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Hey!

You need to find some time to edit, mister. ceranthor 15:16, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

School's been tough. ResMar 03:18, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
But I think I can find time for it, maybe soon :P ResMar 03:18, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Good to hear. I understand your pain, trust me. ceranthor 22:32, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Genetics is fun, but it's quite difficult =) ResMar 03:30, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Mount Cleveland (Alaska)

I read through it and made a few changes; overall, it looks pretty good to me. Nice work! Awickert (talk) 07:31, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Now that it's the vacation, I've earned some breathing space off of school. Although, I still have 3 tests on the day I get back...sigh...ResMar 21:28, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
Yikes; best of luck! Awickert (talk) 02:16, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, the only problem I found with the article is that it has nothing about the geology of the Aleutians. That information is pretty important, and it's not linked within the article, so that might be what we need to explore. ceranthor 00:30, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
Information on its place in the Aleutian arc? Good idea. Will do. ResMar 03:56, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
I meant the formation of the Aleutians, and that kind of stuff. See Calabozos for what I mean. (the geology section) ceranthor 03:57, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
That's what I meant, Cer... ResMar 04:00, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
Oh, okay. Sorry. ceranthor 04:01, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
I think I'll get to it tomorrow. Hopefully... ResMar 04:04, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

And it looks good to go. I think this FAC will go smoothly, ResMar. ;) ceranthor 19:09, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Now, in return for my help at the FAC, would you mind giving me some input on Calabozos? It would be appreciated! ceranthor 19:10, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
Pictures! It sorely needs pictures! ResMar 19:12, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
I haven't found many. All that I have are not freely licensed. ceranthor 20:50, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
Then get someone to take some. Maybe contact a local volcanics center, see if they can't get you something. ResMar 21:32, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
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Wasn't entirely sure, so wanted to err on the side of caution. Feel free to reply if you need to, and tell me off if I've missed something. Nikkimaria (talk) 05:14, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011

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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away

WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:02, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Re:Possible FP

I don't think I really get it. Why's the jet there? The EV doesn't seem massive, and the fact it's so small, combined with the fact so little of the pic is actually the cars... J Milburn (talk) 13:10, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Alright. I still like it, personally. If VP was still around, I might have nominated it. Oh well =). ResMar 15:35, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Shield volcano source question

replied. Volcanoguy 09:24, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011

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Real Monkey Theorem

I added another subpage (User:Resident Mario/Userbox/InfiniteMonkeyTherom2) to your user pages. It's a variation on your own Infinite monkey theorem userbox. I hope you don't mind. :) Kind regards, nagualdesign (talk) 05:54, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Oh, it's fine, those things are ancient anyway =) ResMar 19:32, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

FACs

TO readers: I would love if someone would actually vote on FACs, without me having to go out of my way handing out personal time and effort as an incentive. Thanks. ResMar 14:19, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

It's gone live... and it may be more helpful than not

See Wikipedia:Future Films Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 07:19, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Um. Are you posting on the right page? o_O ResMar 21:05, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
Sure. After reading this I thought to seek your opinion. I'm hoping the essay addresses some concerns. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 22:08, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
That was something of a one-off affair. I rarely pay attention to deletions. ResMar 22:14, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
You know far more on the topic then I do, so I can't say anything educated about the page. ResMar 22:15, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011

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Other news

3 Bugles in a row is a little disconcerting. ResMar 16:48, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Notification. ceranthor 16:51, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Funny, your notification came through in my mail =) ResMar 17:09, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Oh quit whining, they're good-quality newsletters </shameless self-promotion> :P Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:44, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
Also, thanks for linking one of my comments in your edit notice... that was a surprise hahaha. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:47, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
Yes, from the time you took me seriously...ResMar 17:34, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

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Signpost story on hacked Arbitration Committee e-mails

I understand that the Signpost may contain some coverage of the ongoing incident involving publication of hacked communications to and within the Arbitration Committee, but there is no reason to publicize the names of innocent people who were victimized by this incident, and I must ask that you delete such names from the article you are preparing. If you have any concerns about this request, I recommend that you consult with one of the senior editors as soon as possible. Thank you. Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:34, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

