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Contents 1 What Essays are supposed to do 2 Copy-paste moves 3 Big red boxes on top of essays are a great idea 4 Warning 5 Essjay article 6 Bonny Hicks 7 thanks for the note 8 DOM 9 Fair use rationale for Image:Charles D. Provan - The Bible and Birth Control.jpg 10 Orphaned fair use image (Image:Charles d. provan 2000.jpg) 11 Orphaned non-free image (Image:Wikiciteprogram.jpg) 12 Image:Charles d. provan 2000.jpg 13 Image:Jamesbjordan 2.15.01.jpg 14 Image:Aaplog.JPG 15 Image:Casti Connubii.jpg 16 Image:Fullquiver.jpg 17 Image:Loyal Dissent Charles Curran.jpg 18 Image:Paul sextus.jpg 19 Image:Sam and bethany torode.jpg 20 Image:Gerard_Jean-Juste.jpg 21 GAC backlog elimination drive 22 Fair use rationale for Image:Fullquiver.jpg 23 An MfD nomination you might be interested in 24 Orphaned non-free image (Image:Sam and bethany torode.jpg) 25 Orphaned non-free image (Image:Loyal Dissent Charles Curran.jpg) 26 Orphaned non-free image (Image:Aaplog.JPG) 27 Orphaned non-free image (Image:Casti Connubii.jpg) 28 July 2007 GAC backlog elimination drive 29 WikiProject Guitarists notice 30 Your rant 31 Replaceable fair use Image:RalphWinter.jpg 32 Gentry2004.jpg 33 Your edits to User Talk:Deiz 34 Orphaned non-free image (Image:RalphWinter.jpg) 35 Billgothard.png 36 Civility applies to edit summaries 37 Final score: Wikipedia 24, Encyclopedia Dramatica 66 38 Archived copy 39 Bonny Hicks nominated for GA drive 40 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Duggar family 2006.jpg) 41 WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter for November 2007 42 Speedy deletion of Image:Onan-slain.jpg 43 WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter for December 2007 44 AfD nomination of Keeley Dorsey 45 WikiProject Good Articles January Newsletter 46 WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter 47 Image source problem with Image:Cite soliel3.jpg 48 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Charles D. Provan - The Bible and Birth Control.jpg

[edit] What Essays are supposed to do

You reverted my reversion recently to WP:WIF. In doing so, your edit comment states that Essays are supposed to espouse a POV. That is not true. User pages are for espousing POV. Essays fall under WP:OWN, WP:POV, WP:EANP, and WP:SOAPBOX. Those are the problems with WP:WIF -- all of the above. Heathhunnicutt 22:42, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Point me to an essay that does not contain the author's POV. Even if this should be in user space, you would be bing a DICK to trip this up over a technicality. Do the contrasting essays (e.g., why WP is NOT failing) contain a POV? In point of fact, I suspect you know this and concede to the truth of it. But like most users trying to bowdlerize the essay, could give one rip about anything but your own agenda to here. CyberAnth 22:46, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

As I understand it, essays can have POV and WP:OWN does not apply either when as an essay or in userspace. JoshuaZ 22:52, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Josh, let me make a point. It is one thing to in good faith improve an essay while retaining its point. That is not what is going on here. The thing going on is more like - well, re-read you message, feel how you feel about it, and then do revert the change...just as people are doing with the essay. CyberAnth 22:56, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I have no intention of reverting or not, my comment was purely an observation of policy. JoshuaZ 23:01, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Although actually WP:OWN does cover essays. If an essay is being abused as a soapbox, and other editors won't allow it to continue to be abused as such, it can be nominated for deletion. Given the long-term idiocy at that article I think I will rouge it up a little. Guy (Help!) 23:05, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

The point is that is tripping up something very important over a technicality. How about we simply set up a re-direct from its current location into Worldtraveller's user space? CyberAnth 23:24, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copy-paste moves

Are a violation of the GFDL. If you want to move the essay, use the move tab. Hesperian 00:04, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I have never used it, so...don't wanna mess somthin' up. CyberAnth 00:07, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Well you're in a bind then, because copy-paste moving is messing something up. Hesperian 00:14, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Big red boxes on top of essays are a great idea

