User talk:Derek.cashman
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[edit] Bot Updates of Stats
Derek, I thought you should know that Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/WikiProject Cities articles by quality statistics is not intended to be manually edited. A bot updates the numbers nightly based on the {{WPCities}} template class parameter. Alan.ca 20:53, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Article History Template
Thanks for the Near South Side, Chicago GA pass. If you are going to be reviewing GANs, you may want to get better acquainted with the {{ArticleHistory}} template. I made some changes to your update on the talk page. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 20:47, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Kenmore, Washington page
Hi, I see you gave the Kenmore, Washington page I've been putting together a WikiCities quality grade of B. If you could give the suggested ratings summary at the comments page (as per template, "If you rated the article please give a short summary at comments to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses"), I'd quite appreciate it. Thanks! Solarbird 06:35, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Notes left on article's talk page. Dr. Cash 23:03, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Thanks! Brief notes: Kenmore doesn't actually have a main street right now. The pre-war one was turned into a highway, and I can't even shoot that because it's about to become a massive reconstruction project to try to fix some of the idiocies of the expansion, and the new main street (one block north) is similarly about to be completely ripped up as part of that big project. And the idea of "Kenmore" and "Culture" together in the same sentence makes me laff, but I'll see what I can do. Climate, on the other hand - that, we have. ^_^
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- Oh, and thanks for fixing the footnote bits. I've been meaning to figure out how that works! Solarbird 00:09, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Hum, I just saw another bit - those photos aren't of countryside, particularly. The shot that's in the city box is... pretty much the densest part of town, and is just off what used to be main street before it became SR-522. It's kind of a problem in terms of shooting really any town in the Cascadian bioregion that isn't large enough to have skyscrapers - all the shots look rural, because so much grows so quickly up here. Maybe I can explain that in the Climate subsection that I'm going to have in Geography. Thanks again! Solarbird 00:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Article
Thank you for the very good review of the UW-La Crosse article! You gave good ideas on how to improve the article and I really appreciate you taking the time. Thanks again!! --Crosscountrycpjon 13:30, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] talk:potassium iodide
Hi Derek, you degraded the potassium iodide from A-Class to B-Class, as you decided that it doesn't meet citation criteria. Would you please be so kind as to be specific (preferably on the talk page) so that we can improve the article? Wim van Dorst (Talk) 20:25, 27 March 2007 (UTC).
- See responses on the article's talk page. Dr. Cash 03:30, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] You failed Gold(III) chloride?
Seriously? Wim van Dorst (Talk) 20:51, 27 March 2007 (UTC).
- Um, yeah. Seriously. See responses on the article's talk page. Dr. Cash 03:30, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Cities
Hi, Derek. First I want to thank you for the tremendous job I have observed over the past few days -- the GAC you have helped are in good hands. Second, a question, are you aware of WikiProject Cities and their order of sections? Cities are of course all different and I interpret their outline as flexible. -Susanlesch 06:05, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] GA review of Middlewich
Thanks for your review of Middlewich - I enclose responses to some of the points you made below
The lead section should adequately summarize the article.
- Do you think that this is the case with the article or not?
The geography section is unreferenced,
- I will add a reference to the mudstone, however the information on roads, rivers etc is observational.
and also contains no information about the climate.
- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_UK_geography/How_to_write_about_settlements - no mention of climate (we don't really have climate in the UK :-)
- Whoops! - it does mention climate (I still wouldn't make a big thing of it though :-) Salinae 22:10, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
The history section is very well-developed, but the prose can be choppy at times, and it's divided awkwardly into several sections. The history section should tell the story of the city from the time it is first established to present day.
- OK
Instead, it seems to deviate into some discussion on salt production (which might better be suited for the economy section), to two uncited sentences on historical townships, to population changes, and then finally gets back into the 19th and 20th centuries. I think it might be better to include fewer subsections here, and just tell the story of the town.
- In many ways salt is the story of the town, is why it developed from the Roman period until the early 19th century, however given that there is a History of salt in Middlewich page elsewhere I will cut this down
Promote the demographics section (should be just after history). Expand this and provide more references. Where did this demographic data come from? Simply saying 'data from the 2001 census' is not sufficient; whose census, provide a link to the census on the web, if available.
- I've removed the comment, since the links to the 2001 census are in the next sentence.
The landmarks section would best be moved to a 'culture' section as a subsection on 'cultural attractions'. Describe some of the main cultural attractions in the city, and include photos. 'Places of interest' can be moved into this section as well.
Media & sports should probably also be subsections under 'culture' as well.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject_UK_geography/How_to_write_about_settlements suggests its under Present Day
'Economics' - change to 'economy' and expand beyond its two sentences. 'Retail/commerce' can come under the 'economy' section as well. As a matter of fact, most of the subsections under 'present day' should be moved to other areas - I have yet to see such a section in any article on any city, yet.
What is the purpose of the picture of a seat in the Roman theatre? A single seat? Huh? the stage might be better here,...
- It's not really that kind of theatre, it's a tiered semicircle of stone steps, the seat is on the top.
'Transport' should be a main section unto itself. 'Schools' should also be in a main section as well, probably call it 'education'.
- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_UK_geography/How_to_write_about_settlements - agree Schools should be education.
You might move the 'in literate' main section to a subsection under 'culture'. More should probably be written here than just reproducing two quotes.
- Agreed, this can probably be removed.
Thanks again for the review. I've suggested that Wikipedia:WikiProject_UK_geography/How_to_write_about_settlements also considers your comments since they conflict with the advice there.
Salinae 22:07, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] GA review of Herne Bay, Kent
I'd just like to say a quick thank you for the useful comments you made on Herne Bay, Kent. We have already began acting on them. Thanks. Epbr123 00:11, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
