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Invitation

Hi. I picked up your link from a warning on the talk page of a recent vandal. I noticed you are Singaporean and interested in classical Chinese tales. Please consider joining our web forum at http://www.chinahistoryforum.com --SohanDsouza 05:29, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Michael Jordan FAC

I nominated MJ for featured article status I thought you'd like to know. You can comment and/or vote on the article's candidacy page if you'd like. Quadzilla99 10:28, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Pawgabr

Why did I get a warning about my blue jay edit when I corrected my blue jay edit around 1 minute later?

Michael Jordan

while editing one of the references, you used the month-day format for the date. is it your intention to change them all since the current references use the day-month format. thanks. Chensiyuan 05:05, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

The reason dates are wiki-linked is so that each editor's date preferences are respected; that is, each editor will see dates according to their own preferences. But, I'm curious anyway, since I don't believe I've changed anything—can you point me to a date I changed so I can see what you're referrring to? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 05:14, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Oops, just saw your never mind :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 05:14, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Gilberto Silva goals page

Hey, thanks for the note. Thanks also for initially helping me with the article, and for your support now that it has been nominated for deletion. Like you, I strongly believe that type of article has a place on Wikipedia. As a silent protest, I am not getting involved in the debate. I am instead spending my day being constructive; expanding some football articles... something which I believe everybody at the deletion discussion should also be doing. Again, thanks for your help. All the best, prolly speak to you soon. -GilbertoSilvaFan 14:30, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

aye, i only have respect for wikipedians such as yourself who do productive things and earn articles FA class. cya around. Chensiyuan 15:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey there again. I'd like to pick your brain, if you don't mind :-) It's about image fair use. I found an image of Ottorino Barassi, and I'm wondering if this image would be considered 'fair use' on the article. It's from this page. I think it may well be fair use, since it's a low-res photo to identify a deceased person... however, I can't find a suitable license on the upload page. To your best judgement, do you think that the image counts as fair use, and if so, which license is most suitable? Thanks! -GilbertoSilvaFan 22:48, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

hi. you're right there isn't a suitable license. technically if you read the instructions, stating the license is an alternative to providing a summary of the image (author, source, fair use rationale). however it is likely some silly bot will tag the image for deletion if you don't state the license.
WP has really stringent criteria on what constitutes fair use. imo this image will pass fair use under usa law, but will have some difficulty passing WP criteria and ONLY because there will be a ton of "fair use" fanatics out there waiting to make some noise when an image isn't free. they will just throw wp:fair use at you without explaining how the image does not pass fair use.
i'm about to go to school now, so i can't help you scour WP at the moment, but my advice is: (1) sniff around something like category:1971 deaths (better still if the person is an Italian) and see if some of the articles there contain images. if the images are licensed, check out what fair use rationale was provided and see if it fits the image you found; (2) i don't know if you have checked this out, may be useful.
keep me posted and i'd try to find out more for you in the meantime. Chensiyuan 01:24, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for all the advice! I had a look through about 100 image pages and saw a few of the images which qualify as fair use. I've uploaded the image with the tags/rationale which I think give it the best chance of not being deleterated. The image is Image:Ottorino_Barassi.jpg. Also, feel free to read through the brand new Peter Knowles and correct any grammatical errors. I've spent too long looking at the article, and I am now desensitized to it. Anyway, if you need a favour on WP, just give me a shout... I figure I owe it to you. Thanks again, GilbertoSilvaFan 20:16, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

