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GAC on Winston Churchill

I had taken it upon myself to review Winston Churchill after I saw your plea on the GA talk page for a thorough review. I assure you that I will provide a thoughtful and careful review. I already have extensive notes. You are welcome to ask around about my reviews to see if you think they are thorough enough (Scartol, WillowW, and Qp10qp would be a start). If you still want OhanaUnited to do the review, that is fine, but if s/he hasn't started, please do consider my wiki-qualifications. Thanks. Awadewit | talk 18:09, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I have already started, and I am saving my review comments in my word document (which is now over a page long). Btw, I blanked User talk:LordHarris/GA reviews because I think the previous user is using it for pure advertisement. I took a look at your GA reviews and I am impressed by how detailed your reviews are. I would like to invite you to participate at GA Sweeps. We decided it's time to give GA a good sweep to ensure the qualities of all GA articles. You recevied this invitation because we felt that you can improve and uphold the quality of Good articles. This is the reason why only experienced reviewers who are established (trusted) within the project should participate in this sweep initially. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 21:34, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I think there's a miscommunication happening. When you say you nominated the article at GAN and wishes me to comment on that, I believe that you were asking me to do a GAN review on that article. If you were looking purely for inputs/comments, it should really be peer review and not GAN. Anyways, my GAN summary should be finished within a day or two. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 03:19, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

It seems as if OU is taking this one. LH, when you take the article to peer review, let me know and I'll finish up my review and copy edits then. Awadewit | talk 11:20, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm having some network problem. The connection is, during this weekend (and still is), unstable. It stalls and then disconnects if I idle for an extended amount of time. Since my review is quite long, I have to separate them into sections and post them up separately. I'm also having exam on Tuesday. Sorry to keep you waited. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 02:19, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Triple crown

I, Durova, am pleased to present this triple crown to LordHarris in thanks for superb contributions to Wikipedia articles. Thank you for building a better encyclopedia. Durova^Charge! 04:31, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Your Majesty, I hadn't been aware that the United States Navy honored Winston Churchill by naming a destroyer after him - and I'm a United States Navy veteran! Great work. Cheers, Durova^Charge! 04:31, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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 01:05, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

GAC Reagan Library

Hi again. Thanks for reviewing the article, and I believe I have addressed all of your concerns. --Happyme22 (talk) 01:57, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Happyme22 (talk) 05:38, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Just an aside on the Joe Klein article edits.....

When I saw that biased/unbalanced tag, I became furious. I left my boarding house for six hours and when I came back I was still seeing red. I know that all editors are to assume the good faith of everyone else, but right now that is very, very difficult for me. That is one of the reasons why I have sought opinions from the help desk -- what are required right now are people who do not share my current predisposition to flame him. Do you know of any people who are willing to weigh in on the subject?
--Nbahn (talk) 08:22, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for putting up the "Current Event" tag.
--Nbahn (talk) 18:45, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Good day to you.
Have you been following all of the recent editing that has been going on in the article? I do not know if you are predisposed to weigh in on the topic, but I -- for one -- would greatly appreciate your thoughts on the matter. My opinion is that watering down the language would suit Joe Klein just perfectly well -- even if it does understate the case as to what is going on.
--Nbahn (talk) 01:27, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

GAN review on Winston Churchill completed!

After quite a bit of time and hardwork, I finished the review on Winston Churchill. Please see my extensive GAN review for improvements. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 05:38, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

I would again appreciate your comments on the Indian Independence section where Crizher again suggests my edits are biased. You may recall when I raised this with you before you suggested a sandbox which I set up and to which he declined to contribute. Backnumber1662 (talk) 20:49, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I am honoured to receive the Barnstar. In the words of Florence Nightingale "Too kind, too kind" Backnumber1662 (talk) 10:24, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Damn typo. I want to shoot myself -.- Thanks for the award. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 17:05, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

GAN review on Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom

Many thanks for your excellent review. I have addressed the comments you've made, and hope that you can now promote it. PeterSymonds | talk 19:51, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your efforts with this article, and also for the kind barnstar. I will work on those helpful points you mention and nominate it at FAC when I've finished. Again, thankyou. PeterSymonds | talk 16:24, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Margaret Thatcher

Hey recently I've been chiming into the Margaret Thatcher article as well, and I am available to help if you need anything. Great job with Churchill, too. Best, Happyme22 (talk) 21:17, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing, and same to you. Happyme22 (talk) 21:41, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles January Newsletter

Happy New Year! Here is the latest edition of the WikiProject GA Newsletter! Dr. Cash (talk) 04:02, 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: Choctaw • One Night Stand (2007) • Impalement arts • Backlash (2007) • Sam Cowan 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: 214 articles (45 of them are on hold) as of 08:00, 10 June 2008 | edit

Meetup

Hi there, I noticed you expressed interest in the Birmingham meetup last October. Just letting you know, another UK meetup is in planning stages, here. We need input on where and when we will meet so comments would be much appreciated. Thanks. Majorly (talk) 16:49, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

RFA thanks card

Hello, LordHarris, thank you for participating in my request for adminship, which closed successfully with 47 supports, 3 opposes, and 0 neutrals. I am glad that the community thinks it can trust me with these tools; I will try and use my new mop and bucket (or vacuum cleaner!) carefully. I would like to personally thank you for your constructive comments, I hope I meet your expectations. Camaron1 | Chris (talk) 18:17, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

my intentions regarding the Klein/Time article

What I want to do is to set it up as an independent article with cross-links to all of the other relevant articles.

