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Proposed deletion of 2010 NCAA football bowl games

The article 2010 NCAA football bowl games has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Undue

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Sasank Sleeper (talk) 05:48, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Note that this PROD was lifted without the article being deleted. –Grondemar 13:19, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

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Thank you for the 2000 Sugar Bowl TFA nomination

I'm glad you noticed it, and although I no longer edit regularly, I appreciate it. JKBrooks85 (talk) 09:18, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

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Huskies of Honor

I just saw your article at DYK noms, can I take from this that you're a fellow UConn Wikipedian? Staxringold talkcontribs 00:24, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

I actually have never been a student at UConn, although I have many cousins and friends that have attended. I'm a big fan of UConn sports however, especially the football team. I originally intended to build Huskies of Honor into a featured topic, but this may prove more of a long-range goal since I'm having trouble finding basic biographical information on some of the older men's basketball players. Instead, I think I'll focus on the UConn football bowl games first, since there's a very good template (the Virginia Tech Hokies bowl games FT) available. –Grondemar 07:46, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

The Klaxon.com

No idea how this works. Just trying to add The Klaxon.com on Wikipedia because its worth the inclusion.

Newsuser700 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:09, 21 February 2010 (UTC).

I understanding it can be confusing at first. Keep trying and you'll get the hang of it. :-) –Grondemar 05:12, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Larry Taylor

Hi! I've moved this page from Larry Taylor (football) to Larry Taylor (gridiron football) as it's the proper disam. per WP:NCSP#Gridiron football. While it might make sense to you and me to have the disam. be "(football)" the possibility for it to be confused with Association football is obviously there. Cheers,--Giants27(Contribs|WP:CFL) 21:27, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

OK, although I'm not sure I'm happy about the label "gridiron football" since nobody calls the sport that in the US (or Canada as far as I know). It's like naming Steven Gerrard as Steven Gerrard (soccer). –Grondemar 21:32, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Huskies of Honor

Hello! Your submission of Huskies of Honor at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Marylanderz (talk) 21:46, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing, I've replied over there. –Grondemar 22:29, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Huskies of Honor

Hello! Your submission of Huskies of Honor at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Thelmadatter (talk) 23:46, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

references

I'm not sure how I can add references to my article because there aren't any except for the credits for the actual movie--which I provided the link to--but I was one of the people to work on the film as well, so I act as my own source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by IfYouHaveAMilkshake (talk • contribs) 02:34, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

You should review Wikipedia's policy on the notability of films, Wikipedia:Notability (films). You need to meet at least one of the five criteria below in order for your film to be considered appropriate for a Wikipedia article:
  1. The film is widely distributed and has received full length reviews by two or more nationally known critics.
  2. The film is historically notable, as evidenced by one or more of the following:
  • Publication of at least two non-trivial articles, at least five years after the film's initial release.
  • The film was deemed notable by a broad survey of film critics, academics, or movie professionals, when such a poll was conducted at least five years after the film's release.
  • The film was given a commercial re-release, or screened in a festival, at least five years after initial release.
  • The film was featured as part of a documentary, program, or retrospective on the history of cinema.
  1. The film has received a major award for excellence in some aspect of filmmaking.
  2. The film was selected for preservation in a national archive.
  3. The film is "taught" as a subject at an accredited university or college with a notable film program.
Especially, any sources provided need to be independent, meaning not from the movie itself, the production company, or someone who worked on the movie.
The reason for this is that without notability standard Wikipedia would have millions of articles on subjects that could not be verified. This would make it hard for anyone to be able to trust the reliability of any Wikipedia entry.
I'm sorry if your film doesn't meet Wikipedia's notability standards, but there are many other subjects you can write about and other ways you can participate in the encyclopedia. I would suggest reviewing the community portal for ideas. –Grondemar 02:46, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

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All set...

...but that Chinese word is now a double redirect. :) Oh, well. Someone will clean it up. Thanks for letting me know. Best, --PMDrive1061 (talk) 21:43, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Huskies of Honor

Updated DYK query On February 27, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Huskies of Honor, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:05, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Anti-Time

I noticed the link in the AfD notice you put on BiskitAsassins talk page was red-linked, so I have fixed it to point to WP:Articles for deletion/Log/2010 March 1#Anti-Time. Hope that is ok. WP:AGF! —220.101.28.25 (talk) 14:30, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

No problem, thanks. The AfD notice was automatically done by WP:TWINKLE, so it might be a bug with that program. –Grondemar 16:26, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Good. Pays to check. Only polite to let you know. Happy Editing! :-) 220.101.28.25 (talk) 16:38, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Hope you don't mind me butting in here but it is a bug with Twinkle- I've had similar problems with it myself. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:13, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Cool, thanks for letting me know. –Grondemar 05:09, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

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Editor air

Hey Grondemar. Can you please explain why you changed Editor air from a PROD to an AfD. I'm just curious because I'm the one who proposed deletion. Swarm(Talk) 03:38, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

I didn't do it intentionally; I never saw the PROD tag. Twinkle must have ignored the edit conflict and overwritten your revision. Sorry about that. –Grondemar 03:41, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Hm... maybe it had something to do with the fact that I was using Kissle... No problem, though. Doesn't make a difference to me, like I said, I was just curious. Regards, Swarm(Talk) 06:45, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Talk:2009 Michigan Wolverines football team/GA1

Can you come by and strike resolved issues at Talk:2009 Michigan Wolverines football team/GA1.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:51, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Please come reassess the article now.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:16, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your help.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:45, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

