User talk:Casliber/Archive 12

Click "show" to see my message. What is meant to be and what is not... Thank you for your recent comments and vote at my Request for Adminship. It was not successful. I don't believe this is unfortunate as it leaves me with much to ponder and a fresh slate from which I can better myself as an editor in order to be more compliant with the policies that are expected by Wikipedia. If you feel that there is anything that was not covered by the RfA that I need improvement in, I would implore your input and feedback as I hope and intend to improve as best I'm guided. All the best in your own endeavours in the real world, and also when you're not on Wikipedia. lincalinca 14:23, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Marcus Trescothick

Hi,

Thanks for your comments on the Trescothick FAC. They have been addressed, so would you be kind enough to take a look at the FAC once more? If you stick with your weak oppose, that is fine, but perhaps you would just outline why. Also, a lot of your points were regarding changes made by User:!! while participating at the FAC, and I have reverted many of these.

Many thanks,

–MDCollins (talk) 11:29, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your vote

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a vote of (53/0/1). As a token of my appreciation, please accept this bowl of tzatziki. I feel honored to be trusted by so many of you. Wikipedia is such a large community, that my acceptance in the face of such large numbers truly is humbling. I will use my new tools to continue the tasks for which you entrusted them to me. Gratefully, EncycloPetey (talk) 18:34, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Bounty

Hi there - I noted your good work on Lion and thought you might be interested to know that I placed a $50 bounty on Cheetah. Keep up the great work! --Bloodzombie (talk) 19:57, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Photograph of pumpkin pie.

I just wanted to wish my fellow Wikipedians a Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 17:15, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

C'mon!

I'm keen to get vampire off so we can start on something new - maybe cheetah since there's a $50 reward on it...? $25 for you, $25 for me? Muahahaha! I think once we've passed the hurdle of vampire, things are gonna get a lot easier. We just happened to pick the hardest article ever first off. I think we need to be ruthless and just cut out what ever is too stubby to include, what sounds like OR or unnotable and whatever we can't find references for. I just want it gone so we can start on something else... Whatdoya say? Back to work? I've looked over the article and all that's left is text with the problems I just mentioned, which could easily be fixed by deletion. Anyway, I'm sore from playing golf today. I'm absolutely rubbish at it, but it was fun. Cheers Cas, Spawn Man (talk) 07:32, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Aw, just realised that the bounty board is for donations to Wikimedia. I want cash dammit! For me! ;) Hmm, you might find this interesting if you did indeed want cash etc, although the cash requests aren't involving very good articles (Although Atlantis might be interesting). Spawn Man (talk) 07:38, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Barn Swallow

thanks for tips, which I've done - finding refs for the swallow ssp is interesting, but finding the authors originally was worse (ITIS only has Linnaeus)! I'm doing some winter birding for a few days, but when I return I'll fix anything else that comes up. Jimfbleak (talk) 15:56, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Orson K. Miller, Jr.

A tag has been placed on Orson K. Miller, Jr. requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Jonathan^T•@•C 00:30, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Need your opinion

Hey sir. I know you've made some edits over at Psychiatry and needed your opinion with something. An editor has expressed interest in reintroducing a controversy section into the article. I would really appreciate it if you could let me know your thoughts as to whether it should or shouldn't be included as the article is written now. Let me know at Talk:Psychiatry#Should we reintroduce "Controversy" section?. Thanks so much for your time. Chupper (talk) 19:44, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Pop Culture

Hi, and thanks for your note. I don't think that we are all that far off on pop culture per se. I think it is valuable, and has a major role in understanding our era. On the other hand, I do think that it receives far too much attention, and not from the proper perspective of understanding its significance and role. For example, I can wax on and on about the significance of Superman as a contemporary Moses figure, and his role as representation of various societal trends over the years (immigrant experience, World War II nationalism, the squeaky clean era of the fifties, to the cynicism of the twenty-first century can all be traced in the character's evolution). In fact, I was first drawn to Wikipedia after looking up kryptonite on the web. (I also have a copy of Folklore Quarterly on my desk open to an analysis of Aliens, but that's a different story.) On the other hand, lists of tv and movie references to every obscure topic, without any understanding of their significance is somewhat beyond what I would like to see. I also think it can be difficult to really appreciate the long term impact of a joke made on television last week, or a cultural reference in the latest version of Super Mario Brothers. In my opinion, that is something that needs the test of time. Danny (talk) 01:13, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, please do. Thanks. Danny (talk) 01:27, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

That said, please note the tags "Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification" and "Category:Wikipedia articles needing factual verification" which can probably be removed if it is up to par, or fixed. Also, BSL and CPK are disambigs, which can probably be directed to the right articles. (I love my parser!). Danny (talk) 01:30, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Probably best just to remove the tag if there is no valid reason for it. Danny (talk) 02:12, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Safe version here. Danny (talk) 02:22, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

More articles to fix:

I've stumbled across a great source for ex-featured articles that we can fix up here, if we ever run out of ideas. I clicked on the links and about 90% of the articles shown were demoted FAs. Just a thought. If we ever get past vampire that is. I really want to give up, but I've given my last few months to it on here, so I'm unwilling to do that. I'll see what I can do without you for now then. Spawn Man (talk) 23:14, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

There are a couple of core articles in there - Mozart was the first ever main page featured article and it's a fairly core topic. I've also got a few other core topics on my to do list (See my user page links) which I pointed out to you previously. Anyway, I'm in the mood for writing, but vampire's more selective editing (IE, chopping down on the rubbish). Cheers, Spawn Man (talk) 03:32, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

List of Massachusetts birds

Casliber, I've self-nominated the above list for peer review, would appreciate any comments before nominating for featured list request.......Thanks.....Pmeleski (talk) 02:48, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Vampire

• Revenant is a disambig.
• Old_Russian_language is a disambig.
• Eve is a disambig.
• Sumer is a disambig.
• Lamia is a disambig.
• Slavic is a disambig.
• East_Slavic is a disambig.
• Wedlock is a disambig.
• Lamia is a disambig.
• Tolima is a disambig.
• Incubus is a disambig.

