User talk:Scorpion0422/Archive 15

FLC template changes

See User talk:Gimmetrow#FLC. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:49, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

I just updated the FLRC templates and moved all the current FLRCs to Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/articleName/articleNumber. I think we should do the FLCs too, but I don't want to do it without your permission (it would take about 30 minutes). Dabomb87 (talk) 21:50, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Actually, the FACs were moved, but I'm not bothered either way. If you think it's fine, then I'm happy. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:17, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

The Simpsons lists

I was looking at the season page again and something occurred to me. Is there a better place to put, or better way to handle the "Guest stars" that are listed in the plot? I mean, it seems so out of place to have a plot, and then the next line below have "Guest star". I think some possible solutions, if you're interested, could be: the "character (actor)" setup in the plot itself; an entire section of "Guest stars" with "Actor as Character in 'Episode'". There could be others ways, and I brings this up on your talk page because you're one of the lead contributors to that project, and it's something that would affect all of the pages I would assume.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 12:20, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, I've been toying around with the table on my own, and I think the first problem is with the code. That particular table template is horridly difficult to use with multiple columns - plus the fact that it takes up more space that some of the ones I use. I think the problem I see with the current setup (beyond the code thing) is that you cannot tell the difference between where the plot ends and the noting of the guest star is. If the guest star isn't important enough to the episode, then I have to ask why are they important enough to make mention of in the plot section? It seems like undue weight placed on their celebrity status. Even film articles don't typically note cameo roles. I understand it's kind of a staple of the series, which is why I think it needs better placement. Let me keep playing around with the table and see if I can find a setup that doesn't cram everything together, but still presents it all in the same location.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 12:38, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

I've created two versions of a potential table in a sandbox. One has the guests above the plot, and one has the guests below the plot. I attempted to create one where the guests where a whole column to themselves, which would run down the length of each episodes individual section but I couldn't get the code right.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 15:16, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Cluttered? The first one is identical to the current setup, it just puts a defined line in-between the plot and the guest stars.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 16:09, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

To each his own. I personally think it looks disorganized and distracting as it currently sits. I'll ditch the tables then, but that's MOO.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 18:24, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Harry Shearer

Hey Scorpion. I just read through the article and I thought I'd tell you that it looks great. Thanks for helping me out! :) TheLeftorium 12:37, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

New FLC proposal

See discussion here. Cheers, — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 22:46, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Youngest/oldest player to gain membership in Triple Gold Club

Kindly elaborate on why you believe the youngest/oldest player to gain membership in the Triple Gold Club is "trivia", while becoming a member in the shortest/longest time span from the first title is relevant. Use the talk page.

LarRan (talk) 05:07, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Helen Lovejoy

Hi there!
What seems to be the problem? The parson's quote is there in the episode. How would you interpret it? And Tim's reaction to it? MichaelXXLF (talk) 19:31, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Today's scheduled closures

I haven't done any today. Many of the older ones are still being worked on due to some late reviews. There are a couple that could have been closed, but I figured we could do them all at the same time for Wednesday.

If necessary, we can discuss it later and do some. Gimmetrow told Sandy he has more time at the weekend now anyway, so our window of opportunity isn't so small at the moment. Matthewedwards :  Chat  23:04, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

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Question about a List

I read your comments at the WP Signpost about lists and featured lists. I am not sure how to write the notability sections for a list that I am constructing at List of Washington & Jefferson College alumni. They that be in full sentences or sentence fragments? Should they be general, like ("Alumni X served in Congress and earned a Congressional Medal of Honor") or specific ("Alumni X represented the 18th congressional district of Pennsylvania and earned a Medal of Honor in the Battle of Anteitem.") I am having trouble constructing a lead that doesn't begin with the phrase "This is a list of..." Perhaps you can make some suggestions?--Jwilkinsen Jr (talk) 01:49, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Scorpion0422. You have new messages at Steve's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

In case you didn't spot my second reply (not angling for a comment, btw, just FYI): [1]. Essentially, "I'll do what I can." :) Steve ^{T • C} 22:39, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

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Ice Hockey World Championships

Please do not revert the version back, because you need a reliable source to proof that Russian isn't successor of USSR. The reasons you have provided to date are original research and are not supported by a reliable source

IF you continue reverting it back the 3RR rule will apply Andreyx109 (talk) 21:33, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

"Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"

Great, thanks! :) Excellent work on "Bart Gets an F" by the way. You might be able to turn it into a FA. Also, Sweden will totally kick Canada's ass today. ;) TheLeftorium 16:41, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Ok, sounds good. TheLeftorium 17:29, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Canada's Walk of fame edit

Hey, I was just wondering why you reverted my edit about Canada's Walk of Fame.I had a reliable source about this year's announcement (the official site) and the website itself listed 114 inductees as of now rather than the 113 on the Wiki page. I am a bit puzzled as to why you removed the edit. Did I do something wrong? Thanks in advance.70.29.236.218 (talk) 18:41, 8 May 2009 (UTC)samusek2

