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Thx for your kindness, Graham. The swelling has mostly done down and I can hobble around. Now I know what it feels like to be 100 years old! Tony (talk) 07:58, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please point out the rest of the issues you have with the article so I can fix them? I've already been through this run-around with FAC once, two copyedits, a peer review after waiting through a backlog up to high heaven, and a second FAC that seems to have crept along for over a month now with only one person opposing. In all honesty I'm really worn out from jumping through hoops for this article, so please just point out where the errors are so they can be fixed and I can hopefully turn your oppose into a support. :\--Kung Fu Man (talk) 20:46, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have made some edits (suggestions) on how to improve the prose. The article is still not up to FA standard IMHO; it is not the quantity of copy-edits that counts; it is the quality. I know my opposition has ruined your day, and I am sorry, but I have to give honest reviews. The FAC delegates know my strengths and weaknesses and they will no doubt take these into account when deciding on promoting or archiving this FAC. But, as it stands, I think the article is not ready for the FA star. Graham Colm ^Talk 23:02, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Would it be possible for you to take a look at Clements Markham, and if possible comment on the peer review? The article needs another pair of eyes, since only I have done any real work on it, and although it reads OK to me, other views might be quite different. By the way, it's not all polar stuff. Brianboulton (talk) 12:29, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes of course Brian, I will read the article and comment at PR this weekend. Graham Colm ^Talk 17:30, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm very glad to see you, as one of our top virologists, working on this article - it is getting over one million page views per day and was in a terrible state until quite recently. Tim Vickers (talk) 21:14, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tim, I thought it might be getting a lot of hits, but a million! In real life I have been getting about 100 swine flu-related telephone calls every day. It's my birthday today and I am enjoying some beer, but I will give the article a lot of my attention over the weekend. Clearly, it is very important for Wikipedia's respected reputation to get this one right. Best wishes, Graham. Graham Colm ^Talk 21:25, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy birthday! I'll lift a beer in your honor tonight! I've put a lot of work into influenza and swine flu over the past few days myself - although I'm always mindful that this isn't really my field so have no hesitation in correcting the text. Tim Vickers (talk) 21:31, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tim, you are a typically modest, gifted Scot. I have influenza on my watchlist and I saw your admirable work in keeping this FA up-to-date. Graham Colm ^Talk 21:47, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My son and I both have had some creeping respiratory crud for a week now, but frankly I'm far more concerned about asthma than swine flu. I may be the only person alive who's been to their doctor twice in the past week without so much as mentioning old H1N1 :) Hope you have a great birthday! Ping me if you think there's anything I can do to help with the article. Maralia (talk) 22:04, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday, Graham !!! Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:57, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday Graham. Enjoy a Newcastle for me. --Laser brain (talk) 02:42, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I added some sources, for the industrialization and economic cost of swine flu for pork industry, as well as for the fact that the first isolation occurred in 1930. I also added the template {copyedit} : yes, I'm foreigner, but the article already contain several section wrote by myself, corrected by native English speakers. For a native speaker, that a piece of cake to correct this. Other issues are common sense : swine influenza is older than 1930, interspecies may have occurred before 1930, pork dying in ancient times were an important income lost for farmers, which, from what I know, tamed swine at least 2200 years ago (one of my reading on Han dynasty life). Nothing amazing in this, but it stay good to remember this to readers. Yug (talk) 14:25, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]