User talk:Cwmhiraeth/Archive 7

Bivalvia
Hi, I was wondering if you wanted me to do a so fix it copyedit on Bivalvia, or if you wanted me to post the suggestions I had on the GAN review page. Either way's fine with me. :) Keilana | Parlez ici 21:34, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you. A so fix it copyedit would be very helpful. You will probably have gathered that I am much less experienced in the matter of GA and FA than is Casliber and am learning as I go. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 04:54, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Oops, so sorry I didn't see your message. I should check my watchlist more thoroughly! I'll probably get to the copyedit tonight, is that ok? Keilana | Parlez ici 20:07, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 April newsletter
Round 2 of this year's WikiCup is over, and so we are down to our final 32, in what could be called our quarter-finals. The two highest scorers from each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers overall, have entered round 3, while 30 participants have been eliminated. Pool B's remains our top scorer with over 700 points; he continues to gain high numbers of points for his good articles on The X-Files, but also Millennium and other subjects. He has also gained points for a good topic, a featured list, multiple good article reviews and several did you knows. Pool E's was second, thanks primarily to his biology articles, with Pool H's  coming in third, with an impressive 46 did you knows, mostly on the subject of baseball. Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both scored over 600 points. Pools E and H proved our most successful, with each seeing 5 members qualify for round 3, while Pools C and D were the least, with each seeing only 3 reach round 3. However, it was Pool G which saw the lowest scoring, with a little under 400 points combined; Pool H, the highest scoring group, saw over triple that score.

65 points was the lowest qualifying score for round 3; significantly higher than the 11 required to enter round 2, and also higher than the 41 required to reach round 3 last year. However, in 2010, 100 points were needed to secure a place in round 3. 16 will progress to round 4. In round 3, 150 points was the 16th highest score, though, statistically, people tend to up their game a little in later rounds. Last year, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 points were needed. Guessing how many points will be required is not easy. We still have not seen any featured portals or topics this year, but, on the subject of less common content types, a small correction needs to be made to the previous newsletter: File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg, our first featured picture, was the work of both and, the latter of whom has also gone on to score with File:Map of the Battle of Guam, 1944.svg. Bonus points also continue to roll in; this round, earned triple points for her good articles on William the Conqueror and the Middle Ages, Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both earned triple points for their work on Western Jackdaw, now a good article,  earned triple points for her work on lettuce and work by  to ready antimony for good article status earned him triple points. managed to expand Vitus Bering far enough for a did you know, which was also worth triple points. All of these highly important topics featured on 50 or more Wikipedias at the start of the year.

An article on the WikiCup in the Wikimedia Blog, "Improving Wikipedia with friendly competition", was posted at the end of April. This may be of interest to those who are signed up to this newsletter, as well as serving as another way to draw attention to our project. Also, we would again like to thank and, for continued help behind the scenes. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk &bull; email) and The ed17 (talk &bull; email) 23:08, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Villosa arkansasensis
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 08:05, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Limaria fragilis
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:03, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Neocyema
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:06, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Anyperodon
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:03, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Halichoeres biocellatus
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:04, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Saxifraga aspera
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:06, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Saxifraga bryoides
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:06, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

GAN References
Well, it absolutely has to have inline citations. As long as they're all formatted the same general way and point to reliable sources, that's usually pretty ok. Keilana | Parlez ici 15:15, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Common toad
Hi Cwmhiraeth! I had another look at the article. Really, most of my comments were of not much use (I don't review well :(, you know), good that you used Sasata's! I think the article is much better now. I believe it will be a GA! Best of luck! -- Sainsf &lt;^&gt;  (  talk  )  06:41, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:03, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bathymodiolus thermophilus
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 08:04, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Have a look here
Hi again, Cwmhiraeth. I just wished to know if you had time to take a look at Common eland, it is an article I have currently nominated for GA. I see you are in the GOCE, perhaps you can help me with this by reviewing it if you can.-- Sainsf  Talk all words |undefined 09:04, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I am quite busy at the moment because, apart from the Common toad, I have another large article, Bivalvia, under review and am having to make a lot of changes to it. If nobody has taken on the review of Common eland by the time I have finished working on Bivalvia, I will offer to do the review. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:29, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bear Seamount
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:04, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Bivalvia
Yay! I'll take a look at that later today when I have a bit of free time. I definitely think it's comprehensive enough for GA, but I also think FA is definitely an attainable goal. Sorry for being such a hardass reviewer. :P Keilana | Parlez ici 12:32, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK
Could you take a look at Template:Did you know nominations/Compton-Belkovich Thorium Anomaly? Thanks! --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 10:56, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Done :) Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:34, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Coryphaenoides rupestris
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Precious

