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- Hey...thanks. How does it work? All I can see is the accept option, and the grayed out unaccept. How about a simple accept and decline? Also, is it currently set so that one reviewer is enough to approve?
- This is a great idea for Wikipedia; I'll be happy to help test this as I'll be around updating the episode logs for The Colbert Report, which appear to have fallen by the wayside lately, and I'll regularly visit the page to see what's there during the test. =) CycloneGU (talk) 03:39, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
Fear Not!
My Dear Cyclone: I have carefully read the Transport page which you edited and kindly provided me with a link to. I most definitely feel that your edit is not inappropriate and that it provides a good example without violating any editorial or ethical guidelines. In anticipation of future encounters with you, I remain, Sir, your excellency's humblest, most obedient servant. Writtenright (talk) 03:20, 23 June 2010 (UTC)writtenright
- You beat me by 20 seconds on the Sidney Crosby edit, which was also the correct call. Touché! Writtenright (talk) 03:08, 24 June 2010 (UTC)writtenright
- Heehee...I know it's sometimes a race between reviewers. I saw that it was "under review" for a while, so I checked in suspecting a connection error or something; normally, I try to avoid those already being handled after this embarrassing edit conflict. =) CycloneGU (talk) 03:11, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
- Most Energetic Cyclone: It has just occurred to me that I was breaching wikimanners by clicking on "your" articles which were flagged by the yellow highlighting. Please forgive me; I had just been appointed to the lofty position of Reviewer and was not yet familiar with the rules of etiquette pertaining thereto. Chalk it down to an honest rookie's mistake. All the best, Writtenright (talk) 18:17, 30 June 2010 (UTC)Writtenright
- Hey...I still do it as well, and sometimes I am first to finish it, so it's all good...=)
- I honestly do ignore anything already marked under review, but sometimes, one reviewer could be bringing up five links at once and thus it takes longer than necessary for each one to be finished. I try to do one at a time, and while I do that, any others get picked up. =) CycloneGU (talk) 18:37, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
Rollback
If I granted you rollback, would you promise not to blow up the wiki? Chzz told me to ask. :) Sincerely, Blurpeace 07:39, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, Chzz brought it up in the chat room late last nite (or early this morning, take your pick). And yeah...I wouldn't blow up the Wiki - only certain spammy parts now and then, like perhaps that thing on the Julia Gillard page that wasn't allowing proper edits with 7 unaffirmed changes; wished I could just roll back to the last accepted version. =) That was a mess that needed dynamite; not sure how Mkativerata got that edit through at 06:12 since several attempts by me all failed. =)
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2010 FIFA World Cup schedule
The broadcast starting does not mean the match is underway. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:03, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
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Poke
Just saw your response to my pointing out the Requests for de-Godkingship on jimbo's page. I have to say, our pranks were better back in the day, but that may just be my 'get off my lawn!' coming out. You may want to take a look at User:Jaranda/Wikipedia's_first_IRC_chat, quite possibly the funniest piece of writing on the wiki, that happened the year after. The Requests for Wheelation from that year is great too, but with every year less and less people remember Willy. It's hard to say we ever quite liked a vandal, but there are many who have a soft spot for the guy. He never got mean, it was kinda a joke for him, one that went on for years and got features in the New York Times. Almost an informal mascot. There's a lot of references to our most famous vandal in the early April Fools jokes. -- ۩ Mask 00:28, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
- Haha...I actually have plans already for who I will nominate for Jimboship. It's going to be a long eight months. =O
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Approval on pending changes
Hi, CycloneGU. Just wanted you to know. The history at L. Ron Hubbard shows you accepted this pending edit. Note that the edit adds misinformation as well as appears to alter a direct quote. I appreciate trying to keep the pending changes list up-to-date, but I think approval -- especially on controversial topics -- is best delayed until an editor familiar with the topic reviews it. Cheers. — CactusWriter (talk) 15:52, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
- Perhaps I misread the pending edit, then. From my understanding of the edit, it looked like he was simply rewording much of the text into a different way of saying it. I did not notice any alterations and thought the edit looked all right as is. My apologies if I am mistaken. =) CycloneGU (talk) 15:54, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
- I understand. No problem. These controversial topics are on many watchlists and are double-checked fairly quickly. — CactusWriter (talk) 16:09, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
