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Wikipedia Day NYC

You are invited to celebrate Wikipedia Day and the 9th anniversary (!) of the founding of the site at Wikipedia Day NYC on Sunday January 24, 2010 at New York University; sign up for Wikipedia Day NYC here. Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends!
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NYC Wikipedia Meetup Sunday, March 21

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, review the recent Wikipedia Day NYC, plan for the next stages of projects like Wikipedia at the Library and Lights Camera Wiki, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, for example User:ScienceApologist will present on "climate change, alternative medicine, UFOs and Transcendental Meditation" (see the November meeting's minutes).

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and generally enjoy ourselves and kick back. And if the weather is good, we'll have a star party with the telescopes on the roof of Pupin Hall!

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey

Thanks much for your photos to this and related articles. Inspiration to flesh them out. Nice to tour around town, eh?Djflem (talk) 14:06, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to also thank you for adding all those photos.Rhvanwinkle (talk) 19:53, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a wish list: Around Hoboken

Hoboken Historical Museum

Boulevard East

Burr-Hamilton duel memorial bust at the Weehawken Curve
Donnelly Park-bust of man responsible for Hudson Palisades preservation

Around McGinley Square/Bergen Section, Jersey City

Peter Stuyvesant statue at Bergen Square
Divine Fairmount
Jersey City Armory
Beacon, Jersey City
2600 Kennedy Boulevard at Duncan Avenue-former home of Frank Hague
Abraham Lincoln statue at entrance to park

Hackensack Plank Road

Park Theater near Summit Avenue
Schuetzen Park-Fritz Reuter Altenheim
32nd and Kennedy Boulevard
former Sears Building
traffic circle of New Jersey Route 495 from Summit Avenue
masoleums on Kennedy Boulevard by Weehawken Cemetery

Weehawken Heights

Shippen Street (Weehawken)-double horseshoe curve-Lombardy Street of the East
Reiner Building at Hackensack Plank Road and Gregory

(site of first Schiffli lace machines in North Hudson, New Jersey)

If you were ever to get the time it would be great. Again,thanksDjflem (talk) 14:33, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Schuetzen Park

Nice photo! I'm frustrated that you managed to get such a nice shot, when it was hard for me to do so. Much better color than mine, too. Good work! :-) Nightscream (talk) 05:01, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your work!Djflem (talk) 07:48, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hudson County

Thanks for your mail. As you likely noticed HC is a bit my beat, so it's great to find someone who's also quite interested and who does really nice work. The Horseshoe photo is sublime, had to do a double take: Is it a painting, an old postcard. Wow! Just caught up with other stuff you did with Bergen Crestm Blvd East, etc: nice research, writing, format. Sure I'd like to participate. Have you got other folks in mind? Do you a have a, ah, a "vision"? I can give some tips of people I've come across occassionally or frequently who may be interested in a HC work groupDjflem (talk) 20:16, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. Sounds like a great idea. Nightscream (talk) 06:15, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You'll notice that I did a clean-up of Shippen Street, hope that's OK. Have yet to compile list of names of people who may be interested, sorry! Be happy to to work with work goup though Nightscream and I have locked horns more than once, which I found to be too time consuming in its tediousness.Djflem (talk) 08:29, 5 May 2010 (UTC)"[reply]

User:JimMillerJr User:Alansohn User:Jim.henderson These guys above have made some nice contributions, the last also a photographer. Will think some more. It's a shame, but not unresolvable. Part of the Reiner and Sons Complex, I believe, is in the foto already, literally looking over the horseshoe. Main entrance was at the corner corner at the top of the High Road, with the curved corner.Djflem (talk) 21:37, 5 May 2010 (UTC) I'm!=Think the whole row of buildings was part of the complex that was converted in the early 1980s. For a great bit of history have a look at the map on the floor at Exchange Place HBLR station). They did a good job. At first seems obscure, but very relevent.Djflem (talk) 22:19, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good work. And no, I'm afraid not. I didn't even know that that's what those things were called. Maybe if you ask someone on that Project? Nightscream (talk) 15:45, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for setting up the task force. I just tagged Hamilton Park, Jersey City and see that it comes on cat page. Should we now add things to list on task force page to identify as priorites?. Admittedly, I not so handy and will have to navigate it before getting the swing. Any tips? Wishes? (Just did a big piece: [[Weehawken Port Imperial]. A foto would be great if you get that way. Djflem (talk) 02:33, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a few more candidates:User:A1% User:A Stop at Willoughby User:ChrisRuvolo maybe you'd like to ask to join User:Latitude0116 User:MarmadukePercy Hope you don't mind, but think it's a good idea when you askDjflem (talk) 20:39, 8 May 2010 (UTC) Been thinking about the ratings but maybe we should have a disucussion or consensus B4 we start deciding levels of importance/ Thought to go around tagging but things don't seem to appear on grid. Do all tagged articles show up in category? Would seem disturbing to regular readers.Djflem (talk) 21:15, 8 May 2010 (UTC) User:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- Djflem (talk) 23:10, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!

