User talk:Danaman5/Archive 3

Signpost Writing
If you're looking for something you could do on an intermittent basis, I would recommend writing stories on things that may come up from week-to-week -- things like notable discussions on the foundation-l or wikien-l mailing lists, foundation news, RfAs/RfBs/AfDs that receive input from a large number of users, or anything you think is worth covering. Sometimes I'll list stories that I think should be covered in the newsroom; you can pick from those stories or add your own.

Write the story in your userspace (e.g. User:Danaman5/Signpost/Close RfA fails), and link to it in the newsroom when you're done. If you have any other questions, please feel free to let me know. Ral315 (talk) 21:16, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Local school boards
Category:Local school boards, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Cgingold (talk) 15:10, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Mongolian dialects in China
Hi, I've recently created articles on Mongolian language varieties spoken in China: Khorchin dialect, Chakhar dialect, Ordos dialect, Oirat language. I guess they might all get included as low importance stubs into the WikiProject China. And the article on Mongolian language might need a reassessment. Its content has greatly increased and most of it is thoroughly referenced. Regards, G Purevdorj (talk) 20:27, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks
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request (administrator)
Please, if you are administrator, can you just give me an extract of the written rules of Wikepedia concerning the NOTABILITY of specian functions This extract is said to be in WP pages, but my Chinese browser makes it diffucult to fetch.

Thank you for teh help

L. Guo-ZhangLuoguozhang (talk) 21:25, 30 November 2008 (UTC). Luoguozhang (talk) 21:25, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Never mind

Other kind administrators understood my request and answered positively. Thank you for all 谢谢你! 21:56, 30 November 2008 (UTC)Luoguozhang (talk)

Expand Chinese
Hi. I've noticed your good work on translating Chinese articles. I've created to be added to the top of articles or sections which you know has more content on Chinese wikipedia. It is part of a drive to transfer content on other wikipedias into english. Please add the following templates to as many articles as possible which need translating and help out in the translation process and inform as many Chinese speaking people you know of to do the same. Adding the template will automatically place the article in a category "Chinese articles needing translation" and will be a useful project tool for grwoth for Wp:China. Keep up the great work!

The Bald One      White cat 22:30, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes indeed that is my hope. The idea is that any person interested in China or has a knowledge of Chinese comes across an article, sees the information lacking in English. A lot of the time the editor will leave the articles thinking "mmm this article isn't very good lets try something else". If there is a strong translation needed banner at the top of an article or section the editor will be made acutely aware of the disparancy between wikipedias and is far more likely to use their translation skills if they possess them to help the article. I'm thinking of letting editors who speak Chinese know about it to maximise useage and hopefully the development of our articles. The content missing from China is one of the greatest, if not the greatest on here, particularly geographically as you are undoubtedly aware with starting thes emissing large districts which undoubtedly contains many settlements and places of note within them. I;v elet Wp:China know but if you could post as many of your colleagues as possible I;d be very grateful. Feel free to administer the tag to any article which is lacking which will probably be several thousand, but several thousand article we hope soon enough will increase in quality! Keep up the good work! The Bald One      White cat 22:42, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

P.S. I've started building a template: Template:County-level divisions of Shaanxi. I would suggest that you create templates like this for all of the Chinese provinces for districts/counties. It needs completing see here and scroll down. Please format them like Xian. Once complete it can be placed at the bottom of the county articles to connect them all together The Bald One       White cat 23:05, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

By the way, how will templates like this work with the province templates that already exist? See e.g. Template:Shaanxi. Will they both go on the county level divisions pages?--Danaman5 (talk) 02:00, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi. They can do, but really there ar eintended for the county and district articles. If the counties/districts ar elisted in the city division articles then it won't be needed. Just apply them to all the counites and districts at the foot of the page to keep it tidy. I'm wrapped up in Nepal at present, when I've finished I'll make an effort to create WikiProject China/County-division templates and draw up the bones for the templates by province so eventually we should have all of the counties/district covered in China and all in easy navigation. I'll also been meaning to show you about using a standard infobox where you can also write Chinese transliterations into it but it has the benefits of the Infobox Settlement.If I add one as an example can you use it in the other countries.districts?

