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Fictional hurricanes

Oh, I'm not discouraged. I just do it for fun. I asked if you wanted to join in because I wanted to know if you wanted to play. (Of course, Wikipedia is already a good place to have constructive fun. :-)) Good luck! Dylan620 Life story 21:45 UTC October 3, 2008

Tropical Storm Norbert

Norbert's active now, which means so am I; I'm starting an article on it in my sandbox. Of course, the article is extremely stubby, but that's because I literally just got started minutes ago. Just thought you'd like to know.

P.S.: I'll remember to take your advice, and read a featured article (I'll read Hurricane Lane (2006), because it had origins similar to Norbert).

P.S.S.: In your spare time, come play a game here.

Have fun! Dylan620 Life story 10:30 UTC October 5, 2008

Checking sources

Julian, when checking sources, don't forget to look for mixed citation styles. The easiest way to check is to view the article in edit mode, scroll to the bottom of the page where transcluded templates are listed, and see if both {{citation}} and any of the cite xxx templates (book, web, journal) are mixed. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:21, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Will do, thanks for the reminder. 17:35, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Move request

Please move Vatican City culture to Culture of Vatican City (over the redirect), to match the standard naming used on the rest of the countries (see Cultures of present-day nations and states). There's multiple edits at the destination, so I can't make the move (I'm not an admin).  :( But you are! Congratulations!  :) The Transhumanist    23:45, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

More insults, same Anon

[1] Apparently 24.67.253.203 is indifferent to warnings. He again has posted insults to anyone that disagrees with his/her POV. Also, he/she has removed the referenced material from the Murad Gumen article. Kansas Bear (talk) 19:52, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Update

A couple of us have been working on another country page...

Topic outline of Vatican City is almost ready to be moved to article space.

Would you look it over and see what you can do with it?

I'm sure you'll notice or find things we missed.

The Transhumanist    23:34, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Reference check

If you've got time could you take a look at the references for Final Fantasy XIII and post a report on the talk page? It used to be littered with a lot of unreliable sources but I think I've cleaned them all up. Thanks in advance! Gary King (talk) 16:37, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Actually could you post them on the article's Peer Review? Thanks! Gary King (talk) 16:38, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Okay thanks; please watch the PR page, I will respond there. Gary King (talk) 16:49, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

On a general note, if you're up for it, you could also take over some of what Ealdgyth does at WP:FLC. She also checks references there and it'd be helpful if you could cover some of that, too, especially since a lot of lists have much less references than FACs so it shouldn't take as long :) Gary King (talk) 21:09, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Reference check on List of Adobe Systems mergers and acquisitions please if you have the time. Most of the references are to financial reports released by Thomson Financial; the rest are mostly newspapers and magazines. Gary King (talk) 00:17, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Okay thanks; I wanted to get that out of the way since I'd be submitting it to the contest. Also, Macworld is Macworld; it's a magazine; it's definitely reliable. Gary King (talk) 00:26, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Education and the Vatican

Found these:

• Academies in Vatican City:
  • Pontifical Academy of Sciences
  • Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
  • Pontifical Academy for Life
• Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Vatican Library), includes the Vatican School of Librarianship
• Congregation for Catholic Education
• The Vatican Museums
  • Has a reduced rate for students
  • Conducts guided tours for school institutions (field trips)
  • Publishes educational guides for children and youth
• Vatican School of Palaeography, Diplomacy, and Archivistry, run by the Secret Vatican Archives.
• Vatican City is too small to host extensive educational facilities, but the Holy See operates several pontifical universities close by (in Rome), which are often considered part of the Vatican:
  • Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)
  • Pontifical Gregorian University
  • Pontifical Urbaniana University
  • Pontifical Lateran University
  • Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
  • Salesian Pontifical University
  • Pontifical University Antonianum

I moved List of universities in Vatican City to List of pontifical universities, since they are not physically in Vatican City itself.

I bet there's more. :)

The Transhumanist    21:41, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Hurricane Donna

Preparations were added. What kind of aftermath were you looking for? I know in some articles we can include aftermath after significant destruction has occurred, but I haven't uncovered anything like that for Donna. Thegreatdr (talk) 22:04, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Took your advice and reworded, though I can't figure out why the wikilink within the reference truncates like that. Will look again for more aftermath. Thegreatdr (talk) 00:00, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Son Lewis

Julian,

I am the owner of Silk City Records, the label that releases all the recorded materials by Son Lewis. I am, in fact, a sole proprietor and owner of the data that was tagged by you as blatant copyright infringement and confused as to why you feel so.

I am new to Wikipedia and only included Son's information because several of his fans had asked for it.

Can you contact me to let me know what you think the infringement issues are?

Thanks, silkcitycd@aol.com

Andy Allu —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aallu47054 (talk • contribs) 01:10, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Colton Point State Park

	<font=3> Thanks again for your careful proofreading and contributions - Colton Point State Park made featured article today! Dincher (talk) 15:36, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

I just wanted to add my sincerest thanks too - Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 17:11, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

FACR

Juliancolton, you posted at one or more of the recent discussions of short FAs. There's now a proposal to change the featured article criteria that attempts to address this. Please take a look and consider adding your comments to the straw poll there. Mike Christie (talk) 19:28, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hello Juliancolton. Thank you very much for your support in my recent Request for Adminship, which was successful with 111 supports, 0 opposes, and 0 neutral. I have to say I am more than a little overwhelmed by this result and I greatly appreciate your trust in me. I will do my best to use the tools wisely (and no, I wasn't already an admin; my evil plot has failed. :( ;) ) Thanks again. Regards. Thingg⊕⊗ 00:30, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Mr. Juliancolton

I am extremely upset and saddened with the recent news of you repealing my edit. I believe that providing the public with Alec Baldwin's opinion (or lack there of) on Microprocessors is not only beneficial, but vital. I'm sure before my edit you didn't know what microprocesors were, I didn't know what microprocessors were, who cares? CASH! In conclusion, I desperately hope that you reconsider.

Cpt. Ellerby Massachusetts State Police Force —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.194.41.229 (talk) 03:00, 12 October 2008 (UTC)