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North Carolina hurricane FT

Julian, what is the status of getting List of North Carolina hurricanes (2000–present) to FL and added to the existing featured topic? The retention period ran out on 21 March, and just as I was preparing to nominate the topic for removal I noticed it was you who made the unsuccessful FLC nom, and figured I would check-in with you first. -MBK₀₀₄ 02:28, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure honestly. It failed due to a lack of comments, and I fear it'll experience a similar issue if I nominate it again. I'll nominate it again to see how it goes. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:30, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Good luck, and I doubt as long as the FLC is running the topic will be nominated for removal, and if it is it won't be demoted as long as the candidacy is still open. -MBK₀₀₄ 02:38, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Don't worry too much; FLCs that run a second time receive a lot more love than the first time around. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:40, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks both. Maybe if I link it a friendly talk page stalker or two will review it... :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:41, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

While we're here, can you fix the italicization in Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 1, 2010 around Iridion 3D? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 02:52, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Sure;  Done. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:53, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Can you help?

This editor[1] appears to have a problem with the Category:Turkish people of Albanian descent being placed on the Mustafa Kemal Atatürk article. Could you drop them a message? I would but after this response on his/her latest edit[2], I don't believe they would listen to me. Thanks. --Kansas Bear (talk) 02:44, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

It would appear that said individual is not listening.[3] Along with removing references and referenced information.[4] --Kansas Bear (talk) 21:40, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Admin coaching

Would you like to be interested in admin coaching me? According to the admin coaching page you have one free capacity slot. —MC10 (T•C•GB•L) 03:37, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi MC, I think for the time-being I'd rather stick to my current admin coaches. I'd be happy to answer any specific questions or offer advice, however. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:44, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

banned user RFA's

You are right. Poor taste. Dlohcierekim 04:14, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Well done!

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thanks for putting a stop to the ridiculous vandalism on the TFA. I haven't seen it that bad for a while. HJ Mitchell | April Fool! 21:05, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

It really is a shame. Thanks for the star. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:07, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

It is. I wish people would find something better to do but I doubt a dozen people have made constructive edits to it since it went up apart from rollback after rollback. It's a sad day when you don't bother editing an article while it's on the main page because you get edit conflicts with vandals and editors trying to revert them. Hopefully tomorrow will be quieter. Best, HJ Mitchell | April Fool! 21:15, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

And I was the instigator of the battle! The grunts never get any respect... Tan | 39 21:17, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Account creator

Hi, could you take a look at my request? Thanks! avs5221 (talk) 14:38, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

 Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:45, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

JCbot editing error

In this revision to Alligator Alley from January: "performing general MOS/capitalization/style changes, Replaced: North-South → north–south, East-West → east–west (2), using AWB"[5], JCbot incorrectly modified the filename of the image in the image link from "East-West" to "east–west", and not just the caption. nandhp (talk) 14:52, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

OK. It's no longer doing this task, so there should be no further errors (I'll keep my eye out for any other hidden ones). Thanks, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:20, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Hurricane Karl (1980)

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Materialscientist (talk) 12:04, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Just want to say Thank You

Thank you for warm welcomes in my talk page. As someone come from a more research background, I have been cleaning up the research and operational meteorology pages that require update. But as you say, plenty of other things require work too, I will try to contribute as much as I can. Scchan (talk) 21:43, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Effects of Hurricane Floyd in New England

Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Effects of Hurricane Floyd in New England you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. –Grondemar 22:52, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Question: After reading this article and the parent article Hurricane Floyd, I'm wondering why Effects of Hurricane Floyd in New England is a standalone article. The Background section in Effects is a summary of the meteological history in the main article, the information in the Preparations section could easily be merged into the Preparations section of the main article, and the six paragraphs of the Impact section could be copied over the one paragraph in the main article. I understand summary style, but it would make more sense to me to merge this article back into the main article rather than keeping it as a standalone. I'd like your thoughts on this before I continue my review. Thanks. –Grondemar 04:58, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Heyyy, I remember this storm. My dad was nearly smacked by a big falling tree branch when he decided to be stupid and venture outside. :/ Trees were down all over the place. —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 05:04, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

I remember it too, but I remember mostly the damage in North Carolina and the massive flooding in New Jersey. The storm did impact New England; I just wonder whether the storm's impact in New England really needs a standalone article. PS: The big New England hurricane I'll always remember is Hurricane Gloria back in 1985, which if I remember right had a far bigger impact than Floyd did in New England. –Grondemar 05:22, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure on the suitability of the article; I'll let JC answer that. I would probably remember Gloria if I had been alive then ;) —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 05:24, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

