User talk:DocOfSoc

Thursday

9

May

08:58 UTC|timezone =

It is approximately 12:58 AM where this user lives (Pacific Time). []

Practice

- - Still practicing:

- (talk page stalker)

- - Facepalm

- -

- - —'o=Joy=has given you a Cheeseburger! Cheeseburgers promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a Cheeseburger, whether it be someone you've had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy eating! DocOfSoc (talk)

- -

-

-

- |}

- - {{YGM|sig=DocOfSoc (talk)

- - More Practice:

- -

- DocOfSoc has given you a Girl Scout cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy munching!

-

and more practice for future useDocOfSoc (talk)

- Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:Cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{subst:munch}}!

-

-

-

Hello, DocOfSoc. You have new messages at Your username's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

- -

[1]

[[2]] - -

- -

-	-	The Good Friend Award -
		Hello there, just dropping by to say thanks for protecting my talkpage from IP attacks. Much appreciated :) DocOfSoc - - -

-

Chocolate butterfly cake

- - -

- has passed you the WikiJoint! WikiJoints promote... uh... promote... help with... do... wiki... something... yeah... uh, what was I saying? WikiJoints help promote, uh, wiki stuff...and help with...huh?

-

- -

-

-

-

The Barnstar of Integrity

Contemplating use for Someone Special| All the best! DocOfSoc (talk) -

evidence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Ucla90024#08_December_2010 You are mentioned. I think Grayshi is in the wrong.

My first article?

Walter P. Temple [[3]] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DocOfSoc/Walter_P._Temple

Chinatowns

• [4]
• [5]
• http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?]*title=Chinatown%2C_Los_Angeles&action=[[historysubmit&diff=392947407&oldid=392945120http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Southern_California_Chinatowns]

I am wondering if there are any racism issues going on?????

It's a New Day

They are much deadlier in real life

Bearly...

Tet Festival in Little Saigon, in Southern California

Let's Party!

File:Wikisanta-no motto.png

Merry Christmas At this festive time, I would like to say a very special thank you to my fellow editors, and take the time to wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. And, in case you can't wait until the big day, I've left you each three special presents, click to unwrap :) Acather96 (talk) 10:10, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

File:Green and Yellow Present.gif

File:Yellow and Red present.gif

File:Blue and Red Present.gif

RE: et al

I have always been told to wait until I calm down until I post. That is what I have done. Apparently that was misinterpreted.

Sorry, Will, that I was flippant. I have edited the Bell article faithfully everyday for months and it is obvious I had a bad day. I never, ever, intentionally [copy] or try to infringe anybody's copyright. I am truly sorry that it seemed that way. I will from this point stick pretty much to SGV articles and hope the two editors following me to those will cease and desist. Will, you are admirable in your handling of that whole Chinatown non-issue. Thank you.

TY Crohnie for all your much appreciated efforts. You have to keep me because I spell your name right! To all my wonderful admins, I always appreciate you. I am sorry if I upset any of you , it was totally non-intentional. Doc#1, ?? Namaste...DocOfSoc (talk) 15:43, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

sitting in the corner eating humble pie  :-( DocOfSoc (talk) 02:28, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

A few minutes of checking turned up this edit, which appears to be a verbatim copy of text contained here. DocOfSoc, what would be helpful right now may be that you stop making new article edits and instead go back over your prior contributions to identify any other places where you have directly copied text from other sources. If you are unclear on the concepts we can help you to understand; and if there are further instances, we need to go about remedying the situation. You obviously copy-pasted this text, right down to missing the line-wrap that combined "bycharter". Please work with us so that we can correct your past mistakes. Franamax (talk) 04:45, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Doc#2, I can and will always help you against undeserved harassment, but this is a whole different ball of wax; and I'm concerned. We cannot cut and paste text from copyrighted sources, we can't closely paraphrase it, and we must reference our material. It's not terribly hard to reference things in many different ways, and I can help you with it anytime: I look up Cite book and Cite web all the time because I forget things: but we as editors need to cite stuff despite the often complex and precise bother of working in "wiki code". You're worrying me a bit, because copyvios very strictly prohibited and should never be done for any reason. Think about it: we must reference material for it to truly be of any real encyclopedic value here, and it can't be a copyvio. Work with Franamax here, and this can be cleared up. Cheers :> Doc talk 06:19, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

I understand. Thank you to the 4 people that have explained. Sorry for the gross errors. I will not sleep type again. Going to bed , in what for me is an early hour. Namaste...DocOfSoc (talk) 10

46, 25 November 2010 (UTC) Happy Thanksgiving all you Stalkers! ;-)

For all of you who have commented here I want you to know that I have made contact with Doc 2. I haven't gotten a response from her but that is not a surprise since she is probably in bed sleeping. I think I explained everything she needs to know about the issues so please let's give her a chance. --CrohnieGal^Talk 16:21, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

In Philippians it says "Do everything without grumbling or questioning" And so I will follow. Mea Culpa. DocOfSoc (talk) 19:08, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