Also, two external links do not resolve: this appears twice. Hope this helps. Danny (talk) 10:46, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Spiffier triple crown, new awards available

Imperial triple crown jewels.

Hi, I've been sprucing up the triple crown awards. Here's the new version of the imperial triple crown jewels you've already earned. Feel free to replace your old one with this if you like the new version better. I've also introduced two new triple crown awards for editors who've done a lot of triple crown work: the Napoleonic and Alexander the Great edition awards. If you're active in a WikiProject, check out the new offer for custom WikiProject triple crowns. I'll make those upon request if five or more editors qualify. See User:Durova/Triple crown winner's circle for more information. Thanks for your hard work, and cheers! Durova^Charge! 22:14, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Knut?

Hey Cas, I know you're a busy guy, but wanted to point you in the direction of Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Knut (polar bear) if you hadn't already seen it. First time FAC'er with a quirky topic getting caught with 1) lack of interest and 2) tangential (seems to me at least) NFCC issues. I think the editor has potential so, promote or fail, I just don't want her to feel like the process was a complete waste of her time.

Can't wait to read Vampire when you're finished with it. I think I'm a week or so away from having Sumatran Rhinoceros polished into pretty decent shape. Some more reading to do/sources to find/commas to fix, etc... --JayHenry (talk) 06:47, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Ahem, I'm editing Vampire too ya know. Honestly... ;) Hey Cas did you see what they've done with Green?? Dammit, we had dibs on the first colour FA! Well, I've already picked blue, and they stole green from you, dammit, what are we going to do now!? Since we're nearing the end of vampire, what are you going to pick for your article? You seem not to like pork, and since I think we should go with the "my nom, your nom etc etc" it'd be your choice next. I've also added a few articles to my list of to do's for my choice after the next article. Maybe you could pick out of a hat or something? Anyway, I feel like writing an article so I'm gonna find something to do. In regards to vampire, seeing as I don't have any sources for the middle bit and you wrote most of the middle, I don't think I'll be too much help. As I've put on the talk page, I've done the top, the bottom and now there's just that bit in the middle to do. Anyway, see you later. :) Spawn Man (talk) 23:49, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Hahaha, sorry Spawn Man, no slight intended! When I said "when you're finished with it" I meant you-plural, of course! I should have said, "when y'all're finished with it." When you say pork do you mean, literally pork or pig? I've actually been thinking pig would be the animal I'd do after rhinos, but it'd be fun to do pork as well. --JayHenry (talk) 01:33, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

No no, take your after-thought apologies elsewhere! I don't want to hear them! ;) Pork as in pork. Cas has got dibs on pork (I think...) but you can take pig. Well anyway, I made a new article (Pelagosaurus), but the systematic paleobiology was all up the chute. It felt good writing a new article for once, even if it wasn't the best. :) Cheers, Spawn Man (talk) 05:01, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, that's fine with me. If I do pigs I get to use this story as a source. Tricky topic though. Half-zoology, half-agricultural. Not sure how to approach. --JayHenry 21:06, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm, what about: Pigs are a genus of grunty things that go oink and taste relatively good. Yum! ;) Sure save on time. And that's so mean! Eating mini-pigs! You could call them piglet snacks or something. ;) Cheers, Spawn Man 04:42, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

(gasp, splutter...emerging from 4 days of lack if internet connection)...goin' through withdrawal symptoms.....can't...think...straight....what...to....work on........(But seriously, still tied up a bit and should be untied by weekend. Tnanks for the updates guys.) cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 15:49, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Good to see you back. The thought that you'd died or something crossed my mind and I thought about how screwed I'd be on the VAMPIRE article (In case you'd forgotten about it). ;) But then I thought you'd probably be somewhere without internet connection... Well good to have you back anyway. Drop me a note. (I've been kinda busy assessing articles for Wikiproject:MilHistory). See ya. :) Spawn Man (talk) 11:00, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

No I haven't forgotten. Was a bit taken aback by the deathly silence after nominating Amanita ocreata but nevermind. Will look soon, just trying to download all my holiday snaps but my digi photo card is playing up (grrrr), so not doing anything too thought provoking. Vampire will need some concentration time when I am not distracted cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:09, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

... Was a bit taken aback by the deathly silence after nominating Amanita ocreata ... Me, too. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:08, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Woah! That fungus article is tripping! The refs section is longer than the actual article! Sorry I missed out on the chance to comment on that one - but serves you right for trying to become the site's leading FA'er. ;) *Must chop down tall poppy... must chop down tall poppy...* ;) I really did try last night to work on vampire, but I couldn't find anything for me (No references left, and that's what the article needs). I'm thinking; cut out the Japanese section and maybe mention the vampire from it elsewhere. That red link in African beliefs also stands out - I looked on the net for some info on it to start an article, but I couldn't find anything much, so I'm gonna de-link it for now. Cheers, Spawn Man (talk) 23:15, 7 December 2007 (UTC). P.S. Where'd you go for holiday?