Firstly, it looks attractive. Secondly, the message of this article really has been made into something other than what the author has said. Whether the few hacks who call themselves "the community" here agrees or not, we should make sure the core message of the essay is not changed. I should point out that I, too, know how it feels to have my words twisted into something they are not. - Ta bu shi da yu 00:09, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I can understand how that would feel. If people were twisting my words into the something they were not, I'd be reverting a lot too. CyberAnth 00:18, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Warning

Consider this a strong warning to immediately stop accusing good faith editors of vandalism. This is totally out of line. You have done so repeatedly regarding the "Wikipedia is failing" page. Just because you don't agree with it doesn't mean that it's vandalism. This is a wiki and everyone can edit it. --Cyde Weys 00:28, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I have not done that to any good faith editors or admins. CyberAnth 00:31, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't care for your weaseling word games. Do it again and you'll be blocked. --Cyde Weys 00:37, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

It was a good faith statement. CyberAnth 00:40, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey...is your email turned on here? MetsFan76 02:56, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Sure is! CyberAnth 03:44, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Ok I just sent you one. MetsFan76 03:49, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Essjay article

See the discussion on the talk page - I disagree with you and I strongly feel the inline citations are required. If you you would like to rewrite the current version WITH inline citations please do so; But until such time I strongly urge you to reconsider you edit Glen 10:03, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree inline citations are better. However, the text of this article is a vast, VAST improvement over the prior version. The text really does not seem to go beyond the available sources - and believe me, I have followed this mess extremely closely since it began. Certainly nothing in the text appears made up. CyberAnth 10:08, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Now yet another editor has joined in the reverting, so I've protected it. See Talk:Essjay controversy Glen 10:10, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Good job. Take a look at the talk page. The exact quote of Sanger's response is more accurate with full in line citations. The quote colors the picture quite well. Thanx. QuackGuru ^TALK 07:48, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bonny Hicks

I notice from your contributions you have not been very active lately, but I'd still like to inform you that I'm renominating Bonny Hicks, an article you expanded, for Good Article status. Resurgent insurgent 09:49, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] thanks for the note

I really think you might get a different perspective if you actually look at the diffs and read the whole conversation. I know we've had our disagreements in the past, and I thought you were gone but while you're here I'd like to take the opportunity to apologize for overreacting re the Penny Arcade thing. I shouldn't have dragged you onto ANI like that; I should have just let it go. I'm sorry for the trouble I gave you that day.

As regards this current ANI thread, though, I really think you're wrong. If you're taking an interest in this, please look carefully at everything I've actually said to that user. If you find a diff that you feel is out of line, well, please point me to it. — coelacan — 22:18, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DOM

I tried to add a well sourced item to the article, but it immediatley got reverted because I'm considered pro DOM. Also your sandbox got forwarded to the main article because it was considered a forum for promoting DOM's interests after I played with it. It seems that the article will never be completed without your impartial help. I give up on trying. Harvardy 17:53, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Charles D. Provan - The Bible and Birth Control.jpg

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[edit] Image:Charles d. provan 2000.jpg

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[edit] Image:Aaplog.JPG

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[edit] Image:Casti Connubii.jpg

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[edit] Image:Fullquiver.jpg

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[edit] Image:Loyal Dissent Charles Curran.jpg

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[edit] Image:Paul sextus.jpg

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[edit] Image:Sam and bethany torode.jpg

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[edit] Image:Gerard_Jean-Juste.jpg

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[edit] GAC backlog elimination drive

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[edit] An MfD nomination you might be interested in

User:CyberAnth/HOS Essay. I'm not quite sure if you even wrote it, but either way, there you go. -Amarkov moo! 02:53, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] July 2007 GAC backlog elimination drive

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[edit] WikiProject Guitarists notice

[edit] Your rant

Loved your rant at Saipan. I edited part of it to make better sense. Hope that was alright. C.m.jones 08:52, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Gentry2004.jpg

