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London Gazette pages

You need to use the "real" page number given in the &pgn parameter of the url (and what's actually printed as the page number), rather than the numbering in the navigation pane, which justs counts the first page of each issue as 1. The normal practice (apart from in early issues) is to re-start page numbering with the first issue of each year (and these days Honours list supplements are numbered independently) and continue numbering in sequence, regardless of issue breaks. I've fixed one for you. If you just delete the &pgn=nn from the url, you shoudl get taken to the first page of the issue, then use the drop-down to get to the page you want, and check what the page number is (if that makes sense). David Underdown (talk) 11:38, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

GA Template issue

Thanks for fixing the template issue at Talk:2007 Texas Longhorn football team. I see now that there is not a way to indicate that a third nomination is pending. We need to wait until the 3rd nomination concludes one way or the other. Best, Johntex\talk 22:04, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Respond to PeterSymonds. Re: Milton Friedman

Hi, thanks for the help! I'm going to need all the help I can get to make this into a viable FA article, but I hope it succeeds. I'm continuing to go through the points that you've listed in the FAC page and hopefully will be done soon. Please reply to my comments there if I am missing anything, thanks! Also, how long does the FAC process usually last? Of course, I'd love to have it last for as long it needs to in order for the article to become an FA, but I'm curious as to the 'average' time that an article is listed in FAC. Gary King (talk) 20:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the note of recommendation, but now that I'm Raul's delegate to promote/archive articles, I generally avoid commenting on articles at FAC until consensus has developed. (But that article has numerous MOS issues. See Index of Economic Freedom to eliminate one of many external jumps in the text, and oh, that External link farm, WP:EL, WP:NOT. And WP:GTL, those commons links in See also. And that see also!  :-) Gary, there is no average time, but I don't promote in less than five days and I archive as soon as there is consensus. See WP:FAC/ar. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:17, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

No prob :-) Epbr123 (talk · contribs) does thorough MoS reviews. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:25, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

RE: Peer Review

I will do. SGGH speak! 15:10, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, good luck with it. You already have three FAs, maybe there is a unique barnstar I can find somewhere for you SGGH speak! 15:36, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Peer review of PHP

Hey, I'm looking for some criticism of PHP. I've posted a peer review of it at Wikipedia:Peer review/PHP/archive1 so if you have a chance, please have a look and be as harsh as possible :) It's a B-level article right now but I'd really love to see it become an FA one day :D Thanks for all your help with my FA nominations! Gary King (talk) 23:30, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

It's taken some time, but I've finally responded to all of your comments. The article has also changed drastically since you last saw it, so if you have time, please look it over and post any new comments that you might have. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 18:57, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
If you could move your comments to Wikipedia:Peer review/PHP/archive2 I'd appreciate it, because I'd rather not want to load the entire Talk page to see the comments every time since it's so long now. Gary King (talk) 20:31, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
The main issue with PHP is the lead, which I find a bit more difficult than most articles to create a summary because of all the technical things. I try to keep it as non-technical and easy to understand as possible. Also, a lot of the content on the page is very technical and was not added by me, so I continue to make judgement calls of whether or not to include information or if it's too difficult for most readers to comprehend or not very useful. Anyways, I've answered all of your concerns. I'll spend some time to go through the article a few more times over the next few days to find any more problems. I've also contacted a few people for copyediting requests. Gary King (talk) 21:21, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
I find that writing about a technical topic is much more difficult than topics that are heavily based on events, such as companies or biographies, since those generally have a lot of news articles written about them. Well, I'm beginning to learn my way around writing FAs for different subjects I guess! Gary King (talk) 21:23, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield of Butterwick

Would you mind taking a look at Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield of Butterwick which someone has tagged as not meeting the general notability guideline. I believe there are a few other things I can add to improve it when I have a chance. In the mean time would it be too brazen to leave a message for that editor and remove the tag? Daytrivia (talk) 05:14, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the advise in dealing with the notability tag. I left message on the editors talk page with my intent. Thanks again. Daytrivia (talk) 19:08, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Forgot to say thanks for the work you have put into the article. Thank you. Daytrivia (talk) 19:10, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

thanks

2 people helped with that question. Chubbennaitor (talk) 18:27, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:AIV reports

