User talk:OhanaUnited

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Please read the following before making a comment in my talk page.

If you leave a message here, I will reply in your talk page.
I do not watchlist your talk page, unless you explictly indicate it clearly in your talk page or in your message. I also don't cross-post your message because I feel this is redunant.
If you come here to complain or rant about why I delisted an Good Article (GA) that you like/created/contributed, head over to this page. I have the same feeling as one of my favourite Wikipedia editor/administrator, LaraLove, towards how we got attacked by editors who object our delisting action.
Because I find it difficult to follow a conversation with anonymous, IP users, in addition to the possibility of dynamic IP address, I may not always respond to these editors' comments. While not necessary, it may help if you create an account.
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Archive 6 (November 18, 2007 - December 31, 2007)
Archive 7 (January 1, 2008 - February 18, 2008)
Archive 8 (February 19, 2008 - March 31, 2008)
Archive 9 (April 1, 2008 - April 30, 2008)
Archive 10 (May 1, 2008 - May 23, 2008)

[edit] WM Can question

Hi,

I responded to you on Meta m:User_talk:OhanaUnited#WM_Can_meeting here. Ping me there or on WV. Historybuff 00:47, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hey OhanaUnited. I would like to thank you for your support in my RfA and the confidence expressed thereby. I appreciate your trust. :) Best wishes, —αἰτίας •discussion• 19:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CANNOT BE ADMIN

A PERSON WITH SUCH MENTAL CAPABILITIES AS YOURS CANNOT BE ADMIN.--198.22.123.106 (talk) 19:15, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Not cool, warned user. SQL ^{Query me!} 19:23, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rollback

Sorry, I was correcting someone else's formatting, but my signature showed up because I hadn't substituted the four tildes. They corrected it themselves so I removed the duplicate! :) Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 20:17, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WQA on you

Just to inform you that you are the subject of this WQA filed by Mbz1. Though it just looks like noise, you may want to look at it to see why he was upset. Ncmvocalist (talk) 04:02, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

No worries, and cheers for the note. You're right to be thinking he would probably take it further, but you and I both know what the outcome would be if he did. ;) Meanwhile, I'm going to let it go stale. Hopefully he gets the message and stops with the harassment. Ncmvocalist (talk) 15:53, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh my, I hope so too. But I can imagine his request now - "please ban them both - they're ignoring me" lol. Ncmvocalist (talk) 16:16, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Tsk tsk @ your friend's new posting. It's almost like he wants to be blocked. Ncmvocalist (talk) 16:40, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New admins - your Signpost entry

Hi, in the latest Signpost (26/5/2008) you said there are five new admins, but you only list four.--Anthony Nolan O'Nymous (talk) 12:14, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The FA-Team

Hi. There has been some discussion of how to improve the FA-Team's functioning. It's be grand if you could comment on the new suggested structure, and perhaps also look at our current proposals. Thanks. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 18:38, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CHALLENGE

I have completed your challenge for WikiProject Environment. Still no Barnstar --Megapen (talk) 16:49, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar. --Megapen (talk) 16:54, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your !vote at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Dihydrogen Monoxide 3

Responded to. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 21:07, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Signaling pathways

Dear OhanaUnited, Thanks for the honor concerning the pathways made by me. My very topic is the Chemotxis/Signaling/Cell Biology and I could feel that it is hard to find review figures for e.g. FPR. If you know about other needs on this field please let me know - I shall try to compose one. Thanks again. Best regards from Kohlasz (talk) 07:31, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the Photo Barnstar

Didn't check my mail for a while, so I apologize for not acknowledging you earlier. Thank you again. Hopefully you attended the 2008 doors open event where Bay Lower was briefly open to the public.Abebenjoe (talk) 15:35, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:HAU

Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Wikipedia:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 17:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Global warming

That's an old notice; that story's pretty much died already, I think. Ral315 (talk) 06:01, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reviewing the technical articles

Hi, please tell us your viewpoint about this issue.

[edit] Signpost

Just to tell you - your link to Werdna's successful RfA was incorrectly placed, {{goa|Werdna|_3}} was required rather than simply {{goa|Werdna}} as you had it. I have updated this link for you - hope this is okay. Bobo . 12:53, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Diego Velázquez

Hi I just chose you at random; please sprotect Diego Velázquez so I don't have to watch it anymore :) It is receiving vandalism because it is linked to from Google's logo. Sprotect for 24 hours is more than enough. Gary King (talk) 01:01, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Challenge

Hello. I have done my best to meet the criteria for your award challenge at User:Sharkface217/Awards Center#WikiProject Environment, assessing the remaining unassessed articles for the project. Best --Eustress (talk) 22:22, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] May monthly update

Thanks; included now. TONY (talk) 08:17, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] translation from Chinese

Hi OhanaUnited

I have a pdf in Chinese about Chinese weapons and armour. page 134 to 139 are dedicated to crossbows. It would greatly help if you translated these section so that we could counter the eurocentrism of the crossbow article. Thanks a lot. Wandalstouring (talk) 13:36, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Good articles newsletter

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles Newsletter

The WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter
Volume I, No. 8 - June 2008

May issue

Project News

There are currently 4,266 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.

The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 157 unreviewed articles. Out of 215 total nominations, 44 are on hold, 13 are under review, and one is seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance!

