User talk:Cricketgirl/Archive 3

One more go 'round

That is, if you have the time. Your eagle eye is needed in two more places related to the Black Hawk War. These two articles, Sinsinawa Mound raid and Plum River raid are the final two "battle articles" currently ready to go through GAC. The final remaining article, Battle of Bad Axe hasn't even been expanded yet, I have put it off to make sure everything else was in line first.

The two articles which require your expertise are somewhat special in terms of this conflict. First there is little research published about them, they are obscure and not very well known. These types of events are what GA was made for. Other articles of the like, albeit with slightly more available information, have made the cut after a bit of work, they are: Spafford Farm massacre and Buffalo Grove ambush, you can check those out for your reference. Thanks again, your rigorous editing is highly desirable. IvoShandor 10:09, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yeah, and this is for you

		Chief Black Hawk Certificate of Alliance
		I IvoShandor bestow upon thee, Cricketgirl, this certificate of alliance in the name of Sauk Chief Black Hawk. Your consistent, and meticulous assessment of Black Hawk War related articles has been irreplaceable over the last couple months. The current status of many of these articles owe your red pen a glorious thank you, as do I. Thank you Cricketgirl. :) IvoShandor 11:26, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

IvoShandor 11:26, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again, hope all is well. We are trying to get by without you, as tough a task as it is :). Here, you earned this one, Horseshoe Bend passed GA.

Thanks again. IvoShandor 23:04, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More stuff

I see you are still busy, hope everything is okay. :) Any requests above are long done, so you needn't worry about them. Two other articles could use your eyes if you return to us in time, Battle of Bad Axe and Attack at Ament's Cabin. Thanks. IvoShandor 07:24, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nice to see you my cricket. Thanks for your work, again. :)IvoShandor 11:51, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Degrees are more important, indeed. Sorry about the illness, hope you recover quickly, your lack of appearances on wiki had me worried slightly, I must admit. I had noticed you moved the user box and award though, so I knew you were around somewhere. IvoShandor 11:57, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Everything looked good pretty much, I made a couple minor tweaks for clarity and then tried to clear up your note in the intro. I think it should be clear now, the commanders of the Native American band fled but many refused to go with them, thus, they stayed, and were slaughtered. IvoShandor 12:08, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually was online right now, making a couple Talk Page comments at 17P/Holmes. Thanks for the smile, I needed it. :) I think I just have to step back. I have found myself lashing out at people about things that normally wouldn't bother me. Things I am not even involved in have annoyed me lately. It just means I need a break I hope. Some editors have gotten under my skin lately, and I should have never allowed it, but it happened, so now I must step back for awhile. I am likely to drop in every once in awhile but my article writing rate is going to have to decrease dramatically for the time being, which could be awhile. See, look, I couldn't even stay away for a day, stupid comet! (see above). IvoShandor 10:33, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Help

Friend, This article Ayyavazhi is requested here for copy-edit for a long time. People are not ready to do the work; most probably because of the vast number of citations there and hence very labouriouse. But I as told earlier, want to nominate it for FAC.

I've created a seperate version of that article's present stage by ommitting all the footnote, additional sections, templates, ect and so now copy-editing it may be much easier. Please help me by copy-editing and cleaning-up article's this version. I may add footnotes and other things to it later, after you've finnished the work. Pls help me. - Paul Raj 18:28, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Copyedit request

James Milner Chensiyuan recomended you to me. Buc 23:13, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well the fact you are not a football fan makes you the pefect person to review this article because I'm trying to write this article with users like you in mind. So if you read anything in the article which as a non-football fan, you don't understand please let me know. Buc 11:40, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok how about just giving the article a read I giving me feedback on the prose. Buc 18:28, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Three, no four, singers

Thanks. That's terrific. Don't neglect the physics or I will feel guilty! Best. -- Kleinzach 23:11, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

CEC

Thanks for your notes. I looked up the CEC programme [1] and it does in fact list two examples of recent legislation they oppose: "The repeal of recent fascist laws that have taken away the civil rights of Australians, including the Federal Defence Legislation Amendment (Aid to Civilian Authorities) Act 2000, aka the "Shoot to Kill" bill, which allows the army to use "lethal force" against Australian citizens, and "racial vilification" legislation, such as the Victorian Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001, which allows the Establishment to fine or jail whomever they please, using politically correct pretexts." Both of these, however, are older than the bill I cited in the article, which they have also opposed. --Terrawatt 00:38, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Garsh!

Thanks for the kind words .... I had done some vandalism reverting a while ago, saw it pop up on my watchlist, and, upon seeing it, decided to get in there with the chainsaw. Again, thanks for the kindness.