i think the description is fair enough (pun intended), but keep fingers crossed for some silly wikilawyer to come mess things up. 50-50. Chensiyuan 02:40, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
you're most welcome. i notice on the Knowles page, it is consistently written as "Wolves" without "the". that is intended? Chensiyuan 02:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey. Was just popping by to let you know that Peter Knowles is on the front page under the 'did you know?' section. Cool eh? Thanks for your help with grammar on the article! While I was popping by, I saw your note about 'the wolves' vs. 'wolves'. I'll quickly run through why I used 'wolves' and not 'the wolves'. While 'Wolves' is just a nickname, in England it is mainly used as the actual name of the club. It is an anomaly nickname, really. It is true that normally nicknames are prefixed by 'the' (ie. 'the gunners', 'the red devils' etc.), but in Wolves' case, you only say 'Wolves'. In grammar, it is treated like a club name; just like you'd say 'Bergkamp joined Arsenal' and not 'Bergkamp joined the Arsenal', you'd say 'Knowles joined Wolves' and not 'Knowles joined the Wolves'. From Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., "The club is mostly referred to by a shortened version of its name, Wolves." It's weird though, I hadn't really thought about that weird usage until you mentioned it in your edit summary. Anyway. Thought you'd find that interesting, since I certainly did! All the best, take care. GilbertoSilvaFan 17:29, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

yup it's cool to see something featured on the mainpage even if it's DYN. ok your explanation makes sense now. i thought you couldn't have left out "the" by accident. Chensiyuan 17:37, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey. Sure, I'll help. Some brainstormage:
  • No citations in the lead para. The points are probably all cited further in the article, but citations should double up. If a GA or FA voter sees no citations in the lead, it makes them nervous :-)
  • 'First years at Monaco' section starts without any mention of the first 6 years of his life. I'll try and find some info on it and make an 'Early life' section. Even if the text is very fleshed out and doesn't have much substance, it's nice to have a paragraph there about his baby days.
  • The sections on his time at Monaco and Juve are very short. I don't know if much info exists on those days, but I'll have a look around for some.
  • 'International career' section should be integrated into the previous club-only sections. The 'Arsenal career' header will be renamed 'Senior career', 'First years at Monaco' renamed to 'Early career'. FA voters don't like it when a new section of prose starts a new timeline.
  • Only one citation in 'racism' section, I'll find some more to properly source it.
  • A trivia section exists. Must deleterate. Or preferably, integrate into the prose (if appropriate).
Obviously you are a far more experienced user than I, so if you have any comments on those bullet points, let me know. Also, it would be great if you could write your own 'to do' list, so we can get a good idea of all the work that has to be done.
It's fairly easy to get an article to FA, I think we could do it by April 5th. As you probably know, the hard part isn't getting the article FA quality, it's convincing people that it is FA quality. ;-) Coolio; I'll have a go at all those bullet points in the next day or two. I'll hear from you soon. -GilbertoSilvaFan 12:10, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey again. I made a few changes to the article. Check Talk:Thierry Henry for details :-) -GilbertoSilvaFan 18:08, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the message. :-) Much appreciated. It's a shame we couldn't at least squeeze the TH article through GA before I went, but I'm sure you'll have no problems with it yourself. Good luck in the future! -GilbertoSilvaFan 09:55, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

if it ever gets squeezed thru much credit to you. Chensiyuan 00:59, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorrry

Sorrry, meant to warn the vandal, accidentally got the reverter. —dgiestc 08:14, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Regarding the DMC2 Article

Thanks for wikignoming! I've had my eyes on this thing for so long that some stuff just passes right by my eyes. Cheers, Lankybugger 17:10, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments in the FAC. Cheers, Lankybugger 01:12, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

YOUR work on DMC2

The Original Barnstar
Take a Barnstar for yourself. Without Wikipedians as dedicated as yourself cleaning up after the little things Wikipedians like I miss, no articles would make it to GA-class, let alone FA-class. Cheers, Lankybugger 17:19, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

WP:AIV

Thought I'd notify you about this page, in case you didn't know about it. I see you do a lot of vandal fighting. After a vandal has been given several warnings you can repoort them here and they'll start getting blocks. Quadzilla99 15:45, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Reef

I gave the article a preliminary look over. I'll review it tomorrow, looks pretty solid, should pass. Quadzilla99 22:21, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Devil May Cry

