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Hi. There is a discussion about the Judd Winick article's length. Would you mind weighing in with your opinion on its Talk Page? Thanks. Nightscream 07:14, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
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Brubeck Albums
editI can help you fix the stubs articles for his albums. I have his entire discography and liner notes in front of me --Don't Wrestle Doves (talk) 18:35, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for Americanising (-izing!) the article - it's only when a native speaker looks at it that those little details jump out. Your edit summary re program/me made me laugh! Best wishes from across the pond, Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 11:02, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks -- Hope no offense (offence?) was taken. KConWiki (talk) 01:43, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
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Palin Section Under Church
editI saw your question about why Palin mention was deleted from the Wasilla article. She is mentioned under the notable residents section, and under the church section where she is listed as a former congregant. I think I understand the answer to your question re Palin on Wasilla. It is because she is not proved tied to any of the controversial church things, but I don't understand why the Wasilla Bible Church article was shut down, and the Wasilla Assembly of God was not, or why the difference between Palin's churches and Obama's that merits articles on the latter, but ot on the former. The thing making Wasilla Bible Church notble, and a permanent burn into the memories of everyone in SF and LA is- Per the Associated Press, et al, in 2008, the rural church announced that it would hold a convention to pray for God to convert gays into straights. Ref - http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jNQg39rgjbGe3663rXSnmIi4czCAD931F9180 /ref
- I will put this section on the talk page -
Wasilla Bible Church Praying for God to convert Gays into Heteros
- Others have told on other talk pages that this is not uncommon for many churches. But I could find no info on any who do so in Wiki articles. I am from San Francisco, and I worked the soup kitchen at Glide Memorial Church every Sunday, but if such a prayer conference existed in the SF area, it would be the most heavily attended conference at any church, but not to do the prayers. I also worked for years consulting folks in Statistics at Stanford’s Hoover Institute, which is as conservative as it gets, but anyone there would think I was joking if I said this.
- 1. To make the assertion that this convention is not notable more objective. Can anyone direct me to a Wiki article where such a practice is described as existing in America?
- 2. Would the info go under the “Community Services” in the Wasilla Assembly of God church, not Wasilla Bible Church under Wasilla?
- Also, I will put this -
'Was your info on Wasilla Bible Church deleted? If anyone is getting their edits deleted since the Wasilla article is not the place for Wasilla Bible Church details, like are growing on the Wasilla Bible ChurchPlease don’t get into a war deleting and undeleting things. Remember, everyone is assumed to be editing in good faith.
- Please put your info and references in this talk page section.
I am completely new to Wikipedia, so if you can help me understand how things work, please do. EricDiesel (talk) 21:15, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
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Chrystabel Leighton-Porter
editPlease have another look at Chrystabel Leighton-Porter wyham I think it is sorted now. Thanks Thruxton (talk) 20:31, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
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Possible move of Nazi plunder
editI have started a discussion on possibly moving Nazi plunder. As you are currently a reasonably active editor, as well as a past contributor to the article, I hope you can find some time to make comments at renaming Nazi plunder. Unschool 17:47, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
I thought that was quite something for you to know Wikipedia has a stub for Privilege Ibiza! Moonraker2 (talk) 20:39, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
Jack Shea (director)
editThis edit caught my attention, and you may have made similar mistakes when you were linking to Jack Shea (director). This is a character who happens to be named Jack Shea, it is not the director. I'm sure it was just a simple mistake, since you probably saw that it is a TV-related article. — Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 01:20, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
- You are very correct - This was an error I made in hastiness. Thanks for the catch. KConWiki (talk) 01:32, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
AfD nomination of 2010 East Texas Church Burnings
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Richard Johnston (musician) category
editThank you. Categories priorities still confuse me. Trilobitealive (talk) 00:53, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
Regarding dipute on Silkski article.
editYou forgot to state what the problem was in the article. You did not clarify what your dispute was. I can not change it if I do not know why you dispute and what part is a problem with you. Whenever someone adds a tag like that on a article, I believe that it is required to put in the talk page why the article has that pacific tag. If you let me know, I would try my best to change it to fit the standards more apropriately.
--L. E. Evans 06:22, 19 March 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Diamondthadimepiece (talk • contribs)
March 2010
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Deletion of John Milton Cooper article?
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- I already did a couple of fixes before I realized the extent of the issue. At least the Woodrow Wilson and William Howard Taft articles, maybe one other I don't recall. Generally, the "piped link" method I used would be preferable to creating redirect pages for all conceivable variations of the name (just a helpful hint). Of course, if the article should be renamed John Milton Cooper, Jr., or even just John M. Cooper, Jr., that's a separate issue, but the preference on how to link to the eventual article name holds. My understanding of WP naming policy is to use the shortest commonly recognized name that won't be considered ambiguous (e.g. if Cooper, Sr. was not notable enough for an article, the Jr. wouldn't be required), but I'm not exactly an expert on Wiki rules and policies so that may be wrong. Fat&Happy (talk) 05:17, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for the cleanup you did on Oliver Lee (footballer) :) UnknownThing (talk) 19:29, 5 June 2010 (UTC) |
October 2010
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Question
editHey KConWiki, I'm wondering if you know how to get the Alexa numbers for CoalSwarm? I went to the Alexa site but I wasn't sure how to do it. I was wondering if you knew, based on your handle-name?--Tomwsulcer (talk) 13:06, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
The article Yemen–Zimbabwe relations has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- No evidence that there are in fact any such bilateral relations - I can't find any evidence of a diplomatic presence of either country on the other's soil. Fails WP:RS
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Bilateral relations articles
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Nomination of NiGHTS 15th Anniversary for deletion
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Speedy deletion of "Mike Glicksohn"
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Thank you. Becky Sayles (talk) 13:02, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
- It is a bad idea to create incomplete articles. There are three times as many references at User talk:RHaworth#Please undelete Mike Glicksohn than you managed to provide. I have restored the text to User:KConWiki/sandbox. Do not think about moving it to the (article) namespace until you have turned it into a Wikipedia article. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 21:23, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
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Possible C-SPAN project
editHello KConWiki, pleased to finally make your acquaintance—I've been aware of your work on the Booknotes lists for some time. Great work, and congratulations for completing (I think) such a big project. You might recognize my handle, too. Since about this time last year I've researched and rewritten most of the other C-SPAN articles, including the main Booknotes article (and I'm grateful you've adapted some of it for the list pages).
I actually come to you today with an idea for a collaboration, if you are willing and have the time. As you are likely aware, the C-SPAN Video Library has a vast archive of historically significant videos related to U.S. politics, available free on the web. Because C-SPAN is actually a client of mine (although I was a fan long before they ever were) I'm reluctant to just start posting them to External links sections of relevant articles; the last thing I want, or C-SPAN wants, is to engage in link-spamming. And yet, I do think a great many of these videos would be useful resources for a great many topics.
For that reason, I wonder if you would be interested in helping me; either reviewing links I suggest and posting them if appropriate, or giving me your independent opinion about their suitability for inclusion. If so, I could create a project page and begin making recommendations. If you're too busy or not interested, that's fine, too. But I thought this might be something you'd be interested in. Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 15:52, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
- Hi - Thanks for the kind words. I think that a C-Span project page of the sort you describe (with the cautions that you mention) sounds great. I'm not sure how much I can commit to of the top of my head, but I'd be happy to see what you have in mind. I'm sure other people would be interested as well.
