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Dostoyevsky peer review

hello,

I invite you to join this peer review. Any help appreciated! Regards.--GoP_T^C_N 12:49, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

I'll try to look at it this weekend. Wadewitz (talk) 17:07, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Hey Wadewitz, I also just moved to LA, I live just south of Eagle Rock, I could give you a ride to the Wiknic if you want. You can e-mail me cahenderson08@gmail

Thanks so much! Emailed. Wadewitz (talk) 16:03, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

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Hi!

I've been watching you work on Dostoyevski and just wanted to stop by, say hi, and say that's good to see you active again. Hope all is well. LA is a big change, I'm sure. Truthkeeper (talk) 17:57, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! It's good to be editing again, yes! Do you know anything about LA? I could do with some advice! :) Wadewitz (talk) 23:45, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

I do actually. Do you still have my email address? Truthkeeper (talk) 23:55, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

I can't seem to find it - email me through Wikipedia so I have it again. Any info you could give me about LA would be great! Wadewitz (talk) 04:04, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

I don't have email here anymore but I might still have you in my contacts. Will have a look. We'll catch up somehow. Truthkeeper (talk) 10:42, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

You can just "email this user" on the left-hand side of the user page. Wadewitz (talk) 16:34, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

I have both your email addresses - if you want me to send them to each of you, let me know. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 12:17, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Or that would work. :) Wadewitz (talk) 16:34, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Hey Adrianne

Well, that was a nice conversation today.

Here is the website. And I just put it up yesterday, so we are testing it now and not everything works. For instance you have to click on the pictures twice, and so on and so forth. We will have all of the bugs addressed in a couple of days.

At least we have proven that we can place any Wikipedia article on a timeline, without human intervention. It only starts to get interesting from there, considering all you can do with it AFTER you get the article into the timeline.

I will spend next week recording instructional videos for the site. It seems like its capabilities are endless.

http://www.wikitimelines.net/

And if you need a ride anywhere, ping me.

Send me an email, so I can get you into my inbox.

Jroehl (talk) 01:27, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Jeff Roehl jroehl2@yahoo.com (818) 912-7530

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Paul McCartney FAC

The Paul McCartney article has now been thoroughly copyedited top-to-bottom by numerous editors including User:Lfstevens, who is a member of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors. If you can find the time in your busy schedule, please consider stopping by and taking a look, and hopefully, !voting. ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:44, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't have time this week. If the FAC is still going on next week, I can take a look and would be happy to help. Wadewitz (talk) 17:05, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

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Demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States

Please work your FA magic! bd2412 T 16:33, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I will get to it later this week! Nice to meet you, btw! Wadewitz (talk) 20:57, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

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A plea

Adrianne, is there any possibility that you will one day return to content editing? The FAC milieu is increasingly unattractive, and I am unsure how much longer I can be bothered with it. The lack of literature articles is depressing, and needs to be addressed if the increasing pop culture emphasis is to be reversed. I realise that your professional life leaves you with less time than you were once able to give to writing and reviewing, but the prospect of even one article a year from your stable would make a young[ish] man happy. I would even help if I could. Brianboulton (talk) 13:22, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Oh no! That is depressing to hear! I was actually thinking of getting back into editing a bit, particularly because I wanted to work on Jane Austen. I will make an effort to work on those articles in the coming weeks and see if I can make that happen! Wadewitz (talk) 21:37, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

It will be great to have your contributions, even on a limited basis. I may venture to ask your advice from time to time. Brianboulton (talk) 19:23, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

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Anyone watching my talk page who might be interested

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The lifetime of British writer, philosopher, and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft (illustration pictured) encompassed most of the second half of the eighteenth century. Her educational works, such as her children's book Original Stories from Real Life, helped inculcate middle-class values, and her two Vindications, A Vindication of the Rights of Men and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, argue for the value of an educated, rational populace, specifically one that includes women. In her two novels, Mary: A Fiction and Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman, she explores the ramifications of sensibility for women. After two affairs with the artist Henry Fuseli and the American adventurer Gilbert Imlay (with whom she had an illegitimate daughter, Fanny Imlay), Wollstonecraft married the philosopher William Godwin, one of the forefathers of the anarchist movement. Together, they had one daughter: Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.

Well done!

Hi Adrianne, Great to see the Timeline of Mary Wollstonecraft. Terrific work! Whiteghost.ink (talk) 02:25, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Wadewitz (talk) 03:52, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

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Mary Martha Sherwood (1775–1851) was a prolific and influential writer of children's literature in 19th-century Britain. She composed over 400 books, tracts, magazine articles, and chapbooks; among the most famous are The History of Little Henry and his Bearer and The History of the Fairchild Family. Sherwood is known primarily for the strong evangelicalism that colored her early writings; however, her later works are characterized by common Victorian themes, such as domesticity. Sherwood's childhood was uneventful, although she recalled it as the happiest part of her life. After she married Captain Henry Sherwood and moved to India, she converted to evangelical Christianity and began to write for children. The Sherwoods returned to England after a decade in India and, building upon her popularity, Sherwood opened a boarding school and published scores of texts for children and the poor. Many of Sherwood's books were bestsellers and she has been described as "one of the most significant authors of children's literature of the nineteenth century." (more...)