Hi there! Thanks for fighting vandalism and helping us keep Wikipedia clean! Just dropping by to give a little tip. In your recent report, the IP you reported only edited once recently. Remember that IP addresses can be static or dynamic; if static, they may be shared by multiple people (for example, the nation of Qatar has 300,000 people using one IP address!), and if dynamic they may physically change computers every so often. This means that a lot of the time, IP vandals are not the same person, but rather different users using the address. Please account for this when reporting IPs. Thanks, and have a great day! Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 22:27, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry about it! :) Keep up the good work, Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 22:37, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I have nominated List of autonomous areas by country as a WP:FLC

I have nominated List of autonomous areas by country as a WP:FLC and I would be happy if you could review it and comment on the nomination at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of autonomous areas by country. Thanks in advance! Gary King (talk) 17:13, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I've responded to your concerns. Gary King (talk) 18:40, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
If you have time, could you please archive your comments that have been addressed at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of autonomous areas by country? Gary King (talk) 15:56, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Princess Helena of the United Kingdom

Updated DYK query On 25 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 19:17, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:Help

Hey, thanks man. That's exactly what I'm looking for! -- JTHolla! 23:17, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Just wanted to say thanks for the help. Beeblbrox (talk) 05:52, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Map creator?

Would you happen to know anyone who creates maps for Wikipedia? I am looking for someone to build a map for List of unrecognized countries. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 07:22, 26 February 2008 (UTC)


List of countries without armed forces is going to be an WP:FLC soon

If you have time, could you please take a look at List of countries without armed forces and tell me what you think I should improve? I'm going to be nominating it for a WP:FLC soon. Also, feel free to edit something if you think that your change will improve the article. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 02:50, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I've nominated it at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of countries without armed forces. Please post your comments, thanks! Gary King (talk) 18:42, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Requesting peer review of List of unrecognized countries before listing as WP:FLC

Hi, I am requesting your time to peer review the List of unrecognized countries article. I would like to list it as a WP:FLC but feel that a peer review from you will help increase its chances of passing. Thanks for taking a look! Gary King (talk) 21:13, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Please post your comments at Wikipedia:Peer review/List of unrecognized countries/archive1 and feel free to edit the article if you feel that certain things need to be modified and are fairly trivial. Gary King (talk) 21:17, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you.

Thanks for fixing hte tagging on Hulk. Although initially passed, the article was failed by a later Admin, so I was trying to fix that, As you can see, I wasn't doing it right. I thank you. ThuranX (talk) 22:15, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Having seen the tagging now, I think i've set it right to reflect the fail, pass, admiin fail hsitory. Can you check that I've doen it right though? ThuranX (talk) 22:18, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
I delisted it because it actually failed. See, I faked the passing, apparently. Admin David Fuchs failed it based on the second nom, which had previously passed. There was no third formal review, so I was trying to preserve the version dates and such to show that although one editor passed it, an admin pulled the pass and failed it. ThuranX (talk) 22:32, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Alright then. Doesn't particularly matter, as this situation is the impetus for me to leave the project. Thanks Peter, for your help with the template. ThuranX (talk) 22:42, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
I don't understand why you're opposing David Fuchs' determination. Don't you understand that he doesn't need consensus to do this? Any editor can delist at any time, no review needed. David Fuchs chose that option. I'm simply abiding by policy and making things easy. I know you think you are helping, but by holding back David Fuchs, you hold back the article, and all of Wikipedia. Didn't you read that talk page?ThuranX (talk) 22:34, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

List of unrecognized countries has been nominated as a WP:FLC

I have just nominated List of unrecognized countries as a WP:FLC at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of unrecognized countries and would appreciate it if you could vote in it, criticize it, and hopefully eventually fall in love with the article. Also, feel free to edit the article if you feel that a minor edit is needed. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 06:16, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Holstein

It would be better to rely on sources than on my memory; but I think you have combined two incompatible versions, which is not a correction. Do you have access to any history of nineteenth-century Europe?

