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542:, which passed with 100 supports, 0 opposes and 1 neutral. I wanted to get round everybody individually, even though it's considered by some to be spam (which... I suppose it is! but anyway. :)). It means a lot to me that the community has placed its trust in my ability to use the extra buttons, and I only hope I can live up to its expectations. If you need anything, or notice something that bothers you, don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks again, 725: 679: 1055: 341:, so that'll then leave you with archive1 as the only peer review page. I've also fixed the talk page so it links to archive1. The peer review's working okay; editors will be able to add their comments. I'll have a proper read through it and leave mine tomorrow (GMT 23:08, no time right now!). Any further queries don't hesitate to contact me. Best, 432:
The "destination filename" box below will be automatically filled by the file's name, followed by the extension (.jpg, .png or something else). Bitmap files can't be uploaded. If the title of the image is obscure on your computer (eg.pf88382.jpg), change the title to a description (eg. Tower Bridge,
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Hmm, a difficult one. I suppose the best thing would be to have a look at the webpage and see if still verifies the information. If it does, then stamp today's date on it (or tomorrow's, or Tuesday's etc). I think that's the quickest way, short of going through the page history and finding when the
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That's perfectly understandable. School is a very time consuming thing. ^_^ You are perfectly welcome to leave the project as well as rejoin it whenever you want. I see that you've already marked yourself as inactive, so why don't you mention the reason and the estimated amount of time over there
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in 1818, and McGill in 1821. As far as I'm aware, McGill is the 6th oldest university in all of Canada, and is likely one of the top in the 15 oldest post-secondary institutions of the nation. I added a citation to reflect that, and something to consider about the peer review is that most of the
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Please do move the sections as you previously did if you wish, but PREVIEW before finalizing, and make sure to remove excess spaces beneath finalized section moves, since they show up very clearly as white gaps! Many other university pages also have Athletics separate, which is why I left it as
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article for a while now, but an IP editor has been reverting changes as I make them, although I've supplied a boatload of citations and reasonings for why the article can be fleshed out. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind looking at the article and letting me know what you think/posting your
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in the editing buttons above the screen. In one click, they will display the necessary parameters, including an automatic access date, making life easier in terms of citing sources (after putting that into your monobook, play around with it in your userspace, so you can get the hang of
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too. If you ever find yourself with some extra time, feel free to drop by - we can always use help cleaning up stuff, which is something that can be done even if you're not up to date on the game. We look forward to when you have the time to to be active in the project again. --
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Hi there, good to see that article coming along nicely! :) By ref structure, I presume you mean the inline citations (footnotes). To insert a website source, you would do this after the punctuation in the sentence you want sourced (replacing the access date with the current
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Once the peer review is complete (wait at least a week, and ensure that you have at least three reviews for security), it would be good to get the article copyedited once again. I prefer that it's done by someone uninvolved with the article (perhaps ask someone at the
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Yeah, it's partly my admin work and partly my real-life commitments that prevent me from doing anything but basic tasks at the moment. I've not forgotten though, and when I have a bit more time on my hands I'll dedicate quite a bit of time to it (as I did with
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Hmm, how odd. On the left, you click "Upload file" in the "toolbox" section below the search bar. A screen with a blue background should appear, listing all the different licenses for the file. Click on the one you want and the upload form appears.
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In those fields, you put the web address in the URL part; the title of the work; the date you accessed it; the work it came from (ie. a journal); the publisher; and the date it was published. There are other parameters, should you require them, in
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I'm afraid I can't help you much on this one. I don't have much experience working on articles above a B class, so I don't really know what to look for to improve a GA class article. The only thing I can think of is you can ask the same thing at
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I have noticed your message on your user page that you are not quite as active, so I understand any slowness in answering. However, I am still a bit confuddled about the proper ref structure. Could you possibly try to explain it in a nutshell?
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SandyGeorgia closed the FAC, so will you help me improve this so that we can re-nom it? I can't get to any more sources (the U.P. doesn't have much), including the ones listed on the talk page...could you possibly help with that? Thanks!
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My sincere apologies about not being able to fulfill your requests (or responding sooner). Unfortunately, I have recently decided to leave Knowledge (XXG) for good, due to overwhelming studies and personal subjects.