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Dostoyevsky

Hello,

I reformatted the style section of Fyodor Dostoyevsky and added some content. Could you take a look and tell me your feedback? Regards.--Kürbis (✔) 17:03, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

I won't have any free time for about two weeks. If it can wait that long, yes, I would be happy to! Wadewitz (talk) 22:35, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Calling all girl sleuths

I've just noticed that Nancy Drew has been scheduled for TFA for September 30. I know you're very busy as usual, but the page needs some TLC and wondered whether you could give it a bit of copyediting in any spare moments you might have in the next few days. I'll try to do the same, and might put out a call to a few other female lit types (if we have any left! but if we do, I'd bet they'd be watching your page). It would be fun to see a full copyedit push done by all women editors! I'll be very busy in the next week and gone (I think) when it runs, so there's a limited amount I can do, but hope you can pitch in - even if only for five minutes or so here and there. Children's lit is rare for the front page - and no girl sleuth ever as far as I know. Hope you're well, by the way. Truthkeeper (talk) 02:04, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

• Adding: so I don't have to post on a bunch of pages - this is for Wadewitz' talk page stalkers too. We all know how busy she is, but thought I'd take a chance. Hopefully someone will see this message and help me c/e the girl sleuth. Truthkeeper (talk) 02:07, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm one of the above-mentioned girl lit type and Adrianne-talk-page-stalker. I have some things pending as well here and in real life, but I'll see what I can do to help out. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 03:17, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Christine. I just caught this as I was logging out. In the least we should fix the MoS issues and I think people should just jump in. It's actually not too bad but could do with some reformatting as well. I haven't read all the way through yet - hope to get to it tomorrow. Truthkeeper (talk) 03:25, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

I'll see what I can get to this week! Thanks for letting me know! Wadewitz (talk) 03:37, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Ack! You're right! It needs help! Wadewitz (talk) 21:53, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

cog sci class

Hi! One of our students (Sparkletts514) got trolled. Is there a way to lock her page so that only logged in users can edit it? Clevwiki (talk) 18:41, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Just checking to make sure you know that it wasn't the student just playing around and testing the software. If you know for sure, we can block the IP, but we don't usually lock userpages except in extreme cases, which this is not. Wadewitz (talk) 20:01, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

It definitely wasn't the student playing around, and it looks like the IP was in the UK. Blocking the IP works if that is an option that isn't too tricky.Clevwiki (talk) 00:24, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Ok - I'll ask for a block. Wadewitz (talk) 05:51, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Actually, I can't ask for a block yet. The only page they edited was that particular userpage. That is very suspicious. It is very unlikely that someone would have found that userpage without being a part of the class or knowing someone in the class. Very mysterious. Let's keep an eye on it and see what happens. Wadewitz (talk) 05:54, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

One more question -- is there an easy way to search the list of stubs/starts? I have found myself starting by looking for interesting topics and seeing if they are starts or stubs but that seems a bit backwards. Clevwiki (talk) 18:51, 24 September 2012 (UTC) (Sorry I have been forgetting to describe the edits!)

I linked to all of the "stub" and "start" lists for each WikiProject on the class page. Wadewitz (talk) 20:01, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Right but some of those lists are super long. Anyway we shall see what the students choose. In some cases, I might let them go off-list (e.g., one student presented on a topic today that has a logic start class article under medicine but not specific to any of the projects we already listed. Clevwiki (talk) 00:24, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes, they are long. But they are a way to narrow down from the six million! Wadewitz (talk) 05:51, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Hey, thanks so much for the warm welcome - I love the cookies! K-BlueHerring (talk) 22:22, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi! I'm in the cogsci class, and part of our next assignment is to practice by introducing ourselves to you. Thanks for all your help this past week or so, I'm excited to know how this works now. :) With-silver-luck (talk) 22:23, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Hello, I am introducing myself to you for my Cog Sci Research Methods class. Hello! Font6 (talk) 03:20, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Hello! Thanks for all the help with Wikipedia! Requiredforclass (talk) 04:10, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Hey! Quick question... I tried posting a picture from my personal photo library, but I couldn't figure it out. I ended up doing some generic dog one, but I'm not sure where wiki pulled it from. How do I post a picture of mine or one I choose from the internet? Soggycereal4 (talk) 04:29, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

I'll go over this in class tomorrow if we get time after the presentations Clevwiki (talk) 06:46, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Also, here is a video tutorial on how to upload images. Let me know if you have any problems. Wadewitz (talk) 16:39, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi,I'm introducing myself for my cog sci research methods class! Neurosci21 (talk) 08:52, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, me too. *{{Tchar (talk) 22:16, 27 September 2012 (UTC)}}

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Help with peer review?