Hello

Good to see you back again. And thanks for making November the biggest WP:AUS FA month ever! (7 FAs). Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:21, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

What's on the green and gold menu?Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:29, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

re. FAs

You only found out now? Maybe I should drop by, maybe I should've called... :) Dihydrogen Monoxide ^♫ 01:25, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

ROFL XD - (see note two paras above) cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:28, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Reading (not one but) two sections above is for noobs. I loooove your my way... Hmm, seems I can use Powderfinger lyrics for anything! Dihydrogen Monoxide ^♫ 06:38, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Barn Swallow

Thanks for your help and support - still no opposes yet! Jimfbleak (talk) 08:32, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Mushrooms

Sorry about that. I realise now that you know very well that mushrooms are fungi. ^^ Samsara (talk • contribs) 16:44, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

And I replied to the comment you left at MeegsC's in a different place. Samsara (talk • contribs) 17:09, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Gosh it's irritating - some editors don't know what notable mentions mean when it comes to the vampire article! Just thoguht I'd spout that off. :) Cheers, Spawn Man ^{Review Me!} 04:40, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

FAC template edits

You must be in Sydney: my aircon is running full-bore. Tony (talk) 14:36, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Cold? Yeah, but I feel hot and cold at the same time coz it's humid. I'm being a carbon-pig. Tony (talk) 11:37, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 9 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article White-breasted Robin, 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.

--Zzyzx11 (Talk) 15:25, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Cape Fear Shiner

Casliber,

I have been working on bringing the Cape Fear Shiner (a critically endangered fish endemic to North Carolina) up to GA status. I was wondering if you knew the root of the shiner's scientific name, Notropis mekistocholas. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 20:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Anytime that you can get around to it is fine. I'm in no rush- I actually only seriously started on it today. Oh, and I also thought of a black eye when I first heard the fish's name. Normally I stick with flying things, but combine the fact of the name with the fact that it is critically endangered and endemic to my state and I was hooked. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 23:48, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the addition. I owe you one now. Are there any articles you want copyediting help with? Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 21:27, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

I'll take a look at Vampire soonish; however, I've got exams this week, so it probably will have to wait until the weekend. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 22:57, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Update

I've removed the Japanese mention from the Asian beliefs section and mentioned it briefly in the opening. Please feel free to rewrite the new opening - It's not brilliant and is very similar to most of the other openings. JSYK. The prose for the middle is looking okay on the whole and it just needs your references now - do you have anything left to add from Barber et al? I've added all my stuff so whatever's left to reference is up to you (Small libraries here...), unless it's an online source, but I wouldn't know if it was legit or not... Cheers, Spawn Man ^{Review Me!} 05:30, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Peer review of Geelong, Victoria

I noticed over at Wikipedia:Peer review/volunteers I have noticed you are interested in Australian Geography. If you have to time to cast your eye over that of Wikipedia:Peer_review/Geelong,_Victoria it would be appreciated. Wongm (talk) 14:22, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

The Scorcher

Hey RJ, given I am a neophyte when it comes to astronomy, are you happy that everything possibly technical and star-related has been added to the Sirius article? Have you seen the book by Holberg? It's got good background and analysis on the 'red sirius' and the issue of a 3rd body as well as some nifty stuff on the heliacal rising and I can play with all that. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:24, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Yes I think the article covers the salient details about Sirius reasonably well. I haven't been able to find anything else worth mentioning with regards to astronomical details. I think the page compares well with the accessible articles by Prof. Jim Kaler and the SolStation page. Unfortunately no I haven't read the book by Holberg. Thank you.—RJH (talk) 17:03, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

It's a fantastic read, borrowed it from uni library but may buy a copy one day. Just thought of something - maybe a sentence or two about the Sirius Supercluster may be good but I don't have any book refs or anything. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:46, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

You got it. Thanks.—RJH (talk) 16:33, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

I just thought - it may be good to note how high it gets from some average northern cities such as London or New York as I have a note from St Petersburg (Russia not Florida!) in, but couldn't find it webwise. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:21, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

It's actually pretty easy to calculate. The maximum altitude of a star at culmination is equal to 90° + the star's declination − the city's (northern) latitude.[1] So (if I did my math right) the maximum altitude of Sirius is 73.3° − N. latitude. For London (+50.5°), this would be 22.3°.—RJH (talk) 21:38, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Stars

Yes, that's been a vague to-do of mine. Alpha Centauri is the most obvious next candidate; Barnard's Star is done, of course. Wolf 359 could probably be done in three or four sittings. Another possibility is solar analogue stars: with Tau Ceti done, Epsilon Eridani and 18 Scorpii are candidates. If you want to do one, contact User:RJHall. Now the holidays are coming and I don't know if I'll do much for the next three weeks. I've been awful the last three months: wandering out of the mainspace for extended periods. I still want to finish Giant Otter. Marskell (talk) 10:56, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

The Projects on Sirius are a laugh. What am I missing about Dogs? Marskell (talk) 12:54, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

I was being facetious! I suppose we should remove that particular project... Marskell (talk) 14:08, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

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RfA Thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which was successful with a vote of 33/7/4.

Special thanks go to Epbr123 for nominating me and Pedro for the offer of help.

I am honoured by the trust placed in me by the community. I hope to repay this by the wise use of the tools, which I intend to use gradually. Mop & bucket is on the Christmas list - honest. Keith D (talk) 00:34, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations! It's a boy girl fungus!

Hey Cas!

With all the improvements to Amanita ocreata, I think this is a reasonable GA now. I left some notes on the talk page. Thanks for all your work on this article. Firsfron of Ronchester 05:38, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 24 support, 3 oppose, and 3 neutral. I promise to work my hardest to improve the Wiki with my new tools.

