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Column widths on "Nations" at the 2012 Summer Olympics
I decided to apply your request by removing forced widths in all countries competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. I changed the table format for decathlon and heptathlon in Athletics. I am tired of reverting back and editing all tables using forced widths. I hope you understand what I said. Thank you. (T.C) 16:46, 6 July 2012 (UTC)}}

Hi
Thanks for your help on my weightlifting question. I wasn't sure that was the right place to ask, and since you seem to know a lot about the Olympics, I was wondering if I could ask you another question, about wrestling (both Greco and freestyle).

What does it mean when "TO" is the result of a Olympic wrestling match? --TheShadowCrow (talk) 17:32, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The Olympic project talkpage is always a good place to start, even if nobody there knows the answer we can probably point you towards someone who does. As for 'TO', I'm not entirely sure, my guess would be timed-out (or something similar) but an example of where you've come across it would help me work it out - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 23:33, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

"TO" as it's used here for the match between Mkhitar Manukyan and Şeref Eroğlu. I have never seen that on a wrestling page before, where it's almost always supposed to have the amount of points scored. --TheShadowCrow (talk) 02:22, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The legend on that page explains it - "TO — Victory by fall". Its not an abbreviation i would have expected but possibly comes from the idea of tapping out - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 02:28, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/Amy Clay
Hi. I think I have resolved concerns on Template:Did you know nominations/Amy Clay if you can take another look. :) --LauraHale (talk) 00:01, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Thanks for all the hard work on the very long DYK nomination. :D

LauraHale (talk) 11:09, 11 July 2012 (UTC) 
 * Do I have to feed it? Thanks you for your work on the articles in the first place - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 12:11, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I have nine more Olympians left. :D  I'm trying to set a program up to see if I can't monitor in some way if the Australian media plagiarises the articles during the Olympics.  They have a history of doing that. If you're feeling adventerous and wanting to work on content, User:LauraHale/Paralympians is my list of Australian Paralympians I'm wanting to work on.  As I'm hoping to get to London with press credentials for this, I'd like to get them all to DYK.  Doing good coverage on both the Olympics and Paralympics, and then doing a great job covering it on Wikipedia on the main page DURING the Paralympics while publishing thing on Wikinews DURING the event should make it easier to get higher level media credentials again for more people in the future. --LauraHale (talk) 12:31, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Definitely a worthwhile cause, I'll try and help out where I can, though I'm likely to be busy working on British athletes; I imagine I'll end up trying to get the GB 2012 Olympic and Paralympic pages to GA status and red links on them annoy me :). The idea of press credentials for Wikipedians is something I'd wondered about in the past but I had no idea how to begin going about getting them - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 00:26, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * More Poms would be good. :D Mostly because we could get main page whining about how there are none.   I've been trying to clean out the Aussie women red links.  I've got about 7 left for the female Olympians, which should be blue by tomorrow.  (Then a weekend spent reviewing.  If you have a list of unreviewed hooks you have outstanding, let me know Friday afternoon/Saturday morning my time and I'll prioritise Olympians so I can better order the prep area.  Saturday, I'm hoping to get another 10 to 30 DYKs reviewed.)  Would love to see the Brits alongside the Aussies Paralympians because we rarely see people with disabilities on the front page.   --LauraHale (talk) 00:33, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I've got a few unreviewed, the main one that's likely to get ignored is Template:Did you know nominations/Annie Lush, Kate MacGregor, Lucy MacGregor. There are a couple of others between the 11th and 13th sections but they are all for single articles so someone should get around to reviewing them without too much problem. It may now be worth starting up a seperate holding area for Paralympic hooks - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 14:18, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Request
If you're feeling courageous, can you take a stab at reviewing Template:Did you know nominations/Hannah Vermeersch, Phoebe Stanley, Elizabeth Patrick, Sally Kehoe, Alexandra Hagan, Renee Chatterton, Tess Gerrand‎ and Template:Did you know nominations/Lucinda Whitty, Olivia Price, Nina Curtis‎. Multihook nomination means most reviewers will pass. Advantage is you'd have 10 QPQs done for use as rules allow peeling off each article as its own QPQ. ;)

