VirtualSteve
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Last week you helped edit the Chicago COTW, but did not vote. Thank you for your help! Your input in future selections would also be appreciated. This week Rookery (Chicago landmark) has been chosen. Please help improve it towards the quality level of a Wikipedia featured article. See the To Do List to suggest a change or to see an open tasks list. See past CHICOTWs. Note our good articles.
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Chicago Theatre GA
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You were a contributing editor to Chicago Theatre during its tenure as CHICOTW. It has successfully achieved Good article status thanks in part to your efforts. See its GA review and help us raise it towards the featured article classification level. Recall that during its tenure as CHICOTW we achieved the following Improvement. See our CHICOTW Improvement History. Note our good articles.
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Contributing editors:AKeen, ChicagoPimp, SmackBot, Speciate, TheQuandry, TonyTheTiger, Whyaduck, (Darwinek, ERcheck, Lonnyw, MarkSutton, VirtualSteve).
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Hi, I see you added a speedy deletion tag to this article. However, only the latest edits transformed this stub into an advertisement. I missed it at first myself. When you speedy tag an article, please check the history just in case :) (and leave a message to the authors, so they know why the article got deleted) -- lucasbfr talk 16:34, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Editorial assistance
I apologize for not properly recognizing you earlier. I am just getting familiar with this type of userbox. You may want to place the following on your user page:
| This user helped promote Burnham Park (Chicago) to good article status. |
| This user helped promote Union Stock Yards to good article status. |
| This user helped promote Chicago Theatre to good article status. |
- Thanks Tony - no need to apologize - I feel more than recognized. Cheers!--VS talk 21:51, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Appin
Hi I think you need to keep an eye on the Appin article that you created, it has been vandalised about 5 million times since since then. Thanks AdamJWC 13:51, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for the note - yes I will monitor the page through my watchlist.--VS talk 02:10, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Chicago movies
Would you feel comfortable generating two lists to perform this split. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 20:35, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for your note - Yep I can handle this split for Chicago Group - will start this Saturday. Cheers!--VS talk 02:13, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
- Hi Tony - this job is completed. Old category has been tagged for deletion. Cheers.--VS talk 01:35, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
- Wow that was fast. Thank you very much. There is one other category that is a problem. I apologize in advance if I am keeping you from volunteering in a more enjoyable way as everyone essentially chooses how to volunteer. However, we have attempted to systematically set up categories for the bot to tag with {{ChicagoWikiProject}}. Category:Second City alumni is confounding us because Second City has branched out and has many notable alumni of remote offshoots like Mike Myers. I guess subcats might be useful by city. I have not investigated whether there are a significant number of Mike Myers types, but the problem came up today because he was tagged yesterday with our tag.
- My pleasure Tony. Not exactly sure what you are asking me in relation to Category:Second City alumni but I note the general consensus on the category for discussion point is to keep at this stage. I have added my comment there also. If I can help directly with anything please just ask - if time permits I will always help where I can.--VS talk 02:02, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
GAC backlog elimination drive
This form message is being sent to you either due to your membership with WikiProject Good Articles and/or your inclusion on the Wikipedia:Good article candidates/List of reviewers. A new drive has been started requesting that all members review at least one article (or more, if you wish!) within the next two weeks at GAC to help in removing the large backlog. This message is being sent to all members, and even members who have been recently reviewing articles. There are almost 130 members in this project and about 180 articles that currently need to be reviewed. If each member helps to review just one or two articles, the majority of the backlog will be cleared. Since the potential amount of reviewers may significantly increase, please make sure to add :{{GAReview}} underneath the article you are reviewing to ensure that only one person is reviewing each article. Additionally, the GA criteria may have been modified since your last review, so look over the criteria again to help you to determine if a candidate is GA-worthy. If you have any questions about this drive or the review process, leave a message on the GAC talk page. --Nehrams2020 00:50, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
- You will be getting my continued assistance - I expect to complete 3-5 articles at least. Cheers!--VS talk 02:18, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
104.7 Canberra merged with FM104.7 page
Hi,
I'm not sure how you merge one page with another but I wanted to find out if it is possible for you to change the title of a page? The reason I ask is because the page titled "104.7" was actually correct whereas the one titled "FM 104.7" is out of date. The station changed it's callsign from FM104.7 to simply 104.7 back in 2005 (I work for the company and was at the station when this happened), hence why the 104.7 page was created. Are you able to update the title of the FM104.7 page to represent this please?
Thanks, finetuneit :o)
Hi there thanks for your message. I actually didn't merge the two articles. That was done by user:Bearcat. I did try and move the page to 104.7 but that can't be done now. I tried a couple of other ways of adjusting the name of the article but did not have any success. Can I suggest that you contact Bearcat and ask him to do the opposite merge for you? Cheers--VS talk 07:43, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Reply to huffa
VirtualSteve, just because I don't wish to repeat my actions and get banned from wikipedia doesn't mean I'm sorry at all. I'm not sorry. I think your reply to me was rude, and not helpful at all. Your comment about belgian waffles was clearly tongue-in-cheek sarcasm, and your earlier comment said "please refrain from posting nonsense articles (Huffa)." If you guys can't see why calling someone else's hometown fad and writings "nonsense" then I'm not sure what else to tell you. It is my understanding that I don't need to apologize to keep from getting banned from wikipedia, but just not repeat it.