--Michael Greiner 18:59, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Red-winged Fairy-wren

Are you aiming for a fairy-wren FT???? Hmm, there are three drives going for the first Australian FT then.... Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:41, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Aha. The first is Powderfinger by Giggy, Spebi and Lincalinca. The other one would be Bradman's Invincibles. Time for some shameless advertising...Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:46, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Australian cricket team in England in 1948

39 articles

1948 Ashes series

First Test

Second Test

Third Test

Fourth Test

Fifth Test

Don Bradman

Lindsay Hassett

Sid Barnes

Bill Brown

Ron Hamence

Neil Harvey

Ian Johnson

Bill Johnston

Ray Lindwall

Sam Loxton

Colin McCool

Keith Miller

Arthur Morris

Doug Ring

Ron Saggers

Don Tallon

Ernie Toshack

Keith Johnson

Antiguan Racer

Hey Cas. My next critically endangered animal project is going to be the Antiguan Racer. However, the current page on the species is known as "Antiguan Racer Snake" with "Antiguan Racer" redirecting to it. A google search shows 4280 hits for "Antiguan Racer" to 1140 for "Antiguan Racer Snake". Most websites, including the one for the group dedicated to its protection and the IUCN, refer to it as Antiguan Racer. However, I am not sure how to redirect the page so that Antiguan Racer would be the new main page for the species, though I do recall something about an admin having to do it. How would I approach changing the article's name?

Also, I should look at Vampire soonish... Thanks, Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 21:03, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

......like that? cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:10, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Perfect. Was I correct in assuming that what you did was an admin thing, or could I have done it if I knew how? Thanks. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 05:25, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

If you look at the top of the page where 'protect', 'edit' etc. are, you'll notice a 'move' tab. Anyone can move an article to a new article name as long as there has been nothing in the new name. This way a page history migrates with the article and mis much better than swapping a page and redirect. If a page has existed at the destination page (even a mere redirect) then it requires an admin to do it. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 07:27, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for supporting my RFA

	<font=3> Thanks for your support, my request for adminship passed 62/0/0 yesterday! I want to thank Snowolf and Dincher for nominating me, those who updated the RfA tally, and everyone for their support and many kind words. I will do my best to use the new tools carefully and responsibly (and since you are reading this, I haven't yet deleted your talk page by accident!). Please let me know if there is anything I can do to be of assistance, and keep an eye out for a little green fish with a mop on the road to an even better encyclopedia. Thanks again and take care, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:28, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Beware the undead.....

OK after over 400 edits each by Spawny and me I think we're somewhat within sight of the finish line (or is that the starting line?) Anyway, like lion I am anxious about ironing out what we can beforehand - are you just a buffy-phile or a fan of horror stuff too? Be great if you could let us know what you think of vampire...cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:21, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey Cas!

Aside from Buffy, I like those old 1930s-1940s vampire films; the ones that are so old they crackle when you watch them. I will take a look at the article later today and let you know what I think. :[ (that's my Vampire smile) Best, Firsfron of Ronchester 16:45, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Allosaurus

Thanks for the award, Cas! That went a lot faster than I'd thought for such a big article. It certainly took patience; it took about three months, looking at the history! J. Spencer (talk) 17:06, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Zeta Orionis, was selected for DYK!

On December 17, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Zeta Orionis, 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.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 07:00, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

RE:AFD:

No, by me saying it wasn't notable, I meant in context of the vampire article, not intending to mean notability for the actual term on Wikipedia... Still, it's good to gauge consensus. I've replied to your comments on the vampire talk page - it's important that I know what you're going on about. I'm not quite sure what you mean by your use of 'in-universe'... Cheers, Spawn Man ^{Review Me!} 02:00, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Sirius

Looks good, but you've got several problems with the ref section; you are probably aware of this. I tried to follow the ref in the Hawaiian section back to the source, but there several listed by the same author. There are several ways to fix this, but I don't know what format you have chosen to go with. I'll see if I can dig up some books about Hawaii and Sirius just to verify, but I like what you've done with the article. —Viriditas | Talk 13:43, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Cool. Is that your personal preference, or do you see a consolidated ref section as more of a house style? —Viriditas | Talk 13:55, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

So it seems like it's the preferred house style. Interesting. —Viriditas | Talk 14:01, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Herpes Zoster

After reviewing Eubulides comments, I think a copyedit may be premature. No point in polishing prose that gets replaced/removed. But if you can help in other ways, or can copyedit the sound bits.... Colin°^Talk 22:43, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Sid Barnes

Hi. I've been impressed by my interactions with you. If you don't (yup, do NOT) know much about cricket, I'd be really pleased if you'd review this article at Peer Review. We've had plenty of input from experts and we really need to check it's not too jargony etc. The reward is that Barnes's life (and death) was pretty interesting. --Dweller (talk) 17:15, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Ah. I note you're an Aussie, so there's a fair chance you're up to speed on cricket (and no-doubt well aware of Suicide Sid. If so, please point me in the direction of someone who can help. --Dweller (talk) 17:17, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

I see you've kicked off. Thanks muchly. --Dweller (talk) 09:32, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Frogs

Nah, I don't think I need to step in - people seem to have wisened up to the anti-pop culture activists and have learnt that they're not all worth deleting. Besides, there isn't any opposes and it's looking like there's gonna be a few people working on it already. And I'm not fond of frogs - especially those giant, flat oblong ones from Africa, but they may be toads... Cheers, Spawn Man ^{Review Me!} 04:01, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hey there! Thanks very much for your support in my recent RFA, which was successful. I was humbled by the support I received, and will do my best to live up to it by using the tools wisely and for the benefit of the encyclopedia. Thanks again! Tony Fox (arf!) 06:29, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Brisbane

Heh - that would be cool. At the moment I'm working on a Powderfinger albums FT (I think I have 3 more to go and I'm done!) - and Portal:Powderfinger which Spebi and Daniel created...slowly working on Brisbane when I get sick of hearing about Sunsets, or who's On My Mind, or about These Days slipping right through my hands. Oh, and I really should start my Extended Essay...but yeah, it'll be FA one day! Cheers, — Dihydrogen Monoxide 12:11, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

What happened to Cas the Dino Hunter?

