User talk:Melicans/Archive 11
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Hello
Since you thanked me for my improvements, I've resurected Yahweh into an article again. Any advice? I plan on adding more info and a live performances section hopefully when I get more free time. BV talk 05:27, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
- It looks like a pretty good start after a quick skim. I can't really think of anything to advise beyond adding more detail into every section if it can be found. I've added {{find}} to the talk page; that might help you in finding mentions in articles, or even books that you don't have access to. It definitely helped me with "City of Blinding Lights"; more than I can describe in fact! It's pretty late here at the moment, and I might not get a chance to look at it in more detail until Tuesday night. If anything leaps into my mind in the interim, I'll definitely let you know. Cheers, Melicans (talk, contributions) 06:11, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Melicans, I've placed your GA nom of "Mothers of the Disappeared" on hold and left some comments on the talk page. Cavie78 (talk) 17:41, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks very much for reviewing! I'm just about to head out to class, but I should be able to get to them when I finish in a few hours time. Thanks again! Melicans (talk, contributions) 18:28, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hey, thanks for getting my user page repaired. Don't know why user pages get attacked, you would think people have better things to do with their time ... Wasted Time R (talk) 11:34, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
- No problem at all. I was shocked with what they put on there. Obviously some sore vandal or disgruntled editor who thought it would be funny. Bastards, eh? Melicans (talk, contributions) 18:58, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
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U2 in Sydney - I'm in withdrawal
after 2 nights at the front...[1] --Merbabu (talk) 09:56, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
- Hahah, after that performance I'm not surprised! I'm so jealous that you got "All I Want Is You"! Can't imagine how much of a thrill that must have been. Melicans (talk, contributions) 15:39, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Beautful Day
Actually I am thankful you amended teh presentation. I just didn't look at the talk page, before opening a section for Lee DeWyze, that's all. In any case I am adding further known versions. I had added Norwegian Kurt Nilsen, and now I just added added Sanctus Real. There is also a version by Axel Rudi Pell... It just shows you how popular the song is. But the legacy section didn't mention any of those. Many happy returns to you too werldwayd (talk) 05:41, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
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Do you have access to old newspaper/magazine articles?
I'm trying to access some old reviews of U2 albums from the early 80s, but the information is rather difficult to come by without archival access (e.g. Washington Post, LA Times, etc). And @U2's archives from these years is limited. Do you have any access to archives that might have these sorts of articles? Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk • contributions) 20:13, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
- I can check through my University's library once I'm back on campus in a few days. They may have something through the online database access. Are there any albums/reviews you're looking for specifically? Melicans (talk, contributions) 05:53, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah, I sent the same request to Dream out loud and he emailed me a few articles. Let me filter out the ones I don't yet have and I'll get back to you. Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk • contributions) 18:32, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- Here's a few:
- "SPIRIT AT CORE OF 'JOSHUA TREE'" - Sacramento Bee: April 12, 1987
- "RIGHTEOUS THUNDER IS U2'S LATEST" - Miami Herald: March 22, 1987 Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk • contributions) 21:07, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
- Here's a few:
- Yeah, I sent the same request to Dream out loud and he emailed me a few articles. Let me filter out the ones I don't yet have and I'll get back to you. Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk • contributions) 18:32, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
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WP:NSONGS
Melicans
Someone redirected Slug to the Passengers album citing WP:NSONGS. I am sure that it used to read notability is established by charts, awards, etc, OR existence of reliable sources. Yet, now I read it and it says AND reliable sources. That’s a big difference.
Any ideas? Cheers --Merbabu (talk) 21:49, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
- The funny thing about NSONG is that it doesn't even say that songs with awards, covers, etc. are notable; just that they are probably notable. My reading on it is based on this part: "Notability aside, a separate article on a song is only appropriate when there is enough verifiable material to warrant a reasonably detailed article; articles unlikely ever to grow beyond stubs should be merged to articles about an artist or album." This has always been my argument for having "Slug" as a separate article, and a merge discussion at Talk: Slug (song) midway last year affirmed that. I certainly feel that there is enough verifiable material that has led to a "reasonably" detailed article. Melicans (talk, contributions) 23:00, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
- As currently written, the existence of reliable references is not a criteria for notability. It says songs must meet the criteria (awards, charting, etc) AND have reliable sources. That’s different to eith meeting the criteria of awards, charting, etc OR having reliable sources. Obviously, the Slug article depends on the latter interpretation – it would not look good at AFD under the former interpretation.