 * Thank you. I enjoy finding out about them too! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:31, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Macrourus berglax
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:05, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Holothuria spinifera
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:03, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Entovalva nhatrangensis
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:03, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Kurdistan Wheatear
Good to go, but see my suggestion for a better hook. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 18:25, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Ocotea Lauraceae
Hello, how are you? I have edited in Ocotea I saw that you like biodiversity articles. Can you help me to edit again Ocotea? Palecloudedwhite wipe out the article over and over again. In any case I thank you it very much. Curritocurrito (talk) 11:10, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I had a look at the article and I see what you are referring to. However I do not know which of you is in the right and I don't want to get involved in an edit war. Why don't you leave that article for the time being? There are plenty of other articles longing to be improved! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:34, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Anadara subcrenata
Carabinieri (talk) 08:03, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Kurdistan Wheatear
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Evasterias troscheli
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

More Bivalves
Thanks for your note! I'd love to take another look; give me a day or two and I'll get to it. Andromeda's going surprisingly well, I didn't expect my first solo FAC to be so drama free! Knock on wood. Keilana | Parlez ici 15:28, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, I just read Bivalvia and loved the extra stuff you put in there. I was especially fascinated by the bit on sea silk! Nice job. I'd love to do another thorough review if you think that'd help; either way, please do drop me a line when the FAC starts. It's good to see someone writing on more high-traffic, important articles. :) Keilana | Parlez ici 19:50, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, good luck! Let me know if there's anything I can do. Keilana | Parlez ici 12:42, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Asterias forbesi
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Orchitophrya stellarum
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Chlamys hastata
Yngvadottir (talk) 16:03, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Venerupis corrugata
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:05, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Review of Chlamys hastata
I've started this review at Talk:Chlamys hastata/GA1. It may take me a couple of days to complete all the sections, but please feel free to respond underneath the table to the comments I've made so far. Peter coxhead (talk) 15:46, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Core Contest
Congrats! Guettarda (talk) 05:08, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Resizing photos
Hi Cwmhiraeth: Can you please stop resizing photos in the pelican article (and anywhere else you're doing so)? If, like me, people have their preferred picture size set in their personal preferences, your edits are overriding those preferences. According to WP:Picture, sizes aren't to be specified except in very specific (and fairly unusual) circumstances. It says, in part "In general, do not define the size of an image unless there is a good reason to do so: some users have small screens or need to configure their systems to display large text; "forced" large thumbnails can leave little width for text, making reading difficult. In addition, forcing a "larger" image size at say 260px will actually make it smaller for those with a larger size set as preference." Thanks, MeegsC | Talk 12:37, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Resizing the ones in the table to make them fit is fine. Resizing the others in the article, whether you consider them "messy" or not, isn't recommended.  The FA process generally frowns upon forced picture sizes. MeegsC | Talk 13:30, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * By the way, if you set the thumbnail size in your user preferences, you'll find that all the pictures in an article will be the same size — unless somebody's forced sizes, of course! :)   The exception to that is if any of the pictures are flagged as "upright"; then they'll be narrower than the others.  MeegsC | Talk 13:33, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 May newsletter
We're halfway through round 3 (or the quarter finals, if you prefer) and things are running smoothly. We're seeing very high scoring; as of the time of writing, the top 16 all have over 90 points. This has already proved to be more competative than this time last year- in 2011, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 was the lowest qualifying score. People have also upped their game slightly from last round, which is to be expected as we approach the end of the competition. Leading Pool A is, whose points have mostly come from a large number of did you knows on marine biology. Pool B's leader,, is for the first time not our highest scorer at the time of newsletter publication, but his good articles on The X-Files and Millenium keep him in second place overall. leads Pool C, our quietest pool, with content in a variety of areas on a variety of topics. Pool D is led by, our current overall leader. Nearly half of Casliber's points come from his triple-scored Western Jackdaw, which is now a featured article.