Hey Cas!

We at WP:DINO miss you. Your recent work, though excellent, has all been for the birds. While I suppose you should be allowed to work on whatever you want to work on, I sort of miss the ole Cas the Dino Hunter. Well, I miss working with you, anyway. feel free to ignore my bellyaching... :) Firsfron of Ronchester 22:37, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Cas the Dino Hunter is, quite possibly, the coolest nickname ever. — Dihydrogen Monoxide 22:46, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Much cooler than Cas the Fairy Wren Guy. Firsfron of Ronchester 22:54, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Well he's been Cas the Vampire Hunter recently, but I guess he could settle for Cas the Undead Fossilised Fairy Wren Hunter I suppose... ;) I should really make a logo... :) Cas, more importantly; I am tired of waiting for vampire to be done. Let's just flag it. I've nothing more to add to the article (No more books on them), you're off doing other things I presume and we've both lost interest by the sounds of it. Let's just cut our losses. I don't want to have to give up my holidays with my fiance for undead articles which can't be resurrected. Unless we do one more push and send it off to FAC in the next 2 weeks, I'm moving on. I'm counting on you; we're a team. Spawn Man ^{Review Me!} 23:35, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Awwww. I just had to finish this last little critter (ain't he cute?)....I took some nice piccies on holidays and had to attach it to an FA...cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:46, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

PS: My fave dino was always tarby but Sheepy's done such a good job I've taken a back seat to him and Justin - I'm just happy to be coordinating and trying to chip in here and there. I'll swing by agian. have to brush up on poisonous mushies though as well. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:58, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

He is pretty cute. More like a pretty cute snack for my cat though. ;) *Gulp* Spawn Man ^{Review Me!} 00:15, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Tarbosaurus is pretty awesome, no doubt about it. Firsfron of Ronchester 00:20, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Greg Hartley

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ANE (Ancient Near East)

Thanks for the tip-off. I'll be in Melbourne for a couple of days, then I'll have a look into this. Been working on a deadline and a computer program. Can put a day or two into Wiki, then back to some grind for a while. I needed a break from Wiki, but I'm pretty much needing Wiki as a break again. Cheers. Alastair Haines (talk) 15:49, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Imperial Napoleonic triple crown

It gives me great joy to award this Imperial Napoleonic triple crown for exceptional mainspace contributions. Thank you very much for your generous time and diligence on behalf of the project. You are a Napoleon among editors. Durova^Charge! 03:23, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Your Imperial Napoleonic Majesty, outstanding work! Happy holidays. Durova^Charge! 03:23, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 22 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alpha Persei, 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.

--Maxim_(talk) 17:41, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which closed successfully with 44 support, 4 oppose, and 3 neutral. I will work hard to improve the encyclopedia with my new editing tools (and don't worry, I'll be careful).

  jj137 ^♠ 01:21, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Vampires

Just to comment that I'm with family for a few days, and although I do have Internet access, the setting is very unconducive to large-scale Wikipedia work. I'll go back to it later. The references' formatting has driven me nearly crazy, and I asked ghirlandajo (talk · contribs) if he could have a second look at the Russian-language stuff. Circeus (talk) 04:23, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

I know, family stuff really takes over. Thanks for all the input though. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:00, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Family matters coma and go along like water on a Rhino's back here. There's just not enough room to sit comfortably and edit anywhere. It is impractical to do the sort of editing Vampire needs without a mouse ^___^ Circeus (talk) 16:04, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Nancy Reagan today's featured article

Hi Casliber. I'm contacting you as someone whom I have previously worked with regarding some wording and gramtical problems with Nancy Reagan's TFA entry for tomorrow. I was going to change them, but the page is protected. Earlier today, I changed the article's lead to reflect some of Nancy's fashion interests and glamor and I have improved the sentence structure. I think something like what is below would work better for the main page entry:

Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins on July 6, 1921) is the widow of the former United States President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. She was an actress in the 1940s and 1950s, starring in films such as Donovan's Brain, Night into Morning, and Hellcats of the Navy. She married Ronald Reagan in 1952, who was then president of the Screen Actor's Guild; they have two children. Nancy became the First Lady of California when her husband was Governor from 1967 to 1975. She became the First Lady of the United States in January 1981 with Ronald Reagan's presidential victory, experiencing criticism early in her husband's first term due largely to her decision to replenish the White House china. Nancy restored a Kennedy-esque glamor to the White House following years of lax formality, and her interest in high-end fashion garnered much attention. She championed recreational drug prevention causes by founding the "Just Say No" drug awareness campaign, which was considered her major initiative as First Lady. More controversy ensued when it was revealed in 1988 that she had consulted an astrologer to assist in planning the president's schedule after the 1981 assassination attempt on her husband's life. The Reagans retired to their home in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California in 1989. Nancy devoted most of her time to caring for her ailing husband, diagnosed in 1994 with Alzheimer's disease, until his death in 2004. As of 2007, Nancy Reagan has remained active in politics, particularly as relates to stem-cell research.