Hi Adrianne; I've returned to WP after an admittedly long hiatus (and don't quite know yet how much time I will spend here in the future), and I'm now all geared up to get my article Jürgen Ehlers (about a physicist who was my mentor and unexpectedly died in 2008) up to FA status. I've put the article up for peer review here, and your help would be greatly appreciated! Hope that all is well with you; it's a bit weird not addressing you as Awadewit... Markus Poessel (talk) 19:35, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

I'll do it this weekend! Nice to see you again! Wadewitz (talk) 20:31, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Great! Thanks in advance! Markus Poessel (talk) 20:40, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

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I thought of Reception history of Jane Austen for TFA, please join the discussion and trim the blurb ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:56, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

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Awesome! I'm so glad someone is using it! You don't need my permission, however. I released that assignment into the public domain, so you can alter it however you want and use it at will! Awadewit (talk) 00:06, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi! Awadewit! We have altered it and we posted it, but it kept saying that we had a licensing agreement problem and the assignment was deleted. What exactly were we supposed to do for the licensing agreement? Thank you! Saehee0908 (talk) 06:30, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Link? Wadewitz (talk) 14:16, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

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Danger recommended you as an editor she respects, here. I was wondering if you would help in continuing to develop. Rape and pregnancy controversies in the 2012 United States elections. My goal is to get it to good article status.Casprings (talk) 03:58, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

I can review the article, but I don't have time to add content right now. Would that be helpful? Let me know. Wadewitz (talk) 17:34, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Very helpful. Also if you could offer comments for improvement, that would also be helpful.Casprings (talk) 00:42, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

I'll do that, then! Wadewitz (talk) 18:53, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

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Hi Wadewitz,

I have been working on Entertainment since it came up as "Today's article for improvement" on 13 October. It is listed as a "vital" article and I found myself enjoying the challenge of making such a big, universal topic into one concise, representative and coherent article (it was fairly random and limited before). Would you please have a look and let me know if you think it is ready for GA or FA and if not, what should I do to get it there? I would appreciate your opinion before I draw it to everyone's attention. I had to think it through as I went and that thinking is set out on the Talk Page.

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Wow! What a project! I'll take a look at it, yes! Wadewitz (talk) 18:54, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Yes, it turned into a project. It got me hooked when the WP:TAFI people nominated it and once I started, I became enmeshed. I have just asked the TAFI people to review it. Whiteghost.ink (talk) 07:08, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Just to let you know, I am still working through the suggestions to make this article reach GA status but worried it will reach some sort of deadline and be failed just before I do. Nearly finished. Is it close yet? Whiteghost.ink (talk) 00:28, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

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For her entire life, Jane Austen (illustration pictured) lived as part of a family located socially and economically on the lower fringes of the English gentry. She was primarily educated at home by her father and older brothers and through her own reading. Her apprenticeship as a writer lasted from her teenage years until she was about thirty-five years old. During this period, she wrote three major novels and began a fourth. From 1811 until 1815, with the release of Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma, she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published after her death in 1817, and began a third, eventually titled Sanditon, but died before it could be completed. Austen published all of her novels in the Regency period, during which King George III was declared permanently insane and his son was appointed as prince regent. Throughout most of Austen's adult life, Britain was at war with revolutionary France.

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Hi, just dropping by per your request on the "sensibility" talk page. Was wondering if it would be reasonable if I write up a small paragraph concerning Kant's version of sensibility (as to what it entails). Thanks! --VonKreuz (talk) 05:39, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

That sounds great! I wish I had more time to work on the article right now, but I would be happy to work with you on that bit! Wadewitz (talk) 22:00, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

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Rape and pregnancy controversies in United States elections, 2012

Thanks for any help. The article is in need of an experienced and non-involved editor taking a look at it and working with it. Any help you can provide would be wonderful. Casprings (talk) 00:44, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

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The reception history of Jane Austen follows a path from modest fame to wild popularity; her novels are both the subject of intense scholarly study and the centre of a diverse fan culture. Austen, the author of such works as Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Emma (1815), is one of the best-known and widely read novelists in the English language. During her lifetime, Austen's novels brought her little personal fame; like many women writers, she published anonymously. At the time they were published, her works were considered fashionable by members of high society but received few positive reviews. By the mid-19th century, her novels were admired by members of the literary elite, but it was not until the 1940s that Austen was widely accepted in academia as a "great English novelist". The second half of the 20th century saw a proliferation of scholarship exploring artistic, ideological and historical aspects of her works. As of the early 21st century, Austen fandom supports an industry of printed sequels and prequels as well as television and film adaptations, which started with the 1940 Pride and Prejudice and includes the 2004 Bollywood-style production Bride and Prejudice. (Full article...)

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Reception history of Jane Austen

I read this first thing in the morning, and what an absolutely beautiful article. Made my day. :) --smarojit ^{(buzz me)} 08:39, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! Wadewitz (talk) 18:43, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

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Hello!

Hello to myself - I'm so excited I just bought a car. Queeralice (talk) 18:09, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

That is so amazing. Your life is changed. Queeralice (talk) 18:10, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Lynn Hill/GA1

Ok - looking good....questions posed...go for thy life. Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:11, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Image hassles can be a bummer - I've been waiting for some time with Banksia oligantha.....(i.e. years...)Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:05, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, we'll see what happens. Fair use in the meantime. Wadewitz (talk) 19:23, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

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