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Brabham

I see you're running scared of ELAC.... :D

Thanks - fair points, and ones I can do something with. I'll wait and see what Outriggr can contribute before I do any more to the article. Cheers. 4u1e 16:45, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

LOL !! Good luck, and let me know when you want a new review :-) Sandy (Talk) 16:56, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Need copyediting help!

Hi SandyGeorgia! Knowing you are sometimes working on FAC and FAR, I (no doubts like many others) come to you for help. You helped me withdraw Serial Experiments Lain from FAC, the main reason being poor qualitiy prose. Could you please offer advice on structure and/or copyediting? I've gone around the list you gave Balloonman, and some others, but the subject seems to be a little too obscure to attract attention :).--SidiLemine 17:01, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to help, but copyediting really isn't my forté. I usually focus more on looking at the references, WP:LAYOUT, WP:MOS, and things like that. Sorry, Sandy (Talk) 00:26, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Jayne Mansfield

Please, check the article on Jayne Mansfield. It needs massive copyedit. - Aditya Kabir 19:35, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

• Comments left at Talk:Jayne Mansfield. Sandy (Talk) 00:07, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Mainpage date tag

Well, I replied to the talkpage as you requested, but I'm not exactly sure what this is all about. Am I going to be replaced by a bot, do people have trouble with the way I do it, or are you all just curious. I kinda wanna keep doing it as it's like, my favorite function here on WP and I've been doing it for 15 months now, but, I guess it can't last forever if I'm gonna be replaced... so, what's up? -- SmthManly / ^ManlyTalk / ^{ManlyContribs} 23:38, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Heh, ok, sorry i overreacted, i really was fine with giving it up if i had to, i was just dissapointed, if you guys have a whole project for this I'd be willing to join. I will continue to add my own template and am fine with the intergration of it into one template which can just be changed over... I'll also take on any other tasks you have, just not too many because I do have a full time job, lol. I'm 100% sure that after I add the "to come" template, the "to come" part is removed by a bot operated by User:Schutz, the bot doesn't have a specific name and just uses his screename, but it's this bot that changes the templates over every day at 00:01 UTC, unless someone beats him to it, you can also try contacting him about that part, but for the last 15 months or so it's been me adding the "to come" and his bot removing it, with a few exceptions here or there (like users who request an FA for a certain date and get their wish, they tend to watch the empty template and as soon as they see their article chosen for that date they add the tag themselves, but that happens once in a blue moon really). -- SmthManly / ^ManlyTalk / ^{ManlyContribs} 00:44, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

RE:Chess

I'm a big chess enthusiast, so I'll see what I can do! :) Gzkn 01:13, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Wonderful - thanks SO much !! Sandy (Talk) 01:14, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

years

thanks for dewiking them - Bytebear and I have been trying to remove some wikilinks gone crazy that were added yesterday and keep getting restored by various people. --Trödel 04:01, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

ah, I didn't realize that was going on - I was just trying to get back to what was passed on FA, since I reviewed the article at FAC. I always wonder why the original author isn't babysitting the article as it gets slammed on the main page :-) Sandy (Talk) 04:02, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much for editing. I'll try to watch the article as much as possible while it stays on the front page, but I can't be available all 24 hours, so I also have to depend on other editors. BRMo 04:26, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Military brat (U.S. subculture)

Hi Sandy, I've revamped the article per your and Outriggr's recommendations---about 20-25 hours of work over the past week! If you get the chance, I'd appreciate a review. Ignore the intro, I haven't worked on that yet... Since it needs to be a summary of the article, it is going to be the last thing I work on.Balloonman 09:46, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

El Hatillo

Hi Sandy. It has been a long time since you did that PR for me in El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda. It took me a long time, but I slowly went through all of your concerns and most of them are done. Some stuff have changed in the article, so I would appreciate it if you could work with me on a final revision and help me with a cleanup (copyediting is my strongest weakness :D). If you are interested we could start by checking my replies to your PR in Talk:El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, I don't think it's too far from FA. Let me know. Saludos.--enano ^(Talk) 18:40, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Hola, thanks for the ref cleanup. I replaced the broken link with a different reference, and I agree with all your other comments. Regarding the needed citations method, either way is fine for me, so whatever is easier for you (I'm guessing tags?). I changed the template to 100% width. If you think 60% or 70% is better, just let me know. Fixing the "Catalogo del Patrimonio Cultural Venezolano" will take me a bit more time, but I will get started right now.--enano ^(Talk) 00:38, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I'm done with subdividing the book into chapters. I also did some research about Baltasar's year of arrival to El Hatillo, and it turns out only one source differed from the others, so I deleted the note. I prefer to keep the discussion in the article's talk page, bur inline comments are also perfect (you mean using this "<!-- -->"?).--enano ^(Talk) 02:02, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Wonderful. I will begin addressing you comments. Thanks.--enano ^(Talk) 03:42, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Both of these are private; can you list some public facilities and other sports that don't require membership. Isn't there a paintball park near there? Do people bike up there?

