User talk:M G Tuffen

MERLIN

Are You A Fan Of The New TV Show MERLIN On BBC One If So A New Wikia Has Just Started On www.merlin.wikia.com and it desperatly needs pages editing and adminastrators so if you would like to edit or be a part of the community start editing and drop me a message on the user name Michael Downey on The Wikia Or On This Name On Wikipedia. Thanks Mikey-Downey (talk) 16:55, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: Phytopathology Articles

Great, thanks! I'll set those up as subpages soon so we can work on them.

I have an article written on the effects of climate change on plant disease. My dissertation is going to include a chapter on the effects of climate change on potato late blight most likely. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Earlycj5 (talk • contribs) 21:12, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Phytopathology Articles

I see you're a plant pathology Ph.D. student as well. I've got four more articles that I wrote for Prelminary Exams or Qualifying Exams, whatever you call them on your side of the pond. Would you be interested in helping me get them cleaned up for Wikipedia? I saw what you did with the Epidemiology one. I wasn't sure how to handle the references in the article itself, thanks for fixing those for me. I've articles on climate change effects on plant disease, I just posted plant disease forecasting but didn't clean it up much, remote sensing applications to plant pathology, and GIS applications to plant pathology. Cheers! Earlycj5 (talk) 19:16, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey Mel

Hey Mel. You must have noticed my changes to the St Benedict's Roman Catholic Upper School, is that how you found me?

Scummins (talk) 15:21, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject MASH

Template:WP M*A*S*H Invite Basketball110 _{Go Longhorns!} 02:16, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Jon Burge

I have cleaned up everything except for one {{fact}} tag.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 19:31, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

I have sort of found a ref for the last tag.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 18:05, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I have made the last change you suggested.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 21:28, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Hello Million Moments, I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. Acalamari 21:25, 8 August 2008 (UTC)Acalamari 21:22, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Article History

Have you looked at the tables on {{ArticleHistory}}? If so, give me an example of a page you need to update and we can work it through. I will be offline much of tomorrow though because I am driving with a caravan of Obama supporters to register Michiganders to vote.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 07:41, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Adoption

Thanks for your offer of adoption. Sounds great. J.T Pearson (talk) 06:33, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Manchester Mummy GA Review

Thank you very much for taking the time to review Manchester Mummy, and for your copyedits. It's much appreciated. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 20:34, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Norton Priory GAC

Just to let you know I have answered the points you made. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 17:18, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks - and good wishes. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 18:07, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter

Sorry about the delay. AWB has been having a few issues lately. Here is the august issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter! Dr. Cash (talk) 20:42, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

National War Memorial (South Australia) GAN

Hi! Thanks for your comments - I've fixed the problems that you identified. You're right about my habit of using author names too much - I normally write papers, and I seem to have picked up some bad habits when it comes to Wikipedia. :) - Bilby (talk) 22:29, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again both for reviewing the article and especially for helping clean it up. :) It's greatly appreciated. - Bilby (talk) 00:49, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Harry Murray

Hi Million Moments, I would just like to thank you for volunteering to review Harry Murray. I nominated the article for GA some time ago now, and was starting to wonder if anyone was going to be willing to assess it! Thanks heaps for volunteering to do so, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 12:22, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much Million Moments for reviewing the article, and passing it for GA! I really appreciate it! One question though:

The only improvement I can think of at this time is that an image of the Murray would be nice to be included in the article.

I'm not sure I know what you mean in this respect. Thank you once again, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 23:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh! So that's what you ment! I was starting to think you ment the Murray River, and I was wondering why in the world would that need to be there! Lol. I have actually only ever seen one picture of the statue, and it was in the Army Newspaper; the reference I provided for the information on the statue. It is contained here, but I think copyright would come into conflict if I was to upload it onto Wikipedia. You are right, however; a picture of the statue would be a wonderful addition to the article. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 06:04, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

I addressed your comments to the article. Have fun on your vacation! RedThunder 18:30, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Signature

Hi Million Moments. Its your adoptee here. I was wondering if you might help me with my signature. My question is, how do I set the signature I have created as my signature in Special:Preferences? See here. Jordan ^Contribs 08:54, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks J.T. Pearson (talk) 10:55, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a load. Looks like its working alright. Much appreciated. Jordan ^Contribs