Glee PR
If an FAC is withdrawn early, and is worked on before coming to peer review, it is OK. Thanks for asking, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:28, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
I was wondering what still needs to be addressed on this FLC. Other then a cosmetic comment about the key, your suggestions and comments have all been addressed. Thanks. NThomas (talk)
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AGT Season 5
lol, Sorry I was looking for a template, and ended up rewording your warning a bit. I've reworded it, so it fits the situation. Gamer9832 (talk) 22:17, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Re:Request for Opinion
No prob :D The Flash I am Jack's complete lack of surprise 03:34, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Pending changes/Vote comment
As you commented in the pending closure discussion I am notifying you that the Wikipedia:Pending changes/Vote comment is now open and will be for two weeks, discussion as required can continue on the talkpage. Thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 23:09, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
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MOSTV
I've started the discussion on DVD releases and order of sections at WT:MOSTV#Updates to the MOS. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 14:02, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
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Glee FLC
Hi CycloneGU, and thanks for (a) your Glee FLC nom and (b) your note requesting me to have a look at it. I'm in and out and all over the place at the moment, and turning attention where possible to desperate causes. If I don't get to it today, I'll try to review it either Thursday evening or Friday afternoon (GMT). Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:28, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
Prelude to a Dream edit reversion
Regarding your reverting of my edit: What about the users who do not wish to install Itunes? It my understanding that internet citations that require special software or require payments or registration to access the information being used as a reference are not valid.1archie99 (talk) 12:50, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
- My understanding of iTunes is that it brings up the album in the browser even if you don't have it within iTunes itself, it just attempts to also load the program as well. This one also failed for me most recently after working the first time, and the browser thus didn't load it because the Canadian store didn't show it for some strange reason.
- I don't think referencing iTunes is wrong; I've done it in other cases as well, such as when referencing a bonus track on an album that can only be found that way. CycloneGU (talk) 13:26, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
- I do not follow your reasoning at all. I cannot get any info at all from this citation. For me you might as well be deliberately referencing a dead link. In this case the info can be found on Amazon; that site gives a release date of November 15, 2009. In any case I feel that any reference requiring special software to access should be noted as such within the citation.1archie99 (talk) 13:46, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
- I think they are identical, so if you wish to change it to that, go for it. iTunes one did work for me before, but now even within iTunes it tells me I have to switch stores (which I can do in theory, as can anyone, but in practicality, not really a good idea). The only people who can't see that link are those without iTunes, but there is no special bonus track or anything, so use whatever works. =) CycloneGU (talk) 14:59, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
- Done. After hearing about your experience I will definitely stick with Amazon and cdbaby for my downloads. It would be nice to see one of these terrific young singers go first place. I hope that she, the sisters duo, and the young classical pianist all place high.1archie99 (talk) 22:26, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
- I don't think the pianist will finish very high. I do think he may have a shot at the finals, but I think the second semi-final is stacked with excellent acts whereas the first not as many. My early pick was Fighting Gravity as that is just an awesome idea I'd never seen before, from my memory, and that could be a Vegas show on its own. Evancho should be in the top, but I'm not sure a ten year old singer is a full-on Vegas show; this was tried from the first season, and what has Bianca Ryan been up to since? Anna & Patryk and Prince Poppycock both were wonderful and are already finalists; I predict Poppycock will be top 5, and based on the act this week, he has a shot at winning; Christina and Ali, Taylor Matthews, and Michael Grimm don't have a chance against Evancho unless she REALLY gets froggy. Haspop should make it to the finals as a good and unique act compared to the many singers, musicians, and magicians; Alice Tan Ridley was good in her quarterfinals, too. Other than that, not sure. This Tuesday will be a good show. =) CycloneGU (talk) 02:36, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
Hey!
