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YO JULIAN

o/ Miss me? (forgot who I was? [don't care?]) ResMar 02:14, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Hey, how's it going? Good to see you 'round. Have a good weekend I trust? –Juliancolton | Talk 02:20, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Just weekend? Thought u were gonna ask about the month+ vacation time :D So...anything new at WP:FA? Just so I dont get bopped in the head when I head over there... (btw I wish to direct u here, to note 2 of my not so inspired work.) ResMar 02:26, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Ah, nice. Did you go anywhere fun on vacation? Cool essay, and I feel honored to be mentioned in it. :) FA is good as far as I know. Aside from the odd promotions, I don't think you've missed anything major. –Juliancolton | Talk 02:43, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

No no, I'm talking about the standards. I remember something vauge about images on the talk page. ResMar 19:35, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, the WP:ALT-text thing was removed from the criteria, if that's what you're referring to. –Juliancolton | Talk 12:41, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
YES! I HATED THAT THING! Way to brighten my day! ResMar 00:37, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Review of closure process 2

Because you've contributed to FPC either recently or in the past, I'm letting you know about the above poll on the basis of which we may develop proposals to change our procedures and criteria. Regards, Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 23:31, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

1910 Atlantic hurricane season

Hi, I have reviewed 1910 Atlantic hurricane season and placed it on hold for up to seven days with several concerns. You can see my review here: Talk:1910 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1. Canadian Paul 04:59, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Oops, I wrote the wrong reference number - it should have been #10. Otherwise, everything looks good to go now. Canadian Paul 15:47, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
No problem,  Fixed now. –Juliancolton | Talk 17:25, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

the demented cartoon movie

please bring back the demented cartoon movie article

I don't believe I've deleted such an article. Could you please provide a link? –Juliancolton | Talk 17:34, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Restore article request (and thanks!)

Hi again!

Thanks for the reply to my original post - if you could restore the article Xero Error (film) to my user space, I can begin work on it in my free time before it's visible on WP...of course I am still reading up on all the formatting tips and tricks etc :)

And thank you for the welcome :o)

Theregos (talk) 18:31, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Sure; I've moved it to User:Theregos/Xero Error (film). Best of luck and let me know if you need any help. –Juliancolton | Talk 18:47, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Juliancolton. You have new messages at User:MWOAP/ADCO.
Message added 22:07, 28 April 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Page protection sounds good. -- /MWOAP|Notify Me\ 22:07, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Alright, I'll post some stuff tomorrow. –Juliancolton | Talk 03:21, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Ok. Just an update, I put an answer to your question. -- /MWOAP|Notify Me\ 22:58, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Help (redirected).

Hi there JULIAN, VASCO from Portugal here,

Could you please help me elaborate a possible plan (if there's any) for this situation? I asked a chap who has been helping me greatly, especially with sock vandals, user/admin NuclearWarfare.

He politely declined, as he is rather busy right now, but suggested your person, hence my request now. The original message can be found here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:NuclearWarfare#Quite_annoying_.28and_no.2C_it.27s_not_PARARUBBAS_now.29).

Thank you very much in advance, keep up the good work, VASCO - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 02:44, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Hey Vasco, welcome to my talk page. You seem to mention one particular user in your message to NW, and their talk page archive does seem filled with various templates, but if you could point me to specific examples that need addressing? Cheers. –Juliancolton | Talk 03:29, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the quick reply Julian, thank you also for the welcome. It's really nothing to do with vandalism, but i think the original message, although not pointing any particular example, is crystal clear. The level of English of this user does not correspond to what he has "awarded" himself with, he engages in no conversation with people, he removes messages once they arrive in his talkpage, etc, etc. Kind of a "WP is my personal page" approach, methinks.

I once asked a compatriot of his, User:Hubschrauber729, to write him a message in their mothertongue, explaining these issues, but he feels there is no need to do that, "acknowledging" the nature of User:Zombie433. The latter has reached the extreme of removing English-speaking refs in one article, replacing them with foreign ones (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=On%C3%A9simo_S%C3%A1nchez&diff=354291436&oldid=354210835); that is the only thing in which he has merit, he adds tons of REFS in article (sometimes in excess, like two for same news), but 99,99999999% of those are not in English.

