User talk:Runningonbrains/Archive 5

This page is an archive of past discussions and postings on my talk page. Please do not edit the contents of this page. Any edits will be reverted. To contact me, post on my talk page. Namaste.

GA Sweeps update

Thanks to everyone's efforts to the GA Sweeps process, we are currently over 90% done with only 226 articles remain to be swept! As always, I want to thank you for using your time to ensure the quality of the older GAs. With over 50 members participating in Sweeps, that averages out to about 4 articles per person! If each member reviews an article once a week this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. At that point, awards will be handed out to reviewers. As an added incentive, if we complete over 100 articles reviewed this month, I will donate $100 to Wikipedia Forever on behalf of all GA Sweeps participants. I hope that this incentive will help to increase our motivation for completing Sweeps while supporting Wikipedia in the process. If you have any questions about reviews or Sweeps let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 00:16, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Loss of content during redirect of Academy Award, Best Short Subject, One-reel

Hi, back in June you redirected Academy Award, Best Short Subject, One-reel to Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film with the edit summary "that article contains all this info already." However, a quick glance at the source page reveals that that is clearly not the case. None of the nominated films past 1940 are present in the target page: literally dozens of films are missing. I see from your Talk page message that you're busy with studies so I'll add them back in. But please be more careful in the future when doing redirects to ensure that information is not lost. thanks, Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:38, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No probs. Oddly, another editor merging the two-reelers made exactly the same assumption: I restored those noms as well. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:04, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you note re: Nahum Gergel article

Runningonbrains, thank you for taking care of the article I wrote about my grandfather Nahum Gergel. I know it's been a while ago, but I've just learned that the article is in its place now.

Viktor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by VRaykin (talk • contribs) 04:55, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

February GA Sweeps update

Thanks to everyone's efforts to the GA Sweeps process, we are currently over 95% done with around 130 articles left to be swept! Currently there are over 50 members participating in Sweeps, that averages out to about 3 articles per person! If each member reviews an article once a week this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. At that point, awards will be handed out to reviewers. Per my message last month, although we did not review 100 articles last month, I still made a donation of $90 (we had 90 reviews completed/initiated) to Wikipedia Forever on behalf of all GA Sweeps reviewers. I would like to thank everyone's efforts for last month, and ask for additional effort this month so we can be finished. I know you have to be sick of seeing these updates (as well as Sweeps itself) by now, so please do consider reviewing a few articles if you haven't reviewed in a while. If you have any questions about reviews or Sweeps let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 02:44, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Signpost interview?

Would you be interested in doing an interview for the Wikipedia Signpost on behalf of WikiProject Severe Weather? The interview would be featured as the WikiProject report in the March 1st issue of the Signpost. If so, please answer the questions here by February 27-28th. Thanks in advance, Ks0stm If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. 23:00, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Info on Blizzard template

Thanks for your input on the Blizzards in the United States template. If the conditions you mentioned are the case then that would mean the "category:Blizzards in the United States" would also require adjusting since I included articles listed in that category which I included in the template to make it more complete. If you think things need changes our welcome to do so. Since blizzard requirements are 1/4mi visibility and winds greater then 35mph than that would even contest the naming of some articles. For example the "2009 North American Christmas Winter Storm" should be considered a blizzard because blizzard conditions and blizzard warnings across the Midwest, while the "3rd North American Blizzard" had no blizzard warnings issued or known blizzard criteria. Just some food for thought. Let me know what you think. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stormchaser89 (talk • contribs) 00:05, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA Sweeps Completed!

Thanks to everyone's amazing efforts in February, we have reviewed all of the articles and are now finished with Sweeps! There are still about 30 articles currently on hold, and once those reviews are completed, I will send you a final message about Sweeps process stats including the total number of articles that were passed and failed. If you have one of these open reviews, be sure to update your count when the review is completed so I can compile the stats. You can except to receive your award for reviewing within the next week or two. Although the majority of the editors did not start Sweeps at the beginning in August 2007 (myself included), over 50 editors have all come together to complete a monumental task and improve many articles in the process. I commend you for sticking with this often challenging task and strengthening the integrity of the GA WikiProject as well as the GAs themselves. I invite you to take a break from reviewing (don't want you to burn out!) and then consider returning/starting to review GANs and/or contribute to GAR reviews. With your assistance, we can help bring the backlog down to a manageable level and help inspire more editors to improve articles to higher classes and consider reviewing themselves. Again, thank you for putting up with difficult reviews, unhappy editors, numerous spam messages from me, and taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 02:37, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A sincere thank you from Wikiproject Good Articles

On behalf of Wikiproject Good Articles, I would like to express our gratitude to you for your contributions to the Sweeps process. Completion of this monstrous task has proven to be a significant accomplishment not only for our project, but for Wikipedia. As a token of our sincere appreciation, please accept this ribbon. Lara 01:11, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Renaming of article J. K. Temple

Hi, I would like to rename the article J. K. Temple to J.K. temple (as per WP:VERB under WP:AT) that you had earlier moved from J K Temple. Pls do let me know if it is in accordance with Wikipedia policies.Thaejas (talk) 06:14, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Review of closure process 2

Because you've contributed to FPC either recently or in the past, I'm letting you know about the above poll on the basis of which we may develop proposals to change our procedures and criteria. Regards, Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 13:00, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

William Preston Hall

Sorry dude (or dudette)! My bad. I was trying to salvage my previous work on William P. Hall that an overzealous "new page cop" had nuked and guess I screwed it up somehow. First time I'd ever had one get the speedy delete treatment. I'll try not to do it again, and much thanks for cleaning up my mess. Sector001 (talk) 01:31, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Severe weather