My long-term plan is to have sub-articles for all regions (see User:Juliancolton/Floyd), in order to present as much information as possible without making the parent article too long or unwieldy. The multiple sources also establish enough notability to justify splitting up the articles. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 12:48, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

OK, looks reasonable. I'll continue reviewing. Thanks. –Grondemar 19:27, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

I passed GA for this article. Congratulations! –Grondemar 04:31, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Just found a new link for Bonnie '98

[6] just in case you wanted this. ;) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 18:48, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Interesting. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:51, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

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What about me Hamtechperson 19:02, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

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Edit request

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 8, 2010, "Moltke" needs to be italicized. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 01:17, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

 Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:42, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

IRONY ALERT!

I'm reviewing a GAN you posted. Hamtechperson 18:19, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Is it me?

Is it me or is it better just to link Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RSMC) in Nadi, Fiji to the FMS or is it worth breaking it into Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RSMC) in Nadi, Fiji? Jason Rees (talk) 14:59, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

The latter, I think. No need to make any particular link too long. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:34, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Jason Rees (talk) 15:41, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Sockpuppet suspension: please re-review

Hi. Last year, you were the admin who made the decision to block me from Wikipedia for being a "sockpuppet". This took place last year. Some references: [[7]] [[8]]

Now, it states that I've been blocked "indefinitely." But I was hoping you might hear me out on this. This won't take a whole ton of time.

First of all, as you can see by my contributions of over three years [[9]], most of the edits I've made are to keep spam out of pages that I was actively monitoring.

The comment that lead to the investigation was on a vote that I was asked to look at. I did and determined it was worthy of a keep vote. I then let a colleague of mine - who works on the same floor as I do for a different company - know and ask for his input as well (not a "keep" vote, mind you, but to look it over and give it an appropriate vote). This is where the Check User then verified that account and mine were running on the same IP. Well, of course we are; we're on the same internet connection because we're on the same floor of a building!

In any case, I can seriously provide documentation that I am not in fact that user; my username is actually a shorted version of my name. The username that is apparently my "sockpuppet account" is a shortened version of his name.

I feel like this decision was made incredibly hastily and without any way for me of responding in any kind of fashion. And it sucks, too, because I was a proponent of Wikipedia and keeping spam out of here.

Anyway, if you could review, that would be great. I promise this won't take too much time for you.--70.99.82.35 (talk) 17:13, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

I can't answer for JC, but just to let you know it probably won't be looked upon favorably to go about requesting unblock in this way. The avenues you're supposed to go through are listed at this place, but evading a block to request removal of said block is not normally well received. As a personal suggestion, stop editing around the block and follow the procedures listed at the link provided. If you really do have documentation, then you have a fair chance of getting unblocked by those means, but much less of a chance if you continue to go about requesting unblock in this manner. Good luck, Ks0stm If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. 17:28, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for that, Ks0stm. I didn't know that I'm apparently evading a block to request removal of said block...? But I'll use the course of action of which you've noted. Thanks.--70.99.82.35 (talk) 17:41, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm willing to assume good faith and unblock you, as long as you try to avoid persuading others in real life to partake in discussions you're active in. Is that a fair condition? Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:19, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

I would email this offer to him, as I think he took the advice I gave before you got here. =P Just my luck one of these offers comes up the time I tell them it's not a good way to request unblock. Ks0stm If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. 22:16, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

RfC for certification

Hello. You've previously were involved in attempting to resolve disputes between myself and BQZip01. You're specifically mentioned at Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/BQZip01#Harassment_by_following_my_edits as having warned BQZip01 about his actions. If you would, please certify the basis of the dispute at Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/BQZip01#Users_certifying_the_basis_for_this_dispute. Please note I'm not asking you to take sides in any respect, just certify that the basis (or bases) exist for the RfC to move forward. Thank you, --Hammersoft (talk) 21:20, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, but I would rather not get involved at the moment. Hopefully the dispute reaches a resolution soon. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:33, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

• It won't without the RfC. I'm not asking you to be involved; just certify that you attempted to resolve the dispute. --Hammersoft (talk) 03:03, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

• Fair enough;  Done. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:08, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

• Thank you! --Hammersoft (talk) 17:55, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Dating