I also see you are working on physics at Oxford ... I wish you the very best of luck. I hold a Masters in Physics Education, but that is a far cry from what you are doing.LonelyBeacon (talk) 23:31, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Samantha Neville

Hi Cricketgirl.

If the article were true, then the actress would probably be notable and your CSD request therefore doesn't work and has been removed.

The article doesn't appear to be true, but "hoax" isn't a speedy delete criterion. You may, however, want to comment on the AfD that was already in progress before you tagged the article. Thanks ➔ REDVEЯS would like to show you some puppies 23:26, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings fellow Oxonian...

Which college are you at? (I'm at Hertford.) I'm also impressed by the fact that you're 19 and in final year - so you must have matriculated when you were only 17? (Plus, I freely admit that your subject is even tougher than mine...) Walton^One 12:56, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

St John's... I don't know it well, but one of the best law lecturers (Prof Paul Craig) is a fellow there, so it must be OK. :-) If you want, I'll email you my real name and you can add me on Facebook. As to the Australian election, it's a shame - I always rather liked John Howard (we need more politicians like him in the Tory Party over here) but I suspect you won't agree. (My political views are in something of a minority at Oxford - for instance, I'm beginning to think I'm the only law student in the whole university who openly supports capital punishment.) :-) Walton^One 14:31, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your "E-mail this user" button doesn't seem to be working... email me using Special:Emailuser/Walton One or on walton_m AT hotmail DOT co DOT uk if that doesn't work. Walton^One 14:56, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oxonians and other strange characters like WikiGnoms

Hallo, CricketGirl ! Als ich Dich auf der "Translation"-Site entdeckt habe und Deine Selbstbeschreibung im Profil, musste ich nun doch diese Frage bei Dir posten. Hast mich etwas neugierig gemacht. Was ist ein Oxonian ?? - Und was ein WikiGnom ??. Klingt lustig... Liebe Grüsse aus Hamburg. --ElJay Arem 01:33, 30 November 2007 (UTC) (P.S:: Ist doch O.K, dass ich Dir in Deutsch schreibe ?? (Englisch wäre für mich auch O.K.))[reply]

WP:CU

Hi Lendorien, you and I seem to be the only editors patrolling WP:CU, and to that end I wonder what you thought of my comment on the talk page, that is, if there are only one or two things "wrong" with an article, eg. need for citations and a copyedit, whether it would be better to tag them and remove them from the list, as a) this would shorten the list substantially, and b) my impression of "Cleanup" is that it's the overall term for these things, but only until more specific improvements can be specified. What do you think? Cheers, Cricketgirl (talk) 17:45, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have a problem with that. Really. My view is that we should try to get the articles put on the appropriate wikiproject. We should do general cleanup if we can and tag them as accurately as possible. Getting them under the appropriate wikiproject is key. They'll be more likely to get attention that way. I haven't had as much time to patrol Wikipedia lately. I've seen your work and give you Kudos. Thank you for doing what few other editors have been willing to tackle.--Lendorien 14:53, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Incorrect Orphan Tag

Welcome to Wikipedia. You placed an incorrect orphan templates on Eugene Gregan. I reverted this. All the best! Ohmpandya (talk) 02:06, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Incorrext Orphan Tag

Hello, Eugene Gregan has over 20 articles that link to it. Although the article is a stub (if it is possible help by expanding it) over 20 links on an article the length of Eugene Gregan is enough. Therefore the orphan tag is not needed. Thanks! Ohmpandya (talk) 20:53, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Wiggles

Hey Cricket,

I see that you are a member of Project Australia. I'm American myself, but my two little kids love The Wiggles (and I admit, I do too), so I've done a lot of work on their WP article. Currently, it's assessed as a B-article. I believe, after working on it, that it's better than that. Could you please take a look at it and see if you agree? My goal is to get it at FA status eventually. I know that I could just join the Project and assess it myself, but I'd like fresh, unbiased eyes to get more input. Thanks in advance, and Merry Christmas! --Figureskatingfan (talk) 05:58, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and Happy New Year

Firstly, let me wish you a very happy New Year and thank you for all your help in the Milhist Tag & Assess 2007 drive.

		Military history service award
		For tagging and assessing 250 articles in Tag & Assess 2007, by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 10:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		Military history service award
		For tagging and assessing 500 articles in Tag & Assess 2007, by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 10:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Secondly, although the Tag & Assess 2007 drive is now officially closed, you are very welcome to continue tagging and assessing until 31 January 2008. Any articles you tag and assess during this time will be credited fully to your tagging tally for further award purposes.