- As for the Booknotes lists, I still have to go through and fix the links for 1992 and forward (catching up from when they changed the Booknotes website). Then, I want to visit each of the pages for the books with articles, the authors with articles, and maybe a few of the topics, and either add a transcript/video link, or else correct them if they have one of the old links.
- OK, it's a plan. I certainly understand your time is limited, and there is no urgency on my end. I will also bring it to the attention of editors involved with relevant WikiProjects. Before I do, sometime over the next few days I'll set up a project page in my user space, add a list of the first few video links I have in mind, and on which articles I think they'd be most helpful. Once I've done that, I'll let you know.
- And I may be telling you something you already know, but all past Booknotes episodes are archived at the Video Library site. Look to the console below the featured video and there's a drop-down menu to the right called "All Categories". Booknotes is one of the options. (And of course you can find episodes via the search bar as well). Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 13:15, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
- BTW, the link fixing should be all done now. KConWiki (talk) 02:09, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
considering you created thus article 9 months ago, have you considered working on it? LibStar (talk) 11:53, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
- I am interested in your responsea. Otherwise I am considering nominating for deletion. LibStar (talk) 13:52, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
- Go ahead if you like, it was part of an experiment that didn't go far. (Although, I don't think it's hurting anything just sitting there...) KConWiki (talk) 14:31, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
- Although, I am going to add a few links in there just for the heck of it, I would think that it merits a stub, at least. KConWiki (talk) 14:32, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
- Go ahead if you like, it was part of an experiment that didn't go far. (Although, I don't think it's hurting anything just sitting there...) KConWiki (talk) 14:31, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Misspelled category
editThanks If that's the biggest mistake I made that day, I would be happy, but it probably wasn't. Thanks! —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:13, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
C-SPAN progress
editHi there, KConWiki. Some progress to report on the C-SPAN Video Library project. I've obtained from C-SPAN a list of the 500 individuals who, as of last week, have appeared on C-SPAN the most over time. (#1 Bill Clinton ... #500 Jim Talent) and I've been comparing this list against Wikipedia articles to see whether the notable names among them (a significant majority) have C-SPAN links included in their ELs (still a majority, but some surprising gaps).
I've also found that a few Wikipedia templates already include C-SPAN as a parameter, significantly Template:CongLinks and Template:C-SPAN. In order to make it as easy as possible for others to help out, I've prepared the specific markup for each, and started a table, which will grow as I work through the list. You can find it here: User:WWB_Too/C-SPAN_ELs
If you're interested in adding some, please feel free, and I'll keep adding to the list. Meanwhile, I'll notify relevant WikiProjects. And if you have any other suggestions, I'd be very appreciative. Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 13:47, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
- I've obtained from C-SPAN a list of the 500 individuals who, as of last week, have appeared on C-SPAN the most over time. (#1 Bill Clinton ... #500 Jim Talent) - This sounds great, sign me up for 100 or so and I will review them.
- In other news, I am pretty sure I have fixed all the Booknotes links from when they changed Booknotes.org around. I am currently adding in subjects on the Booknotes-by-year pages (working on 1992 now). KConWiki (talk) 01:08, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
- Very cool. I have posted just the first 10 so far, but I'm working on posting the rest to the project page over the next few weeks. And just a few minutes ago now I've posted an invitation to editors on various WikiProjects: Media, Politics, Journalism and Television to see if anyone there is interested. Should be interesting. Meanwhile, if you'd like any help with the Booknotes pages, let me know if there's anything specific you could use help with. I'd be happy to return the favor. Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 19:58, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
External links
editWelcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Albert Einstein do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. I have also removed 30 of your recently added external links to www.booksore.org on a number of other articles per wp:ELNO items 1, 11, 13. Please have a look at that list. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 07:30, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
- Note. See also User talk:DVdm#Booknotes. - DVdm (talk) 15:37, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
- Note. See also Wikipedia talk:WikiProject_Spam#Not sure about Booknotes in external links - DVdm (talk) 12:26, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
- I have to second this note, although I wouldn't have issued you a templated message. Even if it is not your intention, your recent edits sure give off the appearance of spamming. Please try not to add links en masse like this in the future. Not every booknotes link needs to be on Wikipedia. ThemFromSpace 21:55, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hello TFS, and happy holidays. Thanks for your comment, and I want to be sensitive to this question. I don't want to give the appearance of spamming, but almost by definition, "spam" implies something junky or unwarranted or that makes use of the least common denominator. I think that this is not the case for the vast majority of the links I am adding. I would like to complete this project, and then the community can trim as needed. If I thought that even only 50% of the links would be ultimately appropriate for the articles about these authors and/or books and/or specialized topics, then I would not be trying to be as thorough as I am. I genuinely believe, however, that after it all works itself out, that maybe only 5-10% of the links I have added will be found to be questionable. (And when I say "questionable", I mean just that - that some people will feel strongly that they should be zapped, and some will feel strongly that they be kept.) But as noted before, I invite discussion on this matter, and I invite interested parties to watch one or two of the interviews for further context. THanks. KConWiki (talk) 22:23, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
- I agree with KConWiki that this is not unwanted, useless generic spam -- it is NOT a link to a generic website but to specific sites exactly matched to the needs of Wikipedia articles. These sources are unique, and valuable to readers. It is not a promotion of the "Booknotes" program--it has been off the air for many years and now comprises a historical resource. Rjensen (talk) 22:38, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
- Additionally, let me mention something else, just to put it out there: I am not now, nor have I ever been, nor do I expect to be in the future, a recipient of any $$$ from C-SPAN or any related party. (WWB Too has indicated on numerous occasions in this discussion that he was, which is fine.) The reason I love Booknotes (and C-SPAN in general) is the same reason that I love Wikipedia - That they are both unique and fantastic ways to freely communicate vast amounts of ideas and information to a wide audience of specialists and interested amateurs, and everyone in bewteen. While I will concede that the Wiki article for Einstein (or Churchill, or Jefferson, or Hitler, or FDR, or Stalin, or certain others) might be of such breadth that an argument could be made (though it would not be a one-sided argument) that individual Booknotes links are not appropriate for those pages, that same argument would weaken significantly if made about the use of Booknotes links on the pages for T.R. Reid, Michael Korda, Stuart Rochester, or Norman Podhoretz, all of which I intend to add appropriate links to in the relatively near future. KConWiki (talk) 22:53, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
- I agree with KConWiki that this is not unwanted, useless generic spam -- it is NOT a link to a generic website but to specific sites exactly matched to the needs of Wikipedia articles. These sources are unique, and valuable to readers. It is not a promotion of the "Booknotes" program--it has been off the air for many years and now comprises a historical resource. Rjensen (talk) 22:38, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hello TFS, and happy holidays. Thanks for your comment, and I want to be sensitive to this question. I don't want to give the appearance of spamming, but almost by definition, "spam" implies something junky or unwarranted or that makes use of the least common denominator. I think that this is not the case for the vast majority of the links I am adding. I would like to complete this project, and then the community can trim as needed. If I thought that even only 50% of the links would be ultimately appropriate for the articles about these authors and/or books and/or specialized topics, then I would not be trying to be as thorough as I am. I genuinely believe, however, that after it all works itself out, that maybe only 5-10% of the links I have added will be found to be questionable. (And when I say "questionable", I mean just that - that some people will feel strongly that they should be zapped, and some will feel strongly that they be kept.) But as noted before, I invite discussion on this matter, and I invite interested parties to watch one or two of the interviews for further context. THanks. KConWiki (talk) 22:23, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
Booknotes
editHey, thanks for the heads-up on that. I find DVdm's perspective to be rather strange and, frankly, disconcerting. As you'll see, I've addressed what seem to me like rather significant misinterpretations of specific parts of WP:ELNO, and I'll keep an eye on it. By the way, funny coincidence: just today I've got 'round to posting the "complete" list of missing C-SPAN ELs from biographical articles. I'd love to get your assistance with those as well, but maybe you should hold off for the moment: I've got a mind to see if I can offer up some C-SPAN swag in return for assistance, perhaps using WP:REWARD as a launch point. Any ideas you might have in that regard would be most welcome. Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 17:51, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