The names are already public elsewhere, on the ArbCom talk page from which I drew the material. ResMar 02:36, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
What's to cover up? There isn't even a guilty party, just a hacker. And it seems no one truly cares what ArbCom is discussing in their PMs. Ir? His e-mail got hacked, all that we can shake our finger at is that he has to get a better password next time. Mal? He stated on his talk page he doesn't care what I do with it, and by all accounts he is a very jovial fellow, so I think he's fine too—he's more interested in the fact that a leak was possible. If a few people say I should drop it I will, but one doesn't make a crowd, no matter his official stature. ResMar 02:41, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
HaeB can decide this, actually, I'm a little weary and now very angry at Sandy again. ResMar 02:42, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

(three edit conflicts) I'm fully familiar with what has and has not been publicized elsewhere, as you might imagine. However, the Signpost is blasted to hundreds of users and to a mailing list, and it is not appropriate or helpful to further publicize which of our editors in this fashion. I have no objection to reasonable coverage of this deeply unfortunate incident, but there is no reason to compound the damage that has taken place. I am not asking for any consideration based on my "official stature," but I do ask that you please consult with your editor or with others you trust regarding this matter. Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:43, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I messaged HaeB, shouldn't you have done that first before yelling at me >.> And I have a...historic conflict with Sandy. Just so you know. * sigh * ResMar 02:45, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. I didn't mean to come off as yelling, by the way, although I'll admit I was a little startled by the way you were speaking to Malleus. Thanks for all your contributions to the project. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:49, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
I'm friends with Mal, it's Sandy that I have trouble with. Her/his bashing the post, and by extension myself, is what got me started. ResMar 02:51, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi ResMar, thanks for notifying me and welcome back to the Signpost, your renewed engagement and your productivity are acknowledged. However, as you may recall, there have been recurring concerns about the factual accuracy and other aspects of your Signpost writing in the past (e.g. [1], [2], [3] or just a few hours ago [4]), as well as a certain lack of diplomacy. While I think your writing has improved somewhat, I would appreciate it if you would stop editing this particular story and let others finish the coverage of this sensitive topic. Regards, HaeB (talk) 04:41, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
Fine, but I still think that this whole shenanigan is bad writing, good diplomacy. ResMar 04:42, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
Um, thanks? I think. If you'd like I'll go back to writing Military history of the Russian Empire or something else more directly productive. I'm sick of being drubbed by Sandy, anyhow... ResMar 04:45, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

And in more cheerful news...

I dare everyone who comes by this page to say hi here =)

Heh =) ResMar 22:18, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
  • Oleg was here at 11:22, 28 June 2011 (PDT)!

Autopatrolled

Hi Resident Mario, just wanted to let you know that I have added the autopatrolled right to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! FASTILY (TALK) 02:38, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Wow, that was a fast response! Thanks. ResMar 02:39, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

National Archives collaboration

Thanks for your comments! Please feel free to get involved. You might want to check the National Archives' catalog for documents to request, check out the editing challenge, or just help with tagging and other tasks. Actually, since I notice that you are part of WikiProject Military History (and you seem to have done some other Hawaii-related work, too!), I thought this request for help might interest you. I am sure Fetchcomms would be appreciative if you would be willing to pitch in. Dominic·t 03:58, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do (I know Fetch pretty well already), and thanks, I'll keep NARA in mind for future articles, haha. ResMar 04:00, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Oh, but note I only have 3 days with the article, I'm leaving for vacation upstate on July 2nd. ResMar 04:03, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

PR

I would be glad to review it (and thanks for the PRs). Please do open a peer review on it. I am pretty busy IRL and am not sure I will get to it before the weekend, though I might sooner. Enjoy your vacation, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:08, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion and offer to do more PRs. Unfortunately there are few editors willing to do more than a few PRs in a month - see Wikipedia talk:Peer review and look for the monthly statistics sections. In 2 of the 3 months shown, the highest number of PRs by one person is under 30 (although almost there) and the next highest number of reviews in each case is in the teens. There are several people who do large numbers of PRs and we have gotten the backlog to zero on several occasions - the problem is that it never stops. ;-) Enjoy your vacation, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 11:41, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Just a heads up - Wikipedia:Peer review/Mockingjay/archive1 has received only two comments so far, so I would not remove it from the backlog. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:29, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
Ok, should I put it back on the list? ResMar 02:31, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
SOrry I missed the above comment - I see that the article has some substantial comments now and so it is fine off the backlog list. I am not sure I understand your comments on my talk page. I will comment on the PR over the weekend sometime. If there is no further activitiy in 14 days the bot will archive the PR, but the comments will still be there and accessible. I see it has one comment already. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:42, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Advanced apology