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[edit] Your edits to User Talk:Deiz

Please stop revert-warring to reinsert your thread on User Talk:Deiz (e.g. [1]). Deiz, like any user, may remove material from their talk page; the talk page is not supposed to be a "wall of shame". At this point your behavior (along with that of User:Linkboyz and User:C.m.jones) is verging on harassment of Deiz. Please stop. MastCell ^Talk 00:50, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

MastCell, please stop saying I am harassing anyone. I'm not. I'm allowed to agree with editor X and disagree with editor Y on some issue. Believe me, I am ready to move on. Please assume good faith. Have a nice day! Linkboyz 06:26, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Civility applies to edit summaries

Please remember the need to keep edit summaries civil. Incidentally, it is plain as day, but we also need a reliable source in order to avoid BLP problems. GRBerry 01:14, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

It is right freakin' there. Don't be a fool and treat trolls as anything other than trolls. If you can't tell that all that username is is one among someone's farm of sockpuppets you got some learnin' to do and need a big dose of reality about how things actually happen around this mess-in-the-guise-of-an-encyclopedia. CyberAnth 01:16, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Final score: Wikipedia 24, Encyclopedia Dramatica 66

I archived everything, so if you need a copy let me know. Poindexter Propellerhead 20:00, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, actually ED was only peripheral, it was mostly not420chan/i/ and a couple of other 4chan-related sites, which happen to have a lot of overlap with ED. I have 20-25 pages of logs of them planning and carrying out the attacks. Wikipedia's apparent disinterest in defending itself amazes me sometimes. Poindexter Propellerhead 12:26, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Archived copy

You can find the archived article (2 versions, one displayed above the other) here.[[2]] Poindexter Propellerhead 01:46, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bonny Hicks nominated for GA drive

Greetings, CyberAnth. I believe Bonny Hicks has GA potential, and I have nominated it for the GA drive. Since you are the article's primary contributor, you may wish to "adopt" the article, and encourage others to do so as well.

The following concerns must be addressed before the article can attain GA status (note that there may be issues that I failed to notice):

• The article needs a copy-edit.
• As the reviewer who failed the article's previous GA nomination commented, "the article could be substantially improved by adding some context".

The GA drive is still in an experimental stage; any queries or feedback about this method of collaboration should be posted at talk page of the SGpedians' notice board.

--J.L.W.S. The Special One 13:09, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Duggar family 2006.jpg)

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[edit] WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter for November 2007

The November 2007 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter has been published. Comments are welcome on this, as well as suggestions or offers of assistance for the December 2007 issue. Dr. Cash 01:09, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Image:Onan-slain.jpg

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[edit] WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter for December 2007

The December 2007 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter has been published. Comments are welcome on this, as well as suggestions or offers of assistance for the January 2008 issue. Dr. Cash 00:30, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Keeley Dorsey

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[edit] WikiProject Good Articles January Newsletter

Happy New Year! Here is the latest edition of the WikiProject GA Newsletter! Dr. Cash (talk) 03:55, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles Newsletter

The WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter Volume I, No. 3 - January 2008 December issue | February issue Project News There are now 3,301 Good Articles listed at WP:GA. With 1,789 current featured articles, that brings the total of good and featured articles to 5,090! The most recently promoted articles are: Hurricane Daniel (2006), Tarbosaurus, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Wicca, Seth MacFarlane, Stanley Internment Camp, Hurricane Karen (2007), Interstate 155 (Illinois), Tropical Storm Ingrid (2007), Brian Sings and Swings, Winston Churchill, Mzoli's, John Kefalas, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The backlog at Good Article Nominations has recently exploded to 236 unreviewed articles! Out of 264 total nominations, 17 are on hold, 10 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: Attachment disorder, Byzantium under the Palaiologoi, Byzantium under the Angeloi, Wowowee, Tyrone Wheatley, Mina (singer), Jon Burge, Mercury Hayes, William Lowndes Yancey, and Toni Preckwinkle. The top five categories with the largest backlogs are: Sports and recreation (47 articles), Film and cinema (25 articles), Television and journalism (16 articles), Art and architecture (15 articles), and Politics and government (14 articles). The backlog at Good Article Reassessment currently stands at 17 articles up for re-review. If every participant of WikiProject Good Articles could review just one article in the next week, the backlog would be almost eliminated! Reviewer of the Month Dihydrogen Monoxide is the GAN Reviewer of the Month of December, based on the assessments made by Epbr123 of the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Dihydrogen Monoxide hails from Brisbane (which, incidentally, is almost a GA, kids ;)) and has been editing Wikipedia since August 2006. He mostly likes to review articles relating to music, Australia, or anything else that takes his fancy! He also has two articles waiting, and notes that there's still a huge backlog,... so get cracking! Other outstanding reviewers recognized during the month of December include: Awadewit (talk · contribs) Canadian Paul (talk · contribs) Derek.cashman (talk · contribs) Drewcifer3000 (talk · contribs) Elcobbola (talk · contribs) Jackyd101 (talk · contribs) Kane5187 (talk · contribs) M3tal H3ad (talk · contribs) Nehrams2020 (talk · contribs) The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) VanTucky (talk · contribs) Wassupwestcoast (talk · contribs) Member News There are now 166 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 7 new members that joined during the month of December: Majoreditor (talk · contribs) Bernstein2291 (talk · contribs) The4325 (talk · contribs) Pepsi2786 (talk · contribs) Monowi (talk · contribs) Rankun (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! GAReview Template Lots of you that frequent WP:GAN have undoubtedly seen the articles under review, marked with "Review - I am reviewing this article. ...". The articles have been marked as being under review by an editor using the {{GAReview}} template. The purpose of this template is essentially to prevent two editors from reviewing the same article at the same time, so it's essentially a common courtesy notice to other editors so that they don't pass or fail an article while you're in the midst of collecting and writing comments. However, just because an article is marked, shouldn't preclude another editor from contributing to the review. If you'd like to review it, go ahead; simply collect your comments and write them down on the article's talk page – but don't pass or fail the article – leave that to the other reviewer. To use this template yourself, simply write "#:{{GAReview}} ~~~~" on the line immediately following the article's nomination at WP:GAN. You can even leave additional comments as well (e.g. "#:{{GAReview}} I will finish my review in the next 24 hours. ~~~~"). Reviewers marking articles with this template should also observe some common etiquette; please don't mark more than 1-3 articles as being under review at a time, and please try and finish your review within 3-5 days of marking the article. GA Sweeps After openly requesting the community for more participants into the Sweeps, we have 3 more members on the board. They are (in no particular order) Canadian Paul, VanTucky, and Masem. Canadian Paul will be sweeping "Middle East and the World" articles. VanTucky will be sweeping "Religion, mysticism, and mythology" and "Literature" articles. Masem will be sweeping "Television episodes". We're still looking for more reviewers. Interested individuals should contact OhanaUnited for details. At this moment, participation in the sweeps project is by invitation only, as we desire experienced reviewers who have a thorough and extensive knowledge of the criteria. This is to ensure that articles that have "fallen through the cracks" would be found and removed, and that additional articles don't fall through the cracks during the sweep. Currently, there are 16 members working on the project, and we have reviewed 74 articles in December 2007. Of those that are swept, 275 articles are kept as GA, 126 articles are delisted, and 5 promoted to FA. Did You Know,... ... that the total number of good and featured articles is now over 5000? ... that GA was formed on October 11, 2005 and was formerly called "Half-decent articles"? ... that there is a bot (StatisticianBot) that gives a daily report on GAN? ... that many discussions were made over the years on whether GA should have a symbol placed on the main article space, yet at the end always removed? ... that there was a proposal to change the GA symbol to a green featured star? From the Editors Happy New Year, everyone! I'm just filling in for Dr. Cash as he's busy (or away) in real life. This explains why I wasn't prepared for a full-length article on GA process, and instead I resort to a tiny DYK for GA. OhanaUnited Happy New Year as well! I'm still here, and haven't totally disappeared. I had to cut back on editing and reviewing during the month of December as I made the transition from Flagstaff, Arizona to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. But I should be about settled in the Keystone State, so I'll be contributing more to Wikipedia again in the new year. Thanks to OhanaUnited for putting together much of the content for this newsletter! He's been working hard with the Sweeps, and the 'Did You Know' section is also a great idea, so I think that will become a regular feature now! I also figured out how to have a collapsible newsletter, so that will change our delivery options a bit. Cheers! Dr. Cash Contributors to this Issue Dr. Cash (Lead Editor, Distributor) OhanaUnited (GA Sweeps correspondent) Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005! WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia. Nominations: Backlash (2007) • Fort Jackson (Virginia) • The Great American Bash (2007) • Jenny (Doctor Who) • New York State Route 9L Reassessment: Madonna (entertainer) • Sweeps / List: references (All Categories), image tags (All Categories), article quality (All Categories) Possible GAs Needing References: Clarinet • Carleton University • Appalachian Mountains Task forces: Project quality • Unreferenced GA Good article criteria | Statistics | GAN Report | Changes log Nominations queue: 211 articles (47 of them are on hold) as of 08:00, 13 June 2008 | edit

