User talk:Damien Linnane/Archive 5

TFA
Thank you for Isabelle Eberhardt, "an incredibly unique woman. Eberhardt challenged both gender and racial norms, explored extensively, spoke five language fluently, survived an assassination attempt and became a successful writer before a tragic death in 1904 at the age of 27."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:03, 17 February 2018 (UTC)


 * It was my pleasure. :) I've just found her incredibly fascinating since I first read about her in a book about two and a half years ago. Her Wikipedia article was pretty poor at the time so naturally I had to fix that haha. Freikorp (talk) 05:17, 17 February 2018 (UTC)


 * I would also like to thank you for this well developed article on Isabelle Eberhardt. I had never come across her before but agree with you that her life needed to be fully documented on Wikipedia. Well done!--Ipigott (talk) 10:19, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Today, we thank you for "an awesomely stupid film from the Resident Evil franchise"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:18, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Haha you are most welcome. I've loved this film since it first came out, in spite of the fact it's pure silliness. Freikorp (talk) 09:15, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Today, it's DJ AM, "a DJ who had a short but very interesting and tragic life." - sharing the Main page my my DYK #1000 ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:11, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Triple Crowns
Hey, are you still doing these? — Calvin999 10:35, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Heya, yeah I guess so haha since nobody else ever does, that's why I started doing them in the first place. I'll start working on the backlog now. Freikorp (talk) 11:29, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Haha. Thanks. — Calvin999  11:55, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:


 * 🇺🇸 Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
 * 🇩🇪 FrB.TG, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points, gained from a featured article and masses of bonus points.
 * 🇮🇳 Ssven2, another WikiCup newcomer, was in third place with 403 points, garnered from a featured article, a featured list, a good article and twelve GARs.
 * 🇺🇸 Ceranthor, 🇮🇳 Numerounovedant, Carbrera, 🇳🇱 Farang Rak Tham and 🇷🇴 Cartoon network freak all had over 200 points, but like all the other contestants, now have to start again from scratch. A good achievement was the 193 GARs performed by WikiCup contestants, comparing very favourably with the 54 GAs they achieved.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. 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. 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Vanamonde (talk) 15:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

User:Freikorp reported to administrators' noticeboard for incidents Ambox notice.svg
User:Freikorp has been reported to the administrators' noticeboard for incidents There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. for repetitive and disruptive editing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peacenik162 (talk • contribs) 00:30, 7 March 2018 (UTC)


 * For the record, Peacenik162's attempt to have me blocked backfired severely. Their complaint was dismissed, and they instead received an official warning for edit warring. They ignored that warning, just like they've ignored every other piece of advise they have been given, and accordingly they have been temporarily blocked from editing. That's what happens when you completely trample all over Wikipedia's guidelines then falsely accuse other people of violating them. Better luck next time. Freikorp (talk) 08:46, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Your user name
Considering Freikorps, would you consider changing your name? Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:34, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I must say I'm surprised and somewhat perplexed to see this request. I am well aware of the history associated with the Freikorps. I am of German, Irish, Chinese and Maori heritage (yes, really) and I am fascinated by the history associated with all these peoples. I also have a strong interest in military history. I can only assume this request has something to do with the fact certain Freikorps were associated with the Nazi Party. However, the concept of volunteer Freikorp units dates back to the 18th century. The Freikorps were not Nazis; such a belief is an oversimplification of a complex issue. I'm actually mildly offended by this request as my interpretation of it is that I should be ashamed of my German heritage. I'd be equally upset if I'd picked a username based on Irish heritage that could be tangibly linked to Irish republican groups (A lot of Irish military and political groups are connected to The Troubles in some manner), and you asked me to change that, or if I'd picked a Chinese username that could be somehow connected to the current Chinese government, which as I'm sure you're aware has a pretty poor human rights record. I've been editing Wikipedia for 10 years. I picked the name 10 years ago when I was obviously younger and actually in the army myself, it's not a username I'd register today, though I don't see a major issue with it. Can you explain a bit better what your issue with it is? Thanks. Freikorp (talk) 01:56, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I know that you're a Wikipedia of long standing - if you weren't, I probably would have headed directly to WP:UAA instead of here. I can't say that I have as deep an understanding of the history of the Freikorps as you do, but I am aware that they predate the inter-war period.  And you are right that to say "Freikorps = Nazi" is a drastic and unsupportable simplification.  Nevertheless, in my opinion -- and I'm fully aware that many on Wikipedia would disagree -- "Freikorps" as a concept has been irrevocably stained by the historical connection between them and the Nazis, much as the term "stormtrooper" -- a perfectly reasonable description of a certain kind of shock troop -- is now permanently unusable without bringing up Nazi connotations.  (It was no accident that Star Wars chose "stormtroopers" to describe the Imperial troops, the clear purpose was to make it obvious to the audience that they were the bad guys.)We live in bad times, Freikorp. Every single day I deal with numerous attempts to soften the history of the Nazis, to make current neo-Nazi groups look more palatable, or to burnish the reputation of Holocaust deniers.  I don't think that you are one of those people, I think you are a dedicated editor of Wikipedia, but I also think that a name that might have passed muster 10 years ago is, in 2018, less acceptable than it was.Since you quite apparently don't want to change your name, I will do nothing further.  I have no plans to go to UAA, or the noticeboards, or even to continue the discussion here.  You have no reason to be worried that I'm going to hassle you in any way.  I simply thought that, given the chance, you might take into account the feelings of other Wikipedians and consider a name change.  That you didn't is, to my mind, unfortunate, but that's the way it is. Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:33, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I appreciate your honesty and the fact you've contacted me about the issue here. I can see your point about the Nazis having tainted the term. The Nazis tainted a lot of things unfortunately. I would, for example, wholeheartedly support my government bringing in a solid eugenics program. In saying that I feel the need to clarify I don't believe in necessarily preserving the "purity" of any race, as I said I am a mixed-race person, and the last time I looked into the very limited research that gets done on eugenics today it seemed to indicate that our species would be better off if there was more race-mixing. Nevertheless, the Nazis tainted the whole concept of eugenics research with their bullshit ideas about racial purity, so no government is going to bring one in probably for centuries, which is a right shame as far as I'm concerned.
 * I hate the alt-right, I really do. At this point I'm tempted to waffle into how much I hate them, but I won't. I'm a little hurt by you saying I'm not taking other Wikipedian's feelings into consideration. The fact remains you're the first person who's brought the issue up with me. If multiple people had told me they find my username offensive I would have changed it years ago. The Freikorps have been largely forgotten by history. I'd say at least 9 out of 10 people wouldn't have a clue who they were. When I was a teenager 'Freikorp' was my username for everything; today this is the only place where I still use it. Over the years many people have asked me what the name meant, several have asked me if I was German, but nobody ever asked me if I was affiliated with any kind of neo-nazi group. But i understand the alt-right movement is, unfortunately, gaining a lot of steam. I'd hate people to think I was affiliated with them. Tell you what, I'm OK with you bringing my name up at UAA if you want to. If a consensus is reached that it is offensive I'll happily change it. Before today I've literally never considered that somebody might be offended by it. Freikorp (talk) 09:31, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I just remembered, only one other person on Wikipedia has ever said anything about my username. In awarding me the The World War Barnstar, User:Matty.007 said it was "a suitable and yet fun username inspired by the German inter-war period". Freikorp (talk) 09:43, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

