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[edit] ITN for Soyuz TMA-16

On 1 October 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Soyuz TMA-16, 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 candidates page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 11:01, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Looking for an adopter

Hi SriMesh!

I saw that 'Adopt' project, thought I would need it and your name was listed. I have about 30 articles done (mostly in French, but this one and this one in English) but now I'm trying to start a WikiProject and a Portal with it (the subject is Java, a language for computers) and I'd like some tips, especially on the administrative side of it (members, tasks, templates for it, toolserver bots, etc.). Thanks for any help, ^AlainR345_{TechnoWikiGeek} 00:05, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Dear SriMesh,
I noticed you added stuff to the WikiProject page and I thank you for that.
But in asking for an adopter, I was not expecting THAT kind of interaction from you.
After all, you do not have to be interested in Java for instance (or maybe you are?).
Like I first told you, my needs are more in the area of advice on Projects and Portals.
So for the time being, I'll take your action as a 'yes' to my adoption request and I'll ask you a favor and 4 questions.
The favor: please would you go to this page and put your name on it.
The questions:

• Where should we put the templates related to the Project/Portal, in the Template: or Wikipedia: namespace (I've seen both in other projects so I'm mixed up)?

For templates use the template namespace.

• How could we get a 'list of all articles connected to a Category (AND subcategories of it)' IN a template? (the only way I could make one was to manually edit an output from the CatScan tool which is pretty primitive...)

For getting a list of all articles connected to a category (and its subcategories), Auto Wiki Browser AWB does that (and more ... check it out) or the category tree command]. Putting the category tree command into a template would do it, if it is the same thing you are picturing.

• How could we get a 'list of most recent articles connected to a Category (AND subcategories of it)' IN a template? (again only CatScan seems to do that primitively)

The AlexNewArtBot will find new articles with or without categories depending on the programming of it, but it needs to have a human to identify false positives. I think you would like to do this task with a BOT, but I have not made a wikipedia BOT myself, just used ones others have made which can be searched through at Wikipedia:Bots. Place any additional requests at Wikipedia:Bot requests and you will meet up with someone to let you know if it has been done already or can be done. I scanned User made scripts for WP and this particular request has not been done from a quick overview, and they also answer queries on their talk page.

• Finally, a more human-side question: how would you proceed in order to 'insert' a new Project/Portal (put links) into existing ones, the so-called 'parent' and 'sister' Projects/Portals? At first I thought about editing those Projects/Portals myself; but I'm not sure it's a good idea because I'm NOT part of those other Projects (and I have no time to be); should I asked somebody to do it and if so, who should I ask?

Putting the information about your new WP / Portal on parent/sister WP / Portals yourself is OK, WP can always be re-edited and changed....or you can add the information to their talk page, and the members of the WP/Portal can see your information/request there. It could be the volunteers on those WP portals are in the same boat time wise, but talk pages are good contact places, and reach a wide variety of editors.

Again thanks for your help, ^AlainR345_{TechnoWikiGeek} 08:13, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about getting off on the wrong foot, I hope this helps you with your specific questions, and gives you more folks to contact as well.SriMesh | talk 16:53, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments on the various talk pages. That AWB is the new thing I've got to get acquainted with at some point. ^AlainR345_{TechnoWikiGeek} 05:36, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi again SriMesh, the Java portal is now launched! English proofreading at this point would be important if we don't want to be the laughing stock of the planet. Since the current members are not so good at English (I'm French-speaking), we can't really do it. I have a hunch that you are the best placed to do it because you are external to this project. What do you think? Could you give it a try... I don't feel there are THAT much problems but I think it's still a must-do (if you don't want to edit the pages, just send me a list of mistakes). Thanks for any help, --Alainr345 03:08, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi again SriMesh, now the Java portal is launched, but we did not link much to it yet because of the proofreading issue, we'll see if somebody takes the poll on that. In any case, I've got some other questions that you may have ideas on given your expertise:

1) Where should we tag {{Portal|Java|Wave.svg}}: on some Java categories, on all Java categories, on some Java articles, on all Java articles? Different projects seem to take different approaches to that and although I would personally go wide just for publicity-sake, I don't want to have the whole Wikipedia community on my back...

2) Is there a better way to screen for untagged Java material than that kind of twisted search I wrote here? It's obviously tiresome to build and is not permanent because categories evolve over time; It's not directly applicable to other namespaces (Quote,News,etc.) as categories are not the same; CatScan does not do that either; Is there a BOT somewhere for that very common need of any project I guess (I can't use AWB yet, they say my edit count is not big enough)?

3) Like you suggested, we need to discuss WPBanner hooks with the Computing project in order to get specific Quality-rating statistics for Java articles without having our own Quality assessment: what do you think about that compromise?

