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Top That Party

I KNOW IT SAYS NOT TO REQUEST ARTICLES HERE, BUT I DONT KNOW WHERE TO PUT THIS. IF SOMEONE COULD MOVE IT TO THE PROPER PLACE, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. I AM SORRY. A NEW TELEVISION PROGRAM, "TOP THAT PARTY" PREMIERED FRIDAY NIGHT ON LIFETIME. AN ARTICLE SHOULD BE CREATED. THANKS. 76.190.207.168 (talk) 06:53, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Simplify getting to sublists

As it stands now, when I want to suggest, say, an author, I sarch for the main category. After I find that (in this case I would guess it to be "culture and fine arts,"), I look through to see if there is an appropriate sub-category such as "literature," "authors," or "novelists" and find "writers." Okhe so far. But when I click on "writers," I don't land at a list of proposed "writers" entries. Instead I am sent to "General art." Where am I now? Is general art a sub-category of "culture an fine arts," vise versa, or what? Well, when I scroll down, I am looking for "writers" (not my term, but Wiki's). 'To no avail. So I have to take the best option. So, if there is one (as in this example, there is), I click on that -- in this case "Literature." I click on that voila, I get Wikipedia:Requested articles/Culture and fine arts/Literature. Now, some people would think they're caught in a loop at this point, and give up. But if I have my eyes and mind open, I see that this is actually where I want to be. Then I go to the letter of the alphabet where I think I should enter the name and I'm done (except that the very first part of the alphabet has been - thankfully - listed by family name, whereas later in the alphabet, the listing is by given name - but that's just an edit conflict, and I can live with that or help clean it up). Of course, if the author had been a poet, I would have had to choose between "Literature" and "Poetry requests"/"People" (and add it to a list of people and things that are mostly at best slightly related to poetry in the broad sense of art as entertainment).

Lange Rede kurze Sinn: Why can't clicking on "writers" simply take me there?Kdammers (talk) 00:00, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Exactly. This is why I have just changed [[Wikipedia:Requested articles/Culture and fine arts#Literature|Literature]] into [[Wikipedia:Requested articles/Culture and fine arts/Literature|Literature]] ( # --> / ), but no one seems to be in charge of the overall structure of these pages. Also, over a longer period of time I have added a number of new subcategories, always with that bad feeling that they might already exist somewhere else. If more people felt like that, we might be able to change something. <KF> 00:12, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

At least the literature requests should work now. <KF> 04:21, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Request rating/Votes

I think it would be a good idea to have a voting mechanism on the requested articles, a way to list the users who wish to see this article and vote for giving it a priority, no? --Mayz (talk) 17:06, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Why? This procedure wouldn't automatically produce someone actually willing, and able, to write such a priority article, would it? <KF> 00:15, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Requesting page for hydratsin (fuel used in satellites)

Couldn't find proper information about this subject to be inserted to wikipedia so maybe someone with more information could add it there... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Simakuutio (talk • contribs) 22:07, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Missing field subentries and Requesting an Article

• "press" and maybe some other keywords from this field should IMHO be added under where "media" is listed to facilitate searching.
• More generally: The respective field is also very broad and might stand a split.
• Very generally: The process of requesting an article also seems to be something that could be made easier in itself.

Rationale: Specifically, I started feeling slightly tripwired when after finding "flack attack" (sic!) used here [1] and obviously it's an important topic as to WP, but there's no article, hence, trying to request one, I found that to be a many-too-many-click procedure also requiring perceivable thought just for finding the right spot. Things seem to tend to be less-than-easy here. In particular, I had to resort to my browser's builtin page search in order to find "media" (no "press" there, nor "wiki" or "PR".) I feel that Requesting articles should be as easy as possible so as to avoid too many auxiliary article creations. If in doubt about the justification of this rationale, just do the steps as though you were me having this problem and I think you'll understand.

WP'ians and Admins, Thanks a lot for considering this. 217.229.16.46 (talk) 03:55, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

When to delete fulfilled requests?