I really would like for someone to address him in German and, if he continued with his antics (if we could call it that!), then i would desist in my case (as i said more than once, he's not a vandal per se - so, i'll switch to "Revert/(Block?)/Ignore"). Thank you for your "time", have a cool weekend,

VASCO, Portugal - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 13:47, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

I think it's definitely a language barrier issue. It doesn't look like the user in question is acting in bad faith, but I think it would be good for a de speaker to tell him to take it easy and listen to advice more carefully. –Juliancolton | Talk 17:00, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Request

For months I've meant to thank you for protecting Ernest Hemingway thereby allowing the improvements to continue during the winter. However, now the vandals are back. Could you protect again? Also, thanks for your help over on Commons a few nights ago. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 19:22, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

 Done. April seemed like so far off... – and glad to help. –Juliancolton | Talk 19:26, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
April seemed like an eternity, and yet the article is still being tweaked. Am very busy with work this week but hope to nom it for FA next week. Thanks so much! Truthkeeper88 (talk) 19:31, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Good luck with the FAC, and let me know if I can help in any way. Regards, –Juliancolton | Talk 19:34, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Edit request

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 30, 2010 – Paranoid Android needs quotation marks around it. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 02:17, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

 Done –Juliancolton | Talk 03:24, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Same thing for The Joy of Sect at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 1, 2010. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 21:39, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
 Done. Ya know, you really should figure out a way to do these yourself... :) –Juliancolton | Talk 23:52, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
You're right, just give me a couple months to find out how to bypass the protection... ;) Dabomb87 (talk) 01:08, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Overlook Mountain

I'm working (very, very slowly) on an Overlook Mountain draft. I have some offline sources yet to add, but your thoughts and edits are appreciated (as are those of well-meaning talk page stalkers).--~TPW 02:33, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Nice! At first glance, it would be good to have some more info on the surrounding geography and geology. I'll keep an eye on it and offer a helping hand if needed. –Juliancolton | Talk 03:26, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
I agree and I have at least one offline source that will probably fill the gap (and a college library within walking distance, but let's not complicate things).--~TPW 03:03, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 April newsletter

Round two is over, and we are down to our final 32. For anyone interested in the final standings (though not arranged by group) this page has been compiled. Congratulations to Pennsylvania Hunter Kahn (submissions), our clear overall round winner, and to Colombia ThinkBlue (submissions) and Norway Arsenikk (submissions), who were solidly second and third respectively. There were a good number of high scorers this round- competition was certainly tough! Round three begins tomorrow, but anything promoted after the end of round two is eligible for points. 16 contestants (eight pool leaders and eight wildcards) will progress to round four in two months- things are really starting to get competitive. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Judge iMatthew has retired from Wikipedia, and we wish him the best. The competition has been ticking over well with minimal need for judge intervention, so thank you to everyone making that possible. A special thank you goes to participants Bavaria Stone (submissions) and White Shadows (submissions) for their help in preparing for round three. Good luck everyone! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 17:35, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for filling out the MWR How reference

I don't know what's wrong with this computer. I guess the last Adobe update didn't get fully installed. Thegreatdr (talk) 02:05, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

No problem. Computers can be rather finicky sometimes. –Juliancolton | Talk 02:09, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

P:NYCD DYKs

Please consider adding some of your DYKs (or new ones) as suggestions for the DYK section of Portal:Capital District. We need a bunch. Thanks! upstateNYer 15:50, 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 17:36, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

As you rated this article, I was wondering if you would be able to review the suggestions and discussions at Talk:Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard and work out the best way forward? I am reasonably confident that the missing bibliographic listings I have provided are the ones that need to be transferred into the article, but I can't be 100% sure and wanted to get a second opinion (currently, the article is deficient because those bibliographic listings are missing). I did ask the editor who initially imported the article if they could do this check, but they didn't take too kindly to the way I asked them and nothing more has happened since I made an attempt to apologise for any offence I caused. I did suggest that you could work with us on this article - would you be interested in that? Carcharoth (talk) 00:34, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

I'd be happy to help. I think I understand the issue after reading and re-reading the talk page. –Juliancolton | Talk 01:23, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Blocked

You has been blocked because I GOT THE POWAH!!! on Admin Tools Wiki. Me is teh blokr. MWA HA HA! Hamtechperson 20:04, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Also, check User:Hamtechperson/Admin coaching. I have replied! Hamtechperson 01:08, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Hurricane "Dabs"