OK I;ve added one as an example for Yintai District. The coordinates aren't quite correct yet we'll need to find them but if you could follow this example this would be great. Ideally we want all the district/counties covered withh infoboxes and details! The Bald One       White cat 10:41, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

The Bald One      White cat 10:21, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

'''Sorry about using this page like this to message you, I couldn't find a forum page but would like to raise some points. Since there was some mention of Chinese translations here, it looked like the best place to raise questions.

1) There are several languages listed on the main page. Why isn't Mandarin listed among them? 2) Mandarin should be listed among them as it is one of 6 International languages used at the U.N.. Also Mandarin represents a user base of possibly 2 billion, why has no effort to translate been done? 3) Hindi should also be listed among them as it contains 1.2 Billion users, why has no effort to translate been done either? 4) It has been years since Wikipedia's presence on the internet. These two critical languages should be featured by now. But they are not. Meanwhile all major European languages with far less users are featured. Is this intentional or a geo-politically motivated statement of some sort?

Other than that, no problems with Wikipedia for now, it is a very informative and helpful tool which is mostly accurate. Keep it up! But address these issues!!! ''' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.50.38.158 (talk) 15:07, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

I did a crop of nominee Donovan's image on Commons to a vertical rectangle
Hope you don't mind. If you prefer the original panorama, just mention and I'll revert. (Btw, takes a li'l while for the new image to display properly; at first it's distorted, using the old image's dimensions until the WP's server updates something or our individual computers' caches get cleaned out/reloaded or forsomreasonernuther.)   Just tips me hat but then 〜on thought bows deeply …  16:30, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

More on China
Hi. I've followed my word and created "The Bones" at WikiProject China/County-division templates. Now the templates just need building, and thencreating/applying to the articles  The Bald One       White cat 19:23, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Help!
Please see this discussion Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games

There is an ongoing issue with Kung Fu Man over an edit dispute which is getting out of hand, and I'm fairly certain the user is relying on sockpuppets to make revisions to the article. Check the revision history yourself to verify this. Also, I've been receiving harassing comments and threats from this user and am not sure where to turn for help. Please get involved and try to act as the voice of reason. Thank you. 74.242.123.2 (talk) 01:19, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

J. Eisert page
Hi, About speedy deletion of [Jens_Eisert], you said "speedy declined-there is a clear assertion of notability in this article, so A7 does not apply", but I cannnot find any clear assertion of notability. He's just a quantum information researcher. Nothing less, but nothing more. 87.221.81.204 (talk) 00:34, 18 January 2009 (UTC) Thanks for your explanation. Clear as water. I think the assertion is quite insufficient, considering the relevance of quantum game theory, the quantity and relevance of his contributions, and his argued notability in the quantum information science community. He's truly notable in the community, yes, but because of the way he has to draw attention to himself, and I fear having a Wikipedia page is part of it. If you could please begin the correct path for it to be deleted, I think proper discussion would clarify everything. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.116.100.92 (talk) 01:50, 19 January 2009 (UTC) This is a strange thing to write, is it not? How can anybody be held responsible for content or existence of a Wikipedia page on himself or herself?

RE: RE: WikiProject China
Thanks very much :) I've now got an interview for this week, but next fortnight I'll be doing one for China.  I'll let you know when I have questions up for you to answer.  Thanks!  GARDEN  20:41, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikiproject China
I contacted you in relation to a Signpost story on this Project. I now have questions up for you to answer in the interview. Please answer the ones at User:Garden/int as fully as you can. Thanks very much! GARDEN 10:53, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I've put more questions up for you to answer. Thanks!  GARDEN  22:02, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Another big thank you for answering my questions!  GARDEN  18:57, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Request for Mediation
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ISuppli
ISuppli gets 29100 hits in a Google news archive search that subtracts press releases (http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22ISuppli%22+source%3A%22-newswire%22+source%3A%22-wire%22+source%3A%22-presswire%22+source%3A%22-PR%22+source%3A%22-press%22+source%3A%22-release%22&btnG=Search+Archives); you just speedied it per A7, may I restore it? (Watchlisting) - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 03:52, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Milton keynes forum
Wy did you ignore the holdon and delete MK Forum? I explained on the TP that the page was being built. Andrewjlockley (talk) 12:32, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Help Desk question
--  Phantom Steve  ( Contact Me, My Contribs ) 21:46, 27 July 2009 (UTC) ps I have an example of the template code you might want to use at User:Phantomsteve/Test-bed - feel free to copy it over to your template when you have checked it! --  Phantom Steve  ( Contact Me, My Contribs ) 21:46, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Featured article review/Du Fu/archive1
Hi, can you revisit this and see if there's any more work to be done? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 15:48, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Image copyright question
helpme

