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Welcome![edit]

Hi, JMiall, Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Category Link Trick[edit]

Thanks for the heads-up on the category thing. So, adding a preceding colon to a category wikilink gives you the link without being put in the category? That's handy. Where'd ya learn that trick? — WCityMike (talk • contribs) 23:27, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Only by making the same mistake myself and checking how the people linking to those pages successfully were doing it, nowt clever. JMiall 23:30, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, good to know. I'll have to add that to my "clever Wikipedia tricks" notes. — WCityMike (talk • contribs) 23:45, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

First have you seen either of these play? If so you would not doubt that Andy Morrell alleges to be a professional footballer and Gary McSheffrey is greedy. I will however find an article to back up this greed as I know there are plenty kicking around. Asmith6 13:10, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you![edit]

Hi JMiall, thanks for all your comments on the Gilberto Silva article. It's going to take me some time to address all your suggestions - so I'll get started straight away. The only thing I'm uncertain of now is this: how many book references do you think are needed in an article of this size? At the moment there are only two, but I'm pretty sure this isn't enough (especially as there are over forty web references). Guidelines which I've read have only ever said "include print references" - but never how many. What do you think?

Anyway - just that question for now. I'm sure that once I've implemented your suggestions, the article will be much better; so thank you!

All the best, GilbertoSilvaFan 21:21, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

Thanks for the tip re the preview button - I think somehow I overlooked that. One question though - what helps you decide when you feel a location or item deserves a separate page ? Strider52 | Talk 12:02, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advice - I think I'm going to have to do a lot more reading up before I start writing. Wikepdia just feels so big!! Strider52 | Talk 20:20, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your peer review for Komodo Dragon[edit]

Thanks, but I couldn't find what the "organ on the roof of the mouth" was. I believe it's a Jacobson's organ, but my source didn't say. bibliomaniac15 22:31, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've done all your points you listed at this review. Will (We're flying the flag all over the world) 01:44, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've got the images from Geograph, which licence them under {{cc-by-sa-2.0}}. Will (We're flying the flag all over the world) 13:14, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It appears I edited without consideration, for which I apologise. Please feel free to revert the changes. - Tiswas(t) 22:17, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hesselberg article[edit]

Hello! I found you on the WikiProject Mountains page and just wanted to ask, if you are interested in having a look (and improving) the Hesselberg article. Keep on good work! Tirkfl 09:41, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for proofreading this article! I am going to look through your questions and tell you as soon as I answered most of them. Tirkfl 07:31, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I answered all of your questions. I hope I could clarify some issues. I had some translation problems too, which I posted at Talk:Hesselberg. Again, thank you very much for proofreading and maybe we can further improve this article. -- Tirkfltalk 11:50, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! I had a closer look on the article again, changed the spelling to BE, and corrected some typos. I also corrected some of the issues that you have posted at Wikipedia:Translation/Hesselberg. Please could you look through one more time, four eyes are seeing more than two... Thank you in advance for taking the time, Tirkfltalk 13:51, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The Special Barnstar
I award You the Special Barnstar for taking the time and proofreading the Hesselberg article. Tirkfl 12:27, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A.F.C. Wimbledon[edit]

Do you think i should put it in for a class or does it still need some more work. --Sunderland06 23:48, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Added lots of citations for scores and league postitions. --Sunderland06 21:11, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  1. checkY cited the 2nd paragraph of the foundation section
  2. checkY cited 'completely alien to the traditions of the game in England'
  3. could not find citation the 2nd paragraph of the Ground purchase section
  4. could not find citation The 'Why AFC' section, particularly the quote

--Sunderland06 17:37, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback! If you don't mind, I replied to your comment seeking your opinion on a couple of issues you brought up. -- Rei 23:02, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Table[edit]

