User talk:Laydsb

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Happy editing! Shirt58 (talk) 14:58, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Did you know[edit]

Just so you know, when you expand an article fivefold in word count of prose, you can nominate it at Template talk:Did you know. I have done it for Sparkle in the Rain. These are cycled through the main page. Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:36, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Good Articles[edit]

One thing worth noting is that Good articles and Featured Articles serve as de facto stable revisions and are good as they can be compared with current versions of articles if they have eroded over time through vandalism or poor edits. When you've added everything you can think of to an article, you can check if it might fulfil Good Article criteria and then nominate it at Wikipedia:Good article nominations, where someone will review it and pass or fail it. I figured Sparkle in the Rain looks pretty comprehensive. Though a fan of Simple Minds, I have no books so would be hard pressed to change the article if asked to on a review. Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:23, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your kind comments. I'll complete the recording section soon hopefully, maybe clear up that 1st section too. If you're interested, the book I got off Amazon for about seven pounds (£7) by Adam Sweeting goes from their Life in a Day era to having completed Once Upon a Time. Don't know if there are any publications that extend past that. Laydsb (talk) 02:26, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Aah ok, well I'll keep an eye on it - once done I'll show you how the GA process works....Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:28, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Sparkle in the Rain[edit]

On 19 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sparkle in the Rain, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1984 Simple Minds album Sparkle in the Rain spent 57 weeks in the UK LP charts? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sparkle in the Rain. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

— Nyttend (talk) 08:02, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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