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Hi, I'm taking a wikibreak to focus on completing my PhD. I'll probably dip in now and again but won't be taking on any major editing projects.

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Greetings, Jacklee! I hope your PhD is not causing you permanent head damage! When not working on your thesis, perhaps you could research and write a GA about Singapore in Malaysia for our National Day project? For an experienced and profilic GA writer like you, doing so in three months should not be too difficult if you can get your hands on several good history books (not my secondary school History textbooks, though). Alternatively, you could write a DYK or two, but we would still need someone to work on Singapore in Malaysia, and you are probably the only SGpedian capable of doing so (unless Aldwinteo becomes prolific again). Kindly let me know, by the end of the month, what you plan to work on (I, a JC student, plan to write no less than four articles for our project, and have already started working on the articles). --J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 15:53, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I will try my best, but expect to be quite busy trying to finish off my PhD. Any other suggestions on articles to push to FA apart from "Singapore in Malaysia"? That seems rather ambitious. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 18:45, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, Singapore in Malaysia is probably the only Singapore-related article that can appear in On this day on 9 August. But you only need to push it to GA status, not FA, and should you succeed, it will appear there every 9 August, while the FA and DYKs will only appear on the Main Page on one 9 August. I agree that Singapore in Malaysia is an ambitious project, but as a prolific and experienced GA writer, you are capable enough (as I said above, get your hands on some good history books). If you have the interest and ability, but lack the time due to your PhD, perhaps we could agree to postpone the National Day Project to next year? With over a year to plan and write, we should be even more ambitious (for example, you may want to write more than one article and we could recruit more editors). --J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 16:07, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, misread your e-mail. Yes, GA is probably more doable. I wasn't aware that a date-related GA article appears on the main page every time the date rolls around. Which section of the main page does it appear in? — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 20:03, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To the right of Did you know? is On this day, where Singapore in Malaysia will appear every 9 August if it attains GA status. The article must undergo a separate OTD nomination process after passing GAN (we could ask a GA reviewer to "cut queue"); the details of the OTD nomination process are unclear, so I must find out the details. By the way, could you do me a favour by searching Factiva for "Money No Enough" and e-mailing me the results (hopefully the database goes back to 1998)? --J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 02:19, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oi! Knock knock, poke poke... --J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 02:05, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, sorry. Forgot. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 03:56, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Newspaper articles received. Thanks! 谢谢! Terima kasih! Is ten weeks enough time to push Singapore in Malaysia to GA status? If not, we could postpone the entire project to next year. --J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 05:26, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jacklee, do you plan to write Singapore in Malaysia this year or next year? Either option is fine with me, but I need to know your decision, as it will affect my GA-writing plans for the June holidays (and early Term 3). --J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 05:18, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think I had better say 2010, because I really need to complete my PhD this year! — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 07:43, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2010 has arrived. I suggest we scale down the National Day Project to just one FA (already written), one OTD and four DYKs (since GAs do not appear on the Main Page). How about you write the OTD (Singapore in Malaysia) and one DYK, while I write three DYKs? By the way, do you use Facebook? --J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 15:28, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jacklee,

I'm asking Wikipedians who are interested in United States legal articles to take a look at WP:Hornbook, the new "JD curriculum task force".

Our mission is to assimilate into Wikipedia all the insights of an American law school education, by reducing hornbooks to footnotes.

• Each casebook will have a subpage.

• Over the course of a semester, each subpage will shift its focus to track the unfolding curriculum(s) for classes using that casebook around the country.
• It will also feature an extensive, hyperlinked "index" or "outline" to that casebook, pointing to pages, headers, or {{anchors}} in Wikipedia (example).
• Individual law schools can freely adapt our casebook outlines to the idiosyncratic curriculum devised by each individual professor.

• I'm encouraging law students around the country to create local chapters of the club I'm starting at my own law school, "Student WP:Hornbook Editors". Using WP:Hornbook as our headquarters, we're hoping to create a study group so inclusive that nobody will dare not join.

What you can do now:

1. Add WP:Hornbook to your watchlist, {{User Hornbook}} to your userpage, and ~~~~ to Wikipedia:Hornbook/participants.

2. If you're a law student,

• Email http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Hornbook to your classmates, and tell them to do the same.
• Contact me directly via talk page or email about coordinating a chapter of "Student WP:Hornbook Editors" at your own school.

(You don't have to start the club, or even be involved in it; just help direct me to someone who might.)

3. Introduce yourself to me. Law editors on Wikipedia are a scarce commodity. Do knock on my talk page if there's an article you'd like help on.

Regards, Andrew Gradman ^talk/_WP:Hornbook 01:53, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just to let you know that I've reviewed Parliament of Singapore and High Court of Singapore. Let me know if you've got any questions or if there's anything I can help with. Cheers, Rebecca (talk) 08:21, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, will have a look at your comments. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 08:22, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Jacklee! I noticed you display a service award, and would like to invite you to join the discussion over a proposed revamping of the awards. If you have any opinions on the proposal, please participate in the discussion. Thanks! — the Man in Question (in question) 18:21, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Letting you know I have opened a good article reassessment for Lloyd Owen, an article to which you are a main contributor. You can read my concerns at Talk:Lloyd Owen/GA1. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 17:27, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, it's been a really long time since I worked on that article. Let me have a look. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 17:36, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Can you offer your opinion in this discussion? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 23:53, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. can you replace the skyscrapers infoboxes in articles on Singapore hotels with infobox hotel as with Conrad Centennial Singapore and Raffles Hotel etc. Thanks Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 21:55, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am reposting this message at the talk page of the SGpedians' notice board so that editors active on those articles can take appropriate action. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 04:04, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jacklee. Since I think you are interested in this: We are planning to update the ordering of the Latin characters in the edittols. See MediaWiki talk:Edittools#Mixed case ordering and character identification.