Header images question
Hi, Basement12. I've raised a question on the WP:OLY talk page with regards to the presence of icons in article headers. Could you take a look and weigh in on the discussion? --Starstriker7(Talk) 20:19, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Your request for rollback
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A kitten for you!
For all the hard work you are doing in preparation for the Olympics. :)

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Template:Did you know nominations/Ben Weekes
Addressed question at Template:Did you know nominations/Ben Weekes. --LauraHale (talk) 02:49, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Nicola Wilson
Hello! Your submission of Nicola Wilson at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! LauraHale (talk) 20:54, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Also, if you could comment on my talk page AND review to let me know if okay, that would good as I miss some DYK comments as I think I have 50+ reviews out. --LauraHale (talk) 20:54, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Please comment on DYK prep area issue
Hi. As an active participant in DYK discussion, if you have a minute, can you drop by Wikipedia talk:Did you know and offer an opinion on how to address this? I'd rather get it dealt with sooner rather than later as I feel like the sheer volume will require a discussion as all people involved in building prep areas will need to be aware of whatever decision is reached. Thanks. --LauraHale (talk) 21:29, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Stay off
Stay off my talk page. Pumpkin Sky  talk  01:29, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * replied at your talk page... - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 01:40, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

And for my own and others future reference here's the original conversatio copied from your talk page before you called me a troll

"Twice now (1, 2) you've promoted Paralympic or Olympic hooks that I've reviewed to prep areas despite my suggestion that they be saved for use during the Games. Admittedly neither was specifically requested to be saved by their nominator but given the output by both User:Miyagawa and User:LauraHale of late I thought it was fair to assume. I'm not sure if you've missed my recommendations in the rush to organise prep ares or if you've just ignored them. - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 00:44, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Add to that a third one, Template:Did you know nominations/Georgina Kenaghan, that was requested to be saved by the nominator - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 00:46, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * You should put them in the holding area if that's what you want, not leave them in the general area. Pumpkin Sky  talk  01:11, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Constructive, thanks. Alternatively you could pay attention to what's written in a review. I've not moved any of the 30 ish Olympic articles I've nominated or the 30 I've reviewed (or any of the 100 or so others I've seen) to holding areas yet you're the only one that's gone ahead and moved them to prep. Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 01:27, 20 July 2012 (UTC)"

And I apparently might not speak English. Good to know


 * that's trolling, basement. you should take the hint. Br&#39;er Rabbit (talk) (and stay off mine, too;) 01:55, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Not sure what it's got to do with you Br'er, all I was asking for was acknowlegement that pumpkinsky missed my suuggestions or a brief reasoning of why they chose to ignore them. What I got instead was abuse - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 02:06, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * … meh. GoodBye. Br&#39;er Rabbit (talk) 02:32, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * One can only try but frankly bugger this for a game of soldiers - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 02:21, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Okay, so this doesn't appear to be going anywhere. Basement, I realize that you're looking for some kind of explanation, but it's fairly clear that for whatever reason you're not going to get one. Since he's asked you to stay off his talk page, would you please do so? If you have further issues, feel free to raise them with me or another third party, or post on a relevant project page (in this case, WT:DYK). Nikkimaria (talk) 02:24, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Arata Fujiwara
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Re:Dominic and Daniel King
Thanks for the heads up. Considering the number of hooks I've got saved for the Olympics already, I think that its fine to run it before the Games. Besides, Daniel King didn't qualify after all! :) Miyagawa   (talk)  11:41, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Harrassment Warning
If you continue to harrass User:PumpkinSky‎, you will be taken to ANI and blocked. Consider this your only warning. -  Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 03:10, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * It's nice to see a range of cronies heading here to put me in my place. If trying to ask a genuine question about a user's edits and getting thinly veiled threats and out right abusive comments in return counts as harassment then I think the community might need to reassess its thinking and suggesting I'd be blocked for this is laughable. I've got no intention of trying to interact with pumpkin, they don't seem capable of responding in a civil or constructive manner anyway, but by all means go to ANI - there might be someone with a bit of sense there - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 08:11, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Cronies, nice. When you asked it and he removed it, that should have been the end of it.  Per WP:BLANKING, a user is allowed to remove something from their talk page and another user is not allowed to readd it.  The only exception is vandalism, and that wasn't the case.  You continued to readd a post to his talk page in violation of WP:BLANKING to make a point.  Yes, you can be blocked for that.  You have been given a warning (above) and you have stopped the harrassment, so you won't be going to ANI...for now.  Should you continue, then you will be. -  Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 05:04, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

