! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 04:12, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

September 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States[edit]

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--Kumioko (talk) 14:48, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

December 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States[edit]

The December 2011 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

--Kumioko (talk) 00:34, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

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