User talk:PFHLai
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I am currently off-line for another wikivacation. Messages left here won't get a quick response for the next little while .... Take care, folks. Happy editing ! :-) PFHLai, May 31, 2008
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[edit] Redwood National and State Parks as TFA on the main page on Arbor Day?
I think it's a great idea but they don't allow more than five proposals at a time on the TFA requests page. Best way to get this date set up is to drop a note at Raul's talk page. Wrad (talk) 17:19, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, right. Somehow I thought the max was 5 noms for each TFA day, rather than 5 max for that request page. It's such a strange rule. Anyway, thanks for letting me know, Wrad. I'll drop Raul a note on his talkpage later on. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 02:13, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] ITN deaths
"restore 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay for MainPage balance. Incoming TFA is quite long." Or you could have promoted the items for Lorenz and Wheeler that have strong consensus for promotion. ;) Madcoverboy (talk) 02:35, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
- Are you MAD, Coverboy? The ITN death criteria are sacrosanct !!!!! I dare not violate them.... :-)
- Seriously, I indeed have looked at the two candidate pages. The relevant new material related to Wheeler's death was a single sentence in his wikibio:
On 2008 April 13, John Wheeler died of pneumonia at the age of 96 in Hightstown, New Jersey.
On April 16th, 2008, Lorenz died at his home in Cambridge at the age of 90, having suffered from cancer.
- BTW, I don't think there is strong consensus at ITN/C to have the two obituaries on ITN. Support appears fairly conditional with "iff". Instead, we may be closer to having consensus for a revolution at ITN. I'd rather have "Biography of the Day" on MainPage, and have obituaries posted there -- outside ITN! -- at midnight UTC the day after they died. But that's just me... Take care. --PFHLai (talk) 00:51, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Mother Ludlam's Cave at DYK
Hi, I understand it was you who nominated the Mother Ludlam's Cave article for DYK. Many thanks, and hope the stress soon eases. Weydonian (talk) 18:33, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
- You're welcome, Weydonian. Your nice new article deserves the spotlight on MainPage. I'm coping with my stress alright. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 11:14, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK (#502~#518)
--Bobet 13:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
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--Victuallers (talk) 20:43, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
--Bedford 23:40, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Experiencing deja vu? ;-) --Bedford 05:23, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
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--Hersfold (t/a/c) 12:44, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
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—Fvasconcellos (t·c) 02:21, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Anudder one. --Gatoclass (talk) 03:34, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
--Bedford 02:17, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 18:15, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Main Page balance
Regarding this edit, are you certain that removing it improves main page balance, even after the latest DYK update which is slightly longer than the one preceding it? It doesn't seem that way to me, having checked on both Firefox and Internet Explorer. Perhaps it has to do with our font size difference? --BorgQueen (talk) 00:36, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
- On my screen, yes, font size at Larger, Medium & Smaller, IE. I actually removed that line from ITN in anticipation of the DYK update (you almost gave me an edit conflict) If it's really ugly on your screen, please feel free to revert on ITN. I'm signing out soon, so I won't see things stickying out on the rightside on MainPage after your reverting. --PFHLai (talk) 00:44, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
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- You're welcome. And thank you for your work, too. :-)
- I don't have FireFox, so I didn't check that. Please feel free to fix things as you see fit, Your Majesty. (i can be 'assimilated' quite easily... :-) -PFHLai (talk) 00:53, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
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- If I may interject, I added a seventh one because there was a gob of space underneath the DYK section, and was still quite a bit after I added it and previewed it. I use Firefox and have a 19"widescreen, if that tells you anything.--Bedford 00:52, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
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- No problem, Bedford. We are all trying to make MainPage look pretty on our screen, polishing it from different angles. :-) --PFHLai (talk) 00:57, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, Bedford, do you mean a 7th on Next ? I didn't see the blank space with the MainPage preview that included your 7th. Things are balanced on my screen, but I can't see what you have on Firefox. Please adjust as you see fit on your screen. --PFHLai (talk) 01:07, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
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- I previewed it before it went up, saw a lot of extra space, so I added a seventh entry. Now on my screen, there's a centimeter height difference between the end of the DYKs and the lower "More events:" on the On the Day section.--Bedford 01:17, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
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- On my screen now, I have "Archive – Start a new article..." at the bottom of DYK a little below "More events: May 3 – May 4 – May 5" but a little higher than "Archive – By email – More anniversaries..." at the bottom of SA/OTD. As the BorgQueen said, "it is not an exact science ..." I'll let things sit and not touch them for now. --PFHLai (talk) 01:25, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] DYK (#519~#530)
--Bedford 03:13, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 14:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK # 1,000,000 - lost count
--« Milk's Favorite Cookie ( talk / contribs) 23:02, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 16:59, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
--Bedford 00:56, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
--Bedford 19:01, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
--Gatoclass (talk) 12:48, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
--Elkman (Elkspeak) 15:19, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
--Bedford 22:10, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK: Distracted
I got distracted while doing the update, and just got back. Do you want to finish doing the credits, or should I?--Bedford 01:20, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] List of Detroit Red Wings head coaches
Thanks for the fixes/expansion. How's (for the DYK):
- ...that Jacques Demers is the only Detriot Red Wings head coach to have won the Jack Adams Award twice?