- I’d love to know where that version of WP:SONG was and when (and if) it was changed. If it was not done with proper consultation/consensus then it should be restored.
- cheers --Merbabu (talk) 05:15, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
- If it comes down to a fight over interpreting the NSONGS then I'd argue WP:IAR - ie, ignore rules that don't help the encyclopedia. There is no way deleting this article (and others in the same boat) is going to improve wikipedia. --Merbabu (talk) 06:12, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
January 2011
What did I add on List of Primeval episodes??? I did nothing wrong. I only cited my edit. I copied nothing from another copywrite holder! This is sooo unfair. Please show me what I did wrong! If you dont, I am going to report User:Melicans. Thank You Kabilan29 (talk) 15:04, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
- The content you added in this edit is identical to the material on this website. You cannot copy information verbatim; doing so is a violation of copyright. Feel free to report me if you wish. You will only be told the same thing. Melicans (talk, contributions) 17:27, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
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Ok Thanks!!!
Thanks for letting me know. I wont do the same mistake agian. Sorry If I had a go at you but I thought you accused me for nothing I did. Thank You! Kabilan29 (talk) 12:57, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
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Primeval
An editor, Fehér Zoltán (talk · contribs), is wreaking havoc on Primeval and related pages, making a large number of ill-advised edits (eg, creating red links, anticipating future events). Both myself and AussieLegend have reverted him several times recently (and if we agree on anything, that is notable). But he continues. He's just now merged another page into it, making a hugely unwieldy article, and then continued to put his pet edits, already reverted several times, into it. He never comments his edits or engages on the Discussion page. I've already reverted him twice today, so I'll just get myself in a 3R if I try to fix it myself. Please have a look and advise. I'm now watching this talk page. Barsoomian (talk) 17:21, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah, you two are definitely in the right. It seems to have lulled for now but I'll keep an eye on it and if it continues then I will get involved in it. I'll leave them a 3RR warning on their talk page; if it keep going, a request for full protection may be necessary. There's already a merge proposal open on Talk:Primeval, right? So the user really has no reason to edit war without discussing it. Melicans (talk, contributions) 19:54, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
- AussieLegend had just discovered this other related article that had been blanked a while ago and proposed to merge it and started a discussion. Zoltán preempted that. I looked at his history; he seems to have made a total of one comment on a discussion page in the last couple of years, and very rarely puts anything in his edit summaries. He's not a deliberate vandal, just ignores everyone else. Barsoomian (talk) 02:53, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
RE:The Lightning Thief PR
No problem! I'll try to provide more insight, then. Thanks, Guy546(Talk) 19:14, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
"Irresistible" Peer review
Hi! Thanks for reviewing the article. I've addressed some issues you pointed out. Please do let me know if you spot more errors or issues. Thanks again. Novice7 | Talk 06:25, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
- No problem; I've responded at the peer review about the rationale. If you have any questions just let me know and I'll get back to you. Good luck with the eventual FAC. Melicans (talk, contributions) 07:09, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
- Hi again! So, I added in some information to the sample, but couldn't find much. I'll be closing the PR on Sunday, so I wanted to ask if there are any more issues you'd like to point out. Thank you. Novice7 | Talk 07:40, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
- Nope, it all looks pretty good. Good luck with the FAC. Melicans (talk, contributions) 09:03, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for all your help. Novice7 | Talk 10:14, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
- Nope, it all looks pretty good. Good luck with the FAC. Melicans (talk, contributions) 09:03, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
- Hi again! So, I added in some information to the sample, but couldn't find much. I'll be closing the PR on Sunday, so I wanted to ask if there are any more issues you'd like to point out. Thank you. Novice7 | Talk 07:40, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
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PR question
It isn't necessarily easy to track down more information for an image uploaded by someone else. By parsing the URL given already on the image description page, I find this more general information page. Going on a hunch and clicking on the Iran-Contra link takes me to to a thumbnail page that identifies the images as "C39273-16, President Reagan receives the Tower Commission Report in the Cabinet Room with John Tower and Edmund Muskie. 2/26/87." (This gives us the missing publication date and an ID number.) Backing up a couple of levels at the source site, I find here that the Reagan Library is maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Going on a hunch, I find a "NARA-image" template at WP:ICT that could be added to the image license page (in addition to a public domain license tag of some sort). As you can see, ferreting out the missing information is like other research, time-consuming and leading who knows where. I think there might be a better digital version of the image in the NARA archives (as opposed to the University of Texas archives), but I don't have time just now to pursue that angle. Hope this helps. Finetooth (talk) 21:33, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