3RR
Please keep 3RR in mind on Y&R ANZ. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:46, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Will do. I think I'm going to take a step back from that article anyway, I hate getting into conflicts on Wikipedia, but then again I also hate people removing referenced content without giving any explanation. What can you do? :) Freikorp (talk) 09:33, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

David Meade (author)
I would love to see the article David Meade (author) be reviewed. Feel free to review it. LovelyGirl7  talk  14:21, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I've started the review and have completed comments regarding prose, reference formatting and images. If these issues are addressed I will review whether the sources are reliable and verifiable, and we can move forward from there. :) Freikorp (talk) 09:46, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I’m still working on the article and addressing the concerns at the GA review, but what do you think so far about my edits I’ve did? I still have a couple more to address but just curious. — LovelyGirl7  talk  22:23, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

I replied to you once again. LovelyGirl7  talk  19:05, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry just noticed your last comment here as well. It's looking pretty good so far. Will let you know on the GA review page if anything isn't good enough. :) Freikorp (talk) 22:15, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I’ve replied to you once again. — LovelyGirl7  talk  01:56, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
 * No worries, I'm watching the page so I'll notice any new replies that come in. :) Freikorp (talk) 07:54, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I replied to some of your comments on the review again. I’m still working on fixing the issues though however. — LovelyGirl7  talk  17:34, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I’ve replied to you once again. I’m still working on addressing the rest of the concerns. You could check off the “Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions” as well.
 * feel free to reply to my statements. Also I replied to the “David Meade told Washington Post” part. It is unknown as to when he said he got it from codes in the Bible. — LovelyGirl7  talk  15:38, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
 * You don't have to use the ping function on my talk page. I'm automatically notified when my talk page is edited. :) Freikorp (talk) 22:41, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I replied again to some of your comments. -- LovelyGirl7  talk  02:09, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Replied again. — LovelyGirl7  talk  12:46, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Replied once again. LovelyGirl7  talk  16:06, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I've replied to you again. -- LovelyGirl7  talk  12:14, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I replied to your statement about the Disclose.tv source. -- LovelyGirl7  talk  00:34, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia meetup
G'day,. I noticed the photo on your User page, taken at the "Wikipedia meetup" in Sydney. I am from Sydney myself, and I would be interested to know about events like that. Are they open to general editors, or just a group of friends? If they are open, can you tell me how I can find out when and where they will be held?--Gronk Oz (talk) 13:48, 10 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi, and thanks for your message. They are most certainly open to all editors. You can keep track of what's happening in the way of Sydney meetups by watching the page Meetup/Sydney. The January 2018 meetup, where that photo was taken, was actually the first meetup in Sydney for quite some time. We were hoping Sydney meetups would become a regular thing again though, as they apparently were a couple years ago. No one is 'in charge' of organising the meet-ups so at this stage I have no idea when someone will propose another one. Feel free to propose one yourself and just post it at that page. :) Freikorp (talk) 22:16, 10 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Great, thanks for that, I have added that page to my Watchlist, and added the category "Wikipedians in Sydney" to my User page.  It would be nice to meet some people in person.--Gronk Oz (talk) 02:45, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Daft Club cited reference
I hate to mention this, but that book appears to lift its wording directly from lines in the Daft Club Wikipedia article (and related articles). As I mentioned before, the information about the service shutting down was added as firsthand knowledge — a wiki editor noticed the Daft Club site stopped working back in 2003, and added the info to the wiki page. I leave for it to you to determine how to handle the use of the book as a source. jhsounds (talk) 02:26, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi there. Well-spotted. Obviously I'd prefer if they hadn't lifted the information from Wikipedia as per WP:CIRCULAR. However, personally I don't have a problem with it in this case as we both know the information is completely accurate. The information cited is not used to say anything controversial or that is ever likely to be challenged in itself, and whether they lifted it or not it has been published by an established and reliable source. I'm happy to leave it as is. :) Freikorp (talk) 03:38, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Prison education
The article Prison education you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Prison education for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Aoba47 -- Aoba47 (talk) 19:41, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks so much. :) Freikorp (talk) 19:27, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Triple Crown
More than happy to process your nomination! JOE BRO  64  11:32, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Riot shield
The article Riot shield you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Riot shield for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of ProtoDrake -- ProtoDrake (talk) 15:41, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

The Purple Barnstar

 * Thanks so much, and thanks for letting me know about the upcoming nomination. After how I was treated and the stress I suffered as a result I'm still not willing to work on the article again myself at this stage, but I'm very happy someone else has taken over the project. Best of luck with it; unfortunately as one person has made it their mission in life to make all the article's nominations as difficult as possible you're going to need all the luck you can get I'm afraid. Freikorp (talk) 03:50, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you
for your excellent work on Death of Ms Dhu.


 * Thanks. It's such a sad case. I really hope it finally results in people not be jailed for fines anymore. Freikorp (talk) 07:23, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, though it's been two years now, and nothing yet. I was moved by this mix of rap/choral music. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 14:41, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!