My talk page contains unflattering mention of you. I'm sorry, and I wanted to take the opportunity to say that it's over the top, inappropriate, in my view. I do believe you need to improve your writing and examination of sources, but don't let it be said I discourage editors. I'm very upset about the things being said. Tony (talk) 15:41, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

I knew this was something Sandy-related before I even went and read the page. * sigh * ResMar 15:46, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
This page has too much negativity. ResMar 19:27, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

PR

Re your comment on McMaster University PR, you know that another editor marking it as "doing" doesn't mean you can't add comments of your own, right? Bradley0110 (talk) 19:29, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I do, but I was browsing backlog at the time and wanted to make sure that the article review hadn't been dropped. It obviously hadn't ;). When it comes to backlogged reviews, I'm more useful reviewing another article instead: the most recently reviewed article right before you updated the page is here. Cheers, ResMar 19:33, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Oh, OK. It just looked like you were dying to say something there but were holding off because I was "doing"! Bradley0110 (talk) 19:37, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, more reviews = better! =) ResMar 19:37, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

STROOPWAFELS 4 U

No clue what these are, but have some stroopwafels! I figured I'd try out WikiLove live for thanking you for your work on the Hawaii article. Hope you're not allergic, /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 03:42, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
Funny thought, I was thinking of testing out WikiLove and giving these funky little things to myself just now! Ha! Thanks =) ResMar 03:43, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination for Green Seamount

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DYK for Green Seamount

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DYK for Opposition to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom

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Alright, the pic of the queen is indeed better then the doc. Too bad there are size restrictions on DYKs :) ResMar 16:06, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011

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Sounds

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Yw. ResMar 04:38, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Disney Role Call

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Amazing Grace file usage

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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011

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The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011

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Delete page "Gopal Kundu Controversy from article Scientific plagiarism in India

Hello,

The page "Gopal Kundu Controvesy" of article "Scientific plagiarism in India" contains invalid information about him and the controversy, He is a former scientist who has registered patents and works at National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, India. The page also refers to unofficial invalid sources. I request you to check official website of NCCS,Pune,India which is a Indian government body. the URL is www.nccs.res.in/gck.html. Please consider this request because it affects his reputation.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shrikantbhalerao101 (talk • contribs) 11:48, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Shrikantbhalerao101] has posted this to 13 different users' talk pages. In order to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort, before considering replying, you may like to see my responses here and here. JamesBWatson (talk) 12:27, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Sounds like a feeble attempt at credit fixing per this. ResMar 00:42, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Signpost Dispatches notice

Hello there. I'm writing to tell you that the editors of the Signpost are making an effort to revive the long dormant Dispatches section. Your name is listed in the "Members" section, indicating that you have or had a willingness to help write or critique Dispatches.

Since the project was inactive for over a year, I have moved all of the names previously in the Members section to the "Inactive" subsection. If you no longer wish to participate in the capacity described above, you do not need to do anything, this will be the last time you hear from me on the matter of dispatches.

If you are, however, still interested in Dispatches, please go put your name back into the main members section. I will take that as an indication that it is okay to continue to send your way both Dispatch related messages and individuals seeking assistance with Dispatches in the areas you specified as being your specialties.

I personally am hoping to get at least one Dispatch out before 15 November, so that the section can avoid being officially inactive for a full year (the last dispatch was 15 November 2010). Cheers! Sven Manguard Wha? 08:31, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

-->User talk:Sven Manguard. ResMar 03:09, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
I've withdrawn from Dispatches, entirely because of the discussion between you and Sandy on my page, which I could only interpret to be a taste of things to come. I hope the two of you are proud of yourselves. Sven Manguard Wha? 05:47, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Well that dissolved quickly. ResMar 20:41, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXVII, September 2011

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A barnstar for you!

The Editor's Barnstar
For your work on Mohamed Bouazizi. Bearian (talk) 18:53, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
Ah yes, thank you, I do help out at PR now and again. =) Thanks! ResMar 22:24, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

I <3 fish

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AResident_Mario&action=historysubmit&diff=458254847&oldid=458078273 ResMar 03:06, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Tasmanian Seamounts

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Sorry, once more there is a small issue to sort out. --Pgallert (talk) 12:39, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

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Like this? Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:57, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Perfect, thanks! ResMar 03:47, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

I love you


hello :Resident Mario ,

A red rose to someone who is in my heart.
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Thanks secret admirer who just posted 20 I love yous on other user's pages! ResMar 04:31, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Signpost tweaks

I've made some changes to the lead of the piece, putting everything into the proper format. I haven't edited any of the content of the piece, save changing some 'he' to 'I' in the italicized parts. Please go fill in your self description. It's the sentence with the ...... s in it now. I left some ideas which you are free to use or discard as you see fit. Thanks for contributing the piece. Sven Manguard Wha? 16:58, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Filled in the blurb. ResMar 17:28, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Tasmanian Seamounts

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GA comments

The students had to post some formatted references as part of the course weeks ago. But not all of them care to do all the required activities...