Doug Chapman

Thanks for your help with Doug - jeez, I couldn't believe it. What was even more spooky is I haven't logged into Wikipedia for over a month but just happened to log in today. I am totally psychic. Fififolle (talk) 09:57, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

University of Nottingham Halls of Residence

I would like some clarification regarding your reversion of my edits to the above article, because the article referred to, although a blogger article, contains the correct legal statements and is of an original source. It is obvious that the information reffered to certainly is of relevance to this wiki article. I may also question your motives and impartiality as a former student of the University of Nottingham. Beatlesfan456 (talk) 16:39, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and you could do with brushing up your grammar also. Beatlesfan456 (talk) 18:37, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

I have to say that I concur with Million's position here. Blogs do not meet the guidelines at WP:RS, and so are not eligible as references. If you wish to question someone's neutrality on this, then I must ask quite why you are so insistent that this be included. -mattbuck (Talk) 20:10, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Why, wouldn't you be? And in any case she needs to brush up her grammar before she considers issues such as referencing. Beatlesfan456 (talk) 21:48, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

I don't think the issue of what a reliable reference is and my grammar are related. I know I am bad at grammar and spelling, I told you I acknowledge this on my user page, so stop bringing it into the equation. Million_Moments (talk) 06:51, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

"Please can the discussion be brought to Talk:University of Nottingham Halls of Residence where it will be seen by more of the community which will hopefully address your issue of neutrality. Million_Moments (talk) 06:57, 4 September 2008 (UTC)"

Can you not do it yourself? Moreover I do think your ability to edit Wikipedia and your spelling and grammar are related. Although adequate spelling and grammar are apparently not required for a Biology Ph.D. If you revert other people's edits, then expect to be scrutinized yourself. Beatlesfan456 (talk) 20:12, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Please refrain from personal attacks. -mattbuck (Talk) 11:32, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: Images on USAD

First off, I just want to say thank you for spending the time to review the article. Second, I am a little confused as to why the rationale I provided for the logo image is insufficient. I based it off of the Microsoft article (which is an FA) which gives the rationale I assigned to the logo I created. Why does that one not also use a fair-use rationale? Regarding the derivative work of the gold medal, I assume that is because it is a picture of the Nebraska Academic Decathlon logo? If not, then I am a little lost. Just want to make it clear, I am fine using the fair use rationales, but I just didn't know that these two images required them. Once again, thanks for spending the time to review the article! :) - Yohhans ^talk 17:22, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. My apologies for making you go through all that work. Hopefully the rest of the article does not give you any more headaches. - Yohhans ^talk 12:41, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I don't mind the wait. I'm just glad the article got reviewed within a month's time of being at GAN. Enjoy yourself at Oxford. I hear meetings can be oh so much fun. ;) Thanks again for your time and input! I hope the article was at least a little interesting to read. - Yohhans ^talk 21:29, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Calling all active WP:NOVELS members

WikiProject Novels Roll Call

WikiProject Novels is currently holding a roll call, which we hope to have annually. Your username is listed on the members list, but we are unsure as to which editors are still active within the project. If you still consider yourself an active WP:Novels editor, please add your name back to the Active Members list. Also feel free to join any of our task forces and take a look at the project's Job Centre to get involved!

Next month we will begin the coordinator election selection process. We hope to have more involvement and input this time around! More news will be forthcoming. Thanks, everyone! María (habla conmigo) 18:47, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for The Barnstar of Good Humour. This is great! -- Suntag (talk) 14:42, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

GA Review of USAD

Hey! Thanks again for the article review. You made it far more painless than I was expecting it to be! :) - Yohhans ^talk 17:21, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

A thank

Thanks for the review on Raoul Wallenberg!