Thirdly, if you can find the time, it would be good to have your feedback/comments on the drive at the Tag & Assess workshop

Thanks again for your help, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 10:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Reconsideration

Hi Cricketgirl,

I really wish to be clarified why the article "Center Tagumpay ng Katotohanan" was deleted after for almost a year its been posted.

It is NOT an advertisement nor a false gimmick/ black magic or propaganda but it only contains the TRUTHS of the Holy Spirits' works to date, the intention is to inform mankind that what is written in the scriptures are real and happening even today for the sake of people' s hope and faith in the Holy Spirit and for the benefit of this material world.

How I wish you could come to the place and see for yourselves the actual events of God' s direct works and maybe you, yourselves will write a better and a clear picture of what is happening and become part of the world' s history, a very important event to mankind.

Is the Holy Scriptures not enough as a verified written reference/ source of the words collaborated with the actual testimonies of the witnesses testifying the fullfillment of God' s promised that the Holy Spirit shall be sent to teach all things also of things that had not been seen, (also of things that are not written),unexpected things and the deep things of God and only the Holy Spirit could make it known.

Now if this is what is happening as written in the deleted article, which means that there are really no other verifiable articles/ books had been published yet and it is supposedly to be read first in Wikipedia, of which I wish to happen.

And as what the Holy Spirit said that the time has come to let mankind know where they could go (if they wish) and experience the Holy Spirits actual/ direct teachings, direct healing (without the use of any medium),direct guidance and direct governance and I could say that I was just fortunate enough (a first timer/ amateur writer) to tap your professionalized web site for it is free of charge, considering that the article is for the gain of mankind from God, also for free of charge.

Thus, please guide me to improve the article to suit your requirement and be part of the history and an opportunity to shape another legacy of our lives.(talk)

Very truly,

(bensj 09:59, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I wish to clear also, that the article features not the center but the ACTUAL AND DIRECT WORKS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, thus mankind may know that God really fullfills His promises as stated in the Holy Scriptures where we could use in its citation and for those who seek direct and actual reliefs from God, at least they will know, through Wikipedia, that there's really an annointed place where to go like what happened before, where Israel was the chosen place, but at this time, its here in this specific location, so please help me how to transmit it in accordance to the rules.

Know, we are really writing a great history of tomorrow, and we shall all be part of it, a legacy that we will leave to our children.

I saved the latest copy of it at the time I sense that something is wrong and I do not know where, how and whom to explain, In case you have decided for its review, I am very much willing to send it, and I really beg for its reconsideration. Espiritista (talk)

(bensj 08:48, 22 January 2008 (UTC))

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Copy edit...

hi Cricketgirl. Once you did a copy edit of U2 thru LOCE. It's up for FAC and I was wondering whether you or someone you can recommend would give it the fresh eyes treatment again. puleeeezzzzz - last time around you made a great difference. Much of it remains unchanged, other stuff as been chopped around a bit. Prose needs a little pampering. hope you can help. kind regards --Merbabu (talk) 14:31, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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A new Oxbridge user box

Cricketgirl...I am currently in the process of writing a user box for all of the colleges that are part of Oxbridge. This template is meant to replace your current college template. Please take a look at the work in progress and comment on it. My main concerns are college abbreviations and color choice. I am using scarf colors for the colleges. Thank you. - LA @ 18:04, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New! BCAD drive from Milhist

Can I invite you to particpate in our new assessment drive? It's strictly for experienced editors and has a degree of friendly competition built-in. It involves re-evaluating around 3500 Milhist B-Class articles to ensure they match our new criteria. As ever, we're offering a range of awards as our way of expressing our thanks. The drive doesn't start until 18:00 (UTC) on March 10 but you can sign up in advance here. It would be great if you can spare the time, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 05:33, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

One Stripe (200 articles)
Two Stripes (400 articles)
Three Stripes (600 articles)
Chevrons (1000 articles)
Golden Wiki First place

Hi! :)

Hi Cricketgirl!

I just wanted to thank you again for your nice words on my Talk page; it was very heartening. :) When all these enzymes have quieted down for me, maybe we could do a physics article or two together? There are some very nice people who like to help out with those kinds of articles, once you get them going; it's a lot like stone soup, and very fun when everyone's pitching in together. :) But it's OK if you had other things you wanted to attend to; I'm sure you must be busy at school! This morning, I also foolishly volunteered to improve the Universe, which seems beyond my little powers and will likely occupy me for some time. Wishing you warm and well with your studies, Willow (talk) 19:23, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

League of Copyeditors roll call

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Briefly back at translation work

I only wish my "boredom and desperate procrastination" could be as productive as yours! Thanks for your work!