Also, for the record, I think it is quite silly to say that because I used a profane word, I am cowardly, gutless, or immature. I am an educated man; however, one thing I've definitely learned over the years is to be brief and to the point. If you would have been here, I would have said what I typed on your page right to your face. But regardless, it's in the past. I don't see why we're bickering about this anymore. Huffa will either be deleted or not. Someone will help me develop it or not. And because I won't swear, I will be free to edit wikipedia and enjoy it, which is all I want to do. Thanks. Barsportsunlimited 14:13, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
In addition, as I think about it, I'm also quite offended by continuous references to the Wikipedia such and such and such and such policies. I understand full well that an article must be referenced and verifiable. I understand why. Just because I'm unable to verify my own article or subject doesn't mean I'm incapable of understanding the policies. I undestand that you and the rest of the admins probably spend all day bickering with twelve-year olds and wiping away their graffiti. I get that. I get why that's annoying. You should, in my opinion however, remember that not every person who posts a new article is going to be an idiot or a twelve-year old. I think you would do well to remember that. In thinking more about it, I don't really have any personal animousity towards you anymore, and I think it would be safe for me to say that I'm sorry. However, I would think it would be equally fair for you to be sorry for calling my article nonsense. Respectfully, Barsportsunlimited 14:21, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
- Since I'm in the loop in this, I went ahead and posted excerpts of the originally speedily-deleted article to illustrate what condition the article was in at the time of deletion—and identify which editors had made certain changes. —C.Fred (talk) 14:51, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Apology accepted - with some further clarifications
You clearly have a very close association or love of the huffa - and whilst it took you some lines and many words - your apology is accepted. I note that you are using the word Bickering - of course I am not bickering with you at all - C.Fred indicated on your talk page that I might or might not accept your apology for twice using personal attacks - and since I had not spoken to you at all since those attacks I thought that I would give you a clear opportunity to make that apology.
I note also the comments by C.Fred above - importantly his comment regarding not looking closely at edits are not quite as transparent towards the truth as they will be when I explain my way of dealing with articles such as Huffa.
Firstly I tried for a good 15-20 minutes all the ways and spellings, and links to Lincoln, La Mars donuts and other donut shops in Nebraska, to find any reference at all (on the web) for the Huffa - as you know there are none, absolutely none at all. If I did find them I would have put them/it into the article to make yours at the least verifiable and hopefully notable. (Here is an example of another food article that was at the point of deletion which did have many web-hits but did not establish WP:N - which as soon as I found two I posted on the net and then informed other editors was now past any deletion concerns Uncle Tony's Kebabs). Secondly if you look closely you will see that another editor was watching the Huffa article - it was him that beat me (edit-conflict) to the punch of setting up the deletion notice on your page. I then went back to Huffa because he had put up the deletion notice and found this reply from someone under your name - The Huffa article should not be deleted because it is not an advertisement of a particular product or brandname. No company owns the rights to a Huffa, nor or any company names present in the article. It is simply the explanation of a local fad that may be interesting to some, similar to an article here about "Chicago Dogs" or "Belgian Waffles," to cite precedent. Note two things - firstly you or your staff member included reference to Belgian Waffles, and secondly - no one that person had not removed the other silly nonsensical content before asking to "hang on" the deletion. So my return underneath that said this Verifiability& Notability -If you are refering to the Chicago-style hot dog or the Belgian waffle you will note that both of those articles cite references that establish both verifiability and notability. This article does not. was not a stock message it was a return on your(?) message regarding belgian waffles - and not as you put it in your apology a tongue in cheek sarcasm.
Further - just so you are aware - your belief that I spend all day bickering with 12 year olds is totally incorrect. Of course you are not to know that but if you care to look through my edits you will see that I spend very, very, very little time with vandal, nonsense or debate. I tend to write articles - oh and always with references - never in speculation.
Finally - I did not call you cowardly, gutless, or immature because you used a swear word - but I noticed you used it first before the discussion that normally emits from an adult - and on two occassions - including once with a sneak attack on my talk page - with no other explanation than these (completed) words - Nonsense? Go f--- yourself.
Interestingly in about 12,000 edits across Wikipedia I have never been sworn at by any 12-18 year old - in fact I have only been sworn at twice. So again thank you for your apololgy and thank you for clearing up that you are not a 12 year old and that your actions were that of an educated man. Good luck with finding something to establish verification and notability. Oh, here is a tip that will help - go to the "restaurant", "diner" or "donut stand" that serves these delicacies and take a photo of the donut, and a clear copy (or photo) of the menu showing the item name. Post these up on wiki to illustrate your donut - if you need help please ask - I will be happy to help. This won't establish notability and therefore your article might still be deleted but it will be a step in the right direction. Cheers!--VS talk 22:08, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Wagga Wagga
Great news on the promotion to GA status and thanks for updating my userpage. Moving on to Albury! -- Mattinbgn/ talk 06:42, 27 May 2007 (UTC)