With regards to citing every sentence, I respectfully disagree. I think it is important to do so, and it is what I require from my students. If you want to know why, see my essay on that here.

Thank you for helping out with the reviews, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 08:40, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

PS. Would you be so kind and restore the citations you removed? While at this point there is no consensus to enforce citing every sentence, there is also no consensus that it shouldn't be done, and at the very least, it is left to editors (main authors') preference. Therefore I'd strongly suggest you should not remove references. Regarding [5], please note, for example, that your version could suggest to reader that the first sentence is cited with salmoni ref, which is not the case. Similarly one could expect the "Preservation of family honor...." sentence to be cited with "Ginat19971" and waste time looking for the relevant fact in this reference, which would again be incorrect. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 08:45, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
Regarding that diff, so what? Having 5 references at the end of a paragraph is not recommended, having two is acceptable; it does not matter much from whence each sentence came. I have never seen an article that cites every sentence in this manner, especially one where you have [3] at the end of each sentence for an entire paragraph. From your own work:

During the [[Russian Revolution of 1905|1905 Russian Revolution]], Piłsudski played a leading role in events in [[Congress Poland]].<ref name="Zamoyski-330"/> In early 1905 he ordered the PPS to launch a general strike there; it involved some 400,000 workers and lasted two months until it was broken by the Russian authorities.<ref name="Zamoyski-330"/> In June 1905, Piłsudski sent paramilitary aid to an uprising in [[Łódź]].<ref name="Zamoyski-330"/> During the "[[Łódź insurrection (1905)|June Days]]", as the Łódź uprising came to be known, armed clashes broke out between Piłsudski's paramilitaries and gunmen loyal to Dmowski and his [[National Democracy|National Democrats]].<ref name="Zamoyski-330"/> On 22 December 1905, Piłsudski called for all Polish workers to rise up; the call went largely unheeded.<ref name="Zamoyski-330"/>

Pseudo-tautology. You can revert if you'd like but I'm busy at the moment, and I don't see abiding to conventions used by most Wikipedians as negative. ResMar 22:05, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

"What dubiousness are you removing, exactly?" The potential ones that may arise in the future, check the essay I linked above. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 22:26, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
But inserting unreferenced sentences would be a Bad Thing, and [3] [3] [3] [3] [3] [3] does not protect against it any more then [3] would. What is to stop someone from inserting a lie solicited by your reference either way? The second one looks superior and wastes less bandwidth. ResMar 22:30, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

You have already made a good start on this review. Do you want to become the main reviewer, I can leave some comments and you can ultimately decide whether to pass it or not. That will leave me free to pick up another of these educational assignments. AIRcorn (talk) 05:15, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Ah, alright. The thing I dislike about reviewing is that you have to check for copyvios, and that takes an enormous amount of time and concentration, yet is rather necessary with a student-written assignment. ResMar 21:40, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. You could use the duplication detector [6] to help sort out those issues. AIRcorn (talk) 00:14, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
That's actually really, really useful, thanks! ResMar 00:49, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Portal:History query

Just curious from your comments at Wikipedia_talk:Portal#Main_Page_Featured_Portal_drive, are you planning on working on improving the quality of Portal:History to bring it up to a state ready for nomination as a Featured Portal candidate? — Cirt (talk) 22:35, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

I have many things on my platter at the moment, but basically, yes, I am. However, it will be slow going until I get my current priorities sorted out and dealt with. Cheers, ResMar 22:37, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Okay thanks very much! Care to add yourself into the table at Wikipedia_talk:Portal#Main_Page_Featured_Portal_drive? — Cirt (talk) 23:18, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