So to clarify then DocOfSoc, are you going to review your past edits and identify any other instances of direct copying or too-close paraphrasing? If so, please indicate your progress here. I don't know about that Philip guy ;), your grunbling will be cheerfully ignored, but your questions are most welcome. It's important that we get this straightened out. Beyond the risk to Wikipedia's (and your own) reputation, copyright violations carry a risk of a lawsuit, and were such a thing to happen, even if the Foundation could win it there is a chance they would run out of money trying. I'm not saying that you will single-handedly cause all the servers to be shut down or anything, but we take copyvio super-seriously here to be sure there will never be such risk to the project. Franamax (talk) 19:38, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Actually, it was St. Paul who said it in his letter to the Phillipians, which I thought succinctly covered what you have asked of me. Clarification? Sure, have already done "Molly Bee". Are you asking for a list of every article I may have goofed on? With Wikipedia resting on my shoulders, I will shlep through the rest of them and hopefully restore what is apparently my tattered reputation, only taking time out to sew the big red "A" on my clothing. With tongue seriously in cheek, I am yours, Hester.DocOfSoc (talk) 20:00, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I'm familiar with the book, I was just trying to make a little joke with the "Philip" thing. :) Yes, it would be good if you could "show your work" or provide some way to review it. Maybe a sub-page? I think I might have to delete the revisions with copyvios, I'll clarify that now off-line. Thanks for your help with this! Franamax (talk) 21:16, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! I will now proceed to go eat crow...er..I mean turkey. Happy Turkey Day!!!!!DocOfSoc (talk) 21:25, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Levy article

I have deliberately not edited the Levy article so I could rate it. I changed to a C because that is all I can do at this point. . It is really well done, at least a B, and ready for GA, IMHO. Happy Thanksgiving! DocOfSoc (talk) 03:11, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Well, I hope the feedback from all the editors has not discouraged any good faith efforts. Everything here thrives on the WP:BRD cycle. Ratings below GA are somewhat informal and users have the discretion to rate other articles up to "B". I often observe reviewers make minor edits to articles for clean up, even during GA review. Here is a ratings guide with criteria for biographical articles that you may find useful. KimChee (talk) 03:30, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Kim Chee, what feedback are you referring to? Also, I have long since memorized the assessment scale but TY! I see things going well for your projects. DocOfSoc (talk) 08:49, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Ah never mind, I had made an erroneous assumption from your boundless enthusiasm that you were a relatively new editor. :) KimChee (talk) 10:03, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Aww TY You make me smile! I needed that! You are a delight ;-) DocOfSoc (talk) 11:03, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

What on earth did this old fart do to deserve that? :) KimChee (talk) 15:13, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Page stalkers

Am seriously working on deserved "assignment." This morning vandal "Oscarsnide" aka SRQ reverted every one of them (4 so far).DocOfSoc (talk) 22:42, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Clarification

I meant the ONE specific issue already discussed with admins from above. ;-) Other posts are welcome. TY.DocOfSoc (talk) 17:39, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Multiple external links

Hi, I'm beginning to think I should just avoid editing the pages that you edit since you quickly revert me without checking to see if I was following policy, such as in Maywood, California. This is no big deal as most of the work on those articles has been done by you, and I think you're doing a great job, even more so, considering what you are up against. However, you should probably read the policy on external links as to multiple links to same website. WP:EL states-- "In the "External links" section, try to avoid separate links to multiple pages in the same website; instead, try to find an appropriate linking page within the site."

Most of the editing I do relates to cleaning up section titles and the external link sections. Can you please explain to me why I was wrong to remove a link to an individual page of the official website, since the official website is linked? Because wikipedia isn't a directory, the external link section is meant to be kept at the smallest number of links posible. Why is a link to a fun facts page so imporatnt that we can bypass the policy and also link to that page of the official website? Cmr08 (talk) 02:03, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi Ya!, Please don't stop editing me. I apologize for too quickly rv 'ing you. I really appreciate the kind words and I crave the feedback. TY! You were not wrong on that link policy and I will follow it in the future now that you have explained. I disagree, because I hate to search a website looking for the correct page, but policy is policy. Don't ever hesitate to let me know if I am in error, I am one of those people who like having things explained, and because I speed read I sometimes miss details like the one you just explained so well. Now that you are a real person to me, and a nice one at that, our future interactions will be far better, I promise. Thanks again! Namaste...DocOfSoc (talk) 04:27, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Wikibreak

Woke up very ill. Will try to get into doctor's today. i really feel like Cr*p. Dayum, I have work to do! Snuffle, coff coff, head hurts! DocOfSoc (talk) 15:15, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Would you believe I have whooping cough...sheesh. Please hang with me for the long haul here. Can only do very short times on here. Could use some prayers if one is inclined. Namaste...DocOfSoc (talk) 12:28, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Get well soon! KimChee (talk) 23:37, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Update

I am editing as I am able. I did update the list on my user page of articles I have edited. Am feeling a tad better. TY for your patience and GF. Namaste...DocOfSoc (talk) 10:28, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Edit conflict

I apologize; it looks like this edit conflicted with yours and took its place. I was going to replace what you wrote, but I think what I said might be more constructive anyway. If you still want to add yours back in, please feel free to do so. Kafziel ^{Complaint Department: Please take a number} 21:30, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Dear Kaf,

