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Latest comment: 14 years ago by Cs-wolves in topic WPF1 Newsletter (December)

Cast chassis...

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Just noticed your recent edit summary comment and thought you might be interested in the following trivia tit-bit. De Tomaso constructed an Indy 500 chassis that was cast in aluminium. The design had an internal and external skin, with the void between the two acting as the fuel tank. The chassis was cast by Campagnolo and shipped to the US, but there the trail runs cold... Not even the De Tomaso register seem to have been able to find out what happened to it once it reached America. Anyway, that's the only cast chassis I can think of! Pyrope 00:28, 12 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Spelling and other stuff...

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Hey 4 - Just a quick question. Whilst a do agree with you about races, I was wondering what to do about Anglo-American teams. The only team I recall at this moment is Shadow Racing Cars. Should we decide by randomly selecting one from a hat for something? Also, I was looking at try and get back to my old ways and had a look at Ronnie Peterson's article and thought I'd give it a go, just wondering if you might have any material that would help me in my quest to improve it? If not, it's fine, I'll see if the Waterstone's in Crewe has any books/bios on him, I'm sure they would. Finally, apologies for not doing the spoken file for Brabham but I haven't been able to find the time to do it...oh and my voice does actually sound like I'm bored out of my mind over a microphone so it's probably for the best I didn't do it. ;-)

Back to the Peterson point, you wouldn't mind just looking over my edits and telling me where I could expand on? I usually find your pointers a big help when I'm improving an article. If your not in the business of third party reviewing anymore then, once again, it's fine. --Phill talk Edits Review this GA review! 18:07, 29 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

A quick note of thanks

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Thanks again for your comments on the Motor Sport digital archive. I finally got the '80s CD a couple of days ago and I've had some fun looking at the contemporary reports, especially the editorials which aren't too much different from those of today! It should also come in useful for my plan to expand the 1982 Monaco Grand Prix article at some point.--Diniz(talk) 18:29, 3 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

WPF1 Newsletter (September II)

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--Diniz(talk) 18:36, 3 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thankyou

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Thankyou for being a pleasure to work with during my time on WP, I really appreciate it. You've even got a mention on my userpage. ;) Lradrama 07:13, 6 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

FIA vandalism

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Please warn the vandals after reverting the vandalism. With no warnings given, it becomes difficult to report and block them. LeaveSleaves talk 11:39, 18 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Damon

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Thanks! Felt it was better than not having a reference. Readro (talk) 17:39, 24 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

After a look at the redesigned article, I'm torn. It's in much better shape now, in terms of writing and structure, and I appreciate your hard work. Still, I can't say that it's the best it can be. The general F1 references remain my biggest concern, and I still see some little awkward sentences, though not as many as before. I am leaning towards nominating the article due to its age as an FA (an effort is being made to review FAs of this era), but I want you to know the purpose of FAR is to raise old articles to modern standards. Downgrades only happen when this doesn't occur, and articles with dedicated editors usually find a way to retain their status. Giants2008 (17-14) 23:29, 1 November 2008 (UTC)Reply
Okay, I just nominated it. As you said, we'll see what happens. Giants2008 (17-14) 02:21, 6 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Oil shale extraction

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Hi, 4u1e. In spring, you conducted an informal review of the Oil shale extraction. Although the article was not promoted to the FA status, your review was a great help for improving the article. The main reason, why this article was not promoted, was a prose. However, I am going to renominate this article after some improvements. I hope you agree to review this article again and help to bring it to the FA level. Thank you in advance. Beagel (talk) 19:16, 2 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hey

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Justin Wilson and Darren Manning are Indycar racers, not Formula One racers. Indycar is not controlled by the FIA. Bookp (talk) 23:12, 5 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

WPF1 Newsletter (October)

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--Diniz(talk) 15:20, 6 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Re: I was

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Thanks for the kind words. DH85868993 (talk) 13:16, 8 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Herbert Greenfield

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Thanks very much for your review - your comments all look helpful, and I'll act on them later today. It was especially good to have somebody who wasn't familiar with Canadian political terminology do the review, to help me reduce use of jargon (I just sort of assumed that "caucus" and "riding" were common to all Westminster democracies, but apparently I'm wrong). Cheers, Sarcasticidealist (talk) 16:29, 8 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, I'll try to have a look at your article tomorrow sometime. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 01:05, 11 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Danica Patrick