There's been (ah, Wikt saves the day with a synonym...) a goat rope created in response to the diffident TfD on {{Hurricane_disambig}}: all main-namespace instances of it were apparently replaced with {{Disambig}}, without making those transcluding pages MoSDab-compliant. It appears to me the deprecated Tl was intended to do something similar to what i thot i recalled as a well-accepted {{ship-disambig}} but seems to in fact be {{shipindex}} (which much better describes the tagged pages' role than "ship-disambig" would). My Dab'n colleague User:Boleyn tagged Hurricane Charley (disambiguation) (and presumably several others in the Bs and Cs) for {{Disambig-cleanup}} (quite reasonably), but i think the correct disposition is not to strip such pages down to compliant Dabs but to retag them with something like {{hurricaneindex}} or {{stormindex}}, as would presumably have been provided by an adequate outcome of the TfD process.
Yours was the only name on Wp:WikiProject Tropical cyclones#Participants that i recognize from my wanderings around the 'pedia, so i hope you can at least advise me on the prospect of the proj undertaking or endorsing the retrofitting of such a template to all of the applicable pgs. (Hopefully that would include at least those previously tagged with {{Hurricane_disambig}}, tho i'm unaware of how to efficiently find the former members of cats -- are there periodic snapshots of Cats' respective memberships?).
--Jerzy•t 22:45, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Hmm... I've never been good with dabs, and I'm left scratching my head trying to understand that. It doesn't seem like it's crucial to have an understanding of tropical cyclones in order to fix the issue, though. I think Plastikspork (talk · contribs) would be able to help if you ping him. Regards, –Juliancolton | Talk 22:59, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: Your email to me

Hi Julian,

I am almost sorry that I allowed Wikipedians to email me, as I now realize how much I dislike the idea of mixing my outside life with my Wikipedia life. (I'm not blaming you, of course, since I did allow the option to remain.) In the present case, because the subject of the email has been embroiled in so many bitter conflicts—and I try to avoid that kind of thing like the plague—I am especially reluctant to respond directly. In my view, that would be wrongly skirting the very spirit of what Wikipedia is all about. All I can say is that I wish him well and appreciate his laying down the foundation for the article he started and I continued, and for his encouraging me to participate, as he saw that I know the subject well. As he must see now, I have continued the work that was once a joint effort. If he returns, I will be happy to resume our collaboration as before.

Thank you for being willing to act as a kind of intermediary. I was going to ask you to point him to this comment on your Talk page, but I guess he will see it eventually anyhow.

Notice that I am not even mentioning names, so distasteful to me is the idea of my getting pulled into anything that could be remotely considered "political" on Wikipedia. All I really want to do is add content, to build up this great, and really unprecedented, repository of the world's knowledge, to the best of my abilities, such as they might be. Thanks for your time and talk-page space. Regards, Alan W (talk) 02:55, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry if I've stirred the proverbial pot; I was genuinely unaware of any unpleasant background history. If there is anything I can do to help reduce continued conflict, please let me know. –Juliancolton | Talk 03:04, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
No, don't want to give a misleading impression—except for a rocky start in our first few interchanges, nothing unpleasant or "continued," certainly not to the present. But I do believe in working within Wiki guidelines in spirit as well as to the letter. And, to me, there is something about going through outside contacts to have an impact on this project when one has been explicitly barred from editing it directly—well, something about that just does not "sit right" with me. Enough said about that for now. I do appreciate your good will and, from what I can see, sense of responsibility in your admin duties. Regards, Alan W (talk) 03:40, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
That's fine, and I can certainly understand where you're coming from. Happy editing, –Juliancolton | Talk 03:45, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Signpost: 3 May 2010

Ecolig

Could you have a look at this page and review against the version you deleted? Thanks.   pablohablo. 22:09, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Looks the same at first glance. –Juliancolton | Talk 00:12, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Wild's Mill

It's 1982. You've confused the Nathan Wild House nomination with the mill nom, which is here.

BTW, just to let you know, when I get done with Beekman Meeting House and Friends' Cemetery, in an hour or so, whenever I'm done with my morning administrative rounds, I'll be starting on some NRHP stuff up in your neck of the woods, and I will also be trying to get in a decent picture of downtown Millbrook (the view along Main Street all lined with trees). After that, I'll be working on stuff from Amenia, one NRHP listing from Sharon, Conn., and then the Coleman Station Historic District listings up in North East.

I like that picture of the creek in Beacon. Last week I got a warm-weather one from exactly that same spot. Daniel Case (talk) 13:55, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I see. I figured I was confusing something there. Thanks. Re Millbrook, I'm not aware of a Main Street there (maybe you're thinking of Franklin Avenue?) In any case, good luck with that, and let me know if you need any help. –Juliancolton | Talk 15:56, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Yes, you're right ... I was thinking "Millbrook's main street" and sort of confusing it with the fact that my village has a Main Street.