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Request

You seem to be good at copy editing. Perhaps you skills could come in handy at Jim Brandstatter. I have it up for GAN and the nominator requested it be copyedited. I'd really appreciate it. TomCat4680 (talk) 13:40, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

It looks like the GAN reviewer closed the nomination. I'll still try to take a look at it once I'm finished with 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team. –Grondemar 03:20, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. I think he was a bit harsh. Care to give a second opinion GAN review? TomCat4680 (talk) 03:23, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
I'll take a look in a few days as noted above. –Grondemar 04:22, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Uni-5: The World's Enemy looks legit as an article

Please take a look at the references. WB has a website for the record and Amazon's checks. I will decline it in ten minutes if you don't. --Morenooso (talk) 04:58, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I declined the Speedy Delete as per my message. I also rescinded my warning. I ask you to please do the same. --Morenooso (talk) 05:16, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
I reviewed the references placed in the article after I tagged the article for speedy deletion. I'm still not sure whether they meet the requirements of WP:NALBUMS, which was fundamentally the reason for deletion at AfD. I'll consider further and get back to you. –Grondemar 12:31, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
I can't believe your answer. You will need to send this to AfD where I doubt it will be deleted. --Morenooso (talk) 12:57, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for John Toner

Updated DYK query On March 25, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Toner, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 14:22, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Wait !!

Please do not assemble preps; there are 4 queues waiting for April 1 and there might be one-two more to follow. Even prep1 will have to be delayed and can't be promoted now (not a problem though). Materialscientist (talk) 03:42, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

OK, I'll hold off. Just trying to help. –Grondemar 03:39, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for your help, no slight here, it is just timing (hard to keep everything in one head, but some days, like April 1, March 8, December 31 require special sets). Materialscientist (talk) 03:42, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for your efforts with and attention to this article.

This user helped promote 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team to good article status.

--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:07, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome! Glad to be of help. –Grondemar 00:23, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

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National Crime Prevention Council (Singapore)

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Ugh, what I get for trying to help. I was moving edits to the article National Crime Prevention Council made by User:160.96.200.35 to their own article, as the nature of the edits transformed the article from covering an organization in the US to one in Singapore. It turns out the edits were a copyright violation. I have requested speedy deletion of the (Singapore) article. –Grondemar 08:08, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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Interstate 359/GA1

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GAN backlog elimination drive - 1 week to go

First off, on behalf of myself and my co-coordinator Wizardman, I would like to thank you for the efforts that you have made so far in this GAN backlog elimination drive. It has been nothing short of a success, and that is thanks to you. See this Signpost article about what this drive has achieved so far.

We're currently heading into the final week of the drive. At this time, if you have any GANs on review or on hold, you should be finishing off those reviews. Right now, we have more GANs on review or on hold than we do unreviewed. If you're going to start a GA review, please do so now so you can complete it by the end of the month and so that the nominator has a full 7-day window to address any concerns.

See you at the finish!

–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 16:14, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for 2009 International Bowl

Updated DYK query On April 23, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2009 International Bowl, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Rollback

Hi. I've added the rollback flag per your request. Pedro :  Chat  19:55, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! –Grondemar 21:41, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for all of your help lately, with the T:DYK process. Much appreciated, -- Cirt (talk) 01:56, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Hey, no problem! Glad to be of help! –Grondemar 01:58, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

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2010 East-West Shrine Game

I will finish 2010 East-West Shrine Game by the end of the month no doubt.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 12:43, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

2009 International Bowl

I would link James Starks in the aftermath. I would also use something like this or this to show that he played in the game. Same thing for other underclassmen. I would also mention the guy drafted in the 2009 CFL Draft. Working on those citations.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 12:52, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

If you can find a permalink for the 2009 draft, I could use one for my article.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:32, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestions. Starks is already linked in the game summary (I believe the second quarter). I already have the game box score from ESPN cited in the article [1]; that should take care of proving Starks and a few others played in the game. I'll add this for the offensive linemen and defensive players not in the box score. Good idea also to add the info on the CFL Draft, especially as this game was played in Canada! Re: a permanent link to 2009 NFL Draft results, I found NFL.com's draft information to work nicely [2]. I've been dumping all of my web references into WebCite, so that should take care of the permanency aspect. –Grondemar 03:11, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
I meant, I need a permalink for the 2009 CFL draft since there is a player from the article you are reviewing plus this bowl game who were in that draft.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:15, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Just found this, hopefully a link on one individual team's page is reliable enough. –Grondemar 03:20, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Mimie Mathy DYK

Not that I'm complaining, but my article on Mimie Mathy appeared on the Main Page DYK twice. User:Allen3 traced the error to this edit, but perhaps it has its roots earlier? Abductive (reasoning) 17:21, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Ugh, this is embarrassing. Generally when I compile a DYK set I place the preparation area in use, open each one of the hooks in a separate browser tab, and copy then over, finally deleting each hook individually from T:TDYK. Looking at the edit history, I removed seven hooks from T:TDYK around the time that I posted the DYK set to prep1. (One hook, Julie Hunter, was already in the prep area when I started.) Six removals were correct, but the seventh was of a completely unrelated article, not the correct one. Generally I remove moved hooks in the order that they are listed in the prep area, except when I get an edit conflict trying to remove a hook; I'm guessing that's what happened in this case. Sometimes I've noticed when I click a section header in T:TDYK, it opens the wrong section, usually the one above or below, but sometimes farther offset. I clearly didn't notice that I had opened the wrong section, and removed the wrong hook, resulting in the posted hook being left on the T:TDYK page to be posted again by User:Allen3 and in a perfectly fine hook being removed from the page for no reason. I've restored the hook I inadvertently removed from the page. Very sorry about all of this! –Grondemar 19:16, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Don't sweat it. On the plus side, Mimie Mathy is not an obscure topic; the French Wikipedia article about her gets on the order of 10,000 page views a month. Abductive (reasoning) 22:10, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your participation in the April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive

GAN backlog elimination drives chart up to 1 May

On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, I'd like to especially thank you for your efforts over this past month's GAN backlog elimination drive. It has been nothing short of a complete success, which hopefully results in more expedient good article reviews, increasing users' confidence in the good article nomination processes. Even if you made just a small contribution, it still helped contribute to the success of this drive. Here is what we have accomplished this last month in this drive.

