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Thanks Ealdgyth - Talk 16:52, 31 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Sadly my uni login died earlier this week. :o( Nortonius (talk) 17:13, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Ah, well, maybe someone else can come through... Ealdgyth - Talk 17:38, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Need you here
Need your comments here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AMustang_horse&diff=585427334&oldid=585390665 — Preceding unsigned comment added by User: (talk • contribs)
 * Ealdgyth - Talk 17:39, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ranulf de Broc
The article Ranulf de Broc you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Ranulf de Broc for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Madalibi -- 18:02, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 January newsletter
The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer, whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:


 * and were the first people to score, for the good article Tropical Storm Bret (1981) and its good article review respectively. 12george1 was also the first person to score in 2012 and 2013.
 * scored the first ITN points for 2014 North American polar vortex.
 * scored points for an early good topic, finishing off Featured topics/She Wolf.
 * scored the first bonus points of the competition, for his work on Typhoon Vera.
 * has scored the highest number of bonus points for a single article, for the high-importance Jurassic Park (film).

Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup 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. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Hasculf de Tany
Materialscientist (talk) 10:13, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ranulf de Broc
The article Ranulf de Broc you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ranulf de Broc for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Madalibi -- 02:12, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Well done!
This is the first time in a very long time that I see someone putting something back the way it was without merely pressing the "undo" button, and on top of it offering a proper explanation. Well done. Rui &#39;&#39;Gabriel&#39;&#39; Correia (talk) 15:05, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

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Help with ponies
You're a photographer, you explain it to these people: Talk:New_Forest_pony. Help! Montanabw (talk) 19:18, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Please read the discussion about stallions
--Agnello inferocito (talk) 14:25, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive
It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:


 * This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
 * Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
 * The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
 * An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.

Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.

More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.

I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!

--Dom497

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Peru national football team FAC review
Hello Ealdgyth. I hope to find you at a good time friend. It has been some years, but the Peru national football team article is still in the FA review process. The article underwent a thorough copy-edit and now is significantly different from the last time you reviewed it. Since you provided helpful reviews to it in the past, your comments (and oppose/support vote) would be much welcomed. Thanks!-- MarshalN20 T al k 01:22, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

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


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

Other competitors of note include:


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

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

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

GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
The March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on April 1, 2014! Sent by Dom497 on behalf of MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Dana, Ealdgyth and Montana team?
Any interest in getting stallion to GA? Might tone down the "don't take their balls" nutcases if we get it the green plus. And good multiplier for WikiCup points if we do. Montanabw (talk) 20:01, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

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Main Page appearance: Gilbert Foliot
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Gilbert Foliot (c. 1110 – 1187) was a medieval English monk and prelate, successively Abbot of Gloucester, Bishop of Hereford (Hereford Cathedral pictured) and Bishop of London. He became a monk at Cluny Abbey and was appointed Abbot of Gloucester in 1139. During the papal council at Reims in 1148, he was appointed Bishop of Hereford by Pope Eugene III. Despite promising not to recognise King Stephen, on returning to England Foliot nevertheless swore fealty to him, causing a temporary rift in his relationship with Henry of Anjou, the son of the Empress Matilda (Stephen's rival for the crown) who became King Henry II of England in 1154. Henry passed over Foliot for the position of Archbishop of Canterbury in 1162, appointing Thomas Becket instead. Foliot became Bishop of London in 1163, perhaps as compensation. During the great dispute between Becket and the king, Foliot took the king's side and was reviled by Becket and his supporters. Becket excommunicated Foliot on two occasions, the second of which precipitated the archbishop's martyrdom. Foliot often served as a royal judge, and was an active administrator and bishop. He was also a prolific letter writer. UcuchaBot (talk) 23:02, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Precious again! Reminds me to work on the translation ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:35, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Signpost interview
I noticed you're on the membership list for WikiProject History. The Signpost is looking to feature WP History in an upcoming issue. You might consider answering some of their interview questions. Thanks. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 06:07, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Fields in citation templates
Re your comment on this edit "thank you but I prefer the author to be all one field". Why do you prefer author to be in one field instead of two if the format used is "surname, first-name", as visually there is no difference between: and there are two clear disadvantages to placing the names of an author in two fields: -- PBS (talk) 02:15, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
 * 1) it hard codes the delimiter between the fields
 * 2) it make it more difficult to link short citations to sources in the references section.

PR for Kronan
I've put up Kronan (ship) for a peer review with your unanswered FAC-question from your very helpful GAC a few years back. If you have any thoughts on FA-related needs, I'd appreciate your input.

Peter Isotalo 12:57, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

New list of bishops
You probably know, but just in case you don't, the 2014 edition of the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England has a new appendix listing Anglo-Saxon bishops and archbishops by Simon Keynes. Dudley Miles (talk) 15:10, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Botheration. Another book I need to buy (although I don't generally mess too much with the AS bishops ...) Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 15:18, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Yikes! $150. I think it'll wait a bit... Ealdgyth - Talk 18:00, 18 March 2014 (UTC)