What's the standard for deciding when to delete requests that have been fulfilled? Looking at Social Sciences, there are at least a hundred articles turned from red to blue. The majority of them aren't dated, so there's no easy way to tell if the request was filled today or last month, and in many cases the hotlink was turned blue via redirect anyway. For articles of unknown date of request, is there any reason we shouldn't just go through and delete them all from the list, since whoever requested them can just type the same words into the Search box? Please advise. MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:44, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I too would like an answer to this question - the page says "Please do not remove legitimate articles which have already been created", so how do things ever leave the list? Olaf Davis | Talk 19:52, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

All bluelinks should be deleted. That sentence that Olaf notes above is, quite bluntly, ridiculous. I'm surprised no one ever caught that, that explains why no one's been removing them. Wizardman 19:56, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

I didn't think it made sense - unless there was some byzantine procedure for their being removed. Thanks Wizardman. Olaf Davis | Talk 21:25, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Bot_requests#.22oldrequestbot.22_for_Articles_requested_for_more_than_...

I posted a bot request here to see whether a bot can be created to perform the sorting updates for that page. Bebestbe (talk) 17:30, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

In implementing this bot request, β^{_{command 2}} requires that new posts to WP:AR1 and WP:AR2 be in a particular format ("we would need to impliment a method for timestamping these request, and maintaining constant formating of the pages. we would need a template {{requested article|John jane doe}} and a HTML comment for each line with a timestamp <!-17:28, 17 June 2008 (UTC)-> if we can do this then creating a bot to maintain those pages will be no big deal. it will be able to maintain old lists and remove the pages that get created.") If you object, please post here. Otherwise, we'll go forward with the time stamp and other changes. The format changes may affect Bebestbe (talk) 15:38, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

See my response, but the tool that I am adding should make this easier. it will go through the page history and find when it was added and add a timestamp for that result. a early version is User:Betacommand/Sandbox. Once this is done we can be a lot more flexible with indexing these request and working with future request. any suggestions would be welcome. β^_command 02:18, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

The format changes may affect Wikipedia:Requested articles, so I copied info from here to this talk page. Bebestbe (talk) 03:06, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

what is your opinion with User:Betacommand/Sandbox? Im going through and finding when things where added and adding a timestamp to make them easier to work with, along with the usage of {{req}}. β^_command 18:49, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Where to request a redirect?

see above - 24.68.61.163 (talk) 13:06, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

You can request it at WP:AFC. Gtstricky^{Talk or C} 17:45, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

SARDAR DHAMDHERE

HI MY NAME IS YASHRAJ AND I WANT TO KNOW FULL HISTORY OF SARDAR DHAMDHERE WHERE THEY CAME WHERE THEY WENT,THEIR DEEDS ETC EVERYTHING PLEASE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.237.161.64 (talk) 12:21, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Start using {{la}} when listing articles

{{la}} would be extremely helpful to see if an article should be created.

Example

Example article (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

It produces a lot of links to click including a link to Whatlinkshere, which shows just how linked the article already is, and Log to see if the article had been created before but then deleted. This would be nice to have so that people checking these things don't have to make extra clicks. - LA (T) 17:48, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Transcluding a section of the list

I wish to transclude a section of this list, the food, drink and cooking section, to the WP Food page here. Ho would I do that with out adding the whole list? --Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 01:21, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

John Butler Mulliken

John Butler Mulliken: Professor of plastic surgery at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School. Pioneer in the fields of Vascular Anomalies, Craniofacial Surgery and Cleft Lip and Palate.

Dr. Mulliken graduated from the Columbia University Medical School, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY and received his medical training at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aiomari1 (talk • contribs) 04:40, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

How useful is this project really?

How useful is this page and its subpages really?

I came to one of the subpages by what can be considered accident. I saw a red link somewhere else, and to assess if I should create a redirect for it, I checked out it's "what links here" page. The only other link was from one of this project's subpages. When I checked it out, all I saw was a very brief mention, which does not even tell me enough to assess if whoever posted that had the same in mind (and was just not aware of the naming difference), or if the poster was aware of it and wanted a different topic altogether. The page layout is obviously not meant for discussing such questions, and since it doesn't even provide user signatures or any other clues, I couldn't even ask the poster. So it was just a waste of time for me.

Not only does this page and its subpages comes at cost for us other editors, it even actively tries to get more of our attention. It has a huge backlog (which itself is not a good sign for its effectiveness) and, above all is recruiting our best people per the message: "This page has a backlog that requires the attention of experienced editors." (That's the first thing you see on this page.)