User:Fetchcomms says on the IRC that you need a date. Is that true :D --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 01:50, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

I have it on good authority that's very true ;-) — Rlevse • Talk • 01:59, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Are you the "must sit at home and have +sysop on at least two Wikimedia projects" type, or the "likes going to the mall and spending all my money" type?  fetchcomms☛ 02:05, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm personally the "hot girl who likes alternative metal and hard rock" type, but that's just me. ;) --Dylan620 (contribs, logs) 02:47, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Hey, I'm not picky. As long as she appreciates the merits of open source, enjoys Flatt and Scruggs, derives pleasure from studying the genetics of Atlantic Giants and knows a thing or two about a surface weather analysis, it's a sure thing. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:13, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

So, JC is saying he's hard up for female companionship; that's what I get out of that ;-). But the unique and esoteric combination of open source, country music, pumpkins, and weather tells me JC's going to wait a long time before he finds someone that fills the bill. — Rlevse • Talk • 15:27, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Hwhat the...? What have I been missing on IRC?? Ks0stm If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. 02:50, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Why not aim low and miss any dissapointments?--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 18:07, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Why aim low? No pain, no gain. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:41, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

True that. But don't come crying home when she never shows up (or likely does not exist!) Anyway, on a good note good luck my friend. Takeing a plunge like that may be scary but its worth it in the long run.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 23:16, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

...what happened to the one from Florida? :( —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 02:58, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

That story may have been embellished a bit. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 12:43, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

JC: I missed the FL gal story, fill me in, and while you're at it, keep a running blog here about your love life ;-) — Rlevse • Talk • 01:19, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

It was rather equivalent to the fisherman's standard You shoulda seen the one that got away! brag, unfortunately. I'll keep you up to date if/when though... –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:28, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Active admin coaching

Split for ease of use.

BQZip01

Sorry, didn't see your response there until just now (I must be more vigilant in the future). A few responses have been given. If you require more, let me know. — BQZip01 — ^talk 22:25, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

No problem, I should probably pay better attention as well. Will respond shortly... –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:07, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Another response is available at your leisure. — BQZip01 — ^talk 04:17, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Yet another... — BQZip01 — ^talk 02:38, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Hamtechperson

And I've Responded As Well Hamtechperson 02:54, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Art thou being tricky? Hamtechperson 00:20, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

I don't believe so. Could you please clarify what you're referring to? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:21, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

re: KingpinBot

I'd be happy to. But first I'd suggest you try updating your AWB version; there was an update to mediawiki recently which change the login process, which means that the old versions of most programs cannot log in. If you haven't updated recently, you'll need to to get AWB working again. Also, the update needs to be manual (I believe), you can't use AWB's update program. - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 11:37, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I got it working. Thanks! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:11, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

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File:Pitru Paksha 2007.jpg

Hi. Can you mark this image has approved in the commons at the date given under the license stated by the author? Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 17:36, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but I'm not exactly sure what you mean. As far as I know, no approval is necessary. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:47, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Oh OK. I was thinking, say in about a year's time. What if the person has a cleanout and deletes some of his old Twitter pages and deletes this by accident. At a later date, what would happen if a commons admin came across the image clicked the source and it was dead. Given the delete until proven inocent scenario that exists, do you think it likely that it would be kept then or would they delete it? Could you just given an approved on given date and your signature stamp next to it. I'd feel a lot more secure that way. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 17:58, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Done. Hope that's satisfactory. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:08, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

That's great Julian. Thanks for that. Regards. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 21:11, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Move request

Please move the deleted page Lists of articles by category to my userspace. I'm researching the history of topic lists, and I need to take a look at the edit history for this deleted page. (It appears to have been deleted via routine maintenance.) The Transhumanist    19:21, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

 Done @ User:The Transhumanist/Lists of articles by category –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:25, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. The Transhumanist    00:51, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Redirect page request

Please create a redirect page List of holidays.

It should point to List of holidays by country.

(Currently, there's only a redirect at List of Holidays).

Thank you.