Hey I wonder if you'll be able to see me here. I just had a question about the same page. First I wanted to say that it looks as if they pushed back the annoncement of the inductees back a couple of weeks. However, it culd be that we know one of the 8 inductees beforehand thanks to this link. http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/090423-dsquared-twins-on-canada-walk-of-fa.aspx (I don't know what to make of that.)I actually hope that this year we get good nominees instead of ones who would bring ratings to the show due to their popularity. We'll see!70.29.234.135 (talk) 15:13, 16 May 2009 (UTC) samusek2

Re: A not-so-shiny picture

Thanks! Dabomb87 (talk) 22:18, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Also, I think we need to start alerting WikiProjects for the more desperate FLCs. For example, Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of songs in the Guitar Hero On Tour series/archive1 is already 14 days old and it has one review. I alerted WP:VG. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:19, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Task force

So, four of the lists I got promoted about UEFA competition winning managers are listed on the task force group. I think they are worthy of being standalone, but I'm not sure how to convince you/anyone else that this is the case. How would I go about getting these struck off the list? Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 00:16, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

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Hockey medal table

Hi Scorpion,

This was a good edit on your part. It's actually a far better table than what we had before, and we're not closing our eyes and ears and ignoring IIHF. As a result, this table is far more useful and accurate for the article's readers than what we initially had. I want to apologize to you if I came across a little strong and the arguments became a little heated (thankfully not uncivil). I'm working on my temper and patience. Thank you for your constructive edits. --Eightofnine (talk) 03:21, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Looks like a good way to do it to me. -Djsasso (talk) 04:39, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Scorpion, the combined medals count table in List of IIHF World Championship medalists looks brilliant and correct now. Thank you very much for your input and I appreciate your patience and professionalism. Andreyx109 (talk) 16:32, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/South Park (season 1)/archive1

Hey Scorpion. Can you withdraw this nomination? We have decided to nominate it for GA instead of FL. Thanks, TheLeftorium 16:34, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Question

I assumed you would see this, but assume you have not as there has been no reply. Would you mind taking a look and replying at your convenience? Thanks, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 23:19, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Ice hockey at the Olympic Games

Not yet. It's a long one, and I'm still dancing around, trying to find the places that need the most improvement. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:47, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

At a recent FAC, a photo you took, which is used in this article and an FL I worked on, was questioned as a possible derivative and ultimately removed by the nominator. Thought you should know that for your future FAC bid. Should I remove it from the medal list it's in? Giants2008 (17-14) 14:27, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

"Ice hockey and figure skating were permanently integrated in the Winter Olympics program." I'd appreciate a date or time frame for this statement. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:01, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

OK, I see. I'll work on the article some more later today and Wednesday. By the way, see Wikipedia_talk:Featured_list_candidates#More_eyes_needed_for_a_criterion_3b_.22gray_area.22. I had anticipated something like this cropping up. As the FL director and the resident expert on the Olympics, your input would be appreciated. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:14, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

"The IIHF countered by threatening to withdraw hockey if the AHA were banned." Does this mean they would remove hockey as a formal event? Dabomb87 (talk) 01:18, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Go ahead and nominate it. I won't have time until the end of the week to look at it, but I think it's good enough to last till then. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:09, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Medal Table

Good work. Confusing at first to understand, but presents more information in a smaller space which is good. And for the last time, I am from Belarus, so if I am a nationalist that only applies to my home country...I dream in 10 years or so I will edit table with my country's medals on it :)--Ssashok (talk) 17:37, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

WHY

The information on the Marge Simpson I posted was factual (I have to episode in question if you would like to see it) why remove it? I'm not trying to get into a "thing" I'm new and a just wondering —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChevonH (talk • contribs) 18:29, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Peer review of Ice hockey at the Olympic Games article

I wanted to let you know that the Winter Olympic Games, which has been sitting at GAC for weeks, just now got reviewed and I was hit with a lot of work to do on the article. I have to jump over there for a couple of days and work on that but I will be back to continue the promised review. It may just be a day or two. Also keep your head up on this medal table issue. It's all worth it in the end (keeping telling yourself that over and over again). H1nkles (talk) 19:33, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Ok I'm going to jump back into the Ice hockey article. I will of course steer clear of the medal tables but I think there are plenty of other areas that I can review. Hang in there. H1nkles (talk) 15:21, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

WP:FLC

Were there none that needed to be archived or promoted, or did you and Matthewedwards just forget to? -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 00:24, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/The Simpsons (season 14)/archive1 revisited. I'm reluctant to copy-edit the Ice hockey article in a period of apparent instability. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:18, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Speaking for myself only, I chose not to. One or two may have been ready, but the majority were not. They still had relatively new comments, or nominators were still working on the pages, or there just wasn't enough comments to close either way. Matthewedwards :  Chat  05:06, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

FL length

Would a list of nine champions be long enough to be nominated at FLC? I'm wondering if the FIP World Heavyweight Championship is long enough.--WillC 11:30, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I might as well give it a shot. Thanks for the info.--WillC 03:41, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

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excuse me...

why did you undo my edit? oh come on, scorpio—Preceding unsigned comment added by Justme89 (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/1900 Summer Olympics medal table/archive2

There's a discussion at this FLC regarding criterion 3b. Since you were behind the new criterion and have experience with medal lists, I thought you might be interested in offering your voice there. Giants2008 (17-14) 01:21, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