I only added in one more sentence (technically per WP:LEAD) and improved wording of the First Lady of California bit. These changes would improve the article's main page entry, so I am asking you to please consider making the changes as you are an admin and I cannot edit the page. I left a similar note on Raul654's talk page and the admin's noticeboard but wanted to share this with you as well. Thanks, Happyme22 (talk) 22:42, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Happyme22 (talk) 00:32, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Sid Barnes now at FAC

..and thanks for the tweaks. --Dweller (talk) 15:44, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Joyeux Noël

The composer of my favorite Christmas carol.

I just want to wish my fellow Wikipedians a Merry Christmas! Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 02:18, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Demon Star

Its popular in occult circles as being associated with Lilith and demons in general. I don't if its good for the vamp page though. Xuchilbara (talk) 04:33, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Ah then we might be able to do that actually. I do have some occult books that mention it! Xuchilbara (talk) 06:46, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Great success! Thank you for supporting my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 53-3-2. Special thanks goes to Shalom for both the suggestion and the nomination. I'm honored by the trust that the community has shown in me, and will do my very best as an administrator. Thanks again! faithless (speak) 08:50, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Vampires

Calisber, I added my sentence about the reasons for the popularity of vampires in the modern world, in good faith, at your request. Why has Spawn Man taken it upon himself to have a personal vendetta against me and brandish the wikilawyer rule book in my face and then engage in an edit war on this account? I thought and still think that what I wrote was a valuable contribution to the article Colin4C (talk) 11:02, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

(groan)...oh dear..cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 19:24, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Great triple crown race of 2008

As a Napoleonic crown recipient you might be interested in this. Cheers and happy editing! Durova^Charge! 20:19, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually it'll work for this competition if you nominate by February 14. I'm aware that approvals take some time. I'll revise the competition statement to make that more clear. Durova^Charge! 02:35, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Ongoing RPG notability/AfD situation

Hi, Casliber. Was wondering if you wouldn't mind reading my take on this situation around here of late, with all the AfD stuff going on in the RPG sector. My user page article is here. Thanks in advance. Compsword01 (talk) 21:40, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I notice that you have (re-)reverted a number of editing tags that requested WP:RS to support claims of WP:N. Is there a particular reason that these articles should not be subject to the same standards as other Wikipedia articles? GundamsRus (talk) 22:11, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

While the expanation you left on my page about the {Notability (books)} tag being inappropriate for games covers this reversion [2] and perhaps this [3] because while I had initially intended just to revert as indicated in the summary, I instead placed the generic notability tag, so if you were simply looking at the edit history, that makes sense. But it does not explain this one [4] where you removed an {in universe} tag and a {primary sources} tag from an article that is essentially entirely in universe and has only primary sources or this reversion [5] where you removed a {no references} tag from an article with no references. Were those simply mistakes or were there other reasons for removing the tags? GundamsRus (talk) 06:22, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your support in my successful RFA. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 07:29, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Vampire filler text

Do you think some filler text can be inserted at the beginning of the "Natural sources of vampire belief" section? I get iffy with two headers without text, but this has 3, and I'm pretty sure you can get intro text for both sections. Circeus (talk) 05:45, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Spawny and I will see what we can do. How worried are you about the size of the article cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:55, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I doubt much can be condensed anyway, except maybe in pathology, where I'm not clear that Rabies, prem. burial and Contagion need entire sections when they could easily enough be condensed into 1-2 paragraphs as a whole. Rabies especially should only garner a mention in intro to "pathology" given that it's only one main source and has not, unlike the porphyria link, received much attention beyond that AFAICT.

The only thing that I can see being spun off for size reducing is "Folk beliefs" (Vampire folklore is a fairly straightforward title for such an subarticle), which would then be condensed to only include one level of subsections.

Of course there's a fair number of {{fact}} todeal with too.07:29, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Good idea about rabies etc. will get onto it. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:38, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA Elonka

Sorry didn't notice that it was closed. VartanM (talk) 06:05, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind, she passed anyway :) cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:09, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

That sounded like she passed away. This is probably a good time for me take a break. Cheers. VartanM (talk) 06:16, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

ROFL. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:21, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Nope, I'm still alive and kicking.  :) Casliber, I did want to say thanks for participating though, and to assure you that I definitely paid close attention to everything that was said in the debate. And that I really sincerely doubt you'll see anything controversial coming from my new access level. :) If you do ever have any concerns about my activities as an administrator, I encourage you to let me know. My door is always open. Have a good new year, --Elonka 01:16, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Ornithology

Could you take a look at this one and see if you can add to the peer review. I am a bit diffident at the moment about throwing it to GA, mainly because I am not sure about the breadth coverage. Shyamal (talk) 06:58, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Blackbird

Many thanks, very quick, and useful ideas - I'll put in the egg dimensions now, and work up the rest of your suggestions over the next few days before going for FA. An earlier version said that it was a pest in NZ too, but couldn't find anything on that. Jimfbleak (talk) 10:43, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I've got NZ books. I'll look ti up cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:44, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I found a bit to start NZ

Chiffchaff

Thanks again, fac comments noted, although I'll concentrate mainly on Blackbird which is already there. When adding foreign names, I assume just other onomatopoeic names like "zilpzalp" (de) and "siff-saff" (cy), otherwise just becomes a list of foreign words? Jimfbleak (talk) 12:54, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

ROFL - what great alternatives and absolutely fascinating what onomatopoeia does in other languages. Oh they are a must...cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:58, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Former Featured articles

The project above which you had indicated an interest in joining at the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals page, is now active at Wikipedia:WikiProject Former Featured articles. John Carter (talk) 18:11, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Wishing you the very best for the new year - Samsara (talk • contribs) 14:31, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll get back to you about the other stuff. Samsara (talk • contribs) 14:31, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

HAPPY NEW YEAR from me too. I've added a bit about its relatives to Chiffchaff, and a sketch sonogram. Anything else before it goes to fac? Thanks Jimfbleak (talk) 16:54, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Pulling out all me old white dwarves...

