User talk:Eshiu

Welcome to Wikipedia!

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The General

Hi Eshiu! I notice you've started in on the The General in His Labyrinth. I'd suggest, as far as sourcing goes, that you provide sources from the beginning. It will be easiest for you to just get used to reference formatting off the top. See Wikipedia:Citing sources for more. If you like, you can add a couple of unformatted references and I'll format them as examples. Ping me on my talk page, if you do. Marskell (talk) 20:54, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

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Sourced info

Eva, loads of good stuff tonight! Well done! --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 08:25, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Jon! It's getting too late, my head is about to explore.. more tomorrow. Eshiu (talk) 10:11, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Yup, get to sleep! But you've done great!  :) --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 10:15, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Historical Context

Hello Eva! I know you of all people will check your talk page. Anyways, I was wondering if you could look over the Historical context section of our article. The guy who reviewed our article (its on the discussion page) says that we talk too much about unecessary stuff in that section, but I always find it hard to edit my own stuff or cut anything out because I think everything is important. If I had it my way I would write down the history of all of Latin America. hehehehe. So could you take a look at that section please? THank you!!!! Carlaty (talk) 19:24, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Well done, Eshiu! You can now, if you want, put the following box on your user page:

This user helped promote The General in His Labyrinth to good article status.

Congratulations! --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 21:46, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

PR

I've left an answer for you on the Peer Review, but as time is short I thought I'd drop you a note in case you don't notice. I'll draw up a map of the journey based on the info in the plot summary - I think it will help - if you want to fill in any other stops after it goes to FAC that won't be a problem. I'll copy-edit again later today and give it another run through just before it goes to FAC. Yomangani^talk 09:23, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

I believe your deadline has been extended to Sunday, but you should check. The better polished the article is before you go to FAC, the more likely you are to succeed (and the more likely that others will help you out during FAC rather than just opposing). Yomangani^talk 00:40, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Yup, the deadline has been extended to Sunday, but I concur with Yomangani's comment that it would be best to be as ready as possible by then. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 00:48, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh yay that is so wonderful! Thanks Jon! It will definitely be up to par by then. Eshiu (talk) 06:04, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Inteview

Hi. Over on Wikinews they are conducting an interview about our project. Some of the questions are directed specifically at me, and some specifically at those who edited El Señor Presidente. But there are others for any student in the class. I thought you might want to participate.

You will have to set up a new account on Wikinews. Drop a line to Brianmc who can guide you through the technicalities.

It would be good to have an opportunity for you to have your say! --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 20:43, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Great guns!

		The Working Woman's Barnstar
		You guys are making great progress over on The General in his Labyrinth. Fantastic stuff! Here's to an FA nomination soon! jbmurray (talk|contribs) 21:24, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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In the net!

I'm doing cartwheels round the room here. Ottava Rima has supported. Oh, yes. qp10qp (talk) 00:55, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Hehehe. Good one!! --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 01:09, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh goodness yay! I've got to see for myself. By the way, I left a message earlier on both maclean and indopug's page letting them know that we have addressed their concerns and asked politely if they can check back on our article. Eshiu (talk) 08:18, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Yup, things are looking pretty good. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 08:33, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Congrats!!

		The Original Barnstar
		Congratulations on the FA status, it was well deserved.. You worked hard and it payed off!! Thanks for improving Wikipedia :) Acer (talk) 00:44, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, many congrats!! I'm so pleased. You really deserved this, and put a lot of work in. You can now put the following on your user page if you want:

This user helped promote The General in His Labyrinth to featured article status.

--jbmurray (talk|contribs) 02:12, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Ah, you already did it! Excellent!  :) --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 02:12, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh it wasn't me! Acer did it! Thanks so much! I'm so happy! I feel so silly.. After getting that star, our article page is still the first thing I check when I turn on my computer! I even went to get that Seymour Menton book from the library after my exam today. Eshiu (talk) 04:14, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

		Fist of respect
		I award this fist of respect to Eshiu and colleagues for fine work in bringing The General in his Labyrinth to featured status. qp10qp (talk) 13:20, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. You and your friends made this a cert all along with all your meticulous sourcing. I love your attitude: your tutor promised everyone in the class that they'd get an A* if they achieved this and no way were you letting the opportunity go. That sort of determination puts you in a small group at the top of your class and I suspect it bodes well for your future success.

Your tutor is also remarkable. Much though I loved my tutors at university, I can't imagine any of them putting in this amount of time and work to help students along within the writing of an assignment. To be honest, I never really thought of my tutors as teachers, just as founts of knowledge who handed out booklists, graded essays, and left the rest to chance. This project is ahead of its time, and I expect it will prove seminal and semi-legendary (don't be surprised if in thirty years time, or whatever, you find yourself interviewed as one of the guinea pigs of this type of assignment). I have no doubt that education will become increasingly interactive, that sourcing skills will rise in importance, and that the barriers between free public information and privileged, expensive scholarly information will be drastically eroded.

I hope you will keep your eye on the article, because trivial deteriorations tend to creep in otherwise. Regard this as a baby that you now have to care for for life. qp10qp (talk) 13:20, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh I will definitely be there if something happens to my baby! It's still the first page I check when I turn on the computer! Thanks so much for your help again! Eshiu (talk) 19:24, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Just to add my congratulations. Glad you stuck with it, and didn't take the easy option and settle for GA. Yomangani^talk 11:02, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

..from me too! You're right to be proud of what you've achieved ;) EyeSerene^talk 20:02, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks so much!! We really could not have achieved FA without everyone's help! Thanks!! Eshiu (talk) 19:13, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

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