I've proposed a bit of a compromise in response to Rambo's concerns. Geraldk (talk) 20:25, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

List of IIHF World Championship medalists

Uhh...I was the one who merged those three into one. I thought it was pretty obvious that Czechoslovakia was split into Czech Republic and Slovakia, isn't that true? And also, what do you mean by Czechoslovakia played Slovakia? That makes no sense at all. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 04:14, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying this for me. I just thought it made sense that those two nations were once Czechoslovakia. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 02:13, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

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Eagle Scout list

I saw a list where you reviewed FLs to see if they still met the standard. For List of Eagle Scouts (Boy Scouts of America) you said all it needed was tableized and I've now completed that. I also brought the format more in line with today's standards. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:46, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

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List of World Series champions

Sure, I'll help out. I'll be working on the Gold Gloves going forward, so let me know when you want me to take a look. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 21:13, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

We were having a discussion about this on WT:MLB, and Mlaffs brought up some pertinent points on that issue. The problem with splitting them out is: where do they go? Because of confusion/dissent among scholars and experts as to when "Major League Baseball" officially began, it becomes a problem to name a split article. We could have "List of pre-World Series Major League Baseball champions, but then we lose some history prior to the official professional formation of the National Association, the predecessor to the National League. If we go to the actual "formation" of Major League Baseball, meaning when the American Association and the National League merged, we lose even more. It's hard to tell, in the early years, when the National Association became "professional", and no one scholarly really defines a date for that point, so choosing an arbitrary elimination point causes a problem. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 21:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Yeesh. OK, hopefully that's passed. Do you think that it makes sense to combine the pre-1903 championships into a single table, make the prose into a section lead, and add a "Notes" column or footnotes section to deal with any crazy issues? KV5 (Talk • Phils) 22:02, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Re: Voice actors

Well it really depends what sort of time frame you're talking about. Personally, I feel Azaria's page needs a bit of expansion and reorganising, but that's something I won't really be able to get to for a fortnight. So Shearer could be easier. I'll take a quick look at Azaria's page now and see what I think needs to be done. Gran² 21:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Okay, well I'll do a few minors bits here and there on Azaria's page and then when I have more time try and push it onto FA. Gran² 22:05, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Series champions

Killer Vogel explained to me that you were discussing this article. Meanwhile, your edit summary suggests you think you have the right to take ownership of an article. Such is not the case. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 22:04, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

If you had been discussing this on the article talk page instead of on each others' talk pages, things would have been better. I didn't see any recent discussions by you on the article talk page, so I assumed you were making these changes unilaterally - which is what "taking ownership" means. Reverting back to what appeared to be the consensus version is not "taking ownership". However, the two of you seem to be working on it together, so it's not unilateral after all. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 22:20, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

IRC

Log on if you can, thanks.  iMatthew :  Chat  22:46, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Need you again :)  iMatthew :  Chat  16:46, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Snowball merge proposal

A user has started a merge proposal to merge Snowball to Simpson Family. Your comments would be appreciated here. Thank you, CTJF83Talk 16:51, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup newsletter XVII.V

This is just a quick reminder that the round ends this Friday, May 29, 2009. I wanted to let you guys know the current standings. If you are very close, but not close enough, work as hard as possible these next two days. Pool leaders are listed as usual, and under the 10 wildcards, are competitors that are still fighting for a spot. Also, if you currently have any un-reviewed GAN's up and you'd like them to be reviewed and counted for this round, you must place them on the appropriate thread of the WikiCup talk page.

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Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish

Hey Scorpion. I've been working on Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish for some time now but I kind of need you help. I found some stuff about the episode on Google Books but I'm not sure if it's worth mentioning in the article (since I'm not very good at writing about themes and analysis and that sort of stuff). Could you take a look at the links here and see if any of them are worth using? Thanks, TheLeftorium 16:23, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll see what I can do. :) TheLeftorium 19:06, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Just thought I'd let you know that the Roadrunner picture in the Bart's Inner Child article is in the wrong section. I tried moving it to the cultural references section but the James Brown image gets in the way (maybe you could move that one to the production section). TheLeftorium 20:15, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Yup, that and improve the character articles. TheLeftorium 20:50, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

File:Simpsons Coyote Roadrunner Homage.png listed for deletion

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File:Simpsons James Brown.png listed for deletion

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Re GA nomination of Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming

Hi, I'm going to try and review the article you've nominated for GA status here. Please help me by giving your input. Rudy 21:43, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Template:The Simpsons

Shouldn't we put this at the bottom of every episode page? I'm sure a bot can easily do it for us, or AWB. CTJF83Talk 04:37, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Response? CTJF83Talk 16:23, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

That's true, I'm certainly not going to manually insert it, do you know of a bot way to do it? CTJF83Talk 17:23, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

LOL, so it's all about your watchlist, is it? You're right though, we probably don't need to add it. CTJF83Talk 19:02, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

LOL, ok, I'll have to see if I can get awb to do it later tonight, leaving soon. CTJF83Talk 19:15, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

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Lisa the Iconoclast

Hi, it seems from your edits that you have access to the DVD commentary. Would you mind checking out the Lethal Weapon reference as well? decltype (talk) 19:41, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Wrestling Lists

