User talk:AppleRaven

Any obscure observatories, please let me know.

Hey, it looks like you speek other languages. I've been working on many different observatories and keep running into page translation errors. Can you help?--Rayc 16:14, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

AppleRaven, please consider joining the proposed History of Science Wikiproject.--ragesoss 01:40, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for uploading Image:Creighton 1893.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

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I've been doing a lot of work on this list over the past few months and I am considering nominating it at Featured list candidates. You seem to have done some work on observatory articles so I wanted to ask your opinion on the list and see if you had any suggestions on how to make it better. Specifically, I would be interested in your thoughts on the "date established" column and whether you think it is unnecessary and if you can think of any major observatories not included in the list. Thanks! --Nebular110 18:48, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Great, thanks for the feedback. I'll probably nominate it sometime over the weekend when I have more time to prepare a nice nomination. --Nebular110 16:13, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • List has been nominated --Nebular110 01:54, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the barnstar and for your help on the list as well. Some good points were raised during the nomination, hopefully we can address these and then think about trying again in a few months. --Nebular110 04:42, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for contacting me. I came across this bio article because of its addition to the list of notable alumni in the University of North Dakota article. The Smith bio seemed very short and one section ("See also") was even empty. The biography template you mentioned is a sample layout" and all bios need not necessarily adhere to it fully. Feel free to revert the page back to your previous version if you desire. Personally, I would rather see the article expanded before we break it up into so many sections. If you have any further comments, don't hesitate to leave a message on my talk page. Thanks! --MatthewUND^(talk) 23:49, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

One more comment. You say "it will grow and the areas would be filled in". That isn't really how Wikipedia articles should be developed. Section breaks really shouldn't be added until more information is also added and individual sections are warranted. An article's development should be organic in nature and blank or very small sections shouldn't be added with the expectation that they will "fill in". --MatthewUND^(talk) 23:54, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seeing that you are an active member of the WikiBiography Project, I was wondering if you would help lend a hand in helping us clear out the amount of unassessed articles tagged with {{WPBiography}}. Many of them are of stub and start class, but a few are of B or A caliber. Getting a simple assessment rating can help us start moving many of these biographies to a higher quality article. Thank you! --Ozgod 20:11, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The inaugural March 2007 issue of the WikiProject History of Science newsletter has been published. You're receiving this because you are a participant in the History of Science WikiProject. You may read the newsletter or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Yours in discourse--ragesoss 03:48, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive!

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The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unassessed articles. The drive is running from June 1, 2007 – September 1, 2007.

Awards to be won range from delicacies such as the WikiCookie to the great Golden Wiki Award.
There are over 110,000 articles to assess so please visit the drive's page and help out!

This drive was conceived of and organized by Psychless with the help of Ozgod. Regards, Psychless ^{Type words!}.

Hi there! I thought you might be interested in WikiProject Wikify. We're currently recruiting help to clear a massive backlog ({{subst:PAGESINCATEGORY:All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify}} articles), and we need your help! If you have a spare moment, please join and wikify an article or tell your friends. ~~~~

The reason I'm inviting you is you expressed an interest in adding the WPBiography tag bio articles to bio articles that don't have it. Most of the bio articles that need to be wikified also don't have a bio tag - and if they do, it's incomplete. RedRollerskate 13:13, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there -- some months ago you e-mailed me about edits to the Wikipedia bio someone else created for me; I can't remember if I e-mailed you back or not, but I've since misplaced your e-mail address. Would you mind contacting me again? Thanks, and best wishes, Amy Argetsinger —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.64.158.179 (talk) 20:29, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