Chensiyuan, I was wondering if I could prevail on you to take a quick gander at the Devil May Cry article and see if there's anything which jumps out at you. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Lankybugger ○ speak ○ see ○ 02:59, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

sure, would take a look at it now. Chensiyuan 11:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks so much for taking the time to look over the article. Cheers, Lankybugger ○ speak ○ see ○ 13:28, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
most welcome. Chensiyuan 00:57, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
Regarding the size of the reception section on Devil May Cry the reasons behind that is to attend concers about it being "underdeveloped" and the constant presure of users telling us to add this and that, I don't think we an cut it any shorter without losing supporters, please don't let that be a obstacle in your evaluation of the article, if you need to contact somebody about how to improve the article please contact User:Boradis he will be dealing with the copy-edit of the prose soon, cause I will be unavailable this weekend, thanks for your help on the article. -凶 04:03, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
Certainly, thanks for clarifying. Chensiyuan 04:12, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Toronto Raptors

You could either work feverishly to get it ready and address concerns (if you have the energy) or state on the FAC that you are the main contributor and don't think it is ready and vote oppose. If you let it go through and work hard at it, it will be closer next time. Also I think only the FAC coordinator (Raul654) and the original nominator can withdraw an FAC before it is finished. Quadzilla99 15:30, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I'll try to help out the next couple of days, I fixed the dashes, and will try to fix any other minor issues I see. As we learned on Michael Jordan you have to be pretty generic with descriptive terms or else they will be called POV, I'll try to fix one or two. Also lead could use a little expansion. Quadzilla99 16:01, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

It's a situation that bugs me, because it happened to me with Tourette syndrome. I knew when the FA I wrote was and wasn't ready, but uninvolved, driveby editors kept noticing it and trying to nom it — and did nom it for GA — both times, when I was traveling and couldn't tend to the article. I was the *only* editor working on the article, and the person who wanted to nom it wouldn't have been able to defend or improve it, and it was rude for someone to nom it without even a talk page comment, at a time I was traveling. If you want me to Speedy Object so you can nom it yourself when you're ready, I will. If you want to let it run, I won't. No one "owns" the article, but Tomer T keeps nomming but not improving/defending/answering FACs — FAC is not peer review. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:00, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Fix the endashes throughout (see WP:DASH, date ranges and numbers are separated by endashes, not hyphens. You can find the en and em dashes below the edit screen. And, in some sections you need to change en dashes to em dashes (See Notable former players as an example where you use endashes to indicate punctuation.
    • hyphen -
    • en dash –
    • em dash —
  • Can you divide the Franchise history into something besides years? That is, can you characterize their history by epochs or accomplishments or periods so that it's not by boring old year? Reporting on the team year-by-year seems to fall into WP:NOT. If you can summarize it more into some other categorization, it will be more "compelling" and less "report-y".
  • WP:MSH, change 4 Raptors accomplishments to Accomplishments.
  • Change List of section names to just section names, and include one or two lines of commentary in those sections to make them less "listy".
  • On quick glance, referencing work looks good. It looks like all sources are complete, and it looks like they're reliable (I haven't clicked on any).
  • Source for records and other stat sections?
  • You might need to analyze the prose for what may look like original research or opinion, to avoid the Michael Jordan scenario. For example, I saw ... Currently, the Raptors have an excellent, but success-starved fan base.