The Transhumanist    00:51, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

 Done. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:53, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

NY 216 landscape pic

Julian,

I hope you don't mind this. I think I had told you about this picture when we met a couple of weeks ago. Of course, I should really expand the route description a bit ... even for a six-mile–long road, one graf is too short. Daniel Case (talk) 14:23, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Not at all, that's a much better picture. It would also be great if you could add some local details to the RD section. After that, maybe A-Class would be a legitimate goal for the article. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:17, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do. I also just added this to NY 55, which could also do with more work on the east side of the river. Daniel Case (talk) 14:34, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

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It's probably a good idea to poke me before I forget. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:38, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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Admin coaching

Hi there, I noticed that you currently have 1 space left for a coachee. I was hoping that I could fill the slot! I've had a look at your other coaching sessions, and I'm aware that you might not be able to respond quickly all the time, but I'd still really like the opportunity to work with you. Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 18:46, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Sure! I'd be happy to help. Is there anything in particular you're looking for, or just general coaching? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:49, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

At my RfA in January it became apparent that I need to get my understanding of policy down to a tee, and I'm looking at how I can have more...balanced contributions to the project. I think that falls under general coaching but I might be wrong! Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 18:51, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks, but I'm keeping an eye on the page. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:23, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Category:Tropical cyclone articles

Thanks for your note about Category:Tropical cyclone articles. I have added {{hiddencat}} and {{tracking category}} to it so that other editors know that the __HIDDENCAT__ was not added in error, as I had done. Thanks. — MrDolomite • Talk 04:03, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Hurricane Henri (1979) Error?

Hey I was wondering if you could check out my query on the track of Hurricane Henri, and a possible error in relation to it. I really have no idea what to make of the findings Jason Rees helped me get. Cheers -Marcusmax(speak) 21:19, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Not sure to be honest. Thegreatdr (talk · contribs) would most likely be able to produce an explanation. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:59, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for bringin Portal:Capital District up to scratch. You did the hard part. I've begun filling it with content and will continue over the weekend. Seems getting featured is relatively straightforward, so I think I'll strive for that. upstateNYer 21:21, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

I've actually done very little as of yet, but I hope to fix that. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:04, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Added a bunch more articles, got selected panoramas done... can you do something about the DYKs? I'll try to add some from real DYK hooks, but I think you know the article system better than I do up there. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:18, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Move request

Publicly-funded health care → Publicly funded health care, per WP:HYPHEN (no hyphen after -ly adverbs). Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 03:01, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

 Done with hopes the bot will replace the many double redirects. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:53, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

that damn hyphen

Thanks, Julian! Tony (talk) 03:54, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Glad to help. Hope I didn't unknowingly step into some MoS dispute... :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:56, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

File:Nigeria Osun State map.png

Hi. Can you delete this in the commons? I want to reupload and correct the locator mistake asap. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 09:27, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

 Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 12:14, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 18:42, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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tiny correction on Stephen Colbert

Hi, Julian,

I'm doing a story for BirdNote about Stephen Colbert's eagle and happened to notice that "critically acclaimed" in the second paragraph is hyphenated and shouldn't be.

Please tweak when you get the chance.

Thanks,

Ellen Blackstone, Seattle Ellenb127 (talk) 20:15, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Ellen, I fixed the article. Thanks for bring this to my attention. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:30, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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Anon IP ignoring referenced information

This Anon IP[10] is ignoring referenced information[11] changing it to his/her personal opinion, while making disparaging remarks about "The Encyclopedia Iranica".[12] Also, this individual has removed references/referenced information fromt the Ayyubid dynasty article.[13] Could you help? Thanks. --Kansas Bear (talk) 18:18, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

At first glance, since they seem to be willing to discuss the issue, I'm not sure any particular action is necessary outside of standard debate amongst those familiar with the topic. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:23, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Rainbow

Hey, congrats on the RfA. It seems we both protected this at the same time – although my duration was much longer than yours. Just wanted to let you know. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:31, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Julian; Seeing that article's history going for a long block at once might not even be such a bad idea. I wonder what the relation between vandals and rainbows is though... Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 18:34, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Most high-profile articles—even the most innocent ones—are subject to nearly constant vandalism, unfortunately... –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:36, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

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Cyclone Clare

Hi Juliancolton, this GAN review has now reach a point where a pass/not pass decision has to be made. The review is stuck on a rather minor point, are you intending to continue with this nomination? Pyrotec (talk) 19:11, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure how to proceed, to be honest. The only issue is one which I feel I can't address by myself, so it's your call whether to pass or fail it. For now, I've removed the dollar figure altogether, which seems to be the most acceptable solution. Any thoughts? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:17, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

As you have removed the non-verifiable figure, I can now pass the article. Pyrotec (talk) 19:26, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Great, thanks! :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:36, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

GAN backlog elimination drive - 1 week to go

First off, on behalf of myself and my co-coordinator Wizardman, I would like to thank you for the efforts that you have made so far in this GAN backlog elimination drive. It has been nothing short of a success, and that is thanks to you. See this Signpost article about what this drive has achieved so far. We're currently heading into the final week of the drive. At this time, if you have any GANs on review or on hold, you should be finishing off those reviews. Right now, we have more GANs on review or on hold than we do unreviewed. If you're going to start a GA review, please do so now so you can complete it by the end of the month and so that the nominator has a full 7-day window to address any concerns. See you at the finish!