[edit] WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter

The February 2008 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is ready! Dr. Cash (talk) 05:33, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles Newsletter

The WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter Volume I, No. 4 - February 2008 January issue | March issue Project News There are now 3,485 Good Articles listed at WP:GA. The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 206 unreviewed articles. Out of 251 total nominations, 37 are on hold, 7 are under review, and 1 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: Johan Derksen, Trafford, J. Michael Bailey, Greg Skrepenak, Paleolithic-style diet, Alan Dershowitz, Natalee Holloway, Slovenian presidential election, 2007, San Francisco Municipal Railway, and Marcela Agoncillo. The top five categories with the largest backlogs are: Sports and recreation (57 articles), Theatre film and drama (34 articles), Music (19 articles), Transport (17 articles), Politics and government (16 articles), World history (13 articles), and Meteorology and atmospheric sciences (13 articles). The backlog at Good Article Reassessment currently stands at 8 articles up for re-review. If every participant of WikiProject Good Articles could review just one article in the next week, the backlog would be almost eliminated! GA Sweeps Update During January, 57 Good Articles were reviewed. Including those articles that were under GAR or on hold, 35 were kept as GA, 20 delisted, 9 currently on hold or at GAR, and 3 were exempted as they are now Featured Articles. Reviewer of the Month Ealdgyth is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for January, based on the assessments made by Epbr123 on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Ealdgyth, known in real life as Victoria Short, hails from Central Illinois, and has been editing Wikipedia since May 26, 2007. In this short time, she has made significant contributions to 9 Good Articles, including Baldwin of Exeter and Hubert Walter. Her interests in editing are in the areas of the Middle Ages, History, and horses. Outside of Wikipedia, she is starting her own photography business, and owns three horses. She likes to read science fiction, history, and geneology books. Congratulations to our GAN Reviewer of the Month for January! Other outstanding reviewers recognized during the month of January include: AnonEMouse (talk · contribs) Canadian Paul (talk · contribs) Casliber (talk · contribs) Derek.cashman (talk · contribs) Dihydrogen Monoxide (talk · contribs) Drewcifer3000 (talk · contribs) Jackyd101 (talk · contribs) Johnfos (talk · contribs) M3tal H3ad (talk · contribs) Miranda (talk · contribs) Nehrams2020 (talk · contribs) VanTucky (talk · contribs) Member News There are now 176 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 15 new members that joined during the month of January: Atlantik (talk · contribs) Auawise (talk · contribs) Cyclonenim (talk · contribs) Dihydrogen Monoxide (talk · contribs) Ddstretch (talk · contribs) Ealdgyth (talk · contribs) FamicomJL (talk · contribs) Hamiltonstone (talk · contribs) jackturner3 (talk · contribs) Kbthompson (talk · contribs) Keilana (talk · contribs) Miranda (talk · contribs) pcbene (talk · contribs) Skeeker (talk · contribs) Snowolf (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! On Hold versus Failing an Article This month, I thought I'd focus on a less technical and more of a procedural issue at WP:GAN – determining what the appropriate course of action to take when reviewing an article. Currently, there are four options to decide what to do with an article: Passing – it meets all six of the good article criteria; add it to WP:GA and add {{ArticleHistory}} or {{GA}} to the article's talk page. Failing it – it does not meet the criteria; remove the article's listing from WP:GAN and add {{ArticleHistory}} or {{failedGA}} to the article's talk page. On Hold – The article meets most of the criteria, but might fall short in a few areas; keep it listed at WP:GAN, add #: {{GAOnHold|ArticleName}} ~~~~ below the listing and add {{GAonhold}} to the article's talk page. Second Opinion – Similar to the on hold