Now, this could all be justified if it were for the best of Wikipedia. But Wikipedia already has much better ways to create new articles: First and foremost, of course, what made us as a website so successful: The simple wiki way of requesting an article by adding a red link to a pertinent article. And for those who want to bundle these efforts, there are plenty of WikiProjects, which have proven track records of creating good articles. At 2 million articles, I don't think we need a way to create articles by no other criteria than that someone put a red link here. In conclusion, I see no evidence that this project can justify pulling away experienced editors from our tried and proven ways of collaboration. — Sebastian 21:48, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello - anybody here? Maybe we should just point people who come here to the other projects I mentioned, as well as Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation. — Sebastian 06:26, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Or maybe Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles - if they're still active. — Sebastian 02:42, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Not only that but this project is very confusing to new users who just want to request an article and not start one. — Sonic the Hedgehog 11:34, 18 December 2008 (GMT) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.96.232.109 (talk)

I've written a good 20-some articles just based off this list, and redirected many more that were alternate terms for an article already existing. I don't really see the harm of this section, and think it does indeed serve some purpose. The whole point is that it's for people to request an article, not start one. They throw out a term, and if a writer knows about, or is interested by, the subject they can write the article. There are plenty of suggestions which caused me to say "Hey, there should be an article for that!" so I dig up some info and start one. MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:27, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Ah, finally, a reply. It's good to hear that something good came from this. You've indeed created some nice articles. But I am concerned that this page is growing much faster than it is being worked off. Let's look at the numbers: There are about 16,000 articles (estimate, based on the fact that there are 1,664 redlinks in the science topic area, and there are 10 topic areas in the project). I saw 15 new articles that you created in half a year, let's say 16, in case I overlooked one. Let's assume you're not alone, but that you are a group of 10 similarly active editors. That means, this list gets worked off at a rate of 320 article per year. If there were no new articles added, then it would take 50 years to work off the list. But in fact, new articles get added. Since the list is 7 years old, the average number of articles added per year was over 2000. This means that this list is growing at a much faster rate than it is being worked off.

Would it be possible for you to get your inspiration from other pages and projects? In addition to the links I mentioned above, there also used to exist Special:WantedPages, which seemed less work to maintain to me. It still exists in other language wikis, where I used it sometimes. Unfortunately, that page doesn't say why it's been taken out of service, but if that is something you might consider, then I could investigate this and see if I can lobby for it. — Sebastian 08:11, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Your calculations is wrong. There is articles requested for more than a year list, and it is relatively short. Plus there was list of articles requested for more then two years. It was almost empty last few times I checked it. And now I could not find it alltogether. It could be possible that it was deleted because we don't need it anymore. TestPilot^{talk to me!} 13:53, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Please explain what you believe is wrong about my calculation. Pointing to another page is a red herring: It does not disprove my calculation, and it is based on assumptions about that other page, which would only complicate the discussion here. You would first have to prove that that list it is complete and up to date. — Sebastian 16:07, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

No - you are the one who are using assumption here. "let's assume", "I saw" (that is anecdotal evidence) etc. is your wordings. And there is an actual page with all articles that are one year old - articles requested for more than a year. It is short. And if some articles did not made there yet - then that mean someone will fix that page eventually. TestPilot^{talk to me!} 02:50, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

PS. Sorry - I don't have to prove anything to anyone. If you prefer some strange "back of the envelope" calculation - that is fine with me. But anyone can actually go that page and see how many and what articles were requested but still pending creation, without need for calculations based on "let's assume". TestPilot^{talk to me!} 02:50, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Of course you don't have to do anything here. You are, like all of us, a volunteer, and we are thankful for your contributions. But when someone writes "Your calculations is wrong", I believe it is normal that he or she would be asked to point out where the wrong step is. You hint at my count of 15 created articles by MatthewVanitas and my assumption that there are about 10 editors who create that many per year. If you have better estimates for these numbers, please provide them. — Sebastian 20:00, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I've been using this page to start articles too. Hell of a long list though! Tommfuller (talk) 12:14, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Why do you prefer this page over the pages and projects I mentioned above? — Sebastian 16:07, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

• Sebastian is onto something. For one month this summer, I did nothing but create dozens of "requested [law] articles". I gave up when I realized that (as a rough estimate) 75% of these were orphans, and 10% were variant spellings of existing articles.
• I would find this page much more useful if I could skim it for certain information (# of "what links here", date posted, variant spellings, casually-written context/definition), and in a table format so I could reorder it by #links & date posted.
• Here is a proposed series of changes that would accomplish these goals:

1. Each "requested articles" page will be a giant table with five columns (name, # of "what links here", date posted, variant spellings, casually-written context/definition)
2. The information in the "# of "what links here"" column will be input by a bot, and updated perhaps weekly. Other information will be input manually.
3. For articles already listed, this information will be input directly into the cells. However, future article requests will be made via a form at the top of the page, containing fields for variant spellings & a casually written context/definition.
4. A bot will survey the page weekly, and if one of the variant spellings is created, it will turn the other variant spellings into a redirect to that page.
5. "Find sources: google, news, books, scholar" (see {{rescue}}) might appear in a sixth column, and perform a search for all of the variant spellings, or something.