- Good job on Booknotes! Rjensen (talk) 07:09, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
- And commented! I may not be around a great deal today and tomorrow, but I'll try to keep an eye on the discussion. Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 17:14, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
- Wikipedia is not an collection of external links. I do not see how these are appropriate on all the pages they are being added on. Has consensus been obtained for this? Seems a little spammy in my opinion to add this to a few hundred pages.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 22:31, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
- And commented! I may not be around a great deal today and tomorrow, but I'll try to keep an eye on the discussion. Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 17:14, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hello, and thanks for chiming in. I noticed that you reverted the add for the Penicillin article, which is fine (I was halfway considering not adding it to that page, but I ended up doing it anyhow). As for the question of spamminess / appropriatemess, perhaps you could take a look at the discussion here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam#Not_sure_about_Booknotes_in_external_links (there is a whole discussion that has unfolded about this over there.) In short, I am of the belief that 90+% of these adds will stand the test of time and scrutiny. KConWiki (talk) 23:19, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
- Spam is not at issue here--the links are unique & useful to users. Rjensen (talk) 00:03, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hello, and thanks for chiming in. I noticed that you reverted the add for the Penicillin article, which is fine (I was halfway considering not adding it to that page, but I ended up doing it anyhow). As for the question of spamminess / appropriatemess, perhaps you could take a look at the discussion here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam#Not_sure_about_Booknotes_in_external_links (there is a whole discussion that has unfolded about this over there.) In short, I am of the belief that 90+% of these adds will stand the test of time and scrutiny. KConWiki (talk) 23:19, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
- (ec)
- KConWiki, I'd like to comment on that 90+% thing. You seem to put the burden of checking 100% and removal of 10-% of your external links avalanche upon other editors. For instance, take the Penicillin article. Don't you think it would have been fair to the community if you had gone all the way, by being more careful and not adding it to that page? A similar thing happened with the Einstein article, where we had to remove the link twice. Please consider reviewing your additions and remove, say, at least half of the 10-% you suspect are inappropriate, and that Rjensen and WWB Too take care of the other halve, per comments here above and below. Thanks - DVdm (talk) 10:51, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hello - Let me expand on that 90+% comment - It is my genuine belief that all of these links have value. I would not have put them there in the first place if I did not think they were valuable, pertinent, and appropriate. As mentioned elsewhere, I did not add them to subject pages that in my opinion were too general. That being said, I realize that there is room for disagreement. If the consensus on the Einstein or Penicillin articles is that the links do not belong, then OK, no big deal. But there are now hundreds of links to hundreds of hours of serious discussion on article topics (often with authors who are themselves the subjects of wiki articles) that are linked to from pertinent articles. I don't see this as having created a burden for anyone. KConWiki (talk) 15:54, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi again, KConWiki. I've been pretty busy over the past week, but I'd like to be helpful regarding the inclusion of relevant Booknotes links in WP:ELs where they belong, so if you could share an update and let me know where I can offer meaningful input, please let me know. One thought on the controversy: I suppose I could see where not every link works, so perhaps a useful heuristic could be proposed to find compromise and ensure that the best, most relevant Booknotes ELs are accepted. What that might look like, I am not sure, but if there is a way to show the additions are not merely "systematic"—let alone "robotic"—please let me know if I can help. Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 10:38, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hi WWB2 - I am pretty much done with adding the Booknotes links. There are some links to BOoknotes.org in existing citations that I have come across that I identified as being dead links (they changed their web addresses a while ago) so I was going to go back and try to clean up some of those so that the citation links are valid. There are some other C-SPAN related items I would like to work on too, but I am going to take a break for a little bit. As for the question of a heuristic of some sort, I would love to be able to demonstrate the value of the links / interviews with some sort of data, but I am also not sure how that could be done. KConWiki (talk) 16:04, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
stub-sorting
editWell done for your blitz on Category:Stubs! I've finished the job, so the category is empty for the first time since the December stub-creation-fest. I've found it pretty dispiriting looking at the category recently as there were so many dreadfully poor stubs and I find I can't just stub-sort and move on but feel the need to improve them too. But I kept picking out interesting-looking ones (eg ones which clearly needed a DEFAULTSORT, or with a disambiguation to check whether they were accessible from the base name), and started cleaning them up from Z backwards recently. PamD 10:02, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for saying so - I had noticed the backlog getting bigger and bigger too and I had been meaning to do something about it. This is the type of thing that I can do while I watch a movie at my desk, so I figured I would just dig in and see how far I got. Some of them seem destined for merging or deleting, but I'll let someone else worry about that. KConWiki (talk) 14:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
I see you've had another blitz: I'd become dispirited by that mass of boring little stubs, which I think are actually positively unhelpful because they provide less information than the county listings of NRHP sites! But don't forget that we ought to add as specific a stub or stubs as we can: the few that I did of that batch (working up from the end of the alphabet), I added {{Idaho-NRHP-stub}} as well as {{Idaho-struct-stub}}.
I also tend to add other things I notice while I'm on the page - in these cases {{unref}} at the top, and {{coord missing|Idaho}}, and ", United States," to give geographical context in the lead sentence.
There were such a batch of these that I was wondering if I could do something with AWB to work through them all. Meanwhile I just picked out the other stubs to stub-sort etc today. So thanks for disposing of all those Idaho NRHP stubs, but do remember to look out for specific relevant stub tags, especially if there's a batch of stubs with a lot in common like that lot. Best wishes, PamD 18:09, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
- Ah, I didn't even realize that there were state-specific NRHP stubs. I will keep that in mind for the future. KConWiki (talk) 18:35, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
There is a problem at Template:Did you know nominations/America in the King Years. SL93 (talk) 00:23, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
DYK nomination of America in the King Years
editHello! Your submission of America in the King Years at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 22:09, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Awesome work
editJust saw your comment on my Talk page about the new C-SPAN articles. Very cool. I'll share with the C-SPAN folks tomorrow, and I'm sure they'll be excited to see them. Perhaps we can even offer some feedback; let me know if you have any questions. Also FYI, I've been working on expanded + improved drafts to improve both Brian Lamb and Robert X. Browning. Perhaps you'd be interested in reviewing them? WWB Too (talk) 03:45, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
DYK for America in the King Years
editOn 4 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article America in the King Years, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that each of the three volumes of Taylor Branch's biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. were named based on aspects of the Book of Exodus? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/America in the King Years.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
- JUst a note-- the book is not a biography (faulty hook) and plagiarism was found. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:16, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
- I am trying to get someone to tell me the specifics of this plagiarism allegation - If I wrote something that is similar to something that someone else wrote, it was purely unintentional. I would like to get this question resolved. As for the biography question, I will go along with the idea that it might be better to call it a history that has King as its central figure - But, I do not think it is outlandish to refer to the biographical aspects of it - Here is a Google search for "King Biographer Branch" that demonstrates that Branch is commonly referred to as King's biographer. KConWiki (talk) 01:38, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
DYK for American Writers: A Journey Through History
editOn 5 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article American Writers: A Journey Through History, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the C-SPAN series American Writers visited a meat processing plant to discuss Upton Sinclair's The Jungle? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/American Writers: A Journey Through History.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Consider yourself awarded
editHello, KConWiki. First thing, on behalf of C-SPAN, please accept this barnstar-inspired award I've created as of today. Thanks for your contributions related to C-SPAN, and I look forward to seeing your work in the future.