  • 661 total nominations were reviewed. 541 of them passed (~81.8%), 97 (~14.7%) failed, and 23 (~3.5%) ended on hold.
  • The WP:GAN page started at 110,126 bytes length on 1 April and ended at 43,387 bytes length at the end of 30 April (a 66,739 byte reduction in the page, about 60.6% less).
  • Excluding extremes, the longest wait for someone's GAN to be review was about 11.5 weeks at the beginning. (I mistook the figure when I reported to the Signpost that it was 13.) At the end, with the exception of one that was relisted, the longest wait is now at 10 days.
  • 63 different users participated, each having completed at least one GAN, with others also having helped out behind-the-scenes in making the drive a success.
  • The drive started with 463 GA nominations remaining and 388 unreviewed. At the end of the month, we ended with 89 remaining (374 or about 80.8% less) and 47 unreviewed (341 or about 87.9% less).

For those who have accomplished certain objectives in the drive, awards will be coming shortly. Again, thank you for your help in the drive, and I hope you continue to help review GA nominations and overall improve the quality of articles here on Wikipedia.

–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:37, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Don't forget to mark your entries from the Requests page

On behalf of the coordinator of the WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors Backlog elimination drive for May 2010, ɳorɑfʈ Talk!, I would like to thank you for your active participation in the Drive.

I am writing to inform you that we have introduced additional Guild of Copy Editors' Gold Star Awards for the drive.

To qualify, you will need to add an asterisk to all the full copyedits you have completed from the Requests page. More information can be found in the awards section of the Drive. If you have any questions, please post them to the Drive's talk page.

Once again, thank you for participating, and we look forward to a meaningful drop in the numbers due to your hard work and efforts.

- S Masters (talk) 03:40, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

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GAN backlog elimination drive award

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For reviewing 13 good article nominations during the April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive, I hereby present you The Tireless Contributor Barnstar. Good work! –MuZemike 23:06, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: DYK Queue 4

IMO, a hook describing the poisoning of people is better described as lurid or macabre instead of funny or quirky. --Allen3 talk 22:37, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough, I guess. –Grondemar 23:35, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

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Re: Bahia TFAR

My apologies. I had been meaning to nominate it for May 14, but it completely slipped my mind until I accidentally went to the article last night (misclicked on this page). Again, sorry. —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 03:26, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Hey, no problem. I'm not upset or anything, I understand these things happen. In the grand scheme of things, it matters very little what article runs on the Main Page of Wikipedia on May 24, 2010. I appreciate what you said, though. :-) –Grondemar 03:30, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
Wow, we both fail. May 21. :P You're right, of course, but I still apologize. Happy (almost) Friday, —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 03:34, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Final Fantasy

Just thought I'd better double-check, and apparently it is an FA and for some reason isn't listed. I've re-added it to the TFAR list. – iridescent 00:16, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

I think there's some confusion here. The article Final Fantasy, about the entire series, is an FA and could be nominated. I thought the anon was trying to nominate Final Fantasy (video game) though, about the first game in the series, which is only a GA. I'll put a note on the anon's talk page asking to clarify. –Grondemar 00:24, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: Thank you (2009 International Bowl)

Hello, Grondemar. You have new messages at SMasters's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

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GOCE Newsletter

GOCE backlog elimination drive chart

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! We have now reached the halfway point, and here's what has happened so far.

  • Requests Report - Good news! The number of special requests waiting to be edited has been reduced drastically, with almost all of the remaining items having editors committed to getting them done. Good work, people!
  • Target Report - ɳorɑfʈ's initial target of reducing the backlog of articles for copy edit turned out to be unrealistic insane, so a new target was set: we hope to reduce the to backlog to less than 7,500 items in the queue by the end of the month. The number in the queue was 7,950 as of close of business yesterday.
    • If we "concentrate our firepower" we can wipe out Jan, Feb, and March 2008, meaning the drive will have cleared four months off the backlog queue. Please consider copyediting from one of these months.
  • Rewards Report - We now have some clear leaders on the board in all three Gold Star categories, and many people have qualified for the various barnstars. It is not too late to participate, as it takes just 2,000 words (pre-edit) to qualify for a barnstar! Don't wait! Start participating today. Remember, the ultimate winner is Wikipedia.
  • Notice to Participants - For those who have indicated that you will be working on certain articles on the drive page in your respective tally box, please ensure that you complete these copyedits as soon as possible.

Thank you very much for your participation so far!

- Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa TALK and S Masters (talk)

This newsletter by Diannaa (writer) and SMasters (writer and typesetter).
Thrown onto your doorstep by ɳorɑfʈ on a red Huffy bike.