I am trying to find a picture of a leader of a political party in a certain country. This political party put up a poster advertisement that featured a picture of the leader. Then, someone took a picture of the poster and posted it under an acceptable creative commons license on Flickr. I'm afraid to use the image, because I'm worried that the political poster might still be copyrighted, even though someone took a picture of it. Do you think it is usable?--Danaman5 (talk) 18:26, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It is almost certainly not usable, as it would be a derivative work. Unless the original poster is freely licensed or public domain for whatever reason, the image would have to be considered non-free. It's possible (though highly unlikely) that it is usable due to the freedom of panorama- I can double check that if you provide a link to the image? J Milburn (talk) 20:38, 31 August 2009 (UTC)


 * (The important thing being the country.) - Jarry1250 [ In the UK? Sign the petition! ] 20:43, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
 * As well as, depending on the country, the location of the poster, and how permanently it was installed there- as I said, it's a long shot :) J Milburn (talk) 20:46, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your help. The picture is located here, and the country is Japan. I'm glad that my instincts were accurate in this regard.--Danaman5 (talk) 20:49, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Stub Link Coloring Question
I would like to set a threshold to display stub links in a different color (under preferences-appearance-advanced options), but whenever I do so and click save, it reverts back to 0 B and doesn't work. What's the problem?--Danaman5 (talk) 11:35, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, having messed with it a bit, I think it is working, but the preferences option doesn't stay at what you set after you click save. Someone might want to fix that.--Danaman5 (talk) 11:39, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Danaman5, you may like to refer to Village pump (technical). Also, consider filing a bug report at BugZilla.  I can confirm the error on my end - the link formatting works correctly, but the current setting is not reflected in Preferences.  ∙  AJCham  talk  12:31, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Category:Category-Class Chinese cinema articles‎
Hi Danaman5. I notice that you recently recreated Category:Category-Class Chinese cinema articles‎. I was the one who initially created the category a few weeks ago, but then requested its deletion once I realised that WP:FILMS convention it to include cinema categories in "Category:Fooian cinema category pages" rather than "Category:Category-Class Fooian cinema articles" - refer Category:Chinese cinema category pages. I leave it up to you to decide whether to redirect one of the categories to the other, or just to make sure that all relevant articles are included in both categories. Regards. DH85868993 (talk) 15:46, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I recreated it because WikiProject China also feeds into that category. I went ahead and redirected the recreated page to the film WikiProject's page. From now on, we will simply jointly administer that page.--Danaman5 (talk) 16:02, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Cool. Thanks for sorting it out. DH85868993 (talk) 16:40, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

List of historical longest-serving members of the United States Congress
This article shows a diachronic approach to the records of seniority in US Congress, while the List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service has a synchronic one. I've no problems with merging "my" article with the latter, provided that both the lists, that is the criteria, are set in. Excuse me for my English!--Jacvan (talk) 17:44, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

2010 WikiCup Signups Reconfirmation!
To ensure that everyone who signed up is still committed to participating in the 2010 WikiCup, it is required that you remove your name from this list! By removing your name, you are not removing yourself from the WikiCup. This is simply a way for the judges to take note of who has not yet reconfirmed their participation. If you have not removed your name from that list by December 30th, 2009 (by 23:59 (UTC)) then your name will be removed from the WikiCup.

