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Contents 1 Open 1.1 The resolution of the Dreyfus Affair 1.2 Prostitution 2 Closed 2.1 Hungarian prehistory 2.2 NetBIOS

[edit] Open

[edit] The resolution of the Dreyfus Affair

The The resolution of the Dreyfus Affair article needs copyediting, clarification and some wikification. There also seems to be a dispute about sources on the talk page. Kerowyn 03:12, 28 December 2005 (UTC) Added to User:Jareth/DeskKerowyn 03:21, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Title has been corrected; tag removed. More cleanup to text and wikification still needed. Shell ^babelfish 17:23, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Prostitution

Where shall I start? This is a former Featured Article that has been downgraded due to obvious bad editing. Too much information is contained in the Lead paragraph which should be pushed down into the main article subspace. Some information may be split off into sub-articles as has happened already. Too much slang and unreferenced information is used, too much information being used as a list page, and serious cleanup is necessary as the article is of inappropriate tone for an encyclopedic entry.

This is a big job, should other Taskforce members be enlisted to help?

Added to User:Shell Kinney/Desk Ekantik ^talk 03:25, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Oh my, we might just need a team for this. I didn't get much further than Prostitution occurs in many varied and different settings. before despair set in - that poor article has been terribly mangled by a lot of good-willed editors a bit unfamiliar with our styles. I'll get started on the lead paragraph and see where things need to be merged and see if I can find a few others who want to take a stab at a section. Shell ^babelfish 05:14, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

You do need a team of 'world' specialists to review the contemporary meaning of the term. A prostitute does not 'commit' the act of prostitution, unless the person is in a country where it is illegal to perform such actions. Not allowing a person to perform consented, regulated prostitution (take example of the Victoria, Australian legislation, Prostitution Act 1994) is against human rights.

[edit] Closed

[edit] Hungarian prehistory

Looks like a bit of a nightmare. This has been listed for cleanup since October '04 and has a NPOV dispute. It is very long and needs some attention, assigned to three of our European historians (User:Sasquatch, User:Koblentz and User:Jareth) to look at, but this may need some other mechanism to sort it out. Andreww 05:36, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the main problem surrounding this article is that it appears to be little more than a justification of a particular theory and not much about the theory itself. It is severely lacking in information relevent to its title. I think the best course of action would be to add information about this theory to Hungary before the Magyars which already has a good start on a balanced look at prehistory in the area and culture. The remaining details about the creation and defense of the Turkish theory would be more appropriately renamed as page discussing just that theory -- at that point, some further cleanup of the large text blocks would be required. .:.Jareth.:. ^babelfish 14:30, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm probably going to head down to the library sometime this week and look up some books.. Sasquatcht|c 23:06, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

This continues to be a major content dispute of several opposing theories. Little that cleanup can do; this is a job for dispute resolution. Shell ^babelfish 17:20, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NetBIOS

This article could stand to be shortened and have better organization.

• Adding to User:Think Fast/Desk. -- Beland 21:21, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

This article has non-encyclopedic tone in places. It might benefit from having more section headings inserted so it looks less like a large lump of text. I think it should be reviewed by someone with an understanding of these weird Microsoft protocols.

Looks like a job for User:Jareth/Desk Please accept or reassign to me. Stewart Adcock 09:00, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Wading in. Looks like more detail and sectioning would solve most of the articles problems. Time to pull out the old reference manuals. .:.Jareth.:. ^babelfish 15:02, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Closing request. Article ended up being a major re-write to remove Microsoft POV, which is funny, since this isn't actually something developed by them. Also removed stupid sys-admin comments and other general tone problems. Added more details to history and services. Added references and see also sections. .:.Jareth.:. ^babelfish 19:45, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Closed. Thanks Jareth, this article is one of the better ones now - a big improvement. Stewart Adcock 15:14, 3 October 2005 (UTC)