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Re: Tip O'Neill Award FLC?

Are you still up for co-nominating this as an FLC? There's just the prose in the lead left for expansion/revising. I currently have one active FLC that only has one support vote, so the only way the Tip O'Neill Award list can be nominated is if you do the co-nomination. Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 22:46, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes, still interested. Just busy. I'll work on it this week and nominate it shortly thereafter. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:07, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! —Bloom6132 (talk) 19:23, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

I've made some edits. I'll look at it again later today (with an eye on similar FLs) and nominate within 24 hours. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:49, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Braden Shipley

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Thanks

Hey thanks man I checked mlb.com the and the angles 40 man roster and It didn't show him on there yesterday! But now I just saw that you undid it and then I checked mlb.com again and he was on the roster haha so I appreciate it bro.Kingryan227 (talk) 21:08, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

No problem. Weird mistake on MLB.com's part. It's always good to look at the reports to confirm. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:36, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

I know I usually use mlb.com so I think that it is pretty valid but they will make that mistake when they remove someone from the roster than add them again the next day. Plus I use mlbtraderumors.com for my changes as well like the one that I did to Chris Nelson when the angles claimed him off of waivers from the Yankees.Kingryan227 (talk) 04:40, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

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Here it is. Feel free to add an alternate hook. AutomaticStrikeout  ?  20:14, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

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Help with Jim DeMint article

Hi Muboshgu, I see that you're interested in Politics and have made a couple of minor edits to Jim DeMint's article this year. I'm hoping you would be willing to take a look at a request I have for this page. I'm asking for help with this request because I work for The Heritage Foundation, where DeMint is now the president, so I don't think I should edit this article myself. The request is pretty simple, I'm just looking to revise and update the "Business career" section of his article, which is currently incomplete. If you have a moment to look at my request it's on DeMint's talk page here. Thanks! Thurmant (talk) 20:33, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi. I appreciate that you're aware enough of the conflict of interest policies on this. It looks good, and I'll do it today. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:36, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

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A modest proposal

Hi Muboshgu. I've done a fair amount of expansion on Chris Bando, but, while it is most of the way to DYK eligibility, it is also still rather barebones. I would appreciate if you'd be willing to fill it in a little bit more. Of course, you'd be able to get DYK credit for it too. AutomaticStrikeout  ?  22:11, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Alright. I can join in. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:15, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Superb! Thanks. By the way, I've already taken care of the DYK review. AutomaticStrikeout  ?  22:16, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

What's the hook? – Muboshgu (talk) 22:39, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Well, there is the fact that Bando's batting average was .291 in 1984 and then dropped all the way to .139 the following season. That was the information I was planning to use in the hook. AutomaticStrikeout  ?  22:41, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Not sure how "interesting" a reviewer will find that. I don't know that I find it so interesting; I feel like that happens in baseball all the time. His CWS catcher of the 1970s might be more interesting. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:09, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

It's up to you. You're more in tune with the pulse of the reviewers. AutomaticStrikeout  ?  23:10, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

FWIW, there's an unwritten rule that Indians from 1960-1990 are automatically uninteresting. Though he did hit a home run to help clinch the CWS title, perhaps that's something. Wizardman 23:22, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Well, aside from Carlos Baerga, Len Barker, Buddy Bell, Joe Carter, Joe Charboneau, Rocky Colavito, Mike Hargrove, George Hendrick, Duane Kuiper, Sam McDowell, Gaylord Perry, Jim Perry, Frank Robinson and Luis Tiant, you may have a point there. AutomaticStrikeout  ?  23:32, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

LOL Wizardman. That's just a feeling, but there's no harm in proposing multiple hooks. In fact that's always a good idea. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:36, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Sounds fine to me. AutomaticStrikeout  ?  02:39, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Wizardman is right, Jim Thome wasn't around until '91 . By the way, I just went through an unsuccessful FAC and am at a bit of a loss for what to do with that article. Any of the three of you mind taking a look? Thanks. Go Phightins! 23:23, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award

FYI- since you created the original redirect, I thought it prudent to notify you I created a stub of the article. Go Phightins! 00:48, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