« Milk's Favorite Cookie ( talk / contribs) 00:13, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
- Sure. That looks fine to me. :-) --PFHLai (talk) 02:42, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
- Or, if you like
- ... that former Detriot Red Wings head coach Jacques Demers is the only coach in the National Hockey League to have won the Jack Adams Award twice with the same team?
- --PFHLai (talk) 02:53, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Big Four Bridge
I'm glad you liked the Big Four Bridge aricle. I haven't yet received a GA rating for one of my articles, despite having 90 DYKs. If you don't mind, how far away do you think the bridge article is from a GA?--Bedford 02:49, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
- I have no experience with GAs, but it looks like this article of yours is ready. I'd wait a week or so to make sure it's stable, per #5 at Wikipedia:Good article criteria. Good luck. :-) --PFHLai (talk) 03:02, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK (#531~#556)
--Bedford 05:04, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 20:26, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 18:53, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 01:22, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 07:20, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
--Gatoclass (talk) 06:47, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
--Gatoclass (talk) 13:03, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 03:17, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you, your Majesty. But I didn't nominate this. I merely suggested a shorter hook. Thanks, anyway. :-) --PFHLai (talk) 05:55, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 10:00, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 15:41, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
--Bedford Pray 00:22, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK x5
--BorgQueen (talk) 05:03, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
--Gatoclass (talk) 13:11, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 08:33, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 15:46, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] 550+
--BorgQueen (talk) 21:40, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
--Gatoclass (talk) 12:52, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
--Bedford Pray 01:44, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
--Victuallers (talk) 22:34, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Recent Sports News Items at ITN
[edit] 2007-08 Heineken Cup
I've added a fairly detailed and referenced match summary for the final of the 2007-08 Heineken Cup for the ITN item. Hopefully this satisfies your criteria? - Shudde talk 05:07, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
- Great! It's now back on ITN. Thank you, Shudde, for adding the new materials on that wikipage so quickly. --PFHLai (talk) 05:46, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Indy 500
The description of the winner is in the intro and in the Full race results. --Lemmey talk 05:50, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
- I even emptied my cache, and I still can't find any descrptive prose on how Dixon became the winner on that wikipage. --PFHLai (talk) 05:58, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
- The descriptive prose is that he ran faster for longer than anyone else, what exactly are you looking for? The Monaco description is completely unsourced and not exactly encyclopedic material. We don't report elections on what states were called in what order, we report the final tallies and post a happy little table. --Lemmey talk 06:01, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
- I'm looking for a paragraph or so of descriptive prose to go with the table, e.g. 2007-08 Heineken Cup#Final, or at least some texts like the summaries about the qualifying and earlier trials higher up on the 2008 Indianapolis 500 wikipage. A few words about the "accident" mentioned in the table would be good, too. --PFHLai (talk) 06:11, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
- The descriptive prose is that he ran faster for longer than anyone else, what exactly are you looking for? The Monaco description is completely unsourced and not exactly encyclopedic material. We don't report elections on what states were called in what order, we report the final tallies and post a happy little table. --Lemmey talk 06:01, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK (#557+)
--BorgQueen (talk) 07:05, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
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--BorgQueen (talk) 01:06, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
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-- well done Victuallers (talk) 23:36, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 12:34, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 18:31, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
--Bedford Pray 00:35, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks
You made me speechless. You just proved to everyone how serious my DYK addiction is. --BorgQueen (talk) 19:47, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] 6/1 DYK
Show off *wink* --Bedford Pray 02:38, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Nankin (chicken)
--BorgQueen (talk) 14:35, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK Medal
The DYK Medal | ||
After the immense amount of hard work you have done at DYK, contributing who knows how many hundreds of DYK noms (another 54 last month alone), I was shocked to see on your user page that no-one has yet thought to award you one of these. So it seems the privilege of handing it over is mine. Nominators like yourself are essential, giving updaters the crucial variety we need to create balanced updates. Great work PFHLai! Gatoclass (talk) 15:22, 2 June 2008 (UTC) |
[edit] The current Revolution at ITN
Hey PFHLai, thanks for the barnstar! I'm really glad to learn that you like my and BanyanTree's changes, because I've always considered you to have an especially valuable opinion and experience on these issues. BTW, we're still discussing the progress of the "revolution" at Template talk:In the news. Thanks.--Pharos (talk) 16:56, 3 June 2008 (UTC)