Anyway, re these pictures, I was thinking ... maybe now that it's warm and green again and the Hudson Valley looks like this again and we've finally met in person, we could find a weekend to get together and try to take a bunch of pics we'd like to get in and around Dutchess County? Daniel Case (talk) 22:47, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Sounds great ... I'll email you a list of things. As for the house, yeah, why not? Daniel Case (talk) 15:12, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

If you want to get a head start, you could get some of the things in Bloomvale Historic District, which I just finished and nommed for DYK. The house on the west side of Route 82 from the picture I took, for one thing ... I described it at great length in the text and it is the most significant building in that district. It doesn't look like it's all that far from you. My guess is the house would take a better picture in the morning, from the southeast, if that's possible. Daniel Case (talk) 22:09, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

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Gold Ray Dam

Ah, thanks for the heads-up, Julian. This is my first try for an FP, and I somehow missed noticing when comments appeared. And, yes, please adjust the tilt as you see fit. I would appreciate it. I will also have to read about QIC; I'm not sure what it means. Finetooth (talk) 23:02, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Sounds good;  Done. I'll add my support shortly. QIC is basically the equivalent of GAN over here at enwiki; anybody can review a nomination and the criteria are more lenient than FPC. It looks like you should be good, though, barring a major influx of opposes. Nice image! –Juliancolton | Talk 00:03, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks much. I will have to look at my images more critically for tilt, not something that I usually think about unless it's, well, pretty extreme. You must have rotated the image something like half a degree CCW, I'm guessing. This is my first try for any kind of image rating. Would it be proper now for me to send notes to Simonizer and Avenue saying that the tilt has been adjusted, would they mind taking another look? Or would that be too pushy? Finetooth (talk) 02:31, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Probably around two degrees, actually. This was a pretty straightforward situation, but it's often much more difficult to determine whether an image is tilted. It would be fine to contact those users, BTW. –Juliancolton | Talk 03:00, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

You should check...

User talk:Juliancolton/Recall - UtherSRG (talk) 03:32, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, I'll check into it shortly. –Juliancolton | Talk 03:59, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sock puppetry - regarding closely connected users

Hey there Juliancolton, just dropping by to let you know that I've undone your edit to Wikipedia:Sock puppetry, as I believe that the statement you removed is derived from this request for arbitration. Please do let me know if you disagree. Kindest regards, SpitfireTally-ho! 11:25, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the info, but I still think it needs to be revised at the least. Closely connected users are not sockpuppets, and definitely not the same person. I'll start a discussion at the talk page. –Juliancolton | Talk 13:27, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

NRHP Template for Maryland

Hi: In January you successfully Replaced: template National Register of Historic Places → National Register of Historic Places in New York, using AWB for the New York National Register articles. I am wondering whether the same replacement might be possible for the Maryland articles? i.e. replace template National Register of Historic Places → National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Please advise --Pubdog (talk) 16:31, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Certainly. Is the template for Maryland already created? –Juliancolton | Talk 16:34, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the follow-up. The template is at Template:National Register of Historic Places in Maryland. Also, most o the Maryland NRHP articles have an out of date reference / external link. The former Maryland Historical Trust URL was www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net, which has been changed to mht.maryland.gov. I don't know whether there's an automated way to make a global change for these links. User:Acroterion has tried to enlist User_talk:ThaddeusB#Maryland_Historical_Trust for this, but we've not seen any movement. Any ideas greatly appreciated. Thanks--Pubdog (talk) 09:55, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
My AWB bot is running for the templates. As for the sources, I don't think there is really a way to do it automatically, unless the urls are identical except for the domain change. –Juliancolton | Talk 12:40, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for responding so quickly to my request. Much appreciated. Is this still running bcause I am finding entries under a number of counties including Allegany County, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Queen Anne's County, St. Mary's County and others where the AWB bot hasn't made the switch yet. On the other issue, the urls are identical except for the domain change.--Pubdog (talk) 09:47, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Ah, I see. I think the category system for MD NRHPs is different than NY, which is why I didn't catch them all. Should be fixed soon. –Juliancolton | Talk 15:56, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks ... looks like the BOT took care of the remaining MD NRHP articles. I ran across one that was not changed, only to find that it had the old Template:Registered Historic Places, versus Template:National Register of Historic Places. Any additional thoughts on the global change of domain from www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net to mht.maryland.gov?--Pubdog (talk) 09:26, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
I tried going to [www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=1367&COUNTY=Allegany&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Allegany this url] (changed from www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net), and it just redirects me to the main web page. –Juliancolton | Talk 12:39, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Juliancolton. You have new messages at User:MWOAP/ADCO.
Message added 16:38, 5 May 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

