Ok folks, besides trying to figure out the fairest way to conduct the first annual Node of the Year Awards it’s been quite a busy month for yours truly. So, it’s time for what I hope will be an ongoing thing here and that’s to keep you all informed of what I’ve done this month with regards to keeping the site up to date and in some instances, easier on the eyeballs .
Let’s start with some w/u’s that were in need of mending in the form of formatting and fixing some grammar/typo issues or as I like to call it:
Clean up in aisle five
F-Zero X (thing) by Servo5678 - Fixed formatting
Jackson Square (place) by piq -Fixed formatting
Blood, Sweat, and Tears (thing) by
pingouin - Fixed formatting
DJ Tiësto - Firmlinked
Tijs Verwest - Firmlinked
Night of the Living Dead (thing) by Ahab - Changed some wording to make it more coherent
Automatkarbin 5 (thing) by Pelle - Fixed formatting
Steve Bell (person) by sunhill - Fixed formatting
Old and in the Way (thing) by NothingLasts4ever - Mended a few typos
M*A*S*H - Firmlinked
M.A.S.H. - Firmlinked
Creed of a US Marine - Firmlinked
All Saints Day - Firmlinked
I Before E Except After C - Firmlinked
Insomnia (idea) by Flechette - Fixed formatting to make this easier on the eyes to read and fixed some grammar
dream-catcher - Moved w/u to dream catcher and firmlinked
Led Zeppelin (thing) by Orange Julius - Removed references to a w/u that no longer exists within the node
Go on! It's got raisins in it! (place) by heyoka - Removed reference to website that no longer exists
This next section is one in which I added the date of death of people for which we have w/us and where I expanded on a certain topic to make it more up to date. I like to call it:
Lost and Found
Joe Cocker (person) by RubenAzarja - Added date of death
Clifford the Big Red Dog (person) by LadySun - Added date of death of the author
Joe Cocker (person) by RubenAzarja - Updated discography from 2002 on to bring current
Robert Altman (person) by nexxus - Added date of death and replaced the partial filmography with entire body of work
Uwe Boll (person) by shannonhubbell - Updated filmography from 2005 to present
Golden Raspberry Awards (thing) by borgo - Updated to bring current
Mark Strand (person) by ceylonbreakfast - Added date of death
Mad Frankie Fraser (person) by Teiresias - Added date of death
P.D. James (person) by Jaz - Added date of death
And finally, these are the w/u’s that met their demise and the reason that I thought they weren’t up to par. I call it:
The Killing Fields
Gentleman Soldier (thing) by Layora - I'm removing this in accordance with E2's policy regarding unexplicated song lyrics
William F. Buckley, Jr. (person) by zTox - Superceded
Night of the Living Dead (thing) by Triune- Superceded
Galaxy Corps (thing) by SabreCat - The website you reference no longer exists, removing this to your drafts
Witness Protection Program (thing) by Sylvar - Superceded
crack cocaine (thing) by mullakamakalaka - I'm going to remove this as it sounds too much like an advertisement/endorsement and you seem to be urging people to try it. If you feel like re-posting it, I'd turn down the rhetoric at the end of the w/u where you question people's willpower
That’s all for this month. Here’s wishing you all a safe and Happy Holiday season as well as a prosperous New Year!
borgo