Thanks for adjusting the table at Gerlachovsky stit. Carca220nne (talk) 15:47, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A great, spiffy table. Thank you very much. Carca220nne (talk) 13:59, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hiking — The Park bylaws say that with the UIAA card, you're allowed to depart from a marked trail along the shortest approach route to the rock you want to climb. It's not quite so easy for them to be as restrictive when you have the card (but they can, the Park management often phrases its comments about visitors the way the police would comment on likely or actual criminals). For instance, no rule prevents an UIAA cardholder from taking a hikers' route to the top of a mountain in order take a more technical route down (which may then need to be abandoned for various reasons), but see above. I'd expect a good deal of snow and ice in May, but the main obstacle would be that the Park regulations don't allow anyone, card or not, even on the marked trails past several mountain chalets, meaning past the Sliezsky Dom Hotel in this instance, from Nov. 1 till June 15 each year. Carca220nne (talk) 18:43, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Informal peer review Boeing 747[edit]

Would you consider looking over the Boeing 747 article. I'm working with some other nice editors rewriting it. The first revision is nearing completion (except one section) and then we'll clean up the format of the reference. If you look at it, it need not be a formal peer review, just an informal opinion. I'm contacting two people, one of them you. We (at least me) are looking at just ideas for improvement, not necessarily GA or FA. Thank you. Archtransit (talk) 17:00, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since this is not a formal peer review, I didn't put the tags on the talk page. You can let me know on my talk page or whereever you want. Archtransit (talk) 17:02, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

William Astle[edit]

FYI, William Astle was the editor of the Stockport Advertiser, and also of the Stockport Advertiser Centenary History of Stockport, see the title page here. The IP's contributions suggest that he was reading the history at the time of his posting. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 09:53, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I believe (from this list you are a volunteer for peer reviewing articles about settlements?

I wondered if you'd be interested in taking a breif look at Wikipedia:Peer review/Neilston/archive1 and give me some feedback. Hope you can help. No problem if not, -- Jza84 · (talk) 02:37, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Usage of Example.jpg[edit]

Hi there. Generally speaking, it's both easier and more efficient to use Example.png in this situation - plus it tends to get picked up less often by vandalism filters and such when it is used in place of Example.jpg. A particular robot which moved non-free images from both mainspace and Userspace was accidentally programmed to add the example.jpg to replace the non-free image rather than the example.png image as would have been the initial intention.

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As a compromise, I have reverted back to your version of the page, but using Image:Example.png instead of Example.jpg, if this is acceptable with you. Please contact me back if you wish. All the best. Bobo. 22:54, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Review request[edit]

Hello. I wonder if I might ask you to take a look at Crawley and its peer review request at Wikipedia:Peer_review/Crawley/archive1. As you can see, Hassocks5489 spent quite a lot of time working on it over the summer, and we're now thinking of moving for FA status. Any tips would be most welcome. Thanks Tafkam (talk) 22:10, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I stumbled upon Wikipedia:Peer_review/Crawley/archive1 and read that you wondered if there was some sort of 'standard' for weatherbox background colours. The colours used in Template:Infobox weather and of some weatherboxes like the ones in Crawley and Weymouth were developed a while back, when we were finding a way of having them automatically used in Template:Infobox weather. There are by no means standard or official, but are used in many weatherboxes, as you can compare between articles more easily. They can be found at User:Rossenglish/Weatherbox if you're still interested in them =) RossEnglish 14:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. When you said about other weather data, I realised that the 'rain days' column could be used for any variable, so I generalised it (it hasn't been added to the template, but I've used it in some articles). I've taken a look at the Gerlachovský štít table, and the 'days with' and air temperature rows are now covered by User:Rossenglish/Weatherbox, and so is the precipitation row, except for the months with 19 cm (190 mm) of rain. The issue of high rainfall arose when deciding colours for Template:Infobox weather: the large range of precipitation for extreme climates would have stretched the colours too thinly, so we left it at 0 to 150 mm. If you do want to use Template:Infobox weather's colour scheme, for the 19 cm months, you could use #000032 and white font. I might see if I can extend the rainfall a bit, but there are only a few distinct colours left between navy and black =) RossEnglish 19:30, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hendrik Wade Bode review request[edit]