You said you would have some more stuff this past weekend :) -- /MWOAP|Notify Me\ 16:38, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Commented. -- /MWOAP|Notify Me\ 15:32, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patricia Fennell (2nd nomination)

Hi, you recently closed an AFD for Patricia Fennell with the result keep. This and another chronic fatigue syndrome reseacher David Sheffield Bell were nominated for deletion[1] by User:RetroS1mone. The results for both were keep. Afterward, on May 5th User:RetroS1mone edited these articles and others related to chronic fatigue syndrome (which I also edit) removing reliably sourced information, and IMO biasing the articles and editing without consensus.[2]

RetroS1mone included in the edit summaries and on article talk pages unfounded and false accusations of having my friends participate in the AFDs, COI, SPA, and comparisons to a mafia against myself and other editors after having been asked repeatedly to not comment on editors.[3] There has been a previous RFC for RetroS1mone for similar conduct. Would you advise on the proper dispute resolution from here? I don't have time to address the changes to the articles right now and may not get back to editing for a little while, so thanking you in advance for any help. Ward20 (talk) 10:14, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

A belated thanks for your note on RetroS1mone's talk page. Unfortunately events have escalated.[4][5] Ward20 (talk) 05:11, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Sadly it looks like they've retired from editing for now. –Juliancolton | Talk 16:33, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Hurricane Michael (2000)

Hey Julian, I was thinking about nominating Hurricane Michael (2000) for featured article. Do you think I should, because it meets several guidelines of th FA criteria: like references from a variety of sources, alt text for images, a three paragraph lead, no grammar/typo, along with a reasonable amount of info in the MH and Preparations and impact section. --12george1 (talk) 13:51, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Go for it. I think the lead might need some reworking, but I don't have an issue with you nominating it. If you do, be sure to give CrazyC83 (talk · contribs) credit for writing the MH. –Juliancolton | Talk 14:29, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Thank you, BTW, you have the most edits on that article. --12george1 (talk) 14:41, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Well, yeah, but the number of edits isn't everything. Crazy wrote the entire MH, and I just reworked the impact section and added missing info. –Juliancolton | Talk 14:56, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
I told Crazy, see --12george1 (talk) 15:22, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Can you be specific on what you mean when you say the lead needs some improvement? What kind of improvements?--12george1 (talk) 16:11, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
I think it's a bit disjointed and unbalanced. I'd like a more substantial impact summary and less statistics about other storms. –Juliancolton | Talk 16:14, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Hurricane Carmen/GA1

Hi, I have reviewed your GA nomination and made a few comments at Talk:Hurricane Carmen/GA1. Thanks, Xtzou (Talk) 17:37, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Travis Shelton

Can you reinstate is page because he is now back. He is currently with the Winnipeg Blubombers the CFL team. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fr33writ3r (talk • contribs) 19:23, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks, –Juliancolton | Talk 13:36, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Bigoted woman incident