TYVM for your note. What you said re: Pasadena well done. However, it does not address the issue of this editor following me to articles he never edited before (I checked) and making egregious edits, mostly reverts. I have been dealing with Grayshi for months now in addition to my regular, daily, community banned stalker SRQ (see ANI), since we had an issue over another article, Southern California Chinatowns see (AfD). I understand your comment about wiki-warring, but there is no productive discussing with this editor. If replacing relevant material he keeps continues to delete is WW, sigh. Mea Culpa. I do appreciate your efforts and any wise words or assistance is much appreciated. Namaste..DocOfSoc (talk) 21:55, 8 December 2010 (UTC) P.S after saving, I saw your note, do you want me to move this to my page? DocOfSoc (talk) 21:57, 8 December 2010 (UTC) Duh, you are the Best Kaf, forgive please.DocOfSoc (talk) 23:07, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Update too

Going thru the articles, I am cleaning up as I go along, including other copyright violations that are not mine (whew). Although the process is slow, I believe that the articles will show significant improvement and that my new and old pagestalkers will be pleased. I am feeling better but healing is a process, much like writing. There a couple of problems, I hope will be resolved soon. I do appreciate any input. Namaste...DocOfSoc (talk) 08:30, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Re: Arcadia

You're most certainly welcome :). I had actually been sitting idle, watching the page for a few minutes before doing anything, because I didn't want to cut you off if you were still in mid-edit. Thank you kindly for the note of appreciation!  -- WikHead (talk) 09:36, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Happy DocOfSoc's Day!

DocOfSoc has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, so I've officially declared today as DocOfSoc's Day! For being a great person and awesome Wikipedian, enjoy being the star of the day, DocOfSoc! Signed, Neutralhomer A record of your Day will always be kept here.

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, click here. Have a Great Day...Neutralhomer • Talk • 05:02, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

The above was given on behalf of User:La comadreja. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 05:02, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

You are Welcome! :) Keep up the great work! :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 01:34, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Parrots

These hardy birds are unique for their survival in Southern California. Ornithologists have established that these parrots are actually no longer feral, because that would suggest they had originally been domesticated; they are wild, breeding birds. The parrots survived and flourished in Pasadena, and in the last 50 years have spread throughout the San Gabriel Valley, Orange County, as far north as the Monterey Peninsula and as far south as San Diego While their numbers are dwindling in their native habitats, there are about 2,500 wild red-crowned Amazon parrots in some of California’s larger urban cities such as Pasadena. The story of the pet store fire in Pasadena has been repeated so often it has become part of urban folklore. There are many research projects that are tracking the parrot population and growth in other cities throughout central and southern California, among them: Temple City, Bakersfield, Santa Barbara, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco and San Bernardino and throughout the nation.

Hypothesis

If P were true then I would know it; in fact I do not know it; therefore P cannot be true. If P were false then I would know it; in fact I do not know it; therefore P cannot be false. From Argument from ignorance... DocOfSoc (talk) 06:35, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Sociology Newsletter: III (December 2010)

Sociology Project • News • December 2010
Spreading the meme since August 2006
The Sociology WikiProject third newsletter is out! According to our April mini-census, we have 15 active members, 6 semi-active ones and 45 inactive. Out of those, 4 active, 3 semi-active and 1 inactive members have added themselves to corresponding categories since the mini-census. The next one is planned, roughly, for sometime next year. The membership list has been kept since 2004. On that note, nobody has ever studied WikiProjects from the sociological perspective... if you are interesting in researching Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Research and wiki-research-l listerv. Moving from research to teaching, did you know that many teachers and instructors are teaching classes with Wikipedia? This idea is getting support from the Wikimedia Foundation, and some really useful tools have been created recently. I have experience with that, having taught several undergad classes, so feel free to ask me questions on that! And as long as I am talking about professional issues, if any of you is going to any sociological conferences, do post that to our project - perhaps other members are going there too? In other news: the a automated to do listing reported in the April issue went down shortly afterwards, but seems to be on the path to reactivation. We still have an active tag and assess project, and comparing the numbers to the April report, we have identified about 350 more sociology-related articles (from 1,800 to 2,150) and assessed about 100 (from 1,300 to 1,400). We now have a listing of most popular sociology-related pages. It is updated on the 1st of every month, starting with August, and reports which of our sociology-tagged articles are most frequently read. Of course, GIGO holds true, so after looking at it right now and trying to determine what is our most popular article, my first action was to shake my head and remove Criminal Minds (which, perhaps not too surprisingly, outranks all sociology articles in period tested). Second item I noticed it this month's Industrial Revolution, beating Criminal Minds, that moved from close to 30th position in August/September, to 9th in October and 2nd in November. If you'd like to discuss this or any other trends, please visit WT:SOCIOLOGY! Finally, with the reactivation of Article Alerts, we are getting our own here. Bookmark that page so you can keep track of sociology related deletion debates, move debates, good and feature article discussions, and more. Our first task force (Wikipedia:WikiProject Sociology/Social movements task force) was created (1 June 2010). If you have basic or better graphic skills, our projects needs a dedicated barnstar (award) (currently the closest we can get is the Society Barnstar. As always, I highly recommend watchlisting the Wikipedia:WikiProject Sociology page, so you can be aware of the ongoing discussions.
Authored by Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 04:05, 26 December 2010 (UTC) You have received this newsletter because you are listed as a recipient of WikiProject Sociology Newsletter (Opt-out).