Hi, I saw your name as a review volunteer. Is it possible to review Hendrik Wade Bode? I have set it up here. Thanks, Dr.K. (talk) 18:19, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for your fast reply and for offering to review the article. Please feel free to start at anytime. There is no hurry at all. I am indebted. Thanks again. Dr.K. (talk) 02:40, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting peer review of Facebook[edit]

I noticed that you listed yourself as a volunteer for "Applied sciences and technology" subjects for peer review. I am requesting a peer review from you for Wikipedia:Peer review/Facebook/archive2, if you have the time. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 18:37, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Facebook is currently nominated for a WP:GA at Wikipedia:Good article nominations#Computing, so if you have time, please review it. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 20:02, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, JMiall. I am going to nominate the Oil shale and Oil shale extraction articles for FAC. As the last peer reviews of these articles were not very productive, I wonder if you agree to take a look and give some advice and hard critics before proceeding with the FAC nomination? Thank you in advance. Beagel (talk) 19:49, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, JMiall. Thank you very much for reviewing the Oil shale article. It achieved FA status and your review was a great help in this process. I would like to ask also reviewing the Oil shale extraction article. Thank you. Beagel (talk) 19:15, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Peer review idea[edit]

Hi, I have made a proposal that no peer review request be archived without some response. To aid in this, there is a new list of PR requests at least one week old that have had no repsonses beyond a semi-automated peer review. This list is at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog.

There are just over 100 names on the PR volunteers page, so I figure if each of these volunteers reviewed just one or two PR requests without a response from the list each month, it would easily take care of the "no response" backlog (as there have been 2 or 3 such unanswered requests a day on average).

If you would be able to help out with a review or two a month from the "no responses" backlog list that would be great (and much appreciated). Please discuss questions, comments, or ideas at the PR talk page and thanks in advance for your help, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 00:15, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting peer review of PHP[edit]

I noticed that you listed yourself as a volunteer for "Applied sciences and technology" subjects for peer review. I am requesting a peer review from you for Wikipedia:Peer review/PHP/archive2, if you have the time. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 21:11, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Milford_Everton_FC.jpg[edit]

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Hi, you peer reviewed Facebook a few weeks ago. If you have time, could you please take a second look at the article as it is now and post some comments at the peer review? Please let us know if the comments you posted last time have been addressed or not. I would like to bring the article to FAC soon, so any copyediting help would also be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 00:05, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Peer review/Copyedit[edit]

Hello. I'm looking for a copyedit/peer review on the solar energy page and your name came recommended by Beagel. I'd appreciate any and all help. Mrshaba (talk) 20:49, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds good to me. Thanks. Mrshaba (talk) 16:28, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your initial take. I can't get too defensive about the intro because I've avoided working on it for the most part. It will need several more iterations. The Greeks, Chinese and Pueblo thing got picked up in a paper shortly after I wrote it so it has sorta stuck. It seemed to strike a cord so to speak. I've replied to your initial comment on the talk page. Click Me Mrshaba (talk) 06:14, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the very specific follow up comments. One question, where should the discussion take place regarding the peer reviewer comments? Here? I also see some replies on the main peer review page? I've been moving them to the main talk page but this now seems incorrect? Mrshaba (talk) 17:15, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Good to know. Thanks for the review and info. Mrshaba (talk) 18:39, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Copyediting help[edit]

Hi, I noticed you offering your services in the Peer Review group for Electrical Engineering-related stuff. I was wondering if you'd mind having a go at Madman Muntz which I have up for FA review? The actual technical stuff isn't substantial, but figured it wouldn't hurt to have someone go over it anyway. Nobody of Consequence (talk) 00:17, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, not a big deal. If you get a chance next week or whenever, feel free to stop over and have a look. If not, no worries and thanks for letting me know. Nobody of Consequence (talk) 19:52, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Peer Review help[edit]

Thank you for you work as a peer review volunteer. Since March, there has been a concerted effort to make sure all peer review requests get some response. Requests that have gone three days or longer without a substantial response are listed at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog. I have three requests to help this continue.

