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Featured Lists

I noticed that you put List of Texas Aggie terms into the backlog which states "The following lists were nominated more than 10 days ago and have had their review time extended because objections are still being addressed or insufficient information has been provided by reviewers to judge whether the criteria have been met. If you have not yet reviewed them, please take the time to do so". In reality, the only reviewer made substantial comments (all addressed) and changed his opposition to support. I think it might be appropriate to change the notice at the top of the backlog listing. What do you think? — BQZip01 — ^talk 02:05, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Which particular part of the wording? I assume you mean or insufficient information has been provided by reviewers to judge whether the criteria have been met. If so, perhaps you're right. It's supposed to mean that there has not been enough comments or reviewers to determine whether there is consensus within the community. I'm not sure how many people watch my page, so WT:FLC may be the best place to ask this. Regards, Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 02:44, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Girls Aloud Discography

I didn't delete the song in question, I only edited the table concerning the mainstream Girls Aloud releases. Liamr02 (talk • —Preceding undated comment was added at 14:31, 5 January 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Template:WikiProject Black Metal

Protect this template for me, please (ah, and their respective redirects). Thanks, Canniba loki 06:40, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Tokio Hotel discography

Yeah sure. I think it is ready for a nomination especially with all of the alterations you made but I'm basing this by comparing it with other featured discographies and it has (I think anyway) all of the required material. Just so you know, I don't have any experience in nominating articles/lists for FA/FLC so I don't know much about the process but I am already reading up about it so there's no major worries :). So go ahead and set up the FLC page when you have the time and I'll add my co-nom as soon as possible. Also thank you so much for making all those alterations and additions because if you hadn't come along, I would still be working on the page for months more and it probably would still be no where near a nominating FLC state. AngelOfSadness talk 19:01, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As no-one had commented yet I added the co-nom anyway. Now it's time to play the waiting game ... Oh, the waiting game sucks, let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos. :) AngelOfSadness talk 16:07, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Template deletions

Hey. Just a notice, but when you delete a template and a bunch of its redirects, then restore the template, you might want to restore some of the redirects, too ;) Gimmetrow 05:15, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh crap, thanks. I was more concerned that I'd accidentally deleted a highly visible template, I didn't even think about redirects. Did you get them all? Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 05:20, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think I restored the ones actually in use. Gimmetrow 05:21, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you :) Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 05:29, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User:Dweller/me me me me me

There's no drama needed, as essentially no important change is happening, but you should know about this. --Dweller (talk) 13:08, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There really is no pressing need to find another delegate, but we could offer Gonzo his old position back. -- Scorpion ⁰⁴²² 14:20, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"World Heritage Sites in" entries

I'll get on this tomorrow. Can I make sure I understand properly? In Topic outline of Albania, the World Heritage Sites in Albania links need fixing to point to List of World Heritage Sites in Europe#Albania (3)?

If that's true, that brings me onto another thing. Regarding the continent WHS lists, each page has different titles for the sections:

List of World Heritage Sites in Europe has ==Austria (8)==. Now if Austria gets another WHS at any time, that number will change and any incoming links to that section will be useless. Also, per WP:ACCESS, section headers should not be wikilinked because they cause problems for screen readers for the blind. This is especially true for section headers that are only part linked. Depending on the screen reader, it will only read "Austria" or "(8)".
List of World Heritage Sites in Africa has section headers such as == Algeria== (using {{flagicon}}), meaning there is now an image of a flag in the section header, and a wikilinked word. This causes the screen reader to read the filename of the flag image and the country name.
List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas has section headers without linking the country, as in == Argentina== (using {{flagicon}}). Again screen readers will either ignore the image and read the country name, or read the filename of the image and not the word itself.
List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab States uses == Algeria== (using {{ALG}}). This returns the same screen reader issues as the Africa list.
List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia uses == Armenia (also under Europe)== (using {{flagicon}}. The screen reader will read either
- Just the flag,
- The flag and the linked country word, or
- "also under Europe"

Each page should be consistent and to meet WP:ACCESS I think it would be best if it were just the unlinked country names. The flagicon templates, (8)s and (also under Europe) are not good for the section headers here. The latter can be indentented added in itallic text under each entry, perhaps.

So before I start working on the linking in each topic outline, I think the section headers of each list need fixing first. You know more about the desired outcomes of these lists though, so let me know if I should go ahead and fix them. Regards, Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 08:34, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done I found myself with a little free time, and used it to fix the headings according to your observations above. You are right, article headings should not have images or links in them. Note that Contents pages are an exception, and some of them include images in their headings. The Transhumanist 00:30, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I'll look these over when I log on to a faster computer next week (it has Linky installed, and loads pages much faster than my local library's server). The Transhumanist 04:52, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel DYK

Hello! Your submission of Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Olaf Davis (talk) 23:33, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Next task

I'll have to wait until I have access to Linky again to check your work on the World Heritage Site links.