Karren Delgado article

I just had a quick look at the Karren_M._Delgado article. The link in it looks more like spam than anything - some sort of consultancy firm. --Tethran (talk) 12:23, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Is it alright with you

It is alright if I prepare prep 2 after you're done with prep 1? Joe Chill (talk) 23:44, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

No problem, I should be done with prep1 soon. –Grondemar 23:46, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. I asked because I didn't want to get in your way. Joe Chill (talk) 23:47, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion declined: Daniel Mai

Hello Grondemar. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Daniel Mai, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not blatantly vandalism or a hoax. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 06:05, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough, thanks for letting me know. –Grondemar 15:29, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

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Thank you!

Thank you!

Grondemar - Thank for your participation and support in my RfA.

I can honestly say that your comments and your trust in me are greatly appreciated.

Please let me know if you ever have any suggestions for me as an editor, or comments based on my admin actions.

Thank you!  7  23:32, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Follow directions

You did not properly follow directions on the nomination page for the DYK hook for Ross Perot presidential campaign, 1992. --William S. Saturn (talk) 18:17, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I'm not sure what exactly you're referring to. Could you clarify? –Grondemar 18:26, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
From Template talk:Did you know#How to review a nomination: Notify nominator with {{subst:DYKproblem|Article}} --William S. Saturn (talk) 18:30, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
Sorry about that, I was in the middle of preparing a DYK set when I reviewed your proposed hook and didn't have a chance to notify you before you pinged me. –Grondemar 18:32, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
Apology accepted. --William S. Saturn (talk) 18:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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Ivica Olić

Did you look to see if the cleanup banner is still ligitimate? If not, you should havce done that before the automatic fail. I'm not going to contest the decision. But I will contest how you automatically stop in the notes in how to make it a good article. I don't know if this is the standard for quick fails. But if it is the standard, then it's a poor standard to go by. Kingjeff (talk) 17:51, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

The cleanup banner specifically says that the lead section does not summarize the contents of the article. The lead section is currently one sentence; normally for an article that size a couple of paragraphs are needed. I believe the reason why the "quick-fail" criteria are provided is that it is not worthwhile for a reviewer to provide a detailed analysis of the article when obvious problems have not been addressed. If you resolve the issue with the lead and resubmit the article as a good article nominee, I will be happy to re-review. –Grondemar 07:16, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

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Grand Forks, North Dakota

Contgratulations on the appearance today. The article weathered the storm in good shape; there are just a few minor requests which I suspect you can easily fix.

A younger user added some demographic information,[3] which I deleted as it was incorrectly formatted, and the citations were bare urls. You may wish to re-add it, in proper form. From my experience with this user, the information is good (although I did not vet this edit), but the form is lacking, especially for featured articles.

Regards, Kablammo (talk) 00:14, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:03, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Reviewer permission

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages.

When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:14, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! –Grondemar 15:20, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

2009 International Bowl

I apologize. My reviewing will be minimal for the duration of the WP:CUP. My WP time will be spent largely doing things that accumulate points and learning about images and editing them so I can contend for points at WP:FPC and WP:VPC. I am currently working on the three playoff seasons of the Buffalo Braves (1973–74 Buffalo Braves season (current GAC) and 1974–75 Buffalo Braves season and 1975–76 Buffalo Braves season, which will be future GACs) as my contribution to Buffalo sports.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:53, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

No problem. Good luck in the Cup! –Grondemar 15:20, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK query

I note that you selected one of my submissions, but chose the original hook that nominated just one article instead of the later hook that was a double-nom. If it was a mistake, no problem, but would you mind me swapping in the double-nom hook? Thanks, BencherliteTalk 16:08, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Someone promoted the set to queue 1 already, which I cannot edit. I'll request at WT:DYK that the hook be changed. Sorry, I don't think I saw the double-hook when I originally set up the set. –Grondemar 16:55, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for this; I've fixed the hook myself after all, what's the point in having the tools if you can't edit through protection when you've got a COI...? BencherliteTalk 17:17, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

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Roy Kilner

Hello. Thanks for doing the review. I've made a slight change to your last copy-edit. You had changed the text to "to bat for a 12.50 average", which I reworded to "had a batting average of 12.50". "Bat for a xx average" is more of a baseball expression and no-one really uses it in cricket. If you think it needs re-wording further, let me know and I'll put it a different way. Cheers. --Sarastro1 (talk) 07:28, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Looks good to me, if you see me make any more changes that aren't the best cricket terminology or British English feel free to revert. –Grondemar 18:51, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
Replied YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 05:14, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
Fixed last part of GA. --Sarastro1 (talk) 07:51, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Oops

I think we conflicted again. Sorry, it wasn't on purpose. I am trying to be more careful. — Rlevse • Talk • 02:12, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

No problem, I saw that you had started to pull hooks from T:TDYK and reverted the {{inuse}} tag. I appreciate it tho. –Grondemar 04:24, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
You do good work there and are active, I appreciate it. — Rlevse • Talk • 09:58, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, I do my best! :-) –Grondemar 16:58, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

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DYK

Tks for the note. I ended up moving up prep 1 and resuing it. Two notes: there is a format error in your prep set and we both used the Dorsland hook. I have to go now can you fix those? I don't care if you remove my Dorsland one or yours. Tks. — Rlevse • Talk •

Fixed both. I replaced the Dorsland hook in prep2 with one about a Frenchman who died after eating plastic explosives he mistook for cheese. –Grondemar 16:37, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
Hehe. ROFL, that's a good one! Thanks. I went to the gym and then the pool with my kids, it was fun. — Rlevse • Talk • 19:24, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Miguel Cotto vs. Yuri Foreman

Thanks for the message. I think you're right, we need to reword the hook. Do you have any suggestions? There are three references in case you want to read the article. Joaquin008 (talk) 19:15, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

