User talk:Viridiscalculus/Archives/2010

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Again, welcome! ---Dough4872 00:18, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

I've noticed you created a lot of articles about Maryland routes recently. When categorizing them in Category:State highways in Maryland, remember to use a three-digit sortkey. For example, in Maryland Route 188 you would use [[Category:State highways in Maryland|188]]. ---Dough4872 00:18, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Maryland road articles

Hi Viridiscalculus. I've noticed you've been creating articles on Maryland highways. A couple notes: (1) When using the infobox, go ahead and leave out any parameters that aren't used. A link to a map isn't necessary unless a map actually exists. (2) On the talk page, you can go ahead and fill in the importance in the USRD banner, based on the importance link. Regards! --LJ (talk) 08:24, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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Review of US Route 1/9

I have some concerns about your GA review of this article. You are asking the editor to put in more details that are not encyclopedic. Pretty much all of your bullet points result in this. The editor in question tends to put way too much detail in; adding more results in disaster and an article that puts the reader to sleep. --Rschen7754 21:40, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

I have some concerns about your message. First of all, you should not use the word 'disaster' to describe an article that has too much detail. This is a Wikipedia article, not a chemical spill. If you think an article has too much unencyclopedic detail, and this is something you see consistently from the editor of that article, then you can either be bold and remove the unnecessary detail yourself, or you can work with the editor to remove the unnecessary detail, explaining what type of information in the article is not encyclopedic so they can improve their initial work going forward. Seeing as the editor in question has elevated over 80 articles to GA status, I would think he knows what he is doing. If you had wisdom to impart to him, you would have passed it along a long time ago and his more recent articles would reflect that wisdom.

The same thing is true for GA reviews. Since that review was my second and I have not been a Wikipedia editor for very long, there are probably weak areas that I am missing or that I need to do a better job addressing. Likewise, there are likely issues with my own articles that could be remedied with some guidance. I expect a more experienced editor like yourself to point me in the right direction instead of telling me I am doing something wrong that is destructive or am allowing destructive behavior. Beyond not being constructive, your message implies I am not welcome here, that I am just getting in the way and messing things up. While you are entitled to your own opinion, you should be aware of how those actions encourage or discourage other editors. There is plenty of work to be done both in articles and in reviews of articles. If you do not want me conducting reviews, then go ahead and say it, and the one I just conducted will be my last. I would rather be working on my own articles anyway. But if you think I would be a valuable addition to the review process, then you will invest time or recommend someone else invest time in helping me improve. While I appreciate feedback on my work, I want to see critics do more than just pointing out what I am doing wrong. Viridiscalculus (talk) 04:29, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Join the WP:USRDCUP 2010!

We're going to go ahead and try this again! The contest will begin April 1. It is a contest to encourage editors to improve teh quality of WP:USRD articles and participate in USRD. Precautions will be taken to make sure that people do not "game the system" and bring article quality down. Please sign up ASAP! Announcements regarding the contest will be made at WP:USRDCUP, Twitter, and/or IRC. --Rschen7754 06:51, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Non Free Files in your User Space

Hey there Viridiscalculus, thank you for your contributions! I am a bot alerting you that Non-free files are not allowed in the user or talk-space. I removed some files that I found on User:Viridiscalculus/Maryland Highway System. In the future, please refrain from adding fair-use files to your user-space drafts or your talk page.

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Your GA nomination of Maryland Route 410

Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Maryland Route 410 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 16:34, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

The article Maryland Route 410 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Maryland Route 410 for eventual comments about the article. Well done! –Grondemar 18:21, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of U.S. Route 220 in Maryland

Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article U.S. Route 220 in Maryland 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 00:37, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Grondemar for letting me know, and I will take this opportunity to thank you for looking at my previous GAN candidate. Viridiscalculus (talk) 00:40, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

No problem, always glad to be of help. :-) I finished my review of the above article and placed it on hold, please see the review for details. –Grondemar 03:14, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

I think you saw, but I passed GA for U.S. Route 220 in Maryland. Excellent job! –Grondemar 02:42, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Autoreviewer

Hi Viridiscalculus, just wanted to let you know that I have added the autoreviewer right to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature should have little to no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autoreviewer right, see Wikipedia:Autoreviewer. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:07, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

April 2010 USRD newsletter

Volume 3, Issue 1 • April 2010 • About the Newsletter
Departments Assessment roundup This month in USRD history	Features US Roads Portal celebrates April Fool's Day Portal selected article and photo	State and national updates Project reports
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

— JCbot (talk) 19:18, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Infobox road maint parameter

Do you have a list of articles that are maintained by more than MDSHA? I can throw in a fix to {{Infobox road/MD maint}} that will let you provide more than the MDSHA link. —Fredddie™ 16:39, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, will be commencing a two-month trial at approximately 23:00, 2010 June 15 (UTC).

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under flagged protection. Flagged protection is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial.

When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Courcelles (talk) 20:22, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Summer 2010 USRD newsletter

Volume 3, Issue 2 • Summer 2010 • About the Newsletter
Departments Assessment roundup News in brief	Features Infobox road upgrade Editing needed near bottom of leaderboard Junction list updates	State and national updates Project reports
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

— JCbot (talk) 02:16, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Fall 2010 USRD newsletter

Volume 3, Issue 3 • Fall 2010 • About the Newsletter
Departments Assessment roundup News in brief Portal selected articles and pictures	Features Bot automates graphics creation, saves work Featured Article, eh? Reviews needed at ACR	State and national updates Project reports for Delaware Maryland Michigan Minnesota
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

— JCbot (talk) 01:24, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

GA U.S. Route 11 in Maryland

I have placed your nomination on hold. Please address a few minor concerns, and we can finish this review rapidly. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 03:18, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

I went ahead and fixed the link to Hager House. Good work. Please consider reviewing a GA candidate that has been nominated by someone else. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 21:40, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Merge proposal

See discussion here.Mitch32^{(Transportation Historian)} 23:19, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Hey hey

How's it going, friend? I'm your favorite IRL fan. Hope you had fun last night. Srsly, those road articles look AMAZING. Good work! 76.21.196.226 (talk) 18:02, 31 December 2010 (UTC)