(sneezing from dusty mags)....the magazine kind to bolster independent refs for D&D/Runequest material. You've seen this here and on the talk page? cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:05, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

I've got a copy of the "Heroic Worlds" book, which I use for referencing old modules and such.—RJH (talk) 18:10, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Great. I am trying to reference what I can to address the whole RPG slash-and-burn going on. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 18:46, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

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'py New Year + various

A FAR broom for the New Year!

Hey Cas. Happy New Year! My grandfather would say 'py New Year, so that's what I do.

WP:FAR has had few comments over the holidays and there's a variety I'd like to close pending an extra kp or rm. As I didn't get you a Christmas present, I offer a broom now to aid in the task.

What's on your FA radar? You're all about the little birds, I think. I took Battle of Musa Qala to FAC, for a change; recent events seem easy, but they present their own difficulties. I suppose we should go back and finish the big cats. I'll be out of holiday mode in a week. Cheers, Marskell (talk) 04:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and I did get your note about longest articles via the bot. At the time, I was sorta thinking Betacommand was a dick, after a dust-up with Ceoil, and didn't respond. It is cool though. A list of FAs by length would be neat.

Did we do up a list of successful FA nominators for '07? I thought it would be Awadewit but then HurricaneHink went mad (for hurricanes)! Marskell (talk) 04:41, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh wow, I wish it was Mango season stateside... Thanks for the laugh and happy new year! Speaking of cats, did you guys notice a couple of editors have started picking away at Tiger recently? Particularly User:Eliezg who has brought Walrus to GA. Also, on the subject of mammals, there's another really good new editor I've noticed on my watchlist - User:Helioseus, a Mammalian Paleontologist. He's cleaned up hundreds of extinct mammal pages in the last month or so. Would be good to figure out how to keep these two motivated and encouraged. Okay, gotta go spruce up my Sumatran Rhino a bit, thanks for looking in on that by the way... will respond to all your points within 24 hours (my goal at least!) --JayHenry (talk) 05:38, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

flaming wiki of death!

Hi Casliber - happy to make such an image. I didn't see a link to your draft though. Please let me know if there is one, otherwise I'll just play around... de Bivort 05:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

• Here's a version - lemme know if you like it. Thanks for the mango note by the way - what's a pressie? Happy New Year! de Bivort 07:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Dear Casliber, I hope you had a wonderful New Year's Day, and that 2008 brings further success, health and happiness! ...and birds... and plants... and further green and gold nationalist conquests on Wikipedia ;).... ~ Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I've just had mango for breakfast for the third consecutive day! Happy New Year, Jimfbleak (talk) 06:42, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the mango!

I just put all of my talk messages from 2007 in a single archive! Jealous? Mwahahahaha!!! See you in a week. Sheep81 (talk) 10:47, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Grrr, bloody mangoes! Get everywhere don't they? I was like that with tuna once upon a time! Anyway, happy New Year yourself and hopefully 2008 will be better than the stinker of 2007 (But alas, I've already received some bad news today, so maybe not!). Cheers and let's get vampire off before Feb eh? Then we can begin on our second article... joy. ;) Cheers, Spawn Man (talk) 11:57, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh man, I could barely keep from laughing out loud (I'm working) at your delicious New Year message, especially because I was actually eating mangoes while I watched the fireworks this year ;) Glad to hear this is more than a family habit of mine, and I hope you have a fantastic year yourself. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 13:05, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

You need a herd like mine, the mangoes would be lucky to get in the fridge, even then they never get cold. Enjoy the new year, if you get five minutes your thoughts(and anyone elses watching) on where to for Avondale Agricultural Research Station to get it up to FA, now its passed GA. Gnangarra 13:11, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

"Rar, I'm a Parksosaurus!"

Yay mango! Have a hypsilophodont. :) J. Spencer (talk) 14:47, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to ditto this person! Gracias Senor! Also if you have YIM, MSN, or AIM tell me so i can add you. ^_^ Xuchilbara (talk) 17:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Cheers mate. Hesperian 01:06, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Shlice - that is the word for it! There must be one for eating a mango too ...? Cheers, have a safe and prosperous year. cygnis insignis 08:22, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

greetings from mango chutney country

good to see the mango greetings allaround here in the rain soaked hills above the sodden tweed river they are plentiful supply- ava good ny SatuSuro 20:56, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Its a case of mango with everything at the moment - along with rain and flood with everything as well SatuSuro 08:15, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the card (I think)....— Dihydrogen Monoxide 00:27, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Sumatran Rhino

Not sure if you saw my comment under 'py New Year + various. Just finished another round of fixes on Sumatran Rhinoceros. Thanks again for taking the time to look in and make/suggest improvements. I've never known enough to attempt to judge one of your birds, but I'm looking forward to reviewing vampire. Cheers! --JayHenry (talk) 05:55, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Yummmmmmmmmmmm MmmmmmmmmmmmMango!