Second, you might be interested in a project I've just posted on the Reward Board: the C-SPAN linking project I first mentioned to you last fall. Since then I've reconceived it sightly. In its current design, I'm looking for editor assistance adding External links already suggested by the {{C-SPAN}} and {{CongLinks}} templates. Rewards include the attached award—of which you're the first recipient—and C-SPAN hats, available to participants with a U.S. address.
Let me know if you have any thoughts on it, and I should have some feedback on your recent C-SPAN articles soon. Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 19:43, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks! I will display this proudly! I am going to wrap up some details about Amer. Presidents, Amer. Writers, and Lincoln-Douglas, and then I am going to try to work through a few more of the projects I have in mind about past programs before taking a chunk out of your list. However, I will pick a couple off your list to do just to make sure I have the hang of it. KConWiki (talk) 02:29, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Bobby Hosea
editHi, I nominated this article for deletion per WP:CSD#A7. Regards Hekerui (talk) 14:08, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
editThe Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
You and WBB did a great job on the "List of C-SPAN Q&A interviews first aired in 20XX" articles! Great work. Math321 (talk) 17:55, 22 February 2012 (UTC) |
- Thanks! They're not even all the way done yet - there is some disambiguating to do and I have some of the dates not in the right order, and there are some things I want to do comments or other links on. Hope to get to all that in the next week or so. BTW, how did you happen to come across these? KConWiki (talk) 01:11, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Brian Lamb
editHey there, KConWiki. I mentioned to you a few weeks back that I was working on some additional C-SPAN articles, including a proposed expansion of the Brian Lamb article. I recently posted a request at the Paid Editor Help page of WikiProject Cooperation (and on Lamb's article) and was starting to get somewhere before two participating editors disagreed on the merits of my draft, and now it's ground to a halt. If you have the time or inclination to look in and offer your opinion, it would be very welcome. Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 17:14, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Feedback on Lincoln-Douglas debate reenactments
editHi there, I wanted to share back that I shared your new articles with C-SPAN as promised. Overall, a very positive response. Great work. There is one thing they did point out to me, about The Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1994 reenactments): in the first sentence, your version says they were "sponsored" by C-SPAN, but they've advised me this is not so. C-SPAN encouraged the cities involved to hold the debates, promising to air them, but did not produce the debates. I do have a source to verify this, but it's not available (for free) online. Via Lexis-Nexis, I found a February 28, 1994 St. Louis Post-Dispatch article, by Doug Pokorski, titled Debates 'Lincoln, Douglas' Set for Cable TV:
- "The local communities are in charge of producing the debates," [C-SPAN spokeswoman Rayne] Pollack said. "We're not setting up our own event and then covering it. All we have asked for is that they use the most complete transcript and perform it in its entirety. Our goal is for it to appear as if C-SPAN was actually there in 1858."
If you're OK following a (sort of) offline source, I'd suggest "encouraged" would be a more accurate phrasing. What do you think?
Also, one more thought, entirely my own: should the article title include the definite article? I realize the book inspiring the series uses it, though based on my own perusal of C-SPAN's Video Library here, for instance it seems they do not. Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 13:35, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
- OK - I got rid of the word "sponsored' from the opening sentence. I suppose I used that word in an inexact sense; "encouraged" or maybe "facilitated" might have been better words. But I am just omitting it without replacement, at least for the time being. I have an article from the Baltimore Sun that says something similar: "Spurred on by its own 15th anniversary, C-Span officials approached the mayors of all seven cities last year. Re-create your debates, they said, using local talent and local money, and we'll come in and broadcast them, as though we'd been there in 1858... ...All seven mayors agreed, the state of Illinois chipped in $20,000 for each site and C-Span spent $300,000 to $500,000 promoting the debates, providing staff people to coordinate the coverage and putting together educational materials. The Lincoln-Douglas debates were on their way back to center stage." KConWiki (talk) 02:36, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
- As for the "The", I don't know if there is a right answer or not, and if we have just established that C-SPAN did not sponsor the event, then the exact usage in the Video Archive site's segment titles would not be authoritative. Not only that, but check out this poster for a leading article. I think I am going to wait for someone with a stronger opinion on the matter than I have to come along and address this. KConWiki (talk) 02:43, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
- Apologies for the slow reply here: looks fine now with "sponsored" removed; one of your replacement words I think would be a lot better. Regarding "The" you raise a fair point; this may be one of those situations where a definitive title was never properly settled, in which case what you have is fine. By the way, have you had a chance to look at my new Brian Lamb draft, mentioned above? I'm looking for a clearer expression of consensus to move it; I thought we were getting close, and then conversation just slowed. Hope you can find a moment to weigh in. Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 14:09, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
- Oh wait, never mind! The Brian Lamb article was in fact moved overnight, and I'd just failed to notice. I've actually got a draft for one more C-SPAN person in the wings, Robert X Browning, but I'll only check back if I get stuck there, too. Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 14:27, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry I didn't comment on your Lamb article sooner, I think it looks real good. Let me know if you need anything about the Browning one too, but I have kind of come to the realization that I would rather (and this is just me, you know) work first on building pages for their shows and specials (and I am trying to think how best to do one for the School Bus(es)) and also on adding SPAN links to the pages for the authors/books/sites/topics seen in their programming before turning to the pages for the individuals associated with C-SPAN. This is despite the fact that Lamb is one of my all-time heroes. Like, I am sure that Susan Swain deserves a page (or to put it better, Wikipedia deserves to have a page about her) but I am not putting that at the top of my to-do list; Partly because the Spanners like to keep (as you know) a low-profile in terms of not promoting their own selves on air. That being said, I am sure that Susan Swain, Rob Kennedy, and others ought to one day have their own pages. KConWiki (talk) 02:06, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
Piping category listings
editKConWiki -- I've seen you've piped numerous categories. For the life of me, I can't figure out what the piped names do. They show up on the page under the original name and link to the original categories. (E.g., I don't see any differences at all.) Can you enlighten me please? Thanks.--S. Rich (talk) 03:45, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
- Sure - They make them alpha-sort to the piped phrase in the given category. This is handy if you have one article with several categories, and you don't want it to alpha-sort the same way for each of them. For instance, I just got done adding some categories to articles about the histories of different universities. In the example (below) of History of Texas Tech University, I added the category History of Texas and piped it to alpha sort under "T". This is appropriate in that category because otherwise you could conceivably have a dozen Texas-related articles that start with the word "History" that would clog up the "H" section of that category listing. Same goes for the category Category:History of United States colleges and universities, because practically every article in the category would sort under "H". However, in the category Category:Texas Tech University, it is appropriate to allow it to sort to the "H" section, because "History of" is the aspect of Texas Tech that the article is about.