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Op essay

Yo ResMar, are you going to be in a position to address the comments on your opinion essay? Publication is not all that far off and there's significant work to be done if we are going to make it in this week's edition. Cheers, Skomorokh 03:08, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Um, I've been doing so in the page: Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-11-28/Opinion_essay. I just didn't want to move my entire sandbox into the namespace =). ResMar 03:11, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
Ack, I wish people wouldn't put things under the weekly headings, causes all sorts of trouble for the publication bot. I'll move it to the Op desk and take a look. Thanks for the heads-up! Skomorokh 03:28, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
I thought you were aware =D! ResMar 03:38, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
Rumours of my omniscience have been exaggerated. Still a question mark over timing, as your op-essay and the special report on accessibility vs quality need to go out in the same issue, while there's an opinion/debate piece in the works simultaneously, so could be this week or next week depending on where the chips fall. Skomorokh 03:40, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
I've read it and agree with it conclusions, but it's not as time-sensitive as what we're doing so I would keep it for next week. ResMar 03:41, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
It remains to be seen if I have the time to write the special report, and interview Gardner, and write ITN and half of NAN, and review and copyedit and publish the rest of the paper so...just a heads-up, might not pack it all in this week. Skomorokh 03:50, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
I guess I'll help out at N&N, don't know about ITN though, you should send out another call for that section. ResMar 03:52, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXVIII, October 2011

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Signpost Qatar

I hope you don't mind, but I've edited the section about the Qatar work in the Signpost based on your initial work. I realise that I am the protagonist of the section and don't want to be "writing about myself" but I think the changes I made make the section tighter - here's the diff [7]. I am quite happy to not be credited in the article byline because it is your work, I just copyedited it and put in a pic :-) Sincerely, Wittylama 12:54, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome =) ResMar 21:42, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Single Parent article

I was just wondering if you had a chance to look over the children and divorce section of the single parent article that you are reviewing. That's the section I am working on for the class and I tried to reword it to make it sound less instructive, and I was just wondering if you had any further suggestions regarding that part. Thanks! Nll27 (talk) 02:29, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

I understand about the purpose of the section, but as it stands it misses the point. You are discussing single parentage, not how children cope with divorce, but it reads much more like the latter. You should do the following:
  • A paragraph on divorces in the United States. How often they end in single parentage or something similar? How many cases of abandonment are there? You should start off the paragraph with statistics on how often divorces, accidents, etc. end with a single parent situation.
  • A paragraph or more on what this means for the affected children. In writing such a paragraph, aim to look over all age groups: babies, toddlers, adolescents, teens, and young adults. You should talk about the psychological and social effects of such loss.
  • Finally, information on how experts recommend and parents attempt to deal with such situations.

To this effect I suggest you simply scrap the section as it is right now, gather some sources, and rewrite it. And hurry; GAN noms are only supposed to be open 2 weeks, and although I can give you some leeway, I have not seen significant improvement in this article in the week the nomination has been opened. Cheers, ResMar 03:00, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, I'll try to work on most of it tomorrow. Nll27 (talk) 03:10, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

I don't know if you saw, but I posted on the discussion page that I had changed the children and divorce section, and although it isn't complete yet because I'm still looking for some data for the last paragraph, I was wondering if you had any suggestions so far. Thanks! Nll27 (talk) 18:13, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

History browsebar

You may wish to inquire with RichardF (talk · contribs) for help on that. Also, have you considered involving WP:MILHIST folks in help with the featured portal drive for this particular portal? ;) — Cirt (talk) 10:34, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

It's history not milhist :S ResMar 18:37, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

RFA thanks

Thank you for your support at my recent successful RFA. Being now the new fellow in the fraternity of administrators, I will do my best to live up to the confidence shown in me by others, will move slowly and carefully when using the mop, will seek input from others before any action of which I might be unsure, and will try not to break anything beyond repair. Best, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 21:23, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Grats. ResMar 23:30, 4 December 2011 (UTC)


comment re 'Accessibility' vs 'Openness'

Please see this suggestion. I'm not really sure if it's your call or the paper-peoples' call at this point. Alarbus (talk) 05:37, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Always my call, and either way I am a "paper person." I see what you're getting at, but the special issue it got written for a week ago got held off (again). I'll change it and the thing will hopefully come out next week. ResMar 21:54, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Yo, we have the interview finished now and Tony is free to write up the report, so there's not a great deal of obstacles to publication of the editor retention issue by now. Let's co-ordinate future discussion at the op desk, so Sven can keep an eye on things. I appreciate that this has been a frustrating exercise so far, Skomorokh 18:41, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