I've been looking through alot of the wrestling championship FLs, and I remembered that you said something about alot of them do not pass the FL criteria anymore, and you've told the project this and they've done nothing about it. Well I was thinking about nominating a few of them for removal, since if they don't pass the criteria anymore, then they shouldn't say they are FLs. I thought to get your take on this first, considering you are one of the directors, and I'm not sure if this is a good time or not or that you have something to say first. Just thought to stop by.--WillC 02:52, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Well all that are in Wikipedia:Featured topics/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions. I know you were involved in that topic a bit and nothing against you I just want everything correct and at its highest level, but considering the recent lists I've got promoted, I see a big different between them and mine. I was looking at List of WWE United States Champions a minute ago, and just noticed that there isn't lot of reliable sources in it besides WWE and one or two others, a few format problems, and the lead is really just non-existent. I was planning to open a section at WT:PW about these problems and tell each user(s) who got each specific list to FL status about the problems as well. If nothing was done or just very little, I was then going to nominate one by one for removal. Plan B was to just do the work myself, but I would probably still try to get some type of review to make sure they still pass the criteria, since it recently changed and the wrestling project have also made changes since they were promoted.--WillC 03:11, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Try bringing it up at WP:PW and see if anyone wants tyo help. I'll chip in what I can as well. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 03:32, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Alright, I'll do that hear in a few days, once I figure out what problems should be addressed.--WillC 03:48, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

FLRC

Hey Scorpion, how's it going? Just a quick note to let you know that I'm back on board FLC and FLRC as full-time as I can be. In reviewing a couple of lists the other day I realised how much I missed it! So, to that end, I guess it's appropriate for you to pile a load more lists over to FLRC. I guess since we're running around the mid-20s on FLC, it wouldn't be too bad to see something similar on FLRC, as long as we don't overload individuals who may be able to save the lists from demotion. Right now, we have only the London Underground stations and Airbender lists which remain in any way under serious debate. The Veterans list will be delisted today and all the others are virtually SNOW delists. So, if you are agreeable and when you have a moment, feel free to move some more of your task force nominees over. All the best to you. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:47, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2007 (Canada)/archive1

"I decided not to promote List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2007 (Canada) because although it had 2 support votes, both of them were weak because of some sourcing issues, and I wanted to give it some more time."

The sourcing issue IMO was already kind of taken care of... also, it's been over a month now, I think more time isn't really needed. Since you are my favorite FLC director ;), I know that your choices always have good explanations behind it.

P.S. My 10-month FL streak is over...(didn't get one promoted on May) :'(

-- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 00:22, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

2007 WSOP results

Sorry about not having this finished by today... I thought promotions were Sat and Wed... it wasn't until I saw that you promoted some today that I realized I should have finished TRM's comments by today.---I'm Spartacus! ^{NO! I'm Spartacus!} 04:44, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

A Barnstar

		Civility Award
		Your unflagging civility in debates helps keep a polite tone on FLC and FLRC. Thanks for the good work and the great attitude. Geraldk (talk) 17:41, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

• Well, I guess I could take it back if you want. But I've very much appreciated your civility since my return to wikipedia. Geraldk (talk) 18:41, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Today's FLC closures

Unfortunately I don't have the time to do them today. If you don't either, then I'll do them tomorrow though and ask Gimmetrow to turn his bot on an extra day. Matthewedwards :  Chat  21:39, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

I changed my 'vote' on the one FLC you mentioned in the closure log, in case you want to look at it again in the next half-hour. Giants2008 (17-14) 23:35, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

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In the name....

Hi! I didn't mean to imply that you personally had some deliberate agenda for promoting this company, but its inclusion adds nothing to the article, many other bookies were probably providing a similar 'product', and if this betting opportunity was of sufficient notability, surely it should be mentioned in the Paddy Power article. Could you please reconsider your edit? RashersTierney (talk) 16:51, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Not sure where to engage with you but it seems we got off on the wrong foot, and for that I apologise. The company in question has an unorthodox method of advertising and apparently for that reason has found its way onto this page. Please reconsider the reference to it in this otherwise excellent article. I have no particular grievance with them, other than that the media references are not noteworthy, (and I accept your references are bone fide) and serve no use except to promote the company, even if that is not your intention. Regards. RashersTierney (talk) 21:40, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

I'll leave it to your judgement, but please remember that this article has huge interest in Ireland, and the manufactured advertising potential for the company (unlike scripted products) is enormous. The issue is one of the cynical use of free media advertising, and by extension Wikipedia as a promotional vehicle. Personally I won't fall out with an established editor over this, whatever your decision, but I hope you take on board my observations from a local perspective. RashersTierney (talk) 23:56, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

My 2 cents

Are you sure that List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2007 (Canada) actually meets the criteria 3b? There seem to be only 3 years since the charts were started and the three have about 30 entries which could definatly be merged into 1 article. Whould that not be agains criteria 3b? Nergaal (talk) 21:48, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

You suck!

"Roberto Clemente Award - The nominator is one of my many mortal enemies, so I left it open."