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I've removed unsourced content at Danica Patrick per Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. This is not to be reverted. The BLP policy applies to all content, positive or negative. --- RockMFR 16:01, 17 November 2008 (UTC)Reply


Eddie Irvine re FFord Championship re FFord Festival

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Aware as I am that these are different things, I linked to the former as that is the only place I could find it mentioned. The festival may well merit its own page but as you say does not have one yet. I can see what you mean though. Britmax (talk) 19:03, 17 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the remark re infoboxes. I have put an embryo Formula Ford Festival article up for contribution and comment re your suggestion. Feel free! Britmax (talk) 22:08, 25 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Dyppel

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Hi. Thanks for the feedback on Dyppel. I'll take a look at Max Mosley as soon as I have the time to. Mikkel (talk) 14:06, 18 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Senna and Ground effect

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I don't know if it is true or not if the accident in question can be (partly) contributed to a sudden lack of ground effect induced downforce (however, you are probably correct and due to my limited knowledge in this matter I will not argue), but in any regard you are of course correct about the vandalism tag, please accept my apology, it was of course completely incorrect to use that tag in this case. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Posix memalign (talkcontribs) 20:36, 18 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

2008 Italian Grand Prix

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Hi. Thanks for your comments at the Brazilian GP PR, which is now up for GA. If you have a moment, could you take a look at my most recent work and comment on the peer review here? I'm more than willing to reciprocate the favour on any of your articles (reviewing, copy editing etc.) Cheers, Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 04:14, 1 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

WPF1 Newsletter (November)

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Cs-wolves(talk) 12:36, 2 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

F1 Racing

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I wasn't going to reply on the PR page, but here it is, in Letters:

The closing guitar solo on Demolition Man by Def Leppard is credited to Damon Hill. Is this really the 1996 world champion?

-Some dude in the US

Wikipedia says "yes"; it must be true

Told you not get excited. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 23:13, 4 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

WP:F1 Talk

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Thanks for weighing in. It was getting a bit circular with the four of us, hence why I stopped responding. --Narson ~ Talk 18:42, 5 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

2008 Japanese Grand Prix

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Hi. This article is currently up for PR here. Any comments you have would be useful. As before, I am more than willing to return the favour. Apterygial 02:45, 9 December 2008 (UTC)Reply


Saruman

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I think your right. I was thinking much the same as you were, and was wondering if I should remove some of the quotes. I've removed the line you've mentioned-I agree with your point there. But as for as the quotes, I suggest you remove whichever seems unnecessary. I've made a few changes: see if they are enough.User talk: Steed Asprey - 171 11:28, 10 December, 2008 (UTC)

1964 Gabon coup d'etat

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Hey! Would you mind verifying the French sources at the above linked article? ~the editorofthewiki (talk/contribs/editor review)~ 16:18, 20 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

I apologise for my ignorace, but what is the language helpdesk? The radio url is simply a description of the broadcast; User:Polaert sent me a recording. ~EDDY (talk/contribs/editor review)~ 20:08, 29 December 2008 (UTC)Reply
Now could you check the French books, for Leon M'ba and the coup? Please paste your results (ie if the articles are correct or not. ~EDDY (talk/contribs/editor review)~ 23:16, 30 December 2008 (UTC)Reply
I meant to ask if you could check out the books (damn fast typing!) from a library. ~EDDY (talk/contribs/editor review)~ 23:38, 30 December 2008 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, I don't own a scanner. I'll see if User:Politizer can get them for me. ~EDDY (talk/contribs/editor review)~ 23:45, 30 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Of interest