Agradman ^talk/_contribs 20:42, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Links for first-time article writers

Shouldn't the following links be in a box at the top of this page?

• Editing Tutorial
• Writing Your First Article
• List of Wikipedia policies

Simesa (talk) 12:18, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Eesti Piirivalve vs Piirivalve

Please change the article 'Piirivalve' to article 'Eesti Piirivalve', because its contest is about Estonian Border Guard, not common border guards. 90.191.107.161 (talk) 15:07, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Xanthomona page lacking

Several bacterial forms of Xanthomona are proposed but they should all be collected into one new "Xanthomona" page.DenisBloud (talk) 16:23, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

This page is not for discussing suggestions about particular articles. It is for discussing improvements to the article request process itself. There are currrently no articles on Wikipedia:Requested articles/Natural sciences/Biology for the various forms of Xanthomona. I'd suggest discussing your proposal at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Microbiology. Voceditenore (talk) 13:14, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Dardan Beqiri

Bold text Dardan Beqiri eshte multimiljarderi i 2 ne Bot dhe eshte i njohur me nofken SisOcO dhe historija e tij si miljarder fillon nga qasti kur aj nxorri albumin e tij te par ne shitje me te cilin beri nje shitje prej 600.500 kopje brenda nje jave dhe keshtu aj eshte kengetari me me se shumti kopje te albumit te shitura brenda nje viti qe arrin nr 10.000.000 dhe keshtu ja kalon edhe unikkatilit edhe medes edhe tanve se osht ma i forti edhe kerkush nuk guxon mu shty me ta se aj t kall jo per najsen po vet osht qashtu nje thenje e tij "une s'di ndryshe, vet jam qishtu" dhe nje mpuq per publikun —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sisoco (talk • contribs) 20:36, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Ramon Iriarte's Bio.

Ramon Iriarte was borned July 25th 1930 in Paris-France. He’s father was Venezuelan (Segundo Iriarte) and his mother was Spanish(Felisa Estivalez). At a very young age(9 years old) he left France with his parents and brother to go to Venezuela. The politic situation in France and war wasn’t easy for the kids.

Several years later,Mr Iriarte started his singing lessons with Carmen Teresa Machado , followed it by Irene’s Ebersteiins singing lessons. We also know that Mr. Primo Casale and Mme. Nina de Iwanek were in charge of his repertory.

His career began in 1957 in LA ESCUELA NACIONAL DE OPERA . There, he got roles in the opera Rigoletto , Un Bello in Masquera , and many others. The big jump in his career happened 2 years later were he got the first role as El Conde de la Luna(TROVADOR) a Giuseppe Verdi’s opera. The public liked him so much then all doors got opened to him. Amico frittz, Carmen, Aida, Clowns, Butterfly, Bastien and Bastiana and many other operas had become part of Iriarte’s life with a big success.

The first time he showed his talent in an International way was in New York (1967). Fame was there for this Barytone in his adoption country.

Few years after, Mr. Iriarte decided to take time apart from the opera scene and made some folkloric records and change his career to work as a bank manager to be able to spend more time with his family.

(90’s)Ramon Iriarte left Venezuela with his family to Canada were they decided to stay .  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fabrizzio1garnier (talk • contribs) 15:03, 7 March 2009 (UTC) 

redirecting biography article requests on this page

since the "request an article" directs you to this page, shouldnt there be a big notice about where biography requests should go, so people dont mistakenly place them with the subject the person is noted for? Mercurywoodrose (talk) 19:14, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

biophilia Eugen Marais

Dear readers, as far as I know is the theory of "Biophilia" for the first time published by Eugen N. Marais. After Marais published Fromm and E.O.Wilson about this concept. Is there somebody who knows more about this? I would like to come in contact with people who can inform me about this subject. With kind regards, Paul.