It's worth noting the rules have changed, likely after you signed up. The changes made thus far are:
 * Mainspace and/or portal edits will not be awarded points at all.
 * Did you know? articles (which were worth 5 points last year) will now be worth 10 points.
 * Good articles (which were worth 30 points last year) will now be worth 40 points.
 * Valued pictures will be now awarded points, however the amount (5 or 10 points) is still being discussed.
 * Featured lists (which were worth 30 points last year) will now be worth 40 points.
 * Featured portals (which were worth 25 points last year) will now be worth 35 points.
 * Featured articles (which were worth 50 points last year) will now be worth 100 points.
 * Featured topics (which were worth 10 points per article last year) will now be worth 15 points per any article in the topic that you were a major contributor to.
 * Good topics (which were worth 5 points per article last year) will now be worth 10 points per any article in the topic that you were a major contributor to.
 * In the news will still be awarded points, however the amount (5 or 10 points) is still being discussed.

If you have any final concerns about the WikiCup's rules and regulations, please ask them now, before the Cup begins to avoid last minute problems. You may come to the WikiCup's talk page, or any of the judge's user talk pages. We're looking forwards to a great 2010 WikiCup! On behalf of the WikiCup judges,  iMatthew  talk  at 03:42, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
Coffee //  have a cup  //  ark  // 03:49, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
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Talkback
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Unreferenced BLPs
Hello Danaman5! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 18 of the articles that you created  are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to insure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the unreferencedBLP tag. Here is the list:


 * 1) Gao Qiang -  ✅
 * 2) Li Bin (politician) -  ✅
 * 3) Wei Liqun -  ✅
 * 4) Tong Shiping -  ✅
 * 5) Li Xueyong -  ✅
 * 6) Bai Jingfu -  ✅
 * 7) Nie Weiguo -  ✅
 * 8) Han Changfu -  ✅
 * 9) Lü Zushan -  ✅
 * 10) Yu Linxiang -  ✅

11. Zhao Keshi ✅ 12. Jiang Daming ✅ 13. Ma Wen 14. Ma Xiaotian ✅ 15. Jing Zhiyuan ✅ 16. Liu Jing (politician) 17. Cai Qi ✅ 18. Li Qiyan

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 19:46, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 January newsletter
We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. We've had some shakeups regarding late entries, flag changes and early dropouts, but the competition is now established- there will be no more flag changes or new competitors. Congratulations to, our current leader, who, at the time of writing, has more listed points than and   (second and third place respectively) combined. A special well done also goes to - his artcle Jewel Box (St. Louis, Missouri) was the first content to score points in the competition.

Around half of competitors are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. 64 of the 149 current competitors will advance to round 2- if you currently have no points, do not worry, as over half of the current top 64 have under 50 points. Everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places in round 2! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. Good luck! J Milburn, Garden, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:12, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2010 February newsletter
Round one is over, and round two has begun! Congratulations to the 64 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our first round. A special well done goes to, our round one winner (1010 points), and to and , who were second and third respectively (640 points/605 points). Sasata was awarded the most points for both good articles (300 points) and featured articles (600 points), and TonyTheTiger was awarded the most for featured topics (225 points), while Hunter Kahn claimed the most for good topics (70). claimed the most featured lists (240 points) and featured pictures (35 points), claimed the most for Did you know? entries (490 points),  claimed the most for featured sounds (70 points) and  claimed the most for In the news entries (40 points). No one claimed a featured portal or valued picture.