--David Göthberg (talk) 01:17, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, it was good working with you over at {{ArticleHistory}}, nice teamwork. I've got a few more ideas for how we can further improve that template so I hope you stick around. By the way, how close are to submitting your thesis? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:23, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. The PhD has to be completed some time this year. * Erp *. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 16:22, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jacklee. Would you be willing to be interviewed for an article on WP:WikiProject Singapore on SignPost? The general idea is to publicize the project and focus on the main issues that project members face as well as on the help you need. Please let me know ASAP since we're approaching the Feb 15th deadline! Thanks. --RegentsPark (sticks and stones) 02:34, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I don't mind. I would suggest that you also talk to Hildanknight (J.L.W.S. The Special One) and InfernoXV, as they are quite active at the project as well. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 04:08, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great! I'll drop a note on their talk pages as well. I have some RL issues to take care of this morning but will set up an interview page this afternoon and let you know. Feel free to suggest questions etc. Some editors actually read SignPost :) --RegentsPark (sticks and stones) 14:16, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I made a start here. Feel free to drop in and start answering questions whenever you get a spare moment. I'll add more (and possibly take away a few) questions as we go along. Thanks for your time! --RegentsPark (sticks and stones) 21:36, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a couple of questions. Please let me know if there is anything specific you would like to add in the form of a question! --RegentsPark (sticks and stones) 16:08, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, I can't think of anything else. I've added my responses to your new questions. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 06:15, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jack, one additional question (suggested by Hildanknight) if you have the time. When either you or Hildanknight can answer it, insert the question before the last one (the one that starts with "Signpost readers are always ready to chip in ...". Looking at the state of the current issue, my guess is we have another day before it goes out (definitely another 12 hours), so we should be good on time. (If the article doesn't say Draft on the top right, it's too late!)

Every project has its own special set of problems. Could you outline some of the unique issues and challenges that editors of Singapore-related articles face and give us some idea of how you go about addressing them? --RegentsPark (sticks and stones) 04:15, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Thanks for taking an interest in WikiProject Singapore – I look forward to the next issue of SignPost! — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 07:27, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

The report is out on Signpost at Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-02-15/WikiProject_report. Thank you for the time and effort you put in to answer the question and, if you celebrate the lunar new year, a happy new year to you! Regards. --RegentsPark (sticks and stones) 14:28, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I do, so thanks very much and a happy Chinese New Year to you too! — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 14:30, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They are deleting all my images. Help. Look at my talk page. Daniel Christensen (talk) 04:30, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have replied on your talk page. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 04:34, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Saumaun has given you a 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!

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}}!

Just a little thanks for the clarification saumaun (talk) 09:42, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the cookies! * munch, munch * — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 09:48, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed a problem with this, fixed it but have since discovered a couple of articles that it caused problems for. See here for the details.--JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 21:55, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jacklee,

I'm curious as to why you removed the video I posted - Georgia Blames Olympics for Luger Kumaritashvili’s Death. This is a freely available video, there is no copyright infringement, and above all it was highly relevant.

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.103.102.62 (talk) 15:24, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't removed by me but by BLGM5. You'll have to ask him. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 04:47, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, unfortunately I didn't get on Wikipedia that day. I briefly saw a change on my watchlist on my iPhone, but didn't see that a 13,000 character change was made (if I did, I would have quickly reverted it). I felt bad reverting it, when I saw that you were still working on it, but I tried to do it quickly to prevent you from having to do any more. I have seen massive plot expansions before on GA/FAs, so I try and be sure to check the history to see if there was already a briefer and better-written summary. Anyway, thanks for helping out with the plot. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 00:40, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think we should add a "repeals" parameter to the infobox, to indicate section(s) of any statute(s) that have been repealed. NorthernThunder (talk) 22:46, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've copied this message to the template talk page and responded to it there. Thanks. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 04:14, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Following this message on my talk page, I am going to take over this review as it appears that the original reviewer has no time to complete it. It has been hanging fire for some time and I aim to wrap up outstanding issues within the standard seven days. I shall read the article over first and then post a review tomorrow, 22 March. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 23:45, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Actually, I haven't had time to address the issues raised by the previous reviewer yet as I've also been pretty busy. However, I have been able to review "High Court of Singapore". Perhaps you could look at that article first? — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 06:08, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I have reviewed and placed High Court of Singapore on hold for secven days (29 March). I have reviewed and placed on hold Parliament of Singapore for fourteen days (5 April). –– Jezhotwells (talk) 20:06, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article Parliament of Singapore you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Parliament of Singapore for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of said article. If you oppose this decision, you may ask for a reassessment. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 04:09, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Bib (talk) 10:31, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there,

I'm reaching out to people who I see have been previously been active in threads related to Webcitation.org.

I started the above-mentioned thread at VPM, which

1) asks how things are going with the webcitation.org bot (because i think it's SUCH A COOL idea), and

2) inquires whether WikiMedia should create its own archiving service, to avoid the risks of relying on another organization's services (e.g., the downtimes experienced now).

I hope you'll take a look. user:Agradman editing as 160.39.221.164 (talk) 06:20, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]