This round has seen an unusually high number of featured lists, with nearly one in five remaining participants claiming one, and one user,, claiming two. Miyagawa's featured list, 1936 Summer Olympics medal table, was even awarded double points. By comparison, good article reviews seem to be playing a smaller part, and featured topics portals remain two content-types still unutilised in this competition. Other than that, there isn't much to say! Things are coming along smoothly. As ever, 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. 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) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:28, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Botany GA
WOW. YEA! Thanks for the help and excellent review! 512bits (talk) 14:14, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Present for you on my user page. 512bits (talk) 14:15, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Chlamys rubida
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:04, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Hisar (city)
Hello! I saw this article about my city. It was full of wrong information, violating copyright laws by directly copying data from websites and providing information that was not useful. So, I have written it from scratch providing as much relevant information as I can along with citations. Now, the article is complete according to me and I have nominated it for good article and I want you to review it. Please let me know if there is anything missing or anything relevant or anything not following Wikipedia standards so that I can correct it. And if everything is correct, then please review it and approve its nomination. Thanks. Vishal14K Vishal14K 18:43, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I am currently doing a GA review for Ghana. Your article will have to wait its turn. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:14, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Saccostrea cucullata
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK QPQ
Your DYK comment about QPQ was interesting and prompted me to reread the eligibility requirements again which I have not done since I last nominated a self-written article in 2010. The page history tells me the QPQ requirement was added in February 2011 and I was not aware of this change otherwise I would certainly have contributed during the nom process and will certainly look at doing so. Thanks for letting me know. ww2censor (talk) 02:14, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I could see from the link you provided that you had several previous DYKs but that none of them was recent so I thought that you might have misunderstood the present requirements. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:17, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Indeed that is actually true but I have stated reviews of Template:Did you know nominations/Summer Love (Justin Timberlake song) and Template:Did you know nominations/Aurochs' head issue. Thanks for the reminder. ww2censor (talk) 15:09, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

GA review of DVT
Thanks for taking it on. FYI I will be traveling until the 19th so my ability to offer replies or fixes will be constrained. Thanks for the initial compliment. Biosthmors (talk) 21:46, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Kilbirnie Castle DYK
Diolch yn fawr i chi. Rosser Gruffydd 19:42, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Mae'n blesir. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:48, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Spotted Sandgrouse
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:04, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Namaqua Sandgrouse DYK issues
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Common toad
Hi, me Sainsf! Just to notify you that I am taking a final review of the Common toad. The work will be finished soon. It is almost ready, cheers!-- Sainsf &lt;^&gt; Talk all words 06:16, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Namaqua Sandgrouse
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Dicathais
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DYK for Morula marginalba
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DYK for Apostichopus japonicus
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Peer review
Hi, I don't know if you saw my reply on my talk page, but did you mean that I should review the toad article while you review the Dodo article? Sounds good to me, if that's what you meant. FunkMonk (talk) 13:28, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Double-banded Sandgrouse
Yngvadottir (talk) 00:04, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

GA review
Thanks for your patience. I'll be back at it tomorrow, and I think I've addressed most of the concerns you raised by making edits to DVT. Biosthmors (talk) 03:30, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Just in case, I mentioned at the review that I think I've addressed all concerns that have been raised. Thanks again for your efforts so far. Biosthmors (talk) 02:54, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Re:Giant moss
Thank you, I appreciate your thoughts! I intend to revisit both of them. I don't think there's enough material out there/accessible to me for a GA on the moss, but with a little smoothing out, I'm wondering whether the fungus is worth sending to FAC. J Milburn (talk) 09:53, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