Thx m8! Alastair Haines (talk) 07:36, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

FAC for Jim Bowie

I know you review a lot of articles at WP:FAC, and I hoped that if you had time and energy to spare you could take a look at the FAC for Jim Bowie? I've had trouble getting people to review the article, and any suggestions you have for improvement would be very welcome. Thanks! Karanacs (talk) 15:12, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Erg. Caught me at a bad time but hopefully may have bit of time today. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:38, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

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Finally!

I have finally finished copy editing and commenting on vampire. How fun was it to read that article! Thanks again for asking! I hope my little list of comments isn't too overwhelming. Awadewit | talk 20:50, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I'm going to level. I want this article off before February. Not wanting to be controlling, but would it be too much to ask if we could both put our other projects on here aside until it's done. We had to pick the friggin' hardest article to send off first didn't we? ;) Anyway, I'm just a bit cranky because my computor asked me to download a new version of Windows Explorer even though I didn't want to. It kept on bugging me about it so I gave in, and now it's stuffed up all my settings and the writing on here is all smooshed up and tiny, despite how many times I try and enlarge it. Big paragraphs on here now look like tiny ones. Very annoying. Man microsoft sucks. Spawn Man (talk) 00:41, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Been away again for a few days. Awadewit has been very helpful (thanks Awadewit - good pointers!). I feel like the end is in sight. Agree we need to stake this f**ker as it is lingering. Get firefox from mozilla - heaps better than IE and when it crashes you can get up an edit page with all the half finished text on it :) cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:46, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Oooo... Do tell of this mozilla! Is it easy to install and get rid of internet explorer? I might still give it a pass though because it'll probably screw up the rest of my system (Microsoft puts in traps that ruin things if you install software other than theirs). Maybe when I get a new apple mac though... Muahahahaaha! :) Spawn Man (talk) 00:52, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

I can't believe you haven't heard of firefox - go hither and behold. Wasn't particularly enamoured of their emial program thunderbird but love firefox. It won't screw up your computer cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:11, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Tiger

Hi Casliber, I had a first go at tiger, just for fun and to see what would happen. Already encountering resistance. Just letting you know. Regards, Samsara (talk • contribs) 12:04, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

PS: Interesting bits of my todo page start here, I'll try to update it. Samsara (talk • contribs) 12:11, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Europa

Hello, Cas. May I ask you to look into Europa article, which is now a FA candidate? Tony requested it to be copy-edited by a person not familiar with the text. I fixed MOS breaches, but I am not such a great expert in English as you. Ruslik (talk) 17:44, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for copy-edits. The article was promoted today. Ruslik (talk) 12:11, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

You have mail

Please check your email. Thank you. Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 17:04, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Heck yeah!

We have to do this! Someone's increased the final date for the furry fandom reward at the Reward Board to December 2008, which means we have all year to create a featured article and get US$150!! There's also some other ones there if we miss out! What do ya say? We could split the cash...? Muahaahaha this is wicked... ;) Spawn Man (talk) 00:26, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I've asked to see if werewolf is covered...cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:18, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Nah, I don't think it would be, but I'm willing to be surprised... :) Gosh, let's just hope that article isn't as bad a vampire... *Gulp*! Spawn Man (talk) 02:45, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I think it would come out about half the size. I'll see what they say. I was musing on the whole pop culture thingy and working from 'top down' may be best way to show sceptics that pop culture is important - eg doing articles like vampire and derivative film/literature ones, werewolf etc. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:51, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Aw, ain't my talk page good enough to talk on. I don't blame you, that stick drawing guy cussed at me the other day... ;) In regard to doing pop culture/fiction article like vampire and werewolf - Oh yeah, totally. I think it's a hole we can fill perfectly and might be our calling. I still want to do factual articles, but yes, I was intending to do lots and lots of pop culture articles over the course of my stay here. :) I'm just doing some stuff with cryptozoology at the moment. I wrote the cryptid article (It'd be awesome if you could take a gander; I'm not sure the flow or tense is right) and I'm about to try and take List of cryptids to FLC after I'm done with it. There's tonnes of material there which we could do - I've got a chupacabra article and the wikipedia article doesn't have a quarter of it! Related to vampires, ya never know it could be our next FA! ;) Cheers, Spawn Man (talk) 03:16, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I've looked through the category of furry fandom and I've come up with some articles I think we could easily get to GA for US$50 or FA for US$150 (Although I think someone's closing in on the FA). Some pretty sick shit - I mean I could never get turned on by looking at snoopy or garfield - but if it's making me some cash, I can live with it. Let's just hope my fiance doesn't think I'm turning "funny" when she finds all the searches for furry fandom lol... :)

Okay, articles - Both of these articles are fairly well related to werewolves etc, and therefore aren't a big stretch: Animal transformation fantasy & Talking animal. Then there's borderline encyclopedic/non-fandom articles which are more our kind of work than actual furry articles: Timothy Albee & Anthropomorphism. And then there's the furry stuff: Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature & Fursuit. All of these can either be easily gotten to GA or are already halfway there. There's still another 7 GA rewards left (So split between us that's US$175 each) and 1 FA reward. We really need to finish vamps off, get into these ones and then move on to werewolf, or whatever you pick for your collaboration pick (Since vamps is mine). Cheers, Spawn Man (talk) 21:44, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Are you mad at me or something? Is it because I don't agree with furry fandom stuff? Because if you're into that, I'm totally cool with it; I just would never practise. Hopefully we can still be partners riight? Spawn Man (talk) 11:42, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

No no. I must have missed the post above. Sorry, didn't see it. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:46, 9 January 2008 (UTC)