 * please help translate this message into your local language via meta

Thanks again :-) --  Doc James  along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 03:02, 26 April 2018 (UTC)


 * What a nice surprise. Thanks for letting me know. :) Freikorp (talk) 03:18, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Prison education
Gatoclass (talk) 12:02, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 May newsletter
The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
 * Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
 * 🇮🇳 Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
 * SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
 * 🇺🇸 Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
 * Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
 * Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Death of Ms Dhu
The article Death of Ms Dhu you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Death of Ms Dhu for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Drown Soda -- Drown Soda (talk) 03:01, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Riot shield
Gatoclass (talk) 00:01, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK stats archive
There's no need to edit the archive, other than getting complete months over from the actual page. Will archive March now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:05, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. Freikorp (talk) 23:19, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: April 2018
About This Month in GLAM · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · Romaine 11:52, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Sydney meetup
Hi Freikorp. I'm contacting you because I understand you attended the most recent Sydney meetup in January. I'm a Wikimedian from Perth, and a member of the Perth meetup group. I will be visiting Sydney on the weekend of 26-27 May, and I'm interested in organising a meetup. Are you available to attend? I'm assuming that the preferred time would be the Saturday evening (26 May), but I could also make it earlier in the day, or on the Sunday during the day. If there's enough interest, I'll create a new page and ping a few other Sydney-based editors. Bahnfrend (talk) 12:37, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry about the late reply ; I got distracted then forgot this comment was here. Yes I'll be free that weekend and would be happy to attend if an event is arranged. Saturday evening or Sunday day would be preferable with me. :) Freikorp (talk) 05:25, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

Prison Education
Hello Freikorp:

I've finished going through the Prison education article after the work done by HLHJ. I see that you are getting some suggestions from other editors. When it happens I'm sure the peer review will be helpful. Because of its world-wide scope it's a massive undertaking to put an article like this together. Good luck moving forward.

Twofingered Typist (talk) 12:56, 12 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot I appreciate it. Freikorp (talk) 22:46, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Death of Ms Dhu
Looks great; cheers. Freikorp (talk) 06:36, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Death of Ms Dhu
— Maile (talk) 01:12, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

Saumarez Homestead
Thanks for the kind note - alas, I can't take credit for it! The New South Wales State Heritage Register has been released under a CC-BY license, allowing us to use its wealth of information about historic NSW sites. Kerry Raymond has created a wikifier-thingamajig which makes it easy to generate articles (or parts of articles) from the SHR material (as she did previously in Queensland), and we're just starting to be able to roll it out this week. Some of the articles are more useful than others, and I've been making judgment calls about how much to use in merges where we've already got an article, but Saumarez is a great example of one of their entries providing a wealth of information that would take an immense amount of work to replicate on our own. The Drover&#39;s Wife (talk) 12:55, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for James Francis Dwyer
— Maile (talk) 00:27, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Mos:hash listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Mos:hash. Since you had some involvement with the Mos:hash redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. — Godsy (TALK CONT ) 00:33, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: May 2018
About This Month in GLAM · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · Romaine 19:29, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of James Francis Dwyer
The article James Francis Dwyer you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:James Francis Dwyer for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Argento Surfer -- Argento Surfer (talk) 13:01, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:OPERPARA listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect OPERPARA. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:OPERPARA redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  10:44, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah not really interested hey. I don't even remember creating it to be honest. If it's not helpful just delete it, though personally I don't understand what the harm is/why it's worth the effort to get rid of it. Anyway have a nice day. Freikorp (talk) 10:53, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Mazama
Hi Freikorp, I've opened a peer review on Mount Mazama. I'd appreciate any additional suggestions you have regarding the prose, comprehensiveness, or images, among others. Thanks!  ceran  thor 21:09, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Done. :) Freikorp (talk) 03:49, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Prison education has been nominated for FAC if you've got the time. :) Freikorp (talk) 10:29, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Thanks . The feeling is mutual; I really love how you work on articles that nobody else probably ever would take an interest in. I feel like I do the same, though not to the same level haha. I'm continuously amazed at how many articles you manage to nominate. :) Freikorp (talk) 02:14, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Same for you. You have done very wonderful work on articles. I really enjoyed reading the prison education one. :) Aoba47 (talk) 02:16, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Well I've just nominated it for FAC if you've got the time. :) No pressure though. Freikorp (talk) 10:31, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Good luck with it! I will try to get to it by the beginning of next week. If possible, could you also help out with my current FAC? Have a great rest of your week! Aoba47 (talk) 16:32, 28 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Great work with adding all of the Africa information to the article. I will look through the article again later in the week and provide any additional comments if that is okay with you. I will mostly focus on prose, and leave the discussions of the scope to the other reviewers that have already raised those points in the FAC. Aoba47 (talk) 19:14, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Sound great, thanks. :) Freikorp (talk) 00:43, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Also I'm planning on going through the source focusing on Lebanon that you provided tomorrow; I've just finished looking through the sources Squeamish Ossifrage suggested. Freikorp (talk) 11:21, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi . As you may have noticed the Prison education FAC was closed, however, I've nominated it for peer review. If you're still interested in providing comments on it you can do so there. See Peer review/Prison education/archive2. Incidentally I've managed to get that source you recommended using from Resource Requests this morning though I haven't had a chance to read it yet. I'll start reviewing your current FAC now. :) Freikorp (talk) 03:44, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the ping. I will look through it when I have the time (I will try to offer prose suggestions and maybe provide additional resources). Good luck with the peer review! Aoba47 (talk) 03:55, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

The WikiCup
I regret that as a WikiCup judge I have had to disallow your submission of Lucienne's Quest as a GAR in Round 3 because it was not completed or nominated before the close of the round on June 28th. I see that this may be critical as to whether you proceed to the next round or not, but it would not be fair to allow you to claim the points if it meant that another contestant was eliminated as a result. We are currently doing some extra checks. If you do proceed to Round 4, you can claim for the GAR in that round. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:37, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
 * No worries, I'm not too fussed if I progress or not, it's all just for fun really. :) Freikorp (talk) 11:52, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 July newsletter
The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * Courcelles, a first time contestant, with 1756 points, a tally built largely on 27 GAs related to the Olympics
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three GAs on natural history and astronomy topics
 * SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with a variety of submissions related to transport in the state of Washington

Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk), Vanamonde (talk) 04:55, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Ms Dhu
122.108.141.214 has given you a puppy!Thanks for taking my concerns and nitpicks about the article on Ms Dhu in the spirit they were intended, to help protect the article against future challenges and to embed it better within Wikipedia. 122.108.141.214 (talk) 07:44, 5 July 2018 (UTC) Spread the goodness of puppies by adding {{subst:Puppy}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message.