Mark Keppel HS

Hi! About this edit... To settle the question of which city it is in, I consulted maps

City of Monterey Park map: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US0648914&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on

A higher quality zoning map is on page 20/90 of this document: http://www.ci.monterey-park.ca.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=7585

Keppel is at 501 East Hellman Avenue, Alhambra, California, USA

It's in Alhambra, but it's adjacent to Monterrey Park. WhisperToMe (talk) 20:11, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

You are absolutely right. Sorry. Thanks! Happy New YearDocOfSoc (talk) 21:27, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Reply

I'm sure using "stadium" in a google search won't keep from finding any more additional references for the article. However, the current name of the project is the Los Angeles Events Center according to the official website, which is why I moved the page accordingly.^{--UnquestionableTruth--} 04:52, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Simple error from a copy/paste of a previous typo. Thanks for pointing that out though.^{--UnquestionableTruth--} 23:11, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Notable residents of Pomona, California

Hi DocOfSoc. I commented on your revert of a tag I placed, and welcome your input on the question of relevance at the article talk page. Regards, Ningauble (talk) 19:19, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Alhambra

Rewrite:

Alhambra occupies 7.69 square miles and generally has been fully developed since the 1960s, the influx of new business, primarily Asian, has continued to grow and develop even further in the 21st century. Private development and higher densities have increased the population from 54,800 in 1960 to 89,171 in 2009. The City is diversified with single family and multiple family housing development, commercial development, and significant industrial development.

The City has implemented a full range of municipal services. Services provided include police, fire, street maintenance and improvements, trash collection, water and storm drains, recreation, upgraded the library, public improvements, planning zoning, and general administrative and support services.

Glenn Beck

I have no feelings about Mr. Beck, one way or the other. Editing article as requested. Happy New Year! Namaste...DocOfSoc (talk) 07:36, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Good luck editing it. That crowd is all pretty much pro-beck. So long. Deliciousgrapefruit (talk) 22:51, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks & apologies

I always wikiGnome articles I read, partly to make up for the many missing articles I should have written, partly just out of compulsion to pick at certain nits. But I would like to apologize for my comments to my edits: had I known they were the work of a fellow established editor, I would not have used words like "PR puffery". Keep on working on this important topic (the Talking Points Memo gave it the Golden Duke Award for Best Local Scandal -- which is an honor along the lines of the Darwin Awards or the Ig Nobel Prize.) -- llywrch (talk) 19:04, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Even if a link is dead...

leave the author, title, publisher, etc., of a footnote.--Hodgson-Burnett's Secret Garden (talk) 04:24, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

OK, Hodgson. NP. I really appreciate your careful editing. BTW, Is there something you prefer to be called since your name is quite long? Just call me Doc, unless the OTHER Doc wanders in , then I am Doc #2 ;-) Namaste...DocOfSoc (talk) 04:32, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Call me whatever. Hodgson? lol--Hodgson-Burnett's Secret Garden (talk) 04:39, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Love it! Yeah, it IS a little better than hog. hehheh. Thanks, doc. Gnight!--Hodgson-Burnett's Secret Garden (talk) 06:07, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

images

I get that we're probably going to disagree about the Pasadena article, but I think we can all agree not to place images mid-sentence. It breaks the text in unattractive ways. Esrever ^(klaT) 19:09, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Pasadena, California

Hi there. We seem to be having a misunderstanding over the Pasadena article. Specifically, sentences like this: "Caltech's 31 Nobel Laureates have brought 32 Nobel prizes home to Pasadena." You cite a reference (here), but I don't see where on that page the above information is actually contained. Please point me to it. Cheers! Esrever ^(klaT) 01:17, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

You apparently missed the appropriate reference and deleted the whole thing without discussion. Sometimes images have to be placed in the middle of sentences to not break into the next category as you have done. It is a common practice. I get that I have worked on this article for months and you want to stroll in and make major changes without discussion. We may have to discuss this over lunch IN Pasadena, YOU buy! LOL DocOfSoc (talk) 01:26, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

http://pr.caltech.edu/events/caltech_nobel/ I forgot to say Cheers and Happy New Year in the spirit of Wikilove! DocOfSoc (talk) 01:50, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

This would be the first article I've ever seen on WP that has images in the middle of the sentence. I don't like images bleeding between sections, either, but it's better than weird gaps in the text. Thanks for the other reference. I'll add it in, if it's not already been done. Esrever ^(klaT) 02:53, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

It's done. Does this mean no lunch? LOL DocOfSoc (talk) 02:56, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Keep in mind that while things like image location/size, section breaks, etc. might look funny on your computer, they don't necessarily look odd on anyone else's computer. Everyone's monitor and display settings are different, so it's best to leave the formatting up to the Wikipedia system (and readers' own settings). Kafziel ^{Complaint Department: Please take a number} 03:02, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

HI Kaz! Happy New year! On a 24" monitor, wouldn't I get the most "normal" visual? And how and when does the Wikipedia system format images? You lost me on that one. You are invited to lunch too LOL! Namaste...DocOfSoc (talk) 03:12, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