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Deletion review for Trains (video game)

An editor has asked for a Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2010 April 22 of Trains (video game). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review.

Hi Julian, I stumbled upon an article about "Trains" and think, this might change judgement of notability. Bye --Make (talk) 23:37, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Make. That AfD was just under a year ago, so I can definitely see how notability might have changed since then. Thanks for the heads-up. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:39, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Wife selling

There is yet another edit war on the Wife selling article. BarkingPumpkin1981 (talk) 23:02, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

 Done by User:Tcncv. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:20, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Simple Wikipedia

While bored and surfing the ToolServer applications, I found, via this application, I was blocked from Simple Wikipedia for "Abusing one or more accounts". I had previously used a couple sockpuppet accounts here on English Wikipedia, which I have long since been forgiven and unblocked of. I am not sure if the block on Simple Wikipedia is related to that or not. I have made no edits to Simple Wikipedia and would like to be unblocked. I can't ask to be unblocked on Simple as my talk page as been blocked as well. The admin who blocked me, User:Creol, seems to have left both Simple Wikipedia and English Wikipedia.

Oddly, none of my previous or current passwords work on the Simple Wikipedia account, so it might be an account that was made to impersonate me also.

Would it be possible to unblock my account on Simple Wikipedia since I have been forgiven of sockpuppetry on English Wikipedia? Thanks...NeutralHomer • Talk • 01:13, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

 Done out of good faith. Welcome to Simple! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:20, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Sir, much appreciated. :) - NeutralHomer • Talk • 01:24, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Glad to help. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:28, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

I don't think I made the account. It isn't accepting any of the passwords I have ever used. So it is obviously an impersonation account. What should I do? - NeutralHomer • Talk • 01:30, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

I should note that I hold the SUL account for all other "Neutralhomer" accounts across Wikipedia. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 01:31, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

I renamed it. You should be able to go and register it now. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:33, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Registered and taken care of. Many thanks for helping me work that out. Take Care...NeutralHomer • Talk • 01:36, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

A Question

Well, I withdrew you from the competition as requested. However, I am still scratching my head as to why you withdrew. Can you tell me? I'm just a bit curious here. Afterall, last year you were in the final round and you did very well.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 01:35, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Several reasons. I'd like to work in my own time without the concern of making it to the next round, and since I didn't plan on being as involved this year as I was last year, I'd rather give those who wish to participate more actively room to breathe. More importantly, though, my poor sportsmanship exhibited here would make me feel uncomfortable advancing to further rounds. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:39, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry but I fail to see any "poor sportsmanship" anywhere in that FAC. You were all but kind and courteous. I do however understand your first reason. It is stressing trying to advance to further rounds. Anyway, if you can explain that one bit that would be great. I hope to see you in the competition next year ;)--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 01:46, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

The vocabulary I used may have been courteous, but my failure to assume good faith was anything but. It's not worth rehashing however. Best of luck for the rest of the competition and thanks for withdrawing my spot. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:55, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

I would only have called it poor sportsmanship if you saw that FAC go down and then immediately went off to oppose whatever article(s) Sasata was working on. I really don't think it's that bad. I understand why you regret it though. —Soap— 09:57, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Don't mention it. I've lately been beating the judges (or what's left of them) to tasks that are normally assigned to them. Anyway, thanks for the good luck comment. I am still in shock that I have over 500 points and am guaranteed to place second in my pool as well as move on to round three. however, I have a feeling that I'll be eliminated in round three or round four if I can even manage to get there. I'm better at this than I first thought :)--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 02:01, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Just keep at it and you should have as good a chance as anybody. Your editing had definitely improved, at least based upon your comments here, so I see no reason why you can't make it to the last round. Happy Friday :) (goes back to article work) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:10, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the confidence. Happy Friday as well. (God knows I need it...)--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 02:14, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Question on article deletion

Hi there!