If you have enough time to finish translating the Wiener Staatsoper I think it will all be worthwhile. I guess you have had doubts about the information about different kinds of stone etc., however I think we can use this if the article is eventually reorganized to separate out the architectural stuff. It may be that the German article is itself poorly structured, but I think the best thing is to simply carry on with the translation and then edit it (which I can do) after it's complete. Does that sound reasonable? Best wishes. P.S. I was at the Wiener Staatsoper myself in December. -- Kleinzach (talk) 01:12, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your message and work on the Wiener Staatsoper. It's a major article so it's a great help to get the German translated. Shall I remove the under construction sign? --Kleinzach (talk) 14:07, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just another note of appreciation for the Viennese theatres - very useful because so many articles link to them. I've just edited Carltheater and am about to look at the others. Hope all is going well for you. --Kleinzach (talk) 05:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your note. I think it works out well if you concentrate on translating and then I do the editing. I think it's faster and simpler that way. I was always taught as an editor to only do one thing at a time . . . "Thanks for expanding Coccia" was an old edit summary left for someone who was working on an article about an Italian composer. I have some kind of 'predictive' editing switched on so I guess the software assumed I was talking to the other person. Actually I left another edit summary to explain . . . Hope you are enjoying Oxford and your studies. --Kleinzach (talk) 12:32, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulation

I feel the urge to congratulate you for what you did regarding Vienna State Opera. Your great work truly deserves my deepest admiration. Translating can be soooo difficult and tedious (at least that's what I think)... Many thanks and best wishes (and I hope you'll be back very soon) --Catgut (talk) 01:15, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your nice reply! Wish you the best for your degree. Please leave a note on my talk page when you're back. Btw, your skills don't surprise me. After all, you're Australian, and Australia is the clever country... (One of my best friends is from Australia, and she introduced me to this great term! I love it, and I love to use it!). --Catgut (talk) 23:37, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request regarding Hilary Duff article

I hope u remember me....I'm a fellow member of LoCE. I've been working on Hilary Duff article since 4-5 months and i have managed to get it to GA level after lot of changes (copyediting, content addition etc). In January i listed the article for peer review and no major issues were raised. So i listed it for FAC in February. But it failed its FAC soon after it was listed. See Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hilary Duff/archive1. Since then i have made some changes and listed it at WP:LOCE/R also. Although i am a member of LoCE and one of the main contributors to the article, it has been suggested that i let a fresh pair of eyes go thru it so that any prose issues left unaddressed might be corrected. I would be grateful, if u could take a look at the article and copyedit it. I believe the article wont take too much time.... I am pushing for a FA status soon...so pls bear this in mind...thanx Gprince007 (talk) 13:36, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wagner singers

Yes - actually I compiled the lists of Wagner singers. Some of them are well covered in Grove, but it's great if you like to translate the German articles. I just feel a bit guilty about distracting you from other things! Best.--Kleinzach (talk) 11:01, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for Huppert!

Roughly speaking, the translation is all done. For over a year, the German article has been mature and this article had been a requested redlink. Now finally the article is available in English as well. Thanks for your help! JackSchmidt (talk) 20:09, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Deletion Tag

You recently tagged Flag Art Exhibition in Gifu with {{db-inc}}. I'm opposed to the tagging because I'm still working on the article, but I'm more curious as to why you used the tag you did. It's not about a corporation, organization, etc. It's about an art exhibition. Could you please explain the choice? Thanks. Douggers (talk) 11:59, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Abt Durga Nanda Jha

I think things have been cleared about the article. The person under consideration had been celebrated as a martyr by Nepali Congress party even during the Shah era. I recently checked the list of martyrs but his name was not there (the part has been deleted from article anyhow). He is one of the most influencial people to die of political cause. A lot of literature about him is present in Nepali. Labelling him as an assasin might be a something like calling Churchill a murdurer for defending Britain. He may not be a martyr for you but he is definitely not an assasin for most of the people of Republic of Nepal. So, lets write the article along the midline till Nepal formally declares him a martyr.--Eukesh (talk) 17:12, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation

The MILHIST Project has set up a logistics departement that also handles copyediting of our articles because of the large backlog in the League. I inform you in case you might want to help. Wandalstouring (talk) 10:19, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey hey

Hey there my long lost cricket playing, copy editing love, ;) just kidding. How have you been? I am back around a bit now. --IvoShandor (talk) 07:25, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hope everything is OK. --IvoShandor (talk) 04:14, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]