 * You're very welcome. And thanks for the review, it made the article a lot better. :) Freikorp (talk) 13:03, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: June 2018
About This Month in GLAM · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · Romaine 11:46, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Mazama
Hi, Freikorp! I've nominated Mount Mazama for FAC. Just wanted to give you a heads up.  ceran  thor 18:32, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Hi, I just signed up to wikipedia and hopefully i'm posting this in the right place. I saw that you recently edited FF:TSW and thought you might be the person to approach with a possible correction. At the top of the movie's page, it's mentioned that The Spirits Within "remains the most expensive video game-inspired film of all time", however I don't think this is the case anymore, as the Warcraft movie's budget was $160m. Unless I'm missing something? SirIcarus (talk) 20:38, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi . Thanks for bringing this up. I've looked into it and you're right, the article does need to be updated, however it appears the Prince of Persia film cost even more than Warcraft. I've found a reliable reference that Prince of Persia is the most expensive film based on a video game and have updated this at the article. Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. :) Freikorp (talk) 23:23, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for that. I've been having second thoughts about my correction, as I'm not sure how these things are best calculated. FF:TSW was made in 2001, whereas both Prince of Persia and Warcraft were released much more recently. Adjusting for inflation might change the results, but perhaps I'm just overcomplicating things. SirIcarus (talk) 23:46, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

Eh, nevermind. Adjusted for inflation, The Spirit Within's budget would have been approx $168,777,807 in 2010, when Prince of Persia released. So PoP is likely still the most expensive. Though it doesn't help that the figures vary so much depending on where you look. Imdb says PoP cost $200m. A google search popped up $185m at the top and PoP's wikipedia article says it cost $150-200m. SirIcarus (talk) 01:11, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Sandringham House
Hi, I've a favour to ask. I'd very much appreciate your taking at a look at Sandringham House. I guess that the subject matter may not be of any great interest however, and if a country house guide is just too far beyond your boredom threshold, I'll quite understand. KJP1 (talk) 21:28, 3 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi . I've been a bit pressed for time of late, but I'd be happy to make time take a look if you have the time to comment on my current peer review. Let me know if you're interested. Have a nice day. :) Freikorp (talk) 04:36, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah, I'd not realised Mrs Dhu was a two-for-one offer! I'll happily have a look at Prison Education. I should say, without having read it in depth, my gut feeling is that the topic is very broad. The historical/geographical span is enormous and even in summary style, you have given yourself a huge amount of ground to cover. But I'll certainly take a look. KJP1 (talk) 21:43, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh, sorry I'd forgotten who had commented on that FAC. I'll take a look at your FAC later today, and feel free to contact me again for another review. :) Freikorp (talk) 02:57, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
 * No problem! All the best. KJP1 (talk) 08:50, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: July 2018
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Your triple crown noms
Hey! Would love to help process your Triple Crown noms as you've been doing it for everyone else. Wanted to check with you to see what process you normally go through so I can apply it to yours.  Nomader  ( talk ) 15:06, 24 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi there . Thanks so much for offering to do this; I was starting to wonder if my nominations would ever be processed haha. Well in answer to your question, the DYK checks are the easiest, especially when they are supplied. I just check the links provided in the nomination table. People seem to either link to the actual DYK nomination or the credit for the DYK being given on their talk page. I find both of these acceptable; I have chosen the latter. With the GANs and FACs I also check the links provided to see the nomination. It's a requirement that the person worked significantly on the article (rather than just a fly-by nomination). Normally you can tell if the nominator worked on the article by skimming the nomination, however if there's any doubt obviously this can be checked with the article's revision history statistics. Also the person doesn't actually need to have initiated the nomination, they just have to be a major contributor, I just find in 98% of cases they are also the nominator. Let me know if you have any questions. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 07:55, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi again . Just wondering if you had any questions or needed any more info on this. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 00:38, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry, no questions! I'll be taking care of them today finally, work is just crushing me on some deadlines. :)  Nomader  ( talk ) 13:49, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Hey! Haven't processed your Australian one because your DYK, Polyester Girl, doesn't have a WP:AUSTRALIA tag on its talk page. I've left it there just in case you want to edit it. :)  Nomader  ( talk ) 17:41, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi . Thanks for letting me know, and thanks for processing the other nomination. I added the project Australia tag to Polyester Girl, but have decided to change the DYK nomination to something that already had the tag on it anyway. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 23:39, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 September newsletter
The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:


 * Courcelles scored a magnificent 4869 points, with 92 good articles on Olympics-related themes. Courcelles' bonus points alone exceeded the total score of any of the other contestants!
 * Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, with 1066 points, was in third place this round, with two featured articles and a good article, all on natural history topics.
 * Other contestants who qualified for the final round were 🇲🇭 Nova Crystallis, Iazyges,  SounderBruce,  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Kosack and 🇺🇸 Ceranthor.

During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to 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, and let the best editor win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Sydney meetup
There will be a meetup in Sydney on the 12 of September. More info at Meetup/Sydney/September 2018. Bidgee (talk) 09:59, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 11:03, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: August 2018
About This Month in GLAM · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · Romaine 13:23, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

MotherJones controversy
Hi,

I added a section to the wiki page of MoJo, referring to their recent article, in which they clearly opt against the freedom of speech. You deleted my contribution entirely, with no reason stated. Was my text so bad, that you found no salvageable text in it?

The article in question: |title=MoJo edit

I'd appreciate your feedback on the topic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.11.143.125 (talk) 07:41, 25 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi there, and thanks for your message. Contrary to your message, however, I did not give 'no reason' for deleting your addition; I clearly stated my reason was removing original research. I am going to try to explain why I removed it in more detail. Firstly, you've created an entire sub-section of an article entitled 'Controversy', yet the only source you've cited is MoJo's own article. If a section is titled "Controversy" it needs to filled with reliable sources of other people who have criticised MoJo, rather than just their original article and your interpretation of it. Please read WP:OR. You'e also gone out of your way to point things out to the reader, yet have provided no sources. For example, you state "The proposed solution is multi-pronged" and "this is unclear, as that would be outright censorship"; you'd need a source for that interpretation, and even then you'd need to attribute the opinion to someone and make sure it adheres to guidelines on due weight. Also your post contained numerous formatting issues (for example, see MOS:N'T) but that could have been easily fixed on its own and is not why I removed the information.