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The Biography WikiProject Newsletter Volume IV, no. 4 - September 2007
Project News The three-month long Summer Assessment Drive, organized by Psychless, was a huge success! It ran from June 1 – September 1, and reduced the backlog of unassessed articles from 113,385 to 56,237. In all, over 100,000 articles were assessed. Over 60 people contributed in some way. A barnstar has been created for exceptional work on Wikipedia biographies and for assisting the project. The Biography Barnstar is listed with the other WikiProject awards and can be awarded easily with a template. See the template page for more details. Member News Congratulations to the editors who worked on the newest featured biographies: Augustus; William Shakespeare; Adriaen van der Donck; Alfred Russel Wallace; Alison Krauss; Anne Frank; Anne of Denmark; Asser; Bart King; Bill O'Reilly; Bobby Robson; Bradley Joseph; CM Punk; Ceawlin of Wessex; Colley Cibber; Cædwalla of Wessex; Dominik Hašek; Elizabeth Needham; Frank Macfarlane Burnet; Georg Cantor; Gregory of Nazianzus; Gunnhild Mother of Kings; Gwen Stefani; Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery; Harriet Arbuthnot; Harry S. Truman; Henry, Bishop of Uppsala; Héctor Lavoe; Ine of Wessex; Ion Heliade Rădulescu; Jack Sheppard; Jackie Chan; Jay Chou; John Martin Scripps; John Mayer; Joseph Francis Shea; Joshua A. Norton; Kate Bush; Kazi Nazrul Islam; Kevin Pietersen; Martin Brodeur; Mary Martha Sherwood; Mary of Teck; Maximus the Confessor; Miranda Otto; Muhammad Ali Jinnah; P. K. van der Byl; Penda of Mercia; Pham Ngoc Thao; Rabindranath Tagore; Ramón Emeterio Betances; Red Barn Murder; Richard Hakluyt; Richard Hawes; Robert Garran; Roman Vishniac; Ronald Niel Stuart; Ronald Reagan; Roy Welensky; Rudolph Cartier; Samuel Adams; Samuel Beckett; Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; Sarah Trimmer; Sargon of Akkad; Shen Kuo; Sophie Blanchard; Stereolab; Sydney Newman; Sylvanus Morley; Tim Duncan; Timeline of Mary Wollstonecraft; Uncle Tupelo; Waisale Serevi; Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Walter Model; William Bruce; William Goebel; Yagan; Zhou Tong; Æthelbald of Mercia; Æthelbald of Mercia New Members Congratulations to our 225 new members	From the Editors The newsletter is back! Many things have gone on during the past few months, but many things have not. While the assessment drive helped revitalize the assessment department of the project, many other departments have received no attention. Most notably: peer review and our "workgroups". A day long IRC meeting has been planned for October 13th, with the major focus being which areas of the project are "dead", what should our goals be as a project, and how to "revive" the dead areas of our project. Contribute to the discussion on the the new channel (see below) We decided to deliver this newsletter to all project members this month but only those with their names down here will get it delivered in the future. This is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned or post news on the next issue's talk page New irc channel Lastly, a new WikiProject Biography channel has been set up on the freenode network: #wikipedia-en-bio Our thanks to Phoenix 15 for setting it up. Contributors to this Issue Psychless (talk · contribs) Phoenix 15 (talk · contribs)
Complete To Do List Write an article Expand an article about: a person an actor an animator an artist a bishop a businessperson a diplomat an educator an engineer a lawyer a military person a musician a photographer a saint a politician a scientist a sportsperson a writer Improve an article by: adding references adding categories Review an article Romano Volta • Suzanne Carrell • Mullá Husayn • John Gilchrist (linguist) • Thomas Brattle • Answer requests for comments Work on the Portal Portal:Biography Assess an article Assessment requests Unassessed articles Assessment Progress Biography articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Core Other ??? Total FA 35 1,634 1,669 FL 205 205 FM 592 592 A 1 130 131 GA 41 8,380 8,421 B 98 40,553 40,651 C 33 172,642 172,675 Start 1 764,833 764,834 Stub 1 1,030,455 1 1,030,457 List 8,200 8,200 Category 2 356,761 356,763 Disambig 16,560 16,560 File 31,436 31,436 Project 216 216 Redirect 3 46,272 46,275 Template 20,947 20,947 NA 605 605 Assessed 215 2,500,421 1 2,500,637 Unassessed 23,937 23,937 Total 215 2,524,358 1 2,524,574 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 10,836,562 Ω = 5.37
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