My recollection, and Austro-Prussian war, say that what happened is that the peace treaty provided that the duchies would be ceded to Prince Christian, and they were duly taken away from Denmark, but the Prince never got them. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 16:18, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Nominating List of recessions as a WP:FLC

Hi, I have nominated List of recessions as a WP:FLC at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of recessions. I would appreciate it if you could look over the article and comment on the FLC. Thanks for your time! Gary King (talk) 01:29, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

I made a comment on the FLC page saying that the 'Comments' column was being redone and please wait an hour before criticizing that. I guess you miss the memo :P Gary King (talk) 02:46, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: Princess Alice of the United Kingdom

Hi Peter, recently the naming conventions for royalty and nobility were clarified to state that the consorts of kings and emperors were to be titled Name of Place while the consorts of grand dukes, dukes, princes, margraves, counts, landgraves, etc, were to be titled Title Name of Place. This is how it was carried out in practise and now that convention has been confirmed. The reason to me, it seems, is that there is a natural division between kings/emperors and other reigning sovereigns. Kings and emperors carry the style of Majesty in varying forms while all other sovereigns are styled Highness in one form or another, further cementing that division. I hope that this makes sense. Charles 22:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Nomating Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of tallest buildings in Toronto for an WP:FLC

Hi, I have just nominated Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of tallest buildings in Toronto. I would appreciate it if you could look over the article and post your concerns on the page. Thanks for your time! Gary King (talk) 03:19, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I still need more Support votes for this, so if you have time, could you take a look over it and include your support or opposition? Thanks! Gary King (talk) 06:56, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Regarding User:Kelw's vote, he has not responded back as to why he Opposes and whether or not any of the fixes I made helped to improve the article or not. What can I do about that? Gary King (talk) 22:18, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Raime (talk · contribs) already gave the article a Support so I don't think he also needs to state that kelw (talk · contribs)'s Oppose is justified or not. Gary King (talk) 22:42, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Nominating Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of billionaires (2007)/archive1 as WP:FLC

Hi, I have just nominated Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of billionaires (2007)/archive1. If you have time, please look it over and post any concerns that you might have about the article. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 19:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Nominating List of wealthiest foundations as WP:FLC

Hi, I am nominating List of wealthiest foundations as an WP:FLC at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of wealthiest foundations. If you have time, please look over the article and post any comments that you may have. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 00:19, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

List of autonomous areas by country is now a Featured List - thanks for your support!

Thanks to your support, List of autonomous areas by country is now a Featured List! This is my first FL, and I hope to have many more in the future. Thanks for supporting the nomination! Gary King (talk) 18:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Screenshot of list of recessions.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Screenshot of list of recessions.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 20:36, 6 March 2008 (UTC)


Gordon Laird: David Lochhead

Thank you to Peter and others for supporting my article on David Lochhead! --Gordon Laird (talk) 13:07, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Requesting a peer review of Facebook

I have requested a peer review of Facebook at Wikipedia:Peer review/Facebook/archive2. If you have time, please add your comments. I wish to nominate this as a Featured Article one day. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 18:12, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Could you please take a look at what has been addressed? Thanks! Gary King (talk) 07:38, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Okay, but can you archive the topics that have been addressed? The page is getting a bit too long. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 18:35, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Everything has been responded to now. If you have time, please re-read the article and note any new concerns. I've made a lot of major changes to the article since your first peer review. Gary King (talk) 02:35, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Okay, it's been nominated for a GAN. I'll cross my fingers! Gary King (talk) 19:08, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Subject: Help from Sunsetsunrise (talk) 01:06, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your welcome. How do you find if an article has been on the main page? Or who mainly contributed to the article? And I'm unclear what to put on my user page...

User Edit Counter

Yeah, I was looking at that. But how do I use a visual interface and apply it to my userpage? I'm thinking a floting nav based on screenshot? I thought there would be a simple script or template though already in the works. Thanks for the response. --InvisibleDiplomat666 18:01, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Help

Hi Peter,

I'm so sorry for that. I'm a new user so I'm still learning. About Paciência Article, please, do not delete, I will write more.... I'm used to Wikipedia pt and Wikipedia en is a bit different.

Best Regards,

Ivan Crespus2006 (talk) 08:24, 15 March 2008 (UTC)


Thank u so much Peter. In Wikipedia pt we have someone who teaches for new users everything 'bout Wikipedia. Here, Do You have it, too?

See Ya! Crespus2006 (talk) 08:36, 15 March 2008 (UTC)


Thanks, again!

So, I think I'll have no problems to learn. I couldn't imagine to be so welcome here. This makes me remember a very important things. There are cool people in everywhere no matter where you are. Brazillians are wrong thinking only brazillian people are helpful. Thanks a Lot! Crespus2006 (talk) 09:28, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

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