 * Using only the original MoJo article, you can't build a section like this. The only thing you can say using only the original article would be something like "In September 2018, Mother Jones published an article on XYZ", but even that would not be allowed as per WP:NOTNEWS. This is an encyclopedia article. It is supposed to cover the broad history or Mother Jones, not give interpretations or coverage ever time they publish an article. If you want to write entire paragraphs based on your interpretation on one article, you should start a blog. Please read What Wikipedia is not. I hope this clears up any confusion. Have a nice day. Damien Linnane (talk) 09:32, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: September 2018
About This Month in GLAM · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · Romaine 05:29, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

TFL notification
Hi, Damien. I'm just posting to let you know that List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for November 19. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008  ( Talk ) 21:24, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 November newsletter
The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is, who over the course of the competition has amassed 147 GAs, 111 GARs, 9 DYKs, 4 FLs and 1 ITN. Our finalists were as follows:



All those who reached the final win awards, and awards will also be going to the following participants:


 * wins the FA prize, for three featured articles in round 2.
 * wins the GA prize, for 92 good articles in round 3.
 * wins the FL prize, for five featured lists overall.
 * wins the topic prize, for 30 articles in good topics overall.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 24 did you know articles in round 3.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 17 in the news articles overall.
 * wins the GAR prize, for 43 good article reviews in round 1.

Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition.

Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2019 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. ,, and.

This Month in GLAM: October 2018
About This Month in GLAM · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · Romaine 08:16, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

It's Sheva, not Alomar
Unlike Wesker (who is "Wesker" and not "Albert"), it's Chris and Sheva (like the same with Claire, Ada, Rebecca, Barry, etc.). The word 'Alomar" is spoken only once or twice in the game ("Sheva" all the time - literally non-stop), designers talk about "Sheva", reviewers talk about "Sheva", and so forth, it's just Sheva for everyone and always expect maybe the oputsider 'racism/sexism researchers'. Just compare, for example: https://www.google.pl/search?biw=1920&bih=938&tbm=nws&ei=nL7mW4jAIMSTsAeHi6CwCw&q="Chris+and+Sheva" vs https://www.google.pl/search?biw=1920&bih=938&tbm=nws&ei=rL7mW6vyJM_1kwWtpZuIAg&q="redfield+and+alomar" (links are broken here so you need to copy and paste them, over 100 times more popular on Google News). --SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 11:20, 10 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I understand the term Sheva is used much more frequently than Alomar, but that doesn't change the fact the Alomar is her last name. As per MOS:SURNAME, that's how we format names on Wikipedia. It's exactly the same for film plots. I was told to change all the instances of 'Chris and Sheva' to 'Redfield and Alomar' before Resident Evil 5 could become a good article. I'm 100% they would have brought up the issue of last names at the FAC if they hadn't already been formatted properly. Damien Linnane (talk) 11:29, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Someone who told you so must have been clueless. Her surname is just a trivia, practically no one uses "Alomar" and "Redfield" instead of Chris and Sheva. That's including the character's creators (which is important), and the game characters when talking to each other (and literally all the fans, but I'm not even talking about that). As I said, this article could be as well named just "Sheva (Resident Evil)" (the exact phrase which returns just 2 Google News hits, but opposed to 0 for "Alomar (Resident Evil)" because literally no one uses it, again maybe the the clueless so-called 'researchers', one of which would repeatedly write "Westker" instead of Wesker when accusing RE5 of imaginary racism becuase they have no idea about anything - and yet Sheva's article cites this complete nonsense for some reason - and btw, even this bullshit paper refers to Sheva as just "Sheva"). The article as for now is awkward and even misleading (especially since there's another RE "Redfield" - Claire, who is sometimes compred to Sheva and the others). Oh, and btw - I've created and written this article (Sheva's) in first place. SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 11:49, 10 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Ok, I'm going to keep replying here only and am going to un-watch your talk page as having you reply to both is extremely frustrating.
 * So, as I said, Sophitia isn't a good article (whereas Sheva Alomar is, and RE5 is featured) so I think using that article is a very poor comparison.
 * I fail to see how the racism accusations are nonsense since multiple high-quality sources comment on them. The accusations exists, therefore the article should mention them, regardless of whether you or I agree with them.
 * The fact that you created the article means nothing. Please read WP:OWN.
 * We're going to have to agree to disagree regarding the surnames for reasons we've already stated. Do you or do you not want to raise the issue at Project Video Games and accept whatever consensus is reached there? I always accept consensus; I'm not going to allow you to go against what multiple GA reviewers and FAC reviewers have advised me to do at multiple video game articles without consensus from the project. Damien Linnane (talk) 12:00, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

The reviewers were simply wrong. It happens, people being clueless about things. The surname of Sheva is even (and much) less important than, for example, the surname the horror monster Jason (nominally "Jason Voorhees", and there is actually some importance to it due to his mother, but it's just Jason, including in his FA Jason Voorhees where "Jason" goes over 400 times and "Voorhees" less than 40). Now go and revert all the standalone Alomars (and Redfields) there, in RE5, and elsewhere. SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 12:03, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

And as for this just aggressively stupid so-called paper (the one with "Westker"): It's like if the previous RE games were to be accused of "racism" by their also Japanese creators for the also stereotypically (and unintentionally silly, but the awkward campyness is what people love in RE) portrayed Americans and America where the "homogeneous" Raccoon City area "stands for the whole of America" because nothing else was shown, and in fact also the Spaniards and Spain (in RE4), and how the white zombies are "mindless, aggressive and bloodthirsty" and it's also a bad stereotype. Perhaps the most bafflingly absurd part is accusing Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness of these bad "stereotypes" too, where it's now a complete parody of modern ant-racism and "anti-colonial" activism (as opposed to Condrad's actual activism from the actual colonial era). Just race-baiting complete nonsense, if this is what goes as "high-quality source" it's just sad but also quite predictable (but sad nevertheless). SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 12:27, 10 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Your opinions on the source are irrelevant, as are my own. Criticism has been made from several sources that meet the standards set at WP:RS, therefore coverage of the criticism should appear in the article; you can't remove things on Wikipedia just because you disagree with them.