RE: Job attitude
Hey there You recently made observations on one my contributed articles here. I am new to wikipedia and was wondering if you can explain the observations. My article is called "Job attitude". Thank you. Khyati Gupta (talk) 05:12, 21 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guptakhy (talk • contribs) 04:53, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Great Britain men's national wheelchair basketball team
If you're writing articles about the Great Britain men's national wheelchair basketball team, there are now pictures of team members. For two of them, there are interviews (which should appear as Wikinews articles soon). Lots of Paralympic articles have no pictures so a few with pictures would be good. :) Related Chinese women, German women and Japan men are also all Paralympic bound. --LauraHale (talk) 22:01, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/Jessica Trengove‎
Hi. Can you take a look at Template:Did you know nominations/Jessica Trengove‎? My understanding is that this type of information belongs in an article and is not padding at all. --LauraHale (talk) 03:42, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I won't go wading in at the DYK nom but I think in this case the family information is valid; noting that her siblings also compete in sports to a high level is encylopaedic. There is a balance to be struck on results; important results, such as win or medal position in any significant race along with Olympic/World Championship qualification and finals, should of course be summarised in prose (possibly in addition to a list/table of lesser results). Personal bests and other minor results can end up looking a bit messy in a short article (not so bad if they're dotted amongst large chunks of text e.g Usain Bolt); on this particular article it might have been better to have them in a list, though I think convention is to have that list in the infobox not in the body of the text (again see Bolt's article) - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 09:35, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback. My problem is I'm not so good with linking text. : / I tend to be get the prose together, the sources identified and the basic information in.  Writing implementation sucks, but I'm not taking this article to GA where doing editorial connections seems like a big concern. --LauraHale (talk) 09:51, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Pierre de Coubertin vandalism
Thanks for restoring the pre-vandalised page. I was making a bit of hash of doing so, having started by manually removing the first of the offensive comments and then realising there were more (it's been a while since I've done any editing here!).

Graculus (talk) 09:21, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Edwin Ekiring
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:05, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Georgina Geikie
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Chloe Magee
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Joseph Roebuck
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK review help
If you get the chance, can you help review any of the following? They are my outstanding DYK nominations.


 * Template:Did you know nominations/Jake Lappin
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Kara Leo
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Matthew Cameron
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Simon Patmore
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Roeger
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Matthew Silcocks
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Damien Bowen
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Stephanie Schweitzer
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Kristy Pond
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Rosemary Little
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Katy Parrish
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Jodi Elkington
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Rachael Dodds
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Kelly Cartwright
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Georgia Beikoff
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Carlee Beattie
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Joann Formosa
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Grace Bowman (equestrian)
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Rob Oakley
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Matthew Bugg
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Jannik Blair
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Sarah Vinci
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Leanne Del Toso
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Sarah Vinci

Thanks. --LauraHale (talk) 10:28, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Did not advance on most Olympic events
Basement12, I have a favor. I would like to put template for "did not advance" in most events. I choose "no" template since it depicts elimination of a contestant or an athlete. Is it okay with you? Without color makes me confused. Thank you. Raymarcbadz (talk) 14:20, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Per WikiProject Olympics guidelines the boxes should not be coloured. Adding the template to grey them out makes it far too easy to confuse with rounds that don't exist for that event; we need it to be clear that the athletes were knocked-out of the competition. Simply putting a centre aligned "Did not advance" is the way to go - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 14:30, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
 * But the problem is that for me, putting "Did not advance" without the color seems too simple and plain. Any suggestions? Raymarcbadz (talk) 17:20, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Simple and plain is exactly the point and why the MOS was drawn up as it is after much discussion on the use of colours; i'm not entirely convinced that using the template for "Bye" is necessary (on a related note there is no need for that to be capitalised as "BYE"). Why is there any need to draw more attention to it? Anyone looking at the table is presumably capable of reading the text - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 17:30, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for John Garcia Thompson
Yngvadottir (talk) 16:04, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Steve Grotowski
Yngvadottir (talk) 16:04, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Nicola Wilson
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:07, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Annie Lush
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Kate MacGregor
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:04, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Lucy MacGregor
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:04, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