Have to get to an appointment; that's all I can offer for now. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I think the dashes are fixed, ones that link to titles of articles such as 2006-07 NBA season stay hyphens I believe, as dashes are always hyphens in article titles. Maybe I'm wrong and you pipe them to use the en and em dashes. I fixed everyone that wasn't a link. Sandy knows better than regarding that though. Prose could use some work as well, some grammtical clunkiness. I submitted it to the League of Copyeditors proofreading list. Quadzilla99 18:53, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
What to do about them in article titles isn't resolved. The question came up on talk (I think at WP:FAC, but maybe at WP:WIAFA), and there was no consensus. So, I ignore the ones that are in article titles :-) Ya'll on the NBA Project should take that issue on and try to get it figured out. I guess piping them could solve it for now? Not sure it's worth the effort, unless someone objects. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:02, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Thank you both for helping out. Regarding the change from season-by-season breakdown to era-by-era (for lack of a better term), I'm doing that, and in the meantime, hoping to trim the length. I am still sitting on the fence as to whether there should be a speedyobject to the nomination though. I would really appreciate what you both think about the amount of things that need to be fixed before this article is anywhere likely to survive a FAC drive. After all, quite a bit of work has been done since the FA nomination. Thanks. Chensiyuan 23:18, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
It's in pretty good shape, but I'm not a prose person, so don't know if others will have 1a objects. (I didn't realize when I suggested consolidating the history that you had specifically addressed that on the FAC, LOL !) You might want to prune the blogs, message boards, and fan sites from External links. If you can get copyedit help, you can probably pass with colors; I don't think people will speedy object considering the comments we've lodged. If you had sketchy sources, I'd be objecting anyway <smile>, but your sourcing is excellent. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:32, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your feedback. I'd wait for Quadzilla to chime in before I decide. The FAC page seems empty so far. Would keep working on the article. By the way, can you give e.g. of blogs and message boards which appear in the sources? I thought I got rid of them. Or are you making a general recommendation without specifically alluding to this instance? p.s. regarding formatting of sources, us guys at NBA Project picked up a thing or two from the Michael Jordan FAC process. So we did heed your "NBA Project members please buck up" exhortation. Chensiyuan 23:37, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Well, that makes me happy :-) Not sources — External links. Here are the ELs I'm not convinced on (see WP:EL, WP:NOT, WP:RS): SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:47, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I could probably be convinced, though, on some of them—thinking for example of BostonDirtDogs.com SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:47, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh external links, I misread and thought you meant they appeared in the references. I honestly do not believe the links are legitimate in the WP sense, but everytime I tried to remove them in the past they would be re-inserted. But I'd remove them and see how it goes this time. Chensiyuan 23:53, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Toronto Raptors FAC

I've left my comments in the FAC. I'm flattered you asked for my input, so feel free to ask again in the future. The article looks fantastic, by the way. Cheers, Lankybugger ○ Yell ○ 14:55, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey, just dropped by to say good job with your edits in the Toronto Raptors article. I really hope that it will be a featured article!! And hopefully they'll do great in the playoffs too :) Ô 02:42, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Okay I'll move up a couple of sections. Quadzilla99 12:08, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Incidentally the article should be a lock for a DYK? if you want one, I could write one for you if you're busy—you'll still get credit. Quadzilla99 12:09, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Don't forget to put refs in the 2006-07 season (I know call me Captain Obvious). Quadzilla99 16:39, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Heh alright it's all done now. Chensiyuan 17:20, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Farecard purchase image

In Image:Washington metro farecard purchase.JPG, what station is that? You didn't identify it, and I'm curious. SchuminWeb (Talk) 19:43, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

If I remember correctly, Dupont circle (I don't live in the States, was on a trip). Chensiyuan 22:18, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Ref type

Hey Chen, why do you hard-code references, as you did in an edit to Kris Humphries? {{cite …}} are standard templates, and each reference doesn’t need to be changed whenever the template changes. —LOL 23:19, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm not well versed with template usage, paradoxical as it sounds. Chensiyuan 03:34, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Oh, alright then. It’s up to you whether or not you use the templates, but I encourage their use. See {{cite news}} and {{cite web}}, which are structurally the same and only have different appearances. They are the two main cite templates I use, and their usage and documentation are very straightforward. —LOL 04:41, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Before I figure out these templates then, if I see an article using templates, I would avoid adding my way of referencing, to maintain consistency. Chensiyuan 11:40, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