 * I've raised the issue of surnames at Project Video Games so a consensus can be reached. On Wikipedia we use consensus, we don't just sit back and let you bark orders at us, so I'm not going to "go and revert" all the changes before a consensus is reached. Damien Linnane (talk) 12:38, 10 November 2018 (UTC)


 * See, that wasn't very difficult was it? I have learnt something new from this experience, that despite what multiple people have told me we don't actually have to adhere to MOS:SURNAME in video games. Yes you already told me that but one opinion is not consensus; if I took one opinion as more important than all others I could have stuck with what my reviewers said and just ignored you. This is why consensus is important. Hopefully you can learn something from this too. As the other reviewer pointed out, just because someone has a different opinion from you does not mean that person needs to be insulted, and that just because you think something is obvious does not mean that is the case. I'll make the appropriate changes back at Sheva Alomar since I reverted your edits, but if you want it done anywhere else you'll have to do it yourself; I'm not going around all of Wikipedia reformatting things the way you like them. Have a nice day. Damien Linnane (talk) 22:58, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Gary Jeshel Forrester
Damien - Thanks very much for your recent correction to the Gary Jeshel Forrester article (removing the word "successful" as an adjective before "suicide." You were/are absolutely correct, and it was a very important change. Much appreciated. Jeshel Forrester — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.8.142.180 (talk) 18:33, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
 * You're very welcome. Someone actually made that change to an article I had written and I realised they were right, so I went through and tried to correct it everywhere else I could find it. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 22:57, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

A Barnstar For You

 * Thanks so much! :) Damien Linnane (talk) 07:30, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

ARIA peaks outside the top 100
Hi, I just read your recent comment on this page, and was curious to know which singles you mention peaked at #103 and #168 on the ARIA charts, as I have an interest in low/beyond the top 100 chart positions.Nqr9 (talk) 02:25, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi . The No. 103 song was "Everything You Do" by M2M (band); No. 168 was "Do You Feel Me" by Aleesha Rome. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 04:32, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that.Nqr9 (talk) 11:48, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: November 2018
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Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:08, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you today for Dark Angel (TV series), "about the short-lived cyberpunk TV series that launched Jessica Alba's career"! - We give thanks, we give thanks ;) --|

... and today for Resident Evil 5, "about the best selling video game in the Resident Evil series"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:57, 5 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks . Today's will be my last one for a while but it's nice to have two up there in the same week. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 08:50, 5 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Yes, great, the two in a row. I have a PR open, did you know? I like input from people not too familiar with a subject. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:56, 5 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you today for Death of Ms Dhu, "about a sad chapter in the Australian government's treatment of Aboriginal women"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:21, 4 August 2019 (UTC)


 * My pleasure. It was a sobering article to write, but a very important one. Damien Linnane (talk) 05:27, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Emily Lloyd
The article Emily Lloyd you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Emily Lloyd for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Aoba47 -- Aoba47 (talk) 05:02, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Michelle Leslie
The article Michelle Leslie you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Michelle Leslie for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Aoba47 -- Aoba47 (talk) 05:02, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Congratulations on bringing this one up to GA. I see you have put a great deal of effort into it. Hope you will be working on other biographies of interesting women. Well done!--Ipigott (talk) 10:57, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup!
Hello and Happy New Year!

Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup, the competition begins today. If you have already joined, your submission page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and we will set up your submissions page. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2019, and which you have nominated this year, is eligible for points in the competition, the judges will be checking! Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are, , and. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: December 2018
About This Month in GLAM · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · Romaine 19:58, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Help with FAC

 * Hello again! I was wondering if you could help me with my current FAC? I understand if you do not have time or are not interested though; just wanted to ask. Have a great weekend! Aoba47 (talk) 19:38, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I've left some comments. Happy to help. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 13:25, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Australian triple crown


Haha thanks, that made me smile. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 09:31, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Million Awards

 * Your contributions to these significant articles have made Wikipedia better and more comprehensive! Adityavagarwal (talk) 14:12, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Triple crowns
Hi Damien. Many thanks for awarding me the two triple crowns. Appreciated. Is the triple crown now moribund? Is it a good idea whose time is past? If it does serve a purpose, I wouldn’t be adverse to putting in some work on a regular basis to keep it afloat and/or revitalise it. Thoughts? Gog the Mild (talk) 17:21, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi . The Triple Crown award has not been particularly active for many years now. It's certaintly declined from what it once was. In December 2014 I nominated myself for the Triple Crown, being the tenth person in line waiting for the award to be processed. In April the following year I checked back and not only had not a single one of the nominations been processed, the were an additional five people who had joined the queue. At that point I decided to take it upon myself to 'adopt' the award. Since 2015 I've processed at least 55 nominations; a handful of others including yourself have processed nominations during this time as well. The award is clearly not overly active, but I don't see any point of retiring it. I seem to be awarding Triple Crowns out at a rate of one a month or so and I'm happy to keep doing this. I'm open to revitalising and promoting it as well though. Last year someone posted a reminder to WikiProject Video games that the video game triple crown existed, which resulted in a couple more nominations for that. Reminders going out elsewhere would generate some more interest as well. Your message here has also prompted me to retire some of the older Triple Crowns, something I'd completely forgotten about; there was a consensus on the talk page that a couple of the awards should no longer be given out but I forgot to actually do anything about it till now. Happy to hear any ideas you might have about it. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 02:33, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Wow. Congratulations on all of the Million Awards. Impressive.
 * OK. Can you consider me signed up to keeping an eye on nominations and generally making irritating suggestions. Of which the first installment below.
 * Any reason why the images are always on the right? It seems more aesthetically pleasing to me to centre them, as I just have with yours. (Feel free to move it back.)
 * If we put  after the award it stops subsequent posts or comments from "creeping" up their sides. Note that your comment no longer does on your Triple Crown, but that posts do on your Precious, a few posts above.
 * The award could perhaps do with a bit of a relaunch, maybe with a fresh look[?] Would you have an issue with Triple Crowns being in a similar format to barnstars? An auto-sizing banner across the screen with the image on the left - or perhaps on the right for tradition and "brand-differentiation?
 * I have some other thoughts, but those three will do for now.
 * Gog the Mild (talk) 17:08, 22 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi . I'm happy with all those suggestions. There's no reason why the awards are aligned to the right. I'd say the only reason for that is they were copied and pasted from being aligned to the right at the awards page. I didn't know about the  code; I would have used it myself if I had of. Maybe we could add a place we could copy and past awards from that already has that code built into it, so other people copying it in the future will use it as well. I have no issues with reformatting the awards; I have no particular image editing/code formatting skills myself though. Were you thinking of doing this yourself?
 * Thanks for taking an interest in the awards. It's nice to not be solely responsible for it anymore haha. :) Damien Linnane (talk)

