User talk:Maxwellwarner

Communist insurgency in the Philippines copy edit

Hi Maxwellwarner. Thanks for joining in the Guild of Copy Editors March drive. Please forgive me, but I've de-archived Communist insurgency in the Philippines from the GOCE requests archive, and restored it to the requests page with a comment that the article's Timeline section needs doing too. There are problems in it similar to the ones you corrected in the earlier sections, such as comma splices. This can then be added to the word count in the drive page as well. (The word count tool doesn't count bulleted lists, so you'll need to paste its text into a word processor to get the count for it.) If you'd like to take it up again, you may simply change your {{done}} tag back to {{working}}. I will then delete my not-done comment underneath it. Kind regards, --Stfg (talk) 10:55, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Apologies for that. I overlooked that the request was only for the sections before the timeline. Restoring the archive now. --Stfg (talk) 14:58, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

No worries...thanks for recognizing that. I tried to note it clearly because the timeline needs some major work and didn't want it attributed to my editing. Maxwellwarner (talk) 18:08, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes, you're right. For my guilt trip, I spent an hour on the timeline this afternoon. It needed a lot of work, ugh! Well, all is well. Cheers, --Stfg (talk) 22:46, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

ISO rating

Hello!! I wanted to follow up with you on your comments about ISO ratings. I think you are on to something here! I think this should be added to the infobox and would really like to make it happen. Perhaps you and I can work together on this? Let me know. If you leave me a message here, do me a favor and {{ping}} me? Hoping you are well! --Zackmann08 (talk) 18:00, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

@Zackmann08: Ya, I figured it needs a page, so I'm gathering all the literature right now and will hopefully get started on it soon. Maxwellwarner (talk) 19:49, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

LOMPOC FIRE!!!!

DUDE!!!! (Or dudette!!!!). I just saw you are making a page for the Lompoc Fire Department?!?! That has been on my todo list FOREVER!!! (I've got a HUGE todo list). That is awesome! Let me know if I can help. I am from the Santa Barbara area and actually made the pages for SBFD and SBCFD. I might even have a few LFD photos in my personal collection that could be donated. Ping me back about this and my comments above regarding ISO ratings. You seem like someone interested in fire services like me. Would love to team up! --Zackmann08 (talk) 18:04, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

@Zackmann08: I'm a dude haha...ya, anything you want to contribute. I'm from LA but live in SB City now. The page is in the draft process awaiting review and approval. I'd like to get this page published but it's my first full article, so trying to follow the rules. Maxwellwarner (talk) 19:44, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

All merged in. :-) Great work! --Zackmann08 (talk) 20:33, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

List of California fire departments

How would you like to rework this page together? Instead of a bunch of bullet points, lets make it a table:

Department	County	OES designator	Established	Annual Calls	Employees
Santa Barbara County Fire Department	Santa Barbara	SBA	1926	12,000	245
Santa Barbara Fire Department	Santa Barbara	STB	1881	8,027	110

What do you think of that? --Zackmann08 (talk) 00:56, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

@Zackmann08: Ya, that sounds like a great idea. I'm in! Maybe even add a population served column. Maxwellwarner (talk) 01:12, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Sounds like a plan! Want to start off of the code above? I have a todo list 100 items long right now... So I'll help where I can... But I would just work through the Category:Fire departments in California. That way we keep them in alphabetical order. The table will be sortable but the order they are coded in is the default sort order and I think alphabetical by department is best for the default. Ping me if you have any questions. I would say anywhere you can't find data, so if there is no annual call value listed for a department for example, I would just leave it blank. --Zackmann08 (talk) 01:29, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

@Zackmann08: Okay, I started compiling the list here User:Maxwellwarner/sandbox/List_of_California_Fire_Departments. If you click on the referenced PDF, there's a list of all the CA department's and their ID's towards the end. It lists their cities but not counties so have to manually look them up. I figure, the list on Wiki is incorrect, so if we're going to do this, we might as well do it right. Maxwellwarner (talk) 21:39, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Usually with those you would only list the ones that have pages... I wouldn't try to list every department in California. It will take you forever... --Zackmann08 (talk) 02:06, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