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Don't know how often you check out autosport but I thought you might find this interesting. The quotes really shoot the old chap in the foot. --Narson ~ Talk 16:58, 20 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

from the past

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Hello, seasons greatings! I'm still about watching MM! Many thanks for reminding people of the work I put in to the article. I've stepped back becasue I think I couldn't really offer much more, and he made me angry when he spoilt our shot at a FA. I am still mulling over a clean up of Frank or Ron but I haven't got enough sources for either. Tommy turrell (talk) 19:57, 21 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

from the future

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What else could I name the section? :) I tagged MM, and explained the little things on the talk page. The other thing is, with the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix FAC swinging my way, I'm thinking of nomming 2008 Japanese Grand Prix for FA, but the PR is still open. Were you thinking of adding more comments? If not, fine; if so, I'll keep it open. No pressure to add comments, but the bot will probably close it if nothing gets done for a while, so I want to make sure. Apterygial 11:44, 24 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Very good! (we should do this on every talk page!) Thanks. I'll give it a copy edit and then nom it. Merry Christmas (it's only an hour away here, but look! there's Santa!) Apterygial 12:28, 24 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

I dunno, you probably already have seen this, but you might want to take a look: [1]. Apterygial 11:46, 28 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

WPF1 Newsletter (December)

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Cs-wolves(talk) 04:12, 31 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Lockdown (2008)

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Hello, you may not remember me but you took under part of the above article's GA review a few months ago. Well thanks for taking the time to review the article for as little or long as it took. It recently passed its second FAC and became a Featured Article. So any comments you left during its GA review helped get it to the status it is today and I want to say thank you.--WillC 05:12, 4 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thank you.

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Thank you for your patience working with me on the Scuderia Ferrari article 4u1e. I hope you like the solution provided by DH85... He seems to think just like you do regarding the future of this article. Thanks for helping me survive my first real Wikipedia edit! Timoleon (talk) 09:50, 9 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Japan GP FAC

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You could have done this a little sooner! :) It's fine, if you have problems with it I'm more than willing to work through them with you. I think though, that the change you did make makes that sentence a little too long; I found it quite hard to follow when I read it. Apterygial 09:15, 19 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

I can't really help you edit those sentences; I agree with the reviewer after you who found the "short, staccato sentences... a breath of fresh air", which, given the heat in this country, could only be a good thing. Apterygial 04:59, 20 January 2009 (UTC)Reply
I thought that was the best IP I'd ever seen! You've even got people imploring you to create an account! You're certainly entitled to your opinion, and I don't really disagree with any of the edits you did. I was always taught to have short, concise sentences. Like this one. And this one. Actually, that one started with "and". Can't have that. Whoops, a contraction. Apterygial 08:49, 20 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

WPF1 Newsletter (January)

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Cs-wolves(talk) 16:02, 2 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Villeneuve

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Hi

Just wondered if you wanted any help with the article, I appreciate you may not need it, but just wanted to offer if necessary :¬)

Cheers--Chaosdruid (talk) 00:50, 6 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Schumi

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Hi

I will have a look then and try and get the prose sorted out first, as you prob know more tech details lol

Can you also go and check Schumi page ? someone edited it a lot today, and I thought some of the comments were PoV as well as others being non-neutral, so would appreciate a second opinion as I keep reading the same things over and over and I'm starting to lose objectivity. I will prob have most time free tonight in about an hour or so and will check Vill. then

cheers--Chaosdruid (talk) 20:10, 6 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Edits to Villeneuve

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Hi

Not a problem, that's one of the good things about wiki, I can make mistakes and you can correct them ! Please continue to do so lol

cheers--Chaosdruid (talk) 17:12, 7 February 2009 (UTC) PS - I would say that IMO short sentences do not read well, hence the taking out of . and joining themReply

Personally, I think you should to some extent own it, although I know it's against Wikiworld ethics lol, you have deep knowledge and your copy writing is great. I was rather trying to explain why I had done it rather than complain about it. For example some of the Schumacher paragraphs are much better since you changed them.--Chaosdruid (talk) 18:17, 7 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

2008 Chinese Grand Prix

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Hi. If you've got a minute, I'm interested in some feedback on this article in light of your comments at the last FAC, at the PR here. I changed my writing style slightly after that, and I just want to make sure I'm on the right track. Thanks, Apterygial 03:40, 9 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Re: Mosley

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The judge's ruling is at [2]. The relevant bit is:

121. As it happens, some of the women were rather reluctant to accept the description “prostitute”. (For the purposes of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, the term is defined by reference to providing “sexual services” in return for payment: s.51(2) of the Act.) Several of them offer a variety of services on their website (usually spanking or being spanked in various guises) but expressly warn that they do not offer specifically sexual services. They apparently made an exception in “Mike’s” case and threw in a bit of sex, as it were, as an “extra” between friends. Indeed, sometimes they were not paid at all. As they liked the premises and found the atmosphere relaxing and congenial, things developed from there, Indeed, although the Claimant’s sexual activity as revealed in the DVD material did not seem to amount to very much, some of the women stayed on after the party was over and indulged in same sex action purely for their own entertainment.