Thought I would let you know that The Bill was refused protection. I know they don't pre-emptively protect pages etc but I'm guessing that this means that the "pending changes" feature is no longer in use (well at least until the discussion on the feature is over). Shame, well I guess it's back to good old-fashioned editing when the final episode airs on Tuesday! Thanks again :) --5 albert square (talk) 11:21, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, I happened to be watching the page, so I already knew in this case. Nothing was said about PC, but I wondered if even that was considered pre-emptive...but that could have been done perhaps, and wasn't considered, so looks like I had it right. Once we know if PC continues, you might be able to request it for other pages tho., so keep an ear out for word on that. =) CycloneGU (talk) 14:38, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
Out of retirement
I thought I would let you know that I've decided to return to Wikipedia, only in a semi-retired state instead of completely retired. Life has somewhat settled down for me, and since I'm ditching pre-calculus I'll have a little more free time on my hands. The Raptor You rang?/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 00:59, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Kenny Rogers again
I prodded a bunch of the Kenny Rogers album articles you made. Care to take a look at any of them? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 05:06, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
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- My bad. There were remnants of deleted images on there and it looks like I took out a legit image by mistake. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 17:32, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
The Kenny Rogers Story
How on earth did you not realize that the Lyrics Freak bio is a Wikipedia mirror?! Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 02:29, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
- I'm not familiar with Wikipedia mirrors. LMAO I'll find another source, then; working on the Short Stories one ATM. What else is prodded? CycloneGU (talk) 02:30, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
- As for Short Stories, see here. My issue is that AllMusic lists the wrong track order, as I have seen the record itself and it lists a different order. I actually gleaned the missing songwriters from that record cover as well as AllMusic fails to list them. CycloneGU (talk) 02:33, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
These are the other ones I prodded:
- 20 Great Years
- The Best of Kenny Rogers (1992 album) — Allmusic review is two sentences.
- Daytime Friends – The Very Best of Kenny Rogers — you didn't create this one, but I prodded it anyway
- Greatest Hits Volume 1 (1991 Kenny Rogers album) — non-notable label, not even listed on Allmusic.
- The Very Best of Kenny Rogers — re-recordings. You didn't create this one either.
- The Best of Kenny Rogers (1997 album) — Unofficial budget line release.
- Love Songs (Kenny Rogers album) — Non-notable label.
- A Decade of Hits — Review is only one sentence long.
- Super Stars: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton — Non-notable label. This one might qualify for a G7 if you want to get rid of it.
- Greatest Country Hits (Kenny Rogers album) — Very terse review. Released through Curb, a label to which Kenny was never signed, and is therefore unofficial. May also qualify for G7.
I can't see any way in which any of these albums meet WP:GNG as I've found nothing on them outside Allmusic (and sometimes not even that!) and none of the albums in question made the charts. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 15:25, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
- Some of those are indeed budget-line albums and probably don't need to be listed on pages, but Love Songs...
I thought this one did something, I'm not sure(whoops, wrong album in mind, this one is budget-line). I didn't find any of these on my scan last nite, so I'll take a look at them over the next day or two as I am going to likely be busy this afternoon/evening. CycloneGU (talk) 15:28, 11 September 2010 (UTC)- Also, you wanna weigh in here? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 15:35, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
Nomination of Love Songs (Kenny Rogers album) for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Love Songs (Kenny Rogers album), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
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- You mean the AFD link? It sometimes shows up red due to a Twinkle glitch. Try it now. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 20:23, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
PC interim usage straw poll
Sorry for posting a confusing comment with wrong information. What I wanted to illustrate is that PC is putting extra manpower drain onto other tasks. "Backlog" wasn't the right word to describe the situation. --Deryck C. 15:51, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks
Yeah, I was posting via ipad and apparently can't use it as well as I think. Thanks for the fix! Hobit (talk) 02:47, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
Taylor Swift discography
Just as you have your reasons, I have mine. Released by another artist or not, the single still composes part of Swift's single discography and chronology. Separating them disturbs the chronology. Articles for singles with featured artists don't have a Chronology that says "Artist Name featured chronology". It just says "Artist Name chronology" and continues on. Also, if Swift were to change record labels, would this cause for two different sections: "Big Machine Records singles" and "New Record Label singles"? No. That would be highly impractical. Please leave both of them in one table as it was when the page was first acknowledged as an FL. -- ipodnano05 * leave@message 02:19, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry to butt in here, but I believe the FL promotion was a huge mistake. Many peaks on the page were unsourced. Please see the talk page section. Thanks. Yves (talk) 02:28, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
- I have been discussing this with Yves as well. There are still problems with the page. I will take a look at the page myself as I don't usually have many big projects going on at one time, and I did help get Glee (season 1) to FL status, so I'm willing to take another crack in order to prove this one worthwhile. If information cannot be found, however, I will agree with a request to delist it. CycloneGU (talk) 03:05, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
- In regards to changing labels causing for multiple charts...see Johnny Cash. Other artists have this, too. CycloneGU (talk) 03:08, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
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