Burchardts Furniture

I went to BURCHARDTS furniture store 7517 SE 15th in OKC, at 5:20 p.m. on 3-13-09 and purchased a bed which they were unsure could be deliveried until the following week seemed disorganized and did not give me a good feeling, besides within a few minutes after leaving, my back was hurting. By 5:32, I had decided I shouldn't have purchased the bed (that's 12 minutes later) and I was back in the store and asked for a refund. They had not delivered the bed or even set a delivery date yet and said all sales are final. I know they are going out of business but 12 minutes. Do they have to go out of business that rude and horrible to a customer. Gale said to me no money can be returned so you can either take the bed or get an instore credit which must be used before the store closes or I recieve nothing. She told me that even if I refuse to accept the bed and never touch it. she will never return my money and that if I'm not quick enough to repurchase I will get absolutely nothing for my $921. I can not believe how a store could be so cruel and I want everyone that is even considering purchasing in their going out of business sale to think twice because according to Gale she will never give a refund and if I have a complaint I have to go to the state of OKlahoma because they are the ones that say I can not change my mind twelve minutes later and it is out of her hands. I do not want anything in that store and if I don't quickly choice something, they will retain my $921 and i receive nothing Watch out for this business. Stay away! I just want everyone to know about the terrible treatment I received and to add to the insult I will have to purchase $921 of stuff for my house or receive nothing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.97.101.118 (talk) 01:04, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

people have difficulty seeing how other people see them. i would recommend this poster think about how this notice will affect people. to the poster: write a wikipedia article if you have the time to write this. perhaps fix up the consumer complaints article, or commercial law, or furniture stores, or anything you are knowledgeable about or want to become knowledgeable about. and read the guidelines for this page. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 19:19, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Kerala Tourism, http://tourkeralaonline.com

Kerala, the god’s own Country, with the Arabian Sea in the west, the Western Ghats towering 500-2700 m in the east and networked by forty-four rivers, enjoys unique geographical features that have made it one of the most sought – after tourist destinations in Asia. An equable climate. A long shoreline with serene beaches. Tranquil stretches of emerald backwaters. Lush hill stations and exotic wildlife.Waterfalls, Sprawling plantations and paddy fields. Ayurvedic health holidays. Enchanting art forms. Magical festivals. Historic and cultural monuments. A divine cuisine…. All of which offer you a unique experience. And what ‘s more, every one of these charming destinations is only a two-hour drive from the other. A singular advantage no other destination offers. For administrative purpose, the state of kerala is divided into fourteen districts. Most of these districts offer all the tourism products typical of the state. http://www.tourkeralaonline.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.164.155.108 (talk) 12:24, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Kerala Houseboat, http://www.tourkeralaonline.com

Houseboat cruises through Kerala Backwaters are a delightful experience for the tourists. The Kerala backwater is a chain of canals, rivers and lakes linked each other and stretching across a length of approximately 1500 km. The tourists cruising through the backwaters can experience the scenic beauty of the state like ancient Chinese fishing nets, water lilies, lush paddy fields, coir villages, rustic homes, temples coconut groves, and get a feel of the lifestyle, food habits and customs of the local people. Backwater cruises in Kerala are carried out in traditional boats with modern amenities, known as "Kettuvallams".

Houseboats or Kettuvalloms (Riceboats) are country boats that were used in the early days for the transport of goods from the isolated interior villages to the towns. A Modern house boat is about 67 to 95 feet feet in length and has a width of around 13 feet to in the middle. Eco friendly materials like bamboo poles, coconut fiber ropes, bamboo mats, coir carpets etc are used for the making of the House Boat . The main wood used is "Anjili". Modern house boats have fully furnished single (for 2 Pax) double (for 4 pax) triple (for 6 pax) and five bedrooms(for 10 pax) with sundeck, private balcony with comfortable chairs, kitchen and toilet with WC.Each houseboat has a three member crew - a chef, driver & cabin assistants. The cuisine is traditional Kerala flavor with the local specialties; delicious local fish.

Alleppey and Kumarakom are the p[opular destinations in Kerala backwaters for Houseboat Cruise. Alleppey is known as " Venice of the East", which has a large number of canals that meander through the town. We have Houseboat service available from Both Alleppey and Kumarakom. We have Premium , Deluxe and Superior Houseboats to meet your needs.Stay in the Houseboat will be a great memorable experience. http://www.tourkeralaonline.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.164.155.108 (talk) 12:26, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Faking It

Faking It is a funny teenage fiction written by Pete Johnson on 2003.