1) If you are asked to do a peer review, please ask the person who made the request to also do a review, preferably of a request that has not yet had feedback. This is fairly simple, but helps. For example when I review requests on the backlog list, I close with Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). Yours, ...

2) While there are several people who help with the backlog, lately I have been doing up to 3 or 4 peer reviews a day and can not keep this up much longer. We need help. Since there are now well over 100 names on the PR volunteers page, if each volunteer reviewed just one PR request without a response from the list each month, it would easily take care of the "no response" backlog. To help spread out the load, I suggest those willing pick a day of the month and do a review that day (for example, my first edit was on the 8th, so I could pick the 8th). Please pick a peer review request with no responses yet, if possible off the backlog list. If you want, leave a note on my talk page as to which day you picked and I will remind you each month.

3) I have made some proposals to add some limits to peer review requests at Wikipedia_talk:Peer_review#Proposed_limits. The idea is to prevent any one user from overly burdening the process. These seem fairly reasonable (one PR request per editor per day, only four total PR requests per editor at a time, PR requests with cleanup banners can be delisted (like GAN quick fail), and wait two weeks to relist a PR request after it is archived), but have gotten no feedback in one week. If you have any thoughts on these, please weigh in.

Thanks again for your help and in advance for any assistance with the backlog. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:25, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE:Hekla[edit]

I think the article should be nominated as a good article. Sorry it took so long for someone to get back to you. Although I'm no expert on volcanoes either, I'm an expert on volcano articles, and this one is great. It really is a work of art, great job! --Meldshal (§peak to me) 20:02, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE:Volcanoes Wiki[edit]

WEll, it's not fully developed yet. But you are welcome to join. --Meldshal (§peak to me) 01:30, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Richard II peer review[edit]

Thank you very much for a thorough peer review of Richard II of England, I finally got around to looking at it, and found it very helpful. If you would like to continue with the rest of the article, that would be highly appreciated. Lampman (talk) 18:00, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oil shale extraction[edit]

Hi, JMiall. In spring, you conducted an informal review of the Oil shale extraction. Although the article was not promoted to the FA status, your review was a great help for improving the article. The main reason, why this article was not promoted, was a prose. However, I am going to renominate this article after some improvements. I hope you agree to review this article again and help to bring it to the FA level. Thank you in advance. Beagel (talk) 19:18, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Liechtenstein[edit]

Hi JMiall - just wanted you to know that, thanks largely to your great efforts on the subject, there is now a separate stub category for Liechtenstein geography (stub categories require about 60 stubs before they're made - your work pushed the total up to that point). Well done, and keep up the good work! :) Grutness...wha? 22:25, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PR[edit]

Hi there, could you read over Nevado del Ruiz and give me some comments at its peer review? —Ceran (talk) 00:18, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and a request[edit]

Thanks for signing up at Wikipedia:Peer review/volunteers and for your work doing reviews. It is now just over a year since the last peer review was archived with no repsonse after 14 (or more) days, something we all can be proud of. There is a new Peer review user box to track the backlog (peer reviews at least 4 days old with no substantial response), which can be found here. To include it on your user or talk page, please add {{Wikipedia:Peer review/PRbox}} . Thanks again, and keep up the good work, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:52, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Substrate[edit]

Greetings!
Your recent edit to Replication (optical media) included a link to a disambiguation page. The use of these links is discouraged on Wikipedia as they are unhelpful to readers. In the future, please check your links to make sure they point to an article. Thanks! twirligigLeave one! ⋄ Check me out! 21:38, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Copyediting[edit]

Hey, I saw your name on Wikipedia:PRV, and noticed that you are interested in electrical engineering. I was wondering if you would be up for copyediting Stella Power Station, as it is currently a FAC and a comment which has came up is that it needs a thorough copyediting. I look forward to heading back, Fintan264 (talk) 14:45, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much Fintan264 (talk) 23:52, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures[edit]

