User talk:George Ho/Archives/2016/3

From Engleham

User talk:We hope Ho has no real intention of going away beyond stating it to gain attention. But yes, he should leave. As per User:Begoon's comment below, too many other mentors have been burned; too much time of good editors has been wasted endlessly indulging him; and when he posts to Begoon "maybe I'm too two-faced or multi-faced or something like that", but again for those knowing his history of faux-confessionals, merely as another tactic for yet more attention, you know he is in a bad place, and this isn't the right place for him. It's not helping him. It's not healthy. Wikipedia doesn't provide professional psychological counselling. Which is what is needed now. Engleham (talk) 01:47, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Think what you will, Engleham, but I'm planning to leave as soon as I finish everything that I started. George Ho (talk) 01:50, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Yeah. In 2050. Try it on someone else who hasn't done Psych. Unfortunately you're transparent to me. You know this, and I know it how much it angers you. That's how cancer starts, so you need to move on. Engleham (talk) 01:57, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

And you should too. I saw your comments at the RfA, and many were irritated by your less effective "oppose" vote. You stick to your problems; I'll stick to mine. George Ho (talk) 02:05, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

As trolls go, that was a great one! (Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/AustralianRupert#Discussion of Engleham's oppose vote) Dicklyon (talk) 02:21, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Have I been a troll to you, Dicklyon? No offense, though. George Ho (talk) 02:24, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Like most of your questions, that's merely rhetorical. Try everyone. Engleham (talk) 02:35, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

George, I don't think you have it in you to be a troll. I was referring to Engleham's great trolling. Dicklyon (talk) 02:49, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Oh... Thanks, Dick. George Ho (talk) 02:53, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Koyaanisqatsi

With regards to this edit, summary: "rm covers per talk page", where's the talk page discussion? I looked for it, but I must be having a "bad search day". Begoon ^talk 20:17, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

(watching) there's something about "cover" images in the archive, but not really related, it seems, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:31, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi, awesome one. I already looked there, and couldn't find anything that seemed very relevant. George will be able to clear up what he meant, I'm sure. Begoon ^talk 20:39, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Here. There no way a non-admin could have found it, as the link is buried in the history of the now-deleted File:Koyaanisqatsi_album1.jpg. ‑ Iridescent 22:01, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Ah, cool - thank you. Begoon ^talk 03:55, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Conclusion time

George, if you really want to get me, please stop delaying and seeking assistance from others like Banedon. I'm sure another trip to ANI will be just fine and dandy, and we can discuss everyone's behaviour (including yours) there. I have no issue at all with being scrutinised again and again, I'm actually here improving Wikipedia unlike some of the drama-mongers. But what I would ask is this: stop canvassing for someone else to do your dirty work. If you really have an issue with me and you really believe that I'm actually contravening the governing policies of Wikipedia, or even the spirit of Wikipedia, do something about it. If it's just about the fact you don't like the way we interact, ask for an IBAN, that's really straightforward. I object to it, and I believe I've got the best for Wikipedia in mind. Don't forget, and Banedon needs to remember this too, I never called you obnoxious, I just wonder at the amount of time and effort you expend on not actually improving Wikipedia. Try to remember that Wikipedia is designed for its readers. Good articles, good reader experiences etc. Spend more time on that and less on the technical/editor interaction side of things and you might find yourself in a better place. Some editors will see even this kind advice as "bullying" (won't they Banedon?) but I honestly think the more time you spend actively working on articles and less on trying to use Wikipedia as a substitute for Facebook the better.

TLDR: Edit articles, stop trying to solve problems that don't exist. If you want to get me banned, take it to ANI yourself. Stop pretending that you're going to quit, eventually no-one (no-one) will take you seriously. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:57, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Thanksgiving Orphans

The article Thanksgiving Orphans 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 needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Thanksgiving Orphans for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Carbrera -- Carbrera (talk) 03:21, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

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Template for nominations at WP:ANRFC

Just letting you know of the template {{Initiated|date=dd month yyyy}} when listing RfCs to close at WP:ANRFC. It helps to sort out the urgent and less urgent at this backlogged place. TigraanClick here to contact me 17:28, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for Thanksgiving Orphans

On 3 July 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thanksgiving Orphans, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the food fight scene from Cheers' Thanksgiving episode was shot twice, resulting in a strong odor around the set? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thanksgiving Orphans. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Thanksgiving Orphans), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Edward Leung Yiu-ming (July 4)

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333-blue 08:08, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Edward Leung Yiu-ming (July 5)

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Thanksgiving Orphans

So do you want your version or a copyedited one? Frankly, I think you caught a break on the GA promotion; it's pretty short (and relatively unsourced, although that's not your fault) and—more importantly to me—the prose needs a fair amount of work (which I was doing). As I said on WP:GOCE/REQ, my WP time is limited and I don't waste it; if and when you want me to resume the copyedit, let me know. Miniapolis 19:55, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

I'll deal with the plot. You go ahead with the rest of the article. Fair? --George Ho (talk) 22:04, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

By the way, Miniapolis, the promotion is reassessed. --George Ho (talk) 22:13, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, George, but I don't play that way; when I copyedit a request article I tag it with {{GOCE}}, and I'm not going to say I copyedited something I didn't. I don't understand why you're digging in like this, because I've copyedited several of your Cheers articles in the past without incident (certainly without complaint). Since you don't seem to want a copyedit from a member of the GOCE, I'm going to recommend that we decline this request (which, frankly, doesn't bode well for Cheers (season 7)). Miniapolis 22:59, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

No, that's not what I meant. Nevertheless, I realize this is a bad timing. The article is still reassessed, and I added the Nielsen ratings. The plot of the episode... Maybe I'll re-request the editing on the article when the time is right. This should not affect Cheers (season 7), does it? --George Ho (talk) 23:09, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

I don't know. I can only speak for myself, but I put effort into every copyedit and like to think that I improve articles. If a copyeditor is making things worse (sometimes good intentions are not enough) sure, revert away, but that was not the case here. FWIW, I'm a native English speaker; are you? (Not snark; again, I don't know). Miniapolis 01:56, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

The GOCE has declined this copy-editing request, since the article is still under development. You are welcome to resubmit your request when the article is stable. – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:33, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

I have made minor changes to the work done by other editors and now feel that, from a grammatical standpoint, the article meets Good Article criteria and I have closed the reassessment. Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:30, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. All the best, Miniapolis 22:38, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Cheers (season 7)

James Dreyfus

Please deal with the text at James Dreyfus, which, by consensus at WP:BLPN is poor, and, in my opinion is dreadful. If you cannot write coherent English, I wonder why you try, after all this time. There's also a question there which you did not answer. Begoon ^talk 15:23, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

I have been holding back my recent thoughts about you. I wanted your polite help. Now you have been criticizing me, and I'm portrayed as an unreliable villian. Wherever I go, you pop around and criticize me for everything I do. Do you care about me? How? Which part of me do you care about? If being human is not enough, I don't know what is enough. If you care about me, how do I make you stop criticizing me? --George Ho (talk) 17:31, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

Simply by asking, as you just did. Now that I'm aware that you don't want any criticism, I won't offer any. --Begoon ^talk 06:30, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

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Main Page talk page question

Would it be possible to 'keep' the link to the MP redesign ideas lab page on the MP Talk Page?

I am not against having #some# discussions on redesign on the TP (the example I gave of linking the text on a list to the picture displayed) - just that they should be reasonably complete. Jackiespeel (talk) 18:13, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you, could you please take a look and point out the reason/error in the page which would stop it from publishing.

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