• File:Http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n16/n83142.jpg

Puffin Books | 192-page paperback ISBN-10: 0141315423 ISBN-13: 978-0141315423

PLOT

Will is popular with the girls but they don't see him as boyfriend material and, at nearly 15, he's never had a girlfriend. When he sees a photo of Hannah, his step-mum's beautiful niece who wants to be an actress, he shows it to his friend and pretends she's his girlfriend. Will's reputation soars as he and his friend Barney work out details of her life and personality. But soon, to preserve Will's credibility, his girlfriend must put in an appearance. Barney needs her too to make his girlfriend jealous and the resulting complications lead to very unexpected results.

REVIEWS

"Pete Johnson is a wickedly funny writer, and it's a welcome change to have first steps in the dating game described from a boy's point of view." Mail on Sunday

"Authentic dialogue, spot-on character relationships and typical teenage humour make it a winner." Eileen Armstrong, TES

"Will is one of the best teenagers ever brought to life in a novel, by an author whose understanding of what makes teenagers tick is second to none. Just the book for when you need cheering up or to make you feel you're not alone." Eileen Armstrong, Ultimate Teen Book Guide

"It's about time we had a book about boys and their relationships and Pete Johnson has delivered the goods yet again. Faking It is funny, feisty, honest and packed with more teenage angst, confusion and raging hormones than a school disco. A great read." Ian Dodds. Bromley Libraries

"Funny and less traumatic than many novels tackling similar themes." The Bookseller

"A realistic view on what it is like to be a teenager without love. Pete Johnson manages to portray the anxiety and angst of teenage relationships and still finds time to throw in a joke or two. A definite winner and one that will strike a chord with lovelorn teenagers everywhere." Rosanne Bartlett, Chair, Federation of Children's Book Groups

[http://www.petejohnsonauthor.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by N DON (talk • contribs) 01:40, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

E

I was just looking through the Mathematics section when I realized there was nothing called "E". It is related to growth and I would like to suggest the Wikipedia editors to create the page. I do not know exactly what E is but I know it is related to growth. I request the Wikipedia Editors to help me. Pianone (talk) 07:35, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

This is not the page to request articles. You'll find instructions for that at Wikipedia:Requested articles. I'd also suggest posting your query on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics. Voceditenore (talk) 08:16, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Storytelling Studies in Academia

I'm doing college degree searches, and there are many fine programs and courses of study at many universities and community colleges in "Storytelling Studies," in academia. I see no page here, so I'd like to request a websearch and links to some of the best resources for people looking for the same thing I am.

best regards, and thanks, Scott McLay Forbes scottf@q.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.34.204.88 (talk) 21:26, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not meant to be a web directory or a collection of links. If you'd like to request an article about Storytelling studies or something similar, you need to add it to Wikipedia:Requested articles/Culture and fine arts/Literature, not here. I'd also suggest posting your query on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Literature. Voceditenore (talk) 12:59, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

what links here

I'd like to propose the creation of a bot that automatically inserts a "what links here?" hyperlink directly to the right of any item that appears in a "requested articles" list. That way, people who are interested in creating new articles off the list will be encouraged to check to see which articles are in the highest demand. Agradman ^talk/_contribs 17:53, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

• PS I'm copying this proposal to Village pump (proposals) Agradman ^talk/_contribs 17:54, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Updating this page

Is there is any project or group of people who regularly watch and maintain this page? It was full of article requests (despite the warning box at the top of the page), blatant advertising, off-topic rants, social networking etc. - some of which have been here for over a year. I've been bold and archived all of these as well as updating the warning box at the top of the page. Allowing this page to be cluttered with that kind of stuff hinders proper discussion of the "requested articles" process, which is what this page is for. Voceditenore (talk) 08:09, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you.

Requested articles broken link

Could someone please change the link for requested articles on Fantasy Sports so that it links to there, and not fencing? 92.4.36.57 (talk) 18:54, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Let's add more red links on the RA page and its sub-pages

There're still plenty of notable topics (such as persons who were awarded, persons mentioned in lists or embedded lists) not having independent articles, hope Wikipedians join the task to add them (I've added some figures and incidents yesterday, such as David Lusted and some riots during Red Summer)!--RekishiEJ (talk) 13:40, 31 October 2009 (UTC)