[[Category:Texas Tech University]]
[[Category:History of United States colleges and universities|Texas Tech University]]
[[Category:History of Texas|Texas Tech University]]
Let me know if I can comment further.
KConWiki (talk) 04:24, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks! --S. Rich (talk) 05:58, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia Help Survey
editHi there, my name's Peter Coombe and I'm a Wikimedia Community Fellow working on a project to improve Wikipedia's help system. At the moment I'm trying to learn more about how people use and find the current help pages. If you could help by filling out this brief survey about your experiences, I'd be very grateful. It should take less than 10 minutes, and your responses will not be tied to your username in any way.
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A Cup of Coffee for You :D
editThanks for helping me in my article A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes. Tariq.Imran Talk 15:04, 26 July 2012 (UTC) |
- You are quite welcome! KConWiki (talk) 00:33, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
A Branstar For You
editThe Helping Hand Barnstar | ||
Thanks for your frequent help for new users. Tariq.Imran Talk 15:51, 1 August 2012 (UTC) |
Thanks
edit...For this. I think i copied and pasted the section as a quote and so didn't notice. Either way - Thanks! ツ Jenova20 (email) 08:52, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
- No problem, I've been trying to clean up spelling errors for various cities, states, and countries. There were about 100 "Fransisco"s scattered around through WP. KConWiki (talk) 13:21, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
- Might be easier to request a rename of the famous city in that case then. It would make your job easier =P
- Thanks again ツ Jenova20 (email) 14:07, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
A page you started has been reviewed!
editThanks for creating United Kingdom U.S. relations, KConWiki!
Wikipedia editor Ryan Vesey just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:
I've noticed a ton of similar useful redirects you've been creating. Keep up the good work!
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Learn more about page curation.
- Nice of you to say so - here is the page where I coordinate those efforts: User:KConWiki/Bilateral relations redirects. I've only really done the U.S. and the U.K. thus far. KConWiki (talk) 00:14, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
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Wiki Torah
editThanks very much for posting that link to the story on the Wikipedia articles on the Torah portions. I had not yet seen it. I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Be well. -- Dauster (talk) 13:57, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
- Not at all... Keep up the good work! KConWiki (talk) 00:40, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
George Mitchell
editJust as a heads up, you might want to take a little more when care removing links, such as you did here. It would have been better to correct it to George P. Mitchell, one of the pages disambiguated at George Mitchell. Cheers, Heiro 05:02, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
Satchmo!
editListening to Louis Armstrong now as we speak too! I was reluctant to create a template for a while given some of his albums are still missing, but on a whim last night I figured an incomplete one was better than none at all. Appreciate the kind feedback, thank you :) --RubenSchade (talk) 23:30, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- You bet - Let me recommend The Real Ambassadors, which is not as well-known as it ought to be. KConWiki (talk) 23:33, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Wikify: November Newsletter and December Drive
editYour Wikification Newsletter – Volume II, Issue I, November 2012 Hello, wikifiers! The November 2012 issue of the project newsletter is out, and the December Wikification Drive starts in a couple of days. We'll be trying to reduce the backlog and we need your help! Hard-working participants in the drive will receive awards for their contributions. If you have a spare moment, please join and wikify an article or tell your friends. Thanks! Note: The drive starts 00:00, 1 December 2012 (UTC), and you can sign up anytime! |
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Richard Nixon talk page notice
editI have added a section on the talk page for the article Richard Nixon titled "Section deleted on 13 December 2012." Please share your thoughts on the talk page. Thanks. Mitchumch (talk) 17:17, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
Precious
editgnome
Thank you for quality articles, such as America in the King Years, for creating categories and templates, for seeing "Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
Thank you very much, this is very kind of you and I appreciate your saying so! I also appreciate that you take the effort to commend and encourage other editors.
Fröhliche Weihnachten! KConWiki (talk) 15:31, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
- A year ago, you were the 350th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:07, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
- Seven years ago, you were recipient no. 350 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:08, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Detropia
editHello! Your submission of Detropia at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 06:36, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
Carl Sandburg template
editCheck out my proposed revision of your Carl Sandburg template. Any comments? Choor monster (talk) 15:59, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
- Sure, let's give it a try - I will respond over on the template talk page. KConWiki (talk) 17:18, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
February 2013 Wikification Drive
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Thanks for the Salon link on Austrian/Krugman
editThanks. SPECIFICO talk 01:53, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
- You bet KConWiki (talk) 04:17, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
February update from WikiProject Gerald Ford
editNow that the project has more or less completed the start-up, assessment, and tagging phases, we're really getting going now. If you're interested, there are a few things you can do:
- There is a new article on the Vladivostok Summit in our new Peer Review section that could use a look-over before it goes live in the main article space.
- There are a number of documents to be transcribed and proofread on Wikisource: currently, we've only scratched the surface on this one and there is more than plenty for everyone who wants to chip in.
Bringing C-SPAN up-to-date
editHi there, KConWiki. I hope you've been well—it's been awhile! Earlier this week I proposed some updates to the main C-SPAN article, and since I want to be careful about COI, I'm wondering if you're willing to make the changes. Principally, the article has not yet been updated to reflect that Brian Lamb stepped down from the CEO position. If you have a few minutes to review my request on the C-SPAN Talk page I'd be very appreciative. The changes are very simple but, same as before, C-SPAN is a client so I won't be making any edits myself. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 14:38, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
- Hi again, you seem to be busy with other things, but I wanted to let you know that a) another editor already followed up this request, and b) I have a couple of additional suggestions. One involves the notion of creating a List of C-SPAN programs article. Would love to have your input there, if you're so inclined. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 13:19, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
WikiProject C-SPAN + more
editHi there, KConWiki, thanks for the note on my page about your wikiproject idea. Assuming you find critical mass to start one, I'd be happy to serve as a liaison to C-SPAN. Another editor you should check in with is User:Smallbones; I've helped him find C-SPAN videos on arts-related subjects for inclusion in articles recently. Anything I could do to help right now?
