User talk:Dabomb87/Archive 31

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Mike Bibby

Hey, can you you protect this article? He was waived by the Wizards and is expected to sign with the Heat after he clears waiver on Wednesday. But many editors are already jumping the gun and update the article. Thanks.—Chris!_c/t 02:15, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Done. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:36, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

WP:FAS

I updated FAS again and this time I did all the stats and think I got them correct. If you have the time and inclination, would you please check my work? Thanks, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:56, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Looks good, except where did you get seven demotions? I count only three at Wikipedia:Featured article review/archive/February 2011 (that would also affect the net FA increase). Dabomb87 (talk) 04:42, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks - the FAR archive was a red link so I looked at the change in total FAs from the previous month. Only problem was I looked at the total number of articles column by mistake and 3572 - 3550 = 22 for Delta FAC (D'Oh!), so I got 29-22 = 7 demotions. I fixed both now, thanks again, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 05:11, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year

My most recent comment at that FLC ([[1]]) does not yet seem to have been addressed....... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:05, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Boyle's Law Semi-Protect

If you would, please take the time to read my response to your declining of semi-protection to Boyle's Law on the WP:RFP page. Thanks —ASPENSTI—TALK—CONTRIBUTIONS 15:35, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Anaheim Amigos

Would you mind adding {{Orange County Sports}} to Anaheim Amigos if you have time? Thanks. --CASportsFan (talk) 23:42, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Done. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:55, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. --CASportsFan (talk) 07:02, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Mayerthorpe Massacre

Thanks again for your help on Mayerthorpe Massacre. I know from surfing around Wikipedia that 'incident' is a preferred naming convention for news events, but I haven't been able to find the guideline. Do you happen to know what I could cite, in order to build a better argument? 117Avenue (talk) 00:53, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Naming conventions (events), perhaps? Dabomb87 (talk) 22:18, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, 117Avenue (talk) 23:41, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for catching that OTRS notice on Yéle Haiti, I missed it.--RadioFan (talk) 23:14, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi

Thanks for your trust! Memo^{talk with me} 19:37, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Tea (meal)

Thanks for semi-protecting Tea (meal). Could you please do the same for the Talk page for this article? The sock puppets are already back to work on the Talk page. Logical Cowboy (talk) 04:45, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Done. I've made the duration only two days, as we typically don't protect talk pages. Dabomb87 (talk) 05:07, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Alert

Hello, Dabomb87. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

I apologize in advance for the length. I didn't want to post it here for reasons you will understand. CycloneGU (talk) 05:14, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Received. I'll try to respond soon. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:51, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

No rush, but still standing by for this. =) CycloneGU (talk) 20:41, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for semi-protecting my user page so quickly. I appreciate it. --NellieBly (talk) 00:57, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Tea (meal)

Hi, the sock puppet accounts are back on the Tea (meal) talk page--and soon to be back on the main article page. There are about 50 different accounts making little irrelevant edits. Yes, 50. Do you have any ideas about what to do? Thanks. Logical Cowboy (talk) 17:03, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

To answer my own question, I started a sockpuppet investigation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Rosanacurso Logical Cowboy (talk) 17:51, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

"Older" noms

Trying this... What do you reckon? The Rambling Man (talk) 21:04, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Good idea. I myself had considered putting it in not too long ago. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:08, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Brain

To the section Brain and Mind in the topic Brain, you may want to add the following: The Singhs, 'Ajai R. Singh and Shakuntala Singh, in 2011, posit the brain as the structural correlate of the mind and the mind as the functional correlate of the brain Singh A.R., Singh S.A., (2011), Brain-mind dyad, human experience, the consciousness tetrad and lattice of mental operations: And further, The need to integrate knowledge from diverse disciplines. MSM, 9(1), p6-41. --Philosophypsychiatry (talk) 06:23, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Shmuley Boteach

May I request a permanent or longer term lock - For many years there has been vandalism here ? Jonathangluck (talk) 03:31, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

I've extended the duration to 3 months and watchlisted the articles. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:28, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