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Hi! Thank you so much for your PR comments. I've nominated it for a FA. I expanded the article a bit more. Please do comment, what do you think of its existing state. Thanks again! – Novice7 (talk) 14:14, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
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Primeval again
Another headbutting match is proceeding at [2]. You do need to be familiar with the show and the webisodes to make sense of this; which I believe you are. The key fact, as I see it, is that the webisodes are clearly placed between episodes 23 and 24 chronologically, unlike some other shows where webisodes run in parallel with the main storyline. So I extended the numbering system to reflect that fact. The numbering I initially applied can be seen [3]. Aussielegend found this offensive and replaced it with his own system. The rest, you can read at the link, if you have the stomach. Barsoomian (talk) 11:13, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
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Hello, Melicans. I am translating the article into Spanish. Can I upload your picture to Commons? Please answer me in my talk page. Regards, мιѕѕ мαηzαηα (talk) 22:40, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
- Well, actually, I've finished it a few hours ago. Thanks for everything :)мιѕѕ мαηzαηα (talk) 02:25, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
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Licensing modified on Leet Wiki image
As the Leet Wiki image is actually available under a free license, I have restored it to your user page. You may keep it or remove it at any time. mechamind90 06:50, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
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Link for you...
Turn up the volume on your speakers (or put on your headphones) and click on the youtube link below and try not to read the page. Listen and how long it is before you can guess (it's music). :-)
[4] --Merbabu (talk) 12:25, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
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Grammys...
What do you think of this this? Seems odd to have the individuals credited with the Grammy. --Merbabu (talk) 03:10, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
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- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Proposed decision for Tree shaping case
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 4 July 2011
- News and notes: Picture of the Year 2010; data challenge; brief news
- WikiProject report: The Star-Spangled WikiProject
- Featured content: Two newly promoted portals
- Arbitration report: Arb resigns while mailing list leaks continue; Motion re: admin
The Signpost: 11 July 2011
- From the editor: Stepping down
- Higher education summit: Wikipedia in Higher Education Summit recap
- In the news: Britannica and Wikipedia compared; Putin award criticized; possible journalistic sockpuppeting
- WikiProject report: Listening to WikiProject Albums
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Tree shaping case comes to a close
- Technology report: WMF works on its release strategy; secure server problems
Where the Streets Have No Name
Hi, Melicans, I'm currently translating Where the Streets Have No Name and I've detected a problem there. U2Gigs.com, as I've mentioned on the talk page, is not a reliable source, since it's a fansite. Since you are one of the main authors of the article, can you replace it for reliable web sites? I would be very grateful if you do so. Greetings, мιѕѕ мαηzαηα (talk) 22:03, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 18 July 2011
- In the news: Fine art; surreptitious sanitation; the politics of kyriarchic marginalization; brief news
- WikiProject report: Earn $$$ free pharm4cy WORK FROM HOME replica watches ViAgRa!!!
- Featured content: Historic last launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour; Teddy Roosevelt's threat to behead official; 18th-century London sex manual
- Arbitration report: Motion passed to amend 2008 case: topic ban and reminder
- Technology report: Code Review backlog almost zero; What is: Subversion?; brief news
The Signpost: 25 July 2011
- Wikimedian in Residence interview: Wikimedian in Residence on Open Science: an interview with Daniel Mietchen
- Recent research: Talk page interactions; Wikipedia at the Open Knowledge Conference; Summer of Research
- WikiProject report: Musing with WikiProject Philosophy
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: New case opened; hyphens and dashes update; motion
- Technology report: Protocol-relative URLs; GSoC updates; bad news for SMW fans; brief news
Ambassador Program: assessment drive
Even though it's been quiet on-wiki, the Wikipedia Ambassador Program has been busy over the last few months getting ready for the next term. We're heading toward over 80 classes in the US, across all disciplines. You'll see courses start popping up here, and this time we want to match one or more Online Ambassadors to each class based on interest or expertise in the subject matter. If you see a class that you're interested, please contact the professor and/or me; the sooner the Ambassadors and professors get in communication, the better things go. Look for more in the coming weeks about next term.