Lmao! :)  iMatthew :  Chat  22:55, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Bart Sells His Soul - GA review

The current version of the review contains a lot of points to which there has been no response on the review page. It would be best for you and your colleagues to go right through the article making sure that all comments are addressed, either by improving the article or by explaining why you think the comments are off-target - that does not mean I will necessarily agree with your explanations, for example there's a referencing issue where "referenced in another section" is not acceptable, see WP:V.

Re the time it's taken:

• Talk:Northern Bald Ibis/GA1 took just 3 days.
• Talk:Rufous-crowned Sparrow/GA1 took a lot longer, mainly because real life prevented the nominator from responding. I urged some other ornithology enthusiasts to rally round - and they did the work.

I've just received your additional message "The point of the review is so that you can help us attain GA status, and if there are so many errors that you can't list them all, it should just be failed.". Your interpretation of ""The point of the review is so that you can help us attain GA status" seem to be grossly over-optimistic, see for example Wikipedia_talk:Good_article_nominations/Archive_11#.22Build_a_GA.22_service. In fact I have a rep as a pretty helpful reviewer who is reluctant to fail articles if they have decent potential for passing, but "help" does not mean "do the work for you". --Philcha (talk) 23:56, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

It would be premature for me to go through the article again:

• I've just re-checked the GA review page and it still contains a lot of points to which there has been no response. IIRC you said you were unwilling to respond to every point in the review, If you did say that, you'd be in the wrong - in every GA review I've been in (on either side), responses ot every point have been the norm; IMO sensibly, as no comment is guaranteed to be accepted as it stands.
• Cirt dropped me message saying s/he was working on it and would drop me another message when ready. --Philcha (talk) 22:59, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

You wrote, "I didn't want to go through and check every one because I'm sure that many of them no longer apply?" Someone's going to have to check through them. If there's no response I don't know whether you've missed a comment, disagree with it, or just haven't got round to it yet. Look for example at the reviews I cited above, where I did not have to ask the editors to respond, they just did it as a matter of course.--Philcha (talk) 23:10, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Ice Hockey Association of India

FYI, for kicks just expanded the IHAI article and nominated it for DYK. Asked to share credit with you since you created it and entered the infobox, etc, so don't be surprised if you get a DYK notice over the next few days. Geraldk (talk) 18:23, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Closure log

Roberto Clemente Award—"ongoing image concerns"? I don't see any on the FLC page. Dabomb87 (talk) 20:51, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Guest stars

My exams are finally over so I can try and start editing again. Anyway, I've decided to at least attempt to reformat and source the guest stars list. I recall in the past you saying you didn't think it'd be as useful in a table format, but it its current state I don't think it's that great and could see someone AFDing it. So I plotted something here. It displays the main features I see the list as having ie. how to deal with bands as well as listing people who rejected/dropped out/were cut from parts, which is something I think it would be nice to include. Thoughts? Pointless or a potentially good idea? Gran² 21:22, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Done, although do you think the episode column should come first or last? Neither looks right to me. Gran² 18:33, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Veracruz Medal of Honor list

I noticed you comments about this article. Could you please tell me what still needs to be done I don't see anything open on it.--Kumioko (talk) 21:26, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll ask him to look at those images. I did center the data and it looked terrible and messed up the alignment of the data on my machine (and presumably others as well) so I took it off. It seemed like more of a suggestion than a requirement--Kumioko (talk) 00:29, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling#To clear things up

Click the link please.--WillC 02:22, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Sourcing is a big thing. To much primary sourcing when it isn't needed. Unreliable refs are used, etc. The table layout is a thing to change. I'm working on the hardcore champions list in a subpage in hopes of it being my next FLC, so that could be something to work off of. But I'll improve one of the lists soon to show what I wish would be done. But sorting problems, sources, etc are multiple problems I have a problem with. I just feel everything should stay up to date. The format changed, the criteria changed, etc so should our lists IMO. I'll probably not nominate them for removal because if they failed I would probably work on them and renominate them because I like working on lists these days so that is pointless.--WillC 15:15, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes primary sourcing is good, but there is a rule against it in the MoS which people have thrown against me multiple times. Something about self publishing. Plus if every source is a WWE one it doesn't help establish notability. Yes WWE is clearly notable but reliable third party sources help establish that and no representation of that hurts the overall article's existence. Plus Online World of Wrestling, Wrestle Titles, etc are all questionable sources. See where I'm going with this?--WillC 15:29, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Well I feel their should be certain balance of primary and third party sources. Out of sources that can be sourced for lets say a championship of 80 champions. You have Slam Sports, WrestleView, PWTorch, and the primary source. Four sites spilt into 20 a piece. That way not everything is primary. Plus the list is just content forking anyway. A indy championship that can be reliably sourced doesn't mean it needs a list champions article. I expanded two of TNA's belts that aren't long enough to really need their own lists and are ready for GAN with the list of champs (Legends and Knockout). Plus most of the wrestling championship articles have no sources. There are two GA championship articles today: the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) and the TNA X Division Championship. All the other articles are all sourced poorly as well as written. One, maybe two out of all of WWE's articles is sourced well. While the rest are alright. Only recently by me have some been improved so notability is still a bit of a problem. That is one reason I started that section at WT:PW. To start expansion. With new formats maybe the glass ceiling can be broken and get alot new and better content.--WillC 15:46, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't really like the ref section. Is used in other articles I know, but most ips are pretty dumb and don't know what they are and will remove it quickly. If this were some other lists I would probably say it was okay but wrestling ips are just plain dumb. Plus I don't think it looks that great. Also general ref was a given. But a compromise could be, to add as many sources as possible. The more sources the better. I don't see many problems with that list but I'm not looking closely. Though that is a top title in WWE so it gets alot of attention so I'm not surprised. But looking at the others, it isn't the same.--WillC 15:59, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Good point but we really should add some more than just the WWE ones. We could keep all the WWE ones and just add some third party here and there. Two at more on every other line. 80 champions, there should be around maybe 140 refs. Still a work in progress, but it is a step in the right direction.--WillC 16:35, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Well I have time so I can help when I can. Check my subpages to see why I said when I can.--WillC 17:13, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