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Uttaran

Thanks for semi-protecting this article. I've shortened the plot summary and wrote it concisely. I'll be grateful if you check it again. Thanks,--Sainsf<^> (talk) 12:56, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA World Heavyweight Champions/archive1

As far as I know you are still the moderator of FLC, so I came to ask, the above has been nominated for like a month, just wondering when it would be closed. It has one support, all comments have been fixed, seems like it should be passed. Just wanted to get an update.--WillC 10:25, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi Will. I have kept an eye on that nomination; the thing is, FLC is a community process, and I don't consider a single support sufficient consensus to promote. Really, I look for at least three, though in some circumstances I will promote with two supports. I'll keep it open a little while longer in the hopes that some good soul decides to take a look, but if not, the nom may need a "fresh start". Cheers, Dabomb87 (talk) 14:47, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Okay, I'm fine with a restart if needed.--WillC 07:45, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Star Trek: The Pepsi Generation

High there; I have felt obliged to remove the {{speedy}} tag which you placed on this article. Not only has it been here for five years but, more to the point, notability is clearly asserted and you did not suggest which CSD criterion applied. It does not, I think, qualify for speedy deletion but please feel free, if you wish, to nominate it under WP:AfD.--Anthony Bradbury^"talk" 12:54, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi Anthony. If you'll look at my edit summary, you'll see that I had not tagged the article myself, but rather moved it from the article talk page (where someone else had placed it) for another admin to evaluate. Sorry for the confusion. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:06, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

My apologies; I failed to notice. --Anthony Bradbury^"talk" 16:46, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Re: Reviewer granted

Hello Dabomb87,

Thank you for attributing me reviewer rights. I deeply appreciate your trust.

Sincerely,

Xionbox^₪ 20:54, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

FL/signpost

Yep, more than happy to help, let me know what you want, when you want it and I'll comply. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:01, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

FS&/Signpost

Sure, just let me know when the page is set up. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 00:48, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

RE: Reviewer granted

Thanks for the privilege of reviewer! I'll try to make good use of it. Harry (talk) 16:34, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Template:Convert/LinAoffDbSoffEng

Could you step down the protection on this to semi? It is not transcluded in any articles, and I would like to fix the bug in it that is causing this mess:

1.25 billion cubic feet (35,400,000 m³)

Thank you. Frietjes (talk) 21:40, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Done. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:42, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

And, I am done as well, as you can see by the working conversion above. So, if you want, you could step it back up again, or just leave it since it's not being used widely. Thank you. Frietjes (talk) 21:44, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Template:Infobox NBA biography

Hi, I don't know if you know this or not, but WP:NBA is currently trying to establish consensus on how to present info on the infobox at Template talk:Infobox NBA biography. To make this more transparent, we would like an uninvolved admin to eventually close the discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion or are too busy to do this, that is fine. I will ask someone else. Thanks.—Chris!_c/t 23:45, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Sure, I'll be happy to close it. Just leave me a note when you need me to step in. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:10, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Protection of Smiling Buddha

Hey, this article was protected originally due to Nangparbat and appeared to be doing well on Pending Changes before you returned it to semi-protection. Any chance of returning it to semi-protection or unprotecting it? Another article attacked by the same IP has been on Pending Changes for ages. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 10:24, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Done. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:52, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 00:05, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Re: Signpost quote

I wasn't aware of that fact at all! It's nice to be a part of history, but to be honest, being the (joint) 2000th is merely a number: each one of the 1999 (ish) before are just as much a part of this as these six. I think the FL process is actually among the better ones for recognised content on Wikipedia, but this may be because I've got more lists promoted than anything else! The reviewing team is quite small, but tends to be pretty friendly, especially once you've been around the block a few times. I try my best to help out with reviews when I can, but it's a bit too little, too rarely I think!