Dark Angel (2000 TV series) scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that Dark Angel (2000 TV series) has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 28 February 2019. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/February 28, 2019. Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 20:22, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Emily Lloyd
Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Frank Dux
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Frank Dux 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 Adityavagarwal -- Adityavagarwal (talk) 05:00, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Michelle Leslie
Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Michelle Leslie
Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

Potential help with FAC
Hello again. Apologies for asking for help again so soon, but I was curious if you could provide any comments on my current FAC since you were the reviewer for its GAN? Either way, have a great week! Aoba47 (talk) 23:43, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Happy to help. I'll leave some comments soon. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 07:32, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Resident Evil 5
Are you sure? Why isn't PC listed then in this list like in Resident Evil 7? (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vodkasosa (talk • contribs)


 * I'm not sure why RE7 is listed differently like that. The other question you have to ask yourself though is why would Capcom list steam sales for RE7 and not for the earlier games? That wouldn't make sense either. Why would they go out of their way to sell themselves short of a million sales? Every reliable source I've found does not add the Steam sales in addition to what is listed on the Capcom website (Example, see here, this source just gives the official Capcom figure) so I'm inclined to think Capcom has the right figures. I was told Steam sales were included in PC sales here, and based on what I stated above I believe this is accurate. Damien Linnane (talk) 23:46, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Frank Dux
The article Frank Dux you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Frank Dux for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Adityavagarwal -- Adityavagarwal (talk) 20:21, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: January 2019
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Thank You!
Hey, thank you very much for considering me worthy enough of the award! I am really grateful and you are really amazing! Your nominate message was really wonderful! I would continue to do my best to contribute to Wikipedia. Adityavagarwal (talk) 09:06, 25 February 2019 (UTC)


 * You're very welcome. Keep up the good work. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 10:31, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:


 * 🇺🇸 L293D, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with ten good articles on submarines for a total of 357 points.
 * Pirate_Flag_of_Henry_Every.svg, a WikiCup veteran, came next with 274 points, mostly from eight featured pictures, restorations of artwork.
 * 🇩🇰 MPJ-DK, a wrestling enthusiast, was in third place with 263 points, garnered from a featured list, five good articles, two DYKs and four GARs.
 * 🇺🇸 Usernameunique came next at 243, with a featured article and a good article, both on ancient helmets.
 * Flag of the United States Library of Congress 2.svg Squeamish Ossifrage was in joint fifth place with 224 points, mostly garnered from bringing the 1937 Fox vault fire to featured article status.
 * Ed! was also on 224, with an amazing number of good article reviews (56 actually).

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. 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. 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 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk).

This Month in GLAM: February 2019
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DYK for Frank Dux
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Murder of Leigh Leigh promoted to FA in French
Hi! Following your request on the reward board, I've translated Murder of Leigh Leigh to French and it has now been promoted to a Featured Article: Affaire Leigh Leigh. Thought you'd want to know! Exilexi (talk) 18:09, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much for your hard work I really appreciate it! This was a very nice surprise. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 01:00, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Library science symbol
in Portuguese

Paz e bem! 1 O desenho está conforme definição adotada pela Conselho Federal de Biblioteconomia (Brasil) 2 Não fui eu que coloquei este desenho na página CRAAP test. Eugenio Hansen, OFS (talk) 11:40, 19 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your response, which I have now read courtesy of machine translation. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 11:59, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: March 2019
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the post modern doge meme
How the hell is that a copywrite violation. If it was a violation, the original, which is still up on the page, would also be a violation and would have to be taken down. makes no sense — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sebbatt (talk • contribs) 14:47, 9 April 2019 (UTC)


 * It's very simple, but it doesn't make sense to you because you don't understand fair use rationale. Please read Non-free content. The short story is it is justifiable to have one copyrighted image under fair use guidelines, but not two. We already have one copyrighted image, so we're not allowed to have a second one. Damien Linnane (talk) 14:55, 9 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Ah that makes sense, thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sebbatt (talk • contribs) 11:55, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 May newsletter
The second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:

Other notable performances were put in by Barkeep49 with six GAs, 🇺🇸 Ceranthor, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski, and  Canada Hky, each with seven GARs, and 🇩🇰 MPJ-DK with a seven item GT.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber (1210), our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three DYKs. He also made good use of the bonus points available, more than doubling his score by choosing appropriate articles to work on.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Kosack (750), last year's runner up, with an FA, a GA, two FLs, and five DYKs.
 * Pirate_Flag_of_Henry_Every.svg (480), a WikiCup veteran, with 16 featured pictures, mostly restorations.
 * Zwerg Nase (461), a seasoned competitor, with a FA, a GA and an ITN item.