option, except an editor is either inexperienced or not knowledgeable enough about a given topic and asks another reviewer to offer another opinion before passing or failing; add #: {{GA2ndopinion|ArticleName}} ~~~~ to WP:GAN below the article's listing and add {{GA2ndoptalk}} to the article's talk page. So how to you know when an article fails outright, or fails initially, but meets "enough" of the criteria to be placed on hold? The answer to this question probably varies by about the same amount as there are reviewers of Good Articles! Everybody treats this slightly differently. The most important thing to consider is that articles should not be on hold for longer than about one week. Although there is no hard and fast time limit for this, most editors would probably agree that five to seven days is enough time to address any GA-related issues with the article to get it to pass. Some editors have extended this a few days in the past, due to other extenuating circumstances, such as an article's primary editor being very busy with school or work, so they have asked for extra time. But as a general rule, a GA nominee that is placed on hold should meet enough of the criteria to be able to be passed within five to seven days. Some examples of articles that might be placed on hold would be: the article is mostly complete, but might be missing one topic (subcategory). minor copyediting is required (needs a few minor manual of style, spelling, or grammatical fixes. mostly well sourced, but missing maybe a handful of references. a couple of images need to be tagged with appropriate copyright tags. On the other hand, an article should be failed if it: is missing several topic categories, or there are several sections which are very short (1-3 sentences per section). contains numerous sections which are just lists of information, as opposed to written out as prose. there's entire sections of text that have no references, or there are a lot of {{cn}} or {{unreferenced}} tags. has evidence of an active edit war in the article history. has major neutrality issues. has any {{cleanup}} or other warning tags in various places. Did You Know... ... that on July 19, 2007, 1,548 good articles that have not been categorized at all were categorized in 15 days? ... that in Chinese Wikipedia, articles need to have at least six net support votes before they are promoted to GA? ... that the English Wikipedia has the most Good Articles, the German Wikipedia has the second most (at over 2000), followed by the Spanish Wikipedia (at over 800), the Chinese Wikipedia (at over 400), and the French Wikipedia (at over 200)? ... that Simple English Wikipedia has zero Good Articles? ... that "Sport and games people" category has the most Good Articles? ... that Virginia Tech massacre (which is now a featured article) was promoted to GA just only about one month after the shooting incident, but took more than seven months to reach FA status? From the Editors Originally, I wasn't planning to do "Did you know" other than as a fill-in for Dr. Cash. However, I decided to continue writing this section until I ran out of ideas. OhanaUnited Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue here. Dr. Cash Contributors to this Issue Dr. Cash (Lead Editor, Distributor) OhanaUnited (GA Sweeps and Did You Know correspondent) Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005! WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia. Nominations: Backlash (2007) • Fort Jackson (Virginia) • The Great American Bash (2007) • Jenny (Doctor Who) • New York State Route 9L Reassessment: Madonna (entertainer) • Sweeps / List: references (All Categories), image tags (All Categories), article quality (All Categories) Possible GAs Needing References: Clarinet • Carleton University • Appalachian Mountains Task forces: Project quality • Unreferenced GA Good article criteria | Statistics | GAN Report | Changes log Nominations queue: 211 articles (47 of them are on hold) as of 08:00, 13 June 2008 | edit

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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Charles D. Provan - The Bible and Birth Control.jpg

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