For the record...

I do tend to agree with a lot of what you said at WT:PW. It could have been phrased better and my reaction was way over the top. My apologies. I do have more respect for you personally than most other members of the project, and I do see where you're coming from. Gavyn Sykes (talk) 23:36, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Your 2020 Olympics undo

Just wondering why you undid my edit of the 2020 Olympics page on 12 June. The edit was appropriately directed to the identification of criteria - namely the fundamental principles of the IOC Olympic Charter - which bid cities are required to abide by. If you haven't read the Olympic Charter then following the footnote reference link which I added to the post. Reference to the fundamental principles of the Olympic Charter is important encyclopaedic knowledge which is informative for the 2020 Olympics entry, irrespective of whatever prejudices people may hold. Please explain your actions. I shall delay reversion of the page back to my edit until I hear from you. Cm1ij (talk) 01:37, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

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FLC closures...

Look at the title. :D -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 23:24, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!!!

Thanks for promoting my list!!! Suede67 (talk) 00:25, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

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Olympic medalists list problem

In the article, List of Olympic medalists in badminton, the medals by year table isn't working for some unknown reason. I have no idea how to fix it, and I'm sure you're pretty good with these tables, so I hope you could take the time to fix it. Thanks in advance, and happy editing! -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 19:27, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Added badminton into the Template:OlympicNationRow/YearLookup. Thanks for replying! -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 19:43, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

FLC

Well, since you put it so nicely, (or sarcastically??!), your "beloved former director" would love to help out. Not a problem. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:28, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh and FLRC is clear for another deposit from one of current beloved directors... The Rambling Man (talk) 14:48, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:43, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Closure log done. I hope it's in keeping with your trend. I like the idea of one for FLRC as well, although right now we have barely a single controversial closure... The Rambling Man (talk) 17:05, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

To Scorpion: I think the Closure Log is a brilliant idea; kudos to whoever thought it up. I'm fiddling with the idea of asking FAC to do the same thing... Dabomb87 (talk) 17:18, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

In the name of the Grandfather

Hi Scorpion. I really don't understand your objection to the observation and reference re. the 'Derry Air' song and airline pun. RashersTierney (talk) 15:02, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

I added the change you reverted. It seemed obvious to any Irish person. I've added a comment in RashersTierney Talk Michael of Lucan (talk) 16:43, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Withdraw

Hi Scorp. Can you withdraw List of Turner Prize winners and nominees from FLC as I don't think it's fair that those who supported a previous incarnation may not be happy with the current state. I'll be working on it to fix the mass of comments brought up by User:Tyrenius before renominating it. Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:11, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Done. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:28, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Michigan lists

Go ahead yourself.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 19:19, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Why don't you start with the merged version that had been discussed.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:14, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations...

		The Olympics Barnstar
		It is my honor to return the favor and congratulate you on the recent promotion of Ice hockey at the Olympic Games to Featured Article status. Your contributions to the project are exceptional and appreciated. Keep up the good work! H1nkles (talk) 14:57, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Pywikipediabot

I was wondering if you know anything about this. I have noticed that pywikipediabot has been changing some things and wonder if it correct. The first one is changing pages= XX to page=XX regardless of the number of pages. If it was = to 1 I wouldn't question it but if its equal to 22 it seems a bit inappropriate. The second is for images. I have noticed it changing File: to Image: and I wondered if that was right. Thanks.--Kumioko (talk) 20:25, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

IRC

You mind jumping on for a bit? – (iMatthew • talk) at 16:13, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Need ya again. Sorry to keep bothering you. – (iMatthew • talk) at 00:22, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Should I leave the notes in 1 combined section, or split it up for each round? – (iMatthew • talk) at 02:37, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of places of worship in Brighton and Hove/archive1

I supported the nomination. Hope you could now go ahead and promote it. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 22:47, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Harry Shearer request

Sorry mate.. I'm totally swamped at the moment. I love Shearer to death, so I'm bummed that I can't help out. But I still owe a copyedit of Lisa the Vegetarian, and then I got lots and lots of classwork this summer to take care of. Good luck with it, though! Scartol • Tok 01:25, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Olympic bid

Hi Scorpion, Just letting you know I've added an opinion at Cm1ij's page and further input from you would be great. RutgerH (talk) 06:12, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

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FLC

I'll gladly help out with anything your or Matthew need. I suggest you post something at WT:FLC for total transparency. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:11, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