GAN for 2010 Claxton Shield

I'm not sure whether you're still looking into this or not. You originally said a couple of days but its been two weeks now. I don't want to sound rude or anything, just eager for it to be approved, and use any suggestions/improvements on the other similar articles. (I'm hoping to get previous year's Claxton Shield articles up to at least GA as well.) Thanks again for the review.  Afaber012  (talk)  13:43, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Hey, sorry about that. I forgot I tagged it. My computer monitor died a few days ago and I only just replaced it. I'll try to review your article within the next couple of days. –Grondemar 17:07, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

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2009 International Bowl PR

Sure, I can look at it. Sports-related activity at FAC has been relatively slow lately, so I should be able to get around to it tomorrow. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 17:57, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! –Grondemar 02:06, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

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Shorty Green

I've clarified the currency in the article, thanks! Resolute 13:56, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

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Template:Connecticut Huskies basketball coach navbox listed at Redirects for discussion

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Template:Notyours

Re Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2010_July_30#Template:Notyours you said you were going to respond but have not yet. Would you care to?--Salix (talk): 13:32, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

I have replied now, sorry for taking so long. –Grondemar 19:04, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
Thank you, now deleted.--Salix (talk): 19:24, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

For reviewing the 2010 Claxton Shield GAN...

A Barnstar!
The Baseball Barnstar
For clearly communicating when obstacles prevented you taking action sooner, for having the patience to wait for responses and actions when the same happened to me, and for coming up with fair and constructive criticism of the 2010 Claxton Shield article that allowed it to be improved from the point you first came across it, I hereby award you the The Baseball Barnstar for services rendered to the benefit of the Australian baseball task force specifically and of Wikipedia in general.  Afaber012  (talk)  06:42, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
Thank you, that's very kind of you. I appreciate it. –Grondemar 06:46, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

GA for Washington & Jefferson Presidents football

I'm wondering how GA review of Washington & Jefferson Presidents football is going. Let me know if you need anything, regarding that article.--GrapedApe (talk) 03:20, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Sorry for taking so long, I actually forgot about it. I'll try to review the article tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest. –Grondemar 05:33, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. Hope you enjoy the article!--GrapedApe (talk) 15:14, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for a thorough review. I think that I have addressed your concerns!-GrapedApe (talk) 22:20, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Order of the Mustache
I hereby bestow upon your this shield, a token, as it were, representing your membership in The Order of the Moustache. The award itself is worthless, except that it represents my thanks for giving Washington & Jefferson Presidents football a thorough GA review.--GrapedApe (talk) 04:09, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for the kind thought. Glad to be of help. –Grondemar 04:14, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Birmingham Bowl

Sorry about the page-move. It's been a while since I moved an article's content to another title that already existed. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 01:10, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

No problem, we all make mistakes. Easy enough to correct. –Grondemar 01:48, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

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GA review for Katherine Reutter

I responded to your review. Thank you.Philipmj24 (talk) 01:36, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination for 2002 Continental Tire Bowl

Hello, I provided an ALT for your nomination of the 2002 Continental Tire Bowl at DYK. Please see it there, thanks. --NortyNort (Holla) 02:30, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for 2002 Continental Tire Bowl

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Review request

I'll try to get to it in the next couple of days, but there are a couple of lists I want to review that are well past 10 days at FLC, and that require my attention as well. That might slow me down somewhat. I don't even know when I'm going to be able to look at your list. Too much to review and not enough time to do so; that's the life of a dedicated reviewer. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 15:06, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

No problem, no rush. –Grondemar 00:12, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank semi-spam

Thanks for your support in my RfA, which was closed as successful. I'm glad you have such confidence in my admin ability, and hope to live up to that confidence. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 15:24, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

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Triple Crown

G'day, it gives me great pleasure to bestow the Triple Crown upon Grondemar for your contributions in the bowl-shaped articles WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FA. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:34, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks! –Grondemar 00:03, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination for List of Connecticut Huskies bowl games

Hello, your nomination of List of Connecticut Huskies bowl games at DYK was reviewed and comments provided. --NortyNort (Holla) 11:18, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

RED HORSE

This is an Air Force specific name that is for = Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, I have changed the pages and added a Acronyms statement for non-military people that do not know this information. [4] Geek2003 (talk) 19:31, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

OK, fair enough. Thanks for letting me know. –Grondemar 02:59, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

All-American notes

There is a policy issue to be resolved that I mentioned at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_College_Basketball#NCAA_Men.27s_Basketball_All-Americans_lists.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:09, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

I'll try to take a look in the next couple of days. Thanks for letting me know. –Grondemar 06:07, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

All-American list content discussion

We are attempting to set a permanent All-American list content policy. See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_National_Basketball_Association#All-American_FL_discussion_on_Wooden_and_Senior_All-Americans.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:40, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for List of Connecticut Huskies bowl games

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Jake Taylor

Thanks for looking over my edit, please could you assist me as to how to move articles, rather than copy and paste, because now I have two articles on Jake Taylor (footballer) and none for Jake Taylor what should be a disambiguation. :)

Russ Jericho (talk) 00:04, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I royally botched trying to clean this up. Oops. I'll get back to you once I figure out how to fix this. –Grondemar 00:06, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

I've found the "move" button, I'll definitely be using this for future articles. I'm sorry for the mess created, but as put stated, I was trying to be a help, not a hindrance.

