User talk:DiverDave/Archive 2

DYK for Serpula[edit]

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The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Douglas MacArthur[edit]

Thanks for your assistance with Douglas MacArthur. Perhaps you could leave your thoughts on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Douglas MacArthur/archive1. Thanks! Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:04, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Hawkeye7. You have done a great deal of hard work on this excellent article on a very complex and important American figure. I really would like to see this article as a FA, but there appears to be a growing consensus that the article is too detailed. Seems to me we have little choice but to strip the article down a little, or it will be denied.

This is the first time I have involved myself with a FA nomination, and you can see that I have only been nipping at the edges a little here and there. I wish to proceed with great caution, as I do not want to inadvertently do anything that might hinder the article's acceptance. So if it's OK with you, for now I would like to work a little behind the scenes.

I have taken the liberty of condensing the "World War I" section of the article (from 13,892 bytes down to 10,733 bytes), but I have done this on a userpage I created as a sandbox, because I do not want to destabilize the article in any way without first reaching some sort of consensus. As you have clearly invested the greatest amount of time and effort in this article, I really do not want to significantly reduce the content without your input. Please check User:DiverDave/MacArthur rewrite, and give me your thoughts when you get a chance. If you think I am on the right track, I can try to do the same thing with some of the other sections, with an eye to bringing the overall article length down to an "acceptable" level, whatever that means. Let me know how else I can help! DiverDave (talk) 14:49, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Dave. I have incorporated your changes. The main changes was a drastic cut to MacArthur's most famous battle, at Châttillon. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:59, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You made a mistake. The Seventh Fleet was not part of Nimitz' Pacific Fleet; it was part of King's US Fleet. At least until July 1945. I'll create an article on VII Amphibious Force. Hawkeye7 (talk) 05:49, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your attention to detail, and for catching my error, Hawkeye7. I will review this in detail, as well as all other edits I have made. This is more than a little embarrassing for me. I really should know better, given that I spent 15 years on active duty with the U.S. Navy.... I really appreciate your allowing me to collaborate with you on this project, and I hope to see this article reach FA status very soon. DiverDave (talk) 11:32, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Non-free files in your user space[edit]

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DYK for Radiole[edit]

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The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar[edit]

		The Geography Barnstar
		To DiverDave, for undertaking a five-fold expansion of a key geographic and encyclopedic feature, the abyssal plain. Well done, Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:16, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I endorse this award. I came here to give you the same barnstar! --Epipelagic (talk) 01:56, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Thomas C. Kinkaid[edit]

Hello! Your submission of Thomas C. Kinkaid 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! The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 19:32, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Thomas C. Kinkaid[edit]

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Bradjamesbrown (talk) 06:02, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Abyssal plain[edit]

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The DYK project (nominate) 00:07, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Mount Storegutt[edit]

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DYK[edit]

Please look at T:DYK/Q4 and think quickly - you can't have same hook and same picture twice, thus this queue interferes with your multi-glacier hook. There are two easy solutions - remove that hook from Q4 (which I can do) or find another hook for the T:TDYK glaciers. There is one hour left to the launch of queue 4. Materialscientist (talk) 04:57, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads-up, Materialscientist. Sorry, but I cannot think of an interesting new hook for the 12-banger on such short notice. If only one of these two hooks can be approved, I would have to choose the 12-glacier hook I have just submitted. I do not know how to remove the current hook from the queue, so I would greatly appreciate your assistance in this matter. Respectfully, DiverDave (talk) 05:11, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am going to return your hook from queue 4 to T:TDYK and replace it with another one there. This will leave us some time. Best option is usually to combine all those nominations under one hook; or, if possible, split them with 2 or more different hooks. Materialscientist (talk) 05:19, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can I add Baudissin Glacier and Challenger Glacier to the 12-glacier hook to make a 14-article hook? All of these glaciers are located on Heard Island, and all are indeed currently in negative mass balance. The reason I had split them out originally is because those two articles were created on 30 May, and were getting a little stale for DYK. DiverDave (talk) 05:36, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As exception, yes, but see comment by hamiltonstone below. Materialscientist (talk) 05:39, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am on it; fixing the articles now. Thank you very much, and I am in your eternal debt! DiverDave (talk) 05:43, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your multiglacier hook at DYK[edit]

...well, not so much the hook, which i think is fone, and all the articles met the 1500 character benchmark etc, but i really don't think you should have those huge tables of species in there. They are not spcies associated with the glacier - the area in which they are found must cover the whole of Heard Island and probably more besides. Just delete them. Species recorded in the article should be associated with the specific feature of which the article is the subject. Also, I don't think those sentences you have in some of the glacier articles, about there being no species within 1 degree, are accurate. When I clicked through the little fauna link at the bottom of the greographic names page, it came up with a list. hamiltonstone (talk) 05:01, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct on both counts, Hamiltonstone. I very much appreciate your attention to detail. Truth is, I am still working furiously on all of these articles. The flora/fauna are indeed associated with all of Heard Island. My original intent was to add the flora/fauna wikitable to each of the articles. What I think I should do (give me some time, as I have to take care of my real job for the next 16 hours or so) is delete the wikitables from all of the articles, and instead probably create a new article entitled Flora and fauna of Heard Island. I can then add the or template to each of the glacier articles if need be. Does this sound like a reasonable approach? Regards, DiverDave (talk) 05:26, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, though once you've tidied the glacier articles up short-term, have a look at WP:EMBED before you get too far with Flora and fauna of Heard Island - it might also need to be List of flora and fauna of Heard Island. CHeers, hamiltonstone (talk) 05:34, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Off you go then :) Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:24, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Baudissin Glacier[edit]

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— Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Challenger Glacier[edit]

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— Rlevse • Talk • 06:03, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep up the wonderful work on these articles!!! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 18:03, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Allison Glacier[edit]

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Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:04, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Compton Glacier[edit]

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Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:04, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Deacock Glacier[edit]

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Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:04, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Downes Glacier[edit]

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Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:04, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ealey Glacier[edit]

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Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:05, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Fiftyone Glacier[edit]

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Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:05, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Gotley Glacier[edit]

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Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:05, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Lied Glacier[edit]

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Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:05, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Schmidt Glacier[edit]

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Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:05, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Stephenson Glacier[edit]

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Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:05, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Vahsel Glacier[edit]

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Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:06, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Winston Glacier[edit]

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Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:06, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Subantarctic[edit]

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Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:06, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer granted[edit]

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Abyssal plain[edit]

Hi, I passed the article but overlooked the two ^{[citation needed]} tags. Can you find sources for them easily? Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:34, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'll ask Malleus Fatuorum (talk · contribs). Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:01, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your note[edit]

Not to worry. The new hook looks fine. Thanks for your good work. Crum375 (talk) 01:51, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]