Credits awarded after the end of round one but before round two may be claimed in round two, but remember the rule that content must have been worked on in some significant way during 2010 by you for you to claim points. The groups for round two will be placed up shortly, and the submissions' pages will be blanked. This round will continue until 28 April, when the top two users from each group, as well as 16 wildcards, will progress to round three. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup; thank you to all doing this last round, and particularly to those helping at WikiCup/Reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. 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, Fox, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:45, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 March newsletter
We're half way through round two, and everything is running smoothly. leads overall with 650 points this round, and heads pool B. currently leads pool C, dubbed the "Group of Death", which has a only a single contestant yet to score this round (the fewest of any group), as well five contestants over 100 points (the most). With a month still to go, as well as 16 wildcard places, everything is still to play for. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Although unrelated to the WikiCup, April sees a Good Article Nominations backlog elimination drive, formulated as a friendly competition with small awards, as the Cup is. Several WikiCup contestants and judges have already signed up, but regular reviewers and those who hope to do more reviewing are more than welcome to join at the drive page. 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, Fox, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) 22:13, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 April newsletter
Round two is over, and we are down to our final 32. For anyone interested in the final standings (though not arranged by group) this page has been compiled. Congratulations to, our clear overall round winner, and to and , who were solidly second and third respectively. There were a good number of high scorers this round- competition was certainly tough! Round three begins tomorrow, but anything promoted after the end of round two is eligible for points. 16 contestants (eight pool leaders and eight wildcards) will progress to round four in two months- things are really starting to get competitive. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Judge iMatthew has retired from Wikipedia, and we wish him the best. The competition has been ticking over well with minimal need for judge intervention, so thank you to everyone making that possible. A special thank you goes to participants and  for their help in preparing for round three. Good luck everyone! 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, Fox and The ed17 17:33, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 May newsletter
We are half way through round 3, with a little under a month to go. The current overall leader is, who has 570 points. He leads pool C. Pools A, B and D are led by, and  respectively. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Two of last year's final 8, and, have dropped out of the competition, saying they would rather their place went to someone who will have more time on their hands than them next round. On a related note, a special thank you goes to for his help behind the scenes once again. There is currently a problem with the poster, perhaps caused by the new skin- take a look at this discussion and see if you can help. The competition has continued to tick over well with minimal need for judge intervention, so thank you to everyone making that possible. Good luck to all! 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, Fox and The ed17 20:48, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 June newsletter
We're half way through 2010, and the end of the WikiCup is in sight! Round 3 is over, and we're down to our final 16. Our pool winners were (A),  (B, and the round's overall leader),  (C)  and  (D, joint), but, with the scores reset, everything is to play for in our last pooled round. The pools will be up before midnight tonight, and have been selected randomly by J Milburn. This will be the toughest round yet, and so, as ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Though unaffiliated with the WikiCup, July sees the third Great Wikipedia Dramaout- a project with not dissimilar goals to the WikiCup. Everyone is welcome to take part and do their bit to contribute to the encyclopedia itself.

If you're interested in the scores for the last round of the Cup, please take a look at WikiCup/History/2010/Round 3 and WikiCup/History/2010/Full/Round 3. Our thanks go to for compiling these. As was predicted, Group C ended up the "Group of Death", with 670 points required for second place, and, therefore, automatic promotion. This round will probably be even tougher- again, the top two from each of the two groups will make it through, while the twelve remaining participants will compete for four wildcard places- good luck everyone! 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, Fox and The ed17

WikiCup 2010 July newsletter
We are half-way through our penultimate round, and nothing is yet certain. Pool A, currently led by has ended up the more competitive, with three contestants (,  and ) scoring over 500 points already. Pool B is led by, who has also scored well over 500. The top two from each pool, as well as the next four highest scorers regardless of pool, will make it through to our final eight. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Planning has begun for the 2011 WikiCup, with open discussions concerning scoring and flags for next year's competition. Contributions to those discussions would be appreciated, especially concerning the flags, as next year's signups cannot begin until the flag issue has been resolved. Signups will hopefully open at some point in this round, with discussion about possible changing in the scoring/process opening some time afterwards.

Earlier this round, we said goodbye to, who has bowed out to spend more time on the book he is authoring with his wife. We wish him all the best. In other news, the start of this round also saw some WikiCup awards sent out by. We appreciate his enthusiasm, and contestants are of course welcome to award each other prizes as they see fit, but rest assured that we will be sending out "official" awards at the end of the competition. 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, Fox and The ed17 22:33, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