Fred-J 17:13, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Phyllody

"I love your picture of phyllody on cornflower, which I put on the phytoplasma article as well. How did you know which phytoplasma disease it had?" Hi MM -- I'm so glad you liked my photo! I especially like how the "normal" coneflowers are visible in the background. Your praise means a lot since I see you're a biologist.  :) I think I just lucked out on finding aster yellows as the disease. That and I'm a good Google User.  :) It seems fairly common on Echinacea and the description at the University of MN Extension Service talks about green, distorted, erect, stunted flowers. I was sad to read I had to destroy the infected plants as the disease can spread. I thought they were rather cool looking -- sort of like alien plants. I did dry two of the really neat looking ones and took a lot of photos. Thanks for adding the photo to the phytoplasma article, MM. Feel free to correct "aster yellows" if it turns out I guessed the wrong disease. ~ Alicia aka Estreya (talk) 14:12, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Safety of the LHC

Hi Million Moments, could you give me a couple more days to address your valued GA comments on this article? Thank you. --Phenylalanine (talk) 02:51, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your careful GA review and excellent suggestions for improving the article. Cheers, Phenylalanine (talk) 01:13, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Adoption

I need to know a little about what kind of work you can teach me. Tell me and maybe I can consider it. MKguy42192 (talk) 06:39, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Wow, sounds like you get a lot of favorable replies. I think you got yourself a pupil. MKguy42192 (talk) 19:10, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, then good! MKguy42192 (talk) 04:11, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

The WikiProject Novels Newsletter - October 2008

Archives  |  Tip Line  |  Editors The Novels WikiProject Newsletter Issue 27 - October 2008 Project news A Did you know fact from the new article The Masks of Time by Robert Silverberg appeared on the main page on 19 September, 2008. Member news Nominations have now commenced for Coordinator Candidates for the Novels Project. Any member of the project may nominate themselves. Nominations close on October 27, so if you wish to run make sure you add your name before then. Details on the election process and the role of Coordinators can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Coordinators/October 2008. The voting and question phase of the election will open on October 28 and end November 28. After the recent roll call, the Novels Project now has 74 active members. 15 positions still remain unfilled at the Job Centre, members who are interested are encouraged to apply. Pyfan has taken on the position of coordinator for the "Fantasy", "Science fiction" and "Shannara" task forces plus joined the "Style team". the_ed17 has also taken on the position of coordinator for the "Shannara" task force and joined the "Peer Review team". Coordinators are still required for the "Australian", "Chronicles of Narnia", "Crime", "Lemony Snicket" and "Short stories" task forces, which may be applied for at the Job Centre. Task force news A new task force has now commenced under the Novels Project known as the Twilight task force, based on the Twilight series of vampire-based fantasy/romance novels by author Stephenie Meyer. You may join by adding your name to Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Twilight task force/Participants or contact founder Bella Swan for more details. Member in Focus Yllosubmarine (talk · contribs) has been a member of the Novels WikiProject for nearly two years, and a coordinator since May. Aside from her work outside the project (including four FAs and six GAs in various areas), she has been active in the Project's Assessment and Peer Review departments. She hopes to continue in these roles as well as help encourage more activity and community research within the Project. With the upcoming coordinator election, she hopes that others will volunteer to become more active in their roles as Project members so that we can continue to provide quality articles to the readers of this encyclopedia. María (habla conmigo) Current debates A collection of Wikipedia articles is being collected together as Wikipedia 0.7. This collection will be released on DVD, so we have been asked to review the articles selected from this project. Revisions are requested before October 20. More details can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/GeneralForum#Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for Novel. From the Outreach Department On the advice of Coordinator Maria, the newsletter is now only distributed to active listed members of the Novels Project. A new section has started with this issue called 'In Focus', which will feature various members and task forces each month. Members are requested to post any news items to the Tip Line (found above) to make sure it reaches the next newsletter before closing date, which is always the last day of the preceding month. Any task force news should be added by the coordinator of that task force. Having news items helps inform members of what is happening at the various task forces and so can be a way of encouraging more membership and participation. Editors are required to assist with the newsletter for Task Force News and Peer Reviews & Assessments News, which involves the gathering of news items from the main project and the various task forces. These positions may be applied for at the Job Centre. Boylo (talk), Editor Collaboration of the Month This month's Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is : Steppenwolf (novel). The next collaboration is due for selection on 1 November, 2008 so cast your vote. Newsletter challenge Our last newsletter's challenge Griffin's Daughter was uncompleted. The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is The Cater Street Hangman. This is the first published novel by historical detective fiction author Anne Perry whose early life featured in the Peter Jackson movie Heavenly Creatures. Note: This article currently redirects to Thomas Pitt (fictional character).

• Newsletter delivery by xenobot 13:18, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Notice

Orphaned non-free media (Image:House Ugly.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:House Ugly.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 04:59, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Markspeight.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Markspeight.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 05:24, 10 October 2008 (UTC)