SBOP and 1991 SBOP

hEY Scorpion, I've decided to put these two FLC's on hold... I'm getting a little burnt out right now and will probably take a week or so break in the not to distant future. So I'm withdrawing their noms now before any real action is taken on them. I'm not sure how you want them archived (if at all) so could you take a look at them for me?---Balloonman ^{NO! I'm Spartacus!} 22:16, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Olympic medalists in badminton/archive1

On the closure log, you said this nomination needed more comments. The nomination already has 3 supports and 5 reviewers, so I don't really get the necessity to have more comments for this nomination. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 02:04, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

The Rambling Man just reviewed it. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:18, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes he did. He's back. And then some. Oh, Scorps, gonna load another four or five up at FLRC? The Rambling Man (talk) 15:39, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Help?

[2]? – (iMatthew • talk) at 20:37, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

President list

I wanted to let you know that I withdrew the presidents list. It is taking me more time to change the table structure than I originally thought it would. With that said I think it is coming along nicely. I do have a couple questions though. I am thinking about dropping the VP column and adding a column for State of birth and possibly association so we can eliminate another list. Do you have any thoughts on that. I know that have the VP's on there is good but I think that its a nice to have and we can add a presidents column to the VP list to do the match up if its not there already. Here is a link to the page I am working on if you want to put any comments on the talk page I would appreciate it. President list --Kumioko (talk) 16:40, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

FLC closures

Hey Scorp. You seem pretty active at the moment so I guess you'll still be closing FLCs for the time being? When do you expect you'll need a hand from yours truly? The Rambling Man (talk) 10:49, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

And do you fancy moving half a dozen of your dodgy lists over to FLRC? Been slow going there recently. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:02, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

As I've been quite heavily involved with the most recent batch of FLCs, I think it best if you close those and then I'll wade in for future FLCs. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:42, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Also, could you resolve the sorting problem with the 0s here? Dabomb87 (talk) 03:08, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

withdrawal

I wish to withdraw List of FIP World Heavyweight Champions from FLC. Too small and it seems to have become a problem. Might as well just withdraw it.--WillC 03:58, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for List of Olympic medalists in snowboarding

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Stark Raving Dad

I'm not sure but this might be worth mentioning in the article ("Alas, syndication rights issues weren't resolved in time for that episode to be rebroadcast on Sunday"). TheLeftorium 11:07, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

More links that could be useful (or just fun to read): [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], and this one is quite funny: [12] ([13]). TheLeftorium 12:33, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

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Just noticed that the closure log for Saturday had not been updated on the FLC talk page. There where several articles promoted and or changed based on the info currently displayed. --Kumioko (talk) 16:01, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh ok thanks no big deal to me I just wanted to let you know. --Kumioko (talk) 16:58, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

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Enjoy...

... time away. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:57, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Note for when you return

[14]. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:32, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Barry Long (ice hockey)

I have made a small edit on your biggererer page amending wikilink Barry Long to wikilink Barry Long (ice hockey). 92.25.248.222 (talk) 20:52, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Nobel lists

Hi Scorpion. There's a "thing" going round at the moment about overuse of primary sources. Crzycheetah and Truco have both noted it in a recent review of NHL Entry Draft. You had a whole bunch of great Nobel lists promoted while I was away, but these all seem to use just the Nobel Organisation as their only source, i.e. just primary sources. I've put it to Crzycheetah that perhaps these lists now need to go to FLRC. I was wondering if you had any thoughts on the matter, particularly as I'm working on a list with similar issues. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:31, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

See my reply at Matthewedwards (talk · contribs) talk page. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:12, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

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Like Father, Like Clown

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame/archive1

Thank you for your comments at this FLC. I have addressed and/or replied to all of your concerns. If you could stop by and check when you have some time, I would really appreciate it. Best wishes, GaryColemanFan (talk) 02:52, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Michigan Wolverines football list merge

Is there a new merged list?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 14:07, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK Submission Problem

Hi Scorpion. Just FYI, there's an issue with your DYK submission for List of Men's World Ice Hockey Championship players for Canada (1977–present). Please comment at your nomination's entry if you would. Thanks! Arakunem^Talk 20:29, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

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Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Re: On the road again

Sure, I already have them on my watchlist. Have fun on your vacation or whatever it is your doing! :) Theleftorium 17:22, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

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Re: Greetings

No problem. Are you having fun on your vacation? :-) Theleftorium 13:30, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Will do. If you haven't seen them already, we got some pretty good photos from this years Comic Con (Matt Groening, Al Jean, etc). Theleftorium 13:41, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Woo, welcome back! We missed you! :) Theleftorium 14:44, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

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Yo

Hey Scorpion, hope things are okay. A couple of things (this is copied from Matthew's page, by the way):

1. I have a list which is probably scheduled for promotion shortly (the BAFTA one) - I'll leave it for you or Matthew, so if you get a moment next time you're in, it would be good if you could sort it out.
2. List of Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles champions is causing no end of issues. User:Chidel (now blocked for editing from an open proxy) has returned using at least half a dozen anonymous IPs (each of which have been blocked as open proxies). Chidel is assuming I have an agenda with that list so I'm recusing myself from any activity with it as of now. I suggested he restarted the nomination because it had become more about arguments with the open proxies than list content issues, and definitely ran the risk of being WP:TLDR. A quick glance at the list history shows 212.187.154.100 (talk · contribs), 125.141.225.11 (talk · contribs), 98.222.42.233 (talk · contribs), 85.249.33.2 (talk · contribs) and Chidel (talk · contribs) are one and the same. I would appreciate it if you and/or Matthew could finish that one out, paying particular attention to the factual elements of these open proxy's concerns. Thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:00, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Heh, I wasn't imagining it - Dabomb87 did ask about a restart per this diff. Phew. The old brainbox still functioning, just about.... The Rambling Man (talk) 19:44, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

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Replace infobox?