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and ask those who have specified an interest in the article. The Society and Social Sciences will be the best bet. Also ask a few from the "General copyediting" section to copyedit the article (basic grammar,
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I'm about half way through McGill. I have a fair few things on my list so far but I haven't cross-checked them with what's already there yet. :) But you and the others have done a fantastic job with it.
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isn't grammatically correct, and definitely not the best for the lead! I'm sure your edits were spurred by peer review contributions, but recall that McGill IS one of the oldest universities in Canada:
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Below the terms, conditions etc. at the top, there's a box called "source filename". Click "browse" and search for the image you want to upload, which will be stored somewhere on your computer.
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utlize rankings in their leads and all use citations. Some of the citations I've added are not in the article as well, but some are just for convenience (those could be changed easily though).
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Have completed my peer review of the article. If you need any further help on the article or clarification on any of the points, feel free to drop me a line on my talk page. Cheers.
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In the "summary" box, type the details. For the source (if it's not self-made), make sure you're specific, ie. the full website, or "scanned from p. by . The
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Next, select the licensing. That depends on what the licensing is. Sometimes it's filled in automatically, but if it's not, choose from the drop-down list.
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Hey, ive done part of my peer review for the article. Ive still got alot of it left to finish. It will be done in the next day or two. Hope this helps.
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I would be happy to. However, I am very busy and will be busy until the end of this month. I will make a note to review it when I get some free time.
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schools have Misc./Pop culture reference sections... should McGill's be removed, when an encyclopedia is meant to provide as much info as possible?
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the website, and the reader would have to do some digging to find the full details. Alternatively, for the most common cite templates, put this into
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by creating subpages (create them in the same way you would a sandbox). Hope this helps, and if you need any further help, let me know. :) Best,
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Hi, hopefully you don't take this the wrong way, but I reverted some of the edits you made, since there were some glaring typos! For example,
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Hi Sunsetsunrise. I've had a read through and it's good. However, it needs some work to get it to FA status, so here's what I suggest:
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Hey, I'm trying to improve the lead somewhat, can you find anything that states not to repeat article citations in the lead? The
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Hi Sunsetsunrise. Unfortunately there's no list of articles that have appeared on the main page, but you can check one against
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for the article by following the instructions at that page. For the reason, write that you wish to get it to FA one day.
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to cover yourself: personality, interests, beliefs, Knowledge (XXG) work — just about everything's covered really! See
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As for free images, I know of only two. On Flickr, you can search images that have a creative commons licence:
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If you want to cite another medium (book source, newspaper, video, etc), have a look at what's available in
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Thanks for the comments. You may add your comments if you wish, but I'm not going to ask you to for
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on talk pages using four tildes ~~~~, which will automatically produce your name and the date.
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Don't worry, these things happen to us all. I've requested the deletion of archive2 per
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London England.jpg). Remember to keep the extension or the file won't upload properly.
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is generally left blank, unless you're uploading multiple versions of the same image.
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Then click "upload file". After a short loading period, you're image should appear.
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so that I could add more refs. Feel free to comment or help. Cheers and thanks,
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Indeed, it's confusing, but it's been moved to the talk page. It can be found
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is a free image library which has several million images. Hope this helps,
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for an example of this. Also, you could divide it up into sections like
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Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. --
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You can put anything you like on your userpage. You may want to use
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in 1785 (oldest English-speaking university in Canada), followed by
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but I always find that direct explanation is more beneficial.
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You can upload a particular image from Flickr using this tool:
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on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome!
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Hi Sunsetsunrise, I wanted to say thank you for supporting my
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at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
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at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
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sources were added; but that would be incredibly tedious.
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such, so if you want to look into that, please do! Thanks!
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Copy of Sunsetsunrise - PeterSymonds talk of citations
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page that you didn't ask before), but it's up to you.
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Yes I am still working on it. =D 380:. Sorry I can't be of more help. -- 82:, ask me on my talk page, or place 42:The five pillars of Knowledge (XXG) 913:Knowledge (XXG):Citation templates 746:New discussion at McGill talk page 14: 623:Great job on the McGill article. 1053: 866:Thanks for any available help, 142:was first in 1663, followed by 971:Is that helpful to you? 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PeterSymonds
Canadian Ivy League
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Université Laval
University of New Brunswick
University of King's College
Saint Mary's University
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University of Toronto
Queen's University
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