please help with genghis khan article
i'm making an edit to genghis khan that constitutes the addition of two words and someone else is constantly reverting them ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Genghis_Khan#Rashid_.2F_Jewish Wernergerman (talk) 20:51, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Chinese Biographical Dictionary
Hi there, my computer is down so I haven't been able to work. Thanks for adding a few pages, it seems like you did figure it out. [s:Index:A Chinese Biographical Dictionary.djvu] is an index to all the pages; The ones that are edited appear in boxes (color indicating whether they have been proofread, etc.); the red links are all the other pages (about 1,000) that have yet to be done. If you get more time to work on it, feel free to proofread any of those pages (the page you created was fine) or validate ones that have been proofread once. That's most of the work, other than that is updating the index at [s:A Chinese Biographical Dictionary] and creating the entries by transclusion (hit edit on any of those entries to see how that is done). Thanks for your interest and I hope you get a chance to keep working on it. Rigadoun (talk) 18:44, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 August newsletter
We have our final eight! The best of luck to those who remain. A bumper newsletter this week as we start our home straight.


 * Pool A's winner was . Awarded the top score overall this round, Sturmvogel_66 writes primarily on military history, favouring Naval warfare.
 * Pool B's winner was . Awarded the top score for featured articles this round, Casliber writes primarily on natural sciences, especially botany and ornithology.
 * Pool A's close second was . Awarded the top score for featured pictures this round, Sasata writes primarily on natural sciences, favouring mycology.
 * Pool B's close second was . Awarded the top score for good articles and topics this round, ThinkBlue primarily writes content related to television and film, including 30 Rock.
 * The first wildcard was . Awarded the top score for did you knows and valued pictures this round, TonyTheTiger writes on a number of topics, including baseball, American football and Chicago.
 * The second wildcard was . Someone who has helped the Cup behind the scenes all year, White Shadows said "I'm still in shock that I made it this far" and writes primarily on Naval warfare, especially U-boats.
 * The third wildcard was . Awarded the top score for featured lists and topics this round, Staxringold primarily writes on sport and television, including baseball and 30 Rock.
 * The fourth wildcard was . Entering the final eight only on the final day of the round, William S. Saturn writes on a number of topics, mostly related to Texas.

We say goodbye to the six who fell at the final hurdle. only just missed out on a place in the final eight. was not far behind. was awarded top points for in the news this round. contributed a variety of did you know articles. said "I'm surprised to have survived so far into the competition", but was extactic to see Finland in the semi-finals. did not score this round, but has scored highly in previous rounds. We also say goodbye to, who withdrew earlier this month after spending six weeks overseas. Anyone interested in this round's results can see them here and here. Thank you to for these.

Signups for next year's competition are now open. Planning is ongoing, with a key discussion about judges for next year open. Discussion about how next year's scoring will work is ongoing, and thoughts are more than welcome at Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring. Also, TonyTheTiger is compiling some information and statistics on the finalists here- the final eight are encouraged to add themselves to the list.

Our final eight will play it out for two months, after which we will know 2010's WikiCup winner, and a variety of prizes will be awarded. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page. 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, Fox and The ed17 23:08, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 September newsletter
We are half-way through our final round, entering the home straight. leads at the time of writing with 1180 points, immediately followed by with 1175 points. closely follows in third place with 1100 points. For those who are interested, data about the finalists has been compiled at WikiCup/History/2010/finalists, while a list of content submitted by all WikiCup contestants prior to this round has been compiled at WikiCup/History/2010/Submissions. As ever, anything contestants worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Despite controversy, the WikiCup remains open. Signups for next year's competition are more than welcome, and suggestions for how next year's competition will work are appreciated at Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring. More general comments and discussions should be directed at the WikiCup talk page. One month remains in the 2010 WikiCup, after which we will know our champion. Good luck everyone! 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, Fox and The ed17 23:03, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 October newsletter
The 2010 WikiCup is over! It has been a long journey, but what has been achieved is impressive: combined, participants have produced over seventy featured articles, over five hundred good articles, over fifty featured lists, over one thousand one hundred "did you know" entries, in addition to various other pieces of recognised content. A full list (which has yet to be updated to reflect the scores in the final round) can be found here. Perhaps more importantly, we have our winner! The 2010 WikiCup champion is, with an unbelievable 4220 points in the final round. Second place goes to, with 2260, and third to , with 560. Congratulations to our other four finalists –, , and. Also, congratulations to, who withdrew from the competition with an impressive 2685 points earlier in this round.

