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pi FA

Thanks for offering to help with the pi FA nomination. I'm appreciate the work you did getting the GA status. Please post any suggestions for the article in the FA review page (or even in the pi Talk page, if they are not a formal review) and I'll take care of them. --Noleander (talk) 04:27, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Advice for improving a research institute page?

Hi Disavian, I noticed your work on Georgia Tech Research Institute and SRI International. I'm looking for some advice/help on improving a research institute page, Digital Enterprise Research Institute where I'm worried about my own WP:COI. I've made only minimal edits to this page in the past, since I currently work there. However, a colleague wants to expand the page and they made some recent edits based on the structure of other articles. I can't tell if this is getting better or worse, though I think that the additional references are useful. What do you think? Any suggestions? Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 09:26, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

I have been editing a lot in this subject area, and if you have a positive change you'd like to make, just be BOLD and make it. Just remember to be mindful of staying neutral and sourcing everything you can; that can be difficult sometimes, and you have to have some language pointed out to you in order to realize that it's not neutral. That's why we have the review processes that we do, I suppose. I do like the structure of the two articles I've primarily worked on, but I've run into the same issue of wondering what material to include. I'm fortunate enough that those two organizations have (relatively) long histories, and several reliable written works that cover each of them. You're welcome to copy that format and contact me for advice on any specifics of doing so, on here or over email if you prefer that. Disavian (talk) 16:39, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
I went in and made a few changes, such as adding an infobox, which you can fill out with information at your leisure. The sources are nice, but they should really be integrated into the article of the body as inline references. Disavian (talk) 16:58, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the edits and the advice! Much appreciated. It's especially useful to point out what needs sourcing. And I'll try to move some of the "further reading" inline. :) Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 00:00, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of G. Wayne Clough

The article G. Wayne Clough you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:G. Wayne Clough for things which need to be addressed. GoPTCN 19:11, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of G. Wayne Clough

The article G. Wayne Clough you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:G. Wayne Clough for comments about the article. Well done! There is a backlog of articles waiting for review, why not help out and review a nominated article yourself? GoPTCN 09:31, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

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Talkback

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Great American Wiknic for Atlanta in June

Hi Disavian. I would like to invite you to help plan the Atlanta edition of the Great American Wiknic this June (you could update Wikipedia:Meetup/Atlanta) :) Also, please confirm any preliminary details at Wikipedia:Wiknic#2012 Wiknic.--Pharos (talk) 15:51, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

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Flying Spaghetti Monster Userbox

The image used in your Flying Spaghetti Monster Userbox isn't what it used to be. For some reason File:Flying Spaghetti Monster.jpg now redirects to File:Plate of Spaghetti.jpg. While I don't recall what exactly was there, I think replacing it with a more suitable image (File:FlyingSpaghettiMonster.JPG? File:FSM_Logo.svg or File:FSM_Logo_white.svg?) would be a good idea. 786b6364 (talk) 20:22, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Do whatever you think improves it. :) Disavian (talk) 23:12, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! I've gone with my first suggestion, seeing as how it's from Touched by His Noodly Appendage. 786b6364 (talk) 00:22, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

List of SRI International people

Hello.

Are you going to head back to WP:FLC to address the remaining comments on the above list or would you prefer to withdraw the nomination at this time? Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:00, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

I've been meaning to take care of the remaining issues, but real life has been rather intrusive on my wiki time. I'd be okay with withdrawing it for now. Disavian (talk) 15:00, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of SRI International

Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article SRI International you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Viriditas (talk) 08:25, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

GTRI prose review

Hey mate! In case you hadn't noticed, I've begun reviewing the GTRI article. My comments are listed here. Cheers! --Cryptic C62 · Talk 19:51, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll see if I can get to some of that today. Disavian (talk) 19:57, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Stanford University libraries

Hello, and thanks for your recent improvements to the "Libraries" section at Stanford University. Big improvement! You also made a proposal to split off the libraries into a separate article. I have started a discussion about that proposal here. --MelanieN (talk) 16:34, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of SRI International

The article SRI International you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:SRI International for things which need to be addressed. Viriditas (talk) 01:19, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll try to get to that sooner rather than later. Disavian (talk) 01:20, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of SRI International

The article SRI International you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:SRI International for comments about the article. Well done! There is a backlog of articles waiting for review, why not help out and review a nominated article yourself? Viriditas (talk) 01:29, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

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Stanford University

I got the impression that you intended to split this article. Do you still wish to? if not can we remove the tag? Op47 (talk) 20:36, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I totally forgot about that. Yeah, I still think there needs to be a Stanford University Libraries article. Disavian (talk) 22:29, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
It has been implemented and the tag is gone. Disavian (talk) 08:04, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
Thankyou. Op47 (talk) 11:38, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
And then I added another splitsection tag to the article! Will my evil ever end?!?! :) Disavian (talk) 18:18, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Lane Medical Library

Hi, Disavian! I'd like your opinion. I have been thinking about doing an article on Lane Medical Library, the medical library at Stanford. But I'm not sure there's enough material, particularly enough independent material, to pass the notability hurdle. Also, I couldn't find any details about the size of the collection, and very little about the facilities in the library. I have a draft in my sandbox. Could you take a look and let me know if you think it would pass muster, or if it is too short or lacks sufficient Independent Reliable Sources? Thanks! (I've never had an article of mine deleted; don't want to start now!) --MelanieN (talk) 15:05, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