DYK nomination of Shippen Street (Weehawken)

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The alternative hook checks out ok, but I found it a little convoluted in expression and have suggested an alternative wording. Espresso Addict (talk) 01:28, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NYC Wikipedia Meetup Saturday, May 22

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, review the recent Wikimedia Chapters Meeting 2010, plan for the next stages of projects like Wiki-Conference NYC and Wikipedia Cultural Embassy, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the March meeting's minutes).

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The Meetup

Hey, Theor. Are you going to the Meetup? It'd be cool if I could meet with other Hudson County editors like you and DJFlem, get to know one another, etc. Nightscream (talk) 19:22, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Latino Presence

I had nominated the article for deletion, and still think it should be. I think that it would need a tremonduos amount of research and in order to come up with good references, which it would need. Lots of statistics, actually....'first to estalish the fact. Any interpretation would border on POV. The one editor, Jim Miller voted for a save. I had suggested that he join the group, but no RSVP. Myabe he'd go for it. Wrote to Nighscream, and mentioned I wón't be in town til summer. Maybe thenDjflem (talk) 01:09, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Think you got something there! H on the H is a good title. Had a very brief look, but just will say that North Hudson, New Jersey is the collective name for the towns, and has beeb used since the the turn of the century to describe them. The fact that the area was originally populated by German language speakers who built the embrodery industry and the Altenheim, were a few still are living should be mentioned.Djflem (talk) 06:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Boulevard East

Don't get NIghtscream. He's taken other fotos of the Boulevard which are better shots and fulfill the requirements he himself asks for. Jim Henderson has weighed in. Perhaps you could peruse the gallery WikiCommons:Boulevard East and encourage him to offer something has something to offer from his work. I've clearly offended him again! As far as the infobox I think its too bulky: a visual distraction rather addtion and can be regulated to transportation since it essentailly vehicular traffic info. Was OK but as article expands is becomes of significantly less priority. If you look at other article which fall under the NJ roads project ie New Jersey Route 495 they are essentially (in my opinion, boring) highway articles for road geeks.

You'll see I reworked the article, and having taken in feedback have com up with current version. I hope you think it's Ok until such time a more expanded version can be put together if need be. Inclusion of gallery is good ideaDjflem (talk) 08:25, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Big Blue Meenie Recording Studio

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Wikipedia Campus Ambassador at Princeton University

Hi Theornamentalist, thanks for your interest in the Wikipedia Campus Ambassador role! We are wrapping up our Syracuse University recruitment and will need your support more for the Princeton University community. The estimated time commitment for the Campus Ambassadors is about 3-5 hours a week, but we would prefer that the Ambassadors also have convenient access to the university campus so that meet-ups (e.g. office hours) with professors and students can be arranged fairly easily. Most of the face-to-face support will take place during the weekdays, when faculty members and students are more likely to be on campus.

More details about the Campus Ambassador role can be found at http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Campus_Ambassador. Here is also a little bit more information; in a nutshell: The Campus Ambassadors are crucial components of the Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative. Volunteers in this position will be in charge of training and supporting the participating professors and students on Wikipedia-related skills, such as how to create new articles, how to add references, how to add images, etc. Campus Ambassadors will also help recruit other people on campus to contribute to Wikipedia articles, for example by setting up Wikipedia-related student groups and by organizing "Welcome to Wikipedia" social events. In general they will become known as Wikipedia experts on the university campus (in your case, on the Princeton University campus). The Wikimedia Foundation will hold a three-day training for all Campus Ambassadors in August, and will continue to stay in contact with and offer full support for the Campus Ambassadors throughout the academic semester.

