User:Matty.007/Archive 10:February 2014-March 2014



DYK nomination of Emma Lonsdale
Hello! Your submission of Emma Lonsdale at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk 15:07, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal

 * Thank you very much, being given the award by you is a double honour! Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  08:12, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Lund's Tower
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Emma Lonsdale
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Stuart Benson
Hello! Your submission of Stuart Benson at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!  Ohc  ¡digame! 10:48, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Precious
  clear and concise

Thank you, Matty, for quality articles and contributions to Rose, folly Lund's Tower, on-time sports people such as John Baines, for taking care of requested articles and the process, for diligent reviews, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:13, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much Gerda, this is a great honour! Thank you again, Mat  ty  .  007  16:31, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you, also for the Brownie, sweets help a bit in sorrow, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:02, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid that I can't take any credit for Lund's Tower, that was, historic building's aren't so much my thing! Thanks again, Mat  ty  .  007  18:24, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Alexander Roslin
I trimmed and tweaked that final section some. The references still need work--the last four are incomplete, inconsistent. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 02:52, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I got a little distracted yesterday. I may get a chance today, but if I don't I definitely fix it over the weekend. Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  08:44, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Winter Olympics DYK
Hey Matt! I see you're quite active in nominating Winter Olympics-related DYKs. I myself am trying to get the Bolshoy Ice Dome article to be featured on Sunday (in time for the men's ice hockey final) and have notified the DYK talkpage. If, however, my nom goes unreviewed by the end of today, could I trouble you to have a look at it? Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 08:35, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll have a look, it's not as short notice as some of mine have been... That DYK will get you a lot of Cup points! Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  08:54, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks a million Matt! I owe you a big favour in return.  As a sidenote, the Cup bonus won't be that big, given that most of the interwiki articles were created after January 1. —Bloom6132 (talk) 09:15, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
 * No problem, I've had a few last minute noms... I didn't realise the links had to be there before January 1. You still get 10 points for a large article though don't you? Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  09:46, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the rule was made because one could game the rules throughout the tournament by simply creating foreign-language stubs in other wikis to inflate the multiplier. I know at least one user this year who was called out even though he made stubs himself before 31 December 2013 – the judges ruled that since those articles on the other wikis were still stubs, it appeared that he was trying to artificially inflate the importance of those articles.  As for the Ice Dome article, it's under 5,120 characters, so no 5 "extra base points".  However, the pre-2008 status gives me 5 bonus points, so coupled with the 1.4× multiplier (2 pts), it'll give me 12 points in total.  If all 24 existing interwikis were included, it would've given me a 1.8× (4 pts) bonus and only one interwiki off from 2×.  Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 13:31, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for explaining that. Best, Mat  ty  .  007  20:16, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 19 February 2014

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DYK nom
Hello Matty, left you some comments on the DYK template about DYK nominations Alexander Roslin. Hafspajen (talk) 19:30, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Stuart Benson
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:03, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Bruce Tasker
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Vivienne Cassie Cooper
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Ben Simons
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Kieran Evans
Be my guest. FruitMonkey (talk) 13:32, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Nominated Template:Did you know nominations/Kieran Evans. Which ref is supporting paragraph four? Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  14:16, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I've added more cites. FruitMonkey (talk) 15:06, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. Mat  ty  .  007  15:07, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Malcolm Orme Little
Hello! Your submission of Malcolm Orme Little at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! EagerToddler39 (talk) 14:56, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Lihou
Hello. Just to let you know that Lihou is now a good article.  Green Giant  supports  NonFreeWiki  ( talk )  19:17, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I have watched all the pages, well done! I am just looking for a good relevant barnstar. Thanks again, Mat  ty  .  007  19:18, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Jean Moreaux
The Jean René Moreaux article is not ready yet. It needs 2 more paragraphs and another picture. Thanks for your interest. Djmaschek (talk) 04:59, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
 * OK. Would you mind me nominating it when you give me a heads up please ? Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  19:57, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
 * It's ready. I've submitted it for a B-class review. You may nominate it if you want. Thanks. Djmaschek (talk) 05:05, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, nominated here. Which reference supports the statement "Moreaux was elected commander of the Rocroi National Guard"? Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  17:04, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 * In the DYK nomination it came out Rocrai not Rocroi. Could you edit please? Thanks. Djmaschek (talk) 04:51, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Fixed, thanks for bringing it up. Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  18:44, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Alexander Roslin
The DYK project (nominate) 11:07, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Kieran Evans
Orlady (talk) 02:37, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Forglen House
Thanks for your article from the DYK project Victuallers (talk) 10:22, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Malcolm Orme Little
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:47, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Villanelle
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:48, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 February 2014

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WikiCup 2014 February newsletter
And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:


 * , a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
 * , a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
 * , another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:


 * , who helped take Thirty Flights of Loving through good article candidates and featured article candidates, claiming the first first featured article of the competition.
 * , who claimed the first featured list of the competition with Natalia Kills discography.
 * , who takes the title of the contributor awarded the highest bonus point multiplier (resulting in the highest scoring article) of the competition so far. Her high-importance salamander, now a good article, scored 108 points.

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Cressy (1899)
Matty.007, I have just posted a note to this nomination template. Basically, you nominated this as a Good Article DYK before it had been passed as a GA—you're only supposed to nominate within five days after listing, yet the GAN was still ongoing on February 26. Worse, Cas Liber passed it on February 28, before it became a Good Article. (It passed about 10 hours later.) I'm hoping both of you can explain what went wrong on the nomination template. Since the article has only just become eligible, I'm not worried about delaying the promotion by a day or two while we figure this out.