Was wondering if you could add another picture to the article of Rectus abdominis muscle?Ft12 (talk) 22:08, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is that (proposed) new section intelligible to someone who hasn't read the specs themself? The main article footnotes include links to copies of the standard itself if you want to check it against sources, but just reading what's there would help. thanks! 71.41.210.146 (talk) 09:22, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Got your message about leaving for a week. If you don't have any violent objections, I may just paste it into the article and you can review it there when you get back. We'll see. Anyway, I hope you have an enjoyable/successful trip (as the case may be). 71.41.210.146 (talk) 10:53, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Now that you're back, here's a nudge. I added a second section on bus commands. I'm thinking of restructuring it to put the commands first. The first section would give a high-level description that talks about a transaction being made up of one address phase followed by N data phases, and the various things that can happen, but omitting the signal-level details. Then the second section would describe the signal operations in each phase. That would shrink the signal-level section and make the transaction-level section stand alone, which would probably be more useful to software developers. Any comments? 71.41.210.146 (talk) 23:46, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Edits made, and your comments posted to Talk:Conventional PCI with responses interleaved. 71.41.210.146 (talk) 01:45, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I did the merge into the main article. If you think your comments have been addressed, feel free to delete the Talk page section. 71.41.210.146 (talk) 11:26, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Global Positioning System[edit]

JMiall, as an EE, you may have an interest in GPS. The GPS article has been put up for peer review. We would love to have you review it and submit your comments. RHB100 (talk) 21:42, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

REX[edit]

Hello, JMiall. You have new messages at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Resource_Exchange/Resource_Request#William_McCrum.
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Drei Schwestern[edit]

There seem to be a reasonable number of sites which claim that Kuhgrat is the highest peak in the Drei Schwestern - [1], for instance. Mind you, there also seem to be sites which claim it's nearby but not part of the group. Grutness...wha? 23:42, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shale oil extraction[edit]

Hi, JMiall. One and half year ago you assisted to review the Shale oil extraction article. After extensive work with this article, there is a plan to renominate this article for FAC. I wonder if you still agree to take a look and assist by reviewing it before proceeding with the FAC renomination? Thank you in advance. Beagel (talk) 15:12, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. I removed the sentence about the Rio Blanco Corporation. In general, it is to specific detail for the overall history of the shale oil industry. Beagel (talk) 09:11, 27 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiBirthday[edit]

I saw from here that it's been exactly four years since you joined the project. Happy WikiBirthday! Keep up the good work, rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 00:36, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback Request[edit]

Seeking feedback article I created at Energetic neutral atoms - my first article. Requested feedback at Wikipedia:Requests_for_feedback but then noticed that most articles on that list are rather undeveloped. So I left a feedback request on the article's talk page. Tnx. Canuck100 (talk) 20:58, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Request for peer review of SENSOR-Pesticides article[edit]

Howdy, JMiall! I've been working on the SENSOR-Pesticides article for some time now, and I've finally submitted it for peer review. I saw you listed on the peer review volunteers page, so I thought I'd ask you to take a look and the page and offer your edits, comments, and suggestions. Thank you! Mmagdalene722 (talk) 20:51, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again. Just wanted to let you know that I closed the PR after getting some good comments from other editors. When my supervisor comes back from his honeymoon, I'll have him look at it, and then I plan on submitting it for GA consideration, so maybe you can help there. I'll let you know when that happens, if you're willing to help. Thanks! MMagdalene722talk to me 13:54, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Payava Tomb[edit]

Just had a look at your article, and looks very informative. Have made a couple of additions. Thank you for coming on Friday and creating the article - it's really good to see a wider range of objects starting to appear on Wikipedia. Sphenisciform (talk) 09:54, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

barnstar[edit]

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Thanks for your help with the BM project especially the photos to get us going. Witty Lama 00:10, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Electrical lengthening[edit]

Perhaps for more specific delineation between actual length and purported length an editor might want to draw distinction between single antenna and multiple antenna examples of useful antenna dimension. I find your page most useful and pleasant to look at.208.54.7.137 (talk) 04:37, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ormside bowl[edit]

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Chappel House, Twickenham[edit]

Thanks for the picture! Pkeets (talk) 17:02, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Template:Infobox mountain[edit]