If this still sounds interesting and feasible to you, please let me know, so we can talk about next steps in the application process. Feel free to email me if you prefer: alin@wikimedia.org.

Thanks. I look forward to hearing back from you!

Annie Lin, Campus Team Coordinator
Alin (Public Policy) (talk) 20:59, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Meeting Up

Sure. Are you going to go watch the fireworks tonight? I sent you an email. Call me. :-) Nightscream (talk) 21:24, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Three Pigeons

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Yellow Flats

Sorry for the delay in replying, but I've finally replied at T:TDYK about the Hetty Green issue. Nyttend (talk) 13:50, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Non-free files in your user space

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Milk chugging

Nice article, I hope you're going to go for a DYK with it! -- Lear's Fool 02:38, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's OK, but a few comments

This appears to be a purely US or North American activity, judging by the content. Can that be made clear?
Presumably we are talking US gallon, not imperial gallon, can that be made clear too?
Your references should immediately follow a punctuation mark, per MoS
I'm not clear from the text whether this is actually harder than drinking a gallon of water

Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:23, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to make this a lead dyk hook til I found two issues. See nom. Pls fix. — Rlevse • Talk • 18:50, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done - Theornamentalist (talk) 21:06, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Flying colors

I couldn't work out why you had posted to me. Finally I saw the redirect was a prod I'd deleted four years ago! That was just four phrases, so no comparison to your article, which I don't have any problem with. Ty 03:05, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Hudson County Community College

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DYK for Milk chugging

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One of my favorite recent DYKs. I am glad the article got the lead DYK slot and a picture was used! Dincher (talk) 00:12, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Big Blue Meenie Recording Studio

Hello. In May you added a citation to a book from the "Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases" series published by Icon Group International to this article. Unfortunately, Icon Group International is not a reliable source - their books are computer-generated, with most of the text copied from Wikipedia (most entries have [WP] by them to indicate this, see e.g. [1]). I've only removed the reference, not the text it was referencing. I'm removing a lot of similar references as they are circular references; many other editors have also been duped by these sources. Despite giving an appearance of reliability, the name "Webster's" has been public domain since the late 19th century. Another publisher to be wary of as they reuse Wikipedia articles is Alphascript Publishing. Fences&Windows 14:50, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Theornamentalist's Day!

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DYK for With flying colors

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Articles for deletion nomination of Boys & Girls 1+1=3

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Wheeze

Rewrtten three articles, please tell me its enough :/ ResMar 21:44, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, well, it's happened to me once before. There are soooo many seamounts out there, and even with the 1% coverage they've recieved scientifically that's 10,000 seamounts that have enough info for a simple DYK, and no one's written them ;). And now the only hook that remains to be verified is Template talk:Did you know#Oceanography Society, and I'll have a total of 25 pending hooks :D So exiting. ResMar 13:56, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki-Conference NYC (2nd annual)

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Boys & Girls 1 + 1 = 3

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I'm giving you the cold shoulder

No, seriously, I started fiddling with Cold shoulder and Cold shoulder (song) before I realized you had just changed the redirect yesterday. We don't need a disambiguation page for only two topics, especially since the phrase is the WP:Primary topic. A hatnote should suffice. I've made a requested move here. Comment if you like. –Schmloof (talk · contribs) 03:15, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Boys & Girls 1+1=3

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Re: Undeletion of Chew the rag

The entire content of the deleted article was:

"Also known as 'chew the fat', to chew the rag means to engage in a casual friendly conversation including gossip. In old English, it also means to grumble or complain about something. Over the years it has achieved a more casual and friendly connotation. Surprisingly many other languages have similar idioms to describe the same thing. They all revolve around the act of chewing onto the same subject for long."

If you use any of this in developing your article, then do remember that you need to credit Chew the rag in the edit summary for copyright reasons, as you would do if you merged in a live article. Hope this is of help, Espresso Addict (talk) 01:24, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Request board

Any chance you could you move this back to wherever it was before? I would but I don't know where it came from. That board is to request help in setting up RFCs, and we can help with that, but the conversation should remain wherever it was originally. VernoWhitney (talk) 03:37, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Chew the fat

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Researcher flag

Hi! I've seen User:DarTar is the (only!) researcher (see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&group=researcher ) and I've seen you asked hot to get the flag. Did you get a clue? Thanks! --phauly (talk) 10:27, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why the revert

Why revert this text? Doesn't seam too encyclopedic to me.

