User talk:Miranda/S

It is awesome, you are awesome, thank you very very much indeed. Drop me an email about the booty. Neıl ☎ 19:56, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I will do it later. miranda 02:18, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Major brain fart, anyone? I probably shouldn't be editing when I don't even know what month it is anymore :P Fvasconcellos (t·c) 13:36, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Yep, you have to be careful of reverting, especially with BLPs. miranda 02:18, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Now that Nick has restored it, IMHO, you should put it back to its original state. It's obvious the outcome of the DRV would have been to restore it to what it was, so Nick decided to restore it himself with the caveat that you remove the section he disagrees with, which he did when he restored it. One of those "hurry before consensus rules against me" moves. - ✰ALLST☆R✰ ^echo 13:30, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I will. Have to find those difs. again. miranda 18:53, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi Miranda, I was wondering if I could borrow your expert but non-scientific eyes to see if this article manages to introduce articles like DNA, Gene and Genetics in a comprehensive but completely non-technical way. Are there any parts that you find unclear/confusing/badly-written? If you have time to give this a look-over I'd be most grateful. All the best Tim Vickers (talk) 21:50, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Might want to have more sources on Modern synthesis section and avoid using "it". Other than that, the article is fine. miranda 18:08, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

"huggleless"? Awww.... *huggles Miranda* -- Gurchzilla (talk) 11:56, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

...is marvellous. Well-said! Anthøny 20:51, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Hello, Miranda! Nice to see you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.107.86.157 (talk) 21:56, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

I have addressed the areas you talked about at User:Miranda/BootX_(Apple) and have replied to them at that page.  Atyndall93 | talk  07:47, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

I would just like to say thankyou for helping me bring BootX up to GA standard. Happy editing!  Atyndall93 | talk  01:32, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi Miranda, hope this finds you well.
I have a strange question that I hope you will humor for me. I created two adverts (Image:Qxz-ad141.gif and Image:Qxz-ad142.gif), uploaded them to commons as per the instructions on your page, and got them working properly with the template. I do have a question, though: {{Wikipedia-adnavbox}} is supposed to be placed on image description pages, but how do I do this when the image is uploaded to commons? Is there some step I've missed here?
Feel free to reply here or on my talk. Thanks in advance! L'Aquatique[talk] 03:40, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

You can just add the template to the page. I did it for you in this case. Here. miranda 17:35, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I see. Thanks so much- L'Aquatique[talk] 06:58, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Miranda, I saw you recently listed yourself on Wikipedia:WikiProject League of Copyeditors/Members and was hoping I could enlist your assistance. We are in desperate need of a copyeditor at Natalee Holloway, per a couple editors' concerns at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Natalee Holloway. If you don't have a current project, we could really use your assistance and a solid copyedit. Thanks, - auburnpilot talk 04:27, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but I am kind of busy right now with other projects. miranda 06:26, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

You and everybody else it seems. I'm starting to get the feeling that project needs to be marked {{inactive}}. Thanks anyway, - auburnpilot's sock 14:59, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

With today being a major holiday in the U.S. and summer beginning in the U.S., editors like myself are pretty busy. But, I will see what I can do. miranda 23:45, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I definitely enjoyed my Memorial Day weekend, and I'm always happy to take a Monday off. Thanks for copyediting the Holloway article; I was beginning to doubt I'd find somebody, and greatly appreciate the work you're putting into it. Thanks again, - auburnpilot talk 03:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I suppose the nomination was probably premature, but I wanted to get a good idea of what issues, if any, were still outstanding from an uninvolved reviewer. If you could list the most outstanding problems here, and any suggestions you had for improvement, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for your time! Kaldari (talk) 21:56, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Hello. I see you reviewed this article, and passed it as a GA, but Judgesurreal777 has almost immediately changed the article status tag to "B". I was going to revert it, but I thought it would probably be better if you did, as they are claiming you didn't review the article, when you clearly did. Thanks. HolomorphicHamster (talk) 01:40, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

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I will get right on copyediting Seth McFarlene (sorry, haven't memorized how you spell it). I will start right now. Cheers, Razorflame 16:31, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