I'd like to ask you to be more careful when you nominate articles by others for DYK. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:02, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Toy Story 3
The DYK project (nominate) 15:17, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Edwin St Hill
The DYK project (nominate) 15:18, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sibyl Hathaway
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sibyl Hathaway you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Rosiestep -- 20:30, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that was quick! Best, Mat  ty  .  007  20:31, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Enid Blyton
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 07:47, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Philip Seymour Hoffman
You can withdraw nomination by closing it; the actor's death was already part of headlines in Main Page. --George Ho (talk) 23:00, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for HMS Implacable (R86)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hey! Thank you for the nomination, I was planning it to nominate to DYK since it was nominated before. And by the way, the hook looks great. Thanks again! FairyTailRocks (talk) 09:23, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for the heads up. Best, Mat  ty  .  007  16:56, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Hurricane Nate (2011)
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for HMS Cressy (1899)
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Jean René Moreaux
Hello! Your submission of Jean René Moreaux at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Iselilja (talk) 22:44, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Football in the Philippines
I'd like to thank you for supporting the DYK project. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 00:03, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sibyl Hathaway
The article Sibyl Hathaway you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sibyl Hathaway for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Rosiestep -- 03:41, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Nakamura Satoru
Matty.007, what's the status on getting the issues fixed for this nomination. Do you have a Plan B if the article's creator doesn't provide the necessary sourcing for DYK? Might you be able to find it yourself? BlueMoonset (talk) 15:50, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Replied there. Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  18:28, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for HMS Vindictive (1918)
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Bells of Saint John
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Bells of Saint John you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- 16:41, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Request copyedit
Hey Matt! Can I request for you to copyedit some sentences in Global F.C.? I'm planning for it to achieve GA status. Any copyedit would be great! Thanks! FairyTailRocks (talk) 09:08, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * OK, I'll have a look at it within a few days. Do you mind if I help with the GAN when you do it? Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  11:11, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Do you mean a reviewer for the article? Well sure! I will leave you a message if I am ready to submit for GA promotion. And one more thing, can you watchlist Global F.C.? There is an IP editor who removed some sections/parts from it earlier, and I don't want to vandalize it again because this week I am very busy with my exams. Thanks again! FairyTailRocks (talk) 12:46, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I was meaning help with issues that came up, helping fix things. I have finished the copy edit, and left a couple of tags on the article where I wasn't sure what it meant. Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  12:50, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I misunderstood. Anyways, thank you for the c/e, and sure I will contact you if there are problems with the article. I will try my best to fix some tags you left and hopefully promote it to GA. Cheers! FairyTailRocks (talk) 13:00, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Jade Etherington
Hi, matty. I'll back off Jade's article for a while to stop overlap. Cheers FruitMonkey (talk) 11:28, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * No, I was just stopping (unless you have something else to do), in order to take it to DYK. Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  11:29, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh, go on then; I'll do a bit more :) Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  11:36, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * OK, I am done with it for now. Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  11:40, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * If you want to nominate it for DYK be my guest; and all three of the boy skiers have been added in the last few days. We could make it a multiple DYK. FruitMonkey (talk) 11:49, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I didn't realise that; please can you give their names? Nom is Template:Did you know nominations/Jade Etherington. Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  11:51, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Mick Brennan (alpine skier), Ben Sneesby and James Whitley (alpine skier), though Whitley may need some more work to bring it up to DYK status. FruitMonkey (talk) 12:18, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Did you have any combined hooks in mind? Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  12:23, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

I couldn't think of a good combined hook, but you are welcome to suggest one. Noms are at: Template:Did you know nominations/Mick Brennan (alpine skier), Template:Did you know nominations/Ben Sneesby, and Template:Did you know nominations/James Whitley (alpine skier). Please can you source "Whitley was born without both hands and despite multiple operations, fingers constructed for both his limbs have failed to gain enough nerve or muscle function" in James Whitley? Thanks, Mat  ty. 007 18:02, 8 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the Barnstar Matty, I'll polish it up and put in pride of place in my gallery. I have also started an article for the final British Winter Para-athlete, Anna Turney, but it's starting to get late and wine is beckoning, I tend to stop editing for my own sake when that happens. FruitMonkey (talk) 20:07, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I was just shutting up shop yesterday evening. DYK nom is at Template:Did you know nominations/Anna Turney. Thanks, Mat  ty  .  007  12:05, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Matty, you asked me a few days ago if there was an infosport link for all the athletes, and I missed the message. The answer is yes, there is. Here are all the British athletes, but all competitors for all nations have an article here. It's a great resource lifted from the official Olympics database, which is not useable as it does not display a web address for the athletes, as its based on a drop down. Hope it helps. FruitMonkey (talk) 19:21, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

BLP age question
Thanks for taking that question forward, as I had been slapped down for including a minor's age when I was setting up articles for British Para-athletes last summer, some of them between the ages of 14 and 16. I don't think it changes the article too much, but I tend to err on the side of caution. It's good to get a clearer answer. Cheers FruitMonkey (talk) 19:43, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Trish Halpin
Materialscientist (talk) 01:00, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Bells of Saint John
The article The Bells of Saint John you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:The Bells of Saint John for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- 11:31, 9 March 2014 (UTC)