What the MediaWiki software actually does is render images into a "thumbnail" (mini-image of a given width) and put the image "call" into a stream of HTML output. It's actually your own browser that decides how to show it on your own personal video screen, and yes, that's different for everyone. There really is no "most normal" and certainly a 24" screen is not normal at all. Some key points are: what is the resolution of the monitor, 640x480, 1280x1024, etc.? Do you view windows maximized (full-screen) or as windows with draggable borders? And is your monitor HD-format (9:5 width/height ratio) pr "TV"-format (5:4 ratio). Bottom line, don't assume that what you see is what everyone else gets, or is "standard" in any way. I find it's often helpful to drag my window borders this way and that, just to get an idea of what other people in the world might be seeing. I haven't looked, but an image placed mid-sentence seems somewhat iffy to me. Franamax (talk) 03:49, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Fran! Happy New Year! Ty for your comprehensive explanation. My resolution is 1600x1000 and I have draggable borders and you are right that comes in handy. I got it, nothing is standard and I won't give the MAC superiority speech LOLOL. I have found many, many images in the middle of paragraphs, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't and it does make them hard to find. Good to "see" you, your sagacity is always appreciated:-) Namaste...DocOfSoc (talk) 04:08, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

WP:FILM December 2010 Newsletter

The WikiProject Film Newsletter Volume V, no. 12 - December 2010
Project news As 2010's credits have concluded rolling, our project had another successful year in improvements in various areas throughout the project. We saw the completion of the Tag & Assess Drive, which resulted in 31,000 articles being reviewed and re-assessed. In January, the most popular article of the year for WP:FILM was Avatar, reaching 5.1 million views for the month. Guidelines for writing film articles changed significantly, so if you have not already, it would be a good idea to re-read the page for bringing current articles into compliance with guidelines. As we improved dozens of articles to GA/FA/FL status in 2010, consider making a New Year's resolution to bring an article up to a higher class, pushing yourself to reach a level you have not yet reached. With over 150 members, our project would see great success if each editor worked to improve just one article. WP:HORROR, our sister WikiProject, is currently holding a discussion on how to revitalize the project. Consider weighing in on how the project can better serve the articles under its scope and its members. Koavf has suggested bringing The Fountain up to FA and would welcome assistance from other editors in further improving the article. It is currently undergoing a peer review, where any comments would be helpful for the article's journey to FAC. Based on views, the top five most popular articles from our project this month were: Tron, Tron: Legacy, Inception, Black Swan, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. For a list of our project's top 1,000 most popular articles, see here. Consider helping to improve one of these articles that is seen by thousands to millions of people each month. At the beginning of 2010, WP:FILM had 63,000 film articles. Our project currently has over 78,300 film-related articles, with over three hundred unassessed articles, thanks to the assessment department! Remember to always add the {{WikiProject Film|class=}} template to a film article's talk page so the project can get a better idea of what work still needs to be done. If you believe that an article should be assessed at a certain class, feel free to follow the assessment scale and assess the article yourself (it's not too difficult to determine the basic classes such as stubs, categories, or lists). Below is a table showing a breakdown of our articles by class. Spotlight Update: Multiple films and film-related articles have reached GA and FA status in December 2010. Taare Zameen Par (12/27) Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (12/27) Quatermass and the Pit (12/5) Themes in Minority Report (12/18) K Foundation Burn a Million Quid (12/19) Pre-Code crime films (12/29) Laserblast (12/31) Our Gang (12/12) Halloween (1/1) Member news New members to the project since the last issue include: Delilah221, Rokman, Universalstonecutter, & Zargabaath. Remember that any editor can give the WikiProject Film Award to another WP:Films member. If you do present this award, please make mention of it here or tell one of the newsletter editors who will then include it in the next issue. Please add your name to the member list if you have not already. Film pages by quality Quality Total FA 186 FL 472 A 1 GA 1,409 B 1,361 C 9,571 Start 68,531 Stub 95,919 List 12,933 Category 51,382 Disambig 352 File 105,906 Portal 19 Project 228 Redirect 11,080 Template 9,334 NA 1 Assessed 368,685 Unassessed 45 Total 368,730 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 963,359 Ω = 5.44	Current proposals and discussions Coming to theaters Opened last weekend (12/25): Gulliver's Travels The Illusionist Opening next weekend (1/7): Season of the Witch Country Strong Other January releases: Barney's Version (1/14) The Dilemma (1/14) The Green Hornet (1/14) The Heart Specialist (1/14) No Strings Attached (1/21) The Company Men (1/21) The Way Back (1/21) The Rite (1/28) The Mechanic (1/28) From Prada to Nada (1/28) Did you know... ... that Mexico's Biutiful was named Best Foreign Language Film of 2010 at the 17th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards? ... that the 1999 film The Sixth Sense received six Academy Award nominations, and grossed more than sixteen times its budget? ... that Jonah Hex was named "Worst Picture" of 2010 by the Houston Film Critics Society at their 2010 awards ceremony? ... that The Skywalk Is Gone was the first short film to ever get a theatrical commercial run in Taiwan? ... that The River was called a "porn movie" by the lead actor's father? ... that the science fiction film Laserblast consistently ranks among the Internet Movie Database's bottom 100 films list, and was featured in the last episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 broadcast on Comedy Central? ... that Clarence Brown's 1925 silent film Smouldering Fires starring Pauline Frederick is considered a cautionary tale? ... that 1973 comedy film Bad Charleston Charlie was loosely based on gangster Charles Birger, the last man to be executed in Illinois by public hanging? From the editors If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject Film. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 1 – January 2011). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing! Contributors to this issue Nehrams2020 (Lead Editor, Distributor) Peppage (Editor) 2006: Nov Dec 2007: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2008: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2009: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2010: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2011: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2012: Jan–Feb