In the meantime, here's a straight-forward (AWB or Linky) task for you: change the category of all the country outlines (from Category:Basic topic lists to Category:Outlines. Once you've checked all the countries for category coverage, add the category to the country outlines that don't yet have it.

Have fun.

The Transhumanist 00:02, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of female United States Cabinet Secretaries

Hi, I am wondering if you could take a look at this article again. I have made some changes and would like some feedback. Thanks so much.—Chris! _ct 03:31, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I was just wondering why Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Ballon d'Or was archived when there were comments that have not been addressed. Sorry for asking this in a very late time, but I just want to know. -- SRE.K.A~~nnoyomous~~.L.24 _{review me} 01:32, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

From what I could see, there was only the Maradonna and Pele thing still being questioned.. His statement at the FLC may be OR, but the article itself wasn't. It simply gave the names of two players who were ineligible as an example. It doesn't matter who, as long as the statement is correct, which it was. The names chosen are simply a matter of personal preference. Nothing actionable or worth keeping FLC clogged up for, I think. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 01:45, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So how come Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Canadian Idol finalists wasn't archived? I didn't see anything actionable or was worth keeping FLC clogged up. The comments from Kensplanet would've been easily resolved. -- SRE.K.A~~nnoyomous~~.L.24 _{review me} 02:05, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Do Ping me on my Talk once these issues have been adressed. I'll Support" Not inactionable either. When I did today's archiving, these hadn't been addressed. I figured you'd want the support. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 02:17, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think all nominators would rather have their nomination promoted than having their nomination still open after 14 days with very little comments that can be addressed easily. Thanks for easily answering my questions. Happy editing. -- SRE.K.A~~nnoyomous~~.L.24 _{review me} 02:19, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Tokio Hotel discography

On January 14, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tokio Hotel discography, 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 04:04, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Haha! About bloody time! Now I have something for the CUP! Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:43, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Premiere (The O.C.)

Hi, its good to see you back. Just wondering if you remember that a while ago you offered your services on the said article prior to FAC. I have opened a peer review and would welcome any suggestions or comments you may have. Many thanks, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 19:15, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Burned mobile home neighborhood in Sylmar, California

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted

Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Burned mobile home neighborhood in California edit.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Wronkiew (talk) 06:36, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My first Featured picture! Thank you! :)

ITN

On 16 January, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article US Airways Flight 1549, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--Spencer^T♦^C 02:03, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yay! Thank you! Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 02:06, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Picture vs. Painting

"I was wondering if you would be able to help me with the images at List of First Ladies of the United States. I thought that if they were available at http://www.whitehouse.gov then they would be PD. Obviously any images from before 1923 are PD anyway, so its just the last 10-12 First Ladies that I need help with."

1923 and prior, absolutely PD and no question about it, but not just from being available on White House.gov makes them PD. Even their possession of the portraits doesn't make them PD; possession is not copyright. If you have a professional take your photo (say family Christmas pictures), unless they release the photo copyrights to you, they retain the copyright on that photo. You may own the photo, but they control the rights to reprint it. Same goes for books. You may own a Tom Clancy novel, but you cannot just make a copy and give it to a friend.

"Are the photos from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_First_Ladies_of_the_United_States&oldid=263524739 okay? They appear to be PD also, but I'm not sure now. Any help you can give me will be most welcome."

Indeed they are PD. The distinction lies between the fact that the painting is a contracted work and the artist is not an employee of the government, but contracted labor (view it as a subcontractor; they pay the boss of the subcontractor and he's responsible for paying his employees). The photographer for portaits is a professional photographer on the Presdential staff. He is an employee of the Executive Branch and, as such, his professional works in the line of duty are PD. — BQZip01 — ^talk 23:39, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Chesley Sullenberger

Thanks for the alternative hook, and thanks for letting me know about it. I have responded to it at T:TDYK. Terrakyte (talk) 11:09, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on the GA

Well done on getting Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel to GA status. Reyk _YO! 09:43, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Successful FLC for Tokio Hotel discography

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As the section header suggests the list has been promoted and now has a little star in its top right hand corner. It wouldn't have gotten promoted without all of your hard work so thank you so much. :) AngelOfSadness talk 20:53, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 20:41, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FLC - List of number-one singles from the 2000s

Thanks for all your comments on the article. About me not putting it for Peer Review, this is my first attempt at getting content promoted and I was not aware about Peer Review. 03md (talk) 11:52, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, no problem Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 20:20, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Invitation to the Inauguration of Barack Obama

I don't think the article belongs. I brought it up for discussion, please comment. Best, NonvocalScream (talk) 04:16, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK. It looks pretty split at the moment.. thanks for letting me know, though. Regards, Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:22, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent

I noted in your contributions you have done good work with articles. Please keep it up! —Preceding unsigned comment added by NonvocalScream (talk • contribs) 00:17, January 21, 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:25, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Inaugural Invitation