It's not so much that prostitute is necessarily wrong, but it seems to be a matter of POV, and definition. Perhaps there is a better word than "sex worker", I just feel we should be wary of using "prostitute" if the label seems to be disputed by some of the women. Mdwh (talk) 23:11, 11 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Ralph Bakshi

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Hi. I clarified your concerns about the citations. You may want to rethink your opposal of the FAC. (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 23:57, 12 February 2009 (UTC))Reply

  • Listen, I really do not appreciate you opposing the FAC on the basis of problems that simply are not there. It's really damaging to the article's success for one reviewer to barely glance at the article and post an opposition. This tends to cause people to overlook the article and further impairs its recognition. I just find this really poor form for another editor to do something like this. (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 05:12, 13 February 2009 (UTC))Reply

WPF1 Newsletter (February)

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Cs-wolves(talk) 09:42, 5 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Saruman

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Just curious: what do you have against "before" [3] and "appear" [4] ? Elphion (talk) 19:37, 15 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

OK, I grant you "appear". Elphion (talk) 19:40, 15 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

(Webster's 7th): "before adv 1. in advance: ahead; 2. earlier, previously." Yes, it is also a preposition, but a perfectly good adverb. In this context, I think "before" reads better than "earlier". No big deal; the edit just struck me as peculiar. Elphion (talk) 22:30, 15 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Safety car

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No worries man. Cs-wolves(talk) 19:02, 31 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

LOTR as "trilogy"

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Good additions to Saruman. But "trilogy" makes me cringe a bit. Tolkien reacted emphatically against its being applied to LOTR, as to him the books constituted a single novel, not three related novels. I see that you are trying to avoid confusion of "book" and "Book III" (a Good Thing), but I would advise avoiding "trilogy". Elphion (talk) 00:58, 2 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

Forti

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Your edit was both accurate and an improvement; thank you for making it!--Diniz(talk) 20:53, 2 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

WPF1 Newsletter (March)

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Cs-wolves(talk) 12:11, 7 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

2005 United-States Grand Prix

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Why did you remove the logo of the event? Kalel2007 (talk) 22:29, 16 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

2005 United-States Grand Prix

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Let me understand... you say an article that describe the event in over 300 lines is not enough to put the event logo on it? Kalel2007 (talk) 22:53, 16 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

April Newsletter

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Chubbennaitor 19:42, 6 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

2008 Monaco Grand Prix

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If you have any time, and in light of your comments at Japan's FAC, could you please take a look at 2008 Monaco Grand Prix for me and let me know if you have any concerns about it at its PR? Your PRs in the past have been very useful, and I'd love to get your eyes in on this one. Thanks, Apterygial 08:49, 12 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

WP:FOUR

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You have a current nominee at WP:FOUR. We are trying to clear out the log of nominees without having the nominator confirm the eligibility. If you have a chance could you help confirm a nominee or two.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 21:19, 19 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

1995 Brazilian Grand Prix

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Hi 4u1e. I noticed you a while back reviewed one of the other 1995 Grand Prix article I've been working on - the 1995 Japan GP article. I was wondering whether you could peer review the 1995 Brazilian Grand Prix article for me, leaving you're comments here. If you could make any comments at the PR, that'd be great. Kind regards, D.M.N. (talk) 17:09, 23 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

WPF1 Newsletter (May)

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Cs-wolves(talk) 01:40, 2 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Marc Gené

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I saw your edit regarding Gené's nationality - you probably read the talk page discussion, and I did suggest this method to him, but he went his own way. Quite a difficult chap! Let's see if he "allows" it! ;) Bretonbanquet (talk) 21:59, 16 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

I agree, I think the consensus we have about the British drivers is not only fair but it seems to please most people. So I thought it would work for our Catalan friend too, but he certainly feels strongly about it. I lived in Spain for a time and I've always been very sympathetic to the causes of the various Spanish regions, but you sure can't please all of the people all of the time! Keep up the good work, Bretonbanquet (talk) 21:35, 17 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