Meanwhile, I've posted some update requests today, including one on the C-SPAN Bus program article (request here), and again on the flagship C-SPAN page (request here). As usual, I avoid direct-editing pages where I have a financial relationship, so let me know if you can take a look. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 18:46, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
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Hi
editI saw your posts about the hoopla on Wadewitz's page. Thought you might be interested in this: Wikipedia_talk:Category_intersection#A_working_category_intersection_today. Please leave comments/feedback there - I welcome any ideas you might have to improve. Test out the prototype, let me know how you feel about it - does it get close to what you were asking for? --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 21:59, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
- I'm pleased that the Hoopla is stirring up discussions of this sort. I will poke around on that Category page and see what sorts of things I can find. I don't know exactly what I have in mind, btw, but it is exciting to see a variety of categorization proposals being kicked around. KConWiki (talk) 03:41, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
Help with Basbanes page
editHi. Thanks for your kind words and fine-tuning to help make the Nicholas Basbanes page better. It was my first effort and I appreciate the hand of a more experienced Wikipedia editor in making it a better, more useful article. Dnikkir (talk) 14:14, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
- (Posting this on both my user page and yours...) You bet - I have now linked all the Basbanes mentions or citations I could find from other WP articles to the newly created Nicholas Basbanes article, so that its incoming links look like this. This is in keeping with the philosophies of Wikipedia:Build the web and Wikipedia:Walled garden. Also - If you need any input on any of your future WP endeavors, please feel free to let me know. KConWiki (talk) 17:39, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks very much. The article is very much improved by your work today. Dnikkir (talk) 18:01, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
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Category intersection
editIs getting better. Magnus Manske (developer) has developed a super-fast category intersection, and a javascript that will bring it into a wikipedia page. If you want to try it out, add the following line to your common.js page:
importScript('User:Obiwankenobi/intercat.js');
Then restart your browser, and visit Category:Wikipedia_categorization_intersect_test. You can click on the intersects up top, and it will display all articles that meet the criteria (e.g. American novelists who are LGBT and African American or whatever). This is still very early prototype stage, but since you were interested I wanted to share and get your feedback. --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 02:22, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
- Well, thanks for thinking of me. I checked it out a little bit and I think you should show it around to others for comment as well. Using an example I had given previously, I went here and was trying to get the intersect of Category:People from Virginia and Category:Presidents of the United States, but no luck. Are those categories too far removed from the articles? (i.e., Thomas Jefferson is a member of Category:People from Albemarle County, Virginia, rather than Category:People from Virginia.) KConWiki (talk) 04:10, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
- Tried it again with Category:Presidents of the United States and Category:United States Secretaries of State, still no luck. Am I doing something wrong? (Or had you only intended to test the writers categories?) KConWiki (talk) 04:18, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
- Like this? Beware, when you do intersections, you sometimes get odd results. For example, when I was testing it, there were a bunch of black authors showing up as jewish novelists, and i couldn't figure out why. It was because the Guggenheims were under Category:American Jews, and guggehheim fellows were under Guggenheim, so anyone who won a Guggenheim fellowship now became a jewish novelist.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 04:24, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
- that category is weird. For example, under Category:George W. Bush, you have Category:Iraq War casualities, so if there was some soldier from Virginia, he would appear to be a president from Virginia. When we use category intersection, we need to understand what is in the categories - and in the case of presidents, things that happened DURING their presidency are listed there. One way to limit this is to scope the recursion so it doesn't search deeper than 1 level for the presidents cat, for example.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 04:30, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
- Like this? Beware, when you do intersections, you sometimes get odd results. For example, when I was testing it, there were a bunch of black authors showing up as jewish novelists, and i couldn't figure out why. It was because the Guggenheims were under Category:American Jews, and guggehheim fellows were under Guggenheim, so anyone who won a Guggenheim fellowship now became a jewish novelist.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 04:24, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
- Tried it again with Category:Presidents of the United States and Category:United States Secretaries of State, still no luck. Am I doing something wrong? (Or had you only intended to test the writers categories?) KConWiki (talk) 04:18, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
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One True Vine
editExcellent work/help on One True Vine.--Mjs1991 (talk) 04:38, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
Same to you; I saw this on the Daily Show the other day and realized that there wasn't an article yet. KConWiki (talk) 04:40, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
Oh yeah. I came across it on Metacritic, as I add album reviews or just simply make a new album article if there is none. Had no idea it was being edited by another editor at the same time =)--Mjs1991 (talk) 04:50, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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Thanks for all your linking of author names throughout the 'pedia. -- Khazar2 (talk) 11:25, 25 June 2013 (UTC) |
Thanks for saying so; I think it is something that could easily be overlooked, but can still be beneficial. KConWiki (talk) 11:39, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
- I agree. It's something I often neglect when filling out those templates, but always enjoy seeing in other articles. I need to start being better about it in my own work. -- Khazar2 (talk) 11:40, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
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C-SPAN at FAC
editHi KConWiki, I hope all is well. It's been awhile since I've posted a message with you, and somewhat longer still since you'd replied to one, so perhaps your interest in C-SPAN has waned, but I still wanted to let you know that I've submitted the C-SPAN article for review at WP:FAC. If you'd like to review the article and contribute to the discussion you'll find it on the FAC page here. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 20:48, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
- Hello - I'm sorry for not responding promptly, and my interest in C-SPAN's presence in WP certainly has not waned. I have been keeping an eye on the CSPAN Good Article / FAC activity, and I am quite appreciative of the work that went into it, and I definitely hope that it will be a successful candidate to be a featured article. I will take a look at the FAC page and see if there is anything that I can contribute. (Or if there is anything more I can contribute to the article itself.) The reason that I didn't jump on this is that I tend to make a lot of incremental edits to various types of articles, and I often go off on whatever tangent I find myself going on. Believe it or not, many of the tangents are shaped by aspects of my C-SPAN viewing over the years. For instance, one of the things I have been working on is creating links within the bibliographies of individual articles for authors whose works have been cited in the creation of those articles, and many of the authors whom I link are people whom I have become familiar with through C-SPAN viewing. For instance, I first became familiar with Stephen B. Oates from the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Booknotes, and other Lincoln and Civil War programming on C-SPAN in the 90s, and recently I went through and made a bunch of links like this one to connect his article with those of some of the topics that he wrote about. I often do that rather than go after the big fish. However, as I said, it would obviously be an event of some significance to get the main C-SPAN article into Featured Article Status, so I will take a look and see what I can contribute. Thanks KConWiki (talk) 23:44, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
- OK - I've made a number of edits to the article, and left a couple of questions/comments on the FAC page. I have a few more things I want to poke around with about this in the next few days. Thanks KConWiki (talk) 05:09, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
- Hi KConWiki. Thanks for taking the time to look over the article. Your changes all look good, I really appreciate you adding in the wikilinks that you did. I've responded to your comments on the FAC page as well. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 21:03, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- Hi again! As of right now the discussion on the FAC page has no votes one way or the other, so I'm following up with the few editors who have been involved so far. Would you be comfortable voting in favor of this being a FA at this point or are there more changes you feel need to be made?
- Also, if there is anywhere you think I should try reaching out to find interested editors, I'm very open to suggestions. So far I have left messages at WikiProject Television, WikiProject Journalism and WikiProject District of Columbia, as well as with the two editors who helped with the Peer review.
- I think I'm going to need more reviews and votes to complete the FA process, so any input you have would be appreciated. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 12:54, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
- I want to take another pass at the article itself this weekend. As for other reviewers, let me think about where we might be able to find interested parties... KConWiki (talk) 03:58, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Recent edits to Brian Lamb
editHi KConWiki! I'm not sure if our paths have crossed before so I'd like to introduce myself: my name is Rhiannon and I work with User:WWB Too. I've been helping him out a bit with his work for C-SPAN and am hoping you might have the time to review a message I posted on the Brian Lamb Talk page. As WWB Too does, I also avoid direct edits, so I'm looking for an editor to take a look at a couple of issues and make what changes are needed. I'd hoped to follow up with a user who had helped me with some other edits to the page earlier this year (User:ProliferatingJade), however they have not been active on Wikipedia since April, so hopefully you don't mind me asking you instead.