My RFA

Ah, darn. Looks like my RFA didn't succeed. No doubt I'll take another run at it in a few months when my edit count isn't such an issue. Given my recent edit count boosts, I'll probably get to that doubled edit count within a couple months, so that'll probably calm down all the nay-sayers. Thanks for the vote of confidence. Cheers, Lankybugger ○ Yell ○ 03:04, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Tim Duncan

Got it, let's write Big Fun up to GA status! Onomatopoeia 13:23, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar! Nice to be appreciated. Onomatopoeia 14:07, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Most welcome! Chensiyuan 14:11, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

DMC 3

Yo thanks for all that work you have done on Devil May Cry 3, it's greatly appreciated, Peace. -凶 06:39, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Most welcome. Chensiyuan 06:43, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Re:

Sure, I will make a full review and let my opinion be heard on noon tommorow, Peace. -凶 07:36, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

User page vandalism

I have just reverted your userpage after vandalism. Hope I've helped! microchip08 19:03, 24 April 2007 (UTC).

No you didn't; I did. Nyah nyah.  :) -FisherQueen (Talk) 19:05, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Well I thought I did. I pressed Undo. microchip08 19:10, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Raptors 06-07

The article will most likely be a DYK? today or tomorrow and linked from the main page, expect more edits and vandalism. Also if you're like me you'll want to make sure it looks as best as possible beforehand. Just letting you know. Quadzilla99 16:40, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Alright... thanks for the heads up. Looking forward to it being a DYK! Chensiyuan 00:04, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Congrats on the Raps btw, I know it hasn't passed yet but it will—and this way I get to be the first to congratulate you :) Quadzilla99 09:13, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
I sure hope it does! In any case, several people, including yourself, have been very helpful and supportive, so thank you for that. Now to find another NBA team to push to GA... Chensiyuan 09:41, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Toronto Raptors 2006-07 season

Updated DYK query On 26 April 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Toronto Raptors 2006-07 season, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 05:32, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Just wanted to extended my thanks here, and thank you kindly for the barnstar =) The article's in great shape, and I'll be sure to update my comments at the FAC discussion. There doesn't seem to be any major issues holding it back, and it's one of the better NBA articles I've read. Thanks again for the recognition. Zodiiak 03:29, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome, although it has come to my attention that it does make a compelling piece of news: a person from New Jersey editing the Raptors article! I wonder who gets more frequent heart attacks supporting his team... lol Chensiyuan 03:07, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
LOL...It's been a great series. Very exciting to watch. The Raptors have a great team, no matter what the outcome =) Zodiiak 07:24, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Camino1

I see you've had dealings with him. Next time if I were you I'd turn him in after violating last warning the first time or two. Redundant last warnings are just that redundant. All in all though. Keep up the good work not being picky just never seen so many last warnings in a row. :-) --Xiahou 23:27, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Raptors team colors

In the article right now it states that "The team's colours of bright red, purple, black, and silver were also revealed and chosen as an ode to Canadian James Naismith, the inventor of basketball." I think this implies that all of the colors were an honor of naismith. However, on the official Raptors history is states "The team colors were to be bright red, purple, black, and "Naismith silver" (in honour of Canadian James Naismith, who invented the game of basketball in 1891)". I think this says that only silver was chosen in honor of the doctor. Still no reason given for silver representing Naismith, but this makes more sense than four colors honoring Naismith. I was going to change the article to read more like the the official account but wanted to get your imput as I figured you knew better than me. Thanks. Warhol13 23:53, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback. I think you're right; it's Naismith silver only. Do change it to read more like the official account. Chensiyuan 08:36, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Actually, I have changed it. See if it looks fine now? Chensiyuan 10:37, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
looks fine. Warhol13 10:54, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Use WP:AIV

Hey Chen, have you considered using WP:AIV? I think it’s better to report blatant vandals like User talk:72.1.206.118 instead of trying to outlast them. Giving five consecutive final warnings seems to lessen the meaning of “final”, if you ask me. :P —LOL 20:41, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes I've heard of it but never tried using it... would take a look at it the next time. I was a little trigger happy at those anons, ineffectual as those measures are. But trigger happy. Heh. Chensiyuan 01:02, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Have another Barnstar

The Original Barnstar
I seem to keep giving you these, don't I? Well, take one for all the running around you did with the Toronto Raptors article. You've done an excellent job in your contributions to the article which, without a doubt, deserves to be recognized. Keep kicking ass, Chensiyuan. Cheers, Lanky ○ Yell ○ 05:02, 12 May 2007 (UTC)


Yo!