In your close of this matter, you don't address the matter of the edit history. There seemed to be a consensus that this should be preserved to satisfy our licence. I haven't seen this history yet myself - one reason I started the DRV was that the article was deleted before I got a chance to see it. (I usually patrol yesterday's AFDs, not today.) Please could you userfy it for me and then I'll turn it into an appropriate redirect, as discussed. Colonel Warden (talk) 07:40, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Moved to User:Colonel Warden/Bigoted woman incident and blanked for now to prevent any other issues. Hope this helps, –Juliancolton | Talk 13:35, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
FYI I've done the needful: [6], as I suggested in the DRV for appropriate treatment of the licensing concerns. –xenotalk 17:40, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
I'm a little confused here by your closure. If I were to go and recreate the article under a different name, but essentialy the same content, is that recreation of validly deleted material or not? Would that be speedy-deletable or not? The original admin effectively cited IAR to close the Afd and speedy delete that article citing BLP. Your closure is to me, intentionally or unintentionaly, vague as to whether that was a Good Thing or not, or whether this was backed by policy or not. You suggest "starting afresh and dealing with the situation on an editorial level", but as I already said in the DRV, I think the prospect of anyone putting any offline time into creating another completely different article is to my mind unrealistic, the chilling effect of this over-reaction and snap decision has already taken effect to prevent that happening imho. But allowing the recreation of what had already existed, and saying that if anyone wants to challenge that, it must go through a proper Afd, would be a step in the right direction and allow people to expand/improve/update it if they wished, in a collaborative manner, as is normal. If this is explicitly disallowed by your closure, please clarify that, or if it isn't, similarly, please clarfiy that also. MickMacNee (talk) 16:45, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
I felt I rather clearly stated that the AfD should not have been closed as early as it was; I don't think anybody can dispute that. My intent in closing the DRV was to cap the discussion—which was naturally disjointed, given the rapidly evolving nature of the situation—and propose that instead of explicitly ruling on the initial AfD closure, the community decide what the end result should be. Therefore, if you were to recreate a similar article under even a nearly identical title, speedy deletion would not be appropriate, and in order for it to be deleted, a new AfD would be needed. Hope this helps. –Juliancolton | Talk 23:02, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

The Reviewers Award The Reviewers Award
Given in appreciation of your kindness in alerting me to the Gold Ray Dam comments (which I might have otherwise missed until it was too late) and for fixing the tilt. The image made FP today.Finetooth (talk) 04:17, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
Don't mention it. :) –Juliancolton | Talk 12:23, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Question about article creation count

Certainly not the biggest of deals but you mentioned that I have fewer than 15 articles here and I count 21 (not counting redirects). I realize that edit counts sometimes vary depending on the tool used, but I'm curious where you got your count? It obviously didn't affect your decision, but I anticipate running for the sysop bit in the fall, and I'd like to make sure there aren't distractions, such as article creation count.--SPhilbrickT 17:45, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

My mistake; I wasn't sure about the number but didn't go back to verify. Best of luck in your eventual RfA. –Juliancolton | Talk 21:17, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Millbrook edits

I am now done with Millbrook, having created Thorne Memorial School and listed it for DYK as the building that forced the village's incorporation, added a nice picture of downtown to the main article and put it in a geobox, and cleaning up Nine Partners Meeting House and Cemetery.

If you have the time to add anything to them, the school article could use a photo of the former blacksmithy that's a contributing resource, a cobblestone building near it, and the meetinghouse article would benefit from some pics of the more Quaker gravestones closer to the house.

Now on to Amenia. Daniel Case (talk) 20:54, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

I saw your edits to the main village article, and I like that picture. I need to get more pictures of the area someday, but it's so close that I never think to make a picture-taking excursion out of it. I'll keep the Nine Partners site in mind though. Oddly enough, I don't think I've thought twice about the Thorne school, but it's interesting to know that it's on the NRHP. I'll have to read the article sometime soon to see what I've missed out on. –Juliancolton | Talk 21:29, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Signpost: 10 May 2010

account confirmation question

I applied to get my account confirmed so that I can correct broken links to related articles and you stated in your reply "Please note that role accounts are not prohibited, especially for companies and businesses" on your reply. I assume you meant that role accounts are not "permitted"? If so how can I go about correcting the broken links in Wikipedia or if these links are not allowed then I'm happy to remove them as broken links affects my Google ranking. All references on Wikipedia are to bona-fide academic research papers. My site (www.coachesinfo.com) is an open site with academic research papers on it and is not commercial.

I'd appreciate your response. Coachesinfo (talk) 13:27, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Yes, my mistake; sorry for the confusion. Must have still been a bit groggy! As long as your account is used only by one person, and you avoid editing with a conflict of interest, it's fine to edit articles. An administrator seems to have left some useful advice on the issue at your talk page. Feel free to contact me if you have any further questions. Regards, –Juliancolton | Talk 16:23, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: Michael

Most storms in the western Atlantic affect the United States in some way, and that impact is always reported due to how much the media in the US loves reporting on tropical cyclones. If he searches a bit, I'm sure he'll find some. Hurricanehink (talk) 17:23, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

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RfA

I may have glommed up the transclusion of the page. If you'd take a look, I'd appreciate it. Thanks Tiderolls 23:26, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and added it to the main RfA page. Best of luck. –Juliancolton | Talk 23:39, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. Tiderolls 23:40, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
I've added in a co-nom myslef and as a result, I've obviously supported. Good luck!--White Shadows you're breaking up 23:42, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit request