In the meantime, with a little help I've identified all the articles students did significant work on in the last term. Many of the articles have never been assessed, or have ratings that are out of date from before the students improved them. Please help assess them! Pick a class, or just a few articles, and give them a rating (and add a relevant WikiProject banner if there isn't one), and then update the list of articles.
Once we have updated assessments for all these articles, we can get a better idea of how quality varied from course to course, and which approaches to running Wikipedia assignments and managing courses are most effective.
--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:27, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
Template:Original Soundtracks 1 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:07, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 01 August 2011
- In the news: Consensus of Wikipedia authors questioned about Shakespeare authorship; 10 biggest edit wars on Wikipedia; brief news
- Research interview: The Huggle Experiment: interview with the research team
- WikiProject report: Little Project, Big Heart — WikiProject Croatia
- Featured content: Featured pictures is back in town
- Arbitration report: Proposed decision submitted for one case
- Technology report: Developers descend on Haifa; wikitech-l discussions; brief news
The Signpost: 08 August 2011
- News and notes: Wikimania a success; board letter controversial; and evidence showing bitten newbies don't stay
- In the news: Israeli news focuses on Wikimania; worldwide coverage of contributor decline and gender gap; brief news
- WikiProject report: Shooting the breeze with WikiProject Firearms
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Manipulation of BLPs case opened; one case comes to a close
- Technology report: Wikimania technology roundup; brief news
The Signpost: 15 August 2011
- Women and Wikipedia: New Research, WikiChix
- WikiProject report: The Oregonians
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Abortion case opened, two more still in progress
- Technology report: Forks, upload slowness and mobile redirection
The Signpost: 22 August 2011
- News and notes: Girl Geeks edit while they dine, candidates needed for forthcoming steward elections, image referendum opens
- WikiProject report: Images in Motion – WikiProject Animation
- Featured content: JJ Harrison on avian photography
- Arbitration report: After eleven moves, name for islands now under arbitration
- Technology report: Engineering report, sprint, and more testers needed
The Signpost: 29 August 2011
- News and notes: Abuse filter on all Wikimedia sites; Foundation's report for July; editor survey results
- Recent research: Article promotion by collaboration; deleted revisions; Wikipedia's use of open access; readers unimpressed by FAs; swine flu anxiety
- Opinion essay: How an attempt to answer one question turned into a quagmire
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Tennis
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Four existing cases
- Technology report: The bugosphere, new mobile site and MediaWiki 1.18 close in on deployment
The Signpost: 05 September 2011
- News and notes: 24,000 votes later and community position on image filter still unclear; first index of editor satisfaction appears positive
- WikiProject report: Riding with WikiProject London Transport
- Sister projects: Wiki Loves Monuments 2011
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Opinion essay: The copyright crisis, and why we should care
- Arbitration report: BLP case closed; Cirt-Jayen466 nearly there; AUSC reshuffle
The Signpost: 12 September 2011
- News and notes: Foundation reports on research, Kenya trip, Mumbai Wikiconference; Canada, Hungary and Estonia; English Wikinews forked
- WikiProject report: Politics in the Pacific: WikiProject Australian Politics
- Featured content: Wikipedians explain two new featured pictures
- Arbitration report: Ohconfucius sanctions removed, Cirt desysopped 6:5 and a call for CU/OS applications
- Technology report: What is: agile development? and new mobile site goes live
- Opinion essay: The Walrus and the Carpenter
The Signpost: 19 September 2011
- From the editor: Changes to The Signpost
- News and notes: Ushahidi research tool announced, Citizendium five years on: success or failure?, and Wikimedia DC officially recognised
- Sister projects: On the Wikinews fork
- WikiProject report: Back to school
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: ArbCom narrowly rejects application to open new case
- Technology report: MediaWiki 1.18 deployment begins, the alleged "injustice" of WMF engineering policy, and Wikimedians warned of imminent fix to magic word
- Popular pages: Article stats for the English Wikipedia in the last year
Where is the source that confirms that Itv will broadcast this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.198.96.7 (talk) 15:09, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
- I don't want to be confrontational, but I don't think I deleted (and/or reworded) anything that is in any way important. I don't see the point in retaining statements speculating about a deal after it has actually been made, for instance. It's not going to be a "good article" until it has aired at least, and by then there will be plenty of solid facts. Please respond if necessary at Talk:Primeval: New World. Barsoomian (talk) 15:39, 24 September 2011 (UTC)