I'm very new to Wikipedia and just reading up on all the tutorials and various sections to make sure that I'm getting my head around it all. I've signed up on WP because I'd like to create a couple of articles on a film that we have released recently, which has gotten quite a bit of international coverage, in addition to be being selected for screening at Cannes (hurrah!). I would like to create an article on WP called 'Xero Error (film)', however I've discovered that an article on this previously existed on WP but was deleted due to lack of sources and being in production at the time of writing of the original article.

I just wanted to know what would be the protocol to follow so that I can re-do this article on WP but with complete sources, images/links etc?

Appreciate the help!

Theregos (talk) 09:05, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Hey, welcome to Wikipedia! I deleted that article well over a year ago, so there's a pretty good chance that the movie is now covered by sufficient sources to justify reinstating the article. I can even restore the deleted content into your userspace (for example, User:Theregos/Xero Error; that would allow you to work on the article in your own time before moving it to Wikipedia proper. One thing to note is that people are generally discouraged from writing on topics to which they have a conflict of interest, but I can work with you to ensure any such concerns are addressed. Best regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:32, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

What is the reason of deletion "Abdullah Manaz" page? He is a famous philosopher and tv director in Turkey. His web site is www.manaz.net. Best regards.

Hurricane Douglas (2002) Second GAN

I've renominated it. since you were the last reviewer, would you like to review it again? Buggie111 (talk) 03:46, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

I wanted to thank you for participating in my RfA, which succeeded at 134/4/0. I am truly amazed but equally elated by the result and I hope I am able to serve as a good administrator. It was a surreal experience to succeed, and I will strive to meet your expectations. More specifically, thank you for your support. Last time my RfA was a mess, but you encouraged me to keep working on improving my maturity, content contributions, and myself overall. I am indebted to you for your amazing teaching skills and I am truly humbled that you supported my RfA. Thanks! ceranthor 13:11, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Cool, hand-written thankspam! I like it! I'm confident you'll be an excellent administrator. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:18, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

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Deleted article

An article you previously deleted has been restarted - with a perhaps deliberate mis-spelling at 2010 Motorsport Calendary. You may wish to weigh in at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2010 Motorsport Calendary‎. --Falcadore (talk) 02:40, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up, I'll check in periodically. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:54, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Re: Carmen

Ack, again with the misreading numbers... I thought that this time since it was a US document, the comma would mean it was over one thousand, guess not... Thanks for fixing this... Cyclonebiskit (talk) 16:21, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

No problem, just make sure to look more closely. ;) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:04, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

USRD newsletter

The April 2010 issue is ready to send out. The delivery page for substitution is set up, so it just needs a bot to spam it out. Can you arrange that for me? Thanks, Imzadi 1979 → 16:54, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

 Doing... –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:08, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

FYI minor bot edits won't trigger the orange bar. –xeno^talk 19:14, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Ugh! I keep ticking that box out of habit. Dunno when I'm going to get this right... –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:15, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Yea, it took me a while to remember that one. These days I more and more try to pass the buck by directing people to User:EdwardsBot/Instructions for a DIY solution. –xeno^talk 19:18, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Know anything I can do to orangebarify the new messages (other than mass-rollbacking my bot and then re-rollbacking myself)? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:21, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

WP:SMS edit... –xeno^talk 19:40, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Fishkill Creek

As you may or may not have noticed I've been slowly expanding this one (There are some opportunities for you to take photos here ... perhaps of some of the other tributaries currently redlinked that are a little closer to you than me (I've taken some shots of dams and such in Beacon as well as the estuary)). I nominated it for DYK, only to have someone reviewing it say it wasn't eligible because (get this) it was still assessed as stub-class on the talk page. I raised it to start, but I was told that it should be reasssesed higher and, obviously, I can't do that myself. Would you do the honors? (A B-class will do nicely, thank you ... although I'm so ticked about this that, if I were a drama queen, I would have asked for you to give it FA-class (Or, actually, done that myself). Daniel Case (talk) 18:52, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I have actually been watching the article's expansion; it looks great. I'll keep my camera handy and take some good pictures when I get the chance (especially now that the landscape is looking less gray). I reassessed it as B for now, and I think with some additional polishing and a few more pictures it could be a good candidate for GA. In fairness to the DYK reviewer, it is, to my knowledge, a written rule that the article can't be assessed or tagged as Stub-Class, but of course that's trivial to change. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:14, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

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