User talk:Mike Christie

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TFA blurbs

Hi Mike. Both Munsey's Magazine and The Spider (magazine) are up for TFA in June. Do you fancy having a crack at draft blurbs? Gog the Mild (talk) 11:27, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

I've done a first draft for each at around 1300-1400 characters; I always find it hard to take out the last couple of sentences because I have a hard time seeing what others would find less useful. Can you do the last bit of trimming? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:32, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Sure. Thanks. Give me a few hours. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:25, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Just looked at the diff for Munsey's and that looks perfect. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 15:00, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Spider is also done. See what you think. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:39, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Added a couple of words back; is that OK? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 16:40, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Looks good to me. Thanks again. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:11, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

In appreciation

	The Bright Idea Award
	By the authority vested in me by myself I present you with this award in recognition of your numerous bright ideas. This award must have been invented just for you. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:52, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:12, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

FA potential?

Hey Mike, can I get a quick opinion from you? I wrote Blackrocks Brewery awhile back and fixed it up/updated it over the last few days. Does it have any FA potential? I've only written warship FAs previously, so I'm not sure if this is up to the standards there. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 19:58, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

From a quick glance I'd say that because it's about a business you'll get more scrutiny on reliability of sources and notability of the material you've chosen to include than you would have had on a warship FAC. If you're confident about those aspects I would expect it to do fine. If you want I can do a pre-FAC review, though that might take a few days so you might not want to wait for that. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:18, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

There's no hurry on nominating the article! If reviewing it wouldn't take too much time, I'd love to get your thoughts. But if it's a big hassle, I could always submit it to PR. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 03:26, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

OK, I can probably get to it this weekend. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:34, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Munsey's Magazine

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Also The Spider (magazine) on June 14.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:11, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Today's TFA, Felix M. Warburg House, was written by Vami_IV and Epicgenius, introduced: "This article is about another of the great houses that once lined Fifth Avenue in New York. Specifically, this is the mansion of Felix M. Warburg, a Jewish financier who ignored fears of anti-Semitic reprisal to his decided to build himself a big Gothic manor in the middle of New York City. Although the Warburgs no longer remain, their legacy does: the museum is now the home of the Jewish Museum (Manhattan) and the building largely survives as they left it. It's a beautiful building and I hope you will all enjoy it."! - in memory --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:04, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

today's story has a pic of a woman holding her cat, a DYK of 5 years ago - the recent pics show 2 orange tip butterflies --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:05, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

today's story mentions a concert I loved to hear and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:09, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

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username change, please update the bot

hi! i recently changed my username from User:Sawyer-mcdonell to this one; User:ChristieBot says to message here to connect old GAN reviews to new usernames. thanks!!! :) Sawyer777 (talk) 21:48, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Done; it should update the numbers the next time the bot updates the page. Let me know if it doesn't. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:09, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

GA tally for new username

Hi @Mike Christie,

As with the poster immediately above, a change in username (on 18 April) appears to have caused my past nominations (as displayed here) to have disappeared. As PatrickJWelsh I brought Hegel up to GA status, and I was also co-nominator in bringing Philosophy to GA.

(If the bot can't deal with co-nominators, that's not an issue for me. I just want it to show that my next nomination is at least not my first.)

I hope this is the right place to leave this request. If not, my apologies.

Many thanks, Patrick (talk) 01:03, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi -- yes, this is the right place to ask. I should be able to deal with the name change tomorrow; I'll ping you when it's done. There's no way to give credit for conominations, I'm afraid. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 01:30, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Patrick, this is done. The GAN page should update to show your correct number of GAs the next time the bot runs; let me know if it does not. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:11, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! That did it. Cheers, Patrick (talk) 14:37, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

FAC nomination

@Mike Christie I listed Catherine, Princess of Wales at FAC last month. Yesterday, a reviewer, though satisfied with the article, offered only lean support suggestions that I gain support from other major editors first before he extends full support to my nomination. I have pinged you at the FAC discussion page. Looking forward to your response. Regards MSincccc (talk) 03:20, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm trying to avoid picking up extra tasks on-wiki at the moment; I have an off-wiki project that's absorbing my time. I will probably get back to reviewing some time in June and if your FAC is still waiting I may take a look then. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:15, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

@Mike Christie Do you know anyone else who might be capable of reviewing the article at present? Thank you for your response. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 10:42, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

I think your best bet is to do a few reviews of other articles. There's no quid pro quo at FAC, but generally speaking nominators who review more are more likely to find others showing up to review their articles. There are some reviewers who make a point of prioritizing FACs by frequent reviewers. On average it takes at least half-a-dozen reviews to promote each FAC, so I try to do at least that many reviews every time I nominate an article. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:53, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

@Mike Christie Are providing comments considered a review, or do I need to conduct a source or image review for the articles I am reviewing? This is my final question for the time being. Looking forward to your response. Regards MSincccc (talk) 11:01, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

You don't need to do an image review or a source review, and in fact I would advise against it until you've seen a couple done and feel confident that you understand how to do them. A good way to do a review is to read the article carefully, as if you were about to be asked questions about it in a classroom setting, and make sure you understand everything. Could the prose be clearer? Is the material explained or linked where necessary? Does it raise questions that don't get answered but which should be part of this article? Does it cover everything you would expect an article on the topic to cover? Are there any WP:MoS rules that it fails to abide by? Read with a critical eye, and for each comment you make, think about whether you would find it a helpful comment if you were the nominator. There are guides to how to do a FAC review; I don't recall where to find them at the moment but they're probably linked from WP:FAC or WT:FAC. If you can't find any, let me know and I'll dig them up. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:09, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

@Mike Christie Thanks for your time. One last point, by the way. The FAC statistics tool you created does not mention any of the recent FAC-related activities. For instance, Tim O'Doherty's recent work at FAC, my own review of the article Lagonda Taraf's FAC, and my FAC nomination for Catherine, Princess of Wales. Looking forward to your response. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 11:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

It's updated once a month -- usually within a few days of the first of the month. It only includes data for completed (promoted or archived) FACs. That probably accounts for it not including those reviews. I'll be updating it this weekend, most likely, but if those FACs are still open I won't be including that data yet. I wait till the FAC is complete as otherwise I have to revisit each FAC multiple times to be sure I caught everything. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:56, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

@Mike Christie I have been suggesting changes to be made at a few articles listed for FAC as of late. Does that count as a review should the article be listed as FA-class later? Looking forward to your response. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 12:06, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

I've glanced at the comments you made, and those will count as FAC reviews (regardless of whether the article is promoted). I didn't look at your comments in detail but so long as you're making a good faith effort to evaluate the articles with reference to the featured article criteria, that's fine. Once those FACs complete, your FA reviewing stats will update at the next month end. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 15:12, 29 May 2024 (UTC)