This may be of interest
This discussion taking place here regarding Cla68 may be of interest to you. Sport and politics (talk) 11:47, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Your bold claims about what sources show
Per this edit summary, "remove suggestion that NI is included in team name. per all International Olympic committee sources this is not the case", I'll ask you again on your own talk page, given your muteness elsewhere, where is the source from the IOC that explicitly states that the name of the team is Great Britain? If you cannot produce the source, then it's pretty clear you are engaging in improper original research, because you're argument boils down to 'look at the sign they carried in the opening ceremony' or 'look at the title on the IOC webpage', which is of course utter intellectual garbage if it contradicts things like the BOA's own explicit statement that Team GB is the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team. I've no issue with you using IOC usage as the basis of a Manual of Style for various tables/articles etc, but in the places that specifically talk about the team name, or where the use of the BOA's own terminolology is relevant, but where you've been busily rewriting facts and removing sources you apparently just don't like, this is unnacceptable. FerrerFour (talk) 19:15, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Enough. You're wrong. You've been given many sources and past discussions on the topic. I agree the team should by every right be named Great Britain and Northern Ireland but factually speaking it isn't, and that is an issue that will always, rightly, cause debate. Your edits as well intentioned as they may be are becoming disruptive and I suspect I could list any number of sources and yet you'd take no heed - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 02:42, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Liar. Not one source has been provided that states the official team name is Great Britain. The only way you could argue that's not the case, is if you didn't understand English, which may be the case infact as in those sources given, you even provided a news source that actually supported my position, not yours. I disregarded the previous discussions, as they mostly contain further nonsense of that sort. You can't list any sources, just examples of usage and a whole lot of original research, that's why you don't. And yet here you are, shamelessly arguing that I'm the disruptive one. You're abusing Wikipedia to misinform the world, specifically going against the expressly stated position of the BOA, based on nothing but your own ignorance/arrogance/incompetence. FerrerFour (talk) 12:50, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Lisa Carrington
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Teneale Hatton
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Temi Fagbenle
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Jonathan Hammond (sport shooter)
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Philip Hindes
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for James Huckle
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Afia Charles
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Caitriona Jennings
Orlady (talk) 00:03, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Eilish McColgan
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brett Morse
Orlady (talk) 16:03, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Lucy Hall
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Stuart Hayes
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Most Medals by Olympiad
I just spent hours looking for this information, knowing I had seen it on August 1. I understand that the Olympic committee wants to avoid declaring a "winner", but Wikipedia is a place for information. The list of most medals by Olympiad is essential information. Wikipedia lists the medal counts on each individual olympics page; putting the information in one place is nice and convenient. Please please please consider undoing your edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Masterchef604 (talk • contribs) 01:11, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I understand that some people may want to see that info but, as for similar requests for e.g. totals of medals won by the EU or a medal table using weighted rankings for medal colours, there is no basis in reliable sources (in particular those from the IOC) for producing such. We have to draw the line somewhere; if this goes in then why not also include the country with the most top ten places? Top twenty? - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 01:20, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Summer Olympic Games contains All-time medal table. Why not do the same for the Winter Olympic Games?68.100.216.166 (talk) 01:24, 6 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I guess I see your point, but I still think that total medals and total golds is a clear place to draw the line. Medal weightings are totally not uniform and shouldn't be posted, but most medals and most golds is just fact and is a pretty standard barometer (not a slippery slope).  I guess that hailing from one of the countries that appears on most golds and most medals lists makes me biased, but I don't know.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Masterchef604 (talk • contribs) 01:32, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Abdul Buhari
Orlady (talk) 08:03, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Vicky Holland
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Gymnastics template
Please comment on latest concerns at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Olympics.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:15, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Teddy Riner
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Jade Jones (taekwondo)
Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 08:02, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Andrea St. Bernard
Orlady (talk) 00:02, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Emily Diamond
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, but no thanks.
Yeah, after I had finished updating the medals, I get to the bottom of the table and read the nifty note. Then, when I go back to undo my revisions, you had already done that for me. How wonderful of you. Maybe if the explanation would be at the top of the article instead of at the bottom, you wouldn't have so many people updating the damn thing. Geez. Can't even let me fix my own mistakes. Ugh! Vulture! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbenzdabest (talk • contribs) 11:39, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * The note is linked to from every one of the new medal winning nations and it's also made clear at the top of the table, both as a visible note on the article saying that the table is up to and including the 2010 Winter Games and a hidden one in the edit panel - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 11:47, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Coolboy Ngamole
Orlady (talk) 08:04, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