• A) We ask them to add this in their Template:WikiProject Computing:

|tf 5={{{Java|}}}

|TF_5_LINK = Wikipedia:WikiProject Java

|TF_5_NAME = WikiProject Java

|TF_5_NESTED = Java

|TF_5_TEXT = & nbsp;

|TF_5_IMAGE =

|TF_5_QUALITY = yes

|TF_5_IMPORTANCE = no

|TF_5_ASSESSMENT_CAT = Java articles

• B) Then we can put this kind of tags in all Java-related talk pages and get both our own Importance rating and their Quality rating:

{{WikiProject_Computing|class=|importance=|Java=yes}}

{{WikiProject_Java|importance=Mid}}

• C) To that end, I did the first simulated test on Talk:J2EE application, you can see the result here.
  Thanks for your insight, --  Alain  R 3 4 5 
  ^{Techno-Wiki-Geek} 22:32, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
  
  

Hi again SriMesh,

Could you back me up as you did the first time: please look at my new proposal, Thanks for the help,
--  Alain  R 3 4 5 
^{Techno-Wiki-Geek} 02:54, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] just fyi

i am done for now ...i see your already there...wow i cant believe how close we are....grammer and things like that i cant help with....

ps your edit conflict template is not showing

Buzzzsherman (talk) 19:31, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

yes lets do it REVIEW TIME...ps old crow flats] <---need to take this away....i dont want to do it in cause a conflict edit happens.

As for sisiter articles if i am not wrong almost every section has its own article to go to, so not sure what can be done there. Buzzzsherman (talk) 01:10, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Update click here --->User talk:Nikkimaria#Thank you.........Buzzzsherman (talk) 17:49, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

lol tks for the star : ) -- :)Buzzzsherman (talk) 22:14, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

If you can help...Wikipedia:Featured article review/Canada/archive1 Buzzzsherman (talk) 22:41, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

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		All Around Amazing Barnstar
		Awarded to SriMesh for his extensive contributions of over 22600 edits since 2006 Buzzzsherman (talk) 01:39, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] About GA review 2

Move an old copy over Notable Aboriginal people of Canada. Buzzzsherman (talk) 00:55, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Ok i am done building Notable Aboriginal people of Canada...pls a nice copy edit on the little info i add ........and I guess we should add normee ekoomiak who passed away today ..I will make him his own article soon. ....As for the GA review what is there left for me to help with ???Buzzzsherman (talk) 21:50, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] GA

good job! we got our GA level....was great working with you on this ...hope we can do this again REALLY MAN GREAT JOB!!!!!!!Buzzzsherman (talk) 01:21, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Orionids

There is some issue regarding your nomination. Please visit WP:ITN/C. --BorgQueen (talk) 03:41, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

The article says "The peak of the 2009 Orionid meteor shower will occur around October 21, 2009 " and Oct 21 already has passed. Can you update on this? --BorgQueen (talk) 08:12, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] hello from Buzzz

I was thinking of putting up Notable Aboriginal people of Canada for a GA review....you want to take a look and may be a quick copy edit?...I THINK WITH YOUR body of txt and my led and intro plus (alt text) it is ready...what do you think?? Talk:Notable Aboriginal people of Canada Buzzzsherman (talk) 22:00, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

'UPDATE here fell free to jump in if you have time and wish to.....Talk:Notable Aboriginal people of Canada/GA1

Buzzzsherman (talk) 19:07, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

hello... well i think we are close...can i just get you to double check 3 things she mentors ..when you have time no rush, i have tryed to see them all but...

• There are a number of run-on sentences that should be corrected

and

• There are still some problems with grammar and flow - read through carefully to find awkward or confusing passages

Then i guess we can do the last 2 things...

• As it stands, the lead section reads like the introduction to an essay. It should be rewritten to conform to an encyclopedic tone.
• For an article of this length, the lead should be 3-4 paragraphs.

Buzzzsherman (talk) 05:42, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Carlton Park

I see you gave the Carlton Park article an assessment per my request. I finally got around to looking at the article. I want you to look at it now as I made some improvements and expansions to it. Mr. C.C. (talk) 06:45, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

That's fine. Mr. C.C. (talk) 05:26, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

What did you think? Mr. C.C. (talk) 07:41, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Notable People From Prince Albert Section

This has been bugging me how it was changed from bulleted to sentence form. Its a cluster of mess. That's why I haven't attempted to revert it. Can you put it back to being bulleted with all that information? It looked better bulleted. Mr. C.C. (talk) 20:19, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. You don't see other articles with that section in paragraphed form. Mr. C.C. (talk) 05:38, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

A separate article in list format for this not necessary because there is not enough entries for it. The Radciliffe section is paragraph is because there is nothing to it. Caversham is good because its not part paragraph and part bulleted. That the problem I am seeing with that section in the Prince Albert article. Summer Hill is good because it is all bulleted. I like the Youngstown article of notable people. I would be up for doing a table version of the list. We don't have to have the individual sections until it gets overflowing with names. Mr. C.C. (talk) 04:12, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. Mr. C.C. (talk) 18:11, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

I seen it, but I alphabetized it. Will try to expand it when necessary. Now that I think about it, there is a person or two that could be added to the the list. Will get on that before I forget. Mr. C.C. (talk) 07:43, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] hello my friend

Ok i am done making the Portal:Aboriginal peoples in Canada is see you did some as well ...this is my first one ,you think the naveboxs are ok???..My other and main question is what program did you use to make this ..because i think i would like to do the same the Aboriginal portal. Buzzzsherman (talk) 22:09, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

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