Hi. I notice you made the jpg. The 72dpi png has a link to the 600 dpi png, but it's broken. I tried to edit the jpg page to see how you did the link, but the page seemed blank except for a single bit of wiki markup. Anyhow, if you're so inclined, please fix the "other versions" link on the 72dpi png page. Thank you. (P.S. I'm also wondering why the jpg? PNG is a much nicer data format. You could crank up the png compression if the problem is data size, although if you want lossy high compression I suppose you use jpg. I'm not really an image guy.) --kop (talk) 22:04, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done. The link worked, but the problem is that the png has more than 12.5 million pixels, and the Wikimedia software cannot create a thumnail of images so big. The fullsize image is much better than the 72dpi version, because of the detail it shows, including the raised engraving on the page, and even the fibers in the papers. I created a .jpg version that's the same size as the 600dpi .png because when that is put into articles, people can truly see the quality of the invitation. Also, you may be interested in Invitations to the inauguration of Barack Obama (and its AfD). Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 22:54, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FLC and WikiCup

There seems to be a flurry of over vote-stacking and such because of the Wikicup. Just so you know, here is the discussion. There was a related question at WT:FLC also. Dabomb87 (talk) 05:11, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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17:33, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

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Premiere (The O.C.)

If you get a chance could you give the peer review a second look, and agree/disagree/comment on my replies. Thanks, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 23:34, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, but it will have to be tomorrow. I'm pooped! Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 06:52, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's great, thanks. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 09:15, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you have time i'd still appreciate that second look, if you're busy don't worry about it though. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 19:22, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please put us out of our misery

I make it several DYKs, two FLs and one FP at least - great work. Now submit all that to your Wikicup page and we'll have 5 out of 6 editors in Pool J with over 100 points! Now I'm off to harass WereSpielChequers to get some GAs... Cheers, Paxse (talk) 14:11, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Only 1 DYK. 4 FLs, 1 FP, and 1 ITN. 2 current FSC looking good, too. I need to figure out how to get them on properly is the thing! Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 23:49, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's not too tricky. I've done your DYK here User:Garden/WikiCup/Submissions/Matthewedwards to get things started. You need to copy the appropriate template from User:Garden/WikiCup/Submissions and stick it under the right heading on your submissions page above. Then fill in the blanks and wait for the Bot! Cheers, Paxse (talk) 07:49, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:56, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. Congratulations on all that awesome content too - excellent work. One of these days you can help me get my first featured list ;) Paxse (talk) 09:41, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Chesley Sullenberger

On 27 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chesley Sullenberger, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Talkback

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Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 14:53, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Flywheel sound files

I was thinking that the Flywheel clips might be a good featured sound candidate. They are of historical value, surely? Awadewit (talk) 21:25, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: List of Governors of Bombay FLC

Thanks for the reminder. I'll re-review the list and post my comments on the FLC page within the next 48 hours. Cheer. Abecedare (talk) 14:39, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nice

		The Excellent Userpage Award
		Very cool and navigatable! Eustress (talk) 08:02, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Though I can't take all the credit. The basic layout came from User:EyeSerene. Your name sounds familiar. Have we crossed paths on WP at all? Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 08:07, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not that I'm aware of, but I'm glad to meet you. Again, nice work! --Eustress (talk) 08:12, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's nice to meet you, also. And I think it may be FPC. I'm new there, but I just commented at a nomination and saw your name at a few of the other images. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 08:23, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Invitations to the inauguration of Barack Obama

On January 29, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Invitations to the inauguration of Barack Obama, 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.

Dravecky (talk) 15:16, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tables

Hi, Matt! in the Vermont article, the table I'm referring to is "Monthly normal and record high and low temperatures." I'd appreciate it if you would explain how to make the change. Thanks! Ronaldomundo (talk) 19:03, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Replied back at your talk page. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 19:11, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Matt!

Ronaldomundo (talk) 21:20, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome! Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 22:02, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ITN nomination of Mount Redoubt (Alaska)

Um, I saw that you nominated it at ITN, but I feel that since I have been the primary contributor to the article and got it fro a rather bad stub to a GA, I should be given credit. Not to sound arrogant, but... I'm sure you understand that you wouldn't want credit to be given to someone else when you were the primary contributor, would you? Anyway, I'm not angry, just frustrated about the amount of vandalism that will come while I'm in New York City tonight. Ceran^→//forge 20:35, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. I can keep an eye on it tonight if you want. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 21:00, 30 January 2009 (UTC) Sorry about the poor ref formatting, too. I was planning on doing it, got distracted and forgot to return to do it. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 21:04, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Quite alright, I kind of over-reacted. I'm sure vandalism attempts once it erupts will be much, much more frustrating. Sorry to bother you, Ceran^→//forge 11:44, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]