Many of which are former company shop managers with poor customer relation skills as a result of - A. Having worked for Scheib for over ten years and -B. Having come from parts of the South where birth records were the exception rather than the norm. Many of the new owners use inferior paints in their quest for thrift. Still more treat their employees like prisoners and will no doubt be cast out of business by multiple lawsuits. Of those owners interviewed many insisted on the old "whack and pack" auto body techniques that made Scheib famous —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.202.142.205 (talk) 03:20, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Calyptra

Thanks for adding the Calyptra species! Happy to see other people working on moths. Cheers and keep it up! Ruigeroeland (talk) 11:46, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Valonia ventricosa

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ms. G.O.A.T

Please reconsider your keep vote at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ms. G.O.A.T. We don't need two article on the same subject. Armbrust ^Talk _Contribs 17:36, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Grove Church Cemetery

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DYK for Abel I. Smith Burial Ground

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Wikipedia NYC Meetup Sat Oct 16

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, review the recent Wiki-Conference NYC 2010, plan for the next stages of projects like Wikipedia Ambassador Program and Wikipedia Academy, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the May meeting's minutes).

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and generally enjoy ourselves and kick back.

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DYK for Maisland

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Doublecheck Your Head

Theornamentalist:

Apologies for breaking the ref tag -- I deleted the mentioned statement from the Doublecheck Your Head page because as worded it implied that there was a definite connection between Tannone's mashup project and the 2009 Capitol reissue of the 1992 Beastie Boys album "Check Your Head" (which I have a copy of!). Although it's true that the source you linked to uses the same phrasing that you do, I believe that the statement as you worded it would suggest that Capitol Records or the Beastie Boys were somehow involved w/ "Doublecheck Your Head", which is of course not true.

What is more accurate is probably something along the lines of "Tannone's inspiration for the project was the 2009 Capitol reissue of 'Check Your Head'", although even that is not really very encyclopedia-like language. Basically another word besides "accompaniment", which implies that the two albums are connected and were released together, whereas in reality one inspired the other, and were released separately.

Best regards (and with much love to the Boys and to Tannone!): Kalmenius (talk) 02:42, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds a lot better to me, glad to have worked this out! =D Kalmenius (talk) 14:33, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Alma (name)

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The DYK project (nominate) 12:05, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Blue Monday

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DYK for Blue Monday (Orgy song)

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Courcelles 18:04, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Halloween hermit crab

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DYK for Voorleser

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DYK for The Brass Rail (Hoboken, New Jersey)

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DYK for The King Is Dead (album)

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The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes

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Orlady (talk) 18:03, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Luchagors

I unfortunately have to say that the additions don't help. For example, you show from sources that they have toured internationally, but you're leaving out the fact that they're still at local clubs (and I don't think that's relevant to the album article, either; there's no indication that they are or have been touring specifically for that album, especially years after its release). I'm also wondering if you could find me a punk band that hasn't been compared to the Ramones and The Misfits; they're founders of their genres, so that statement unfortunately really means nothing. You've also overcited considerably within the article.

I'd suggest that everything just be merged down into Amy Dumas and be done with it. You've seen from sources that the whole gimmick of the band that gets them press is "the singer was a wrestler." The press generally don't even mention their music, or anyone else in the band except for that egregious interview that was probably done over the Internet where they're all talking at once. Even then, the band can't stop going on about wrestling. Conveniently enough, Fozzy is a similar case of an active pro wrestler fronting a band, and there's nowhere near the same sort of nonsense or reliance on a gimmick going on there.

That's really the crux of the problem, which is that the band is notable for a reason other than its music, and therefore can't possibly meet the standalone requirements of BAND. Compound that with the fact that the album was self-released, and it fails ALBUM right off the bat. None of it will meet GNG, either, given that, again, the notability of the band and album is ingherited from the former career of the singer. MSJapan (talk) 05:30, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple, yes, reliable, maybe; there's definitely some question there, but it's largely semantics. However, no matter the sources, the coverage of the band is by and large trivial. Even in the fairly lengthy articles, the band is minimal, and the articles revolve around Dumas herself and her former career. For that reason, the band is inheriting its notability from her rather than standing on its own.