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 14, 2010 – italics needed for The Historian. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 12:41, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

 Done –Juliancolton | Talk 12:43, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 15, 2010, same for Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 23:23, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

Civility Award
Since you are uh, civil and haven't killed anyone on here...yet. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:23, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
Damn it I was beaten to it :( --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 17:30, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
Curses - me too! -- Boing! said Zebedee 18:15, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
lol - thanks! –Juliancolton | Talk 12:46, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Anyone home?

are you online fight now? I've got a history merge request for you. Can you history merge User:White Shadows/German Type IXA submarine to German Type IXA submarine for me?--White Shadows you're breaking up 03:32, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Nevermind, I've got Wehwalt to do it :)--White Shadows you're breaking up 03:37, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Courtesy note

You are receiving this note because of your participation in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iceland–Mexico relations, which is now being revisited at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iceland–Mexico relations (2nd nomination). –xenotalk 17:37, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Main Page

Were you joking in Tide Rolls' RfA or is the Main PAge actually deleteable? I thought it was supposed to be undeleteable? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:53, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Technically, it can be done. I wouldn't be able to recite the process, but I know it's possible. I was, however, joking... :) –Juliancolton | Talk 01:55, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
Oh :( but now you've got me curious! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:58, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
Don't delete the main page! Pilif12p 03:02, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
I get nervous when I see a new admin ask the question. Don't test it, HJ, just take this one on faith.  ;)--~TPW 14:35, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
If you try to delete it the normal way you'll get an error message. If you try to move it to a different title to get around the protection you'll get a different error message. Like Julian, I've seen a description of how to do it, but don't remember it offhand. If a compromised admin account attempted to cause chaos by deleting the main page, even if they knew how to do it, they would probably be stopped before they got very far. —Soap— 14:44, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Wild's Mill Complex

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Nathan Wild House

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

ooh rah, your double dyk made it! Mine's in the queue too, I think for Monday afternoon our time. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:20, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

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You are receiving this note because of your participation in WT:Revision deletion#Community consultation, which is referred to in Wikipedia:VPR#Proposal to turn on revision deletion immediately (despite some lingering concerns). –xenotalk 14:14, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

1946 Florida hurricane

Hi, I passed your GA nomination, 1946 Florida hurricane. Very nice, concise article. Best wishes, Xtzou (Talk) 19:35, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Great! Thanks for looking it over and passing the nomination. Regards, Juliancolton – Talk 19:53, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Signpost: 17 May 2010

www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net --> mht.maryland.gov

[from Archive 28] I tried going to [www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=1367&COUNTY=Allegany&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Allegany this url] (changed from www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net), and it just redirects me to the main web page. –Juliancolton | Talk 12:39, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi --- sorry I missed this earlier message. The change request is to revise [www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=1367&COUNTY=Allegany&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Allegany] to be [mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=1367&COUNTY=Allegany&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Allegany]. Right now, it redirects only to the main mht.maryland.gov page, so that replacing all instances of www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net with mht.maryland.gov is what is desired. Thanks for any assistance you can provide with this matter.--Pubdog (talk) 16:52, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Ah, I see. I'll try to replace them manually (sort of, anyway). Juliancolton | Talk 17:01, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
OMG Please let me know what I can do to help! My intent was to seek an automated way that this could be carried out. Seeing that User:Acroterion and I have been seeking automated assistance with this for over six months, I certainly could have done the job manually myself (1,500 entries 2X per entry), but was trying to avoid doing that to save my sanity.--Pubdog (talk) 22:26, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
I see now what you're doing and you are truly brilliant. I'm sure I speak for User:Acroterion as well. Just thought to check My Watchlist. I wish I could figure out how to use AWB. Again, let me know how I can be of assistance.--Pubdog (talk) 22:31, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
I believe I owe you a beer or six. Jeez, six hours with AWB: that's why I was hoping a bot could do it. In any case, I'm indebted to you. Many thanks, Acroterion (talk) 00:54, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
At my age, one is plenty, thanks. :) Glad to help either way. Juliancolton | Talk 01:32, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 99 support, 9 oppose, and 2 neutral. Your support was much appreciated.