Russ Jericho (talk) 00:19, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

No problem! If anything I made it worse! We all live and learn, don't worry about it. –Grondemar 00:26, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Moving Topics to Talk Page

Ok. So, I was doing some research on Creationism, and I came across a section that was irrelevant to the main topic (Creationism). It was about about the rise of evolution. It had virtually nothing to do with Creationism. I copied the section and pasted it in the Talk. I got a message that more-or-less said I was vandalizing the page, and I got a message from you that said, "Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Creationism, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you." What do you mean by this? What is the edit summary, and where can I find it? I'm a game programmer, not a website writer. I moved the section because it irritates me when I'm trying to research something for a class I have in a matter of hours, and I come across irrelevant garbage like the section I moved to the talk page. When I'm on the Creationism page, I could care less about the rise of evolution. Likewise, when I'm on the evolution page, I could care less about the rise of Creationism. How do I move something to the Talk page without "vandalizing"? Thanks for your help. Ntr11023 (talk) 00:18, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

When you edit a page, at the bottom below the box where you modify the text, there is a second entry field labeled "Edit summary". You type the reason for the edit you are making there, and it shows up in the page history to allow people to know why you made that edit. I'm sorry for misunderstanding your intent, but I hope you can understand that when someone sees someone else removing large sections of sourced content from a page without providing any explanation in the edit summary, that first person tends to assume that it is vandalism.
Also, you might want to read WP:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle. I won't undo your edit again, but if someone else restores the content, please don't remove it again without a discussion on the talk page. If you repeatedly remove the same content, especially without providing an explanation, it can lead to you getting blocked from editing Wikipedia. –Grondemar 00:25, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
Ah, I see. Thanks for the help and advice. I completely understand the vandalism deal. Wikigaming has a problem with that. Several guides have been deleted for no apparent reason. So, whenever I make an edit, state my reason in the box titled "edit summary". Got it. Ntr11023 (talk) 20:08, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

CT Photo Contest Barnstar

The Connecticut Photographer's Barnstar
I am happy to award Grondemar with this inaugural barnstar for winning the Summer 2010 Photo Contest with 35 pictures. Congratulations! Markvs88 (talk) 20:08, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks! –Grondemar 21:34, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

GA review of Albany

Hi there; just checking to see if you still plan on reviewing Albany, New York for GA status? Thanks in advance for the response. upstateNYer 00:55, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Don't worry, I'm still reviewing; I was very busy last weekend, but should have more free time over the next few days to complete the review. –Grondemar 03:19, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
Sounds good. I was just checking just in case I'd have to put the article back in the waiting list, which wouldn't be fun. :) upstateNYer 00:39, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Are you still planning on reviewing this? It's been three weeks since you opened the GAN. If you need me to re-add this to GAN, that's fine. upstateNYer 02:11, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

I'll finish it up by the end of Labor Day weekend. Sorry, I got caught up with some other projects on Wikipedia and let this slip my mind. –Grondemar 02:34, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Feel free to comment on the FAC is you have any lasting concerns, or praise for that matter. :) upstateNYer 00:16, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

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Jesus In Christianity edit reverts

Hello, I'm just wondering as to why my edit to the page "Jesus in Christianity" was reverted. I had added the

"

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tag to the top of it. Did I make a mistake? I realize that there are clearly not multiple issues in this case, but I wasn't aware of a way to simply place the in-universe tag on there. I figured it would be more helpful to simply have a slightly innaccurate tag rather than none at all, so that somebody who knew the proper singular in-universe tag could rectify the whole "multiple issues" thing. Is it just

"{{in-universe=September2010}}"?

If so, I can just make the corrected edit myself. I apologize for any inconvenience my oversight might have caused.

Edit: Well, I guess it's not that. What is it?

  • My understanding is that the in-universe tag is intended to apply to articles about works of fiction. I don't believe the Bible is generally considered a "work of fiction" per se, even if you're not a Christian; many scholars believe there is at least some historical truth to elements in the Bible. Rather than place a tag that is likely to cause considerable strife among some more religiously-minded editors, I'd recommend commenting on the talk page instead. –Grondemar 04:50, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
  • It was my impression that the article itself was primarily about the character Jesus, for whose existence as an actual historical figure there does not appear to be sufficient evidence. Given Wikipedia's stance to assume neutral, default positions, I inferred that the assumption was not to be made in the face of insufficient evidence that this was untrue. I apologize if this was interpretted as an attempt to instigate strife; my edit was simply in the interests of neutral accuracy.

Thanks for the invite

The timing is interesting, as I was in downtown Hartford yesterday, and remarked to my wife that I should take some pictures for Wikipedia. It would be a better story if I had actually taken some pictures, but I do have my camera with me and had plans to take a picture of the Derrin House in Avon tomorrow when I may drive by it.Now I'm motivated to take a few others.--SPhilbrickT 12:56, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Welcome aboard! –Grondemar 15:27, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

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Rfc etc

Yeah I did put it under the correct one. I dont know why Rambo put his comment there, it was very confusing until I saw the last sentence of his comment. Sandman888 (talk) 20:14, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

OK, just making sure. Thanks for letting me know. –Grondemar 21:49, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

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Happy Grondemar's Day!

User:Grondemar has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian,
and therefore, I've officially declared today as Grondemar's day!
For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian,
enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Grondemar!

Peace,
Rlevse
00:16, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

A record of your Day will always be kept here.