The oldest unreviewed articles are: Choctaw, One Night Stand (2007), Justin Tuck, Tristan Tzara, The Stake Out (Seinfeld episode), Impalement arts, Backlash (2007), Adelaide Rams, and Sam Cowan.

The categories with the largest backlogs are: Theatre, film and drama (31), Sports and recreation (31), Transport (24), Music (13), and Art and architecture (11)

The backlog at Good Article Reassessment currently stands at 4 articles up for re-review.

GA Sweeps Update

The GA Sweeps process is progressing nicely! During the month of May, a total of 82 articles were reviewed. Of that total, 71 were found to continue to meet the GA criteria, and 11 were delisted. There are currently 15 articles that are still on hold in this process, awaiting revisions.

We are once again recruiting new sweeps participants. Candidates should be very strong and comfortable in reviewing GA and familiar with the GA processes and criteria. If you are interested, please contact OhanaUnited for details.

GAN Reviewer of the Month

Giggy (talk · contribs) (a.k.a. Dihydrogen Monoxide (talk · contribs)) is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for May, based on the assessments made by Dr. Cash on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Giggy had a whopping 45 reviews during the month of May! Congratulations to Giggy (talk · contribs) on being May's GAN Reviewer of the Month!

Other outstanding reviewers during the month of May include:

Also, with 19 nominations, Mitchazenia (talk · contribs) is the nominator of the month, followed by TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs) with 8 nominations submitted.

Member News

There are now 216 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 6 new members that joined during the month of April:

Jack Bethune (talk · contribs)
Jordan Timothy James Busson (talk · contribs)
Limetolime (talk · contribs)
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Fan (talk · contribs)
Mm40 (talk · contribs)
Redmarkviolinist (talk · contribs)

This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

New GA Review Process - Review Subpages

In case you haven't noticed, we initiated a new process for GA Reviews at the end of last month. The {{GA nominee}} template was modified to direct new reviews initiated on an article to begin on a subpage of article talkspace (e.g. [[Talk:Article/GA#]], where '#' is the current number of GA reviews conducted for the article, incremented automatically, starting with 1). The primary reason for this change is to address some concerns made by several Wikipedians that previous GA reviews are not easily accessible in archives, the way that featured article reviews and peer reviews are, since the review is conducted on the article's talkspace, instead of in a subpage of the featured article space or peer review space. The reason we opted to move GA reviews to article talkspace (instead of GA space) is to better maintain the personal relationship between editor(s) and reviewer(s) by keeping reviews done in an area where editors can easily access it. Nonetheless, we still desired to have better archiving and maintenance of past reviews, so that GA ultimately becomes more accountable.

When an article is nominated, the nominator adds the template using a substitution, by adding {{subst:GAN|subtopic=<name of subtopic for article at GAN>}}, as well as lists the article (as usual) at WP:GAN in the appropriate category.

When a reviewer initiates a review of an article, all that needs to be done is to read the template on the article's {{GA nominee}} template on its talk page, and click on the link to start the review. When the reviewer clicks on that link, they will also see some instructions on how to start a review of a GAN. For new reviewers, there's also a link to the Good Article criteria, as well as to the Wikipedia:Reviewing good articles page and the mentors list. Once an article is reviewed, the GA review page should be transcluded onto the main article talk page, by adding {{Talk:Article/GA#}} to the bottom of the talk page. This is to ensure maintain the transparency of the GA process, as well as to make editors of the article in question aware that the review is taking place. When an article is either passed or failed, there's really nothing different to do in the process, although reviewers are encouraged to utilize the {{ArticleHistory}} template, linking to the GA review subpage with the 'action#link' parameter.

Did You Know...

... that there are slightly more than twice as many Good Articles (4,266) as there are Featured Articles?
... that Giggy has some really neat and useful tools to assist reviewers in conducting their reviews?
... that there are ten experienced reviewers listed on the GA mentors list that can offer assistance or a second opinion in reviewing articles?

From the Editors

A GA working party has initiated discussion on ways to improve the Good Article project and processes. The goal of the working party is to come up with suggestions for improvement based on recent issues and concerns raised in the past, primarily in the wake of the Great Green Dot Debate of May 2008. The discussion can be found here. Members of the working party include: Dank55 (talk · contribs), Derek.cashman (talk · contribs), EyeSerene (talk · contribs), Giggy (talk · contribs), Gwinva (talk · contribs), LaraLove (talk · contribs), Nehrams2020 (talk · contribs), and OhanaUnited (talk · contribs).

Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue here.

Contributors to this Issue

Dr. Cash (Lead Editor)
Giggabot, Giggy (Distributor)

Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005!

WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia.
Nominations: Choctaw • One Night Stand (2007) • Impalement arts • Backlash (2007) • Sam Cowan Reassessment: Madonna (entertainer) • Sweeps / List: references (All Categories), image tags (All Categories), article quality (All Categories) Possible GAs Needing References: Clarinet • Carleton University • Appalachian Mountains Task forces: Project quality • Unreferenced GA
Good article criteria \| Statistics \| GAN Report \| Changes log Nominations queue: 209 articles (45 of them are on hold) as of 08:00, 9 June 2008 \| edit

Delivered by the automated Giggabot (stop!) 02:05, 9 June 2008 (UTC)