Feel free to cut, improve or downright rewrite anything I've said above: as long as the quote means the same thing! Also, Gower scored 25 international centuries, 18 in Tests and 7 in ODIs. Drop me a line when the piece goes out, tomorrow I assume from the date? Harrias ^talk 10:12, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, Harrias! I've integrated your quote into Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-03-28/Features and admins; please check/change my alterations to it. Also, feel free to change the summary of the cricket list; I know next to nothing about the sport. Cheers, Dabomb87 (talk) 01:55, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Signpost

Let me think about what I want to say and come back to you in a few hours. I'll be running out soon and don't want to rush this. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 16:02, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

As a veteran at FAC, I've always felt that reviewing lists provided a nice change of pace from checking standard articles. The lists appearing at FLC have a wide variety of styles, and I enjoy working with nominators to get the most out of them, while conforming to the FL criteria. FLC is also cordial as a whole, which makes interacting with nominators easy. When I accepted the position as FL director, the most important factor for me was that I enjoy the reviewing that comes with it. There's a lot of extra work that comes with being a director, but since I like it I'm willing to devote the time necessary to ensuring the next 2,000 FLs are the highest quality possible. (Wordy, I know. I'm sure you can do something with it, though. :-) Giants2008 (27 and counting) 20:20, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! Dabomb87 (talk) 01:50, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

ITN

Hello! I noticed that you removed links to United States and Canada, citing WP:OVERLINK. But you left links to London, Texas, Americas, Syria and Burma, and I can't honestly say that I recognize a clear distinction. (Perhaps Syria and Burma are less familiar to readers of the English Wikipedia, but I wouldn't think that of the others.)
At ITN, we usually link the first mentions of place names, which almost always directly relate to the items (and therefore convey background information), unlike the supply and demand example mentioned at WP:OVERLINK.
And it's important to keep in mind that such links don't merely serve to define unfamiliar subjects; they also provide direct access to useful articles of interest to Main Page readers (many of whom are visiting Wikipedia for the first time).
Thanks! —David Levy 17:33, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) But then again there are arguments saying the opposite at WP:ERRORS :). -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 20:18, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

As noted in that discussion, I'm not aware of any consensus to stop linking place names. Regardless, Dabomb87 delinked only some of the place names (while leaving others linked), and I'm not clear on why. —David Levy 21:08, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

I've restored the links. I'll admit that I had not noticed that London and Americas were linked at the time, or I would have delinked them. That said, I'm still not convinced that readers would click on any of those links. If they don't click on them in normal articles, I don't see why they would on the Main Page either; the navigational and background info (too broad to help the reader understand the current event, in all likelihood) arguments don't convince me. Just my opinion, though. Cheers, Dabomb87 (talk) 01:47, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protection on Gilad Shalit

Last week you semi-protected Gilad Shalit for 7 days. The IP-hopping anonymous editor which caused this was immediately on my talk page, PROMISING me he will continue this disruptive behavior once the week was up: [2]. Perhaps a longer duration for the semi-protection would be wise, to preempt this. Tzu Zha Men (talk) 20:19, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

and, using a different IP, he is making the same promise/threat on another editor's talk page: [3] Tzu Zha Men (talk) 20:21, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Your close of Minehead (holiday camp) RM

I've renamed all other current camps in line with your close - did you draw any conclusions from the debate about the renaming of former camps (particularly Heads of Ayr (holiday camp), Penychain (holiday camp), Mosney (holiday camp), and Barry Island (holiday camp)) which were discussed as part of the RM or should I launch another multi article RM to focus on this issue? Stuart.Jamieson (talk) 08:21, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, I didn't see any definite opinion as to what each of the other camps should be moved to. A multi-article RM would be a good idea. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:07, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks will look into doing that. Stuart.Jamieson (talk) 15:35, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

User_talk:Pyrospirit/metadata#Gadget_not_working.3F

The code from User:Gary King/metadata.js will have to be copied again to User:Pyrospirit/metadata.js and MediaWiki:Gadget-metadata.js, thanks. Gary King (talk · scripts) 18:13, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Done. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:28, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Template talk:Infobox NBA biography

Ok, I think the discussion can be closed now. Can you do it section by section? Thanks—Chris!_c/t 18:39, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Working on it. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:30, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Done. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:19, 31 March 2011 (UTC)