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Wow that was quick. I think it's ready for a review now, but I'll be out of town for all of Memorial Day weekend, so no rush at all. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:36, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

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Tip O'Neill Award FLC

Could you help address some of the comments made at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Tip O'Neill Award/archive1? I've responded to some, but I'm kinda unsure of how to tackle the rest. Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:14, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, just back from a Memorial Day weekend trip. I'll take a look today. – Muboshgu (talk) 14:59, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

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United States Senate special election in New Jersey, 2013

You created a page for a Special US Senate race to fill the vacancy left from the late Frank Lautenberg. However in New Jersey, as well as most states, a vacancy for the US Senate is appointed by the Governor.

I am assuming you created the page due to the special election in Massachusetts. However this has only been the case since 2004, when the Democratic legislature took away then-Governor Mitt Romney's power to appoint a US Senator in the case John Kerry won the Presidential Election.

I have edited the page to inform people there will be no special election for the US Senate, and if you can please delete the page. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.12.148.116 (talk) 17:21, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Please read this. There will be a special election. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:10, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

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Muboshgu, I forgot to add that I responded to you and ZigZig20s' comments over on the James Carafano talk page a few weeks ago. If you have time to look at that, I've provided an alternate source that I would like your thoughts on. Thanks again! Thurmant (talk) 20:45, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Preston Claiborne

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high school players

Why are you creating all these articles for high school players? Shouldn't you at least wait to see if they get drafted first? "Likely first round pick" isn't listed anywhere on the notability guidelines. Spanneraol (talk) 17:19, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

I'm only creating articles for people I see who I think meet GNG based on having sufficient coverage in reliable sources. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:21, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

The coverage for some of these players is extremely weak. Especially Dominic Smith (baseball) whose coverage appears to be only routine at best.--Yankees10 17:27, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

I agree that the coverage is fairly weak.. just pre-draft hype and game recaps ... most of these guys will probably get merged after they sign anyway. Spanneraol (talk) 17:31, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

I think the coverage there is more than routine, and all are at least sufficient as stubs. Feel free to nominate any of them for deletion that you wish, I think all of the players listed at 2013 MLB Draft would survive. There aren't any others I'm planning on creating at this time. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:32, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, didn't feel that information on how many dollars per month he was earning was relevant info, but I admit to a lack of detailed knowledge as to what constitutes relevant information worthy of Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.15.139.247 (talk) 20:27, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

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Well the difference is one was actually drafted in the top 10, while you created Smith before the draft even took place with the assumption that he was going to be drafted high.--Yankees10 00:49, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

It's sources that matter, not when one is drafted. A 40th round pick with adequate sourcing is notable. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:51, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

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Hi Mubosgu, I didnt make a mistake. I saw a dvd of famous African Americans so this is how I know about her family. Too instead of deleting, did you look for a source? WP is COLLABORATIVE. I see you keep reverting, how about editing? 72.66.78.118 (talk) 01:07, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Marco Gonzales

I see my Cards just picked Marco Gonzales, the DYK of yours I happened to review--suddenly I feel like one of those guys who knows all about the draft -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:17, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Never mind, I see you're way ahead of me [1] -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:18, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Oh you're a Cards fan... I see. Well, you should get him to the majors quickly. The Cardinals are amazing at developing pitchers. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:19, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

They really are... it's almost creepy these days. -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:25, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

I'm jealous. My Yankees haven't developed any pitchers since Hughes and Joba, even though they messed him up. Well, Nova, but he's in the minors now. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:27, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

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Hey, just a quick thanks for being on the ball (bad pun I know) the last few days in transferring the St. Louis Cardinals youngsters from minor leauge page to ones of their own after they're called up. I've been working on trying to find pics via Flickr, etc. for them and wll try to flesh out their stubs too. Anyhoo, just letting you know your work is appreciated! Have a great Wiki kinda day! Sector001 (talk) 02:41, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

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I thought we decided that the re-directs had to come close to meeting WP:GNG? I don't see enough coverage for Billy McKinney (baseball).--Yankees10 17:53, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