So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:46, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: April 2019
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Reward?
Hi. I was wondering if your offer for translating one of the featured articles is still going? Can I get the reward if I translate the article but don't nominate it or it's an unsuccessful nomination? I am planning on working with Tank Girl (film). Thinker78 (talk) 22:41, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi ! Yes the reward is most definitely still available. And yes, there's two separate rewards, one for translating and a second one for successful nomination, so if you don't nominate it (or if the nomination is unsuccessful) you still get one barnstar (or article review if you prefer), though I'd very much appreciate it if you did nominate it. Out of curiosity, what language are you planning on translating it into? :) Damien Linnane (talk) 07:36, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I would be translating it to Spanish, where there is a stub on it already which I would replace with your content.Thinker78 (talk) 18:44, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Sounds great. Looking forward to seeing the finished result. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 01:11, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Editor of the Week
User:Adityavagarwal submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:
 * I am exceedingly excited to nominate Damien Linnane to be Editor of the Week. Having an enormous number of over 52,000 edits that constitutes of an extraordinary 80% or 39,200 edits in the mainspace, he is one of the best and most prolific editors on Wikipedia. He has an astronomical number of 38 good articles (such as Emily Lloyd, Jill Valentine, Max Guevara, and Michelle Leslie), a commendable number of 13 Featured articles (such as Isabelle Eberhardt, R. V. C. Bodley, Dark Angel (2000 TV series), and Blackrock (film)), a praiseworthy number of 3 Featured lists, and an overwhelming number of 130 Good Article Reviews. Furthermore, he has also uploaded a staggering number of 54 images and has created an unfathomable number of 66 Did You Knows for the main page of Wikipedia. In essence, Damien Linnane has contributed to all facets of content creation. For his industriousness and diligence, he has received an impressive Million Award (List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events), 1 Three-Quarter Million Award (The Fifth Element), and 3 Quarter Million Awards (List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxication, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Resident Evil 5). Additionally, Damien Linnane has received an innumerable number of prestigious awards such as the 50 DYK Expansion Medal, the Standard Triple Crown, the Imperial Napoleonic Triple Crown, the WikiProject Video games Triple Crown, the Alexander the Great Edition Triple Laurel Crown, the WikiProject Australia triple crown, and the Awesome Wikipedian Award. For more reasons than the aforementioned, I strongly advocate that Damien Linnane be declared the Editor of the Week.
 * User:Gog the Mild added this Support: For all of the reasons mentioned by the nominator, and for their single-handedly keeping the Triple Crown Awards going. The kind of ongoing, high-input commitment that helps Wikipedia to run smoothly and should be recognised more often.

You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week:

Thanks again for your efforts! &#8213; Buster7  &#9742;   14:14, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much, this really made my day. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 00:12, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I can think of no user more deserving of this honour than you, dear Freikorp. Congratulations. ;) Homeostasis07 (talk) 01:03, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks mate. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 01:54, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: May 2019
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List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events.
So what's your reason why it should be removed? MeMike123 (talk) 11:08, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I've replied on your talk page. Damien Linnane (talk) 11:18, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Sorry 1 more question. Do you mean 2015 or 2050? MeMike123 (talk) 11:28, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * That was a typo, I meant to say 2050. Damien Linnane (talk) 14:13, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't know that. I only a member since yesterday. So I'm still learning. MeMike123 (talk) 14:21, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Death of Ms Dhu
Hi Freikorp Damien ... this one is listed at WP:TFAP for August. I can write a blurb if you like. - Dank (push to talk) 20:46, 21 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi ! It's nice to hear from you. I've been checking over at WP:TFAR ever few days to see when nominations for August would open up; thanks for indirectly letting me know they have. I actually already have a pre-written blurb ready to go. I'll nominate it but if you could copy-edit or re-write anything you see fit that would be appreciated. I'm good at researching but most things I write need a good copy-edit anyway haha. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 01:15, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Hope you're doing well. I'm sure your blurb will be fine! From the lead, it sounds like this case will set an important precedent ... good to have meaty issues on the Main Page. - Dank (push to talk) 02:39, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

A comment
Be careful of overly polling people for support of an issue like a topic ban, as you could give the impression of canvassing. -- ferret (talk) 15:15, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice . I think it'll be OK as I only asked for comments from people who already expressed interest in seeing him topic banned, and you were the only person I queried as you commented at the thread but seemed to be neutral. I won't be cold-calling anyone about the matter. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 15:19, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
 * A more general comment, a TBAN for video games may be unwarranted. His work on games directly tends to be fine for the most part. A more narrow TBAN on two other topics may be a useful step: 1) From character articles, broadly construed, and 2) From gender related articles, broadly construed. -- ferret (talk) 15:25, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Comments re SNAAAAKE!
I am not fundamentally bothered about a topic ban or otherwise, but the incivil behaviour does need to be reviewed. Particularly his battleground tactics when it comes to discussions which makes anyone who isn't him at fault for the article and an opponent. Particularly his attempts to re-frame other people's arguments as ideological, and or misrepresent their innocent statements as inherently corrupt or somehow obtuse. I am not sure he is a native English speaker, so although his language is good, his nuance is often off kilter - so I give a lot more credit for that than perhaps I should. Unfortunately his habit of retroactively editing his comments out of order makes it difficult to identify any single diff with the highlighted behaviour ( much easier to just read the threads in question), and his failure to indent his replies makes for difficult following on threads of discussion, combined with his wall of text approach to replies makes it difficult to tackle each issue raised within any single coherent follow of response and replies. With a new user this would be understandable, but with a user with this level of experience to fail to do the bare minimum of common courtesy is disruptive at best, and wilfully disruptive otherwise. Happy to discuss, but beyond saying "just look at this shit" I am not sure what specifically should be said. Koncorde (talk) 15:23, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your input, it was helpful. The topic ban request is now live. See here. Damien Linnane (talk) 16:06, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 July newsletter
The third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * 🇳🇫 Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with 500 points derived mainly from a featured article and two GAs on natural history topics
 * Adam Cuerden, with 480 points, a tally built on 16 featured pictures, the result of meticulous restoration work
 * SounderBruce, a finalist in the last two years, with 306 points from a variety of submissions, mostly related to sport or the State of Washington
 * 🇺🇸 Usernameunique, with 305 points derived from a featured article and two GAs on archaeology and related topics

Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: June 2019
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Death of Ms Dhu scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that Death of Ms Dhu has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 4 August 2019. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/August 4, 2019. Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 17:37, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello Damien. Congratulations on a fantastic article. Gderrin (talk) 01:12, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much.:) Damien Linnane (talk) 05:28, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Request for FAC help
Hello again. Apologies for the random message, but I was wondering if you could help with my current FAC? I understand if you do not have the time or interest, but I thought that I might as well ask as I greatly appreciated your feedback for my previous FACs. Sorry for always asking for your help, and I hope that I am not too much of a pain ><. Either way, have a great rest of your day! Aoba47 (talk) 19:34, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi . I've been a bit flat out with uni work but I'm happy to take a look at this today. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 07:38, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you, and good luck with your uni work! Aoba47 (talk) 12:34, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: July 2019
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DYK for Bobby Bostic
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

 * You're welcome. Better luck next time. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 01:32, 28 August 2019 (UTC)