You are using {{Infobox mountain}} on your sub page User:JMiall/Hekla. Your infobox used deprecated parameter names. In the near future the template is to be updated and the old parameter names will no longer work. I updated the template for you. I hope that was OK. –droll [chat] 20:03, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. That subpage graduated into mainspace some years back anyway. JMiall 16:22, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK nomination of Edward Proger[edit]

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Sorry, one more issue on this nomination. Link provided in the template above. --Pgallert (talk) 13:23, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Edward Proger[edit]

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Little Langdale[edit]

Excellent work on the Little Langdale article. An entry for that lovely valley is well overdue. Congrats Mick Knapton (talk) 15:41, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just came across your Little Langdale article...[edit]

... and it's really beautiful! And impressively informative. I love visiting the lakes but never knew most of that before. --Physics is all gnomes (talk) 15:21, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks from me too, I really liked that article. Whilst I'm here I notice you've not yet had your account set as WP:Autopatrolled or as a WP:Reviewer. So I've taken the liberty of rectifying that. Cheers and happy editing ϢereSpielChequers 12:30, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Glad you both liked it and thanks for the user rights additions. JMiall 13:06, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, have you ever considered reviewing articles at WP:FAC? There's a guide at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-04-07/Dispatches. ϢereSpielChequers 21:34, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Some time back I did quite a few reviews at WP:PR. The next task I've got my eye on is to sort an articles for every mountain in Andorra. Maybe after that... JMiall 23:31, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Little Langdale[edit]

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Hi[edit]

I know your a knowledgeable and active user, and Just stopping by to say Hi, anyway. xD Well, am I quite a disturbance to you? --ChristelBlaze14 (talk) 12:00, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have nominated this for peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Knowle West, Bristol/archive1 as I would like to take it to WP:FAC. Any comments that would help achieve this will be most welcome. Jezhotwells (talk) 22:42, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Editing Harry Huskey[edit]

I received a rapid response on my query on how to add a simple photograph. But I got completely lost in the Commons. There were pages and pages on beauty, rights, loading multiple photographs, but nothing I could do in the limited time I have. I am not a good photographer. I just wanted to add a simple photograph I took 20 December 196 It's not beautiful, but at least shows him and his wife. You can find and insert it from my webpages. It was taken with a minature camera using 8mm film. http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/gio/personal/1965India/Khajaraho/Scan102.jpg There is also a better photograph taken by one of my colleagues http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/gio/personal/1965India/IrvR/IIITKslides030.jpg

I Have it on-line — Preceding unsigned comment added by GioCM (talkcontribs) 20:13, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting review of Folding@home[edit]

Hi there JMiall,

I saw that you've listed your name over at WP:PRV. I've been enthusiastically editing pretty extensively on Folding@home, and achieved GA status early last month. It's an article about a powerful distributed computing project which simulates protein folding for disease research, so I thought you might be interested. I'd like to improve the article as much as I can, and perhaps even reach FA status, so if you have a moment, I'd sure appreciate any advice or suggestions you may have. I've opened a peer review. Thank you for your time, Jesse V. (talk) 21:37, 14 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think you win the prize for surprising me with such a thorough and detailed review. I appreciate you going above the "not my level of expertise, but things look all right to be" sort of a review. Anyway, I've responded to most of the issues you brought up, and I'm looking forward to more of your review whenever you have time to continue it. Jesse V. (talk) 18:19, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the peer-review, could you check my corrections and if they meet your approval could you cross them off? The <s></s> tags work for this. It would make it much easier for me to identify what issues remain. Thanks again for your helpful review! Jesse V. (talk) 17:01, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Berlin peer review[edit]

I've put Berlin up for peer review. Comments would be appreciated. Kingjeff (talk) 04:20, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Roddy Woomble[edit]

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Thank you for the image update—Woomble would be proud to be portrayed in such a nice flannel.--Soulparadox (talk) 19:13, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Is your request still open? Please let me know. Thank you, -- Doc Taxon (talk) 01:26, 23 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am unable to access that Evernote notebook now. I don't remember accessing it in 2009 either. JMiall 21:53, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
So you do not need it anymore? -- Doc Taxon (talk) 16:39, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If I had access to his obituary and it contained any useful information I would use it to improve the article. JMiall 17:11, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Exobourgo/Exomvourgo[edit]