You see more for Eric Jagielo, Aaron Judge, and Ian Clarkin? I think McKinney has more coverage than those guys. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:55, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Well not Clarkin, but Jagielo was the Big East Player of the Year, which I belive is a notable enough award. And [2] [3] would merit at least a re-direct for Judge.--Yankees10 18:06, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

I personally don't think conference player of the year is enough. It certainly doesn't get the presumption of notability per NSPORTS. I looked into Jagielo before the draft and decided there wasn't enough coverage to merit an article. Maybe now there's enough for a redirect. I'll agree about Judge. Clarkin might now have enough, we'd have to check the sources. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:00, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

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Just a heads up that I reviewed this article now, just waiting on your fixes. Wizardman 19:29, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Oh thanks for notifying me. I didn't see that the review had started. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:21, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

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Whoops. Yes, you're right, I meant to put it in the non-contested section. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:29, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Rob Ford archiving

Thanks for putting the auto archiving on. It wasn't on previously, because there wasn't much traffic to the page. Then there was a spike a few weeks ago, and I've not gotten around to adding the bot. Alaney2k (talk) 15:51, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome. I just noticed you manually archiving it all and wondered why not use the bot? I do understand the page was of lower interest before the crack scandal. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:32, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

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Wisconsin recall election

How is it relevant? Please tell me. All these sources say are that the person decided not to run. The Erpanbach, Kind, and Obey sources are actually just the fact that they endorsed Barrett, not actual declinations! I'm all for the endorsement sections, but the fact that they didn't run has nothing to do with the election. Is the reader too stupid to realize that only people who ran actually did run, or does the fact some people didn't run need to be spelled out to them? We could list every other politician in the state who didn't run, but it doesn't help the reader. If someone who didn't run somehow had an impact on the race (say, Clinton if she doesn't in 2016), that should absolutely be mentioned - in prose, explaining their connection to the election. A bullet-point list provides zero information and falsely implies that a declination (or none at all!) ties the person to the race. Reywas92^Talk 15:09, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

The Wisconsin recall election set off a free for all of candidates who talked about the race and considered running. That's part of the historical event that is the election, especially people who were high profile during the events that led up to the recall, like Erpanbach. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:05, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

But the article simply lists these people as declining to run, and the sources given do not necessarily discuss their consideration. It would be great to see in the article these people's connection to the historical event, but a bullet-point list of people who obviously didn't run is unhelpful. Would you agree, though, that individuals who never made statements about potentially running in an election should not be included? In other articles some people are listed despite remaining silent about the election, simply not running like millions of others. Reywas92^Talk 16:44, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

You've argued this point before on various pages for years now and you're clearly in the minority. The consensus exists that the "declined" section shouldn't be arbitrarily removed. Tiller54 (talk) 20:58, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

And these people shouldn't be arbitrarily added! Once again, I'm not sure if you've ever given me a damn explanation, just revert after revert. I point to United States Senate election in Indiana, 2012, where Don Bates (who doesn't have an article) is listed with this as a source. HOW is he part of the process?? This is the source of Walorski there, again not having any evidence that she actually considered running, not actually declining to run, not having any influence on other candidates, just being "rumored". By whom? And who cares? Some writer arbitrarily pulling names of any politicians out of his ass as someone who could theoretically run does not affect the race. As I've said before, if someone does have a connection to the election, please explain how, but listing random people is worthless simply because they ran in a different election. There is precedent for removing those who don't run: [4], [5], [6], among others. And don't effing undo those old edits too. Reywas92^Talk 03:12, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, we get that you disagree with us but could you please be civl. Thanks. Tiller54 (talk) 17:41, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

I found an old discussion with Muboshgu where I offered a compromise, though without response. Can we keep the people who actually did something, but not those who did nothing themselves?

I still stand by that offer. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:24, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

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NC State Wolfpack baseball edits

Hey there. With regards to the edit you made to NC State Wolfpack baseball recently, I wanted to lay out my argument for including some of the information you removed and to see what your thoughts are.