Hi! What's up? Yes, I know I said I'd be gone for a year, but due to the fact that the Bert article being Main Paged (tomorrow, May 16th), I just had to return to take part in it (and to annoy you, apparently). As usual, I have a request for you! Could you do a quick read through of the '2006-7' paragraph of Gilberto_Silva#Senior_career? I had to write it quite quickly, beacuse I'm at an internet cafe, and I'm sure there are some copy errors in there somewhere. I'll feel much better knowing it has your seal of approval as well. Anyway, hope you're doing okay, take care. Oh, and thanks :-) -GilbertoSilvaFan 18:16, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Raptors FAC

I got your message and took a look at the Raptors FAC. I'm not exactly sure what he proposes be done to fix the article--that is if his suggestions are even warranted at this point. It doesn't seem as if anyone is taking his objections too seriously. Let me know otherwise. ZodiiakDial Z 07:18, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Images

As far as I can tell, there is no reason for the Gilberto images to be speedily deleted. They are free to use, which means they don't need to be deleted. Most of them are actually in use. The reason given for speedy deletion is This is an image page for a missing or corrupt image or an empty image description page for a Commons-hosted image. which is not accurate. I see no valid reason for speedy deletion.  Sʟυмgυм • т • c  09:33, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Of course, I also forgot that if an image is stored on the commons, it's not necessary to store it on wikipedia. As an example, this image (chosen at random) has no image description page, because it is not wikipedia-hosted, it's only on the commons. Compare Image:Gilberto against Villa.jpg with Commons Image:Gilberto_against_Villa.jpg. Both display the same image URL. Therefore, a speedy deletion on a wikipedia image that is stored on the commons will delete only the description page.  Sʟυмgυм • т • c  10:46, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
PS. I feel very hungry after seeing the images on your user page.

Could you adopt I Not Stupid?

You posted the following response to my "GA drive" proposal:

As I've some experience with GAs and FAs, anyone working on the above who needs a 2nd op etc. can drop me a msg on my talkpage.

Could you adopt I Not Stupid? When failing the article's GA nomination last December, ExplorerCDT cited choppy prose and images as the two main issues. The Production section also needs more referenced information.

Have you watched the movie? How much do you know about it? Do you think you can address the issues outlined in the last paragraph?

--J.L.W.S. The Special One 01:59, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

I have watched the movie -- albeit on a plane -- but I won't say I take a huge interest in the film. However, I will look into the article and its talkpage to see what I can do. Give me two days to slowly sort it out. I will start with the smaller details first. Chensiyuan 07:26, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
The prose in the plot is indeed choppy, perhaps a victim of over-detailing, although I would admit it's not of intolerable amount of detail. Just a matter of flow. Chensiyuan 10:46, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
The Photographer's Barnstar
I completely can't believe nobody has given you this, queer as your choice of pictures are. Keep up the good work though and ignore those... liabilities as we call them. Manderiko 07:15, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for the barnstar! --Crzycheetah 21:32, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Re:

Yeah, I saw that too. Maybe in a week or two I'll email him after he cools down and see if he'll re-think his decision. I gotta go now and get something to eat—I'm starving! Quadzilla99 14:51, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

When you do email him send him my regards too. He's an asset around here. Chensiyuan 15:27, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

My RfA ...