ISC

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My point was that it is possible (however ridiculously) that a driver of one nationality can compete representing another country. Anyways, I trust we aren't entering F1 in near future and hence don't need to worry about these iota details! Cheers! LeaveSleaves 17:44, 23 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

WPF1 Newsletter (June)

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--Midgrid(talk) 15:18, 6 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Brabham BT46 GA Sweeps: On Hold

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I have reviewed Brabham BT46 for GA Sweeps to determine if it still qualifies as a Good Article. In reviewing the article I have found several issues, which I have detailed here. Since you are a main contributor of the article (determined based on this tool), I figured you would be interested in contributing to further improve the article. Please comment there to help the article maintain its GA status. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talkcontrib) 00:21, 18 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Congratulations, and you should have enough time to address the issues. The article can be on hold for several weeks, I just don't want it to drag out too long. The deadline is mostly to spur some editors into action, and if no actions are taken in the first week, it's usually failed so that I can move on to other articles. If you need help with any of the issues let me know. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talkcontrib) 17:12, 18 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

WPF1 Newsletter (July)

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Cs-wolves(talk) 22:30, 3 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

Rudolf Caracciola

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Just to let you know, I am intending to take the article to FAC this weekend, as I want to be able to book the main page spot as soon as possible. Don't feel pressured or obliged to add any more comments, as useful as they would be, but I'm already concerned I've left it a little late. Thanks, Apterygial 11:11, 4 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

I have a strange feeling that there is something on Caracciola and Neubauer in Autocourse 2003-04. Would you be able to confirm that? If it takes too long to find, don't worry, as I don't know what page it's on. :) Thanks. Apterygial 02:06, 16 August 2009 (UTC)Reply
I wouldn't bother. I was just looking at google books, and I thought there was an outside chance that short bit from Autocourse might be something. Doesn't look like there is anything in the other ones, anyway. Thanks for looking. Apterygial 00:00, 17 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

Shiny thing!

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The Original Barnstar
For a hell of a lot, but mainly just being there offering help when it is most needed. Apterygial 11:09, 1 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

I just wanted to thank you for the help you gave me on Rudolf Caracciola, and all the articles I've worked on before that. I've really appreciated the comments you have left on the FAC page, it makes things a lot easier when there is someone else putting in their two cents and offering a new perspective. Apterygial 11:09, 1 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

WPF1 Newsletter (August)

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Cs-wolves(talk) 14:47, 7 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of Saruman

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The article Saruman you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Saruman for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of said article. If you oppose this decision, you may ask for a reassessment. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:12, 10 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Shale oil extraction

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Hi, 4u1e. One and half year ago you assisted to review the Shale oil extraction article. After extensive work with this article, there is a plan to renominate this article for FAC. I wonder if you still agree to take a look and assist by reviewing it before proceeding with the FAC renomination? Thank you in advance. Beagel (talk) 15:18, 20 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

WPF1 Newsletter (September)

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--Midgrid(talk) 10:34, 5 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

WPF1 Newsletter (October)

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Cs-wolves(talk) 15:35, 9 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

WPF1 Newsletter (November)

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Cs-wolves(talk) 23:42, 7 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Montoya, M Schumacher, Alonso.jpg

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A tag has been placed on File:Montoya, M Schumacher, Alonso.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image page for a missing or corrupt image or an empty image description page for a Commons-hosted image.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. JaGatalk 22:04, 14 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Request for copyedit help

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User:Awadewit has suggested a short list of editors to help copyedit Seattle Sounders FC in preparation for an FA review (it has failed one already). You were among the editors she suggested. Please, if you have time available, would you mind contributing some of your copyedit skills to this article. Thank you! --SkotyWATalk|Contribs 17:15, 16 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

One of the four editors Awadewit suggested has responded so the immediate need has been meet. That said, your copyedit skills are still welcome if you feel so inclined. Thanks. --SkotyWATalk|Contribs 05:25, 18 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

WPF1 Newsletter (December)

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Cs-wolves(talk) 10:26, 31 December 2009 (UTC)Reply