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Nice Touch

I like the new page...minimalist to the maximum. But where's Barbie? -RoBoTam^ice 13:11, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I added that to the article. miranda 23:01, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

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Category change on Good Article nominations page

It appears that you deleted the subcategory "Misc." of "Natural Sciences" from Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations. Was that intentional? If yes, was there a discussion about that kind of restructuring? Just wondering because, as a consequence of your deletion, my nomination, World Science Festival, suddenly finds itself in the subcategory "Physics and astronomy" which I would think is misleading. And with "Misc." gone, I do not quite know where to properly put it. Markus Poessel (talk) 00:37, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Fixed that. A subcategory with Misc. along with a general category of misc. shouldn't go together, IMHO. miranda 02:25, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Miscellaneous science" is a good solution, I think. Thanks! Markus Poessel (talk) 15:41, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

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I am now proud owner of a TUSC account! miranda 06:42, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

What is a TUSC account? Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:19, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

The link explains it all. miranda 04:30, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I know. I just wanted to talk with you. I think you are a cool lady. Hopefully we will meet again in the future. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 08:36, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, and best wishes! miranda 04:10, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing :)

Thanks for your review on the article i nominated. I thought that i got rid of all the MOS issues before nominating it, but it looks like i have been slightly sloppy with that. Either way, thanks for the review, it will certainly help with improving this article :) Excirial ^{(Talk,Contribs)} 10:02, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Might want to get a peer review on the article before renominating for GA. miranda 04:47, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Articles Needing Copy Edit

Hello former LOCE member :)

This is an invitation for you to join a brand-new WikiProject that aims to improve the articles tagged for copy edit. This is pretty important to Wikipedia because there are now over 4,000 such articles, some of which need quite a bit of help. This is not a clone of the LOCE because we will not deal with requests for copy edits, but will happily make improvements to articles at our own pace. If you're interested, sign up at the project page!

Cheers, Samuel Tan 02:48, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the invitation. I will check into it later. miranda 04:50, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Translation

Hi Miranda, I tried my best. Regards, --ChrisHH (talk) 18:11, 23 July 2008 (UTC) Trinux is a compact linux RAM-disk distribution, that could be storaged on 1-3 floppy disks: One boot floppy, two add-ons (that's why it's called Trinux). Other Add-Ons could be added by hard disk drive, FTP and HTTP. It's commonly used as emergency system for computers, especially to analzye network problems. An advantage of Trinux is, that it has very low system requirements (4 MB Ram, IDE-HDD..). It's bootable via floppy disk, usb flash drive and CD.

Trinux doesn't have a graphic-based interface and is designed/conceived for prompt-accomplished system administrators. The most important linux prompt tools are available, as well as several other safety-related software (nmap...), portscanners, network tools and a backup software.

Trinux is freeware and available under GPL licence, it's been developed between 1998 and 2003. Its successor is called Ubuntutrinux.

<3 Thank goodness for IRC! miranda 18:18, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

blp spec template

Hiya. A quick heads up... I undid an admin-only template addition you added, since apparently according to the documentation @ Template:BLP Spec Notice/doc it looks like arbcom would get annoyed if non-admins were adding it. Anyway, if I'm missing something, feel free to troutslap me. :P --slakr^\ talk / 07:06, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

The template got deleted anyway. miranda 09:56, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

GA: Burundi

Hi Miranda. Yes, I'd be happy to take a look at the article in the next week. However, there are still some pretty significant problems with the prose and I'd probably want to look it over again once those issues have been addressed. Though I'm sure he means well, User:Bsrboy has attempted to correct some of the issues I mentioned in the GA review, but in the process has created a new batch of problems. For example, a comment I made about the vagueness of the sentence "The disputes eventually lead to European takeover, and in 1899, the kingdom of Burundi became a German colony", has turned into this:

The disputes with Ntare II Rugamba's sons' (Bezi and Batare) lineages left the kingdom of Burundi in an unstable state during the late 19th century.[7] Eventually the king's son-in-law sided against him and allied with the Germans. This resulted in the kingdom of Burundi becoming a German colony in 1899.

This revised sentence just leaves a whole number of other questions unanswered such as:

• Who is "Ntare II Rugamba"?
• Before this information is provided, the article says that Burundi was ruled by a number of chieftans. How is the country suddenly a kingdom?

The Tutsi's established it. Throughout the Tutsi's early occupation in the region, agriculture techniques were introduced, a feudal system was established with [[List of Kings of Burundi|chiefdoms], and the relationship with the Hutus was maintained. miranda 06:53, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

• Who's the king's son-and-law?
• What was the nature of the disputes?

 Done clarified those a little bit. The information is confusing somewhat. miranda 06:53, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

There are a number of instances where Bsrboy has marked items as "Done" even though I do not believe the comments have been sufficiently addressed. You may want to take a look at the items that user has checked off to make sure they were completed adequately. I'm watching both the article and the peer review, so when the prose is cleaned up a bit more I'll go ahead and draft a second GA review. Best always, epicAdam (talk) 04:05, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I have noticed that. Plus, I am making this into American English, since I am American. I will focus my time researching your issues. Thanks a lot for your help. miranda 04:09, 24 July 2008 (UTC)