I could, but I have looked for references to back it up and haven't found any. Remember I had a sentence about Polideportivo La Boyera? I removed it due to lack of verifiability.--enano ^(Talk) 04:16, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

I'll go to a bookstore later and see if any of the English-language tour guides have anything useful. Sandy (Talk) 14:48, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

8149 + 209 = 8358: how does that relate to the 8525?

Although it's not mentioned in the reference, it's assumed—or I assumed—that the rest of the students did not finish the school year. Maybe they moved out of El Hatillo in the middle of the year or dropped school for another reason. Do you think that should be clarified?--enano ^(Talk) 23:53, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that was one of my worries as well. I will also try to find some references that can replace the Spanish ones. And please, don't feel any rush, enjoy your holidays, and if you wish we can stop now and resume after you are less busy.--enano ^(Talk) 00:16, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Hope you understand. Absolutely ;-).--enano ^(Talk) 00:31, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi. The International Music Festival is not the same as the Jazz Festival, I believe I have made that clear in the art section with a recent edit. I will try to go to the store at Tamanaco, but the problem is that most tour guides show information specific to the town and not the whole municipality, and the kind of facts in these guides are very touristic. If I look for an English guide exclusive for the municipality I will be searching forever; I went to a small public library in El Hatillo a few month ago and they only had two books about El Hatillo in Spanish (I'm guessing none exist in English elsewhere). I will look for English Caracas or Venezuela guides at Tamanaco, and if I look carefully I may also find English replacements for news articles at ElUniversal.com. Saludos.--enano ^(Talk) 04:22, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Minor Barnstar
		For dozens upon dozens of minor but extremely important corrections and revisions to the Military Brat article. Your efforts are much appreciated, and hopefully this small token will go a long way. Sharkface217 04:27, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

You're quite welcome. Sharkface217 00:45, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Cladistics FAR

Thanks for letting me know. Slightly bad timing, as I just (finally) nominated cell nucleus, the MCB collaboration from September, but I'll try to take a look at it this weekend. Looks like Aranae had some very useful comments for cleaning up and updating the text. Opabinia regalis 04:29, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Helpful

Hi. Since you're in such a helpful mood with Balloonman-;), could you look over my FAC on Scouting. The one big objection was the writing--it was written by several different people is a likely major reason, me being one. I fixed everything they specifically mentioned and have not been able to do much with the rest of it. I'd appreciate it. If you want to leave your initial comments here or my talk page, that's okay, the FAC itself is okay too. I'll be working on them right away. I really mean this when I say it--I saw your list of good reviewers/copyeditors on Balloonman's talk page and had no idea I was well thought of that way; I'd include you on my own such list. We are often too close to our own articles to see everywhere they need tweaked.Rlevse 10:55, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry I haven't gotten to this - I'm still working on El Hatillo (two messages up), and have a busy weekend. I haven't gotten to Samsara's Darwin yet either. Sandy (Talk) 14:49, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Tourette vandal blocked

I got him and reverted what was still fresh. Samsara (talk • contribs) 18:46, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks - I'm cleaning up the older vandalism - he was busy ! Sandy (Talk) 18:48, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

V for Vendetta

Hi Sandy. Would it be possible to help facilitate a closure of the V for Vendetta FARC? I'm aware that only Jeff can close it, but I was wondering if you could act as a catalyst, since you've very familiar with this process. Thanks. I will give Jeff a reminder, now. --P-Chan 07:16, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

David Ruben RfA

SandyGeorgia, thank you for your support in my RfA which passed on 13th December 2006 with a tally of 49/10/5. I am delighted by the result and a little daunted by the scope of the additional tools; I shall be cautious in my use of them. I am well aware that becoming an Admin is not just about a successful nomination, but a continuing process of gaining further experience; for this I shall welcome your feedback. Again, many thanks for supporting my RfA, feel free to contact me if you need any assistance. :-) David Ruben 01:47, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

On Hippocrates

Regarding comprehensiveness, what do you think could be elaborated? I thought "Works" could be and started the section. Let's see if Rmrfstar (talk · contribs) works on it further. IMO, the article touches all aspects. Maybe it needs some good supporting fork articles. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:16, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Unless someone else takes over the article, I don't hold out much hope for the article improving. My sense is that Rmrfstar uses WP:FAC in place of WP:PR. Sandy (Talk) 18:28, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Order of St. Patrick