I went and made a few edits, and found you another source. I find that it's helpful to first write the associated biographies; for example, Levi Cooper Lane is definitely notable, and Elias Samuel Cooper probably is as well. Disavian (talk) 18:14, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the improvements, and the reference! Interesting idea about the biographies; I had assumed there would be less material available about the person than about the facility. I'll give that some thought. --MelanieN (talk) 20:26, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Sometimes you find references that way that you might have otherwise missed. And sometimes... well, it turns into James E. Boyd (scientist). Disavian (talk) 20:28, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Totally unrelated, but if you could spare some meatcycles to improve Arati Prabhakar, I'd appreciate it. Disavian (talk) 20:30, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
That new reference you found is very detailed (although it does contain a few internal contradictions; they can be resolved by other sources.). I could almost write the bio from it alone. I see what you mean about the Boyd article. (Looks like it got big enough to become a vandal magnet - lucky you!) Arati sounds like an interesting person; I'll take a look if I can ever dig myself out of Stanford messes. (Among other things, I discovered that the Stanford University School of Medicine article hadn't been updated in three years; it kept talking about facilities that "will" open in 2010!) --MelanieN (talk) 20:35, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Glad to help! And any article that goes on the main page gets vandalized, I've had... five so far? I'm used to it by now :) Disavian (talk) 20:39, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Well, sorry to say, my first input on her article will be a debunking. It turns out there are lots of candidates for "first woman to earn a PhD from CalTech." Prabhakar isn't even close. 1984? Not by decades! The actual first seems to have been Dorothy Ann Semenow, 1955, PhD in chemistry & biology [1]. Lorraine Foster was the first woman PhD in math - 1964 [2]. Sorry! I'll see if I can find some positive contributions! --MelanieN (talk) 20:55, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
I didn't really look closely into that fact. I appreciate you helping :) Disavian (talk) 20:57, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Always the first thing I check. I'm especially skeptical of claims of "summa cum laude", which it seems almost every biography here claims (without any evidence, ever). I especially love it when someone claims "summa cum laude" from Stanford, because Stanford does not award that distinction! --MelanieN (talk) 21:04, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Well, you were right - the biography wrote itself pretty quickly. I'll post it and see what happens. Any improvements appreciated! --MelanieN (talk) 23:19, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Yeah, it's a pretty effective method. Are you currently editing it? I don't want to edit conflict with you. Disavian (talk) 00:10, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
No, go for it. --MelanieN (talk) 01:04, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Having written a few biographies, there are certain features you add to all of them, such as the persondata template, and you plaster their birth and death dates ALL OVER EVERYTHING. :p Also, I use citation templates quite a lot. Disavian (talk) 01:30, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Look who I found a picture of! [3] And it's published before 1923, so it's totally public domain. Disavian (talk) 01:47, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Nice find! And you found all kinds of missing details - thanks! I'm not very skilled with things like infoboxes and templates, and I don't know the first thing about pictures (except how to steal them from other articles). Funny, I have seen people go around ripping out the birth and death dates saying "once is enough!" I'm with you, put 'em in there. --MelanieN (talk) 02:20, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey - un-debunk! Prabhakar does have a claim to being first - the first woman to get a CalTech PhD in applied physics. Sometimes the devil is in the details! I put it in the article --MelanieN (talk) 02:31, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Oh, okay. Did you find a source that I can use for that, other than [8] in the article? Disavian (talk) 02:32, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Yes, the New York Times - the same article that you already had. I already cited it for that fact. Other than that I can't add a thing, you did a very thorough job! --MelanieN (talk) 02:49, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Oh, okay! Thanks. I just got annoyed when I saw this as the article of the head of DARPA, and sort of attribute it to Wikipedia's gender bias. I've made... a couple edits to it since then :) Disavian (talk) 02:57, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
At least there was an article. A stub is better than nothing. Nice job expanding it and giving her her due! Almost expanded enough for a DYK. --MelanieN (talk) 03:17, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
I actually did nominate it for DYK. I use the User:Shubinator/DYKcheck tool to verify if something is eligible for nomination, and I had expanded the article enough. Disavian (talk) 03:37, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Kewl! Just one comment: I don't think most people know what NIST is, especially out of context like that. Do you have room in the hook to spell it out? --MelanieN (talk) 04:17, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
I spelled it out, if a reviewer wants to shorten it they can. :) Disavian (talk) 04:24, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
If they think it's too long, you might consider dropping "engineer and". It may detract a little from "DARPA director," as if the two titles were comparable. (There are lots of engineers, but there is only one DARPA director.) Listing her PhD makes it clear already that she is a smart and highly educated woman. --MelanieN (talk) 15:04, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

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Discussion at "Did you know..?"

Hi, Disavian! Take a look at Template:Did you know nominations/Stanford University Libraries which you wrote and I nominated; there is some discussion about the hook. Thanks. --MelanieN (talk) 14:10, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

P.S. What happened to two of the pictures in the article??? Bing Wing and Bender Room have gone blank. --MelanieN (talk) 14:25, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
They were apparently deleted from Wikimedia Commons, discussion here: commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Ninotwenty11. Disavian (talk) 14:35, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
Bummer. Do you want to move one of the other pix into the infobox? --MelanieN (talk) 15:10, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Greetings

Hey there. First of all, thanks for your many excellent contributions to Wikipedia! That's awesome you've helped produce so much quality content. I'll be going for my first FA soon with DVT. I'm contacting you because it looks like we'll both be helping out the 90+ students in the GT Introductory Neuroscience class. I'll email you. Best. Biosthmors (talk) 16:40, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

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