Whichever it is, I made some comments on the DYK nomination page. Thanks for your work on this article! groupuscule (talk) 14:40, 2 November 2012 (UTC) Bump! groupuscule (talk) 12:56, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there[edit]

I noticed you haven't been very active lately. I hope you're doing well. If you make it back, add yourself again to WP:PRV please! Thanks. Best wishes. Biosthmors (talk) 21:57, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Been quite busy with real-world activities. Hopefully back soon. JMiall 13:21, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Waveguide filter FA[edit]

Hi JMiall,

you commented on the FAC for Waveguide filter when it was nominated the first time. I have nominated it again. Can I ask what would persuade you to support it for promotion this time? SpinningSpark 20:58, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try to read the article this weekend and make some more comments. JMiall 23:03, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Aisling Bea secret comedy podcast.jpg[edit]

Could you explain why this picture needs to be present on her page? You can't even see her face except for part of her noes and her eyes are even closed! LADY LOTUSTALK 20:52, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

1988 Giro Comments[edit]

Hey, I have responded to/fixed all of your comments on the 1988 Giro FA review page. Thanks, Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 00:43, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've commented or fixed all of the new comments you made. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 18:11, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Question on Louis Compton Miall page for Wikipedia[edit]

Why is the L. C. Miall article retained in /JMiall and not put directly into Wikipedia?

because I hadn't finished it and then forgot about it. As it stands it contains bits of text copied from other sources etc that need rewriting. JMiall 09:11, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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What are you trying to pull?[edit]

Those are all quotes from every famous biochemist in the world. Put it back or I will report you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.60.98.146 (talk) 10:53, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What makes you think I'm trying to pull anything? An article on Peptide T is no place for that large list of quotations on a different subject. JMiall 13:45, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It sure is if your going to allow a ridiculous Dallas Buyers Club MOVIE FROM HOLLYFAKE to be allowed in the same section as Peptide T. All your contributions are totally silly. How do you deny The inventor of the PCR test that says that no document in any medical journal proves HIV ever became AIDS. He is only backed by the top 2500 other scientists now stepping up. Your Robert Gallo sold out. You and I both know it. I worked for a U.S. Intelligence agency. You are being watched on every mistake you make. You can be held accountable in new legislation being pass for people who purposely remove truth for other means. You need to keep it fair and stop manipulating the truth to fit your agenda. Everything edit you make concerning AIDS is a farce. You also have been reported to Wiki and it's not the first. Your record speaks for itself. No more bullshit because your about to get exposed. Shame on you for what you do you coward. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.60.98.146 (talk) 05:04, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What fun! So who have I been reported to and can you point me at this record I supposedly have concerning AIDS (as all edits to wikipedia are kept in the history&contributions tabs)? JMiall 08:15, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Stone Axe Factory[edit]

Those in charge of the archaeology in the Lake District are trying very hard to reduce the publicity given to the stone axe site on Scafell. If you are in any doubt on this matter, contact John Hodgson at the LDNPA. To quote from some correspondence that I have had with him "... because of the highly sensitive nature of the stone axe factory sites on Scafell Pike and the high number of visitors to the summit, we have attempted to keep detailed information about them out of the general public domain. There are various academic publications which detail these sites and I think that at least one book on scrambling routes may have made a mention, but generally they have been kept below the radar.

The sites around Langdale, which are much better known, have been severely damaged over the years by people casually collecting rough out axes. We hope to avoid this happening at the Scafell axe factories and I would therefore be very grateful if you would avoid mentioning them in your material for the web."

I think you could also compare the number of visitors to Scafell Pike and to Stonehenge, then compare the security arrangements to protect the two sites. The problem with putting the word "Scafell" in the article is that it gives ammunition for a Google search. Wikipedia is often the first stop for information - so if you start an internet search process, you have had a catalytic role in something with an undesirable outcome.