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2020 Olympics
Can something be done about IngagedRedBird constantly changing the 2020 Summer Olympics article? This user apparently believes the Games have already been awarded to Madrid. (Plus the giant Madrid flag is annoying.)  → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 23:14, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Any further similar edits by IngagedRedBird should be treated as vandalism and appropriate warnings applied which could quite quickly lead to a block. We're way past AGF and if I'd seen some of the earlier edits I would have given warnings much sooner - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 00:07, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Controversy section: 2012 Olympics
I am seeking advice on possible solution to avoid an edit war, since you have been active in the editing of the page and also advised me on my talk page. As you know the page protection has just been lifted and again a section (Women's cycle team sprint) was removed. I've posted my comments in the talk section with the intention of editing the piece (with new sources to support why it's a controversy). I would like to undo the removal so I can edit it but don't want to start another edit war. Suggestions? Thanks in advance!(Showmebeef (talk) 15:09, 16 August 2012 (UTC))

Getting Wikimedians to the Olympic Games
Hi. I am part of an effort to get Wikimedians access to the 2016 Summer Olympics as accredited reporters and photographers. Part of this effort includes covering the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Two Wikimedians have credentials to attend these games as reporters through Wikimedia Australia. As English Wikipedia does not allow original reporting, this is largely through Wikinews with a project page found at Wikinews:Paralympic Games. If you are interested in helping to get Wikimedians to the next Summer Olympics,I'd encourage you to assist with Wikinews efforts, and also to work on all language 2012 Summer Paralympic Wikipedia articles before, during and after the Games to demonstrate a track record of success. Thank you. --LauraHale (talk) 05:02, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your help on South Africa at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. If you have the time could you construct more of the events tables. I'm busy searching for sources to fill in some detail. Roger (talk) 11:45, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll do what I can, most of my time will probably be spent on GB's article and there's still a lot of Olympic stuff I'm trying to clean-up - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 12:13, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Perhaps I can just look around for the apropriate events tables in other " at the Paralympics" articles, copy them and just change the names and other details as needed. Roger (talk) 12:24, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
 * That's usually a good way of doing it, I often resort to doing so. United States at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics are both listed as GAs and are quite thorough so they're good ones to follow - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 12:28, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up on the pictograms on the Brazil 2004 page. Went back through and corrected all the other ones I put in there in EVERY country before Brazil. Will do my best to follow the guidelines that you linked to, which I was not aware existed. JDBear (talk) 03:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * The removal of pictograms is only a recent development, they used to be encouraged in the guidelines so they still linger in a lot of articles. Thanks for your efforts - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 09:35, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 09:35, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!
For your work on Paralympics articles in general and Olympic DYKs.

LauraHale (talk) 09:37, 21 August 2012 (UTC) 

DYK for Rachel Morris (cyclist)
Yngvadottir (talk) 16:03, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
Template:Did you know nominations/Matt Byrne, Gaz Choudhry, Peter Finbox, Abdi Jama, Jon Hall (basketball), Dan Highcock, Ade Orogbemi, Jon Pollock, Ian Sagar, Matt Sealy. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 14:26, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

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List of 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the UK
List of 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the UK - Done. Thanks. Chienlit (talk) 14:32, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, I just went to review a DYK nom and create a drab 'place-holder' hook when I realised that you had already done it properly. Many thanks. Chienlit (talk) 16:35, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * p.s. I have added the dyk template to the article talk page. It makes it much easier to monitor progress.
 * No problem, I was intending to leave you a note but had to leave my computer for a while - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 16:49, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Martin Sinclair
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Derek Derenalagi
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Will Bayley
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 28 August 2012 (UTC)