I suspect that it will take me a day or so to get done with the over haul. I drew the short straw but I'll give it a good shot. Respectfully Bullock ✉ 04:10, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Quick question since you are a member of the Severe Weather project. Is this your key article or should it be were everyone goes to get started? It may affect how I trim the tree. Bullock ✉ 04:14, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Will do, I believe you have provided me with a vision and a bit of latitude. Thanks Bullock ✉ 04:26, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Benj

Hi! It seems you recently created an unreferenced biography of a living person: Benj. The community has decided that all new biographies of living persons must contain a reliable source that supports at least one statement made about the person in the article as per our verifiability policy. Please add references as soon as possible. Thanks! --LaraBot (talk) 00:10, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Severe weather

Where are the factual errors? If it has errors, we have bigger problems, because most of that content (the last time I looked at the article before the copyedit) was directly or nearly directly from the different types of severe weather's articles. Ks0stm If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. 23:28, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User:Tom12350

Hi - I was trying to be honest and straight with user:tom12350, not trying to be hostile or uncivil.

I've left a message at Wikipedia_talk:Reference_desk#User:Tom12350 regarding them.

Yes when I wrote "soon to be banned" that was hot headed and hasty 94.72.235.30 (talk) 00:04, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. Can you take a look at the talk page link above, or get another admin with 'telling off powers' to look at it. Thanks.94.72.235.30 (talk) 00:09, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

weather

There is not any threat. A user is systematically providing false data and slandering and libeling institutions in Wiki pages, so he should warned about this. The material has been provided and legal actions are being taken against him. So I suggest you to get informed before talking about something you don't have an idea about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.50.26.135 (talk) 10:06, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File:53185dmg2.jpg

I had emailed the owner of the page when i first found the image, and they said as long as attribution was given, i could upload it to wikipedia. i no longer have the emails, though.. and as you can see, the page no longer exists.. i think that's the only extant copy left. RingtailedFox • Talk • Contribs 15:01, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Page move

My reply to your comment-

I don't understand your move and merge of Winter storms of 2006–2007 to Global storm activity of 2005-2007. Could you please explain your reasoning for this page title?? -RunningOnBrains^(talk) 14:04, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There was a trouble about the name 'winter' on Winter storms of 2009–2010 [[1]] and claims that it was not globalized, was largly pro-northern hemispher and should report all big storms in all places.--Snow storm in Eastern Asia (talk) 14:30, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A separate page is now occurring for the other non winterty stuff. --Snow storm in Eastern Asia (talk) 18:58, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Highest Temperature Recorded

Hello, thanks for your message on why my edition on List of weather records was removed. as requested am giving the suitable source

The highest temperature ever registered was 57.8 (degrees Celsius) in Libya in 1929 and then 56.7 in the United States in 1913," he noted. "In Kuwait, the highest temperature recorded was 51.3 in 1998." This year, Kuwait recorded its highest temperature in the history of the country. "This year we registered 52 degrees Celsius in Kuwait City and 54 in the Matraba area. It remained 51 degrees at the Kuwait International Airport," said Easa Ramadan. Kuwait Times

Easa Ramadan is the Meteorologist and Superintendent of Stations and Upper Air Division at Kuwait Meteorological Department

so am posting it again.. as 54 c in matraba area is a record for kuwait —Preceding unsigned comment added by Justrizlee (talk • contribs) 07:55, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Required Information Collected

Hello there,

I have the required information obtained from the meteorology department of Kuwait, on the highest temperature recorded which is 54 C on 15th june 2010, am willing to share the information i have obtained and also i have added the entry in List of weather records hope to hear from you soon

with regards, Riz —Preceding unsigned comment added by Justrizlee (talk • contribs) 13:33, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

i want to leave from wikipedia

Dear sir, since long days I was not here. I just check this account , to remove my account. So I want to remove my pages ie use talks, contribution details etc from wiki.

Please do it.

I don't know how to delete this account. Or One queastion, shall I change my username. when i search, my name came in google. So I don't want this. if possible please change this username.

please help me

WikiProject Connecticut Autumn 2010 Photo Contest

As a member of WikiProject Connecticut, you are invited to participate in the WikiProject Connecticut AUTUMN 2010 Photo Contest!

Rules:

You must take the picture yourself; adding public domain pictures (i.e. postcards from pre-1923 that are on a website) will NOT count. The picture cannot already exist on Wikipedia, in Commons, etc.
The picture must be of something notable for a CT rated article and be of decent quality.
You may not add more than 5 pictures to any one article during the contest.
All photos must be uploaded and added to their articles. If it wasn't added to the article and titled, it doesn't count.
All submissions must be made after 12:00 UTC (8:00 AM EST) on September 15th, 2010 and no later than 23:59 UTC (7:59 PM EST) on October 31st, 2010.

Everyone who adds 15 pictures will earn a barnstar, and the editor who adds the most pictures will earn a special unique barnstar!

To enter the contest, click here. Thanks for your attention and good luck! –Grondemar 04:14, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

European Temperature record

Hi Runningonbrains,could you please help us in the Catenanuova article?I think we need content and dispute resolution with a user from Italy.Could please suggest a content that would satisfy both sides and as accurate as possible?All the best —Preceding unsigned comment added by Weatherextremes (talk • contribs) 14:55, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Osene Ighodaro

You helped me with this article Osene Ighodaro while ago. Her management contacted me requesting I alter some things I had posted. Somehow in doing it, I messed up the info box. I added instrument (vocalist) and genre (gospel), but it didnt show up. Can you help out, please? Thanks. Kennethtamara (talk) 06:11, 26 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]