Are you OK with this one to close? Marskell 16:58, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Yep - in general, if I don't speak up, that means I don't object. By the way, there's a discussion on ANI about Dubai IPs, raising a problem which is similar to the IP problem you have, here. Sandy (Talk) 17:02, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

ANI

As a result of reverting systemic blanking of certain comments by a banned user, I've had to remove a few edits you made (due to edit conflicts) on ANI. I apologise, and ask if you could kindly reinstate them. Thanks and sorry. – Chacor 02:36, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Not to worry - will do. Sandy (Talk) 02:38, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Various things

I've made another update to the ref fixer to handle another ref template. Are you perhaps an admin? With all the templates being protected, it is difficult to fix coding problems in them. Speaking of which, what's up with the combo FA template? Gimmetrow 14:31, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I haven't heard anything else about the combo template, but I notice on his user page that Yomangani (talk · contribs) is busy til after the holidays. No, I'm not an admin, but Yomangani is. Sandy (Talk) 14:44, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

article review request

Hello. I've been doing some work on the article Where No Man Has Gone Before (TOS episode) recently. I recently made a peer review request, but have yet to recieve any suggestions (bar the automated peer reviewer). Since you are an FAC regular, I wondered if you might have any thoughts on the article, or be able to suggest other users who might willing to review or copyedit it. Morwen - Talk 16:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

TOFA Templates

It doesn't look like all the templates and images are protected; am I missing something? Sandy (Talk) 23:17, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Which ones are not protected? -- tariqabjotu 23:47, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Tariq - can't remember all from when I checked, but I looked at all at the bottom of the edit page, and saw that some of the cite templates (like book and web) weren't protected. I don't understand images, but it looks like not all of them are covered, either. Perhaps I'm not understanding something? Sandy (Talk) 23:53, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Um, {{cite book}} and {{cite web}} have been protected since July. You can see this in the edit history. pschemp | talk 00:11, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, pschemp. Why do some show a protected template, and others don't? Sandy (Talk) 00:14, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Where exactly are you looking? If the edit history is long and something was protected a while ago you might have to scroll down the history a bit. The other way to check is to try to edit it. pschemp | talk 00:16, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I see it in the history (I didn't see it before because I didn't scroll down far enough); I mean why isn't there a protect template on the actual page, like on the other protected templates? Sandy (Talk) 00:18, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure that little notice about protection had been conceived or was in wide use at the time those were protected. Another thing is that the addition of the note doesn't necessarily mean it is protected, a favorite vandal trick is slapping protection notices on things. So, the only sure way is to check the history. It doesn't bother me in the least that the note is missing though. Those particular templates are so high use that there will never be a need to unprotect them. pschemp | talk 00:24, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, pschemp. Sandy (Talk) 00:26, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Sandy, one easy way to identify a protected template: there will be a "view source" tab rather than an "edit this page" tab. Gimmetrow 00:21, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

ah, ok, thanks so much, Gimmetrow. It looks like Tariqabjotu has a full time job. Sandy (Talk) 00:26, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. I've unfortunately run into this a bit lately, and the response time with editprotected is a lot less than desirable. Gimmetrow 00:34, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Good Article Nominating

I am considering nominating the article Ford BA Falcon for Good Article status, so could you please check or review the article and if you can add anything to it please do. Senators 02:54, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Rodney Marks

Thanks for your work in editing these articles. Inevitably given how extensive the edits were, I have a couple of minor quibbles:

1. I do not think it is plausible to state there is no evidence that a third party was involved in the death - the police and coroner quite clearly say this is the most likely option, and more likely than suicide or accidental death. Although I do not think the original text was unreasonable on this point, as a compromise, I have replaced the words "no evidence" with "no certainty".

2. In the Antarctic treaty system, your edits removed any evidence of the dispute - which is the relevance of the case to that article. I have added a single scentence, stating the New Zealand police had criticsed the NSF and Raytheon for failing to assist with the inquiry.

I hope these changes are acceptable to you. Winstonwolfe 04:06, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Responses on article talk page. Sandy (Talk) 13:22, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Marks

Interesting; the references look OK, but I don't really know for sure. User:Petaholmes is good at scientists' articles. I'll ask her. Tony 13:00, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Buffalo Skull of Diligence

File:Mandan hunter with buffalo skull.JPG

The Buffalo Skull of Diligence has been presented to you by Ganymead for valiently fighting ELAC.

I originally awarded this when my FA on the Mandan was on the mainpage. It was given to those editors who reverted vandalism. After watching the arguments on the ELAC page, especially your passionate arguments in favour of FA, I felt you should be given a little something. Your work on FAC and FAR is admirable, though thankless, I'm sure. Please accept this humble token of my gratitude. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 21:36, 20 December 2006 (UTC)