After the Tools treatment, I rather not stress over deadlines falling through; that took a similar length of time and a lot more contested arguing to push through. ResMar 18:43, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
The "Tools treatment"? Yeah, deadline-stress is antithetical to a focus on quality and relevance. Hopefully once we all have more experience with the essay development process we can streamline it for the benefit of all. Skomorokh 18:45, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
This and more is what I meant, consider it a chapter in my animosity with SandyGeorgia. ResMar 18:50, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

notes

Hi, Brief notes is just a bit grey, boring, for a journalistic register. I think that's why we've used In brief for a while. Tony (talk) 03:16, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Actually I used In brief because someone had created the page and then blanked it, so I re-templated it from memory; I looked back on the last few stories and they all used the Brief notes moniker. I suppose there's no problem using In brief—it is actually quite brief this issue—besides consistency. I personally don't have a preference. ResMar 03:21, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

op-ed

Hi, I've read it. Good, but a bit hard for them to get the punchy kernels. I wonder whether you might read through The Gardner interview and use that to sharpen up the op-ed. It's not that one wants to take advantage of Sue's interview in a bad sense, but I'm sure she stands by what she's said in it (and at her address to the UK WM chapter board). I note that she declined the idea of follow-up questions, so I think you have a good platform to probe further to spark focused debate. Tony (talk) 04:20, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

I do indeed intend to fully read the interview (so far I've only skimmed it) and come up with a more poignant response, hopefully tomorrow. ResMar 04:23, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
Nice. And while I have this bee in my bonnet, you might be interested in this and this (not that I remotely want to be named). Tony (talk) 04:41, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Re: barnstar

Thanks :) - Jarry1250 [Weasel? Discuss.] 11:39, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome =) ResMar 13:31, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

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Portal:Crusades

I added the portal Crusades in the subportal section. I replaced the chinese history portal with the Crusades portal. Please add the portal in a normal way. I used the layout and everything as proposed except that I exchanged the portals. Please add it in a normal way. I can not because I´m only a IP.84.177.234.182 (talk) 09:58, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

I changed the quote to be more neutral; the whole thing was really a religious justification for war on both ends, so it's a bit difficult to be neutral, and we want to avoid quotes that are potentially decisive. I've added China to the 16th slot and incremented the parameters - thanks for your addition! ResMar 14:07, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
You may want to create an account. ResMar 14:11, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Nominations

I nominate Joseph Smith as a featured biography.217.230.253.110 (talk) 17:31, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Replied. ResMar 19:57, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Providence?

I moved Christmas Island Seamount Providence to Christmas Island Seamount Province to match the refs. Don't know where the providence came from ... Cheers, Vsmith (talk) 14:32, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

...derp :> ResMar 00:12, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:History

Have you posted neutrally worded notices to talk pages of relevant wikiprojects? — Cirt (talk) 05:40, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

I did for WP:History, but I suppose I could canvas a few other areas too. ResMar 05:42, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for doing a report that was on hold for over 3 months. By that, I mean an section about the incubator. It was going to be an interview and for SP, but that's fine too. If you're asking why I care so much, I'm active there, and want more users to help with getting the test-projects their own wiki. ~~Ebe123~~ → report on my contribs. 12:49, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

In terms of recruiting, it doesn't mean much; Incubator work appeals to people with languages that do not have wikis yet, technically interested people, and those that are linguistically oriented. ResMar 18:42, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

fac medals

We are material beings; shiny things are a good investment, especially when they are, like a Crown, a definite investment. Isn't that the GOC drive medal? ResMar 04:43, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
The Guild of Copyeditors, one of whom is depicted in the medal. ResMar 05:34, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
  • Ah. I clicked WP:GOC and was surprised. Anyhow, it was FAC before it was GOC. The point is that medals have been tried... Now, if you want to do it again, just do it. No one needs an RfC to hand out barnstars. But I suggest you do it in consultation with whomever is elected Community Outreach Coordinator. ;-) –OneLeafKnowsAutumn (talk) 05:39, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
There's a dedicated reviewer barnstar, somewhere. ResMar 15:06, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Userpage

Back in 2009 you redesigned people's userpages. If you are bonked at anytime in the future, is there anyway you could give my page a spin? cheers --Guerillero | My Talk 07:58, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Sure. Any particular concepts you want to throw around? I'll make something in my sandbox, assuming I have the time (my next week is loaded). ResMar 18:27, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
I am fairly open to anything that looks nice. The only requirement that I have is that it needs to have some sort of notification that I am a sysop --Guerillero | My Talk 20:42, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
I'm readying something. ResMar 04:12, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Done. ResMar 05:04, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Page stalkers

It appears that 30 people are watching me =S ResMar 03:53, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Christmas Island Seamount Province

Thanks for your article Victuallers (talk) 16:02, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Submitting an opinion piece to Signpost

Hi ResMar--

A week or so ago, you added a comment to my comment on skomorokh's talk page about me submitting an opinion piece via e-mail. You wrote: Why an e-mail? Is this not better done directly? ResMar 22:47, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm a newbie, could you please tell me HOW to submit my piece "directly"? Could I just paste my piece at the opinion desk page?

