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A-Class assessment?

I was wondering about introducing informal A-Class assessments in WP:TXF, just based on an article by article basis. As an initial sort of pilot, I was thinking that "Triangle" might be a good first candidate. You reviewed it for GA, do you think it's in a good enough state to bump up a grade? GRAPPLE X 00:44, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, that sounds like a great idea. Over a first glance, "Triangle" looks great and has expanded A LOT since I reviewed it and probably worthy of A-class. "Squeeze" looks great, too. Glimmer721 ^talk 00:51, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

If you're happy with it, I'll update "Triangle" now. Not certain about "Squeeze" yet given the lack of contemporary reception but I might be able to fix that if I land one of these Highbeam accounts going round. You applied for one? GRAPPLE X 00:53, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Highbeam? No, (this is the first time I've heard of it) but it looks like a good resource; I'm just not sure I'd use it for a lot. Glimmer721 ^talk 01:33, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:HighBeam/Applications. There's at least 1000 free accounts to be allocated so you may as well stick your name down. GRAPPLE X 01:36, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Just did, thanks for the notice. Glimmer721 ^talk 01:47, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Not a bother. Hope you land one. GRAPPLE X 01:49, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Hunger Games

I was wondering why prim's cat is not mentioned at all on the character's list, because basicly i think that buttercup is an imprtant part of the story. could you please explain why? thanks! --Cheyenne (talk) 22:36, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Doctor Who convert

Per my friends' recommendations, I have now watched "The Eleventh Hour", "The Beast Below", "Victory of the Daleks", "Blink", "Silence in the Library", and "Forest of the Dead" (in that order). Unfortunately I really like it so far, which means I'll have to find more time out of an already busy schedule to watch it. :-/ I've been told one's favorite doctor is always the first they've seen, but I think I'm more fond of Tennant than Smith. :) Ruby 2010/2013 19:58, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

My friends have basically scheduled which episodes I watch next (I have no free will in this LOL). One is a huge Tennant fan and loves all his episodes (a bit amusing to listen to her speak of him, actually). ;) I think the next one we're watching is "The Time of Angels" (they showed me the series 4 episodes to provide more background in preparation). I'll keep you updated as to my opinions! Ruby 2010/2013 04:02, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

According to the FLC rules, you cannot nominate Doctor Who (series 5) until "the first [nom] has gained substantial support and reviewers' concerns have been substantially addressed." However, you could always bring the article to GAN; I've seen other season articles do that (including Fringe). Editors have debated which venue (GAN or FLC) is the best for such articles, but I have not heard any particular consensus. By the way, the article looks great! I only read through a little though because I didn't want to get spoiled :) Ruby 2010/2013 05:51, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Take a look

Can you take a look here and tell me on my talk what I need to improve? Thanks, -- Kangaroopowah 19:23, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

DO you think it's GA ready now? --Kangaroopowah 00:29, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. I'll update the refs later as I'm not really in the mood right now ;) but I'll work on the rest. (If it's fine with you and you're free, could you do the refs). Thanks, --Kangaroopowah 00:42, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

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Talkback

Hello, Glimmer721. You have new messages at Ocaasi's talk page.
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I placed an example on my talk page. Cheers! Ocaasi ^{t | c} 14:08, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

User:Grapple X/Good Topics has moved

You've made use of User:Grapple X/Good Topics to help plan and organise Good Topic work, so I figured I should drop you a note to say I've moved it to User:Grapple X/GT prep. Eventually I'll be using the original title as a page similar to User:Grapple X/Good Articles so I wanted to move the prep work to another page. I appreciate having some extra help keeping the preparation accurate so I didn't want you missing out in case you thought the page had gone. GRAPPLE X 03:05, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice. I've only got a few episodes in seasons 1 and 2 to watch and then I'm hoping to rent 3 from the library when avaliable, so I should be able to help out with reception and plots there. Glimmer721 ^talk 19:52, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Awesome. What have you seen so far? GRAPPLE X 19:58, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

All of season 1 aside from the finale which I have on DVR (I'll probably watch it tomorrow) and all of season 2 besides "Sleepless", "Duane Barry"/"Ascension", "Firewalker", and "Red Museum". Those will be taping in the next few weeks, though. Glimmer721 ^talk 20:01, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Those are probably among the best ones there are. What did you make of "Anasazi"? When I first saw it I rushed right out the next morning to buy season 3, no way was I waiting for a cheaper one shipping from Amazon. GRAPPLE X 20:08, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

"Anasazi" was really good. Definitely didn't expect a lot of what happened. Do they explain about the small pox vaccine thing, or is that one of the plot threads they never concluded? Glimmer721 ^talk 20:13, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

They round it out a bit more over the course of season 3, but it peters out and isn't really that important. It's mostly just a way of adding real-world significance to things by tying stuff to a real event, I guess. GRAPPLE X 20:17, 21 April 2012 (UTC)