The other interesting thing is that some of the articles (which originate in the Atlanta area) claim Shane Morton to be a long-time musician and graphic artist of some local note, yet the articles could care less about him. Everything that's been found is local, and they're all about "Lita the wrestler, who's now a musician." This is the case for every review of the band, every concert announcement, and every lengthy magazine article. Even the band doesn't stop talking about it, as evidenced from the one band interview that you found. Therefore, we do not really have "independent, non-trivial coverage" of the band; it's coverage of the individual who happens to now have a band.

So, let's take Dumas out of the equation (because she's the issue), and look at the question again: within the scope of WP:GNG and WP:BAND, how does a local band that plays small clubs sporadically, has one self-released album, is currently unsigned, and is only covered in local magazines meet the notability guidelines? Let's also extrapolate this: how does a self-released album that did not chart or receive radio play meet WP:ALBUM? MSJapan (talk) 21:17, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We do indeed decide the "why" of notability - it's what notability policy is. That's why we have WP:BLP1E (to show that a person famous for one event is not necessarily notable), "notability is not temporary" (again to mitigate "flash in the pan" fads), and WP:NOTINHERITED, so that B is notable because of B, not because B hangs around with A. The other policies also give pretty clear guidelines as to what is acceptable and what is not. On the flip side, if you wanty to take the "truly objective" route, then my previous questions regarding the band without Dumas would seem to be the keys to proving notability. MSJapan (talk) 06:13, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones

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The DYK project (nominate) 18:05, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Fire It Up (EP) Referencing and Help

Hi, yes, please, I would appreciate any help I can get on keeping the Fire It Up (EP) article alive. I really believe it deserves to stay and I've already started adding some better references. Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrblinky (talk • contribs) 03:15, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Video Game Critic

When I saw your change to Oystron, I thought "wait a minute, The Video Game Critic doesn't have an article, I checked a couple of days ago." I see you've fixed that. :) 28bytes (talk) 23:59, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Are you planning to submit a DYK for this? I've got a new article that would make a great double-hook with it if you're interested. 28bytes (talk) 07:03, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good suggestion about the box art; I'll add that. They did have a label contest for it, so as best I can tell that's the "official" label for it, although I don't have a copy of the cartridge myself (yet.) 28bytes (talk) 15:29, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. 28bytes (talk) 16:38, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like someone tagged it for notability. I see you've expanded it with additional references since then, do you think it would be appropriate to untag it? 28bytes (talk) 03:44, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I noticed the contributions too... not quite sure what to make of that. Anyway, let me know if you decide to remove the tag; I've unbolded TVGC from the hook for now but would be happy to rebold it. 28bytes (talk) 05:15, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. 28bytes (talk) 15:46, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Researcher privileges (API)

Apologies for the ridiculous delay (I haven't open my user talk page for ages!). The researcher permission group was created by the Wikimedia Foundation some months ago to allow me to access the archive table with the revision log for deleted pages as part of a research study. Some background and preliminary discussion can be found here. Feel free to chime in on the talk page. ––DarTar (talk)

DYK for Brain Games

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Materialscientist (talk) 00:06, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NYC Meetup: Saturday, December 4

Our next Wikipedia NYC Meetup is this weekend on Saturday Dec 4 at Brooklyn Museum during their awesome First Saturdays program, starting at 5 PM.

A particular highlight for the wiki crowd will be 'Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968', and the accompanying "WikiPop" project, with specially-created Wikipedia articles on the artists displayed on iPads in the gallery.

This will be a museum touring and partying meetup, so no excuses about being a shy newbie this time. Bring a friend too!

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DYK for The Video Game Critic

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Courcelles 00:02, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: JoKing

There's no need to start a checkuser report because 1) Checkuser ran the check recently and didn't reveal anything, but that is because... 2) Rootsie's last edit was close to 6 months ago. Checkuser will only return a "stale" result. You may wish to add a comment here and let admins to check for behavioural evidence. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 19:45, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hit 'Em Up

Hello there! Appreciate the good work you've done with the article. Don't give up! Why haven't you nominated it for a second FAC yet? I found you a Gobi (video director) interview , which has some few additional info on the topic (e.g. for the Buffie-Piggie storyline, which was supposed to be a three part videography) : [2]. I hope you get at it back soon. Keep up and good luck. Lajbi ^{Holla @ me • CP} 15:33, 19 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]