HI (sorry 'bout the spammy note),
DYK updates have been a bit slow and there's a bit of a shortage of admins actively involved. We are asking folks who listed themselves on Wikipedia:Did you know/Admins to update details on this page - User:Olaf Davis/DYKadmins, so we can grade everyone's involvement (and who, knows, someone may want to get involved more :) ). Cheers, Casliber (talk·contribs) 03:20, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject Novels is currently holding a roll call, which we hope to have annually. Your username is listed on the members list, but we are unsure as to which editors are still active within the project. If you still consider yourself an active WP:Novels editor, please add your name back to the Active Members list. Also feel free to join any of our task forces and take a look at the project's Job Centre to get involved!
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Devil May Care, written by Sebastian Faulks ("writing as Ian Fleming"), has become Penguin Books fastest selling hardcover fiction title. It is the latest installment in the book series about British secret agent James Bond and was released to coincide with the 100th anniversary of late Bond creator Ian Fleming's birthday on May 28, 1908.
Me Cheeta: the Autobiography, written by a ghostwriter, is the autobiography of Cheeta the Chimp who is listed in the Guinness World Records as the oldest recorded non-human primate at the age of 76. He has appeared in various movie roles which included twelve Tarzan movies and even battled addiction to alcohol and cigars. The book is not published until October 1, but judges for the 2008 Guardian First Book Award were sent a early version and were so impressed that they have included it on the 10-strong longlist.
Stephenie Meyer, who is listed by Time magazine as one of its 100 most influential people of 2008, has decided not to continue with writing her draft for Midnight Sun after 12 chapters of the unfinished manuscript were leaked on the internet.
Current debates
Categories for Discussion has a series of discussions about whether to categorize certain specific types of fictional characters: double agents, dictators, characters with eidetic memory, etc. Advice from any Novels project members would be valuable in assisting them.
WikiProject Media franchises aims to help editors with the coordination of articles within the thousands of media franchises which exist and has requested input from our members. They are currently discussing a naming convention for franchise articles. Since this may affect one or more articles in our Novel project, they would like to get opinions before implimenting any changes.
With the Newsletter being almost three months overdue, I have decided to take on the position of Editor to make sure it reaches you regularly on time each month. The Newsletter is meant to inspire and encourage our team of Editors and so my goal shall be to make it informative and interesting each issue.
We now have many positions vacant in our Project Team, so we are looking for members who have the time and interest to take on the various roles, details of which can be found at the Job Centre. Shortly a Coordinator nominations notice shall also be sent out to all members, which will commence the annual Coordinator selection process.
Next month's Newsletter will include a message from our Coordinator Maria, who will introduce herself and speak on our forthcoming elections for extra Coordinators.
This month's Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is Look Homeward, Angel. The next collaboration is due for selection on 14 September, 2008 so cast your vote.
Newsletter challenge
Our last newsletter's challenge The Pure Land was completed by our member Maclean25, who also provided us with tipline news for this newsletter.
The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Leslie Ann Moore's first book in her fantasy 'Griffin's Daughter' trilogy, which was named by the Independent Book Publishers Association as the 2008 Ben Franklin Award winner for Best First Fiction, Griffin's Daughter. Note: This article was previously deleted due to lack of notability, but that now can be established since winning this award.
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After being bothered for a few weeks by the redlink for "Selected article" in Portal:New South Wales, I was bold and selected a relevant one from the recent featured articles list. I notice you and Daniel are listed as maintainers of the Portal (and Spebi, though s/he appears to have ceased editing), so am letting you know in case I have cut across any established practice for selection. If so, sorry about that and feel free to revert it and add some other article. Euryalus (talk) 23:04, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Me and Daniel haven't been very active lately (Real Life priorities) so feel free to update the portal as you see fit :) This is a wiki after all, so don't be afraid to be bold and edit/update anything! —Darktalk07:18, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No worries. I've also arbitrarily chosen a "Selected picture" - a conservative choice but being bold only goes so far for anyone's first edit to a particular page. Euryalus (talk) 21:47, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed with a count of (154/3/2). I appreciate the community's trust in me, and I will do my best to be sure it won't regret handing me the mop. I am honored by your trust and your support. Again, thank you. –JuliancoltonTropicalCyclone19:32, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Let the speedy deletion take its course. It will be kept if there is an assertion of notability in the article. Read WP:WEB for further guidance on avoiding deletion. Cheers! —Darktalk09:43, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Soory about that. I can assure you that your edit was not vandalism. For some reason I must have clicked the rollback button by accident, but I cannot figure out how. Sjakkalle(Check!)09:15, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Dark, Casliber suggested that I should contact you about this upcoming event.
The Powerhouse Museum will be giving Wikimedia Australia members (and friends) a personal tour through their collections - much of it not on public display. They'll take photos for us and give us access to their curators. Afterwards, they give us a meeting room and we help improve articles about their items. 20people Max.