I went through and copyedited the 2 sections that I thought needed the most work (the intro and the Early life sections). I hope that I helped you! Cheers, Razorflame 16:41, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I was p*ed off after watching Family Guy. :) Madhava 1947 (talk) 22:44, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Can you please reply at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Roads#Portal? Thank you. --NE2 20:02, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Responded. miranda 19:35, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Responding with this. Gary King (talk) 19:16, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

for creating Wyoming Arts Council. Cheers! Kingturtle (talk) 17:53, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Hello Miranda! How are you? I noticed that you designed the userpage of Neil. Great job! Can you help me design my userpage? I also want to change my signature. How can I do that? Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 14:14, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Kind of busy, but you can ask RyRy5 for help on userpage design or go to the userpage design center. miranda 16:49, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:05, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Miranda--thank you for creating that .gif file but when I copy that code in, I get an error regarding the image. I'm not real familiar with the image map extension so I'm not 100% on what the issue is. Corsulian (talk) 17:22, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

You did it right, here. For the image map thing, I am not techy. So, you might want to ask Gurch about the problem. Cheers. miranda 17:29, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks--I got her. I just wanted to make sure clicking on the add would link to the project.Corsulian (talk) 03:32, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Clicking on the image links to the file. miranda 03:59, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks for your kind words, Miranda! TONY (talk) 17:03, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

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The WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter Volume I, No. 8 - June 2008   May issue | July issue   Project News There are currently 4,266 Good Articles listed at WP:GA. The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 157 unreviewed articles. Out of 215 total nominations, 44 are on hold, 13 are under review, and one is seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance! The oldest unreviewed articles are: Choctaw, One Night Stand (2007), Justin Tuck, Tristan Tzara, The Stake Out (Seinfeld episode), Impalement arts, Backlash (2007), Adelaide Rams, and Sam Cowan. The categories with the largest backlogs are: Theatre, film and drama (31), Sports and recreation (31), Transport (24), Music (13), and Art and architecture (11) The backlog at Good Article Reassessment currently stands at 4 articles up for re-review. GA Sweeps Update The GA Sweeps process is progressing nicely! During the month of May, a total of 82 articles were reviewed. Of that total, 71 were found to continue to meet the GA criteria, and 11 were delisted. There are currently 15 articles that are still on hold in this process, awaiting revisions. We are once again recruiting new sweeps participants. Candidates should be very strong and comfortable in reviewing GA and familiar with the GA processes and criteria. If you are interested, please contact OhanaUnited for details.   GAN Reviewer of the Month Giggy (talk · contribs) (a.k.a. Dihydrogen Monoxide (talk · contribs)) is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for May, based on the assessments made by Dr. Cash on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Giggy had a whopping 45 reviews during the month of May! Congratulations to Giggy (talk · contribs) on being May's GAN Reviewer of the Month! Other outstanding reviewers during the month of May include: Ealdgyth (talk · contribs) Eustress (talk · contribs) GaryColemanFan (talk · contribs) Ice Cold Beer (talk · contribs) Juliancolton (talk · contribs) Nikki311 (talk · contribs) ThinkBlue (talk · contribs) Yllosubmarine (talk · contribs) Also, with 19 nominations, Mitchazenia (talk · contribs) is the nominator of the month, followed by TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs) with 8 nominations submitted. Member News There are now 216 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 6 new members that joined during the month of April: Jack Bethune (talk · contribs) Jordan Timothy James Busson (talk · contribs) Limetolime (talk · contribs) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Fan (talk · contribs) Mm40 (talk · contribs) Redmarkviolinist (talk · contribs) This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all! New GA Review Process - Review Subpages In case you haven't noticed, we initiated a new process for GA Reviews at the end of last month. The {{GA nominee}} template was modified to direct new reviews initiated on an article to begin on a subpage of article talkspace (e.g. [[Talk:Article/GA#]], where '#' is the current number of GA reviews conducted for the article, incremented automatically, starting with 1). The primary reason for this change is to address some concerns made by several Wikipedians that previous GA reviews are not easily accessible in archives, the way that featured article reviews and peer reviews are, since the review is conducted on the article's talkspace, instead of in a subpage of the featured article space or peer review space. The reason we opted to move GA reviews to article talkspace (instead of GA space) is to better maintain the personal relationship between editor(s) and reviewer(s) by keeping reviews done in an area where editors can easily access it. 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The goal of the working party is to come up with suggestions for improvement based on recent issues and concerns raised in the past, primarily in the wake of the Great Green Dot Debate of May 2008. The discussion can be found here. Members of the working party include: Dank55 (talk · contribs), Derek.cashman (talk · contribs), EyeSerene (talk · contribs), Giggy (talk · contribs), Gwinva (talk · contribs), LaraLove (talk · contribs), Nehrams2020 (talk · contribs), and OhanaUnited (talk · contribs). Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue here. Contributors to this Issue Dr. Cash (Lead Editor) Giggabot, Giggy (Distributor) Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005! WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia. 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hmm... miranda 05:20, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Just wanted to say the work you're doing at Talk:Ubuntu/GA1 is really good (as is your GAN work in general)... thanks! giggy _(:O) 11:21, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. miranda 15:47, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks for all the suggestions in the GA review! Your work in reading through the article really helped improve it! --Falcorian ^(talk) 07:14, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Great job improving the Mali article! Kaldari (talk) 21:32, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliment. :-) miranda 04:17, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Ummm... was there a reason you re-inserted an unsourced statement here? Mahalo. --Ali'i 18:20, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Yep. You deleted the author attribution as well, which is discussed on the talk page. miranda 18:31, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Ummm you shouldn't use rollback in that situation then... you should have just re-added the name, and left the unsourced statement out. Rollback should be used for "undoing edits that are blatantly nonproductive." (emphasis in original). My edit was very productive, and I shouldn't have to tell you how to use (or not use) your tools properly. I'll re-delete the statement again. Mahalo. A hui hou. --Ali'i 18:39, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind, you got it. Thanks! --Ali'i 18:40, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