Thanks for you help and time,

CarmenYarrusso (talk) 14:03, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Create a subpage of Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Opinion desk; for instance, Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Opinion desk/My article. And then bring it to our attention at WP:POST/N. ResMar 21:52, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for helping a floundering newbie. I was able to create a subpage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Newsroom/Opinion_desk/New_opinion_essay but I messed up the page at WP:POST/N trying to bring it to your attention. Could you please help fix that page and explain what I did wrong so I can do it right in the future.

Thanks again, Carmen Yarrusso (talk) 01:51, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

You seem to have some issues with links. To create an external (blue) link, use the webpage's full url and a single bracket; ae. [http://www.example.com/ your display title]. For internal links to articles on the English Wikipedia, use its regular title and two bars; for instance, [[example article|your display title]], [[wikipedia:example wikipedia page|example wikipedia page]], [[template:a template|example template]], etcetera. In addition, remember to always sign your comments with a ~~~~—this identifies you in a discussion, and you missed doing so in the newsroom. I fixed your link, but Skomorokh is heading the opinion desk as of now, not me, so he's your contact for publication. ResMar 02:27, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
I'm very grateful for your help, Mario. Unlike my first few encounters here, you treated this newbie with respect and made me feel welcome. BTY, I just realized you wrote the last opinion piece (didn't recognize "Res"). Excellent piece, well reasoned argument!

CarmenYarrusso (talk) 21:18, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes, well, it's unfortunate but Wikipedia is a lot like a walled garden in that you have to climb over a fence to get in, and the fence doesn't specifically target would-be contributors nor would-be vandals. Because the second is more common then the first, Wikipedians are generally skeptical about new editors. See, for instance, my early history and this guy's talk page. I've certainly made my share of valuable contributions since his early greetings, so I think that support is very much important to this project, it's just that you have to target the right people. I do hope you are the right person ;) Cheers, ResMar 22:02, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi Mario--

I see you saw the message from SMasters (I don't even know how to create user subpages--I tried). I'm very discouraged. Could you please read my user page (when you have the time) so you understand a little about my history here and then please post your advice here or there. I REALLY appreciate your help. Carmen Yarrusso (talk) 16:42, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Oy! Most editors don't start by submitting opinion pieces to a newspaper read predominately by long-time users. For instance, my first submission was rejected for being too much like old-timer jabbering. I advise you work in more interesting, less conscientious lines of work in the future. Sven has a valid point about the essay, in that it should be published on meta. If it's any comfort, my first [successful special] submission was also trial by fire. You say you are a seasoned software developer; why not work on some software articles instead? Signpost duty requires a complete picture and experience with the Wikipedian process, doubly so for writing special features, and to be blunt, you have none. Writing an article would probably be more satisfying than all of this jabber, either way. ResMar 02:56, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
In short you should take this with a grain of salt and move onto greener pastures. Although I am sympathetic to your writing, you'd be better served with working on something else then dwelling on it. I'm not the person in charge of Opinions (nor do I want to be!) so there is little else to say =). Lest this business discourage you. Cheers, ResMar 04:08, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
Hey Mario, thank you for your advice. I was hoping you’d offer me encouragement, not still more discouragement, but at least you were kind and thoughtful about it. By the way, I’m Italian/Irish, so I think there’s something in my genes that doesn’t allow me to quit even in the face of strong opposition.
>Most editors don’t start by submitting opinion pieces to a newspaper read predominately by long-time users.
But opinion pieces are my forte and experienced Wikipedians are exactly the people I’m trying to reach. I think most Wikipedians understand that providing free, reliable, political knowledge to the world would be at least as important to humanity as providing free, reliable, encyclopedic knowledge. Thus I was hoping Wikipedians would be excited and enthusiastic about the prospect of their wonderful tool (Wikipedia) being used to provide this free, reliable, political knowledge (with relatively minor software mods to existing code).
>Sven has a valid point about the essay, in that it should be published on meta.
But he didn’t give any reasons why or anything resembling an explanation. The Opinion desk, offers three clear criteria for publication, but he didn’t even try to explain WHY my essay didn’t meet these. I believe people who are intellectually honest have no qualms about explaining there beliefs in clear language.
I have constructed an argument (at the essay page) that explains why I think my essay easily meets the three criteria and why it would be of interest to many (if not most) Wikipedians. If you see any flaws in my argument, I’d very much like to know so I can improve my argument (agreeing with my argument cannot improve it, but finding flaws can—so I’m always much more interested it hearing from those who disagree with me).
>Signpost duty requires a complete picture and experience with the Wikipedian process…
This is certainly true for the vast majority of articles there. But opinion pieces, because of their editorial nature, can also be about general issues. My essay deals only with very general aspects of Wikipedia, those that even the public at large is typically familiar with.
I think I’ll hang around here for awhile and see if I can sway somebody with the power of sound argument before I take this to the Foundation-l list. Maybe editor, Skomorokh, will get well soon and (unlike everyone else so far) encourage me. I can only hope.
Thanks again, Mario you’ve been very kind and very helpful. Carmen Yarrusso (talk) 16:30, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
I just don't like getting involved in squabbles, I've had too many in my time here already. ResMar 17:02, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Template:In use