My request addresses a couple of recent edits to Lamb's article. One edit added a very minor award Lamb received and is pretty clearly the work of an intern for the organization that gives the award. The second edit was a slight alteration to the introduction to refer to Lamb as a "businessman", which I don't feel is the most accurate way to introduce him. I've explained these issues in more detail on the Talk page. If you have the time to look at this I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 22:57, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
- Hello - I will try to take a look at this over the weekend. Thanks KConWiki (talk) 04:15, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks so much! 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 12:41, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
- And I really should have checked the article Talk before replying here... Another editor has taken a look and made the edits I'd requested. Thanks for your offer of help, though and hope you have a lovely weekend. 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 12:51, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
First Ladies
editGreat to see somebody else interested inFirst Ladies and C-SPAN in general. I think I just got up to about Mrs. Quincy Adams, and then had to wait for more, so it's been mostly miss and hit since. I will recommend that you use the external video link - which I think is about the only way to display a non-profit 1st rate external video on Wikipedia.
If at all possible, please use the external video template:
{{external media | width = 210px | align = right | headerimage=[[File:DolleyMadisonbyPeale.jpg|210px]] | video1 = [http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310726-1&showFullAbstract=1 First Lady Dolley Madison], [[C-SPAN|C‑SPAN]] <ref name="cspan a">{{cite web | title =First Lady Dolley Madison | work = | publisher =[[C-SPAN|C‑SPAN]] | date =March 11, 2013 | url =http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310726-1&showFullAbstract=1 | accessdate =March 12, 2013 }}</ref> }}
All you need to change is the headerimage, the link to the video (twice), title, (airing) date, and access date.
You do not need a header image (just leave it out) but there are usually many images available on Commons that are similar to those shown in the video. The reference is really needed only for the access date, and some people prefer to leave it out entirely.
This template should *not* be placed in the external links section according to WP:External links, but rather where it best relates to the text. That said some folks labor under the delusion that it must be under external links, so a video that is not specifically referred to in the text should probably be fairly low in the article.
Add as much as you want, I'll be busy with other things for at least a month. Smallbones(smalltalk) 20:40, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
- OK, let me see what I can do about all this... KConWiki (talk) 03:14, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
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C-SPAN FAC archived
editHi KConWiki, I wanted to let you know that my submission at FAC has been archived. I believe you and I had resolved all of the comments you raised on the FAC Talk page, but if you have any additional comments or concerns you'd like to address please feel free to share them. I've moved the outstanding parts of the FAC discussion over to the C-SPAN Talk page and hope to resolve these issues there as I plan to resubmit in a few weeks. If you have any additional comments please leave them at Talk:C-SPAN as well.
If you don't have any additional feedback to give, is it OK for me to reach out to you once I've resubmitted? Would you be willing to vote in favor of promoting the article then? Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 22:28, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
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In tribute...
editGreat idea to focus on tribute album categorisation, it's long overdue. I'm still not sure of some of the albums are tribute albums or single composer collections...a distinction that seems far easier to make with albums of classical music, in my opinion. I'll let it slide, though, and follow your lead. Keep up your great work. I've created a Gershwin category, btw. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 18:16, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks for saying so - Gershwin was soon to come on my list. The whole thing is a work in progress, of course, and the "Tribute" label does have a nebulous aspect to it, but I am hoping to help interested readers find albums they are interested in more easily. LMK if any other comments or observations. KConWiki (talk) 02:14, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
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Help with Nicholas Basbanes page
editHi,
You suggested that I could come to you if I needed help. Well. I need it now.
I found this cool thing on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F42tcvvV_pA
A lecture -- "Nicholas Basbanes on the Strange and Fascinating History of People and Paper" posted by the Strand Bookstore in NY on November 14, 2013.
It's quite nice and might be helpful to people, but I don't know if something on dirty old Youtube is an okay thing to post.
Do you know?
Thanks. Dnikkir (talk) 19:41, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
- Hi there - I watched just a minute of the YouTube clip (I will plan on watching the rest later) and it seems like it could be appropriate for inclusion in WP in one way or another. The fact that it was a talk given at the Strand, and that it is on the Strand's YouTube channel gives it some legitimacy. However - The External Links section(s) are pretty packed - They take up almost half the article. It might be better to trim some of those out, or incorporate them into other articles, either as external links or as references. Or, sometimes what I do on articles I am working on is start a section on the talk page where I just park links for potential future use.
- I hate to do anything that would get rid of anything that added value to WP (I am an inclusionist) but at the same time We (I mean the collective "We" of WP editors) should be sensitive to guidelines at Wikipedia:External links.
- I am heading out of town for the holidays soon, but when I return, I will try to see if I can help with some of that. In the meantime, I would say go ahead and add the link, just so as to not lose track of it. KConWiki (talk) 14:44, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks very much. I'll post it now to save it. I appreciate your help. Dnikkir (talk) 16:01, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
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C-SPAN back at FAC
editHi KConWiki, I'm not sure how closely you've been watching the C-SPAN article but I was able to find help to make the last few minor updates to the page that I felt needed to be done before resubmitting to FAC.
If you're interested and available to give the article one final review, it would be greatly appreciated. If everything checks out, I hope you'll be able to voice your support for FA status. The discussion on the FAC page can be found here. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 18:28, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
- I will see if there are any more revisions that jump out at me over the course of the next few days. Thanks KConWiki (talk) 02:18, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
- Well, shoot. The FAC was closed this morning due to inactivity; no big surprise, since the holidays and travel got in the way of my efforts to update the references. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for the support, and I hope you'll be willing to lend your voice again in the future. If you'd even be willing to help me update the references once I've completely re-checked them, that would be awesome as well. Best, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 14:03, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
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Crusade in Europe
editRe Crusade in Europe, I did not write article German prisoners of war in northwest Europe. I merely posted it to Wiki for User:Jtbrown43 who is a newby.--Woogie10w (talk) 19:50, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
Re Crusade in Europe I read the book over 45 years ago and do remember the title on the spine of the book in the library as Crusade in Europe. This link is from E bay [2] --Woogie10w (talk) 19:56, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
- OK - Great - I am going to go make those corrections now. Thanks KConWiki (talk) 20:17, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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editHei i want to creat a new page on wikipedia What should i do that the page should not be deleted?!! Kdh (talk) 22:41, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hello - Let me suggest that you go to the page Wikipedia:Teahouse, which is specifically to help new Wikipedia users with questions like this. What is the page that you want to create? (Actually, maybe you should post about what you want to do on the Teahouse page first.) KConWiki (talk) 00:34, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
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- There were quite a few, and I am working through the process of fixing links that are intended for the movie, as well as those for the book. KConWiki (talk) 13:12, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
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- I must be misunderstanding something - This image is currently being used in the article for Bob Koester, who is the owner of the Jazz Record Mart. Please let me know if I can comment further. Thanks KConWiki (talk) 12:27, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks, I am sure I checked the uasge before tagging it. Agree it's in use. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 19:57, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
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editWikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/WikiUser7. Let me know if you see this pattern again. Good catch!. Doug Weller talk 17:05, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
I will keep an eye out, and I also posted something at the talk page for Asra Nomani. I will update with the sockpuppet investigation. KConWiki (talk) 17:50, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
If we allow articles created by sockpuppets to survive, then we are allowing the sockpuppetteer to "win". I'd be happy to see the article re-created after deletion, with a clean edit history making no credit to a sock of the prolific Novonium. But my reading of G5 is that this one should go. There are no substantial edits by other editors - just attempts to clean up Novonium's horrible referencing style, and addition of categories etc. PamD 08:19, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