• I believe that the controversy is noteworthy because somewhere between 4 and 20 million people will have Klein's falsehoods/inaccuracies.
• I believe that it complies with NPOV because the article clearly states (or provides citations that documents) that this is someone else's opinion.
• I do not see how this can constitute original research when I've cited just about everything except the punctuation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nbahn (talk • contribs) 23:53, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
  

--NBahn (talk) 02:09, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Reagan's role in the Cold War

I don't know if you are interested, but I could use any of your comments here. Thanks, Happyme22 (talk) 01:48, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your comments. I agree completely, and the sandbox notion is a very good one. Thank you for taking the time to share your views and the historical views of others. I'll get to work finding soruces. --Happyme22 (talk) 17:55, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the compliment. You seem to have your shoes tied correctly as well, from the look of your user and user Talk pages. - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 21:30, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter — Issue XXII (December 2007)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXII (December 2007)
Project news The Intelligence task force has been created. The contest department has completed its ninth month of competition. The top scorer this month is Blnguyen, with 22 points, followed by Dreamafter, with 8 points, and Redmarkviolinist, with 6 points. Blnguyen also remains the overall leader, with 162 points in total. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries. Help with converting deprecated infoboxes is needed; any assistance is welcome! {{WPMILHIST}} now supports an explicit tag (class=DAB) for marking disambiguation pages.	Articles of note New featured articles: Battle of Albuera Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081) Battle of the Gebora Constantine II of Scotland Francis Harvey Vasa (ship) Wulfhere of Mercia New A-Class articles: 1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing Evacuation of East Prussia
Current proposals and discussions A discussion about minimizing terminological ambiguity has begun.
Awards and honors Blnguyen has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his efforts in improving the quality of articles related to Vietnamese military history, including the creation of numerous A-Class articles. Woodym555 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding work on topics related to the Victoria Cross, notably including the creation of featured articles, featured lists, and a featured topic. For their outstanding efforts as part of Tag & Assess 2007, Bedford, TomStar81, and Parsival74 have been awarded the gold, silver, and bronze Wikis, respectively.
Tag & Assess 2007 Tag & Assess 2007 is now officially over, with slightly under 68,000 articles processed. The top twenty scores are as follows: 1. Bedford — 7,600 2. TomStar81 — 5,500 3. Parsival74 — 5,200 4. FayssalF — 3,500 5. Roger Davies — 3,000 6. Ouro — 2600 7. Kateshortforbob — 2250 8. Cromdog — 2,200 9. BrokenSphere — 2000 9. Jacksinterweb — 2,000 9. Maralia — 2,000 12. MBK004 — 1,340 13. JKBrooks85 — 1,250 14. Sniperz11 — 1100 15. Burzmali — 1000 15. Cplakidas — 1000 15. Gimme danger — 1000 15. Raoulduke471000 15. TicketMan — 1000 15. Welsh — 1000 15. Blnguyen — 1000 Although the drive is officially closed, existing participants can continue tagging until January 31 if they wish, with the extra tags counting towards their tally for barnstar purposes. We'd like to see what lessons can be learned from this drive, so we've set up a feedback workshop. Comments and feedback from participants and non-participants alike are very welcome and appreciated.
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Things that Make Me Laugh

...has been expanded. If your day needs a bit of a smile, check it out. - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 09:45, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

WC review

I'm glad you found the Winston review helpful. I really want to emphasize how good the article is (that is why the long list of nitpicks) and how impressed I am that you and the others have taken on this monumental figure (I shudder every time I think about finishing the Jane Austen article). However, I really urge you and the other editors to cut the article down. I did a substantial portion of the work on Joseph Priestley, who was a polymath and published 150 books. Fitting a discussion of his religious, political, educational, and scientific activities into one article was a nightmare. I was finally forced to create two subarticles (I should probably create one more). The Isaac Newton editors did the same thing. We, the editors, are always more enthusiastic about our subjects than our readers, I'm afraid. If you want to get a sense of how long WC appears to a reader, try reading Joseph Priestley. It is only about 8,000 or 9,000 words long (main text). I guarantee you that it will start to seem long (unless theology and eighteenth-century science are your cup of tea!). WC is twice as long. It's a good way to gain some perspective. Originally, JP was 11,000 words or something and I couldn't see my way to cutting anything. Then I read some long articles on topics I wasn't wedded to and I saw the proverbial light. :) Awadewit | talk 04:47, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

• I'm glad this was a helpful suggestion. Thank you so much for the images! They are wonderful! What a wonderful wiki-world we live in, eh? Awadewit | talk 21:25, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Winston Churchill in politics: 1900-1939 I would appreciate your comments on the first two sections as they are now. Are they too long, are they unclear? Should I add something on how contemporaries saw Churchill at that stage (his early Liberal phase?)- there's heaps of material from the Webbs, Lady Asquith &c &c) I will get to the next sections (Admiralty, Dardanelles) shortly Backnumber1662 (talk) 10:53, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Sources for Image:NewDeal.jpg montage

Can you add links to the images you used as sources for the Image:NewDeal.jpg montage. Thanks. Edward (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 10:07, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Your copyedit request

On 2 October 2007, you made a request to the League of Copyeditors for a copyedit on John Steinbeck. Because of a heavy backlog and a shortage of copyeditors, we have been unable to act on your request in a timely manner, for which we apologize. Since your request, this article may have been subject to significant editing and may no longer be a good candidate for copyediting by the League. If you still wish the League to copyedit this article, please review this article against our new criteria and follow the instructions on the Requests page. This will include your request in our new system, where it should receive more prompt attention. Finetooth (talk) 22:56, 18 January 2008 (UTC)