FA question
I hope you don't mind Cwmhiraeth that took a few days to think about this. I agree that this is a tough demand, very hard or seemingly impossible to satisfy. However I suppose it is in fact reasonable for FA status, which is the highest possible level of excellence here on Wikipedia. Can you perhaps contact the original editors and ask them for the extra info you need about those refs? Invertzoo (talk) 12:45, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Fantastic! Congratulations on being one of the most hard-working, able and resourceful Wikipedians! Well done on the prize for the Core Contest in particular. And that is great that you spent your prize money on new sources! You are thoroughly admirable and I feel like a lazy lump in comparison! :) Invertzoo (talk) 13:20, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Chiropsalmus quadrumanus
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DYK for Luidia senegalensis
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DYK for Eleutherodactylus planirostris
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DYK for Scaphiophryne marmorata
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Thank you
Thanks for your review of my Indian Bean Tree article. Anne (talk) 00:22, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Stypopodium zonale
Thank you from the DYK team. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 June newsletter
Apologies for the lateness of this letter; our usual bot wasn't working. We are now entering round 4, our semi-finals, and have our final 16. A score of 243 was required to reach this round; significantly more than 2011's 76 points, and only a little behind 2010's 250 points. By comparison, last year, 150 points in round 4 secured a place in the final; in 2010, 430 were needed. Commiserations to Pool A's, who scored 242 points, missing out on a place in the round by a whisker. However, congratulations to Pool B's, whose television articles have brought him another round victory. Pool A's came second overall, with an impressive list of biological did you knows, good articles and featured articles. Third overall was Pool D's, with a long list of contibutions, mostly relating to baseball. Of course, with the points resetting every round, the playing field has been levelled. The most successful Pool was Pool D, which saw seven into the final round. Pool B saw four, C saw three and Pool A saw only the two round leaders.

A quick note about other competitions taking place on Wikipedia which may be of interest. There are 13 days remaining in the June-July GAN backlog elimination drive, but it is not too late to take part. August will also see the return of The Core Contest- a one month long competition first run in 2007. While the WikiCup awards points for audited content on any subject, The Core Contest about is raw article improvement, focussing heavily on the most important articles on Wikipedia. As ever, 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. 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) and The ed17 (talk • email) 10:50, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Tropaeolum tricolor
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Tropaeolum polyphyllum
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DYK nomination of Cerianthus lloydii
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DYK for Leptogorgia hebes
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DYK for Anasterias rupicola
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DYK for Nacella macquariensis
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Huber page number!
I got it! It's page 23 in the introduction. My friend in Cape May, New Jersey looked it up for me! Best wishes and thanks for all your hard work, Invertzoo (talk) 12:38, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Congratulations!!!
Well done on your first FA and a great step forward for Project Bivalves!!! Thanks so much for all your hard work! Invertzoo (talk) 13:20, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you
Thank you for your kind words. It was a learning experience! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:20, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Cerianthus lloydii
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DYK for Eusmilia
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Siderastrea siderea, Siderastrea radians
There are a few issues at Template:Did you know nominations/Siderastrea siderea, Siderastrea radians. Chris857 (talk) 02:59, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Siderastrea siderea
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DYK for Siderastrea radians
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DYK for Labidiaster annulatus
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DYK for Cliona delitrix
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DYK for Parazoanthus parasiticus
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DYK for Cream nut
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Template:Did you know nominations/Comatulida
Hi there, I have a small problem with the DYK nomination linked above. Could you fix it so the review can continue? Thanks. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:58, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 July newsletter
We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees  in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's  follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.

Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, 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. 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) and The ed17 (talk • email) 22:21, 31 July 2012 (UTC)