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:16, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much! This is very kind and very unexpected! –Grondemar 02:24, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
Congrats!!! Very cool!--SPhilbrickT 20:33, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Re: Talk.House church

Go ahead and delete the Talk.House_Church. I was following instructions online that seem to be out of date. --MSchwab88 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mschwab88 (talk • contribs) 03:42, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

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"MOP" footnote on college basketball champion templates

Come on man, don't put an extra line on templates like that. It would almost be better to just spell out "Most Outstanding Player" or to not include it. Rikster2 (talk) 19:23, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

I felt having (MOP) after a player's name on the templates was likely to confuse casual readers; the term is definitely less common than MVP, and also it isn't clear when you just include (MOP) if the term is referring to a team MVP, a season MVP, or a NCAA Tournament MVP. I'm going to start a discussion on this at WT:CBBALL. –Grondemar 23:11, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
Discussion posted at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College Basketball#Most Outstanding Player indicator on championship templates. –Grondemar 23:55, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
Grondemar - I know it was good faith. I'd expect nothing less from you. I just think this CBB template mess is getting out of hand and adding another line (especially when it looks like we'll be adding back assistant coaches) makes the things more clunky than they need to be. Maybe we should just not include it - unlike many sports the MOP (or MVP) doesn't always come from the winning team. Rikster2 (talk) 00:28, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
That's a good point; since not every team template will have the MOP, it probably makes more sense not to include it at all. –Grondemar 00:37, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Ping

You have an email! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:26, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Larry Taylor

Hello! Your submission of Larry Taylor at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Allen3 talk 12:46, 30 September 2010 (UTC)


Ann Coulter

THATS THE Second time you beat me to it. :)--Talktome(Intelati) 23:47, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Sweet, block. Set me up with the next round. :D--Talktome(Intelati) 23:49, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Larry Taylor (gridiron football)

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DYK for 2004 Motor City Bowl

The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl

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1996 Football League Second Division play-off Final review

Thanks very much for the GA review of 1996 Football League Second Division play-off Final. I've addressed the points on the talk page and made some changes. If there's anything else, feel free to let me know. Brad78 (talk) 11:16, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks again for the review, a very prompt response and the GA pass. Brad78 (talk) 12:23, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/B. J. Prager/1‎

Since you do a lot of sports stuff, I was wondering if you could look at Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/B. J. Prager/1‎.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:44, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

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1974–75 Buffalo Sabres season

You failed 1974–75 Buffalo Sabres season because you thought an expansion would take a long time, but it did not. I was wondering if you would reconsider. I am relisting it at GAC.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:15, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

I will review and consider. At first glance the article does look better. –Grondemar 17:31, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

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Kevin Grady

Thanks for your editorial contributions. You may want to post this on your user page somewhere.

This user helped promote Kevin Grady to good article status.

--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:04, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Garrett Rivas

Thanks for your editorial contributions. You may want to post this on your user page.

This user helped promote Garrett Rivas to good article status.

--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:20, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind templates. –Grondemar 16:35, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Articlehistory errors

FYI, [5] SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:36, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing that, I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working correctly. –Grondemar 19:06, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Blair Kamin/GA1

Did you forget about Talk:Blair Kamin/GA1?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:10, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Sorry about not getting to this yet; I've been busier than I've anticipated the past couple of weeks. I might have a chance to get to it after Tuesday. –Grondemar 04:57, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
I am in the WP:CUP. If it looks like it might pass, please try to enable it to do so by the end of the month. Also, if you get a chance to look at the 74-75 Buffalo Sabres again that would be helpful.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:09, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

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2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl FAC

I just got on the site to go back to the FAC and mark the source check issues as resolved, only to discover that the FAC has been archived since I was last on. My apologies for not checking back a little sooner, and I hope to see the article back at FAC in a few weeks once it's been copy-edited further. I can take a second look at it tomorrow, but the catch is that I'm weak on jargon-related concerns (the sports fan in me rearing his ugly head), which seem to have been much discussed at the FAC. On the positive side, I can probably do something about the overlinking that was mentioned, as I have a good radar for that. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 03:13, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate it. No problem with the FAC being archived; I'll just bring it back in a couple of weeks when hopefully people are willing to take a fresh look at it. –Grondemar 04:06, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
I've been making some small edits the past several days, but nothing major. While doing so, I noticed a couple of things that I wanted to draw your attention to. First, the first paragraph of the fourth quarter summary doesn't appear to be cited by anything. You might want to put a cite at the end of the paragraph like in the rest of the summary. Second, there were a couple of places in the summary where the ESPN play-by-play doesn't seem sufficient to back up the writing. The ones I noticed were the "one-handed running catch into the end zone" from the first quarter and the partially blocked punt from the fourth quarter. The play-by-play doesn't include these details, just the end results of the plays. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 17:49, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Good catches, I'll work on fixing these issues either today or tomorrow. –Grondemar 18:20, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Hello

Hi Grondemar, hope you're well. As an editor who has used the services of the Guild of Copy Editors, I thought you might be interested in knowing that the Guild is currently holding elections for its coordinators. To view the discussion and voice your opinion, please visit the election page. Thanks! – SMasters (talk) 15:42, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

BCS Bowl!!

You know what this is about. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 04:20, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Indeed! When they announce tomorrow whether it will be the Orange or Fiesta Bowl, there will be a new featured article to write. :-) –Grondemar 07:00, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

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DropoI

I heard confirmation on WTIC this morning--SPhilbrickT 12:04, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

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[6] When you construct AH templates, please use the full link and not simply /GA1. If the main article is ever moved, a relative subpage like /GA1 link may become a redlink. Gimmetoo (talk) 14:58, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

British Airways Flight 38

Thanks for your review. Given the time of year you were probably correct in saying it would take more than a week to sort out the issues - not that they have to be done within a week, the process may take longer if editors are actively working to address issues raised. I'll do some work on the article in the New Year and try to address the issues raised, then renominate. Mjroots (talk) 07:52, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for new Online Ambassadors

Hi Grondemar! I noticed your activity as a Good Article reviewer, and wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, and specifically the role of Online Ambassador. We're looking for friendly Wikipedians who are good at reviewing articles and giving feedback to serve as mentors for students who are assigned to write for Wikipedia in their classes.