References

Heyo! Wanted to make sure you saw my comments above. This is MY OPINION, not a hard and fast rule, but I would really focus on just getting all the departments listed in the Category. Also, editing tip! You added this reference:

• <ref name="FIRESCOPE Resource Designation List">{{cite web | url=http://www.firescope.org...... }}</ref>

Wanted to give you a tip! That name parameter is usually something much shorter. The purpose of it is to allow you to reuse the same reference later on. So for example:

• This sentence is referenced. <ref name=testing>{{cite web | url=my url....}}</ref> This sentence is referenced to the same thing! <ref name=testing/>
• This sentence is referenced. This sentence is referenced to the same thing!

So, going back to your example, if you wanted to reuse that reference, you would have to type <ref name="FIRESCOPE Resource Designation List"/> It is much easier if you make a shorter name. Again, that name paramenter is not part of the reference that is displayed. This is just to allow you to reuse the reference. So, I would do simply: <ref name=FIRESCOPE>{{cite ..... Another nice thing is that if the name is just a single word with only alphanumericals then you don't need the quotes. :-) Sorry for the long post but trying to pass on some of my limited knowledge. Hope you are well! --Zackmann08 (talk) 22:23, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks for the tips! I use ProveIt, so I just select my ref and insert it...so I haven't noticed the need for the short tags, but makes complete sense. I'll shorten the list up to and just include what's on Wiki already. Maxwellwarner (talk) 04:16, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

References

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Thanks for attempting the requested copyedit. FWIW, though, I stopped using {{GOCEinuse}} long ago; either a bot would remove it while I was sleeping (so much for WP:NODEADLINE :-)) or another editor would yank it if I took an hour or two off for RL. It's useful for backlog articles because they're less-closely watched, but not really appropriate for request articles since they're generally being polished for GAN and FAC. Have fun and all the best, Miniapolis 21:22, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Request for comment!

Would love you input on the Notability of line of duty deaths. --Zackmann08 (talk) 17:35, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Firefighter?

Are you a firefighter yourself? --Zackmann08 (talk) 04:37, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes I am Maxwellwarner (talk) 04:50, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

GOCE March 2015 drive

		The Minor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Maxwellwarner for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words during the GOCE March 2015 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:08, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Fire Service

Hello and good afternoon (at least it is afternoon where I am). I was looking at the Wikipedian firefighters category and noticed that you are one of the members of the Wikipedia community that lists yourself as being a firefighter. First and foremost let me say thank you for your service. While I myself am not a firefighter, I do work as a photographer with multiple local fire departments. I am honored to have firefighters as some of my closest friends.

I have been taking an active role in the Fire Service WikiProject and am trying to recruit more members to this cause. If this is something you have any interest in, please let me know? You can leave me a message on my talk page. Obviously there is zero obligation. An interest can be anything from helping out with a couple of pages in your local area to helping to overhaul major templates, and anything in between.

Once again, thank you for your service. Hope to hear from you soon. Stay safe! --Zackmann08 (talk) 17:54, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

Ways to improve Public Protection Classification Program

Hi, I'm Roches. Maxwellwarner, thanks for creating Public Protection Classification Program!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Add some of the more important details to the opening paragraph.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Roches (talk) 07:01, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Checking in

Heyo. You still around?? --Zackmann08 (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 22:11, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

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New deal for page patrollers

Hi Maxwellwarner,

In order to better control the quality of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.

Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.

Find out more about this exiting new user right now at New Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Lompoc Fire Department for deletion

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January 2023

Hi Maxwellwarner! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor at Lompoc Fire Department that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. Kj cheetham (talk) 17:23, 28 January 2023 (UTC)