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- Hello - It looks as though this anonymous user has been committing vandalism on some Bernie Sanders redirects and some other articles, and I am pleased to see that he or she has been blocked. KConWiki (talk) 02:58, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
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- Hello, and thank you for the contributions you make to WP. We can keep the capitalized term as a redirect; I have addressed the incoming links in question and ended up requesting a page move for the television series to Landmark Cases: Historic Supreme Court Decisions. KConWiki (talk) 02:49, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
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editIt's a self-published book (Gatekeeper Press). I don't think we can cite it.Zigzig20s (talk) 05:37, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
- Please ping me if/when you can find a proper RS. Thanks!Zigzig20s (talk) 06:02, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
- Other than the Peter Nolan book, I am not sure where to go for the Robert F. McPartlin cause of death information, sorry. KConWiki (talk) 13:58, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
- It is so controversial, I feel we need three reliable third-party sources. Billionaires and political corruption...I am surprised there isn't a book (or Wikipedia article) about the entire scandal! Happy editing!Zigzig20s (talk) 00:35, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
- Other than the Peter Nolan book, I am not sure where to go for the Robert F. McPartlin cause of death information, sorry. KConWiki (talk) 13:58, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
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- Thanks - I have all sorts of stuff on my "why not?" list, which I might or might not actually get to.... KConWiki (talk) 11:47, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
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editIn August you moved Jacob_G_Hornberger to Jacob_Hornberger. Then a bot came and deleted Jacob_G_Hornberger. Jacob_Hornberger is just a redirect to a page on a 2002 Senate election. How do we restore the original Jacob_G_Hornberger page? Google shows that the page used to have his bio information on the page. (do I simply click revert on your change?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rjedgar (talk • contribs) 15:47, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Hi - As you noted in your edit summary, there was an AFD discussion on this article (not a discussion I took part in, btw) and it got zapped. I am sure that I did some redirecting about the Hornberger article in conjunction with my side project to add C-SPAN appearances for everyone I can, and also to get different iterations of names of people pointing to the same article as each other. Thanks KConWiki (talk) 21:14, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
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editWhy did you do this? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:24, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
- Hi - I was trying to do several thing at once and got distracted and I pasted in a couple of things not quite the way I ought have, and I ended up having to put my computer down and I was going to go back and address in a little bit. Are you referring to having the list as low importance? I might just back out my own edit to what it was before and move on with things, unless you have a certain way you think would be best. KConWiki (talk) 22:40, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
- KConWiki, Sorry for being obscure. I'm asking why you added the banner. Low importance is the correct decision if you ask me. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:53, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
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Robert Rubin
editHi KConWiki, a long, long time ago you reviewed some proposed changes when I was working with C-SPAN. Now I'm working with someone who once appeared on C-SPAN a lot, former U.S. Treasury Sec. Robert Rubin. His biographical page is missing a lot and could use an update, so I've prepared an alternate draft for consideration. What do you think, would you be interested to review proposed updates for this page if I made them? Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 14:15, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
- Hi - I will see what I can do, but I cannot promise anything prompt. I see you have asked several others too, if any of them are able to get to it more promptly that I can, then they should feel free. KConWiki (talk) 01:24, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
- It's true, I've been trying for about almost two months to get anyone to consider the issues I see with the article, but I haven't received any responses that would make me think others will take it up. When you have time, I think the last request about the 1993 Deficit Reduction Act is simple enough. It was important legislation at the time, Rubin played a key role in its passage, but it's not mentioned at all. And you don't have to use what I wrote word-for-word, but if you agree something about it should be included, use what you like. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 05:55, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
- Hi again, checking in here to say: if you are still interested to review edit suggestions for the Rubin article, let me know if there's anything I can do to make it simpler for you to do so. If there's a format you like, or would prefer to review shorter vs. longer suggestions, I'd be happy to set it up how you like. And FWIW, I haven't had any further responses from other editors and I haven't asked anyone else for the time being, as I want to avoid the appearance of canvassing. Thanks in advance, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 20:40, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
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A different Rubin suggestion
editHi again, wanted to let you know that I did eventually find assistance for the '93 Deficit Reduction Act topic I asked about awhile ago. After that was done, I posted a request suggesting the addition of a subsection called Secretary of the Treasury... I think it's a major omission that there is no section devoted to what he is best known for. But that was more than two weeks ago, and I haven't yet received a response through the edit request queue. If you find a spare moment, I'd love to have your input. You can find the request here. Thanks, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 17:34, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
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editHi KConWiki, just FYI - if a disambiguation page has no primary topic, then the title should be the ambiguous term and the title with '(disambiguation)' is the redirect, not the other way around. I have listed There's Something About a Soldier (disambiguation) and The Girl Who Came Back (disambiguation) at WP:MALPLACED because I'm not sure if swapping titles requires an administrator. Leschnei (talk) 14:09, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
- Hi - Thanks for doing that, I had not gotten to that piece yet - Both of those originally had an ambiguously named title for one of the articles involved (which resulted in some inaccurate links coming in) so I added the parenthetical suffixes to disambiguate. It think it does require an administrator to override an existing name like that, thus I was not able to, and as I say I didn't get to that piece of it yet. (But, as you demonstrated, it didn't take long for someone else to.) Thanks for your contributions. KConWiki (talk) 14:15, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
- Also - Thanks for making me aware of this specific project page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages. I would have probably ended up at one of the pages for general renaming discussion. KConWiki (talk) 14:20, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia Page on the Battle of Issus
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editHi there! I am new to Wikipedia, and I have just written my first article, Alabama literature. In it, I discuss the March trilogy, and I saw that you originally wrote that article. I would love it if you could take a look at my article and give me any advice that you have! Thank you, CatVallejo (talk) 01:42, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
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editThe world of Outlaws dont Race here never did and the Port Royal speedway is the fastest half mile dirt track on the east coast not Selinsgrove speedway , and they took the name speed Palues form Port Royal speedway, get your facts straight, ok Port Royal speedway can sure you guys for this error so have a good day and Please change this info 71.50.194.230 (talk) 16:44, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Cameroonian technology writers
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Category:The Shaggs tribute albums has been nominated for merging
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Speedy deletion nomination of Richard Lyng (disambiguation)
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ITN recognition for Karl Wallinger
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Category:Victoria Williams tribute albums has been nominated for merging
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Category:Stryper tribute albums has been nominated for merging
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Regarding Category:Causes of conditions
editHello, I am puzzling over the contents of Category:Causes of conditions. Would you be good enough to explain what you had in mind when you created the Category back in 2015 - and what you think of how it has been used? Thanks in advance! Anomalous+0 (talk) 08:52, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hi - I don't recall the exact circumstances, but I suspect I was looking at something with Category:Causes of events (created in 2009) and its parent category , and found a number of things that were not exactly single events (i.e., a single stretch of time) but were more long-lasting conditions, and thus I made that category. To me, looking at how it has been used by others since then, it looks just fine. What prompts that question? KConWiki (talk) 15:39, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hi again. Thanks for your reply, KConWiki. I was busy editing on a ton of other stuff and forgot to check back here. I should've asked you to ping me! Anyhow, I want to take some time to re-ponder the category & its contents in light of what you said. I'll get back to you. Thanks again! :) Anomalous+0 (talk) 23:56, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
Breaking references
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- My apologies, I did not realize those references were tied to those entries. KConWiki (talk) 04:15, 1 August 2024 (UTC)