Rather than complaining via snide edit summary comments, what you should do when making a series of partial edits to an article is place a {{In use|section}} template on the page. That way, people will know that you're busy working on the article and will wait until you're finished. — Myasuda (talk) 04:31, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

It was late and I would be finished in a couple of edits, it was inconvenient that I had to copy-paste expansions for typo corrections, no? ResMar 13:59, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
Yes, but it was not obvious that you weren't finished with your edits. After all, many experienced editors make large scale changes in single edits by making judicious use of the preview button or a local sandbox, or they use the "in-use" template as I mentioned above. Anyhow, we'll just chalk this up to a misunderstanding, and I trust you'll use the template in the future to avoid unwanted interference. Cheers! — Myasuda (talk) 15:28, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
I just don't like the template because it is butt ugly to visiting readers. ResMar 15:35, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
And how long would it have been in place? Maybe an hour? But of course, it's up to you how you go about editing articles in wikipedia. — Myasuda (talk) 18:55, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Military Historian of the Year

Nominations for the "Military Historian of the Year" for 2011 are now open. If you would like to nominate an editor for this award, please do so here. Voting will open on 22 January and run for seven days. Thanks! On behalf of the coordinators, Nick-D (talk) and Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:15, 16 January 2012 (UTC) You were sent this message because you are a listed as a member of the Military history WikiProject.

Signpost sister projects

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

 

Wikipedia milestones item in Signpost

Hi. This edit twice presents the information that the Banyumasan Wikipedia has reached 20,000 total pages. Is there perhaps a copy-paste error, and is another Wikipedia involved?  --Lambiam 19:15, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

No, it's human error; thanks for pointing it out. ResMar 19:21, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Mauna Kea is TFA

But aren't we supposed to get messages about this sort of thing? ResMar 03:08, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes. And now there is a comment on the talk complaining about imbalance in the main page article summary. Sigh. I might go mention it to Raul. Iridia (talk) 22:40, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
Alright, although I think Dabomb might have set up this round. ResMar 22:44, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

GAN Axial Seamount

Hi,

I have reviewed your nomination at Talk:Axial Seamount/GA1 and left a few comments. Altogether a wonderful article, and well linked (which I always appreciate!) Best wishes, MathewTownsend (talk) 20:34, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar

Not only for your excellent work on writing Axial Seamount to GA status but also for your wonderful work (on a weekly basis) on the The Signpost. Please accept this as recognition that your contributions are much appreciated. Thank! MathewTownsend (talk) 01:50, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
Thank you =) ResMar 01:52, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXX, January 2012

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Talk back

Hello, Resident Mario. You have new messages at Northamerica1000's talk page.
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I have closed your nomination as successful and promoted the portal to the giddy heights of featured status. Congratulations, and many thanks for your hard work. With best wishes, BencherliteTalk 01:00, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Great =) ResMar 01:01, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for closing the WP:FPORTC for Portal:Conservatism. Much appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 01:12, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Cirt, that was a while ago, lol. ResMar 01:13, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Checking in

Hullo ResMar, been meaning to check in with you (thanks for your kind note during my absence); just wanted to check whether you are following through on the plan to finish N&N today, as deadlines are looming. Cheers, Skomorokh 18:46, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Right, I need to get to that. ResMar 18:47, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Are you signed off for the evening? The IEP story has yet to be covered... Skomorokh 00:06, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
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