If your edits were meant to make the "Notable former players" section strictly about notable former players, my suggestion would be to change the section headers rather than remove the information. If this was your intent, a change from "Notable former players" to "Notable players" would allow us to include links to Rodon and others. As for the recent draftees, a separate level 2 section titled "MLB Draft" might work. Ejgreen77 has been doing great work to add lists of alumni draftees to program pages (an example is Canisius Golden Griffins baseball), and a table like that could add some meat to an MLB Draft section. (If your concern was indeed making it a true notable former players section, feel free to ignore the next paragraph.)

If, on the other hand, you made the edits because you don't feel the information about current players or recent drafts should be included at all, here are my arguments for inclusion of both. First, for current players. I'm personally not crazy about pages for college baseball players, and I generally argue for deletion if a player page comes on AfD. However, if a consensus of editors has decided a college player is notable, it seems self-evident that we should include links to those pages. This is simple reasoning in line with WP:LINK, "Internal links can add to the cohesion and utility of Wikipedia, allowing readers to deepen their understanding of a topic by conveniently accessing other articles." If the clearly related player articles exist, we should include links to them. Second, for recent draft history. In a list of topics important to a college baseball program, developing players for professional baseball ranks highly, in my opinion, along with the program's venue, coaches, history, championships, individual awards, etc. And if we do include information about professional alumni, it makes sense to include precise, detailed information (number of draftees, when (in what years and rounds) the players were drafted, whether the players were pitchers or position players, whether they chose to sign professional contracts, etc). This seems like a better way to let the reader draw conclusions than vague statements about former players' being drafted or appearing in MLB or sections that talk only about one or two high-profile players. (Again, this paragraph is irrelevant if you intended only to make the notable former players section strictly about players with articles who no longer play for the program.)

To sum up, I disagree with your decision to remove the information about recent draft history and current players, but wanted to lay out my argument for inclusion and ask about your reasoning rather than reverting. I'll watch your talk page, but feel free to respond here, on my talk page, or on the program talk page. Cheers, and thanks for all the work you put in. Kithira (talk) 20:37, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Jake Peavy - Red Sox

There have been many reports all over sports about this trade. Is ESPN a reliable source? Turn on your TV. Do you live under a rock idiot boy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mridgway232 (talk • contribs) 04:11, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

No personal attacks. – Muboshgu (talk) 04:13, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

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I don't know if the hysteria surrounding Lake has cooled off yet, so it might be nice if his article was in better shape. Would you mind giving it a makeover (even if it's just a small makeover)? AutomaticStrikeout  ?  21:23, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

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A Rod

If we are not a newspaper, please take down more info on Alex Rodriguez. I just did, it's more speculation. Kennvido (talk) 21:11, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

That page does need more cleaning up, sure. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:12, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Let's work together and clean up...great! Kennvido (talk) 21:13, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Will do my best NOT to put in any SPEC. I did put in the deadline, which is not SPEC. Kennvido (talk) 21:41, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Yes, that's fine. Thanks for your work. The Biogenesis part of the page is much better. It could still use some paring around the other steroid/PED issues and his marital infidelity, I think, and I may take a stab at that. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:51, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Good luck, I have around 9000 edits. A lot of them fixing. Some articles are easier to fix than others as you know. I'll keep an eye on it too. Are there any articles you see that needs organization. If so, let me know and I'll work on it. Thanks. 22:11, 3 August 2013 (UTC)Kennvido (talk)

Can you help me with something. Can you go on my talk page and condense it? I would like the help or tell me a SIMPLE way to do it. Thanks Kennvido (talk) 22:17, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

I just set up archiving for you. It should start moving old threads into archives soon. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:27, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank you so much! How does it know what to do? I just find some of these instructions so tedious, I get frustrated.Kennvido (talk) 22:36, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Would it be too much of the asking if you could, when you can, clean up my talk page and make it look purtttttttttie like yours? Kennvido (talk) 22:44, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Members are putting in SPEC again. I took out some, but don't want to get into edit warring. Kennvido (talk) 23:55, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