I'm not surprised to find he was a sockpuppet, his userpage was too good for a newbie -- but I also had a feeling I'd seen a very similar userpage a few days before the creation of this user. It might of course have been my imagination. Can you tell me any of the other socks or the puppetmaster? Thanks. dougweller (talk) 08:12, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I do not think there are any more sockpuppets, Dominic blocked the IP address and his checkuser came up with only those accounts (Bingo, Jgriffin4211 and Jeff-griffin-0192). —Darktalk08:18, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi DarkFalls, thanks for coming to my rescue again. He is one messed-up character, isn't he? All I did was revert some copyright material that he had posted, then he totally lost it. I'm glad you admins are on the case to clean up the mess that he makes. I don't mind leaving the userpage unprotected for now, don't want to give him the satisfaction of affecting anything. I'm online often so his crap does not usually stick for too long. I'll keep in touch should he come out from under his rock again. Many thanks mate, WWGB (talk) 07:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. I just filed your request [14]. Please allow 7 days. If nothing happens, the nickname on it:wp will be changed so that you can grab it. Bye. --Paginazero (talk) 16:30, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest that you should try sorting out the dispute with him before asking for a block. I have no opinion on the other images but your addition of File:Arshavin 1946497.jpg was wrong as the image has no information regarding its copyright status. Advocating for the other person's block will create nothing but tension. —Darktalk00:38, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You're right about that one image, I didn't know about the copyright, sorry. About "sorting it out with him" I can only say that such is impossible. We've had the same disagreement (about the same images !) on connons some time ago, and I found that he just DOES NOT want to discuss it, he only wants "his" images to be used, and allows noone to modify them either. So, the tension is already there, and I really need some help. - Erik Baas (talk) 00:30, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing compared to the horrors of knowing that a radical conservative is currently destroying the neutrality of Wikipedia's articles. —Darktalk07:10, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, DarkFalls. I am not entirely against the edit you made here (and I have not restored it thus far), but would you mind expressing to me why you feel it is gossipy? I mean, as I stated in an edit summary in reply to that removal, that book does have its own article (which also notes its claim about Suri Cruise). Plus, the book is mentioned in the Tom Cruise article as well. I am asking you more out of curiosity than an objection. Would you rather it had been reworded, or are you completely against it being included in the Relationship of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes article? Flyer22 (talk) 23:18, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
WP:UNDUE. That view was set in one book (and a potentially libelous one at that), was not publicized at all by the media (other than as a joke), and has no place in Wikipedia. It is simply trivial, and a violation of biography of living people with its wording. I'd rather that Wikipedia does not get sued for libel. —Darktalk23:27, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I get your points (good points, by the way). But it does have a Wikipedia article. I mean, what is your take on that in regards to seeing it as having no place on Wikipedia, trivial and a BLP violation? Flyer22 (talk) 00:41, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I said it has no place on that particular article detailing Tom Cruise's relationship with Katie Holmes. In that context, it may be libelous. However, I do not say the same things regarding the article on the book itself. It is quite notable. —Darktalk02:02, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
One more question about this. The Tom Cruise article notes the book, though. Do you feel that the book should not be noted there either? I am really not trying to bug you with this (I know it can seem that way because I sometimes get bugged by questions at Wikipedia I feel I have already answered thoroughly enough, from editors who have heard those answers); it is just that I want opinions on whether the book should be noted in the Relationship of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes article. I am sure that there are editors here who would disagree with you on this and feel that it can be presented in the article in some way. The book is linked in the See also section, however, which is an alternative to putting it within the body of the article. Flyer22 (talk) 19:59, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I do not feel that there is a problem with referencing the article (in some form), as long as there is solid and firm language which presents the information as the personal views of the author, rather than fact. Perhaps the best policy to deal with this is WP:UNDUE, which states: In general, articles should not give minority views as much or as detailed a description as more popular views, and will generally not include tiny-minority views at all. For example, the article on the Earth does not mention modern support for the Flat Earth concept, a view of a distinct minority.. I view the author's opinion of the parentage of Suri Cruise as representative of a minority view that does not merit inclusion into the article. —Darktalk06:21, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, thanks for going into detail about your thoughts on this. I am not sure that I will even add that information about that book back in. If I do, it will be like you suggest it should be added. Though, I do feel that it was clear that it was the views of the author in the version you removed as well. If anything, that article needs more building on other aspects instead of an addition of such a negative claim, anyway. Flyer22 (talk) 22:53, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Working you to the bone, you mean :) With my ability to ignore work whenever asked, I have successfully countered work. *sips martinis in a beach in Hawaii* —Darktalk10:10, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"DarkFalls", can I add The Red & Blue Blur to the names and aliases of Superman. I know, it's a nice nickname to the Man of Tomorrow.(JoeLoeb (talk) 00:18, 17 April 2009 (UTC))[reply]
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