Regards -- Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 16:16, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Good Article Nomination of Leukemia

Hi, A few weeks ago I volunteered to review Leukemia which somebody nominated as a good article. The nomination page can be found here. Although by putting the nomination on hold I intended for the reviewer to chip in, I ended up doing most to all of the work. Because I have now contributed substantially to the article, is it alright for me to continue with the nomination? If not, I'd appreciate it if you would go through the article and complete the nomination. Either way, a copyedit would be much appreciated. Thank you! Ojay123 (Talk•E-Mail•Contribs•Sandbox)(Respond on my talk page! 00:21, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Judging by a quick check of your contributions to the article, I'd say your involvement with the article has been limited enough to not prompt any COI concerns. As long as you're confident the article meets the criteria, it shouldn't be an issue. However, you might want to ask SandyGeorgia (talk · contribs) to review the article before passing it, as I believe she has extensive experience with health articles. Regards Juliancolton | Talk 00:25, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

No subject

About yesterday, I think someone did have access to my account while I left my computer. Well anyway, NHC has opened up an invest for a system near the Bahamas, 90L I think. You see, I can't find it on the NHC website, I wanted to post the invest on the talk page, like how the Anita and the Pacific invest is on the talk page. Here is a link to the invest on Wunderground. --12george1 (talk) 13:25, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

The NRL is covering 90L. Juliancolton | Talk 13:57, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
The NHC are monitoring in its Tropical weather disscussion

"AS OF 0900 UTC...A SMALL 1008 MB LOW IS CENTERED OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA NEAR 20N88W. AN AREA OF SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION IS E OF THE LOW CENTER OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN "

but since its the off-season we wont get a TWO unless they think it will develop.Jason Rees (talk) 14:15, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit request

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 25, 2010, The Beginning of the End needs quotation marks. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 01:54, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Another one for the portal

Last weekend I finally got one of the Taconic pictures I badly wanted. I think it's a no-brainer for the portal. (Hope you don't mind my bumping your pic out of the Dutchess NRHP list for it) Daniel Case (talk) 16:22, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Hurricane Lili (1990)

Hi, I have passed your GA nomination Hurricane Lili (1990). A nice little article. Congratulations. Regards, Xtzou (Talk) 16:53, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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Support MOTD

Hello, Motto of the Day is currently running out of mottos and therefore we would appreciate your support in this project. Please suggest new mottos or support for others at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review. If you have any ideas for mottos on a special date or anniversary, or you are interested in what other ones of thdse there are please see Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/Specials. Thank you for your time. Simply south (talk) 17:05, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Signpost: 24 May 2010

"Florida Crystals" sugar corporation

I noticed you were involved (in May, 2009) with the deletion of the article on the "Florida Crystals" sugar outfit owned by the The Fanjul Brothers. Would you be open to considering other wikipedia contributors' creation of a new article on this company, if the company were arguably notable for it's connections to the white supremacy movement. Did you know that Chloe Black, ex wife of David Duke and current wife of Don Black is closely connected to the upper management of the company? Would the well-sourced inclusion of this information make any difference as to the notability of the company? Please see this piece from the Southern Poverty Law Center below.CriticalChris 19:14, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2008/07/09/white-supremacist-represents-school-for-poor-minority-kids/&usg=__pin91J4kYSzqT2PnCysrPRVDrLc=&h=291&w=300&sz=50&hl=en&start=1&itbs=1&tbnid=soxOfZNZ_3mR0M:&tbnh=113&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522chloe%2Bhardin%2522%26hl%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1

Thanks for your consideration of this matter. CriticalChris 19:14, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Deletion review for List of Radioactive Elements

An editor has asked for a deletion review of List of Radioactive Elements. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. HighFlyingFish (talk) 19:44, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

File:Ntrphoto.jpg

An obvious vio. Can you delete it? It may have been uploaded by somebody from that site but it obviously was not taken by them. Dr. Blofeld White cat 20:41, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

 Done Juliancolton | talk 14:53, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 May newsletter

We are half way through round 3, with a little under a month to go. The current overall leader is Hungary Sasata (submissions), who has 570 points. He leads pool C. Pools A, B and D are led by Pennsylvania Hunter Kahn (submissions), Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) and White Shadows (submissions) respectively. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Two of last year's final 8, Sweden Theleftorium (submissions) and Iceland Scorpion0422 (submissions), have dropped out of the competition, saying they would rather their place went to someone who will have more time on their hands than them next round. On a related note, a special thank you goes to White Shadows (submissions) for his help behind the scenes once again. There is currently a problem with the poster, perhaps caused by the new skin- take a look at this discussion and see if you can help. The competition has continued to tick over well with minimal need for judge intervention, so thank you to everyone making that possible. Good luck to all! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 20:50, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

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