If you're interested, I encourage you to take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines; the "mentorship process" describes roughly what will be expected of mentors in the coming term. If that's something you want to do, please apply!

You can find instructions for applying at WP:ONLINE. The main things we're looking for in Online Ambassadors are friendliness, regular activity (since mentorship is a commitment that spans several months), and the ability to give detailed, substantive feedback on articles (both short new articles, and longer, more mature ones).

I hope to hear from you soon.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 22:00, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

please put this question in your RFA

My username was blocked because of a misunderstanding. The person thought it was "anal" but it was not. It was along the lines of analogy, which has nothing to do with the word anus. Anyway, I have been allowed to create a new username but I cannot post on RFA for 4 days, which is unfair.

Please move my question to your RFA:

Question: When users who haven't been around too long, they are sometimes accused of being socks. You have been around only a year, which is a short time for someone to be an administrator. Do you agree to have a checkuser run to see if you are a possible sockpuppet? Should you even be asked as newer users, particularly those those post on ANI, are not asked but blocked on sight with the sock excuse.

Do not be offended by the question. Just move it to your RFA and answer it to the best of your ability. Thank you. Onalgape (talk) 04:23, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 December 2010

2010 US Open Cup Final GA review

Thank you for taking on the GA review for 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final. I will do my best to follow up promptly on any feedback you have. I still need to expand the "First Half" and "Second Half" sections, but it shouldn't hold up the GA review. After you complete the GA review, I intend to immediately begin a peer review in preparation for a featured article review. Your review will be an integral part in the pathway to getting this article to WP:FA quality, so I thank you in advance for your work reviewing this article. --SkotyWATC 04:13, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Glad to help! It would probably be best for me to look at the article once you've finished expanding it; let me know when you're done and I'll begin my review. No rush. –Grondemar 19:04, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
I've finished expanding the "First Half" section just now. I'll take another hour or two to finish expanding the "Second Half" section, and then I'll comment here again when I'm done. Sorry I didn't get this done before the GA review started. That was my intention, but alas... --SkotyWATC 19:13, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
No problem! I definitely know that feeling. –Grondemar 19:17, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Okay, I think I'm done now. I still want to do a full spell check of the article, and may do some other minor copy edits, but I've now added everything I wanted to add. Thanks for your patience. --SkotyWATC 21:41, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Done with the spelling fixes now. I won't touch it again until you review it now. Thanks! --SkotyWATC 21:50, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Just wanted to ping you to see what your timeline was for the review. I've touched up a number of things in the article and expect to start a peer review immediately after it passes WP:GA review. I see that you are currently being considered for adminship. If you think you won't have time to do the GA review, I totally understand. Please just remove the hold on the article in the GAC list and note that you won't be doing the review on the GA review page. Thanks and good luck becoming an admin. --SkotyWATC 05:57, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, sorry about the delay. I'm going to try to get this review done tomorrow. I've been very busy, not just with the RfA but also with preparing for my trip to the 2011 Fiesta Bowl. If I can't get the review done before I leave for Phoenix on the 31st, I'll clear my name and let someone else take over. (If I forget, feel free to clear it for me.) –Grondemar 01:50, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
Excellent. I hope you get to the review before you leave. If I did a good job, it should be pretty straighforward. Fingers crossed. :) --SkotyWATC 06:39, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for doing the review. I believe I've addressed the concerns you raised, so please take a moment to have a look and (hopefully) pass the article. Thank you for doing the review. --SkotyWATC 01:10, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick turnaround. Glad that the article has cleared this first milestone. Now it's on to peer review. Thank you for your help. --SkotyWATC 08:13, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

GAN for Old Jock

Just wanted to say thanks for reviewing my article. :) Miyagawa (talk) 17:47, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

No problem, glad to help! –Grondemar 18:49, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Congrats, ye last-minted admin of 2010

Now go forth, and do good unto the wiki. –xenotalk 00:14, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! I wasn't expecting such an immediate response! –Grondemar 00:15, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Congrats, I'm sure you will use the tools well. Trebor (talk) 00:21, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Well done! :D  ƒox  00:23, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Congratulations! The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs 00:36, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Whoa. How did I miss this one. (doesn't look as if you really needed my !vote, though) Congrats, I can point you to any of about twenty backlogs that are great for curing insomnia... or forgetting bad football. Go Huskies. Courcelles 00:37, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations! I'm sure you'll do a great job. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:08, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Congrats! It's nice to know December 2010 is giving us at least one new admin. Nice to have new sysop hands on DYK as well. --Dylan620 (t • c • r) 01:42, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Congrats from me too! Feel free to raid my monobook.js, there are a couple of scripts there that make the tools just a tad easier to use. ϢereSpielChequers 01:46, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Congratulations, Now get to work on those empty queues! :) Calmer Waters 01:54, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Congrats, and get ready to have some fun (if a cleanup on aisle three is your idea of fun).--SPhilbrickT 05:08, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

2010/12/30 Sharks vs. Blackhawks

Hi, congrats on being made an admin. You could please delete 2010/12/30 Sharks vs. Blackhawks again? Baxter17 keeps recreating it. You made need to sand it. Corvus cornixtalk 05:20, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Looks like AfD will take care of it. It's doesn't appear to be a blatant copyvio anymore, so speedy deletion G12 no longer applies. –Grondemar 10:15, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
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