My talk looks so much better, thanks again. How do I get to the older stuff folder? And can you pretty it up, only if you have the time? God Bless you again Muboshgu

Right, forgot the last part. You need something like {{talkheader}} or {{archive box}} to contain links to your archive pages. Choose whichever you like best. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:01, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

OOOOOh no, I will not mess up your great work. You do, that voodoo, that you do so well. Please... and make pretty like your page. Kennvido (talk) 23:16, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

Can you put the few barnstars and kudos I have in as you did yours? I'll bake you some cookies...Kennvido (talk) 23:19, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

User:HangingCurve is trying to jump the shark. I already warned him and asked him to wait for official word. Kennvido (talk) 14:06, 5 August 2013 (UTC) He left a message on my Talk and I answered him. Feel free to share you three cents. Kennvido (talk) 14:11, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Can you find my folder with all my Talk that was saved and my stars? Thanks Kennvido (talk) 14:55, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the folders. Now lastly, can you put my few stars up somewhere, so people think I'm real important and 'they love me, they love me'? Kennvido (talk) 01:51, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

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Note: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information.

Views/Day	Quality	Title	Content	Headings	Images	Links	Sources	Tagged with…
31		Albert Almora (talk)						Add sources
53		History of the New York Mets (talk)						Add sources
249		Major League Baseball drug policy (talk)						Add sources
125		Gentle Ben (talk)						Add sources
23		Kyle Zimmer (talk)						Add sources
183		ECCO (talk)						Add sources
36		History of the Miami Marlins (talk)						Cleanup
84		Cody Ransom (talk)						Cleanup
10		Pgeezy (talk)						Cleanup
111		John Mayberry, Jr. (talk)						Expand
21		Matt Hobgood (talk)						Expand
141		Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big (talk)						Expand
145		BALCO scandal (talk)						Unencyclopaedic
367		Scott Boras (talk)						Unencyclopaedic
5		Colegio Marista Guaynabo (talk)						Unencyclopaedic
3,483		Entropy (talk)						Merge
15		Milwaukee Brewers minor league players (talk)						Merge
11		Deven Marrero (talk)						Merge
597		Slider (talk)						Wikify
10		Mini Album Vol.1 (talk)						Wikify
22		History of the Houston Astros (talk)						Wikify
4		Pueblo Levee Mural Project (talk)						Orphan
1		Elihu Ben-Onn (talk)						Orphan
6		Abdullah H. Abdur-Razzaq (talk)						Orphan
5		Mark Ross (talk)						Stub
3		Aaron Nola (talk)						Stub
15		Ian Clarkin (talk)						Stub
7		Kyle Sleeth (talk)						Stub
1		Paul Allen Walker (talk)						Stub
14		Kohl Stewart (talk)						Stub

Changes to SuggestBot's suggestions

We have changed the number of suggested articles and which categories they are selected from. The number of stubs has been greatly reduced, the number of articles needing sources doubled, and two new categories added (orphans and unencyclopaedic articles). We have also modified the layout of the suggestions and added sortable columns with various types of information about each article. The first two columns are:

Views/Day

Daily average number of views an article's had over the past 14 days.

Quality

Predicted article quality on a 1- to 3-star scale. Placing your cursor over the stars should give you a pop-up describing the article's quality (Low/Medium/High), current assessment class, and predicted assessment class.

The method we use to predict article quality also allows us to assess whether an article might need specific types of work in order to improve its quality. The work needed might not correspond to cleanup tags added to the article, since our method is not based on those. We have added five columns reflecting this work assessment, where a red X indicates improvement is needed. Placing your cursor over an X should give you a pop-up with a short description of the work needed. The five columns seek to answer the following five questions:

Content

Is more content needed?

Headings

Does this article have an appropriate section structure?

Images

Is the number of illustrative images about right?

Links

Does this article link to enough other Wikipedia articles?

Sources

For its length, is there an appropriate number of citations to sources in this article?

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly, your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping!

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. Regards from Nettrom (talk), SuggestBot's caretaker. -- SuggestBot (talk) 01:13, 6 August 2013 (UTC)