Prizes will also be going to those who claimed the most points for different types of content in a single round. It was decided that the prizes would be awarded for those with the highest in a round, rather than overall, so that the finalists did not have an unfair advantage. Winning the featured article prize is, for five featured articles in round 4. Winning the good article prize is, for eighty-one good articles in round 5. Winning the featured list prize is, for six featured lists in round 1. Winning the picture and sound award is, for four featured pictures in round 3. Winning the topic award is, for forty-seven articles in various good topics in round 5. Winning the "did you know" award is, for over one hundred did you knows is round 5. Finally, winning the in the news award is, for nineteen articles in the news in round three.

The WikiCup has faced criticism in the last month – hopefully, we will take something positive from it and create a better contest for next year. Like Wikipedia itself, the Cup is a work in progress, and ideas for how it should work are more than welcome on the WikiCup talk page and on the scoring talk page. Also, people are more than welcome to sign up for next year's competition on the signup page. Well done and thank you to everyone involved – the Cup has been a pleasure to run, and we, as judges, have been proud to be a part of it. We hope that next year, however the Cup is working, and whoever is running it, it will be back, stronger and more popular than ever. Until then, goodbye and happy editing! 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, Fox and The ed17 03:04, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011
Hello. You are being contacted because you have previously shown interest in the WikiCup but have not yet signed up for the 2011 WikiCup, which starts at midnight. It is not too late to sign up! The competition will remain open until at least January 31, and so it is not too late to enter. If you are interested, simply follow the instructions to add your username to the signup page, and a judge will contact you as soon as possible with an explanation of how to participate. The WikiCup is a friendly competition open to all Wikipedians, old and new, experienced and inexperienced, providing a fun and rewarding way to contribute quality content to Wikipedia. If you do not want to receive any further messages about the WikiCup, or you want to start receiving messages about the WikiCup, you may add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the WikiCup talk page or contact the judges directly. J Milburn and The ed17 06:47, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 January newsletter
We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to, who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by , with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to, who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, , who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 and The ed17 22:30, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi Danaman5, I noticed you have been a long time article assessor for the WPCHINA community. Could I get you to comment on the discussion section I started on Wikipedia_talk:China-related_topics_notice_board. I know you are busy in RL but require some input to help resolve a issue about tagging China related articles. Thanks. --Visik (talk) 04:09, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 February newsletter
So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to (first, with 487 points) and  (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.

Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.

Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on this page. For those interested in statistics, a running total of claims can be seen here, and a very interesting table of that information (along with the highest scorers in each category) can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 and The ed17 23:40, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

My talkpage
Do you mind to check if my user talkpage is still being blocked in China? I've tried purging a few, um, "keywords". --  李博杰   | —Talk contribs email 16:57, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, I've addressed the population issue on my talkpage. --  李博杰   | —Talk contribs email 17:27, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

I've also been wondering: is my userpage also keyword blocked in China? If so, I will trim some of my potentially problematic userboxes. --  李博杰   | —Talk contribs email 06:04, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Rash (novel) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Rash (novel) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Rash (novel) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:51, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Wangtang (northwest of Guilin), Guangxi
Re-nommed. &mdash; HXL's Roundtable  and  Record  17:23, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

GLAM-Wiki Baltimore meetup
 You are invited to the first Wikipedia Baltimore meetup on Saturday, July 23, 10:00am-12:30pm at the Walters Art Museum. Come meet Wikimedians, learn about GLAM-Wiki partnerships, get involved, and discuss future wiki outreach and activities in the Baltimore area!

There also is a Wikipedia & Cultural Heritage at the Young Preservationist Happy Hour on Friday, July 22, 6:30pm at the Midtown Yacht Club, an unpretentious neighborhood pub.

Note: You can remove your name from the Baltimore meetup invite list here. -- Message delivered by AudeBot, on behalf of User:Aude

The WikiProject National Archives Newsletter
The first ever WikiProject National Archives newsletter has been published. Please read on to find out what we're up to and how to help out! There are many opportunities for getting more involved. Dominic·t 21:20, 20 July 2011 (UTC)