I am all for the free distribution of knowledge, but in this case I think Wikipedia has to be responsible. (There must be other things that Wikipedia refrains from going into detail about.) The reason that I was asked by the LDNPA not to mention the Scafell Pike site was that I intended to put this information in something I was putting on the internet - something that I had put many, many hours of work into. The plea from the Archaeology officer for the LDNPA changed my mind, and I did not include the information.

Please reconsider your position. ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 12:53, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have some sympathy but there are a number of problems with trying to censor this. You might want to see Wikipedia:Sensitive wildlife locations for a proposal with similar sentiment that failed to gain much support. Fundamentally you would need to censor the whole existence of the article on wikipedia to have your desired effect – anyone who came to the article accidentally and had the thought that they might try to find the locations would be able to do so as soon as they knew there were locations to find and the type of person who might look up locations in order to visit them around Langdale is easily the same type of person who might then visit them on Scafell. Also if you do a google search for 'Scafell pike wikipedia' then the Langdale axe industry article does not show up in the first x pages of results and I don't think that is likely to change.
So my basic position is that if there are multiple reliable published sources stating the locations then there is no reason not to include that information in the article. I don't think that any of the specific locations particularly need to be mentioned in the lead though (the article could also do with a bit of rearranging/rewriting).
I have no problem with your change of mind outside of wikipedia but one of the major agreed on policies of wikipedia is that it isn't censored. The main area where this doesn't apply is for living people (see WP:BLP) where there is more of a conservative attitude and assumption of privacy although I think a good chunk of the reason for this being in place is to avoid getting sued. JMiall 20:54, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I have the feeling of an unstoppable juggernaut here. I suppose that, because the mention is in an article that is archaeological in nature, it is safer than if it appeared in the main Scafell Pike content. It is perhaps overly dismal to think that the mountain has already been trashed by the rubbish left by "3-peakers", so if people mess with the archaeology, that just follows the trend.
I think the issue, however, does put forward the idea that all Wikipedia editors have some level of social responsibility. A problem in practicing this is that some editors have a much more superficial understanding of a subject than might first appear to be the case. This is something that is encouraged by the "cricket scores" of articles started or edits made. In this particular instance, an editor with extensive knowledge of the subject would, in all probability, have exercised restraint in mentioning a site on Scawfell Pike.
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Hi, Sorry to bother you again. Any luck with Memoirs for Ian yet? Thanks a lot. Best, jeff-mila (my contact information is in our previous exchanges, but you can also find my on Skype under jeff-mila). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeff-mila (talkcontribs) 02:54, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Still no news concerning Memoirs for Ian? Many thanks, jeff-mila — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeff-mila (talkcontribs) 06:38, 21 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]


Hi, Sorry for being so persistent. I was wondering whether you'd had some luck concerning Memoirs for Ian that contain some unknown information on the Gillets and Noni Jabavu. I have been approached by Jabavu's biographer who is desperate to get hold of the manuscript too. I'd appreciate very much if you could let me know... Thank you very much indeed, Jeff (interpretaceATgmailDOTcom) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeff-mila (talkcontribs) 22:43, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Your access to AWB may be temporarily removed[edit]

Hello JMiall! This message is to inform you that due to editing inactivity, your access to AutoWikiBrowser may be temporarily removed. If you do not resume editing within the next week, your username will be removed from the CheckPage. This is purely for routine maintenance and is not indicative of wrongdoing on your part. You may regain access at any time by simply requesting it at WP:PERM/AWB. Thank you! MusikBot II talk 23:21, 15 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon[edit]

Hi. The Wikipedia:The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon is planned for March 2020, a contest/editathon to eliminate as many stubs as possible from all 134 counties. Amazon vouchers/book prizes are planned for most articles destubbed from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and Northern Ireland and whoever destubs articles from the most counties out of the 134. £50 available for most Wales destubs. Sign up on page if interested in participating, hope this will prove to be good fun and productive, we have over 44,000 stubs!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:00, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]