I'll just stick this here so another section won't be created... I don't know how much it matters, but your vote on my request was made after it should have closed. I don't know what the procedure is (or if there is one) for this. Just thought I'd let you know. Mahalo again. --Ali'i 17:41, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

RFA closes when the bureaucrat or bureaucrats come to the consensus to promote or not promote a candidate for adminship. Bureaucrats can extend the time for a candidate to be on adminship. I have seen this occur many times. miranda 17:54, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. But wouldn't they normally make a note that they were extending it? Thanks. A hui hou (see you later). --Ali'i 18:03, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

That's fantastic :D Thank you very much. I've sent you an email. Naerii - Talk 20:38, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Oops I just read your previous email (I never check my email very often). That's fine. Let me know when. Naerii - Talk 20:13, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

I never offer to do this kind of thing but during and following peer review suggestions I'll try to give the article a decent copyedit as i think parts of the article could be better expressed. I'm not some kind of copyedit hero though so still try to get a serious copyeditor to review it if the article's heading for FA. Don't wait up for a response from the league of copyeditors though! Sillyfolkboy (talk) 21:24, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your help! miranda 18:25, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

I decided to request an article on "selective publication." Maybe, however, that is not the right name for the concept (i.e., who decides which cases have precedential value?) and it already has an article. The closest topic that I can find on here is judicial opinion. 69.140.152.55 (talk) 00:57, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for taking so long to respond. I have started a draft at User:Miranda/selective publication with some sources. You are welcome to edit the draft and I will move to main space when done. Kind of busy with other projects. However, you can call this your own independent project. :-) Cheers. miranda 18:10, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Ah, this looks like a much bigger project than anything I have taken on so far; I would not be able to get it beyond stub or Start-class status, and would be more comfortable if the article were done by, perhaps, a law student? The flip side of it is that if I were to get even a start- or C-class article going, I think that would be a major accomplishment. 69.140.152.55 (talk) 19:48, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

The "deletes" from the AfD on Reaction to Tim Russert's death are attempting a backdoor delete through a redirect/merge now. There's a discussion at the talkpage regarding this, but they're now attempting to redirect it without having built consensus for doing so. S. Dean Jameson 17:30, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

• Miranda, the reason it redirects there is because the "deletes" merged/redirected without consensus. S. Dean Jameson 17:56, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
  • The article has been restored, and thus the link can be readded. S. Dean Jameson 18:09, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Might want to discuss it at ANI. I just added a picture. miranda 18:34, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

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Sorry, I didn't read that guideline. --Gary0203 (talk) 08:25, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

I see you were listed as a participant in the League of Copy-Editors so it seems likely. The thing is the Military history wikiproject urgently needs prose pros to help with our best articles. Milhist covers a broad range of interesting and varied subjects from film to biography, battles to weaponry, and Roman emperors to twentieth-century dictators. In Milhist, A-Class has become the last port of call before FAC and we are looking for people to help identify prose and MoS issues at A-Class A-Class Reviews and help fix them prior to featured article candidacy. We also have a copy-editing section in our Logistics Dept and that can always use experienced copy-editors. For most of our articles, you don't need to be a specialist in the subject matter, just good with words.

If you think you can help, please do! Thanks for your time, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 04:12, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

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Sure, no problem. He's been indefinitely blocked now. Avruch 22:56, 7 July 2008 (UTC)