Hey Scorpion. I've recently developed {{Infobox Olympic sport}}, an infobox that I and another user at the Olympics WikiProject thought would be fit for the "Sport at the Season Olympics" article series. I've already applied to nearly every page in this category, but I've decided to address you, nominator of Ice hockey at the Olympic Games for a successful FAC, before applying it to this article as well. The template is coded so that it shows automatically the adequate sport pictogram from this set. The thing is: I remember a FAC reviewer was not fond of using an unofficial pictogram, so you changed it for a real photo; if I implemented this infobox, it would display the pictogram again. I was wondering if you think it would be unwise to change the image back to the pictogram as a consequence of adding the infobox, since this is FA as it is. There is a simple solution: adding an option for alternative image display, but I actually think that the set of pictograms goes very well with these articles.

So, to conclude, where do you stand? Cheers. Parutakupiu (talk) 19:09, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

OK. I will add that option then. Cheers. Parutakupiu (talk) 17:18, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Welcome back!

Just want to personally say welcome back to my favorite director (don't tell Matthewedwards this :D). I also want to notify you on your 30-month FL streak. Hurry up, or else it will be OVER! :O -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 04:46, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Hello there. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:13, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Can you help me

Look I'm try'in to make family guy an GA/FA, and I've heared that you are an exellent editor and i was hopeing that you could help me. --Pedro J. ^{the rookie} 23:56, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Sorry to do this..

...but due to upcoming time constraints and with my vacation ending, I wont be able to review FLCs anymore (practically even edit Wikipedia). I just wanted to let you know that I apologize for doing this and that I know my help could have probable made a difference in at least one FLC nomination, and with the backlog that there constantly is, now is not a time to leave but I unfortunately have to. I just wanted to thank you for all the help and interactions we had throughout all my experiences, I will be sure to keep that forever and when I can come back, I will try to help out again. Thanks again for all the help. This will benefit me and FLC because if I review and don't come back I will have the burden on me to come back and having to seek time to reply or address concerns, and without that an FLC can probably pass/fail/be archived, so it might be better. --Truco ₅₀₃ 01:49, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

IRC

Did you get her email address? I'm sure she'd have no objections if you sent her a few links or thoughts. Anyway, I'll ask her if she'd consider coming on again in a few days. Gran² 19:56, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

You did get her email address didn't you? She said it'd be easier if you could email her. She also said she's particularly impressed with Homer and Bart's pages. Gran² 16:34, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

They've really got it in for us now, even the poor defenceless banner's taking the flack. Gran² 23:09, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I remember that hilarious FAC discussion as well, do you have a link to it? I was looking for it last week but couldn't see it anywhere. Gran² 23:34, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

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Marge in Chains: Flintstones Chewable Morphine

Do any reliable sources actually mention the obvious pop culture reference involving Bart's request for "Flintstones Chewable Morphine"? ViperSnake151  Talk  01:30, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

DYK for The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3-D! On Ice!

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Re medal sort

The way I have sorted it is the way the official Beijing Olympics website sorted multiple medal winners. First by number of golds, then total, then silver, then bronze. This is incidentally the exact same way the official Olympics medal tables are sorted and the way the are all time individual medal counts are sorted here. I'm sorry if you were the one who personally sorted this through the first time. I've spent a lot of time reorder this too to more objective criteria. Does this make sense? Thanks. Poliphile (talk) 00:22, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Also, the list is won't be as long as you had thought. See my table - it's really the same thing just under different criteria. And that way you can avoid the 3 gold medal cutoff which seemed arbitrary to me. Poliphile (talk) 00:23, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Family Guy

hey scorpion could you could you review Brian and Stewie Griffin from family guy on the peer review. thanks. --Pedro J. ^{the rookie} 14:05, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

I cannot find cultural imacts, or reception on stewie could you help me or teach me. --Pedro J. ^{the rookie} 23:58, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

how do you find recepction things. --Pedro J. ^{the rookie} 21:27, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

How do you find things about how they hiered the voice like in bart , when the creator is the voice.

Hey can you do me a last favor, can you check FG artical, and tell me what i could do like when stewie.--Pedro J. ^{the rookie} 20:51, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

And the streak continues...

[15] Nice job. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:55, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm going away

Sort of. We're moving house tomorrow and need to wait for AT&T to send our modem and turn our DSL line on, so I may not be here for about two weeks. Will you and/or The Rambling Man be able to handle FLC closures and stuff? Best, Matthewedwards :  Chat  06:04, 27 August 2009 (UTC)