Hi. Thanks for supporting my request for adminship. It was successful and I am now an admin. If I can ever be of help, please let me know. Cheers, Black Falcon (Talk) 06:36, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Ty. I've been working on Sugar Ray Robinson all day. For a guy who was ranked as the greatest boxer in history by ESPN.com, the Associated Press, and The Ring magazine, his article was pretty weak. That's the great thing about Wikipedia—yesterday morning I had no plans to work on his article, but after seeing a couple of books over my father's house yesterday, and drinking a couple of cups of coffee today, here I am working on his article. In the process, I'm learning new and fun stuff about someone that I knew a decent amount of stuff about, but was no expert on. There's just so much to do, I don't see how anyone could ever get tired of writing here, now dealing with people that's another story. As you well know... Quadzilla99 21:27, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, we need more people with passion and a positive attitude. I like working on lesser known articles because there's a lower chance of bumping into someone who's completely negative and has nothing of any value whatsoever to contribute. I know you don't need my encouragement, but all the best, while here's hoping I stay the course. Chensiyuan 21:31, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Featured topic?

It had never occurred to me before, but it sounds like possibility. Looking at Wikipedia:Featured topic criteria, it seems that there are a couple of big obstacles:

  • 5. There is no obvious gap (missing or stub article) in the topic. when combined with:
  • 6. Each article is of high quality

..means that all the players need good articles.

Furthermore, one of the 'Recommendations' is that: The topic is not overly large. There are currently 30 players listed in the squad, but I don't see why that is really a problem. It depends on the scope of the topic - do we want to include the articles listed on {{Arsenal F.C.}}?

Finding enough information to make a good article for each of the younger players however, is going to very difficult - many are currently stub class. Perhaps we should bring it up at the Arsenal F.C. article. I think User:Qwghlm could be a good ally if we want to go for this, as he contributed much to Arsenal's FA status. I've never really tried to create an FA, except to help out GilbertoSilvaFan with a few questions, so I may not be the most useful editor for such a challenge, but I'll help.  Sʟυмgυм • т • c  18:09, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Yup I see what you're saying and I agree that gaps may be a problem. Will have to think through it before deciding the next step if any. Chensiyuan 12:06, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Rfa

Just dropping by to say "thank you" for supporting me in my recent my RfA. I passed the vote, and am now an admin. It will take me some getting used to with the new tools, but I thank you again for the trust. Have a good one, and, as always, happy editing! Jmlk17 05:05, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Citation format

My apologies you are correct about Citation format preferences.--TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 15:34, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

References on Toronto Raptors

Out of curiosity, why did you revert my change to the reference style on the Toronto Raptors page? What's wrong with having references that are consistent with thousands of other pages on Wikipedia? --MrBoo (talk, contribs) 11:23, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Because the original references are perfectly valid. FYI, it says so on the WP guidelines. More importantly, the article achieved FA status (17 or 18 votes of support) using those very citations which you changed. The citation format was even approved by some very experienced users. To be fair, using templates is perfectly legitimate. But unless you intend to continually update the article and therefore prefer to use templates, there is no real good reason to use templates. To be sure, quite a number of the NBA GAs and FAs use manual citation styles, such as Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. This style is not limited to NBA articles, see the soccer articles on Thierry Henry and Cesc Fabregas too. Basically, a good citation usually contains the article name, the article source, the article author, the article date, and if an online source, the accessed/retrieved date. An article of course should maintain a consistent and uniform style of citation. Chensiyuan 13:19, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
OK, good enough. Thanks for the explanation. --MrBoo (talk, contribs) 16:33, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Question

Do you live in Toronto? If you do what part(North York, Scarbough, East York, York, old Toronto(downtown), Etobikoe. I like in North York?

Situation at ACS article

Hiho, we seem to have a bit of a situation going on at Anglo-Chinese School. Would you be so kind as to weigh in? Thanks =) InfernoXV 18:02, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Chris Bosh

Sorry. But he only improved 0.1ppg, 0.1apg and 1.5rpg. Okay, it is a grammar mistake, it should be led. Brave warrior 22:38, 3 July 2007 (UTC)