WikiProject Film announcements and open tasks [] Article alerts • Articles needing attention • Assessment • Cleanup listing • Deletion sorting • New articles • Popular pages • Requests • Reviews Did you know 07 May 2024 – Terror Train (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by MyCatIsAChonk (t · c); see discussion 06 May 2024 – Mrs. Brisby (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by PrimalMustelid (t · c); see discussion 05 May 2024 – The Great Mecca Feast (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Crisco 1492 (t · c); see discussion 01 May 2024 – List of roles and awards of Liza Soberano (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Pseud 14 (t · c); see discussion 25 Apr 2024 – The Sheep Eaters (film) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Juustila (t · c); see discussion Featured article candidates 25 Apr 2024 – Troika (1969 film) (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Paleface Jack (t · c); see discussion 23 Mar 2024 – Mission: Impossible – Fallout (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Darkwarriorblake (t · c); see discussion Featured list candidates 07 May 2024 – Peter Capaldi filmography (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by OlifanofmrTennant (t · c); see discussion 05 May 2024 – List of accolades received by Hacksaw Ridge (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Sgubaldo (t · c); see discussion 29 Apr 2024 – List of awards and nominations received by Peter Capaldi (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by OlifanofmrTennant (t · c); see discussion 19 Apr 2024 – List of accolades received by Interstellar (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Sgubaldo (t · c); see discussion 19 Apr 2024 – Outline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Trailblazer101 (t · c); see discussion 28 Mar 2024 – Mid-credits and post-credits scenes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by ZooBlazer (t · c); see discussion 13 Mar 2024 – 96th Academy Awards (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by PrinceofPunjab (t · c); see discussion Good article nominees 26 Apr 2024 – 18×2 Beyond Youthful Days (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Prince of Erebor (t · c); start discussion 14 Apr 2024 – Kristoff (Frozen) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Fieryninja (t · c); start discussion 06 Apr 2024 – Apocalypse Clown (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Bilorv (t · c); start discussion 06 Apr 2024 – Metro Theater (New York City) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); start discussion 06 Apr 2024 – Hounds (film) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Mooonswimmer (t · c); start discussion 03 Apr 2024 – Godzilla Minus One (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Eiga-Kevin2 (t · c); start discussion 03 Apr 2024 – The Asylum (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Famous Hobo (t · c); start discussion 29 Mar 2024 – Sam Bahadur (film) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Twinkle1990 (t · c); start discussion 18 Mar 2024 – Giselle (Disney) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Changedforbetter (t · c); start discussion 23 Feb 2024 – Dia (film) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by DareshMohan (t · c); start discussion (8 more...) Good article reassessments 26 Apr 2024 – Primer (film) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Ltbdl (t · c); see discussion 26 Apr 2024 – Michael Myers (Halloween) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Greenish Pickle! (t · c); see discussion Peer reviews 05 May 2024 – Me at the zoo (talk · edit · hist) put up for PR by TrademarkedTWOrantula (t · c) was closed; see discussion Task force requests American cinema Expansion needed Cinema of the United States Tagging needed Category:Cinema of the United States Animated films Argentine cinema Requested articles List of missing Argentine films • Iris Alonso • Carlos Belucci • Adrián Cuneo • Juan Carlos Desanzo • Despabílate amor • Pedro Escudero • Damian Zifron • Expansion needed Amelia Bence • Carlos F. Borcosque• Hugo del Carril• Libertad Lamarque • Cinema of Argentina • Víctor Laplace Australian cinema Requested articles List of missing Australian films Baltic cinema Expansion needed Cinema of Estonia • Cinema of Latvia • Cinema of Lithuania British cinema Requested articles Andy Medhurst • Cinema Theatre Association (22 references on en.wikipedia) • Category: British Mixed-Race actors/actresses Expansion needed Cinema of the United Kingdom Tagging needed Category:Cinema of the United Kingdom Canadian cinema Requested articles List of missing Canadian films Expansion needed Cinema of Canada Chinese cinema Requested articles List of missing Chinese Films Christian films Expansion needed Christian film Comic book films Documentary films Film awards Film festivals Expansion needed Film festival • Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema • Jakarta International Film Festival • Locarno International Film Festival • Mar del Plata International Film Festival • Moscow International Film Festival • Newport Beach Film Festival • Pusan International Film Festival •; International Film Festival Rotterdam • San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival • Cork Film Festival • Anchorage International Film Festival; DisOrient Film Festival; Seattle Asian American Film Festival; Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital Filmmaking Requested articles Agfa Ansco • Alienbrain • Animo (redirect should be deleted) • Antimatograph • aperture plate • Argentine Society of Cinematographers • Arriflex 16BL • Arriflex 16M • Arriflex 16ST • Arriflex 235 • Arriflex 35BL • Arriflex 765 • Arriflex II • Arriflex III • Arriscan • Arritechno 35 • Association of Brazilian Cinematographers • Association of Czech Cinematographers • Austrian Association of Cinematographers • Avid Cinema • Avid Interplay • Avid MCXpress • Avid Mojo • Avid Videoshop • Avid Xpress • backfocus • backlit animation • Belgian Society of Cinematographers • Birtac • British Film Commission • Bulgarian Society of Cinematographers • casting agency • Champion Motion Picture Company • Chimera (filmmaking) • Cinema Camera Club • Cinema Products • Danish Society of Cinematographers • DeLuxe Labs • Deutsche Universal-Film AG • Digital Cinema Distribution Master • Dolby Digital Surround EX • DS Nitris • DVCPROHD • Elite Optics • film composer • Finnish Society of Cinematographers • fluid head • Fusion camera • geared head • George Kleine Productions • high-speed filming • Hungarian Society of Cinematographers • image plane (dab this to computers as well) • In-Three • Indian Society of Cinematographers • International Pictures • Isco Optic • Israeli Cinematographers Association • Italian Society of Cinematographers • Iwerks 70 • Japanese Society of Cinematographers • Joe Dunton Camera • Kinarri 16 • Kinarri 35 • Korean Society of Cinematographers • film lighting • Matthews Studio Equipment • Mexican Society of Cinematographers • motion judder • negative cut list • Netherlands Society of Cinematographers • Norwegian Society of Cinematographers • Obie light • Onation Studios • Pathéscope • Photo-Sonics • Pick-up shot • Polish Society of Cinematographers • Prizmacolor • production buyer • Rex Motion Picture Company • Russian Guild of Cinematographers • Schneider Optics • scratch removal • scratch test (dab needed) • scrubbing • Slovenian Association of Cinematographers • Society of Cinematographers in Estonia • South African Society of Cinematographers • Sovcolor • Spanish Society of Cinematographers • Spirit Datacine • Static Club • SuperScope • SuperScope 235 • Swiss Cinematographers Society • Unity Isis • Unity MediaNetwork • universal capture • Viper FilmStream French cinema Requested articles Régis Arpin • Marc Barbé • Jean-Pierre Cargol • Pierre Champagne • Pierre Chatagny • Clara Choveaux • Charlotte Clasis • Garance Clavel • Laetitia Colombani • Jérôme Cornuau • Chris Delaporte • Nicole Félix • Charles Gerdes • Philippe Grimond • Jenny Hélia • Joseph Ivens • Albert Juross • Chantal Mercier • Celia Montalván • Lucien Nonguet • Nadine Nortier • André Paulvé • Marcel Pérès • Pierre Pradinas • Henri Roanne • Janine Ronceray • Catherine Sée • Luc Simon • Irene Starevich • Albert Stemler • Gérard Valet • Daniel Vigne • Ana Vladescu • Annette Wademant • Pierre Watrin • Mahmoud Zemmouri • Love Me (2000 film) German cinema Requested articles Liselotte Eder (aka, Lilo Pempeit) • Karl Scheydt • Elisa Schlott • Das falsche Gewicht • Yoko (film) (de)(tr) and sources: [6] Expansion needed Cinema of Germany Indian cinema Cleanup needed Bot-generated cleanup listing • Hindi films and plagiarism • Ramoji Film City • IIFA Awards • IIFA • Anand Bakshi • Ajay Devgan • N. T. Rama Rao Jr. Requested articles List of missing Indian Films (see also lists of Indian films for redlinks) • Beary Cinema Expansion needed Draft articles: Tulu cinema • Anahat (film) • Prakash Jha • Central Board of Film Certification • Filmfare Awards South • Kerala Film Critics Association Awards • Amitabh Bachchan • Gabbar Singh • Sanjay Dutt • Hindustan Photo Films • Sanskrit cinema Citations needed Central Board of Film Certification Italian cinema Requested articles Al limite • Tommaso Bianco • Catene (1925 film) • César Sforza; Cocco di mamma, Il • La fuga • Fuochi d'artificio • Hijos del viento • Il principe idiota • Elma Krimer • L’Immagine Ritrovata Laboratory • Yole Marinelli • Nino Martinengo; Medusa Film • Antonio Morabito • Adriana Novelli • Giacomino Origoni; Padre Speranza • Giulio Panicali • Su e giù per la scala • Tre per sempre Japanese cinema Cleanup needed Kane no naru oka: Dai san hen, kuro no maki • Sunae Shibari Dai-nihen (verify, there are many similar titles) Requested articles (empty) Expansion needed Film stubs • Ninkyō Shimizu-minato • Kochiyama soshun (1936 film) • Onna Keirin-ō • Hitogui Ama • Yogoreta Nikutai Seijo • The Romance of Yushima • Yoru no kiba • Shirayuki-sensei to kodomo-tachi • Totsugu hi made • Paco and the Magical Book Images needed Articles needing an image • Love Is Strength Korean cinema Cleanup needed Cinema of Korea Requested articles List of missing Korean films • Crossroads of Youth • International Women's Film Festival in Seoul • Seoul International Film Festival (currently a redirect) • redlinks in List of film festivals in South Korea Expansion needed Korean film stubs • List of Korean-language films • List of North Korean films • List of South Korean films • List of Korean film directors • Korean animation Mexican cinema Expansion needed Cinema of Mexico Tagging needed Category:Cinema of Mexico New Zealand cinema Cleanup needed Cinema of New Zealand Nordic cinema Requested articles Denmark: The Early Years-Erik Nietzsche Part 1 • List of missing Danish films • Finland: Revolution • List of Jussi Award winners for Best Finnish Film • Iceland: Dís • Parents • Ahead of Time (aka, takt við tímann) • Norway: Films missing in List of Amanda Award winners • Sweden: Films missing in List of Guldbagge Award winners for Best Swedish Film Expansion needed List of Norwegian films • List of Swedish films • List of Finnish films • List of Danish films • List of Icelandic films Pakistani cinema Requested articles List of missing Pakistani films (see also Lists of Pakistani films for red links) • Pothohari cinema (in Azad Kashmir) • Regional cinemas in Saraiki, Khowar, and Gilgit-Baltistan • Film industry in Islamabad Expansion needed Draft articles • Lollywood • Kariwood • Punjabi cinema • Pashto cinema • Sindhi cinema • Kashmiri cinema Citations needed Central Board of Film Censors • Cinema of Pakistan Tagging needed Category:Cinema of Pakistan  Doing... Persian cinema Requested articles 12th Fajr International Film Festival • 13th Fajr International Film Festival • 14th Fajr International Film Festival • 15th Fajr International Film Festival • 16th Fajr International Film Festival • 17th Fajr International Film Festival • 18th Fajr International Film Festival • 19th Fajr International Film Festival • 20th Fajr International Film Festival • 21st Fajr International Film Festival • 22nd Fajr International Film Festival • 23rd Fajr International Film Festival • Coma • Gharibaneh • Hasan Kachal • Jazireh Ahani • Ransomer • Takhti Expansion needed Close-Up • Gaav • Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine • Taste of Cherry Romanian cinema Requested articles My Beautiful Dacia • Ryna • Marele jaf comunist • Marfa și banii (Stuff and Dough) • Tudor • Aur • Dragoste la mănăstire • Amor fatal Expansion needed Strigoi • Odessa în flăcări • The World According to Ion B. • The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu • Silent Wedding • The Paper Will Be Blue • Tertium non datur • List of Romanian historical films; Child's Pose (Berlin International Film Festival Winner is a stub!) Silent films Southeast Asian cinema Cleanup needed Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award • LVN Pictures • Gabi ng Parangal • Crayon • Mr. Suave hoy! hoy! hoy! hoy! hoy! hoy! • Moments of Love • Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos • Now That I Have You • Ging • Once Upon a Time in Manila Requested articles SBM Golden Lens Awards • International Documentary Film Festival Jakarta • Chants of Lotus • Lucky 7 • List of missing Thai films Expansion needed Jakarta International Film Festival • Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam Merging needed Bituing Walang Ningning (split) • Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos (split) • Citations needed Waris Jari Hantu • Raja Bersiong • Deathrow • José Rizal • Muro Ami Soviet and post-Soviet cinema Expansion needed Cinema of Russia Spanish cinema Requested articles Álvaro Fernández Armeroes • • El bosque animado • Brigada criminal • La Busca • Mary Carrillo • Los chicos • La corte del faraónes • Dulces horas • • Hay un camino a la derechaes • Madregildaes • Moros y cristianos • El mundo sigue • Murió hace 15 años • Nacional IIIes • Nueve cartas a Berta • Terele Pávez • El Puente • Queridísimos verdugos • Roberto Salazar • Sevillanas • Luchy Sotoes • Tamaño naturales • A Toda Máquina • La trasiendaes • El último cuplé • Lo verde empieza en los Pirineos • Vida en sombras • War films Attention needed ...to referencing and citation  • ...to coverage and accuracy  • ...to structure  • ...to grammar  • ...to supporting materials  Popular pages Full list Cleanup needed Add an article here! Requested articles Destination Death (1961 film) de Expansion needed 6th Marine Division on Okinawa • 25 April (film) • more... Images needed Add an article here! Merging needed Add an article here! Citations needed Add an article here! Translation needed Add an article here! Tagging needed Category:War films
We couldn't do it without you!
To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please list yourself in the appropriate section here.

--Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 03:54, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

Hello, DocOfSoc! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 04:19, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Glenn Beck

I disagree with your method. I also may disagree with some of your edits (I haven't gone through them all) but I did want to make it clear that you going through the article with some fresh eyes is still appreciated so I hope you do not take any objections I have raised the wrong way. Thanks for at least attempting it and some of the edits have been very good.Cptnono (talk) 06:04, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

As part of "team Beck" we can agree to disagree and work it out. To which method are you referring? I have no problem with your objections except when you are being Speedy Gonzalez! LOL I can be a chamaeleon... sometimes! :-D

(talk page stalker) (Off-topic) Love the kraut! Heat it up in some good German beer and some bacon, toss a few caraway seeds in there if you like (I like) with some of the best sausage on earth (can't get 'em in America), some wicked-good grainy mustard... I miss the old country :> Doc talk 12:47, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Album Cover at John Berry (singer)

Hello, what happened with the picture of the album cover at John Berry (singer) is that you used the Album Infobox template incorrectly, causing the whole article to be tagged for correction at the Albums Project. The Album Infobox has to be used accurately and completely at articles that are actually about albums, which is indeed the case at John Berry (album). I was not aware that you wanted to use the album cover simply as a photo for Berry's biography, but there is a better way do that without using the Album Infobox. I've edited that article accordingly, with the correct use of a photo plus caption. Sincerely, DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 17:59, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

3RR

I am perfectly aware of 3RR, but I'm not sure that you are: 1st Revert: [7] 2nd Revert: [8] 3rd Revert: [9] 4th Revert: [10]

You may wish to consider reverting. Soxwon (talk) 15:07, 7 January 2011 (UTC)